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

Wu Yutian noticed that the clothing resembled a Manchu long robe with a front-opening mandarin jacket.

These frozen corpses had withered faces and an abnormal lime-white color.

Judging from its appearance, it must have undergone special treatment before being frozen in ice.

Finally, an ice pit was dug out of the wall, and the person and ice were placed vertically on it and embedded in the wall.

The ice corpses were on all four ice walls, appearing as if they were watching the two people from the walls, creating an extremely eerie atmosphere.

"What's it like down there?" the fat man shouted from above.

"Come down and take a look. This should be a tomb," Hu Bayi shouted up.

On the ice, the fat man lying at the cave entrance paused for a moment, then immediately became excited:

"Wait! I'll be right there!"

This guy is greedy for money—as long as it's a tomb, there will inevitably be burial goods, so how could he not get excited?

"Fatty, what happened? Is there any danger down there?" Uncle Ming quickly came over and asked.

"No danger has been detected yet," the fat man said, hanging the rope around his waist. "But there will be plenty of treasures. You wait here while I go down and get a few things to show you."

"What's going on, Fatty! You need to explain yourself!" Uncle Ming couldn't resist the urge to know more and quickly grabbed Fatty, wanting to get to the bottom of things.

"Hey." The fat man waved his hand casually, "There's just a tomb down there. You're too old to go down and join the fun. Just stay up there and wait for us to help you find your father."

The fat man gave a perfunctory reply and slid down the rope.

Uncle Ming was using the pretext of "finding his father" to smuggle ancient corpses, but once he heard about the ancient tomb, he couldn't sit still any longer.

"No! No! What if my father's body is down there too? Shuna, come with me, come down with me!"

Without saying a word, Uncle Ming also began preparations.

Han Shuna knew what he meant, so she didn't say much. She and Uncle Ming were just trying to make some money by getting hold of an ancient corpse.

Although I'm not very brave, poverty is the most terrifying thing.

With millions in cash waiting for him, these dangers are nothing to worry about.

Peter Huang, who never strayed more than three steps from Uncle Ming, followed closely behind him as well.

Seeing that something was wrong, Shirley Yang gave instructions to Chu Yi and the other two, and then went down into the tomb.

Inside the ice cave, Wu Yutian had already figured out the basic situation of the entire tomb.

Then, one by one, the people landed.

"What's going on? Why did they all come down?" Hu Bayi asked, pointing his flashlight at Uncle Ming and his group.

"I'm worried about what if there's my father's body down there. If there's a grave here, there's bound to be a body. My father was a corpse carrier, do I even need to say that?" Uncle Ming said matter-of-factly, shielding his eyes from the flashlight beam, which made him feel a little guilty.

"Don't worry, we've already checked, your father isn't here," Hu Bayi said, but still moved the flashlight away.

"Ah!!" A scream rang out.

It was Han Shuna who screamed in terror when she saw the frozen corpse on the wall.

"What are you afraid of? Didn't you say you were going to research this?" Hu Bayi said impatiently.

"How can this be the same?" Han Shuna rolled her eyes at Hu Bayi, then said with lingering fear:

"I don't study ancient corpses in places like this."

Wu Yutian ignored them and, after circling around, turned his gaze to the 1.67-meter-tall statue he had first seen.

Then, following his memory, he shone the flashlight on the ground near the statue.

Sure enough, a huddled figure appeared on the patterned ice.

The shadow wasn't very big, probably only about 1.1 or 1.2 meters, less than 1.3 meters.

It was curled up under the ice, and at first glance it looked like a giant cashew.

“What is this?…” Shirley Yang noticed Wu Yutian’s movements and also saw the dark figure on the ground.

But then she turned the flashlight on the frozen corpses on the four ice walls, as if she had discovered something:

"These frozen corpses all seem to be staring at this body?"

Only after Shirley Yang said this did the others notice the dark figure under the ice.

"This should be the tomb of the founder of the Samsara religion; this is the tombstone," Wu Yutian said, pointing to the half-person-high sculpture.

