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

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi immediately began to talk nonsense in a serious tone: "These few lines are poems. They are texts we learned in elementary school textbooks. I just didn't expect that your American elementary school textbooks would be so similar to ours."

Hearing Hu Bayi's words, Shirley Yang felt a headache coming on and couldn't help but pat her head.

With Hu Bayi's terrible acting skills, he still dares to try to fool people; he probably can't even fool himself.

But Hu Bayi refused to admit it no matter what, and Shirley Yang was at a loss for what to do.

Fatty, being rather straightforward, didn't immediately recognize the information from Hu Bayi's elementary school textbook. He asked Hu Bayi, "I don't remember learning this text. Weren't we in school together?"

Bai Jing shook his head, pretending not to hear.

However, at this moment, Fatty, the teammate, suddenly remembered something and said, "Hey, I suddenly remembered, Lao Bai, Lao Hu, when we were sent-down youth, you two seemed to have said some things that we couldn't understand back then."

Upon hearing this, Shirley Yang's eyes suddenly turned to Bai Jing.

Now, Bai Jing was going to curse the fat man in his heart, calling him worse than a pig or a dog.

This fat guy really messes things up at crucial moments.

Shirley Yang smiled. At that moment, he was certain that Bai Jing was also in this line of work, or rather, that Bai Jing's ancestors had worked in this line of work.

Bai Jing quickly tugged at the fat man, telling him to shut up.

After being pestered by the fat man, Bai Jing explained to him the meaning of the conversation between Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang.

It was Shirley Yang who spoke first. What Shirley Yang meant was that Hu Bayi and his companion were dishonest and talked nonsense. She was certain that Hu Bayi and his companion were highly skilled and nimble tomb raiders, and that her eyes could not be wrong.

Hu Bayi's reply roughly meant: "I dare not accept Shirley Yang's praise. These are all skills passed down from my ancestors. May I ask, fellow tomb raider, where have you raided tombs? And what dynasty's tomb mechanisms are you good at cracking?"

Shirley Yang's final reply meant that although they were far apart, they were still in the same profession and both had inherited their skills from their ancestors. They had been going to tombs everywhere for a long time, but they didn't understand feng shui, so they couldn't find any large tombs and could only do small jobs. They needed to find places where they knew the target to raid tombs.

After hearing Bai Jing's explanation, the fat man suddenly understood.

Bai Jing explained, "This is a common term used among outlaws, the 'spring' of spring, and what is actually called 'lip dictionary', the 'lip' of lips."

Combining this with some industry jargon, it can be summarized as follows: using this system, people from all over the country can communicate with each other in the tomb raiding community.

Normally, people would say, "They're insiders," so these two are just fooling themselves.

Chapter 179 Prophecy

Upon hearing this, the fat man blurted out, "How come this foreign woman knows this too? Could it be that her ancestors were tomb raiders?"

Bai Jing smiled, then looked at Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang, who were secretly clashing, and said with a smile, "Hmm, maybe so."

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang didn't hear Bai Jing and Fatty's words at all; they just searched around but couldn't find any other exit.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi said, "We've searched all around, but there's no other exit. Now we can only see if there's a mechanism hidden inside this stone box to open the exit."

After hearing Hu Bayi's words, Shirley Yang thought for a moment and then said, "I remember that the Records of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty states that, according to legend, two ancient saints were buried here in Zaglama Mountain."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi immediately shone his flashlight on the two mummified corpses and said uncertainly, "You're not talking about these two, are you? But isn't this place a bit too simple? And their appearance doesn't quite match the status of the sage."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing stood up and said, "I think it's very likely. The ancient sage of the Zaglama tribe seems to be at least from the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, or even the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Given the limited conditions at that time, it's possible that the person who had such clothing and decorations was a true ancient sage."

The fat man blurted out, "Old Bai, now that you mention it, I really do remember. When we were sent-down youth, we went to that Weasel Grave. The clothes on the corpse there looked pretty much like this."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi couldn't help but curse the fat man inwardly for being so talkative.

What a coincidence, why did we suddenly bring up the Weasel Grave? Doesn't this just expose my secrets to Shirley Yang again?

Hearing this, Shirley Yang knew it was confirmed, but she didn't show it. Instead, she continued, "Let's check if there are any clues in this stone box."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing immediately replied, "I have just taken a look. Judging from the contents of this stone box, these two corpses should not be the corpses of the ancient sage."

As he spoke, Bai Jing pointed to the contents of the picture and said, "Look, it does say that there is a very wise person here. Judging from the number of people worshipping him, they must respect him very much. This person should be the sage."

Then Bai Jing looked at the two corpses and pointed to the picture, saying, "This sage had a child or disciple, whom we can name a prophet. This person was also very powerful."

As he spoke, Bai Jing pointed to the child among the two corpses and said, "This should be the prophet, and the other adult corpse should be the prophet's servant."

Shirley Yang looked around the stone box and, indicating that Bai Jing's interpretation was correct, continued, "I've taken a look, and the contents of this stone box should form a coherent whole. Moreover, the composition of the mural is relatively simple, so let's try to decipher it."

Upon hearing Shirley Yang's words, the fat man quickly added, "Miss Yang, please stop dawdling and quickly analyze the deciphering process to see if there's any way out."

Upon hearing this, Shirley Yang calmly replied, "Don't rush."

Then they continued around the stone box.

He continued, "According to what this says, many years passed after the prophet's death, and no one entered this stone chamber until one day six people broke in and opened the stone box."

