The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 555 - 526 Tracking, Futile_1

Chapter 555: Chapter 526 Tracking, Futile_1

Snake King and Huo Yingjie didn’t want to show themselves, worrying it would inconvenience their future lives, so disappearing was the best choice.

Originally, both Huo Yingjie and Snake King thought about killing these two men, but considering He Tiantian’s kind-hearted nature, they both abandoned the idea of murder.

Leaving directly was the simplest method.

Soon after, that deadly attraction began to fade.

"Oh my God!" Huashan exclaimed, "Uncle Master, am I seeing things?"

"You’re not; hurry up and chase." Cui Heng sprinted towards the entrance without caring about Huashan behind him.

Huashan didn’t dare linger, worried about how his junior sister was faring outside!

When Huo Yingjie and Snake King reached the surface, they saw four tomb robbers groping the unconscious Cui Ying.

Seeing someone appear, Second Brother Lu was panicking, thinking it was the two they had encountered earlier. He was just about to shout for them to leave when he suddenly found himself unable to move.

Although Snake King didn’t want to interfere, considering how Cui Ying had seen them before, he swept his long arm, erasing the memory of that moment in Cui Ying’s brain, as well as the memories of those tomb robbers related to them.

Snake King took a few detonators from the tomb robbers and threw them not far from the cave entrance.

"Boom boom boom!" Several loud explosions shook the cave, nearly causing it to collapse.

Cui Heng and Huashan, who had just emerged from the tomb, quickly carried Cui Ying away, whereas the tomb robbers regained consciousness two minutes later than Cui Ying.

When they woke up, they realized they were in pain as rocks kept falling from the cave and hitting them.

But they didn’t have time to worry about that, hastily gathering their treasures to leave as quickly as possible.

The commotion here was loud; undoubtedly, the people halfway up the mountain had heard the noise. Staying here only meant they would be sent to prison.

The nearby infantry of the archaeological team heard the noise from the mountain; they immediately recognized it as the sound of an explosion and quickly led people up the mountain.

Qi Ling and others followed; with more people this time, they were certain to catch those tomb robbers.

The five people stumbled along, not moving very fast. At this pace, they wouldn’t get far.

"Drop the items and run for it," Second Brother Lu made a decisive command, choosing life over wealth.

Ma Si hesitated, saying, "Second Brother Lu, we worked hard for these. If we don’t take them with us, this whole trip would have been for nothing."

"You idiot, there are hundreds of people down there, not just the few police officers from before. If we take so much stuff, we can’t run fast and will definitely get caught," Second Brother Lu said. "Once we’re caught, get ready to spend a lifetime in prison."

Having said that, Second Brother Lu threw his sack onto the ground.

Better to preserve the green mountains than to worry about lacking firewood.

Seeing Second Brother Lu do this, the others also threw down their sacks.

"Those people will be here soon, we can’t fight them off. We need to split up and run, then meet at the Huai City Train Station," Second Brother Lu said. "Brothers, you go first; I’ll cover for you."

Ma Si was stunned but also moved, saying, "Second Brother, you lead the way now, and I’ll cover the rear."

Second Brother Lu shook his head, saying, "You are my brothers-in-arms. You go first. Let’s get it straight, if anyone is unfortunate enough to die or get caught, those who escape have to take care of the wives and elders in their families."

At this, the four others were deeply moved.

"Thank you, Second Brother. Whoever gets out alive takes on more responsibility, and whoever gets caught doesn’t betray the others," Ma Si said. "The five of us will split up and run."

Second Brother Lu watched as the four men ran away in different directions.

Once he could no longer see them, Second Brother Lu took out a dozen jade pendants from the sack, hid them on his person, and escaped under the cover of night.

He chose objects, never wanting gold or silver—those things were too heavy.

This path was a getaway route prepared in advance by Second Brother Lu, who trotted away.

Captain Wang arrived with his men, picking up four sacks of items and continued the pursuit.

Reaching the cave, Huo Yingjie said, "Keep it safe and don’t use it for now. After all, with your current abilities, you can’t fully utilize this treasure."

The Snake King understood but was reluctant to part with it and also worried that his barrier couldn’t block the spiritual energy emanating from the Gold-Threaded Jade Clothing.

Seeing the Snake King’s hesitation and knowing his sensitive yet proud heart, Huo Yingjie laughed with ill intent, "Your barrier can’t shield spiritual energy. Let me give you one."

"You are that kind-hearted?" The Snake King was skeptical and ungrateful.

"Ungrateful to a good person’s heart," Huo Yingjie said, "If you don’t want it, then forget it."

"Hold on!" The Snake King quickly said, "If you’re willing to help me, I’ll reluctantly accept it."

"Haha, it’s too much of a bother for you. Better not reluctantly accept it," Huo Yingjie sneered. If it weren’t for He Tiantian, he would not have humbled himself to speak up, although his intentions were still not good.

The Snake King became anxious, regretting his earlier words, and standing in front of Huo Yingjie, he said, "Alright, I lose. Please help me."

"Hehe!" Huo Yingjie laughed coldly, with an expression of disdain as if the Snake King was "bringing it on himself."

The Snake King felt humiliated, but he needed Huo Yingjie’s help.

If he didn’t swallow his pride now, he would have to pay a much higher price for Huo Yingjie’s assistance later.

Huo Yingjie made a spell with his hands in the air, drew a few strokes in the void, and added another barrier on top of the Snake King’s original one.

After last night, Huo Yingjie vanished into thin air.

Once the Snake King had stashed away the Gold-Threaded Jade Clothing, he began to cultivate.

Looking back towards the direction of the cave from the sky, Huo Yingjie scoffed, "Let you be arrogant. Without significant cultivation progress, don’t even think about coming out. Stay in there forever."

Cui Heng, Huashan, and Cui Ying, after leaving the tomb, didn’t come back but continued the search.

However, when they found the direction to Peach Orchard, they realized the allure had vanished.

"Uncle Master, what should we do?" Huashan was anxious, lacking the patience of Cui Heng.

"You two have to stay here and investigate this matter. I always feel it has a lot to do with the people in Qijia Village below," Cui Heng said. "Be careful, the soldiers are in pursuit, don’t get mistaken for suspects."

Huo Yingjie flashed by, leaving only a trail of wind.

Cui Heng, Cui Ying, and Huashan followed closely behind.

But it was all in vain, they couldn’t catch up to Huo Yingjie.

After returning home, Huo Yingjie laid down to rest, as if he hadn’t done anything at all.

Cui Heng, Huashan, and Cui Ying could only go back on their own.

Director Yang ran into Cui Heng and asked, "Cui Heng, where did you go? There’s been a big incident, you must come with me to the mountain right away."

Cui Heng quickly apologized, "Director, my stomach was acting up, I had to relieve myself. What happened? What’s the matter?"

Director Yang stamped his foot and cursed, "It’s all because of those damn Tomb Robbers! Let’s talk as we go."

Director Yang took the archaeologists to the real dug-out Tomb Robber’s tunnel.

Upon seeing this, Director Yang was so enraged that he jumped up and down, cursing to the heavens!

But cursing now was useless. He could only seethe with anger, hoping that the soldiers and the police could catch those damn Tomb Robbers!