Thinking caused time to pass quickly. Before Chen Ziyan could figure out a reason, he had already returned to the temporary camp unknowingly.
Since he didn't get the result, he had no choice but to let it go for the time being and did not continue to worry about it.
After simply packing up their things, a few people simply left their tents here and headed back the way they came, carrying their bags.
Fortunately, except for Big Jinya, who is more hip-stretching, the rest of them have no obstacles to walking in the mountains at night.
After returning to the village at the foot of the mountain, Chen Ziyan led everyone directly to the parking place.
"Master Chen, why don't we rest in the village for one night and hit the road again tomorrow morning?"
Seeing Chen Ziyan looking like he was about to leave, Wang Kaixuan couldn't help but put forward his own suggestions.
According to what he had thought before, he should have a good sleep in the village and wait until he had enough to eat and drink before setting off tomorrow, instead of being in such a hurry like now.
One thing is that he, Wang, is a bit obsessed with bed.
Chen Ziyan glanced at him and explained in a low voice: "There is something wrong with this place. It is not advisable to stay for a long time."
He has now begun to doubt this village.
You must know that although tomb guards are rare, they are not absent, so it is best to leave as soon as possible.
Based on the strange series of phenomena just now, he had reason to suspect that there was something wrong with this neighboring village.
"Well, then it's better to leave quickly." Wang Kaixuan suddenly understood.
Just because he had less experience in this area, it didn't mean that he hadn't thought of this. After Chen Ziyan gave him some advice, he came to his senses.
"squeak--"
When everyone was putting things in the trunk, the little fairy came out from nowhere and called Chen Ziyan anxiously.
After hearing the little fairy's cry, the smile on Chen Ziyan's face immediately froze. He looked down at the little guy standing on his shoulder and asked, "There's no movement yet?"
"Squeak——" The little fairy nodded.
After receiving this reply, Chen Ziyan subconsciously looked at the mountains behind him.
If what he expected was correct, those experimental subjects might never come back.
Just now, the little fairy told Chen Ziyan anxiously that none of the experimental subjects who were supposed to be around them showed up.
According to Chen Ziyan's understanding of these experimental subjects, the little fairy's status in their hearts is that of a god, so they will never disobey orders.
And now that something like this has happened, it means that they suffered from force majeure and that's why they couldn't follow back.
Chen Ziyan even suspected that these experimental subjects could not leave the underground cave area at all.
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, the experimental subjects may have followed into the underground cave, but it was not like they were driven away, but directly stayed by the unknown tomb owner.
After thinking of this possibility, Chen Ziyan gently stroked the little fairy's head, and then said to the others: "Get in the car and let's go!"
Eighty percent of the experimental subjects are in danger. Although these guys are easy to use, they don't have much weight in Chen Ziyan's heart, so he will not risk going back for this.
On the contrary, after making the above judgment, he became more convinced that what he did was correct, and leaving immediately was the best choice.
With this thought in mind, he did so.
The other people naturally had no objections, and immediately got into the car one after another, expressing their attitude with their actions.
Seeing this, Chen Ziyan didn't say much, so he got into the driver's seat and started the car.
After watching the car window for a while, Wang Kaixuan suddenly remembered the purpose of this trip and asked Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, have you found that Tianxin Stone?"
"Found it." Hu Ba grabbed his backpack from behind, took out the stone bricks and handed them to Ding Sitian next to him: "Sitian, please take a look, right?"
To be honest, he was still somewhat unsure.
Ding Sitian didn't dislike it either. She took it and looked at it carefully for a while and then said: "Judging from the texture and color, this should be the Tianxin Stone, but it seems to be a tomb brick, right?"
After talking about it, Ding Sitian cast a doubtful look at Hu Bayi.
This is one of the important reasons why she dare not really draw a conclusion. You must know that this is a Tianxin stone that is rarer than jade. How could it be used to make tomb bricks? This is completely unreasonable, okay?
At least she felt that even King Mu of Zhou was unable to collect so many Tianxin Stones.
