Chapter 78.2

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Wang Yushu laughed while he cried. The scene was very strange. “Captain An won’t let us touch him, but Xun’er would definitely let us brothers touch him. Fuck, let me tell you straight, I want to hug the snow leopard!”

It was rare for Mao Xiaole not to refute Wang Yushu’s barbaric remarks. He bent his fingers slightly as if he was imagining the soft and thick fur of the snow leopard and said reservedly, “I have been a reader of Teacher Wei’s novels for many years, and I’ve purchased all of his books. If he knows that I am Maoshan Taoist, he will definitely let me touch him. As for you, he may not necessarily agree.”

“Who is the one who’s saying that? I can dare to say that Xun’er will definitely like my welcome gift!”

Wang Yushu pushed the little snow leopard on the table, as if comparing them, and cried proudly, “Sob, sob, then I will personally make the gift myself, so even if Sister Cheng and the others bring gifts and specialties back, my gift will definitely be very unique.”

“We haven’t been able to get together for a long time.”

It was rare that Mao Xiaole looked forward to it. Their team was generally too strong. Except for 30th Parallel North tours and the special tour during the year-end celebration, it was difficult for the entire tour party to act together. Most of them acted in pairs or by themselves.

They had to go abroad for many of the Extremely Dangerous-level Tours, and travel to unfamiliar places. It often took a month or two, and everyone couldn’t meet each other. The last time the tour party had gotten together was the end of the previous year.

They hadn’t gotten any new members on the tour party for several years, and it was always the same people. Everyone was very concerned about the possibility that a newcomer may join this time. Wang Yushu usually plunged into his laboratory after a tour to study and make those “replicas,” so it was rare for him to come directly to the theater room to watch the livestream this time.

“Something isn’t right with this demonic insect, sob, sob. And this idiot IV-1 is going to make a sneak attack secretly,” Wang Yushu cried and analyzed, “I’ll fuck your mom’s fairy. When Wei Xun goes down to the ruins, he definitely will not take Captain with him. If IV-1 makes a sneak attack at that time, he would fall into a tricky situation, wu, wu, wu. Fuck.”

“Don’t worry, I’m rather at ease when Teacher Wei acts alone,” Mao Xiaole comforted.

There was no panic on his face at all, but his hands seemed to be constantly cramping as he tried to calculate the other’s fortune. But as usual, he couldn’t predict Wei Xun’s life at all, so he could only rely on his gut feeling. “I think Wei Xun shouldn’t have only gotten the [Archaeologist] title, maybe he also got the chance to obtain other titles like [Adventurer]. His title is suitable for exploration, and he will feel a sense of crisis ahead of time when he encounters various ambush attacks.

“IV-1, who is seriously injured, won’t have many chances to succeed.”

“Am I worried about IV-1’s strength? What I’m worried about is Wei Xun being a germaphobe qaq”

Wang Yushu cried and used up a box of tissues. His eyes were swollen like a goldfish’s. “Look at Wei Xun’s expression. His expression would be even better if IV-1 threw feces directly at him.”

“How could you speak this way? IV-1 had the status of a tour guide, so he would probably want to keep his face,” Mao Xiaole uttered unhappily while his eyes fell on the theater room.

There were snack bags, potato chips and cookies, and empty Coke bottles lying on the carpet, covered with a pile of paper towels.

Teacher Wei was a germaphobe…

“I say, Wei Xun’s germaphobia needs to be cured, otherwise he will suffer a big loss if he goes to the Amazon to rob treasures in the mud.”

Wang Yushu finally had his fill of crying, so he took off the talisman and went to get potato chips to eat, but Mao Xiaole whipped him as he flipped his hand.

“I think our tour party needs to be cleaned up,” Mao Xiaole said sternly, “It’s like a pigsty, I can’t stay in it.”

Wang Yushu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the surroundings blankly. “Don’t we live in this pigsty all the time? Why are you saying this now, eh, eh, let’s have a civil talk. Don’t hit me, watch the livestream, your Teacher Wei is heading underground!”

Only Wei Xun’s actions could completely attract Mao Xiaole’s attention. He changed his expression in a second, halted his hand, and focused on the livestream. They saw that Wei Xun took advantage of the night to act and, carrying all the necessary equipment, entered the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom.

In the middle of the night, the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom seemed a little more eerie and desolate than it had the daytime.

Jiang Hongguang was taken aback when he heard that Wei Xun wanted to explore the ruins at night. If someone else said this, they would probably think that this person was crazy. But this was something Wei Xun said…

To be honest, they also felt that Wei Xun was a little crazy. Those hidden rooms in the ruins looked gloomy during the day, but didn’t they look more scary at night? Didn’t Wei Xun have the slightest fear?

“Don’t worry about IV-1.”

Wei Xun thought that they were worried that IV-1 would return soon, but it was hard to elaborate more to them. He simply exhorted them, “I will be back by next morning at the latest.”

It was already past midnight, and it was the second day at the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom. According to the travel itinerary, they would stay here for three days in total, and they would go to Xiaolin Temple the day after tomorrow.

Hearing him say this, the tourists all felt like they were slightly suffocating.

“I’m not worried about IV-1, I’m worried about you, Leader Wei,” Jiang Hongguang said helplessly, but he also vaguely understood Wei Xun’s temperament.

No one could stop him from doing what he wanted to do. He also knew that everyone in the tour group was too weak, and if he insisted on following Leader Wei to the ruins, he was afraid he would be a burden.

