Tomb Raiders: She Comes from the Ancient Martial Arts World

After crossing the stone bridge, they arrived at the Bagua abacus and Wuxie recited the incantation while moving the beads.

Li Cu was greatly shocked by Wu Xie's innocence and couldn't help but mutter to Hei Xiazi, "Wu Xie is too amazing. How come he seems to know everything?"

Hei Xiazi smiled slightly, thinking to himself that this was exactly the effect he wanted, and gave a brief explanation of the principle of the Bagua abacus.

Finally, he said meaningfully, "This is a mechanism that only the Zhang family can solve."

Ling Yue was certain that when he said those words, he glanced in his direction, whether as a warning or something else, he couldn't tell.

Only Li Cu didn't think much of it, only wondering, "The Zhang family? But isn't Wu Xie's surname Wu?"

No further explanation was received from Hei Xiazi.

After all, it was such a simple question, and Hei Xiazi, who had become much quieter for some reason upon their reunion, was clearly too lazy to answer.

After Wu Xie finished moving the beads, the eyes of the Qiongqi totem on the Bagua abacus lit up with a red light.

After the Bagua diagram formed in the middle of the abacus rotated, the mechanism was activated, and the stone door in front of us slid open to both sides.

What was revealed was a large hall.

Five stone pillars provide support, along with several stone beasts and stone lanterns.

Nothing else.

Black Bear lazily remarked, "This room is empty. That's interesting."

That's pretty pretentious.

Ling Yue didn't know if it was because of his bad initial impression of Hei Xiazi, but even after seeing him again, he probably understood that Hei Xiazi's repeated acts of rudeness in front of him were mostly to test him.

This time when they met again, Hei Xiazi was taciturn and seemed a bit cold, no longer displaying the smugness that Ling Yue disliked.

But every time Ling Yue saw what he did or heard what he said, he couldn't help but think the worst.

After realizing this, Ling Yue reflected for three seconds and then decided to try not to look at him.

Anyway, there's no need for her to make things difficult for herself by disliking someone.

After observing for a while, Wu Xie had Li Cu, Hei Xiazi, and Wang Meng stand in front of a stone lamp and light all three lamps at the same time.

Ling Yue, who had nearly died in the underground palace after lighting palace lanterns and waking up a bunch of spiders, was still suffering from aftereffects. Upon hearing this, he immediately became cautious and subconsciously moved closer to Wu Xie.

Before she even realized it, he had already taken a protective stance.

Hei Xiazi was the first to discover that Wu Xie's mood had somewhat changed.

He clicked his tongue inwardly, turned his face away, and pretended not to see it.

The stone lamps on the three stone platforms were lit at the same time, illuminating the room. After waiting for a while and finding nothing unusual, everyone relaxed.

Then I saw several strangely posed statues on the wall, as well as a grid-like wall carved with strange symbols.

It's clear that this is indeed the first time Wu Xie has deciphered this mechanism, and his performance is much more realistic than before.

Wu Xie closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. He then made a discovery and ordered Li Cu to take off his clothes.

Li Cu was dumbfounded. "Huh? Take off... take off your clothes?"

He looked at Ling Yue with a panicked expression, his hand still clutching his coat collar, looking like a pitiful little thing about to be stripped naked and bullied.

Ling Yue pursed her lips and turned her face away.

It looks like she's trying not to laugh.

That's way too obvious!

Li Cu was both angry and annoyed, but under the pressure from Hei Xiazi and Wang Meng, she could only reluctantly and humiliatingly take off her clothes.

After taking off her clothes, Li Cu tried to tighten her stomach and show off her abs while occasionally turning her head to look at Ling Yue.

Like a peacock that wants to display its feathers but is also a little embarrassed.

Wu Xie couldn't resist slapping him on the back: "Stand still!"

Li Cu shuddered when he patted her: "Stand still!"

If you're going to look, fine, but why are you getting handsy?

After you've seen him, you should hurry up and get dressed!

However, even after watching Li Cu, she was unable to put on clothes as she wished. Instead, Wu Xie asked her to perform actions according to the pictures on the wall.

Although the poses were incredibly embarrassing, Li Cu gritted her teeth and went through with it in order to find out the secret of the seven-finger pattern on her back and solve the puzzle.

At this moment, Ling Yue also came over and watched Li Cu perform the actions together with Wu Xie and the others.

Meeting Ling Yue's gaze, Li Cu felt all the mental preparation she had just done was for nothing: "Wait, is the person who designed this mechanism out of their mind? What kind of weird hobby is that!"

Enraged, the boy gritted his teeth and, with red ears, imitated the first movement under the watchful eyes of the four people. Afterward, he had to adjust his posture little by little with the reminders from Wu Xie and Hei Xiazi.

When Li Cu felt a sharp pain in his back, he called out. Wu Xie went over and found a raised, reddish symbol on the seven-finger diagram on his back: "Wang Meng, come here and draw this symbol."

Having crossed her psychological line, Li Cu became much more at ease with what she did next.

At least that's how it appears on the surface.

