Tomb raiding: Carrying a coffin during a funeral procession, rewarded with the Dragon Elephant Prajn

Li Changsheng got out of the car and carried the black coffin on his back.

His gaze pierced through the mist among the mountains and landed on Zhelong Mountain, dozens of miles away.

It must be said that Zhelong Mountain truly lives up to its imposing name.

The mountain is majestic and rises straight into the clouds.

Beside the majestic and beautiful mountain peaks are countless guardian peaks, as if surrounding a supreme emperor.

The mountains are shrouded in mist, half-hidden and half-revealed, like a goddess veiled in the clouds.

Wu Xie and Ma Liang were equally stunned by the beautiful scenery before them, their mouths agape, speechless for a moment.

After a long while, Wu Xie remembered his digital camera, quickly turned back to the car, took out his Canon digital camera, and photographed the magnificent mountain scenery in front of him.

"Now I understand why your city's tourism bureau wants to develop this place. It's so beautiful! If you turn it into a tourist attraction, it'll be packed with tourists!"

People often say that there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.

But Wu Xie grew up in Hangzhou and had long been tired of seeing the so-called beautiful scenery of West Lake.

For him, this raw and rugged natural beauty is the true paradise.

Ma Liang snapped out of his daze, turned around, and saw several people coming out of the village. He quickly nudged Wu Xie.

"Little sister, let me introduce you. This is my college classmate Wu Xie, and this is Wu Xie's older brother, Li Changsheng, who is also the professor of folklore at Zhejiang University that I mentioned before."

As her name suggests, Sun Xiaomei is in her early twenties and has a delicate, pretty appearance.

However, she has a cold demeanor, creating a stark contrast.

Upon hearing Ma Liang's words, she subconsciously glanced at Li Changsheng.

"So young?"

Li Changsheng looks about the same age as Ma Liang and Wu Xie, so it's hard to believe he's a professor at Zhejiang University.

Ma Liang chuckled and said, "Ambition knows no age. Where's Professor Sun? I'll go say hello to him."

Sun Xiaomei's teacher also has the surname Sun. He is a proper professor at Yunnan University, specializing in Miao folk culture. He is considered a top expert in this field in China, having published countless professional papers and even several professional books on the subject.

"Come with me."

Sun Xiaomei nodded and led the way into the village.

Professor Sun is currently conducting field research in Zhelongzhai with seven or eight graduate students.

Once inside the village, the group discovered that it was indeed dilapidated, with many buildings covered in weeds.

Sun Xiaomei and her students simply set up tents to live in.

When Li Changsheng and his two companions arrived, Professor Sun was making rubbings of several inscriptions on steles in the village with his assistant.

Professor Sun was in his fifties, wore black-rimmed glasses, and looked somewhat serious.

He was instructing the students at that moment.

"Be careful when making rubbings, don't damage the stele. Apply the brush repeatedly. The inscription on this stele is in the unique primitive script of the ancient Dian Kingdom, indicating that this village was once under the rule of the ancient Dian Kingdom."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Xiaomei quickly stepped forward and whispered, "Professor, Professor Li from Zhejiang University is here."

Professor Sun's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickly turned around.

However, he was also taken aback when he saw the young Li Changsheng.

Fortunately, this was the early 2000s, the last innocent era, unlike later years when scammers were rampant.

People of this generation still retain the last vestige of innocence!

Professor Sun hesitated only slightly before warmly greeting Professor Li, "Professor Li, welcome, welcome!"

"I happen to be making rubbings of inscriptions from the ancient Dian Kingdom. Professor Li, would you like to come and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Li Changsheng's face remained expressionless, but Wu Xie's heart skipped a beat, realizing something was wrong.

Li Changsheng's claim of being a folklore professor was all made up by Ma Liang. This is bad; he might be exposed!

Just as Wu Xie was racking his brains, thinking of how to change the subject, he saw Li Changsheng walk up and glance at the inscription on the monument.

"Give me the Toad God, so that I may forever enjoy the finest delicacies!"

"This is a stele for worshipping the toad god. There should also be a toad god temple nearby."

Upon hearing this, not only was Professor Sun taken aback, but his students were also stunned.

Professor Sun asked instinctively, "Professor Li understands the ancient Dian script?"

"I know a little."

Of course, Li Changsheng wouldn't tell anyone that he had a system that could translate with a single click.

Let alone ancient Dian script, even if you bring over some alien language, the system might be able to translate it.

This surprised not only Professor Sun and his group, but also Wu Xie, who was completely stunned.

Looking at the nonchalant Li Changsheng, he couldn't help but shout wildly in his heart.

No way, bro, we were just joking, are you serious? You're not actually a folklore professor at some university, are you? You know something as niche as ancient Dian script?

The ancient Dian Kingdom was founded during the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago. Because it existed for less than thirty years, there are few historical records about it. It is only known that it was a small border kingdom in the Yunnan region.

Emperor Wu of Han once wanted to send troops to attack, but later he fell seriously ill, and the matter was dropped.

The Han Dynasty did not attack, but the ancient Dian Kingdom collapsed on its own.

It disintegrated almost overnight, and countless documents and traditions disappeared with it.

Professor Sun was overjoyed and repeatedly said, "Professor Li, you're amazing! My students and I consulted a lot of materials and even went to the city library to look through many ancient books before we could determine the meaning of the inscription. I didn't expect you to figure it out with just one glance! If I had known that Zhejiang University had such a talented folklore expert, I would have invited him long ago!"

For the past two months, he has been traveling between Aba City and Zhelong Village, trying to preserve and organize these precious folk customs materials.

At this point, Professor Sun quickly arranged for the students to cook a welcome dinner for Li Changsheng and the others.

Outside the tent, Professor Sun and his students had prepared a simple dining table.

"Professor Li, please forgive the poor transportation here and lack of hospitality."

During the meal, they even opened a bottle of glutinous rice wine that Professor Li had treasured himself.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Professor Li, still not satisfied, pulled Li Changsheng aside and chatted for a long time about the folk customs of the Miao village.

What hurt Wu Xie and Ma Liang the most was that several of Professor Li's female students kept glancing at Li Changsheng and subtly inquired about his contact information and whether he had a girlfriend.

Even Sun Xiaomei treated Li Changsheng with a gentle attitude, which hurt Ma Liang, who had almost never seen Sun Xiaomei smile.

He pulled Wu Xie aside, his face full of worry, and said, "Old Wu, your older brother won't steal my girlfriend, will he?"

"this……"

Wu Xie considered it seriously for a long time before slowly saying, "Probably not. My older brother probably doesn't like humans."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this explosive gossip, Ma Liang's eyes widened instantly.

"Could it be...?"

"Hey, don't overthink it. What I mean is, even if my brother were to find a partner, he should be looking for a fairy."

"Oh, so you have high standards."

Ma Liang felt much more at ease immediately.

Sun Xiaomei has a pretty face, but she is definitely not the type of fairy.

The two hadn't brought a tent, so they simply went back to their car and slept there for the night.

As for Li Changsheng, before he could even speak, a group of female students had already prepared the tent.

They even jokingly said that if Professor Li had trouble sleeping alone, they could provide a sleeping companion service.

It can only be said that when women get all horny, men have nothing to do with it.