Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Boom...

A deafening roar!

Fortunately, everyone was prepared, and those who needed to put things in their ears took the opportunity to do so. Apart from some tinnitus, there was nothing serious.

The entire tomb began to shake violently, the iron chains locking the corners clanging and rattling, and large clumps of old dust fell down...

"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough... you fatso! Did you hit your target?"

Wu covered his mouth and squinted his dog-like eyes, trying to observe the stone slab they had just blasted.

Looking through the dust, the stone slab was still sitting properly in the center of the tomb. However, stone is stone after all. No matter how hard it is, it is a product of thousands of years. If you look closely, you can see a thin crack in the center left of the stone slab. Although the crack is small, Wu Xie saw it in just a few glances. Immediately, Wu Xie felt that there was hope.

"Cough cough cough... Naïve! How's it going? Is there a way? Oh my god, this thick layer of dust is all over Fatty's face!!! Cough cough cough... It's choking me!"

Wang Pang was covered in dust, the old yellow dust felt suffocating around his neck, and his voice was hoarse.

"Fatty! There's a chance! There's a crack in the stone slab, but it's too small, so we'll have to try again. This time, control the amount!"

Wu nodded to the man and waved for Fatty Wang to look at the stone plate.

On the other side, Xie Yuchen and his group, with the help of Zhang Qilin and Hei Xiazi, had temporarily formed an encirclement and were able to hold on.

boom! boom! boom!

The slender feathers seemed to have eyes, relentlessly burrowing into the jade servant's neck, first softly floating then cutting hard, harvesting fresh ingredients. This delighted Qin Henian, whose handsome face was beaming with joy, and his lips seemed to stretch to the moon.

"Bang! This one's fried! Bang! This one's steamed! Bang! This one's halfway done... let's stew it, the broth'll be delicious! Bang! Let's dry this one and eat it in strips..."

Qin Henian moved around the tomb like a gust of wind, neither helping Zhang Qilin and Hei Xiazi nor paying attention to Wu Xie and the other two. He just kept jumping around, constantly flicking feathers in his hands and muttering to himself.

Rumble!

The explosion resounded throughout the tomb chamber again, this time even more violent than before, resulting in the chains hanging above the tomb chamber snapping in disarray.

The enormous alchemy furnace suddenly plummeted downwards. Wu Xie and Fatty Wang, who had only run a short distance, were about to be hit when Zhang Qilin and Hei Xiazi reacted quickly, each putting a rope around their legs and pulling them out of the landing area.

"Hiss! I say, you mute, you're really cunning and wicked! This little fatso is all fat and so heavy! You're just going to hand him over to me?"

"What's wrong? Are you on good terms with Wu Xie or not with this guy?"

The force was too great, and the incident happened too fast, causing the black bear's hands to turn red from being squeezed. He couldn't help but complain.

"He's heavy!"

A cold and indifferent voice came from Zhang Qilin's mouth. After pulling Wu Xie out, Zhang Qilin had already discovered the underground passage that had been smashed by the suspended furnace.

Huh? You know he's blind but I didn't?

For the nth time, Hei Xiazi felt that his friend's heart must be dirty! He's absolutely wicked!!!

"Alright, blind man, look under that furnace. If we follow that path, we'll find the Queen Mother of the West, won't we?"

Qin Henian blinked his beautiful eyes, his face beaming with excitement, and asked Black Bear.

"The Queen Mother of the West?"

"How many years has that woman lived? Is she still alive?"

The black-eyed man's pupils flickered for a moment behind his sunglasses, and his expression clearly said, "This is my first time here too, I don't know."

Is it true that the Queen Mother of the West is dead?

That's definitely not the case. Hei Xiazi still remembered when he accompanied Zhang Lai, the mute man who hadn't lost his memory, there was a faint shadow of someone dancing in that cave. Hei Xiazi could analyze five or six parts of that blurry figure based on it.

Her clothes fluttered, her long hair reached her waist...tsk, what normal person would stay in a place like that for so long and dance? He used to wait for Zhang Qilin at the cave entrance for more than half a year.

"You're right." But I won't listen.

Qin Henian nodded in agreement and glanced at Hei Xiazi, but in his mind, he added the last four words.

How could a crazy, old, and paranoid woman like Ayao possibly let herself die?

"Come quick, there's an exit down here! These jade servants can't get down!"

Just as Qin Henian was daydreaming, a small head popped out of the hole under the stone slab, its bright eyes scanning the crowd as it excitedly shouted.

"Wu Xie! Be careful, wait for us to come down!"

Xie Yuchen shook his head helplessly at the familiar head, walked over to Qin Henian and Hei Xiazi, and called for them to head towards the cave entrance. As for Chen Wenjin and Zhang Qilin, they had already jumped down into the cave without waiting, and Wu Xie and Fatty Wang followed suit.

Once inside the cave, the view became clearer. Although there were no lamps or oil pans on the surrounding walls, the walls themselves glowed, and the faint white light indicated that the wall material was unique.

"This wall is made of fluorite; it must have taken a lot of work!"

Xie Yuchen's eyesight was naturally quite sharp; he immediately noticed the wall was glowing as soon as he entered, and touched and rubbed it with his fingertips...

"Keep moving forward, Flower Master, don't block our way! My husband Henian and I depend on this job for our livelihood!"

Qin Henian jumped down into the cave and didn't look around like the others. He just sniffed the air and stood aside waiting for everyone to continue forward.

After jumping down from the stone cave, Hei Xiazi first scanned the surroundings with his eyes without any politeness, then looked at Xie Dangjia, who was blocking his way, and said with a smirk.

"You? I know you took money, but how come I've never heard of He Nian taking money too?"

"If Henian needs money, he can come to me... to borrow it."

She answered Hei Xiazi with her first sentence and then made a direct point to Qin Henian with her second. Xie Yuchen looked at the two of them with a smile, her beautiful face giving people a harmless impression.

"Hey guys! What are you all standing there for? Come on over here! I've found a mechanism, and there's a huge tomb chamber inside. It looks like the main tomb chamber. Hurry up and follow me!"

Not far from the cave, Wang Pangzi's loud voice pierced the air, and the three of them smiled at each other and walked towards the crowd.

Before long, a double stone door came into Qin Henian's view. Stepping through the door, he saw a new tomb chamber. The chamber was large, with many stone ornaments and tools placed around it. However, the most eye-catching feature had nothing to do with the size of the chamber, but rather with a shallow, seemingly clear pool. The ground beneath the pool was carved with exquisite patterns, arranged in a circular shape.

In the clear pond water, you can see many transparent shrimp swimming around.

"Hey! Shrimp! Good stuff! I've been eating so many compressed biscuits that my lips are cracked, finally I've found something else to eat!"

"Hey bro! Tianzhen! Hua'erye! Henian! Mop, come on, lend a hand! Let's catch some shrimp to whet our appetites!"

Fatty Wang has sharp eyes; he was practically drooling over the shrimp in the pool while still calling out to his brothers.