Tomb Raiding: The Bloodline of Dragons and Snakes, Starting from the Kunlun Divine Palace

An open space in front of a vacant Tibetan courtyard.

There were two beautiful domestically produced Cherokee Jeeps parked there, along with a Huachi five-ton military truck.

Co-producer Uncle Ming and production manager Li Xiangqin, along with their production and logistics team, had been waiting there for quite some time.

The five-ton truck from Huachi was carrying photography equipment and logistical supplies needed for the film crew's shooting.

A Dong and Tie Tui Shui Shang Piao came along with the back of Huaqi Heavy Truck as escorts.

The others rode in Cherokee jeeps leading the way, and the journey went smoothly.

Their supplies also included many large, warm military tents, so even if they encountered a place without accommodation, they could set up tents and rest on the spot.

"Xiangqin, now that your production team is here, we'll leave our meals to you tonight." Wu Yutian deliberately looked for an opportunity to get Li Xiangqin and the others to do some work.

"Don't worry, Brother Tian." Li Xiangqin stood at attention as usual, "I will definitely prepare a sumptuous dinner for everyone tonight."

"Oh, right, it's not just these two groups; there's a larger crew of over fifty people behind them." Wu Yutian took out his mobile phone from the car and tested the signal.

This should be the last outpost town where you can still receive a mobile phone signal.

"Hey, Ji Wen, are you almost there?"

"We're almost there, Brother Tian, ​​about another hour." Long Jiwen's cell phone also started getting a signal.

"That's good. The mobile phone signal is about to run out. Once we get closer to the assembly point, we can switch to walkie-talkies to keep in touch." Wu Yutian also equipped each group of the crew with military-grade backpack walkie-talkies, which weigh 35 pounds and have a communication range of 10 miles, or about 17 kilometers.

Each person also has a lightweight, small 7-watt handheld walkie-talkie, the same model used by the Hong Kong Police Force, with an effective range of about 2-4 kilometers in urban and mountainous areas, and 4-7 kilometers in open plains.

"Received!" Long Jiwen took out his handheld walkie-talkie and started testing it. Although he couldn't talk directly to Wu Yutian yet, the vehicles in the convoy were already using the walkie-talkie to communicate with each other.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yutian took out a stack of grain coupons, cloth coupons, and meat coupons.

"Come on, before it gets dark, go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy more supplies. If they can't supply enough tonight, arrange to get more tomorrow morning." Wu Yutian knew that the main crew that Long Jiwen brought had come by train, changing buses twice and a truck halfway through the journey. They were mainly carrying costumes for the artists, snacks, fruits, and daily necessities.

With nearly seventy people in the group, the amount of food and supplies they are currently carrying is definitely insufficient once they all start consuming them.

Unlike in mainland China, Tibet's grain and meat coupons require a letter of introduction and approval to be exchanged for national grain and meat coupons at the headquarters of a dedicated non-staple food company in Tibet, or purchased in rations with RMB.

I exchanged quite a lot on my way to Tibet, and now I can use it all at once.

Although after the reform and opening up, most supplies could be purchased with cash in major cities like Kyoto and Shenzhen, in Tibet where supplies were scarce, various ration coupons were still needed to ensure fair supply.

Vehicle refueling also requires gasoline and diesel tickets from Xia Guo Petroleum Company.

Li Xiangqin led her team of four to the town's supply and marketing cooperative to purchase supplies.

The remaining people became the main force in tomb raiding.

"Uncle Ming, let me introduce you. These two are newcomers to our tomb raiding team." Wu Yutian pointed to Xiao Ge and said, "Xiao Ge, Zhang Qilin, is a successor of the Faqiu lineage. His kung fu is superior to all of ours."

Hearing this, Ah Dong behind Uncle Ming snorted, seemingly quite unconvinced.

Judging by height and weight, A-Dong is a whole size bigger than the younger brother.

A-Dong's muscular development was also significantly better than the others, and given his history as a mercenary, he naturally didn't believe that anyone else here had a fighting ability superior to his.

"And this one, Iron Stick Lama Ak, is a divinely inspired singer from Tibet. He is our guide as we venture deep into the glacier to search for relics."

"Um, my name is Lei Xianming, nice to meet you all." Uncle Ming introduced himself, "The people behind me are my henchman Adong, my goddaughter Axiang, and my wife Shuna."

"The people actually involved in tomb raiding in the crew are those present here. During the filming of the movie and TV series, I will have other people fill in for you and let you act independently under the name of Production Team B," Wu Yutian explained. "Our tomb raiding identities are kept secret from others, understand?"

"Understood," Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and the others replied in unison.

Not long after, the other fifty-odd crew members arrived at the meeting point, led by Long Jiwen.

The film crew's actors were accommodated in a nearby guesthouse, while the production staff stayed in several Tibetan courtyards.

Chapter 45: Recruiting Haitang into the team, heading to the Samsara Temple!

After dinner.

The crew members from all sides got to know each other and then rested.

Meanwhile, in the courtyard of Wu Yutian's command post, the two teams of tomb raiders sat together, discussing their next action plan.

“Uncle Ming, we’ll be going up the mountain tomorrow. Shouldn’t you take out the scriptures you have and let everyone study them?” Wu Yutian said bluntly.

Han Shuna was still tugging hard at Uncle Ming's sleeve, afraid that he would lose his leverage.

“Yes, Uncle Ming, if you don’t take out the scriptures, even if we have the descendants of the Tomb Raiders, the Tomb Raiders, and the Mountain Moving Taoists here, we won’t be able to deduce the location of Gulao Silver Eyes, let alone how to go to the Nine-Story Demon Tower to find your father’s body.” Hu Bayi also earnestly coaxed.

