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

"Uh…"

Wang Yueban's laughter stopped abruptly, and his face immediately turned embarrassed. "Yes, yes, Master Su was right to reprimand me..."

joke!

Even if Wang Yueban had a hundred thousand times the courage, he wouldn't dare to put on airs in front of Su Mo.

"Cough cough cough..."

Wang Yueban cleared her throat and said again, "Do you know what? This isn't the Devil City we used to know!"

Ah Ning looked puzzled. "Not the original one?"

Wang Yueban explained, "This is a huge Yardang landform group, composed of more than a dozen small 'devil cities,' with the Gobi Desert in the middle..."

"And this Devil City is connected by a series of rocky mountains, forming a huge chain of Devil Cities!"

Wang Yueban pointed to the Gobi Desert and rocky mountains under the night sky and began to explain to everyone.

"You mean...we've been following this chain of events..."

Before A Ning could finish speaking, Wu Xie, realizing something, blurted out, "Or rather... follow a route designed by someone else!"

Wang Yueban smiled and said, "Tianzhen is indeed clever. There are many stones in this Devil City that look messy, but they are actually arranged very carefully. For example, when you climb over a rocky mountain, there are more stones on one side and fewer stones on the other!"

Wu Xie's eyes lit up instantly. "I understand! When you instinctively decide which way to go, your subconscious reflex tells you to go in the direction with fewer rocks!"

Wang Yueban praised, "That's right! And, almost every intersection is the same, so even if you occasionally take the wrong turn, there are countless ways to correct you!"

"This was very common in ancient times, and a very simple ancient person gave it a nice name: Qi Men Dun Jia!"

Qimen Dunjia?

This is Master Su's forte!

At this moment, everyone turned their attention to Su Mo.

Su Mo smiled and gestured for Wang Yueban and Wu Xie to continue their conversation.

I have to say!

During this period, Wu and Wang made rapid progress and even figured out the Queen Mother of the West's plan.

With Su Mo's approval, Wu Xie became bolder and pointed to the Gobi Desert, saying, "These stones look quite old; this place was probably a battlefield back then!"

"This Queen Mother of the West must be a master of numerology, so these stones are probably for defense!"

"Chen Wenjin's notes mentioned that this Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West is protected by an invisible wall. Others cannot see it, but once they come into contact with it, they will inevitably turn back."

"This place must have been water thousands of years ago!"

"That means there's a waterway, similar to a moat, that surrounds the city!"

"If this waterway is the invisible city wall, then the Queen Mother of the West's palace should be within this circle!"

"Or rather, it's right in the middle of the Devil City!"

"..."

Hearing Wu Xie's words, A Ning thought for a while and said, "According to what Ding Zhuoma said, if we follow the riverbed for two more days to the west of this Devil City, we will reach the rocky pass where she and Chen Wenjin's team disappeared. As for... the road ahead, Ding Zhuoma doesn't know it either!"

Pan Zi said, "Then let's wait for Third Master's team and head downstream along the river. The ancient city must be near the river. That's how the team went back then. We can try our luck!"

Wu Xie's joy faded. "But at this point, the ancient riverbed basically merges with the Gobi Desert, making it impossible to see anything clearly!"

Boom!!!

Just then, a deafening sound rang out from the sky.

"Is it going to rain? This is the Gobi Desert, it doesn't rain even once a year!!!" Wu Xie looked up at the sky in bewilderment.

Zhang Qiling tilted his head back, his expression grave. "Time is running out!"

Wu Xie looked at Zhang Qiling, and an important message came through: "By the way, I told Zhuoma before that, according to legend, one can only enter the city on rainy days..."

Boom!!!

The thunder continued, echoing across the sky, and soon a light rain began to fall.

Su Mo said, "In that case, let's rest for the night and set off at dawn tomorrow. If the Queen Mother of the West's Palace is located in this Devil City, I think I should be able to find my way!"

Su Mo had already mastered the skills of the four tomb raiding schools. Apart from Zhang Sanbianzi, Wang Zanghai, Tie Miansheng, and others who had long since died, Su Mo really couldn't find anyone in the world who could compare to him.

Finding the entrance to the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West was not difficult for Su Mo.

"Hehe, that's right. Master Su, you're a master of locating auspicious burial sites and are also well-versed in the I Ching and the Eight Trigrams. Finding a palace of the Queen Mother of the West is a piece of cake for you!"

Having recovered from the shock of the thunder, Wang Yueban became lively again and immediately began flattering Su Mo.

"Alright, stop flattering us. There are plenty of tents here, so let's all get some rest today..." Su Mo glanced at the sky. It was almost evening, and the rain was still pouring down, so it wasn't a good time to set off.

