In Panjiayuan, the first thing they did was trick Lao Hu into going tomb raiding.

Su Mo said, "Alright, it's not that mysterious. They climbed up when we passed a low rocky peak..."

Pan Zi was about to say something when Su Mo interrupted him, "Don't say anything, the corpse beetles are coming..."

The group quickly shone their flashlights forward.

Two or three seconds later.

A commotion came from ahead, and countless dark shadows appeared underwater, moving towards their location.

"Boom!"

The dark shadow crashed into the wooden boat, causing it to sway violently from side to side.

Just as a dark shadow was about to ram into Su Mo's five-person wooden boat, Chaos stood up, took a step forward, and roared, "Get the hell out of my way!"

A faint but menacing aura swept over, and all the shadowy figures that were about to approach Su Mo's five-person wooden boat began to detour.

This is an innate skill of the Four Fiends. Although it cannot compare to Su Mo's Dragon Might, it is naturally not a problem to dispel these low-level corpse beetles.

The dark shadows in the water receded in droves. Seeing this, Chaos smiled with satisfaction and sat down next to Su Mo again.

Wu Sansheng looked at Chaos in surprise, "The Four Fierce Generals, who are so famous in the underworld, truly live up to their reputation. My father once said that in the late Qing Dynasty, there was a master whose mere aura could drive away flies and mosquitoes. I didn't believe it before, but today I've certainly learned something new..."

Chaos humbly replied, "It's just a side path!"

Although the three boats stopped, fortunately they were downstream, and the wooden boats continued to drift on the water.

They walked for an unknown amount of time, and the road ahead grew colder and colder. Their spirits also sank lower and lower. Without a guide and without a boatman, many were already considering giving up.

Seeing the somewhat somber atmosphere, Su Mo took the initiative to speak, "The riverbed is getting lower and lower, and our boat is wide, so turning around is no longer possible. We can only go all the way to the end!"

Su Mo had just finished speaking…

"Beep!"

A confusing sound, disruptive to the brain, came through.

Apart from Zhang Qiling and Su Mo, the other five people were all very troubled.

This sound directly stimulated the nerves in everyone's brain, like the tight headband of Tang Sanzang.

Wu Xie stood up with lifeless eyes, like a puppet on a string.

Seeing Wu Xie's condition, Su Mo shouted, "There's something wrong with the sound, everyone cover your ears!"

Zhang Qiling acted decisively, kicking Wu Xie into the water, then kicking Pan Zi, Wu Sansheng, and Hai Shao into the water as well, before jumping into the water himself to search for Wu Xie.

Su Mo got up and looked at the situation in the water. He knew that the sound should be coming from the bronze bell on the corpse beetle.

"Splash!"

Half a minute later, Wu Xie was the first to emerge from the water, gasping for air, clearly struggling to breathe.

A short while later, Panzi also emerged from the water. The two looked bewildered, exchanged a glance, and then saw a corpse floating on the surface of the water, consisting only of the upper body and covered in blood.

The manner of their death was extremely gruesome.

The two were shocked!

At that moment, a carrion beetle lunged at Pan Zifei. Pan Zifei was still in shock and didn't notice at all.

In that critical moment, Su Mo suddenly unleashed his dragon might, which covered the entire body of the water.

Compared to more than twenty years ago, Su Mo's strength has become much more profound, and a majestic, heavenly pressure emanates from him.

Wu Xie and Pan Zi immediately woke up, and a feeling of suffocation followed. The corpse beetle flying towards Pan Zi paused in mid-air and then fell back into the water.

In an instant, all the corpse beetles in this body of water vanished without a trace.

Su Mo smiled faintly, withdrew his dragon might, and the people who had gone into the water all emerged from the surface one by one.

Su Mo and the four fierce generals pulled everyone up one by one.

The young man was quite dashing; he grabbed the side of the boat with one hand and leaped aboard with a graceful movement.

He took a few breaths and suddenly looked at the boatmen floating on the water.

"He's dead..."

This was the first time Hai Shao had ever seen a dead body. His body went limp, and he plopped down on the deck.

Wu Sansheng seemed to be deep in thought. "It seems the boatman intends to abandon us here and take our belongings after we die..."

"But his cleverness backfired, and he's dying here today!"

"Let's go, we shouldn't stay here any longer..."

As he spoke, Wu Sansheng picked up the oars from the boat and took the initiative to row, and the others followed suit.

The group paddled for about an hour and a half.

Looking at the surrounding rock walls in surprise, Wu Xie asked, "Third Uncle, look at this entire rock wall. How did our ancestors in ancient times manage to carve it out?"

At this moment, Wu Xie was filled with curiosity, "Even now, it would take tens of thousands of people to dig such a deep ancient cave..."

