A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang immediately laughed and said, "Haha, no need to thank me. This time, we still owe it to you. Although we didn't see a real bear, we caught a wanted criminal. Now we have a year's worth of work points. This can be considered a contribution to the world revolution, hahaha."

The fat man talked on and on, a whole bunch of things.

However, it must be said that this wanted criminal is very valuable. The work points he earns are enough to feed Bai Jing, Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, Yanzi, and Sun Qiaoshan, who participated in the operation, for the next year.

Most importantly, Bai Jing and Hu Bayi are very likely to be recognized as outstanding educated youth, and might even be able to attend an awards ceremony in the county town.

Seeing Wang Pangzi chattering on and on, Hu Bayi immediately said, "Alright, Pangzi, let Huamei rest. Don't bother her anymore. Besides, we've been busy all day. Let's go back and rest early."

Yanzi nodded and said, "Alright, Hu Bayi is right. You two have been running around all day, especially Bai Jing and Hu Bayi. You must be very tired. Go back and rest. I'll take care of Huamei."

The group nodded in agreement and left the blind old woman's place.

As soon as they got back into the house, Bai Jing saw that Hu Bayi seemed a bit absent-minded and immediately asked, "Old Hu, what's wrong? You've seemed a bit distracted ever since you got back."

To be honest, Bai Jing noticed something was off about Hu Bayi after he subdued Hua Bangzi that morning, but there were too many people around, so Bai Jing didn't ask any questions. But now that there are only the three of them in the room, there's nothing he can't say.

Hearing Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi was silent for a moment before saying, "It's nothing. This morning, when I was with Uncle Qiaoshan, he told me some things about the Tomb Raiders. Lao Bai, do you think I really am a successor of the Tomb Raiders?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing fell silent for a moment.

Is Hu Bayi a descendant of the tomb raiders?

That's for sure.

Hu Bayi is exceptionally talented; he is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime genius among tomb raiders.

Most importantly, Hu Bayi is not only exceptionally talented, but also incredibly lucky.

Even if you put the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" in front of an average person, they still wouldn't be able to figure it out.

Hu Bayi's father, Hu Yunxuan, was like that, but Hu Bayi was different. When he learned things like Yin-Yang Feng Shui and the Eight Trigrams, he didn't even need anyone to teach him. He could learn them quickly and master them in no time.

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Afterwards, Hu Bayi told Bai Jing and Fatty what Sun Qiaoshan had said during the day. After hearing this, Fatty Wang said in confusion, "This old man knows so much about tomb raiding, and he told Lao Hu so much about the Tomb Raiders. Could it be that this person is also a Tomb Raider?"

Bai Jing shook his head upon hearing this and said, "No, whether it's the Tomb Raider Captain or the Tomb Raider General, they are all the same."

Take our Bai family for example. Although we don't usually engage in tomb raiding, the family tradition has not been broken, and people still occasionally take up this line of work.

Outsiders may not know, but those in the industry all know about our family, that's all.

Similarly, Lao Hu's lineage comes from Zhang Sanlianzi. According to our family records, Zhang Sanlianzi had four disciples, three of whom were engaged in tomb raiding, while only one disciple, Sun Guofu with the ability to see ghosts, did not engage in tomb raiding.

"We've never heard of any tomb raider surnamed Hu in our family. Clearly, your book must have been passed down from Zhang Sanlianzi to Sun Guofu, and then to your family."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi was taken aback at first, then seemed to recall something his grandfather Hu Guohua had once told him. He immediately looked at Bai Jing in surprise and said, "That's right, I remember now. Once, my grandfather took me back to my hometown to pay respects at the grave of my grandfather's master. I only remember that the man's surname was Sun. Combining what Lao Bai said, our family should be descended from this Sun Guofu with the ability to see ghosts."

Bai Jing nodded and then said, "After you left with the thrush, when I was waiting for the weasel to deliver the gold at the forest farm, I glanced at the map that the old man who knocked on the mountain had placed on the table. It was the map of the weasel temple on Tuanshanzi that we had visited before."

If he really was a tomb raider, how could he not have gone inside and instead be studying that map?

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi thought for a moment and then said, "Old Bai, do you think it's possible that the senior who entered the Weasel Temple before was the Mountain-Knocking Grandpa?"

Bai Jing shook his head decisively and said, "Impossible. If he had entered the Weasel Temple on Tuanshanzi, why would he be studying that map? The most likely scenario is that he never entered that underground Weasel Temple."

Both Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang agreed with this statement.

Yes, if he went in and took the things inside, then why would he study that map? The most likely scenario is that Sun Qiaoshan never went into that tomb at all.

In reality, Sun Qiaoshan's behavior is the norm for most tomb raiding families.

They didn't understand Yin-Yang and Feng Shui, and they didn't have the ability to find tombs through various means. So they could only slowly determine the location of the tombs through local legends and records.

Then, through the efforts of one or even several generations, the contents of the tomb are slowly brought out and eventually monetized.

Bai Jing didn't think too much about it. At worst, he would just deal with whatever came his way. He wasn't afraid of Sun Qiaoshan.

