A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

The group immediately began eating, chatting and laughing.

In about half an hour, a whole gazelle and a large pot of soup were all eaten by everyone.

To be honest, these people really have a huge appetite.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Ye Yixin took charge of washing the pots, while Chu Jian and Sa Dipeng continued to fill the remaining buckets with water.

As for Bai Jing and the other two, they made an excuse to go to the toilet and ran behind a distant sand dune to hide and smoke.

At the same time, Hu Bayi and Fatty started talking about Bai Jing.

"I'm not trying to be mean, Lao Bai, but you told others about this without even telling us. That's incredibly disorganized and undisciplined."

Upon hearing Hu Bayi's words, the fat man immediately chimed in, "Exactly! I was on the edge of my seat!"

It was one thing for Hu Bayi to speak, but when the fat man spoke, Bai Jing and Hu Bayi couldn't help but look at him.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Bayi started cursing at Fatty as well.

"Fatty, when will you ever learn to watch your mouth? You know, when you were saying that just now, my heart was in my throat."

Following that, Hu Bayi gave Fatty another dressing down.

Finally, Hu Bayi said with some emotion, "That Miss Yang must have already realized something."

Upon hearing this, the fat man was startled and immediately looked at Hu Bayi, asking, "That foreign girl? Impossible, right?"

Then, Garden and Fatty had another analysis.

After a long pause, Hu Bayi said smugly, "I think I'm the most reliable one out of the three of us."

Hu Bayi was still talking, unaware that Bai Jing was staring intently at the stars in the sky.

After a while, seeing that Bai Jing hadn't responded, Hu Bayi looked at Bai Jing with a puzzled expression and asked, "Old Bai, what's wrong?"

Bai Jing, upon hearing Hu Bayi's shout, snapped out of his daze, looked at Hu Bayi, pointed to the stars in the sky, and said, "Hey, this place is quite a rare treasure."

Old Hu, look! The Giant Gate Star, the Left Assistant Star, and the Right Assistant Star—three stars shining brightly, arranged in an equilateral triangle, with the Sun Star and the Moon Star appearing together at the center. This…

What an auspicious combination of auspicious stars and auspicious patterns! Add to that the underground water veins that surround this place, and if I'm not mistaken, there must be a large tomb here!

Hu Bayi perked up when he heard Bai Jing's words, but he didn't have Bai Jing's ability to locate ancient tombs without the help of any tools. He could only say that he could locate them using a compass.

But Hu Bayi believed Bai Jing's words without a doubt. Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi immediately got up and ran towards the place where everyone was resting.

The fat man, unaware of what was happening, glanced at Bai Jing, then at Hu Bayi, and immediately got up to chase after Hu Bayi, shouting "Wait a minute!" as he followed.

Hu Bayi and Fatty ran back to the group, found their own packs, and pulled Anliman, who was sitting on them eating, up.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Bayi took out a compass from his package.

Hu Bayi looked at the stars in the sky while adjusting the compass in his hand. Finally, he seemed to have adjusted it and began to search for something.

Seeing this, Bai Jing also walked over and headed towards the room where the well where they had drawn water was located.

Seeing Hu Bayi's reaction, everyone immediately gathered around, and Professor Chen quickly asked, "Little Hu, did you discover something?"

Ye Yixin, Chu Jian, and Sadi Peng on the other side also hurriedly asked, "Brother Hu, what did you find?"

When they finally confirmed what had happened, they saw Bai Jing standing in the room where the well was located.

At this, Hu Bayi couldn't help but sigh, "Sigh, it seems that Lao Bai is indeed amazing."

Upon hearing this, Professor Chen couldn't help but look at Bai Jing, who was standing at the door of the well house, and then at Hu Bayi, asking, "Little Hu, what did you figure out?"

Immediately afterward, Hu Bayi, holding a compass in one hand, looked at Professor Chen and said, "Professor Chen, there should be a large tomb in this place!"

Upon hearing this, both Professor Chen and Professor Hao were startled, and then looked at Hu Bayi and asked repeatedly, "Where? Where is it?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi immediately repeated what Bai Jing had just said.

"The Giant Gate Star, the Left Assistant Star, and the Right Assistant Star shine brightly, and the three stars are arranged in an equilateral triangle. At the center are the Sun Star and the Moon Star. What a wonderful set of auspicious stars!"

Upon hearing this, the fat man felt that the words sounded familiar, and then he suddenly remembered that this was the same line Bai Jing had just said.

Immediately, the fat man retorted, "Say something we can understand."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi first looked at the arrangement of the stars, and then looked around with the compass in mind.

Finally, Hu Bayi realized something and looked towards the location of the well house. He then saw Bai Jing standing at the door of the well house, greeting them.

Seeing this, how could Hu Bayi not realize that Bai Jing had already figured out the location of the tomb entrance?

But Hu Bayi still said, "The tomb entrance is in that well!"

Bai Jing waved to the crowd at that moment.

Seeing this, everyone walked towards the room where the well was located.

Before long, everyone was gathered around the well, shining their flashlights down into it.

Seeing this, Professor Chen asked hesitantly, "Xiao Hu, are you sure the tomb is in this well?"

Before Hu Bayi could explain, Bai Jing said, "Teacher, there's no mistake. Auspicious stars surround the water veins, and the only place that fits this condition is the well."

However, Professor Chen and Professor Hao were still somewhat hesitant. Seeing this, Bai Jing said directly, "Teacher, don't hesitate. Whether it's in the well or not, we'll know once we go down and take a look."

