“Gentlemen, my apprentice and I are just simple laborers who handle odd jobs. We’re really not good at tomb raiding or grave robbing!”
Old Li’s face was full of difficulty.
“Don’t worry, we just need you to dig some dirt, do some hard labor!”
The leading man said.
Old Li’s face was still quite troubled.
But he had been a wanderer in the world for half his life.
He could tell what kind of people they were at a glance.
These four men, their hands were probably stained with the blood of many.
They were definitely vicious and cruel.
He had to be careful.
But he also had to be soft-spoken at the moment.
Just look!
These four men all had pistols holstered at their waists.
“Alright, it's just a little bit of physical labor!”
Old Li agreed.
Zhang Chen remained silent the entire time.
But his hands were already clasping several iron nails.
If the situation was wrong, he could act immediately.
But...
Those pistols were difficult to defend against.
He was still just flesh and blood.
No matter how fast his hidden weapons, how deadly they were.
If they just fired a shot, he would have to report back to the underworld.
He warned himself.
He constantly reminded himself.
This wasn't Earth.
These grave robbers, doing this kind of digging up graves and robbing tombs, was something they couldn't see the light of day for.
They wouldn't have any psychological burden killing a person or two.
Seeing Old Li’s submission.
Zhang Chen didn’t say anything more.
But he had to find an opportunity to tell Old Li.
If it were an ordinary tomb, it would be fine to rob it.
But this Blood Corpse Tomb was too dangerous.
The things underground were bizarre and ferocious, and there was no end to them.
This Blood Corpse Tomb was especially so.
But it seemed that Old Li’s words had put the four on their guard.
Although they were still leading the way.
But two of the four men in the back had quietly reached into their clothes.
Looking at the way they were, they probably had their hands on the pistols.
They could fire at any time.
“Uncle Li, don’t dig!”
Taking advantage of the time it took to lead the way, Zhang Chen quickly whispered to Old Li.
Old Li’s face was full of helplessness.
“I know, but bullets don’t reason!”
Old Li’s brow was furrowed.
Then he comforted him, “But kid, don’t be afraid, you know, when I was young, I was no stranger to tomb robbing, there’s no real technique to it, the ones who need skills are the ones who find the tombs, there are experts in that area, all we have to do is dig!”
Zhang Chen’s heart was in his throat.
But he suddenly saw Old Li wink at him.
Zhang Chen immediately understood.
This was to put the four men’s minds at ease.
So he nodded, asking, “So do we just dig straight down with that shovel?”
Seeing him ask such a “stupid” question.
Old Li was relieved.
Then he explained, “It’s not like that, these underground tombs, with the change of stars and constellations, the changes in mountains and rivers, the changes in terrain, often go down dozens or even hundreds of meters underground, can you dig through that with your shovel?”
“That deep?!”
Zhang Chen acted as if he had just realized.
The leading man behind him frowned.
It seemed Old Li really had done this before?
But...
It wasn’t strange.
The world was in chaos these days, warlords were vying for power, and it wasn’t uncommon for ordinary people in the mountains and countryside to dig up graves and rob tombs for money.
But tombs that could really bring great wealth weren’t so easy to dig.
To say that tomb raiding has no skills?
That’s just the ignorance of those who don’t understand anything.
There are schools of tomb raiding.
In the north, there are the four schools of Mojin, Fachiu, Banshan, and Xie Ling.
In the south, there are the nine schools of Shang San Men, Ping San Men, and Xia San Men.
And then there are countless different grave robbers and tomb raiders scattered across the land.
Each school has its own unique skills.
Some are good at finding dragon veins and acupuncture points.
Others are good at opening mountains and breaking rocks.
Like those bandits on Changsheng Mountain.
They are the Xie Ling school, specializing in using large numbers of people to open up mountains and dig up large tombs.
It’s all about brute force.
But they also have tools and weapons like the centipede hanging mountain ladder.
These are tools evolved over hundreds of years of experience.
They can be used to build ladders on mountains and bridges over water, very convenient.
Even some of the smaller tomb raiders, grave robbers.
They also have ingenious tools like the Luoyang Shovel, the Whirlwind Shovel, and the Earth Rat.
And just the shaft dug from the surface down into the tomb, it has to be calculated.
Otherwise, it would be a waste of time.
But.
These thoughts only flashed through his mind.
The four men were still very vigilant.
They came down from the ridge.
After another incense stick of time.
The leading man said, “Stop, I’ll take a reading, it should be around here!”
Old Li and Zhang Chen stopped involuntarily.
The three men behind him also put down their sacks.
After opening them.
They took out ropes, Luoyang shovels, and other tools.
“Uncle Li, are you really going to do it?”
Zhang Chen asked in a low voice, “Why don’t I just do it…”
“Don’t be reckless!”
Old Li shook his head, “These four aren’t ordinary people, we’ve said so much, they haven’t lowered their guard, but…”
When he got to this point, he pondered for a moment, uncertain, “These four, it seems like they’re pretending to be together?”
“Uncle Li means… these four people aren’t really that close?”
Zhang Chen said.
He had also noticed.
But this was strange.
In tomb raiding, even brothers can turn on each other.
Let alone a team that was just put together.
It was truly weird all the way through.
“In any case, be careful, don’t go down into the tomb, if it really doesn’t work, watch my signal, we’ll all attack together!”
Old Li was also a tough guy.
If it really didn’t work, they would have to kill and take the treasure.
After all.
The escape plan they had initially imagined was no longer possible.
These four all had pistols.
Western guns were not something that the flesh and blood of humans could withstand.
“It’s right here!”
At this time.
The leading man finished his calculations.
He set it on a dirt slope.
“You two, come here!”
The one who had been watching them urged them.
“Okay, coming!”
Old Li was still smiling.
Zhang Chen also followed.
They saw the four men huddled together.
They had already assembled the whirlwind shovel, Luoyang shovel, and other digging tools.
They also put the earth rat aside, ready to pull the earth out at any time.
“I’ll locate it first, then we’ll take turns!”
The leading man finished speaking.
Then he picked up the Luoyang shovel, and according to the position he had calculated, he stabbed it downwards with force.
The Luoyang shovel immediately went in half a meter.
Then he continued to probe downwards.
Soon, the Luoyang shovel had gone down more than three meters.
The leading man took the earth that was brought up and smelled it, smiling, “This is rammed earth, there must be a tomb below, I didn’t find the wrong place!”
Hearing this, the other three couldn’t help but be happy.
“You two, start digging!”
The leading man pointed at Old Li and Zhang Chen.
“Okay, I’ll go first!”
Old Li was quite eager.
At this time.
On the mountain ridge.
A group of five or six people rushed over.
The leader was a woman.
Although she was a woman, she was agile and strong, running through the mountains and valleys in the night, she was as steady as a mountain.
“Second Madam, aren’t we a little late?”
One of the underlings asked.
The red-clothed girl chuckled, “It’s best to go a little later, we’ll take it after they’ve robbed it, we can save ourselves the trouble of going down into the tomb, which will save us a lot of effort!”