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

Without hesitation, the group of people made up their minds and crawled into the earthen hole one by one.

The hole was very narrow and very deep. As soon as Bai Jing entered the hole, he realized that it was not a hole at all, but a tomb robber's tunnel.

The five of them immediately lined up and crawled forward.

Bai Jing also sent Bai Pi out to the front to scout the way for everyone.

After crawling for half a day, the group finally emerged from the tomb.

Looking around, Bai Jing discovered that the area was littered with rocks, covered in moss, and shrouded in mist.

Looking around, only the white man stood on a high place looking around; there was no sign of the fox.

Soon, Bai Qi and the others also climbed out.

Unlike Bai Jing, none of them had the ability to see in the dark, so they immediately turned on their flashlights and shone them around.

Suddenly, Jian Guo seemed to have discovered something and let out a scream.

Bai Jing and the others immediately looked over.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Jing noticed that there was a person lying next to the cave entrance.

This is a dead man, covered in a thick layer of dust, wearing a blue robe and a small hat, carrying a black umbrella on his back, and with a leather bag hanging from his waist.

This person had dark skin and a withered face; perhaps due to the passage of time, even their features were no longer recognizable.

The body was thrown next to

There was a shovel with a head shaped like a duck's bill and a dragon claw on the handle, about the thickness of a hand. Upon closer inspection, it was made of black gold.

Then Bai Jing looked at the black umbrella again, examined it carefully, and confirmed his guess: it was indeed a Yin-Yang umbrella.

What is a Yin-Yang Umbrella?

The so-called Yin-Yang umbrella means to shield against Yin and Yang.

Generally, tomb raiders would use umbrellas to shield themselves from light when opening tombs at night, whether they were using candles or lamps, to avoid attracting attention.

In fact, the Vajra Umbrella of the tomb raiding lineage also has a similar effect.

What our ancestors didn't know was that nowadays, tomb raiders are becoming increasingly unscrupulous in their activities, caring nothing for anyone else.

They all had their lights on, as if they were afraid others wouldn't see them.

Besides the Yin-Yang Umbrella, the duckbill-shaped shovel, as its name suggests, is called the duckbill shovel and is used for digging tombs.

Bai Jing glanced at the senior. So many years had passed, yet the body had not completely decomposed. This place was not a feng shui site like the Turtle Sleeping Ground, and it was impossible for the body to remain uncorrupted for thousands of years.

Considering the condition of his skin, there is only one possibility: this person was poisoned by snake venom before his death.

Although wild animals occasionally come and go here, they do not gnaw on the corpses, which is why the body is still basically intact after so much time has passed.

Then, Bai Jing looked around again and noticed that although the surroundings were covered by soil, the environment was quite neat and appeared to be a stone wall.

After Bai Jing wiped away the mud from the stone wall, he indeed saw the colorful murals.

After seeing the contents of the murals, the others, except for Bai Jing, were certain that this was indeed an ancient tomb.

It seemed that something had been confirmed; Bai Jing could see that Bai Qi looked conflicted.

Bai Jing naturally knew what Bai Qi was thinking, so he squatted down and began to search the tomb raider's body on the ground.

Soon, Bai Jing found a hook-shaped crystal on the man, along with a dark old coffin nail and several copper coins.

Then, Bai Jing began searching the leather bag next to the man, which contained several torches, two candles, a cinnabar bowl, a chisel for carving into the wall, and a bundle of rope.

Bai Jing placed these items on the ground and lit a candle, instantly illuminating the cave.

Bai Jing then spoke up, "Judging from the current situation, we seem to have entered an ancient tomb. This senior is probably a tomb raider, and..."

At this point, Bai Jing picked up the hook-shaped crystal and a few copper coins and said, "I've looked at these copper coins. They all have the word 'Kangde' printed on them. These are coins from Northeast China during the Manchukuo period."

Then, Bai Jing handed the hook-shaped crystal to Bai Qi and asked, "Brother, don't you think this looks a little familiar?"

Bai Qi took the hook-shaped crystal from Bai Jing and was increasingly alarmed as he looked at it.

This is almost identical to the "tomb raiding jade pendant" passed down to him by his grandfather, except for the material.

The fat man's family and Bai Jing's family have been friends for generations, so they naturally know about the ancient tomb and that Bai Jing's family has a "tomb-raiding jade pendant" passed down through generations.

At this moment, the fat man asked in surprise, "Wow, we've been here for two years, and this is the first time we've known that there are ancient tombs here."

Hearing this, Bai Jing was speechless. If an ancient tomb could be recognized by just anyone at a glance, would it still be an ancient tomb?

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A friend got married today, so I was out all day and just got back. Depending on the situation, I'll update at least three chapters today.

Chapter 93 Visiting the Grave

Upon hearing the fat man's words, Bai Qi explained, "This place is where the grasslands meet the Greater Khingan Mountains, formerly known as Heishantou. It's a place of strategic importance, so it would be strange if there weren't any ancient tombs here. However, the purpose of burial is to conceal the dead. The dead are buried underground so that others can't find them. Of course, you can't see them from above."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing laughed and said, "That's right. If anyone could find this ancient tomb, there would be no need for such a complicated burial."

