The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

However, a feng shui master like Li Chunfeng, who knew the will of Heaven, would not do such a thing as usurping someone else's place. He must have used the Western Zhou tomb as a cover.

Thinking of this, Partridge Whistle suddenly felt enlightened, secretly admiring Li Chunfeng's high level of feng shui skills, and at the same time, he had figured out the mind of the tomb raiders.

Seeing the change in Partridge Whistle's expression, Fang Yun guessed that he had also guessed something.

Partridge Whistle, the leader of the Mountain Moving Sect, possesses extremely high strength and knowledge, but he is no match for this overpowered individual.

Soon, the group of four continued walking forward.

"careful!"

Just as they rounded a corner, the old foreigner suddenly shouted and nocked an arrow.

At the end of this passage is a cave of moderate size. Looking into the cave, you can see a figure lying on the ground, with only the legs sticking out of the cave.

"Don't panic, it's just a corpse. Perhaps it was a hunter who wandered into this place by mistake."

Partridge Whistle glanced at him from afar and spoke to reassure the old foreigner.

The figure remained motionless, but upon closer inspection, one could still see a patch of white bone exposed between the trouser leg and the black shoes.

At this moment, Partridge Whistle looked at Fang Yun, opened his mouth but didn't say anything, and just patted Fang Yun's shoulder.

"No problem, we'll find out soon enough by going forward and investigating."

Fang Yun waved his hand and walked directly towards the cave.

Earlier, when he was rambling, he referred to the Golden Abacus as a tomb raider he knew.

Now, Partridge Whistle thought he would feel sentimental and was trying to comfort him.

Chapter Fifty-Two: The Second Tomb Raider Talisman

(Some readers say that Jin Suanpan didn't die at this point, but that's a plot hole in the TV series. Tie Motou died the earliest. After his death, Liao Chen and Jin Suanpan retired from their life of crime, one becoming a merchant and the other a Buddhist. During the Great Famine, Jin Suanpan died while trying to help the poor. Liao Chen didn't know this, so he sent Partridge Whistle to find Jin Suanpan. Actually, Jin Suanpan died at that time. The fact that Chen and Jin met was a change made in the TV series.)

(In short, what I'm writing at this stage is based on the original setting, with some minor modifications of my own. Please forgive me!)

(Don't worry, I will do my research while writing this. I will check everything, including geography, currency, job titles, transportation, historical events, and disasters.)

Fang Yun stepped forward and lifted the skeleton up to take a look, and sure enough...

The skeleton wore a tomb raiding talisman around its neck and carried equipment commonly used by tomb raiders, such as black donkey hooves, red pills, and candles.

"The Golden Abacus..."

Looking at the skeleton, Fang Yun was filled with emotion.

Flying Lion, Golden Abacus, and Iron Millstone were Zhang Sanye's first three apprentices.

All three apprentices were highly skilled and had learned a great deal from Master Zhang.

When the three brothers went into the mountains to explore the tomb, they encountered a war. A large group of defeated soldiers drove refugees into the mountains, scattering the three brothers in the tomb.

The Flying Lion has always been kind-hearted. He and Tie Motou rescued a group of refugees and hid in an ancient tomb. In the end, in order to save people, the two brothers went deep into the ancient tomb to change the feng shui, but they ended up in a mess, which resulted in Tie Motou's death.

When Jin Suanpan finally found his senior and junior brothers, he discovered that his junior brother was already dead on the spot. He regretted not finding them sooner, after all, he was the most skilled of the three in the Five Elements and Eight Gates.

Unity brings life, division brings death!

Remembering Master Zhang's instructions, Flying Lion and Golden Abacus discussed it and decided to retire from their criminal activities.

But fate had other plans. When Jin Suanpan returned to his business, he encountered a famine.

In order to use his wealth to help the people, Jin Suanpan decided to pull off another heist, taking over a large tomb and distributing the spoils to the refugees.

But...once you enter the Dragon Ridge Maze, you can't get out.

The Flying Lion, under the alias Chen, entered Buddhism. In the original storyline, it broke its vow and returned to the mountains to help Partridge Whistle save its clan's fate, eventually staying in the Blackwater City of Western Xia.

Master Zhang's first three disciples all died saving people.

It must be said that although people in the underworld do shady business, a few still have a sense of righteousness in their hearts.

This is true of the three tomb raiding brothers, and it is also true of Chen Yulou.

Seeing Fang Yun deep in thought as he looked at the Golden Abacus's Tomb Raider Talisman, Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Hua also stood quietly without saying a word.

After a long while, Fang Yun removed the talisman from Jin Suanpan's body and laughed.

"Jin Suanpan, a true hero!"

After making a remark, Fang Yun took the whirlwind shovel from his back and started digging in the ground.

