I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 277 - 273 Fang Xiaocao What a lousy road

Chapter 277: Chapter 273 Fang Xiaocao: What a lousy road!

Chapter 277: Chapter 273 Fang Xiaocao: What a lousy road!

Tom gave a slight smile, “Let’s push the door open first!”

What else could they do?

Of course, they would meet force with force, water with earth.

No matter what method they thought of, they had to open the door first.

Tom sized up the stone gate in front of him and spoke, “These two stone doors are much thinner than the previous ones, and the sealing also doesn’t seem as tight. The air inside should be connected to the air in the tomb passage; there should be no poisonous gas.”

“Besides, there haven’t been any traps or hidden weapons along the passage, and it seems that the person who built the tomb wasn’t cruel enough to set up poisonous gases.”

“We’ll open a crack in the door to let the air inside circulate with the air in the tomb passage. There shouldn’t be any problems after that.”

Tom spoke confidently, sharing his analysis.

Hearing Tom’s analysis, Fang Xiaocao and the other two nodded in agreement, finding it reasonable.

They found no points to refute.

“Okay!”

“Let’s go with Tom’s plan!”

“Open the door!”

Xiaocao waved her small hand, making the decision.

Taotie nodded, stepped forward, and placed both his large hands on the stone gate.

“Ha!”

With a loud shout, Taotie’s thick arms suddenly bulged with muscles, and the veins swiftly expanded, wriggling under his skin like earthworms.

As Taotie summoned his full strength, the stone gate, weighing hundreds of pounds, was slowly pushed open, and the thunderous rumbling echoed down the corridor.

“Impressive–”

Seeing this, Xiaocao silently gave Taotie a thumbs-up, indeed worthy of being one who could fight the Black Bear Spirit.

If the Black Bear Spirit from ‘Journey to the West’ had tried to steal Kasaya and encountered Taotie, Monkey Brother would have had nothing to do.

“Princess Your Highness, the stone gate is open!”

Wiping away sweat with a smile, Taotie cheerfully spoke.

“Thanks for the hard work. Have some water!”

Xiaocao took a bottle of water from her backpack and handed it to Taotie.

Both Xiaocao and Tom, as well as Hummingbird, still had their backpacks, naturally not lacking water. But Taotie’s backpack had been destroyed during the battle with the Giant Serpent.

After prolonged physical exertion, even Taotie, who had undergone endurance training, was thirsty by now.

Thirsty and with his throat smoking, Taotie didn’t stand on ceremony with Xiaocao. He took the bottle, unscrewed the cap, and began to gulp down the water.

He downed a thousand-milliliter bottle of diluted saltwater in one go, taking a breath afterwards.

“That’s some capacity!”

Xiaocao was astonished.

A thousand milliliters of water, downed in one swallow?

That could only be Taotie.

Had Xiaocao tried it, she would have burst.

“Taotie, take a break!”

Tom told Taotie, then took out a boxed candle, lit it, and placed it behind the stone gate.

“Tom, what are you doing?”

“Is it some sort of special ritual?”

Xiaocao curiously asked.

Hearing her question, Tom smiled wryly.

“Of course not!”

Tom shook his head with a smile.

“Candles need oxygen to burn. I put the candle behind the door—if the candle goes out, it means there’s no oxygen in the General’s Tomb to sustain the flame, and we can’t go in. If the candle stays lit, it means there’s plenty of oxygen, and we don’t have to worry about running out of it.”

Tom once again shared his knowledge with Xiaocao.

After hearing Tom’s informative explanation, Xiaocao’s face lit up with a sudden realization, exclaiming, “I’ve gained insight!” (Not a typo!)

“It’s really about learning as long as you live!”

Xiaocao said with a grin.

Upon hearing Xiaocao’s words, Tom paused, puzzled.

He looked at Xiaocao, not understanding.

“Gain insight?”

“Learn as long as you live?”

“What’s ‘gain insight’?”

“Shouldn’t it be ‘live as long as you learn’?”

Tom scratched his head in confusion, asking.

Even Tom, as intelligent and wise as he was, could not fathom the breadth and depth of China’s civilization.

After all, he was a foreigner, and although he claimed to know everything, he found it difficult to understand the golden phrases that came from Xiaocao’s mouth.

“Uh…”

Xiaocao was startled, showing an embarrassed expression.

“This…”

Xiaocao didn’t know how to explain to Taotie, feeling so shy.

“Hmm…”

Looking at Tom, who was brimming with a desire to learn and staring at her intently, Xiaocao pondered for a moment and, bracing herself, explained, “This ‘gaining a pose’ means gaining knowledge. It signifies that one has learned something.”

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“The later phrase ‘learn as long as you live’ is the same as your ‘live as long as you learn.’

Xiaocao swore that she would never casually throw out golden phrases again, it was too embarrassing to explain.

“Oh~”

“So that’s how it is!”

“Following Princess Your Highness, I’ve gained a new pose again.”

Tom showed a look of sudden realization.

Hmm…

Tom was indeed a bright and eager learner.

And he was learning quite fast!

Learn and apply immediately, understand and sell right away; these phrases, it seemed, he got the hang of.

When Xiaocao heard what Tom said, the light saltwater she had just drunk almost sprayed out.

Taotie next to her was laughing so hard he was shaking.

“It’s over, it’s over…”

“I’ve corrupted Tom…”

Xiaocao mourned silently in her heart.

“Am I corrupting the young?”

Xiaocao smiled wryly.

“Taotie, what are you laughing at?”

Tom, looking puzzled, asked Taotie, who was clutching his stomach in laughter.

Xiaocao glared fiercely at Taotie, threateningly signaling him with her eyes not to talk nonsense.

Talk rubbish, and I’ll kill you!

Taotie, about to explain but catching Xiaocao’s warning glance, immediately closed his mouth.

He waved his hands at Tom and laughed, “Nothing, nothing. I just suddenly remembered that the sow in my backyard is about to give birth. I’m happy.”

“Pfft…”

This time, Xiaocao really couldn’t hold back.

A mouthful of light saltwater sprayed all over Taotie’s face.

Taotie wiped his face, the beads of water rolling down, and gave Xiaocao a look of reproach with his small, sad eyes.

Xiaocao laughed awkwardly and handed Taotie a pack of tissues: “Here, wipe yourself.”

Tom blinked, “Then congratulations!”

“Yeah, yeah, he definitely deserves congratulations!”

“Congratulations to Taotie, about to be a dad!”

Xiaocao echoed.

Xiaocao was genuinely afraid that Tom would keep pondering over “gaining a new pose” and other golden phrases.

“Hm?”

Tom was taken aback.

Soon, he gave Taotie a strange look.

Clearly, Tom had misunderstood something.

Receiving Tom’s gaze, Taotie froze, realizing that Tom, the foreigner, might have thought of something that shouldn’t have happened.

“Taotie, you are a real man!”

“I had thought that Brother Three and Sister-in-law were the real deal, but I didn’t expect you to be so brave!”

Tom gave Taotie a thumbs-up.

Xiaocao: “???”

“It’s not…”

“What kind of road allows on to get on the highway so easily?”

“I’m still a child~”

Xiaocao wanted to get off; this wasn’t the way to kindergarten.

Hearing Tom’s words, Taotie’s eyes bulged as if they were about to fly out of their sockets.