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

The group withdrew from the tomb of the Liao princess.

Having completed this task, the bronze treasure chest rewarded by the system has been credited to my account.

"System, open the treasure box."

Su Chen murmured to himself.

"Congratulations, host, on obtaining the [Legalist Bronze Mirror]."

The system voice sounded.

Su Chen was slightly surprised to learn that it was this treasure.

Legalist bronze mirrors were exclusive items of royalty and nobility during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and possessed mysterious effects.

This treasure was originally acquired by the King of Qin.

As one of the Eight Mirrors of the King of Qin, it can ward off evil spirits.

The Legalist bronze mirror was once used to suppress the Yellow River turtle demon, and later it was used to suppress the corpse inside the bronze coffin.

Ultimately, this magical artifact ended up in the hands of King Xian, but it was later moved into the Corpse Cave and disappeared thereafter.

With this treasure, the safety of future tomb raiding will be greatly enhanced.

With that in mind, Su Chen reopened the system panel.

[Host: Su Chen (Head of the Su Family)]

Age: 18 (18/348)

[Clan Level: 1, 10% Progress]

[Family Members: Official Members: 35. Unofficial Member: Black-backed Sixth Brother]

[Family Property: 750 mu of clan farmland, 4300 silver dollars, and one seal for tomb raiding]

[Family Status: Thriving!]

[Family Buildings: None]

[Clan Bloodline: Phoenix Bloodline (Active, Note: Clan members receive a 30% buff)]

[Clan Skills: Spear Master (Active), Martial Arts Master (Active)]

[Clan Treasures: Tortoise Seal (Active, increases clan field output by 300%, with a chance to obtain high-grade rare and precious materials); Double Ring (For each additional clan member/unofficial member, level progress is doubled! The probability of opening high-grade rewards from various treasure chests increases by 10%! Bloodline bonus increased by 10%! Clan field bonus increased by 100%)]

[Bronze Quest: Lead your clan members to excavate the Ping Mountain Ancient Tomb. Reward upon completion: One Silver Treasure Chest.]

The system's tasks have also been updated.

Excavating the ancient tomb at Ping Mountain will yield another bronze treasure chest.

……

After leaving the tomb of the Liao princess, the group retreated to the old forest for a short rest.

"Brother Chen, what should we do next?"

Su Yitian came closer and asked.

"Just wait and see what happens."

Su Chen also wanted to enter the tomb of Emperor Taizu of Liao to investigate its true nature.

There was almost nothing of value in the princess's tomb.

The tomb of Emperor Taizu of Liao is a large tomb, and there are probably many artifacts inside.

Su Chen looked at the abacus and, combining the rubbings from the tomb of the Liao princess, was calculating the approximate location of the tomb of Emperor Taizu of Liao.

"This is it."

Jin Suanpan led everyone to a place with auspicious feng shui. "The land that has undulations and changes is called a dragon. The reason for its undulations and changes is due to the movement of the earth's energy."

“When it stops, there must be water to mark the boundary. Therefore, large rivers, lakes, and seas, as well as small ditches and main streams, all serve as evidence of the dragon.”

"Yi and Bing meet and head towards Xu, Xin and Ren meet and head towards Chen. Dou and Niu receive the Qi of Ding and Geng, while Jin and Yang receive the spirit of Gui and Jia."

Jin Suanpan stood halfway up the mountain, with a winding river in front of him, resembling a long dragon.

Su Chen roughly understood his meaning: whenever searching for a dragon vein, one should use the outer plate of a compass to determine the water outlet at the confluence of mountains and sand, and observe whether a certain character or a certain character combines with another character.

If the water comes from the right and exits at the four positions of Yi, Xin, Ding, or Gui, examine the layout of the hall and determine which direction is the most auspicious.

Although Jin Suanpan did not use a compass, the abacus in his hand still had special functions.

It serves a similar purpose to a compass.

Three years to find the dragon vein, ten years to pinpoint the acupoint.

Jin Suanpan's mastery of feng shui layout was already unparalleled; in his eyes, these large tombs had long lost their mystery.

"Excavation!"

"Golden Abacus gave the instructions."

Chen Changqing immediately ordered his engineers to begin digging.

They dug for a whole day and night, with hundreds of engineers involved, but they found nothing.

Some people were beginning to suspect that Master Jin might have misjudged the location.

Jin Suanpan shook his head and ordered everyone to continue digging.

Su Chen, having a rare moment of leisure, wandered around the area.

I even had a chat with Mr. Huang.

However, Chief Huang is too cautious; it's difficult to get any valuable clues out of him.

Su Chen had no choice but to give up.

……

With hundreds of people crammed into the old forest, food, drink, and other necessities became a major problem.

Fortunately, Battalion Commander Chen kept sending people to deliver supplies, so the group was not short of food.

The engineers dug very quickly, and after two days and two nights of digging, news finally came on the morning of the fourth day.

"Snake! There's a snake!"

A combat engineer screamed as he ran out of the pit.

"What's there to be afraid of in a snake?"

Chen Changqing, skeptical, walked towards the deep pit. "So many? Did you disturb a snake's nest?"

Hearing the commotion, everyone rushed over.

Standing in front of the pit, Su Chen saw that it seemed like a snake nest had been dug out at the bottom, with at least a hundred snakes emerging from it.

These snakes roam around, and you might get bitten if you're not careful.

In Northeast China, the Five Immortals are revered: yellow, white, willow, gray, and fox. Among them, willow refers to the snake.

Those engineers were all from Northeast China, and they dared not touch the snake.

"You call yourselves soldiers? What are you afraid of?"

Chen Changqing feared nothing but the gun in his hand.

It's one thing if the rice dumplings found in the princess's tomb can't be killed, but if they get scared out of their wits by this snake, how the hell will they ever be able to get by in the future?

"Burn them! I want to see just how many snakes there are to burn."

"Commander Chen gave the order."

When a combat engineer disobeyed, he kicked him, saying, "Believe it or not, I'll shoot you dead."

Under coercion from Battalion Commander Chen, these engineers searched everywhere for dry firewood.

Jin Suanpan frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

He looked at Su Chen, "Have you noticed anything?"

“Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be a snake’s nest here.” Su Chen was also a little puzzled. “We’ll have to go down into the tomb to take a look.”

Battalion Commander Chen gathered the collected firewood together and used the flames and smoke to drive away the poisonous snakes.

Only after everything was completed did they continue digging.

The digging continued until nightfall, when finally there was movement again.

Below is a huge cave, and engineers have already gone in to scout it out.

Battalion Commander Chen put a hand on Jin Suanpan's shoulder and couldn't help but praise him, "Master Jin is really amazing, you really found it."

He laughed and went down to the bottom of the pit with the others.

There is an entrance there that can accommodate three people to pass through; you can enter the cave through this entrance.

The air inside the cave was stuffy, so after discussing it with Jin Suanpan and General Manager Huang, Su Chen decided to wait until tomorrow morning to go down into the tomb and let the air circulate in the cave first.

Many of the rules for tomb raiding are just for show; people raid tombs at night only because they're afraid of being discovered and ending up in jail.

But since Su Chen and his group had received Zhang Dashuai's permission, no one cared about them.

It's safer to go in during the day.