Chapter 157 The Stone Gate Under the Well

After listening to Bai Jing's words, Professor Chen and Professor Hao also felt that Bai Jing was right. Instead of getting hung up on it here, they should go down and take a look.

Immediately, he instructed Sadi Peng and Chu Jian to start setting up the equipment.

Everyone worked quickly, and in no time the ropes were ready.

Bai Jing had tied the rope and was now standing by the well, ready to go down at any moment.

At this moment, Anliman suddenly ran over and, seeing the commotion, immediately tried to dissuade them, saying, "Are you tomb raiders?"

Professor Chen was both amused and exasperated by An Liman's words. He and Professor Hao then took turns explaining the difference between archaeology and tomb raiding to An Liman.

After the explanation, Anliman understood that tomb raiding is mainly destructive, while archaeology is mainly for research and protection.

After hearing their explanations, Anliman seemed to understand, but he was still worried and stood by the well watching, as if afraid that Bai Jing and his group would rob a tomb.

When the fat man learned that Bai Jing was going down into the well, he secretly took a small brocade pouch and called Bai Jing aside, saying, "Old Bai, don't you have that 'Tomb Raider Seal'? I didn't put the 'Tomb Raider Talisman' in it for you. This contains a black donkey hoof. Take it with you just in case."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing was both amused and exasperated. He then pulled a work ID from his pocket and said, "Fatty, do you know what this is?"

The fat man looked at the certificate in Bai Jing's hand, which read "Archaeological Work Permit" on it, and said, word by word, "Archaeological Work Permit?"

Bai Jing smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right, this is an archaeological work permit. As the saying goes, in ancient times, tomb raiders had seals, gold diggers had talismans, mountain movers had techniques, and mountain unloaders had armor. But now, the most powerful thing is this. This is what we call having an archaeological permit!"

After saying that, Bai Jing put his archaeological work permit back in his pocket, then patted Fatty on the shoulder and said, "Fatty, it's okay, it's nothing. I can come and go freely at Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, let alone the tomb of this small Western Region kingdom. Don't worry!"

The fat man said he understood, but still cautioned, "Old Bai, I know you're capable, but please be careful when you go down there, and don't overdo it."

Hearing this, Bai Jing looked at the brocade pouch containing the black donkey hoof in the fat man's hand, took it, put it in his pocket, and said, "Thanks!"

The fat man laughed when he saw this.

After a moment, Bai Jing walked to the well, glanced at everyone, and smiled, "Comrades, I'll be right back."

As they spoke, Bai Jing was slowly lowered into the well.

As the rope was slowly lowered, Bai Jing gradually saw the situation down in the well.

Even without using a flashlight, Bai Jing could see the bottom of the well clearly with just his night vision.

Then Bai Jing signaled to continue lowering the rope, and using the momentum, he swung himself to the shore. Looking at the stone gate covered with animal hides, Bai Jing knew that this was the so-called 'Tomb of Prince Gu Mo'.

After confirming that everything was in order, Bai Jing did not open the tomb door immediately, but instead had the people above pull him up.

After he was pulled up, Bai Jing saw the expectant looks on everyone's faces.

To be honest, this well house isn't very big, and with so many people gathered here, the air...

They're no longer in circulation.

Bai Jing immediately said, "Let's go outside first; the air here isn't circulating."

Everyone then realized what was happening and quickly started to leave.

Before long, everyone gathered around the tent area, eager to hear what Bai Jing had seen.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Bai Jing immediately said, "There is indeed a huge space at the bottom of the well. After I swam to the shore just now, I saw a stone door covered with animal hides. If I'm not mistaken, that should be the entrance to this ancient tomb."

After listening to Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi hesitated and said, "Although this tomb is supposed to be close to water, isn't it too close to the water? Is it possible that it's just an escape route or something?"

Hearing Hu Bayi's hesitation, Shirley Yang was even more uncertain, but she felt that Professor Chen might know something, so she immediately asked Professor Chen, "Uncle Chen, have you ever encountered this kind of tomb before?"

Shirley Yang's question was actually Professor Chen's question as well. Obviously, Professor Chen had never encountered such a tomb before. After all, his main research area was the ancient Western Regions culture, and the ancient Western Regions were inherently water-scarce, so how could there be so many tombs like this?

For a moment, Professor Chen shook his head with a wry smile.

Professor Hao was originally going to ask Professor Chen for his opinion, but seeing Professor Chen's attitude, he understood that Professor Chen was also unsure about the situation. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Professor, I think we should go down and take a look. Even if we don't excavate now, it would be good to lay the groundwork for future research."

Professor Chen nodded in agreement upon hearing Professor Hao's words, saying, "I agree with Professor Hao's opinion. Let's go in and take a look. If it weren't for Brother Anliman leading the way, we might never have discovered this place. But now that we've found it, why not go down and take a look?"

Upon hearing Professor Chen's words, everyone else expressed their agreement.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Bai Jing immediately said, "Alright, since everyone agrees with this view, let's get a good rest tonight. Everyone has had a tough journey, so let's get some rest early tonight and go in again early tomorrow morning."

Everyone naturally agreed with Bai Jing's suggestion.

There is a significant difference between an archaeological work permit and a tomb raider's permit in this respect. Tomb raiders prefer to raid tombs at night, while archaeological work permit holders conduct archaeological activities during the day.