Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 157

According to the local guide, no one has been here for nearly thirty years.

Foreign "explorers" had already looted all the gold and silver treasures in the royal city.

Any dangers should have been eliminated long ago.

However, just to be on the safe side, Hu Ming and the others still picked up their guns.

It's the same machine gun used at the tomb of the Prince Xian. It's a real gem, and Fatty is absolutely obsessed with it.

The firearms that the group had used in the tomb of the Prince of Xian had long been put away by Hu Ming.

After all, no matter how ineffective security checks are these days, they shouldn't allow someone to carry guns and ammunition all over the country.

After all, China's control over guns is extremely strict worldwide.

Besides, Hu Ming and the others all lived in Beijing.

You think you can take a gun home from the very heart of the capital? Dream on!

Hu Ming led his team around layers of earthen walls and climbed up to the mountainside.

To be on the safe side and avoid being accidentally injured by collapsing buildings, Hu Ming tried to choose open spaces to move forward.

Hu Ming and his group were alright, after all, they were all trained and their physical fitness far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Lei Xianming and the woman could barely keep up, but the frail A Xiang looked like she couldn't take it anymore, after several days of continuous travel, coupled with severe altitude sickness.

Lei Xianming had no choice but to leave Peter Huang, whom he trusted, to stay down the mountain to look after him.

Hu Ming's eyes flickered, but he finally said something.

This simple-minded Chinese man used to be a pirate. Later, his crew had a fight, and he was half-dead when he was washed ashore and rescued by Lei Xianming.

This person is extremely loyal to Lei Xianming and would never harm Lei Xianming's goddaughter.

Before long, the group arrived at the ruins of the Wheel-Turning Temple of the Samsara Sect.

The murals inside the main hall... well, it's hard to describe.

"Wow~ Mingzi, Lao Hu, look! This place is full of amazing stuff!"

"I never imagined that a Buddhist temple would have such a sanitation dead spot. If someone saw such a blatant erotic picture in Beijing, they'd be arrested without a second thought!"

The fat man stared wide-eyed at the mural on the wall.

The content above is an illustration of male-female sexual intercourse in Tantric Buddhism.

The painting style is extremely bold, with strong color contrasts; it's hard to imagine that this was left by the ancients.

"Hmph, Lao Hu, I don't care about others, but you're not allowed to look!"

Seeing this, Yang Xueli first punched Hu Bayi a few times, and then simply hung herself on Hu Ming's back and covered his eyes with her hands.

This girl may have grown up in the US, but she's not this bold and open-minded.

At this moment, Yang Xueli's face began to burn, and a blush spread across her cheeks.

啧!
"Shirley, you have to understand, I'm here with a learning attitude, to observe and study the spiritual civilization of our predecessors!"

Hu Bayi was plunged into darkness, and clicked his tongue in regret. What a waste that this was supposed to be an opportunity to admire the ancient civilization of the Western Frontier!

Even a fool could tell that Hu Ming and Fatty were probably watching and learning with shining eyes right now.

Due to the strong insistence of the two women in the group, they did not linger there. Continuing further in, the content of the murals suddenly changed.

It turned into the torment of hellish reincarnation, and the scene was too gruesome to bear.

"Hundreds of years ago, the temples here were forbidden areas. Apart from the monks and clergy, commoners and even the king were not allowed to go any further."

The lama looked at the mural, softly chanting Buddhist mantras, and gently explained to everyone.

The most prominent feature of the temple is several large red pillars, with layers of lanterns embedded in their surfaces, all of which are dilapidated.

"Gig's silver eyes... he's probably referring to this relief on the roof, right?"

At this moment, Hu Ming pointed to the top of his head and whispered a reminder.

The intense sunlight shone through the cracks in the roof eroded by the wind.

The entire roof is a shimmering silver floral scroll, half carved and half painted.

Due to wind erosion, a small portion has already broken off and disappeared.

The entire mural is shaped like a giant eyeball, surrounded by a ring of totems depicting various mythical beasts.

There's another ring on the outermost edge, consisting of dozens of buildings...

Looking at this distinctive eye, Hu Ming knew that it must be the ancient Tantric feng shui coordinate, the Silver Eye of Jige.

Lei Xianming was panting heavily at this point. Dongzi gave him an oxygen tube and he took a couple of breaths before he could finally speak.

Once he had recovered, Lei Xianming reached into his bag and took out the ancient scripture, pointing it at the silver eye above his head to begin his examination.

The silver eye on the roof is actually a huge feng shui coordinate, and the deities carved around the silver eye are pointers to directions.

Hu Ming and Hu Bayi were well-versed in feng shui and had the assistance of a lama who was exceptionally familiar with the culture and geography of western Xinjiang.

With virtually no obstacles, the group combined the text map in the scroll with Giger's Silver Eyes and found the approximate coordinates of the Nine-Story Demon Tower in the Kunlun Glacier.

According to ancient scriptures, the Samsara Sect was originally a descendant of the ancient demon kingdom's ideology.

However, the Samsara Sect eventually disappeared in the tides of history. According to the records in the scriptures, this is probably the only silver-eyed relic left by the Samsara Sect.

If they had arrived a few years later, this place would have been buried in ruins, and perhaps no one would have been able to find any trace of the Demon Kingdom left behind.

According to the scriptures, the most important nine-story demon tower in the Demon Kingdom is located in the Phoenix Divine Palace, and in the feng shui of Tantric Buddhism, the Kunlun ancestral vein is referred to as the Phoenix.

"According to what this scripture says, the Kunlun Mountains are called Phoenix. The location of the Phoenix Palace, according to the description in the 'World-Defeating Jewel King's Epic of Martial Merit,' should be at the Karamir Pass."

After a moment's thought, and combining the descriptions in the divinely bestowed poems, the lama determined the location of the Phoenix Palace.

"A place surrounded by four peaks... In the records of the Azure Crow Technique, this place is also known as the spine of heaven and earth, where the ancestral dragon originated."

"This situation is extremely rare. If you can confirm that it is indeed in the Karamir Pass, once you get there, with my expertise in feng shui and the help of a local guide, finding this place will not be difficult!"

(End of this chapter)