Chapter 344 - The Mantis (2/2)

After some quiet scrutiny, Xia Lei focused on the ancient alloy and used his X-ray ability on it However, his ability, which norain His vision see, and his left eye was affected His vision went black, followed by a burning sensation It was not too serious - there was just a slight burning and his vision quickly went back to normal

‘What the hell is this?’ Xia Lei was astounded He did not dare use his X-ray vision on it again He held it in his hand and looked at it closely, not leaving any detail out

This ancient alloy was roughly the sah and strong He did not test it but he was soe the strength and toughness of an alloy by touching and looking at it

This ancient alloy was obviously out of his field of knowledge, and was stronger and tougher than all the alloys he’d seen No wonder Ning Jing had said that it wasplanes

Xia Lei had no result after scrutinising it and gave up He put the alloy in his backpack and made preparations to return and study it

He left the central area after putting the alloy away He moved to an area by a stone wall via safe stone tiles where some wooden boxes were stacked The boxes had been treated to stop decay; the as soaked in oil and there was a layer of wax sealing them shut There were no locks on the boxes and he opened theold coins The gold coins were not as pure asto behold

Xia Lei then used his X-ray vision on the other boxes One other box was filled with gold coins like the first, and the re boxes held clothes which had already decayed The clothing was obviously part of Princess Yong-Mei’s burial goods but hundreds of years had passed and the clothing could not be preserved

Xia Lei sold coins can be handed to Szlao to the White Hun Tribe I’ll take the gems in the coffin, and the alloy Everyone wins’

This was the best outcome - the White Hun Tribe profited and Xia Lei would not only coold coins, porcelain and artifacts to the White Hun Tribe was also a way to justify his digging around in their sacred ruins He couldn’t take all the good stuff away, could he? Szla herself if he did

Xia Lei put the lids back on the boxes and exited the to out of the tomb door, he turned back and bowed deeply to the jade coffin Princess Yong-Mei’s body would not have turned to ash if he had not come here and taken the ancient alloy away This act of his shareatly

Chi chi chi…

The sound of bats calling suddenly caeway

Xia Lei was surprised and quickly switched off his torchlight He listened to the sounds in the passageith bated breath Soon, a cloud of bats ca past his body as they went into the tomb They disappeared into the domed roof of the tomb

Xia Lei looked up and discovered that there was a space in the domed roof of the tomb It was a vent which the bats could fly in and out of He didn’t find it strange since he had felt some airflohen he’d entered It was clear that there was not just one underground vent, but he was not interested in searching for them

Xia Lei looked away and followed the stone slabs up the passageway He stopped abruptly before he walked not 20 metres

About 20 un at hiht-fitting leather A ther device covered her eyes This sort of equipood as his left eye in environments like this

“Give lish Her voice was cold, threatening

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind He had neglected the greater danger for his sain

Xia Lei’s mood was in the pits in that instant The bats earlier wouldn’t be startled for no reason He should have been prepared, but he was not because he had not heard anything else In an environment of absolute silence like this, human footfalls would reach far even if a person tread as softly as he could but Xia Lei had not heard any footfalls

He looked at the woman’s feet and discovered that she had no shoes on She had just socks on, and had stuffed cotton between her socks and the soles of her feet

This was a smart move This woman was experienced, and had come prepared!

“Didn’t you hear me? Give me the backpack!” The woman shouted at Xia Lei