I, a cultivator, have ended up in the world of tomb raiding.

In a short while, monkeys were seen falling one after another from the trees and caves.

It was like a ripe fruit loosening from its stem and falling heavily from the tree.

"Slap—slap—"

Before they could even scream, the monkey's carcass had already dissolved into a pool of blood and bones.

The corpse, almost completely dissolved into pus, slammed onto the ground with a dull thud.

Several short, sharp thuds made the monkeys on the cliff suddenly realize that their safety was seriously threatened.

The monkeys on the cliff face react the fastest.

An old monkey let out a sharp, alarming scream.

The few remaining creatures were terrified and fled off the cliff in a panic.

They were screaming and shouting in panic, in a sorry state, and dared not stop for a moment.

These mountain apes were well aware of the dangers of the poisonous insects in the mountains, and they had no will to resist; they only knew how to flee for their lives.

Seeing that the monkeys suddenly stopped throwing things, the girl in red paused in her swinging of the stick, looking suspicious.

They were immediately stunned to see many monkeys falling from trees or cliffs, staring blankly at the sudden scene.

She couldn't see the poisonous insects slithering in the shadows.

In her eyes, the once arrogant and domineering monkey troop seemed to have suddenly encountered something incredibly terrifying, instantly collapsing into disarray and fleeing in panic.

She spun around and stood still, then instinctively twirled the stick in her hand behind her back.

However, her face still held an incredulous look of shock, and her pretty eyes were filled with surprise.

Although she blocked the falling rocks for almost the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, her breathing remained steady and not rapid.

Suddenly sensing something, he turned around and saw that Li Yue had already stood up. His face showed a hint of understanding, which was then replaced by a complex expression.

Li Yue had lost the wooden hairpin in his hair when he fell off the cliff. His long hair was loose and fell over his shoulders, covered with dust and grass clippings. His clothes were also dusty and grimy.

But he stood upright and did not look disheveled.

Li Yue glanced in the direction the monkey troop had fled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly he took off running in that direction.

"Hey! Where are we going?" Red Girl looked bewildered and quickly followed, thinking that something was about to happen here again.

Only then did Li Yue form a judgment in his mind.

Before he began meditating and regulating his breath, he used his divine sense to scan the surrounding area within a hundred feet, and found no trace of monkeys.

The monkeys suddenly appeared, but they only threw stones to drive them away; they did not rush forward to snatch or attack.

Clearly, they weren't there to plunder, but to protect something.

He suddenly remembered the original plot: after Ping Mountain collapsed, the old ape leader was pressed down by a Yuan Dynasty purple-gold coffin.

It's understandable that monkeys are more hostile to outsiders in order to protect their leader.

Therefore, these apes will frantically chase away anyone who approaches.

The monkeys' unusual behavior suggests that an old gray ape might be nearby.

Following them, you can directly find the purple-gold coffin that rolled to the bottom of the valley, which is the burial place of the Yuan Dynasty Corpse King.

However, the scene along the way was extremely tragic.

The fractured mountainside tumbled down to the bottom of the valley, crushing countless ancient trees in half along the way, leaving behind rubble and bloodstains everywhere.

Many members of the Unloading Ridge bandits tragically perished under the collapsed rocks, their limbs and flesh scattered everywhere, their faces unrecognizable, a truly gruesome sight.

Seeing her former companion in such a state, Hong Guniang's expression darkened, and she looked saddened.

Seeing this, the two had no choice but to bypass this tragic place and proceed through the dense forest on the other side.

Not long after they started walking, they suddenly heard footsteps in the distance.

A small team of three or four people was moving through the forest. The leader was Partridge Whistle, followed by Old Foreigner, Hua Ling, and the Miao guide.

When the group saw Li Yue and Hong Guniang unharmed from afar, they were both surprised and delighted, and immediately called out to stop them.

But Li Yue didn't stop walking at all. Partridge Whistle thought they were too far away to hear him, so he led the others to follow closely behind.

Li Yue naturally saw them from afar, but did not stop.

He thought to himself that he had been delayed by healing and recuperation, and that they had caught up with him.

They continued deeper into the dense forest, where the surrounding environment became increasingly quiet and eerie.

The only sounds in the forest were the rustling of leaves and the distant, still-frightened cries of the monkeys.

As the sun gradually sets in the west, the summer heat begins to dissipate.

The gloomy atmosphere in the dense forest gradually intensified, and a sinister aura lingered faintly.

The monkeys were quickly obscured by the dense canopy of trees and gradually disappeared from sight.

Li Yue paused for a moment, leaped onto a tall ancient tree, and looked around.

The location where the boulder rolled down from the bottle's mouth was clearly visible, shrouded in the depths of the dense forest by broken branches and tree trunks.

A moment later, he found his way and jumped down from the tree.

At this moment, Partridge Whistle and his companions caught up, panting heavily.

The old foreigner was already covered in sweat.

Hua Ling and the Miao guide were so exhausted that they hunched over and sat down on the ground, panting heavily and unable to speak for a long time.

Li Yue turned to look at the group, and Partridge Whistle immediately stepped forward, his tone filled with disbelief, surprise, and concern:

"Brother Li, Miss Hong, you are both safe and sound! The brothers searched for a long time but could not find you. We thought you had also perished in the landslide."

It turns out that the survivors of Partridge Whistle and Chen Yulou met in the back hall after the collapse of Ping Mountain.

Concerned about the casualties among their brothers down the mountain, they hurriedly turned back and left Ping Mountain after meeting up.

This sight truly sends chills down one's spine.

The deaths and injuries were horrific and appalling.

Countless people were smashed into mincemeat by the rolling boulders.

Those who manage to survive are often left with broken heads, bloodied bodies, and fractured bones.

Even Luo Laowai, the warlord who had always been rampant in Xiangyin, was killed on the spot, ending up with his body smashed to pieces.

The death of a few hundred people is not a huge deal, but Luo Laowai's men were just a rabble.

With the death of the general, his tens of thousands of soldiers were immediately leaderless.

Chen Yulou sighed deeply upon seeing the devastation all around.

But there were many urgent matters at hand, and no time for lamentation. So he ordered his men to gather the remaining troops, comfort the wounded, and collect the corpses.

Meanwhile, he sent someone back to Xiangyin overnight to contact Luo Laowai's second-in-command and use coercion and inducement to regain military power and stabilize the situation.

Meanwhile, the matter of the Ping Mountain ancient tomb is not yet over.

They need to find the looted Yuan Dynasty tomb to salvage some face.

Partridge Whistle was willing to lead his junior brothers and sisters into the forest to continue searching for the whereabouts of the Yuan Tomb.

Chen Yulou had lost almost all of his best men and had no one else available, so he had no choice but to agree.

He also rewarded the Miao guide with a few ounces of opium and ordered him to accompany him and lead the way.

Although this Miao guide was timid as a mouse, he was a native of Laoxiongling.

He is an expert in everything about mountains, rivers, terrain, local customs, and historical anecdotes; without him, it would be impossible to make a single step into the mountains or explore caves.

Partridge Whistle reorganized his equipment, replenished his ammunition, and took two roosters with him.

Following the direction in which the giant rock at the bottle's mouth rolled down, they unexpectedly encountered the two here.

"How did you two manage to escape? What happened here?" Partridge Whistle asked them.