Hong Kong variety show: I, Big Guy, didn't cheat!

Yingzi twisted her ankle and sat down to rest at the door. Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang searched around the coffin and finally found the mechanism.

With a click, the outer stone coffin sank down, revealing the red carved wooden coffin underneath.

Fatty Wang let out a strange yell, "Damn it, we finally found it! Let's open the coffin lid and see what good stuff is inside!"

"Wait!" Hu Bayi shouted, took out a candle, and lit it in the southeast corner of the main tomb chamber.

This is a rule in tomb raiding. In traditional Feng Shui (especially the Bagua), the southeast direction corresponds to the "Xun" position, representing "wind," symbolizing the gate of life and the flow of Qi, and is the place where Yin and Yang meet. Lighting candles here signifies "communication and negotiation" with the tomb owner, indicating that borrowing wealth will not harm the soul.

If the candle burns normally, you may continue to retrieve the treasure; if the candle goes out for no reason (i.e., "the ghost blows out the lamp"), you must immediately stop, return all the funerary objects as they were, kowtow, and leave.

From a more scientific perspective, the southeast corner is usually where the air circulation in the tomb is weaker. If the candle goes out due to lack of oxygen, it may indicate that there is an accumulation of marsh gas or insufficient oxygen in the tomb, serving as an early warning.

Listening to Hu Bayi's rambling, Fatty Wang walked over and asked, "What are you muttering about over there?"

"You don't understand. This is the rule: humans light candles, ghosts blow them out. If the candles don't go out when we open the coffin to take the treasure, it means the tomb's owner has given their permission, and only then can we take the items!"

"What if the candle goes out?"

"We just don't agree. If we insist on taking it, bad things could happen, people could die!"

"Alright, now that you've lit the candles, can we open the coffin? Let me see what good stuff is inside!"

He then took out a crowbar from his bag and violently pried open the coffin, revealing the corpse inside.

The body looked somewhat like a mummified corpse, but it didn't appear to be decomposed, and it was wearing a mask on its face.

This bastard picked up the mask with utter disrespect, about to toss it aside, but Ding Haokun caught it. "You better watch yourself. Do you even know what's valuable in the tomb? Don't pick up trash and throw away treasure."

"That's impossible! Look at this mask, it's from District 8, what kind of treasure could it be?"

"If you lack education, read more books. This is an oxidation reaction, which is also called rusting. Usually, things that rust like this are precious metals, very valuable!"

"Oh? Then hurry up and put it away. Brother Kun, we had an agreement, you have to pay to buy it!"

"Alright, stop talking nonsense and hurry up and find something else. I'm not short of money!"

Fatty Wang agreed and picked up the jade pendant from the moth. "Found two more pieces of jade. These should be worth quite a bit of money, right?"

Just as he was speaking, the candle in the southeast corner, its flame flickering, suddenly went out, startling the other three.

"Fatty, you can't take those things! Put them down right now, let's go!"

Ding Haokun shook his head. "It's too late, Fatty. If I were you, I'd get out of there right now. Otherwise, if anything else happens, I can't guarantee you'll survive!"

"Ah? Then I'd better hurry up and go!" Fatty Wang agreed, quickly put the jade in his pocket, jumped out of the coffin, and walked towards Hu Bayi's position.

Hu Bayi looked behind him, his fingers trembling slightly. "Fatty, look behind you, behind you!"

"What? Old Hu, don't scare me!" Fatty Wang slowly turned around and saw that the corpse in the coffin had sat up, and red hair began to grow all over its body, and the corpse was also swelling up.

"Brother Kun, there really are rice dumplings! What do we do?"

"What do we do? You guys get out of here right now, leave this to me, and hurry up!"

"Yes, yes, let's go quickly. Lao Hu, you carry Yingzi first, I'll cover the rear." The reason why Fatty Wang always causes trouble but is not annoying is because he is loyal.

Just then, the Red Hou had fully woken up and slammed the coffin lid down on the group. Ding Haokun's skin turned bluish-black as he caught it with his hand. His body remained motionless, but his feet sank into the floor tiles to absorb the force.

"Let's go, or if a fight breaks out, I won't be able to protect you. Don't blame me if you die!"

"Take care, Brother Kun!"

The three turned to leave, but Honghou, wanting to retrieve its jade, strode after them. Ding Haokun, shrouded in yellow mist, shouted, "Where do you think you're going? Your opponent is me!"

After saying that, he pushed off with his feet, his waist and stance becoming one, and threw a punch at the Red Hou. Their fists collided, and the Red Hou was sent flying, crashing into the tomb wall and creating a large crater. But it seemed completely unharmed, getting down and continuing its charge!

Knowing that fists and feet were temporarily useless, Ding Haokun took out the Ghost Head Knife again and felt a cool power enter his body.

He stepped forward with his knife, passing by the Red Hou. A sound like cutting cowhide rang out, and one of the Red Hou's arms fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

As expected, although the Red Hou was a product of witchcraft, it could not withstand weapons imbued with malevolent energy.

The two clashed again. Ding Haokun twisted around behind the red scorpion, thrusting his ghost-head knife into its back and pulling it up. With his other hand, he grabbed its head and yanked it out, pulling out a human-scorpion!

With a "thud," the red beast's body collapsed, its red fur fell away, and it died completely.

"Phew," Ding Haokun let out a long breath, his body relaxing a bit. Ever since he learned about ghosts, he had been very nervous, since he didn't yet have any means to deal with them.

