Chapter 52: The Fire Spirit's Mausoleum

  Wen Baiyu stared at Ziche for a while, and Ziche felt his back get hairy as he was being watched. He subconsciously reached out to touch the back of his neck, thinking something was stuck on it, but this touch unexpectedly hurt a bit...

  The little cart suddenly understood and said with a special sense of awkwardness, "Father, it's already dark, let's go find a place to settle down."

  Xue Bai shook his head and said, "This place is too familiar, I want to go up the mountain and take a look."

  Wen Baiyu's eyes rolled around, thinking that although Xue Bo had lost his memory, the familiar feeling was still there, which was good, maybe he knew where the Huo Jing Ling Miao built in the sky was.

  "Wen Baiyu hastily said: 'You all stay too, our tents are already set up, let's get together. Xue Bo's injury has just healed, don't overexert yourself, quickly sit down and rest.'"

  Wen Baiyu's face was full of flattery, and Xi Chi couldn't help but purse her lips in disgust.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou pulled Wen Bai Yu over with one arm and whispered in his ear, "You're so passionate with others, I'm getting jealous."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu slapped Wan Jinghou with a palm and said: "I'm busy with something important now, get out of here."

  Xue Bai nodded, and Zi Che naturally followed Xue Bai to sit down together. Everyone wasn't strangers anymore. When they entered the desert, it was this same configuration; now at the foot of Snow Mountain, it was still this same configuration.

  Xie Chi said, "You can eat a bit more, once we get to the snowy mountain there won't be any guides, and on the mountain it's unclear whether we'll be able to start a fire or not. At that time, all we can do is eat cold food, who knows if even water will freeze into ice."

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment and felt a headache coming on, so he quickly reached out to warm his hands by the fire.

  Xue Bai suddenly turned his head and said: "What are you doing here?"

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback, unsure whether to tell the truth or a lie. The things that had happened in the tomb earlier made her somewhat distrust Xue Bo; this cunning and calculating person suddenly lost his memory, which Wen Baiyu found hard to believe.

  Furthermore, when Zi Che suddenly mentioned that Xue Bai had a flame mark on his chest a few days ago, Wen Bai Yu was even more skeptical of him.

  So now Xue Baiyi said, Wen Baiyu didn't know how to answer.

  Xie Chi's eyes rolled around, looking at Wen Baiyu and then at Wan Qi Jinghou, smiling and saying: "Like you guys, I came out to clear my head, then felt very familiar, so I just walked around."

  Xue Bai ignored them, and it seemed that Zi Che and Xue Bai were indeed here to relax, without bringing any equipment or even a tent.

  Everyone finished dinner and gathered around the bonfire to chat for a while. Xi Chi was a cautious person, even Wen Baiyu didn't trust Xue Bo, so he trusted him even less. Everyone's words were just nonsense.

  They chatted until very late, and if they didn't sleep, they wouldn't be able to get up tomorrow. Zhong Jian said: "This is a desolate place in the wilderness, I'm afraid there are wild beasts, I'll keep watch, you all go rest."

  Xī Chí shook his head, hugging Zhōng Jiǎn's arm and said: "Don't don't let Wàn Xī Jǐng Hóu keep watch at night, your body is not good, you need to rest more."

  Zhong Jian was a bit hesitant and felt embarrassed, not expecting Xi Chi to speak so bluntly.

  Xī Zhì said: "Let Zi Che guard the night, they didn't bring luggage, going up the mountain still needs to eat ours, let him guard the first night shouldn't be excessive."

  Zhong Jian was about to stop Yi Chi from continuing when Zi Che spoke up and said, "I'll take the night watch, you all go rest."

  Xue Bai said: "I'll keep you company tonight."

  The young master hastily shook his head and said, "Uncle, go rest, I can handle it myself."

  Xue Bai didn't leave, but sat down beside the child's carriage, gently grasping his hand and saying: "Then I'll accompany you for a while."

  The young master knew his temper and no matter what he said, it would be useless. He didn't say anything else, but just felt a burning sensation in the palm of his hand.

  Xi Chi pulled Zhong Jian into the tent, and Wan Qi Jing Hou also pulled Wen Bai Yu in.

