Chapter 35: Fish Eating Cat (Part 2)

  The hostel was not far from the river, and Wan Xi Jing Hou took Princess Wen Bai Yu to the hostel. The girl followed them with a limp, her eyes filled with deep sadness and resentment, occasionally looking up at the two people in front of her who were whispering to each other.

  The girl felt that Wen's attitude towards this man was indeed different, although he spoke with a bitter tone, as if he had a deep grievance, but the relationship between the two was actually very close, and they would occasionally laugh together.

  The man's face is perfect in itself, and once he smiles, it's even more handsome, but the man only smiles at Wen Da Ge.

  Wen Baiyu was in the arms of Wan Jingshou, his legs were aching badly, and there was a stinging sensation all over, apparently the water ghost's claws were poisonous. Being held by Wan Jingshou, he didn't need to walk, Wen Baiyu struggled for a while before calming down.

  Wen Baiyu thought silently, although she had previously cursed viciously, but that didn't count, it was just two sentences of ridicule, and anyway, she had already spoken to Wan Kuangjinghou, so speaking a few more words wouldn't matter.

  Wen Baiyu poked Wan Jingshou's chest with her hand, and it felt hard as steel.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou lowered his eyes and glanced at him, saying: "Don't move around."

  Wen Baiyu let out a cold "hmmph" and stretched out her hand to poke him.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly pulled out one hand, pinched Wen Bai Yu's hand that was poking him, Wen Bai Yu let out a startled "ah", Wan Jie Jing Hou only had one hand supporting his waist now, almost falling to the ground.

  Wen Baiyu thought he was too clever, fortunately his hands were wrapped around Wang Ju's neck, otherwise his legs would have been injured, and if he had fallen to the ground, wouldn't that be half-crippled?

  "What are you doing?!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou calmly re-embraced him and said lightly: "Nothing, I just wanted to kiss you."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu's whole body stiffened, and she lowered her voice to say: "How can you be so unscrupulous and not consider the occasion or location when expressing your feelings! It would be too embarrassing for others to hear!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't take it seriously and said: "Is that all? Are you interested in kissing me?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt that their discussion was heading in a strange direction.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said again: "But in the car, you don't like me touching you."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help it anymore, clenched his fist and punched Wan Jingshou's chest with a loud "thud". As a big man himself, Wan Jingshou was taken aback by the force of the blow.

  The girl was quietly walking behind, laughing and chatting in front, then suddenly turned into a fight, which made the little girl somewhat surprised, just thinking of going forward to persuade them.

  "You dare mention it! Your hand suddenly let go, I almost withered away! Any man would punch your nose off, you're not doing things right!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was taken aback and said: "So it's because of this that you've been ignoring me."

  Wen Baiyu continued to grit her teeth and said, "Don't pretend like you just found out."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "I just really knew."

  He said with a very good attitude: "Next time let you be comfortable, is that okay?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  No good!

  Not good at all!

  What the heck!

  Wen Baiyu was so angry that he wanted to explode, why did Wan Jingshou have to put on a harmless expression and say such things to him, it was simply infuriating, making him want to punch him in the face, but after weighing his options, Wen Baiyu realized he wouldn't be able to win, so he didn't bother struggling unnecessarily.

  They arrived at the reception room, and the girl reluctantly said to Wen Baihe: "Wen brother, I have some medicine there, I'll send it over to you later. Thank you so much for saving me today."

  Wen Baiyu hastily waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, we have medicine too. You go back and apply the medicine quickly."

  The girl's face suddenly turned red, thinking that Wen Ge was a good person, kind-hearted and gentle.

  The two of them hadn't finished speaking when Wan Jie Jing Hou had already carried Wen Bai Yu upstairs.

  The moment the door opened, Wen Baiyu saw that both Yu Yang and Tang Zi inside were looking at them with astonished expressions.

  Yu Wei Yang suddenly burst out laughing, looking them up and down, saying: "Hmph, you're all soaked. I was wondering why neither of you came back on such a stormy day... it turns out it's like this..."

  Staring at them with an inexplicable gaze.

  Wen Baiyu's face turned bright red with rage, and she shouted: "I was dragged into the river by a water ghost! Water ghost! What kind of obscene thoughts are you thinking about!"

  Yu Wei Yang curiously said: "Water ghost?"

  Wen Baiyu told them about what happened by the river, and Wan Jinhou wanted to give him "hemostatic", but Wen Baiyu refused to the death, saying: "That that that... you're all wet, go take a bath quickly, I'll just use the wound medicine in my bag to wipe it clean, the wound isn't deep anyway."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou couldn't get past him, so he had no choice but to go take a bath himself.

  Wen Baiyu was applying medicine to himself, while Yu Wei Yang looked at him with a smile and said: "Hey, aren't you ignoring Wan Kuang Jing Hou?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou quickly finished washing, only wearing pants, with his upper body exposed, eight perfect abdominal muscles, streamlined curves, very white skin, delicate facial features, but not looking feminine at all, instead making Wen Bai Yu drool in admiration.

  "Cough..."

  Wen Baiyu coughed and said: "Hurry up and get dressed, it's freezing. I'm going to take a bath."

  Wen Baiyu had just gone to take a bath, when there was a knock at the door. Yu Xiangyang asked, "Who is it?"

  Outside the door, a little girl's voice said: "Is Brother Wen in? I'm here to deliver medicine."

  Yu Wei Yang and Tang Zi Yi heard it, "Wen Da Ge" these three words are quite unique, and they both burst out laughing.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's attitude was very cold and he said: "I'll go open the door."

  He said and walked over, "click" opened the door, didn't let go, just blocked at the door.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was very tall, the little girl only reached his chest. Seeing a half-naked man opening the door, she was startled and her face turned red instantly.

  The little girl's eyes didn't know where to put them, and she could still feel the cool mist emanating from Wang Qi Jing Hou's body. His hair was still dripping with water, sticking to his perfect face, making him look softer than usual.

  The little girl blushed extremely and said: "Wan... Wan Xi big brother, this is the wound medicine for Wen big brother. That... that... Wan Xi big brother quickly wipe your hair dry, or you'll catch a cold. I... I'm leaving first!"

  The little girl said, and stuffed the medicine into Wang Hou's hand, then turned around and ran away with a limp.

  When Wen Baiyu came out, Wan Jingshou had already closed the door and sat on the bed. Wen Baiyu had no idea that just now, Wan Jingshou had actually taken away Wen Baiyu's admirer...

  Wen Baiyu sat on the bed, wiping his head and saying: "This town is quite strange, there really are water ghosts in the river! I saw it with my own eyes, that water ghost pulled me into the river and dragged me to the bottom. That girl also said that the river has drowned adults before, and when they were salvaged, they were all muddy."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "Judging from what happened just now, the water ghost you mentioned is actually a water monkey."

  Wen Bai Yu asked in surprise: "What is a water monkey?"

  "Water monkeys are about the same size as children, but have a monkey face, only four fingers on each hand, and a slender build. However, they possess great strength and can drag people into rivers, burying them in mud to suffocate."

  Wen Baiyu shivered and said: "Does the Water Monkey eat people?"

  Wan Kuang said: "I don't eat people, I just drink blood."

  Wen Baiyu rolled her eyes, what's the difference between eating people and drinking blood, both are terrifying!

  Wen Baiyu said: "This place looks very strange, how can there be such a terrible thing, maybe there really is an underwater tomb. But the river water is too shallow, how can you build an underwater tomb?"

  "Perhaps there is, only we haven't discovered it. The flow rate of this river water is very strange, faster than normal."

  Wen Baiyu had never paid attention to the speed of the river water flow, because he simply didn't know what the normal speed of the river water flow was. Isn't this like going back to the rhythm of doing homework in middle school!

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt that fighting was also a technical job, and being uncultured was too scary...

  Everyone is tired after a day and is preparing to go to bed early.

  Four beds were placed in the four corners, the beds were not small, and the gap between two beds was not large. Wen Baiyu lay on the bed, the temperature of the town was a bit low, especially after nightfall, cool wind poured in from the window.

  Wen Baiyu shrunk under the quilt, feeling a bit cold, and the exposed skin on her feet was throbbing with pain. The scratch from the water monkey wasn't deep, but the wound had turned a bit greenish. Wen Baiyu applied some ointment, but it wasn't a magic cure-all, and the wound would take time to heal. At first, she could still numb the pain, but half an hour later, the effect of the medicine wore off, and the pain made Wen Baiyu shiver.

