Beauty and the Bodyguard
chapter-2712

Chapter 2712: Chapter 2710-Yu Xiaoke is missing

These herbs had gone extinct, so even if there was a pill recipe and a corresponding Alchemist, they could not refine these pills.

For example, the Qi gathering pill was one of them, but through Zhang Liju’s hands, he replaced a few of the extinct ingredients in the Qi gathering pill with some of the existing ingredients. Although the effect was reduced, it still achieved some of the Qi gathering pill’s effects-this was the magical part of Zhang Liju!

That year, Zhang Liju had gathered a large number of Masters around him, and because of that, he had an endless supply of resources.

However, changing the recipe wasn’t a difficult thing for Lin Yi. He could easily do it with his abilities, but he couldn’t do it when it came to refining elixirs. Lin Yi’s physique had determined that he couldn’t refine elixirs.

After Lin Yi finished reading Zhang Liju’s life story, boss Bai finished as well,””Yi, let’s go?”

“Alright!” Lin Yi replied and called Yu Xiaoke,”Xiaoke, let’s go.”

However, when Lin Yi turned to look at Yu Xiaoke, he was shocked to find that Yu Xiaoke was gone!

Yes, Yu Xiaoke disappeared!

Only Lin Yi, boss Bai, and Skybolt pig were left in the empty tomb. Lin Yi didn’t need the light to feel everything in the tomb with his eyes closed. Yu Xiaoke was nowhere to be found!

“Yu Xiaoke!” Lin Yi exclaimed, subconsciously turning his head to look at the entrance of the main tomb. The stone door was still closed, not open!

Lin Yi felt a chill up his spine. Where did Yu Xiaoke go? Could it be that this tomb was haunted? How did Yu Xiaoke disappear into thin air?

“Yi, this is …” Boss Bai’s scalp went numb.

“Who’s behind this?” Lin Yi’s sharp eyes scanned every corner of the main burial chamber, but he still couldn’t find anything out of place. There was nothing in the main burial chamber other than a huge coffin. If someone was hiding here to cause trouble, Lin Yi couldn’t imagine where they would be hiding.

But if no one was behind this, then where did Yu Xiaoke go?

Could it be that the Tomb Raider who touched the book of anecdotes and took the Shennong cauldron didn’t leave, but was hiding in the tomb, waiting for an opportunity to attack Lin Yi and the others?

Cold sweat started dripping down Lin Yi’s back as he thought of the possibility. There were only two possibilities-one, the Tomb Raider wasn’t human at all, and that was the only way for Xiaoke to disappear. The other possibility was that this person was extremely strong, perhaps Sky Class late phase peak. Only a master like that could do something like this under Lin Yi’s nose.

But, even Sky Class late phase peak would have Qi fluctuations when they moved-was he a physical practitioner?

The key thing was that Lin Yi didn’t understand how Yu Xiaoke disappeared in this sealed tomb even if a Sky Class master appeared. She and the sky Class master had to have a place to hide, right?

Lin Yi’s eyes scanned the room and finally stopped on Zhang Liju’s coffin.

“Master Zhang Liju, please forgive my rudeness …” Lin Yi mumbled to himself as he walked towards the coffin. This was the only place in the entire tomb that could hide someone!

Otherwise, the tomb was a sealed stone chamber. There was no way anyone could hide on the wall, ceiling, or ground. Only the coffin was suspicious.

“Yi, you’re saying that Yu Xiaoke ran into the coffin?” Boss Bai asked with a weird expression as he understood what Lin Yi was thinking.

“I don’t know either, but this is the only place I can think of. In the entire tomb, where else can a person hide?” Lin Yi wasn’t sure, but he could guess.

“You’re right, saving lives is more important!” Boss Bai nodded at Lin Yi, indicating that it wasn’t disrespectful. After all, the dead weren’t as important as the living, and even the old master’s spirit in heaven wouldn’t disagree.

Lin Yi nodded and walked in front of the coffin, ready to open it.

“Get up!” Lin Yi was about to lift the lid up, but to his surprise, the lid didn’t move at all!

Lin Yi didn’t use his practitioner’s Arts, but it was just a coffin lid-how heavy could it be? Lin Yi didn’t use his pure Qi at all, but he miscalculated this time-the lid didn’t even show any signs of lifting up!

“Lift the lid!” Lin Yi activated his practitioner’s Arts this time, but the lid still didn’t move!

Lin Yi was surprised and increased his strength, but the lid still didn’t open!

Something’s wrong! Lin Yi stopped using force and started to observe carefully. He wanted to see what was so special about the lid, and why it wasn’t opening despite using so much force.

However, after Lin Yi’s careful observation, he was shocked to find that the lid of the coffin was dead! It simply couldn’t be opened!

In other words, the lid of the coffin was one with the coffin. It was just that it was carved into the shape of a lid. Although there was a small gap between the coffin and the lid, if one looked carefully, they would find that the gap was carved. The coffin and the lid were clearly one. It would be strange if they could open it!

“This coffins … Are dead? It can’t be opened?” Boss Bai also noticed the strangeness.

“Yes, it can’t be opened. It’s fake.” Lin Yi nodded, then carefully knocked on the coffin a couple more times, his face full of shock.”This coffin … Is solid. It’s just a big rock. There’s … No bones inside!”

“What?” Boss Bai’s eyes widened. He didn’t know what to say in this sudden change! The two of them had been paying their respects in front of a solid stone coffin without any bones for a long time. What was this? “Then … Zhang Liju’s bones …”

“I don’t know, but there are only a few possibilities. Either this coffin was changed and the real coffin was taken away, or this isn’t the real tomb of Zhang Liju’s grandfather, but a fake tomb used to confuse people …” Lin Yi said.

“A fake tomb … There are so many good things inside?” Boss Bai asked, not understanding what was going on.

“Without so many good things, how can we believe that this is a real tomb? How can you pass off the fake as the real one?” Lin Yi asked.

“That’s true, but if that’s the case, then any random corpse would be better than a solid stone coffin!” Boss Bai was still a little confused. (To be continued.)