Tomb Raider: The Fox's Ways to Seducing the Kirin

Suddenly, a subtle sound attracted Cheng Ji's attention.

Cheng Ji's face darkened, he jumped down from the tree, pounced, and pulled Zhang Qiling to the side.

At the same time, several strange-looking insects flew out from the soil under Zhang Qiling's feet.

Cheng Ji stood up and pulled Zhang Qiling up as well. He looked at the insect not far away that was running around like a headless fly looking for prey, his brows full of disgust.

It's the golden silkworm Gu.

According to records, the golden silkworm Gu originated in Sichuan.

This kind of Gu is made by placing 12 kinds of poisonous insects such as centipedes, poisonous snakes, and toads in a sealed jar, and then letting these poisonous insects kill each other.

The ones that survived at last would become like silkworms, with golden skin, and this was the golden silkworm Gu. This Gu was extremely poisonous.

Being bitten will not kill you immediately, but will make you die slowly. You will be unable to live, and you will be unable to die. It is extremely painful.

If he guessed correctly, this tomb was the one where Wu Laogou's father was buried later, but the southern school of tomb robbery was different from the northern school.

They always find a tomb and then use explosives and other tools to forcibly open it, destroy the tomb and steal the treasures, regardless of any consequences.

Wu Laogou's father probably did not take the usual route and dug directly from the top of the main tomb. He never expected to avoid the mechanisms and poisonous insects in front of him, but his greed ruined his entire family, leaving only the young Wu Laogou.

The Northern School has many requirements, and usually determines the burial location by observing mountains, identifying stars, and looking for water.

Before entering the tomb, they would first identify the type of tomb, who the tomb owner is, whether there is any mystery in the tomb, etc. Their methods are ingenious and mysterious, and they take people by surprise.

Many masters of the Northern School of tomb robbers have unique skills and are proficient in divination, feng shui, numerology, etc.

As for the bloody corpse tomb in Biaoziling, Changsha, the owner of the tomb, Tie Miansheng, was a tomb robber himself, so he naturally knew where would be the best place for tomb robbers to attack him.

Burying such a poisonous insect here in advance is so vicious!

Even though Zhang Qiling was stunned for a moment by Cheng Ji's actions, he thought that Cheng Ji was afraid of the insects in front of him, so he quickly pulled the boy over to protect him behind him.

Cheng Ji was so amused by Zhang Qiling's pulling that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then he thought of something and said with a straight face, "You really don't know there is this thing in the soil?"

"I know. No problem."

If Cheng Ji himself had not been a carrier of the same bloodline, he would have almost believed his lies.

So it’s not that Zhang Qiling didn’t know there were poisonous insects under the soil, but he just didn’t care at all.

It's true that his blood is immune to all poisons, but that doesn't mean he won't feel pain if this thing bites him!

While the two were talking, the poisonous insects that were fluttering in front of them seemed to have found the right direction and gathered together in front of them.

Zhang Qiling was naturally not afraid of this, but he was afraid that the poison in front of him would harm the young man he was protecting behind him.

The poisonous insect was ready to attack, Zhang Qiling pulled out the knife on his back and raised his other hand to wipe the blade, but was held by a white hand without a single flaw.

Zhang Qiling looked at the boy in confusion: "You can't touch it."

Cheng Ji's eyes turned colder: "You are asking me to bleed because I can't touch it. I don't want you to bleed because it can't get close to me."

Zhang Qiling retracted his knife as he was told, but the confusion in his eyes still remained.

Zhang Qishan does not have pure Qilin blood, and the other members of the Zhang family are very taboo about this and would never tell the young man the effect of Qilin blood.

But the young man in front of him was not unfamiliar with his recent bloodletting behavior. He could even see what he was going to do and stopped him in advance.

He should have doubted the boy's identity, but the trust and dependence that the boy unconsciously revealed shook his suspicion.

Cheng Ji didn’t know what Zhang Qiling was thinking, but he would not let go anyone who tried to harm the gods in front of him, no matter if they were human or ghost!

The young man stomped his hands on the ground, raised his hands, turned his wrists slightly, and the skin of his hand that was pinching the curse was as smooth as silk, like a carefully carved jade, with distinct knuckles.

