To cross the river, a mongrel and a young Wu both became fish bait, their bodies consumed by the piranhas.

I stood on the bank and witnessed it all, feeling an endless sense of sorrow.

Seeing that the first batch of tomb raiders had finally made it to the shore and reached the ancient tree, I quickly reminded them, "Be careful, there are poisonous snakes on this tree. They're bright red with triangular heads. One bite could be fatal!"

Boss Wang, who had just climbed ashore, couldn't help but curse, "Damn it! This godforsaken tomb is truly cursed! First man-eating fish, now poisonous snakes, is it even giving us a chance to survive? Damn it all!"

Before he finished speaking, I heard someone in the water calling my name, "Rongsheng! Rongsheng! Come and give me a hand, quick!"

I looked up and saw that Hong Jie had also managed to cross the river among the crowd. Two piranhas were hanging from her calf, but they hadn't done much damage, and she wasn't seriously injured. I quickly walked over, grabbed her arm, and pulled her up.

Once ashore, Hong Jie was overjoyed. She kissed me and said with a smile, "I was scared to death. When I saw the mongrel being eaten clean, I was afraid I wouldn't make it... Thank goodness Xiao Wu stepped forward and became bait, giving us a chance to live."

I thought to myself, 'Stepped forward? It was more like he was abandoned by his teammates.'

But I didn't say that out loud. Instead, I smiled at Hong Jie and said, "Hong Jie, you're lucky. It's good you made it."

Hong Jie patted her ample chest and said, "I was so scared, my heart almost jumped out of my throat! You don't believe me? Feel it!"

As she spoke, she actually grabbed my hand and pressed it against her chest.

My face flushed red, and I quickly pulled my hand away, saying in a low voice, "Hong Jie, what are you doing? It's not appropriate!"

Hong Jie glanced at me with seductive eyes and smiled, "What's inappropriate about it? Why let the good stuff go to waste?"

As she spoke, another batch of "rats" successfully crossed the river. I looked up and saw that Xiao Wu had been gnawed into a skeleton in the river.

I quickly called out to those who hadn't yet reached the shore, "Hurry! Hurry! The bait's gone. If you don't come up now, it'll be too late!"

But the more anxious these people became, the more mistakes they made. Two of them were careless and were swept into the river by the current. By the time they tried to float back up and grab the rope, it was too late. They had already been swept far away by the undercurrent.

The piranhas, having finished off Xiao Wu, immediately attacked the two lone tomb raiders. All that was heard was a series of screams, and then the two poor fellows, like Xiao Wu, were dragged into the water and devoured alive by the piranhas.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the people on the shore turned pale. Hong Jie covered her eyes and didn't dare to look, saying repeatedly, "Too horrible, this is too horrible..."

At this time, Boss Wang walked over and asked in a deep voice, "Where's that white-robed fairy? Didn't you catch up with her?"

I said with a wry smile, "Boss Wang, this ancient tree is full of poisonous snakes. My father-in-law and I almost lost our lives. How could we have bothered chasing that white-robed fairy?"

Boss Wang wasn't an unreasonable person. After hearing this, he patted my shoulder and said, "You two have worked hard. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly when we get out."

Then, looking at the dragon's skull above his head, he gnashed his teeth and said, "It seems that the white-robed fairy is really one of us. She actually found the mechanism hiding the jade slip so quickly. Damn it, I've searched through two tombs for this ancient Shu jade slip and sacrificed dozens of my men, but none of them found it! She came into the tomb alone and took it so easily. Damn it!"

Although I had long known that Boss Wang was looking for the ancient Shu jade slip, I still pretended to be curious and asked, "Boss Wang, is this ancient Shu jade slip very valuable?"

Boss Wang replied, "It's not necessarily very valuable, but the key is that this is the treasure that Master Gao specifically asked for. If I don't get this treasure for him, how will I have the face to ask him to find dragons and locate tombs for us in the future?"

Seeing that Boss Wang didn't hide anything this time, I quickly took the opportunity to inquire, "This thing is actually the treasure that Master Gao specifically asked for! Then it must be a priceless treasure, maybe it contains some secret to immortality! What do you say?"

Boss Wang listened to my "naive" words and said with a contemptuous smile, "Heh heh, immortality? You've probably watched too many TV shows, right? From ancient times to the present, for five thousand years in China, who can truly be immortal? To tell you the truth, this ancient Shu jade slip has nothing to do with immortality. It's just a history book of the ancient Shu kingdom."

"A history book?"

After hearing this, I suddenly understood. Jiang Yongguang's guess was indeed correct.

This ancient Shu jade slip is precisely the history book recording the civilization of the ancient Shu kingdom!

Because historical records about the ancient Shu kingdom are very scarce, the ancient Shu jade slip is of extraordinary significance in archeology!

Hong Jie, who was standing beside me, immediately said with a look of disdain, "Just a history book, how much is it worth? Why would Master Gao be interested in this kind of thing?"

Boss Wang glanced at Hong Jie contemptuously and sneered, "It's like playing the lute to a cow. How could you understand Master Gao's realm?"

Hong Jie was reprimanded, but she didn't dare to speak out in anger and had to smile and say, "Yes, yes, yes, what can we understand? Boss Wang, we've made you laugh."

At this time, Mr. Liao in the distance looked up at Uncle Mei, who was squatting on a tree branch, and asked, "What's the situation up there?"

Uncle Mei held a diving knife, not daring to be careless. While guarding against the surrounding poisonous snakes, he said, "There are still many snakes in the tree. You must be careful. These snakes look very poisonous. A bite will kill you!"

"Got it!" Mr. Liao responded and walked over to ask Boss Wang, "Boss Wang, now that the ancient Shu jade slip has been taken away, what do we do next?"

Boss Wang narrowed his eyes and said, "Now that the guardian dragon has appeared, the tomb owner's coffin must be nearby. We can't chase back the ancient Shu jade slip for the time being, let's open the coffin and take the corpse first!"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but wonder, "I guessed right! Boss Wang invited Mr. Liao here to get the tomb owner's corpse!"

It's just that I don't know what Boss Wang wants this old corpse for.

After determining the next plan, Boss Wang immediately waved his hand and ordered the "rats," "Brothers, all of you get up the tree and find out where the tomb owner's coffin is. Whoever finds it first will be heavily rewarded! Get moving!"

As the saying goes, heavy rewards bring brave men. In order to perform well in front of the Boss Wang, the tomb raiders were not afraid that the tree was full of poisonous snakes, and they began to climb the tree with their tools to find the coffin.

They were always vigilant. If they saw a poisonous snake, they would cut it in half with a single blow.

However, the light in the cave was dim, and there were really too many poisonous snakes. Soon, one of the brothers was careless and accidentally stepped on a snake while climbing the tree.

The poisonous snake turned around and bit him, right on the wrist artery.

The venom entered the blood vessels and went straight to the heart. The brother twitched all over and fell straight down from the tree, landing in the underground river. He died foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes.

This was good for the piranhas in the river. They swarmed up and devoured the brother, not expecting that eating the dead meat with snake venom would bring bad luck to them as well. One by one, the gluttonous piranhas flopped over, dead on the surface of the water.

Seeing this scene, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

As the saying goes, one thing subdues another. It seems that there are no eternal winners in this world.