Immediately, Bai Jing said, "It doesn't matter. He told you so much, he must have some purpose. So let's just stay calm and deal with whatever happens. In short, let's be wary of him."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi said, "Yes, that's all we can do. However, he knows so much about this industry, and he knows we know the art of dragon finding, so he must need us for something. It doesn't matter."

Chapter 28 The Legend of the Gold Vein

Bai Jing nodded in agreement with Hu Bayi's words and said, "Old Hu is right. No matter what, we should be on guard. When the old Party Secretary and the others come back, we can ask him about Old Man Qiaoshan."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi looked at Fatty Wang and said, "Alright, let's do it this way. Tomorrow, we'll distribute the gold beans to the families whose chickens were eaten by the weasels. Then, we'll buy some good wine and food, have a few drinks with the old Party Secretary, and we'll get some information out of him."

Both Bai Jing and Fatty agreed with the suggestion.

Seeing that the matter had been discussed and it was already late, Bai Jing and the other two turned off the lights and went back to bed to sleep.

The group went up the mountain early this morning and were busy all day. Bai Jing, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood, was fine, but Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the kang (a heated brick bed).

Listening to Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang's snoring, Bai Jing slowly drifted off to sleep.

Nothing happened that night. Bai Jing got up early the next morning, first practicing his fist techniques and body movements, and then started cooking porridge.

By the time Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang woke up, Bai Jing had already cooked the porridge.

While drinking his porridge, Bai Jing said, "Old Hu, go and deliver food to Yanzi and Huamei first, then check on how Huamei is. Fatty and I will tidy up and wait for you to come back. Then we'll gather the families in the village who lost their chickens, distribute the gold beans, and then go to the forest farm together to see how Huabangzi's instructions are going."

Hu Bayi responded.

After having breakfast, Hu Bayi took his lunchbox to the blind old woman's house.

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang then began tidying up the bedding and washing the dishes.

Hu Bayi was gone for a short time and returned quickly.

Just then, Bai Jing and Fatty Wang finished cleaning up.

Immediately, the three of them took Jin Douzi to the brigade headquarters.

Soon, the sound of a broadcast rang out throughout the village.

"Just to let you know, if any of your chickens have been taken by weasels, please gather at the brigade headquarters."

This is the brigade clerk making a broadcast.

Soon, all the families whose chickens had been taken away gathered at the brigade headquarters.

Then, the clerk took out a piece of paper, which was a count of the number of chickens lost by the families in the village whose chickens had been taken, which Bai Jing had asked him to tally before he went up the mountain yesterday.

When the villagers arrived at the brigade headquarters, they didn't know why they had been summoned there.

But when Bai Jing announced that he would compensate everyone, everyone was in an uproar.

Bai Jing took out the gold beans from his bosom.

Inside the brigade headquarters, Bai Jing had already weighed the gold.

After deducting the gold allocated to the thrushes, the remaining gold weighed approximately 57 grams.

This scale isn't actually very accurate, but it's close enough.

According to statistics, a total of 136 chickens were lost in the village, most of which were already grown up.

Based on current market prices, a chicken costs approximately one yuan.

Currently, the local price of gold is around three yuan per gram. In reality, according to Bai Jing, this price is far higher.

It's lower than the international gold price, which is currently around 10 yuan per gram.

But there's nothing we can do; they're living in China now.

Later, because some of these chickens were fully grown, but many were not yet fully grown.

Finally, after discussions with the clerk and the brigade leader, it was decided that each gram of gold would be equivalent to four chickens. In the end, 34 grams of gold were spent to compensate all the families who had lost their chickens.

In an instant, everyone in the village smiled.

After Bai Jing and the other two finished doing all that, it was already mid-morning.

They immediately went to the forest farm together.

When they arrived, they saw Sun Qiaoshan smoking a pipe in the house, while Hua Bangzi was tied up in a corner.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi asked, "Grandpa, did you find out anything?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Qiaoshan stopped smoking his pipe, placed it on the table, and then took out something and looked at Hu Bayi.

"We didn't get anything out of him, but we did find this on him. Take a look at it."

Then, Bai Jing and Hu Bayi saw the object in Sun Qiaoshan's hand, which was a golden piece about the size of a thumb.

Upon seeing this, the fat man asked with some confusion, "What is this thing?"

Bai Jing also became serious at this moment.

"Gold!"

Sun Qiaoshan nodded and said, "That's right, it's gold. However, I've lived in Tuanshanzi for decades and have never seen such pure gold before."

Bai Jing weighed it in his hand; it was about sixty or seventy grams.

Moreover, judging from its quality, it is definitely gold with a purity of over 90%.

Hu Bayi immediately asked, "Where did you find it?"

Sun Qiaoshan picked up his pipe, pointed at Hua Bangzi, and said, "He said it was taken from the stomach of a bear."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi certainly didn't believe it and immediately said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. Do you think a bear can eat gold?"

Upon hearing this, Hua Bangzi said with some disdain, "You wouldn't understand even if I told you. This is Tuanshanzi's biggest secret."