Chapter 96 Return of the Property to its Original Owner
It was less than two hours later that Ye Qing slipped out of the cabin.
When the people who were on guard saw Ye Qing leave, they were all very puzzled and subconsciously asked him where he was going.
Wu Yongbing quickly stopped several villagers who were about to speak, and then he followed Ye Qing out of the cabin.
Ye Qing was not surprised by Wu Yongbing's reaction. She stood at the door and waited silently for Wu Yongbing to speak.
But Wu Yongbing had already guessed that Ye Qing's action alone at this moment might be related to the two foxes that suddenly appeared in front.
Perhaps out of awe for the Fox Immortal, or perhaps because he already had enough knowledge of Ye Qing's skills, the captain had no intention of asking questions and only whispered to Ye Qing:
"Be careful, don't be careless."
Ye Qing nodded and did not tell Wu Yongbing what she was going to do in the mountains.
After all, it involves an ancient tomb in the mountains. In the current period of destroying the four olds, people are still quite cautious about this thing, especially since the local people have a low level of education and insufficient knowledge of cultural relics. If the news leaks out and they encounter radical people, they may rush into the mountains to smash and destroy things.
Therefore, the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better. Even to Wu Yongbing, Ye Qing had no intention of revealing a single word.
"Captain, I'm only taking Mancang with me. The rest of the coyotes will stay in the cabin. Tomorrow morning, I'll have Mancang's wife go hunting with you guys. If I don't come to the cabin to meet up with you guys tomorrow afternoon, you can just take your men down the mountain in the afternoon. Don't worry about me. With Mancang with me, there will be no danger."
Wu Yongbing looked at Mu Cang in Ye Qing's arms, then looked at the coyote following beside him, nodded, and indeed did not ask any more questions.
Ye Qing patted Mancang's wife's head. The mother wolf rubbed her palm obediently and whimpered softly.
"Mancang, let's go."
Having said that, Ye Qing carried □□ on his back and walked into the dense forest of the snow-capped mountains without looking back.
The coyote turned its head majestically, and howled at the coyotes behind it as if giving an order or a warning, and then quickly followed Ye Qing's pace.
Not long after walking, two familiar figures emerged from the woods. Their yellow-brown fur and green eyes made them particularly conspicuous even in the deep mountains on a snowy night.
Before Ye Qing entered the mountain, she didn't know that she would run into these two foxes, but when she went to get the hunting rifle from Gu Weidong's box, she still put the ruby inlaid with gold into her pocket in advance. Now when she saw the two fox immortals, she quickly took out the ruby together with the jade pendant that the two foxes gave her this time.
"You're just in time. Where did you find these two things? Hurry up and lead the way. I want to go and see what's going on!"
Ye Qing didn't waste any time talking. He waved the two items in front of the two foxes, and then took out two sweet potatoes from his bag and handed them over.
With delicious food as bait, the two foxes cooperated quite well. They picked up the two sweet potatoes and turned to hide in the woods. Ye Qing hurriedly called Mancang to follow them.
We were wandering around in the woods, and the snow in the mountains was so deep that it was probably higher than our thighs.
The two foxes were familiar with the route, but Ye Qing was not stupid either. He simply used the vines for leverage and absorbed the spiritual energy from the forest while hurrying along. His speed was not slow at all and he was not left behind by the two foxes at all.
It took them two or three hours to walk this way. Ye Qing estimated that she might have entered the hinterland of Changbai Mountain. She had no idea where it was, but soon, the two foxes led her to a steep cliff.
There were many protruding rocks on the steep cliff. The two foxes jumped easily on the rocks and soon reached a hidden crack in the rock about one or two hundred meters away from Ye Qing's position, and then drilled in through the crack.
Not long after they went in, the two foxes exposed their heads again, tilted their heads and looked at Ye Qing with some confusion, as if asking Ye Qing why he didn't follow.
Ye Qing: ...
In a place like this, unless you are a hero with a special adventure in a martial arts novel, who would dare to go into such a hidden cave in the mountains?
If she didn't have the wood-related ability, she wouldn't even be able to reach this place, let alone drill into the hole.
Even now, seeing the abyss hundreds of meters below the steep cliff, Ye Qing still felt frightened.
But now that she was here, how could she be content if she didn't go and take a look, and find out the specific origins of these two antiques?
Fortunately, Ye Qing had climbed the cliff once when she rescued the little mandrill last time, so she had some experience. Using the vines in her hands, she slowly and smoothly landed on the cliff platform.
Sure enough, there was a cave in the crevice of the stone wall connected to the platform. A familiar fishy smell emanated from the dark cave. It was the nest of the two foxes.
