Tomb Raiders: She Comes from the Ancient Martial Arts World

In the evening, someone came looking for Ling Yue and Zhang Qilin.

At that time, the two were having dinner in the courtyard downstairs.

After hiding from Ling Yue for a day, Zhang Qilin finally made up his mind to find an opportunity to complete the task that his future self had given him ten years later.

Zhang Qilin knew that even after ten years, he would never do anything meaningless, such as flirting with women.

This issue must be very important.

The kind of question that absolutely must be asked.

After waiting and waiting, Zhang Qilin was forced to take on the task with great difficulty, as the consciousness of his other self failed to arrive.

Because his time is running out.

Just as Zhang Qilin was carefully observing and deliberating, and finally chose a dish that Ling Yue seemed to be in a good mood, he put down his chopsticks and looked at Ling Yue.

When Ling Yue seemed to sense something and looked up at him, Zhang Qilin's Adam's apple bobbed, and he was about to speak.

However, at that moment, Uncle Gui led a few people into the courtyard. Before they even got close, he called out to Ling Yue and Zhang Qilin, "Gentlemen, someone is looking for you!"

Ling Yue's gaze then casually shifted from him to the group of people who appeared at the courtyard gate.

Zhang Qilin: “…”

The person who came was Huo Xiuxiu.

Hearing the noise, Yun Cai came out of the kitchen and quickly tidied up the food, making room for them to talk.

This was the first time Ling Yue had seen Huo Xiuxiu from ten years ago. Compared to her ten years later, she appeared more vibrant and more vulnerable now.

After they came out, the head of Old Lady Huo that Fatty Wang had put in his backpack was taken care of by someone else, and it should have been given to Huo Xiuxiu after they went down the mountain.

At this moment, Huo Xiuxiu had dark circles under her eyes, and her eye sockets were red and swollen.

However, his mental state is not too bad.

The passing of Old Madam Huo was indeed a great blow to Huo Xiuxiu, but she had actually anticipated it.

Especially after seeing her grandmother's head in that state, Huo Xiuxiu recalled many clues that she hadn't paid much attention to before.

Actually, her grandmother's abnormality had already been evident for some time.

The most obvious thing is that her grandmother's skin has become increasingly white. As she gets older, she doesn't have the various age spots that old people should have. Instead, her skin is as white as snow, and even her wrinkles are snow-white.

On the contrary, his eyes became even darker.

No normal person would act like that.

This idea had quietly surfaced in Huo Xiuxiu's mind more than once, but she had quickly suppressed it herself.

Seeing her grandmother's head this time, besides the grief over her grandmother's death, she also had a sense of "so that's how it is," and "it makes sense."

Wanting to learn more, Huo Xiuxiu didn't indulge in the pain of losing her loved ones. Instead, she sought out Qiu Dekao to try and find out what exactly happened during the largest tomb raiding operation in history.

Huo Xiuxiu suspected that Qiu Dekao was also experiencing the same abnormalities as her grandmother.

Why are Grandma Huo and the others so reluctant to talk about certain things from back then, even vowing to keep certain things to themselves and never say them aloud?

Then she received some information and came to find Ling Yue and Zhang Qilin again, hoping to learn about what happened in the ancient building.

Huo Xiuxiu had mixed feelings when she saw Zhang Qilin again.

This is someone even her grandmother would kneel down to.

The three of them sat down in the courtyard, while Uncle Gui and Yun Cai went out.

The locals collected some herbs, saying they were incredibly effective for Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi's injuries. The father and daughter went to get the herbs, and afterwards, they asked a doctor to come and check on their injuries at the same time every three meals a day.

The courtyard was quiet for a moment.

After a while, Huo Xiuxiu spoke, saying to Ling Yue, "You must be Miss Ling Yue who came out with Uncle San and Fatty, right? I am Huo Xiuxiu from the Huo family in the capital, and Aunt Huo is my grandmother."

After a brief introduction, Huo Xiuxiu stated her purpose: "I want to know how my grandmother became..."

