Chapter 28: Longevity and Immortality 7

  "What's going on?!"

  Wen Baiyu almost shouted out in unison with Zhong Jian.

  The slender man in white took off his mask, revealing a face that was identical to Xi Qi's, except without the innocent and lovely expression.

  Wen Baiyu felt that this man's eyes always showed a faint sadness, but he was stubbornly strong inside, using a lonely and proud expression to hide something.

  Zhong Jian was extremely surprised, knowing that he and Zhong Kui were fellow disciples, although his Taoist skills were not as good as Zhong Kui's, but he was also outstanding, however, Zhong Jian had not felt anything unusual about Xi Huan before.

  Zhong Jian relaxed his mouth and said, "You're not a rice dumpling."

  He slowly raised his eyelids, his gaze swept over Zhong Jian, seemingly fearful of lingering on him, and pretended to accidentally look away, with a smile on his face, saying: "Don't worry, two masters, I'm not dead yet, nor am I a ghost or a spirit, and I don't belong to your jurisdiction."

  Zhong Kui said: "Living forever is a monster, and you are also a monster of over two thousand years."

  Xie Chi didn't say anything else, he just let out a bitter laugh.

  Zhong Jian didn't know why, but he always felt that Xi Chi's every word and action were extremely familiar, and this golden mask seemed to be rooted in his own heart. Xi Chi's appearance was like suddenly bringing out these distant familiar feelings from the depths of the earth...

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou saw that he had taken off his mask, "swish" sound of the sword back, hand a lift, "whoosh", without any difference, threw the Qixing Longyuan sword into Zhong Kui's scabbard.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Take the road."

  Xi Chi didn't say a word, nodded and led the way across the broken bridge, walking forward.

  The other end of the broken bridge was connected to a mountain cave, and inside the cave was a tomb passage. The two sides of the tomb passage were also lined with coffins, with two rows stretching forward along the passage. This time there were even more coffins, at least nearly a hundred!

  As soon as they stepped into the tomb passage, they heard the coffin making a "clattering" vibration sound.

  Wen Baiyu hastily grabbed Wan Jijinghou's sleeve and said: "No... won't there be another corpse rising?"

  He had just finished speaking, and Xi Chi, who was walking in the front, slightly raised his hand. The coffins on both sides of the tomb passage quickly fell silent, no longer moving, and the tomb passage returned to its quiet stillness.

  Wen Baiyu saw that Yexu was so formidable, and she couldn't help but fall back a few steps, gently pulling on Wang Jingshou's sleeve, whispering: "So many coffins, are they all buried with the dead? How many people would that be?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It shouldn't be a burial, don't forget that although Hua Yu Hou ate the elixir of immortality, his army didn't. More than 2,000 years have passed, even if they weren't ghost soldiers before, now they are."

  Wen Baiyu shuddered and said: "No wonder, the Western Han school lieutenant we saw earlier, wasn't he also his subordinate?"

  Wen Baiyu said, and then patted Wan Qi Jinghou again, saying: "You say, why does he want to pretend to be dumb?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at him and said: "Hou understands the ghost language, his voice is different from others, he should be afraid of being discovered."

  Wen Baiyu stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Actually, it's not easy for him either. He's been searching for that person for over 2,000 years now."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "You have to ask him about this."

  Wen Baiyu thought, she'd better not ask, after all, he was already very familiar with Wan Qi Jinghou, and although she wasn't unfamiliar with Xi Chi either, they were all living under the same roof. However, the Xi Chi in front of her didn't have that adorable and innocent look from before, and having lived for over two thousand years, Wen Baiyu was a little afraid.

  Who would have thought that Xi Qi, walking in front, smiled and said, "Found it."

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat surprised, thinking that even those who had been defeated and reduced to ashes could be found, and he didn't know how they were found.

  Just then, Xi Chi continued to speak in a faint voice, still carrying an air of desolation, saying: "I've found him thirty-four times, and if I count this time, it's thirty-five times..."

  Wen Baiyu was even more surprised and blurted out: "How many times is this?"

  Xie Chi smiled and said in a gentle voice, "For over two thousand years, I've watched him grow from a young man to an adult, get married, have children, or live alone... but no matter what, he can't escape death. I've led armies through countless large and small cemeteries, searching for something that could help him transcend life and death, but to no avail."

  Zhong Jian walked at the back, his eyes fixed on Xi Chi's back, listening to him speak slowly, and there was always a strange feeling in his heart, as if something was about to emerge, but it was always missing something.

  "So you've been searching for King Xiang's tomb all along."

  Xie Chi nodded and said, "The Phoenix Coffin was originally a treasure in the tomb of King Xiang. It is said that Mai Qu got this coffin from a grave robber and took it with him to his own burial. Moreover, when Hong Yu accompanied King Xiang to his burial, the divine bird lived as long as heaven and earth, so even if it were buried with him, it would not die. If we find King Xiang's tomb, we can find Hong Yu's blood..."

