Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

This means someone fired a shot earlier!

However, judging from the thinness of the air, Qin Henian knew without a doubt that even if someone had fired a shot ahead, they must have encountered some trouble, but now they were probably either dead or had escaped. The woods ahead were far too quiet.

Qin Henian pondered for a moment, then decided against it after half a second; his brain, which had been around for countless years, simply didn't want to work.

"There's a situation ahead!"

Something's up? Ahead? A clear voice suddenly reached everyone's ears, and they all turned their attention to the speaker.

"Mr. Qin, are you telling the truth? There's something going on ahead? Where is it? It might be Third Master and his men. Could you please give me directions?"

Pan Zi was the first to lose his composure. His face was originally pale, but upon hearing that something was wrong, he became very emotional and couldn't help but ask.

"What's the rush? The camp is just ahead, you can't run away. Look at your face, you're ashen-faced. Anyone who knew you would think you were injured, but anyone who didn't would think you just got off work in heaven."

Qin Henian has also given up. When it comes to these disobedient children, whether they are mythical beast cubs or human cubs, the key to educating them is to "communicate" more.

Ah this....

Caught off guard by the sudden rebuttal, Pan Zi was a little stunned, his facial muscles stiffening. His emotions had barely surfaced before he was snapped back at, and he was still wondering if he had somehow offended Mr. Qin...

"Mr. Qin... I'm sorry, I'm just a little worried about my third master's situation. The people he brought this time aren't very united, and I'm afraid something might happen to him, so I got a bit anxious..."

"Alright, alright, whatever you say goes. Are you coming or not?"

Qin Henian turned around irritably, walked to the front with his back to the crowd, and set off according to the position he had observed with his phoenix eyes.

After passing through the dense forest and emerging from the narrow path, we waved to block out the treetops and came into view a campsite. Camouflage tents were clustered together in twos and threes, with several rain shelters, tables, and chairs outside the tents. Looking further to the side, we saw several earthen stoves made of stones and mud.

Upon closer inspection, Qin Henian also observed numerous holes and cavities in the soil. The small pieces of tin ash inside were undoubtedly bullet holes left by gunfire.

No wonder I could smell gunpowder from afar!

Qin Henian frowned, looked up, and scanned the makeshift campsites set up by others. According to the theory of mutual restraint, Qin Henian understood when his eyes fell on the mud stuck to the fabric outside the tent.

"It's too quiet here. It doesn't look like anyone is here at all. It's probably an abandoned temporary camp. Wu Xie, it seems your third uncle is no longer here."

Xie Yuchen also had a keen eye for observation. After entering the camp, he quickly realized something, turned his head to look at Wu Xie, and slowly drew a conclusion based on the changes in the man's expression.

"Sigh, I knew my third uncle, that old fox, wouldn't be caught by me so easily."

Wu Xie was also quite helpless. He had walked for so long, thinking he was the only one going to the Queen Mother of the West's Palace, but then he found Xiao Ge and the others, and finally Pan Zi and Fatty joined in. Just as the group heading to the Queen Mother of the West's Kingdom was growing larger and larger, he was told that his third uncle had also come...

"It's alright. I guess your third uncle and the others have rested and already set off. If we follow them now, it shouldn't be long before we meet them."

Xie Yuchen was very patient with his childhood friend, comforting him.

"Something's not right here. Supplies are crucial, especially in this remote, deserted area. And here are so many tents..."

"And another thing! Look around us, there are still a lot of documents and photos on the tables under those awnings, which means that Wu Sanxing and his group left in a hurry."

"What could be so urgent? Why would someone rush to the scene and leave behind something as if they were fleeing for their life?"

Xie Yuchen continued to speak slowly, recounting what he had observed.

in a hurry....

Fatty Wang raised his hand and rubbed his chin, his eyes darting around.

"Did Third Master and the others see some valuable treasure? Is that why they ran so fast? Could it be that Third Master and the others have already discovered the entrance to the Queen Mother of the West's Palace?"

"Hey! Maybe Little Innocent chased him too fast, and Third Master didn't want to see him being disobedient, so he ran away?"

Fatty Wang raised his head, making a confident guess.

"Who are you calling disobedient, you fatso!"

Wu Xie felt that he was going to be driven crazy by Fatty Wang sooner or later, so without saying a word, he grabbed the other man's "pig ears" and pulled him aside to educate his good brother.

Seeing that Fatty Wang and Wu Xie were starting to make a ruckus again, the others automatically separated the two of them.

“Look! The bullet holes on the muddy ground are clean and fresh, so the person must have just left. If we catch up with them now, we should be able to meet up with Third Master soon.”

Although Pan Zi desperately wanted to get to Wu Sanxing's side immediately, he was also someone who knew when to say and do what.

Now all we can do is calmly use our brains and eyes to observe our surroundings and see if there are any traces left by Third Master and the others.

"This...brother Panzi is right, the bullet holes on the ground are indeed very fresh, and there's more. Look over there!"

"The mud spots on the edge of the canopy and the long, winding, messy marks are so obvious that it is not hard to see that they are snake marks."

Qin Henian lifted his robe to reveal his small, chubby white hand, his slender index finger pointing to the top of the tarpaulin below the outer wall of the tent.

Outside the tents in the camp, the hem of each tent had messy, long, curved mud marks. Judging from the density of the marks, they could only have been left by a large swarm of snakes.

"With such a high density of people, aren't Third Master and the others under siege? No! We can't stay here any longer; we must rejoin Third Master and the others immediately!"

Panzi didn't even dare to think about what would happen to his Third Master after encountering the snake tide. Moreover, the people his Third Master brought were basically a temporary group, and no one could guarantee how loyal they would be.

"What are you waiting for? Look around the road for any trampled weeds or branches, let's hurry up and go! If we're too late, I can't guarantee Wu Sanxing will still be alive and kicking!"

Black Bear grinned as he spoke, raising his hand to reach for Qin Henian's small hand, but before he could touch it, a gust of cold wind blew past him.

The black figure reached Qin Henian's side even faster than him, grabbed her slender, fair wrist, and then led her to Wu Xie's side, taking his elbow and quickly moving in one direction.

"Tch! That mute is really cunning!"

Black Bear silently followed behind, moving at a similar pace, and caught up as the third.

Qin Henian, who had been pulled along for quite a distance, was still a little unaccustomed to it. He hadn't resisted when Zhang Qilin grabbed him, assuming that the other person was in a great hurry.

As his nose twitched, a pungent fragrance reached his nostrils, and Qin Henian's eyes suddenly sharpened.

"I'm almost grown up."