Tomb Raiding: The Bloodline of Dragons and Snakes, Starting from the Kunlun Divine Palace

It's a presidential suite with two bedrooms. Uncle Ming and Shuna live in the master bedroom.

The second bedroom is occupied by her goddaughter, A-Xiang, while the living room is occupied by A-Dong.

The four of them moved around frequently, living and eating together, and usually relied on A-Dong to run errands.

A Dong is a former mercenary with strong counter-surveillance skills, making him difficult to detect.

"Oh, right, let's save on production costs. Shirley Yang, if you don't mind, you can share a room with the newly arrived production manager, Li Xiangqin. Her suite has two beds." Wu Yufeng deliberately spoke loudly, causing Li Xiangqin, who was eavesdropping, to hurriedly tidy up.

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“Shirley Yang is coming to stay with me, you all go back to your rooms quickly.” Li Xiangqin quickly put down the listening device.

"The equipment will stay with you. I'll go to your room later to report to the general."

Just as Ah Xing and the others returned to their rooms, Shirley Yang came to Li Xiangqin's room.

The two showed concern for each other, just like best friends.

In fact, Shirley Yang used this method to ensure that Li Xiangqin would no longer eavesdrop on or spy on Hu Bayi and others' activities.

Wu Yutian and the others went out first, then dispersed and returned to their own rooms.

Ah Xing pretended to go for a stroll and saw that most of the people in the private room had dispersed and returned to their own rooms.

Wu Yutian and Haitang were alone in a corner of the lobby on the first floor, chatting about something.

Ah Xing didn't notice anything wrong and went back to his room.

"Brother Tian, ​​Ah Xing has already gone back to his room." It turned out that there was a computer in Da Jin Ya's room, which was connected to the surveillance cameras in all the hallways of the hotel. Ah Xing's every move was being monitored.

“Okay, take Hu Bayi and the others to Uncle Ming’s room to meet.” Wu Yutian spoke to Da Jinya through a miniature earpiece, then got up and went upstairs to Uncle Ming’s room with Haitang.

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Thump thump thump, thump thump, thump thump.

The secret code that Big Gold Tooth and Uncle Ming agreed on was to knock on the door seven times, three times, two times, and two times in total.

That is, "three long and two short".

Ah Dong opened the door and let everyone in, then closed the door behind him.

This safe house has excellent soundproofing; even if you speak loudly inside, you won't hear a sound outside.

After all, sometimes presidents and high-ranking officials do some unspeakable activities in their rooms.

They don't want the sounds inside the house to be recorded from outside.

"Has no one noticed?" Uncle Ming asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, we have surveillance cameras to monitor the entry and exit of each building. We only come in after confirming that we won't be followed," Wu Yutian explained.

"Oh my, Uncle Ming, you're living in such luxury even while hiding from your debts," Haitang teased. "Qiu Xiaolei said he didn't find anything of value when he found your place. Turns out you moved here."

It turns out that Uncle Ming not only moved his accommodation here, but also his living quarters.

Naturally, there would be a wide variety of antiques and cultural relics.

It felt like stepping into an antique shop.

"I knew it! How could I not repay the loan from the Donghu Gang? There's a reason for it." Uncle Ming suddenly started putting on airs of a tycoon again. "Once all the goods here are sold, even if I can't repay the full principal and interest, I'll at least be close to paying it all back."

Chapter 30: The Seal of the Celestial Official Who Unearths Tombs, Commanding the Iron Triangle

“But we still have a lot of expenses on our way to Kunlun. Even if we have extra money, it’s all invested in Mr. Wu’s movie project.” Uncle Ming continued to pretend that he had extra money.

"I can allow you to postpone the repayment, but I have one request." Haitang stopped beating around the bush.

"Whatever your request, Haitang, just tell me," Uncle Ming said, spreading his hands.

"You'll have to take me with you on this tomb raiding trip." Haitang looked around, figuring that the tomb raiding team must be inside the room.

"Grave robbing? Haitang, are you misunderstanding something?" Uncle Ming said evasively, "We're just looking for my father's remains."

"Alright, whatever you say." Haitang didn't delve into the details. "Call it an expedition or a search for remains, I want to go with you. You should have your own rules about how to divide the treasure when we find it, right?"

Before Wu Yufeng transmigrated, he watched a web series. Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, and Shirley Yang were not supposed to take the treasure with them, but mainly to remove the red spot curse on their backs.

