Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 148 Xuanwu Refuses the Corpse
Pan Zi took a deep drag on his cigarette and exhaled a long breath. His rugged profile looked weathered under the dim light.

In Zhang Wuxun's view, Pan Zi was the most worthy of his respect among all the people who appeared in the storyline.

Although he couldn't understand his all-or-nothing loyalty to Wu Sansheng, it was precisely this unreserved dedication that made it all the more touching and admirable.

After a two-second silence, Zhang Wu asked him, "How's the injury on your back?"

"It's nothing." Pan flicked his cigarette ash. "I didn't feel any pain. I guess it's almost healed."

Zhang Wuxun was speechless. These people all acted like Iron Man, downplaying even the most serious injuries by saying it was nothing.

Without further ado, he grabbed the medical kit and gestured for Panzi to lift up his shirt, saying, "Hurry up, you're a grown man, stop dawdling."

Pan Zi chuckled with a sigh, his eyes full of indulgence for his junior. He turned around with a cigarette in his mouth, his back to Zhang Wuxun, and unbuckled his belt, lifting his clothes to reveal his bandaged back.

Zhang Wuxun unwrapped the bandages and saw that the innermost layer was stained with blood. The sutures at the wound were intact and there was no sign of infection. However, the nine hideous scars on Pan Zi's broad back looked both wild and very unsightly.

"Damn it, that old bastard got off easy." Zhang Wuxun said angrily, feeling really annoyed that he couldn't deal with those people himself.

Feeling the slight stinging sensation of the alcohol on his wound, Panzi smiled and advised him, "Didn't you say that the main hall they fled to was the nest of the human-faced birds? They didn't have any guns, so they were probably in grave danger. The fact that so many human-faced birds attacked them in a swarm is a way of indirectly avenging us."

Zhang Wuxun thought about it and said, "That makes sense."

After re-bandaging the wound, the two chatted for a long time about various things. Nearly half of the second shift had passed when they heard a commotion from Wu Xiaoxie's side.

He first crawled out of his sleeping bag, looked around in a slightly confused manner, covered his head and thought for more than ten seconds before his thoughts connected with what had happened before he fell. Then he got up and went straight to Zhang Wuxun in front of his backpack.

He pounced on Zhang Wuxun, grabbed his shoulder, and punched him hard, cursing, "Damn it, you got away in the blink of an eye! You completely ignored what I said before!"

Zhang Wuxun raised his hands in surrender and quickly offered another explanation, with Pan Zi also chiming in to help.

Wu Xiaoxie's expression improved slightly. He took the self-heating rice that Zhang Wuxun had prepared, took a big, satisfying bite, and mumbled with rice in his mouth, "Ze Ci Shuan Ni, um, it's understandable, but I won't, hiccup, ugh."

Wu Xiaoxie choked because he ate too fast, and he burped several times in a row. Zhang Wuxun quickly handed him the water bottle.

Pan Zi smoked half a pack of cigarettes, put the rest in his pocket, and was about to return the lighter to Zhang Wuxun.

Zhang Wuxun waved his hand, not taking it, "It's yours."

Pan Zi chuckled, "Really don't want it? Although I can't understand the foreign writing on it, I can tell it's not cheap just by touching the material."

Wu Xiaoxie leaned closer and asked, "What brand is it?"

One glance, and I thought, "Wow, this brand isn't cheap, and it's sterling silver, it must cost at least..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Wuxun interrupted him with a cough. "This lighter is quite windproof, coldproof, and pressure-resistant. We people in this line of work are always on the go, running all over the mountains and fields. Take it. It's convenient to use, and you can buy it on the market for very little money." "Okay, I'll keep it then." Pan Zi kept this kindness in mind and put away the lighter.

Zhang Wuxun stood up and stretched. "Then I'll take a nap first. You two chat."

Wu Xiaoxie said, "You can lie down in the one I just slept in; it should still be warm."

Zhang Wuxun waved his hand, responded, walked over, crawled into his sleeping bag, lay down, put on his earplugs, and quickly fell asleep.

When he woke up again, he found that he was the only one lying there. Wu Xiaoxie and the others were sitting next to him discussing what the "Xuanwu Rejects Corpses Land" meant.

Zhang Wuxun got up, tidied up his equipment, washed his face with ice water to wake himself up completely, and then joined the discussion.

As the fat man spoke, he began to curse Chen Pi Asi and his gang, "That old scoundrel is so cunning. While we were resting on the cliff, he managed to take most of the food to their side while we were asleep, leaving us only some tools."

Pan Zi nodded upon hearing this and said, "I really didn't notice this move. In this way, neither side can be left behind, and neither can escape on their own. However, they didn't expect such a thing to suddenly happen."

The fat man snorted, "They stole so much of my food, let the three of them live in these mountains and have their babies. Who knows, they might even turn into rice dumplings in a few years."

Zhang Wuxun patted his bulging backpack and laughed, "As long as we have the tools, I have plenty of food."

The fat man chuckled, "Hehe, no matter how hard they rack their brains, they'll never guess that we have the wooden fish as a treasure trove."

Seeing that they were getting further and further off-topic, Shunzi quickly steered the conversation back on track, "Gentlemen, our most urgent task right now is to quickly figure out what your third uncle meant by what he said."

Wu Xiaoxie shifted his position, leaning closer to ask, "Tell me the details of what happened back then. My third uncle must have said more than just that when he came to find you, right? Just saying 'the place where Xuanwu rejects corpses' is too vague and doesn't give you any clues."

Shunzi thought about it and agreed, and then began to ramble on about what had happened.

As Wu Xiaoxie listened, she couldn't help but interrupt him, "Wait a minute, you just said that my third uncle emphasized that only I could understand this sentence?"

Shunzi nodded and affirmed, "That's right, that's exactly what he said back then."

Wu Xiaoxie was stunned. "This... but I really don't understand."

Shunzi was also helpless. "He said that as long as I tell you this, you will understand immediately. He also told me the number of people in your group and said that if there are outsiders, he will only tell you quietly. When you came, I noticed that the atmosphere in the group was not right. It seemed that there were two groups of people mixed together. I had to pretend to be stupid and wait for the right time to tell you."

The fat man chuckled, "You're quite clever."

Shunzi smiled slyly and looked at Zhang Wuxun, saying, "However, this Boss Yu is an exception. When that Third Uncle mentioned the number of people, he hesitated for a moment, saying that there might be an unexpected yet reasonable person in the team. When Boss Yu came to me, I heard that the content of his message was pretty much the same, so I had a clue. In addition, Boss Yu was so hostile to the other team, and his relationship with Boss Wu and you guys is obviously not ordinary, so it must be that reasonable person."

(End of this chapter)