Uncle Ming's eyes darted around, and he had no choice but to speak earnestly to Han Shuna.

"Shuna, we're all family here, so don't be stingy. Just take it out."

Han Shuna shrugged, taking her time to fix her nails, before speaking slowly and deliberately.

"How about we read the first one first? What if they read it all and then refuse to take us on the journey? Ming-ge, you're not in good health, and we're just women; we'd definitely be a burden to them."

There was some truth to what he said, and Uncle Ming looked at Wu Yutian with a troubled expression.

"Uncle Ming, Sister Shuna, don't worry. I, Wu Yutian, am not that kind of person. Since we agreed to go into the tomb as a team, as long as you dare to leave, we dare to lead you!" Wu Yutian patted his chest and promised, "Ba Yi, Fatty, are you all okay?"

"No problem!" Hu Bayi replied confidently.

"No, no problem," Fatty Wang replied helplessly.

"Since Brother Tian and Bayi have both said so, Shuna, stop being so dramatic!" Uncle Ming's tone became stern.

After all, Wu Yutian had just called him Uncle Ming and Han Shuna Sister Na, which meant that no matter whether they were lovers or business partners, Uncle Ming was the head of their group of four.

"Take it! Take it!" Han Shuna took out a scroll, which Wu Yutian then unfolded on the table for everyone to analyze.

“Here,” Ak said with certainty.

He was a divinely ordained poet, so naturally he was more familiar with this scripture.

These silver eyes of Guraro exist in the ruins of the Guraro dynasty and are mostly associated with religion.

“The ancient Lola Dynasty practiced the Samsara sect for a period of time. The prominent feature of this scroll is the Samsara symbol and its location,” Ak said, pointing to the location of the Samsara symbol. “I’ve been to this place; it’s called the Samsara Temple.”

“Alright, we’ll head to the Samsara Temple of the Samsara Sect tomorrow,” Wu Yutian decided.

The Iron Staff Lama, familiar with Tibetan culture, naturally knew the route to the Samsara Temple.

That is now an abandoned temple in the ruins of Guge.

After finalizing the action plan, everyone went to rest.

******

The next day.

Wu Yutian asked Li Xiangqin to assist Long Jiwen in arranging for the main crew to rest on the spot.

Hong Kong director Lee Yan-kong conducted filming training for the lead actors.

In addition to continuing to serve as Yang Qian'er's bodyguard, Xu Zhengyang also took on the role of the crew's security supervisor. He had four fully equipped professional security guards under his command, and more than ten other stuntmen and stagehands were also at his disposal to protect the crew's personnel and property.

"Ming Shu and I, along with a few others, will go to scout out a main filming location today. Director Li will stay in Shiquanhe Town to lead the others in rehearsals. Xu Zhengyang will stay behind as the head of security, and Long Jiwen will serve as Director Li's assistant to coordinate the work. Li Xiangqin will lead the production team to take care of everyone's food, lodging, and logistics."

Before leading his team off, Wu Yutian gave them one last instruction, "Do you all understand?"

"Understood!" Long Jiwen answered loudly, "Brother Tian, ​​you can go with peace of mind. I will assist Director Li in organizing the rest of the troops."

At this time, Long Jiwen's nominal title was assistant director, but in reality, he was Wu Yutian's agent, essentially acting as a production manager.

However, in order to give director Li Rengang a sense of being in charge, he only allowed Long Jiwen to be nominally the director's assistant.

"Mr. Wu, please be careful on your way." Li Rengang, who was in his twenties, replied respectfully. This was his first time being appointed as a director, so he didn't have the airs of a famous director.

"Brother Tian, ​​I'd like to go with you guys to familiarize ourselves with the environment and get into character as soon as possible," Haitang said, stepping forward at that moment.

“But,” Wu Yutian said with a troubled expression, glancing at the reactions of Uncle Ming and the others, “we only have three cars right now, and we need to reserve one for the crew’s activities. Right now we only have a Hiace van and a Jeep, and I’m afraid there won’t be enough seats.”

"It's alright." Haitang put her arm around Uncle Ming's shoulder. "Uncle Ming and I are old acquaintances. Sister Shuna, Sister Xiang, and I can just squeeze into the back row. Uncle Ming, Sister Shuna, what do you say?"

Ah Xiang kept her head down and didn't say a word, while Han Shuna glared at Uncle Ming.

“You’re the lead actress, so it’s my duty to serve you. Shuna and Axiang can squeeze in with Haitang.” Uncle Ming knew he couldn’t get rid of Haitang now, so he might as well try to please this creditor.

"Since Haitang herself doesn't mind, and Uncle Ming has said so, then let's arrange it this way. The original six of us will continue to ride in the Sea Lion van, and the five of you can squeeze into the jeep. Get in!"

Wu Yutian left a Cherokee Jeep for Long Jiwen to use, so that the rest of the crew could move around in town.

I led the team myself towards the Reincarnation Temple at the Guge ruins!

Chapter 46: The Temple of Reincarnation, Guided by the Silver Eyes of Guge

After leaving Shiquanhe Town, following the guidance of the Iron Staff Lama, the group left the country's infrastructure highway.

After leaving the highway, we entered a Gobi desert.

For those who grew up in Kyoto, there was a sense of familiarity, as it resembled the yellowish sky of Kyoto.

The atmosphere around them gradually became somber as the Gobi Desert turned desolate.

Sand and stones flew everywhere, and no living creatures could be seen.

There was no sign of life around.

They stayed open for a little while longer.

In the desolate landscape, undulating mountains gradually appeared, making it less monotonous.

Followed by.