Tomb Robber: I, Chen Yulou, am dedicated to cultivating immortality!

The wind howled.

The night passed quietly.

The next day, at daybreak, Chen Yulou opened the tent curtain and looked around. The ancient city, which was covered with yellow sand and black dragons yesterday, was now covered with white snow.

The chill hit me in the face.

He couldn't help but rub his hands.

"It's almost the New Year..."

It was almost mid-winter when we left.

But more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Maybe even longer.

After all, when traveling through the vast desert, there is almost no sense of time.

Calculating the time, it’s almost the end of the year.

According to the customs of previous years, every household posts red paper spring couplets on the left and right sides of the door, door gods or harmony are posted on the door panels, and three red spring banners are posted on the lintel.

In addition, a dou is used to hold rice, and red paper money is hung on an elm branch and inserted into it. It is then placed in the middle hall to represent the idea of ​​"having extra money at home".

At dawn, the whole family gathered together to have a reunion dinner.

After dinner, they put on colorful clothes and fired cannons to show the stars in the sky.

When it gets light, Uncle Yu will invite opera troupes from the county to perform either Huagu, Nuo opera, or Xiangxi Yang opera, which is not only a celebration of the New Year but also a way to welcome the spring.

At that time of year, the village is extremely lively.

Every household, men, women, young and old, arrived early to wait under the stage outside the city.

This year is especially rare as the harvest is so good.

Every household has a surplus of food.

The Chinese New Year will be more lively.

He had thought about it before.

After all, it’s the first year since I came into this world.

Although Xiangyin is not his hometown, it is also his place of residence.

After all, it’s better to have some fun.

But things are unpredictable. Who would have thought that during the rare festive season, they would be thousands of miles away in the Western Desert, without even seeing any other people, let alone a reunion dinner.

As soon as they left, only Uncle Yu and a few other old guys were left in the village.

It is estimated to be even quieter than previous years.

Have no idea.

The excitement is only temporary. He aims to live forever. To do so, the ghost cave under the Shuanghei Mountain is a hurdle that he cannot overcome.

Shake his head.

Put away all distracting thoughts.

Chen Yulou pushed the door and left.

Soon, a long trail of footprints was left behind in the white camp.

A few guys who were on duty last night.

Huddled together by the campfire.

They were casually wrapped in blankets and robes to keep warm.

After burning all night, the remaining fire in the fire pit was almost gone, leaving only sporadic charcoal fire.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but step forward to wake up a few people and signaled them to go back to the tent to rest.

Then he walked straight out.

He didn't want to alarm anyone.

Unexpectedly, before leaving the camp, a figure suddenly lifted the door curtain.

Yuan Hong couldn't help but look surprised when he saw him.

"Owner……"

"So early?"

Chen Yulou raised his eyebrows.

Since entering the Western Regions, Yuan Hong has rarely been seen. The temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero in the desert are definitely a double test for him, both physically and mentally.

But when he has free time, he immerses himself in spiritual practice alone.

"Can't sleep."

Yuan Hong scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"That's great. Come with me to the ancient city."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou immediately understood.

Although the Zaglama Mountains shielded the ancient city of Jingjue and blocked most of the cold wind, as a psychic monster, Yuan Hong's five senses and six consciousnesses were sharper than those of Partridge Whistle and the others.

The terrifying aura emitted by the remains of the snake god deep in the ghost cave is affecting Zhou Tian at all times.

Chen Yulou was able to see through it immediately.

It's because I can empathize with you.

Among the team of 300 people, the ones most affected were probably him, Yuan Hong and Luo Fu.

That guy is not willing to get close to the ancient city of Holy Mountain for the time being.

Hiding in the Black Mountain Range a few miles away.

Life is comfortable.

It drives three goshawks to hunt and explore the way for it.

Thinking of it at this moment, Chen Yulou's mind moved, and in an instant, his eyes looked into the world inside the Niwan Palace.

It is so vast and boundless, like the starry sky.

One dark and two bright, three star-like light spots are floating.

Those are the three spirit seeds he has planted so far.

Luo Fu, Yuan Hong and Zhou Jiao.

Because Zhou Jiao was too far away, the light was the dimmest. Luo Fu was much stronger than Yuan Hong, and his spirit seed was the most amazing, shining brightly like a big sun.

The spiritual consciousness immersed in the spirit seed.

The next moment, the vision suddenly became clear.

The first thing that caught his eyes was a vast expanse of sand dunes. Below him were rolling black mountains. Luofu stood on the top of a mountain. In the distance, three goshawks were surrounding and killing a sand wolf.

Compared with the wolves captured by Poli and his men that day, they are much stronger in both size and ferocity.

And Luo Fu seemed to have noticed something.

He raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the holy mountain.

Chen Yulou took back his consciousness and opened his eyes. Yuan Hong in front of him was staring at him curiously. He couldn't help but waved his hand, "Nothing, let's go first."

