Chapter 69.3

Editor: Kat

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Just by looking at Amala’s age, how crippled her legs were, and judging by how she could barely survive in the tent, one wouldn’t think that she was full of spirit. However, when she mentioned the matter of exorcising evil spirits, she was still full of energy. Her expression was resolute and solemn, and you could see that people with firm beliefs were indeed extremely strong in spirit.

“Don’t I need to tell Dgahldan Palcho?”

Wei Xun said, “We are going to the ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom, Xiaolin Temple, and Changtang’s no-man’s land. If there are no other accidents, Dgahldan Palcho will definitely head there with us.”

After all, the brief introduction of the whole tour was “we will follow the last descendent of the eagle flutists, entering the forbidden areas of northern Tibet to explore its unknown secrets.” Looking at Amala’s current state, she must be powerless to stop Dgahldan Palcho from going up the mountain.

But since Wei Xun received her Nine-eyed Dzi Beads, he decided to casually ask her. If Amala was still adamant about not wanting Dgahldan Palcho to go up the mountain, he might have some ideas on how to stop Dgahldan Palcho.

“Don’t worry about him.”

Amala said indifferently, “This is his fate.”

After that, Amala started muttering the scriptures again and didn’t talk about anything else. Wei Xun glanced at the time and saw that it was almost ten o’clock, so he said goodbye to Amala and left the tent.

Based on what Amala had said, it was the devil Rakshas Tal who had possessed the body of the great villain Trotung. In order to suppress the devil, the ancient Xiangxiongs had tattooed the gods and Buddhas on the skin of Trotung to suppress it, and peeled off his skin to make a thangka. The thangka of the gusin had been used to suppress Trotung’s human skin thangka.

And now, this human skin thangka that had sealed the devil had been resurrected, and it wanted to break free from the bondage of the gods and Buddhas. To do so, it needed to eat flesh and blood to increase its strength to get rid of the suppression of the Gusin thangka.

Amala said that the thangka which had sealed the demon was suppressed under Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring, but Wei Xun knew that Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring was a legendary place rather than a real place.

According to legend, the Buddha Dunbasinrao had been born in Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring, which was the origin of the Bon religion, the center of the universe, and the ideal heaven. It was to the west of the earth, in the shape of an eight-petal lotus, with eight golden wheels floating in the sky, nine overlapping 卍-shaped crystal mountains overlooking the earth, and four rivers flowing in four directions at the foot of the mountain.

This was supposed to be a place of fantasies and legends, but on the thangka map in the hands of Wei Xun, there were nine 卍 just below the temple of “Xikang.” This should not be a coincidence.

“Could it be ancient Xiangxiong who had imitated Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring and built a secret room under the temple of Xikang to suppress the human skin thangka?”

Wei Xun said to himself, “Amala can be injured by the human skin, which basically means that this human skin thangka is located at the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom, on Qianzong mountain. Dragon God Waterway, Dragon God, human sacrifices, feeding blood…tsk.

“The descendant of the eagle flutist prayed to the Dragon God. Does he think that the thangka that sealed the devil is in the Dragon God’s belly?” Wei Xun pondered.

Wei Xun controlled Yue Chenghua, and naturally knew that IV-1 had used dozens of sheep and four tourists to feed the dragon fish under the instruction of the descendant of the eagle flutist.

Other than using the strong light flashlight, could the correct way to worship the dragon fish be to make it vomit? But that shouldn’t be right? Could the aquatic reptile be so dumb that it didn’t know how to differentiate from being hungry or being full?

Or did the descendant of the eagle flutist actually want to “feed” something in the belly of the aquatic reptile by using the excuse of offering sacrifices to it?

“If the Dragon God was really fed human flesh in the past, then only the gusin, who has the highest status, should be qualified to be eaten by it.”

Wei Xun snorted. “That is to say, the Dragon God Waterway was present throughout the underground area of the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom, and some of them lead from the Xikang Temple to Tangra Yumco? It was through this waterway that the aquatic reptile swam into Tangra Yumco?”

Maybe it was not the “Dragon God” of that year, but it was the descendant of a fish that had once lived in the same era as the Dragon God. After all, thousands of years have passed since the Xiangxiong Kingdom era, and Wei Xun had never seen a fish that could live for so long.

“But the descendant of the eagle flutist was more interested in the map than in the human skin thangka itself——Or according to Amala, he did not know that the human skin thangka that had a map drawn on it, the gusin‘s human skin thangka, was actually the enemy of the demon skin thangka?

“It’s getting more and more interesting.”

Wei Xun sighed and he smiled at the snow leopard who quietly began following his footsteps at some point. His eyes seemed to flicker as he said, “I really want to go and see if there really are demons in this world?”

Maybe there were, like the Valentine demonic mosquito, and Wei Xun’s demonic form after mutation. If Rakshas Tal, the great devil in Bon legends, was real——

Wei Xun licked his lips, the glimmer in his eyes alternating between a bright and dark luster.

The demonic mosquito had told Wei Xun that they, the abyss race, had evolved and grew by devouring each other. For example, when Wei Xun’s SAN value plummeted and he had lost his senses, he had also thought about eating Wu Laoliu.

And when Wei Xun finally fully revealed his mutated form, the wings behind him had not been fully developed, and his horns had not been large enough.

Wei Xun had taken a ten-day break after finishing his tour to Intoxicating Xiangxi. This tour, Exploring The Secrets Of Northern Tibet, meant that he would take a twelve-day long break. After he finished this tour, the Travel Services would soon assign him a tour guide status.

III-250, who was on the Rising Star Leaderboard, would definitely attract attention from many parties, whether benevolent or malicious. Before that, Wei Xun had to strengthen himself as much as possible.

