The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

At this moment, Partridge Whistle also spoke in a deep voice.

The valley was covered with dense vines and forests, and the ground was covered with weeds and moss. Only the two stone mountains at the entrance of the valley were smooth and untouched, with not a single blade of grass growing on them.

Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Path of Severing Insects, The Fourteen Main Stars!

"Perhaps they applied a secret ingredient to preserve the image of that human eye."

Seeing that the group had stopped, Fang Yun made up an excuse to explain.

In fact, these rocks are not ordinary rocks, but meteorites that fell to Earth countless years ago.

This meteorite appears to contain foreign metals and elements, and it can release electromagnetic energy, interfering with the surrounding magnetic field and affecting organisms that live in the magnetic field for a long time.

Moreover, there are far more than just these two fragments of the meteorite; there are at least dozens of them.

When King Xian discovered the miraculous effects of these meteorites, he dispersed them to surround and envelop the entire Insect Valley.

The venomous insects and ferocious beasts in the Insect Valley have lived under that altered magnetic field for a long time, amplifying their species characteristics. This is why the things in the Insect Valley are more poisonous and bigger!

However, this has nothing to do with Fang Yun and his group of four. They only entered the Insect Valley for a short period of time and will not be affected.

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After a short while, the group walked directly through the two stone mountains and entered the Insect Valley.

The deeper you go into the Insect Valley, the lower the elevation and the higher the humidity.

The surrounding area is covered with vines and the ground is covered with moss and grass, making it feel like a green maze when you walk through it.

However, with Fang Yun positioned at 19, the team didn't go astray.

After traveling through the dense forest for five hours, the group was getting closer and closer to the tomb of King Xian.

During these five hours, everyone walking along the road could see traces left by humans, including stone statues and walkways, all of the same specifications as the sacred path they had seen before.

King Xian, that unlucky fellow, certainly didn't expect that after his death, all his descendants and people would run away, making no use of this divine way at all. Instead, it provided convenience for Fang Yun and his three companions to find the tomb.

Walking an hour further into the valley following these ruins, at the exit of a grove of trees, the remains of a dilapidated city wall come into view, covered with weeds and moss.

On a rammed earth stone platform, there is a reddish toad statue sitting with its back to the crowd.

Upon seeing the toad statue, Fang Yun's eyes lit up, and he strode forward. Partridge Whistle and the other two followed suit. The toad was an important marker on the Zhenling Register, and seeing the toad statue meant that they had not gone astray.

After crossing the city wall and standing in front of the toad statue, I saw that the toad statue had its mouth closed, just like the one carved on the Zhenling Register.

The next thing to look for is the second toad statue, which has its mouth open, suggesting the entrance or exit.

"We found the first toad so quickly, the second one shouldn't be far behind!"

Hua smiled happily and took Fang Yun's arm, shaking it.

"It shouldn't be too far. After all, the area enclosed by Zhelong Mountain is only so big. If you walk in a straight line, you can finish the journey in three to five days."

Fang Yun affectionately ruffled Hua's hair and looked at Partridge Whistle, saying:

"Brother Dao, the sun will set in about an hour, so we won't be able to travel much further today."

"With this city wall as our support, let's rest here for today, recharge our energy, and we should be able to find the tomb of King Xian tomorrow."

"it is good!"

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, Partridge Whistle nodded in agreement.

Traveling at night is already inconvenient, let alone in this dense forest of insect valleys teeming with poisonous insects and ferocious beasts, fraught with danger.

Afterwards, the group cleared out a section of the city wall, used it as a base, and lit a fire to rest.

After the four of them had eaten and drunk their fill, it gradually got dark.

"Senior brother, Fang Yun... this place is a bit strange, have you noticed?"

Just then, the old foreigner suddenly sat up from the ground, looking around warily.

"There isn't a single insect around here. Even if insects don't approach Fang Yun, there should be at least some chirping and bird calls, right?"

"Could this be the territory of some big guy...?"

Upon hearing the old foreigner's words, Partridge Whistle and Flower were both startled and looked around.

"Don't worry, there's no danger around here." Seeing this, Fang Yun was both amused and exasperated. He had forgotten that this place was the Broken Insect Path, so he hadn't mentioned it before.

"This city wall is a dividing line; a worm-severing passage is buried inside the wall."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, sat down again, and even grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and smelled it.

"It really is the Dao of Cutting Insects. This Prince Xian can't even clearly carve what Jiao Tu looks like, but he's learned quite a few anti-theft methods." The old foreigner threw away the soil in his hand and cursed with a disdainful expression.

Cutting off insect trails is a method of preventing insects from entering the house. A pit is dug around the house to block the insects from entering. Insect repellents such as cinnabar, realgar, and lime are placed in the pit to keep insects away.

This technique can be used not only in one's own yard, but also in tombs. For example, in order to prevent insects from damaging the silk fabrics, ancient books, wooden beams and halls, an insect-proof passage is set up to surround the entire imperial tomb.

He had barely uttered a curse when the old foreigner froze again, looking at Fang Yun.

"The tomb of King Xian is quite far from here, so there's no need for him to set up the insect-suppressing passage here, is there?"

Upon hearing the old foreigner's words, Fang Yun raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Old foreigner, you're quite thoughtful, to have thought of that."

