Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

"To find the dragon vein and divide the gold, look at the winding mountains; each winding mountain is a barrier!"

"The towering peaks of Biaozi Ridge resemble a white tiger crouching at the gate, and the inauspicious location lies there..."

The next morning, rays of light shone brightly, turning the sky a vibrant red.

Su Chen stood on the mountaintop above the cave, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding peaks.

Finally, he raised his hand and pointed to two huge, protruding rocks not far away.

"there!"

The Wu family members were stunned when they heard this, and when Su Chen casually pointed out the location of the sacrificial pit, they immediately looked puzzled.

Old Wu frowned and said, "Young Brother Su, you've already found the place? Don't you need to study it further?"

Su Chen laughed and waved his hand, saying, "No need."

"The Tomb Raiders' Manual states that where a dragon coils in a mountain range, its soaring is auspicious; where a tiger lies prone, its gaze is inauspicious. This is called 'Dragon Soaring, Tiger Gaze'!"

Su Chen's words only made the Wu family members more confused.

Old Wu was too embarrassed to admit that he hadn't understood, so he could only turn around and glare at Wu Jizong, scolding him: "You all understand, right? You're all so fierce and aggressive!"

"Ah I?"

Wu Jizong thought to himself, "Our Wu family has been rough and uncultured people working in the fields for generations. Who would know anything about this?"

He could only force a smile and say, "Brother Su, could you explain this more clearly? What does that mean?"

Su Chen didn't take it to heart and patiently explained to the group.

This trip to Biaoziling is also a test of our results.

Although he received system infusion and possessed all the knowledge of the Dragon Seeking Technique.

Whether one can use it skillfully still depends on practical experience.

"Actually, it's quite simple. Most of the mountains in the world, judging from their shapes, resemble dragons coiled and tigers crouching! If it's dragon-shaped, the dragon's head is called the dragon's head, which represents auspiciousness. If it's tiger-shaped, you need to find the tiger's eyes. A tiger's gaze is like the look of a tiger staring at its prey, which is considered inauspicious."

At this point, Su Chen pointed to the two symmetrical, protruding, huge rocks at the foot of the mountain.

"Look, isn't that place just like a tiger's two eyes, watching its prey in the mountains?"

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, Wu Jizong hurriedly looked up.

If you take the undulating Biaoziling mountain range into account, you will find these two huge rocks, which resemble the eyes of a tiger and exude a fierce aura of a tiger roaring through the forest.

Seeing this, Wu Jizong was full of admiration and gave a thumbs up, saying, "Brother Su is amazing! I never thought you could find tombs like this!"

Su Chen smiled reservedly and shook his head, saying, "Each situation needs to be analyzed specifically. Whether it's extremely unlucky or extremely lucky, there are actually patterns. Once you find the patterns, determining the location of the burial site won't be difficult."

Even so, Su Chen wasn't 100% certain that there was a sacrificial pit near the rocks.

But having the Dragon Seeking Manual as a guide is much better than digging aimlessly all over the mountains and fields.

Old Wu looked excited and picked up a shovel, saying, "Dad, what are we waiting for? Let's dig!"

"You brat, I haven't given the order yet, what's the rush?"

Wu Jizong patted Wu Laogou on the head, then turned his gaze to Wu Laobatou.

The latter hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Let's dig first. We have enough time this time, so a little delay won't matter. If we can dig up some copper road or sweet potatoes, it won't be a loss!"

Whether in the south or the north, the tomb raiding industry has given rise to many slang terms.

After all, a group of people going to rob tombs can't just keep shouting, "Let's go tomb robbing!" In reality, those who actually do it never use the words "tomb robbing." The vast majority communicate using slang.

The terms "digging up sweet potatoes" and "copper road" used by Old Wu are common slang terms used in southern China.

For example, "zhi guo" refers to organizing a group of people to rob a tomb, "pao huang shu" refers to digging up antiques, and "tong lu" actually means that there may be bronze artifacts in the tomb.

Bronze Age can be divided into three major periods: early, middle, and late. The earliest period is the ancient cultural period, including the Yu Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty.

The middle period is the Shang and Zhou dynasties, which spans approximately a thousand years.

As for the late period, it refers to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, all the way to the Qin and Han dynasties.

After the Han Dynasty, iron forging technology developed greatly, gradually replacing bronze technology.

Even if there are bronze artifacts, their composition and even the casting method are completely different from those of real bronze artifacts.

Strictly speaking, bronze ware produced after the Han Dynasty can only be called copperware.

Previously, the Wu family had found information about an ancient tomb in Biaozi Ridge from ancient books, and had even roughly determined its location.

It has been further confirmed that the ancient tomb dates back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

Many tombs from this period contain bronze artifacts.

Old Wu gave the order, and Old Wu and his second brother immediately became excited, grabbed their shovels, and rushed to the rocks.

however!

After a few shovelfuls, Old Dog Wu was dumbfounded.

After the topsoil was removed, large, hard rocks were exposed underneath.

The two of them worked incredibly hard to dig away one piece, only to find an even bigger one had appeared.

Seeing this, Wu Laogou was at a loss.

"Brother Su, there are so many rocks, we can't dig them up!"

Su Chen walked up to the rocks that Wu Laogou and the others had dug out and examined them carefully.

The rock is square and weighs about 200 kilograms. And this is considered the smaller one; the rocks below are larger and heavier.

Old Wu, who was standing nearby, also came over and took a look. He immediately shook his head and said, "Damn it, we've run into a rockfall."

"Does the old man know the purpose of these stones?"

Old Wu nodded and explained, "This kind of anti-theft rock-roofed structure is actually not common in the south, but it's more common in the north."

"The principle of the rockfall is not complicated. It is to lay a layer of sand more than one meter thick on the top of the tomb! Then lay large stones weighing hundreds or thousands of kilograms on top, and continue to lay seven or eight layers."

“If someone were to dig from the top, they would encounter layers upon layers of large rocks, which would be time-consuming and laborious. It might take one or two months to finish digging. If they were to dig from the side, as soon as they made it through to the burial chamber, the quicksand above would come down with it. Without the support of sand, a rock weighing hundreds of kilograms could crush someone to death. Even if no one was killed, the burial chamber could be sealed up again!”

Old Wu has traveled all over the country, so perhaps he doesn't know much about feng shui secrets.

But in terms of experience, he's undoubtedly a max-level expert!

To put it bluntly, he has probably dug up more graves over the years than anyone here has ever heard of.

Old Wu was puzzled and asked with a puzzled look, "But isn't this just a sacrificial pit? Why do we need to prevent the pot from tipping over?"

This matter was not only confusing to Old Master Wu, but Su Chen was also puzzled.

After all, if he hadn't discovered this sacrificial pit, the Wu family would have missed it.

Who knows what important thing is hidden inside, that the security measures are even stricter than those of the Blood Corpse Tomb?

"Grandpa, is there any other way to deal with Falling Rock Peak?"

"No other way!"

Old Wu sighed and explained, "We can either dig little by little, but with our small group, it might take more than a month to dig."

The tombs from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were naturally deep!

In addition, there are huge rocks weighing hundreds or even thousands of kilograms.

There were no cranes back then, so it was extremely difficult for just a few people to lift it by brute force.