"It has something to do with the bones?" Lingshan asked.
"That's right." Lin Yi nodded, "I feel like there's something alive in this tomb, and those people might've been eaten by that thing."
"Tomb keeper?" Xiaoke couldn't help but gasp after hearing Lin Yi's words.
"What's a tomb keeper?" Lin Yi wasn't a thief, so naturally, he'd never heard of it.
"Tomb watchers are the protectors of the graveyard. These people used to be the servants of the master of the grave, and as they developed, they could be the descendants of the servants, or the servants of the servants. But now, there are very few of them," Xiaoke said. "Yes.
"You're saying that there's a tomb keeper in this tomb? That it ate these people? "Lin Yi asked.
"It could be a human, but it could also be a spirit beast. Tomb guarding spirit beasts are recorded in some ancient tomb robberies. This is a type of spirit beast that exists to guard tombs, living in the tomb and protecting it. When there's no one around, it hibernates like a turtle, but once someone barges in, it will wake up and eat the robbers as food before going back into hibernation …" Xiaoke explained, "If these people weren't eaten by their companions, then it's very likely that they were eaten by the tomb guarding spirit beast." Lin Yi nodded, "If these people weren't eaten by their companions, then it's very likely that they were eaten by the tomb guarding spirit beast." Xiaoke explained, "If these people weren't eaten by their companions, then it's very likely that it was the tomb guarding spirit beast."
"Oh? There's something like that? "Lin Yi was surprised," Then Old Hei and the others don't know about it? "
"Maybe they do, maybe they don't, because it's just a legend. I've read about it in some ancient tomb- maybe it's just something people made up to scare people, but in all these years, I've never heard of anyone meeting a tomb keeper. There have been tomb keepers, but they don't live in the tomb- they only live near the tomb!" Xiaoke said, "And these tomb keepers have gone through tens or even hundreds of generations, and many of them don't even know where the tombs- they only know about the legend of their ancestors."
"I see." Lin Yi nodded. He guessed that the spirit beast guarding the tomb was similar to the Fire Spirit's Fruit that his old man had seen. It was an extremely rare existence, and very few people believed in it anymore. "Then these people will probably meet the legendary spirit beast guarding the tomb. How wonderful."
"Then these people … Will they be eaten as well?" Lingshan frowned.
"Who knows?" Lin Yi shrugged.
Lingshan didn't say anything- things had gone beyond her expectations- she didn't want these graverobbers to die, and wanted to bring them to justice, but this wasn't the time for her to do whatever she want- even Lin Yi couldn't do anything about it!
If Lin Yi was confident, he wouldn't be sitting here waiting.
And so, Lingshan and Yutian looked at each other and went silent. Whatever, as long as they could capture those small fries up there, it'd be worth it.
"Right … Male thief, can I ask you something?" Xiaoke couldn't help but ask. She hadn't talked much with the male thief before, and they weren't familiar with each other, so she didn't dare to talk too much. But now that they had talked a lot, she wasn't as nervous as before.
"What is it?" Lin Yi asked.
"You … Why are you helping me?" Xiaoke asked after some hesitation.
"Oh …" Lin Yi didn't know if he should reveal his identity. After some thought, he decided not to cause any more trouble. He smiled, "I see that you're pretty, and I want to take you as my wife. Is that okay?"
"Wha?" Xiaoke's eyes went wide, and her face turned red from Lin Yi's words. She coughed and stuttered, "No … No way, right?"
Lin Yi smiled at Xiaoke's shocked face, "So don't ask what you shouldn't ask."
"Oh …" Xiaoke nodded, but she was still a little embarrassed.
Lingshan was so pissed off that she almost jumped up and pointed at Lin Yi. Just what was wrong with me? Why would you rather take a female thief as your wife and not think about me?! She was pissed, pissed!
"Ha …" Lin Yi thought that Xiaoke was quite amusing.
"How … How much are you worth?" Xiaoke suddenly asked after some silence.
"Hm?" Lin Yi paused.
"It's nothing, it just depends on how much you're worth, and if you're worth being my wife. How much can you give me?" Xiaoke said seriously.
"I'm joking," Lin Yi looked at the serious look on Xiaoke's face and felt bad.
Lin Yi could guess what Xiaoke was thinking. Perhaps she thought that the couple should be very rich. How could a grave robber not have money? Perhaps she could tell that it was too dangerous to help other people rob graves, especially this time. She might die if she didn't do it properly, so she thought of selling herself. If she could sell herself for a good price, then the orphanage wouldn't have to worry about the future, and Xiaoke might really agree.
In her eyes, she didn't care about her own benefits and happiness at all, only the children in the orphanage …
"Haha, I'm just joking too …" Xiaoke laughed.
In fact, Lin Yi was right- Xiaoke really did think the same way as Lin Yi. If Lin Yi could take out a sum of money that could build the orphanage well, and make it so that the orphanage wouldn't have to worry about its expenses for a long time, then Xiaoke would be willing to be his wife or even his maid!
But Xiaoke shook her head in self-mockery. She wasn't a golden phoenix, why would he spend so much money? Was that even possible? She reckoned that these thoughts of hers would cause the male thief to go bankrupt. Even if he really wanted to marry her as a concubine, he would be scared away after hearing her request!
The four of them waited here for a while. After about half an hour, they suddenly heard the sound of messy footsteps coming from the passageway in front of them.
"They're back?" Lingshan asked after hearing the footsteps.
"They seem to be running back?" Yutian frowned, confused.
"Not good!" Lin Yi's heart sank. The jade's warning signal was getting stronger and stronger, which meant that Elder Yu and Old Hei had brought danger back as well!
As expected, following the messy footsteps were screams of pain!
"Help … Not good! There's a ghost … There's a ghost in the grave, it's going to eat people … "
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