Chapter 4: Tomb Raider

When Xiaokang woke up, he woke me up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info'Late, Late!' he cried out in a panic.

I sat up and saw him rushing out the door with a steamed bun from the table. I also got up and went to the outer room, Xiaokang's parents had already gone to the field, the bamboo gauze cover buckled on the table was lifted aside by Xiaokang, and vegetables, porridge and a few steamed buns were placed, and I hurriedly ate a few bites and walked out of the door.

First, I went to the village committee and discussed with the old village chief about the traditional Chinese medicine base to be built this time, and roughly explained the scale and matters that need to be paid attention to and the benefits that can be achieved, and then I went to the mountains under the pretext of going to the mountains to investigate. I declined the old village chief's kindness to find someone to show me the way, and came to the primary school first. I walked down the road last night, and when I got to a place where there was no one, I started a light work.

I ran forward from memory, and soon I came to the place where the man in black had disappeared.

Only now do I see where I stand clearly. It's a long, narrow valley with a trail that stretches into the distance. On the right side of the valley there is nothing unusual, while on the left, there is a complete and large stone inserted into the mountain, which has completely merged with the mountain. The boulder is more than five meters tall and nearly four meters wide. It's incredible, who can stand it on the side of the mountain. And with the passage of time, the boulder and the mountain have become one, and there is no gap at all. I can't think of why the man in black disappeared, could he be the Laoshan Taoist wall-piercing technique?

Suddenly, I jumped to the top of the boulder, as expected, there was a hole between the top of the boulder and the mountain, but it was blocked by a boulder, I moved the boulder, took out the small flashlight I carried and shone it inside, and I could enter it by bending down. If I don't go into the tiger's den, I don't hesitate to get into it. After walking about fifteen or sixteen meters, it was already the end, and there was another big hole in the ground at the end. Then I shone it with a flashlight, and the hole was not very deep, and I could see the dirt at the bottom, so I jumped in, and this was the real hole. It was a hand-dug passage, about three meters wide, and after walking forward for a few dozen meters, the flashlight shone on a stone gate.

Mu Tian, you know how excited I was when I saw that stone gate, maybe our days were too peaceful, the underground stone gate, such a bloody thing can also be touched by me. I even have the treasure in the movie in my mind, you can't think of it, it turns out that I am also a vulgar thing, hehe. I stepped forward and tried with great strength to push open the stone door, but it didn't shake it in the slightest. I feel that my face is hot, and if there is someone on the other side, they will definitely see that my face is red, and I have never been so embarrassed in my life.

After calming down, I carefully looked at the stone door, the length and width of the stone door were almost the same size as the entrance of the cave, and there were actually chisel marks around the stone door. But it's just a trace, and it's not too much breakage. What fell on the ground was only fine crumbs, and the stone gate itself was bare. And in the middle of the stone gate, there is a two-inch square depression, and there are some strange patterns inside. Is this a tomb? The tomb would be built here? It's kind of incredible. Forget it, I can't do anything alone, and the purpose of this trip is to find out the other party, since I found the entrance, let's wait until next time.

I returned to the village the way I came, just in time for lunch. In the afternoon, I continued to study the construction of a traditional Chinese medicine base with the village chief and the cadres of the village committee, and basically formed a preliminary plan. Before nine o'clock in the evening, I came to the boulder, and hid in a place waiting for the man in black to appear. Fortunately, it didn't take long for me to sense someone coming, and sure enough, it was him.

I saw him jump on the top of the boulder with agility, and then disappeared, and I jumped up and got into the hole, and soon reached the end, and jumped down lightly, very satisfied that I could be silent, and then I found that the hole was actually bright.

When I looked closely, I realized that there was an oil lamp on the walls on both sides, and I didn't even notice it during the day. Now it's lit up by the man in black. I went forward, and saw a figure doing something in front of the stone gate, and I was about to move forward a little so that I could see what he was doing.

Unexpectedly, I accidentally made a noise, and the man in black suddenly turned his head to meet my eyes. His eyes flickered brightly, and when I saw those eyes like a clear spring, I knew that Gu Xiyan's pretty face was covered under the black cloth.

I teased her: 'The young and beautiful teacher Gu is actually a thief in a night suit, is this world crazy, or am I out?'

