"Just that, he's just from a rural area."

Zhao Yu and the others were also too tired to speak up.

Now that Lin Xue'er had driven away the wolves with the Wolf Tooth Necklace, she had become the belle of the ball. Only now did people shift their attention to her and noticed that, aside from Xu Yunxiao and Su Ruolan, she was also quite beautiful, worthy of being called a beauty.

So, when they saw her complimenting Qin Feng, they felt very displeased inside.

"I'm telling you, Qin Feng, with your strong stamina, do you work in the fields every day? It's so pitiful, working hard under the sun for a whole year and still not earning much money."

Duke taunted.

"Yeah, I heard that people in the countryside only take a bath once in a while. Qin Feng, do you have an old stench on you? Haha..."

The others also started laughing.

Seeing this, Lin Xue'er got a little angry and told them, "Don't bother with them!"

"..."

Everyone internally felt even more depressed.

They had originally been talking for Lin Xue'er to hear, so why was she siding with him?

"I never cared about you guys in the first place."

Qin Feng shrugged and smiled, revealing his white teeth.

Crap!

Zhao Yu and the others were even more upset, so angry they almost spat blood.

At this moment.

Su Ruolan sniffed curiously and asked, "Do you guys smell something?"

"Is it the old stench from Qin Feng's body?"

Duke laughed.

Hearing this, the others also burst into laughter.

Su Ruolan's eyes showed a hint of disgust towards Duke, then she said, "It seems like the smell of gunpowder."

"Where would the smell of gunpowder come from deep in the old forest? It must be the stench from Qin Feng, hahaha..."

Duke laughed even more proudly.

Qin Feng also sniffed the air and furrowed his brows slightly, saying, "You're right, it's the smell of gunpowder!"

"You're quite good at covering things up. Obviously, it's your own stench."

"Just admit it, a real man faces up to what he does. Don't escape; it only makes us despise you more."

"..."

Everyone else said, laughing.

Qin Feng then stood up, looked around, and said, "Let's get ready to leave. This place is not safe!"

"What?"

Everyone looked at him with scorn, "Are you purposely using your strength to torment us because you want revenge?"

They had been traveling all night and had no energy left to walk any further.

"There have been people here!"

Qin Feng said.

The crowd was surprised, but soon regained their composure, saying, "I thought you were going to say there were tigers. What's so scary about people? It would be nice to encounter people here!"

"They might be criminals."

Qin Feng added.

"Pfft!"

Everyone ignored him and continued to rest.

Lin Xue'er began to observe her surroundings as well, stood up, and looked towards one side of the forest. Sure enough, she saw many footprints in the grass.

After a moment of confusion.

She followed those footprints and soon saw a large pit, shouting, "Everyone, come here quickly!"

Everyone went over to look and were immediately astonished.

The pit was large and deep.

Below was a huge stone gate that had been blasted into fragments.

"This is..."

Everyone was filled with doubt.

Lin Xue'er furrowed her brows at this time, her expression serious, "It's a tomb raider hole!"

"Tomb raider hole?!"

The crowd exclaimed.

They had all seen plenty of tomb-raiding stories in movies or novels, but they never expected to encounter a real ancient tomb in real life!

"Then, could there be many treasures inside?"

Zhao Yu's eyes widened with excitement.

"Yes, yes!"

Duke, Xu Changjian, and others were also excited, saying, "There must be many rare treasures! Finding just one could make us rich!"

As they spoke,

almost everyone looked excited and eager to try.

Seeing this, Lin Xue'er furrowed her brows and said, "This is illegal!" Chapter source: My Virtual Library Empire (*).

...

Everyone suddenly looked at each other in dismay.

In recent years, the authorities had indeed been cracking down on this area, and with Lin Xue'er, a member of the archaeological team, present, it wouldn't be appropriate to enter!

Zhao Yu's eyes twinkled, and he smiled at Lin Xue'er, saying, "Xue'er, don't you want to go down and have a look?"

...

Lin Xue'er hesitated, at a loss for words.

As an archaeologist, she was naturally very interested in ancient tombs, but she was aware of their purpose for going down.

"Don't worry!"

Zhao Yu once again spoke earnestly, "We swear, we'll only accompany you to collect historical data. We won't touch anything down there!"

As he spoke, he signaled Duke and the others with his eyes.

Duke and the rest got the message, immediately also saying, "Right, we won't touch anything. We're just curious."

Anyway, there were more than eighty people.

How could she, Lin Xue'er, keep an eye on them all by herself?

Plus, it was pitch dark inside, so it'd be no problem to slip something away later.

Lin Xue'er was still hesitant.

At this moment, Qin Feng said indifferently, "Curiosity killed the cat!"

"You're scared? Coward!"

Zhao Yu cursed.

Qin Feng scoffed disdainfully and said, "Idiot, open your eyes and look at this entrance. Blowing up such a large stone gate probably needs a lot of C4 explosive. Having that much explosive, it must be a professional gang, and with many hands, chances are that everything inside is already gone!"

...

Hearing this, everyone paused for a moment.

Right!

The entrance was already open; perhaps everything had long been taken.

Just as they were feeling despondent,

Lin Xue'er, hearing this, couldn't help but shiver and said, "No, we can't let them take away the artifacts. We must hurry and find them!"

Others' eyes brightened, saying, "Yes, let's go down and catch them!"

Thinking to themselves,

perhaps there were still some good items inside, and even if not, catching those people and pilfering a little for themselves wouldn't be bad either.

People were jumping into the pit and entering the gate.

Seeing that they weren't listening, Qin Feng didn't try to persuade them anymore and turned to Xu Yunxiao, who was about to go down, saying, "Wife, let's leave!"

"But Xue'er went in!" Xu Yunxiao said, worried, "Qin Feng, you aren't really scared, are you? Then you wait here for us; I'll go find Xue'er."

...

Qin Feng was speechless.

With no other option, he had to go inside as well.

The tomb passage was huge.

It was like walking through the corridor of an ancient castle, eerie and terrifying. Even with over eighty people gathered together, it felt scary, and everyone dared not speak loudly.

Lin Xue'er led the way at the front, looking around with her flashlight.

The walls were carved with murals and texts from unknown dynasties, deeply fascinating her. Regrettably, she couldn't bring a phone or camera on this adventure and could only quickly sketch their outlines and features in her work notes.

Walking forward,

she suddenly stepped on something.

Looking down,

it was shockingly a human skull!

"Ahh—!"

Lin Xue'er instinctively screamed and tightly clung to the person next to her.

Everyone immediately shone their flashlights in that direction.

Immediately, faces were filled with jealous gnashing of teeth.

Lin Xue'er, such a beautiful woman with a perfect figure, actually clung tightly to that worthless Qin Feng, how infuriating!

"It's okay, get up quickly!"

Qin Feng consoled Lin Xue'er with an embarrassed expression.

After all, Lin Xue'er was unaccustomed to such an environment, and that was just her instinctual reaction. She finally let out a sigh of relief, let go of Qin Feng, and said with a blushing face, "Sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Damn!

Hearing her apologize to Qin Feng who had taken advantage of the situation,

everyone felt as if they had been stabbed in the heart.