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Chapter 41 Mujia Village

"Hello, Brother Su. My name is Zhu Wendong. Everyone calls me Dongzi. You can call me Xiaodong or Dongzi."

Compared to the taciturn Cao Man, the machete man Zhu Wendong seemed much more cheerful. He came up and greeted Su Ti with a very respectful tone. He was even thirty years old but still called Su Ti, who was obviously only twenty years old, "brother".

This was because the situation of Su Ti fighting one against four people that day was still vivid in Zhu Wendong's mind. As a martial artist in the Tongli period, Zhu Wendong certainly knew how powerful Su Ti was.

Although they didn't know the other party's specific internal training level, a warrior of this level could kill them at any time if he wanted to at this distance, so moral excellence was invaluable.

When facing someone who can threaten your life at any time, it is not shameful to call him brother, let alone grandpa!
"Ah hello."

Su Ti nodded, and Mr. Xu also introduced the last person with a smile.

"The last one is Li Guang, we all call him Lao Li."

"Hello."

Li Guang was the engineer shovel man with an old face. Upon hearing Mr. Xu’s introduction, he quickly stepped forward to greet him.

Su Ti glanced at the four people. After the fight that day, he knew their approximate strength. Cao Man and Zhu Wendong were both warriors in the Tongli period, and should be the military representatives of this team.

Lao Li and Lao Xu are both ordinary people and should be classified as "technicians".

After introducing each other, Mr. Xu was not the kind of person who would waste time, so he got straight to the point of getting down to business today.

"The place we are going to is in Cheyenne City. If we drive this morning, we will probably arrive in the afternoon. We will discuss the details on the way. Let's set off now."

On a moving off-road vehicle.

This is a seven-seater off-road vehicle with a high chassis, large wheels and ample space.

Old Li was driving, Zhu Wendong was sitting in the passenger seat, and Su Ti and others were sitting in the back seat. In addition, the trunk of the car was filled with various supplies, including water, food, tents, etc. It was obvious that before setting off, Old Xu and his group had already completed the purchase.

"Mr. Xu is on his way now, so he can tell me the details."

Sitting in the back seat, Su Ti spoke to Mr. Xu beside him.

"I believe you can see that I am a martial artist. I know nothing about tomb robbing or evil spirits. So before I venture out, I'd like you to give me some relevant knowledge to avoid any accidents and being caught in the dark."

Su Ti was a quick-witted man, and didn't waste time talking to Old Xu. This matter was originally a matter of mutual cooperation, and he would definitely need a lot of intelligence as he entered an unknown area.

Mr. Xu nodded.

"Okay, okay. Brother Su Xiu, even if you didn't tell me, I was going to explain this to you in the car. It's better to be prepared. If you really encounter it, you will have a way to deal with it."

"Since you asked, I'll tell you from the beginning."

"The history of evil spirits is no longer traceable. What we know is that since the beginning of human civilization, they have appeared frequently in various dynasties in our history, but they are unknown to the world and have always been hidden in some dark corners."

"It is generally believed in our tomb-robbing industry that the emergence of evil spirits is closely related to the Yin meridian. It has become a consensus that the Yin meridian produces evil spirits."

Although Su Ti had heard the term Yin Mai mentioned by Mr. Xu before, he was still very curious when he heard it again.

"What is the Yin pulse then?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Xu stroked his beard and began to explain.

"You should know that clean air rises and dirty air falls. There is an ominous air in our world, called Yin Qi. Just like the sunken ground gathers water, the ground veins that gather water are called water veins, and the ground veins that can gather Yin Qi are called Yin veins. To explain it in modern scientific terms, it can be understood as a region that gathers ominous negative energy magnetic fields."

Mr. Xu is also quite progressive and uses scientific methods to explain the composition of the Yin Meridian.

"Where the Yin Vein is located, there must be a large amount of Yin Qi lingering and depositing. These Yin Qi lingering and depositing will gradually transform some dead objects or even living things, causing earth-shaking changes. What is finally formed is evil spirits!"

"There are so many types of evil spirits that even I cannot recognize them all. I only know a small part of them, but they can be roughly divided into two types: ghosts and monsters."

"The difference between the two is that ghosts are invisible while monsters are visible. Ghosts are the kind of ghosts that people usually understand, the invisible and intangible ghosts you have seen in movies. As for monsters, they are even simpler. The corpse puppet worm you met last time was a monster!"

Su Ti was also stunned after hearing this.

