Chapter 419: The Qilin Bloodline Totem Appears

Not long after returning home, Yang Lu's video call came through.

Seeing the grand villa Yang Lu was staying in, Zhang Lin felt a pang of envy.

"Pan the camera around—am I looking at the Forbidden City?"

Yang Lu laughed and said, "Yes! This house overlooks the Forbidden City. It's an official temporary residence."

Zhang Lin blurted out, "Good lord—and they call that a temporary residence?"

Then what on earth would the place he lived in be called?

"The Archaeology Institute really plays favorites. How come this special consultant of mine doesn't get that kind of treatment?"

Yang Lu had been packing, and Zhang Lin Has Already noticed a lot of tomb-raiding tools from the Moving Mountains lineage.

A Vajra Umbrella, a Corpse-Binding Rope, and a Sky-Drilling Rope were all laid out on the table!

Hearing Zhang Lin's words, Yang Lu burst into giggles.

"Does Senior Brother still care about that sort of thing?"

"I heard people from the Mortal Archaeology Institute say they see you telling stories every day, so they figured you were just some artsy type who never touched worldly affairs!"

"So sending houses and money felt too tacky—afraid you wouldn't even look at it."

"With no other choice, they ended up giving you a title instead."

Zhang Lin sat on the sofa, cracked open a can of soda, and chuckled, "I'm tacky—I'm the tackiest person alive. So if you're going to send something, send it fast!"

"If I weren't tacky, would I have taken Young Master Zhao's million to make a Luo Pan?"

Hearing Young Master Zhao's name, Yang Lu suddenly thought of something.

She set down what was in her hands and said, "Speaking of this Young Master Zhao, I think he's also on my team."

Zhang Lin was a bit dumbfounded.

What kind of people were even on Yang Lu's team?

If they're not Wang family people, they're spoiled rich kids—send them into the Ancient City of Jingjue and aren't they just delivering free meals?

Yang Lu replied, "This one has some background. We couldn't refuse, so we just had to bring him along."

"Speaking of which, there are quite a few people like that on this team. It's all the result of various factions jockeying for position—you know how it is."

This… was a local specialty, and Zhang Lin naturally understood!

He guessed many people assumed Yang Lu's trip this time wouldn't be dangerous.

They were all sharpening their elbows, desperate to join the Moving Mountains Chieftain's archaeology team to gild their résumés!

But everyone was underestimating the Ancient City of Jingjue.

This trip was likely to cost a lot of lives!

Thinking of this, Zhang Lin reminded Yang Lu, "Your Moving Mountains skills are only half-baked. When the time comes, you need to know how to read the situation—don't stick your neck out."

"Some people—save them if you can. If you can't, get out of there fast!"

Hearing this, Yang Lu laughed even harder.

"Got it, Senior Brother! We're Moving Mountain Daoists, not real Daoists—we don't have that bodhisattva heart."

Zhang Lin nodded in satisfaction and glanced at Yang Lu's gear again.

He asked, a little curious, "Why don't I see your grandfather's Moving Mountains Branch-Mountain Digging Armor and Moving Mountains Digging Climbing Armor?"

Yang Lu pointed to a corner of the room. There was a bamboo-woven box there, trembling every so often, covered with a black cloth on top.

"The Digging Armor is over there. The Climbing Armor is on me!"

"I'm short one armor-carrier. I think that Young Master Zhao looks perfect for it—I'll have him carry the Digging Armor."

Zhang Lin raised an eyebrow. The Digging Armor was heavy—Young Master Zhao was in for a miserable trip!

Seeing the slightly schadenfreude look on Zhang Lin's face, Yang Lu suddenly thought of something.

She asked, a touch puzzled, "Senior Brother, do you know about the Stone-Touching Treasure Seekers of Bu Shu?"

The fact that Yang Lu brought it up on her own told Zhang Lin she must have picked up some inside information from the Archaeology Institute over the past couple of days.

"I know about it, but exactly how many people there are and where they've been taken—no one outside knows."

Yang Lu's expression turned complicated as she said, "I know. They've all been transported to the Northeast. Based on my judgment, the location should be Mount Zhangbai!"

The treasure seekers were all transported to Mount Zhangbai?

That was something Zhang Lin hadn't expected!

He had previously assumed that either the group would be gathered in Jingcheng and then sent out together to find thunderclouds for treasure-touching,

or they'd all be shipped to the coast, so the moment the stones were brought back, they could immediately test them.

He hadn't expected the group to be taken somewhere completely unexpected.

Mount Zhangbai held many secrets—the Eastern Xia imperial tomb was there, and so was the Qingtong Sect.

But Zhang Lin had never heard that the Thunder City of the Thunder-Listening Clan was there!

So he couldn't quite figure out what these people had been brought to Mount Zhangbai to do.

Seeing Zhang Lin deep in thought, Yang Lu didn't interrupt him. Instead, she opened the livestream and switched it to the Xisha archaeology team's feed.