In order to conceal it and facilitate construction, Hua Hegen chose to start drilling holes on the east bank of the Lancang River, where the terrain is relatively flat, so that the tunnel passes through the bottom of the Lancang River and goes straight to the bottom of Bailong Mountain.

Although this project is somewhat difficult and will take at least two months, it is indeed the best solution.

You can't just walk on the rocks on the west bank of the Lancang River and dig through the mountain wall, right? Even if there is a cable bridge connecting the two sides of the river, construction on the west bank would be too ostentatious.

Not only is it ostentatious, but it is also more difficult to carve out a mountain.

The holes dug by tomb robbers were not big enough to accommodate only one person, so Hua Hegen did not bring many people.

There are specialties in the art, and others digging holes are not as efficient as him doing it himself. The manpower he brought, besides helping to move the earth, was more responsible for guarding the entrance of the hole, and the task was to prevent the mountain people from approaching.

Go to the cave entrance.

After the excavation project began, Duan Zhengchun visited the site from time to time to supervise the progress. What he didn't know was that Chen Ya had also come to the entrance and exit of the West Bank many times to listen to judge the direction of the Hua Hegen tunnel.

Forty days later, Hua Hegen dug the tunnel to the top of Langhuan Jade Cave.

Of course Hua Hegen didn't know that there was originally a tunnel under Bailong Mountain, so in his opinion, this project was only more than half completed.

All he has to do now is to continue digging until he reaches the southern wall of Bailong Mountain, and then break out. Then he goes to the back cliff of the southern mountain of Wuliang Mountain and climbs up to reach Jianhu Palace.

However, as he was digging, he suddenly heard an unusual sound. He was sure that the sound did not come from the shovel in his hand, nor did his body collide with the cave wall.

The sound actually came from underneath the tunnel, which surprised him.

Did you meet Zongzi? But according to the inference of Xunlong Jue, there shouldn't be a tomb at the bottom of Bailong Mountain!

However, he was not too panicked. He took out the mahogany sword, glutinous rice and black donkey hooves from the leather bag he carried with him, placed them around his body, then put his ears against the cave wall and listened with bated breath.

He listened for a while, but never heard any sound again. He couldn't help but wonder if he was too nervous before and had auditory hallucinations.

He burst into laughter and secretly cursed himself for his worthlessness. How could anyone notice him digging a hole at the bottom of the mountain?

Even so, he was much more cautious. He dropped the shovel and continued digging with both hands.

Hua Hegen's hands are not comparable to those of ordinary people. When he robbed tombs in his early years, he once obtained an ancient secret book called "Bronze Hands".

Bronze Hands is a very powerful external skill. When practiced to an advanced level, both hands and a pair of forearms can become invulnerable, and can even resist swords and swords!

There is also a martial arts skill in this bronze hand secret book called Tiger Claw Kung Fu. When fighting, the hands turn into two tiger claws, which can tear apart tigers and leopards, and can also penetrate gold and stone.

In addition to fighting and fighting, this tiger claw skill has another wonderful use, that is, it is used to dig tunnels. Using the tiger claws with your hands, when you dig, a large piece of earth and rock will fall down. The efficiency is amazing.

The most amazing thing is that Hua Hegen makes very little noise when he digs tunnels with his Tiger Claw Technique, unlike shovels and shovels that always make a clanging sound, which adds to the concealment of his actions.

So at this time, Hua Hegen began to dig with the Tiger Claw Technique. While digging, he listened attentively, wondering whether he heard wrongly or if something really happened.

In addition to the skin bags he carries with him, he also has several larger skin bags tied to his body. These skin bags are used to hold soil. They are connected to the holes by long ropes. When one is full, he will pull the rope and the outer bag will be filled.

The helper will pull the skin out and dump it.

There are twenty such skin bags in total. After all twenty skin bags are pulled out and dumped, someone will bring the twenty empty skin bags back along the tunnel.

At this time, nineteen of the twenty skin bags have been pulled out, and the last skin bag is almost full. It only needs to dig another piece of earth and stone to rest for a while.

However, the moment he reached into the soil and prepared to dig it out, a sudden change occurred.

This piece of soil actually fell forward!

At this moment, his first reaction was that he had dug through the mountain wall at the southern foot of Bailong Mountain.

Although something feels wrong, it stands to reason that if you are about to dig through the mountain wall, what you will encounter during the dig should not be soil, but rocks.

But this piece of soil did indeed fall forward. What if it didn't dig through the mountain wall?

Just when he was in a trance, he suddenly felt that his wrist was firmly grasped by someone. Before he could resist, a strong force came and pulled his person out of the hole in front.

Chen Ya was waiting on the ramp of Langhuan Jade Cave.

The passage of Langhuan Jade Cave gradually goes downwards, which means that Hua Hegen dug in the horizontal direction and sooner or later he would dig into the passage of Langhuan Jade Cave.

So after he determined the direction of Hua Hegen's tunnel, he used the gecko wall-walking technique to attach his body to the ceiling above the tunnel. He only waited for Hua Hegen to break through the ground before he pulled Hua Hegen out.

Hua Hegen suffered a series of accidents, his wrist was caught, his body was pulled out, and he fell immediately. All in a flash of lightning, he was unable to judge what exactly he was facing, and how could he make a correct response?

Before he could use his Tiger Claw Kung Fu, he fell firmly onto the steps of Langhuan Jade Cave. After struggling, he tried to struggle, but found that his acupuncture points had been tapped.

Chen Ya was too lazy to pay attention to Hua Hegen and directly filled the hole with the prepared clay blocks. The repaired cave wall was much stronger than before.

Besides, on the east bank of Lancang River at the northern foot of Bailong Mountain, Hua Hegen's assistants pulled out the last leather bag and dumped it, then folded a total of twenty leather bags and sent them into the tunnel, but they didn't find anything until they reached the end of the tunnel.

The shadow of Hua Hegen couldn't help but be terrified.

The assistant responsible for delivering the leather bags was Hua Hegen's follower, more or less his apprentice, and he often listened to Hua Hegen tell him about tomb robbing.

It was pitch dark in the cave, and he couldn't touch the master's body. He couldn't answer his calls, so he lit a fire and took a look. It didn't matter. He happened to see the mahogany sword, glutinous rice bowl and black donkey's hooves placed around him. He was frightened all over.

He was paralyzed and couldn't move for a long time.

He remembered that Hua Hegen told him that the thousand-year-old rice dumplings are not afraid of peach wood swords, glutinous rice and black donkey hooves. It was obvious that the master had met the thousand-year-old rice dumplings.

After the apprentice recovered, he scrambled out of the cave and told Duan Zhengchun the horrifying news.

Duan Zhengchun was very frightened when he heard this. The key was that he had no experience in this business. He quickly asked Fan Hua, but Fan Hua couldn't explain the reason.
Chapter completed!