  Wen Baiyu sat down and said in a low voice, "Aren't you making things difficult for Zi Che? He's just suffered a serious injury."

  Xi Chi also lowered his voice and said: "I think that Xue Bai is not simple, I just want to get them away."

  Wen Baiyu said: "You think he might be faking amnesia?"

  Xie Chi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but if he's pretending, following us up the mountain all the way, he'll eventually show his true colors. You guys should be prepared along the way."

  "Don't worry, I'm also a veteran of this line!"

  Xie Chi smiled and said, "You're still old-fashioned?"

  They talked for a while, and Wen Baiyu soon became sleepy and fell asleep in the tent. Xi Chi looked at Wen Baiyu, who was holding onto the quilt with one hand and Wan Kuang Jinghou's familiar sleeping posture with the other, and couldn't help but laugh and say: "You're still so old-fashioned, sleeping faster than anyone else, not even thunder can wake you up."

  Zhong Jian said: "You also come to sleep quickly."

  Xie Chi suddenly passed out and fell onto Zhong Jian's leg, saying: "I want to sleep with you as my pillow."

  Zhong Jian naturally didn't refuse, let Xi Chi lie down well, covered him with a quilt and said: "You go to sleep quickly, I'll keep watch for a while."

  Xi hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly and immediately closed his eyes, and soon his breathing became steady.

  Inside the tent, Zhong Jian and Wan Kui Jing Hou were left awake, staring at each other.

  It was late at night when Wen Baiyu discovered that he had drunk too much water and wanted to go to the toilet, so he got up. As soon as he moved, Wan Jinhou, who was leaning on his side, woke up and asked, "Where are you going?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "I want to go to the toilet."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded, then lifted the tent and walked out, Wen Bai Yu felt like he was in kindergarten, even going to the bathroom required reporting to the teacher.

  Wen Baiyu just went to the bathroom and didn't wear her down jacket, so she was freezing. She rushed back and felt like she had returned at a bad time. She saw two people outside who seemed to be passionately kissing.

  Xue Bai sat down, throwing a piece of clothing onto the snowy ground, then had Zi Che lie down, resting his head on Xue Bai's legs. He covered Zi Che with a down jacket, and the two seemed to be talking, but Zi Che rarely spoke, and never chatted with Xue Bai before, looking somewhat awkward.

  Xue Bai suddenly lowered his head, and in an instant, he covered Zi Che's lips with his own. Zi Che was startled, and as she moved her hand, Xue Bai grasped her wrist. The two people's lips and tongues entwined together, exhaling a white misty vapor, and for a moment, the sounds were especially intense...

  Wen Baiyu remained still, maintaining the motion of opening the tent, not daring to move. Xue Bo's kiss was very intense, and although Zi Che was passive, he cooperated with his movements with great effort.

  Wen Baiyu saw Xue Bo's hand reach into the down jacket covered by Ziche, and Ziche let out a low cry of "ah", seemingly frightened out of her wits, staring at Xue Bo with wide eyes, breathing extremely rapidly.

  Xue Bai lowered his head again, and with a pure kiss on Zi Che's lips, said: "Good child, do you like your adoptive father?"

  The child's breathing suddenly quickened, eyes moist and seemingly already pushed to the limit by Xue Bai, mouth opened but unable to speak.

  Xue Bai had kissed the child again, then kissed along his neck, leaving a clear lip print, as if inducing him to repeat: "Do you like your father? Speak up, good boy."

  The child stared intently at Xue Bai, the down jacket below his waist unconsciously arched up, as if it had already reached its limit. His lips trembled as he said: "Xi..."

  The last word of the child's car was said too lightly, then closed his eyes suddenly, rapid breathing, tired to say no more.

  Xue Bai looked at Zi Che's weak appearance, kissed his forehead, and said softly: "Good child, your adoptive father also likes you."

  The little car's eyes widened in apparent incredulity, staring tightly at him. Xue Bai laughed and said, "What's so surprising?"

  The little cart looked somewhat embarrassed, lowered its eyelids and didn't say a word.

  Xue Bai gently hugged him, patting him like an elder would, coaxing him to sleep, saying: "Father likes you, good child."

  His eyelids were heavy, he never did this kind of thing, especially in the hands of someone he had liked for so many years, there was a feeling of exhaustion, and he finally fell asleep.

