Tomb Raiders: She Comes from the Ancient Martial Arts World

Zhang Rishan originally intended to give Ling Yue directions, but he soon discovered that Ling Yue seemed to know the ancient city of Tongjing in an unbelievable way.

Without needing his directions, Ling Yue ran and leaped faster and faster, his goal clear, and he moved forward in a certain direction without hesitation.

Gradually, the black-haired snake was left far behind, and the vines of the nine-headed cypress stopped chasing them.

Once again, Ling Yue carried him as he leaped from the sky, using the countless pebbles as leverage to continue his sprint...

Zhang Rishan wanted to say something, such as, "Should you tone it down a little?"

Although I know that I risked my life to save you, and you may no longer be as distant and indifferent to me as before, it shouldn't be that you suddenly become so unguarded towards me!

I know your martial arts skills are special, but could you please not make it so obvious?

However, he looked up and silently watched her resolute composure as she gazed ahead, watched her confident and unyielding spirit as she soared into the air, watched the free and unrestrained air of her wisps of hair fluttering in the wind...

Zhang Rishan pursed his lips, only to realize that the corners of his mouth had inexplicably curled into a relaxed and cheerful smile.

Forget it, so be it.

Anyway, he wouldn't reveal her secret.

It feels really good to be trusted and protected by her like this.

Zhang Rishan nestled comfortably in her not-so-broad, yet reassuring embrace, his eyelashes slightly lowered, savoring the ease of soaring through the air.

Indeed, since ancient times, humankind has been utterly powerless against the allure of defying gravity and taking flight.

Zhang Rishan secretly enjoyed it for a while, but soon he couldn't enjoy it anymore.

"Where are we going?" Ling Yue had set his bones and bandaged his wounds, then covered him in Heavenly Heart Stone powder and stuffed several unknown pills into his mouth.

After swallowing the whole thing in a daze, Zhang Rishan suddenly had a bad feeling.

Ling Yue looked up at him and smiled slightly, giving him an approving look.

It roughly means: You guessed it, we're going to find the Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress to play with.

Zhang Tishan: "..."

No, no, no, he must have misunderstood!

“I think we should leave Gutongjing now,” Zhang Tishan said righteously.

Ling Yue smiled and shook his head, then, ignoring Zhang Rishan's refusal, picked him up again.

This gave Zhang Rishan another interpretation of her overly considerate and gentle princess carry.

It's roughly like this: People with leg problems don't deserve to have the right to choose their direction.

Zhang Rishan, with a stern face, pondered how to handle this major incident in which he had lost the right to choose.

Suddenly feeling a warmth on his forehead, Zhang Rishan froze. He looked up and saw only Ling Yue's chin, which had just left his body.

So just now, she was rubbing her chin against his forehead?

Is this appeasement, or...?

The Qilin tattoo reappeared beneath the clothes Zhang Rishan had just put on.

He only did what he was supposed to do, saving her at that time, and her attitude towards him changed so drastically?

Zhang Rishan pondered to himself, "Could this be the legendary debt of gratitude for saving a life that can never be repaid, so one can only repay it with one's own body... cough cough!"

But Ling Yue clearly disapproved of the idea of ​​a relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter in their twilight years.

However, the age difference between the two is undeniable.

For a moment, Zhang Rishan found himself caught in a dilemma and hesitation during a brief respite from his busy schedule.

Only when the two arrived at the area where the Nine-Headed Cypress tree was located did Zhang Rishan regain his composure and become wary of the corpse beetles that might appear in the vicinity.

The nine-headed cypress is, after all, a plant and cannot directly devour living creatures. It needs a "cook" to help prepare its food, and its exclusive "cook" for thousands of years has been none other than the corpse beetle living on its body.

Thinking about how many years this nine-headed cypress has been growing here, and how many corpse beetles it has covered, one wonders.

Zhang Rishan's heart tightened, and he immediately tore open the wound on his arm that had just been bandaged, squeezing out the blood without mercy and smearing it on Ling Yue's body: "The Qilin blood on my body can drive away the corpse beetles, but if there are too many corpse beetles, it will quickly lose its effect."

He completely forgot that he had previously firmly believed in Ling Yue's guess that she was a Qilin woman.

Ling Yue frowned, stopping him from squeezing the wound to draw blood again. She shook her head disapprovingly, then took out some medicine powder from her waist bag and re-bandaged the wound to stop the bleeding.

The only relatively clean and soft fabric that can be found now is Lingyue's close-fitting T-shirt.

Zhang Rishan had many wounds on his body, and after tearing them, Ling Yue's t-shirt was now so short that it was less than a hand's width below his chest.