  "Ugh..."

  Wen Baiyu was startled and opened his eyes to see Wan Qi Jinghou crossing over from the bed beside him, lifting up the quilt and squeezing into his bed.

  Wen Baiyu glared at him with wide eyes and said in a low voice: "What are you doing? Go to sleep quickly."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou then reached out to hold Wen Bai Yu, his body temperature was originally low, Wen Bai Yu shivered and said: "You're so cold, stay away from me."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou just held him, occasionally feeling Wen Bai Yu lightly tremble, opened his eyes and said: "Very painful?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's not very painful... but vaguely, the wound stings and itches a bit, and I don't dare to scratch. After all this commotion, I couldn't sleep."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou suddenly sat up and lifted the quilt, grabbing Wen Bai Yu's bare foot.

  "Ah..."

  Wen Baiyu's low voice shouted, afraid of waking up those two people, said: "What are you doing?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Let me take a look."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou removed the bandage from Wen Bai's ankle, although it had stopped bleeding, but the wound was still dark purple and obviously poisoned. The wound hadn't healed yet and was slightly swollen.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's face didn't look good, he said: "You've been poisoned, we need to detoxify."

  Wen Baiyu hastily went to push Wan Zijun Hou and said: "Wait... what are you doing? What if they see us?"

  Wen Baiyu said, shrinking his legs in, like a deflated balloon, afraid that Wan Jijing would pounce on him and lick him.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou sighed and said, "Forget it."

  He said, turning around and picking up a dragon-scale dagger from the table, quickly swiping it across his index finger.

  "Ah!"

  Wen Baiyu shouted and said: "Your hand!"

  Wan Jie Jing Hou's index finger was immediately cut open, and a drop of blood gushed out. Wan Jie Jing Hou placed his bleeding finger on Wen Bai Yu's bare foot, and the drops of blood fell onto Wen Bai Yu's slightly swollen wound.

  "Hiss——"

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but take a sharp breath, and Wan Kuang Jinghou's blood dripped down. The wound suddenly throbbed with severe pain, as if it was scorching hot. Wen Baiyu had an illusion that his feet were about to be cooked!

  The severe pain of the white feather was unbearable, and cold sweat kept flowing, but the dark blue color of the wound immediately receded, and it no longer swelled. Except for the pain, there was also no itching sensation.

  The blood had dried and the pain was gone too.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took out a bandage and wrapped his wound, saying: "Don't exert yourself, be careful not to burst the wound open."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and then lay down to continue sleeping. Wan Kuang Jing Hou lay beside him, the wound on his finger still unhealed, pressed against the bed, the snow-white pillow suddenly had an additional blood stain.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Your hand is still bleeding.'"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't take it seriously, and again burrowed into Wen Bai Yu's quilt, stretched out his hand to hug him, and lay face to face with him. Then he reached out and used the tip of his index finger to press against Wen Bai Yu's lips.

  A bloody smell immediately appeared on Wen Baiyu's lips.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Help me lick it."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  "Wen Baiyu looked at Wan Kuang Jinghou's expressionless face, and in her heart, she was furious. 'Pfft pfft pfft, who helped you lick it? Quickly go back to sleep...hmm...'"

  Wen Baiyu opened his mouth, and Wan Jingshou smoothly inserted his fingers, stretching into his oral cavity, feeling the high temperature of Wen Baiyu's mouth.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly didn't dare to speak, stiffly opening his mouth. Wan Jingshou laughed and his fingers moved nimbly, pressing down on the tip of Wen Baiyu's tongue. The tip of Wen Baiyu's tongue trembled violently and immediately curled up, trying to hide away, but Wan Jingshou's fingers pursued it instead.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Give me a lick."

  "You believe it or not, Lao Er will bite off your fingers! Crunch!"

  Wen Baiyu's face was a deep red, and Wan Jingshou's fingers had a bloody smell to them. They were teasing his tongue, and Wen Baiyu really couldn't take it anymore. In the end, he could only compromise, carefully sticking out the tip of his tongue to gently lick Wan Jingshou's wound, slowly moving back and forth.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou's expression suddenly became serious, and the hand that was wrapped around Wen Bai Yu's waist tightened, causing Wen Bai Yu to exclaim: "You're going to squeeze me to death!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't say a word, he simply pulled out his index finger and then lowered his head, fiercely biting Wen Bai Yu's lips.

  "Ow... damn it, you dog, that hurts..."

  Wen Baiyu's accusatory tone immediately changed to a soft sigh, and her hands tightly wrapped around Wang Qi Jinghou's back.

  The two people on this side are having a harmonious movement in the middle of the night, but it's a pity for Yu Wei Yang on the opposite bed, who is silently crying in his heart, thinking that he shouldn't have booked a quadruple room, but should have booked two single rooms instead.

  And this hostel's bed is too big, how can it be enough for two men to roll around violently on it? Shouldn't they get a smaller bed, isn't this tempting people to commit crimes?

  Yu Wei Yang opened one eye, not expecting that Tang Zi opposite him was also awake and staring at him. Yu Wei Yang's gaze met his, and Tang Zi immediately hastily withdrew his glance, as if it had been an accident all along.

  Yu Wei Yang couldn't help but laugh at his silly expression, and when Tang Zi saw Yu's smile, he looked over again with a foolish gaze, staring at Yu Wei Yang.

  Tang Z's gaze was particularly focused, making Yu Wei Yang feel a bit embarrassed, and now it was his turn to not know where to put his eyes.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was being dazed by Wan Kuang Jing Hou, a gust of wind suddenly blew in from the window, followed by a gentle singing voice...

  There is singing...

  Late at night, a song drifted from afar, ethereal and melodious. What they were singing was in a language that none of them could understand.

  Wen Baiyu was stunned for a moment, and then felt that his eyes were a bit hollow, suddenly very sleepy, and even loosened his grip on Wan Jingshou's hand.

  Yu Wei Yang is also like this, just now was clear and not sleepy, heard the singing voice by his ear, actually started to feel drowsy, eyelids fighting.

  Tang Zi suddenly sat up, jumped onto Yu Wei Yang's bed, and hugged him, saying: "Boss Yu! Boss Yu! Wake up, don't sleep!"

  Tang Zirong immediately took big strides to close the blown-open window and pulled up the curtains. The melodious singing was blocked outside the window, and Wen Baiyu and Yu Wei Yang were a little flustered, suddenly waking up from their dream.

  Wen Baiyu was still dazed and said: "Huh, what's wrong with me? I think I just fell asleep?"

  Yu Wei Yang didn't know what had happened either, but Tang Zi suddenly hugged him and said, "Boss Yu, are you okay?"

  Yu Wei Yang was tightly hugged in Tang Zi's arms, while Wen Bai Yu cast a curious glance from the other side. Yu Wei Yang coughed unnaturally and said, "What's wrong?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is a singing voice, it's a sea monster."

  "Song?" said Wen Bai Yu in surprise.

  He just dozed off and didn't remember anything, but when they were by the river, the little girl also said that at night, songs would be heard coming from the riverbank, very nice to listen to, but couldn't understand what was being sung.

  Wen Baiyu shivered and said: "Really is a sea monster? What is a sea monster, is it the inkfish singing?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "The so-called sea monster is the black scale merman, also known as the mermaid."

  Wen Baiyu was even more surprised and said: "Mermaid?"

  The beautiful mermaid in Wen Baiyu's mind was still positioned as a fairy tale character, with a pretty and pure face, and a fiery figure! How did it suddenly turn into a sea monster?!

  "Actually, many people have misconceptions about mermaids. Male black-scaled mermaids are tall and robust, and extremely fierce and cruel. Female mermaids may look gentle and beautiful, but they have the strength of several adult men, and can easily capsize a fishing boat with a single blow. The singing voice of mermaids has a hypnotic effect, many coastal people worship them as water gods, when going out to sea to fish, if you hear their song, you will immediately return to shore, otherwise you will be lured by the song and buried in the deep sea."

  Wen Baiyu said: "This place has water ghosts and sea monsters, it really doesn't look simple."

  Wan Qi Jinghou said, "Tomorrow we'll go to the riverbank again and take a look. The water monkey is small in stature and can easily hide in shallow waters to hunt for food, while the black-scaled fish are large in size and live in groups in deep waters, indicating that there must be deep waters nearby."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and quickly lay down to sleep.

  The next day early in the morning, they decided to set out and take a walk along the river. They casually ate some of the bread they had brought with them, then went downstairs and headed outside.

