Sun Lao Ergot more and more furious as he spoke, his forehead veins bulging, looking like he was about to strike anyone at any moment.

Sun Lao Sanalso shook his head and sighed. He then pressed the intercom and said, "Boss, there’s a new situation below. This pit has already been tampered with."

There was a minute of silence from the intercom, thenWang Ba Toucoldly said, "When was it tampered with? Did you guys get into the main tomb chamber?"

"No, we're still in the tomb passage. Just now, some water washed over a towel. Don’t even think about it, it must have been stolen recently. Boss, you know the people from the south, they rarely leave anything valuable after raiding a tomb."

Wang Ba Touthought for a moment and then said, "Old Er, here’s the plan: You go check the main tomb chamber. If there’s nothing left there, you don’t need to go to the ear chambers. Just tidy up and come back."

"Understood, Boss,"Sun Lao Erput down the intercom.

I don’t smoke, but my nose is sensitive. Just then, I suddenly smelled a faint fragrance.

"Why doesEr Gesmell like incense?" I asked in confusion.

At my question,Sun Lao Erexaggeratedly sniffed the air, turning to look atSun Lao Sanwith a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"That’s right. We didn’t notice earlier, but this isNanxiang(sandalwood)." His expression suddenly became serious.

"Er GeandSan Ge, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong with the sandalwood?" I asked, noticing their solemn expressions.

I thought to myself, wealthy people in the past were often buried ingold silk nan woodcoffins, so the scent of sandalwood in the wood should be normal, right?

The relaxed expressions on theSun family brothers’ faces disappeared.

"Yun Feng, give me your hand."

"Huh? What do you need my hand for?" I asked, puzzled, and extended my hand.

"Er Ge, what are you doing?" I cried out in surprise as he suddenly slashed my finger with a sharp dagger.

Bright red blood oozed out, and theSun family brothers, one after the other, smeared my blood on their wrists.

"Er Ge,San Ge, why are you smearing my blood?" I complained, sucking on my wounded finger.

Sun Lao Ertold me at that time:

"Yun Feng, in our line of work—tomb raiding—we’re always wary of theFour Great EvilsandSix Minor Evils."

"Thegrave-guarding beastwith crossed eyes, thesandalwood fragrancethat’s faint like flowers, theblack coffinthat doesn’t rot with red lacquer, theeternal flame lampthat doesn’t burn out—these are the Four Great Evils. It’s an old family tradition. Blood breaks the evil."

What he said sounded so mystical, but I didn’t take it seriously. Was he trying to scare me like a child?

I reluctantly said in a low voice, "Then why don’t you cut your own fingers? Why cut mine?"

Sun Lao Erpatted my head and smirked, "Our blood doesn’t work. We needyoung blood. Yun Feng, you probably haven’t even touched a girl’s small hand, have you?"

I hesitated and couldn’t respond.

Then, I deliberately changed the topic and stubbornly asked, "What about theSix Minor Evils?"

Sun Lao Sanshook his head and said to me, "Yun Feng, you’re new to this, you haven’t seen much yet. You don’t know, these are sayings passed down by the older generation in the trade."

"Theflowing sand tomb, theheavenly fire burning the top, theEastern Master(when the corpse in the tomb doesn’t decay, seven pearls fill the seven orifices, the coffin is bigger than the casket, and rats make nests in it—that’s the Six Minor Evils."

"Every industry has its specialties. In the old days, we were called theEight-Fold Men, now they call us criminals in the new society. TheEight-Fold Menwere lower-class people, while theNine-Foldwas the highest in the regular society. There's also theSeven Doors of the Dead."

Sun Lao Sancontinued, "Now that you’re in this line of work, you’ll need to understand all these things in the future. Otherwise, if someone asks and you don’t know, it’ll embarrass us and theNorthern Faction. TheSeven Doors of the Deadare: One,corpse stitchers; two,executioners; three,corpse drivers; four,grave-blowers; five,paper doll makers; six,bone pickers; seven,small coffin makers(who make coffins for dead children). Yun Feng, you need to remember these things when you're out in the world."

At the time, I couldn’t remember all these complicated things. It just sounded like a mix of random, strange terms, and I had no idea what he was talking about.

"Alright, Old San, he’s still young. There’s no need to overwhelm him with all this. Let’s go, we need to check the main tomb chamber up ahead,"Sun Lao Erwaved his wrist, "We’ve got Yun Feng’syoung blood, it’ll break the evil!"

We trudged through the water and walked for another two or three minutes, but the main tomb chamber still didn’t appear. As we got closer and shone our headlamps, we found that it was just a stone wall, not the main tomb chamber.

Just then, a gust of wind suddenly blew in from somewhere. My feet were submerged in the dirty, stagnant water, and it felt cold.

Reaching the stone wall,Sun Lao Erlooked up.

Above us, on the ceiling of the tomb passage, we could clearly see a large black hole, and the cold wind was blowing in from it.

The hole was irregular in shape.Sun Lao San, staring at it, furrowed his brows and said, "This was done by the previous group. When we passed through earlier, the ceiling wasn’t blown up, so they must’ve chosen a different spot and used explosives to make the hole. It looks like they used adetonator."

Sun Lao Sanpressed the intercom: "Boss, there’s a stone wall straight ahead, and it’s not what we expected. It’s not the main tomb chamber, and we haven’t seen any burial items yet."

The red light on the intercom flashed, andWang Ba Tougave remote instructions: "A tomb withblue claycan’t possibly be without a main tomb chamber. Look around and try going left to check the West Ear Chamber."

"Received, Boss, how much time do we have left?"

"There's stilltwo hours and forty-five minutesuntil it's safe at dawn. Try to speed up."

"Got it."Sun Lao Erreleased the intercom, then led me andSun Lao Sanaround the stone wall and towards theWest Ear Chamber.

It was my first time seeing theear chamberof a tomb, which was essentially a hollowed-out small room. Judging by the water stains on the walls, it was clear that this room had been submerged in water for a long time.

What did I see at that moment?

At first glance, I sawpiles of bronze artifacts, a large number of them, all messily stacked on the floor of the West Ear Chamber. Some of the bronze artifacts were broken, while others were intact. There were small round cauldrons, square cauldrons, bronze sickles, bronze beans, and bronze cups. There must have been dozens of pieces just from the first glance!

"We hit the jackpot, we hit the jackpot!"

Sun Lao Er’seyes turned red. He spoke incoherently into the intercom, "Boss! We hit the jackpot! We found dozens of bronze artifacts in the West Ear Chamber!Black lacquered ancient mercury rust! GenuineWestern Zhou tomb goods!"

Wang Ba Touhad seen his share of big discoveries, so he responded calmly through the intercom, "Transport them in batches, get everything out."

"Understood."Sun Lao Erpulled out asnake-skin cloth bagand muttered, "These southern rats must have turned vegetarian, leaving us all this meat. I really should thank their ancestors eight generations back!"

Sun Lao San, who was more steady, frowned and said in a deep voice, "Er Ge, something feels off. The southern rats' noses are just as good as ours. There’s no way they couldn’t have smelled all this meat. This doesn’t make sense."

Sun Lao Erdidn’t mind the toxic mercury rust at all. He picked up a small bronze square cauldron and kissed it. "Haha, baby, let’s go home with me!"

And he didn’t forget to add, "Old San, I’ve noticed you’ve become more cautious. Why think so much? Let me ask you this, if a bunch of female college students stripped off their clothes and lay on the ground, what would you do?"

"Definitely deal with it later,"Sun Lao Sanreplied without hesitation.

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