Chapter 196: Expeditionary Archaeology and Tomb Robbers
Yang Fan said: "In Shennong Valley, there are still many creatures like blood dragons that have never been recorded. Any idea why I took you on a tour of it? ”
Song Hongdou shook his head.
Yang Fan smiled: "I can see that your curiosity is very heavy. There are many things in this world that ordinary people can't understand, aren't they? Like the spirit stone you showed me? ”
"Oh? You took me to see your treasured specimens, it turned out that you wanted to use the secret in this to exchange the secret of the spirit stone with me? Song Hongdou blinked wide, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "You regret your decision to reject me at that time, it's too late." ”
Yang Fan said: "I just want you to tell me where you found that spirit stone." According to my understanding, there is definitely more than just one spirit stone in the place. If we can work together and use the information you provide to find more spirit stones, can you imagine the value of these spirit stones? ”
Song Hongdou's face turned pale for a while, as if he remembered the terrifying experience he didn't want to recall, and said: "It was unintentionally discovered by our team during the archaeological mission of the Loulan Ancient Kingdom Ruins in the Western Regions. The people of our team were all under a terrible curse, and I was the only one who escaped alive because of a family inheritance treasure that protected me. As she spoke, she subconsciously glanced at the jade pendant on her neck that was braided with a string of crystal necklaces, but the jade pendant was hidden in her collar and could not be seen.
"It turned out to be the distant Western Regions." Yang Fan muttered to himself.
In the past, he had only been to the Western Regions once to look for precious medicinal materials, and because of the sparse population, it had been a gathering place for the forces of the cultivation world since ancient times.
Song Ming frowned and said, "Doudou, why are you on such a dangerous mission?" If you're just doing ordinary archaeological work, how can you be cursed? ”
"This..."Song Hongdou bit his red lip, as if there was something unspeakable.
Yang Fan's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at Song Ming and said, "I'll answer this question." Because Doudou is ostensibly an archaeologist, this is nothing more than a cover up for her true identity - a tomb robber! ”
Song Hongdou looked surprised and said, "How do you know!" ”
As soon as the words came out, she realized that she had missed her mouth, and looked at Song Ming with some embarrassment.
Yang Fan smiled and said, "Tomb robbers work underground all year round, and the earth yin qi absorbed by their bodies is heavier, and the aura will be significantly different from ordinary people. That's my first guess. Second, if you have been an adopted orphan since you were a child, but you are able to ask for $25 million to buy back this ancestral home, if the family that adopted you is not rich, what kind of work can you do to bring you such a lot of income? Even more profitable than your brother? At this, he paused.
Song Ming's face also became embarrassed, and he and Song Hongdou stared at each other.
He has always thought that his sister studied archaeology in the United States and lived a relatively stable life, who would have thought that today Yang Fan would break the sky in one sentence, her sister is actually a tomb robber... Yang Fan continued: "The third corollary, because you are studying archaeology, the only job that can use your knowledge to win you a huge fortune seems to be tomb robbing. ”
"Hey, I'm not a grave robber. I'm just exploring undiscovered ruins, and there's nothing wrong with getting some precious art from them, right? The term for my work is expeditionary archaeology! Song Hongdou said angrily.
"You will be cursed during archaeological missions, and the only possibility is to enter the mausoleum, which is the only place where the curse against the invaders appears. The dead have all been buried in the ground, and you still want to take other people's things, isn't this a thief? ”
"If I tell you, this spirit stone is found in the mausoleum! And there's more out there! It's just that I didn't have a chance to get it, would you be interested in those spirit stones? Want to do it or not? Answer me honestly! ”
"Of course." Yang Fan said very directly.
In the modern world where the number of spirit stones is scarce, even if there is only one low-grade spirit stone, it is extremely precious. If there were really a large number of spirit stones in the mausoleum that Song Hongdou said, Yang Fan would not hesitate to take them, relying on the huge number of spirit stones, how much he could improve his skills, he himself could not estimate.
"Then why do you say I'm a thief!"
"Ahem... Let's replace it with your technical term, Adventure Archaeology. Would you like to cooperate with me to go to that mausoleum for another archaeological expedition? What we find inside, we divide it evenly, that's fair, right? ”
"No, that mausoleum is too dangerous, and I swear that I will never go again in my life."
Song Ming thought for a moment and said, "Doudou, it's okay to go again." Because spirit stones are really precious to us cultivators. When you arrive at the Loulan Ruins in the Western Regions, you can not enter the mausoleum, and I will go down with Yang Fan. ”
"Brother... Do you know how horrible the curse is there? I wouldn't approve of you going on an adventure either. ”
Yang Fan said: "I have a way to deal with the curse, don't worry about this." ”
The existence of a curse in the mausoleum may prove that the owner of this mausoleum is a master of the cultivation world. In this way, there will be a large number of spirit stones buried with him, which can also be explained.