Everyone nodded and went into the tent to take shelter from the rain!

Chapter 422: The Mysterious Desert

the next day.

As soon as it was light, everyone packed their things and set off!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Su Mo took out the Golden Compass and began to examine it, then proceeded to perform calculations using the Tui Bei Tu (a Chinese prophecy book).

The reason it was so troublesome was that Su Mo knew that the Queen Mother of the West's Palace was no different from any ancient tomb they had ever visited.

A thousand years have passed, and the mountains and rivers here have long since changed, and the feng shui is also very different from before.

Even with Lao Hu's expertise in geomancy, he might not be able to successfully locate the entrance to the Queen Mother of the West's tomb.

Fortunately, Su Mo was proficient in divination and had also comprehended the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui manual in two volumes, so the current trouble was not too difficult for him.

It's just...it will take some time!

Before long, Su Mo located the entrance to the Queen Mother of the West's Palace.

Moreover, there is more than one entrance.

Several entrances are located in the Devil City, and the closest entrance to the group is a cliff a few kilometers ahead.

"So, did you find the entrance to the Queen Mother of the West's Palace?" A Ning stood to the side, looking at Su Mo with a nervous expression.

If Su Mo can't locate the entrance, then they can only follow Pan Zi's advice from yesterday and head downstream along the river to try their luck!

Su Mo put away the golden compass. "Don't worry, we've found it. And there's more than one entrance!"

"Very good!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, everyone became excited.

……

Two hours later!

As the group passed through a vast expanse of Gobi Desert, Panzi suddenly stopped and looked at the distant desert, saying, "Wait, look, this place looks a bit different!"

Upon hearing that Pan Zi had made a discovery, everyone stopped.

Pan Zi is a former soldier who even served on the battlefield a few years ago. He has extensive reconnaissance experience, which is in no way inferior to Lao Hu's. Everyone present was quite convinced of this.

Everyone looked towards the Gobi Desert.

Wang Yueban seemed to have also made a discovery, but he was a little unsure, saying, "I feel like there's something behind these rocks in the Gobi Desert!"

After looking at it for a while, Ah Ning hesitated and said, "It seems to have some brightness!"

Seeing that everyone had found nothing, Wang Yueban didn't care about anything else. He took out a dagger from his pocket, ran to the rock, and scraped off bits of sand with the dagger.

Within minutes, what was hidden inside was revealed.

Upon seeing what was revealed, Wang Yueban's eyes widened in surprise, and she exclaimed, "A fossil!"

The next moment, Wang Yueban was overjoyed: "Hahahaha, this is all worth it! Even if we can't find the Queen Mother of the West's Palace, seeing the fossils is worth it!"

As the sand was blown away, the contents became clearer and clearer.

At this moment, everyone could barely make out the faint outline of white bones inside.

Ah Ning turned to look at Su Mo and said, "Anyway, a little more time won't make a difference. Why don't we clean it out and take a look?"

To be honest, Aning was quite interested in the fossil inside.

Su Mo nodded, "Okay, let's take a look!"

Seeing that Su Mo agreed, Wang Yueban shaved even more vigorously.

Before long, as more and more sand was scraped away, the fossils inside gradually became clear.

When Wang Yueban saw the fossil clearly, he was suddenly startled and took a step back.

"What's wrong?" Panzi asked curiously.

Wang Yueban stared at the fossil, his face contorted with disgust, as if he'd swallowed a fly. "Pah, what bad luck!"

Seeing Wang Yueban's strong reaction, Pan Zi couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Fatty? Is the fossil not of good quality?"

Wang Yue shook her head, "The quality is too good, see for yourself!"

Pan Zi stepped forward, examined it carefully, and immediately noticed the problem, exclaiming, "Everyone, don't touch it! It's a fossilized human face!"

Human face fossil???

Everyone looked at the fossil and indeed found something strange: part of the fossil looked remarkably like the bones of a human face.

"I refuse to believe this!"

The more Wang Yueban looked, the angrier he became, so he took the dagger again and started scraping.

This time, it seems they want to dig out the fossil completely to confirm its authenticity.

Just as Wang Yueban was cleaning up the surface of the Gobi Desert on a large scale out of resentment, the people standing aside were discovering more and more things!

Upon closer inspection, everyone discovered that there wasn't just one human face fossil in the Gobi Desert, but countless human face fossils.

The number of them was so large that they would appear wherever Wang Yueban cleaned up.

Pan Zi stared in shock at the countless fossilized human faces on the Gobi Desert before him, exclaiming, "So many faces! Could this be a mass grave?"

Ahead!