The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

Old Yang quickly replied.

Wu Xie went outside and casually picked up some branches to start a fire, then took out the dry rations he carried with him and roasted them.

The group ate a casual meal, and just as they finished, they heard a sound outside, either a wolf howling or some other creature, which echoed loudly in the deep mountains and forests.

Old Yang lit a cigarette, took a puff, and gave a bitter smile.

“It seems there are still some creatures outside. We’ll have to take turns on duty tonight. If the creatures outside come in while we’re asleep, we might all be doomed. How about this, I’ll take the first half of the night, and Wu Xie will take the second half.”

Old Yang quickly replied.

The reason why Fang Yun wasn't asked to keep watch was because Lao Yang realized that Fang Yun held a very high position in Wu Xie's heart.

Especially this time, when people come down to raid tombs, they are basically people they trust a lot and who are capable.

Given Wu Xie's previous attitude towards Fang Yun, Lao Yang was certain that Fang Yun was the core figure of the team, so naturally he couldn't let Fang Yun do these dirty and tiring jobs; he didn't mind suffering a little himself.

The most important thing is to make money from this tomb raiding.

Wu Xie, a city boy, had walked all day on mountain roads, and now he wished he could just lie down and sleep.

Hearing what Lao Yang said, she didn't refuse and fell asleep as soon as her head touched the ground.

Fang Yun was sitting cross-legged to the side, and Old Yang couldn't tell whether Fang Yun was asleep or not.

Around 2 a.m., after seeing that Fang Yun and Wu Xie were already in bed, Old Yang tiptoed out of the room...

At this moment, Fang Yun slowly opened his eyes, glanced meaningfully in the direction Old Yang had left, and quietly left the wooden shed.

We followed Lao Yang to an open space.

Old Yang took off his clothes, hung his flashlight on a tree as a lamp, and started digging at something on the ground with an entrenching tool.

Fang Yun hid behind a tree and quietly observed Lao Yang's actions, while Lao Yang was also very careful and vigilant.

They would stop working on something after less than two minutes, glancing around as if afraid of being discovered.

Old Yang dug for about half an hour, and in the quiet depths of the mountains, one could hear a clear metallic clanging sound.

Fang Yun guessed that Old Yang must have dug up what he wanted. He peeked out and saw that Old Yang was holding a stick-shaped object in his hand.

Wrap it in a cloth, hide it quickly, tidy up your things, and pretend nothing has happened as you hurry to the wooden shed.

Just as Lao Yang stepped across the threshold, Fang Yun appeared silently behind him.

"Why aren't you here guarding this late? Did you go out to relieve yourself?"

Fang Yun's icy voice rang in Old Yang's ears.

"No... that's right, my stomach was upset just now, so I went out to use the toilet. What, you... you can't go to the toilet either?"

　1.3 Old Yang pretended to be calm.

"I'm telling you, it's so late. If you're really not sleepy, you can keep watch for a while. You're making too much noise."

Wu Xie looked sleepy.

“Wu Xie, your friend isn’t as honest as you think. He’s been doing things behind our backs. It seems like we’ll have to go by ourselves this time. I don’t want to be with someone who’s hiding secrets.”

Fang Yun said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Lao Yang knew he had been exposed this time.

"Fang Yun, what are you saying? I don't understand what you're saying. What's wrong with Lao Yang?"

Wu Xie quickly asked.

"It might not be appropriate for me to say these things; let your friend tell you what he did."

Fang Yun said calmly.

Chapter 306 Bronze Branch!

"I... I can tell you what happened, but please don't kick me out. I was forced into this situation, and there are some things I don't want you to know."

Old Yang said helplessly.

When Wu Xie heard Lao Yang say that, he knew that Fang Yun must have found out about something Lao Yang was doing, and Wu Xie felt very depressed.

They were such good friends, and it had only been three years since they last saw each other, yet now they were asking for my help.

Without saying a word, he came to this remote mountain forest to help him, and even called Fang Yun along, thus owing Fang Yun a huge favor.

It seems like this friend is hiding something from me, which is quite a big deal.

Wu Xie grew increasingly angry as he thought about it, wishing he could stand up right now and slap Lao Yang twice.

However, Wu Xie held back, wanting to hear how Lao Yang would explain his actions.

Old Yang took out the stick-like object from his backpack, unwrapped the cloth layer by layer, revealing its true form. Wu Xie looked closely and saw that it was actually a bronze object, about 19 cm long, and quite like a tree branch.

"Some of the things I told you, I hid from you. It wasn't that I deliberately hid them, but rather that some of those things were too unbelievable. Back then, didn't I tell you that my cousin from Jiangxi and I discovered the existence of a bronze tree in an ancient tomb in the Qinling Mountains? In the end, even though the two of us tried our best, we still couldn't uproot the bronze tree."

