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

Therefore, when attacking this kind of snake, you must use a heavy object or sharp weapon to strike its head. Only by smashing its head to pieces will it be safe. Do you understand?

Shirley Yang also recounted how, even though her head had been chopped off, she still managed to twitch forward a little.

Everyone immediately agreed, indicating that they understood the danger posed by this snake.

After doing all this, Bai Jing dug a hole with an entrenching tool and buried the black snake's body and head inside.

Bai Jing then explained, "This kind of snake is venomous throughout. You must never touch its body with your hands, otherwise you may be poisoned."

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, everyone immediately understood without delay.

Seeing that everyone understood, Bai Jing stood up and carefully led the group on their way.

Chapter 167 The Ancient City of Jingjue

After passing through the narrow valley, the view suddenly opened up as the sunlight reappeared.

On their journey, Bai Jing and his group encountered two more foreign corpses and five Pure Vision Agamas, all of which Bai Jing dealt with cleanly and efficiently.

Through her attacks on these Pure Vision Agamas, Shirley Yang discovered that Bai Jing could accurately pierce the head of a Pure Vision Agama with a single dagger each time he made a move.

On one occasion, a Pure Vision Agama leaped down from the cliff and attacked Bai Jing and the others. However, Bai Jing accurately split the Pure Vision Agama's head in two from the middle.

This made Shirley Yang even more convinced that Bai Jing was no ordinary person.

Bai Jing didn't care about this. On the bodies of the two foreigners that had been discovered earlier, he found two more rifles and two more pistols.

Besides that, there were hundreds of rifle or pistol bullets.

This kid, Sadi Peng, who was originally envious of Chu Jian, was now also assigned a pistol.

As for Bai Jing, he doesn't use a gun.

Suddenly, the nine people present had gathered three assault rifles, three pistols, and a shotgun.

Now, even if they were to encounter the remaining members of that group of tomb raiders, they would have a fighting chance.

As the group passed through the valley, the entire panorama suddenly appeared before their eyes.

However, even after crossing the valley, there was still quite a distance between them.

Then everyone had no choice but to continue forward.

However, when they set off, the camels refused to cross the valley, so they had no choice but to carry too many supplies.

The water and food they carried would only last for a day at most. If they couldn't find a new water source within a day, they would have to turn back.

However, Professor Chen also offered some advice.

The various ethnic groups in the Western Regions have a tradition of worshipping various gods. At the same time, the larger temples built by the various Western Regions countries are generally built in places with underground rivers, and underground palaces are built under the temples. In the underground palaces, there is a high possibility that groundwater flows.

So their goal was to find the temple so they could have a water source.

Normally, temples are very conspicuous; they are usually the first thing you see when you enter a city.

Then, everyone walked up to higher ground and looked far ahead.

Suddenly, Hu Bayi pointed in a direction and said, "Hey, look, doesn't the top of that stone tower look like an eye?"

When others heard Hu Bayi's question, they all expressed that they couldn't quite understand it.

Professor Hao looked at it for a long time but didn't think it resembled an eye. He then smiled and said, "Comrade Xiao Hu, I know you're anxious right now, and we understand that. But we have to follow the objective facts."

Bai Jing's eyesight was better than everyone else's, and he spoke up at this moment: "I think Lao Hu is right. It does look a bit like an eye, with the eye socket on the side and the eyeball in the middle."

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Bai Jing looked at the distant valley and mountains again, as if he had thought of something, and immediately said, "Come, follow me."

As he spoke, Bai Jing began to walk in one direction, glancing at the distant tower and mountains every now and then before continuing on his way.

After walking for a good three to five minutes, Bai Jing pointed to the tower again and said, "Old Hu, look at it now, what does that look like?"

Hu Bayi was astonished to find that the towering structure with its top resembling an eye was like a nail, firmly pinning the black dragon of the distant Zaglama Mountain to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Hu Bayi quickly waved to the crowd and shouted, "Everyone, come and see!"

Hearing Hu Bayi's shouts, everyone came to Hu Bayi and Bai Jing's side.

Hu Bayi pointed to the tall tower and mountain range in the distance and said, "Look, the Zaglama Mountains, this black mountain range, is like a black dragon in this desert."

Ancient emperors typically began preparing their tombs for their deaths as soon as they ascended the throne. If there truly are underground water veins beneath this ancient city, then they would echo the Zaglama Mountains, creating a dynamic interplay of stillness and movement.

As I believe, the Queen of Jingjue must have been an exceptionally intelligent person. She must have known that the black dragon was actually a symbol of misfortune, so she mobilized people to cut the black dragon in half, leaving it here permanently to guard the tomb.

And the city beneath our feet has since become a prime location for investment.

Shirley Yang was silent for a moment, then seemed to understand something and said, "Is this the tomb of the Queen of Jingjue?"

Bai Jing and Hu Bayi both nodded.

Professor Chen pondered for a moment and then asked, "What is certain is that the Zidu Dark River flows through this area, and there must be a water vein of the Zidu Dark River underground. But according to what you said, Xiao Hu, where is the entrance to this tomb, which is considered a feng shui treasure land?"

Upon hearing this question, Hu Bayi and Bai Jing exchanged a glance, both seeing the smile in each other's eyes. Clearly, they had both figured out where the entrance to the tomb was.

Sure enough, the next moment Bai Jing and Hu Bayi spoke at the same time: "Right here, right where we are standing!"