Two masters and servants.

One after the other they went around the camp.

Not long after.

On the white snow, two lines of footprints, one deep and one shallow, crisscrossed and extended into the city.

Near a section of the ancient city wall that had collapsed mostly.

Chen Yulou took a deep breath, activated his magical speed, and leapt onto the top of the wall in one leap.

Seeing this, Yuan Hong also did not slow down. He was a gibbon, and was best at climbing rocks and going down ravines. Now that he had refined the remains of a mandrill, his speed was even more astonishing.

He grabbed a protruding stone brick on the city wall with one hand, and without seeming to exert any strength, the next moment he flew up the vertical wall like a wisp of green smoke and landed behind Chen Yulou.

"Owner……"

I saw the master staring into the distance in the city in a trance.

Yuan Hong also looked around subconsciously.

But with its eyesight, the entire ancient city was covered in white. Not only could it not see anything different, but it even caused a stinging pain to its eyes.

"I remember that mandrills have a natural ability that allows them to detect earth veins."

"Yuan Hong, have you ever learned it?"

Without rushing to answer its question, Chen Yulou asked back.

The mandrill is the spirit ghost in the mountains, and the dragon is the god of the river in Sichuan.

One can sense earth veins, and the other can detect water veins.

In a few months, Yuan Hong's whole body was shining with black gold luster. It seemed that he had refined at least thirty pieces of mandrill bones, and he was almost able to awaken his innate magical powers.

Just like the phoenix fire after Luofu awakened his ancestral blood.

It is the talent reflected in the blood.

"This……"

I heard the master suddenly asked about this.

Yuan Hong was stunned at first, then nodded.

It has indeed awakened a little, but is not yet proficient enough.

But since the owner asked, it naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Try it."

"Can you find the location of the underground snake cave?"

Seeing it nod, Chen Yulou's eyes lit up and he immediately pointed to the ancient city in front of him.

The reason why he woke up early.

In addition to the influence of the remains of the snake god, there was another point. When Huo Jia escaped from the ancient city last night, the ghost fire floating in the dark, that is, the snake mother, made people feel a little uneasy.

If he had seen the Agamas purely, he wouldn't have been too worried.

The only thing to be careful about is its venom.

But the Snake Mother is different. As the leader of the snake tide, the Snake Mother is like the incarnation of the Snake God. Although she is far less powerful than it, but compared with the giant green-scaled python in the lake outside the Insect Valley of Zhalong Mountain, it is not an exaggeration to hang her up and beat her.

The pure view of the Agamas is nothing but poison.

But the snake mother has already transformed into a great demon.

Imagine a monster as huge as a python, as fast as lightning, and full of poison, lurking in an ancient underground city.

They can handle it, but what about the average guy?

By then, Huo Jia and his men will serve as a lesson for us.

"Yes, Master."

Hear this.

Yuan Hong didn't hesitate at all.

He jumped from the city wall and passed through the city like smoke.

Not long after.

It stopped on a sand dune.

There are no earthen buildings around.

He took a deep breath, and his demonic power surged. Dozens of mandrill bones under his chest were ignited little by little, emitting dots of black gold luster.

Wait until your breathing becomes stable.

Then he bent his knees and half-knelt, opening his hands and placing them on the sand dune.

A pair of amber eyes slowly closed.

next moment.

An indescribable aura seeped out from its palm and went deep into the ground along the sand dunes.

"Mountain Search Technique?"

"Looking for dragons and sand?"

On the city wall not far behind him.

Chen Yulou stared at the scene intently, his eyes flickering and he murmured.

Searching the mountain is one of the Taoist techniques.

Finding dragons and finding sand is the art of Feng Shui.

Although he knew that what Yuan Hong did was the talent of the mandrill, such behavior was very similar to searching the mountain.

However, this technique can search mountains, but it cannot penetrate so deeply into the earth veins.

Obviously, the mountain-searching technique is far from being so magical.

A wisp of energy in the palm of the hand wanders between the sand dunes.

Not long after, Yuan Hong vaguely 'saw' the royal city underground. Although he could only roughly perceive the outline, it was an indescribable experience for him as it was his first time using this method.

Even with eyes tightly closed.

But you can still see the surprise in its expression.

The black gold energy, like a small snake, continued to penetrate deeper into the ground.

Not long after.

Yuan Hong's heart trembled.

The surprise on his face was completely replaced by panic and anxiety.

In the darkness, it saw countless eyes...

The most amazing pair among them is like two lanterns floating in the dark night.

The owner of those eyes seemed to have noticed something and suddenly looked up and glanced towards the direction of the energy.

boom--

It was just a moment.

Yuan Hong's face changed and he quickly withdrew his energy.

The pair of eyes saw nothing unusual, so they looked away.

"Eye?"

Not long after.