Gu Xiyan stared at me for a moment, didn't make a sound, and suddenly a hungry tiger pounced on me and pounced on me. I flashed to the side, and Gu Xiyan swept the hall again, fast and accurate. I jumped to my feet and jumped to the side again. Gu Xiyan seemed to have realized that I could jump away, and immediately changed my moves, and came with a double thunderbolt, I threw my head back, slid my legs forward, and the person had reached Gu Xiyan's side, and then grabbed it, clasped Gu Xiyan's hands, she screamed 'Ah', I subconsciously let go, I didn't expect to be broken free by her, cunning woman, I secretly sighed that I was inexperienced.

Now we are in a confrontation situation again, my skills make her dare not underestimate the enemy, and in the face of a woman, I don't want to strike first, so I am deadlocked.

One minute, two minutes...... Finally, Gu Xiyan still made a move, she jumped into the air, and one leg flew towards me. I flashed sideways, but I didn't expect her to reach out her hands and slam them at me, hitting me hard in the chest, shocking me several steps backwards. It hurts a little in my chest, okay, then don't blame me for being rude.

I secretly lucked a little luck, showing the posture of 'Lin-style eighteen fists', Gu Xiyan didn't care, put on a snake shape, I launched an attack with a 'fairy guiding the way', when the fingers just touched her eyebrows, but saw her body slip, it slid through my fingers like a snake, and the body bent a few times, and the left arm was extended, and it actually attacked the door of my waist.

I felt a gust of wind coming, and I hurriedly turned back a few times in a row, and finally dodged the fatal blow. Turning around, I made a move of 'stepping on the snow' to force the cold to my feet, and kicked her in the air to approach her, as if I was going to punch, but when I was making an appearance, I flew up with a kick, so the kick with the cold made her nervous at first, and then felt frozen, and she couldn't dodge, and was suddenly kicked over by me at her feet.

I thought she wouldn't be able to move, but she rolled around on a lazy donkey and got up after her. I've used seven successes, and I still can't win! It looks like I've met a strong opponent. Take a step forward, come to a move 'Jin Jiao Lock Throat' One hand quickly locked her throat, she didn't dodge, when my fingers were about to lock her throat, she was holding the pulse.

I felt a chill in my wrist, I was shocked, her kung fu was really powerful! Instantly, this cold began to spread to the upper part of the arm, I was a little flustered, and hurriedly calmed my mind, and the luck forced this cold to retreat, so this cold air stuck at my elbow, we held each other for a while, gradually, my internal force prevailed, and the cold on my arm slowly subsided.

I saw that white gas faintly appeared on the top of Gu Xiyan's head, and the hand that was holding my vein gate was also a little loose. I took advantage of the situation to clasp her backhand, and at the same time grabbed her other hand with my left hand, and gave her a Su Qin back sword, she sighed, hum, this time I am not fooled, I cut her hands together, and with one free hand I ripped off her mask, Gu Xiyan's pretty face was already pale.

I sneered and said, 'What's the matter?' you still haven't practiced your high martial arts. ’

Gu Xiyan glared at me fiercely: "What kind of lofty martial arts, I don't understand what you are saying." There are not many people who can beat me, and it looks like I've met an opponent. If you want to kill, you have to cut casually, less nonsense!'

Her voice was weak but hard, and I think she was badly wounded. So let go of her and pushed her aside. Questioning: 'Don't you think you're too mean to do it to a child?'

Gu Xiyan said nonchalantly: "What's the matter, I will absorb some of their yang energy, and I can't kill them, so I don't need to practice this layer of exercises, and I don't keep sucking them." ’

You don't know what it's like for children to be inhaled for a long time! I said angrily.

Gu Xiyan looked at me in surprise: "No, Master didn't say that there would be such serious consequences, otherwise how could I have done that!"

When she said this, I felt that she was not a heinous bad person. I asked her, 'What are you doing here, what is this place?'

Gu Xiyan stroked his chest, took a few breaths, and said weakly, "Do you know who used to be in this mountain?"

I wondered, 'I haven't studied the county records here, how do I know whose territory it is?'

She said, 'Okay, I'll tell you slowly.' During the war years, banditry was rampant. After the liberation, there was a Kuomintang force that also hid here, and they colluded together, and after three years of hard work, they were exterminated, and only a few dozen prisoners remained.

During their interrogation, one of the adjutants confessed that they had hidden a lot of guns, ammunition, gold bars and bills in an ancient tomb in the mountains, in case of a future counterattack. So they took the adjutant into the mountains to look for him, but the adjutant got lost in the mountains, and the adjutant took the opportunity to escape and was killed. The treasure hunting team was later rescued by hunters. No one has mentioned it since.

