Global Exploration: Starting from Decrypting Chernobyl

200: Master Wu! What is the co-leader!”Qian-Three-Continuous, Kun-Six-Broken...”

”Zhen-Upright-Bowl...”

”Gen-Overturned-Bowl, Li-Middle-Hollow!”

Huo Nanfeng frowned, then looked up at everyone around him and asked with a furrowed brow.

”Isn’t this...”

”The Eight Trigrams Mnemonic?”

”It’s just a simple way to teach people how to distinguish the directions of each trigram. In ancient times, this stuff was literally just introductory reading for children!”

”This map is at least several hundred years old!”

”Could the secret on a treasure map...”

”Be this easy to solve?”

Huo Nanfeng grew more puzzled as he spoke, then lowered his head again without waiting for a reply.

He began observing the essentially assembled map once more, hoping to find more clues on it.

”...”

”Not necessarily.”

Wu Tian slowly shook his head.

”It’s simple, but what’s simple are these mnemonics. However, do you see any connection between these mnemonics and the place we’re looking for?”

”On the surface...”

”There is no connection at all!”

”I suspect...”

Wu Tian reached out and pointed at the six small clusters of dots on the map, analyzing them for the six family heads sitting around him.

”If we start estimating these six positions based on the original locations of these dots, it’s highly likely that the characters formed by each cluster don’t refer to any of the Eight Trigrams, but rather to directions!”

”...”

His words stirred up a thousand waves!

The six families of the Nine Gates were no pushovers, and since those present today were the current heads of their respective families, they naturally understood his meaning the moment Wu Tian pointed it out.

”You mean...”

Chen Jie pressed his finger onto one of the dot clusters; the characters on it happened to be ’Qian-Three-Continuous’!

”This ’Qian-Three-Continuous’ represents a direction?”

”A direction on the map?!”

”...”

”Yes!”

Wu Tian asked the soldiers following him for a pencil.

His eyes were fixed on the map as he spoke calmly.

”Qian-Three-Continuous means that in the Eight Trigrams diagram, the symbol representing the Qian position consists of three continuous horizontal bars, hence the mnemonic ’Qian-Three-Continuous!’”

”It represents the land of qian heaven!”

”And the geographic direction of qian heaven is...”

Wu Tian held the pencil between his fingers.

Applying steady pressure with his arm, he used the point where his finger pressed as the center and drew a straight ray along the northwest direction.

”Northwest!”

Swish!

Under Wu Tian’s control, the pencil in his hand traced a phantom stroke!

Then!

A straight, gray dashed line appeared on the map!

When this ray came into everyone’s view... everyone’s eyes lit up.

This line actually cut directly from the southeast to the northwest, piercing through the entire map, and on this line spanning the map, it precisely passed through the peaks of three large mountains in a row.

Seeing this scene before them.

Everyone’s eyes instantly brightened.

”This...”

”This couldn’t be a coincidence, could it?”

Chen Jie was slightly stunned.

Then he muttered to himself.

”A coincidence?”

Huo Nanfeng shook his head firmly.

”I don’t believe such a coincidence exists in this world, especially since this ’coincidental’ line appeared on a map where we’ve already found clues!”

”The probability of it being a coincidence is infinitely close to zero.”

”So...”

Excitement flickered in Huo Nanfeng’s eyes.

”What we need to do now is draw out all the thin lines for the directions indicated by these six dot patterns!”

”At that point...”

”Maybe we’ll get even more clues!”

”...”

”Yeah!”

Chen Jie nodded, then took a pencil from his subordinate behind him and helped connect the lines alongside Huo Nanfeng.

Meanwhile, Wu Tian and the other four family heads watched their every move without blinking.

Watching the lines being drawn out one by one on the map.

Their brows furrowed deeper and deeper!

”...”

”This...”

”All the lines actually intersect in the southwest part of this map. Looking at it...”

”It seems they’ve been divided into several triangles by these lines!”

Zhao Wu frowned, pointing with the hilt of his broadsword at the triangles on the map divided by the lines.

”However...”