Without bringing a full warehouse down, the coyote kept looking down from the edge of the cliff, scratching the snow on the ground with its front paws anxiously, and howling from time to time.
Ye Qing quickly waved his hand towards Mancang and said soothingly:
"Just wait up there. I'll go in and take a look and then come out."
Mancang is not as small and light as the fox. It cannot come down from such a dangerous cliff by itself and can only follow Ye Qing's arrangements. However, its eyes are fixed on Ye Qing's movements, fearing that if it misses something, Ye Qing will encounter some unexpected danger.
Ye Qing followed the two foxes into the cave. It was called a fox cave, but it was actually a natural cave in the cliff. It didn't look very deep, only two or three meters deep at most, and could only accommodate three or four adults.
The love nest of the two foxes was built inside this cave. Perhaps because she was about to give birth, the female fox brought a lot of dry grass and built a nest in the cave. It seemed quite warm.
However, the fox den is not the point. The point is that the two foxes disappeared in the blink of an eye after entering the cave.
It was pitch black in the cave and Ye Qing quickly took out the flashlight from her bag. When she turned on the flashlight, she discovered something strange in the cave.
I saw a crack about ten inches wide on the innermost cliff of the cave. I don’t know if it was caused by geological changes in the mountain or something else, but the entire crack extended from the top of the cliff to the bottom of the cave, as if it was split open by someone with an axe.
The two foxes got in through this crack which was several inches wide.
Ye Qing used a flashlight to carefully observe the crack. The crack was not a straight line inside the cliff, so when the flashlight shone inside, he could not see what the end of the crack was.
However, this ten-inch wide crack in the mountain wall completely blocked Ye Qing's way forward.
No matter how thin she was, there was no way she could squeeze through such a narrow gap unless she practiced the art of shrinking bones.
And even if she managed to squeeze in, she was worried that the gap in front would become narrower.
If someone gets stuck inside and can't move forward or backward, that would be a real disaster.
In the remote and remote Changbai Mountain, not even a single rescuer could be found. It was like crying out to heaven and earth for help but no one would be able to help.
Ye Qing was at a loss now. Looking at the "Land Rover" in front of him, he could only give up.
Perhaps because they saw that Ye Qing had not caught up for a long time, the two foxes turned back to look for him.
"I am too big to fit into such a small gap. Only a child of a few years old can get in."
Ye Qing waved his hands towards the two foxes, expressing his helplessness.
After thinking for a while, she handed the jade pendant and ruby to the two foxes, clasped her hands together in front of the Fox Immortal, and sincerely asked:
"Did you find these two things? Could you please help return them to their original owners? These belong to the tomb owner, and it is not appropriate for me to hold them. If the ancient tomb is excavated in the future, these things will also be handed over to the country and displayed in a museum."
The two foxes looked at Ye Qing, hesitated for a long time, and seemed to confirm that Ye Qing was serious. Then they picked up the two things from Ye Qing's palm and drilled them into the gap.
Ye Qing couldn't get in by herself, but since she was here, she had to finish what she was supposed to do and find out everything she could about the situation inside the gap.
So when the two foxes tried to drill deeper into the gap, she quickly summoned the vines, and like a pet leash, she put the front end of the vines around the neck of the male fox. Then, when the two foxes drilled deeper into the gap, she let the vines grow and extend rapidly, following the foxes as they explored the gap.
It extended less than twenty meters inside, and then the two foxes stopped, turned a corner, put down the things they had brought into the cave, and then the two foxes returned.
Ye Qing couldn't see the specific situation inside. At this moment, she missed the mobile phones in future generations. If she had a mobile phone, she could let the two foxes bring it in to record a video. Then she would be able to see at a glance whether there was an ancient tomb inside and what it looked like.
Of course, this is definitely a luxury at the moment, and Ye Qing did not force it. At least she knew that this gap was indeed connected to the inside, and she also knew how the two foxes got the things they gave her before.
After finding the source of the antiques, Ye Qing no longer worried about not being able to get in. She had the vines anyway, and after the two foxes came out of the gap, the wood-based ability in her hand was like free, and she quickly catalyzed the vines that had stretched into the gap.
As soon as the vines were stimulated by the supernatural power, they grew wildly. Within three or two minutes, they had completely blocked the entrance to the cave that was about 20 meters deep. It was so tight that not even a mosquito could fly in.
Although it is not possible to completely isolate the outside air, it is almost there.
And in this way, there is no need to worry about small animals getting into the ancient tomb through this gap, and the things in the ancient tomb should not be greatly affected or damaged in a short period of time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