  The front desk already has someone there, it's that girl.

  The girl's face turned red as soon as she saw them coming down, and then she frequently lifted her head over, with a blush on her face, her mouth opened and closed, wanting to speak but hesitating.

  Wen Baiyu saw the young lady glance over with a shy look, and he felt extremely pleased with himself. His charm was truly limitless, making the young lady blush like that.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was indulging in his own handsomeness, the little girl finally gathered her courage and said: "E...early, Wan Ku Da Ge, have you eaten breakfast? I made some local pastries here, do you want to eat them, Wan Ku Da Ge?"

  Ten thousand... wait for... big... brother...

  The girl plucked up her courage and asked loudly: "What's going on with you, Brother Wan Qi?"

  Shouldn't it be Wen Gege!

  Wen Baiyu's heart was sour and she almost jumped up to kick Wan Jie Jing Hou, who had casually hooked up with a young girl without knowing what kind of shameless method he used!

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was very cold and said, "No need."

  The girl said dejectedly: "Ah......yes, yes."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Yu Wei Yang was holding back laughter behind her back.

  Four people walked out of the hostel together, Wen Baiyu was already familiar with the road, leading them to the riverbank, after a night, Wan Kuang Jinghou's blood was also very effective, except for a little pain, Wen Baiyu's foot was fine again, and the wound had healed.

  They arrived at the riverbank, and compared with the desolation of last night, there were quite a few pedestrians along the river now.

  They stood on the riverbank looking inwards, the water was very clear, and it could be seen that it was extremely shallow. There were no dark shadows in the water, and they didn't know where the water monkey had gone either.

  There were still marks left by the struggles of the girl and Wen Baiyu on the riverbank yesterday, and Wen Baiyu looked at those few marks and still felt a little frightened.

  Yu Wei Yang held the map and looked at the river water for half a day, saying: "The map is not drawn so detailed, but it looks like this river... But the map marked the underwater tomb with deep water, did we find the wrong one?"

  Tang Zi looked at the river water and said: "Wan Qi Jing Hou was right, the flow rate of the river water is indeed problematic. This river water may have an undercurrent."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Can river water still have layers?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "We need to use tools now, but there are too many people, let's come back at night."

  They returned to the hostel and at noon when they went to eat, the girl at the front desk was gone, replaced by the boss.

  The restaurant in the hostel had only three tables, and from start to finish, there was only one table of people eating. The owner and his daughter were the only ones in the hostel, and the owner personally brought out the dishes, smiling and saying: "Our restaurant has always been empty, we don't even have a chef anymore, this dish was made by my daughter, try it!"

  The girl's craftsmanship is okay, but Wen Baiyu used to run a small restaurant alone and was both the chef and the boss, so her skills were also honed through practice. Compared to that, Wen Baiyu's craftsmanship is still better.

  The white feather saw that the boss was very talkative and asked: "Boss, are there any other rivers here? We want to go for a walk."

  The boss smiled and said: "Out of this door, walk forward, turn left at the end, it's a river. Except for this river, others are small streams, not called rivers. It's just wet shoes to get there."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Isn't there anything else?"

  The boss shook his head and said: "No more."

  Wen Baiyu said: "By the way, boss, last night we heard someone singing. Who was singing in the middle of the night here?"

  The boss's face changed instantly and said: "Young man, that is not a song, it's a curse!"

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "What did you just say?"

  The boss said: "You are outsiders, you don't know that the river in this town has a water god living in it. The water god's temper is very strange. If someone hears a strange song in the middle of the night, they will be cursed by the water god. Old people often say that it's because the water god is lonely and wants someone to go down into the water to accompany him. Those who hear the song won't live for more than three days! Young men, you must be careful!"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is this for real?"

  The boss said, "It's not nonsense, it's true! I also heard my grandfather say... Legend has it that this town had a water god in the very early days. At that time, the river was still very turbulent and deep, not like this..."

  Wen Baiyu heard this and immediately felt that there was a chance, so she winked at Wan Kuangying twice.

  The boss continued: "I also heard from my grandfather that in ancient times, someone wanted to build a mausoleum here, but because they were afraid of being robbed after burial, they wanted to build the mausoleum in the deep water and make it an underground palace. However, there was a water god living in the river who did not allow them to build the mausoleum here, so he started to stir up winds and waves. Those people then drained the entire river, and after the river dried up, they found a large number of human-faced fish-bodied corpses at the bottom! They began to dig and build the mausoleum on the dry riverbed, and after completing it, they sealed it off and poured the water back in. This act thoroughly enraged the water god, who caused a great flood that overflowed from the riverbed, submerging the entire town for three whole years! From then on, the river became shallow, and every night, the water god would send out a water ghost to lure people into the water with mud. The old folks said that if someone heard strange singing voices, it was because the water god was lonely, as all his kin had died. When the water god was lonely, he would entice people to accompany him to the bottom of the river."

  Wen Baiyu's hair stood on end as he listened, and he asked, "Has anyone ever seen a water god?"

  The boss smiled and said, "How is that possible? If someone really saw the water god, they would have died already... I heard from an old man that the water god looks like a mermaid, very tall and majestic, with a man's face and upper body, and black scales and fish tail below... That's right, that's right."

  The boss said, suddenly walked out of the restaurant, a while later came back, holding a black thing in his hand.

  Wen Baiyu was shocked at first glance, and unexpectedly, a black scale appeared. The scale was hard, like armor, with sharp edges that could easily cause injury if not careful. The entire scale was shiny and smooth, reflecting a dazzling light, just like a gemstone.

  The boss placed the scales in Wen Baiyu's hand and said, "These are the scales. They were passed down from my ancestors. My ancestors said they were the scales of the water god, but I don't know if it's true... Some people say that the scales of the water god are precious gems, while others say that the tears of the water god are night pearls. In short, many people come here to try their luck and find the water god to make a fortune. However, no one has ever found the water god, but they have found some frightening things..."

  "What's so scary?" asked Wen Baiyu.

  The boss said: "It's human head!"

  Wen Baiyu was startled by his suddenly wide-eyed expression, thinking to himself that the old man should just speak plainly and not make such rich expressions, as if he were telling a joke.

  The boss continued: "It's really a human head, young man, it was just last year. A team of people, I don't know what they were doing, brought a lot of luggage and water pumps, as if they were looking for the water god. They didn't find the water god, but the next morning, the townspeople found 100 human heads on the riverbank! Each one was a white skull filled with mud, washed up by the river water. Those people also died, mixed in with the human heads, it's especially terrifying... Since then, no one dares to walk along the river after dark."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly lost his appetite and felt a chill run down his spine, so he quickly returned the scales to the boss.

  The four of them focused on what the boss was saying and hastily finished their meal before returning to their room.

  Wen Baiyu sat down and said: "Boss, you're really scary. I didn't even eat enough earlier... how can a hundred heads suddenly appear out of thin air?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Those people the boss mentioned earlier shouldn't be specifically looking for the water god."

  Tang Zid nodded, seemingly agreeing with Wan Kui Jing Hou's words.

  Yu Wei Yang said strangely: "What are you looking for?"

  "Underwater tomb."

  Wen Baiyu and Yu Wei Yang were both shocked, Wen Baiyu said: "So that's what you mean, the river indeed has a secret, under the river should be an underwater tomb?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and said, "It's likely that way. Those people went into the water and probably discovered some tombs, and those hundred heads should be burial objects that were washed up by the current."

  Wen Bai's feathers ruffled slightly as he thought that this tomb was too cruel, he had never seen so many buried with the deceased before.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Let's wait until night falls and then sneak back to take a look."

  In the afternoon, there was nothing to do, so everyone prepared to rest and recharge. Wen Baiyu lay on the bed, while the little black cat that had sneaked in sat on the windowsill, looking towards the direction of the river water, constantly meowing with its head raised.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Is your cat hungry? It's meowing so loudly, what if it attracts the attention of our boss, pets are not allowed in the dorm."

  Wen Baiyu sat up and held the little black cat in her arms, scratching its neck and saying: "Rou na, are you hungry?"

  The little black cat ignored him and continued meowing, without even giving him a glance.

  Wen Baiyu got out of bed, smiling and said: "Wait for me to go out and buy some small dried fish for you."

  He said and really went out, didn't go far, it was already afternoon, after going out, there were stalls selling seafood on both sides of the road, Wen Baiyu walked over, bought half a catty of small fish, and carried them back.

