The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 225 - 222: Zhaozhao, stop hitting, it’s me...

Chapter 225: Chapter 222: Zhaozhao, stop hitting, it’s me...

Kang Xingkuan’s eyes suddenly became frenzied, "Still saying you don’t know? What is this! We’ve known for a long time that there’s gold here. Last time the archaeological team came, everyone found quite a bit."

At first, when I learned that they had contracted an incurable disease, I felt some sympathy.

But later I discovered that these people had all found quite a bit of gold, and now their diseases were gradually healing, and all this gold had become their own possessions, which would amount to tens of thousands in cash!

Shangguan Jing was less fortunate; the gold he found was very small. But some of the team members who walked ahead had found much larger pieces, almost the size of a fist.

"Will you talk or not? If you keep saying you don’t know, do you believe I’ll kill you?"

On hearing this, Old Li still said, "I really don’t know."

He knew these two were college students and probably didn’t have the guts to kill someone.

Old Li’s purpose for coming back this time was also for the gold. How could he possibly tell them?

With a pfft sound—

Immediately after, there was Old Li’s scream.

Ye Qian, who hadn’t spoken until then, pulled out a small knife and stabbed it into Old Li’s arm.

She said with a smile, "Won’t talk, huh? This place is so strange, even if we kill you, the police won’t be able to find anything. You’d better come clean."

The thick scent of blood reached Kang Xingkuan’s nose, and he looked at his girlfriend in disbelief.

He just wanted to scare Old Li, but he had not expected his girlfriend to be so ruthless, to use a knife directly.

Old Li was in so much pain that cold sweat covered his forehead, and his lips trembled. He turned his head to look at Ye Qian, feeling a tingling on his scalp, "I—I’ll talk, I’ll tell you everything."

Only then did Ye Qian put away her knife, "Speak up, what’s the deal with the gold?"

"This tomb suppresses a monster whose waist is tied with a money bag. When the monster goes wild, a lot of gold falls out of the bag at its side."

Old Li initially did not know about this. It was only after a colleague asked someone to tell him, that he learned the gold came from the monster’s body. Now, he had come back to get the monster’s money bag with his colleague.

That money bag was only the size of a palm but could endlessly drop gold.

His colleague called it a money beast, saying that as long as they had the money bag, they would have an endless supply of gold!

The temptation was so deadly for him; endless gold meant endless wealth.

Only then was Old Li willing to risk his life to come back for a shot at immense riches!

He hadn’t revealed their true intent to Ye Qian, but she was clever and quickly guessed, "You came back for that money bag, didn’t you?"

Old Li’s expression froze, and he didn’t speak.

Kang Xingkuan also caught on, looking at Ye Qian excitedly.

"Is there a lot more gold in the monster’s money bag? Huang Wei found a fist-sized piece of gold last time—I’m so envious."

Ye Qian asked Old Li, "How do you plan to get that thing?"

Clearly, Old Li would not tell her that.

Ye Qian once again took out the small knife and dragged it across his neck.

"Will you talk or not?"

Old Li clenched his teeth and finally spoke up.

"The monster has a toxic gas on its body. If someone inhales this gas, they will develop disease sores. But flour can cure them. Later, my colleague found out that the monster doesn’t just like flour, it likes all food.

It must have been trapped here for too long and is starving, so whenever it sees food, it can’t move anymore.

If there is no food, it will just stay in the sealed place and fall into a deep sleep."

"My friend found where the monster sleeps, and we planned to steal its money bag while it slept. If we accidentally woke it up, we just had to throw a bag of food there for it to eat, and we could escape."

"I didn’t expect food would do the trick."

Ye Qian muttered to herself. They had brought a lot of flour in their backpacks for this trip, specifically to deal with the monster, but they hadn’t expected that any food would work.

"Now, take us to the place where the monster is sealed."

Old Li’s hands were tied, his wrists bearing wounds.

He had no choice but to do as Ye Qian said and led them to where the monster was sealed.

As soon as they left, two slender figures emerged in the dim and silent passageway.

These two were none other than Qin Zhao and Shangguan Qiu.

Although Old Li had closed the stone gate, Qin Zhao quickly found the switch on the inside.

After they came out, they immediately found where Old Li and the others were and used two Invisibility Talismans to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"The monster that drops gold must be the Swallowing Elephant."

Shangguan Qiu thought of the text on the stone tablet, her expression growing solemn.

"Even a high-ranking monk had to sacrifice himself to suppress the Swallowing Elephant. These people possess no Spiritual Power, so how could they possibly steal the monster’s money bag?"

Shangguan Qiu’s eyes held a hint of sarcasm. She felt these people would definitely pay the price for their greed.

"The archaeological team found gold in the passageway, which means the Swallowing Elephant has gotten out before. The monk’s Sealing may already be unstable, and these people’s actions could very likely release the Swallowing Elephant."

Qin Zhao planned to follow and see for herself. If the Swallowing Elephant was about to escape, she could reinforce the Sealing.

The place where the Swallowing Elephant was sealed was beneath the tomb, underground. The Tomb Robbers had discovered it by smashing a hole in the ground of a passageway, which then led to the Swallowing Elephant escaping.

Fortunately, the monk’s Sealing was still effective. The Swallowing Elephant hadn’t been out for long before the power of the Sealing dragged it back.

When Old Li and the others arrived, there was someone waiting in the nearby tomb chamber by the hole entrance.

He was Old Li’s companion, wearing a ragged suit covered in dirt.

There was also a stone door in this tomb chamber. When the monster escaped and injured people last time, the man in the suit had hidden here.

After the monster returned, he planned to leave, but he accidentally fell into the hole and found himself in the monster’s lair. However, the monster did not notice him and continued to sleep.

The man in the suit was so frightened that his legs turned to jelly, and he barely managed to climb out of the hole.

Latter, he thought about it and realized that he could have taken the monster’s money bag right then. But he was too scared to do it alone, so he went out to send a message to Old Li.

When Qin Zhao and Shangguan Qiu arrived, Old Li and the others had already entered the tomb chamber and the stone door had quickly closed, so they couldn’t follow. They could only inspect the nearby area first.

Click, click.

Suddenly, the sound of mechanisms turning echoed.

"Qin Zhao!"

Shangguan Qiu turned around just in time to see Qin Zhao being pulled into the stone wall by a hand.

She frantically searched for a switch to rescue Qin Zhao, while upon being pulled inside, Qin Zhao struck back with a burst of Spiritual Power, her body radiating a strong golden light.

"Zhaozhao, it’s me."

In the darkness, he let out a muffled groan and hurriedly identified himself.

Qin Zhao was not merciful with her hands, and had he not spoken, she might have killed him.

"Why are you here?"

Qin Zhao took out a flashlight and saw Chu Yan’s pale and handsome face. His lips bore a trace of blood, his beauty otherworldly and eyes filled with grief, making him seem like a gorgeous male ghost from the tomb.