Facing everyone’s reluctant and worried look in their eyes, Wei Xun walked into the darkness in the vast night. With the heavenly fox possessing him, he didn’t need to use a flashlight, but he carried a flashlight that could emit a strong light because it could act like a “weapon.” When they were far away from the campsite, a snow-white figure quietly followed him. It was the snow leopard.

“When I’m not at the campsite, you should head somewhere farther away,” Wei Xun said.

This time, when he headed down, he would bring Dog IV-1, but not the snow leopard. For a wild animal, the underground ruins were too dangerous. On the other hand, although everyone in the tour group knew that this snow leopard was “raised” by Leader Wei, no one knew if any accidents would happen with the snow leopard.

“Be obedient, and wait for me to come back.”

Wei Xun arrived at the entrance of the ruins, and when he was about to jump down, the snow leopard grabbed his clothes and roared, as if to warn him of the dangers below. Wei Xun expended effort to persuade it and convince it. Finally, he let the snow leopard stay at the exit of the ruins and it did not follow him.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be back.”

Wei Xun rarely made promises, but he did now. If outsiders heard what he said, they might be stunned. One must know that Wei Xun didn’t like to establish any ties with people. First, it was because he fooled around crazily in the past, and he grew impatient when people constantly nagged at him. Second, Wei Xun always felt that he would disappear at any time when his family, his parents, and his brother had disappeared. In addition, he was seriously ill, and he might be gone one day. Being involved with others would only add to their sadness.

He stepped on the cracks of the gravel and rocks and jumped into the underground cavity. When he turned back subconsciously, he saw that the snow leopard was peeking down at the entrance of the hole above his head.

Wei Xun smiled, and he was in a good mood. He didn’t continue to remain on the spot and continued to walk forward. When he looked down from the top before, he could only vaguely see the bizarre double-faced Buddha statue that was pitch-black and had three golden eyes. But after entering the underground area, Wei Xun found out that there were even murals on the ceiling.

Although a lot was damaged due to the earthquake, the intact parts could still be seen. In the middle of them was a black Buddha which had two arms on each side. They held a human head in one hand and nine crossed swords in the other. Behind the black Buddha was a huge 卍, with a circle of totem patterns radiating outward like rays of sunlight, and between every two totem pattern was an image of the Xiangxiong people’s sacrificial ceremony.

There were murals depicting how they prepared the sacrifices, how they circled around the mountains and lakes, how they killed the sacrifices, and there was a gusin who presided over the rituals. All of the murals are vivid, and the artist had to have been superb in their painting skills. It was a pity that the last few murals had the paint chipped off, and one couldn’t view them clearly.

One could tell that the gusin could vaguely be seen kneeling on the ground, and the blood of the sacrifices stained a bunch of spherical things.

“Tagla Membar Deity.”

With the title [Archaeologist], Wei Xun saw what exactly was painted in the murals. The deity, Tagla Membar, was also known as the Tiger God, Burning with Fire. They appeared in three colors, red, white and black, and generally, they usually appeared in various mural statues in red. They held a golden wheel in one hand, and nine crossed swords in the other. And their body had a piece of tiger skin as adornment. They were very powerful, and could protect Bon believers from harm from other religions.

However, the Tagla Membar on the mural above Wei Xun’s head was black and looked like they were angry, as if they were ready to fight and kill the enemy at any time. Wei Xun looked at the Buddha statue again, and saw it was also “Tagla Membar,” which meant that this place should have been the temple where this deity was worshiped?

[Task progress: 25%]

Just looking at the overhead mural and this Buddha statue, the task progress of the [Treasure Hunter] series title task had increased by 5%! Wei Xun received a shock from this news. He walked closer, only to see a sealed stone gate behind the Buddha statue, with the skin of some animal stuck to it.

However, the skin was battered and torn, and the stone gate had also been shattered by the earthquake. It looked like a dog hole now. The huge deep hole that Xu Yang saw, and the place where Dog IV-1 was besieged by the insect swarm, was behind the stone gate. Wei Xun listened carefully and seemed to hear a rustling sound from behind the stone gate.

Suddenly, Wei Xun felt a cold and malicious gaze peeping from the side.

He calmly turned his head to look, and saw that of the two sides of the black Buddha, one was facing the front and the other was facing the side previously, but now both were now facing him.

In the darkness, the black Buddha’s eyes suddenly moved.

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The air froze in an instant.

“Wow!”

Wei Xun inexplicably felt jubilant. Sure enough, it had been useful for him to send Dog IV-1 down to rub around the ruins in advance.

“It came alive!”

This was so interesting!

[What is alive, what is alive??]

[What happened? My god, I can’t see anything!]

[I’m so anxious, I’m so anxious. Why doesn’t Wei Xun turn on the flashlight, can he see in the dark!]

[Even if Wei Xun can see something, we can’t see it. Sob, sob, it’s too dark in the livestream room, I’m scared. Just take a pity on us, the poor audience]

The audience in the livestream room waited anxiously. They had stayed up in the middle of the night to watch the livestream because they wanted to see Wei Xun going down to the ruins. But who would have known that there existed someone like Wei Xun who wouldn’t even wear a headlamp when he explored the ruins late at night. And he didn’t even turn on his flashlight!

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The third update would be published at 10.30pm at night, mua, mua!

*: For information, please refer to <<The Common Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Figures Similar to Saint Dakini in Yungdrung Bon Religion>>

T/N: Thank you, k, for the ko-fi. Two extra chapters will be posted soon. :]