  The little black cat saw the little fish, and its eyes lit up. It finally looked at Wen Baiyu with a straight eye, jumped over with a swoosh, one paw holding onto Wen Baiyu's thigh, and the other paw scratching at the plastic bag.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but laugh at its greedy appearance, put the plastic bag on the ground, and the little black cat ate all the small fish as if it hadn't eaten for a hundred years!

  Wen Baiyu was stunned, staring at the little black cat licking its paws with satisfaction, and reached out to touch its belly, saying: "My goodness, hasn't your belly burst yet?"

  The little black cat ate the small fish and became aloof again, turned its neck and continued to lie on the balcony meowing, meowed until nightfall.

  After dark, the four of them had dinner and brought their luggage for exploration. They quietly left the door. Wen Baiyu patted the little black cat's head and said: "You stay here honestly, don't make a sound, be careful not to be discovered and thrown out."

  The little black cat gave him a cold look and then lay down, seemingly ready to sleep.

  Wen Baiyu saw how honest it was and thought that after calling for an entire afternoon, it had finally gotten tired, so she felt at ease and went out.

  "Crack"

  The moment the door closed, the little black cat suddenly opened its eyes, then lifted its head, jumped up onto the windowsill with one leg, and stretched out a paw to push against the window.

  The window creaked open with a "click", and the little black cat poked its head out to look down. Wen Baiyu and the other three had just walked out of the reception room, their backs still in view.

  The little black cat jumped directly from the window and followed them stealthily.

  As soon as the sky turned dark, there was no one by the river. Four people walked over, put their luggage by the river, and Wen Baiyu took out a flashlight to shine it on the water. He looked carefully into the river, but didn't seem to find any dark shadows.

  Tangzi pulled out a probe from his backpack and said, "Rain boss, be careful, don't go too deep."

  Yu Wei nodded and also took out a flashlight to shine some light.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou held a mud shovel and an extension pole, wading through the water towards the deeper part of the river. Tang Zi followed behind him. When they reached the middle of the river, they stopped because both of them were relatively tall, and the river water was not too deep, just above their waists.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou scooped up mud and sand with a long-handled shovel and inserted it into the water, then Wan Qi Jing Hou and Tang Zi seemed to be listening to something.

  Wen Baiyu and Yu Wei Yang didn't understand any of this, so they carried their backpacks, held up flashlights, and used the remaining long-handled poles to wade through the water and provide light for them.

  Wen Baiyu lit up the surroundings while being vigilant about the river water, for he was once bitten by a snake and feared that a water monkey would run out at this time.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou and Tang Zi also didn't know how many times they had twisted the extension rod, suddenly stopped for a moment, then lifted their heads to look at each other.

  "What's up?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The earth is very deep, and underneath it is empty."

  He said, scooping out the mud and sand with a spade, Wen Baiyu exclaimed in surprise: "Really has a sandwich layer?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It should be."

  He then said to Tang Zi: "Dig here."

  Tang Zi nodded and changed his tool to dig a hole.

  Wen Baiyu watched them dig a hole, looking very troubled, especially in the water. Although this river is shallow, they can't drain the water either.

  While digging a hole, Wen Baiyu suddenly had an idea and said: "You guys listen... there's singing."

  It was indeed a song, melodious and moving, yet it sounded exceptionally sorrowful and desolate, in a language they couldn't understand.

  Wen Baiyu had just finished speaking, and was about to say whether it was the sea monster that came, when he suddenly felt something cool wrapping around his ankle. He was startled for a moment, but it didn't seem like an otter, as the thing was particularly soft.

  Aquatic plants?

  Wen Baiyu immediately let out an "ah".

  Yu Wei Yang heard him shouting loudly and said: "Wen Bai Yu? What's wrong with you?"

  He shone his flashlight down but only heard a "splash" sound, as if something had fallen into the river. Wen Baiyu was nowhere to be seen.

  "Gulp..."

  The thing on his white feathered legs was wrapped tighter and tighter, with great force, and "whoosh" pulled him into the water.

  Logically speaking, Wen Baiyu was standing at the bottom of the river, and the water wasn't deep at all. However, after being entwined by that thing, the mud at the bottom of the river suddenly collapsed, and Wen Baiyu was pulled down in an instant.

  The muddy riverbank collapsed, and a huge hole suddenly appeared in the river, which was bottomless. Wen Baiyu was pulled into the hole and swallowed several mouthfuls of water.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't swim, and he struggled desperately, kicking his legs, but the more he struggled, the tighter that thing wrapped around him, and it kept pulling him deeper into the river.

  Wen Baiyu held her breath and looked down, it was actually water grass. The water grass was particularly thick and long, all the way to the bottom of the water, and she didn't know how long it was.

  The white feathered creature was in a state of panic, firstly because it couldn't swim and secondly due to fear. It immediately thought of the backpack on its back, stopped struggling at once, made great efforts to take off the backpack, quickly opened the zipper, and inside there was emergency oxygen.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened, and he immediately took out the oxygen tank, but he had never used it before, and now in this emergency situation, his hands were shaking, and he couldn't even open it.

  Wen Baiyu was almost driven to tears by his own foolishness, watching as the emergency oxygen supply couldn't be used. He reached out and touched something, just happening to bump into a dragon scale dagger. He immediately pulled it out and with a "whooshing" sound, chopped at the water grass.

  The water grass was cut off at once, and a sticky green liquid flowed out from the broken place, which looked disgusting.

  Wen Baiyu's ankle suddenly relaxed, just about to let go of his heart, but unexpectedly the water grass stretched out another root, and with a "swish" sound, it wrapped around Wen Baiyu's foot again. Then another one came, this time wrapping around Wen Baiyu's waist.

  Wen Baiyu was rapidly pulled down, just like a roller coaster ride, the speed was astonishingly fast. At the same time as she plummeted downwards, Wen Baiyu's eyes widened in shock, and she almost suffocated from fright.

  As they went further down the river, the water grass became denser. Wen Baihe suddenly found a strange creature with green fur all over its body in the messy clump of water grass. The creature was only as big as a child and extremely thin, with a monkey-like face and sharp claws.

  The otter was entwined by water grass, its limbs still drifting in the river water, but it had already died.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that his face turned pale, and upon closer inspection, he saw that among the water grasses, there wasn't just one otter, but also many water tentacles floating about, almost every single one of which had something wrapped around it - some were corpses, while others had already become bleached skeletons...

  The deeper they went into the water, the clearer and more melodious the singing voice became. If it weren't for the human instinct to struggle for survival when drowning, Wen Baiyu would have been completely enchanted by the singing voice.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was about to give up, his head "thudded" against something, dazing him. He instinctively raised both hands and grabbed hold of it tightly.

  Wen Baiyu was pulled down by the water grass, and she bumped into something like a cave entrance. A stone rock protruded from the bottom of the water, and a square-shaped entrance appeared before her eyes.

  Wen Baiyu grasped the edge of the stone with both hands, her fingernails almost digging into the stone, and struggled against the water grass.

  The water grass was extremely powerful, and Wen Baiyu's waist was almost broken by its restraint. One hand grasped the stone tightly, while the other hand swung the dagger fiercely.

  "Hiss——"

  Wen Baiyu only felt a lightness on her waist, then she went to chop off the water grass wrapped around her feet. The water grass was cut off, and Wen Baiyu dove head-first into the stone cave.

  "Whoosh!"

  The water grass stretched out its tentacles again, also drilling into the stone cave, stubbornly wanting to entwine Wen Baiyu. Wen Baiyu struggled to drill in, and the stone cave was initially very narrow. After drilling a few meters deep, the stone cave reached its end, and below her feet was another stone cave, with stairs extending down continuously.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't care less about too much, jumped into the cave and rolled down the stairs to crawl inside.

  The stone steps were very long, and the river water became less and less. When I reached the bottom, it suddenly opened up, and to my surprise, there wasn't a single drop of river water left in the cave, and the stone floor had also become dry.

  Wen Baiyu no longer had the strength to marvel at the wonders of the stone cave, and collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily. For the first time, he felt how precious oxygen was, almost suffocating to death. His nose and mouth were filled with water, and he spat out several times before feeling less nauseous in his stomach.

  Wen Baiyu lay paralyzed on the ground, when suddenly he heard a rustling sound coming from the stone cave above his head.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly jumped up from the ground, then grasped the dragon-scale dagger in her hand tightly, her eyes vigilantly staring at the stone cave entrance above her head.

  Is that disgusting seaweed coming after us again?