Seeing this, the three of them understood Fang Yun's intention and helped him dig a pit to bury Jin Suanpan's remains.

............

After finishing all this, the four of them composed themselves and continued exploring the tomb.

"Brother Fang, after seeing the remains of that tomb raider, I have some thoughts about the three tomb raiding tunnels at the entrance."

Partridge Whistle and Fang Yun walked side by side at the front of the group, and he said with a serious expression.

"The remains of that senior were not far from the tunnel, but he did not come out of the tunnel. It is possible that when he came out of the tunnel, the stone slab mechanism activated and blocked the tunnel."

"That's why he dug two more tunnels, but the trap was so huge that it covered the entire mountain wall, leaving him with nowhere to retreat and causing him to die in the tomb."

"Judging from the way he fell, it seems like he was attacked, so there must be something else in this tomb!"

"There aren't many things that can leave a legitimate tomb raider helpless. Judging from the hollows in this place, there must be quite a lot of those things, otherwise it would be impossible to hollow out an entire mountain."

Hearing Partridge Whistle's words, Fang Yun nodded in agreement:

"That's what I think too. These mountains are definitely not safe. We should be extra careful."

Partridge Whistle was already very knowledgeable, and after the incident at Ping Mountain, he became even more sensitive to these kinds of caves and tombs, and his guesses were very accurate.

The number of those black worms was not just large, it was so many that they could fill a mountain.

However, although those black worms were numerous and large in size, they did not reach the level of a spirit or monster; they were merely large enough.

As long as you have a gun and equipment, you can kill any number of them; they're nothing compared to the six-winged centipede.

If those black serpents were as strong as the six-winged centipede... even if he had two more lives, he wouldn't dare come to this tomb.

The four continued walking forward, but before long, Fang Yun and Partridge Whistle, who were walking in front, stopped at the same time and blocked the old foreigner and Hua behind them.

The two were taken aback and craned their necks to look ahead.

Ahead, there was another mountain path, but it was much larger than the one we had passed before, and it looked like a small cave.

In the center of that small cave, a pillar of hard earth and stone rises from the ground and connects to the cave ceiling.

On that stone pillar, there was a human face carved. The face looked extremely eerie, with a half-smile and an aura of sinister ghosts.

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There were several cutouts around the face.

Inside the hollow, a dark shadow hovered motionless. On the shadow, some white lines were faintly visible. Those white lines looked... to be the same outline as the human face carved on the stone pillar!

(Thank you for the readers' suggestions and reminders. It was my oversight; I should have told the readers this when I was writing it.)

Chapter Fifty-Three: The Unfinished Tang Dynasty Tomb

The moment Fang Yun saw those dark figures, he instantly drew his pistol from his waist.

Those oval black shadows with white stripes are the buttocks of the black worm.

The reason they weren't moving was because the black worms were sleeping in the cave, and these black worms were just small larvae, with their buttocks only the size of a washbasin.

"Fang Yun...is the dark figure in that cave moving?"

At this moment, Hua tugged at Fang Yun's sleeve and asked in a low voice.

"You're not mistaken, it's alive..."

Fang Yun replied in a low voice, then addressed the crowd:

"That's a black spider, a human-faced spider. It's completely black with white hairs on its back, the patterns of which naturally resemble the outline of a human face."

"The black spider is adept at using spider silk. After capturing its prey, it injects a large amount of toxins into the prey's body, causing the prey to become stiff and allowing the spider to suck its blood and eat its flesh."

"A spider? What kind of spider can grow that big?" The old foreigner shuddered, his face changing as he looked at the black spider on the stone pillar.

Whether it's impressive or not is another matter, but it certainly looks disgusting.

"Don't forget that this place is a geomantically auspicious place, and it is not uncommon for strange creatures to be born here. Ping Mountain is no exception."

Partridge Whistle also drew his twin pistols, a murderous intent flashing on his face, and looked at Fang Yun, saying:

"Brother Fang, shall we strike first?"

Fang Yun thought for a moment, then shook his head and put down his gun.

"Since they haven't woken up, let's not complicate things and go find the grave."

Spiders have no hearing and poor eyesight, relying on their limbs and hairs to sense vibrations and locate their prey. However, these black spiders, nurtured in this precious environment, must be different from ordinary black spiders.

If the gun is fired, it could very well attract all the black worms on the mountain.

If that's the case, the ammunition he and Partridge Whistle carried would definitely not be enough, and they would have to resort to hand-to-hand combat and bloodshed.

He came to this tomb to retrieve the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book, not to self-harm and grind monsters.

Avoid trouble if possible, but it's never too late to take action when it's unavoidable.

"They even left a danger sign... Feng shui masters really know how to play."