"You've all seen the tombstone. Both the King of Xian and the High Priest were masters of feng shui, skilled enough to alter the feng shui and suppress the Yin."

"Since the King of Xian built his tomb with the aim of becoming an immortal, the presence of a water dragon halo alone would not be enough to satisfy him. Therefore, he would find several auspicious locations around the water dragon halo to assist it, and might even change the phoenix and the water, creating artificial feng shui positions!"

"The location of the Zhenling Stele is the Taiyin position, but it was modified by King Xian and the High Priest."

"Along the way, I have found the five major star positions of Tian Tong, Tian Liang, Tai Yin, Tian Ji and Ju Men, as well as eight auspicious burial sites that have been artificially altered. This Broken Insect Path is the 410th and eighth site, which is called 'the dragon passing through layers of curtains' in Feng Shui."

"If I'm not mistaken, there are nine artificial acupoints in total. These nine acupoints, together with the five major star positions, can form the fourteen main stars of the celestial sphere, representing the universe embracing each other and the moon being surrounded by stars."

"This Broken Insect Path is the eighth acupoint?" Partridge Whistle exclaimed excitedly.

"Brother Fang, then if we just find the last burial site, we'll be able to find the tomb of King Xian, right?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yun nodded and patted the city wall behind him.

"The ninth man-made cave is called the Nine-Bend Revolving Mountain Shore. The entire Insect Valley is this ninth cave... even the city wall of the Broken Insect Path is part of it."

"This valley of insects stretches and twists, with hills winding around it. In order to prevent the ninth acupoint from being confused with the real one and the fake one, and to prevent the auspicious energy from fading away, a marker will be erected at each of the previous star positions and acupoints to show the veins and connect the fourteen main stars."

"The city wall also has the previous Zhenling Register, as well as the divine statues and sculptures encountered along the way. Each of those markers represents a star position."

"According to my calculations, since the first Taiyin position is occupied by the loyal Jiaotu, then the last Nine-Bend Revolving position should be occupied by a temple or shrine that Jiaotu can guard."

(It's so annoying. I consulted many books, but they were all similar to the original... To avoid plagiarism, I had to make it up myself... It wasted so much time.)

Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Gourd Statue and the Mountain God Temple!

"This last winding path requires the construction of a temple and the repair of halls, which corresponds to the loyalty and dedication of Taiyin Jiaotu."

"The remaining part, the mountain bank... as the name suggests, involves going ashore and uphill. Once we leave the heart of the Insect Valley and encounter an uphill section... we'll reach our destination!"

After Fang Yun finished speaking, the atmosphere fell silent for a moment.

Both Partridge Whistle and the old foreigner were shocked, staring intently at Fang Yun.

Unloading the mountain requires 'strength', moving the mountain requires 'skill', and touching the gold requires 'divine intervention'.

If they didn't understand the tomb raiders well before, they now truly felt the terror of the 'gods'.

Before meeting Fang Yun, they had never seen any other tomb raiders, and their knowledge of tomb raiders was limited to the rumors that they were skilled at finding auspicious burial sites.

But after getting to know Fang Yun, their understanding and imagination of the tomb raiders were completely overturned.

Possessing precious blood, he is worth a thousand soldiers and is stronger than the Unloading Ridge Warriors.

His martial arts skills are superb, and his courage is extraordinary; he is even stronger than the Mountain Moving Taoist here.

As for his old profession of finding auspicious burial sites... his skills are simply astounding.

They had seen Fang Yun use his skills of observing stars, the earth, and hidden forces, but those all fell under the category of feng shui, and they could understand them to some extent.

But today, Fang Yun's performance has completely overturned their understanding of feng shui.

His words were profound yet also down-to-earth, making them all understandable.

The group of four were all traveling cautiously, but Fang Yun was able to walk at the front and clear the way for everyone. Despite his hard work, he was also able to observe the power of the world around him.

Having only walked this far, Fang Yun had already explored the entire Insect Valley and even deduced the terrain and situation at the entrance to the Tomb of the King of Xian.

All I can say is that Fang Yun is a true polymath. Perhaps we will never encounter a feng shui master as skilled and versatile as Fang Yun again in our lives.

Seeing the three of them looking at him with those expressions, Fang Yun could roughly guess what they were thinking, and waved his hand with a smile.

"It's just a coincidence. 々."

"Fortunately, we broke through Taiyin and found the Zhenling Manual... otherwise we would have had to honestly search around in the Insect Valley."

The key was the leakage of the earth's vein energy. The earth's vein energy briefly broke through the sky-covering clouds above the Insect Valley, which allowed him to calculate the location.

Upon hearing this, Partridge Whistle shook his head and laughed. "Brother Fang, there's no need for you to be so modest."

"Brother Fang's mastery of feng shui is unparalleled and has reached its pinnacle!"

"The furthest corpses we've seen along the way haven't even reached this Broken Insect Path. We were able to get here safely entirely thanks to Brother Fang's skillful methods."

Hearing Partridge Whistle's words, Fang Yun smiled and shrugged.

Actually... he also thinks he's pretty awesome!

In the art of geomancy, he has already reached a high level of expertise; even within the span of five thousand years of history, he can be considered a master.