”These lines are still not enough.”

”There are only two triangles, and a third one is just starting to show its shape!”

”Besides!”

Zhao Wu’s frown deepened.

He looked at the surrounding family heads and Wu Tian and said.

”Why is it that the more I look at this, the more I feel like this thing doesn’t seem like a tomb?”

”Dammit!”

Zhao Wu bared his teeth and cursed crudely.

”According to the information I’ve got, currently only two people’s tombs are confirmed to be inside this Soul-Bewitching Cave: one is Zhang Daoling’s and the other is Li Xiong’s!”

”Then you tell me, in these remaining two triangles, whose tombs are they?”

”Who the hell would want to build their tomb right next to someone else’s?”

”To make a full table for a damn game of mahjong?”

”...”

As Zhao Wu finished speaking, everyone’s brows furrowed simultaneously.

What Zhao Wu said was absolutely right.

Building a tomb for eternal rest was a matter of great significance!

Not to mention that ordinary people would try their best to avoid being next to another’s grave when designing the layout; even if they were forced to be close, they would calculate meticulously to pick the most suitable spot.

Furthermore, one of the two known individuals passed away during the Eastern Han Dynasty, a time when burial etiquette was most emphasized.

The other was the founding emperor of the Cheng-Han state during the Sixteen Kingdoms period!

Even taking a step back!

Even if the ’tomb neighbor’ was Zhang Daoling, and even if someone pinched their nose and buried themselves next to Zhang Daoling’s tomb to soak up some of his auspicious aura.

Would those who came after still build their tombs in that same place?

Not to mention that Zhang Daoling was a legendary figure in history, shrouded in layers of mystery. This Soul-Bewitching Cave... he might have even set up formations to prevent outsiders from entering!

Therefore... the central area where these lines should complete four triangles.

Was very likely... not the location of the tombs!

”...”

”You’re right!”

Li Xiaotie nodded.

”But the clues we have are only these few before us. There’s no way to confirm anything further!”

”How about this...”

An impatient light flickered in Li Xiaotie’s eyes.

He spoke to everyone in a highly seductive tone.

”This tomb raiding of ours isn’t some theoretical exercise!”

”Don’t we happen to have some clues now?”

”Worst case, we just dig up all four of these triangles!”

”I don’t believe it!”

”Out of the four, not even two would be real!?”

”...”

”Oh, give it a rest!”

Thinking Li Xiaotie was suggesting a good idea, the Fat Man immediately pointed at Li Xiaotie’s nose and cursed.

”I thought you were some kind of figure, but turns out you’re just a damn brute!”

”Dig all four tombs?”

”Kid, your family has been raiding tombs for generations. Do you have any common sense?”

”Anything with three or more tombs can be called a ’Suspect Mound’ or even a ’Deceptive Mound’!”

”Dammit!”

”Do I even need to say more about the dangers involved?”

As he spoke, the Fat Man glared at Li Xiaotie again and said disdainfully.

”No wonder people from the other families say you’re unreliable. This suggestion of yours is just pushing everyone into a fire pit!”

”Kid!”

”If you don’t have a brain, shut your mouth!”

”Stay to the side!”

”...”

”You!”

”You dead Fat Man, what did you say?”

”Do you know more about tomb raiding than we do? Shut your mouth! You’re an outsider. Careful I don’t sew your mouth shut!”

”...”

”Heh...”

The Fat Man wasn’t intimidated by him at all.

He directly crooked his finger at Li Xiaotie.

”Come try it!”

”See if I don’t sew both of your ’gates’ shut!”

”...”

”Fuck!”

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaotie’s eyes turned red.

He struggled to plant his right foot directly on the table, about to pounce at the Fat Man opposite him.

”...”

”Luo Que!”

Suddenly.

Wu Tian calmly called out to the gray-haired youth beside him.

Swish!

Bang!

A dull thud!

Luo Que’s right hand, which had been behind his back, appeared in front of Li Xiaotie at some point and struck the latter’s leg, which was already on the table, with a fishing rod!

Thump!

”Ah!”

