Chapter 229: Visiting Pengyuegou Again
Chapter 229: Visiting Pengyuegou Again
Luo Li was not really clear about the exact location of Pengyuegou. He only knew that it was roughly inside the Greater Khingan Range. However, this did not matter much. As long as Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi knew it, it would be fine.
In this trip, Luo Li brought not only Hantina but also Taotie. There were so many good things in Daxinganling, which was just right for it to replenish its body.
"Take this with you too." Luo Li looked at Hantina who was sitting in the co-pilot seat and handed her a mechanical object that was similar to the Mechanical Pioneer but much smaller.
"What is this?" Hantina asked after taking the iron lump handed over by Luo Li.
"Just put it away. It should be useful when the time comes." Luo Li did not explain too much.
"Okay." After putting it away, Hantina glanced around the passenger seat, and then her nose twitched slightly as if she discovered something.
"This place smells like the Queen of Jingjue." Hantina looked up at Luo Li with a somewhat resentful look. She had only been in seclusion for a few days, but why did it feel like her home had been robbed?
"..." Luo Lining choked, not knowing what to say for a moment. Seeing the resentment in Hantina's eyes, he had an idea. Then he cupped Hantina's pretty face and gently pressed it against her.
"Illusion." Luo Li said softly after moving his lips away.
Hantina's face flushed slightly. She still couldn't refuse Luo Li, so she nodded to show that she believed what Luo Li said.
In fact, both of them knew very well that some things were unavoidable, but Hantina still brought it up on purpose. It wasn't because she was being petty or something like that, but because she felt wronged and was clearly trying to coax me.
Luo Li also saw what Hantina was thinking, so he used the most direct action to coax her.
Glancing at Hantina, whose face was still rosy, Luo Li's lips curled up slightly. The little girl's emotions were the most difficult to understand, but also the easiest to coax. The important point here was that you had to figure out why the other party suddenly brought up this sentence.
Hantina was well aware of the existence of the Queen of Jingjue, but she still brought it up because when she was in seclusion before, she was accompanying the Queen of Jingjue, so she felt that she had received less attention. At this time, she didn't need to do anything else but kiss her.
Just like in daily life, many of your brothers’ girlfriends know that you can’t avoid dealing with girls at work, but they still suddenly act like a spoiled brat. It’s because they also want your company deep down.
Of course, this is normal. If your partner doesn’t come home at night and suddenly says he/she loves you in the early morning, that’s another matter... I’m getting off topic, cough cough.
When the sight returned to Luo Li again, he had already left the range of the Flame Prison and was heading towards the location where Hu Bayi had launched the attack.
There were only four people who went to explore Pengyuegou again this time. When the four met outside Daxinganling, Luo Li found that Hu Bayi's clothes were different from his usual casual clothes.
Hu Bayi was dressed in a Taoist robe, a crown on his head, a cold bronze sword on his waist, and a whisk in his hand.
"Hiss." Seeing Hu Bayi's outfit, Luo Li felt that it looked strangely familiar. After thinking about it again, wasn't this the same outfit he wore when he was young in the projection presented by the Yin-Yang Master?
"You..." Luo Li was a little surprised. Why did Hu Bayi wear this kind of outfit?
As if noticing Luo Li's surprise, Hu Bayi gave a wry smile, "There's nothing I can do about it. Entering the ancient tomb, this outfit can at least bring a little comfort."
Then Hu Bayi explained the origin of his outfit. It was indeed the Taoist robe left by the Yin-Yang Master for his successor, called the Yin-Yang Robe.
According to Hu Bayi, when the Yin-Yang Master puts on this robe, he can walk between the Yin and Yang realms, and can also shuttle between dreams and reality. Of course, Hu Bayi's current level of cultivation is definitely not able to do those things, but he can indeed avoid some unknown means.
"But I still feel it's a bit strange for a tomb raider like you to wear an authentic Taoist robe." Luo Li's face looked a little strange. Is this reasonable?
"I'm also a legitimate descendant of Taoism, so why not?" Hu Bayi ignored Luo Li's teasing and said seriously, "The Taoist ancestor once said that Taoism follows nature, and all things in the world can follow Taoism. Why bother about your origin?"
"..." After hearing Hu Bayi's words, Luo Li looked at Hu Bayi again. Well, he did have a bit of an otherworldly aura.
"The Yin-Yang Master's vision is really good. You understood it so quickly." Luo Li was a little envious. Hu Bayi's comprehension was indeed very high. For someone like him, who had been around for so long, it was still like reading a heavenly book. Let alone the art of seeing qi, he hadn't even started learning the basic secret techniques.
In the words of the Yin-Yang Master, he has too many distracting thoughts and is not a person who can transcend the world.
"Okay, let's stop talking about it and go into the mountains first." Hu Bayi stopped the topic and signaled everyone to pay attention to the business.
"I only have a general understanding of Yerengou. The specific location depends on you." Luo Li glanced at Hu Bayi, restarted the pickup truck, and followed the car of Hu Bayi and Wang Fatty.
"That's not a problem. I still remember the location." Fatty Wang grinned, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and drove straight into the Greater Khingan Range.
Luo Li followed them slowly, just to keep pace. He had assumed that after the vehicle had traveled a certain distance, it would have to rely on foot power.
Unexpectedly, Fatty Wang had no intention of abandoning the car. Even in the interior of the Greater Khingan Range where weeds and trees were overgrown, he could still find a road and continue driving.
"This isn't right. I remember that vehicles couldn't enter Yerengou, right?" Luo Li fiddled with the display inside the car twice, connecting to the car in front where Hu Bayi was.
"Normally, we can't drive in, but we did gain some knowledge here. We know there is a road that can lead to Yerengou." Hu Bayi replied to Luo Li and explained the reason.
"When the Kwantung Army entered this place and tried to mine the treasures, they had a specific route." Hu Bayi signaled Fatty Wang to slow down and handed Luo Li a yellowed notebook.
After taking the notes handed over by Hu Bayi, Luo Li immediately reacted. Indeed, a team of Kwantung Army entered this place in the past, hoping to dig out the treasures inside for military expenses, so they naturally had a route.
As for this notebook, Luo Li knew something about it. This was the thing left behind by the Kwantung Army sergeant that Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Yingzi found when they entered Pengyuegou to rob tombs.
He remembered that during the conversation in Pengyuegou, Hu Bayi initially inferred that these Kwantung Army soldiers had lost their way in the mountains and were trapped and died in Yerengou.
In fact, the clue left by the Kwantung Army officer who committed suicide by seppuku was that they had received news of Japan's surrender, but he was unwilling to believe it and frantically ordered the underground pass to be blown up.
Hu Bayi punched Fatty Wang on the shoulder and said, "Hurry up and get going! We have to reach Yerengou before dark!"
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