Then Shirley Yang pointed to the contents of the stone box and said to Bai Jing and the other two, "Look, this stone box depicts six people, four of whom are in front and the other two are behind. Isn't that exactly what we are like now? The four of us are next to the stone box, while Professor Chen and Professor Hao are unconscious in the back."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing and the other two nodded.

That's right, the current positions of Bai Jing and the other six are exactly the same as those on the stone box.

Then Shirley Yang looked at the stone box and continued to interpret it, saying, "Look, the contents of this picture say that one of us came up and opened the stone box."

Upon hearing this, the fat man immediately became indignant: "Hey, he says one person can open it and then one person can open it? I really don't believe it. Lao Bai, Lao Hu, come and help. The three of us will open this stone box together today."

Just as the fat man uttered these words, Professor Chen suddenly woke up, looked around at the layout, and asked, "What's going on here?"

Upon hearing this, everyone jumped and quickly looked at Professor Chen.

Professor Chen wanted to get up, but he was too weak to do so.

Seeing this, Bai Jing and the others all ran towards Professor Chen's direction.

As luck would have it, the fat man slipped on something while walking and fell forward. To avoid falling to the ground, he frantically grabbed at things in mid-air.

As it turned out, he just happened to grab the stone box, and then somehow, the stone box was opened by the fat man's fall.

The four people who knew the truth were all stunned when they saw this.

Is this even allowed?

Looking at Professor Chen again, he had already fainted again.

Bai Jing disregarded everything else and rushed over to check on Professor Chen. He made sure that Professor Chen was alright and had simply fainted from exhaustion, which put his mind at ease.

Let's look at the stone box that has been opened.

Inside this stone box, there is a smaller stone box.

Bai Jing opened the smaller stone box and saw a sheepskin book inside.

Bai Jing picked up the parchment book, flipped through it briefly, and then handed it to Shirley Yang.

The content of this painting is too simplistic, and my interpretation may not be correct, so I'll leave it to Shirley Yang.

Seeing this, Shirley Yang took the parchment and began to decipher it.

According to the records in the parchment book, Mount Zaglama was called a sacred mountain because of a ghost cave. However, everyone at the time wanted to know the secret of the ghost cave and what was inside. So the locals invited a high priest.

The high priest, through divination, learned that there was a jade eye in the east that could reveal the secrets of the Ghost Cave. So he had a jade eyeball made, hoping to see the secrets of the Ghost Cave through this jade eyeball.

As a result, the jade eyeball not only had no effect, but also attracted a large number of strange snakes, which killed countless people and livestock. In the end, two saints favored by the true god led the warriors of the tribe to sweep away all the strange snakes. From then on, the saints regarded the cave as a cave of disaster, but the jade eye had already opened the door to disaster.

Chapter 180 Escape

Upon seeing this, the fat man suddenly realized, "Is that jade eyeball mentioned above the same one we saw in the temple up there?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing nodded and said, "Very likely."

But in Bai Jing's heart, he thought, "You're right."

Shirley Yang ignored these words and continued to interpret them.

After the monster serpent was destroyed, a prophet was born in the tribe, namely the child's corpse next to this stone box. This prophet has the ability to predict events thousands of years in the future, but the scope of this ability is limited to the area within the Zagrama Mountains.

The prophet first foretold that eight hundred years after his death, a new tribe would rise in the Zaglama Mountains, which would be the predecessor of the Jingjue Kingdom.

Having deciphered this, Bai Jing realized that the prophet's predictions were generally correct, but the details were not quite right.

In fact, the ancestors of the Jingjue Kingdom should have come from the Demon Kingdom that had already perished in the snowy region. In other words, the ancestors of the Jingjue Kingdom were actually the first people to come to Mount Zaglama.

This is why the Queen of Jingjue and the people of Jingjue before her, who came to the vicinity of the Ghost Cave after the Zaglama tribe, were not cursed.

However, that's not really relevant to today's focus, so let's talk about Shirley Yang's interpretation first.

The prophecy says that the Queen of Jingjue had eyes that could see through ghost caves, and she also mastered the ritual of summoning and controlling black snakes with jade eyeballs, which she used to conquer many neighboring countries.

However, the atrocities committed by these pagans angered the true God, who then gave the mountain and all the surrounding mountains to the devil, after which the desert devoured all the cities.

Many years later, six survivors will arrive here due to a landslide, and Bai Jing and his group will then be exactly six people.

According to the parchment, one of these six people was actually a descendant of the Prophet Tribe. When Shirley Yang paused at this point, Bai Jing knew that Shirley Yang understood that this descendant of the Prophet Tribe was herself.

The interpretation continues, and the parchment says that the prophet will point out a way of escape for his descendants. All they need to do is throw the parchment on the ground, and the escape route will appear. However, it should be noted that when the parchment falls to the ground, it is also when the black sandstorm begins.

With that, all the content had been interpreted, and Bai Jing and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

Bai Jing then said, "Miss Yang, we'll let you know when we're ready. Throw the parchment on the ground, understand?"

Shirley Yang nodded, and Bai Jing quickly carried Professor Chen on his back.

Fatty and Hu Bayi quickly went over to support Professor Hao.

After Bai Jing and the others were ready, Shirley Yang threw the parchment book on the ground.

Immediately following was a violent earthquake, and then three passages were seen to split open in the cave.

The fat man was dumbfounded when he saw that there were suddenly three passages. He immediately asked, "Why are there three passages here? Where are we going?"