Chapter 27: Longevity and Immortality 6

  "Go."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou said a sentence, and immediately ran forward, Wen Bai Yu hurriedly followed him, running while saying: "Is it human or zongzi? If it's zongzi, don't chase!"

  The little kid lying in Wen Baiyu's arms opened his big eyes, seemingly finding Wen Baiyu's panting and gasping run very interesting, suddenly "heh heh" laughed out loud, laughing so hard that Wen Baiyu lost his temper.

  They ran forward all the way, suddenly arrived at the fork in the road, Wan Xi Jinghou stopped his footsteps, Wen Baiyu didn't have time to stop, "thud" and bumped into Wan Xi Jinghou's back.

  "What's going on? Why did it stop?"

  While he was speaking, two shadows were seen approaching from the fork in the road, scaring Wen Baiyu into holding her breath.

  Those two shadows drew closer, and from the fork in the road emerged two people - it was actually Zhong Kui and Zhong Jian!

  Zhong Kui held a long sword in his hand, with seven gems on the sword body, and a dragon with five claws coiled around it, looking very ominous.

  Zhong Wei and Zhong Jian were both shocked and delighted to see Wen Baiyu, but compared to Wen Baiyu's wet clothes, Zhong Wei and Zhong Jian had bloodstains on their bodies. Zhong Jian's shoulder was injured, bleeding profusely, and he covered his shoulder with his hand, his lips slightly purple.

  "Zhōng kuì dā zhe tóng líng dà de yǎn jing, shuō: 'zhè me yī huì er bù jiàn, nǐ men lián hái zi dōu yǒu le?!'"

  Translation:

  "Zhong Kui stared with eyes as big as bronze bells and said: 'In just a short while you weren't seen, you all even have children?!'"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu really wants to take off the child's diaper and slap it on Zhong Kui's face right now!

  "Wen Baiyu said: "What's wrong with you? Zhong Jian was injured?"

  Zhong smiled wryly and nodded, saying: "It's nothing, just a minor injury."

  Zhong Kui said: "Did you see a white shadow? Just now we were surrounded by zongzi, and it was a white shadow that saved us. That white shadow is too strange, as soon as he came over, all the zongzi knelt down. I, Zhong Kui, have been catching ghosts for so many years, but I've never seen such a strange sight."

  Wen Baiyu said: "There's still time for regrets, let me stop your junior brother's bleeding."

  He said, putting the child into Zhong Kui's arms. Zhong Kui suddenly turned pale with a black face, holding the child in a panic, and the little one started laughing again, as if he thought it was very interesting.

  Wen Baiyu took down Wan Kuang Jinghou's backpack, and indeed there were hemostatic drugs and gauze inside. Wen Baiyu applied the medicine to Zhong Jian and then bandaged him up. Throughout the entire process, Wan Kuang Jinghou sat on one side, his eyes fixed on Wen Baiyu's movements, making Wen Baiyu feel like the back of his neck was covered in goosebumps. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Wan Kuang Jinghou's gaze had a hint of sorrow...

  Zhong Jian said a thank you, and Wen Baiyu hastily waved his hand, saying: "Just now I should be thanking you for pushing me away, otherwise I would have triggered the mechanism."

  Zhong Jian said: "You fell down earlier, what happened?"

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly extremely embarrassed, and what happened next was not good at all! Of course it wasn't. The things that happened by the water pool were something Wen Baiyu didn't want to mention for the rest of her life, absolutely not!

  Just then, General Wan Xi Jing stood up and said coldly: "Let's go, there is no time to lose."

  Wen Baiyu immediately changed the subject and said: "Right, right, let's hurry up and go. This tomb is so big, we still have to find the child."

  As they walked, Wen Baiyu recounted what had just happened with rescuing the child from the coffin.

  As they walked, the child cried again, and everyone was at a loss. In the end, it was still Zhong Jian who took the child over, fed him some water, and after the child had cried enough, he fell asleep in Zhong Jian's arms.

