Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

"I am a divine beast! I am Bifang, a majestic and powerful divine beast of the God Clan!"

"I'm not one of those silly, foolish demons!"

Qin Henian refused to become a monster and argued his case based on reason.

"Alright, alright! Mythical beast, mythical beast, okay! But you don't look like a Bifang bird at all!"

Upon hearing Qin Henian's words, Fatty Wang disregarded what they meant and went along with coaxing him. However, he was currently patting his grayish-white crane feathers, yet Henian claimed that he was a Bifang... Is this reasonable?

This is illogical! Who has a Bifang bird with wings like a white crane?

Qin Henian also saw the disbelief written on Wang Pangzi's face. Lingyu also sensed what the other party was thinking. Immediately, his arrogant temperament rose up. With a flap of his wings, he gently fanned Wang Pangzi and Zhang Qilin aside.

The golden-red flames began to slowly change color, and within a few breaths, blue-orange flames climbed up between the wings. As soon as a chilling aura began to spread, Qin Henian stopped his aura, not letting the cold flames in his body show any trace.

Instead, as soon as the blue-orange flames appeared, the gray-white crane feathers turned into black ash within tens of seconds. With a shake of its wings, the black ash scattered, and a pair of beautiful long feathers with a gradient of blue on top and purple on the bottom replaced the crane feathers on Qin Henian's shoulders.

The bluish-purple down feathers were much longer than the crane's feathers, and the down and wings were also half the length of the feathers. Reflected in the deep blue pupils, it was a beautiful, otherworldly color.

"Fatty, did you see that? These are the feathers that grew on me. The crane feathers I wore before were just something I bought to play with, like those high-tech screen protectors on foreign cell phones. I covered them with crane feathers!"

"My own is the most beautiful, the best-looking, and the most domineering!"

Qin Henian looked up, waiting for praise! When he first became an adult Bifang bird, his beautiful feathers and good looks made many mythical beasts of the bird race chase after him for mates!

Among them, the males and females of the Phoenix Clan, the Azure Luan Clan, and the Golden Crow and the Mongol Clan are the most fond of him!

Some of their mythical beasts are genderless, but a beast as handsome as him is a rare sight indeed!

"nice!"

Zhang Qilin watched as the person in front of him transformed into another form. It was still that beautiful and delicate face, but now it was even more dazzling.

"Of course! The little Qilin has good eyesight!"

Just as Qin Henian finished praising Zhang Qilin, a sudden, throbbing pain shot through his temple. The next moment, all the green Miluotuo within the jade ore exploded into fragments, and even the black-haired snakes lying on the ground were shattered. Blood and flesh mingled, and everything went black before Qin Henian's eyes returned to normal human form as he fell straight backward.

Zhang Qilin reacted quickly, taking the person from him. A look of worry flashed in his eyes as he saw the person fall into a coma again. He then reached out and put his arm around the person's leg, lifting him up horizontally. He gestured to Fatty Wang to continue walking forward.

"Brother, we don't know how long this passage is. We've been walking for so long and haven't seen a single gap to squeeze through!"

After walking for a while, Fatty Wang and Zhang Qilin were still wandering around in the jade mine. At first glance, it seemed that nothing had changed. Fatty Wang couldn't help but complain with a bitter and resentful expression.

"Fatty, carry He Nian on your back!"

Zhang Qilin also noticed something was amiss. It was possible to spend too much time walking through a passage, but if the surrounding environment of a passage was basically the same, then that indicated something was wrong.

After entrusting Qin Henian to Wang Pangzi's care, Zhang Qilin began to observe his surroundings. With his keen senses and the intuition of a mythical beast, Zhang Qilin mobilized the power of the Fire Qilin within him. A wisp of flame soared into the sky, illuminating the surroundings and the world within the jade mine.

"there!"

Zhang Qilin took the lead and walked to a piece of jade on the edge of the jade mine wall. The jade in this part of the mine wall was much brighter than the jade in the other jade walls, but it did not look as thick.

Zhang Qilin gripped the hilt of the black gold ancient sword and began to carve the bright jade disc with the tip of the blade.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The noise was loud, the dust was thick, and the jade mine repaired and grew very quickly. As soon as a hole was broken, more ore would fill it. After standing aside and watching Qin Henian several times, Fatty Wang realized one thing: they couldn't continue like this, or they would never get out even if they lived until they died.

Immediately, Fatty Wang helped Qin Henian lean against the nearest spot to them, and then, seemingly out of nowhere, pulled out a dagger and began chiseling along with Zhang Qilin.

With the combined efforts of the two, a hole about half a meter wide was quickly chiseled out, and the sunlight outside fell into the jade mine tunnel, making everyone feel much better.

As the opening widened, Zhang Qilin swiftly reached out and caught Qin Henian, who had fallen unconscious again, just as the jade mine began to recover. He then pushed Qin Henian out of the opening, which was only about half a meter wide.

Boom!

The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground outside made the two people inside the jade mine breathe a sigh of relief. They then sped up their work of digging jade, and within half an hour, they emerged from the jade mine entrance one after the other. However, the hole they had dug up soon began to grow back, and in no time it returned to a smooth and flat surface, making it impossible to tell that there had been a hole there before.

"Finally out! I didn't expect this place to lead into the mountains and forests. Luckily, I ate some snake meat beforehand, otherwise, Fatty would definitely be exhausted after finishing this jade-digging work!"

Fatty Wang felt the sunlight dappling his skin through the trees, breathing in the fresh air, and couldn't help but feel grateful.

"go!"

Without further ado, now that they were out, Zhang Qilin wouldn't stay any longer. He bent down and walked to the grass where Qin Henian had fallen, turned him around, and saw a thin scratch on his neck with a few drops of blood. He felt a pang of heartache, picked him up, and headed into the woods. All he wanted to do now was take him to the hospital.

Seeing this, Fatty Wang quickly followed.

Meanwhile, at the camp by Yangjiaoshan Lake, those who had been standing for a long time without finding anything unusual returned to their posts, and a new round of confrontation between Wu Erbai and Qiu Dekao was about to begin.

Just as the two approached the tent and sat down, a text message notification sounded inside. Hei Xiazi took out an old-fashioned mobile phone from the inner pocket of his coat, turned it on, and sent a text message.

After seeing the contents, Hei Xiazi's mood became visibly wonderful.

"Second Master, Flower Master, Wu Xie, and Dumb Zhang are all safe and sound. They should be somewhere in this forest now. Let's just look for them!"

As Hei Xiazi read the text message from Dumb Zhang, a smile crept into his eyes behind his sunglasses, and he didn't forget to subtly reveal the news to his several money pouches.

"Are you alright? That's good. Finding someone is a small matter!"

After hearing the news, Xie Yuchen felt much more relaxed and less worried than before.