This Is What You Call Professional!

Yes.

To Xu Yuan, this looked like the grave of some distinguished senior had been washed open by heavy rain, causing the burial items inside to spill out.

Such things had been quite common in Xu Yuan's previous life.

As for what Lao Yu said about some senior accidentally losing it, Xu Yuan could only smile without saying a word.

Who respectable would come to a place like this in the middle of nowhere, let alone those distinguished seniors?

If they traveled, they would take the main roads and official routes, wouldn't they?

And they had supposedly lost something as rare as a Storage Ring, something worn on a finger. What, had that senior lost their finger along with it?

Just as he was about to head up the mountain, his wrist was suddenly tugged. Xu Yuan turned to look at Hu Liena beside him.

"What is it, Senior Sister?"

Hu Liena wore a somewhat strange expression. She cautiously looked around, then spoke in a low voice.

"Xiao Yuan, isn't it a little inappropriate for us to dig up someone else's grave?"

She put herself in their place. If she died someday and people in the future dug up her grave like this...

Just thinking about it made Hu Liena feel furious.

"What do you mean, inappropriate? This is simply wonderful!" Xu Yuan shook his head.

Huh?

Several question marks slowly appeared above Hu Liena's head.

Digging up someone's grave was wonderful? Have some decency, Junior Brother!

Seeing that she had misunderstood, Xu Yuan hurriedly said, "If we were digging up graves under normal circumstances, then that would definitely be very, very bad.

But what is the situation now?

The senior's resting place has already been washed open by heavy rain, and the burial items inside have been swept out. Now that we have received news and come here, doesn't that make it perfectly justified?"

"This... this is perfectly justified?"

Hu Liena stared at him in astonishment.

"Of course!"

Xu Yuan explained calmly. "The senior's grave was washed open by heavy rain, and we are here to help repair it. Isn't that a good deed?

Ordinary craftsmen charge money to repair graves. As Soul Masters, isn't it reasonable for us to charge a little more?

The Storage Ring in that senior's grave has already been washed away, and there probably aren't any other valuable items nearby. Isn't it perfectly reasonable for us to take one or two Soul Bones?

We receive our payment, and the senior gets their grave repaired. Isn't that a win-win situation?"

When put that way, it did seem like there was nothing wrong with it...

Hu Liena nodded unconsciously, then suddenly caught a certain keyword and widened her eyes.

"Wait, what did you say? Soul Bones???"

Xu Yuan waved a hand lightly. "Find the grave first, find the grave first. We don't know yet."

Yes.

The moment he learned that Lao Yu truly had a Storage Soul Tool ring, Xu Yuan had already guessed that it was a burial item belonging to some distinguished senior.

That was why, when he gave the ring to Xue Celou, Xu Yuan had done so decisively—to prevent others from making the same connection and causing unnecessary trouble.

Then, when he heard Lao Yu say that he had picked up the ring and that it had rained heavily in the two days before he found it, Xu Yuan became even more certain of his guess.

That was why he had Lao Yu bring him here to see where he had found the ring.

On Douluo Continent, not everyone was willing to selflessly hand over all their good things after death.

This situation was more common among clans or major sects. After all, if a force wanted to develop for the long term, inheritance was indispensable.

But there were also some distinguished seniors who acted more extremely and had offended many people.

Like Du Douluo Dugu Bo, or Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Matriarch Chao Tianxiang.

They had offended countless people in their younger days. Now, no one dared act rashly because of their strength and cultivation.

But once they died, if their funerals were held with great fanfare, countless enemies could come knocking in an instant, dig up their graves, and grind their bones to ashes.

Under such circumstances, they could only quietly find a place and secretly bury themselves.

Some people's descendants might wait nearby for several years, until their bodies had completely decayed, then dig open the grave to retrieve the Soul Bones before relocating it.

But life was unpredictable.

During that process, the descendants of those distinguished seniors might also die unexpectedly because of certain events, causing graves that concealed enormous value to remain buried underground.

Then, after shifts in the earth's crust, changes in the environment, soil erosion, and so on, they would be washed open by rain on some stormy night and see daylight again.

It was just like the protagonists in those novels Xu Yuan had read in his previous life. Why did they encounter fortuitous opportunities after jumping off cliffs?

Nonsense. They had offended too many people. If they still wanted peace after death, wouldn't they have to find some remote place to depart from the world?

"Boy Xu!"

While they were still searching, Ghost Douluo's slightly hoarse voice suddenly rang out from halfway up the mountain.

They found it!

Xu Yuan's spirits rose. He gathered his breath, lightened his body, and reached Ghost Douluo's side in several leaps.

"Where is it? Where?"

Gui Mei raised a hand and pointed. A dark hole, already cleared out once, immediately entered Xu Yuan's sight.

The opening was not large, less than half a meter wide.

There were also fresh traces of rainwater washing over the edges. It must have happened recently.

Within seconds, Hu Liena also hurried over after hearing the call.

By now, she had clearly lost all her previous reservations. Bright light glittered in her enchanting eyes.

Digging up graves might be immoral, but if there were Soul Bones inside, that was a different matter.

"Do we dig straight in?"

"..."

Xu Yuan rummaged through his Storage Bracelet but failed to find any tools for digging. He turned toward Hu Liena and Gui Mei.

"Did either of you bring tools?"

Hu Liena shook her head. What proper Soul Master went out carrying that kind of thing?

Gui Mei paused, then lightly tapped the face of one of the rings on his left hand with a finger of his right hand.

Clatter~

Several shovels, hoes, drills, and similar tools immediately piled up before the three of them.

"..."

Well damn, Xu Yuan could only think, well damn.

He gave Ghost Douluo a thumbs-up in utter admiration. When it came to professionalism, Old Ghost was still the best!

The three immediately picked up their tools and began digging.

Ordinary people might have found it difficult, but all three were Soul Masters, so their progress was naturally swift.

Gui Mei in particular was unbelievably professional at digging, with incredibly rich experience and exceptionally refined technique.

Xu Yuan and Hu Liena huffed and puffed for ages, working up a sweat all over before they managed to make a small pit.

Gui Mei scooped left and right with his shovel, and soon dug out a hole large enough for a doorway.

One look was enough to tell that this was not his first time.

After less than half an hour, the three of them finally saw this nameless grave.

The burial chamber was roughly ten meters wide and hollow inside, but it had long since collapsed, leaving only two or three meters of space. It was surrounded by dirt and shattered stones.

There was a hole the size of a basketball above them, with signs of water erosion around it. The rainwater had likely poured in through that opening.

The coffin had decayed and rotted beyond recognition.

There was almost nothing left inside now, only a vaguely humanoid outline, scattered dry bones, and a rusty token?

Not far from the coffin, two jade-white objects lay one before the other along the path carved out by the flowing water, positioned toward the opening.

At the sight, Hu Liena's breathing quickened.

There really were some!