Chapter 39 Eating Heaven and Earth (Below) + Kuangyuan Mirror Image (Above)

  That super-large zongzi fell to its knees, as if it had died again, motionless.

  They walked around the zongzi and came to the side of the coffin, on which was engraved an inscription that briefly told the life story of the owner of the coffin.

  The original owner of this coffin was a local tyrant, and later bought an official title, which is also considered an official. The tomb owner was born with an astonishing appetite, no matter how much he ate, he couldn't get enough to eat, and many people thought he was a monster.

  Later, the tomb owner met a door guest. The door guest cleverly called the tomb owner a god who fell from heaven to the mortal world, so the food in the mortal dust is not enough to eat, and it is necessary to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

  The guest told the tomb owner that in this world, the most spiritual things are divine beasts and ferocious beasts, followed by people who absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, since divine beasts and ferocious beasts are difficult to capture, the guest let the tomb owner eat humans first.

  Wen Baiyu said: "This door guest also seems like a cult organization."

  Because the tomb owner had great authority in the local area, he imitated Gao Huan and Zhuge Ang of the Sui dynasty and started eating human flesh. It's unclear whether it was a psychological effect or not, but the tomb owner felt that after eating human flesh, he wasn't as hungry anymore.

  The host then told the guest that human flesh is delicious, but it's far inferior to divine beasts and ferocious beasts. Among them, the meat of the phoenix is the most tender and delicious.

  The tomb owner was delighted and ordered people to find these spiritual animals. He also told the gate guest that if they really found the phoenix, he would give him a piece of meat.

  The door guest also told him the method of capturing the spiritual beast, drew a picture of the beast's claw and net pocket, let people rush to make it, and put a curse on the beast's claw. The tomb owner asked people to use these weapons to capture, and they really captured the ferocious wild beasts.

  The tomb owner has been making people search for the spiritual beast. He caught many wild beasts whose names he didn't know, but never once did he catch a phoenix.

  Later, the tomb owner finally saw a black large bird with a fish tail and resembling a phoenix in a forest. The tomb owner had someone catch this black large bird, but unexpectedly, the big bird suddenly flapped its wings and scratched the tomb owner's arm with its claws.

  That night, the tomb owner's arm rotted, and he had a dream that said his evil deeds were too deep, and his fate was already sealed. The tomb owner woke up in a fright, found the gatekeeper, and the gatekeeper told him not to be afraid. Even if he died and was buried, he could still enjoy the delicious taste of heaven and earth's spiritual energy. So, he had people build an underground palace and set up many traps for catching beasts.

  After the host died, the guest at the door disappeared.

  Wen Baiyu muttered to herself, "This door guest is very suspicious. The beast talisman paper says it was drawn by him and has a curse on it. The flame mark is the proof that he did it himself. This door guest probably used the tomb owner as a gun, and the one who wanted to find the phoenix all along was this door guest?"

  He snorted coldly and said, "You're really stupid, daring to eat a ferocious beast?"

  Shi Xu smiled and said: "However, the guest at the door is quite fierce. The beast claw he made can even catch a glutton."

  Glutton's face suddenly turned red, and he glared at him fiercely. What was said was indeed a very embarrassing thing. To be honest, Glutton had lived for so long and had never been caught by anything before. Just now, not only was he unable to move, but he almost lost his limb.

  Wen Baiyu said: "The symbol of this flame is really lingering, it existed in the Western Zhou and Warring States periods, and now it's also found in this tomb. The followers of Huo Mo are indeed all over the country, in every era."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly said: "Maybe it's just one person."

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "One person? Then isn't he an immortal, able to live for so long?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Don't mention these things, let's go up first."

  Wen Baiyu immediately nodded like a garlic press and said: "Right, right, hurry up and go. This grave is too disgusting, it makes me not want to eat for the whole day."

  They left the main tomb chamber and that huge zongzi was still kneeling on the ground motionless, even after they had walked far away, without hearing any sound of pursuit.

  Many people walked in the tomb passage for a long time, about an hour, before they came out of the tomb passage. This was thanks to Tiangou, whose sense of smell was very keen and could detect differences in soil, making it a natural surveying instrument.

  They met other people from the village at the fork in the road, everyone was exhausted, and had been fighting with those sacred beetles for a long time, fortunately they didn't meet Zongzi.

  One of them said: "Damn it's unlucky, those leeches really bite people."

  Another person laughed and said: "Haha, did he take you for a giant piece of shit?"

  The first man slapped him hard and said: "Get out of here!"

  Everyone laughed and walked out together quickly.

  When they came out, the sky was already bright. Wen Baiyu was so tired that she couldn't move. She had spent the whole night fleeing and being frightened, following Wang Jue Hou while nodding her head and dozing off.

  Shi Xu smiled and said: "I think sister-in-law is sleepy, everyone go back first."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou nodded and then said to Wen Bai Yu: "Tired? I'll carry you?"

  "It's okay, just hurry back. The one-day two-night hot spring package has already wasted one night!"

  As soon as Wen Baiyu thought of it, he felt endless regret.

  Everyone said goodbye, and Shi Xu was still carrying Pao Yu on his back. Pao Yu pinched his neck and shouted: "Where are you going to carry me?"

  "Carry you to a deserted place and then cut off your horns!"

  "You dare!" he exclaimed with wide eyes.

  "Hmph, I really dare to. Look at your tender skin, not even wearing clothes. Drag you to a deserted place, I won't just cut off your horns, I'll kiss you too."

  Wen Baiyu walked while listening to Shi Xu and Tao Yue's voices, thinking that evil people will eventually get what they deserve. Who let Tao Yue bite her before? Now she's finally getting her comeuppance, it feels pretty good thinking about it.

  They walked for more than half an hour before returning to the Water City. Wen Baiyu was exhausted, stumbling through the door and collapsing onto the bed, weakly saying: "I'm going to die..."

  Jiuming walked over with cat steps and lay on his bed, saying: "Where did you guys go last night? You didn't go out to fight, did you?"

  Wen Baiyu turned his head and glared at Jiuming, saying: "I'll fight you to death!"

  The lazy cat said: "I didn't expect you to be so ruthless, not even sparing Master Cat."

  Wen Baiyu said: "What a heavy mouth, you like fish."

  Jiuming suddenly blew his top, gritting his teeth and scratching the bed with his claws, saying: "Who said that! How could I like fish! I just like eating fish!! Eating fish!!"

  Wen Baiyu didn't have the energy to argue with Jiuling anymore and soon fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already dark outside!

  Wen Baiyu sat up and heard the sound of water, looked out the window to see Wan Kuang Jinghou sitting in the hot spring pool in the small courtyard, soaking in the hot spring. The thick steam enveloped Wan Kuang Jinghou's body, his pale skin and flowing abdominal muscles faintly visible, making Wen Baiyu swallow a mouthful of saliva.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou turned around at this time and said: "Awake? You've been asleep for a long time."

  Wen Baiyu rubbed his eyes and sat up, pretending he had just woken up, as if it wasn't him who was eavesdropping earlier. He said, "Ah... I just woke up."

  Jiǔ Mìng chuckled and laughed beside him.

  Wen Baiyu glared at Jiumeng for a moment, then finally couldn't resist the temptation, went to the bathroom to change into swim trunks, and stepped into the hot spring pool, using his peripheral vision to sneak a peek at Wan Qi Jinghou's body.

  The hot spring was very relaxing, and Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief, saying: "It's really comfortable, but we have to leave tomorrow."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou sat beside him, leaning towards him, their legs touching together. Wen Bai Yu suddenly felt a jolt and said: "What's wrong? You were closer before, it was too crowded."

  Wan Jingshou suddenly raised his hand, grabbing his shoulder, and pressed his body over, Wen Baiyu's heart shouted "he's here", but he looked at Wan Jingshou with an expectant face.

  But unexpectedly, Wan Xi Jing Hou's hand slipped down, gently stroking the scars on his shoulder and upper arm, saying: "Does this scar hurt?"

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head and looked down, rolled her eyes and said: "I've never been in pain, maybe I was hurt when I wasn't aware of it."

  A one-day and two-night hot spring trip, Wen Baiyu slept through it all, packing her bags on the second morning to head back home.