  Xuanbaiyu suddenly remembered the fantasy he saw in the dragon tomb of Longbeigucun, and without thinking, he said naturally: "King Xiang didn't let Hongtu be buried with him after all."

  He finished speaking, and everyone stopped in their tracks to stare at him. Zhong Ke smiled and said: "Hey, how is it that you seem to have seen it with your own eyes? Why do we always hear a different version of the story, where Xiang Wang had Hong Yu buried alive?"

  Wen Baiyu was momentarily speechless, and what he saw might have been an illusion caused by the fragrance of the grave bird's incense. Maybe it was really a mistake?

  Although Wen Baiyu didn't say anything else, he always felt that it was true. Perhaps in other people's eyes, Xiang Wang was violent and ruthless, but at the moment when Xiang Wang took out the key, Wen Baiyu even felt Xiang Wang's foolish love and despair.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou said: "It's a pity that you've used two thousand years and still haven't found the real Xiang Wang tomb."

  Xi Chi smiled and suddenly turned his head, looking at Wen Baiyu said: "Although I never found the tomb of King Xiang, but I made the wisest choice... which is to take a good apprentice."

  Wen Baiyu's expression changed instantly, and he immediately thought of the words in the first tomb, "With blood oath, as my brother from a past life".

  Wen Baiyu said: "So it was you who made that blood oath! But even if you want to take me as your apprentice, it's useless. I don't understand anything and can't help you find the Xiang Wang tomb."

  Xi Chi smiled with a pair of eyes and said: "You don't understand, it's okay, someone understands, the most important thing is that someone is willing to help you."

  Wen Baiyu listened to what he said and found it profound and incomprehensible. He scratched the back of his head, indicating that he still didn't quite understand.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's face was cold and indifferent, as if he didn't think much of this little cleverness.

  They walked for about half an hour before passing through the tomb passage. After passing through the tomb passage, the front suddenly opened up and became a vestibule-like appearance. Walking further in, a large gate blocked the way, with two bronze beasts crouching on either side of the gate, carved vividly, with long teeth and five claws. If it were dark and stormy outside, one would indeed be frightened by them.

  Xie Chi stood in front of the gate, gently stroking the stone door with his hand. "The stone door has an anti-theft interlayer," he said. "If you force your way through the stone door, the interlayer will shatter and spray out toxic water. If you're lucky, it'll just burn your skin; if not, you'll be burned alive... The stone door is connected to a sand timer, which can only be opened at dawn every day. Otherwise, triggering the mechanism will cause the gravel layer on top of the tomb to collapse, burying the chamber deep within. Behind this lies the Phoenix Coffin. Since the stone door remains intact, it means those grave robbers haven't entered yet. They need a fresh heart, so they'll have to open the stone door first before daring to harm the child. We can just wait here and catch them off guard."

  Wen Baiyu flicked her tongue and said, "Is the Stone Gate really that complicated? It's not time yet, so we'll have to wait."

  He nodded slightly, his slender fingers still stained with blood, a warm smile in his eyes as he gently stroked the stone door, muttering to himself: "This was his idea, only someone with such meticulous thoughts could come up with it... I've dug too many graves in my lifetime, and I don't dare show my true face, fearing that after death, I'll receive the same treatment, being dug up and having my tomb desecrated. He came up with this stone door... unfortunately, I didn't get to use it, but he did..."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou sat down, and Wen Bai Yu also leaned against him to sit down. It was only then that he felt tired, after all, the small restaurant had closed at a point, and now it had been so long in the tomb, already sleepy and tired.

  Wen Baiyu leaned against Wan Jingshou and said, "Actually, he's quite pitiful."

  Zhong Wei also sat down and said: "Younger brother, let Wen Baiyu hold the child, you rest your injured arm."

  Wen Baiyu's back tensed up instantly, and she broke out in a cold sweat. "Don't, don't give it to me! He just fell asleep with great difficulty, and he'll cry again when we switch hands later!"

  Zhong Jian smiled and said: "One child is not heavy."

  He said, looking at Xi Qi and saying: "Your hand, do you want me to bandage it for you?"

  Xi Chi was taken aback for a moment, not expecting Zhong Jian to take the initiative to talk to him. He smiled and nodded, and in an instant, Wen Baiyu saw that Xi Chi's eyes were shining with that adorable and innocent light again, his expression changing faster than flipping through a book.

  Wen Baiyu took out the gauze and hemostatic medicine from her backpack and tossed them to Xi Chi. Xi Chi sat down on the ground, one hand pulling out the gauze and the other bandaging.

  Only Chi's movements were very clumsy, perhaps because one hand was bandaging the other, and the gauze couldn't be wrapped on, and the hemostatic medicine on his hands was all wiped off.

  Zhong Jian finally couldn't take it anymore, and stuffed the child into Zhong Kui's arms. Zhong Kui suddenly wanted to shout loudly, but was afraid of waking up the child, so he had to lower his voice, gritting his teeth and saying: "How could you give him to me? What if I scare the child?"

  Wen Baiyu was drinking water and suddenly spat it out, saying: "You also know you're scary."