After it suppressed its anxiety, it returned to the top of the city wall and told what it had seen.

Chen Yulou's eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly.

"Yes, it was very alert, so I only dared to peek at it from a distance."

Yuan Hong was still a little scared, so he nodded and explained.

It should be the mother snake that chased Huo Jia last night and hid under the sand dunes of the ancient city.

After listening to its narration, Chen Yulou had confirmed about 60 to 70 percent of it.

"Do you remember the place clearly?"

"Remember... I saw an underground river, and those strange creatures were lurking on the other side."

Hear this.

Chen Yulou's eyes flickered slightly.

After comparing the map of the ancient city of Jingjue, I had a rough guess about the location of the snake cave.

"good."

"Your natural talent and magical power are... quite suitable for tomb raiders like me."

Although it is not clear how Yuan Hong performed it.

But that ray of golden snake-like energy did not escape Chen Yulou's sight.

The Mojin Sect searches for dragon points and points out caves, moves mountains and divides armor to dig buckets, while his Xiling Sect identifies soil and identifies coffins.

But it seems that none of them are as good as Yuan Hong's methods.

It is just a monster. If it were a martial artist, it could definitely establish its own sect with its methods.

Hearing this, Yuan Hong didn't know whether he was praising him or not, he just touched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"Okay, it's already daylight."

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

Seeing that it didn't respond, Chen Yulou didn't mind. Yuan Hong was not one of the two armored beasts of the Mountain Moving Clan, so using him for tomb robbing was a waste of his talent.

Standing on the top of the city at this moment, the cold wind blows, and I can still faintly smell the fragrance of food.

Most likely the guys have woken up and are preparing breakfast.

"Yes, Master."

Yuan Hong nodded.

No hesitation.

The two of them walked through the ancient city, moving swiftly like smoke.

Being one step behind, it kept recalling what it had gained from performing the secret technique just now.

Mandrills are spirits that live in the mountains. They search the mountains to subdue demons and suppress the earth's veins.

Now that it has awakened less than one-fifth of its bloodline, its innate magical powers are so astonishing that it can't help but have more aspirations for the future.

Not to mention the day when the mandrill bone was fused.

The scene it saw in the mandrill's memory.

Move mountains.

Support the city and ascend to heaven.

That is its imagined goal.

When we returned to the camp, most people had woken up.

The young guys sat together and chatted.

By now, they all knew that the destination of this trip to the Western Regions was actually the Ancient City of Jingjue.

In the past, people robbed tombs, but now they are excavating ancient cities.

This experience made them temporarily ignore the harsh environment of the prison-like winter and the yellow sand all over the sky.

Everyone is ready to go, as if they are ready to make the most of the gold.

while eating.

Chen Yulou specially asked the kidnapper to bring a few jars of mare's milk.

These are the stocks I brought with me when I left Kunmo City.

I usually don’t want to drink it, but it is a life-saving thing when you are dehydrated or hypothermic.

But here is the only underground river that flows through the ancient city.

There is no shortage of water these days.

and……

"These two days are the end of the year."

"Now that we are far away from home, our living conditions are limited. We can't afford to eat delicious food, but we can still have a drink to celebrate."

Chen Yulou held up the wine cup.

He looked at the slightly stunned people around him and smiled.

“Is the New Year coming to an end?”

"So fast."

"It seems like it's about time."

"Another year has passed."

After hearing his words, the bandits in Xiangling finally reacted.

Set out in mid-winter and arrive at the end of the year.

Even though I was mentally prepared when I came here, it was only when I actually heard it that I realized how fast time passed.

But they are all people of the world, and their joy of the New Year is far less serious than the treasure hidden in the ancient city.

"Thank you, boss."

"After digging up this ancient city, it can be considered a good year!"

"This is no more exciting than tomb robbing."

Everyone who came to their senses, including Partridge Whistle, Yang Fang and others, raised their wine cups. There was not much wine in the jars and everyone could only taste it.

But no one cared.

Instead, he laughed and raised his head to drink it in one gulp.

Looking at those eager and excited young faces.

Chen Yulou also drank the liquor in the glass in one gulp.

Feeling the burning sensation in my chest, I felt quite uncomfortable.

After this trip.

How many of these three hundred people can return to Changsheng Mountain safely?

but.

The thought only flashed through his mind and was quickly suppressed.

It is not easy to survive in troubled times, and everyone is struggling to survive.

If you want to succeed, you have to sacrifice your life.

Had a meal.

Except for a few people guarding the camp.

The huge team headed straight into the ancient city.

However, there was a clear division between the two teams. The 300-man team was divided into three groups. Two of them excavated the ancient city, led by Guaizi and Hong Gu Niang respectively. Their mission was to search for gold and silver.

Another team.

They include Chen Yulou and Queqiao Shao.

Una led the way.

Go straight to the black stone tower in the city, or to be more precise, the temple!