Perhaps with the mindset of dying early and being reborn early, Li Cu didn't waste any words after that, doing whatever position he was told, even if each position was more or less... well, let's just say it was something else.

If Ling Yue hadn't remembered that this was serious business, he would have burst out laughing.

After following along and learning all the movements on the wall, Li Cu finally got the privilege of wearing a piece of clothing to cover herself.

However, soon, a sound of a mechanism being triggered came from behind, accompanied by the hissing of a snake.

"what's the situation!"

"The first two are fine, the problem must be with the third symbol!"

Wu Xie immediately pulled Li Cu to the third position and made him take off his clothes and do the action again.

There were many black-haired snakes, and snakes kept jumping down from the roof.

These snakes spread their wing-like cartilage and can launch themselves into the air and fly very far.

With a flick of Ling Yuemozhu's wrist, a black-haired snake was blown in the head.

Black Bear clicked his tongue and teased, "Beautiful lady, you're too violent!"

Ling Yue didn't even glance in his direction; the next second, she slapped away a black-haired snake, sending it flying towards Hei Xiazi's face.

The snake was unusually not hit in the head; it didn't even seem to be stunned. It was as if it was just lightly bounced around in the air by a gentle force.

Black Bear couldn't help but chuckle, and sliced ​​it off with a single stroke. He knew this was Ling Yue's warning, but his interest in deliberately provoking her didn't diminish at all: "Oh, beautiful Ling Yue, I just praised you, how come you're getting so cocky? Look, if this snake hadn't been quick-witted and sharp-handed, it would have bitten my high nose bridge."

That familiar smugness has resurfaced again!

Ling Yue was annoyed. He flung the ink bamboo aside, turning it into a one-meter-long stick, and then swept it across the ground beneath Wang Meng's feet.

Before the black-haired snakes surrounding Wang Meng could figure out what was happening, they all flew away.

With the mindset of "since we've already flown, we might as well take a bite," the black-haired snakes disregarded how they changed course, spread their wings, opened their mouths, revealed their venomous fangs, and aggressively pounced on the black bear.

Hearing Hei Xiazi's flustered cries of "Oh dear!", Ling Yue finally calmed down. He then shoved a stealthy black snake that was quietly swimming towards Wu Xie and was about to break through her defenses, and smashed its head open.

Ling Yue's actions finally brought Wu Xie, who had been focused on watching Li Cu's movements, back to his senses.

Looking down, Wu Xie saw the snake carcass lying just half a meter away from him. He looked up at Ling Yue and saw her swinging her long stick and smashing down two other black-haired snakes that were lunging at his back.

Black-haired snakes kept appearing in the room, but Ling Yue kept them all at least half a meter away from him. Even Li Cu didn't get this treatment.

Wu Xie had to admit that the feeling of being safe and secure within the protective circle was truly addictive.

After calming down, Wu Xie adjusted Li Cu's back according to the picture on the wall, and finally made a symbol reappear on the seven-finger pattern on Li Cu's back.

It turns out that Wang Meng forgot to draw two dots when she drew it!

Before more snakes appeared, Wu Xie finally activated the mechanism and led everyone to escape.

However, Wang Meng still made a careless mistake and was bitten by a snake.

After leaving the room, there was an even larger space that looked like an ancient temple that had once been used for worship.

The object of worship, however, was a huge and ferocious nine-headed cypress stone statue.

Wu Xie nimbly climbed up the stone statue, while Li Cu, standing below, curled his lip.

Upon noticing Ling Yue nearby, Li Cu's eyes darted around. She leaned closer and complained to Ling Yue, "Ling Yue, look, Wu Xie is still pretty quick. He's really got some energy for his age."

Ling Yue turned around and curled the corners of his mouth at him, deliberately saying, "Indeed, you can tell at a glance that you have a good waist, good legs, and good energy."

Li Cu, whose mind had instantly turned yellow, panicked, "My back is fine too!"

Ling Yue then realized that what he had just said could indeed be interpreted in another way.

A chuckle came from behind me.

The two turned around at the same time and met Hei Xiazi's hand, which he pretended to cover his mouth with: "Sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. It's just that you guys were talking quite loudly."

After saying that, he, not wanting to miss out on the fun, shouted at the top of his lungs, "Right, Wuxie? You heard that up there too, didn't you?"

How could Wu Xie, who was examining the stone statue from above, possibly hear that sound? When Hei Xiazi asked him, he naturally poked his head out and asked, "What?"

Hei Xiazi said loudly, "Li Cu said you're still strong despite your age, and Ling Yue praised you for having a good back!"

Li Cu was furious: "Hei Xiazi, what are you doing! You're just spouting nonsense out of context!"

Jump down and go punch him!

But Hei Xiazi isn't the kind of person who can't escape after doing something bad. He's already running around in circles.

Wu Xie overheard Hei Xiazi's words and almost tripped and fell. He quickly pulled his head back and continued to wave his flashlight at the stone statue.

However, his other hand unconsciously touched his waist.

My abs feel firm to the touch. I'm thinking that once I'm done with all this, I should spend more time exercising.