  Zhōng kuì stared with copper bell eyes, his body stiffened, but he didn't dare move, and could only stare at Wēn Bái Yuè.

  Zhong Jian walked over, squatted down and half-knelt in front of Xi Chi, reapplied the hemostatic medicine to him, then carefully began to bandage him up.

  Xi Chi had a smile at the corner of his mouth as he watched Zhong Jian's movements, very gentle, very careful, and very patient, as if afraid of hurting him.

  "Hiss——"

  Xi Chi suddenly took a light breath, her hands slightly trembling. Zhong Jian's movements immediately stopped, and he looked up to say: "Did I hurt you? Sorry."

  He puckered up his lips and put on an innocent look, his thin eyebrows furrowed, saying: "It hurts a lot..."

  Zhong Jian was even more flustered, his hands, which were originally tender and delicate, now stained with blood, some of his fingernails were also split, just looking at them made him know how painful it must be, this was all because he had tried to save himself.

  Zhong Jian didn't know what to say in his heart, and repeatedly said "I'm sorry", saying: "Bear with it a bit longer, I'll help you wrap it up."

  Xi Chi continued to pretend to be harmless, looking at Zhong Jian with big eyes and speaking in a soft voice: "It still hurts, blow on it for me."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Zhong Kui: "......"

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself, this is also okay, it's obvious that they're deceiving honest people, and Zhong Jian is relatively more honest.

  It was Wan Qi Jing Hou who was particularly calm and didn't go to look at them, took out compressed biscuits from the bag and handed them to Wen Bai Yu, saying: "If you're hungry, eat some."

  Wen Baiyu was so hungry that he almost died, and he quickly opened the package and stuffed it into his mouth. Wan Jingshou handed him a bottle of mineral water again, and Wen Baiyu felt that Wan Jingshou's backpack was like a treasure trove, with everything they needed to descend into the tomb readily available.

  On this side, eating happily, on that side, Zhong Jian's wound couldn't withstand the delay, really gave it a blow, Xi Yi was satisfied and didn't cry out in pain, Zhong Jian continued to bandage.

  He glanced left and right, then looked at the child in his arms again, afraid that he would wake up and cry. He felt like he was really unlucky...

  Zhōng Jiǎo's stomach was also hungry, and he couldn't bear it anymore. He shouted loudly: "Hey, wait a minute! Leave some compressed biscuits for me..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly narrowed his eyes, and Zhong Ke subconsciously shut up. He thought that after all these years of catching ghosts, Zhong Ke had never been afraid of anything, but in that instant, he felt a chill run down his spine.

  Zhong Qian thought to herself, "Isn't it just a compressed biscuit that costs over ten bucks?"

  Wen Baiyu saw Wan Jie's expression and immediately tensed up. Sure enough, he then heard Wan Jie say: "There is someone above."

  Everyone raised their heads, the tomb chamber was very high, with a few over three meters. According to Xi Qi, above the tomb chamber was a layer of sand and gravel mixed with sharp stone chips, specially used to bury grave robbers. The sand was easy to collapse, and the sharp stone chips could cut sharply as it collapsed, even if the grave robber's skills were excellent, they would find it hard to escape death.

  Across such a high tomb chamber and so many layers of sand, Wan Qi Jing Hou actually heard someone above.

  Zhong Yu widened his eyes and said: "You say those people are upstairs?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou just pretended to listen, not saying a word. After five seconds of silence from the crowd, Wan Qi Jing Hou, who was usually calm, suddenly shouted "Not good".

  Suddenly a loud "boom" shook the tomb chamber, and fragments of stone began falling from the top of the tomb.

  Wen Baiyu was shaken left and right, and was pulled into his arms by Wan Jijinghou.

  "What's wrong? Is it an earthquake?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "The people upstairs are using explosives."

  As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's heart sank. If the anti-theft device on the stone gate was blasted, poisonous water would spout out at that time, and not only that, but also the sand above would collapse.

  Xi Chi grasped Zhong Jian's wrist and said: "Stay away from Shi..."

  The two words "Shi Men" had not been spoken yet, when another loud noise was heard.

  Wen Baiyu hadn't reacted yet, only feeling that the sky was like rain, with sand and gravel pouring down. Suddenly, the stone gate cracked open with a "pa" sound, and green **sprayed out.

  Xī Chí grabbed Zhōng Jiǎn, **spurting out for a moment, but Zhōng Jiǎn suddenly hugged him tightly, with his back against the stone gate. Xī Chí clearly heard Zhōng Jiǎn's muffled grunt and the sound of scorching. Zhōng Jiǎn rolled on the ground with Xī Chí in his arms, and the two hid in the triangular area of the tomb chamber.

  Wen Baiyu didn't even have time to react, a large amount of **spurted out**, Wan Kuang Jinghou hugged him, his arm "sizzled" and splashed onto the **, the skin that was splashed on immediately turned into black scalding.

  The tomb collapsed and a huge stone slab landed right on the triangular area of the grave chamber, Wan Qi Jing Hou pulled Wen Bai Yu to crouch down under it.

