Chapter 607: Achang Tribe


    Whos there? I looked around.


    Senior Shupulled himself together. From the Yang energy I sensed in the air, that person isnt powerful. Idont thinktheycame herewith evil intentions. I guess they were tourists who identally trespassed our campsite.


    Senior Shuheaded to our campsite, and all of a sudden, he disappeared. As the sky was too dark, I didnt know what had just happened. I worriedly walked forward.


    And,I experienced the same thing. I sliddown justasSenior Shuhad done!


    It took me a few seconds to reach the bottom. I hurriedly turned on the shlight. Irecognizedwe were trapped inapit someone had dug. The pitcoveredseveral square meters.I sawSenior Shustanding near me.


    Luckily, they didnt set any spikes here. Otherwise, we would have be human hedgehogs.


    Senior Shuwiped the cold sweat offhis face. Then, he took the shlight from meand shone it onthe space above. I lifted my head and followed the light. This pit was four or five meters deep. However, when we came here to camp, there was no pit!


    I was a little shakenand cursed,Who theheckdid this? Theyhavedug such a deep pit without leaving any traces!


    It wasnt too strangeforsomeodig such a deep hole on innd.However,we were on the mountain, where the soil underneath was all basalt!


    Senior Shusaid, Itshould be the native peoplehere. Theyre probablyangrybecause wevetrespassed in theirforbidden area. However, Idont thinkthey mean harm. Otherwise, we would have been dead by now.


    Then, he found a spot to sleep.


    The walls of this hole were strangely smooth, whichhad made it impossible to climb up.


    I couldnt be as calm as him. Shivering inside, I watched the hole above. WhenSenior Shuhad alreadyfallenasleep, I felt thecoldwind continuously blowing from above. Gradually, my scalp went numb.


    I didnt know howmuch time had passed, butmy eyes slowly closed at some moment.


    Then,afox cry echoed above my head. This time, I heard it loud and clear. That thing was right above my head. I wanted to see what it was, butit never appearedwithin my vision.


    Around half an hourter, the cry disappeared. I checked my phone. It was 4:00 AM. Thinking that there shouldnt be anything fouling again, I rxed and slept right away.


    I didnt know how long I had sleptbeforeI heard rapid footsteps above my head. I didnt sleep deep enough, so I woke up as soon as I heard the noise.Senior Shuwas awake. He was sitting cross-legged next to me.


    Seeingthat I had wokenup, he pointed upward. Here theye!


    Indeed, when the footsteps stopped, we heard people yelling and cursing above our heads. They were speaking some minor ethnguage that I didnt understand. Soon, a rope was droppedto us.When I was about to climb up, Senior Shu stopped me.


    Wait here. Im going first to see the situation.


    Then, he grabbed the rope and slowly climbed up. Not long after hewentup, I saw the ropedropdown again.Itmeant that I could go up.


    I grabbed the rope and climbed up. Finally, I saw who hade to rescue us. There was a group of people surrounding us. They all held pipe gunsorbows, and they worecolorful garments. Some even had beautiful feathers on their heads. At first nce, I knew they weresomeminor ethnic hunters.


    They looked angry, and theystaredat us asthoughthey had a deep grudge against us. I couldnt stand this unknowing hostility. I talkedfirst. Why did you dig thispit to trap us?


    You two came here to rob the tombs. Wewere alreadykindenough not tokill you! One of the hunters spokeinbroken Mandarin.


    Rob the tombs? We didnt rob any tomb!


    As soon as I was about to exin,Senior Shupushed me aside andwentto the hunters. He said in a stern voice,We came here yesterday. Were looking for the legendary Undead Grass. Wehaventrobbedany graves here, nor do we want to.


    Then,heopened our tents in front of them.After showing them thedefensivemagic tools, he said, Brothers, youmade a mistake. You see our tools here? These arent thingsthattomb robbers use, wouldntyou say so?


