Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Pocket Supermarket - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Grass Ghost Granny’s Tomb

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ever since Yu Xiaolian transmigrated here, she had never eaten meat. She had only taken a small bite of yesterday’s lard dregs. Now that an alluring chicken drumstick was placed in her hand, did she have a reason to refuse?

Nothing!

Yu Xiaolian took a big bite of the chicken drumstick.

Fragrant, so fragrant!

Even if there were no seasonings, this drumstick was very fragrant. A pheasant was better than a feed chicken!

When Jiang Lin saw Yu Xiaolian wolfing down the drumstick, the corners of his mouth curled into a smile. “If you want meat in the future, come to my house to look for me. We don’t have anything else, but we have enough meat!”

Yu Xiaolian threw away the chicken bone and stood up from the ground. She patted the grass on her butt and said, “The villagers are wary of me, but you’re not afraid.”

Jiang Lin also stood up, holding Yu Xiaolian’s basket in his hand as he walked in front. “Heh… Who do you think you are? I’m not even afraid of the Grass Ghost Granny’s tomb, so why would I be afraid of a little girl like you?”

Yu Xiaolian smiled. Jiang Lin was superstitious, but he wasn’t afraid of the Grass Ghost Granny. She couldn’t say he wasn’t superstitious because he believed in the mountain god.

Yu Xiaolian and Jiang Lin walked for about an hour before arriving at the Grass Ghost Granny’s tomb that Jiang Lin had mentioned.

Fortunately, the journey was relatively safe. They did not encounter any large wild animals, but they saw many wild rabbits and squirrels.

In the past, Jiang Lin had heard from his father that there was a huge tomb on the second mountain. The owner of the tomb was a grass ghost woman who was good at witchcraft. This grass ghost woman was a dignified person when she was alive. She was rich and powerful.

Jiang Lin had been thinking about this tomb for a long time. Some time ago, he finally found the location of the tomb. However, he had spent a lot of effort to dig a small gap under the stone door of the tomb.

Jiang Lin was tall and strong, so he really couldn’t enter. However, he couldn’t wait to know if there was really anything valuable in the tomb, so he looked for the petite and skinny Yu Xiaolian.

Jiang Lin pointed at a hole in the lower right corner of the stone door and said to Yu Xiaolian, “Crawl in and take a look. If there’s really something inside, it won’t be in vain. Don’t worry, I’ve already used wormwood to smoke this place several times. Even if that grass ghost woman left some worms or something, they would have long been smoked to death by me.”

Yu Xiaolian lay on the ground and looked into the crack, but it was dark inside and she couldn’t see anything clearly.

Jiang Lin said again, “It’s too strenuous to chisel this stone door. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have asked you to share this finding with me. Do you dare to enter?”

Yu Xiaolian had read the Grave Robber’s Chronicles in her previous life and was also deeply attracted by the plot. Although she was a little uneasy now, she was more excited about the unknown.

Jiang Lin took out a candle from his pocket and handed it to Yu Xiaolian. “I even specially prepared a candle for you. Go in and take a look. Do you dare?”

Yu Xiaolian glanced at the candle in Jiang Lin’s hand and didn’t reach out to take it. She pulled away the unburnt wormwood from the gap of the stone door and crawled in without saying a word.

In the blink of an eye, only Yu Xiaolian’s calf was exposed. Jiang Lin said anxiously, “Hey… aren’t you going to take the candle? If you don’t take the candle, you won’t be able to see anything inside!”

Jiang Lin passed the candle through the crack and threw the fire starter in.

Seeing Yu Xiaolian pick up the candle, Jiang Lin shouted again, “It’s dark inside. Be careful!”

As soon as Yu Xiaolian entered the tomb, she felt a chill coming from the depths of the tomb. Yu Xiaolian was rooted to the ground and didn’t dare to move. She couldn’t help but feel a trace of fear.