  Zhong Yu reacted quickly, still holding the child in his arms. A huge boulder fell from above, and Wen Baiyu was so frightened that her heart tightened. She saw Wan Qi Jinghou pick up a small stone beside him and throw it upwards with a swift motion.

  "Bang!"

  The sound of the stone shattering, the boulder was suddenly crushed into powder by a small pebble, and it poured down from Zhong Kui's head with a "whooshing" sound. Zhong Kui quickly stretched out his hand to block the child, then rolled on the ground and rolled to Wen Baiyu's side.

  On one side, Zhong Jian and Xi Chi hid in a corner, while on the other side, Wen Baiyu, Wan Jiahui, and Zhong Kui hid together with a child, suddenly feeling that the space was very cramped.

  Moreover, Zhong Kui's physique is robust and the space is extremely cramped!

  The rocks and gravel were still sliding down, and in an instant they were buried all around. In a moment it was hard to see Jian Zhong and Xi Qi on the other side.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou held Wen Bai Yu in his arms, covering the back of her head with his hand. Due to the narrow space, Wen Bai Yu's hands had nowhere to place, and there was no time for hesitation. Immediately, she wrapped her arms around Wan Jie Jing Hou's waist.

  Wen Baiyu could feel Wan Jingshou trying his best to lower his head, placing his chin on his own shoulder, with a breath brushing against the side of his face. Although this breath was cool and had no temperature at all.

  The flashlight didn't even have time to be picked up, the sand and soil poured down, and it immediately became pitch black. Wen Baiyu was not injured at all, but she couldn't move, tightly hugging Wang Qi Jing Hou's waist. After a long time, when there was no more sound of sand pouring down by her ear, she softly said: "Wang Qi Jing Hou?"

  His voice was very small, as if he was afraid that a loud noise would shake down more sand again.

  "Huh?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou did not speak, but merely let out a nasal sound.

  Two people leaned in very close, almost with their bodies touching zero distance. Wan Xi Jing Hou's low nasal sound caused a slight vibration that made Wen Bai Yu's back feel like an electric current.

  "Uh... how are we going to get out? Are we buried alive?"

  Zhong Kui said at this time: "Pshaw! Don't talk nonsense, who curses his own?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "I have a question, these people will use yellow talismans to suppress the zongzi and not let them turn into zombies, why suddenly use such a rough method as explosives? The top of the grave is a layer of sand, if the explosives explode, won't it collapse, and the people above will also fall down?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Perhaps the people above are just insignificant puppets, they know that there is an anti-theft interlayer in the tomb chamber, but they can't wait until the time of Mao Chen."

  It was pitch black all around, Zhong Que couldn't see them and they couldn't see Zhong Que either. Zhong Que said: "So many problems, let's think of a way out, or the child will starve to death."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Yes, how are we going out? Do we have to dig a hole ourselves?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "No need to dig yourself, have you forgotten that this is the underground palace of Hei Yu Hou's painstaking operation, and his dead soldiers are still buried here."

  Wen Baiyu shivered at the thought, could it be that Xi Chi was able to summon the dark troops for help? That would be too frightening.

  He had just finished speaking when he heard the sound of "heh heh... heh heh... heh heh". Suddenly, his hands tightened and he hugged Wan Jie Jing Hou tightly. Wan Jie Jing Hou felt that he was trembling all over, clinging to him like an octopus, and for some reason, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  "Wen Baiyu stammered: 'Is... is it those dark troops coming?'"

  "Uh-huh."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou let out another nasal sound.

  Wen Baiyu was driven mad by this nasal sound of Su's, thinking that at this time, he was still so infatuated! It's really going to cost lives!

  A cool breeze slowly surged over, getting cooler and cooler. The warm white teeth of the ivory comb chattered with cold, saying: "It's so gloomy, I'm freezing to death."

  Zhong Jue smiled and said, "I didn't expect that you little guy, although your primordial spirit is not complete, but your senses are still quite sharp."

  "What?"

  Zhong Kui said: "You feel that it's not wrong, this cold air is the yin energy of the zongzi. Outside, there are at least 180 zongzi."

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that she rushed into General Wan's arms and said, "So many!"

  Zhong Hui said: "Young man, your comprehension is so high, why not follow me to cultivate the Tao, and also make up for the damage to your primordial spirit. Zhong Jian's primordial spirit was incomplete, then I..."

  He hadn't finished speaking when Wen Baiyu rolled her eyes in the darkness and said, "Then you'd cheat him into going with you to sell insurance, pretending to be a swindler."

  Zhong Kui's voice suddenly rose, saying: "What is called a god stick, I am a serious and high-ranking heavenly master! In the whole city of Beijing, there is no heavenly master with higher Tao than me!"

  "Alright, alright, you don't have the fate to attain enlightenment, I won't force it on you. But let me tell you one thing, listen to my advice: your primordial spirit is naturally disordered, and who knows what mishap occurred at birth? The yin energy in your body is too strong, making it easy for you to attract ghosts and monsters. Don't be reckless! Also, don't associate with dead objects, even if they don't have malicious intentions towards you. Over time, the yin energy will invade your body, turning you into a short-lived ghost! And most importantly, don't do... those kinds of things with him..."