In the past, it was also common for masters of the cultivation world to go to rob tombs.
Imagine it this way, if it is a legendary heaven-level master's mausoleum, then all the treasures in his life may be buried with him, if he can successfully enter his mausoleum, he can get all the collections in front of a heaven-level master, even high-level spiritual weapons, how many people can not be moved?
It's just that the trap setting in the mausoleum of the heaven-level master is very powerful, and if you want to enter the mausoleum of the heaven-level master, it is like defeating the master head-on, so you don't have excellent strength, and you are just sent to death if you go in.
Song Hongdou looked hesitant, and after a while, she took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Brother, if this is important to you, enter the mausoleum again, I have no objection." But now that you know my secret, you have to tell me your secret, why did you sell your ancestral house? What the hell are you doing? ”
Song Ming looked at Yang Fan with a wry smile.
"He's a professional killer, and by coincidence, just some time ago, his assassination target was me."
"Huh?" Song Hongdou was immediately stunned by Yang Fan's words.
Yang Fan talked in detail about Song Ming's past experience, and the reason why he assassinated him, and why he is now living in the hospital. But he didn't mention the quid pro quo with Song Ming.
After listening to Yang Fan's words, Song Hongdou's eyes were already moist.
Song Ming was silent.
Both of them wanted to deliberately conceal each other's identities, and tonight, they were both unraveled by Yang Fan.
"You're so stupid, you live a life that is worse than death for hatred, why can't you let it go?" Song Hongdou asked in a choked voice.
What happened back then, because of her childhood, she didn't realize the level of Song Ming's hard work, she also thought about avenging the Song family, but now she can't do it at all, after living in the United States for many years, the hatred in her heart has been gradually buried in her heart, diluted with time. Compared with living in the more free and open United States, the environment is different, the changes she has received are completely different from Song Ming, and if she wants to live better, she can only choose to temporarily let go of her hatred.
"Because I am the only man in the Song family who survived. Doudou, you were too young, you were already scared out when the enemy came, and you couldn't see how our people were killed by those bastards one by one in front of your eyes! Have you ever imagined their faces and shouts before they died? Song Ming said coldly, and a cold and violent murderous aura on his body unconsciously emanated.
Yang Fan patted Song Ming's shoulder and said, "Actually, I can understand your feelings, but your approach is too extreme." If it were me, even if I wanted to take revenge, I had to measure my strength and come step by step. ”
Back then, he was framed by his peers, forced to be helpless, and jumped off the cliff in desperation, how could he not hate it in his heart?
It's just that God played a joke on him and let him be reborn into the modern world. Thinking that the majestic Baicaotang back then had fallen into today's situation, which he had never imagined.
But he also knew in his heart that the senior brother who framed him, Zijin Scale, and obtained the inheritance of the "Heavenly Dao Medical Sutra", was to cultivate and go crazy, and with the cultivation of the senior brother, he was likely to live to this day.
But can he go straight to revenge now?
Apparently impossible.
With my senior brother's cultivation, I'm afraid I can move a finger to him.
Therefore, he can only suppress this hatred with reason in his heart, and he wants to take revenge and wait for the opportunity to find it.
Even if he was a senior brother, he wouldn't have thought that he was still alive... Song Hongdou's body shook slightly, bit his red lip, and said, "Brother, let's not talk about the past." If you want to go to the mausoleum to find the spirit stone, I promise you that I can accompany you, but I'm afraid we will have some trouble. ”
"Trouble?" Song Ming frowned.
Yang Fan was puzzled: "Is there anything else besides the curse?" ”
Song Hongdou was a little embarrassed and said: "At that time, our team only entered the mausoleum for a third of the time. The trouble I say is that I sold the map of the mausoleum for $200 million to an expert explorer, who, as far as I know, recopied it and resold it to someone else. I don't know how many people have seen this expedition map... If these people decide to dig up the treasure in the mausoleum, they will probably find a way to deal with the curse... Their professional team is likely to be very strong. ”
As an expeditionary archaeologist, in addition to the treasures found from various types of sites and mausoleums. At the end of each expeditionary archaeological mission, the map drawn for the expedition is also a huge asset.
The price of this expedition map will be comprehensively measured according to the professional information such as ruins and tombs found by the expedition archaeological team, and the map with a relatively high degree of danger will not be able to take away all the treasures in the map even if it has been excavated by the world's top expedition archaeological team.
Especially in a situation like Song Hongdou where almost the entire team was wiped out in a mission, it was not the first time she had experienced it herself, so the price of this kind of map would be higher.
The surviving members of the original team will not be able to continue to complete the original expedition archaeological plan due to various reasons, and choosing to sell the expedition archaeological map drawn is a good way to make up for the loss.
(To be continued)