”You...”

Li Xiaotie’s right leg, which had just stepped onto the table, didn’t stay for even a second before being knocked down by Luo Que.

Now... he was clutching his leg, grimacing as he looked at Luo Que and Wu Tian.

”What do you mean by this?”

”Bullying others with your power?”

”...”

”Yes!”

Wu Tian nodded, directly admitting it while Li Xiaotie looked somewhat dazed.

”I am bullying you with my power!”

”What of it?”

”If you can’t swallow this, you can leave!”

”Of course...”

Wu Tian tapped the sheepskin map in front of him with two fingers and said with a smile.

”Before you leave, you can take a picture of this map and go to the Soul-Bewitching Cave yourself to find that thing you claim you must have!”

As he spoke.

Wu Tian smiled and pointed toward the door for Li Xiaotie.

He gave a faint smile.

”I won’t see you out!”

”...”

Li Xiaotie glanced at the other five family heads, who had all started to look at their noses and hearts, desperately staying out of it. After thinking it over thrice!

He then gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and gave a hollow laugh.

”Hehe...”

”Young General Wu, those words are too distant!”

”I was just joking with Brother Fatty just now!”

”I hadn’t even moved when Brother Luo Que struck first. It hurt, so my mood just now was a bit off.”

”I’m not leaving, not leaving...”

Li Xiaotie suppressed a belly full of anger and smiled obsequiously at Wu Tian.

”We are all one unit now!”

”Anyone leaving would be a loss of strength!”

”We must stand united!”

”Hehe...”

”Mhm.”

Wu Tian nodded.

He shot a sidelong glance at Li Xiaotie and then advised him with mock earnestness.

”Having such large mood swings that come and go quickly is a sickness!”

”It needs to be treated!”

”Otherwise...”

”You’re going to get liver cancer one day, kid!”

”...”

Li Xiaotie: ... The five surrounding family heads were stunned, then covered their mouths as they twitched a few times before quickly recovering and looking down at the map with serious expressions, pretending to be deep in thought.

Although their pretense looked very diligent.

In Li Xiaotie’s eyes, this was the ultimate insult!

”...”

Swallowing his inner fury, Li Xiaotie wisely chose to shut up.

His eyes scanned everyone’s faces.

He was calculating in his heart... once they entered the tomb... he would definitely find an opportunity to kill every single one of them inside!

...”Actually, I think...”

”Something General Wu Tian said just now reminded us. According to the map display derived from the clues, there might be four tombs very close to each other in this mountain range of the Soul-Bewitching Cave. Among these four, we only know of Celestial Master Zhang Daoling’s and the Cheng-Han founding emperor Li Xiong’s!”

”Then...”

Huo Nanfeng said with a serious expression.

”Do we have reason to suspect that at least two of these four triangles are Suspect Mounds?”

”...”

”That makes sense!”

Chen Jie, beside him, replied with a heavy face.

”And I think your guess is probably spot on!”

”Looking at it this way...”

Chen Jie rubbed his thumb and index finger together hard.

He felt a surge of anxiety.

”This time might be a bit difficult for us!”

”...”

”Difficult how?”

Glancing at the worried Chen Jie, Huo Nanfeng raised his eyes toward Wu Tian, who sat opposite them in silence.

He said with a smile.

”Perhaps it would have been difficult if we did this before, but don’t we have General Wu Tian now?”

”With him here!”

”What’s so difficult?”

”...”

”Hey!”

Hearing Huo Nanfeng’s words, Wu Tian immediately looked at him.

”What kind of talk is that?”

”Miss Huo...”

”Are you using me as your gunman?”

”...”

”No, no, no!”

Huo Nanfeng gave a light laugh.

”General Wu, please don’t over-interpret my words. My meaning is that with you here, our safety factor is much higher, and the possibility of us truly finding what we want is also much greater!”

”That’s all!”

”Please don’t overthink it!”

”...”

”You don’t need to say that either.”

Wu Tian chuckled.

”Right now, you Nine Gates have nine clues in total, and only six have been gathered!”