My great-grandfather was a member of the squad, and he didn't think it was the adjutant who was trying to escape, so he questioned the captives carefully, and sure enough, one of them told me about the treasure. My great-grandfather went into the mountains several times to look for him, and he finally discovered this place. Before he could report it, he was ordered to leave the army because of the composition, and later he told my grandfather the secret and passed it on to my father, but they did not have the ability to come and hunt for treasure.

When I was five years old, I had a strange disease, and my father traveled all the way to Sichuan to find an old miracle doctor, and he said that he had to leave me to treat me slowly, and he was my master. He taught me kung fu while healing my illness, and he taught me a lot of things on my own, and I stayed with the master for fifteen years.

In the past 15 years, I have only called home once during the Chinese New Year. He also didn't allow his family to come to see me, saying that this was the only way to prevent the disease from recurring. When I turned twenty years old, Master finally allowed me to go home. Before leaving, he passed on my Seven Heavens Exercises and essentials, but he didn't let me practice them, just saying that this was a secret technique and that it must not be lost. When I got home, my father heard that I had learned kung fu, so he asked me to show it to him, and he was very happy to see it, and told me the secret and told me where Longtan Village was. He also helped me with some preparations, and I came here in the name of volunteering. ’

After saying these words, Gu Xiyan was already out of breath. I knew I had hurt her, and I felt a little guilty, but when I thought about the children's situation, I became serious again: 'How can you do it to the children?'

Gu Xiyan said a little weakly: "I asked the master what will happen to the child who has been sucked yang energy, and the master said that since the kung fu that can be handed down, it should not be from the evil sect. The child recovers quickly, and he recovers after a good night's sleep. ’

Hmph, if it were that simple, the children wouldn't have black gas.

I asked her, 'If you had known that it was harmful to your children, would you still practice this Sevenfold Heaven?'

She hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, Master is very strict with my education...... He must not have known that this skill was like this, and he taught me the mantra, but he only said not to let it be lost...... I don't practice anymore. After practicing this skill in the first two layers, people's skills have improved a lot, and I originally only wanted to practice to the third level, but I didn't expect it to be like this. ’

Seeing her guilty, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I comforted her and said, 'It's okay, they're not in a bad condition.' I can still help them recover without causing too much harm, but you can't suck their yang energy anymore. And you're also involved in girls, and when I tell you how to do it, you're responsible for restoring the girl's yang energy, and I'm responsible for restoring the boys' yang energy. ’

Gu Xiyan immediately nodded: "Okay, you teach me, and I will do it well." ’

I didn't expect to be able to turn enemies into friends, and things went so smoothly. When he saw her sitting there, he asked her, 'How is it, is it bad?'

She took a deep breath and spit it out, before saying, 'It's okay, I've injured some internal strength, and it should be fine to recover for a few days.' ’

I said, 'Then let's go back and heal the children before we think about anything else.' ’

She nodded, struggling to her feet. I hurried over to help her and walked towards the entrance of the cave. Wherever she walked, she waved off the fire of the lamp. Suddenly I remembered something, and I asked her, 'What are you doing standing at the stone gate, and you have a way to open the door?'

She smiled bitterly and said, 'My father only told me where it was and how to get in, and I saw that the stone door was sturdy, and that it should have a mechanism, and that there was a dragon-shaped depression on the door, and I extended it and made the same woodwork. But I haven't opened it for a long time. ’

I laughed and said, 'You should make an iron product, maybe a magnet behind it, so that you can have induction.' ’

She actually believed it: 'Okay, when I go back, I'll make an iron one.' ’

I didn't expect her to be such an innocent person, and I was really defeated by her naivety.

When I got to the entrance of the cave, I was embarrassed, she must not be able to go up, how could I pull her up if I went up? Gu Xiyan also looked at the entrance of the cave and said, "You go first, I can heal my injuries here before leaving, a day or two will be enough."

I laughed, 'Aren't you afraid that I'll seal the hole?'

She looked at me in a daze, and she felt like she was going to cry: 'You're not going to do that, are you?' ’

I almost laughed and said, 'Come on, I'll carry you.' ’

So I took her on my back and jumped to the entrance of the cave, so that she could enter the passage above before I could get out of the hole.

I carried her all the way, and by the time I got to elementary school, it was almost two o'clock. Seeing her enter the school gate, I also returned to the well-off home with peace of mind.