Tomb Raider: Call Me Dragon Vein Cleaner

Chapter 296 The Queen Mother of the West's Alchemy Chamber

Everyone could see that the corpses here were well-preserved and had not decomposed.

Looking at the edges of some empty grottoes, where the scales have worn away, one can see that these must have been granaries prepared for the snake mother or the two-scaled python.

"Get out of here!"

Chen Wenjin said something in a low voice, then quickly walked forward with the others.

Actually, the blind man found the right path, but to get to the deeper parts, he had to pass through here.

After walking a dozen meters, Chen Wenjin stopped in front of them and saw a large snake with a fleshy crest on its head stand in front of them.

Behind it, a dense swarm of pheasant-necked snakes crawled from the walls and corners toward the path ahead of the group.

"Should I make a move?"

Seeing that there were quite a few snakes, Cheng Feng asked a question.

Before Chen Wenjin could answer, the pheasant blocking the way suddenly sprang up by the neck and bit straight at Chen Wenjin's neck.

In the nick of time, Chen Wenjin swung his knife and slammed it against the wall. Using the blade wasn't a safe bet.

Even if you cut it in two, the snake's head could still bite a person.

The snake's attack triggered an explosion from the swarm of snakes behind it, instantly sending more than a dozen pheasants flying with their necks out of their sockets.

The attack range directly covered everyone present.

Zhang Qiling and Hei Xiazi moved in front in perfect unison, their two swords, one long and one short, leaving no opening.

Almost all the pheasants that charged at them had their necks broken or their spines chopped in two.

Chen Wenjin also finished off any snakes that slipped through the net, and for a time the three of them successfully withstood the attack of the snake swarm.

But at that moment, they also heard the sound of a venomous snake flicking its tongue behind them, and Black Bear took the opportunity to glance at it.

"Our escape route is blocked!"

"You guys focus on dealing with the ones in front, I'll handle the ones in the back."

Upon hearing Cheng Feng speak, the group felt reassured and then focused on dealing with the venomous snakes in front of the passage.

The pheasant's neck, blocking the way back, was excited to see most of the people's exposed backs.

With just one ejection and a gentle bite, they have all their food reserves and nurseries.

Just as they were gathering their strength to attack, a large number of glowing insects suddenly appeared in mid-air.

Cheng Feng summoned boundless karmic fire, and the crystalline blue light illuminated the narrow passage.

Pheasants are highly intelligent and intuitive, and when faced with a situation beyond their comprehension, they did not act rashly for a moment.

But since they didn't move, Cheng Feng had no intention of holding back.

With a thought, countless Dap Ghost Insects swept across the pheasant's neck like a miniature galaxy.

In an instant, boundless karmic fire rose up, and countless pheasant necks turned to ashes under its influence.

Perhaps this scene frightened the snakes so much that even those snakes that were blocked by Zhang Qiling and the others stopped attacking.

The miniature galaxy formed by the Dapu Ghost Worms turned a corner in the passage, returning to Cheng Feng's side while completely eliminating any remaining worms.

"What a domineering bug! Boss, could you send me a few of these for self-defense later?"

Black Bear twirled his sword, his face turned straight ahead, wary of the venomous snake, but his mouth was never idle.

"Sure, consider this your early year-end bonus."

He didn't say that Cheng Feng also planned to arrange for Dapu Ghost Worms for his subordinates, the Unloading Ridge brothers.

Normally, the Dap Ghost Worm can sleep in the box, but once it awakens, it becomes a powerful weapon to turn the tide of battle.

Only a very small number of people can deal with them. Without the luck of Hu Bayi and others, they would only end up ashes or broken ice.

"You're so generous, even my previous boss wasn't as magnanimous as you!"

Chen Wenjin rolled her eyes at Hei Xiazi; her former boss was none other than her father.

As they spoke, the pheasant's neck seemed to receive some command and began to recede like a tide.

Just a few dozen seconds later, only the snake corpses that couldn't walk were left in the passage; those that were still in half dragged their bloody hindquarters away.

"These days, even snakes are starting to bully the weak and fear the strong."

As Black Bear spoke, he sheathed his short knife. Judging from the cleverness of the pheasant's neck, it was unlikely that they would cause any more trouble.

"It's just the instinct for survival. When faced with prey that is too strong to defeat, giving up is the law of nature."

As he spoke, Cheng Feng took out a palm-sized wooden box from the imaginary space.

After opening, the three Dap Ghost Insects broke away from the group and flew into the wooden box.

The light on their bodies dimmed and flickered with the rhythm of their breathing.

After closing the wooden box, Cheng Feng threw it to Hei Xiazi.

"If you encounter danger, open the box. Except for those carrying parchment, everything else that can move is within its attack range."

Black Bear carefully took the box. The insects inside were a deadly weapon in a critical moment, so he dared not be careless.

Just as Hei Xiazi was happily putting away the box, Cheng Feng took out a bamboo tube that was over a meter long and as thick as a calf.

Under Cheng Feng's control, hundreds of boundless karmic flames flew into it.

Then Cheng Feng secured the bamboo tube to Chen Wenjin's back.

"Take it and play with it. Ask me for it again when you run out."

Chen Wenjin smiled and nodded in agreement, her gaze towards Cheng Feng even showing a hint of longing.

Hei Xiazi suddenly felt that working for Cheng Feng wasn't so appealing anymore; being the boss's wife would be much better.

"Boss, if I were a woman, I would definitely marry you."

"I know of a poison that can feminize men."

Zhang Qiling's words made Hei Xiazi look like he had seen a ghost, thinking to himself, "So even the mute Zhang can joke now?"

But Zhang Qiling looked serious, showing no sign of joking.

Startled, Black Bear quickly waved his hand, saying, "I don't need it, you should keep it for yourself!"

Chatting idly along the way, the group passed through the tunnel and arrived at a huge tomb chamber that resembled a plaza.

The ground here has been constructed in several layers, from low to high, like the stands of a football stadium.

Every two meters above, there are human figures wearing bronze armor, and at the very center is a raised circular platform.

Above the circular platform, a huge alchemy furnace was fixed in mid-air by three thick iron bars.

As Chen Wenjin walked toward the central circular platform, he said, "This should be the Queen Mother of the West's alchemy room. It seems we're already in a fairly central area of ​​the Queen Mother of the West's palace."

Upon reaching the circular platform, the group saw a star chart depicted on it.

Seven well-preserved black pills were placed in the position of the Big Dipper.

"This is an elixir of immortality refined by the Queen Mother of the West. Would you like to taste it to see if it's salty?"

Cheng Feng looked at the people present with an amused expression and said.

Everyone was experienced, and no one dared to touch anything here.

As Hei Xiazi looked around, he said, "What's so great about immortality? I've had enough of living!"

Zhang Qiling's eyes flickered slightly after hearing this, but quickly hardened.

Unlike Hei Xiazi, he had an inescapable mission that sustained his belief in living.

"Master, should we put away these seven Corpse Beetle Pills and keep them for future research?"

Huo Ling remembered their research lab plan, so she asked about it.