  Wen Baiyu was confused and asked: "Who is 'he'? What kind of thing is that?"

  Zhong Kui was about to speak again when Wan Xizhou interrupted him in a cold tone, saying: "He's here."

  The dark troops have arrived.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that she tightly wrapped her arms around Wan Jingshou, burying her head in his chest. In the darkness, Wan Jingshou's gloomy face finally relaxed, and he also put his arms around Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu felt that although Wan Kuang Jing Hou's body was not warm, he was particularly reassuring and absolutely reliable!

  There was a "sandy" sound, as if digging soil, and also a "gurgling" sound.

  Wen Baiyu's voice trembled as he said: "This zongzi is digging a hole on one side and chatting on the other..."

  Zhōng Kuí: “……”

  The sand and soil were quickly dug out, Zhong Kui was the first to bear it, he drilled out of the soil heap, shook himself and the child, dropped a large pile of soil, and almost had his mouth full of soil.

  Wen Baiyu was squatting for too long, her legs went soft and she couldn't get up. She was carried out of the pit by either Wan Kuang Hou or the princess.

  Zhong Que looked at Wen Baiyu, who was being held by Wan Qi Jinghou, and asked him how his burn on his arm was doing. He replied that it didn't hurt much. Zhong Que shook his head in disappointment and muttered to himself: "Not listening to the old man's words, suffering is right before your eyes! This child is beyond saving!"

  Xi Chi and Zhong Jian have come out, Zhong Jian's face is a bit pale, Xi Chi has propped up half of his body.

  Wen Baiyu raised his head and saw dozens of people standing in the newly dug grave, lined up in two rows, wearing armor in an orderly manner. It was indeed a troop of ghost soldiers!

  The tomb robbers dug along the grave path all the way in, passing through the location of the stone gate and directly reaching the main chamber.

  The main chamber is very spacious and filled with a cool atmosphere, with only one transparent coffin placed inside.

  On the transparent coffin, there was no carving or inscription, only a phoenix that held its head high and flapped its wings. Next to the phoenix, there was another totem, which looked exactly like the birthmark on Wen Baiyu's shoulder!

  Wen Baiyu saw this totem for the third time and was extremely curious. She couldn't help but raise her hand to touch her own shoulder.

  What's even more shocking is that inside the transparent coffin, a bed was inlaid, exactly like the one described on the epitaph, a jade bed six feet wide and ten feet long. But it wasn't empty! A man was lying on it.

  The man is wearing a black wide robe, looking like the attire of the Western Han Dynasty. His eyes are closed and he lies peacefully in the phoenix coffin.

  The man was a jade carving, carved out of a whole piece of jade, with a face and appearance identical to Zhong Jian's.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Xi Chi in shock, then glanced at Zhong Jian. It turned out that the first time Xi Chi met Zhong Jian, he had deliberately gone to chat him up. Whenever Zhong Jian came to the small restaurant, Xi Chi would go and talk to him. These were not coincidences.

  It turned out that Zhong Jian was the person Chi Qi had been searching for thirty-five times, and he had witnessed his life and death thirty-five times.

  He slowly walked over, stroking the lid of the Phoenix Coffin with his hand, as if tracing the outline of a jade carving. His eyes were slightly moist as he spoke in a low tone: "Legend has it that when Qin Shi Huang carved the Jade Seal, he used part of the Jingbi. The remaining piece vanished into thin air... I found this massive Jingbi in the tomb of a wealthy Tang dynasty merchant... Jingbi is a treasured vessel, having absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for thousands of years. I traversed rivers and mountains, seeking skilled craftsmen to carve his likeness from the Jingbi, to recreate his physical form... Alas, no matter how beautiful the Jingbi may be, it's just stone - how can it possibly fully restore him?"

  Zhong Jian was so shocked that he couldn't speak, while Zhong Ke sighed and said: "No wonder, when Master collected the younger brother as an apprentice, he said that the younger brother's primordial spirit was scattered, and his three souls and seven spirits were all gone, but he could still live in the world, which is indeed not easy."

  Xī zhì turned his head and looked at Zhōng Jiǎn, who was shocked, saying: "Are you afraid of me?"

  Bao Gong smiled and said: "I'm also afraid, who would believe such nonsense?"

  Zhong Jian didn't respond to his words, but instead looked at Xi Chi and said: "Was I afraid of you in the previous thirty-four times?"

  Xie hesitated for a moment, didn't say anything, but the answer was already obvious.

  Zhong Jian walked over and placed his hand on the Phoenix Coffin, saying: "I still don't remember anything..."

  He said, turning his head to look at Xi Qi, smiling and saying: "But all these years, you've paid out enough for me, now it's my turn to pay out, what do you think?"

