Tomb raiding: It all started with the kidnapping of Yin Xinyue

Finally, I found a slightly raised spot and pressed down on it!

"Click! Tap!"

After a crisp sound, a loud "boom" echoed from the tomb!

The sudden noise startled Yin Xinyue. Although she held back her noise, she instinctively grabbed Li Xiaohu beside her.

"Let go." Li Xiaohu pulled his arm away and turned to look at the center of the tomb chamber.

A huge coffin was slowly rising from the floor.

The coffin was covered with strange patterns and painted with red lacquer. It swayed slightly in the firelight, making it look extremely eerie.

Li Xiaohu grinned and strode towards the coffin.

According to his memory.

There are many good things hidden inside.

Yin Xinyue followed Li Xiaohu to the coffin. Judging from his appearance, it was obvious that he was about to open the coffin.

Li Xiaohu walked around the coffin with a torch in hand and found a crack in the coffin that he could pry open.

He handed the torch to Yin Xinyue, who tactfully held it up to light his way.

He then took out a shovel and used it to fill the seam.

Use both hands with force!

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The enormous coffin immediately emitted a series of dull thuds!

The heavy coffin lid was moved open with a sound.

A foul, pungent stench of decay instantly assaulted their senses, causing the two to frown, turn their heads, and hold their breath.

Yin Xinyue fanned her nose with her hand and craned her neck to look into the dark interior of the coffin.

Inside, a tall, robust corpse lay quietly.

The body was very well preserved.

He wore a golden mask and general's armor, exactly like the general depicted in the tomb murals.

However, the skin exposed on the corpse was withered but not decayed, the hair all over its body was long and messy, and the fingernails on its hands were frighteningly long.

Li Xiaohu frowned upon seeing this.

He knew that if a corpse continued to grow hair and nails after burial...

It has a malevolent aura!

"We have to hurry up."

He muttered something to himself and then reached into the coffin.

With a single reach, he removed the golden mask from the corpse's face, as well as a pair of jade pendants from its waist.

The emaciated and gruesome appearance of the corpse was immediately revealed to the two of them.

Li Xiaohu didn't take it seriously at all, but Yin Xinyue was startled and unconsciously leaned towards Li Xiaohu.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the pair of jade pendants in Li Xiaohu's hand and blurted out:

"A double jade disc with moth-shaped body and dragon-patterned design?"

Li Xiaohu raised an eyebrow and teased, "Oh? I didn't expect you to have such good taste."

Yin Xinyue rolled her eyes, ignoring Li Xiaohu's teasing.

She grew up in the Crescent Hotel and was surrounded by all sorts of treasures every day. She knows all the antiques and treasures from different dynasties like the back of her hand.

With just a glance, one can discern the truth.

After putting the two items into his pocket, Li Xiaohu reached into the coffin again and picked up the gold, silver, and jade ornaments from the corpse.

Seeing Li Xiaohu aimlessly collecting funerary objects, Yin Xinyue couldn't stand it any longer and couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

"Why not take the pendant on the side? That's more valuable."

Upon hearing the sound, Li Xiaohu looked up at Yin Xinyue with a puzzled expression.

Yin Xinyue explained, "That's a bird-shaped eagle beak pendant, which has symbolic meaning and is much more valuable than ordinary ornaments."

"You're just robbing tombs for money, so why don't you take the most valuable items?"

Li Xiaohu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed inside the coffin, asking, "What else is valuable?"

Since this time.

He had always treated Yin Xinyue as a "kidnapper," but he almost forgot that she also had the extraordinary skill of "appraising treasures."

Yin Xinyue glanced inside the coffin and blurted out, "Besides the two things you just took, there's only this pendant left."

"All the other items combined aren't as valuable as these few; they're dispensable."

"Okay." Li Xiaohu nodded and put away the eagle beak pendant.

He was absolutely certain of Yin Xinyue's ability to appraise antiques.

Since the others are all dispensable, let's just pick the most valuable ones.

Carrying fewer things on you will make things much easier.

"Help me."

Li Xiaohu walked to the other side, intending to close the coffin lid.

Yin Xinyue held up a torch to illuminate the way.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that the light from the eternal lamp in one corner of the tomb seemed to flicker strangely a few times.

I turned my head and took a closer look.

A shocking discovery!

A pale-faced child stood quietly in the corner, staring straight at him!

A sudden chill ran through me! I screamed in terror!

"what!!!"

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Chapter Thirteen - The Resurrected Corpse! The Red-Haired Old Zongzi! (Seeking flowers and reviews~)

The tomb was already dark and silent, so any sound would be noticeable.

The sudden scream was exceptionally piercing.

Even Li Xiaohu was startled!

His body trembled uncontrollably, and the bird-shaped eagle beak pendant in his hand fell into the coffin again.

He took a deep breath and couldn't help but turn around and yell, "What are you doing?"

"Do you know that people can be so frightening that they scare each other to death?"

"No..." Yin Xinyue's voice was still filled with terror. She hid behind Li Xiaohu, pointed to a corner of the tomb chamber with one hand, and said tremblingly, "I think I just saw... I saw..."

"What did you see?" Li Xiaohu asked, puzzled.

Yin Xinyue took a few deep breaths and mustered her courage to answer, "I saw a child standing there..."

Li Xiaohu was taken aback upon hearing this!

I turned to look in the direction she was pointing, but found nothing.

Only the flickering candlelight of the eternal lamp swayed gently, casting undulating shadows on the ground.

Li Xiaohu seemed to remember something, his brows furrowed, and he whispered, "There's nothing there."

"We need to hurry and get out of here."

Yin Xinyue realized that the child she had seen earlier had indeed disappeared, but she was still in shock. She nodded timidly and unconsciously grabbed the corner of Li Xiaohu's jacket with both hands.

Li Xiaohu turned his head to look inside the coffin.

The bird-shaped eagle beak pendant landed precisely on the corpse's hands.

He reached out and picked it up, about to take out the coffin...

Unexpectedly, a strange change occurred in the coffin. A malevolent aura burst forth, and the corpse suddenly rose to its feet!

"Clap!"

A hand covered in red hair grabbed Li Xiaohu's wrist!

"what!!!"

This is a genuine zombie resurrection!

Yin Xinyue could no longer contain her panic and screamed in fright!