The two great classics of the tomb raiding genre, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "Tomb Raider's Notes", Su Shi Chen personally prefers the former. When Su Shi Chen first watched "Ghost Blows Out the Light", he was attracted by the preface:

  Tomb raiding is not a dinner party, nor is it writing an article or painting a picture. It can't be suppressed, and one can't be so calm and composed, with such refinement and elegance. Tomb raiding is a technique, a destructive technique. When ancient nobles built their tombs, they must have tried every means to prevent them from being robbed. Therefore, they used all sorts of mechanisms and hidden weapons, traps, and ambushes, including giant stones, quicksand, poisonous arrows, poisonous insects, and pitfalls, too numerous to count. By the Ming dynasty, influenced by Western clever techniques, some large tombs even used Western eight-treasure turning heart mechanisms. Especially in the Qing dynasty's imperial mausoleums, which can be considered masterpieces that combined thousands of years of anti-theft technology. The warlord Sun Dianying wanted to dig open the Eastern Mausoleum and use the treasure inside as military pay. He mobilized a large number of troops and used explosives for five or six days before succeeding. The solidity of the tomb can be imagined. The task of the tomb raider is to try every means to break through these mechanisms and enter the tomb to search for treasure...

  Just this brief introduction thoroughly attracted Su Rui Chen.

  The slow narrative starts from the "Sixteen-character Yin-yang Fengshui Secret Art", to the nine-layered demon tower, even the prehistoric overlord crocodile is involved, then all the way to the Kwantung Army underground fortress, the mysterious legend of the Queen of the Absolute, the Pillar Temple and so on, and finally the solution is an even more inverted scene.

  The plot is thrilling and suspenseful, making one unable to stop reading!

  Huang Sanqian's eyes widened as he grabbed Su Xichen's hand and asked, "Xiao Chen, is it true that the Queen of Absolute Perfection's eyes can really make people disappear with just one glance?"

  Su Shi naturally knew what Huang Sanqian was asking, in the volume "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp: The Precious Ancient City", there is a description of the Queen of Jingjue, saying she is the number one beauty of the Western Regions, and her eyes have the power to make anyone disappear with just one glance, which is an extremely unbelievable thing.

  But if we have to explain it scientifically, the brain nerve and visual nerve produce a kind of energy that connects a virtual space.

  This is also the explanation in the book. If someone asks Su Xingchen what Tianxia Bachang sings best, Su Xingchen will say without hesitation that it's "using false to confuse true". When writing about some strange things, Tianxia Bachang will mix in some real events and facts.

  It's just like the eyes of this absolute queen, if told separately, no one would believe it's true, but Tian Xia Ba Chang wrote a real example about an American boy and even gave a scientific explanation. This kind of writing that mixes fake with real is especially deceiving, and Huang Sanqian was completely deceived.

  "Regarding Xiao Chen, I also want to ask you if you've ever seen that ancient city, how can you talk about it as if it's true?" Li Shu was puzzled.

  Qiu Yeming on the side also nodded, at this time his complexion became a bit better, this is the power of "The Ghost Blows Out the Light"!!

  "Sū vice lead me also have a question, in reality is there really the kind of corpse fragrance you just mentioned that can disturb one's mind and cause hallucinations by smelling its fragrance?"

  Rong Zhen didn't want to listen to Su Xichen's story at first, but rather wanted to rest quietly for a while. However, as the plot deepened, he became completely absorbed in it and even raised a question.

  "I've only heard of a flower called the Corpse Lily, which is the largest in the world. Although it's also very showy, what it emits isn't a fragrance but a stench, attracting carrion-feeding flies and beetles, then using these nearby insects as its fertilizer, similar to the Pitcher Plant."

  "Rong Zhen Fudao is indeed erudite and knowledgeable, but in reality, there's only the stinky corpse of Mo Yu."

  "The Corpse Flower, also known as the Titan Arum, is the largest flower in the world. I saw this flower in a legend too. In the legend, the Corpse Flower was an evil spirit that guarded King Solomon's treasure and could confuse people's minds. Its language of flowers is to guide death, so I think the prototype of the legendary flower should be the Corpse Flower," Su Xianchen explained.

