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

Zhang Qishan moved nimbly and soon rappelled down to the rock face.

He hung suspended in mid-air on the cliff, calmly put on gloves, and gripped the Xie family Luoyang shovel that was stuck into the rock face.

but……

No matter how hard Zhang Qishan tried, the Luoyang shovel seemed to be fused with the stone wall, and he couldn't pull it out at all.

Just then, Su Chen rappelled down from the other side.

He gazed at the almost vertical stone wall and the moss on it, and suddenly felt a cool sensation emanating from the Faqiu Seal in his arms!

"The seal of the tomb raider is moving; there's something strange about this stone wall!"

Su Chen's mind raced, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed a grayish-white patch in the overgrown vines on his left.

He quickly swung the rope and swayed to the vines.

He then used his hands to push aside the vines and wipe away the moss on the stone wall, and soon saw that there was actually a human skeleton embedded inside the stone wall.

Like the Luoyang shovel, this human skeleton is half exposed and half integrated with the stone wall.

On his finger, he also wore a ring with the character "解" (jie) engraved on it.

Seeing this, Su Chen turned and shouted at Zhang Qishan.

"Brother Zhang, there's something going on here!"

Zhang Qishan quickly instructed the men on the cliff top to take him to Su Chen's location.

When he saw the human bones embedded in the stone wall and the ring engraved with the word "Jie", his expression immediately changed!

Zhang Qishan and Su Chen looked at each other, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

The former nodded and said in a deep voice, "Let's go up first!"

Upon reaching the top of the cliff, Zhang Qishan immediately found Xie Yuanlong.

"Boss Jie, I found a human skeleton that's fused into the stone wall down there..."

Human bones?!

Everyone was taken aback by Zhang Qishan's words.

Xie Yuanlong seemed to have anticipated this, and instead of being overly excited, he took a deep breath and asked in a low voice:

"Is it related to my Xie family?"

"It must be him, he's wearing the Xie family's ring!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuanlong was stunned for a moment, remaining silent for a long while before saying bitterly, "My grandfather did indeed wear a family head's ring when he left home, and the ring had the character 'Xie' on it..."

At this point, he rallied his spirits.

"I want to go down and see for myself!"

Zhang Qishan readily agreed and stepped aside.

Despite his pampered lifestyle, Xie Yuanlong's family, which dominates Changsha City, possesses unique skills.

Jie Yuanlong's skills were also quite good. Although he couldn't compare to Wu Jizong, who was used to going down into tombs all year round, he was still much better than the average guy.

He followed the rope to the white bones on the stone wall!

Looking at the Xie family ring on his finger bone, Xie Yuanlong felt a lump in his throat and his eyes reddened.

He was young when his grandfather went missing and doesn't remember the incident well.

But after all, they were blood relatives. The moment Xie Yuanlong saw the skeleton, he knew it was the remains of his grandfather, the old master of the Xie family.

Now that it was confirmed, Zhang Qishan didn't delay any longer and immediately ordered his men to chisel out the remains of the old master of the Xie family from inside the stone wall.

The workers spent the whole afternoon working hard, and finally managed to dig all the skeletons hanging in mid-air out of the stone wall, and neatly collect them and put them in a black lacquered wooden box.

Xie Yuanlong took the black wooden box, took a deep breath, and turned to Su Chen, saying, "Brother Su, when my father was still alive, he repeatedly told me to find my grandfather, whether he was dead or alive, so that the old master of the Xie family could return to his roots."

"I was able to find my grandfather's remains thanks to your help. If you ever have any problems in Changsha City, just come to the Xie family to find me."

"Easy to say."

Xie Yuanlong retrieved the remains of the Xie family patriarch and intended to return them to the Xie family for burial.

Zhang Qishan then sent two men to accompany him and escort him back to Changsha.

Xie Yuanlong left, but the rest of the group did not!

Along with the old man, a standing Buddha statue of Guanyin was also carved out.

Looking at the Guanyin statue in Zhang Qishan's hand, Wu Jizong said impatiently, "Zhang boy, what are you staring at? Hurry up and make a rubbing of the topographical map of the large tomb inside."

The reason why the old master of the Xie family was able to unite several families to set up a business in Guanyin Mountain was because there was a map of a large tomb inside this Guanyin standing Buddha statue.

However, ever since the Guanyin statue disappeared along with Master Xie, the clues to the tomb have been completely cut off.

Zhang Qishan shook his head, his expression shifting between light and dark.

"There are still some things I haven't figured out!"

"what's up?"

Zhang Qishan pointed to the distant stone wall and explained, "How could the remains of the Xie family patriarch be fused with the stone wall? Also, according to Boss Xie, they searched almost the entire Guanyin Mountain Range in their search for the patriarch. The stone wall is so conspicuous; even if they couldn't see the human bones, they shouldn't have missed the Luoyang shovel. How could the Xie family not have found it back then?"

"This……"

When Zhang Qishan said this, not only Wu Jizong, but the others were all stunned.

Indeed, a quick glance at this stone wall reveals many problems.

As the group explored further, they discovered more and more tools that had become integrated with the rock face.

Although there is only one human skeleton, there are countless ropes, shovels and other items on the stone wall, making it difficult to go unnoticed.

"Maybe those guys just didn't see it back then?"

"It's possible, but the probability is too low..."

Zhang Qishan shook his head and turned his gaze to Su Chen.

Looking at the stone wall about one or two hundred meters away in the distance, Su Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Is it possible that these things were slowly expelled from the stone wall? More than forty years ago, there were no remains of Master Xie on the stone wall, let alone so many relics of Xie's fellow apprentices of that time!"

"Spit it out?"

Su Chen's assumption was beyond their comprehension, leaving them all stunned.

Pointing at the stone wall, Wu Jizong asked incredulously, "Brother Su, this is clearly a cliff. Can it eat and spit things out?"

"It might not be impossible!"

Su Chen stood up, gazing at the distant stone wall, and slowly spoke.

"There is a kind of tomb in this world called a ghost tomb, or a ghost ship at sea. They can move at will and have their own consciousness, existing between reality and illusion."

Those present were all experts in tomb raiding, well-versed in various legends and rumors, and many had even witnessed them firsthand.

Upon hearing Su Chen mention the word "ghost," Wu Jizong immediately said, "When I was in the Unloading Ridge, I heard the brothers from Unloading Ridge mention that there's a section of the Canglan River called Tiger Leaping Gorge, which is extremely dangerous. But every few years, there will be a day when the current in Tiger Leaping Gorge is calm. At this time, a ghost ship will appear on the river. If anyone boards the ship, the ghost ship will disappear. After a few days, without exception, those who boarded the ship will have their heads stuck to the rocks on both sides of Tiger Leaping Gorge. If you get close, they will even greet you, but once someone tells these people that they only have heads left, they will die immediately."

Wu Jizong's words were so bizarre that everyone frowned in disbelief.

Su Renxiu even subconsciously touched his neck...

Zhang Qishan thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Su, do you mean that the things on this stone wall were gradually expelled by the Ghost Tomb over the years?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."