Chapter 40 Nine Heaven Scrolls
Elsa was disappointed, but more than that, she was worried.
Even so, when she saw Alex walking towards the grave, she suddenly thought that this might not be such a bad thing.
The tunnel to the grave was narrow and could only accommodate two people at a time.
Alex jumped right in.
Truth be told, he was curious about what could be dug out from an ancient grave.
At that moment, the bearded man and a few guys walked out, carrying a muddy porcelain vase and a black box.
“Who are you?”
When they saw Alex standing in front of them, they were taken aback.
If it were only Alex there, they would not be bothered. However, what worried them was that everyone had entered the grave, leaving no one outside to stand guard. Hence, they did not know what was happening outside.
“Give that to me.” Alex stared at them coldly.
“F*** you! Are you trying to die?” When a grave looter heard him, he tried to hit Alex with his shovel.
Scoffing coldly, Alex cocked his head to the side. After snatching the shovel away from the man’s hands, he slammed it against his head.
Thud!
The man felt his ears ringing as he swayed around and soon collapsed on the ground.
“Damn it! Kill him first!” yelled the bearded man furiously. After placing the porcelain vase and the black box down, he pounced at Alex.
But, at the next moment, Alex slammed the shovel against his head. He, too, swayed unsteadily before collapsing on the ground.
The others started to retreat backwards in fear.
Yet, as Alex had already started his attack, he did not plan to let them off the hook.
Chasing after them, he took each of them down with a smash of the shovel. Soon, all eight of them collapsed onto the ground.
Glancing at the grave looters who had been knocked unconscious, Alex tossed the shovel aside and walked towards the porcelain vase and black box.
After looking at the vase briefly, he turned his gaze to the black box.
Although the box was very tattered, it exuded an ancient aura. There were engravings on it, but they were long since smudged.
When Alex opened the box out of curiosity, he was instantly stunned.
There was an ancient book inside, named Nine Heaven Scrolls.
Taking the book out slowly, he flipped to the first page and saw the words, ‘The way of the Earth is all-encompassing and omnipotent… The human body is a microcosm of Heaven and Earth. It is only by devoting your mind to the fascinations of the world can you discover a world new…’
Flipping through the pages, a glint of excitement flashed across his eyes.
The Nine Heaven Scrolls is indeed all-encompassing.
It included pagan divination, geomancy, alchemy, and even ancient forms of medicine.
“Now this is what I called a treasure!”
Excited, Alex kept the ancient book before searching around the depths of the grave.
When he did not find anything useful, he left.
The moment Elsa saw Alex appear, she started to worry, unsure if he had been tempted by the treasures inside.
“What… What are you going to do?” As Alex walked towards her, Elsa started to panic.
She could not tell what he was going to do from his indifferent gaze.
Under Elsa’s flustered expression, Alex untied the ropes around her silently.
“I’ve knocked them out cold, so they probably won’t wake up for an hour or so. You can settle the rest.”
With that, Alex started walking in the direction where Flynn was.
“Hey, what’s your name? Thank you for today!” Relieved, Elsa yelled at Alex’s back.
However, he did not respond to her and soon disappeared from Elsa’s sight.
“What a weirdo! But he’s quite handsome, huh?” mumbled Elsa as her eyes lit up. Then, she whipped out her phone to call the criminal investigation team over.
