Volume 1: Ghosts of the Underworld Wail... Chapter 31: Innate Goodness and Ability Girl (3)

  Chen Long avoided her piercing gaze, smiled faintly and said: "Actually, I don't quite understand, how are you capable of this? Was it taught by someone else? But your teacher seems to be quite irresponsible!"

  "No, no one taught me, I figured it out myself. Except for you, no one else knows that I have special abilities!" Li Yun said, shaking her head dazedly.

  "Special ability? This is magic, not some special ability." Chen Long didn't like how Li Yun referred to his abilities, he thought it was a kind of blasphemy. "Wait, you're saying no one taught you? But as far as I know, ordinary people can't possess magical powers without the help of a teacher! Unless..." Chen Long's eyes widened in surprise, and he grabbed Li Yun's small hand, examining it carefully.

  Li Yun's hand was caught, and she looked a bit flustered. However, seeing that Chen Long's eyes didn't have that lecherous glint, she suppressed the urge to punch him: "I felt like I could see things others couldn't when I was very young, and then by chance, I actually used magic. So later on, I slowly explored it myself. Nobody else knows about this, and I don't use it often either."

  "It's indeed true." Chen Long sighed, looking at Li Yun's eyes shining brightly. "You are a natural-born talent, I had encountered one long ago. Any natural-born talent who undergoes continuous training and strengthening can become a very formidable Taoist. It seems your luck is really bad, you haven't met any powerful Taoists before. Logically speaking, as long as someone with strong spiritual power is within a ten-mile radius of you, they should be able to sense the natural-born talent within you. If those people find you, they will definitely place great importance on you, and you wouldn't even know how to set up a simple boundary."

  "Oh?" Li Yun blinked her eyes, "Then how didn't you discover what I'm naturally good at?"

  "Cough, cough." Chen Long awkwardly cleared his throat, "This... my magical powers are still very weak, it's normal that I can't feel anything." After finishing speaking, he felt a bit embarrassed and quickly lit another cigarette to smoke.

  "So that's how it is!" Li Yun nodded her little head, "It seems I overestimated you."

  "Who?" Chen Long withdrew his seal and suddenly shouted coldly.

  Outside the door came Yuan Hua's voice: "Oh, I just went to the bathroom and passed by your door without hearing any movement. I thought you were in danger or something! Was just thinking of knocking on the door to ask!"

  "Oh!" Chen Long curled his lip, "Nothing, you go rest, I'll sleep in the hall too, now I'm going to clean up." After finishing, he nodded at Li Yun and opened the door.

  Yuan Hua stretched his neck to take a look at the two of them, seemingly relieved: "Fortunately you two are fine, I'll help you move the bed too! You should also get some rest early."

  Chen Long smiled and agreed.

  It was night, nothing happened, Chen Long slept lightly for a while and it dawned.

  Chen Long, Jiang Feng, Yuan Hua and Yuan Tian, the four of them, prepared a day's worth of food and water, then took a hunting rifle just in case. Since Jiang Feng boasted about his marksmanship, the other three let him take charge.

  "On the other side, the wild graves are all rocky hills, and the road is very difficult to walk. Today's task is not easy, and if there is no way out of the graveyard, we will have to go from the west, which is a great challenge for us four people. If any of you want to stay behind and save your strength, I won't force it." Chen Long said, seeking the opinions of the three others.

  Jiang Feng smacked his lips: "A man should not be afraid of hardship or fatigue, we must learn from the Red Army's Long March! They walked so many roads and fought so many battles, compared to them, we are much more relaxed."

  "Not bad." Yuan Tian smiled and opened his mouth, with a sunny smile that brought some warmth to the girls present in the chilly cold wind of early morning. "We still have a chance to find a way out! Not far from here, Lingshou County has discovered nearly a thousand ancient tombs. Experts excavated more than 600 tombs and unearthed over 3,000 precious cultural relics. The layout of those tombs is in three layers: the bottom layer is the tomb of the Zhongshan State period, the middle layer is the tomb of the Han Dynasty, and the top layer is the tomb of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with very clear hierarchy. If we have buried some big shots here too, through some tomb passages, we can find a way out."

  "Really?" Jiang Feng was somewhat skeptical, "But Lingshou County is on the east slope of Taihang, not far from here by car. If we walk over, who knows how long it will take? How can it possibly be related to this place?"

  "The construction site of Ping Mountain County Hospital also found ancient tombs from the Song Dynasty. Although we haven't found anything here, it's because this place is too remote. There are many underground cultural relics in this area, and who knows if there are any in the abandoned tomb to the north? Let's keep searching patiently!" said Yuan Hua at this time.

  Chen Long furrowed his brow, unable to understand why Yuan Hua said that sentence. He could only take the opportunity to stop talking: "Alright, let's set off then! Ms. Li, you should be more careful if you're staying behind. Miss Yin and Miss Zhu, you two shouldn't run around randomly either. If possible, just stay in the house or car. Oh, there's a hunting rifle in the car too. If strangers come, try not to be discovered. If it's unfavorable for you, feel free to shoot." Chen Long gave a few orders, feeling that he didn't need to say anything more, and then picked up a bag and walked ahead first.

  Jiang Feng shouldered his hunting rifle, glanced over his backpack with a strange smile, and immediately took off after Chen Long.

  Yuan Tian and Yuan Hua exchanged a glance, tightened their backpacks and followed suit.

  The mountain road was full of dense folds, with deep and shallow steps that were very difficult to walk. The sun was getting hotter and hotter, piercing people's eyes and making them slightly painful. All four of them had to squint their eyes and cover their eyebrows to see the distant scenery. The mountain flowers were blooming, the wild grass was fragrant, and the birds were chirping. If they were really here for a spring outing, Chen Long might have found it interesting. However, all he could hear in his ears was Jiang Feng's complaints, which was really spoiling the mood.

  "How much longer until we arrive? The cemetery to the north is so far away! This road is also too difficult to walk!" Jiang Feng muttered every now and then.

  "Shut up with your nonsense! We're almost there." Chen Long took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and handed the bottle to Jiang Feng.

  "Look at the map, we've already reached this point." Yuan Tian pointed to a location on the map, "I estimate it'll take another half hour to get there. Anyway, we won't be late by that much time. Once we arrive, we can eat something and rest for a bit before finding our way again."

  "It's the only way." Chen Long glanced at his watch, 11:10, and they had to search until 12:00. Except for the time it took to return, they had to finish searching by 3:00, otherwise they wouldn't be able to make it back to the stone house before nightfall. "Hurry up! We're not just risking our own lives, we have three girls who need our protection too! Jiang Baozi, I think you want to show off your masculinity in front of the girls, don't you?"

  "Hmm, not bad." Jiang Feng panted heavily, "Let's hurry!"

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