  Wen Baiyu wiped away her sweat and said, "That's great, finally someone can hold the baby."

  They walked forward, and in front of them a cliff suddenly appeared, with a deep and dark abyss below. It was unknown how deep it was, and there was only a narrow and long stone bridge in the middle.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Be careful, pull me along as we go."

  He stretched out his hand, and Wen Baiyu obediently held onto Wan Qi Jing Hou's hand, even nodding vigorously. Although he wasn't afraid of heights, this stone bridge was too narrow; it was safer to hold hands while walking.

  Zhong Hui and Zhong Jian looked at Wen Baiyu's obedient reaction, both shook their heads, feeling that Wen Baiyu was beyond salvation...

  Zhong Wei looked at Zhong Jian who was walking last and said: "Younger brother, be careful, can you walk?"

  "It's nothing."

  As soon as Zhong Jian's words fell, a loud "rumble" was heard, and the stone bridge suddenly broke in half. Wen Baiyu felt his feet empty, and his arm was pulled back by Wan Kuang Jinghou.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou grasped the broken edge of the stone bridge with one hand and grabbed Wen Bai Yu with the other. Wen Bai Yu, in turn, grasped Zhong Kui with one hand, but felt that Zhong Kui was really too heavy!

  "Junior Brother!"

  "Good!"

  Zhong Wei and Wen Baiyu shouted at the same time, Zhong Jian was slightly late, Zhong Wei did not catch him, Zhong Jian fell down with the child in his arms, and he was about to smash into pieces...

  At this time, Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, and a cold wind blew over. With a gust of wind, a white shadow flashed by, and Wen Baiyu almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.

  That white shadow was a man wearing a white long gown. From afar, the man's figure was very slender and his back appeared extremely thin. The exposed hands and neck were almost transparent, but his face couldn't be seen.

  He wore a golden mask on his face!

  Wen Baiyu remembered that it was the time when he was kidnapped, the zongzi in the coffin! Absolutely no mistake, although can't see the face, but the figure and the golden mask are exactly the same!

  Bai Ying leapt down from the stone bridge, her five fingers spread wide as she slammed into the cliff's stone wall, grabbing onto Zhong Jian's uninjured arm.

  Zhong Jian only felt like he had escaped from death, took a deep breath, and looked up to see that the white-clothed person was also looking down at him with his head lowered. The golden mask covered his palm-sized face, revealing only a pointed chin and a pair of jet-black eyes.

  "Drip..."

  A drop of blood fell on Zhong Jian's face, and he was stunned for a moment. He looked up to see that the white-clad man's hand was nailed to the stone wall like a nail, with five streams of blood flowing down his fingers, staining the spotless white sleeve red. Some of the blood also dripped onto his face...

  Zhong Jian stretched out his mouth, raised his arm, and held the child who was crying loudly on his wrist, saying: "......Save the child."

  Wen Baiyu saw the white-clothed man grab Zhong Jian, and let out a sigh of relief. Zhong Que inserted his treasured sword into the stone wall with great force, making a "pa" sound. The Qixing Longyuan Sword sliced through iron like mud, inserting itself into the stone wall in one swift motion.

  Zhong Qiansong released Wen Baiyu's hand and grabbed the treasure sword instead. At this moment, Wan Kuang Jinghou exerted force with his arm, lifting Wen Baiyu up and saying: "Hug my waist."

  Wen Baiyu quickly reached out to hug Wan Jingshou's waist, and Wan Jingshou immediately grabbed the cliff with both hands. It was unknown how great his arm strength and waist strength were, but he actually carried Wen Baiyu on his back and climbed up!

  Wen Baiyu climbed up the cliff and quickly pulled out a rope from her backpack, pulling Zhong Kui up.