  Wen Baiyu's tense palms were sweating, and right behind the stone cave entrance appeared a figure, jumping down from above with a "thud" sound, landing steadily beside Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened with excitement, as if she had seen an old friend, and shouted: "Wan..."

  Just as he shouted a word, Wan Jiahui suddenly stepped forward from above and wrapped him in his arms.

  Wen Baiyu crashed into his hard chest, and they both felt a pain in their chests. They were stunned by Wan Jijinghou's sudden movement.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou tightly hugged him and gently stroked Wen Bai Yu's nape, saying: "Are you hurt?"

  Wen Baiyu only then realized that it was Wan Kuang Jinghou who was worried about him, and laughed as he patted his back, saying: "No, you didn't see, I was particularly heroic just now, fighting off a group of heroes! Those water plants were completely no match for me..."

  He said that, Wan Qi Jing Hou had already let go of him and then kissed his lips. Wen Bai Yu's pale face suddenly turned red. Wan Qi Jing Hou's lips were still cool and carried the salty bitter taste of river water...

  Wen Bai's face was still burning, but she deliberately curled her lips and put on a disgusted expression, saying: "Bitter."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was amused by his words and chuckled softly, then kissed Wen Bai Yu's lips again, inserting his tongue.

  Wen Baiyu was kissed until she was out of breath, and she was already exhausted to begin with. At this moment, she felt her whole body go limp.

  "Is it still bitter this time?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was being hugged by him, when suddenly he heard the "rustling" sound again, and then a shadow appeared at the opening of the cave above his head, as if someone else had arrived.

  "Someone's coming!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Concentrate your mind."

  He immediately kissed Wen Baiyu's lips again, and although Wen Baiyu wanted to push him away, his body had gone soft. Wan Jingshou's kissing skills were getting better and better, and he even knew Wen Baiyu's weak points, almost grasping them perfectly. Wen Baiyu suddenly felt like a cat being petted, humming in his nose, closing his eyes, and wrapping his arms around Wan Jingshou's waist, letting him entwine their lips and tongues.

  Tang Zizhou wrapped his arms around Yu Wei Yang's waist and jumped down from above. Yu Wei Yang was still worried about Wen Bai Yu, just now he only heard Wen Bai Yu shout once, turned around and no one was there. This river is still very eerie, with water monkeys and sea monsters, how can you not worry?

  They followed the direction where Wen Baiyu disappeared and found a cave of stagnant mud. After entering, they surprisingly found a large area of giant aquatic plants. Among the aquatic plants were all corpses and white bones, even water monkeys were entwined and strangled to death by the aquatic plants.

  Yu Wei Yang was even more worried, especially when Wan Xi Jing Hou became like a madman. Although Wan Xi Jing Hou usually looked cold and indifferent to everyone, he wasn't violent, and was even gentle with certain people. But at the time of Wen Bai Yu's disappearance, Wan Xi Jing Hou's whole body was filled with an aura of violence.

  Just as Yu Wenyang was nervously jumping down the stone cave, he saw Wen Baiyu and Wan Jiahao hugging each other in a harmonious exercise...

  Yu Wei Yang almost fainted from holding his breath for too long.

  Wen Baiyu saw them coming and quickly pulled away from Wan Jinhou, coughing, saying: "Ah, you're down here too..."

  Yu Wei Yang said: "You scared us to death."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Who knew there was water grass, this river is really strange, even the water grass has grown into a spirit. What a big power. Fortunately, it was me who fell down, it seems we've found the right place."

  Tang Zǐ nodded and said: "This stone cave is designed very cleverly, it doesn't seem to be naturally formed, but rather artificially excavated. There may be discoveries inside."

  As soon as he finished speaking, the song that had just disappeared was heard again, echoing in the empty stone cave, sounding exceptionally clear, as if it were right next to them.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What is this sound, could it be a ghost?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It should be the song of the Black Scaled Mermaid."

  Wen Baiyu said: "But aren't the Black Scaled Fish living in water? This cave is very dry, listening to this sound, how can it come from inside the cave?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "I don't know, let's go take a look inside."

  He said, holding Wen Baiyu's hand.

  Wen Baiyu subconsciously struggled a bit, wanting to pull her hand back, but Wan Jingshou's grip was too tight.

  "What are you doing?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Hold on to you, lest you get lost again."

  Wen Baiyu rolled her eyes and said, "I was forced to, I didn't run away."

  The cave is very deep and there's no light at all. If you don't hold a flashlight, you can't see anything at all.

  Wen Baiyu's flashlight had fallen off just now, and only Yu Rongyang was left with one in his hand.

  Wan Qi Jinghou and Wen Baiyu walked in the front, the stone wall was originally nothing carved, and uneven, walking a little further inside, the stone wall became smooth, as if someone had deliberately polished it, and further inside, the stone wall began to carve murals, and the patterns were more and more exquisite.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is it really an underwater tomb?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and looked at the carvings on the stone wall, saying: "This kind of stone wall and mural is not in the style of the Western Zhou Dynasty."

  Yu Wei Yang also saw it, he is most proficient in these things, without modestly saying that the things that have passed through his eyes are absolutely not mixed up.

  Yu Wenyang took one look and knew that this was absolutely not a Western Zhou tomb. The age of the tomb should be much later than the Western Zhou, although it may also be a cleverly designed mausoleum, but it is not the tomb of King Xiang, nor even a suspected tomb.

  It's not the tomb of King Xiang, which means there is no phoenix blood in the tomb. Their purpose for coming here was to find the phoenix blood, and now it has completely lost its meaning.

  Yu Wei Yang felt somewhat disappointed and said: "I didn't expect even the grave would be fake."

  Tang Zi saw his dull expression and comforted him with a smile: "It's okay, Yu Boss, it doesn't matter if it's not."

  Yu Wei Yang said: "What's going on? We came here for Xiang Wang's tomb, and soon..."

  Besides, autumn is about to pass, and autumns are always short. After winter has gone, the thirtieth year of Tangzi will also be exhausted.

  Yu Wei Yang said up to here, glanced at Tang Zi, and didn't continue speaking anymore.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "This tomb is not simple, the ancients viewed death as life, and always brought their most precious things into the grave, perhaps there are other things too."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Exactly, it's hard-won, let's go in and take a look."

  Wen Baiyu said, beckoning with her hand: "Hurry up and go, don't linger too long. Haven't you heard the singing? It's really scary!"

  The four of them continued walking forward, their singing voices intermittent, sometimes ethereal and sometimes clear.

  The four of them walked for five or six minutes. The stone cave was very long, and as they walked, they suddenly found that there was light in front of them. Wen Baiyu said: "Have we come out again?"

  Everyone quickened their pace and walked over to take a look. It wasn't that the river had flowed again, but rather the front was still a stone wall, which had transformed into a stone chamber.

  Four candles were lit at the four corners of the stone room, southeast, northwest. The top cover was round in shape and the stone room was square. The floor of the stone room was densely covered with many words and patterns.

  On the round top cover, a circle of small characters and patterns were also engraved. Wen Baiyu didn't recognize them, but he could see that they should be similar to the Eight Trigrams.

  Wen Baiyu pointed at the four-cornered candle holder and said: "There's actually a lamp here, and it's an ever-burning lamp?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou walked over and took a glance at the candlelight.

  A candelabrum with gold and precious stones, exquisitely crafted in an ancient style, with a drop of wax oil inside. The candle flame is a deep blue color, illuminating the stone chamber as brightly as daylight.

  Wen Baiyu also poked her head out and said: "There's very little wax left, is it going to be burnt dry?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said, "This is the oil cream made by mermaids. Most of the Longming lamps are made from mermaid's oil cream, and it's said that one drop can burn for a thousand years."

  Wen Bai Yu said in surprise: "So mysterious? But what is this ointment?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou continued: "According to legend, the scales of mermaids are impenetrable armor, their tears are top-grade night pearls, and some people even claim that eating mermaid flesh can grant eternal youth. Many coastal fishermen began hunting mermaids, and someone once caught a live mermaid. In front of a female mermaid, they stripped off her child's scales one by one, then chopped them into pieces and dried them to make mermaid oil lamps, which could be sold for three thousand gold coins. The female mermaid witnessed the brutal death of her child, wailed in grief, and shed a large quantity of night pearls."

  Wen Baiyu shuddered and said: "This is too cruel...... Those, those lamp oils are......"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and said: "There is a salty smell of seawater in the wax oil, it should be the ointment of the mermaid."

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but shudder again, retreating several steps back, her entire body covered in goosebumps.

