157: Lu Ling is digging a grave, and Li Mu is watching the whole process

At this moment, in a Starbucks in Heng City not too far from Li Mu's residential area, Wan Musi and Xing Mulan sat facing each other.

In their hands, both held an open, grayish-white diary.

"Si Si Jie, this Wu Ya is so strong! He almost drained Li Mu dry, you know."

Hearing this, Wan Musi on the opposite side immediately rolled her eyes. A perfectly normal sentence, yet it sounded strange coming from Xing Mulan's mouth.

"If only I could meet this Wu Ya, it would be great! I'd definitely ask him to help me beat up that Linglong!"

Wan Musi's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Xing Mulan, wondering if her ears were playing tricks on her.

She had seen Xing Mulan's information and knew this girl was simple-minded, but she hadn't expected her to be *this* simple-minded.

Such a great Senior, it would be truly ghostly if he paid attention to you!

"Is there a possibility that Senior Wu Ya might not pay attention to you at all?"

Xing Mulan froze, then fell into thought: "It seems so..."

The next second, Xing Mulan slammed her hands on the table, baring her teeth: "Darn it! Doesn't that mean I won't have a chance to turn things around for a while? When will I get my Phoenix Bloodline!"

Wan Musi: "..."

"Just don't go there, and you'll be fine!"

After speaking, Wan Musi continued to silently read the diary's contents.

Especially when she saw the sentence in the diary that mentioned, "...just like Wan Musi when I first met her..." Wan Musi was momentarily lost in thought.

The scene of her first meeting with Li Mu was deeply imprinted in her mind.

Now she had come to contact Li Mu again with a mission, but so far, she hadn't seen Li Mu's figure.

There were even several times she wanted to go directly into the residential area and knock on his door, but she managed to hold back in the end.

Meanwhile, Wang Cao had also returned home and immediately ran into his room to prepare to integrate the bamboo Spiritual Root into his Divine Artifact, "Jade Bamboo," to improve its quality.

As for the two 'thugs' at home, they were currently circling the Spirit Beast egg.

Wang Cao Ma: "Are you sure your cultivation method is correct?"

Wang Cao's Dad: "I'm following the methods from the Legacy; it should be absolutely correct."

Wang Cao's Dad: "And I've already signed a contract with this Spirit Beast inside the egg; I can feel that the Spirit Beast inside the egg is alive."

Wang Cao Ma: "But why is there no reaction at all? Didn't you say this Spirit Beast would come out soon?"

Wang Cao's Dad: "How would I know what's going on!"

Wang Cao's Dad shrugged. Ever since he established a contract with the Spirit Beast egg, he could clearly sense that the life within the Spirit Beast egg was about to break out of its shell, yet it just wouldn't come out.

Through the contract, he sensed that the Spirit Beast seemed very resistant to coming out.

This left Wang Cao's Dad a bit flustered.

If the Legacy hadn't stated that the Spirit Beast must break out of its shell on its own, he would have personally smashed the eggshell himself.

Wang Cao Ma: "Indeed, it's better to just stew it, or make it into a fertilized egg. I've never eaten such a big fertilized egg before."

As soon as her words fell, the Spirit Beast egg immediately trembled.

Wang Cao's Dad instantly became excited: "Wait, wait, it just expressed an even stronger resistance to breaking out of the shell..."

Suddenly, Wang Cao's Dad seemed to think of something and looked at his wife beside him.

"The reason it's not coming out, could it be because you said you were going to stew it earlier?"

Wang Cao Ma froze for a moment, subconsciously looking at the Spirit Beast egg on the table, then a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Good child, I was just teasing you earlier. How could Mommy possibly stew you? Come out quickly, Mommy will introduce you to an older brother."

The Spirit Beast egg showed no reaction.

Wang Cao's Dad: "It doesn't seem to believe you; it thinks you're lying to it..."

Wang Cao Ma's temper instantly flared up. I can't deal with you, huh!

She turned and pushed open Wang Cao's door, then, under Wang Cao's bewildered gaze, took the bamboo strip and left, leaving a bewildered Wang Cao questioning life.

Wang Cao Ma walked out holding the bamboo strip, pointing at the Spirit Beast egg: "I'm going to count to three!"

"One!"

"Crack..."

A crisp sound came, the eggshell cracked, and a small paw stretched out from the crack in the eggshell.

Seeing this scene, Wang Cao's Dad was thrilled and gave Wang Cao Ma a thumbs-up: "Wife, you really have a way!"

"Hmph!"

Wang Cao Ma tossed the bamboo strip onto the ground and lifted her chin: "Of course!"

At the same time, on the mountain outside Ling City, a team of archaeological members was preparing their equipment to excavate an Ancient Tomb of great archaeological significance.

The team leader was Lu Ling, an expert in archaeology and the owner of the diary's duplicate.

"Professor Lu, all preparations and checks are done. Should we start digging?"

Lu Ling, who was currently sitting on a portable chair reading the diary's content, instinctively looked up at the person upon hearing this.

Then she nodded: "All ready?"

"Alright, then start digging. Tell everyone to be careful not to damage the artifacts!"

This Ancient Tomb had been discovered a long time ago, but applications had been ongoing, and it had only recently received approval, so Lu Ling eagerly brought her team over.

During this time, she had been researching this Ancient Tomb. Although it hadn't been excavated, through its external appearance, some markers, and inscriptions, she had almost determined that it was a large tomb from the Spring and Autumn period!

However, there was a very concealed grave robber's tunnel nearby, which made her a bit worried that important artifacts inside the Ancient Tomb might have already been stolen.

She was eager to go inside and see...

Although she had obtained the diary duplicate and had seen the "truth of the world" through the diary, which greatly shocked her, this did not hinder her archaeological work on the Ancient Tomb.

In fact, a sense of urgency arose within her, wanting to excavate the Ancient Tomb to see if she could find any historical records or documents related to Qi Refining practitioners.

Having read the diary's content, she knew that the world once had Spiritual Qi, but she was eager to know when Spiritual Qi began to deplete and the world entered the Age of Dharma Decline!

On this point, Lu Ling was now as if possessed.

Now that the approval for this large tomb from the Spring and Autumn period had come down, she didn't want to waste a single moment, wanting to excavate it to see if she could find what she wanted to see.

At the same time, she was also very worried that those documents might be stolen by tomb raiders.

Under such emotions, Lu Ling had been paying close attention to the entire excavation process of the large tomb, fearing that these people might be careless and damage even a tiny bit.

What she didn't know was that everything she was doing at this moment was being clearly seen by Li Mu.

In the Cave Heaven Small World, Li Mu, observing Lu Ling through the System's video feed, a slight curve appeared at the corner of his lips...

The moment he saw the Ancient Tomb, he almost instantly thought of an idea!