Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

After pointing out the direction, Zhang Qilin quickly rushed into the passage. With a few quick steps, his figure disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Bro!"

Watching Zhang Qilin's figure disappear, perhaps having learned from experience, Wu Xie was the first to shout into the passage.

"Hey, is this guy laying his cards on the table? Is he going to perform a real disappearing act right in front of us?"

Fatty Wang's eyes were wide open, bigger than copper bells, bulging as if he had seen a ghost.

"What are you saying, you fatso? Let's get the others to follow!"

Wu Xie looked speechless, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with what Fatty Wang said.

Walking through the passageway with flashlights, the space became smaller and smaller as they went further in. The surrounding walls seemed to be compressed, and eventually only one person could pass at a time. Qin Henian and his group had no choice but to line up one by one.

Suddenly, a rich fragrance wafted from afar to Qin Henian's nose. Intoxicated by the scent, Qin Henian stopped in his tracks without realizing it, causing the person behind him to bump into him. Fortunately, the person managed to steady himself and avoid falling to the ground.

"He Nian? What's wrong? Have you discovered something?"

Xie Yuchen was walking in the dark, originally following the group of people's footsteps. Unexpectedly, someone stopped in front of him, and he ended up having close contact with the other person. Fortunately, he only stumbled and did not lose his balance.

"It smells so good! So much of it, it smells amazing! There's a fresh, light fragrance and a rich, lingering aroma, it's enough to make my mouth water..."

Qin Henian was somewhat lost in thought at the moment, and a red glow emanated from his beautiful pupils in the darkness.

"Smells good? What smells good?"

Previously, only the leader and the rear guard had flashlights, but now, listening to Qin Henian's words, it seemed that the other party had smelled something. Xie Yuchen didn't hesitate, took out his own flashlight, turned it on, and scanned the area, even sniffing the air. However, after several breaths, he only smelled dust and dampness, and didn't smell any other fragrance.

"The aroma of bones!"

Qin Henian didn't mince words and directly described the smell he had detected.

"Bone fragrance? Can bones have a fragrance?"

Xie Yuchen didn't understand. He had never seen bones smell good, except when they were stewed.

"Yes, of course! How could you not? You're so knowledgeable, how could you not have heard of Bone Fragrance?"

The last person to bring up the rear was Hei Xiazi. Although he was somewhat angry about Qin Henian's attitude towards him and Dumb Zhang, he still had to keep a close eye on them.

"hehe!"

"You think you're so good at talking? I may not know what 'bone fragrance' is, but I have heard of a medicinal herb that is extremely similar to this 'bone fragrance'."

Faced with Hei Xiazi's taunts, Xie Yuchen suddenly remembered a medicinal herb that his master had mentioned to him during a conversation.

When Xie Yuchen was young, he heard his master say that his master's wife's illness had severely weakened her body, and no amount of medicine could help her. Fearing that it might actually harm her, he sought out a renowned female physician to examine her. The physician recommended several medicinal herbs, one of which was called "Forbidden Woman Fragrance," though he didn't know if it was the same "bone fragrance" that He Nian had mentioned.

"Forbidden Incense?"

An uncertain, gentle voice came from Xie Yuchen's mouth.

"Oh, Flower Master, you're quick on the uptake! If He Nian smells something pleasant, then it's probably true!"

Hei Xiazi wasn't surprised that the other party would think of this. Instead, he unknowingly moved closer to Xie Yuchen in the narrow passage and also wedged himself against the wall, getting closer to Xie Yuchen and Qin Henian as well.

"Little Flower! Blind Man! He Nian! What are you three doing in the back? There's a stone door up ahead, it's been opened, come quick!"

Just then, Wu Xie's shout came from the passage ahead, stopping the three people behind him from chatting any longer. After a few seconds of silence, the three silently lined up and started walking forward.

Just as Wu Xie had said, after walking for about three or four minutes, the passage continued to extend, but a stone door suddenly appeared before them on the left. The noisy chatter and flashlight beams inside clearly indicated that the main group had already gone in.

Qin Henian lifted his feet and walked inside. As soon as he entered the tomb chamber, the first thing that caught his eye was a row of stone pillars placed in the middle of the chamber. The stone pillars were about one meter high and were arranged in three or four rows, with six in each row, scattered in the center of the tomb chamber.

"Little naiveté? You're saying that the era of the Queen Mother of the West was more than four thousand years ago. Did they have glass more than four thousand years ago?"

At this moment, Fatty Wang, the treasure hunter in the tomb, was already standing in front of a stone pier. Looking down, he saw a transparent groove on the stone pier, and inside the groove, there seemed to be something dark and indistinct. However, the groove was divided into two sections, the upper section was pitch black, while the lower section had a dark black fish tail, making the whole thing look very strange.

"How is that possible! According to historical development, glass didn't exist more than four thousand years ago, but transparent rocks and minerals should have existed."

Upon entering the tomb, the first thing Wu Xie saw was the walls, which were covered with lifelike stone carvings and murals that seemed to be recording something. This was what Wu Xie wanted to study, so when he answered Wang Pangzi, he was only moving his mouth while keeping his head fixed on the murals.

Meanwhile, Qin Henian, on the other side, shared the same thoughts as Fatty Wang. He narrowed his eyes, curiously examining the grooves on each stone block. Divided by transparent rocks, each section had a piece of black, rotten flesh on the left side, likely from a human body, but which had rotted away over time. The other groove was opposite the black, unidentified flesh, and each section contained something different.

Starting with the tails of various colorful snakes, there were also many fish tails, centipedes, earthworms, and other crawling and swimming animals with their lower bodies. However, due to the passage of time, their colors had changed significantly. Fortunately, each groove was filled with a lot of transparent liquid, which suppressed any discoloration or odor.

"That Queen Mother of the West is really ruthless. There are probably quite a few rare animals in here. There are a few that I've never even seen before! I also saw a lot of rotten, unrecognizable human tissue in those dark, mushy pieces of meat."

"Is that old woman, the Queen Mother of the West, conducting an experiment? Countless people must have died from experiments in ancient times!"

Fatty Wang clicked his tongue in amazement. Although he didn't find anything valuable in the tomb, the scene was enough to give him a nightmare to imagine that night.

"Third Master, look! There are those big lumps of mud we saw before here!"

At this moment, Mop, who was squatting by one of the walls in the tomb, turned around and called out to Wu Sanxing, pointing at a big, dark figure.