Wu Sansheng also looked at the rock wall and said, "This cave must be very old. The person who dug this hole must have been a corrupt official!"

official profiteering?

Wu Xie was completely bewildered, not understanding what it meant.

"Official tomb raiders are essentially a military force dedicated to tomb robbery..."

Speaking of official corruption, Wu Sansheng glanced at Su Mo, seemingly unintentionally.

In Yanjing, his identity was no secret, so Su Mo didn't hide it and said, "That's right, the General of Excavating Tombs and the Captain of Touching Gold were the tomb-robbing army established by Cao Cao. They were also the most famous official tomb raiders in history, and their legacy still exists today."

Wu Xie asked in surprise, "There are still tomb raiders now?"

Su Mo thought of his brothers and smiled: "Of course there are! There are still four legitimate tomb raiders in the world today!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie couldn't help but look at the four fierce generals beside Su Mo.

Chapter 172; Zhang Qiling's Skill

Su Mo noticed Wu Xie and Pan Zi's gazes and shook his head. "It's not them. It's just a small tomb; it's not our place to team up for tomb raiding..."

"..."

Wu Sansheng's lips twitched. Good heavens. Are you showing off your wealth?

However, despite his anger, Wu Sansheng knew that Su Mo was no longer the same Su Mo he had been twenty years ago. The wealth he had accumulated was enough to crush any one of the Nine Gates.

【Ding! 】

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"..."

Su Mo was stunned, his eyes flickered, and a faint glint appeared in them. "No, it's not just four. More and more tomb raiders will reappear in the world in the future!"

At this moment, Panzi asked while rowing the boat, "Third Master, how can you be so sure there are still tombs here? They brought their army with them, and they dug such a long tunnel. Maybe they've already taken a lot of things from here!"

Wu Sansheng said, "If this cave was really stolen thousands of years ago, then I have nothing to say. But as you can see, this cave does indeed exist on the map."

What does this tell us?

Wu Sansheng didn't give anyone time to think and said directly, "This means that this tomb raiding already existed before the tomb owner was buried. Judging from the age of this tomb raider's hole, it should have been there before us..."

"And I'm certain there's more than one tomb nearby. Who knows when this tomb robber's hole was dug!"

Wu Sansheng spoke eloquently and flawlessly, and even Su Mo could not find any fault with him.

In fact, his view on this matter was almost identical to Wu Sansheng's.

"Now there's still one question that puzzles me..."

Wu Sansheng asked suspiciously, "Why would the owner of this tomb bury himself next to a tomb that has already been robbed? Isn't that a major taboo in feng shui?"

"Based on past experience, tombs that have been robbed are considered very unlucky, and they are also very likely to be disturbed again!"

As he spoke, Wu Sansheng looked at Su Mo. Compared to others, he believed that the knowledgeable Su Mo would be able to answer his questions.

Su Mo said bluntly, "The layout of this place is somewhat like the Inner Hidden Cave in Yin-Yang Feng Shui. Later people took over the place, probably because they also wanted this treasure site!"

Wu Sansheng was taken aback, not expecting Su Mo to know anything about feng shui. However, he understood after realizing that Su Mo was a general in charge of excavating tombs.

"Third Master!"

At the bow of the ship, Zhang Qiling, who had always remained silent, suddenly spoke.

Everyone looked at Zhang Qiling.

"We've arrived at the mass grave!"

Zhang Qiling reminded him expressionlessly.

Everyone shifted their gaze to look ahead.

A green light flashed ahead. It was very strange.

Hai Shao asked doubtfully, "Could the shimmering scales ahead be due to a large number of corpses?"

Wu Sansheng said, "Pan Zi, the knife!"

Pan Zi pulled a dagger from his waist and threw it to Wu Sansheng.

Wu Sansheng caught the dagger and warned, "If what lies ahead is indeed a cave of corpses, then we will definitely encounter danger. It could very well be a maze of ghosts, or it could very well be hundreds of water ghosts trying to overturn the bottom of our boat!"

The group rowed into the corpse-strewn area, where the green light appeared and many corpse beetles were crawling around.

The wooden boat sailed through a river lined with skeletons and carrion beetles on both sides.

Looking at the countless skeletons, Hai Shao felt nauseous. "Ugh!"

Hei Shao collapsed by the side of the boat and began vomiting violently.

Pan Zi shook his head repeatedly, "Don't be so spineless, cheer up!"

Hai Shao took out a bottle of mineral water from his backpack, took a sip, and cheered himself up to continue rowing.

"Hey, look over there! There's a crystal coffin over there, and it looks like there's a corpse inside!"

Wu Xie pointed upwards and said.

As everyone looked, it was indeed so; two logs were driven into the rock wall above, and a crystal coffin was placed quietly between the two logs.