  Xi Chi was even more stunned, and tears immediately burst forth from his eyes. Zhong Jian hastily pulled him into a hug, gently stroking his back with the underside of his chin rubbing against Xi Chi's hair, sighing to say: "Don't cry, silly child."

  Wen Baiyu shook her head, nudged Wang Jixing with her elbow and whispered: "It's really touching, over two thousand years, more melodramatic than a TV series... but it seems like they're both men?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou did not speak, he just gave him a glance.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Although there's nothing discordant about it, but those two are really both men, are they... that kind of relationship?"

  Wan Jie Jing Hou still didn't speak, and swept him with another glance. Wen Bai Yu always felt that Wan Jie Jing Hou's eyes contained very rich, complex, and profound meanings that were unfathomable, making Wen Bai Yu inexplicably tense up his back...

  "There's a thief!"

  "The earth has been newly turned!"

  "Some people are faster than us, let's hurry up!"

  Wen Baiyu had not yet figured out the relationship between Xi Qi and Zhong Jian, nor had he fully understood the deep meaning in Wang Jingshou's eyes, when suddenly he heard loud shouts coming from afar, followed by chaotic footsteps.

  Someone is coming towards the main tomb!

  "It should be those people."

  He then said: "But what's strange is that there isn't anyone with high moral integrity among these people, their leader should not be among them."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou coldly laughed and said: "Those who entered first are just puppets."

  As they spoke, several people had already rushed in and stood at the entrance of the main tomb chamber. Seeing someone inside, they were all stunned, clearly frightened.

  Those people were dressed in uniform, with a tattoo on their right arm and guns in hand. When they saw the child in Zhong Kui's arms, they immediately said: "Someone is here to make trouble, not one will be left!"

  The man in front said a word and waved his hand, then the people behind him raised their guns, ready to fire.

  Xie Chi still lingered in Zhong Jian's arms, unwilling to let go. A pair of big eyes were filled with impatience, and he pouted, saying: "Coming at this time is really annoying."

  He said, and then heard the person rushing in suddenly shouting loudly, scaring him into trembling.

  Someone screamed in terror: "Ghost!! He's a ghost!! His eyes are red!!"

  He said, his hands shaking, about to pull the trigger.

  Xie Chi's eyes suddenly turned blood red, and immediately there was a "giggle" sound. The man hadn't even had time to fire his gun when his wrist was grasped. He turned his head to see, and let out a terrified "ahhh" scream. A dumpling wearing armor was holding the gun in his hand, and the man instantly fainted.

  "There's zongzi!"

  "Fire at will!"

  "There is also!!"

  "Zongzi!! It's zongzi! Quickly block the entrance of the tomb, zongzi is coming in!"

  "Fire!"

  "Help! Save me!!"

  The dark soldiers emerged from the ground like they were digging out of it, each holding a knife, and instantly surrounded those people.

  He pulled out a handful of yellow paper from his bag and said, "Right, right! Yellow talisman! Use the yellow talisman given by the Heavenly Master!! Quick! Throw the yellow talisman!"

  Several people threw out the yellow talismans in their hands, and the yin soldiers stopped at the talisman papers, indeed being blocked. Some even really fell to the ground.

  Xie Chi let out a "hmmph" sound, seemingly very impatient, and turned to face Wan Qi Jing Hou, saying: "You're more capable than me, can you help out? Don't tell me you just want to reap the benefits?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou glanced at him faintly and said, "How is it that you've made more gains this time too?"

  He finished speaking, but instead of standing up, he suddenly took a step forward, his hand shook, and then heard "whoosh", a treasure sword appeared in his hand.

  Zhong Kui has lost his temper! When the Ancestor passed down the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword, he said that only a righteous warrior could wield this ominous treasure! He said it was a treasure specially made for himself to behead ghosts!

  Those people saw Wan Jie Jing Hou walking over, raised their guns and fired a shot. Wan Jie Jing Hou didn't dodge, his arm slightly lifted, "Clang" - the bullet hit the sword and was deflected.

  Zhōng Kuí's heart ached as he clicked his tongue, it really wasn't that he didn't care, although being hit by a bullet was no big deal, but still, it was an ancient divine weapon, couldn't they be more careful when using it?

  Those people stared at Wang Jinghou like they saw a ghost, one of them shouted: "Ghost!! He must be a ghost! It's a rice dumpling! Throw the yellow talisman!"

  With a "whoosh", a yellow talisman was flung out, and Wan Xi Jing Hou's sword sliced through it with a "swish", cutting it into two pieces. The yellow talismans scattered and floated down, one of them brushing against Wan Xi Jing Hou's hand.

  "A slight rustling sound was quickly drowned out by the eerie cries of those people, but Wen Baiyu noticed that when Wan Kuangjing's hand touched the yellow talisman, it was as if he had been scalded by the poisonous water splashing out from a stone gate."

  The wound was very shallow and healed instantly by itself, and it couldn't be seen anymore.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's hands moved swiftly and neatly, without taking their lives, but merely knocking all these people unconscious.

