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The smoke cleared, revealing that only one corner of the stone platform had collapsed, reduced to rubble. Fragments of azure stone were scattered everywhere, and I stood frozen in shock.
I finally understood how the patterns on the Azure Stone Brick worked; it was a self-destruct device.
"What’s going on?" I turned around to see Xia Liyi, who looked equally stunned.
"What’s your situation?" I said with a mournful expression. "Didn’t you all leave?"
"I dropped something." Xia Liyi also appeared overly shocked. "Did you throw a grenade?"
"No, I just threw a brick." I continued to wear a sorrowful face. Would those two surnamed Wu want me to compensate them? No, it wasn’t their ancestral tomb, so what would I compensate for?
"A brick? I thought you threw a Samsung phone."
"Don't blame Samsung; they might send a dozen to your house."
I cautiously approached the center of the explosion. The previous two layers of the stone platform had vanished, leaving behind a deep pit that resembled an abyss. The nearby Azure Stone Brick, although not blown apart, was now completely blackened.
I glanced into the pit; it was bottomless and I had no idea where it led or what was inside. However, I could faintly smell a foul odor.
"What’s down there?" Xia Liyi leaned in closer.
"I don’t know. Want to go take a look?" I suggested playfully.
"Are you out of your mind? You want to go down without knowing what’s there? What if it’s poisonous gas? You’d be done for!" Xia Liyi exclaimed dramatically.
"It won’t be poisonous gas; it’s probably just methane," I insisted confidently.
"You can do it if you think you can." Xia Liyi provocatively looked at me.
"Forget it, let's do it tomorrow."
"Coward!" Xia Liyi wrinkled her delicate nose and said.
I quickly left the 'scene' and set up several Exorcism Talismans and an Urgent Command at the cave entrance. If there really was an Evil Spirit suppressing below, these talismans could at least hold it off a bit, allowing our Scout to signal us.
But why didn’t the Scout remind me that Xia Liyi had come? Later, I specifically asked them, and they thought I had arranged to meet Xia Liyi on purpose, treating us as if we were on a secret date. Are you guys stupid? Do I really need to flirt in front of two Scouts? Just like Xia Liyi, their brains must have holes!
"By the way, weren't you supposed to come back for something? Why didn't you take anything?" I asked Xia Liyi, who hadn’t taken anything and just turned around to walk with me.
"What else could I take after you blew everything up?" Xia Liyi looked at me with a face full of grievances. "What are you going to do to compensate me?"
Wait, did she get affected when the stone platform was blown up?
"What exactly did you lose?" I asked cautiously.
"My Archaeological Notes and my water bottle. Thanks to you, I have no water to drink now, and all my previous efforts have gone to waste." Xia Liyi tossed her head. "You have to take responsibility."
A beautiful girl wants me to take responsibility? Should I yield or yield? Forget it, I'll just submit.
"Alright, I'll take care of your drinking water issue. As for your notes, I'll point you in the right direction. If you have any questions about identifying artifacts, just go find that sneaky-looking guy who came with us." I could only sell out Earthwalker.
"Is that all?" Xia Liyi seemed unwilling to let me off easily.
"Great-aunt, what else do you want?" I asked with a mournful expression.
"Starting from dinner tonight, you need to help me solve my food problem."
"Huh?" I twisted my face in surprise. Did I hear that right? After all this trouble, she just wanted to mooch off my meals? Well, that means I won't have to sell the 'Earthwalker' after all.
"By the way, I've noticed that sneaky-looking guy of yours. He seems to know quite a bit about these things. What does he do?"
"A family heirloom Cultural Relics Dealer."
Isn't that a nice title? Cultural Relics Dealer? Doesn't it sound much better than Tomb Raiding or Mogin? And you can tell that whoever named it must have been an uneducated youth who never studied properly.
We chatted back and forth with Xia Liyi and soon returned to the camp.
The Archaeologist team and my teammates had already started preparing dinner. However, I must say, the Archaeologist team was in a pretty bad situation. They had managed to turn a pot of rice into something resembling popcorn. I'm sure it was due to not enough water.
Compared to the Archaeologist team, our side looked much better. Zhang Fan had somehow managed to get his hands on some game—a very plump snake. I couldn't tell if it was poisonous, but it had already been skinned and was being roasted.
When Wu Zhishang saw his junior sister return, he was initially very happy and rushed over. But as soon as he saw that she was with me, his expression dropped, and he shot me a fierce glare that mirrored the one he gave at the roasted snake meat on the grill.
"Junior sister, you're back! Come, try my cooking," Wu Zhishang said flatteringly as he grabbed Xia Liyi's hand, looking eager.
Xia Liyi forcefully pulled her hand away from Wu Zhishang and shot me a look of despair as if she were going to the execution ground. I raised an eyebrow innocently, signaling that I couldn't help her, and gave her a thumbs-up gesture, which only deepened her sorrow.