  Wen Baiyu felt an unparalleled sense of regret. The black bag Wen Kai gave him, not to mention himself, even Wan Kuang Jinghou didn't get to use it.

  Wen Lei and Wen Jiu Mu saw Wen Bai Yu return with a sleep-deprived panda eyes, Wen Jiu Mu pulled Wen Bai Yu and said: "Young people should also pay attention to restraint."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu stayed in Jinhua for several weeks and couldn't always not go back to Beijing, Wen Kai's injury had almost recovered, so he bought a plane ticket and was ready to return.

  Wen Jiu Mu drove them to the airport and said: "Come back and stay for a few more days after a while."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said: "Alright, little uncle you hurry back home, big uncle is alone at home, can't see you again will be in a bad mood."

  Wen Jiu Mu left soon, Wen Bai Yu took Wan Xi Jing Hou to exchange boarding passes and waited for boarding.

  As he sat in the waiting room, Wen Baiyu suddenly looked up and saw a familiar face, immediately shouting out in surprise: "Dong Hai?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, his suitcase suddenly started shaking back and forth. Many people sitting nearby who were waiting to board the plane saw his suitcase moving on its own and were frightened out of their wits, immediately screaming and scattering in all directions.

  Then came a "bang" sound, and the suitcase fell over. A small black cat crawled out from inside it.

  Jiuming heard the two words "Donghai" and immediately came out, and indeed saw a tall man wearing a suit, who was pulling a suitcase and heading towards the VIP lounge.

  Donghai was also stunned to see Jiuming, but Jiuming reacted quickly and suddenly jumped out. "Meow!" With a sound, four claws were hooked onto Donghai's body. Since there were people around, Jiuming could only meow loudly and use his head to nuzzle Donghai. In short, the claws had torn Donghai's suit into shreds, but refused to let go.

  "There's a cat!"

  "What is this cat doing here!"

  "Quickly call someone!"

  "That cat scratched me!"

  The waiting room was in chaos...

  Wen Baiyu felt like he had bad luck for eight lifetimes, and was actually asked to leave the airport because of a stupid cat!

  Everyone stood outside the airport with a stunned expression, while Jiǔ Mìng was still unaware, still holding onto Donghai's suit with his four short legs, and meowing "meow-meow" in his mouth, looking very pitiful.

  Wen Baiyu felt that the most pitiful one was herself!

  Wen Baiyu really couldn't bear it anymore, and Jiuming said with a tone of being about to collapse: "Donghai, where are you going?"

  Donghai spoke more fluently now, but still very concise, saying: "It's all wide."

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "Where did Du Guang come from? I've never heard of him."

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "In Sichuan, the Classic of Mountains and Seas has a record that says, 'To the southwest of Heishui, there is a vast wilderness where Houji was buried.'"

  Jiuming meowed twice and said, "I'm going too."

  "Where are you going?" said Wen Baiyu with a white eye roll.

  Jiǔ Mìng looked at Wēn Bái Yǔ with a tempting expression and said: "Chengdu has hot pot, and authentic Malatang, and..."

  He hadn't finished speaking when Wen Baiyu immediately said: "Let's go, we'll change our route and head to Chengdu."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou: "......"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Anyway, Beijing still has Tangzi, let's go have some fun in Chengdu."

  Wen Baiyu and Dong Hai soon changed their route to Chengdu, but Wen Baiyu was clearly deceived. They weren't going into the city of Chengdu at all. Instead, Dong Hai was heading to a small county that was extremely remote. After getting off the plane and taking a car ride, Wen Baiyu almost threw up. When they got out of the car, Wen Baiyu looked like she was on the verge of death.

  Fortunately, although this place is biased, there are still hotels. They found a hotel to stay in. Donghai took a single room and Wen Baiyu took a standard room.

  As soon as they entered the door, the nine lives jumped out of the luggage, just like fleas on their bodies, jumping around and carrying something in their mouths.

  Wen Baiyu fixed her eyes on it and found it was a blue sapphire, extremely large.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Are you going to rob a bank?'"

  Jiumeng snorted and said: "You really have no vision, this is the golden crown gemstone symbolizing the power of the Merfolk King."

  Wen Baiyu said: "What are you doing with things from Donghai?"

  Nine lives hummed and drilled under the bed, hiding the gemstone in the deepest place, saying: "What do you know."

  Wen Baiyu didn't know what he was doing and asked Wan Kuangjinghou: "Should our cat get vaccinated?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said faintly, "In ancient times, there was a legend that as long as you took away and hid the mermaid's personal belongings, the mermaid would live with this person for a long time. However, once the mermaid found the taken-away personal belongings, she would return to the sea."

  Wen Baiyu's voice trailed off with an "oh——", and she said with a smile: "So that's how it is, you don't want to let Donghai go, then just be straightforward with him."

  Jiumen Zhamao said: "Who doesn't want him to leave! I just wanted to tease him! We are arch-enemies after all!"

  Wen Baiyu's face was smiling but she didn't say a word.

  The nine-tailed fox had hidden its treasure well and finally crawled out from under the bed.

  At dinner time, Wen Baiyu couldn't wait to go eat hot pot. The prices in the small county town were very low, and the skewers were very cheap. Wen Baiyu was like a man who had been injected with chicken blood as he grabbed a big plate of skewers.

  The nine lives have turned into human form so as not to be driven out again.

  Four people sat in a small restaurant eating skewers, Wan Qi Jing Hou and Dong Hai both had the face of a CEO, it was completely out of place with the skewers!

  Jiǔ Mìng sat beside the East Sea, always sneaking glances at Dōng Hǎi, with a foolish expression on his face. Wēn Bái Yǔ wanted to cover her face in embarrassment. On the other hand, Dōng Hǎi's attitude was very cold and distant, not even bothering to look at him.

  The sound in the store is not very good, there is a table next to it, and the boss seems to know each other, eating and chatting at the same time.

  That person said: "I'm telling you, close up early these days, it's not safe at night. Just like those people who drowned last time, they've been fished out."

  The boss said: "I've also heard that you say such a small river can still drown people every year, it's really strange."

  That man laughed and said: "My brother is a policeman, he knows some inside information, it's not what you heard. I'll tell you, none of them drowned."

  The boss curiously said: "How did it die?"

  That person mysteriously said: "The corpse fished out of the water had scorch marks all over its body, it was burned to death!"

  The boss seemed skeptical and said: "Hey, falling into the water isn't drowning to death, but burning to death? Don't tease me."

  He said: "Really! Absolutely true!"

  That man saw Wen Baiyu's table and looked over, seemingly thinking he knew a lot of inside information, feeling very pleased with himself, and spoke loudly: "You people are outsiders, right? I'll tell you, after eating, go back, don't mess around outside, or someone will lose their life!"

  Wen Baiyu curiously said: "I just heard you say something fell into the water and instead burned to death, what's going on?"

  That man laughed and said, "It's just our county, not far from here there's a river, the people in our county have been drinking this water for generations, no one thought it was a problem. Later on, I don't know what happened, but they stopped drinking this water. And this small river, every year someone drowns to death, and this year is even stranger. My younger brother has some connections at the public security bureau, he heard that the bodies they fished out were all burned beyond recognition, it's really terrifying... I also heard..."

  He spoke in a mysterious tone, lowering his voice and saying: "I also heard that not long ago, an old lady liked to take walks by the river. While she was walking by the river, someone suddenly grabbed her ankle and dragged her into the water! Luckily, the old lady managed to escape with her life, and although her legs were a bit injured, she ran back home. She felt a burning sensation on her ankle but didn't go to the hospital. My brother said that on that day, their unit had an order to visit and comfort elderly people who lived alone. The old lady happened to be one of them, with all her children working outside and leaving her and her grandson at home. When my brother and his colleagues arrived at the door...hiss, they smelled a strong bloody smell, and there was blood flowing out from under the door. They were scared stiff and thought someone had broken in and robbed the place, so they immediately kicked open the door. As soon as they opened it, they were stunned!"

  Wen Baiyu's hair stood on end as she listened, and she asked: "What's going on?"