  The stone room didn't have another passageway, there was only one road that they walked on when they came, so there must be a mechanism that needs to be triggered.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou raised his head and looked at the words and patterns on the circular top cover.

  Wen Baiyu curiously walked over and said: "What is this? Is it round or square?"

  He nodded and said, "It's indeed a design of the round sky and square earth. The characters on the top cover and those on the ground form a diagram of the operation of heaven and earth. The ancients believed that yin and yang responded to each other, and humans were the spirits of heaven and earth, communicating with all things. These diagrams are the evolution of the eight trigrams before heaven."

  Wen Baiyu's eyes went dark, and all he could see were big and small, long and short horizontal lines, nothing else made sense.

  Wen Baiyu sat down on the ground with a crisp sound, waiting for the three of them to study these celestial movement diagrams.

  Wen Baiyu waited for a while, and suddenly saw that there was a black shadow in the stone cave where they came from. Wen Baiyu blinked, and when he looked again, the black shadow had disappeared.

  The black shadow was not big, and it disappeared in a flash, nor did it look like aquatic plants.

  "Run, Wen Baiyu!"

  Yu Wei Yang called out to him, the mechanism hidden in the Tiān Yuán Dì Fāng map was quickly deciphered by them. Seeing Wen Bai Yu stunned, Yu Wei Yang called out to him.

  Wen Baiyu quickly came back to his senses, the stone wall that had been sealed earlier was now split open from the middle, turning into a stone gate. Inside was a deep tomb passage, but it wasn't dark, every few meters there would be a lamp made of mermaid oil, shining brightly.

  And the two walls of the tomb passage are actually gold, with various exquisite patterns engraved on them.

  Wen Baiyu walked closer to the tomb path and sighed, saying: "So many Longming lanterns? How many dragon people does this require? And these golden walls, is the tomb owner too extravagant? Is this pure gold? It's been so long without being corroded?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is poison on the wall."

  He spoke up, and Wen Baiyu hastily retreated a step, saying: "Is it to prevent grave robbers?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "One part is to prevent tomb robbers, and the other part is also to maintain the brightness of gold, using toxic paint to isolate gold from air."

  Wen Baiyu said: "No wonder this golden wall is so bright, it's really dazzling, the ancients were quite clever."

  Yu Wei Yang looked at the murals and said: "Looking at these murals, it should be a tomb of an emperor."

  Wen Baiyu said: "There should be good stuff! Maybe it's even more powerful than the Xiang Wang Tomb."

  They walked further in, and the golden wall had already connected with the stone wall. Wen Baiyu clicked her tongue, thinking that they must have run out of money to build the golden wall.

  But Wen Baiyu obviously thought wrong, and what surprised him was yet to come.

  The stone wall was hollow, with a deep recess in it, and on the surface, there were polished transparent gems embedded, making it look like a display stand, inside which were nailed large and small... corpses.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that she let out an "ah" and almost fell to the ground.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou supported him from behind and said: "Be careful."

  Wen Baiyu's hands trembled as he pointed at the transparent stone wall and said, "This... this tomb owner is simply perverted!"

  On the wall were nailed many strange corpses, those corpses were not normal humans, some were legendary mermaids, also known as the black scale dolphins mentioned by Wan Zhi Jing Hou.

  A female black-scaled mermaid was nailed to the wall, her eyes wide open and mouth agape, her face twisted in agony. Her hands and neck were pierced by copper nails, hanging on the wall. The upper half of her body had perfect feminine curves, while the lower half was a fish tail.

  The corpse of the female black-scaled mermaid was extremely well-preserved, with skin that was still full of water and not at all shriveled up. Even her hair strands and eyelashes were preserved to an extreme degree, and her eyeballs shone brightly, reflecting the images of people outside the wall...

  Next to it was a male Black Scale Boarhead, compared to the charm of the female, the male Black Scale Boarhead had a fierce and terrifying appearance, and surprisingly, he was bald. But these were not the point, the point was that this Black Scale Boarhead was also pierced by copper nails through its hands, feet and neck, hanging on the wall.

  The warm white feathers made me feel nauseous and almost vomit, next to it was a nameless monster.

  That monster had a human body, with webbed hands and feet, long arms, a duck's mouth, a frog-like face, and green skin all over its body, with warts like those of a toad. Its eyes were bigger than bronze bells, the eyeballs almost falling out of their sockets, staring fixedly at the wall outside in anger.

  There were also fish-headed human corpses inside.

  Yu Wei Yang was also frightened by this scene and said: "This tomb owner actually has a hobby of collecting corpses?"

  Tangzi said: "Perhaps this is why the tomb owner wanted to build the mausoleum at the bottom of the water."

  Wen Baiyu rubbed her arm and said: "It's so cold, this grave has a chill feeling."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It's corpse energy. The corpse energy is very heavy, and it looks like there are more 'collections' inside."

  Collectibles...

  Wen Baiyu almost rolled her eyes, luckily Wan Kuang Jing Hou thought of these three words, but these three words are really just right, the tomb owner is probably a collector with a weird hobby...

  They walked past the "exhibition stone wall" and continued to move forward, where a very narrow tomb passage appeared in front of them. It was difficult for one person to pass through, and Wen Baiyu smiled and said: "Fortunately, none of us are fat, otherwise we would get stuck here."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "I will open the way."

  Tangzi said: "I'm behind."

  Yu Wei Yang seemed to have a psychological shadow over the two words "after pressure", he was walking in front of Tang Zi, but surprisingly stretched out his hand and grasped Tang Zi's palm.

  Tangzi was taken aback and said, "Boss Yu?"

  Yu Wei Yang glared at him and said: "Stop dawdling, let's go, or we'll fall behind."

  Tang Zirong immediately smiled foolishly, "Hmm" and grasped Yu Wei Yang's hand tightly. Yu Wei Yang looked at him with a silly smile, suddenly feeling a bit awkward on his face.

  Wen Baiyu followed behind, the path to the tomb was really too narrow, almost had to crawl, and there were also patterns on the path, with some beautiful shells and pearls inlaid on top.

  Wen Baiyu squeezed in while looking at those patterns, and didn't know if she was dizzy or not, but felt that some shells were spinning.

  Wen Baiyu stared at a shell for half a day. Yu Yang had already reached the top and said, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "I always feel that this tomb passage is..."

  The words had not yet left his mouth when the section of the tomb passage where Wen Baiyu was standing suddenly spun rapidly, the top of the passage becoming its floor in an instant. The entire passage flipped over and a large opening appeared at the top, swallowing Wen Baiyu whole.

  That opening was a trapdoor, and after someone fell in, it would immediately close with a "slam", just like a cage that catches prey.

  Yu Wei Yang recently, reached out to grab him, "whoosh" sound, he actually tore off a piece of clothing from Wen Bai Yu's body, Wen Bai Yu instantly fell into the hole, the lid closed, Yu Wei Yang stretched out his hand to knock on the lid, but the lid was tightly shut, not moving at all, and couldn't be opened from the outside.

  Wan Kuang heard the sound, but the tomb passage was narrow and he couldn't even turn his head, let alone go to rescue Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu fell from the tomb passage and splashed into the water with a "plop". She choked on two mouthfuls of water, her hands and feet flailing wildly as she struggled to lift her head out of the water.

  "Hmmph!"

  Wen Baiyu's head emerged from the water surface, spitting out a mouthful of water, and found himself falling into a hot spring.

  Wen Baiyu quickly stretched out her hand and grasped the edge of the soup pool, crawling out from inside.

  "Cough...cough..."

  Wen Baiyu crawled up onto the shore, coughing out a mouthful of water. He felt like he was destined to clash with the water today, nearly drowning several times.

  Wen Baiyu took two deep breaths before turning back to look at the hot spring pool. The pool was also made of gold, with various precious stones inlaid along its edges, looking extremely luxurious.

  The water in the hot spring was crystal clear, and if there wasn't something inside, Wen Baiyu thought that such a luxurious swimming pool wouldn't mind taking another lap.

  Wen Baiyu just took a peek, and suddenly leaned against the edge of the bathtub, letting out two dry heaves, and even reached into her mouth to press down on her tongue, trying to spit out the water she had just gulped down...

  The water in the pond was very clear, and at the bottom of the water, something was sinking. Fixing one's eyes to take a look, it turned out to be corpses as well. Black scale mermaids, frog-faced people, and fish-headed human-bodied creatures, one by one, were piled up and sank to the bottom of the water, with at least five or six of them.