Whether he wasn't paying attention or not, the fat man had climbed to a higher place and was looking at the distant tower and mountain range when he exclaimed happily, "This is amazing!!"

Before the fat man could finish speaking, his foot slipped, and he slid straight down.

After the fat man stopped, he stood up, clutching his buttocks and grumbling, "What is this thing? It's so hard, it's killing me!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing dug around on the ground a few times, clearing away the sand to reveal what appeared to be steps made of stone underneath.

Then Bai Jing looked at the distant tower and mountains again, and confirmed, "This is the center of the city, the location of the city's temple, and most importantly, the entrance to the tomb of the Queen of Jingjue!"

Then, Bai Jing and Hu Bayi both looked upwards, exchanged a glance, and Bai Jing said, "The entrance to the temple should be up there."

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, the fat man was overjoyed and, ignoring his sore buttocks, rushed upwards!

Chapter 168 The Temple of the Pillars

When the fat man reached the top, he indeed found a space. He excitedly turned around and waved to everyone, urging them to hurry up. However, he lost his footing and fell backward.

Seeing this, everyone became worried about the fat man's condition and immediately quickened their pace.

When everyone reached the highest point, they indeed discovered a space below. The fat man was inside the temple, waving to everyone and shouting, "Everyone, come down quickly! Don't just stand there!"

Seeing that the fat man was alright, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and slowly began to enter the temple.

Upon entering the temple, the members of the archaeological team were all incredibly excited, and Professor Hao even shed tears of emotion.

Seeing Professor Hao's expression, everyone could understand. After all, Professor Hao also studied the culture of the Western Regions, and the secret of the ancient city of Jingjue was about to be revealed to him, so he was naturally excited.

Professor Chen excitedly said, "Xiao Bai, Xiao Hu, we've finally found them!"

Seeing Professor Chen's state, Professor Hao quickly comforted him, saying, "Professor, it is our inescapable responsibility to bring these long-forgotten histories back to light!"

Bai Jing chimed in, "Yes, Teacher Chen, isn't this exactly what you taught us? We've been searching for the truth for so long, and we're about to unravel the mystery. Teacher, we should be happy!"

Professor Chen then composed himself and nodded solemnly, saying, "Yes, we should be happy!"

Only then did everyone have time to look at the layout of the main hall.

Upon seeing the scene, the fat man couldn't help but complain, "Seriously, don't you guys feel this place is a bit creepy?"

Professor Chen, who was looking at the stone pillars in the main hall, explained after hearing the fat man's words: "The stones used for these sculptures should all be black stones transported from Cishan. It's not strange that you find them eerie. In addition, the stone carvings on these pillars are so lifelike, which shows that the craftsmen of that time were quite skilled."

Professor Hao also looked inside and said, "Teacher, look, these stone carvings seem to be different!"

Hu Bayi also noticed this, walked inside, and then looked at Professor Chen and asked, "Professor Chen, each row of these stone carvings is different. Do you think there is any meaning behind them?"

Upon hearing Professor Hao and Hu Bayi's questions, Professor Chen also fell into deep thought. He then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm also thinking about this problem, but I don't have any ideas yet."

But at this moment, Bai Jing spoke up seriously: "It's about rank or class!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze turned to Bai Jing.

Professor Chen glanced at the surrounding stone carvings, and combined with Bai Jing's words, his eyes brightened even more. He immediately asked, "Xiao Bai, tell us your thoughts? We need to discuss them together to see if they are reasonable."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing cleared his throat, then walked to the last row of stone sculptures and pointed to two...

The two stone sculptures on the side said, "Look, this row of stone sculptures depicts livestock, which means that in the Jingjue Kingdom, livestock have the lowest status."

Then Bai Jing began to walk inside, and everyone followed. Bai Jing pointed his flashlight at the second row of stone carvings and said, "Look, the second row is of human figures, but the clothes of the figures on both sides are not the same. It is not difficult to conclude that the figures on both sides are not Jingjue people, but foreigners."

From this, we can see that the second row likely represents people from the other thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions besides the Jingjue people. In the eyes of the Jingjue people, these foreigners were only slightly superior to beasts.

At this point, everyone else present nodded in agreement with Bai Jing's explanation.

Bai Jing continued walking forward and, when he arrived at the third row, shone his flashlight on the people in the third row and said, "Look, the stone carvings in this third row, you can see that although they are also statues of people, they are very different from the previous row."

These statues have very large eyes, and based on what we saw in the tomb of Prince Gu Mo, we know that eyes hold an undeniable importance in the Jingjue Kingdom. Therefore, I believe this row represents the Jingjue people, whose status is naturally far higher than that of other races.

Bai Jing continued walking forward without stopping, arriving at the fourth row of statues. He then pointed to the statues on both sides and continued, "Look at this row of statues. These statues depict people with snake tails. They hold shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands, and they also have eye-like patterns on their heads."

Looking at the tails of these statues, don't they resemble the Pure Vision Agama we encountered in the valley before? Therefore, I believe this row refers to warriors or guardians, and the Pure Vision Agama is very likely the guardian of the Jingjue Kingdom.

If I'm not mistaken, this row of statues represents the warriors who guarded the Jingjue Kingdom, or rather, the noble class and those black snake-like Pure Vision Agamas.

From this perspective, those black snakes who clearly see the Agamas hold a very high position.

This is exactly what everyone was thinking. They hadn't expected that in the Jingjue Kingdom, the Black Serpent's status was actually equivalent to that of the warrior class.