"If I really encounter a ghost, then my martial arts skills will be useless. After all, ghosts are invisible and intangible. Do you have any Taoist magic or other methods to deal with ghosts?"

Mr. Xu shook his head.

"There is no such method, but don't worry, Brother Su Xiu. Based on my nearly forty years of experience in tomb robbing, ghosts are actually not that scary."

"Because many ghosts have weak spirits and cannot leave the Yin Meridian throughout their lives, they can only bring some fear and hallucinations to humans, and will not cause any substantial harm. As long as you have a strong will, you can be immune to their invasion."

"There is one more important point. Yin meridians have Yin Qi, but life has Yang Qi. This is a positive energy life magnetic field that everyone emits. Ghosts are very afraid of people with strong life magnetic fields, that is, people with strong bodies and vigorous blood. Ghosts dare not approach powerful warriors like you."

After talking about ghosts, Mr. Xu said again.

"The really difficult ones are the monsters. They have physical bodies and all kinds of weird abilities. Once you encounter a monster in a tomb, it will be very troublesome and you may even be wiped out!"

At this point, Mr. Xu showed a lingering fear, as if some bad memories were brought back. After a while, he came to his senses and said.

"I'll tell you the detailed knowledge about ghosts and monsters later. The place we are going to this time is a burial site of the royal family of the Hundred Kingdoms era that I accidentally discovered."

"This tomb is built on a Yin vein, so there is a high possibility that evil spirits may be born there. If you really encounter one, please help me, Brother Su Xiu. If everything goes well, we will give you 30% of the profits. Even if we get nothing, we will give you 2 million as a minimum reward. If a battle really happens, we will increase the specific share for you."

"Easy to say."

For the next afternoon, Su Ti listened to Old Xu talk about the situation in the tomb and spread knowledge about evil spirits. Time passed like this.

The off-road vehicle drove all the way into Xia'an City and did not stop.

After resting for a while in Xia'an City and filling up the gas, Suti and others set out again and entered the mountain road outside the city.

Their destination this time was a place called Mujia Village on the outskirts of Xia'an City.

Mujia Village is quite remote. Even after entering modern society, it has not received much economic development from the municipal government. It is just a remote small village located deep in the mountains and forests.

As a result, the first half of the road to Mujia Village was fine, although rugged, it was still a cement road. In the second half, there was only a mountain road to go on.

There was mud and rocks everywhere, making it difficult for vehicles to move.

Suti finally understood why they drove this high-horsepower, high-torque four-wheel drive off-road vehicle. If it weren't for the off-road vehicle, a normal car or SUV would not be able to drive on this road at all.

Even this off-road vehicle with a high chassis and large wheels was completely unable to move forward after driving 3/4 of the distance.

Because the road ahead was blocked by dense vegetation, cars could not pass.

There was no other choice but to take out their prepared luggage, carry it on their backs and walk forward.

Lao Li and Dongzi, one holding an engineering shovel and the other holding a machete, were chopping branches in front to clear the mountain road.

The humidity in the mountains is very high, and there are so many mosquitoes.

Fortunately, they were well prepared. They had their sleeves and trousers covered, wore mosquito repellent hats, and sprayed mosquito repellent on their bodies. Suti was also wearing the same equipment, provided by Mr. Xu. He was walking in the middle of the team, listening to Mr. Xu's introduction.

"According to historical records, after the fall of the Kingdom of Mu, many people moved here. The current Mujia Village is home to the descendants of King Mu."

"Speaking of the Mu Kingdom, its national strength was pretty good during the Hundred Kingdoms Era, and was considered medium to low."

Old Xu talked about the history of the Hundred Kingdoms era. Su Ti scratched his ears nonchalantly. The original owner was a college student majoring in history and was very familiar with history.

The Hundred Kingdoms Era was actually an era of division among princes and rivalries among hundreds of kingdoms after the decline of the Qian Dynasty.

Because in this era, there were so many countries that split the land and established kingdoms on the land of Xia. The final statistics showed that the number exceeded 300, and this number has been increasing year by year due to the excavation of cultural relics. Therefore, it is called the Hundred Kingdoms.

There were so many princely states such as Zhou, Zhao, Li, and Sun Quan. The princes of this era were extremely worthless, and the history of each country was complicated and difficult to study. Even historians dare not say that they can recognize all the countries in this Hundred Kingdoms era.

Besides, Suti was not a historian and had no interest in the meaningless history of a small country. He was only concerned about the dangers he might encounter during the tomb robbery.

