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

Therefore, it can be concluded how high the status of the Tomb Raider official must be in the tomb raiding world.

Afterwards, Shirley Yang looked at the Tomb Raider Seal for a while longer before returning it to Bai Jing.

Then Shirley Yang said with a self-deprecating tone, "What's the use of the Heavenly Official who uncovers tombs? In this situation, isn't it still a dead end?"

Bai Jing fell silent upon hearing this, then suddenly realized something.

He discovered that what was originally a deadly situation from all sides suddenly turned into a life-giving opportunity in one of the directions.

Immediately, Bai Jing grinned and said, "That's not necessarily true!"

Chapter 182 End of the Jingjue Ancient City

Hearing Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were both somewhat confused.

Bai Jing stood up and looked in the direction where the life force had appeared. Then, he saw An Liman and the fat man praying and laughed, "There was no life force at all before, but now life force has suddenly appeared. Perhaps this is truly the blessing of the true god."

Hearing Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were both somewhat confused.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Jing saw a white camel slowly appearing on the distant sand dunes.

Seeing this, Bai Jing smiled.

Following closely behind, the fat man, who had been hoping for a miracle, also saw the white camel and immediately shouted excitedly, "Bai Jing, Hu Bayi!!!"

Upon hearing the fat man's shout, everyone turned to look at him.

When Hu Bayi heard Fatty's shout, he knew that something big must have happened, because Fatty would only shout like that when something was really urgent.

Immediately afterward, the fat man shouted, "Old Bai, Old Hu, look! A white camel!"

As he shouted, the fat man pointed in a direction.

Upon hearing the shout, everyone present was stunned for a moment, then remembered Anliman's matter, and all looked excitedly in the direction the fat man was pointing.

Sure enough, on the distant sand dune, there stood a white dromedary.

This white camel is twice the size of an ordinary camel, and it has only one hump on its back. Its whole body is snow-white, making it stand out against the yellow sand in the distance.

Upon seeing the white camel appear, Anliman excitedly shouted, "The white camel is a sacred object! The white camel is a sacred object! Its appearance in the desert means the curse is over. Heaven has reclaimed this desert! Let's follow it! Let's follow it!"

Everyone suddenly felt full of energy, and they quickly climbed onto the camels and rode with all their might towards the white camel's defensive line.

And so the white camel ran ahead, while the crowd chased after it.

After a chase that lasted for more than an hour, the white camel suddenly disappeared from a sand dune, as if it had never been there at all. However, the footprints left by the white camel on the ground proved that this was not an illusion or a mirage.

The group continued to urge the camels on, arriving at the sand dune where the white camel had stood when it disappeared. Immediately afterward, they saw a pool of water below, a desert oasis.

At this moment, everyone could no longer hold back and rushed towards the pool.

Bai Jing stared blankly at the footprints left by the white camel before it disappeared from the ground.

The presence of this white camel made Bai Jing feel even more that this world was not simple.

Immediately afterwards, they noticed the presence of a modern factory in the distance, and at the same time, a truck drove past on a road.

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately started shouting, trying to attract the attention of the people on the other side.

In an attempt to attract the other party's attention, Hu Bayi even used up all the remaining bullets on his rifle.

But obviously, they were too far away, and they didn't hear anything at all.

then

With no other option, Hu Bayi detonated the last remaining explosive.

This really caught their attention.

More than half an hour later, two truckloads of militiamen got off, pointing their guns at the crowd, thinking that they were saboteurs.

After explanations, including providing work permits, approval forms, and letters of introduction, they finally released Bai Jing and the others.

However, they have finally returned safely to human society.

After some time, they finally returned to the capital in mid-May.

This expedition, which began in late March, lasted for nearly two months. The participants visited the Kunlun Glacier, desert ruins, and the ancient city of Jingjue, before the expedition was successfully completed.

Most importantly, there were no casualties in this operation. Apart from Professor Chen, who was suffering from health problems due to overwork, everyone else returned unharmed.

Upon returning to Beijing, Professor Chen was unable to write a summary report on the expedition due to his current condition. Therefore, Professor Hao and Bai Jing jointly wrote the expedition report.

The release of the investigation report immediately caused a great stir in the entire archaeological community. After all, the Jingjue culture is an important part of the Western Regions culture, and this report undoubtedly fills some gaps in my country's archaeological research in the Western Regions.

The discovery of the tomb of the Prince of Gumo, in particular, demonstrates that the Central Plains dynasties already had a significant influence on the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty, about two thousand years ago.

Most importantly, it laid a solid foundation for subsequent research on the culture of the Western Regions.

