Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

Chapter 156 Footed Dragon

When Xiao Baoyun came out, Xie Yuchen clearly saw the yin energy around the little girl suddenly pause for a moment before she lightly landed next to Su Li.

She didn't say anything, just stared at him.

Those who saw that look understood it without even realizing it.

What kind of weather is this? Even ghosts would feel cold...

"Ahem, Baoyun, can you find out where the hot springs are around here?"

Don't say ghosts can't feel temperature. Ghosts do know hot and cold. They feel uncomfortable in hot places and comfortable in cool places.

Baoyun nodded obediently and floated away.

"This little girl is only so easy to talk to with you. Even a blind man would have to be coaxed for ages to get her to help him light a spirit lamp..."

Seeing how Bao Yun treated Su Li, Hei Xiazi couldn't help but mutter under his breath.

"Can't you just order it yourself? Your broken puppet hurts my eyes just looking at it. And you have the nerve to say it looks like a young girl? You're really something."

While closely following Zhang Qiling who was clearing the way, Xie Yuchen also argued with Hei Xiazi.

"It's too much trouble to order it yourself..."

He has to carve the patterns and apply cinnabar himself. Just the preparation alone takes more than three days. Is Blackie a patient person?

It would be different if Bao Yun came. As long as she possesses the puppet and stays there for one night, the initial spiritual initiation can be successfully achieved.

It's perfect for making puppets to practice with.

The first thing a puppeteer learns is to make puppets with basic spiritual power, which is used to practice controlling the puppet's movements by using the puppet threads in their hands.

The requirements for making puppets are not high, but the failure rate of puppets is very high. Those who study puppetry in the cultivation world are either making puppets or on their way to make puppets every day.

It's common for a three-day spirit-initiating ceremony to end in half a day of failure. Therefore, sects with puppeteers and ghost cultivators often cooperate, and it's common for them to offer sacrifices to ghost cultivators to help novice disciples with spirit-initiating ceremonies.

For someone like Hei Xiazi to keep a red-clothed vengeful ghost as a pet, and then have to beg and plead for a spirit medium, all I can say is, he's really asking for trouble...

Su Li and Wu Xie covered their mouths and chuckled.

Hei Xiazi is clearly full of artistic talent, but he just doesn't use it properly and keeps creating mischief.

That's right, artistic bacteria. Blackie's fancy tricks are like a source of pollution, so of course they're 'bacteria'.

Their normal-volume banter was only audible to a few people amidst the howling wind. Just then, they suddenly heard a faint 'thump' from ahead.

Shunzi, who was walking at the very front, fell down...

Zhang Qiling was closest, so he quickly stepped forward and helped the person up.

Fatty Wang peeked over at Shunzi's condition and quickly took over. With his fire spirit root, he was now a giant hand warmer, and after months of intense alchemy training, he quickly began to examine Shunzi.

Shunzi's face was purple and looked somewhat swollen, and her body was visibly trembling, which were typical signs of hypothermia.

"This is hypothermia. We need to find a place quickly, or our only guide will be doomed."

As he spoke, Fatty Wang took out several small beads that had been charged with energy and painstakingly pried open Shunzi's collar to stuff them inside.

Just then, Su Li saw a red figure float up from the ground not far away.

"found it?"

Bao Yun nodded gently, then turned and floated back the way she came.

Fatty Wang untied the ropes binding him, carried Shunzi on his back, and followed Zhang Qiling forward.

The four men following behind, including Jie Jiaji and Chen Pi, were unaware that the leader had already been changed. They followed with their heads down and stopped at a slightly sunken spot in the snow.

The trees here are noticeably shorter, a stark contrast to the tall forests along the road earlier, suggesting they were cut down at the same time.

"Jie Qi".

"Master, I am here."

Upon hearing the patriarch's summons, Jie Qi untied the ropes binding him and stepped forward.

"Take a few people and clear along this line. Secure them with tow ropes and watch your step."

Xie Yuchen gave the instructions.

"Yes."

Jie Qi indicated that he understood and selected a few men who were physically capable to do the cleanup work, while the others rested in place and acted as stakes to ensure that anyone who stumbled could be pulled back in time.

The snowfield looked flat, only slightly lower than the surrounding area, but it turned out to be almost entirely hollow underneath.

Just as the workers finished clearing one corner, the snow suddenly collapsed, and the entire area caved in.

Whether they were cleaning up or resting nearby, everyone shuddered, their numb minds clearing up a bit from the cold.

If the head of the family hadn't noticed something was wrong with this place first, if even one or two of them had stepped on it, they would have fallen down like dumplings in a pot!

There are still loose stones at the bottom of the pit.

If you're unlucky, you might just bump your head on it...

oh ho...

The family can receive the pension.

Those who were considered confidants by the head of the family should receive more compensation than others, right?

Thinking about it this way, dying isn't necessarily a bad thing.

But won't those bastards laugh at me for dying such a pathetic death?

Ignoring the lively thoughts of his companions, Xie Yuchen and his group knew they had found the place when they saw the lifelike stone carvings.

Chen Pi, who had been dragged along by Lang Feng and Monk Hua on a sled, slowly got off the ground and walked to Xie Yuchen's side.

Luckily, he had the things his junior brother gave him, otherwise he would probably be in big trouble right now.

"This is the Eastern Xia Centipede Dragon."

Chen Pi, standing next to Xie Yuchen, suddenly spoke.

Xie Yuchen glanced at him and nodded.

When Lang Feng saw Xie Yuchen's nonchalant attitude, he felt that the Xie family head had disrespected his fourth master. He was very unhappy, but seeing that his fourth master did not seem to be upset, he did not dare to make a scene, only his face turned a little ugly.

Fatty Wang handed Shunzi on his back to Jie Qi, then rubbed his hands together, ready to jump.

Duang...

thump...

thump...

Fatty Wang turned to look at Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling, who had jumped down with him.

Why did you two come down here too?

"Together."

Zhang Qiling answered, and then went ahead to examine the lifelike large-scale stone carving of a hundred-legged dragon.

The massive black stone sculpture, standing five meters high and three meters wide, is still quite noticeable in this almost entirely white landscape. Unlike the widely circulated image of a coiled dragon, this stone dragon has countless arthropod-like legs beneath its coiled body.

Su Li and Hei Xiazi watched the Iron Triangle's operation from the edge of the pit. When they spotted the so-called Eastern Xia totem, the 'Centipede Dragon,' thanks to their good eyesight, their expressions turned a little strange.

"This thing is called a dragon??"

Black Bear nodded.

"Yes, yes, this is the dragon of Dongxia."

The Chinese culture of dragon totem worship can be traced back to the tribal period. At that time, each tribe's dragon totem had distinct characteristics, which were generally achieved by combining features of different animals on the dragon.

The centipede-like dragon of the Eastern Xia Dynasty is clearly a fusion of a centipede and a dragon.

At once……

It's a complicated situation.