  King Solomon was known as the wise king of the Jews, famous for his wisdom. Although there have been legends about King Solomon's treasure in South Africa all along, it was Henry Rider Haggard's bestseller "King Solomon's Mines" that made this legend world-renowned.

  "Xiao Chen, you still haven't answered me, is it true that the Queen of Absolute Perfection's eyes can make someone disappear with just one glance?" Huang Sanqian was still preoccupied with this matter.

  "Of course it's fake. Although there was indeed a legendary queen in the ancient country of Jingyue, who was also the last queen, all these stories are false."

  "Xiao Chen, you didn't just make all that up, did you?" Li Xie Shu asked in surprise.

  "Of course not, the story of 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' has been conceived in my mind for a long time and is still being perfected." Su Rui Chen said. "There are many stories that have not been perfected yet, such as Long Ridge Maze, YN Insect Valley, Kunlun Temple, Huang Pizi Mausoleum, South China Sea Return, Angry Qingxiang West, Wu Xiaofeng Coffin Mountain and so on, all of which are still being perfected."

  "There are so many sequels, Xiaochen, what do you think? Will 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' be written as a series like 'Sherlock Holmes'?"

  Actually, "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" and some detective series do share a common point. Detectives solve one case at a time, while "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" explores one tomb at a time. However, the biggest difference lies in the fact that the tombs in "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" are interconnected, with Feng Xi's gallbladder, or Yu Chen's pearl, being the main thread throughout the series.

  "This story is really too brilliant, Ghost Blows Lamp, Ghost Blows Lamp. Little Morning, I really want to pry open your head and see what's inside." Huang Sanqian examined Su Rui Chen as if he were a plush toy.

  "Su's storytelling skills are indeed top-notch, otherwise I'd really be old and blind like the media says!" Yu Qiyuan's joke made everyone burst out laughing.

  It's true that some media outside reported that Yu Qiyuan was old and muddle-headed, so he chose Su Xingchen as the screenwriter of the crew, but how did these media know about Su Xingchen's unparalleled ability to tell stories.

  Being able to weave a story well and make it interesting is a prerequisite for measuring a screenwriter.

  Next, Su Shichen told the story of Longling Cave and YN Valley. With Su Shichen telling stories along the way, it wasn't so boring anymore. Until everyone arrived at their destination, Huang Sanqian, Li Xie Shu, and others still felt they hadn't heard enough, which clearly showed that they were addicted to listening to Su Shichen's stories.

  Huoyan Mountain, known to many due to Journey to the West, has become a tourist destination. During filming, outsiders are naturally not allowed to enter and cause trouble. Therefore, Yu Qiyuan directly found the person in charge and packaged all the locations needed for filming, just like booking a hotel.

  The weather is actually not hot on Huoyan Mountain, but Huoyan Mountain is also known as Red Mountain. Even in this weather, it looks like a fiery red, as if it's being scorched by the sun. Adding some special effects during post-processing would be fine, and there's no problem with the location.

  However, during the shooting process, the actors were not hot but still had to pretend to be very hot, just like the actor who played the role of Huoyan Mountain Land, wearing a cool shirt and holding a fan in his hand from time to time.

  This is not the most critical place, the key is to show that it's very hot, and there must be sweat on the forehead, but where is the sweat in such cold weather?

  So you need to splash cold water on your face, in this cool and breezy weather, it's not bad to wrap yourself tightly, and also wear a cooling vest and pour water on yourself.

  This feeling makes Su Rui Chen look even more chilling when standing beside him, let alone the actor who played the role of the land.

  But professionals are still professionals, even in such poor conditions, they performed very well. These actors may never become famous in their lifetime and can only play supporting roles. To become famous in the entertainment industry requires not only talent but also luck. Only a few can become famous, most people in the entertainment industry are unknown, but a movie cannot be made without them.

  Not only the actor playing Huoyan Mountain needs to pour water on his face, but also Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and others all need it.

  Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie were a bit better off because they had to put on makeup, so the water splashed on their faces didn't come into direct contact with their skin.

  But this made it difficult for the actors who played Tang Sanzang and Sha Wujing.

  Huang Sanqian and Su Yichen described this feeling as if cold water was poured on their faces, it felt like an ice knife scraping against them.

  Quick battle, quick decision, there weren't many scenes left in Huoyan Mountain anyway, hurry up and finish filming.