At this point, Bai Jing stood up and said, "We now have a general idea of ​​the reason for the animal riot in the mountains. Although we don't know exactly how many wolves there were, there must have been quite a few. Are there many wolves around here?"

Upon hearing this question, Lu Jun shook his head and said, "Not many. We've been here for two years, and the number of wolves we've seen combined is very limited. According to what our platoon leader said before, the wolf packs within this hundred-mile radius have been almost wiped out due to the wolf-hunting campaigns of previous years."

Bai Qi was also somewhat puzzled at this moment.

He handed the hook-shaped crystal to Bai Jing and said, "Lu Jun is right. There shouldn't be many wolves left after the wolf-hunting campaign of the past few years. We don't quite understand this either."

Bai Jing was equally confused, but still said, "Alright, that's not important. Let's talk about our current situation. We've entered this ancient tomb, do you want to explore it?"

Before Bai Qi could speak, the fat man excitedly said, "Explore! We definitely have to explore! I dare say there are treasures in this ancient tomb. We can hand them over to the country, and who knows, we might be able to go to university like Brother Bai. At the very least, we can join the army!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun became excited: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I really wouldn't have thought of it. I have a classmate who was sent to work in the countryside before. He found a dinosaur egg fossil and handed it in. He was rewarded for his merit, although it wasn't a big one. He was granted 20 days of leave to visit his family."

"If we can find a few pieces of burial gold here, and hand them over to the division headquarters, we might actually end up like Brother Bai. Even if it's just a few days' leave to go back to the capital and see our parents, that would be good, wouldn't it?"

Upon hearing this, the others immediately became interested.

Bai Jing got into university because he went to Baiyan Cave, found the Kwantung Army's base, and found the Japanese army's regimental flag.

So, do they have a chance now?

Thinking of this, the group became excited.

As the saying goes, gods are created by people, and ghosts are just things people talk about. Have there ever truly been gods or ghosts in this world?

Of course, Bai Jing didn't know what the others were thinking, otherwise he would definitely have refuted them.

But none of that mattered. After a brief discussion, the group immediately got to work.

The cave was extremely dark, and although the extra-large flashlights provided by the corps looked impressive, their illumination range was actually not very far, especially in this completely dark cave. Moreover, they consumed power very quickly, and the beam would dim after only ten minutes of continuous use, making them completely unreliable in critical moments.

Fortunately, the group found a torch in the bag of the veteran tomb raider.

And because of this robbery hole

Yes, this ancient tomb has actually been ventilated for decades, and the air is not as rotten as in a typical ancient tomb.

Of course, Bai Jing and his group hadn't visited any other ancient tombs either.

After all, although Bai Jing had been to the Yellow Weasel Grave and the Hundred-Eyed Cave, these places were not strictly speaking tombs.

And now, the place where they are is the real tomb.

Bai Jing lit a torch and led the group as they groped their way through the eerie ancient tomb.

After examining the area, Bai Jing determined that it was a tomb that had collapsed due to a fault.

Bai Jing was not surprised by this. Just like the previous Weasel Grave, it was originally a temple, but because of the earth dragon turning upside down, the temple sank underground and became like a tomb.

Bai Jing held a torch and looked around the tomb chamber.

There is an arched doorway at the front, back, left, and right sides of this tomb chamber, all made of stone bricks with an engraved pattern on them, and the shapes are almost identical.

Bai Jing looked at the flowers on the stone bricks in front of him, and seemed to vaguely realize something.

Immediately afterward, Bai Jing seemed startled, then blurted out, "A peony flower?"

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, the others were stunned for a moment before coming to Bai Jing's side.

Bai Jing suddenly realized that this was the tomb in the "Tomb of the Golden Jade Ring" series. But shouldn't this be the incident that Bai Qi and his group encountered the winter before last?

How did I end up experiencing this in the middle of summer?

Bai Jing felt like crying at this moment. This Bao Xiang Hua was an ancient god, not so easy to deal with.

Bai Qi and the others had no idea what Bai Jing was thinking.

Bai Qi looked at the lotus flower pattern on the stone bricks and asked Bai Jing with some surprise, "What's wrong? It's a very normal tomb decoration."

Bai Qi is right. The lotus flower, also known as the treasure fairy flower or treasure lotus, is one of the traditional auspicious patterns of the Han people. It is known as one of the three auspicious treasures along with the money tree and the treasure basin. It was popular during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Legend has it that it is a decorative pattern that symbolizes "treasure" and "immortal".

It is often used as a decorative motif in tombs.

However, Bai Jing knew that the peony flowers here were not so simple.

But there's nothing we can do but take it one step at a time.

Bai Qi didn't notice Bai Jing's unusual behavior. He glanced at the tomb chamber, then pointed to a stone archway in the center, the same archway Bai Jing was looking at, and said, "We should go this way."