Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 150: Another Problem Arises
Even ants are transparent, let alone living, breathing people.
The treasures they acquired on this trip were secondary; the main prize was the Muchen Pearl, which could break the curse on Hu Ming and his companions.

"There is now a 90% chance that the small bead in the mouth of this mutated jade-like human head is the Muchen Bead."

"According to ancient records, the Muchen Pearl, also known as the Phoenix Gall, was transformed from the Earth Mother and is an extremely yang divine pearl. Judging from the shape of this pillar, it should be the Muchen Pearl!"

Bathed in the glow of the rising sun, Yang Xueli looked at the Muchen Pearl through the open mouth of the jade-like human head and said excitedly.

"But the problem is that the Muchen Pearl has already grown together with the dead head of the King Xian."

"If we want to get it out, we'll probably have to take it back and find someone to use professional tools to figure out a solution."

"I wonder what the quality of the Muchen Pearl is like. Otherwise, we might as well find a big iron hammer and smash the dead head of the King of Xian. I'm just afraid that if we don't control our strength well, we might accidentally break the Muchen Pearl, which would be embarrassing," Hu Ming said with a light click of his tongue.

After all, having read the original work, he didn't need to authenticate it to know that this thing was the Muchen Pearl, which was deified in ancient books.

Simply put, even in order to break the curse, this Muchen Pearl must be thrown into the eye socket pool inside the Dragon Pill in the Kunlun Divine Palace.

However, Hu Ming was not disappointed at all. He believed that he would definitely be able to obtain something no less valuable than the Muchen Pearl through the system in the future.

Just like the three prizes I received last time: the Dragon Pattern Cloud Blade, the Heavenly Official Seal of the Tomb Raiders, and the upgraded version of the Tomb Raider Finger – the Mysterious Jade Finger of the Tomb Raiders.

Hu Ming felt that these three items were no less valuable to him than the Muchen Pearl.

However, Hu Ming had a hunch that the Muchen Pearl might indeed grant immortality.

After all, this bead does indeed possess magical power that is hard for ordinary people to imagine. In just two thousand years, King Xian's body was assimilated into jade and even transformed into a peculiar state.

It seems that the Muchen Pearl truly possesses the power to grant immortality.

As he spoke, Hu Ming took out about a dozen black jade rings from his bag.

Hu Ming pried this out from the King of Xian's hand at the last moment. He knew that it was meant to be used in conjunction with a certain arrangement to decipher the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book and unravel the secrets of the Muchen Pearl.

Just ...

"vomit!"

The moment Hu Ming took out these dozens of jade rings, all four of them couldn't help but cover their noses and start gagging.

These jade rings had been clutched tightly in King Xian's hands for thousands of years. By the time King Xian was corroded and turned into jade, they had been tainted by the stench of death and were already unbearably foul.

Hu Ming strongly suspects that these jade rings were probably not this color before.

It turned black, probably because it was tainted by the stench of a dead body, right?
"Mingzi, why are you keeping this stinky thing? Just throw it away! I remember it came from that big zombie."

"This thing doesn't look like a treasure at all, and it just stings my eyes."

The fat man couldn't hold back any longer. He felt his stomach churning, his breakfast rising in his throat, and he felt like vomiting.

This flavor is absolutely amazing!
"Go away, stay somewhere else!"

“These jade rings are ancient, not finely carved, and not made of any precious material.” “But they look like they’ve been frequently held, used, and played with. They’re very smooth and shiny. They must be very important. Maybe they’re related to the Muchen Pearl. Throw them away? How could you even think of that!” Hu Ming glanced at the fat man, put on his gas mask to block out the stench, and examined them closely.

"Tsk, you were right, Lao Hu. This is something I pried out of the hands of the Prince of Xian."

"It does smell bad, but if I'm not mistaken, this thing should be a decryption device for a password system."

"Did you notice? This thing is the same size as the characters on the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book. I guess it's probably arranged in some kind of order to correctly interpret the information in the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book."

Hu Ming put on his gas mask, weighed the black jade ring in his hand, and spoke softly. However, he kept glancing at Hu Bayi, his eyes flickering, which startled Hu Bayi...

“There are sixteen jade rings in total… Unfortunately, we don’t know how they are arranged,” Yang Xueli said with a bitter expression, her excitement fading.

Now that you have all the treasures in your hands, but don't know how to unlock the secrets, it's really quite frustrating.

"Sixteen pieces, Lao Hu, didn't you think of anything?" Hu Ming said to Hu Bayi with a subtle expression.

"Sixteen?" Hu Bayi asked blankly, not quite understanding.

"The Sixteen-Character Feng Shui Yin-Yang Secret Technique!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the sixteen jade rings correspond to the ancient lost sixteen-character celestial hexagram. As far as I know, the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique that the old man passed down to us contains this information."

At this point, Hu Ming couldn't help but feel indignant.

Although he possesses the feng shui secrets, the I Ching, the Eight Trigrams, and other knowledge awarded by the system, he is proficient in everything and is an expert in everything.

However, he had been eyeing this sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique for a long time, but the system had never given it to him as a reward.

"The sixteen-character celestial hexagram! Oh right, how come I didn't think of that!?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi's face lit up with joy, but then his expression darkened again.

“But, Mingzi, our family only has half of the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique, and I only know the name of the sixteen characters.”

"You want me to work with you to form the Sixteen-Character Heavenly Hexagram? Don't you have any self-awareness?... I think, apart from the old man's master, the resurrected Mr. Sun with the Yin-Yang Eyes, probably no one in this world can understand this Sixteen-Character Heavenly Hexagram, right?"

"Uh..." Hu Ming was speechless. After all, his understanding of feng shui was probably half a step behind Hu Bayi's.

Upon hearing this, the group, who had just been excited, fell silent again.

They remembered that Hu Bayi and Hu Ming's sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique was only half a book, it was incomplete!
Now, the clues are right in front of us, but they have been ruthlessly cut off. Yang Xueli, in particular, is overjoyed and heartbroken at the same time. She nestled in Hu Bayi's arms, speechless, and could only sigh softly.

"That's not necessarily true..."

Unexpectedly, not long after, Hu Ming merely glanced at him and said quietly.

(End of this chapter)