  That person said: "As soon as my brother and the others entered, they saw an old lady crawling on the ground, biting her little grandson's head! The little grandson had already fainted with a pale face, with a row of blood holes on his head, and blood all over the floor. The old lady's face was like a zombie, with a mouth full of blood, wanting to eat people! My brother and the others rushed up, but the old lady was stronger than an adult. If there weren't many of them, they really couldn't hold her down. She was like a madman, biting anyone she saw, especially their heads! Two colleagues were bitten and injured. Later... hey, guess what? My brother's two colleagues also went crazy, just like the old lady, becoming living zombies that bite people's heads! Isn't it eerie? I heard that in that river, who knows what kind of unclean thing was mixed in, passersby would fall in and burn to death. Those who didn't burn to death became zombies, biting people everywhere!"

  That person was talking, Wen Baiyu couldn't eat anymore, Jiuming was eating without a care, gnawing on the small ribs with cartilage.

  The "Ga Ga" sound made Wen Baiyu's back hair stand on end.

  They finished their meal and headed towards the hotel. Wen Baiyu said, "You say this river is really that strange?"

  He had just finished speaking when Dong Hai nodded and said, "Yes."

  Wen Baiyu was shocked and said: "How did you know?"

  Donghai said: "I came here, just for this matter. After I returned to Donghai, a subordinate said that the wood was withered and dry, the river bottom was spouting fire, and many were killed or injured, so I came to take a look."

  Wen Baiyu said: "So it was."

  "What is Jianmu?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Jianmu is an ancient divine tree, it is said to grow in the middle of the Du Guang River. Jianmu is tall and great, connecting heaven and earth. It is said that Fu Xi and Huang Di both came and went through Jianmu to the human world."

  Wen Baiyu said: "So amazing?"

  Dong Hai nodded and said, "I'll go take a look by the river later."

  Jiu Ming immediately said: "Me, I'm going too."

  Donghai glanced at him and swiped his card to open the door next to him, without saying a word, walked in and closed the door.

  With a "click", the door closed, although not heavily, but Jiǔ Mìng's soul was frightened out of her body. She was still in human form, about to fall to the ground, when she was pulled up by Wēn Bái Yǔ with great force.

  They returned to the room, Jiǔ Mìng Shēng lay on the bed with a hopeless expression, gritting his teeth and saying: "All merfolk are trash, they bit off my tail and still ignored me, I will definitely use my tail to slap his nose."

  Wen Bai Yu shrugged and said: "However, your breach of promise also caused Dong Hai to be trapped at the bottom of the sea for so many years."

  Nine Lives: “……”

  Nine lives hanging by a thread, yet speechless.

  "Me... I also knew there would be a freak wanting to build an underwater tomb, if I had known earlier, I..."

  He said, suddenly turning into a small black cat, then hiding under the pillow, with his butt up and tail swishing back and forth, saying: "What's the use of talking! Didn't I say that taking away the mermaid's personal belongings would be enough? That damned fish still doesn't care about me, not alive, not alive, not alive..."

  Wen Baiyu: “......”

  Wen Baiyu looked at that little butt shaking back and forth, really wanting to grab that tail.

  Jiuming's lung capacity was particularly good, and he cried all the way until midnight. Donghai came to knock on the door, and Wen Baiyu opened it, saying with a haggard face: "You've finally come, if you didn't come, we would have all gone crazy."

  Dong Hai was stunned for a moment, Jiu Ming pounced on Wen Baiyu's arm, with a pair of green and shiny eyes swollen like walnuts.

  Donghai just glanced at Jiuning and said, "I'll go take a look by the river. Just now, someone from the River Clan came back to report that they found an underground mausoleum at the bottom of the river. The gate of the mausoleum is engraved with flames, and the tomb door will spew fire."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou listened to him say this, suddenly stood up and said: "I'll go with you."

  Jiuming suddenly jumped up, grabbed Donghai's clothes and said: "I'm going too."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Since everyone was going, Wen Baiyu didn't have a reason not to go either. Especially since Wan Xizonghou was going, Wen Baiyu naturally followed along. And with that flame emblem, Wen Baiyu became even more curious.

  They left the hotel, after dark, there are usually no people walking outside in a small county, and they rest early. The riverbank is empty.

  As expected, in the river water, there was a giant tree that reached the sky, but the wood had withered. Although it was autumn now, it hadn't cooled down to drop leaves, yet this big tree's leaves had all fallen off. Moreover, although it grew in the water, its branches were like severely lacking water, extremely limp and spiritless.

  Wen Baiyu raised his head and said, "Is this Jianmu?"

  Dong Hai nodded and said: "Jian Mu has indeed withered away and is about to die."

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head and looked at the river water, saying: "When we were eating, that person said there was something that would catch people by the shore. Could it be the Water Monkey we met before?"

  Dong Hai shook his head and said, "There are no water monkeys in this river."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Go down and take a look."

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's not that going on will get burned, how can this go on?"

  Dong Hai smiled and said, "I have an idea."

  He said, raising his hand slightly, the river water suddenly surged and scattered to both sides, Wen Baiyu almost forgot that Donghai was a god in the sea, and he still had some endurance.

  Jiǔ Mìng looked at the river water, clinging to Dōng Hǎi's body and meowing loudly, as if afraid of the water.

  The East Sea finally spoke up and said, "If you're afraid of water, then don't go down."

  Jiuming suddenly exploded with fur standing on end, letting out a miserable "meow" cry. Her four paws tightly grasped the East Sea as she exclaimed: "I won't! I won't! I won't!"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Three people and a cat went down into the water. The underwater world was desolate, with even the seaweed withered and yellow. There were many white bones, making onlookers feel a chill run down their spines.

  In the East Sea, a huge fish tail suddenly appeared, and Jiǔ Mìng was meowing loudly as it hung from his waist. The East Sea suddenly grew black fish scales that were smooth to the touch and cool to the skin. Jiǔ Mìng's black cat face turned bright red, and its small paws touched the East Sea's fish scales gently. Even Wēn Bái Yuè could see that it was a silly-looking expression...

  Too embarrassing...

  They didn't walk far before they saw a large square stone hidden in the silt at the bottom of the river. Dong Hai said, "We're here."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou walked over, reached out to brush away the silt, and the stone revealed its original appearance. It was a corner of the tomb gate, with a faint flame pattern on top.

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "There really is a grave."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at the tomb door, and on the tomb door there was a small hole, obviously it was a pit. He stretched out his hand to touch it and said: "The tomb door has an anti-theft interlayer, when impacted, it will spray toxic water, the flames mentioned earlier should be a kind of toxic water that can burn in water."

  "What if there is an anti-theft layer?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "All ancient tombs have relatively weak points, some are the tomb gates, and some are the bottom of the tomb. We can dig a tunnel to enter from the bottom."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "So that's how it is."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou brought tools, Wen Bai Yu walked over and said: "Let me help you dig the soil, I'm good at this."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "Be careful."

  Wan Qi Jinghou's technique was very skilled, and soon he had dug a thief hole that went straight to the bottom of the tomb. The stone wall at the bottom of the tomb became visible, and Wan Qi Jinghou reached out to feel along the seams in the stone wall. After a while, he said, "There is no hidden compartment."

  He said, and knocked out the stone at the bottom of the grave, quickly opening a gap.

  Everyone entered the tomb through the thief's hole, and after entering, Wen Baiyu couldn't help but widen his eyes. The outer wall of this chamber was made of stone, but inside it was a smooth, mirror-like stone wall that had been polished to perfection, even reflecting people's images clearly.

  The tomb path is very long and magnificent.

  But in the dark tomb passage, as long as you turn your head, you can see your own shadow, which also makes people feel a little creepy.

  Nine lives crouched on the shoulder of the East Sea, "meow" with a hissing mouth and sharp little teeth, facing the stone wall like a mirror and shouting loudly.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou looked at the stone wall, furrowed his brow, and then took out a flashlight from his backpack and handed it to Wen Bai Yu, saying: "Let's go."

  Wen Baiyu took the flashlight and walked while tilting her head to look at the stone wall. The Wen Baiyu inside the stone wall also moved with her, clearer than a mirror, every detail was illuminated clearly.

  Wen Baiyu followed Wan Xizonghou forward, and the smooth stone wall disappeared before long, turning into a common stone tomb path.