"The Samsara Sect was founded by the descendants of the Demon Kingdom. They also worship the abyss and caves, which should be their burial custom."

Hu Bayi nodded as he listened, then seemed to realize something:

“The Samsara Sect reveres the Demon Kingdom. Since this is the tomb of the sect’s leader, the direction the corpse’s head is facing must be pointing towards the Nine-Story Demon Tower.”

“That’s right.” Wu Yutian nodded in agreement. “Then we just need to use the feng shui method to determine another axis. The intersection of the two axes is the exact location of the Nine-Story Demon Tower!”

"Wait, wait... just a minute," the fat man hadn't quite understood yet:

"What do you mean? So, should we open this coffin or not?"

"Open it!" Wu Yutian said confidently. "The shape of this corpse is strange; we can't tell the head and feet through the ice. We'll have to dig it open to determine its location."

"At this point, we certainly can't just skim through it."

Of course, Wu Yutian was waiting to collect the boundless karmic fire inside, so he had no choice but to open it.

The fat man was overjoyed upon hearing this, exclaiming, "Great! That's exactly what I've been waiting for!"

As he spoke, he was about to shout to the first-year students above, asking them to send down the equipment.

"Hey, no rush." ​​Wu Yutian waved his hand and pulled the fat man along at the same time:

"It's getting late. We'll definitely be setting up camp here tonight. Let's go up and replenish our energy first, and then set up the camp."

"Even if we have ginger juice, opening a coffin is no small matter, and we don't know how much longer we'll have to stay down here."

"If we go up after dark, there might be wolves lurking around, and it will be too late to set up camp then."

Hearing Wu Yutian's words, everyone snapped out of their elation at discovering the tomb.

They had been trekking through the snow for a long time without eating, so they really should set up camp and replenish their strength first.

“Opening a coffin is no small matter…” Hu Bayi nodded in agreement.

"That's definitely how it should be."

Having heard Wu Yutian and Hu Bayi express their opinions, Uncle Ming, being an outsider, naturally had nothing to say.

The group then climbed back up to the ground using the ropes.

I couldn't help but be curious when I saw them come up.

Yang Qian'er and Fang Ting also came over to ask questions.

Wu Yutian briefly explained the situation to him, and also mentioned the plan to set up camp first and then dig the grave.

“That’s right,” Chu nodded.

Then, with a similarly serious expression, he looked at the surrounding snow-covered hills and said...

"I just heard wolves howling. Tonight, there's a good chance a pack of wolves will attack."

Wu Yutian raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "It seems we need to hurry."

There is strength in numbers.

The group quickly set up camp.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, trip mines were also set up around the campsite—except these "mines" were flashbangs.

If the wolf pack attacks, it will trigger a mechanism that will set off flares.

Once the flare is lit, the wolf pack will immediately have nowhere to hide in the darkness.

These are the fruits of Tibetan people's wisdom in outdoor camping, and they have proven effective time and again.

The camp was set up and the facilities were arranged.

Wu Yutian and the others ate something simple, then put on their equipment and re-entered the battle.

Uncle Ming and Han Shuna were originally "unrelated personnel", but they still shamelessly followed along.

Wu Yutian knew what they were planning, smiled slightly, and didn't care.

"Brother Tian, ​​why don't you come this time?"

Beside him, Hu Bayi took out a tallow candle from his bag and handed it to Wu Yutian.

According to the unwritten rules of tomb raiding, a candle is lit in the southeast corner before opening the coffin.

"Humans light candles, ghosts blow them out, and when the rooster crows, the lamp goes out; don't touch the gold."

If the coffin lamp goes out, then pack your things and leave.

This is because in the Later Heaven Bagua, the "Qian" position is located in the southeast corner, which governs "life".

If the light in this location goes out, it signifies a very unlucky omen if the coffin is opened.

However, with Wu Yutian here, it would be difficult to extinguish the candle in the southeast corner.

But despite saying that, Wu Yutian certainly wouldn't refuse, as lighting candles is usually done by experienced veterans in the team.