In Wu Zhishang's eyes, Xia Liyi and I seemed like we were flirting with each other; his eyes nearly sparked with jealousy. As soon as Xia Liyi stepped into the tent, he grabbed my collar.
"Kid, stay away from that foolish junior sister. If you don't, I'll make sure you regret it."
Wu Zhishang was one of those relatively strong boys; although he was tall and thin, he had considerable strength.
However, he had chosen the wrong target. I casually reached out and easily pulled away his hand that was grabbing my collar. I couldn't be bothered to explain anything to such a clown; I simply walked towards my camp.
Wu Zhishang became more anxious and suddenly wrapped his arms around my neck from behind, trying to choke me and push me to the ground. Did he think I would give him that chance? I grabbed his hand that was choking me and, with a twist, executed a professional maneuver called a joint lock, turning my body and bringing Wu Zhishang's hand behind his back.
Only after I completed all my movements did Wu Zhishang let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
The others rushed out immediately; Lin Zhao and the others came out holding their guns.
"What’s going on?" Wu Zhixiang was the first to rush in front of us. "What is this? Let go! Are you trying to get rough?"
"Of course not," I replied to Wu Zhixiang with a cheeky grin. Why should I show him any courtesy?
"Isn't this Wu brother wanting to spar with me?" I added more pressure with my hand. "Isn't that right, Wu brother?"
Wu Zhishang's face was already contorted in pain, and he could only hurriedly respond, "Yes, yes, yes! Brother, I concede, I concede!"
Only then did I release my grip. See? They forced me to act like this.
Wu Zhishang twisted his wrist that I had locked and returned to his team with a resentful expression, as if he wanted to swallow me whole.
"Captain Lin, are you going to manage your subordinate like this?" Wu Zhixiang shouted at Lin Zhao.
I wasn't under Lin Zhao's command anyway; he should be talking to Uncle Xing and Yama King about this. However, even if Uncle Xing scolded me, it would be for being too lenient. As for Yama King, Wu Zhixiang probably wouldn't see him for several years.
"Take care of your own people." Lin Zhao said as she slung the gun over her back and turned to leave.
"Hmph!" Wu Zhixiang snorted coldly, "Rude person!"
After all, he was an Old Wen faction member, cursing with such a fresh and refined tone. But just thinking about the bigger surprise waiting for that old man Wu made me feel a bit intimidated.
I had previously arranged with Xia Liyi that she would come find me for dinner once everyone finished eating. After Zhang Fan meticulously picked the bones clean from the snake meat, leaving it tasteless, I took out a pot and a bag of rice from the Seed Bag and placed them on the earthen stove to slowly cook, preparing to make a nourishing Rice Porridge. I even added a bit of Job's Tears, which smelled wonderful.
I was worried that the already full beasts would come over and snatch my Rice Porridge, so I used a Barrier to cover the earthen stove, preventing the aroma from escaping.
I placed a steaming tray on top of the Rice Porridge and set two Rice Cakes on it—coarse grains paired with fine grains, perfect!
I was a standard vegetarian, and since the food in the Seed Bag wouldn't spoil, I kept a variety of vegetarian options in my mustard seed pouch.
Wouldn't it be more economical for us to buy some discounted items that are close to their expiration date? Great idea!
Before long, the Rice Porridge was ready. I carried the pot to the back of the tent, as previously discussed with Xia Liyi.
Xia Liyi was already waiting there, holding something in her hand.
"Is it done? What did you cook? Hurry up, lift the lid and let’s see; there’s hardly any aroma at all!"
Of course not; I had wrapped the Rice Porridge with a Barrier.
Lifting the lid revealed soft and glutinous Rice Cakes on top, with steaming Job's Tears Rice Porridge underneath. The fragrance had been trapped under the lid, and as soon as it was opened, it wafted out, nearly making Xia Liyi drool.
"Wow, it smells amazing." Xia Liyi pulled out a spoon from her belongings and reached for the Rice Porridge.
"What are you doing?" I pulled my hand back from the Rice Porridge.
"What are you doing?" Xia Liyi's spoon missed the bowl as she stomped her foot.
"I still want to eat. Are you just going to stick your spoon in like that?"
Xia Liyi bit her spoon and said nonchalantly, "So what? As an Archaeologist, it's good enough for us to have something to eat out here. Who cares about these things?"
Fine, fine. I took out two bowls from the Seed Bag and handed one to Xia Liyi. "Here, take this and eat."
Xia Liyi accepted the bowl, curious. "Where did you get this from?"
"What's it to you? It's not like I pulled it out of my pants," I replied irritably.
"Pervert!"
"If you have the ability, don't eat a pervert's Rice Porridge."
"Wait, I'm sorry."
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