  As soon as Wen Baiyu entered the stone tomb passage, she felt that the reflected image on the stone wall was a bit strange, but couldn't quite put her finger on it, so she didn't think much of it and hurried to catch up.

  The design of the mausoleum is symmetrical, with left and right sides mirroring each other. Even the paths leading to it have two branches, but they eventually merge into one, lined with flame symbols all along the way.

  "Ah!"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly shouted, pointing ahead. In front of the tomb path, two lanterns were seen on both walls, seemingly long-lasting lamps. Underneath the long-lasting lamps lay two corpses, even the corpses were symmetrical, and the two corpses looked exactly alike!

  Those two corpses had bulging eyes, lying on their backs on the ground, with burn marks on their faces and bodies. His belly was swollen, no one knew what happened.

  Wen Baiyu let out a loud shout, and his Adam's apple quickly slid up and down. Suddenly, his bulging belly started to move, as if something inside was squirming around, looking extremely terrifying.

  With a loud "boom", the two identical corpses suddenly burst open, and a swarm of white flying insects burst out from their bellies.

  Wen Baiyu's hair stood on end as he took a few steps back, and Jiuling's fur all over his body was standing upright.

  Those flying insects flew out of the corpse, but instead of attacking them, they flew towards the flame of the Longming lamp.

  Wen Baiyu fixed her eyes on it and found that it was actually a swarm of densely packed moths!

  Wan Qi Jinghou suddenly said: "Turn off the flashlight."

  Wen Baiyu hastily turned off the flashlight, and the light went out. The moths that had just noticed the light on this side were now all concentrated on the two lanterns, rushing towards the flame in waves.

  Then there was a "sizzling" sound, like something burning, and the moths that had been flying towards the lamp suddenly fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

  Something strange happened, only the moths on the left fell to the ground after falling down, while the moths on the right disappeared into thin air after falling down, and there was not a single charred moth corpse on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu rubbed her eyes again, but still couldn't see anything, and said: "This... what's going on?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and looked at the two long-lasting lamps on both sides of the stone wall, suddenly saying: "It's a mirror image."

  "Mirror?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "The Longming lamp, the moth and the corpse all have only one set, while the other side is a copy, a completely symmetrical mirror image."

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback and said: "This...this is also too weird."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou said: "If you stick to the left and walk, it's very likely that you'll step into empty space on the right."

  On the left side, there were still groups of flying moths. Wen Baiyu tightly grasped Wang Qi Jing Hou's hand and walked behind him, while Dong Hai brought up the rear with Jiu Ming.

  When Wen Baiyu passed by the Longming Lamp, he couldn't help but take a glance. This one glance almost scared him to death. Those densely packed moths actually all had human faces!

  But the moth's face is too small, standing far away can't see clearly, this look just feels goosebumps all over.

  "W-White Feather stuttered: 'M-Moth... Moth with a human face.'"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "That is a kind of flesh fly, which grows specifically in human internal organs."

  Wan Ji Jinghou said, Wen Baiyu felt even more terrified. Wan Ji Jinghou continued: "The flesh moth lays its eggs on plants, and as the pollen enters the human body, it has a strong adaptability. Whether it's a living person or a dead one, they can all become hosts for this moth. Once the moth grows up, it will burst out of the host's body with great force."

  Wen Baiyu coughed twice and said, "How do you know everything?"

  Wan Kuang said: "The more you see, the more you know."

  They walked through the tomb passage lit by lanterns, and Wen Baiyu finally let go of Wan Qi Jinghou's hand. Ahead of them appeared another fork in the road, also two, looking symmetrical.

  "Let's go."

  Wen Baiyu closely followed him, and in an instant when they stepped into the fork in the road, Wan Kuangjing suddenly disappeared.

  "Ah! Wan Gui Jing Hou?"

  Wen Baiyu was shocked and lost his color, opening his eyes wide to look for him, but there was no one in sight. He turned around to look for Donghai and Jiuying, but there was no one behind him either. Clearly they had been standing almost shoulder to shoulder, yet in an instant he was the only one left.

  Wen Baiyu stood still, it was very dark at the fork in the road. He immediately turned on his flashlight, but still couldn't see a single figure, which made Wen Baiyu somewhat frightened.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to exit the fork in the road, but when he retreated back onto the main road, he discovered that there was no lantern behind him, clearly indicating that he hadn't just exited from the path he had previously taken.

  Hit the wall...

  Wen Baiyu's cold sweat broke out, using a flashlight to illuminate the surroundings, desperately trying to calm herself down.

  "Ten Thousand Generals, Jing Marquis?"

  "Ten Thousand Generals Jing Marquis?"

  Wen Baiyu shouted, and an echo came from the tomb passage, the sound of the echo was very clear.

  Wen Baiyu stood still, his palms sweating, and shouted: "Wan Kuang Jing Hou? Nine Lives? Dong Hai?"

  "Ten thousand years... nine lives... East Sea..."

  The echo came again, and Wen Baiyu gradually felt that something was wrong. The sound of this echo was too clear.

  "Shasha..."

  A slight rustling sound, Wen Baiyu's back tightened immediately, and he turned around, shining his flashlight in the direction of his back.

  A person.

  Someone is standing behind him!

  Wen Baiyu let out an "ah" and took a step back in fright.

  That person also let out an "ah" sound, took a step back, and like Wen Baiyu, looked at each other with surprised eyes.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened in incredulity as she stammered: "You......"

  That person also stared with wide eyes and said in an incredulous expression: "You..."

  Wen Baiyu was stunned, standing in front of him was someone who looked exactly like himself! Whether it was height, weight, appearance, even the expression was identical, only he didn't have a flashlight in his hand.

  In the tomb passage, a person who was exactly like himself was found, which made Wen Baiyu frightened and his back felt cold, saying: "Who are you?"

  He asked this time, and the person opposite him didn't repeat his words, but instead burst out laughing. For the first time, Wen Baiyu felt that her face could be so frightening when smiling.

  He said: "I am Wen Baiyu."

  Wen Baiyu shuddered, and the man said again: "I am you."

  Wen Bai Yu took a step back, and that person said: "I am your mirror image, you are my mirror image, I am you, but..."

  He said, suddenly narrowing his eyes and curling up the corners of his mouth in a cold smile, "However... only one of us can live."

  "Ah!"

  Wen Baiyu shouted loudly, and that person suddenly pounced over, grabbing his neck with both hands. The flashlight in Wen Baiyu's hand rolled into the fork in the road, and as soon as it rolled in, it disappeared, just like Wang Qi Jinghou and the others.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened in shock, but he didn't have time to be shocked. The person who looked exactly like him had already pinched him hard.

  That man grabbed him and said with a smile: "If you live, I will die; if I live, you will have to go to death."

  He said, clenching his five fingers tightly.

  "Cough..."

  The white-haired man was almost turned over, his eyes rolled back, and with a loud kick, he kicked the person to the ground. As soon as he got up and wanted to run, the other person also quickly got up and went after him again.

  Wen Baiyu rushed into the fork in the road. The man was about to catch up, but after entering the fork, Wen Baiyu was nowhere to be seen.

  Wen Baiyu hid at the fork in the road, panting, thinking to himself that it was good he was clever. That person looked like a madman, identical to himself, and wanted to strangle him to death. His words made Wen Baiyu unable to understand.

  Wen Baiyu stood at the fork in the road for a long time, but still didn't see Wan Kuang Jinghou, so he could only continue walking forward.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stepped into the fork in the road, and the person behind him suddenly disappeared. He narrowed his eyes and quickly scanned the fork in the road, but there was no sign of Wen Bai Yu.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand to touch the stone wall of the fork in the road, but unexpectedly touched nothing, it turned out that the stone wall was just an illusory image.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou couldn't see Wen Bai Yu and became somewhat impatient. He stood still, quietly gazing at the stone wall.

  Suddenly, a figure emerged from the darkness, and Wan Jie's eyes narrowed as he realized it was Wen Baiyu!

  Wen Baiyu walked in and saw Wan Jinhou, also very surprised, excitedly rushed over and said: "Wan Jinhou, you're here! I was almost scared to death."

  He said, stretching out his hand to hold Wan Jie Jing Hou, and suddenly sticking close, the two bodies tightly attached together. Wen Bai Yu actively stretched out her hand to hang on Wan Jie Jing Hou's neck, and pressed her lips against his.

