Chapter 55 This Mountain is a Dragon's Lair

  I was still studying on my phone when the eldest shouted at me outside, I put down my phone and wore my shoes to go out.

  The big brother threw me a stick and said 'Let's go out and take a look'

  I and Lao Da walked out of the camp in a line.

  Is everything okay at home?

  I nodded 'it's okay, what needs to be solved has been solved'

  The old man walked while stirring the grass in front of him with a stick. 'It's just like that, when you die, you don't take anything with you, maybe it's good for your grandfather.'

  I mentioned Grandpa and things about our village when I drank with Lao Da before, thinking he had forgotten, but it turned out he remembered all along.

  "Yeah, people are gone and they didn't take anything with them. They left everything to me." I smiled bitterly.

  The old man didn't catch the meaning behind my words and continued to say, 'People always have that problem, after something happens, they always need to blame someone, otherwise they won't feel at ease. Your family is unlucky, you ran into this.'

  I pinched my nose, hesitating whether to tell him about that matter. I have too many doubts about the tomb under Maoer Mountain, maybe Lao Da can explain it clearly. Not telling him beforehand was because I was afraid he would stop me. Moreover, Lao Da's personality is that he will definitely let me report and handle it, in which case, who knows when it will be settled. However, now that everything has been settled, speaking out should not be a problem.

  Besides, it's still too difficult for me to figure out the whole story on my own. Having one more person means having one more idea.

  "Big brother..." I hesitated just as I was about to speak.

  "It's right here!" The boss suddenly became excited, pointing with the stick in his hand at the slope below.

  I swallowed the words on the tip of my tongue and decided to deal with what's in front of me first. Otherwise, one thing after another, I'm afraid the old man won't be able to hold on.

  After Lao Da finished shouting, I looked down along the slope he was pointing at and got a fright. 'You fell from this slope?'

  The boss nodded with lingering fear.

  This slope is as high as a three-story building, and if he didn't get himself killed, it's truly his good luck.

  "What's going on with us then?"

  The boss nodded with his chin, saying "Slide down"

  I turned around and walked back, waving my hand 'I'm not going down, you go by yourself. This slide will either kill you or skin you alive'

  Older brother pulled me back and said 'I didn't see that day, one foot kicked empty and fell down. Can't you watch your step a bit in broad daylight?

  I'm so tired just looking at myself

  "Can't you go down?" The boss stared at me.

  I swallowed my saliva and went down

  I carefully supported myself on the sparse trees on both sides, slowly sliding down the slope. The ground was all overgrown with weeds and leaves, very soft, and I didn't know which foot would step into empty space. I had to hold onto a tree with one hand and then stretch out my foot to slowly test whether that spot was empty or not.

  The slope of the mountain is almost vertical, and what's worse is that there's a long stretch of road ahead with no trees or anything to hold onto. My hands have nowhere to grasp, and I don't dare set foot anywhere.

  Just as I was walking down step by step, the old man behind me seemed to have twisted his foot and fell down with a cry. I quickly dodged to the side, and the old man didn't hit me, sliding past me from my side.

  I was secretly relieved when the boss stretched out one hand and grabbed my pants leg, I wasn't prepared and was pulled down together.

  With two thuds, we both heavily fell down the slope.

  My elbow seems to have bumped into a rock and it hurts like a cramp. Seeing that the big guy hasn't gotten up yet, I quickly went to pull him up.

  The old man coughed twice, "I'm not used to being old, it's not okay. If this were ten years ago, I could get up with a backflip. Now I have to lie on the ground for a while."

  "Alright alright, you can take it easy now. If you do another backflip, you'll easily knock out your dentures."

  When I pulled him up, I strained my arm and couldn't use much force. The boss asked if my arm was okay. I said 'It's fine, just bumped it a bit'.

  "At that time I subconsciously pulled you down, didn't think I'd actually pull you down" Lao Da chuckled.

  He's older than me and a senior, so I don't dare say anything. If he were ten or more years younger, I would have beaten him up long ago.

  After making sure that neither of us was hurt. The two of us started looking for the stone monument he mentioned earlier. The slope below was overgrown with weeds, about as high as a calf.