In the years that followed, with the rise of Bai Jing, Professor Hao, and even younger generations of archaeologists such as Sa Dipeng, Chu Jian, and Ye Yixin, the mysterious veil of the Western Regions culture was gradually lifted.

Of course, these are all things for later.

After Bai Jing and the others returned, they resumed their normal lives.

Shirley Yang then took Professor Chen abroad for treatment.

Before leaving, Shirley Yang paid Bai Jing $40,000 as agreed, and also paid Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang a total of $43,000.

In addition to the previously agreed-upon $40,000, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang's reward consisted of $3,000 for purchasing the jade.

Now, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang are getting richer and richer.

Now that we have the money, let's go ahead and build!

First, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang expanded their antique shop by buying the three neighboring shops plus their original shop.

Then one person registered two properties under his name; after all, even brothers have to keep clear accounts.

Subsequently, the four shops were connected, and Hu Bayi's antique shop instantly became the largest antique shop in the entire Panjiayuan area.

As the saying goes, big stores are good for doing business.

At the same time, in order to help his comrades, Hu Bayi also invited three widows of his comrades who were unemployed to help out at the store. He didn't pay them extra, but just the highest level in the industry.

The widows of the fallen comrades, naturally, spared no effort in their work to express their gratitude to Hu Bayi and Fatty for their help.

As a result, their store's business is quite good.

Of course, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang's main task was still to learn from Bai Jing.

Bai Jing specially arranged for the two of them to audit classes at Peking University, so they could learn the art of appraisal from Bai Jing and other professors.

P.S.: Just to clarify, the Jingjue Ancient City is a real place in the real world, and the Hundred-Eyed Caves mentioned earlier are also real.

The Jingjue Ancient City is located in MF County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang. Its official name is Niya Site. A national first-class cultural relic was unearthed here: "Five Stars Rise in the East, Benefiting China - Han Dynasty Brocade Armguard". This item is hailed as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in 20th-century China.

In addition, there are a series of items worth seeing, such as "The Brocade Robe of the King of Jingjue", "Treasures Hidden in the Desert", and "The Lost Scroll in the Flowing Sand".

Chapter 183 Li Chunlai

Before we knew it, it was April of 82.

By this time, Bai Jing and his group had been away from Jingjue Ancient City for almost a year.

After a year of training and learning, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang had gained a general understanding of the antique trade.

As a result, the two of them are now doing very well in Panjiayuan.

That morning, Hu Bayi came to find Bai Jing, saying that they hadn't seen each other for a while and wanted to have a meal together.

Bai Jing had nothing else to do, so he agreed.

Afterwards, Bai Jing and Hu Bayi drove to Panjiayuan. When they arrived, they saw Fatty arguing with a foreigner.

Bai Jing glanced at it and realized it was a modern replica of an antique safety buckle. The cost price was probably less than one yuan, yet he was asking for three thousand yuan and was even planning to collude with the foreigner's translator to rip off the foreigner.

What the fat man didn't expect was that this foreigner actually understood Chinese.

The foreigner immediately exposed the fat man's deception and then left with his men.

This made the fat guy lose face.

Immediately, the fat man saw Hu Bayi arriving with Bai Jing.

Come over and greet them quickly. After everyone took their seats, the fat man had someone quickly make tea.

Bai Jing was a rare guest. Hu Bayi and Fatty's shop had been open for almost a year, but Bai Jing had only visited a handful of times.

In fact, not only Bai Jing, but Hu Bayi also visited very few times.

So as soon as Bai Jing arrived, he heard the fat man complaining, "Old Bai, you don't know, this old Hu, he only comes once in eight hundred years. When he finally does come, he usually just lies down on that recliner like a dead man."

To put it bluntly, this is both of our businesses, so why am I the only one worrying about it?

Hu Bayi pursed his lips at the fat man's words, then turned to look outside the shop and suddenly saw a figure.

Then Hu Bayi, acting like a fortune teller, calculated with his fingers and said, "Nine two, dragon appears in the field, it is advantageous to see a great man."

As he spoke, Hu Bayi gestured to Bai Jing and Fatty, saying, "See that guy over there?"

Upon hearing Hu Bayi's words, the fat man followed Hu Bayi's gaze with some confusion, but finding nothing unusual, he asked in bewilderment, "There are so many people, how am I supposed to know who you're talking about?"

"Look, that guy over there is between thirty and forty years old, with purplish-red skin. He looks like someone who has been doing farm work in the semi-plateau region for many years. If I'm not mistaken, this guy must have come down from the Loess Plateau."