”The clues are incomplete, the list of people from the Nine Gates going together hasn’t been finalized, and there isn’t even a unified command among the candidates. Until then...”

”I will not act lightly.”

”For now...”

Wu Tian chuckled.

He gently pushed the map on the table toward everyone.

”Those who need to take photos, take photos.”

”Those who need to take notes, take notes!”

”I’ll be heading back in a bit!”

”As for the candidates for the tomb, select them and give me a list. We...”

Wu Tian slowly stood up and gave a slight smile to the family heads.

”When the time is right...”

”We’ll meet again!”

”...”

”Wait!”

Whoosh... Woof!

Woof woof!

Just as everyone was stunned and about to take out their phones to photograph the map on the table, a voice full of vigor came from outside the secret room, accompanied by several powerful dog barks.

”General Wu, I’m truly sorry!”

”On the way, my dog had to eat and relieve itself, which delayed us a bit.”

”The Wu Family is late!”

”Please be forgiving!”

”...”

Step!

As the voice fell, a clean-cut figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the secret room.

This person was roughly under thirty, tall, and wearing a pair of sunglasses that covered half his face.

He wore black leather gloves on both hands and held the leashes of two dogs.

One was a Tibetan Mastiff, and the other was a purebred Malinois.

At that moment, both dogs were barking frantically at Li Xiaotie!

”Woof!”

”Woof woof woof!”

”...”

”Shh!”

The young man slowly took off his sunglasses and squatted down to stroke the two dogs. He then looked up at the grim-faced Li Xiaotie and said to the dogs with a smile.

”You guys must have smelled the scent of scum too, right?”

”Hehe...”

”Stop barking!”

”The scum has already spoiled everyone’s mood; you can’t do that too!”

”Even though you’re beasts, you should know.”

”You’re beasts with class, unlike him!”

”...”

”Fuck!”

”Wu Xie, what did you say?”

”Who the hell are you insulting indirectly? Are you insulting me?”

”...”

”I’m insulting whoever speaks up!”

”My dogs are the most perceptive; they can distinguish good from evil and loyalty from treachery. Humans might lie, but dogs never do!”

”Li Xiaotie!”

Wu Xie gave an unruly smile.

”Why don’t you reflect on yourself?”

”Do you really have to pick a fight with a dog?”

”How petty!”

”You...”

Li Xiaotie’s eyes bulged, and just as he was about to speak again.

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Wu Xie directly led the two dogs in his hand, a cold sneer on his lips as he walked quickly toward Li Xiaotie.

The two fierce, bear-like dogs, which stood almost as tall as a man, roared and lunged at Li Xiaotie.

The latter was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth.

His body couldn’t help but retreat a few steps backward.

”Heh...”

Wu Xie gave a disdainful smile.

”Look at you, acting like a coward. You’re really an embarrassment to the Li family.”

As he spoke, Wu Xie pulled the two dogs and brushed past Li Xiaotie. As they passed, the two dogs seemed to suddenly lose interest in Li Xiaotie, not even looking at him as they moved beyond him.

And Wu Tian’s voice also rang in his ear as they brushed shoulders.

”That’s right!”

”Xiao Hei, Xiao Hong, you two...”

”Still need to find formidable people to challenge. For a coward like this who loses his nerve before even fighting, there’s no need for us to make a move!”

Li Xiaotie: ... ”Enough!”

Wu Xie smiled slightly, turned around, and walked directly to the table where Wu Tian was sitting.

He placed the items in his hand in front of Wu Tian.

”Here!”

”General Wu!”

”This supplementary map belongs to our Wu Family. I heard that the ultimate secret of the Zhang Family is hidden inside the Soul-Bewitching Cave, and I thought I’d like to get involved too!”

”After all...”

”My family’s Little Brother is always losing his memory, and no one knows what’s really going on inside!”

”Furthermore!”

Wu Xie smiled slightly.

He slowly sat down beside Wu Tian and said calmly.

”I’m very interested in everything Little Brother has experienced!”

”Even if I can’t repay the debt!”