However, when she thought about how she could be considered to have died once, and that she had specialized in forensics in her previous life, she couldn’t be afraid at this time. Yu Xiaolian encouraged herself in her heart, and quickly mustered her courage and walked in.

Instead of lighting a candle, she took a flashlight from the space. It was much brighter than a candle.

Yu Xiaolian waved her flashlight around. Instead of calling this a tomb, it was more like a natural cave. The owner of the tomb had used this natural cave to rest here.

There was an iron gate in front of Yu Xiaolian, but there was a large gap in the iron railing. Yu Xiaolian easily entered.

Patting the rust on her body, Yu Xiaolian continued to walk deeper into the cave.

The deeper she went, the colder it became.

The light footsteps had a long echo, making one’s scalp tingle.

Suddenly, Yu Xiaolian’s flashlight shone on a pile of bottles.

She paused for a moment and did not dare to go over to check. After all, Jiang Lin said that the owner of this tomb was a very powerful grass ghost woman who raised Gu worms. If these bottles and jars were filled with Gu worms, her life would be over.

Yu Xiaolian didn’t move those things, and continued to move forward. She turned a fork in the road, and a large iron door appeared in front of her again. There was a large rusty lock on the iron door. The iron door was neat and flat without any dents. She could tell that it was thick.

The coffin of the grass ghost woman should be behind the iron door, right?

Yu Xiaolian tried to pull the rusty lock, but the iron door didn’t move at all. Seeing that she couldn’t open it, she decided to return the way she came.

Walking to the pile of bottles, Yu Xiaolian casually touched a small white porcelain bottle.

After all, she had come here. She could not return empty-handed. She was actually quite curious about what was inside.

When they were about to reach the stone door, Yu Xiaolian heard Jiang Lin’s uneasy call. She hurriedly replied, “I’m back. Move aside. I’ll climb out.”

As soon as Yu Xiaolian entered, Jiang Lin regretted it. He was afraid that something would happen to Yu Xiaolian, and his heart was in his mouth.

When Yu Xiaolian crawled out of the hole and the sunlight shone on her body, she felt relieved.

Sigh, she was really not suitable for such a worrying business.

“How is it? Is there any treasure inside?” Jiang Lin pulled Yu Xiaolian’s arm and asked anxiously.

Yu Xiaolian shook her head. “There’s a big iron gate inside. With our ability, we definitely can’t open it.”

When Jiang Lin heard this, he immediately drooped his head. “Then we came for nothing?”

Yu Xiaolian handed the white porcelain bottle in her hand to Jiang Lin. “We didn’t come here for nothing. I picked this up.”

Jiang Lin immediately took the porcelain bottle excitedly and looked around for a long time. Just as he was about to pull out the stopper to take a look, Yu Xiaolian stopped him.

“Be careful. What if there are Gu worms inside?”

Yu Xiaolian’s words almost caused Jiang Lin to break the porcelain bottle. Fortunately, he caught it firmly.

“You have a point.” Jiang Lin was still staring at the porcelain bottle without blinking, but he did not dare to open the stopper easily.

Suddenly, Jiang Lin shouted, “Look, there are words at the bottom of this bottle.”

Jiang Lin had never been to school since he was young. He only knew a few simple words, but he knew the words at the bottom of the porcelain bottle.

“Longevity Worm!!!” Jiang Lin was shocked. “Could this be the tomb of the Saintess who betrayed the Sorcerer Tribe?”

Yu Xiaolian frowned. In the novel, she didn’t have much interaction with Jiang Lin, but she had heard of this witch saintess.

Yu Xiaolian’s biological mother was the Saintess of the Sorcerer Tribe.

However, Jiang Lin was clearly not talking about her biological mother when he said that she had betrayed the Sorcerer Tribe.

How did Jiang Lin know about the Sorcerer Tribe’s Saintess?

Yu Xiaolian asked without batting an eyelid, “What is the Longevity Worm? Who is the Witch Tribe’s Saintess? She sounds very powerful.”