  Just as he was about to paste it on, Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly narrowed his eyes, and the dragon-scale dagger had already been unsheathed, pressed against the opponent's neck.

  Wan Baiyu said in surprise: "Wan Jijinghou, what are you doing?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's voice was cold and detached as he said, "You are not Wen Bai Yu."

  Nine lives walked into a fork in the road, and suddenly the people beside him were all gone. A pair of green, oily eyes stared into the dark depths, but there was nothing.

  The nine-lives cat's fur was about to explode, it arched its back and stood still for a long time, finally transforming into human form with a swoosh, and ran rapidly towards the depths of the forked road.

  "Shasha."

  Suddenly hearing a voice behind him, Jiuhao turned his head and saw that it was Donghai!

  Donghai's figure was very tall and majestic, standing in the darkness, a pair of blue eyes were exceptionally deep and mysterious.

  Jiǔ Mìng quickly ran over and said: "Dong Hai, where are Wen Bai Yu and the others? They suddenly disappeared... Ah!"

  Before he could finish speaking, a sharp thorn suddenly protruded from the back of Donghai's hand and with a loud "bang", nailed Jiuling to the stone wall.

  Jiǔ Mìng only felt a sharp pain on his neck, the trident almost pierced through his neck. He stared at Donghai with his green eyes, saying: "You...Donghai?"

  The East Sea slowly swam over, its huge black tail fin looking very powerful. The trident on the back of his hand stabbed deeper and deeper, Jiǔ Mìng couldn't help but open his eyes wide, he could feel his blood flowing down his neck.

  Donghai sneered and looked at him, saying: "Are you worthy of calling my name?"

  Jiǔ Mìng only felt a chill rising up, from head to toe he was about to freeze into ice. His eyes were filled with loss, and after taking two urgent breaths, he couldn't speak.

  "The voice of the East Sea was still icy, saying: 'What you said is right, we are arch-enemies. From the beginning, I should have known that you would betray me first and get me trapped in the tomb for thousands of years, watching helplessly as my clansmen were slaughtered. All this is your fault.'"

  Jiǔ Mìng felt that with every word Dong Hai spoke, his body temperature dropped a degree. When he learned that Dong Hai had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean for thousands of years due to a misunderstanding over a bet, he was truly shocked. He hadn't expected that Dong Hai had been waiting for him all along.

  But he never thought that Dong Hai had been refusing to talk to him all along because of his own self-loathing.

  The neck of the nine lives was bleeding, dripping down, dripping onto the white chest, accumulating a puddle on the stone ground.

  His eyes were somewhat hollow, his mouth full of bitterness, and he said, "So that's how it is."

  "The eyes of Donghai were cold and said: 'It's all you owe me, as long as you give me half of your tail, do you think it's enough?'"

  Jiǔ Mìng felt his eyes burning, and his eyes were hot. He didn't care about the trident stuck in his neck, and he shook his head lightly, as if he was being bewitched, saying: "Not enough... Kill me, I've heard that the merman's trident can shatter three souls and seven spirits. At that time, you can also take back your inner elixir. If... you're willing, take the other tails too..."

  Donghai let out a cold laugh, Jiuming felt that he was extremely cold, closed his eyes, and tears finally rolled down uncontrollably. Hongyu said, this is his last tribulation, originally this tribulation had lasted for several thousand years, now it's the time to clear it up...

  "Nine lives!"

  Just then, Jiǔ Mìng suddenly heard a loud shout. He opened his eyes in surprise, the trident still lodged in his neck, and gazed coldly at Dōnghǎi not far away, but there was another Dōnghǎi!

  Jiǔ Mìng was stunned, and in the eyes of Donghai not far away, there was a fierce anger. Seeing Jiǔ Mìng's blood flowing down his neck, it seemed as if the fury on his body was about to explode.

  The thorns on the back of his hand suddenly grew violently, and with a "bang" sound, they shot towards Donghai from before. Another Donghai had to withdraw his trident and retreat two steps to dodge the attack.

  The nine lives' collar on his neck suddenly disappeared with a "thud" and he fell to the ground, panting heavily.

  Nine lives stared at the two Dong Hai in astonishment, they actually looked exactly alike!

  The first East Sea coldly smiled and said: "Just a little short, what a nuisance! Just a little short and I would have obtained the Nine-Tails to replace you!"

  He said, and retreated a few steps back, disappearing into the dark tomb passage.

  Jiǔ Mìng already didn't know what was going on, still with a stupid expression, Dōnghǎi rushed over, picked him up from the ground, pressed his hand against his wound and said: "You're bleeding."

  Jiǔ Mìng stared blankly at him, her eyes still swollen like a walnut, and said: "You... you're not going to kill me?"

  The Donghai snorted and said, "You stupid cat, can't even tell me apart."

  Jiuming weak mouth said: "I which have..."

  Dong Hai said: "That's not me, it's a mirror image. There must be a Qingtuan seal in this tomb."

  Jiumeng said: "What is the Kunlun Seal?"

  Donghai pressed down on his wound to stop the bleeding and said, "Fortunately, you've cultivated for several thousand years. The Kuangtong Seal is a treasure of the deep sea, but it has been lost for thousands of years. It can only be replicated as a mirror image."

  Jiǔ Mìng weakly said: "I haven't heard of it before, and that mirror image just now was so annoying... You're not annoyed with me, are you? I thought..."

  Dong Hai smiled wryly and said, "If I really disliked you, would I give you the inner elixir?"

  The one with insufficient vital energy said: "How am I supposed to know what you're thinking? You usually don't even bother responding to me."

  Donghai held Ren tightly in his arms and said, "I'm afraid... Merfolk are all eccentric. Back then, it was just because you didn't remember me. Have you forgotten? I bit off your tail... If I don't control myself, I'm afraid that one day, I'll really drag you to the bottom of the sea... Jiuxing, I don't want to treat you like this."

  Jiǔ Mìng suddenly wrapped his arms around Dōnghǎi's neck, hanging onto him completely, and said: "Why didn't you say so earlier? I was worried for half a day."

  Donghai gently stroked his back and smiled: "Because you are a silly cat."

  Jiǔ Mìng itself was just a cat, although it was a higher race, but it couldn't change its feline nature. As soon as someone touched it, it felt especially comfortable and let out a low hum in its throat, rubbing against Dōnghǎi's body wildly.

  Donghai's face sank, and he suddenly reached out to grab his waist. Jiuming transformed from a cat into a human without clothes, and as soon as he touched Donghai's icy scales, one of the scales suddenly bulged up...

  Nine lives in one fright, feeling as if I were a human figure, but also want to explode hair, all over the body's hair stand up, staring at the East China Sea.

  Donghai's expression was very serious, with a suppressed and restrained tone, his breathing was heavy, and his blue eyes stared tightly at him, "Bang" and pressed him to the ground.

  Jiǔ Mìng could feel the icy fish tail of the East Sea splitting his legs apart, he tensed up and kicked his legs wildly, saying: "You... this is a grave path!"

  He had just finished speaking when he suddenly felt a chill on his ankle, Donghai's tail had wrapped around his ankle and lifted his leg high, the icy fish fin brought a slippery feeling, making Jiuling tremble uncontrollably.

  Donghai pressed down on his body, pinning his wrists with both hands and said: "I told you, merfolk are all eccentric... Jiǔ Mìng, I want you."

  Jiǔ Mìng shivered and made a low humming noise in his throat, whispering: "You... your scales are so cool, they still sting... ah!"

  Jiuming suddenly shouted, her voice rising in excitement, her eyes wide with wonder, and her tail burst out from behind her, scattering on the ground. Indeed, there were eight and a half of them, and the last one was short and fluffy, like a rabbit's tail...

  Wen Baiyu walked in the cemetery path, after much difficulty shaking off someone who looked exactly like herself. The paths were identical and pitch black, making it impossible to see where she was going.

  "Wow...... Wow......"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly heard a strange noise, was startled and stood still abruptly.

  "Wow..."

  "Wow...... Wow......"

  It's the cry of a child...

  Wen Baiyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he really didn't know what courage his little uncle had, to bring the child out of the ancient tomb. Hearing the baby crying in the tomb was just too terrifying.