Building a tomb with this kind of material is really luxurious just thinking about it!
Although Hu Bayi didn't know exactly what Ding Sitian was thinking, he could guess a few things with her expression, so he smiled and said, "There is a stone platform below, and this is the only material on it."
"That's it." Ding Sitian nodded suddenly, which made more sense.
If it was just a stone platform, it would not be a difficult task for King Zhou Mu.
Chen Ziyan, who was driving, naturally heard the discussion behind him, but he just smiled and said nothing.
Hu Bayi still didn't know much about the place below, but he knew that not only was there a stone platform, it could be said that all the buildings were made of Tianxin Stone.
Because the real King Mu of Zhou was very different from what they knew, they were able to collect enough materials.
But he didn't say this out loud, after all, there was no need to talk about it now.
Relying on his physique far beyond that of ordinary people, Chen Ziyan returned to the capital without resting on the way.
Several other people slowly fell asleep on the way and didn't wake up until the car stopped.
Seeing the familiar scene outside, Hu Bayi said in surprise: "Mr. Chen, have you driven all the way back?"
He thought Chen Ziyan would find a place to rest on the road, but he didn't want to and went home directly.
Chen Ziyan opened the car door and said with a smile: "It's not too far away, so I just drove back directly. Besides, it's better to solve Lao Jin's problem as soon as possible."
"Yes." Hu Ba nodded.
Chen Ziyan agreed with what he said. Even though Big Golden Tooth is fine now, the problem will always exist as long as it is not solved for a day, so it would be more prudent to finish it as soon as possible.
If he were put in Chen Ziyan's position, he would probably make the same choice.
After Hu Bayi, several other people woke up one after another and happened to hear the conversation between the two.
Wang Kaixuan rubbed his sleepy eyes and gave Chen Ziyan a thumbs up: "Master Chen, you are the one!"
The person involved, Da Jinya, was even more moved, his eyes were a little red, and he, who was always eloquent, was speechless for a moment.
When Chen Ziyan saw him like this, he said directly: "Come on, come down quickly. Let's pack up and go have something to eat. When we're done, we'll go to the Crescent Hotel to settle the matter."
He never liked scenes like this, where men shed tears.
The big gold tooth raised his head and smiled. The gold tooth was illuminated brightly: "Okay, just do what Mr. Chen said!"
But it’s still ‘Mr. Chen’, but now the title of Big Gold Tooth is completely different from before.
He used to call it that out of politeness, but now it's completely sincere.
…
The few people who walked into the courtyard didn't know that the mountain they were going to was already on full alert.
Dozens of heavily armed men were destroying the vines blocking the entrance, trying to get inside.
The two leading people were clearly the proprietress they had met yesterday, and the guide who took them into the mountain.
The proprietress, who was wearing decent mountaineering clothes at this time, looked at the gap that would not be completely opened even if a chainsaw was used, and asked: "Are you sure they entered through here yesterday?"
"That's right." The guide said firmly.
Although he chose to stay away immediately in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of Chen Ziyan and others, this did not prevent him from observing from a distance.
Chen Ziyan and the others didn't know that their every move yesterday was watched by others.
"By the way, have you dealt with all the things that attacked you yesterday?" The landlady seemed to have thought of something and continued to ask.
Last night, the camp they set up nearby didn't stop and was attacked by some unknown beast.
In order to prevent Chen Ziyan and others from being alerted, they had to use cold weapons to fight, which resulted in casualties.
"It's solved." The guide seemed to remember something, and the corners of his eyes twitched.
If possible, he never wants to encounter that kind of thing again in his life. It is simply a nightmare. If he is singled out, a small team will still be in the upper hand. If they don't carry all the equipment, even a small team will not be able to do it.
I can't deal with that thing.
"Do you know what that is?" The boss lady as the leader asked again.
Because the attacking object was highly poisonous, she didn't come into contact with it, so she didn't know exactly what it was.
"Maybe... it's a human being." After hearing this question, the guide hesitated and replied.