It's to the point where if you raise your arms even slightly, your sports bra will be visible underneath.

However, Ling Yue didn't care about this. After all, she had never felt shy or embarrassed when she appeared in front of men wearing a sports bra before.

Instead, seeing that she had torn the T-shirt shorter, Zhang Rishan lowered his head uncomfortably, stopped arguing, and let her bandage him.

He was afraid that if he pulled any further, Ling Yue would tear his clothes off completely.

Since Ling Yue chose to come here, she must have her reasons.

Knowing about the corpse beetle and refusing his Qilin blood, Zhang Rishan believed that Ling Yue must have other ways to deal with the corpse beetle.

Ling Yue does indeed have a way to deal with corpse beetles.

She took out the strange, blood-sucking ore she had previously dug out from the lonely tomb. At this moment, the ore had been "fed" by Ling Yue with animal blood, and its color had changed from a dull blackish-green to a dark red with blood-like veins flowing through it.

The saturated ore no longer draws blood, remaining as still as a ruby.

After it was taken out, a rustling sound suddenly came from the surroundings.

Ling Yue held it with one hand and pulled Zhang Rishan with the other.

Although he knew from those jumbled memories that this blood-sucking stone was a traditional way for the people of Gutongjing to expel corpse beetles, Ling Yue was not sure if any unexpected situations would occur during its use.

By having Zhang Rishan by her side, if any problems arose, she could quickly carry him away.

Zhang Rishan, unaware of Ling Yue's intentions, was amazed by the scene before him.

Zhang Rishan certainly knew about this kind of ore that sucks people's blood, after all, he used to follow Zhang Dafoye.

Although he did not participate in the construction of the Lonely Tomb, he knew that the Buddha had used this ore to create some special mechanisms.

Unexpectedly, the bloodsucking ore, after turning dark red, had such a powerful natural repellent effect on corpse beetles.

They never thought of using it this way back then.

However, how did Ling Yue know this usage?

This method seems more like what someone who has long dealt with the Hydra and the Corpse Beetle would use.

The people of Gutongjing kept nine-headed cypress and corpse beetles for defense.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Rishan roughly understood that Ling Yue had probably obtained some information about Gutongjing through some unknown means during his strange coma.

Zhang Rishan didn't delve into why Ling Yue received different information when both he and Ling Yue were there.

He was only moved by Ling Yue's complete lack of guard around him.

As the two approached, countless corpse beetles retreated like a tide, revealing the colossal Nine-Headed Cypress before them.

After driving away the corpse beetles, and with Heavenly Heart Stone Powder on their bodies, Ling Yue arrived smoothly at the roots of the Nine-Headed Cypress Tree.

She handed the vampire ore to Zhang Rishan, gesturing for him to take it, and then took out a rhomboid-shaped object resembling green crystal from her waist pouch.

Zhang Rishan looked at her fanny pack with suspicion, wondering what strange things were inside.

However, he did not know that this object, which resembled a rhomboid green crystal, was, just half an hour earlier, an ugly, unremarkable, irregularly shaped, uneven stone.

As a key, it changed the atmosphere of Gutongjing, turning hymns into funeral songs, and awakening the resentful souls of Gutongjing who had been dead for more than two thousand years.

The souls of the dead transformed into a dark tide, engulfing Ling Yue's consciousness and causing her to forget everything about herself, almost making her never wake up again.

Until she found herself, the key shed its outer shell, revealing the green crystal at its core.

The reason Zhang Rishan didn't discover it while she was unconscious was because she was the one who opened the ancient city of Gutongjing, and she was also the one who came from the deep pool covered with the aura of the dead souls of Gutongjing.

It is only when she uses it, when it is needed, that it is "seen".

When the green crystal touched the trunk of the Hydra Cypress, a burst of green light, visible only to Ling Yue, burst forth, and soon the Hydra Cypress trembled.

And it's getting more and more intense.

Zhang Rishan looked up warily at the enormous, terrifying nine-headed cypress tree before him, secretly calculating how many he and Ling Yue would be torn to pieces if it suddenly lashed out with its whip.

Thinking about it that way, it seems like we don't need to be on guard anymore?

No, maybe taking some precautions will be of some use?

What's going on with this nine-headed cypress? Why is it shaking and spinning around?

Ah, why do my thoughts always jump around, wander, and get so scattered, making it impossible to concentrate?

boom--

Because Ling Yue was focused on the Hydra Cypress, he was momentarily distracted and Zhang Rishan, who had lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss, crashed heavily to the ground.

Ling Yue: "..."

Seeing his miserable appearance, I felt guilty.