    The leader of the hunter team looked hesitant. After a while, one of them talked to himintheirnguage. The leader thenmadea coldface. Recently, our ancestors tombshavebeen robbed. Moreover, every time, the robbersmakeanoisethat sounds likeafox cry! Yesterday, our Dazhuwaitedhere the whole night. He heard the fox cry from this ce. What else do youhaveto say?


    Hold on, you saidafox cry? Does it sound likeawoman crying?


    It was the sound I had heard when I hade to this mountain. Moreover,st night I heard it right above the pit! I didnt know what it was, but now, I understood that it wanted to me the crime on me andSenior Shu!


    I exined what I had experienced since we hade to the mountain to the head hunter. After listening to me, he lowered his voiceand discussedwith the other hunters. In the end, he nodded. I trust you for now, but you have to prove that you didnt do such things.


    Then, he waved at his peers. The other hunters threwSenior Shuinto the trapping pit.


    He gave me an evil smile. Before we get the tomb robbers, we need a hostage.


    Okay!


    I nodded reluctantly, thinking thatSenior Shuand I were lucky that we had encountered rtively gentle Yunnanpeople. Ifthishad happened in Tibet, theywould haveshotus asthoughwe were just hopping rabbits.


    I am Baji, a local hunter. These are my brothers.


    Aftermakingthe deal that I would help them find the real culprits, Baji showed me the friendly and hospitable faces of the minor ethnic people. He roasted the boar he had just hunted to treat me. While gnawing on the juicy boar leg, I listened to the strange stories that had happened here recently.


    These hunters were all from the Achang Tribe.For generations, they had lived in this area. They huntedto feed their families, and when the old people in their tribe died, theywereburied on Mount Horse Saddle. They said that by doing so, itwould guarantee theirter descendants lives.


    A few days ago, when Baji came to the mountain with his peers, they foundthat thegrave of one of their ancestors was unearthed. Although they were angry, they thought it was just anident. They fixed the grave and left.


    After that day, the graves in the mountain wererobbed from time to time. Thestrongmen of the tribe pledged their hearts that they had to makethingsright for their ancestors.Theysplit up and tookshiftstowatch the mountainthroughoutthe days and nights. Soon, they recognized that when they heard the fox cry, atomb was robbed. Thatwas why they had misunderstood usst night.


    After listening to Baji, I asked skeptically,You mean, youve been watching for quite a long time and you havent found anything suspicious yet?


    Baji stuttered. Wesawtwo robbers digging the tombs. At that time, we were confident that we had outnumbered them, so we all rushed toward them. Unexpectedly, they moved so fast. Moreover, no weapons could harm them. They seem to be some sort of robot! We let them escape in the end


    When he said that, Bajiblushed. To them, it seemed to be an embarrassment that they had let their enemy run away.


    I wanted tofort Baji but then, I recalled the two freaks that had forced us to move away from the mountain peak. I asked, The two tomb robbers you met, one wore white clothes and the other wore ck clothes, right?


    How did you know that? All the men jerked up from their seats after I said that.


    From their abrupt reaction, I knew I was right. I didnt say anything further but quickly pulled Baji to the mountain peak.


    He hesitated at first, but he then waved his hands and asked some peoplewithguns to stay by the pit to watchSenior Shu.


    Around half an hourter, wearrivedatthe cewhere Senior Shu and I had seenthe two freaksst night. Strangely, there was a hole right where they had stood.


    Damn! I must kill them! Baji was stunned when he saw that.


    I followed him and saw a tomb under that hole. The coffin was pried open,which revealedanunrecognizable corpse inside.


    We joined hands to fix the grave.


    Baji looked at me with red eyes. This is my grandmothers tomb. She was afraid that her tomb would be raided afterward, so she didntwant atombstone. But now


    Before Icould providehimfort, he got on his kneesand beggedme to help them. I was bewilderedat thismoment. I was a suspect in the previous moment, and now theydmade metheir savior.


    From the soroundmy grandmothers tomb, Ican tellthat it was dug early this morning. You andthatold man were in the trap at that time. Of course,Idontsuspectyou anymore. Please, Iknowthat youre notanordinary person. Please help us!