Chapter 585: Depart at 5:85
"No, you definitely can do it."
Just by her ability to escape from a group of men with three children, you’d know nothing is too difficult for her.
"Have you ever heard this saying, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Really, don’t have illusions about me."
Shao Hongming turned his head and said nothing, but he was in a pretty good mood.
Su Yuanyuan didn’t mind either. It all depended on whether she had time when the moment came.
Actually, she had already made up her mind. If she could find out any information about the children, that would be best, as she could go searching for them. If not, she was planning to take a trip around the grassland. Of course, she wouldn’t go to the Snow Mountain; she still intended to enjoy her life.
"Su Yuanyuan, let me tell you about myself."
Shao Hongming didn’t wait for Su Yuanyuan to refuse and immediately continued talking.
"Actually, both my father and I practice Taoism. We have no comparisons, so we don’t really know our level.
I have quite a few siblings, but not many received my father’s approval.
I am the only one he acknowledges, the one who is like him."
Su Yuanyuan looked at Shao Hongming with surprise, thinking, are there still people practicing Taoism? Nowadays, are fake Taoists like this? What’s the standard equipment?
In Su Yuanyuan’s eyes, a Taoist should have hair coiled up, wearing those long robes, and holding a whisk.
"Actually, we are learning according to the Cultivation Technique left by our ancestors. All my father’s children started this at five years old, but only I can truly cultivate.
According to the ancestral Cultivation Technique, we haven’t yet transcended our mortal bodies.
But our health is excellent; I have never been sick from childhood to now."
"So this is practicing Taoism?" Su Yuanyuan was genuinely curious.
"There’s no comparison. But I feel that Tan Shaoting and you are different from ordinary people."
"How are we different? I haven’t cultivated either."
"It’s just a feeling that you are different."
Su Yuanyuan really didn’t know what to say. She had no idea whether her body had cultivated any mystical Cultivation Technique, but she herself definitely hadn’t.
"What have you cultivated? Can you move mountains and seas? Or fly up to the sky and dive into the earth?"
"Haha, you’re dreaming, right? Do you think that cultivation will make you capable of that? Our family’s Cultivation Technique doesn’t include such things."
"Not capable of that. But you should be immune to all diseases, right?"
"Haven’t you seen my father’s current health condition?
I said, we can only cultivate, but we haven’t reached any significant level."
Shao Hongming was also rather speechless. Wow, what kind of imagination is this? Moving mountains and seas?
He just felt he couldn’t see through Tan Shaoting and her, which is why he brought up the topic. It wasn’t to make any grand statements, but really just to chat with Su Yuanyuan.
This topic hadn’t been talked about with anyone else before. Looking at Su Yuanyuan’s reaction, it was probably not something to say to anyone else.
Actually, since childhood, he had many questions. How was he different from others? Sitting for an entire day, he was so tired of it then.
But later on, he gradually felt the benefits of cultivation.
No matter what he studied, he’d remember everything after reading a few times. Moreover, his movements became very agile.
That’s when he realized these were the benefits of cultivation.
But today, being questioned by Su Yuanyuan like this, he suddenly wondered, what exactly am I cultivating?
Su Yuanyuan also knew she might have spoken a bit excessively. "I really didn’t know."
"It’s okay. I understand."
Now the two became quiet, largely because Su Yuanyuan wasn’t good at chatting. She wouldn’t force herself to adapt to others for anyone.
Shao Hongming wasn’t a chatty person either. So when Su Yuanyuan drove in the afternoon, the two still hadn’t talked much.
Shao Hongming racked his brain trying to think of something to say, but he really couldn’t think of anything.
He eventually gave up and said nothing.
They arrived at midnight, directly checking into a hotel in the city.
Su Yuanyuan felt itchy all over, so the first thing she did was take a shower. Luckily, it was late at night, but she thought of Shao Hongming’s cultivation and could only ask the attendant for hot water. There was no other choice.
The next day, the three of them drove directly to the local department in charge.
They arrived before the archaeologists. As the security manager, Shao Hongming roughly instructed the local head to wait for the scientists to arrive and head straight to the ancient tomb while they went first.
Guided by a local, Su Yuanyuan also read a few records of tomb raiding in the car. Wow, there really were capable people. They had to meet them when returning in a few days.
This area had already been controlled. Upon arrival, Shao Hongming checked the place and then held a meeting in a tent there.
Su Yuanyuan listened on the side. She thought this matter indeed seemed troublesome. Part of the danger was that the local villagers opposed the excavation. They believed that the ancient tomb had protected them from famine in tough years without them really going hungry.
After the meeting, the two circled the ancient tomb and found many tomb raiding tunnels.
However, it seemed they hadn’t succeeded. The place was filled with traps and poison. A few people had died there a few years ago, it was said.
They went prepared this time, only to get caught.
Su Yuanyuan felt they were very lucky. But not seeing them, anything said would be premature.
"It seems more than one group wants to go in here. Wow, it’s like a rat’s nest.
I want to meet those people; I feel they might not just be after treasure."
In her past life, she had heard rumors of tomb raiding for immortality. At the time, she scoffed at it. Immortality? It was many people’s dream. But it really was just an ethereal concept.
"Alright, I’ll go with you to see them."
The two said a word, then drove back to the city.
"Actually, I feel the villagers are not completely unreasonable.
Surrounding areas suffered from drought, yet their village didn’t. I think we should get climate and geological experts to come, as convincing the locals is essential."
"Sure, I will arrange that. But we need to see those people first."
Su Yuanyuan naturally had no objection. The introductions sent over were just appointments making her Shao Hongming’s deputy.
So her opinions had to be considered. Besides, he found what Su Yuanyuan said to be quite right.
Once they agreed, on arrival in the city, they went straight to interrogate those people.
Su Yuanyuan first met the older person, finding a very discordant feeling.
Shao Hongming asked first, while Su Yuanyuan wanted to hear his thoughts. And she was right; the intention was immortality.
They had money and didn’t need treasures; they just wandered looking for ancient tombs, wanting to see what was inside.