Chapter 33: Taking Hu Ba Yi And Wang Pang Zi As Disciples, Prince Gumo’s Tomb
Hearing Su Mo’s words, Hu Ba Yi couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, then a burst of surprise followed.
Ever since coming into contact with the Sixteen-Character Yin Yang Secret Art, Hu Ba Yi knew all too well the power of this ancient secret technique. Just the various knowledge in this incomplete version of the Sixteen-Character Yin Yang Secret Art alone, even if he studied it for a lifetime, he probably wouldn’t fully comprehend it.
And the Su Mo before their eyes was already a divine figure in the eyes of Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi.
Not to mention anything else, just this ability to control the ant queen and drive away the ant swarm—who could do that?
Back then in the Kunlun Mountains, if he had this ability, how could he have let his comrades die miserably under the fire beetles!
Thinking of this, Hu Ba Yi immediately said:
“Master Su, you really intend to teach me?”
Su Mo nodded and smiled faintly:
“A real man keeps his word, and even four horses couldn’t pull it back. If I say I want to teach you a few moves, of course it’s true!”
Hu Ba Yi was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly bowed deeply to Su Mo:
“Since Master Su is willing to guide me, then I, Old Hu, will formally take you as my master!”
Hu Ba Yi was just like that—one thing was one thing, two was two.
Since Su Mo was willing to teach him, and he truly admired Su Mo’s skills, now that Su Mo was willing to guide him, he had to address him as master and disciple.
Although Su Mo was a few years younger than him in age, that wasn’t an issue at all.
Between master and disciple, the capable one is the master!
Wang Pang Zi saw that Hu Ba Yi had so straightforwardly taken a master, his mouth agape in some shock as he was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately said:
“Master Su, since you’ve taken Old Hu, take me too. We brothers have always been like brothers in battle— inseparable like Ji Bu Li Meng and Meng Bu Li Ji!”
“Good!”
Su Mo smiled and nodded in agreement.
Wang Pang Zi, upon hearing this, was overjoyed and immediately bowed deeply to Su Mo as well.
Both of them were born under the red flag, so naturally they wouldn’t use the old custom of kowtowing to take a master. This bow already represented their respect and esteem for Su Mo, as well as their determination to formally take him as master.
Xue Li Yang, Professor Chen, and the others saw that Su Mo was actually taking disciples on the spot at this time, and couldn’t help but show a trace of smile on their faces.
After this chaos of the army ants, everyone was already completely convinced by Su Mo’s abilities and didn’t feel there was anything wrong with Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi taking him as master. On the contrary, they felt that following Su Mo would definitely allow them to learn a lot.
Only after Wang Pang Zi had taken the master did he couldn’t help but scratch his head and say:
“Wait, that’s not right, Old Hu. Master is a Banshan Daoist, and we are Mojin…”
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted in a low voice by Hu Ba Yi:
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
It turned out that Wang Pang Zi was thinking that he and Old Hu should be considered Mojin School Lieutenants, while Su Mo was a Banshan Daoist, so taking Su Mo as master wouldn’t that cross the sect inheritance?
Hu Ba Yi thought that Professor Chen and the others didn’t know their identities as Mojin School Lieutenants, so he quickly interrupted Wang Pang Zi.
Xue Li Yang had already caught on, a slight smile on her face as she pretended not to understand, turning her face aside to talk with Professor Chen and Hao Ai Guo.
Su Mo glanced at Wang Pang Zi and smiled:
“The so-called Mojin School Lieutenant, Banshan Daoist, or Xie Ling Forceful Person, Fa Qiu Heavenly Official, are all just different inheritances and techniques. In this era, it doesn’t matter anymore, after all, many sects have already been lost. Although I call myself a Banshan Daoist, what I know is far more than just the kung fu of the Mountain Mover sect!”
After saying that, he told Hu Ba Yi the method from the Zi Wei Guan Xiang Fa regarding the connection between the sun, moon, stars, and feng shui.
Hu Ba Yi, upon hearing it, felt as if a bucket of clear water had been poured over his head, feeling it was even more exquisite than his own Celestial Star Feng Shui Technique. He hurriedly memorized it all and pondered it carefully.
Although what Su Mo said was only from the Zi Wei Guan Xiang Fa regarding feng shui arts and such, Hu Ba Yi already felt he had gained tremendously.
Next, he taught the Five Animal Frolics and Tai Chi kung fu to Wang Pang Zi and Hu Ba Yi.
Wang Pang Zi knew nothing about tomb raiding expertise kung fu, but he had some talent for martial arts. After being taught the Five Animal Frolics and Tai Chi kung fu just once, he had already memorized the key points.
Su Mo also taught them the kung fu of sitting meditation and regulating breath, so that they too could follow the path of the Human Immortal Martial Way and strive upward in cultivation.
Hu Ba Yi savored and pondered Su Mo’s teachings, silent for a long time before looking up at the sky and saying:
“Master, what you said earlier has greatly inspired me. I feel that using the method of celestial star feng shui and Zi Wei Guan Xiang, we can see that there must definitely be an ancient tomb beneath this ancient city!”
Su Mo nodded:
“Can you see the general location of the ancient tomb?”
Hu Ba Yi then stood up, observed the arrangement of the stars in the sky, and used the compass to survey for a while. Soon he confirmed that there was indeed a tomb beneath the ancient city, and the entrance to the tomb was near an ancient well ahead.
Wang Pang Zi immediately became excited and then called over Hao Ai Guo and the others.
An Li Man quickly stopped them:
“No, no! This is the sacred well in the desert. If you mess with it, Hu Da will be unhappy!”
Su Mo, upon hearing this, turned to look at An Li Man:
“You just said I was the angel sent by Hu Da. Now I want to go down the well—do you think Hu Da will still be unhappy?”
An Li Man, upon hearing this, was immediately speechless.
Xue Li Yang, Hu Ba Yi, Professor Chen, and the others discussed it briefly, then decided to go down to the bottom of the well to take a look.
Everyone quickly packed up their gear, then Chu Jian, Wang Pang Zi, and Sa Di Peng lowered a rope from the well mouth. Hu Ba Yi grabbed the rope and slowly descended to the bottom.
The well walls were extremely smooth, with almost no place to stand. Hu Ba Yi slid down about fifteen or sixteen meters deep into the well and soon discovered a stone door on the well wall.
He quickly waved his flashlight upward, then drew the crowbar from behind his back, pried open the stone door, and bent down to crawl inside.
Beyond the stone door was a tomb passage, and the air was not foul. Seeing no danger inside, Hu Ba Yi signaled back upward.
Su Mo and Wang Pang Zi then descended inside, followed by Xue Li Yang. The four walked forward along the tomb passage for about fifty or sixty meters, only to reach another stone door. Pushing it open revealed a very spacious and dry stone chamber inside.
The stone chamber was full of piled white bones, with many stone pillars around, and numerous dried human bones tied to the pillars.
At this time, Professor Chen brought Sa Di Peng and Chu Jian down as well. Seeing so many human and animal bones here, Chu Jian and Sa Di Peng couldn’t help but turn pale.
“Be careful, don’t get pricked by bone shards!”
Su Mo just said this faintly, then walked forward.
Since they had arrived at Prince Gumo’s graveyard, he definitely had to explore ahead to see if there was any harvest.
Walking forward a few meters with his flashlight raised, he suddenly stopped.
He saw that on the stone wall ahead, there were actually exquisitely beautiful colored murals painted.
Xue Li Yang and Professor Chen’s eyes were instantly drawn to the scenes in the murals, and they couldn’t help exclaiming:
“This… seems to be a portrait of the Queen of Jing Jue!”
