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

Chapter 74 The Exhaustion of the Qilin
"Hey!" Lao Yang said quietly, "You two gentlemen upstairs, we're still catching our breath. Can't you prioritize things?"

Zhang Wuxun didn't even look up. While treating Wu Xiaoxie's back wound with cotton swabs, he said, "What's the rush? We're going down there later too. Just find a hole to hide in for now."

Lao Yang was extremely frustrated. Now that he had relaxed, his body was in great pain again. Perhaps it was because he had broken a bone in his back when he hit the rock wall earlier. Even taking a deep breath hurt, let alone making any big movements. He had no choice but to help Liang Shiye, who had recovered, step over the stalagmites and climb into a relatively flat cave on the side. Then he lay down flat and asked Liang Shiye to check the injury on his back.

The silver dart that Zhang Wuxun had thrown earlier was still stuck in Liang Shiye's leg. He pulled it out with a heavy heart. At first, he thought the red residue on it was some kind of insect repellent, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the red residue on his fingers was actually blood.

"This...this..." Master Liang held the silver dart with great excitement, not even caring about the wounds on his face and body. He accidentally pulled his lips, which had stopped bleeding, and trembled in pain. "Does this gentleman carry with him the legendary blood of the Qilin, which can ward off evil spirits and prevent all insects from invading?"

“You said it’s just a legend, how could I possibly have it?” Zhang Wuxun finished bandaging Wu Xiaoxie, winked to signal him not to reveal the truth, and then took out two energy gels from his pocket to replenish his energy. “The reason my blood can expel parasites is probably because I accidentally ate some Qilin blood before.”

The fewer people who know that Xiao Tianzhen has consumed Qilin Jie (a type of medicinal ingredient), the better, because one should always be wary of others.

However, Zhang Wuxun suddenly realized that it seemed many people already knew that Xiao Ge had Qilin blood, and Xiao Ge himself never seemed to have thought of hiding it.

Ah, this, this... Zhang Wuxun didn't know what to say.

"Ah, I see." Master Liang was a little disappointed. Compared to real Qilin blood, Qilin blood was far inferior.

However, he still followed his heart and quietly tucked the silver dart he had pulled from his leg into his pocket. The Qilin Blood was precious, you know. Who knew what strange insects or other oddities might appear on the journey ahead? More protection meant more safety. Who dared to say they weren't afraid of death?

Master Liang said he was right, and of course Zhang Wuxun wouldn't say anything even if he saw it. In the end, none of Uncle Tai's group left.

Uncle Tai, Er Mazi, and Li Pipa are all dead. There are two left: Master Liang and a fat man surnamed Wang, though this fat man is not the same as the fat man in the story.

That fat man is skilled in martial arts, and he even got there before Zhang Wuxun and the others. He might have heard the commotion and be lying in ambush in some hidden corner. In the original story, Wu Xiaoxie suffered because of human nature. Let's see how this old fox, Master Liang, will choose this time.

Zhang Wuxun didn't mind a little blood on his knife at all. Well, he could give the innocent girl a free lesson. It was a ready-made teaching material, so why not use it?

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Wuxun was actually a little eager to try. He subtly glanced at Liang Shiye, wondering where he should start.

While examining Lao Yang's back injury with a torch, Liang Shiye suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. After looking left and right and finding no danger, he was slightly relieved.

There was a large bruise on the third rib from the back of Lao Yang, a bluish-purple color with a hint of blackish-red, and a small pit of three or four centimeters in the middle of that bruise.

Liang Shiye touched the edge of the pit with his hand, and Lao Yang let out a pig-like scream, his back arching in pain, and he fell flat on his backside after being bumped by Liang Shiye.

"This won't do." Master Liang dared not touch it again, squinting at the wound, and said, "It hurts like this with just a slight touch, it's probably a fracture. We need to find a way to immobilize it and have it rest lying down. Otherwise, if we move too much, the broken bone might pierce our internal organs, and in our current condition, we'll definitely die."

Lao Yang was furious when he heard this. He shrugged and tried to get up, sweating profusely from the pain, but still stubbornly insisted, "It's not a big deal. Our torches and flashlights won't last long. We have to find a way to get out of here."

“Hey, young man, why are you so stubborn? This could kill someone.” Master Liang pressed him down and said in a muffled voice. There wasn’t much pine resin left on the torch, and it was already starting to go out. Master Liang looked at the stick, had an idea, and called out to Zhang Wuxun above, “Master Yu, do you have any extra bandages in your bag? I’ll make a splint for Brother Yang to fix it.”

"Yes, wait, we'll be right there."

Zhang Wuxun took out two bundles of climbing rope from his backpack, tied the two ends together, and threw them over like Wu Xiaoxie and the others had done before, so that Liang Shiye could fix them to the stalagmite on the side of the cave. He then tied a safety rope around Wu Xiaoxie's waist and let him climb over first.

The two ropes did indeed make him feel safe, and Wu Xiaoxie climbed over smoothly.

Zhang Wu saw that he had arrived safely, and then climbed over along the rope himself.

As the distance increased, a few of the more daring dragon-like creatures that had been hiding above the bronze tree peeked out, but none dared to follow the rope.

Upon reaching the other side, Zhang Wuxun took out bandages from his backpack and handed them to Liang Shiye. Wu Xiaoxie and Liang Shiye secured one of the bandages with a stick and wrapped the other with another, tying two sticks to Lao Yang's upper body in front and behind, and then wrapped him tightly with bandages like a mummy. Lao Yang felt as if his breathing was restricted, let alone bending over.

"Ouch, loosen it, loosen it! I'm not dead yet, but you two have strangled me to death! I—hiss—" Lao Yang cursed in pain.

Without saying a word, Wu Xiaoxie and the other man finished binding him and carried him to a flatter spot inside the cave.

Zhang Wuxun threw a flying knife to cut the rope tied to the branch of the bronze tree and retrieved the climbing rope.

After all that commotion, all three of them started having rumbling stomachs.

Zhang Wuxun took off his backpack and tossed it to Wu Xiaoxie, saying, "There are a few cans of food and self-heating meals inside. I'm going to check on the situation in the cave."

"Okay, be careful." Wu Xiaoxie took the backpack, opened it, and immediately beamed. There were five self-heating meals inside, three of which were Longjing shrimp, one was sweet and sour pork ribs, and one was braised pork.

"Muyu, would you like sweet and sour pork ribs or Longjing shrimp?" Wu Xiaoxie called out to Zhang Wuxun, who hadn't gone far.

"Sweet and sour pork ribs, I guess," Zhang Wu thought for a moment and replied, then continued walking inside with his flashlight.

The cave was about seventeen or eighteen meters deep and less than two meters high. Zhang Wuxun had to bend over slightly to avoid getting the damp, moldy moss on his head.

There are faint traces of human excavation on both sides of the cave wall, but due to the passage of time and erosion by water vapor, they are not very obvious.

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[On a side note, do you guys think I should find a wife for Master Pan, so he has something to hold onto in this world, a place to settle down, so he doesn't have to risk his life so recklessly? The character's name is Jiang Lu, and she knows Mu Yu from her previous life. She is a cardiologist, and her background has no connection to the Nine Gates.]

Agree? Give me a thumbs up. Or if you have a better name, tell me!
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