  Xie Chi coldly smiled and said: "You're quite kind-hearted."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou took a glance at Wen Bai Yu, actually he knew that Wen Bai Yu was an ordinary person and had never seen these things before. If he really made a move, he didn't know if Wen Bai Yu would be afraid of him afterwards...

  At this time, a "click" sound was heard. The person who had been frightened by the yinbing earlier woke up and got up from the ground. Seeing that something was wrong inside, he quickly ran out and opened the loudspeaker in his hand, shouting: "Save me!! Hurry to save me! There are zongzi here! They also robbed a child! Save..."

  The man shouted all the way, and the child in Zhong Kui's arms was awakened by his wolf-like shouting and began to wail.

  Zhong Hu's head hurt instantly, and he didn't even have a weapon in his hand. He could only take off the scabbard and throw it out with a "clang". The man was immediately beaten to the ground, staggering and fell unconscious again!

  Wen Baiyu almost laughed and said: "Really accurate!"

  At this time a man wearing armor walked in, his skin was dark and he had a tall stature, dressed in the attire of a Western Han dynasty military officer.

  That's the zongzi which was just sealed with a yellow strip!

  The jailer came in and knelt down saying: "Your Majesty, all the children in the coffin have been found, a total of eighty-five."

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "Eighty-five? Didn't they say there were ninety-nine in total?"

  Zhong Jian said: "These people have accomplices. The person just now was still communicating with the accomplices on the ground, and they might still be in their hands."

  "What can we do?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou said bluntly: "Go up."

  Xie Chi led the way, and naturally there would be no mechanism on the road, so everyone walked outside the tomb.

  The forest was already a bit grayish, although the sky was still dark and nothing could be seen clearly all around, but before long, the sun would rise.

  A truck was parked in Shunlinli, with the driver and co-driver sitting inside. The driver's intercom suddenly rang out with a heart-wrenching scream, causing both the driver and co-driver to tremble with fear.

  The driver said: "What... what should we do?"

  The co-driver said: "There are so many of them... none of them have figured it out, and we're only getting this little money, and there are more than a dozen kids in the car. If someone finds out, we'll be dead for sure. Let's just run away!"

  The driver started the car and prepared to step on the accelerator.

  Just as the car started, a "bang" was heard, and then the car began to shake left and right, hitting its head against a big tree. Fortunately, it had just started, and the speed was not too high, so the front of the car only slightly dented.

  The driver and passenger were dazed, their foreheads cracked open, and they forced themselves to open their eyes despite the pain.

  The co-pilot had a ghostly expression on his face, staring out of the driver's window.

  The driver also turned his head and suddenly let out a loud cry of "Ahhhhh!", shouting: "Ghost!!"

  A face stuck to the shattered car window glass.

  To be exact, it's a face that is quite handsome and dignified, with a gentle and honest appearance, only the sky is too dark, making it look very frightening.

  That man was carrying a large backpack, which was bulging inside, wearing a sportswear that had been washed very clean, with boots on his feet, and he was tall and strong.

  He stood outside the car window, smiling at the two people, and then, amidst the driver's and co-pilot's terrified screams, the car window slowly slid down automatically. The driver pressed the control button several times, but it didn't work.

  The moment the car window slid down, a gun floated up gently.

  It's floating up...

  No one was holding a gun, the man just looked at them, and the gun floated up, stuck tightly to the driver's forehead.

  The driver was scared to death and said: "Ghost......ghost......you are a ghost!!"

  The man smiled elegantly and said, "I am not a ghost, eating the hearts of children, disturbing the rest of the departed. You are the ghosts... I detest people like you."

  As soon as he finished speaking, a gunshot rang out with a "bang", and the driver and co-pilot's eyes widened, their throats moved, and they instantly lost their breath.

  Wen Baihe and they came out of the tomb, just heard a "slap" sound, echoing in the empty forest.

  As the crowd rushed forward, they saw a truck crashed into a tree. Zhong Kui stepped forward and cut off the big lock on the cargo compartment with one sword. As soon as the door opened, it was filled with wailing cries of "wa wa".

  Fourteen children, neither more nor less, plus those in the tomb, exactly ninety-nine.

  "Is this a kid? Why is the car stopped here?"

  He said, running ahead, and Wan Xi Jinghou pulled him back, saying: "Be careful."

  Two people walked over, and Wen Baiyu was suddenly frightened to take a step back. The driver and the co-pilot were already dead, with a terrifying expression of death, their eyes wide open, their faces twisted, as if they had been shocked by something before they died.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou felt Wen Bai Yu's trembling and reached out to grasp his palm, Wen Bai Yu subconsciously clasped back.

  Zhong Kui and his men also walked over, saying: "Dead? Who killed him, was it internal strife? It doesn't seem like that either."

  Wen Baiyu was a bit shaky, but still looked at the driver and passenger seat, Wan Qi Jinghou said: "What's wrong?"

  Wen Baiyu pointed at their arms and said: "They all have a tattoo on their arms."

  A tattoo that looks somewhat like a flame shape.

