Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

"…I'm sorry, Panzi, Tianzhen, I misunderstood your Third Master."

“Your Third Master is the real old fox. I shouldn’t have mocked him just now.”

Upon hearing this, Fatty patted Wu Xie and Panzi on the shoulders and apologized earnestly.

But that tone
It sounds like a sarcastic jab at Wu Sansheng.

"You son of a bitch, you fatso, can't you even speak?"

Panzi was immediately displeased.

"Stop arguing, Chenpi is here."

The young man suddenly spoke up, interrupting the two.

Chen Pi had already led his men toward Hu Ming and his group.

"Hu Ming... Hmph, Wu Sansheng really did invite you."

"As for you... Is Wu Sansheng senile? With your bunch of trash, you think you can dig up the Nine Dragons Carrying the Corpse Coffin of the Eastern Xia Emperor?"

Upon meeting, Chen Pi stared at Hu Ming for a long time before coldly mocking Wu Xie and the others in a hoarse voice.

Hu Ming had always been very curious.

Is Chenpi Ya'er blind or not?

With that scar that crossed his eye socket and stretched across the bridge of his nose, there was no way his eye could have survived.

However, Chen Pi's actions often give the impression that his eyes are perfectly fine behind his sunglasses.

Everyone had strange expressions, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

Who exactly fell into the trap? That's quite an interesting question.

"Young Master!"

Seeing that no one spoke, the three people behind Chen Pi stepped forward and addressed Hu Ming in a respectful voice.

"Ha! Not bad, your subordinates are well-trained. I thought they would look down on me because I'm young!"

Hu Ming raised an eyebrow and said with considerable surprise.

Honestly, when these people looked at him, he really thought some kind of hilarious and cheesy face-slapping scene was about to unfold.

After all, Hu Ming's face is genuinely youthful and rosy-cheeked, making him look like he's eighteen!
At this age, the first impression people give is that they lack real skills and are impulsive. When going into tombs, these kinds of people are often the most likely to cause trouble.

"You? Young? Heh heh heh. I don't know where Master Er Yuehong found you. You're just like the Zhang family."

“We old folks all know that over the years, your face has not only not aged, but has even gotten younger. You are even more mysterious than the Zhang family.”

Chen Pi had no idea that the expressionless young man standing next to Hu Ming, who remained silent, was the current head of the Zhang family.

Now, he's openly praising the Zhang family in front of the Zhang family patriarch...tsk!
The young man glanced at Chen Pi indifferently and said nothing.

Given the guy's personality, he wouldn't take this kind of thing to heart at all.

"Is it my fault that I'm getting younger as I age?"

Hu Ming said with a smirk, looking bored.

He had little interest in having a friendly exchange with Chen Pi; the two were simply not on the same wavelength.

Ultimately, what Chen Pi cared about wasn't Hu Ming as a person, but rather that face—a face that resembled the girl's.
Chen Pi was an orphan who survived the chaotic and difficult times by virtue of his ruthlessness and willingness to fight. Later, he wandered to Changsha and was taken in as an apprentice by Er Yuehong.

Chen Pi was inherently indifferent; to him, human life was merely a number that didn't matter.

In the early years, when Chen Pi was tomb raiding, in order to prevent the news from leaking, he slaughtered all the men, women, and children in an entire village.

The character of dried tangerine peel can be seen from this.

But even such a person has a soft spot in their heart.

That was the maid who had always taken good care of him. She was called his teacher's wife, but in Chen Pi's heart, the maid occupied the important role of a mother.

Chen Pi harbors deep affection for the girl.

"You can't continue on this train. I've arranged another vehicle. If you want to come, wait and get on with me. If you're not happy, go back to where you came from!"

"But I'll tell you beforehand that the place we're going to this time is not so simple. Wu Sansheng came to me in the first place, wanting this old guy to give you some pointers."

Seeing that Hu Ming had no intention of continuing the conversation, Chen Pi didn't mind. He looked at Wu Xie and the others and said calmly.

After saying this, without waiting for anyone's reply, he got into the car with his men.

To put it bluntly, Chen Pi trusts the people he personally trained more than Wu Xie and his ilk.

The group exchanged glances and then got into the car.

These people all have reasons for coming here, and they all have reasons for wanting to go to the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds.

Xiao Ge was after the Bronze Gate, while Pan Zi and Wu Xie were after Wu Sansheng.

As for the fat man, his goal was simple: to find a few valuable funerary objects.

Moreover, in the business of tomb raiding, there is a huge difference between having raided imperial tombs and not having raided them.

Once you've raided an imperial tomb, you're a star in the tomb raiding world, and wherever you go, people respectfully call you "Master."

No matter how small Dongxia was, the tomb of the Wannu King was still a proper imperial mausoleum.

……

According to the original plan set by the bald man, after Hu Ming and others arrived in Dunhua, they were to travel by car to Erdaobaihe.

There, the bald man had arranged local guides and equipment, and then they set off for a small village called Chestnut Village, where new local guides would lead Hu Ming and his group into the mountains.

But now it's definitely not possible to go to Chestnut Village. Anyone with a brain knows that Lei Zi is lying in wait there.

After discussing with Chen Pi for a while, the group decided to bypass Chestnut Village and head straight for Changbai Mountain.

Based on the information they had, they knew that there were several more villages beyond Chestnut Village, so they wouldn't have trouble finding a guide.

Five days later, the group drove to the end of the road, where there was no road ahead for vehicles to travel.

There is a small village nearby called Yingshan Village. The group needs to rest here for a few days and also needs to find a guide who is familiar with the route.

The place Hu Ming and his group were going to was deep in the Changbai Mountains, a no-man's land with no roads.

Some of the mountains are even located in areas outside of China.

Without a guide familiar with the terrain, it would be impossible to find the Heavenly Palace hidden deep in the Changbai Mountains.