But that's the side they show to the public. They're only in this team to make a lot of money.

“Miss Haitang, we’re going to help Uncle Ming find his father’s body. Are you planning to tear his father apart and each of us take a piece of the body?” Hu Bayi joked. “Even if we find treasures in the tomb, we can’t just take them.”

"Brother Tian, ​​what do you think of this?" Seeing that Hu Bayi was stubborn, Haitang began to seek Wu Yutian's help. She would never believe Uncle Ming's so-called search for her father's body.

“Bayi, we need to look at this matter dialectically.” Wu Yutian had prepared his explanation. “If we don’t explore this tomb, the country will not be able to organize the manpower and resources to excavate it in the short term, even for several years or decades.”

"Decades later, with soaring prices, the country would probably have to invest tens of millions to excavate this glacial treasure again. If we find the tomb and take out the most scientifically valuable items, we can donate them to the country."

"Then it's reasonable for us to receive some compensation, isn't it?"

"Moreover, even if we don't go, there are foreign expeditions and other tomb raiding organizations from the four major families and the nine sects who will go to excavate this ancient tomb in the past few years or decades. Before the country can obtain these treasures, they will be looted by others."

“I think it would be better if we divided into three groups: Uncle Ming’s family, you, Fatty Wang, and Shirley Yang, and me, Haitang, and Big Gold Tooth.” As Wu Yutian was speaking, A Xiang and Shuna came out of the bedroom, especially Shuna, who was not willing to miss this opportunity to negotiate the distribution of benefits.

“How about we each take some less important items, and each group take supplies with an estimated market value of no more than five million, while donating all the most valuable cultural relics and treasures to the National Museum? What do you think?”

Hearing this, Uncle Ming no longer concealed his intentions. "Since President Wu has already spoken frankly, I'm not afraid for everyone to know. I want to bring back one or two glacier mummies while I'm at it. This is a craft that has been passed down from my ancestors for hundreds of years. I can leave all the other treasures behind. This place is the burial site of the Kunlun Demon Kingdom, and there are probably countless mummies here. Other scientists would need at least one or two to study."

“I love what you said, Brother Tian!” Fatty Wang chimed in. “Ba Yi, don’t get in the way of everyone making money. Even if you say we only earn wages, if Uncle Ming doesn’t make some money, how will he pay us? He still owes the Donghu Gang five million.”

“That’s right,” Big Gold Tooth chimed in. “Just for this one job, I’ll get shares in Brother Tian’s antique shop. And in the future, we’ll make a department store and turn it into a listed company.”

“But running a listed company isn’t something that can be done by just any small shop, right? We need capital. If you don’t want to keep the treasure yourself, Bayi, let the brothers hold it for you, and you can wait for cash dividends in the future.”

"You're just a vendor on the surface. Don't interfere with what we retrieve down there. You can decide how to sell the goods, but you have no say in what we retrieve." Hu Bayi touched the tomb raiding talisman hanging on his chest. It seemed to be responding to something, getting slightly warm, and even becoming more translucent.

"With the Tomb Raider Talisman in hand, the principles of tomb raiding should still be followed."

Hu Bayi, believing himself to be the successor of the tomb raiders, was confident in his ability to lead the tomb raiding team.

Uncle Ming was willing to go to great lengths to get him to take action, largely for this reason.

"That's not necessarily true." Wu Yutian revealed the ring on his left hand and gathered his inner energy, putting it into an activated state that radiates energy outward.

"What a familiar aura, what is this?" The tomb raiding talisman on Fatty Wang's body also resonated strongly with Wu Yutian's ring, and began to become hot and translucent!

"The Heavenly Official's Seal?!" Hu Bayi exclaimed, uttering the name that evoked such a feeling. "But why is it a ring?"

"As expected of the successor of the Tomb Raiders, Hu Bayi still recognizes the aura of my Tomb Raider's Seal." Wu Yutian praised Hu Bayi.

"To be honest, this ring was made from a fragment of the Heavenly Official Seal of the Tomb Raiders."

"The lineage of the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders suffered a blow during the Nine Gates Rebellion a hundred years ago. The treasured Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders Seal was broken into three pieces: two large and one small, as well as tiny fragments. Later, skilled craftsmen melted down the collected tiny fragments and reforged them into the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders Ring."