  They all stared with their eyes wide open, refusing to close them, and were covered in wounds all over their bodies, as if they had been subjected to "scientific experiments".

  Wen Baiyu coughed up several times, trying to spit out the corpse water she had just drunk, but it was impossible to spit it out. She didn't know if drinking two mouthfuls of corpse water would have any aftereffects or if she would be poisoned!

  Wen Baiyu, who was deeply shocked, got up and looked at the top of her head. The falling flap had already closed, and she quickly took out her mobile phone from her pocket, but it had gotten wet and couldn't be used. There was no way to contact Wan Qi Jing Hou and the others.

  Wen Baiyu stood alone in the stone room, looking around at the four corners, each with a long-lasting lamp. What was strange was that in the middle of the stone room was an ultra-luxurious swimming pool, while on the side of the stone room was a torture chamber-like setup, with row upon row of iron beds arranged neatly, surrounding the stone room in a circle. On the stone wall beside the iron bed hung all sorts of torture instruments, iron hooks, fire tongs, and more, and on these instruments were bloodstains, which had already turned black, looking like they had been there for some time.

  Wen Baiyu shuddered and on one of the beds lay a person!

  To be exact, it's not a person, but that kind of thing I just saw, a frog with a duck bill and a green face, covered all over in big boils!

  The toad-like man was extremely tall and sturdy, his four limbs were tied to the bed with iron chains, and his body was also covered in bloodstains. There were even dry bloodstains on the ground, and his blood was a dark green color.

  The frog man lay quietly on the bed, his body even emitting a fishy smell.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, and at this moment, the frog-like man suddenly opened his eyes wide!

  "Ah!"

  Wen Baiyu was completely unguarded and was startled by his copper bell-like eyes, retreating several steps back before falling to the ground with a "thud".

  The toad-man opened his eyes and made a "gugugu... gugugu..." sound in his throat, just like the croak of a toad. Every time he croaked, his fat throat would puff up, and his two cheeks with fluttering whiskers would also bulge up with each croak.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, only to find out that this corpse was actually alive.

  "Kala... kala..."

  The chain struck with a crash, the frog-like man opened his eyes and seemed extremely agitated, struggling violently on the iron bed, the "gurgling" sound in his throat growing louder and more ear-piercing, making Wen Baiyu's head buzz.

  The frog's wounds split open, and a greenish liquid dripped from its body to the ground with a plop, emitting a pungent odor.

  Wen Baiyu watched him struggle violently, immediately got up from the ground, and ran to the corner of the stone room in big strides. However, there was no passage in the stone room, all four sides were sealed off, and on the ground, there were carvings similar to the Eight Trigrams diagram, but Wen Baiyu didn't know how to crack it, he simply couldn't recognize it!

  "Cuckoo!"

  "Cuckoo..."

  "Cuckoo... Cuckoo..."

  The frog man's voice grew louder, he turned his head over, although not close to Wen Baiyu, but being stared at by those eyes, Wen Baiyu was so scared that her legs went soft and she held her breath.

  The frog man struggled violently.

  "Bang!"

  "Go to hell!"

  Wen Baiyu shouted loudly, and unexpectedly the iron chain in the hands of the frog-like man was pulled open, perhaps because it had been corroded for too long during the Iron Chain Era.

  The frog-like man sat up from the iron bed, then grasped the iron chain on his feet with both webbed hands. With a "pop", he suddenly pulled it open again!

  Wen Baiyu hastily pulled out a dragon-scale dagger from her bag, breathing irregularly, with her back against the wall root, holding the dagger in her hand, but it was trembling uncontrollably.

  The frog-like man stared with copper bell eyes, walking step by step, his upper body very long, his arms also very long, hunchbacked, his hands swaying forward.

  "Bang!"

  The Toadman walked halfway to Wen Baiyu, suddenly opened his mouth and made a "gurgling" sound, then spat out a tongue that slapped towards Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and subconsciously reacted by flinging herself to the side, as a result, the frog-like man's tongue hit the ground and actually pounded out a hole in the stone floor!

  That tongue is thin and long, with a strong fishy smell. The most frightening thing is that it can stretch and shrink by about half a meter!

  "Meow——"

  Wen Baiyu thought she was hallucinating, a cat meowing in her ear, looked up to see the flip board open, a small black cat jumped down from above and "thudded" onto the frog man's head.

  The green frog man was very clumsy and was knocked down by a small black cat, instantly falling to the ground.

  The little black cat calmly used the frog man as a springboard, elegantly landing at the foot of Wen Baiyu, and meowed again.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened as she stared at the crescent-shaped scar on Xiao Hei's forehead, exclaiming: "You've been in a fight?!"

  The little black cat's green eyes glanced at Wen Baiyu with disdain.

  "Cuckoo..."

  Wen Baiyu stared at the green-skinned man as he crawled up from the ground, and quickly picked up Xiao Hei, saying: "Rou na, weren't you at the reception hall? And aren't you afraid of water, how did you end up here?"

  "Meow——"

  The little black cat let out a cool meow.

  "Cuckoo!"

  At the same time, the frog man let out a loud roar and pounced on them. The little black cat's eyes flashed, and it suddenly slipped out of Wen Baiyu's arms, "whooshing" forward to meet the frog man, slapping its paw on the frog man's head.

  Don't look at the small black cat, its body is small, but its strength seems to be very great. The frog man was slapped flying by the small black cat with one paw, and "thudded" against the stone wall. The frog man let out a "gurgling" sound and immediately fainted.

  Wen Bai Yu was stunned, wondering if she had adopted an alien cat?

  Wen Baiyu looked down at the little black cat on the ground, muttering to herself: "I finally know why you don't eat cat food anymore. Are you a mutant? Have you been exposed to radiation?"

  "Hmm..."

  The little black cat surprisingly didn't make a meowing sound, but instead let out an impatient "tsk" sound, just like a human's interjection.

  Then Wen Baiyu saw the little black cat in front of him suddenly grow bigger, bit by bit, growing taller and longer, from a small black cat the size of a palm to a slender tall man...

  To be exact, it's a tall and slender man who is completely naked...

  The man had a head of black long hair scattered over his shoulders, with fair skin and a slender yet muscular build. His arms and abdomen were clearly toned, and his upward-slanting cat-like eyes gave off an air of nobility and aloofness.

  The man took a step forward, suddenly pinching Wen Baiyu's chin, lowering his head to look at him with narrowed eyes, as if sizing him up.

  Wen Baiyu took a step back in fright and stuttered: "M-mutated..."

  The man was amused by his words, still pinching his chin, forcing Wen Baiyu to raise her head and mutter to herself: "Only the face looks like him, nothing else does, and it still looks silly..."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu slapped his hand and said, "Trouble you, don't say that!"

  He finished speaking and looked at the man with disdain, saying: "Besides, why aren't you wearing clothes? At least wear some underwear..."

  The man didn't look embarrassed or shy at all, and very naturally said: "Have you ever seen a cat transform into a human wearing clothes?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "...... Sorry, I've never seen a cat turn into a human."

  The man snorted and said: "Besides, with a figure like mine, do I still need to wear clothes?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was speechless and said: "Young man, when you're sick, you have to take medicine..."

  The man sneered and seemed to despise Wen Baiyu's words. He took another step forward, getting close to Wen Baiyu, and suddenly lowered his head.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, the man suddenly lowered his head, his nose almost touching his own lips. He wanted to dodge back, but the man pinched his waist with one hand and held his chin with the other, then used his nose to get close to his lips and sniff.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt that this naked boy was definitely mentally ill, she really didn't snatch his dried fish, and her mouth didn't have a fishy smell, what's there to sniff!

  The man raised the corner of his mouth and said: "The flavor of Zhīyáng, your body's yang energy is very abundant, making people feel refreshed and invigorated..."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu wanted to distance himself from him, just as the stone wall of the stone room suddenly cracked open, and a layer of sand and dust rose up.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and stared at the place where the stone wall cracked, the sand slowly dispersed, and several figures were vaguely seen walking in front of them, with Wan Qi Jinghou leading the way!

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly delighted, he felt that every time he saw Wan Kuangjinghou, he was extremely happy...

  Wan Qi Jing Hou walked in, his face looking particularly bad. The reason was none other than the fact that a strange man was holding Wen Bai Yu and leaning in close, as if he were about to kiss her.

  And this man was stark naked.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Ten thousand..."

  "Boom!"

