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

"Old Huang has been taming these weasels since he was a child, and he also has a family-inherited beast-taming technique, so he can indeed communicate with the weasels."

No sooner had Jin Suanpan finished speaking than Huang Zhankui slapped his thigh, his face filled with fear.

"Quickly spread the word: do not set up camp near the edge of the old forest, leave immediately!"

"Old Huang, what's wrong?"

Everyone looked puzzled and instinctively glanced at Huang Zhan Kui!

The latter looked uneasy and paced back and forth.

He hesitated for a moment before explaining, "The weasel I was raising just now said it saw the ancestor of the Willow Immortal in the old forest..."

In the north, there is a saying about the Five Immortals. The weasel raised by the Huang family is one of the Five Immortals, the Yellow Immortal.

The Willow Fairy that Huang Zhankui mentioned was actually a Snake Fairy.

The group exchanged bewildered glances, then turned to look at the deep, silent old forest behind them.

The mirage from earlier had already given everyone a sense of foreboding, and Huang Zhankui's words now cast an even deeper shadow over their hearts.

Jin Suanpan hesitated for a moment, then turned to Chen Changqing and gave him instructions.

"Battalion Commander Chen, pass the order: continue the march!"

"But... it's getting dark."

"I have to leave even if it gets dark. I don't want to feed Liu Xian."

Huang Zhankui shouted something, then ignored the others and gave a call to the others. The Huang family members gathered together and prepared to travel in the dark.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing had no choice but to order his troops to follow.

Su Renxiu quietly approached Su Chen and whispered, "Clan leader, this Huang family head looks down on this and that. This trip might be going to be troublesome."

"It's alright, let's keep looking."

Su Chen shook his head, lost in thought.

If all else fails, find the tomb of the Liao Dynasty's imperial concubine, complete the system task, and you can leave.

Walking at night, especially in deep mountains and forests, is always very dangerous.

Fortunately, the team was large enough, with 600 people, so no evil spirits dared to show themselves.

After walking for about two hours and continuing for more than ten miles, the group finally chose a valley in the mountains to set up camp.

The next day!

Most people didn't sleep well last night.

I woke up early this morning with dark circles under my eyes and felt listless.

Only a handful of young people, including Su Chen and Yi Xiao, were full of energy.

Oh, and Huang Zhankui too...

He arrived at the valley early, secured the best spot, and slept soundly that night.

"Brother Su, did you sleep well last night? Come, come, I just cooked a pot of meat porridge, want to have some?"

"No need."

While Su Chen was speaking, Su Renxiu and the others had already set up a pot to cook porridge.

Once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, the main group continued their journey to Tiger Cave.

Tiger Cave Mountain is less than ten miles away from this valley.

Chen Changqing didn't order his men to dismantle the camp!

After walking for about two hours and crossing two low mountains, the group arrived at the foot of Tiger Cave Mountain.

Tiger Cave Mountain is not large; among the surrounding peaks, it is considered low.

Its fame stems entirely from the tiger cave at the foot of the mountain.

The entrance to this cave is located in a sinkhole.

The sinkhole is about five or six meters deep. On the side closer to the mountain peak, there is a cave more than three meters high that leads into the mountainside and extends to an unknown destination.

Soon, Chen Changqing's soldiers used the bamboo forest next to the sinkhole to build bamboo ladders.

After everyone came down, Jin Suanpan said, "Tiger Cave is very deep, at least thirty kilometers long, and has many branching passages. If you're not careful, you can easily get lost inside and not be able to find your way out. So when we go in, everyone must stay close to the main group and remember the marks drawn along the way."

As they were talking, Jin Suanpan casually picked up a piece of limestone and drew a circular mark at the entrance of the cave.

"Remember, if you accidentally get separated from the main group, follow the circular markings and come back on your own."

After everyone had memorized the instructions, the group, led by Jin Suanpan, entered the cave one after another.

To avoid any unexpected situations, Chen Changqing did not allow all his men to enter the cave.

He only brought 150 elite men, each armed with a rifle and a flashlight.

Once inside, everyone realized that the tiger cave was very spacious; it was large enough for a truck to pass through, let alone a person.

Upon seeing this scene, Su Chen couldn't help but think of Shuanghe Cave in Guizhou Province.

Shuanghe Cave is the longest cave in China, stretching over 200 kilometers. In later generations, a road was even built inside the cave to facilitate its development.

The tiger cave in front of us is equally impressive; it's incredibly spacious inside, enough to probably build a highway through.

The group of over two hundred people continued forward, marking the way every few hundred meters to prevent getting lost.

After walking for about seven or eight miles, the path inside the cave began to branch out.

At this moment, Su Chen noticed that Jin Suanpan took out an antique silk map from his bosom.

The map above shows a detailed route inside the tiger's den.

With a map in hand, Jin Suanpan led the group through winding paths for another seven or eight miles before finally arriving at a natural well cave.

The well also has a height difference of seven or eight meters, but this did not pose a challenge to the group.

As the rope was lowered, everyone descended to the bottom of the well one by one.

The most outrageous one was Yi Xiao of the Three Rivers Water Demon. She didn't even use a rope. She just jumped lightly, drew her dagger, and stuck it into the stone wall. Using the cushioning effect, she reached the bottom of the cave in a few moments.

Upon seeing this, Su Renxiu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"Young lady, you have impressive skills! I wonder if you're married? If not, what do you think of our clan leader..."

Before Su Renxiu could finish speaking, Su Chen coughed twice.

"Don't mind him, that's just how my sixth uncle is, a bit unreliable."

Yi Xiao glanced at Su Chen, remained silent, and simply looked into the depths of the cave.

However, as Su Chen walked past, she suddenly said, "The Three Rivers Water Demons never intermarry with people of different surnames."

Yi Xiao didn't understand why she had gone to all this trouble.

However, after spending the last two days with Su Chen, she at least doesn't dislike him.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have given that special reminder in the first place.

Su Chen nodded and said, "I've heard about it. I know the head of the Wu family in Changsha. He once talked about the Three Rivers Water Demon."

"The Wu family? Could it be Old Wu, the chief of the Changsha tomb raiders?"

"Does Miss Yi know Old Master Wu?"

"I've seen him a few times."

Actually, Old Wu and the Three Rivers Water Demon had a good relationship.

A few years ago, when Yi Xiao inherited the Yi family's ancestral tablet, Old Master Wu was invited to attend the ceremony.

Sure enough, thanks to this connection, the two became much closer.

They could even chat occasionally, though most of the time Su Chen did the talking, and Yi Xiao would occasionally reply with a few words.

Seeing that Jin Suanpan and the others weren't paying attention to them, Su Chen quickly asked in a low voice, "Miss Yi, what did you mean by what you said last night..."