  But this episode needs a lot of work in post-production.

  First, there is the Bull Demon King. According to some professors' research, Wu Cheng'en's creative inspiration for the Bull Demon King came from Kumārajīva, who initially believed in Hinduism and had a cow as his divine object, so he wore a cow mask, which was later distorted into the Bull Demon King through oral retelling.

  Su Shi's research on these professors was scorned, although the original works of "Journey to the West" such as "Tang Sanzang's Poem of Obtaining Scriptures", "The Miscellaneous Plays of Journey to the West" and "The Biography of Tang Sanzang's Western Expedition" did not feature the character of Niu Mo Wang.

  However, in a famous Yuan dynasty play called "Erlang Shen Gets Drunk and Shoots the Magic Mirror", there is already a character named Niu Mo Wang, so according to Su Shi Cheng, Wu Cheng'en at most just combined these folk stories together.

  One of the seven great sages, known as the Great Power Bull Demon King, with astonishing strength.

  In the original work, even Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie joined forces but failed to defeat him.

  Niú Mó Wáng's true form as a cow was the mount of Tōng Tiān Jiào Zhǔ, but this statement is not present in the original work. It was added by Sū Shì Chén to introduce the background of Hóng Huāng.

  Iron Fan Princess, also known as Rakshasi, is the wife of Bull Demon King in Journey to the West. However, in The Legend of Huaguang, she marries Marshal Tianpeng, also known as the "Horse King" who is often referred to in folklore as "not believing that Horse King has three eyes". Marshal Tianpeng was deified as Emperor Huaguang and is one of the Four Holy Guardians of Taoism.

  "The Story of Hua Guang" and "Journey to the West" are vastly different and were definitely not written by the same person, so they won't be discussed together.

  The light from the original text of Journey to the West explores the origin of Princess Iron Fan. The original text: "My mountain wife has been practicing since childhood, and she is also a female immortal who has attained the Tao." This sentence was spoken by Bull Demon King himself, which can be seen that Princess Iron Fan is not some kind of mountain spirit or demon transformed, according to the title, it is very likely that she is a princess of a small country who became an immortal.

  The last big pile of inferences, inferred that Princess Tie Shan is the sister of King Qiuci, Qiuci married Jiumoluoyan, and it's worth mentioning that Qiuci gave birth to a son named Kumarajiva, who is one of the three great translators of Chinese Buddhism.

  The other two are the Southern Dynasty Tianzhu monk Paramartha and the Tang Dynasty's Xuanzang, while the great monk Amoghavajra was added later by others among the four major Buddhist translators of China.

  Whatever the origin, the birth of the princess of Khotan was too thin, so Su Shichen arranged an identity for Tie Shan Gongzhu as a disciple of Laozu of Minghe based on many classics of Hongyuan.

  That is the Ancestral River's Old Ancestor, who created the Asura clan and hid in the Underworld River of Blood. The Ancestral River's Old Ancestor also has many treasures, such as the Yuan Tu, the Double Swords of A Bi, and the Twelve Black Lotus, among others. In that case, doesn't the origin of the Banana Fan become clear?

  And it is said that the Old Ancestor of the Nether River founded a sect called Seven Kills, killing heaven, earth, man, god, ghost, sage and self. As long as everything is killed once, it's all right. Therefore, the Old Ancestor of the Nether River was also known as the Founder of the Nether River Sect.

  The crew spent 18 days filming the scenes at Huoyan Mountain and left XJ in a hurry, with Huang Sanchun still sighing deeply as they departed.

  Without stopping, the next scene to be filmed is Zhu Zi Guo's part, which is this chapter in the original book: Zhu Zi Guo and Tang Monk discuss their past lives, Sun Wukong performs three bends of his arm.

  Many readers have said that the recent chapters are dragging on, but this is absolutely not intentional on Xiao Mao's part. Because when paving the way for the climax, new authors can't control themselves a bit, so they drag it out and it becomes watery.

  It's not on the shelves yet, and the little cat is intentionally making things difficult for me, so it's not beneficial to me either. Little cat, adjust yourself properly and write that climax well. Also: Corpse Fragrance Taro and Corpse Stench Taro are actually the same plant, but I wrote them differently here due to plot requirements, don't think it's a typo!

  That's all, thank you for your support!