Chapter 39: Faqiu Fingers' wonderful use! Tomb-raiding unique skill!

Zhang Yueshan, hearing Zhang Lin actually say Faqiu Fingers, sat up straight in surprise.

He didn't expect this storyteller to know the unique skills of the Faqiu lineage so clearly!

At this time, the audience below was boiling.

Zhang Lin's words contained a lot of information.

Not only did he mention the four major schools of tomb raiding, but he also named one of them: Faqiu Heavenly Officials!

And one of the unique skills of the Faqiu Heavenly Officials was Faqiu Fingers, Two-Finger Hole Probing!

These few sentences were like opening the door to a new world, making the atmosphere at the scene immediately lively.

Everyone didn't expect that besides old families like the Old Nine Gates, tomb raiding was also subdivided into schools?

These things instantly poked the private folk archaeological enthusiasts listening to the story.

Thinking that they were working hard to study archaeological technology, while the ancients were already proficient and had even given birth to specialized schools.

Who could not be moved by this?

Some even wanted to know what the four schools were and what their characteristics were.

Then, based on the characteristics of these schools, judge which school they belonged to!

"Mr. Zhang, tomb raiding and archaeology are divided into schools?"

"Which four schools? Tell us!"

"Which school does the Old Nine Gates belong to?"

"Mr. Zhang, I'm used to using machines; what school do I belong to?"

"Mr. Zhang, I do manual archaeological digging; what school do I belong to?"

Hearing everyone's questions, Zhang Lin patted the awakening wood to quiet everyone down.

"Everyone, let's talk about one of the unique skills of the Faqiu Heavenly Officials, the Faqiu Fingers, first."

"As for the specific situation of these four schools, it is too complicated to explain in one or two sentences."

"If you are really interested, after the Old Nine Gates, I will talk to you in detail about these four tomb-raiding schools."

"Of course, talking about schools naturally means talking about representative figures. At that time, I will also tell you about the brilliant talents among the Mojin, Faqiu, Banshan, and Xieling!"

Hearing this, everyone quieted down.

They were full of anticipation for Zhang Lin's future inventory of tomb-raiding schools!

The Old Nine Gates alone had so many shocking figures!

Then what about the representative figures of the four schools? How amazing would they be?

Zhang Lin hadn't even started talking about Faqiu, Mojin, Xieling, and Banshan, and he had already made the world unable to help but imagine!

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"Why is it said that the unique skill of Faqiu Fingers, Two-Finger Hole Probing, is the most suitable for breaking the Dragon Fire Glazed Roof?"

"That's because this skill is not something an ordinary person can practice."

"The Faqiu school is known as the Faqiu Zhonglangjiang."

"The experts among the Faqiu Zhonglangjiang have a pair of fingers as steady as Mount Tai and immense strength, which can easily crack the small mechanisms in the tomb!"

"And to practice this unique skill, one must start from childhood; the process must be agonizing!"

"A pair of fingers practiced to the extreme can even pierce steel plates!"

"To deal with the Dragon Fire Glazed Roof, you only need to use your two fingers to insert them into the brick seams, and you can easily pull the bricks out!"

These words made the audience gasp.

A person's fingers can be inserted directly into the seams of bricks and stones?

This isn't Faqiu Fingers; this is Iron Fingers!

Some people had already keenly realized that Faqiu Fingers is not only a unique skill for tomb raiding.

It can even kill people easily!

If it can pierce steel plates, how can a flesh-and-blood body resist it?

With this, the image of the Faqiu Heavenly Officials was established in everyone's hearts.

People of this school must all possess unique skills!

At this time, Zhang Lin continued: "Everyone knows that I am a storyteller."

"And we storytellers, talking about unique skills, definitely can't be so dry!"

"I say it, you listen, and you will definitely still have questions: how powerful are the Faqiu Fingers?"

"Under what circumstances would the Faqiu Heavenly Officials use Faqiu Fingers?" ===== CHAPTER 81 =====

"Under what circumstances would a Heaven Official of Grave Excavation need to use the Grave Excavation Finger?"

"As a storyteller, I must tell you all a little story!"

"The story is not long, but it can let you all feel the wonderful use of Faqiu Fingers!"

Hearing this, everyone cheered.

Although most people came to listen to the Old Nine Gates.

But Zhang Lin's storytelling style was just like that; he knew too much!

This caused the storytelling process to always have audience members asking questions.

And Zhang Lin could answer perfectly every time!

This led to many people coming to listen to the storytelling with questions.

Now, being able to earn a little story about Faqiu Fingers outside of the Old Nine Gates, why not!

Zhang Lin picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and then patted the awakening wood.

He said in a deep voice: "There are many descendants of the Faqiu lineage, but those who can practice true skills are few and far between."

"The person we are talking about today has a Two-Finger Hole Probing skill that can be called a unique skill."

"This person's name is Zhang Yancheng; I won't go into his background here."

"You all just need to know that this person specialized in tomb raiding for warlords during chaotic years, selling antiques to accumulate military funds, and was a talented person in the eyes of the warlords."

"And this Zhang Yancheng only used Two-Finger Hole Probing three times in his life!"

"All three times, he retreated unscathed and obtained rare treasures from the coffin!"

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(Little brother asks for data; there are basically no comments, and little brother doesn't know if anyone is still watching).

Hearing the name Zhang Yancheng, Yin Yin Nanfeng looked at Zhang Yueshan with some curiosity.

"This person's surname is Zhang, and he also knows the Hill-Felling Finger; could it be that he is one of your Zhang family members?"