  Wen Baiyu listened to the sound, seemingly very close, he slowly walked forward, tentatively looking left and right, the crying voice getting closer and closer.

  The front tomb path suddenly connected to a stone chamber, Wen Baiyu walked in, the stone chamber was empty, and a huge flame totem was placed in the center position, with green fluorescent light on the totem.

  Wen Baiyu hastily closed his eyes and took a step back. These were the eyes of Yin Lingzi, Wen Baiyu recalled that Wan Qi Jinghou had told him about this last time.

  Wen Baiyu didn't dare look at that picture, afraid of being sucked in. She turned her head and saw a child in the corner of the stone room!

  That child was lying on the ground, an infant, completely naked, extremely cute, but below had no legs, instead a pile of grass!

  Wen Baiyu was startled, the child cried desperately, the crying sound was deafening, "wa wa" wailing, making Wen Baiyu's head buzz, as if a little out of control.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was stunned, the child suddenly crawled over and hugged Wen Baiyu's leg.

  "Ah..."

  Wen Baiyu was startled and retreated, but the child hugged Wen Baiyu's ankle with both hands, and the grass below suddenly stretched out, wrapping around Wen Baiyu with a "swish" sound, getting tighter and tighter.

  The strange child was still crying, and Wen Baiyu's mind kept buzzing, her consciousness a bit fuzzy, starting to lose control. Wen Baiyu felt that double images appeared in front of her eyes, then blurred, suddenly distorted, as if she had an illusion...

  In a grand palace, a white long-necked big bird bowed its head on a man.

  The man was dressed in a black robe, his eyes closed, his face pale, his lips bloodless, but his expression was unusually calm, as if he had finally let go of the violence and coldness of his past life. In his final moment, he made the decision he had always wanted to make in this lifetime.

  Don't worry about the country, don't worry about the society, everything is fine, it's all settled.

  However, what he couldn't let go of was that man in white clothes. What Xiang Wang feared the most was that after his death, that man would still hate him, and even in death, he wouldn't be able to rest in peace...

  A swan goose crouched on the body of King Xiang, who still had a warm body temperature. A key fell off beside the bed, and the hall was filled with wailing sounds.

  King Xiang had no children, and the throne was passed to his nephew. The body was soon to be buried, but a pure white bird remained by King Xiang's side, from warmth to cold, with an expression still serene.

  Wen Baiyu saw that there were two coffins in the hall, and someone was putting Xiang Wang's body into one of them. Hong Yu personally closed the lid of the coffin, and at the last moment when it was closing, a drop of bloody tears fell from Hong Yu's eyes onto the corner of Xiang Wang's mouth.

  Bang! The coffin lid closed.

  Another coffin, however, was prepared by Hong Yu for himself. This was originally made by the skilled craftsmen of King Xiang, who said it could store a corpse for a thousand years without decaying. It was a huge block of ice that a strange person had found in the South Sea, which would not melt after a thousand years and was extremely hard. King Xiang ordered people to make it into a coffin, but not for himself; he thought that only this icy white color was worthy of Hong Yu.

  Just at the last moment, Xiang Wang had someone seal up the coffin with dust, as if he felt it would no longer be used.

  Wen Baiyu watched as Hong Yu transformed into a human shape, slowly lying down in the coffin. Several people worked together to lift the heavy coffin lid, "Bang!" It closed with a loud noise.

  Then nail it up.

  Just as they were about to add an outer coffin, a person suddenly walked into the hall.

  Wen Bai's eyes widened as she stared at this man. Although he was a stranger, his face seemed familiar, but what caught her attention was the flame mark on the back of his hand!

  Wen Baiyu saw it at a glance, and it was exactly the same as the one on Huo Mo's back and forehead. There is also this man in the murals of Xiang Wang and Hong Tu!

  There was a servant who bowed to the man and said: "Master of the State."

  The national teacher glanced at the two coffins and said, "You all withdraw first."

  Everyone left and closed the temple door. The national teacher couldn't wait to walk over, the coffin made of thousand-year-old ice had been nailed shut, and the national teacher hastily pulled out a yellow paper from his pocket and slapped it onto the coffin.

  After he finished pasting, the national teacher's face showed an excited and almost distorted expression. He burst out laughing and said: "Hong Huang blood! All people in the world are equally ignorant, only I am worthy of getting the phoenix, what is the scale of the dragon fish and the ointment of the dragon fish? This is the treasure!"

  He said, casting a sidelong glance at the coffin beside him, and letting out a cold laugh: "I've also wasted no small amount of breath, not being an ordinary stubborn person. Someone like you, even in death, wouldn't know what's good for them. It's better to just die more thoroughly."

  He said, his hand grasped, and with a loud "boom", he actually pried open the nailed coffin lid with his bare hands, and was about to reach in and destroy Xiang Wang's body...

  Wen Bai's heart was racing wildly, just at this moment, the thousand-year-old ice coffin made a loud "bang" sound, and the coffin lid suddenly flipped open, slamming out, Guoshi was caught off guard and stumbled back three steps.

  He stared with wide eyes at Hong Yu, who was sitting up from the coffin, and said incredulously: "You!"

  Although Hong Yu was in human form, his eyes were blood red and he narrowed a pair of eyes. Normally, he looked extremely gentle, but at this time, he revealed a sense of majesty, as if only now would people feel that this was the heavenly god, this was the divine being.

  Hong E's eyes narrowed, and with a swift motion of his sleeve, he sent the national teacher flying towards the temple gate. The teacher let out a blood-curdling scream as he crashed into the gate, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He stared at Hong E in shock, saying: "How is this possible..."

  Hong Yu's gaze was fixed on Xiang Wang, who had his eyes tightly closed, and he muttered: "No one can disturb his rest, I will accompany him all the time."

  The national teacher crawled up from the ground, spat out several mouthfuls of blood, and rushed out of the palace gate to escape.

  The servant heard the sound and rushed into the hall, only to see that the sealed coffin had opened again for no reason. The swan had transformed into a human shape and was lying beside King Xiang. When the servant touched it, he found that it had also died. The new king thought this was inauspicious and that an evil spirit was at work. He ordered people to put King Xiang and the swan back in their coffins, reseal them, and bury them immediately.

  Sixty-six fake tombs, no landmarks, no tombstones, even the pallbearers didn't know which one was real.

  Wen Baiyu's chest was heaving rapidly, as if he had felt the suffocation and deep despair of a swan.

  Wen Baiyu was breathing rapidly, feeling a surge of energy in his chest that seemed to be bursting out. Suddenly, the memories of Xiang Wang and Hong Yu came flooding back, like scenes from a movie, unfolding one by one before him.

  Wen Baiyu stood in the middle of the stone room, his eyes slowly turning red as if flames were burning inside. His pupils had no focus, filled with confusion and pain, and his hands trembled slightly.

  "Wow...... Wow......"

  "Wah wah, waaah..."

  Wow!

  Wen Baiyu's ears could still hear the sound of wailing, which was extremely annoying. His legs were tightly entwined by the vines, and the poisonous thorns pierced into his flesh with a sharp pain.

  "Hmm..."

  Wen Baiyu let out a suppressed soft cry from her throat, her eyes still fiery red, and lightly raised her hand, spreading her five fingers as if to drive away the ash.

  "Huh?"

  A faint sound.

  Right after that, the screams of the human vines echoed, and the vines wrapped around Wen Baiyu's legs suddenly turned to ash and scattered down.

  Wen Baiyu's gaze fell, looking at the bizarre infant who had stopped wailing and was now hugging its own legs with both hands.

  The baby's body shook as if frightened, and a sharp cry came from its mouth. It immediately let go of its hands, crawled on the ground, hastily retreated backwards, quickly wriggled on the ground, and slipped into the corner of the stone chamber, disappearing in an instant.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes still had no focus, his hands were still slightly trembling, he raised his eyes and stared at the flame pattern in the stone room, which was exactly the same as the mark on Guoshi's hand.

  Wen Baiyu's mind was suddenly filled with a wave of disgust, and he still remembered what he had just seen in front of him. The national teacher not only wanted the blood of the swan goose but also wanted to destroy the body of King Xiang.