She paused, took a deep breath to suppress her turbulent emotions, and continued, "It became like that."

In fact, Huo Xiuxiu's main target for this conversation was Zhang Qilin, because in her fixed mindset, it must have been Zhang Qilin who stopped her grandmother from turning into a zombie and cut off her head.

As for Ling Yue, although Qiu Dekao's subordinates said that this person was very powerful, and that after coming out of the mountains, he could actually hold off more than a dozen people, making it impossible for them to get close to Wu Xie and the others who were unconscious at the time.

But Ling Yue's appearance and demeanor are very deceptive.

This woman, with her ethereal beauty and otherworldly grace, and her refined and elegant demeanor, is truly hard to imagine. It's hard to imagine that she would have violently beaten a zongzi back then.

However, the truth is that it was indeed she who did it.

Faced with Huo Xiuxiu's direct questioning, Zhang Qilin silently turned to look at Ling Yue.

Huo Xiuxiu was a little surprised and looked over as well.

Although it was a bit awkward to talk about how he bullied the zombie old man in front of the other person's granddaughter, Ling Yue still organized his thoughts and roughly recounted the situation.

When Huo Xiuxiu heard Ling Yue say that they were going to bring out Old Madam Huo's body, her expression clearly showed some relief.

She probably felt grateful that they were willing to bring out her grandmother's complete body under those circumstances.

Ling Yue thought to himself, "Even sages say to judge by actions, not intentions. This interpretation, though made by chance, isn't entirely wrong."

After all, if Old Lady Huo hadn't actually turned into a zombie after leaving the ancient building, she wouldn't have abandoned him halfway through his journey, leaving him stranded on the roadside.

After sorting through the clues, Huo Xiuxiu temporarily put aside her grief and thought for a moment before saying, "So, my grandmother only turned into a zombie after leaving the Ancient Tower. Perhaps she had already foreseen this when she insisted on entering the Ancient Tower herself."

The result is quite obvious. Old Mrs. Huo, at her advanced age, insisted on personally going down into the tomb, so she must know something.

Huo Xiuxiu turned to Zhang Qilin and asked, "Qiu Dekao came here in person this time. What is the purpose of those two rings that you brought out for him?"

Zhang Qilin lowered his eyes, as quiet as a statue, and after a long while he finally said, "To let him leave in peace."

Huo Xiuxiu wasn't quite used to his speaking style yet, and pressed further, "Leave? Leave China, or leave..."

Zhang Qilin stopped speaking.

Connecting this to Qiu Dekao's behavior when he came down the mountain, Ling Yue understood: "There's something wrong with him. Only those two rings can allow him to die peacefully without worrying about any post-mortem changes?"

Those rings were taken by Zhang Qilin from the coffin of the previous generation of Qilin, and Qiu Dekao went to great lengths to come for them.

No, or rather, Qiu Dekao was unaware of the existence of the ring; he sought a "purpose," while Zhang Qilin knew how to achieve that "purpose."

Huo Xiuxiu frowned: "Before I came here, I went to see Qiu Dekao. I also suspected that something had happened to him, just like my grandmother. But he didn't say anything. He only said that if necessary, my grandmother and the others would have other arrangements for us."

Ling Yue then asked, "I heard from Wu Xie that the first generation of the Nine Gates all seem to have some problems. Was there anything unusual about your grandmother when she was alive?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Xiuxiu realized that Wu Xie had already told Ling Yue about this, so she assumed that Huo Xiuxiu was also one of the "insiders" who knew about it. Naturally, she was no longer on guard and gave a brief account of what she knew about the unusual things that had happened to her grandmother.

Zhang Qilin glanced at her silently, then lowered his eyelids and continued to act like a wooden doll.

The two exchanged information about the clues they had, and after seeing Huo Xiuxiu off, Ling Yue asked Zhang Qilin, "Is there anything you want to say to me?"

The opportunity has finally arrived!

Zhang Qilin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately asked the question: "What are you looking for?"