Zhang Yueshan raised an eyebrow, "Just because someone knows the Hill-Felling Finger and has the surname Zhang, they must be a Zhang family member?"

"Then why don't you say this storyteller is also a Zhang family member?"

This remark left Yin Yin Nanfeng stunned for a moment.

After a long while, she said: "Could it be that this storyteller also knows the Hill-Felling Finger?"

Zhang Yueshan shook his head, "The technique he used to deal with Old Lady Huo was truly brilliant; he is definitely no ordinary person."

"And since he is so knowledgeable about the tomb-raiding schools, it’s not strange even if he does know the Hill-Felling Finger."

Yin Yin Nanfeng couldn't help but click her tongue; after listening to the stories several times, even someone as arrogant and picky as Zhang Yueshan showed signs of being won over by Zhang Lin.

Now, he had even voiced the speculation that Zhang Lin might know the Hill-Felling Finger!

Did Zhang Yueshan really think this Hill-Felling ultimate skill was like Chinese cabbage, something any Zhang could do?

Yin Yin Nanfeng snorted and said: "I don't believe the Hill-Felling ultimate skill is so common that just anyone can do it."

"He is just a storyteller; if even he knows the Hill-Felling Finger,"

"I'll write my name, Yin Yin Nanfeng, backwards!"

Zhang Yueshan glanced at her sideways, smiled, and said nothing.

After introducing Zhang Yancheng's background, Zhang Lin began to get to the point.

"This man, Zhang Yancheng, had five fingers on his left hand that were exceptionally long and almost equal in length."

"His strength was such that he could raise a mound on flat ground, and his skills were so great that he could taste the soil to locate tombs; his tomb-raiding techniques were truly remarkable."

"Zhang Yancheng followed the warlords, specializing in raising military funds, so he used ancient tomb-raiding methods."

"On the warlords' Northern Expedition, countless hidden ancient tombs were unearthed by Zhang Yancheng."

"This man had a special routine for tomb raiding."

"Whenever he encountered a coffin unearthed from a place of blood-evil and yin-darkness, he would douse it with ox blood to observe the coffin's reaction."

"Does this sound similar to the method of taking and identifying soil used by the old master of the Wu family?"

"The Wu family master judged that there was a fierce thing inside the tomb by the blood brought up from the soil."

"And this method of Zhang Yancheng's, dousing the coffin with ox blood, was to see if there was any strange sound from within, which would mean the corpse might have transformed!"

"The soldiers under his command would drag the coffin out of the ancient tomb to be exposed to the sun before opening it."

"If there was no movement in the coffin, one would have to look at the surface of the coffin."

"In general cases, the ox blood would not coagulate and would flow down the coffin body to the bottom; this meant there was no problem, and opening the coffin was safe!"

"But there was another special situation: when the ox blood was poured on, it was as if it had been poured onto sand and stone."

"The blood seeped into the coffin body; this was a sign of great misfortune, even worse than a corpse transformation, indicating that the thing inside the coffin might not be a human corpse!"

Hearing this, the audience below turned pale in unison.

If it wasn't a human corpse in the coffin, then what was it?

Could it be that someone had put chickens, ducks, cows, or sheep into the coffin?

Even the blood corpses in the terrifying blood-corpse tombs could be guessed to be things that had undergone special corpse transformation.

How did this ox-blood-dousing method lead to an unknown result?

Hearing the noisy discussion below, Zhang Lin said directly: "You must be wondering, if it's not a human corpse, what could it be?"

"The answer is, an indescribable corpse; this kind of thing can be called a demon!"

"Of course, the word 'demon' is mostly seen in ghost stories, and this might be the first time you've heard it linked to a coffin."

"But things in ancient tombs are often like this; there are many facts that are inexplicable and incomprehensible to ordinary people, yet they exist."

"I believe those of you with some archaeological experience can understand what I mean."

Once these words were spoken, most of the people below nodded one after another.

Ancient tombs are often buried underground, never seeing the sun all year round.

In places of extreme yin and extreme cold, strange things often happen!

Even when they go underground to participate in archaeology themselves, there are many taboos.

These things come from the experience of predecessors; there is no logic to explain them, but everyone follows them!

"If he encountered a demon coffin, Zhang Yancheng would order people to dig a pit on the spot and sink the demon coffin into it."

"After coating it with mud, he would melt weapons and seal the coffin with molten iron!"

"He would only leave a hole on the top of the coffin large enough for a hand to pass through."

"Once the molten iron solidified, he would reach into the coffin with one hand to retrieve the items inside."

"This was the ancestral Hill-Felling Lieutenant technique of Zhang Yancheng: the Two-Finger Hole-Probing!"

"And when probing the hole, he would order people to use three-foot pipa shears to clamp his arm, while tying the handle to a horse's tail."

"Once he felt something was wrong, the others could immediately whip the horse."

"When the horse was startled and ran, it would pull the mechanism, and the razor-sharp pipa shears would immediately rotate and cut, severing the hand to save his life!"

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

They were amazed by Zhang Yancheng's ingenuity and stunned by his boldness and skill!

To be willing to sacrifice an arm to explore for treasure and save his life, it was clear this man was ruthless and extreme!

"Coffins treated this way, because of the hole on top, eventually become something similar to a giant iron whistle, so some people call them whistle coffins."

"Zhang Yancheng only used this Two-Finger Hole-Probing skill three times in his life, and he retreated with his arm intact every time!"

"The best time, he retrieved a golden grape the size of a molar from the coffin, which was said to have been hidden in the corpse's mouth!"

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