”But to go and see, to feel it for myself, I’m still very interested.”

”...”

”Oh?”

Wu Tian had a good impression of this young man who shared his surname. He smiled slightly, took the map handed over by the latter, and then passed it to Huo Nanfeng beside him.

He said calmly.

”Piece it together!”

”...”

”Fine!”

Huo Nanfeng was stunned for a moment before slowly nodding. She reached out to take the map Wu Tian handed her and muttered under her breath.

”Hmph!”

”You’re really not polite at all when it comes to putting me to work!”

”Born to be a laborer...”

”...”

”I see that the people brought by other families are all surrounded by entourages. How come you only brought two dogs? Are you the only person for this operation?”

Wu Tian asked with a smile.

”Yes!”

Wu Xie also replied with a smile.

”Since my grandfather’s generation, dogs have been an indispensable part of our family.”

”As for why I like bringing dogs...”

Wu Xie grinned.

”General Wu.”

”Don’t you think that compared to people, dogs seem more reliable?”

”...”

”Oh?”

Wu Tian raised an eyebrow.

Then he said to Wu Xie with a face full of agreement.

”Brother Wu Xie, that’s well said!”

”I fear ghosts and gods, yet I have never seen them harm me. I do not fear humans, yet humans have left me covered in wounds!”

”Indeed!”

”In a treacherous place like a tomb, dogs are indeed more reliable than people!”

”...”

”Great minds think alike!”

Wu Xie smiled slightly.

He reached out and rubbed the two dogs crouching at his feet.

Feeling Wu Xie’s touch, the two giant dogs immediately raised their heads comfortably, their tails wagging incessantly.

Wu Tian grinned.

”So well-behaved!”

Then... he reached out his hand to pet the heads of the two dogs.

However... a sudden change occurred!

Just as Wu Tian stretched out his palm to pet the crowns of the two dogs, the two majestic and powerful hounds instantly seemed to sense something and tucked their tails between their legs. As Wu Tian’s palm pressed down, the two dogs’ heads bowed lower and lower!

Until finally, they were flat on the ground with nowhere to hide.

Finally, Wu Tian’s hand covered the head of the Tibetan Mastiff.

As Wu Tian gently petted it again and again, the Tibetan Mastiff let out a few whimpers and then simply closed its eyes and lay on the ground. No matter how Wu Tian petted it, the fierce Tibetan Mastiff remained motionless!

Or rather... it didn’t dare to move!

And the other Malinois was no better!

It also lay on the ground, motionless.

Closing its eyes, it didn’t even dare to look at Wu Tian.

”This...”

Wu Xie was stunned.

Then his eyes turned solemn as he looked at Wu Tian, who was smiling and petting his two dogs’ heads.

When he saw the sky-piercing killing intent and nobility between Wu Tian’s brows, Wu Xie’s heart skipped a beat.

But immediately... Wu Xie adjusted his mindset.

Looking at Wu Tian, he chuckled.

He said jokingly.

”General Wu Tian!”

”You seem to have a destiny with my dogs, which in other words means you have a destiny with me!”

”I’m all alone for the upcoming operation!”

”Help me out a bit!”

”...”

”Tch!”

Seeing Wu Xie actually asking Wu Tian for help and care, the various family heads present all gave disdainful smiles.

What a joke.

Who was Wu Tian?

He was a ruthless man who had traversed the country and the world, exploring places where death was certain, even facing ghosts and monsters head-on, and always returning unscathed!

Help and care?

Is Wu Xie even worthy?!

”Sure!”

However... to everyone’s surprise... Wu Tian actually smiled slightly and directly agreed to Wu Xie’s request, saying to the latter with a very friendly smile.

”What are you saying?”

”Five hundred years ago, we were all from the same clan. One of our own helping another, can you even call that ’helping’?”

”But...”

Wu Tian smiled slightly at Wu Xie.

”My helping you isn’t without conditions...”

”You!”

Wu Tian said with a smile.

”Must give something in return!”

”...”

As expected!

See that!

There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world, nor is there any such thing as a pie falling from the sky!