  Wen Baiyu continued, "In Longbeigou Village, that woman named Sun Xia had this tattoo on her hand too. Don't you remember? She even flirted with you and touched your hand. And Lamei said that Sun Xia has a master, they might be in cahoots."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was very calm and said, "I don't remember."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was still speechless when he heard Wan Jijinghou suddenly say in a low voice: "Someone is coming."

  Wen Baiyu's back tensed up instantly, in this desolate mountain and wilderness, there was actually someone, could it be those people?

  Just as Wen Baiyu was scared, a black shadow walked over, saw them, let out an "ahhh" scream, and fell to the ground, looking frightened.

  Wen Baiyu took two steps forward, narrowed his eyes and looked at him in surprise, saying: "Tangzi!?"

  Tang Tzu sat on the ground, wearing a sportswear that was washed very clean, but because he sat on the ground, it got stained with dust and leaves. He had a pair of boots on his feet and a large backpack behind him, which was bulging...

  Tang Zi looked clearly and saw it was Wen Baiyu, he quickly got up from the ground and said: "Boss, why are you scaring people in the middle of the night!"

  Wen Baiyu glared and said: "I was just about to ask you! What are you doing running to the graveyard so late at night?"

  Tang Ziren was tall and majestic, but he trembled with fear, saying: "Ol... old boss, don't scare me, where is this a cemetery?!"

  Wen Baiyu looked at him shivering and thought that although Bai Chang was so tall and big, he was not as brave as herself.

  "I...I wasn't going to attend the wedding, was I? I took a long-distance bus back at night, but the bus broke down halfway and had to wait for repairs. I looked at the time and it wasn't enough, and when it would be fixed, I wouldn't make it back by tomorrow morning, so I planned to get off and take an overnight bus back... As a result, I fell asleep on the night bus and opened my eyes to find myself in this ghostly place! After walking for half an hour without seeing anyone, I was scared...scared to death...Boss, what are you doing here?"

  Wen Baiyu waved her hand and said, "It's hard to explain in just a few words, let's talk about it when we get back."

  Tangzi said: "How come there are so many kids?"

  "So many children, how are we going to send them back?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou paused for a moment and said: "I have a way."

  He said, took the dagger from Guan Wenbai, then walked into the depths of the forest with the dagger, pulled out the dagger and made a cut on his own palm, blood instantly appeared on the ground.

  In a moment, Wen Baiyu saw many dark blue lights floating over, many people in groups, each holding a blue lantern, drifting towards them.

  It's floating, no mistake!

  Just like the old lady Wen Baiyu met before.

  Those people floated over, one by one picked up the children, and then floated away to a distant place.

  Tang Zi looked at them and said in surprise: "Hey, the neon light of this lamp is quite good-looking, where did you buy it?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu had already been convinced by his own words, what is this neon light, it's a ghost fire!

  ……

  When they walked out of the forest, it was already daylight. After going through all sorts of hardships and returning home, it was already after 8 o'clock!

  Wen Baiyu casually washed up and went to bed, sleeping drowsily. Suddenly, she heard a "whoosh" sound, as if the window had been blown open.

  But the window was a push-pull type, and no matter how strong the wind was, it couldn't be blown open. Wen Baiyu turned over and didn't care about it anymore.

  She didn't know how long she had slept, but Wen Baiyu only felt that her neck hurt, as if she had fallen asleep with her neck in a wrong position.

  He slowly opened his eyes, and what entered his field of vision was the TV in the living room, as well as the coffee table.

  Wen Baiyu rubbed the back of her head, confused. She was clearly sleeping in bed, so why did she wake up on the sofa? No wonder her neck hurt. Sleeping on the sofa for a whole night wasn't exactly comfortable, was it?

  And the sofa is where Wan Qi Jing Hou sleeps...

  Wen Baiyu had just woken up and hadn't shaken off her sleepiness, so she walked to the bathroom in a daze, pushed open the door, and prepared to brush her teeth and wash her face.

  Wen Baiyu squeezed toothpaste onto her toothbrush, then stood in front of the mirror brushing her teeth. She raised her head and suddenly froze, blinking at her reflection in the mirror.

  As soon as Xi Chi pushed open the bedroom door, she heard a scream coming from the bathroom, followed by the sound of things falling to the ground with a "crash".

  Wen Baiyu sat on the floor of the bathroom, staring at himself in the mirror, wearing a black shirt, black pants and black military boots. He was tall and had fair skin, with two buttons undone on his shirt, revealing a hint of his abdominal muscles. His eyes were narrow and beautiful, with a mole at the corner of one eye...

  This body is clearly that of General Wan Gui!

  Xie Chi didn't know what had happened, and then the door to Wen Baiyu's room opened. "Wen Baiyu" had a completely different aura, with a cold expression he walked out of the bedroom and stopped at the bathroom door, looking down at the person sitting on the floor.

  Wen Baiyu stared at his own body standing in the doorway, his eyes wide with shock, and stammered: "Wan... Wan Jie Hou?!"

  Wan Jie's face was stern as he nodded his head slightly.

  "What's going on here?" Wen Baiyu shouted loudly.