And he marked a few red dots on the map.

"Boss, look at this spot. There are two mountains separating it from Ming Taizu's tomb. They are digging at this spot. The soil here is loose and the easiest to excavate." Lv Dong took out the map and pointed at the red dots. He had previously infiltrated the tunnel, fortunately, the guards were drunk that day, otherwise, it was uncertain if Lv Dong could be speaking to Ye Hao now.

"What about these red dots?" Ye Hao asked, looking at a line of red dots extending towards Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb on the map.

"This is their approximate excavation route, but it's not very certain. My ability to discern underground is unclear, but the position shouldn't be far off. Boss, look here, roughly estimating they've already dug to this position." Lv Dong pointed to the mountain below.

Ye Hao looked over and realized that the places they were excavating were all mountain gullies or areas with no mountain trees.

Ye Hao thought it over and understood what was happening. These people chose places with no trees because such ground is not hard, it's soft and easy to dig.

"How many days have they been excavating?" Ye Hao asked.

"It's been eleven days, they've hauled away twenty-eight loads of soil." Lv Dong had recorded all this, and could answer Ye Hao quickly.

"Are their excavation machines from a legitimate company? And did they apply for land excavation?" Ye Hao asked.

"Probably not, as I haven't seen any geological experts come by these places. They are simple tents here, and the soil is quietly taken out from tents and loaded into trucks. There's another spot where they dig to disguise it, the real excavation site is below." Lv Dong said.

"Where are the mountain guardians?" Ye Hao asked.

"Over here, boss come this way, from this direction you should be able to see them." Lv Dong led Ye Hao and the others towards the mountain summit, stooping low.

Ye Hao and the others stooped like Lv Dong to avoid being detected by the three mountain guardians on the opposite side.

Though Ye Hao and his team didn't fear the three mountain guardians, it was better to keep a low profile to avoid alerting the enemy.

At present, the opposition's power is unclear; if they're all experts, Ye Hao and his team would be in deep trouble if it came to fighting.

The group crouched and crawled to the mountain top, and Lv Dong lay flat on the ground upon arrival.

Lv Dong pointed out a few directions, "Boss, near that big tree, there's an expert. Looking left, at another big tree, there's another expert. Lastly, one expert is halfway up the mountain." Lv Dong pointed to three spots.

"Is Ming Taizu's tomb really behind that mountain?" Ye Hao looked back in that direction.

"It is, boss, that area is precisely what Elder Zheng calls the land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Besides, the detector shows many underground empty spaces. This suggests there might be tunnels below, and further down lies the actual tomb. However, there seems to be some kind of interference signal source, so it can't be probed, given the detector's range isn't that vast, all one can do is roughly estimate it's down there." Lv Dong said.

"Are there any guardians on that side?" Ye Hao asked.

"No one is guarding that side, maybe the opposition is afraid of revealing something, so they are guarding this mountain only, and not the basin behind it, including the cliffs."

Ye Hao pondered for a while, then looking towards the mountain that the mountain guardians were protecting, he asked, "Based on your preliminary estimate, how long will it take them to hollow out this mountain's base?"

"At least four days. If Ming Taizu's tomb is deeper, it'll take even longer because I suspect that these people's tomb has copper walls and iron bastions. Unless entering from the very bottom, special tools would be needed to open it." Lv Dong said.

Ye Hao nodded then turned to Zheng Guang, "Elder Zheng, have you ever heard from your ancestors about the general direction? In other words, the direction of the main entrance."

"Well, young master, let me think." Zheng Guang lowered his head in contemplation.

Ye Hao and the others quietly waited for Zheng Guang, because otherwise, they couldn't find the entrance just by excavating.

If they took too long, the other party might enter from underground.

Zheng Guang contemplated for a long time, then shook his head with some disappointment, "Sorry, young master, maybe the family talked about it, but I don't remember clearly. However, I vaguely recall my grandfather saying once each year we had to put some wine at a place facing North in Lingnan, but the wine had to be placed facing South." Zheng Guang said.

Ye Hao and the others pondered over his words, going to a North-facing place in Lingnan to set out wine, and the wine should face South...

Ye Hao seemed to vaguely deduced some meaning.

Perhaps the Zheng Family ancestor was concerned the descendants might harbor malicious intentions, so he spoke only in general terms.

It implied Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb is in Nanling, yet with Nanling so expansive, locating it is uncertain. Their ancestor was afraid the descendants might forget the tomb's position entirely, so he said to be near the north side of Nanling, but worship or offer wine facing South.

This meant the tomb's entrance should face North; the Zheng Family's wine offerings would align with the tomb's entrance.

The tomb entrance also points towards the Ming Dynasty's imperial city of that time.

After comprehending this, Ye Hao quickly took out a comprehensive map and swiftly circled the Nanling area on it.

He then drew a dashed line from Nanling towards the former Ming palace.

This dashed line was Ye Hao's rough estimate, he believed past builders would have used the Luogeng for measurement, so Ye Hao drew it very precisely.

The others watched Ye Hao confusedly, wondering why he had pulled out a map to draw on.

Ye Hao ignored their puzzled looks; he opened their current position in the eighth-generation system and found their approximate location on the map.

Once Ye Hao found their location on the map, he adjusted the dashed line again.

With this adjustment, Ye Hao roughly guessed the location of the tomb's main entrance, even if there's a deviation, it wouldn't be far off.

"Young master, what are you..." Zheng Guang asked from the side.

"Haha, I think I have roughly figured out where it is." Ye Hao said, looking satisfied with the marked points on the map.

"Where is it?" Everyone asked excitedly.

"Just behind that mountain, the tomb's entrance is northerly, tomb location at the southern end. We have to go down to see the exact place." Ye Hao smiled.

So the group circumvented the peak and entered the basin from the other end. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)

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