"Luanjin Tuo."

"The word 'li' means firefly."

The flying poisonous insect stopped in the air, and then flames suddenly rose in the air.

Different from the way the young man dealt with the group of people following them just now, this was the first time that Zhang Qiling saw the young man use magic so closely.

Killing without being seen, able to attack and defend, it seems that the young man in front of him is not as weak as he said.

It is true, little liar.

After several twists and turns, they finally dug through the tunnel. The two men tied a rope to the stone beside the tunnel, pulled the rope and jumped.

Cheng Ji and Zhang Qiling landed one after the other.

The place where the two people landed was on a flat tomb passage, both sides of which were covered with exquisite murals. After a thousand years, the murals were still intact.

Cheng Ji walked forward and carefully examined the contents of the mural. As he expected, the owner of this bloody tomb, which was extremely dangerous but was only briefly mentioned in the original novel, was none other than Tie Miansheng, the military advisor of King Lu Shang.

His life story is vividly depicted on the mural.

In the dim light from the fire starter in Zhang Qiling's hand, Cheng Ji finally finished reading the contents of the entire mural and sorted out his thoughts.

Tie Mian Sheng was proficient in feng shui and had great attainments. He was later valued by King Lu Shang and was asked by King Lu Shang to find a way to achieve immortality.

He finally lived up to expectations and told King Lu Shang that the jade figurine could make people immortal. King Lu Shang was overjoyed and invested all his manpower and financial resources to find the tomb of King Mu of Zhou where the jade figurine was found in the legend.

It was also in the tomb of King Mu of Zhou that the two discovered the secret of the corpse-eating pill.

Perhaps because the road to immortality was just around the corner, King Lu Shang wiped out the last bit of humanity and forced five of his own flesh and blood to take corpse-eating pills that contained his memories, wear meteorite jade, seal the coffins alive, and bury them in five different places.

Before entering the jade figurine to fall asleep, King Lu Shang was worried that his men would repeat his mistakes, so he buried alive all of his men who had participated in the plan in the burial pit of the Seven Star Lu Palace, including his military advisor Tie Miansheng.

But Tie Miansheng was very smart. He knew that King Lu Shang would not let him go, so he pretended to be dead to avoid King Lu Shang's poison. He fled all the way to the south, and built this tomb with this secret, burying the remaining corpse-eating pills and meteorite jade in his hands here.

Seeing this, Cheng Ji asked hesitantly, "So is the real Tie Miansheng buried in this tomb?"

Zhang Qiling has become accustomed to the boy's slightly strange train of thought and out-of-the-ordinary questions.

He replied calmly: "Yeah."

After receiving Zhang Qiling's affirmative answer, Cheng Ji immediately thought of the cause and effect. The version Zhang Qiling told Wu Xie in later life was the one Wu Sanxing asked Zhang Qiling to tell Wu Xie specifically.

The purpose was to deliberately let Wu Xie discover that the silk book brought out from the Seven Star King Lu’s palace was fake.

This aroused Wu Xie's curiosity, and the subsequent plans followed one thing after another. Wu Xie was led into the game just as Wu Sanxing had planned.

"Who doesn't want to live forever? Even though Tie Miansheng was framed by King Lu Shang and fled all the way south, why didn't he take the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and have a chance to live forever?" Cheng Ji asked.

Cheng Ji didn't believe that such a brilliant man could be so loyal.

"Because he is a member of the Zhang family."

Zhang Qiling's seemingly nonsensical answer suddenly clarified Cheng Ji's thoughts.

The Zhang family can live forever and are proficient in many skills. How can a person who has a perfect physique for longevity covet a defective product in the exploration of longevity?

Throughout history, the Zhang family has always been the one behind the progress of history. So what is the purpose of Tie Miansheng's actions?

The firelight reflected on the wall of the tomb passage, sometimes bright and sometimes dim. Cheng Ji, who was in deep thought, naturally did not notice that in the mural behind him, Tie Miansheng's eyes, which were originally looking at King Lu Shang, slowly turned around, with a faint red light in his eyes, staring straight at him!