General of the Heavens

"Chase them! Chase them, you bastards!"

Chen Yulou was furious and shouted himself hoarse. Hundreds and thousands of Xieling warriors, plus Luo Laowai's pistol battalion, chased the white ape all over the mountain like wildfire.

That white ape was quite intelligent and knew how to be patient. If Chen Yulou hadn't recklessly started hitting it with firecrackers, the white ape wouldn't have used its signature move, the Monkey Stealing Peaches.

In fact, the insidious trick of the monkey stealing peaches was learned by people from monkeys. In ancient times, there were martial arts masters who lived in the mountains and fields, learning from nature and tempering their minds to improve their skills.

Although such people are indifferent to fame and fortune and do not compete with the world, they still need to learn a few killing moves to defend themselves. Some of them learned kung fu from monkeys.

One day, the man discovered that the alpha male of the wild monkey troop in the vicinity was actually a skinny, bald monkey.

With nothing to do, the man became curious: how come an unremarkable wild monkey can now become the monkey king?

Upon closer observation, he discovered that the strong and robust male monkeys in the troop had basically lost their ability to mate.

The man was shocked and began to observe the monkey king closely. It turned out that the monkey king had mastered a move called the groin strike, which was incredibly fast. Whenever it encountered a monkey it couldn't defeat, it would suddenly unleash this groin strike, which was how it managed to maintain its position as the monkey king.

The man thought this groin strike was quite ingenious, so he gave it a nice name: "Monkey Stealing Peaches."

The white ape must have learned this move on its own. Otherwise, how could Chen Yulou, with his skills, have been injured by an ape?

"Pfft!" Ning Chen laughed.

"Chief Chen, my second senior brother has some top-quality aphrodisiacs. If you don't mind, you can..."

Hua Ling spoke with a blush on her face.

Chen Yulou was utterly ashamed. As the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction, he had completely lost face. Now, he felt only sorrow in his heart.

A touch of sadness.

Ning Chen suppressed his laughter and let Chen Yulou calm down for most of the day. Finally, he couldn't wait any longer and told Chen Yulou to bring the people back to get down to business.

"In my opinion, there are no traps in the tomb of the Yuan general. You can think about it, the Yuan general had already set up so many traps in Ping Mountain."

"If someone manages to bypass the traps and find this place, it will be pointless for them to set up any more traps, because such tomb raiders must be of great importance, just like us, the tomb raiders who move mountains, unload ridges, and excavate tombs—we cannot prevent them."

Ning Chen's suggestion was a good starting point, and the two agreed that it made sense. Partridge Whistle nodded and said, "That's right. If they were just ordinary tomb raiders, they wouldn't be able to get past the impenetrable traps of Bottle Mountain at all."

Moreover, given the arrogance of the Yuan general, he wouldn't believe that anyone could see through his plan and guess that the real tomb was actually built on the mountaintop!

"So, this time we can truly get our hands on it and go all out! The Danjing Underworld Palace alone has so many burial goods; the burial goods in this Yuan general's tomb are probably not much less than those of a feudal lord!"

Chen Yulou was amazed by the sheer number of treasures hidden in the tomb.

.........

Clang, clang, clang! The sounds of chopping echoed endlessly! The group of Unloading Ridge Warriors acted with unbridled ferocity, not caring whether it was a sledgehammer or a saw, a crowbar or a heavy weight.

They all rushed towards the tomb door!

In just a moment, the magnificent tomb door was removed by the crowd, proving that the reputation of the Unloading Ridge was indeed well-deserved.

A gust of dark, yin energy drifted in the wind. Fortunately, the first few Unloading Ridge Warriors were wearing masks; otherwise, inhaling a mouthful of this black energy would have taken half their lives.

It took a full hour for the yin energy in the tomb to completely dissipate. Chen Yulou, enduring the pain, gave the final order, and the crowd rushed into the tomb of the Yuan general like a tsunami!

"My God! I'm rich!"

The view is filled with all kinds of funerary objects, including gold, silver, bronze and jade. Some of these treasures are still radiant even after thousands of years.

"Gold inlaid with jade! Gold inlaid with jade!"

Gold and jade are coveted by tomb raiders. Someone hurriedly handed a piece of gold-inlaid jade the size of a face to Chen Yulou for inspection.

Chen Yulou was so angry he wanted to slap him. "You idiot! This kind of gold-inlaid jade was only precious in ancient times. Now any craftsman can make it, so it's worthless! Pick the porcelain!"

As the saying goes, "Having eyes but not recognizing gold inlaid with jade."

However, gold-inlaid jade is indeed worthless nowadays. In fact, a few years ago, some people even used gold to inlay broken jade to increase its price. Therefore, gold-inlaid jade will become less and less valuable over time.

Only jade with exceptionally perfect texture, such as icy or glassy jade, or even imperial green jadeite set in gold, has a high value.

Porcelain, on the other hand, is very expensive and has virtually no risk of depreciation, making it a favorite among tomb raiders.

While everyone was collecting the burial goods, Ning Chen and his two companions set their sights on the coffin in the very center, which was a metal coffin.

The surface of this coffin has a purple glow, so generally speaking, knowledgeable people call it the Purple Gold Coffin!

The purple-gold coffin is tilted on the ground; its change in position is likely due to crustal movements over the past thousands of years.

"My goodness, this purple-gold coffin is so luxurious. Third brother, did you see that? The coffin is surrounded by a pearl-embroidered robe and jade box."

The so-called "pearl-embroidered robe" is essentially a curtain adorned with pearls; in short, it's valuable. And since the coffin is inlaid with flawless jade discs, it's even more valuable!

Chen Yulou spoke of the Purple Gold Coffin with great familiarity, but in all this time, the only treasure that could truly capture his heart was this Purple Gold Coffin.

"With such a lavish burial, and considering that emperors throughout history have refined elixirs and sought medicine within Ping Mountain, if the Muchen Pearl truly exists here, it could only have been found in the mouth of the tomb's occupant!"

The joint raid on Ping Mountain by the three gatekeepers had been going on for almost a month, and Partridge Whistle also had high hopes, so he immediately decided to open the coffin and explore the body!

Ning Chen looked up and saw that light was still shining through the mountain crevice. Although he was a tomb raider who had only become a general halfway through his career, he still had to abide by the basic rules.

"Eldest brother, second brother, let's wait a little longer. Our lineage has many rules, and we believe in not touching gold until the rooster crows and the lamp goes out. The sun hasn't set yet, so let's wait a while!"

Seeing Ning Chen speak to the two of them with a solemn expression, Partridge Whistle and Chen Yulou exchanged a glance and then nodded at the same time.

Ning Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't touch gold when the rooster crows and the lamp goes out." This was a contract between the living and the dead, and Ning Chen didn't want to break this boundary for the time being.

If something truly ominous were to happen, and his body were covered in red hair, Ning Chen would have nowhere to turn to cry. He wasn't Emperor Chen, capable of suppressing anything ominous...

Ning Chen and Partridge Whistle sat cross-legged on the ground chatting, while Chen Yulou, due to his health condition, could only stand aside and occasionally chime in...

Finally, as the sun set and the Jade Rabbit rose into the sky, Ning Chen first lit a windproof candle that had been prepared in advance in the southeast corner, and then he and Partridge Whistle rolled up their sleeves and prepared to get to work!

Partridge Whistle was extremely strong. With just a crowbar, he flipped the outer coffin lid over with a bang, and the three of them saw at a glance that there was a lacquered coffin made of Phoebe zhennan wood inside!

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