  Wen Baiyu's words were not yet finished, when the man suddenly narrowed his eyes and quickly retreated, pulling away from Wen Baiyu. In a flash of silver light, Wan Jingshou actually kicked up the dragon-scale dagger that had fallen to the ground. If the man had dodged any slower, his nose would have been cut off at this moment.

  Wen Baiyu cooperated very well, hiding behind Wan Jingshou. This action weakened the violent aura emanating from Wan Jingshou's body by a lot. He turned his head to look at Wen Baiyu and asked, "Are you injured?"

  Wen Baiyu hastily shook his head, both hands still tightly grasping Wan Kuang Jinghou. He pointed to the wall corner where the unconscious green-skinned man lay and said: "That's a living being, it was just sticking out its tongue earlier, its tongue can stick out half a meter!"

  Wen Baiyu said, pointing at the naked man, "And him, he ate the rabbit I raised."

  Man: "......"

  The man saw Wan Kuang Jing Hou's gaze sweep over him coldly, and he couldn't help but let out a "tsk" sound. He said: "Who ate the cat? I am that black cat, I am the tomb-guarding deity, called Jiu Ming."

  He glanced at Tang Zi standing behind him and smiled: "You should have heard of me, we are also in the same line."

  Wen Baiyu looked at the man with great suspicion and said, "Is there really a god as unreliable as this?"

  Tangzi said: "In ancient times, there was a kind of cat demon. It grew one tail every hundred years and would grow nine tails in total. When the ninth tail grew out, it would transform into human form, cultivate the Tao to become an immortal, and be called Jiuming (Nine Lives)."

  Wen Baiyu said: "So... is he really a god?"

  He said, "It's not him."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly excitedly said: "Isn't it?"

  Jiǔ Mìng's face stiffened for a moment, and then he heard Wàn Xī Jǐnghóu say: "This cat demon is called Jiǔ Mìng, but only those who cultivate nine tails can ascend to immortality, and he has only eight..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said, and then said: "Oh, it's eight and a half."

  "Wan Baiyu said: 'Eight and a half? Is it because you didn't fix that half?'?"

  Nine lives suddenly flared up, just like the little black cat before, baring his teeth and saying: "I do have nine tails! I do I do I do!"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu seemed to see the ears of Jiuming drooping down, and said dejectedly: "...only that last half tail was bitten off by a disgusting fish."

  Wen Baiyu was even more surprised and said: "Fish can also eat cats?"

  Nine lives were thoroughly exhausted, like a defeated quail, staring at the warm white feathers, and then staring at General Wan Gui, but seemingly unable to refute.

  Tangzi said: "Let's get out of here first, this hot spring is a place for raising corpses, the yin energy is too heavy, it will affect Boss Yu."

  Yu Wei Yang was indeed a bit chilly, he tightly held Tang Zi's hand, Tang Zi's palm was very warm, which slightly alleviated some of Yu Wei Yang's coldness.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Right, let's hurry up, that frog is still alive and will wake up soon."

  He pulled Wan Jie's hand and said, "Let's go."

  Wan Jingshou lowered his head and took a look at Wen Baiyu's hand, as if the other party hadn't noticed his action at all, and had already made it a habit. Wan Jingshou's expression only relaxed a bit then, "Hmm" he said, turning his head to walk out of the stone room.

  Jiǔ Mìng is chasing after him, saying: "Wait for me."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly pulled out a piece of clothing from his backpack and threw it at Jiuming, saying: "Put on the clothes, exhibitionist."

  Jiǔ Mìng caught the clothes and muttered: "I have such a good figure, wearing clothes is such a waste."

  Not just Wen Baiyu, even Yu Yang was speechless, this can only prove that Jiuming is indeed not a normal person...

  Wen Baiyu turned her head and suddenly burst out laughing, saying: "Haha, he's wearing his clothes inside out, and the buttons are all fastened in reverse! Haha... oh my!"

  Wen Baiyu was laughing heartily when a black shadow suddenly loomed over him, and Wan Jie's face leaned in close, his lips pressing against Wen Baiyu's.

  "Hmm..."

  Wen Baiyu's smile suddenly froze, her eyes wide with shock. In the midst of this grand and crowded scene, Wan Jingshou had suddenly launched a surprise attack, and it was a kiss - their lips were entwined in a frenzied, tongue-tangling embrace that sent out embarrassing, wet sounds.

  Wen Bai's throat let out a soft sigh, his legs weakening to the point of almost kneeling down. Wan Qi Jing Hou calmly supported his lower back and said, "Don't look at others."

  "Huh?"

  Wen Baiyu was momentarily stunned, her brain still in a daze from lack of oxygen. Wan Jingshou lowered his head again and gently kissed Wen Baiyu's lips, saying in a low voice: "You look at others, I'm not happy."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou spoke of "romantic words" so naturally and directly, with a hint of domineering CEO aura, yet his face didn't flush or his heart skip a beat. This made Wen Bai Yu drunk with infatuation. Moreover, Wan Qi Jing Hou's face was too captivating, making his words seem perfectly normal, without any sense of discord. Wen Bai Yu felt her own heartbeat suddenly quicken, and her mouth became dry...

  Wen Baiyu "coughed" and said: "Didn't... didn't see..."

  Nine lives eyelid twitched, wearing only a shirt, calmly and naturally walked by from the side, saying: "Hmph, foolish mortal, what's good to be close to."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was speechless for a moment, then suddenly stunned, with a faint singing voice drifting from afar.

  It's singing again, it's the voice of the sea monster...

  And this time the singing voice is very clear, as if someone is humming in your ear, making people's hair stand on end.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou covered Wen Bai Yu's ears with his hand, and Tang Zi also covered Yu Wei Yang's ears with his hand.

  Nine lives were like a startled cat, vigilantly staring in all directions.

  After a long wait, the singing slowly faded away. Wan Xi Jing Hou put down his hands and said: "The song of the Black Scales Croaker can confuse people's minds. Those with unstable hearts are easily bewildered. Covering one's ears to not listen is the solution."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said: "Where is this sound coming from? It feels especially close, but I just can't find it."

  Jiǔ Mìng smiled and said: "I know, you guys follow me."

  Wen Baiyu said suspiciously: "Do you know?"

  Jiuming proudly raised his chin and said, "Don't forget that I'm a cat, my nose is the most sensitive. The smell of sea salt on Longlin's body, I can tell where it is with just one sniff."

  Wen Baiyu expressed his skepticism, but they didn't know the way either, so they had no choice but to follow Jiuming forward.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said, "Although he only has eight cat tails, what he says is indeed the truth. The Jiǔ Mìng Yī Zú and the Hei Lín Jì people are arch-enemies, mutually restrictive, and also familiar with each other."

  "It's eight and a half! Eight and a half!"

  Wen Baiyu said: "......"

  The crowd followed Jiǔ Mìng Qī Guǎi Bā Guǎi, walking deeper and deeper. The underwater tomb was extremely deep and large, with a complex terrain. There were many mechanisms and trapdoors along the way. Wēn Bái Yǔ closely followed Wàn Xī Jǐng Hóu, not leaving his side for an inch.

  After walking for an hour, everyone was almost exhausted. Wen Baiyu said: "I'm telling you, are you reliable or not? You won't be..."

  His words were not yet finished, when he followed the crowd and turned a corner, entering a huge tomb chamber. Wen Baiyu's words got stuck in his throat...

  The tomb is also a design of round sky and square earth. At first glance, I saw a huge screen that blocked everyone's view.

  The screen is huge, at least four meters high and six meters long. The four corners are made of gold, while the main body of the screen is made of transparent gems. In the middle of the screen is a hollow area that resembles an "exhibition wall".

  Inside the screen, water is poured in, at the bottom are five-colored and six-colored jewels made of sand, then jade carved seaweed, golden shells, everything is shining brightly.

  Inside the screen, apart from these precious jewels, there was also a black-scaled merman...

  He has a tall and majestic build, with the upper body being that of a naked male, with smooth muscles, and the junction of his hips and mermaid line is perfect, bringing a sense of captivating beauty. His lower body is a huge fish tail, with black scales that are full of power, and sharp reverse spines on his fins and the back of his hands.

  His facial features were more profound and three-dimensional than ordinary people, with deep-set facial bones, thin lips tightly closed, carrying a stern expression, black long hair, and a golden crown on top of his head.

  Wen Baiyu was shocked, just about to speak, when he found that the eyes of Hei Linjiao suddenly moved, then Hei Linjiao's whole body moved again, floating in the water, with his hands stuck on the screen wall, looking at the crowd outside the screen...

  It's alive again!