Although according to the difficulty level of this tour, he should not be involved in the search for a human skin thangka, but should leave this matter to the Lama of Xiaolin Temple as Amala had said.

However, Wei Xun was already excited.

“Is this fellow, Rakshas Tal, delicious?” he muttered.

Amid the demonic mosquito’s idolizing buzz, ‘Buzz, buzz, master eat, eat!’ and the young fox’s active suggestion, ‘The human skin thangka that has been left for thousands of years must not be chewable, drive the devil out before you eat it,’ Wei Xun was already determined to develop himself comprehensively and in a multi-faceted manner in this tour to Northern Tibet. He also decided to explore the ruins a lot. The ultimate goal was to find the demon thangka and have a taste of the devil, Rakshas Tal.

He walked briskly to the mountain pass, folded his arms, and reclined on the mountain wall, feeling quite happy while waiting for the arrival of the tour group.

Based on the speed the tour group moved, they should be arriving soon——In fact, they should have arrived earlier.

What were they being held back by?

Sure enough, as Wei Xun expected, when he walked down again and turned round a mountain bend, he saw the people in the tour group blocked on the mountain road. But it was a group of Tibetans who had stopped them. Jiang Hongguang and the others were negotiating with the Tibetans at the forefront. The time for them to reach the scenic spot was approaching, and they were very anxious. But no matter what they said or how they said it, the Tibetans were resolute in not allowing them to pass!

Ordinary people wouldn’t pay attention to the tour group. This meant that being blocked by Tibetans should not happen, unless it was an obstacle set up by the Travel Services.

No wonder it was just a Difficult-level tour. When they had wanted to get to their scenic spots in Intoxicating Xiangxi, they had encountered wild beasts such as zombified flying foxes, but now there were only a few Tibetans blocking the way.

That was why Wei Xun was even more curious.

Jiang Hongguang was not an idiot, Xu Yang was also smart, and Fei Lezhi had the title of [Spending Money As If It’s Dirt]. No matter what the reasons were for the Tibetans to prevent them from going up the mountain, they would be able to properly persuade them, or give money if it was needed. Hence, they should not be trapped in this predicament.

“Leader Wei!”

“Leader Wei, we’re here!”

Wei Xun walked downwards. Fei Lezhi saw him at a glance and waved at him happily. His actions attracted the tourists and the Tibetans to look towards Wei Xun. Even Jiang Hongguang was relieved when he saw Wei Xun. He didn’t realize that he had already subconsciously felt that Wei Xun must have a solution. As long as Wei Xun came to help them, he would definitely be able to solve the problem.

“What’s going on here?”

Wei Xun walked closer and noticed that the Tibetans’ eyes fell on the snow leopard. Some of them opened their eyes in disbelief, while others muttered sutras while clutching their chests. This time, Fei Lezhi did not take the lead, but allowed Jiang Hongguang to speak.

“Leader Wei, we didn’t encounter any danger along the way. But now…” Jiang Hongguang smiled bitterly and whispered.

Wei Xun noticed that the Tour Guide Brooch on his chest was missing. Wei Xun’s eyes swept across the tour group, and he understood what happened.

“They said we are unclean and they will not allow us to go up the holy mountain.”

Unclean?

“Is this snow leopard your friend?”

When Wei Xun looked at the Tibetans, he saw the tall man that was the leader of the group. This Tibetan man with dark skin and red cheeks was talking to him in blunt Mandarin.

“Yes, yes. It is my best friend,” Wei Xun replied in Tibetan, and the Tibetans had a much better expression after hearing that.

The leading figure among the Tibetans communicated with the people around him in a low voice in Tibetan. Then, he shook his head and nodded for a while, and said to Wei Xun seriously, “A friend recognized by the holy beast of the snow mountain is also a friend of mine, Dorje Tashi. Your friends can also enter the holy mountain——

“But he can’t.”

Dorje Tashi pointed straight to the middle of the tour group, and said in a disgusted tone, “Unclean and evil people cannot enter the holy mountain!”

The tourists moved away one after another, only to see that Dorje Tashi’s finger was pointing towards the pale Lin Qiming. However, the unclean person he was talking about was not him. Lin Qiming’s relatively thin body was bent over, his face was covered in sweat, and he was panting. On his back was a man in a dark green cloak.

“Guide IV, are you done with dealing with your matters? What about Yue Chenghua and the others?”

Wei Xun stepped forward in surprise and concern, ignoring Lin Qiming’s behavior of hesitantly stepping backwards and IV-1, who had seemingly raised his hand to stop Wei Xun’s approach. However, Wei Xun directly lifted IV-1’s hood using his quick rapid speed to have a look.

Soon after, he was stunned. He softly, sympathetically, and worriedly put the hood back on IV-1 again, so that it would tightly cling to IV-1’s head. Using a volume that was quiet but loud enough for the entire tour group to hear, he asked, “Guide IV, where’s your face?

“Why is your face gone?”

The author has something to say:

Tsk tsk, that burn. Look at how Leader Wei burns him.

Sob, sob. I’m sorry, I have something to do tonight, the extra update will move to tomorrow, and I will randomly send 300 small red packets today, mua mua!

ps: The various historical facts in this article are real, and many of them have been compiled by me based on historical materials and legends. But Little Angels can just read the novel for fun, and don’t take it seriously! Wow! [And really don’t write the facts in exam papers or anything. A few days ago, I saw a Little Angel say that the geography test had coincidentally had a question about Tangra Yumco, which made me shiver.]

T/N: please note that I have tried my best to translate according to the Tibetan original names. There are some names for which I can’t find the original names, so I decided to keep them in hanyu pinyin.

And please note the announcement I posted in discord-updates from now to start of Dec will only be limited to 1 update on Sat every week. The schedule will return to normal once Dec hits. Thanks for understanding!!!