"Human?" The landlady suddenly turned her head to look at him: "Are you sure?"
"Judging from the shape and body structure, it is indeed a person, a skinned person." The guide replied.
He couldn't believe this answer at first, but when the answer was placed in front of him, he couldn't help but believe it.
"Stop!" After hearing this answer, the proprietress immediately called to the men who were cutting the vines to stop, and then said: "Leave some people to guard here, and others to search the surroundings to make sure there is no such thing nearby."
She was keenly aware of the danger, and she even felt that the vines blocking the entrance of the cave in front of her were probably made by Chen Ziyan and others to seal the things inside.
She had a hunch that the thing that attacked them last night should have come from underground.
After making this arrangement, she left with her guide, intending to conduct in-depth research on the legends here to see if any similar creatures had appeared.
sough--
But not long after the crowd dispersed, there was a small friction sound, and then with lightning speed, vines wrapped around the necks of those standing around, rendering them completely unable to make a sound.
Then the vine wall blocking the entrance of the cave spread out automatically, and the vines managed to drag all the people in.
After everyone disappeared at the entrance of the cave, the entrance of the cave returned to its original state, and even the cut marks remained unchanged.
…
Chen Ziyan had no idea about what was going on in Shandong. He had already led his team to the Crescent Hotel.
Although he had stayed up all day and night, he did not feel tired. As for the others, they rested on the way, so after a little repair, they rushed here without stopping.
This time, it was still the gentle woman who received them. After the two parties sat down, she asked with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Chen has gained a lot from this trip."
"I can't say I gained anything, I just happened to find what I wanted." Chen Ziyan said with a smile.
Then he took the box handed over by Hu Bayi and pushed it in front of the gentle woman: "Please have an eye."
He didn't mean to be too polite, and he wanted to finish the finalized deal first before talking about anything else.
What's more, building relationships with people at the Crescent Hotel is of little significance. Unless they are at the leader level, it may even have a counterproductive effect.
The gentle woman took a pair of gloves from the side, put them on slowly, then opened the box in front of her and took out a rock that looked like a brick.
This is exactly the Tianxin Stone that Chen Ziyan and the others brought back.
However, in order to make it look better, Chen Ziyan personally made some repairs. Otherwise, the appearance of the tomb bricks would be a bit unremarkable, and there is simply no quality at all.
After carefully examining the Tianxin Stone, the gentle woman stretched out her fingers and tapped the table twice, and then someone walked in carrying a potted plant.
When he saw the potted plant in this man's hand, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but shrink his pupils. Although it was an unknown number of times smaller, he still recognized the thing at a glance through its characteristics.
He never imagined that there would be such a small Hydra cypress in the Crescent Hotel.
Then he saw the gentle woman pick up the Tianxin stone brick and place it in front of the little Hydra cypress. As she approached, the originally motionless Hydra cypress seemed to be stimulated by some kind of stimulation.
Start ducking in the opposite direction.
This undoubtedly proves that what Chen Ziyan and the others brought back was the Tianxin Stone.
Putting the Tianxin stone brick back into the box, the gentle woman pushed another box next to her in front of Chen Ziyan: "Mr. Chen, please inspect the goods."
Needless to say, this should be the snake vine they want.
With this thought flashing through his mind, Chen Ziyan opened the box behind his back. What came into view was a thing that was thirty centimeters long and looked like a snake but also like a vine.
The most amazing thing is that the thing actually raised its head and looked at Chen Ziyan the next moment he opened the box.
This behavior is simply like a living snake.
"Miss Ding, could you please take a look at it?" Chen Ziyan took a look at it twice and made sure that the things inside would not attack people, so he pushed the box in front of Ding Sitian.
There are specialties in the industry, so let this expert handle the identification of this drug.
He really couldn't recognize whether this was the snake vine he wanted.
Ding Sitian didn't expect that Chen Ziyan would blame the matter on herself, but then she understood what he meant and had to say: "Then I'll give it a try."