The Jingjue Ancient City

Professor Chen's face turned green with anger seeing his student, Hao Aiguo, acting crazy and about to offend someone.

They all needed these people's help to find Jingjue Ancient City. He himself didn't dare to slight these three brothers at all. But here you are, offending all three of them at once in this situation.

"Brother Wang, Brother Hu, and Brother Ming, my teacher meant no harm. Please don't take it to heart."

"Yes, Brother Wang, I apologize on behalf of my teacher."

Sa Dipeng and Chu Jian said to Fatty and Hu Ming.

Then, they exchanged glances and sighed helplessly. Their teacher was too easily offended.

"What's going on?" Yang Xueli walked over, her gloomy gaze lingering on Fatty.

"Nothing, nothing. By the way, everyone, keep moving forward and be careful."

Seeing Yang Xueli's gloomy look, Fatty felt a pang of guilt and quickly called out, then patted his chest.

Beep beep, at this moment, the wireless communicator let out a sound.

Attracting everyone's attention, Hu Bayi took out the communicator and pressed the answer button.

"Brother Hu, are you alright? Stay safe and keep in touch. Over."

"Received, received. Over."

After speaking, Hu Bayi put away the communicator and glanced at Shirley Yang, his eyes flickering with doubt, but he said nothing. Then, he looked at Hao Aiguo, his gaze clearly unfriendly.

"Professor Hao, we three brothers were paid by Miss Yang to come here. It's not what you think. I hope you watch your words."

The three brothers were united when facing outsiders.

"Alright, alright, Brother Hu, let's go," Gawa nudged Hu Bayi, urging him on.

Hu Ming nodded at Hu Bayi as well, then continued to lead the way with Hu Bayi, with Fatty following behind them.

Fatty quietly said to the two, "I saw Yang Xueli sneak into a small hole just now. I followed her in and found several corpses. Then, while she wasn't paying attention, I got a small plate with a pattern from under one of the corpses."

Lin Xuan nodded upon hearing this and continued, "Hide it well, and show it to me after we get out."

Fatty nodded again and said, "But that American girl seemed to be looking for something. She rummaged through those corpses but didn't find this plate."

Hu Ming nodded. At this moment, Hu Bayi asked doubtfully, "We didn't find any holes when we were walking ahead!"

Fatty glanced at Hu Bayi and said, "The entrance to the cave was covered by snow, leaving only a small opening. I didn't expect that American girl to find it."

"Who cares what she's looking for? What she's looking for has nothing to do with us," Hu Bayi said righteously.

Hu Ming looked at him with a hint of disdain, clearly knowing this guy had fallen for her.

The three chatted intermittently, leading the group forward.

There was a river ahead. They stood by the river, shining their flashlights on the water. Although the river was flowing slowly, it was almost imperceptible. The water was clear and transparent.

Moreover, Hu Ming saw more than a dozen piles of white bones at the bottom of the river, the bones clearly showing signs of being gnawed.

However, the flashlight beams reflected off the water's surface, casting a hazy light into the water, making it difficult to see what was happening in the river.

Hu Bayi and Hu Ming exchanged a glance and reached a conclusion: this river was unsafe.

"Everyone, rest here for now. Fatty and Mingzi and I will go explore the river."

Hu Ming called out to Fatty, rolled up his trouser legs, and took an ice pick to find a shallow area in the river.

"Little Sa, come here quickly."

Sa Dipeng hurried over when he heard his teacher calling him.

Professor Chen and Hao Aiguo stood before a stone wall, their expressions excited. The wall was carved with dense text.

Yang Xueli glanced at the three people, including Fatty, standing in the distance.

Yang Xueli was surprised that Hu Bayi and the other two were still monitoring her, which made her very angry. She had already decided that once she broke her curse in Jingjue Ancient City, she would return to America directly. As for Hu Bayi and the others' wages, since there was no contract, Yang Xueli had no intention of giving them the remaining money.

However, if Hu Ming knew about this, he would only say that this American girl was naive. If her curse could be broken so easily, her ancestors would have broken it long ago.

Moreover, Hu Bayi and the other two had already made plans. If they really found Jingjue Ancient City.

The three of them would unhesitatingly sneak in to collect antique artifacts, with Hu Ming being the main force. The other two would create opportunities for him. At that time, Yang Xueli's money would only be pocket change for these three.

However, all of this depended on one condition: finding Jingjue Ancient City.

"Holy crap, Mingzi, this water is really warm. Why don't we take a bath first?" Fatty dipped his hand into the water.

Hu Ming, however, frowned and said sternly, "Alright, if you feel comfortable, other things will feel comfortable too."

Fatty was stunned for a moment. Seeing Hu Ming's serious expression, he knew Hu Ming was not joking.

"Let's get back to shore first. I have a bad feeling about this."

Hu Bayi glanced towards the deeper part of the river, his brow furrowed. This sense of crisis was honed in the hail of bullets, a sixth sense built upon countless bodies.

Hu Ming and Fatty nodded, then walked back. After the three returned to the shore, they found Yang Xueli looking at them expressionlessly.

The rest of the people were looking at a stone wall, while the two tall soldiers were protecting them.

Seeing Yang Xueli's expression, Hu Bayi wiped himself dry and went to apologize to Yang Xueli for Fatty's behavior.

Fatty frowned as he watched Hu Bayi, "What is Old Hu doing? Why is he siding with outsiders?"

Hu Ming, however, laughed, "Old Hu has taken a liking to her and wants to marry this American girl. Also, this woman might become our sister-in-law in the future, so you should stop monitoring her, or Old Hu will get angry."

Fatty rubbed his nose and said, "Alright, I'll listen to you, Mingzi."