So while listening to Mr. Xu's story casually, Su Ti opened his mobile phone and took a look. He had already entered the deep mountains and the signal had been cut off.

However, before coming here in the afternoon, he specifically searched for information about this village on his mobile phone.

After glancing at the information on the phone, Su Ti spoke.

"I looked up this Mujia Village online. A fire broke out more than a decade ago. Most of the people who stayed in the village were elderly. Many of them were burned to death or fled. The village seems to have been abandoned."

Old Xu nodded slightly.

"That's right, so tonight we will set up camp on the old site of Mujia Village, and then explore the location of King Mu's tomb tomorrow."

In the jargon, Mr. Xu's position in this team is called Yin-Yang Eyes.

This Yin and Yang is not that Yin and Yang. It does not mean that he has the ability to see Yin and Yang, but things like looking up information, measuring directions, finding tombs, and determining excavation points are all done by the Yin-Yang Eyes. In terms of role positioning, it is equivalent to a commander-in-chief and a military advisor.

The tomb of King Mu is located in a yin vein and is too dangerous. After Old Xu collected some incomplete information from ancient books, they did not dare to set foot in it for safety reasons. So this was the first time for them to come here.

The sky gradually darkened, and before I knew it, it was dark.

In the darkness, several people held flashlights and compared the map, using machetes to clear the mountain road while moving towards Mujia Village.

They had been walking on this mountain road for two hours.

Finally, after cutting through the vines in front of him with a knife, he walked out of the bush completely.

The view suddenly became clear and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The endless mountain roads and vegetation were indeed very annoying, but now that they had finally gotten out of this, they felt much better.

But the scene that followed surprised them.

Right in front of me, I saw several houses built against the mountain, and there were lights coming from the houses.

Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene.

"Didn't they say that Mujia Village had been burned down by the fire? How come there are still people living there?"

This was not a good thing. They were here to dig up someone's ancestral graves. It would be very disadvantageous if they had a conflict with the local villagers! They were just seeking wealth, not killing anyone.

Everyone looked at Mr. Xu, who was very experienced, and wanted to see what he had to say.

"Now that we are here, we can't hide away. Let's go up and take a look."

Mr. Xu thought for a moment and answered.

Here they also have to measure the location of the tomb, dig a hole, and enter the tomb. It is a huge project that cannot be avoided from the eyes and ears of the villagers.

Everyone nodded, put on their backpacks and headed towards the lights.

When they got closer, they found that there were many dilapidated old houses on the mountain road. They all had signs of fire and were now burnt ruins.

These houses with lights on have obvious signs of renovation and are newly built.

After entering the house, Suti's nose moved. He seemed to smell some grease, with a little bit of stench, but soon the smell disappeared.

After all, it was in the countryside, so he didn't care about it.

There were three houses with lights on, which were quite far apart. For convenience, everyone knocked on the door of the first one directly.

With a noise, the door opened and an old lady with a wrinkled face poked her head out.

When she saw the people with flashlights, a look of obvious surprise appeared on her face.

"Who are you guys?"

Her words were spoken with a strong local accent, a dialect unique to the locals in the mountain village.

"Old man, we are here to travel."

Old Xu laughed. He was the brain of the team. He stepped forward to negotiate with the old man. With his strong negotiation skills, he quickly learned about the current situation in the village.

After the fire, many people in the village were burned to death, and the young and strong people who were not burned to death also left the village to make a living outside.

Only a few elderly people are still living in the village.

From time to time, the young and strong people would come to bring some food, clothes and other supplies to the elderly and take care of their lives.

After learning about this situation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If there were too many young people, they would still worry about conflicts, but if there were only a few old people left in the mountain village, then there would be no problem.

They can secretly survey the location of the tomb under the guise of tourism, enter the tomb quietly, steal the treasures and leave.

However, the most urgent task is to gain the trust of several old people. After all, in addition to surveying the tombs, they also have to settle down in the mountain village. They will see these old people every day, so it is very important to gain their trust.

Mr. Xu is very good at this. He is quite old and has a common language with these elderly people. After some communication, he successfully won the trust of the old lady.

"It's so late, you can stay at my house first. I will introduce you to some neighbors tomorrow."

"Then excuse me."

"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me. I haven't seen anyone coming here for a long time. You guys are just here to keep me company, an old man."

The old lady was smiling.

The old man opened the door and several people entered the house one after another. After everyone went in, the old man looked around, suddenly showed a strange smile, and closed the door.

(End of this chapter)