  The sticks brought out from the camp were swung away by us two, and it took a lot of effort to find two that were similar to before. We searched while using the sticks to flip through the grass thicket.

  There are many snakes in the forest, and I don't know which foot can step on. It's safer to use a stick to flip it over before stepping down. The two of us searched through the grass at the foot of the mountain, but found nothing. About two hours later, the two of us leaned against each other to rest.

  "No way, boss, are you sure it's here?"

  "Not certain, but several nearby slopes are most likely here"

  I suddenly caught sight of something on the ground, and after brushing away the weeds on top, it was a flashlight that had been covered by the weeds. If I hadn't looked carefully, I wouldn't have seen it.

  "This flashlight?" I took out the flashlight. The boss snatched it away "Ah! This is the flashlight I brought out that night. The person who opposed me must have taken it back, and the flashlight was probably lost here. That's right, that's definitely right, it's here." The boss's tone was filled with excitement. After being happy for a while, he fell into thought again.

  If the location is correct, where did the stele go?

  The boss told me his conjecture.

  Although Lao Da didn't see the words on the stele clearly, he could determine that it should be a grave object. It was obviously brought to the ground later by someone.

  There is not a speck of dust on the stone monument, it's very smooth, it doesn't seem like it was just dug up recently. The boss speculates that this place may have been robbed long ago. According to the girl who came up the mountain to pick herbs, she had seen a group of mysterious people appearing here, and then the village head discovered the theft cave.

  This tomb has been visited by grave robbers three times, which already explains the problem. The boss looked at me and said, 'You should know that these people have a keen sense of smell. They are all dog-like. If this tomb is really as small as we discovered, it wouldn't attract them to come in droves.'

  "Is this reason enough? It's really not sufficient."

  Of course, it's not just that. In the past few days, I've been circling around on the mountain for several rounds, and I almost got familiar with the terrain of the mountain. Guess what? This mountain is actually a dragon vein!

  The boss said that Long Que is the terrain of this mountain. We all know what dragon veins are, and dragon veins refer to an excellent feng shui terrain. The ancient Feng Shui technique mainly pushed the five decisions of geography, which are dragon, hole, sand, water, and direction. Refers to the five major constituent elements of a feng shui. So what is Long Que? Long Que is also a kind of feng shui terrain, compared to dragon veins, Long Que lacks one of the five decisions.

  But in fact, this is not the fault of the Feng Shui master, but rather it is determined by the destiny of the person buried. Many things are not necessarily perfect, for some people's destiny, one of the five elements is something they cannot afford to lose. In such cases, a Feng Shui master needs to find a dragon vein.

  Dragon lacuna is even harder to find than dragon pulse. It requires excellent Feng Shui and also guarantees that the only one decision in the dragon lacuna is exactly what the tomb owner does not need. This requires luck, but more importantly, it requires opportunity.

  The boss looked at the distant mountain and sighed, "Every peak of this mountain is excellent, it's just lacking water."

  "Lack of water?" I've never heard of a dragon vein without water before. We all say that wind, water and land are precious, and water is an indispensable part of it. Very few people have no water at all. No wonder the boss is suspicious, I also find it a bit strange.

  "This tomb is quite interesting without water"

  The boss knocked on his knee cap: "At that time when we came, we were busy burying our heads and digging, and didn't have time to study what Feng Shui is or isn't."

  What should we do?

  "Clarify the situation first and wait until there is a clear direction before reporting."

  I nodded, now it's indeed too early to report, a large number of people coming and going is not an easy thing, we still have to wait until the few of us figure it out before saying anything.

  What now?

  "What now?" The boss glanced at his watch and stood up "It's about time"

  "What time is it?" I followed behind Lao Da.

  "It's time for dinner, let's go back and have the welcoming banquet that Cao Ke Rui has prepared for you." The boss said with a smile.

  My right eyelid twitched involuntarily 'The thing Cao Kerui made, are you sure it's edible?'

  "Why can't we eat? Of course, we can! After the whole team withdrew, Keui cooks every day."

  "And then you and Lu Huan actually made it to the present"

  The boss sighed and said, "Don't say anymore, it's heartbreaking."