Bai Yingyue, a top archaeology student, transmigrates into an adventure novel as the chief disciple of an antique appraisal expert, though in reality he's a tomb raider.
The original owner of this body was trained as a tomb-exploring child from a young age. Miasma from the tombs ruined his health, leaving him delicate, frail, and fair-skinned, with the look of someone who could drop dead at any moment.
The bad news: Tomb raiding is illegal in this world, too, and carries a sentence of three to ten years.
The good news: He's an undercover agent placed by the police beside the grandmaster of tomb raiding. His mission is to track down stolen artifacts and bring the tomb raiders to justice.
The bad news: Bai Yingyue is delicate and frail, yet he has to go tomb raiding every day with the others, putting his life at risk at any moment.
The good news: He's got an eight-pack-toting undercover partner by his side to protect him: Qin Wang, an artifact-protection police officer.
The two put on a show at tomb sites every day, working together like a well-oiled team.
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Although the world of the novel differs in some ways from the history Bai Yingyue studied, much of it matches.
The feng shui techniques he learned, including the Book of Burial, Water Dragon Classic, and Qimen Dunjia, all come in handy.
Together, they solve the mysteries of a haunted tomb filled with quicksand, uncover the treasure of a sinister burial site, explore a submerged tomb, and enter a lost ancient kingdom...
In the end, they bring the tomb raiders to justice and recover the artifacts smuggled overseas.
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Bai Yingyue is all soft bones and a sharp tongue. He's a coward with a silver tongue.
The moment he meets Qin Wang, he starts flirting with him like crazy.
At their first meeting, Qin Wang says, "You seem to know Qimen Dunjia inside out."
Bai Yingyue: "I don't want to know those things inside out. I want to get to know you inside and out."
Qin Wang: ...
Whenever they arrive somewhere new, Bai Yingyue often gets sick and ends up lying down.
Qin Wang: "Are you having trouble adjusting to the local climate?"
Bai Yingyue: "Yeah, I can't adjust to the climate. You're the only one who suits me."
Qin Wang: ...
When Qin Wang ignores him, Bai Yingyue takes it as permission to push his luck.
The thing Bai Yingyue says most often is that he wants Qin Wang's body.
Until one day, Qin Wang pins him against a wall and asks, "Really? Then why don't you try?"
Bai Yingyue: "No, no, no."
Qin Wang picks him up and carries him over his shoulder. "Then I'll try."
The next morning, Qin Wang asks him, "Still got that smart mouth?"
Bai Yingyue lies on the bed and smiles. "Didn't you even have dinner? That's it? What would I be afraid of?"
Qin Wang lowers his head, deep in thought.
Bai Yingyue pulls up his pants and runs.
Just kidding. He really did have dinner.
Tomb raiding is illegal. Protect cultural relics. Both leads are good people.
Sickly undercover antique appraiser bottom × undercover cultural relics police officer top
Tomb excavation, archaeology, adventure, historical sites, lost ancient cities, secrets from the past.
Some elements are fictionalized, but the story will stay as close to historical fact as possible.
2025.3.22
Theme: Explore the thousand-year history of Chinese civilization
