Tomb raiding: Today is another day I don't want to go home.

Chapter 150 Unexpected Disaster

"Don't stray too far from me." Yan Huai gently tugged at Zhang Qiling's two hairpins, his tone full of earnest advice.

Zhang Qiling tried to ignore the tingling sensation in her fingers, turning her gaze away from the branding knife in Yan Chen's hand, her expression unchanged: "Okay."

This time you've clearly agreed, so you can't play word games with me like last time, taking advantage of my lack of vigilance... A flash of darkness crossed Yan Huai's eyes, but Zhang Qiling didn't notice. Instead, Yan Chen, watching the two walk hand-in-hand out of the village, seemed lost in thought...

Deep in Shetou Mountain, in the middle section of the Qinling Mountains.

The seven-person team, though seemingly scattered, finally managed to escape the Twelve Palaces Constellation Trapping Array that Yan Huai had set up earlier, after spending the entire morning doing so.

It seems there are indeed knowledgeable people among them, and the time to break the formation was shorter than Yan Huai had anticipated.

"This trap is really strange. It has mechanisms, but it doesn't hurt people. It seems that its purpose is only to intercept those who enter."

The speaker was an old man in his sixties from the group, wearing glasses and looking like a scholar. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead, clearly showing signs of fatigue.

"Master, in your opinion, why would the person who set up the formation want to stop people from entering?"

A voice with a heavy Cantonese accent came from the group. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man in his forties surnamed Li. Everyone called him Boss Li.

“I don’t know, so I dare not comment,” Liang Shiye said with a smile, waving his hand. “But you all should have noticed that this trapping formation seems to have been altered not long ago.”

In other words, someone has already taken the lead and, for some purpose, altered the trap formation. But the purpose was not to harm anyone, but to stop them... These thoughts only fermented in Wu Xie's mind. Even though he seemed to have an overwhelming urge to confide, he only whispered to Lao Yang beside him with his eyes and mouth.

These tomb raiders are armed, and with his and Lao Yang's mediocre skills, they're no match for them. That's why they were so unlucky to run into them in the trap earlier (actually, they couldn't run away). Now that they're finally out, they should hurry up and figure out a way to sneak away.

"Who cares who changed it!"

Wu Xie was still lost in thought about running away when he was startled and let out a "Holy crap!" that drew everyone's attention.

Yan Chen, watching this scene from afar, tried to suppress his laughter, but finally couldn't help but burst out laughing. He had lived in the Qinling Mountains for ten thousand years, and the outside world had undergone earth-shattering changes. Compared to the monotonous primeval forest, what he was seeing now was extremely interesting. In addition, given his low threshold for laughter, the consequences were simply unimaginable.

Yan Huai looked helplessly at Yan Chen, who was covering his mouth, his eyes were squinted, and his face was flushed with laughter. He said to the other three people standing together, "...Let him laugh!" It's good that he can forget his suffering for a while.

Black Glasses raised an eyebrow, exchanged a glance with Xie Lianrui beside him, and shrugged. The latter still had a gentle and approachable demeanor, but he was no longer wearing a Taoist robe and looked even younger.

A quarter of an hour ago, Yan Huai followed the bloodline of Black Glasses and led Zhang Qiling and Yan Chen to Black Glasses, who had been entrusted by Wu Sansheng to protect Wu Xie.

As for Xie Lianrui, he only deduced that Yan Huai was in the Qinling Mountains, so he thought he would come and see if he could help. He came along with Hei Yanjing.

The group didn't exchange many pleasantries and tacitly maintained boundaries regarding each other's affairs. Although their goals differed, they weren't contradictory.

"Mr. Yan, I thank you for your help with the matter of the Demon Mother!"

These were the words Xie Lianrui said to Yan Huai when they first met. He found the cane that contained the demon mother's soul in the passage Yan Huai had dug, although Black Glasses' barking also played a part in that...

But in the end, salvation is not easy. The soul has been scattered, and the cause and effect are settled. Xie Lianrui's heart was fulfilled. So when he learned that Yan Huai had also gone to Qinling, he hitched a ride with Black Glasses without saying a word. Even though he couldn't get involved in Yan Huai's affairs or help him, he would just treat him as a mascot.