Look... he just finished talking about helping, and now he’s starting to set conditions!

Tsk tsk... this is exactly what they expected!

This is very Wu Tian!

Hearing Wu Tian’s words, everyone immediately exchanged glances and smiled at each other with mutual understanding.

They pricked up their ears, waiting to hear what kind of demand Wu Tian would make.

”...”

However... what Wu Tian said next disappointed them again!

”Give something in return?”

Wu Xie was stunned.

Then he asked Wu Tian seriously.

”Brother, I see that you and I have a bond, so go ahead and say it!”

”As long as it’s not after my body!”

”Anything goes!”

”Haha...”

”Oh, right!”

Wu Xie chuckled.

He pointed at the two dogs at his feet and added.

”These two dogs are off-limits too!”

”...”

”Sigh!”

Wu Tian glared at Wu Xie.

”Who wants your body, and who wants your dogs!”

”I’m saying, I can’t help you for nothing. This Changsha is your territory, and since I’ve come to your turf, surely you can at least treat me to a drink and a meal, right?”

”Consider it my payment for helping you!”

”...”

”Deal!”

Wu Xie was stunned for a moment.

Then he nodded vigorously toward Wu Tian.

”Once this business is done, I’ll take you to eat the most authentic copper pot hot pot here. I guarantee you’ll eat until you’re satisfied!”

”...”

”Fine!”

Wu Tian chuckled.

”Then I won’t be polite!”

”...”

Listening to the conversation between Wu Tian and Wu Xie, the family heads sitting around suddenly felt a sense of mental exhaustion!

What kind of temperament did this Wu Tian have exactly?

Sometimes... if a single word was said wrong, this man would move to kill.

But sometimes.

Even when someone was jokingly making excessive requests, this man wouldn’t hesitate to agree, not even asking for a proper reward.

He was truly impossible to see through!

But... now was not the time for this!

Just as everyone had recovered from their focus on Wu Tian and Wu Xie, Huo Nanfeng, who was to one side, pushed the parchment treasure map onto the table with both hands.

She let out a long breath.

”Alright!”

”I’ve found the seventh clue!”

”General Wu Tian, come and identify it!”

”What are these characters?”

”...”

Before Wu Tian could even lean over, Wu Xie, who was closest, turned his head first. Looking at the three characters formed by connected dots of varying depths, he only pondered for a few seconds.

He directly frowned and said.

”These three characters are... Kan-in-the-middle-full!”

”Kan!”

”Kan should be one of the trigrams in the Eight Trigrams!”

”The meaning of ’Kan-in-the-middle-full’ is that the symbol for the Kan trigram should be three parallel lines, where the top and bottom ones are broken, and the middle one is solid. Hence, ’Kan is full in the middle’.”

”But...”

”What does ’Kan-in-the-middle-full’ mean in this context?”

Wu Xie had arrived late and hadn’t heard the results of the previous exchange between Wu Tian and the others.

He frowned slightly as he looked at these three characters.

Then... just as Wu Tian was about to explain.

Wu Xie’s eyes suddenly lit up.

He pointed at several lines already drawn with pencil on the map and asked Wu Tian beside him.

”Did you draw these lines on the map according to the direction of each trigram?”

”...”

Wu Tian was taken aback.

Then he smiled and nodded at Wu Xie.

”Correct!”

”That’s right!”

”...”

”Good then!”

Wu Xie nodded, recited a mnemonic in his head for a few seconds, and then reached out his hand toward Wu Tian with a serious expression, saying bluntly to the latter.

”Give me a pencil!”

”Quick!”

”Fatty!”

Wu Tian tilted his head toward Fatty.

He said with a smile.

”Give it to him!”

”...”

”You got it!”

Fatty immediately nodded, then reached out and stuffed the pencil into Wu Xie’s hand, watching as the latter placed the pencil tip on the cluster of dots for the three characters ’Kan-in-the-middle-full’.

Then he softly murmured a phrase.

”Kan is full in the middle, Kan represents water, indicating due North!”

”Then...”

