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

Yin Xinyue lay on the edge of the cliff, reaching down and calling out anxiously, "Come up quickly!"

Li Xiaohu grabbed Yin Xinyue's hand and climbed up the cliff edge in two steps.

Before Yin Xinyue could even express her concern.

Chen Yulou stepped forward and asked with concern, "Brother Xiaohu, are you alright?"

Li Xiaohu glanced at Chen Yulou indifferently and shook his head.

Hong Guniang sensed something was wrong and asked suspiciously, "What happened down there?"

He then glanced at the brothers who came up.

They discovered that more than a dozen people were missing.

Li Xiaohu glanced at Chen Yulou and said indifferently, "Why don't you ask your boss?"

He then pushed through the crowd and left with Yin Xinyue and the cat.

Red Girl glanced at Partridge Whistle again and saw that he also looked helpless. She then took Flower Spirit and the old foreigner and left.

"Boss." He finally looked at Chen Yulou and found his face full of regret and self-blame.

The brothers who returned were still in shock.

Seeing that Chen Yulou remained silent, they dared not speak rashly.

Luo Laowai also became curious and asked, "Chief?"

"What happened?"

"Sigh." Chen Yulou sighed deeply and said with self-blame, "It's all my fault for being so stubborn, which led to the loss of so many brothers."

Subsequently.

He recounted everything that had happened in the underground palace in detail.

This includes his own disregard for Li Xiaohu's advice and his insistence on making several wrong decisions.

Not only did they fail to bring back any treasure, but more than a dozen brothers were also left behind in the underground palace forever, without even a complete corpse.

Speaking of it.

Chen Yulou felt as if his heart was bleeding!

Hong Guniang and the others fell silent upon hearing this.

quite a while.

Chen Yulou slowly spoke, saying, "We suffered a defeat in the first battle, and also lost the advantage of favorable timing, location, and popular support."

"Continuing to fight to the death here will probably not bring any benefits."

"Let's go back to the archives and reorganize first, then we can make other plans."

Ping Mountain suffered a defeat in its first battle.

The morale of the Unloading Ridge bandits was clearly low.

They remained silent the entire way, and the atmosphere was heavy.

...

The other end.

Yin Xinyue followed behind Li Xiaohu, curiously asking about what was happening below.

Li Xiaohu told him the truth.

After listening, Yin Xinyue shook her head and complained, "I told you long ago, Chen Yulou's pride will cause trouble sooner or later."

"If we had listened to you, we could have found the tomb and the treasure directly, and so many people wouldn't have died."

Li Xiaohu smiled upon hearing this and turned to ask Yin Xinyue.

"Are you so sure that listening to me will lead us directly to the tomb?"

Yin Xinyue was so focused on looking down at the road that she didn't notice Li Xiaohu suddenly stop and bumped into his arms without realizing it.

Looking up at Li Xiaohu's smiling face, her pretty face suddenly turned red.

He stammered, "You...you know that feng shui thing..."

"Isn't feng shui the most useful tool for finding dragon veins and burial sites?"

As he spoke, he took two steps back.

His gaze suddenly fell on the bunch of herbs clutched in Li Xiaohu's hand, and he asked, "What are you doing with that thunder vine in your hand?"

Li Xiaohu said in surprise, "You even recognize this?"

Yin Xinyue curled her nose and said proudly, "I know a lot of people."

Li Xiaohu smiled and replied, "I plan to use it to make an insect-repelling sachet."

Yin Xinyue continued, "What's it for?"

Li Xiaohu rolled his eyes at Yin Xinyue and laughed, "Insect-repelling sachets, if not used to repel insects, are you supposed to be used to repel you?"

"Go to hell!" Yin Xinyue was in a good mood, but Li Xiaohu ruined it again, and she swung her fist and smashed it down.

Not far behind.

The three brothers, Partridge Whistle and his companions, watched the two playfully bickering.

The old foreigner couldn't help but jokingly say, "Brother Little Tiger, you really have a big heart."

"Having just escaped from the jaws of death, he still has the mood to joke around with girls."

“No,” Partridge Whistle shook his head and said, “You’re wrong.”

"For us, it was like escaping from the jaws of death."

"Brother Xiaohu was clearly handling the situation with ease. If he were alone, getting away would be a piece of cake."

The old foreigner recalled the scenes in the underground palace, nodded in agreement, and murmured, "That's true."

"Brother Xiaohu not only has foresight, but his skills are also quite remarkable, just like those cats!"

"By the way," the old foreigner suddenly asked Partridge Whistle curiously, "Sect Leader Brother."

"Which is more powerful, his scorpion climbing the city wall or your Kui Xing kicking the Dipper?"

Partridge Whistle shook his head and laughed, "Their cultivation paths are different, so there's no comparison."

Hua Ling, who was standing nearby, heard this.

Curious about the details of what happened in the underground palace, he asked, "What exactly did Li Xiaohu do down there?"

The old foreigner joked again, "Hey junior sister, why do you always care about outsiders but not about your own senior brother at all?"

Hua Ling rolled her eyes at the old foreigner, annoyed, and said, "You're not dead yet, are you?"

"I just want to know what happened, stop talking nonsense."

The old foreigner pursed his lips and shut his mouth, no longer wanting to make a fool of himself.

When Li Xiaohu and Yin Xinyue returned to the Zanguan.

It was completely dark.

Partridge Whistle and Chen Yulou followed closely behind back to the tavern.

Chen Yulou felt embarrassed to face Li Xiaohu for the time being, so he didn't send anyone to disturb him and planned to have a proper talk with him at another time.

Yin Xinyue was exhausted after walking in the mountains all day, and fell into a deep sleep as soon as she got back to her room.

Li Xiaohu rested in his room for a while.

He then went out of the room and found Partridge Whistle and his two fellow disciples.

"Brother Xiaohu?" Partridge Whistle was slightly surprised to see Li Xiaohu come to see him. "It's so late, is there something you need?"

Li Xiaohu looked at Hua Ling and smiled, "I have something to discuss with Hua Ling."

"Hmm?" The old foreigner suddenly looked at the two of them with a strange expression.

Hua Ling noticed the old foreigner's strange gaze and quickly yelled, "Get out! Get out!"

"It's your turn to feed A today, hurry up and go!"

The old foreigner gave a meaningful smile, got up and walked away, not forgetting to pull the bewildered Partridge Whistle away with him as he left.

"Li Xiaohu?" Hua Ling cautiously uttered Li Xiaohu's name and asked, "What do you want to see me about?"

Li Xiaohu took out the cluster of Tripterygium wilfordii and said apologetically, "I heard that you are very good at pharmacology, so I would like to trouble you to make some insect repellent sachets for me."

"Is this Thunder Vine?" Hua Ling's eyes lit up. "No problem!"

"This is the best for repelling insects!"

As he spoke, he took out some more herbs from the basket beside him, broke off some and mixed them with Tripterygium wilfordii.

While doing it, he said with great enthusiasm, "I'll add some other herbs to it for you."

"This way, even if we encounter those poisonous insects in the underground palace again, it will still be very effective."

Looking at the serious Hua Ling, Li Xiaohu couldn't help but praise her, "Your senior brother is right, you are indeed very good at this."