  Wen Baiyu slowly raised his hand, and the people in the picture seemed to be excitedly screaming in the baptism of flames. As soon as Wen Baiyu's five fingers were stretched out, a loud "Boom" sound was heard.

  The flame totem suddenly split open from the middle, as if it had been chopped open by something sharp, and crashed to the ground in two pieces.

  The floor of the stone chamber was smashed out by Totem into two deep pits, and huge rocks splashed up.

  "Soft White Feather!"

  Behind him someone called out to him, Wen Baiyu heard that voice and it was extremely familiar, it was Wan Kuang Jing Hou.

  It's Wan Guijinghou!

  Wen Baiyu felt extremely delighted, a sense of recovery washed over him, he opened his eyes wide and turned his head around.

  When Wan Kuang rushed in, he saw the giant totem collapse with a loud crash. Wen Baiyu was standing beside the totem, and the massive rubble was about to bury him instantly.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou called out, and when he saw Wen Bai Yu excitedly turn his head back, it was just like his usual expression - as long as he was the one calling him, he would be extremely happy. However, Wen Bai Yu's eyes were shining brightly like rubies, radiating a fiery brilliance.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou was stunned for a moment, but only for a moment. He suddenly pounced out and hugged Wen Bai Yu tightly. The giant stone fell down and hit Wan Jie Jing Hou's back, injuring his arm.

  Dong Hai and Jiu Ming heard a loud rumbling sound, followed the sound and ran into the stone room, only to see that the ground was covered with rubble. Wan Kuang Jing Hou was holding Wen Bai Yu horizontally and got up from the rubble, his head and face were all dusty, and there was blood on his body. Wen Bai Yu's eyes were lightly closed, as if she had already fainted.

  "What's up?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "Minor injury."

  Jiǔ Mìng said: "What's wrong with Wēn Bái Yǔ?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou lowered his head and looked at the Wen Bai Yu in his arms, saying: "I don't know what he saw in the mirror image, his emotions are very unstable, let's go out first."

  Dong Hai nodded and said, "Good."

  Wen Baiyu felt extremely exhausted, the last thing he saw was Wang Jixing rushing towards him, and he actually felt at ease, and suddenly fell to the ground unconscious.

  Wen Bai's eyelids were heavy, and she didn't know how long she had slept. When she opened her eyes, what she saw was the ceiling. Someone beside her ear said, "Awake?"

  Wen Baiyu turned her head to look over and it was Wan Kuang Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu stared at him and blinked her eyes, saying: "Am I dreaming? How did we end up in a hotel? Didn't we agree to break up?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou handed him a cup of water, helped him up and let Wen Bai Yu lean on himself, saying: "You suddenly fainted, so everyone left first."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "You don't know, when we got separated, I encountered many terrifying things. First, there was someone who looked exactly like me, then I saw a baby with no legs, just grass below, he hugged my leg and cried, almost scaring me to death... Later..."

  Later, Wen Baiyu suddenly became a bit unclear and confused. He seemed to see that strange baby suddenly running away. It was clear that he was afraid of the baby, but the result was that the baby was actually afraid of him.

  He rubbed his forehead hard with his hand and felt a severe headache, which was also swelling.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "That is a kind of vine, not a real baby. Its crying sound can make people hallucinate, making them immerse in the mirror image, and then absorb the living person's blood energy through the thorns at the tip of the vine."

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "What is a mirror image after all?"

  "Just like a mirror, it can reflect an image, but because the surface of the mirror is different, sometimes it will infinitely magnify and highlight one point. The reflection in the tomb will confuse people, what's being magnified should be mostly the most painful point in their heart."

  Wen Baiyu listened with a mixture of understanding and confusion, the most painful part...

  He vaguely remembered the appearance of Xiang Wang, who looked exactly like General Wan Zhi Jing Hou, lying in his coffin...

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat as she suddenly grabbed Wang Qi Jinghou's hand.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was suddenly caught by him, feeling that Wen Bai Yu's palm today was a bit hot, and couldn't help but reach out to touch his forehead, saying: "The thorns of the rattan vine are poisonous, you have a low fever, I'll go buy medicine for you..."

  He said he wanted to get up, but Wen Baiyu grabbed him and wouldn't let go, his eyes seeming to have a hint of panic, saying: "Don't...don't leave."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou was stunned for a moment, then sat down again, thinking that Wen Bai Yu was scared in the tomb.

  Wen Baiyu lay on the bed, patted the position beside her with her hand, and Wan Xiang Jinghou also lay down, saying: "Does it hurt to be burned?"

  Wen Baiyu didn't feel uncomfortable at all, so she shook her head. The wound on her leg didn't hurt either, presumably because Wan Jingshou had already taken care of it.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou turned around, stretched out his hand and hugged his waist, saying: "Then sleep for a while, I'll go buy medicine after you fall asleep."

  Wen Baiyu closed her eyes, paused for a few seconds, and then opened them again to gaze at the scenery.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou was also hugging him, and he closed his eyes as if sleeping. Wen Bai Yu suddenly opened them wide, staring at Wan Jie Jing Hou.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's side profile is extremely perfect, it's 360 degrees flawless, the curve of his chin is especially handsome, and paired with his perfect lip shape...

  "Gulp..."

  Wen Baiyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looking at Wan Qi Jinghou with a foolish expression. She thought to herself that heaven was really unfair, how could this person not have any flaws? The mole at the corner of his eye made Wen Baiyu's heart itch, and when he closed his eyes, it looked gentle, but when he opened them, it looked calm.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but lean in a bit closer, wanting to take a closer look at the mole at the corner of Wan Jingshou's eye. Just as she was leaning in, Wan Jingshou suddenly opened his eyes!

  I'm awake!

  The eyes of two people met, and Wen Baiyu's old face slowly turned red, with a foolish expression still on his face, he was completely embarrassed.

  "Hmm..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou let out a soft laugh in his throat and said, "What are you looking at?"

  Wen Bai Yu Xing said, you look good!

  Wen Baiyu coughed and said with a stiff neck: "Take a look, it's not against the law."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou smiled and nodded, then said: "Just want to take a look?"

  Damn it...

  This is luring people into committing crimes!

  Wen Bai's heart was racing wildly, almost jumping out of his throat, as fierce as thunder. Before he could react, Wan Qi Jing Hou had already pressed down on him, covering his mouth with hers, and gently licked his lips with the tip of her tongue.

  Wen Baiyu was completely captivated by Mei Renji's charm, and immediately obediently wrapped her arms around Wan Qi Jinghou's back, opening her mouth to respond to his kiss.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and felt downwards, Wen Bai Yu let out a soft "ah" and trembled slightly, then closed her eyes and breathed rapidly.

  "Hmm..."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou let out another soft laugh, seemingly delighted in appreciating Wen Bai Yu's tolerant expression.

  Wen Baiyu tightly wrapped her arms around Wan Jingshou, just then, a sudden "ah..." sound came from next door, Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, and she let out a burst of emotions, then stared blankly at Wan Jingshou.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "Really so fast?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu's face turned alternately pale and red as she pulled the quilt over her head, shouting: "You bastard, Wan Kuang!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou gently patted the quilt, Wen Bai Yu's package was tight and didn't come out. Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Then you rest, after resting well, we will go to the tomb again."

  Wen Baiyu didn't care about anything else, curled up in the quilt and soon fell asleep due to exhaustion and having just released her emotions.

  Wen Baiyu didn't know how long she had slept, anyway, she was woken up by the "ah..." moaning sounds in her ears, it was like hallucinations.

  Wen Baiyu lifted the quilt and listened carefully, only to find that it was coming from next door. Next door wasn't Donghai? And the one who had been shouting wildly was Jiuming...

  A clear voice was heard from the white-robed figure, "Don't...don't come again, your fish scales have scratched my legs! Ah..."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  It's really messed up, the hotel room isn't soundproof, Wen Baiyu turned her head to look and it was already dark outside, how can they still be going on for so long, these merpeople are really something else!

  Wan Qi Jing Hou is not in the room, he should have gone out to buy medicine.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't bear it anymore, jumped out of bed, rushed out the door and knocked on the neighbor's door twice, shouting: "You guys keep your voice down, the whole street can hear you!"