Wu Xie’s eyes narrowed.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, he manipulated the pencil in his hand to draw a ray in the direction of due North!

Shhh!

With the light sound of the pencil tip.

On the ancient parchment map, a scene instantly appeared with four triangles merged in pairs, their two points standing opposite each other in a symmetrical fashion.

Clack clack!

Wu Xie’s eyes instantly lit up.

His finger lightly tapped the triangular shapes on the map.

He whispered.

”It’s done!”

”It should be the triangles enclosed by these lines, right?”

”But...”

At this point.

Wu Xie also had the same question as the various family heads before.

”Why the hell are there four of these triangles?”

”This isn’t right!”

”How is this possible?”

”Who would be willing to build their tomb right next to someone else’s, practically touching!”

”What the hell!”

”Is this a game of Mahjong?”

”...”

”They are decoy tombs or phantom tombs!”

Huo Nanfeng said solemnly.

”Based on the information provided on the map, although these four areas are all extremely likely to be the location of the burial chamber, throughout history, the situation of four large tombs being built together has never occurred.”

”So for now, we speculate.”

”They should be decoy tombs or phantom tombs!”

”...”

”Hmm...”

Hearing Huo Nanfeng’s reminder, Wu Xie frowned and then waved his hand at her.

”Not necessarily!”

”If...”

”I say if, what if these maps in each of our hands contain incomplete information, or rather, information that is temporarily useless?”

”Decoy tombs aren’t built like this!”

Wu Xie said with confidence.

”Xun Wind, Zhen Wood, qian heaven, Dui Marsh!”

”These four are naturally conflicting!”

”Let me ask everyone!”

”If you were to build a tomb for your family, regardless of whether it’s a decoy or real!”

Wu Tian’s eyes glinted.

He asked everyone word for word.

”Would you be willing to build it like this?”

”Who the hell would dare to build a tomb this way!”

”I can guarantee!”

Wu Xie smiled and held up a finger, lowering his head to look at everyone’s faces... and said word for word!

”In less than thirty years, the person in the tomb would turn into a Jiangshi.”

”In less than fifty years, this family would be broken apart, and their fortune would decline!”

”What the hell...”

”Anyone with half a brain wouldn’t build it like this!”

”...”

”That makes sense...”

Wu Tian nodded.

Then, looking even more satisfied with Wu Xie’s demeanor, he directly issued an invitation to go to the Soul-Bewitching Cave together.

”Brother Wu Xie.”

”I see that you are extraordinary in speech and have a good understanding of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements. What do you say?”

”For this trip to the Soul-Bewitching Cave, shall we go together?”

”...”

”Oh?”

Wu Xie smiled slightly.

”Didn’t we already agree to go together?”

”...”

Wu Tian gave a faint smile.

”Going together before simply meant traveling to the same place. Going together now means we walk as one, entering the Soul-Bewitching Cave as partners!”

”The kind where we can trust each other with our backs and our lives!”

”What do you say?”

”Do you dare?”

”...”

Wu Xie was stunned.

Then the look in his eyes became dazed for a moment. In his trance, he seemed to see Wu Tian as that silent man who always protected him with a Black Gold Ancient Blade, and Rice as that dead Fatty who was always laughing and joking with him through thick and thin.

Even Zhang Meng’s face seemed to shift in his blurred vision.

Vaguely... Wu Xie seemed to see a pool of water behind Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng was smiling at him and seemed to be asking him a question.

The next second!

Whoosh!

A completely crimson venomous snake leaped from the water and bit Zhang Meng directly on the neck.

Amidst her pained and distorted expression.

Wu Xie’s heart was violently shaken!

Then... the illusion before him slowly receded like a tide, and his vision became clear again.

Then... Wu Xie looked at the three of them—Wu Tian and his companions—and chuckled.

He extended his right hand.

”It’s been a long time since I’ve heard such an invitation, General Wu Tian...”

”It would be my pleasure!”

”...”

Snap!

The two hands met in mid-air.

Wu Tian chuckled.

”The honor is mine!”

”...”

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