  Zhong Kui threw down a rope and pulled Zhong Jian up.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to throw down the rope again to pull up the man in white, but when he looked down, he saw that the man's body was slightly moving, his hands were crossed, and he was climbing up the stone wall like a gecko. His hands moved every time, and his five fingers sank deeply into the stone wall, looking extremely strange...

  A man in white clothes climbed up from the cliff, his hands covered with bloodstains. Just as Zhong Jian was about to speak, he heard a "clang" of sword ringing out.

  The seven-star dragon spring sword in Zhong Kui's hand was "ding ding" ringing in the scabbard, trembling non-stop, as if it was about to rush out of the scabbard at any moment.

  Zhong Kui and Zhong Jian both felt a suffocating aura approaching, while Wen Baiyu didn't know what an aura was, but he sensed that Wan Kuang Jinghou emitted a terrifying presence.

  "Clang——!"

  The Seven-Star Dragon Spring Sword responded with a single sound, breaking free from its scabbard and automatically falling into the hands of General Wan Qi Jing.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly raised his sword, its tip pointing at the back of the white-robed man.

  Everyone was stunned by this sudden change, to know that the Seven Stars Dragon Abyss Sword was Zhong Kui's treasure sword for beheading ghosts. Except for Zhong Kui, no one could control such a fierce and ominous treasure, yet at this moment, Wan Qi Jing Hou held the sword, pointing it at the person who had just saved Zhong Jian's life.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Wait a minute, wait a minute... what's going on? Who is he? Didn't he just save Zhong Jian? He shouldn't be a bad person, right?'"

  The man in white did not turn around, nor did he move. His blood-stained hands continued to drip with a "drip, drip" sound, and the blood droplets fell to the ground, splashing up small pieces of dust.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou's face was cold and expressionless, staring at the back of the white-clothed person, saying in a chilly tone: "Using dark magic to live forever, pretending to be deaf and dumb. If I'm not mistaken, you're Hei Yu Hou."

  The man in white clothes was still facing away from them, but suddenly let out a soft laugh, his voice clear and ethereal, with an otherworldly feeling that seemed to bewitch people's hearts.

  The man in white laughed and said: "Wan Kuang Jing Hou, you are more ruthless than me, your guess is correct, but I said... I'm just looking for someone."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes, his voice still cold, saying: "I've also said it before, no matter who you are, if you move him, you'll die... Hand over the child."

  Wen Baiyu really couldn't understand what they were saying, it was like a riddle. Curiously looking at Wan Qi Jing Hou, and then at the white-clothed man, this white-clothed man turned out to be He Yu Hou recorded in the stele!

  The man in white robes sneered and said: "Ben Hou has never stooped to using a child's heart..."

  He said, suddenly turning around, the eyes behind the golden mask swept over Zhong Jian, and said in a low voice: "If you use such despicable means, that person will probably kill himself immediately even if he really comes back to life..."

  The man in white finished speaking and chuckled lightly, with a hint of warmth in his eyes, saying: "That person is extremely stubborn."

  The man in white immediately had a fierce look in his eyes and said, "You want to find the child, I can help you. After all, this is my own tomb, I am familiar with the terrain. You have the ability, but those people are trying to desecrate this place."

  Wan Kuang didn't speak immediately, instead he raised the tip of his sword and pointed at the golden mask on the white-clad man's face, saying: "Take off your mask."

  The man in white suddenly let out a bitter laugh and said, "Why make things difficult for me?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou replied very succinctly, "Because I don't trust you, since we're going to cooperate, there's no need to hide anything."

  The man in white clothes smiled bitterly again, and immediately stretched out his hand to touch the edge of the golden mask with his bloody fingers. The mask was taken off by him, bit by bit, and pulled down.

  First, a pair of slender eyebrows appeared, followed by a pair of shiny black eyes, a straight and white nose, a thin mouth, and finally a gradually defined chin. Her skin was as pale as snow, almost transparent, and she exuded an air of loneliness.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened in surprise.

  "What's going on?!"