"You're too kind, Daoist. You've helped me before..." Besides, those were things he was meant to experience anyway, and Yan Huai didn't think what he did had much significance.

Upon hearing this, Xie Lianrui glanced subtly at Zhang Qiling, who was standing very close to Yan Huai, smiled, and then remained silent.

Black Glasses, on the other hand, gradually widened his smile, took a few steps, and bumped into Yan Huai's shoulder: "Little Huai~ that blind man helped you too, why didn't you thank me, the blind man?"

Yan Huai glanced at the black-clad man's deliberately twirling fingers held out in front of him, then his mind raced. He suddenly narrowed his eyes and cleared his throat: "Blind~"

This commotion was like Pangu creating the heavens and earth, or Nuwa creating the gods. Zhang Qiling thought he was hallucinating. Yan Chen's laughter stopped abruptly. Xie Lianrui quickly looked down at his toes and peeled the dry skin off his lips. The smile on Black Glasses' face vanished instantly, and his muscles reacted with chills and fear.

Ke Yanhuai was still being mischievous: "Didn't you always want to change the signboard of your massage parlor? I'll go back and write it for you, and I'll even think of a good phrase for you—Qi Ge Long Dong Qiang Massage Parlor, for those with soft bones, we guarantee hardness; for those with hard bones, we guarantee rigidity; for those with rigidity, we guarantee flexibility! What do you think?"

Black Glasses felt that the person's smiling face was full of malice towards his innocent and young heart. He even had the illusion that what Yan Huai was talking about was not the massage parlor sign, but the tombstone that would be carved after he died.

When did he accidentally offend this little devil? Apart from that lie about selling knives, there's nothing else! Is it really necessary to hold a grudge until now?

Black Glasses, unaware of the truth, was indeed... quite an undeserved misfortune. After regaining his senses, Zhang Qiling pursed his lips. He thought "blind" was a simple and convenient way to address Black Glasses, but it seemed that he had only called him that once in front of Yan Huai... It couldn't be that bad!

Just a second ago, Zhang Qiling was inwardly lamenting the overwhelming influence of the title he had used, but the next second, Yan Huai, seemingly sensing Zhang Qiling's thoughts, suddenly tilted his head to look at him, smiling even more brightly: "What do you think of this idea?"

The interjection's tone deepened, and Zhang Qiling's mind suddenly tightened. How should he answer this question?

fine?

It doesn't seem that simple; Yan Huai's performance might be even more bizarre.

That is open to discussion?

But that would be tantamount to directly denying Yan Huai's identity, no way!

The brainwaves pleading for help were transmitted to Qi Yu in her mind's eye, but Qi Yu pretended not to notice and remained silent. As for the others...

Hilarious! Zhang Qiling didn't even dare to move his eyes! Was he asking a ghost for help?!

Zhang Qiling stiffly raised his hand and pulled at the brim of his hood. He caught a glimpse of Wu Xie and his group starting to move again not far away, so he took the opportunity to speak and divert everyone's attention from the strange atmosphere.

"gone!"

Yan Huai watched Zhang Qiling's retreating figure as if fleeing, calmly took a deep breath of the forest's true energy, and then said to Black Glasses, "Let's go!"

Black Glasses' lips twitched violently: "..." Die!

Xie Lianrui and Yan Chen, as if they had finally understood the truth, exclaimed, "Ha..." Poor kid.

For the next few minutes, Black Glasses walked beside Xie Lianrui with a wronged expression, occasionally glancing up at the two people in front of him who reeked of the stench of romance. The other two, on the other hand, seemed truly blind, staring at the sky and the ground, as if trying to feel the passage of time around them...

Zhang Qiling remained expressionless and speechless. The gaze fixed on his back was intense. Eventually, he could no longer hold back, and his initial slight lead gradually began to catch up with Yan Huai's.

Let it go...

He tentatively touched Yan Huai's hand, which was hanging by his side, with the hilt of his black gold ancient sword and said, "You won't call anymore..."

I won't call you that anymore, so please stop being sarcastic, okay? I'm scared...