"In the end, my cousin actually took a chainsaw and sawed off a branch. He told me that the branch was his and the rest of the things were mine. I didn't think much of it at the time and just went out with my cousin. Little did I know that this was just the beginning. Ever since my cousin got the bronze branch, he was like a completely different person."

“At first, I didn’t pay much attention to the changes in my cousin. But later, he seemed to have completely changed. He often talked to himself and sometimes told me that there were two people talking next to him. At that time, there were only the two of us around, and there was no third person. I thought my cousin was having some kind of mental breakdown.”

"But there was no way to find a doctor in the Qinling Mountains. After we got out, I went to find him a psychologist, but he refused to see one. He insisted that he was a representative of Yama, who talked to those little devils. The most bizarre time was when a waiter called me over."

“My cousin was eating at a restaurant. He was alone, but he asked the waiter for four sets of tableware. The waiter refused to give them to him, and he started arguing with him. The most important thing is that when my cousin and I went tomb raiding, I touched everything. I touched almost everything he touched, except for this bronze branch.”

"So I feel there's something wrong with this bronze branch, but I don't dare tell you. If I told you that there would be some problems if you encountered this bronze branch, given your personality, you would never let me deal with this thing. That's the truth I've been hiding from you."

After saying all this, Old Yang let out a long sigh of relief, as if he had said everything on his mind.

"I'm not trying to criticize you, but if you're going to raid tombs, just take some small items with you. Those small items are valuable enough. Why suffer by cutting down this bronze branch?"

Wu Xie said helplessly.

"You haven't finished speaking. There are some things I think we need to clarify. After all, we're going to an ancient tomb, not an amusement park. If we can't get to the bottom of things and satisfy my needs, I definitely won't get involved with you."

Fang Yun said calmly.

“Well, I actually came to this place before with my cousin. It was one night, and I was half asleep when I woke up and found that my cousin was gone. So I went out and looked for him. I didn’t expect that he had buried a bronze branch there, as if something terrible had happened. Then he wrote me a letter.”

Old Yang said.

"Don't go back! There are ghosts in the tomb!"

That's what the letter said.

"I want to know how you know this letter must have been from your cousin. It doesn't even have a stamp on it, does it? Logically, it shouldn't be able to be sent."

Wu Xie quickly asked.

"Actually, I could only barely tell from the handwriting on the letter that it might have been written to me by my cousin. And you're right, the letter wasn't mailed to me. It just suddenly appeared in my bag one day without me noticing. I find it hard to believe, and sometimes I even feel like I'm hallucinating."

Old Yang said helplessly.

"That bronze tree is not something you can touch. All that has happened now is your cousin's fault for being bewitched. You can't blame anyone else. Put this bronze branch here with me and I will keep it safe. Even if you don't touch it, keeping it by your side for a long time will cause some subtle changes in you, and over time your personality will change."

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Fang Yun said calmly.

Old Yang looked at Wu Xie helplessly, and Wu Xie nodded.

Old Yang knew that Fang Yun's word was law during this trip to Qinling, and if he didn't obey, he might not even see a trace of the ancient tomb.

Moreover, Old Yang himself didn't know how much the bronze branch was worth or whether it would have any effect on people.

Let's go with Fang Yun and the others first.

Old Yang rewound the cloth strips around the bronze branch and handed them to Fang Yun.

Fang Yun took it and simply sighed softly.

"Let's leave it at that for today. I won't blame you this time. Your intentions were good; you didn't want Wu Xie to come into contact with this item. Go to sleep now. We need to continue our journey early tomorrow morning and hopefully find the ancient tomb where the bronze tree is located."

Fang Yun said calmly.

This matter was put to rest for now, but Wu Xie found Lao Yang's explanation quite remarkable.

I couldn't sleep at night either, so I got up and stayed up alone for the rest of the night.

Wu Xie kept glancing at the bronze branch beside Fang Yun.

Although Wu Xie had some ideas, he still didn't have the courage to test them.

Wu Xie understood a principle: as long as you don't get curious, the chances of survival are still very high.

And so it went until the morning of the next day.

Chapter 307 Wanting to Ask the Mountain Path!

"After last night, those people have probably already disappeared into the deep mountains and forests. It will probably be difficult to track them down. Should we go to that village ahead or not?"

Wu Xie asked.

"In my opinion, that village ahead is most likely the last supply point for the various groups coming from the Qinling Mountains. After all, there are many people at this supply point, not just tomb raiders, but also people engaged in other industries. If we go in like this, we might cause some trouble for no reason. Maybe we should go around it."

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Old Yang quickly replied.

"Let's go back to that fork in the road first. The road splits into three paths. The middle path leads to a village, the left path is probably where they robbed and plundered, and the right path is probably the road leading to the deep mountains and forests. Let's go that way."

Fang Yun analyzed it briefly.