Now that it's proven that weapons imbued with malevolent energy can harm evil spirits, I can finally feel a little more at ease.

Following the large crater created by the Red Hou, and expanding the collapsed area, you enter right into the Japanese base. You haven't gone far when a chilling sensation appears behind you, followed by a scream.

This made him laugh out loud. Blood and qi were useless against the red wolves, but they were effective against ghosts. Those two children were ancient ghosts, and they were afraid of his blood and qi. Ordinary ghosts couldn't touch them.

They found the bodies of two children, cut open their wrists with a knife to let the mercury slowly drain out, and then crawled out of the tunnel with the bodies in their hands.

The three men breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was Ding Haokun. "Brother Kun, are you alright? Did you find something good?"

"Yes, it's good stuff. Open it and see for yourself."

Fatty Wang didn't catch the sarcasm in his words. He smiled and took the box, opened it, and found two rapidly decomposing corpses inside. He almost threw it away immediately.

"Oh my god, what is this?"

"I advise you to handle this carefully. These are the corpses of two ghosts that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. If you dare to throw them away carelessly, these ghosts will definitely haunt you!"

"Huh? What do we do then, Kun-ge? Don't scare me! I, Wang Kaixuan, fear nothing but this thing!"

"Heh, find a place to bury him. Do you even know what it means to be laid to rest in peace?"

"Yes, yes, yes, let them rest in peace, let them rest in peace!" Fatty Wang seemed to have been enlightened, and quickly told Old Hu to take an entrenching tool to dig, put the two corpses in, and then sat down on the ground.

"Brother Kun, is everything alright now? No kids will be following me, right?"

"Who knows? But what kind of place is Beiping? It's right under the walls of the imperial city, where there's dragon energy suppressing it. If the little devil doesn't want to die, he won't follow us. We'll be safe when we go back."

Fatty Wang immediately got excited. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get going! I don't want to stay here for another day. Weasels, wild boars, and rice dumplings—it's all bad luck for me!"

"Alright, let's hurry up and go. I have things to do in Hong Kong, and I can't stay here any longer."

The four walked back, and set up camp as night fell. Ding Haokun remained seated cross-legged, cultivating. Suddenly, a strong wind arose in the middle of the night, creating a scene reminiscent of flying sand and stones.

The air was thick with a fishy stench, and then came the sound of heavy footsteps. A giant, menacing Hakimi from Northeast China strode out. This was no ordinary mascot from the zoo, one that was fed to excess meat.

With its mouth wide open, foul-smelling saliva dripped down. The closer it got, the stronger the wind became. Truly, the clouds follow the dragon and the wind follows the tiger!

Ding Haokun opened his eyes and was a little scared when he saw this thing, after all, it was a human instinct.

"Lord Mountain Lord, I know you've eaten people, but I can really beat you to death. I advise you to leave quickly; I don't want to kill you and ruin your cultivation."

Hakimi hesitated for a moment, then let out a tiger's roar. Three of the four dogs near Yingzi's tent shuddered and urinated. Only the mastiff lowered its body, whimpering softly, preparing to fight back!

The three emerged from the tent. Yingzi, her face filled with horror, plopped down on the ground. "That's a mountain tiger!"

Fatty Wang couldn't help but swallow hard. "Yingzi, what's a 'mountain lord'? Isn't that just a tiger?"

"This is a tiger with cultivation, a mountain tiger. Legend has it that it killed many Japanese soldiers and their collaborators during the Japanese occupation."

"Killing Japanese devils and traitors makes us good people, and we're good people too. This 'mountain tiger' shouldn't attack us, right?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than another tiger roared, and the mountain lord pounced directly at Ding Haokun. Ding Haokun disregarded everything else; yellow mist appeared around him, and with a loud shout, he charged forward with a Tiger Head-Hugging move from Bajiquan!

The man and the tiger clashed in mid-air. Shan Jun was punched, and Ding Haokun was grabbed. They were sent flying almost simultaneously.

But before Ding Haokun landed, the tiger's tail lashed out at him like a long whip, making a snapping sound!

The moment he landed, Hakimi rolled over, his limbs gripping the ground, and slid back two meters before stopping. There was a dent in his chest, where bones had been broken!

Ding Haokun fared much worse. He rolled around more than a dozen times before crashing into a tree. He had several scratches on his chest, and his clothes on the back were torn, leaving a long mark.

"Ha!" He suddenly rolled over and got up from the ground, constantly circulating his qi and blood. The bleeding from the wound on his chest stopped, and the mark on his back was gradually fading!

"You guys go first, leave this to me. Forget the horses, walk, hurry up!" Only after they leave can we get our weapons. One advantage humans have over animals is the ability to use tools.

Just as the three were about to leave, Shan Jun let out a low growl and slowly retreated, probably sensing Ding Haokun's killing intent.

When Hakimi could no longer be seen, the three of them plopped down on the ground, their clothes soaked with sweat. "That shouldn't be the case. The mountain lord has been around for hundreds of years and has never attacked the villagers or anything," Yingzi said, somewhat bewildered.

"They came for me. That day, Huang Xian asked for a title, but I broke it. The Mountain Lord came for revenge, but when he realized he couldn't defeat me and didn't want to suffer a mutual defeat, he had no choice but to leave."

Fatty Wang cursed, "A beast is a beast. No matter how good you are to them, they are still beasts. Isn't seeking an official title just harming people? They'll only come back for revenge."