Chapter 997 - 997 The 998th Old and Cunning

Chapter 997: The 998th Chapter: Old and Cunning Chapter 997: The 998th Chapter: Old and Cunning There were at least five people here, besides Cui Dayuan, those four seemed to call each other brothers, from Boss to Laosi, it was unclear whether they were actually blood-related.

Chiang Xiao could recognize Cui Dayuan’s voice, after all, she had heard him before in the county’s Xinhua Bookstore.

However, he hadn’t spoken just now, and it wasn’t until they had exchanged a few words that Chiang Xiao heard him speak.

“We can’t go deeper now,” his tone was somewhat somber.

The other four brothers seemed to be startled for a moment.

Boss asked, “Why not?”

“Yeah, why not? Lest we dream too much at night, we’ve already spent so much time in this crappy mountain village. If we get this done quickly and head back to the city, we can still get to hug and caress our women.”

“Get lost, Laosi, you think about women all day long, and it’s going to be the death of you someday.”

“Are you in any position to judge me, Second? Don’t you have a sweetheart too? You were even talking about spending the New Year with her, don’t pretend I don’t know.”

Boss reprimanded sharply, “Enough! Is now the time to talk about this rubbish?” His tone softened a bit, “Old Cui, tell us, why can’t we go in to explore?”

Cui Dayuan explained, “We did encounter a few villagers on the mountain earlier, Laowu was injured and stayed outside, and there’s Chiang Yuequn, too. The villagers might come looking, and if all five of us are missing, this will turn into a big deal. Do you think those villagers wouldn’t report it?”

“Probably would.”

“So, it’s very likely that it could bring people right here and expose the tomb. We can’t make a move today, we need to leave, and go back to the village with them. Tomorrow, we’ll tell Chiang Songtao we’ve studied enough and want to take Laowu back to the city for treatment, and we need to get back for the New Year as well. Put on a full show to make them believe we’re gone, then we’ll settle Laowu and come back.”

Boss replied, “That’s right, and then we can search here for as long as we need without worrying about those villagers ruining our big plan.”

“Exactly.”

“Old Cui is sly and cunning as ever, alright, let’s hurry up and get out of here for now.”

Chiang Xiao, upon hearing this, immediately slipped into the Space.

As expected, those people came out one after another.

Chiang Xiao waited until they had all left the area before she emerged from the Space.

Cui Dayuan’s plan was exactly to her advantage!

Without saying more, she could at least search thoroughly today!

She immediately dashed further inside.

The distance those people had just walked should be safe for now.

Her grandfather had said that the people he led the way for years ago all died inside this tomb. So she should look for their bodies; after more than a decade, they must have turned into mummies by now.

She had no plans to search for anything else, having obtained the Magic Pen Space was fortunate enough, she wouldn’t be so greedy.

She only wanted to look for things her grandfather might have lost here.

Chiang Xiao took out a flashlight from the Space.

As the light shone forth, a tomb passage appeared before her.

It was built with stone and hardened earth.

The smell inside wasn’t very pleasant, so she took out a mask and gloves from the Space and put them on.

She was still somewhat in disbelief that she was alone in an ancient tomb, but maybe because she’d already died once, she wasn’t as afraid as she had imagined.

Chiang Xiao then took out a stick and used it to probe ahead as she walked further in. Not being a professional, she could only take as much precaution as possible. Since those people had died here, it meant the tomb was booby-trapped.