"Although it does not have the same 'Heavenly Official's Blessing, All Taboos' effect as the complete Heavenly Official Seal of the Tomb Raider, it has a very good ability to warn of dangers caused by corpse energy and yin energy."

"Oh?" Hu Bayi became interested. "So, if we go into the tomb together, you'll be the first to sense any danger we encounter?"

“That’s right, that’s how it is in theory.” Wu Yutian turned his gaze to Ah Xiang. “If I’m not mistaken, this little girl is Ah Xiang.”

"She has extraordinary eyes; she can see the special aura on us or our belongings, right, Uncle Ming?"

“That’s right,” Uncle Ming explained. “My goddaughter, A Xiang, has been able to see strange things since she was a child. This is called ‘the ability to see ghosts.’ I used to take her with me when I went into tombs, which is why we returned safely.”

"Alright, Ah Xiang, look at the Tomb Raider Ring in my hand, and the Tomb Raider Talisman in Ba Yi and Fatty's hands. Which one has a stronger spiritual energy?" Wu Yutian lined up with Hu Ba Yi and Fatty, letting Ah Xiang choose.

“You!” Ah Xiang pointed at Wu Yutian firmly and said, “Being near your ring makes me feel safer.”

"Alright, I admit it. The rank of the 'General of Excavating Tombs' is above our 'Captains of Tomb Raiders'," Hu Bayi sighed. "Besides, you're the overall person in charge of our film project this time, so let you lead us."

Chapter 31: Discussing Astrological Formulas, Serving as the Leader of a Tomb Raiding Team

"For the sake of money, I'll give in to you, Fatty." It wasn't that Fatty Wang thought the position of the Tomb Raider was higher than that of the Tomb Raider Captain, but rather that only Wu Yutian could convince Hu Bayi to raid tombs and sell them for money.

"But with that ring of yours, you can't possibly take down any big zombies, let alone monsters. Do you use a gun, perhaps?"

"To be honest, although I have the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders Ring, I am only in charge of the Tomb Raiders lineage. My true family lineage comes from my mother, who is a Zaglama person and a member of the Mountain Moving Taoist clan."

As he spoke, Wu Yutian took the Peerless Sword Box into his hands.

Then it began to vibrate slightly.

Whoosh!

The Dragon-Snake Sword roared out, shooting straight towards the ceiling. After spinning on the roof, it was suddenly sucked into Wu Yutian's right hand.

"Good heavens!" Fatty Wang jumped in surprise. "What kind of kung fu is that?"

"The Mountain-Moving Taoist lineage, as the name suggests, has the ability to move mountains and fill seas, which is the ability of those ancient heroes described in martial arts novels." Hu Bayi had heard of this lineage.

"Shirley Yang is also a descendant of the Zaglama tribe. She also has strong athletic ability. However, she grew up in the United States and did not inherit the ancient martial arts of the Mountain Moving Taoist. She only has superhuman running, jumping and reaction abilities."

"However, although the Mountain Moving Clan has high martial arts skills, they lack the ability to locate and pinpoint tombs, so they are ranked after the Tomb Raiders."

"Since you say that this Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders Ring is just an agent, does that mean you don't have the ability to master geomancy and geomancy?" Hu Bayi questioned Wu Yutian's leadership ability again.

“Hehe.” Wu Yutian smiled slightly. “I not only have the inheritance of the Mountain Moving Clan, but I also come from the Wu family of the Nine Gates. Wu Laogou is my father. I am the fourth son of the Wu family, so I naturally know some of the secret techniques of the Nine Gates.”

"The Wu family of the Nine Gates?" Hu Bayi was taken aback. He had heard of this legendary tomb raiding sect before, but had never had any dealings with it, and didn't even know if it really existed.

“That’s right.” Wu Yutian nodded, raised the Dragon-Snake Sword so everyone could see it clearly. There was a passage of text engraved on it, “The Imperial Astronomical Bureau’s Purple Star Flying Star Acupoint Determination Technique.” Of course, he had already memorized the coded text, and then covered it up with filler and tung oil, leaving only the title to prove his identity.

"Could this be the same as that 'Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique' from August 1st?" Fatty Wang became interested. "But just having a title doesn't prove you know it, does it?"

"That's right, it's actually from the same lineage as the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique of the Bayi Brothers. However, the Imperial Observatory is a royal department, so what I have here is the secret to selecting burial sites passed down from the royal family. But the content is similar."

Seeing that Fatty Wang still seemed doubtful, Wu Yutian continued.