  The voice inside suddenly stopped for two seconds, then Jiǔ Mìng's voice exploded in a loud shout: "Wēn Bái Yǔ has heard everything!"

  The voice of Donghai was very calm and said faintly: "It's okay."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was speechless, and since he was a bit hungry anyway, he went downstairs and asked the front desk where the nearest pharmacy was, planning to go find Wan Jingshou first before having dinner together.

  Wen Baiyu walked out the door and followed the direction pointed by the front desk, continuing down the slope until she was almost at the pharmacy when suddenly a loud "Ahhh!" pierced the air.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, the voice came from the riverbank, and the downhill was just by the river. Wen Baiyu looked over and saw a person with both hands grasping the riverbank, as if something was pulling him into the river.

  That person also saw Wen Baiyu and shouted loudly: "Save me!!"

  Wen Baiyu hesitated for a moment, then ran over and grabbed the man's hand. It was a young man who had already turned pale with fear, shouting: "Save me! Someone is pulling me!"

  As he spoke, Wen Baiyu also heard the sound of "wa wa" crying. Looking into the river, it was actually a baby, with both hands holding onto the young man's leg. The baby had no legs below, but was all wrapped up in vines, entwining the young man and pulling him into the river with great force.

  However, the tip of the vine still had some scorched marks.

  That wisteria vine also saw Wen Baiyu, seemingly extremely afraid of Wen Baiyu, suddenly loosened its vines and let out a sharp cry, "Plop" into the water, immediately disappearing.

  The young man crawled out of the river and collapsed on the ground, panting: "Th-thank you... thank you so much! I'm so grateful to you!"

  Wen Baiyu waved her hand and said, "Hurry up and leave, don't stay by the river anymore."

  The young man quickly got up and said: "Thank you so much, I... can I know your name?"

  The young man spoke in a very low voice and then blushed!

  I'm blushing!

  Why did you suddenly blush!

  Wen Baiyu smiled dryly and took a step back, saying: "Nothing, I still have things to attend to, I'll leave first!"

  He ran a few steps and said, the young man was still chasing after him, asking for his name.

  Wen Baiyu walked towards the pharmacy, and the man followed closely behind, still persistently asking for his name, but Wen Baiyu just pretended not to hear.

  At this moment, the young man behind him suddenly let out a heavy gasp and pounced on Wen Baiyu, pinning her to the ground.

  "Son of a bitch!" Wen Baiyu was pushed to the ground, his chin almost hitting the floor. He turned around and saw that young man's face had turned greenish pale, like a zombie, with his mouth wide open, about to bite his head!

  Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered that at the restaurant, the old lady mentioned by that person was also walking by the river and was dragged into the water by something, but not pulled in. After returning home, she actually wanted to bite her own grandson to death.

  The young man's ankle had swollen up, and there must be some maddening toxin in the vines.

  Wen Baiyu was pinned to the ground, the young man's hands grasped his neck, mouth open and biting at his head, Wen Baiyu struggled to hold back his head, but the young man had a strange strength, as if he had gone mad.

  Its mouth still makes a "hoooo-hooo" sound, as if it has seen something delicious, and sticky saliva is about to drip from the corner of its mouth.

  Wen Baiyu felt a wave of nausea, and there was no one on the road, not even anyone to call for help.

  Wen Baiyu and the young man were at a stalemate for over a minute, when they heard the sound of "rustling", Wen Baiyu knew someone was coming, and loudly shouted: "Help... save my life..."

  He shouted and took a glance, it was actually Wan Jie Jing Hou, what a great fortune!

  Wan Qi Jing Hou saw Wen Bai Yu, was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly rushed over, grabbed the man's back collar, and pulled him up hard, throwing him to one side with a "thud".

  Wan Qi Jing Hou helped Wen Bai Yu up, Wen Bai Yu's face was pale, coughing violently, saying: "He went mad, didn't bite me to death, almost choked me to death..."

  Just as they were talking, the young man crawled up from the ground, making a strange cry of "hiss-hiss" in his throat, with his eyes and face turning green, and fangs growing out, his expression was abnormally excited, as if he didn't feel any pain, and he charged forward again.

  "Be careful! Be careful, he bites!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou blocked Wen Bai Yu from behind and said: "He was poisoned by the rattan vine, his teeth and saliva are all poisonous."

  As they spoke, the young man suddenly pounced over, and Wan Jie Jing Hou quickly dodged to the side. With a "thud", the young man fell to the ground, but suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Wan Jie Jing Hou's ankle tightly.

  Wen Baiyu tensed up, and with a subconscious wave of his hand, there was suddenly a loud "bang" sound. The young man let out a loud roar, his hands relaxed, and he flew backward, slamming into the ground. With a loud "wow", he spat out a mouthful of foul-smelling blood.

  Wen Bai Yu stared at his palm in astonishment, just a moment ago, he didn't know what had happened, everything was done in the blink of an eye.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou also had a hint of surprise, but quickly calmed down and said: "He spat out the poisonous blood, he should be fine."

  He reached out and touched Wen Baiyu's forehead, still slightly warm, and said, "Let's go, you're still running a fever, go back and take your medicine."

  Wen Baiyu was grasped by his hand, pulled towards the hotel, and only then did he regain his senses. "Uh... I think I'm not sick at all, not uncomfortable in the slightest. Is it that your body temperature is too low, so you thought I had a fever?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't listen to his excuses, took him back to the hotel, and then called the front desk to order a bowl of plain congee for dinner for Wen Bai Yu...

  Wen Baiyu drank the plain congee with a sorrowful expression, like a small white vegetable, and said pitifully: "It has no flavor."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou "considerately" picked up a piece of salted vegetable with his chopsticks and said: "Eat."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  At this time there was a knock at the door, and Wan Xi Jing Hou went to open it. When he opened the door, it turned out to be Dong Hai.

  Dong Hai walked in and said: "Is Wen Baiyu's illness better?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "I just took medicine."

  Wen Baiyu was drinking white porridge while raising his eyes to look at Donghai with a playful gaze, saying: "Hey, where's Jiuming?"

  The East Sea's expression was calm and natural, as if nothing was wrong, saying: "Too tired, fell asleep."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  He shouldn't have compared the thickness of his face with the Black Scaled Whip's...

  Donghai walked over and said, "The mermaid's medical skills are pretty good, let me take a look."

  He said, his hand resting on Wen Baiyu's wrist, as if feeling the pulse, but after a while he frowned and then smiled.

  Wen Baiyu inexplicably said: "What are you laughing at?"

  Donghai looked at Wan Kuang Jinghou with a still calm tone, but indeed with some smile, saying: "He is not sick."

  Wen Baiyu said: "I told you I'm not sick!"

  Dong Hai said, "It's probably related to the mirror at the bottom of the grave. I don't know what Wen Baiyu saw, but anyway, his body is now overabundant with yang energy, which will cause symptoms similar to a fever. Wen Baiyu's soul is not well-organized, and he is physically weak, with poor stability..."

  Wen Baiyu couldn't listen anymore, the soul in front of him was not neat, it sounded very high and mighty, but what did "physical weakness" mean? He himself was a dignified gentleman, yet he said he was physically weak! And that sentence "poor determination"! Wen Baiyu felt that he too had poor determination when facing Wan Kuangjinghou...

  Dong Hai continued, "His yang energy is too abundant, and his body can't contain it. If it reaches its limit, his body may not be able to withstand the pressure. When the time is ripe, you should help him relieve it. As for how to relieve it, I think you should know."

  Dong Hai finished speaking, gave a meaningful glance at Wan Kuang Jing Hou, and said: "I won't disturb you anymore. Whenever you're ready to go down to the tomb again, just call me and Jiu Ming." Then he led his men out.

  The door creaked shut with a "click", and only Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou were left in the room.

  Wen Baiyu splashed a mouthful of white porridge and thought to herself, "Unblocking", this word sounds quite profound.

  "How can I be treated? I'm telling you, I'm not sick. Just now I took some medicine, taking the wrong medicine can kill someone!"

  As she spoke, she stuffed another mouthful of plain rice porridge into her mouth.

  "Just then, Wan Gui Jing Hou said faintly: 'Intersect.'"

  "Hmmph!"

  The warm white porridge was spat out in one mouthful...