  Xue Bai kept watching Zi Che fall asleep, his eyes were very gentle, under the flickering firelight, he looked both mature and warm, as if comforting him, constantly kissing Zi Che's forehead.

  Xue Bai saw that he was asleep and finally gently put the stroller on the ground, then rummaged through the backpack beside him.

  Wen Baiyu felt it was strange, Xue Bo's movements were a bit off.

  There is a military knife in the backpack, some food and water, as well as emergency medicine, rope, lighter, glow stick, etc., which seems to be quite comprehensive.

  Xue Bai gently pulled up his backpack, put it on his back, then lowered his head to take a glance at the stroller, stuffed a piece of paper into his bosom, and stood up to walk away.

  Wen Baiyu saw it and said, "He's going up the mountain, Xue Bo is indeed problematic!"

  Wen Baiyu wanted to return to the tent to inform Wan Jijinghou, but there was no time. Xue Bo walked very quickly, and outside it was snowing, the sky itself was dark, and Xue Bo suddenly disappeared into the darkness.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly didn't feel cold anymore, and hurriedly chased after him for two steps. He vaguely saw Xue Bo's shadow again, and quickly caught up to him. He patted his own pocket, fortunately he had brought his mobile phone, and could call Wan Kuang Jinghou in a while.

  Xue Bai walked very quickly, all the way up the mountain. He was wearing a down jacket and carrying equipment on his back. Wen Bai suddenly felt that he was doomed. His down jacket was still in the tent, he had no weapons in his hands, nor did he have any food or water. How far could he chase?

  Xue Bai walked for a while, fortunately his body was injured and it would be impossible to fully recover in just a few days. He sat down to rest. Wen Baiyu hid behind a large tree, the tree had been frozen into an ice sculpture. Wen Baiyu was also shivering "de de de" and quickly took out her phone. Since they were so close, she feared making a call would startle the snake, so Wen Baiyu could only send a text message.

  He was sending a text message, Xue Bai stood up again, holding the flashlight and flashing it around, Wen Baiyu felt a sense of tension, damn it, he's been discovered? He's also an old hand...

  The flashlight flickered, and Wen Baiyu quickly crouched down to hide behind a large tree, trying to minimize her presence as much as possible. The snow was falling too heavily, and Xue Bo couldn't see clearly either, so he didn't discover Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jinghou's message arrived quickly and was very concise.

  Where are you?

  Wen Baiyu looked around excitedly, then became somewhat flustered. The campfire in the tent was no longer visible, and all around was a vast expanse of snow, with only one tree standing alone.

  Wen Baiyu hastily brought out the compass on her phone and told Wan Kuang Jing Hou that it was due north, with a large tree...

  Wen Baiyu thought that Wan Kuangjing would be furious when he saw his message, but he had no other choice either.

  Wen Baiya crouched down to send a text message to Wan Jiahao, and suddenly felt a strong smell of urine around him. He looked around in disgust, thinking the smell was coming from the tree hole?

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself, could it be that there are other people in this desolate mountain and wild ridge?

  He was thinking, when Xue Bai suddenly stood up again. Although he was a bit far away, Wen Baiyu could see that his expression was very vigilant. He then shone his flashlight around and the beam of light suddenly froze on himself.

  It's done...

  Found out!

  Wen Baiyu was left with only one reaction, she had chased for so long and braved the cold wind, but was discovered just like that.

  Xue Bai, however, was like a man possessed, narrowing his eyes and staring at Wen Baiyu. Wen Baiyu felt a chill run down her spine as she was stared down by him. This guy had a weapon in his hand, he wouldn't want to kill someone to silence them, would he?

  Just then, Xue Bai shouted at Wen Baiyu, but the snow was too big, with a ghostly cry like wind, Wen Baiyu really couldn't hear clearly.

  "Whoosh——"

  The sound of the warm white feather was still clear, and a gust of wind came from behind, followed by something trampling on the fluffy snow, making "kua... kua..." sounds.

  Wen Baiyu turned back, only to see a magnified face appearing behind him. The face was really hard to describe, it looked a bit like a cat and also like a leopard, with pointed ears and two tufts of hair...

  It's a raccoon dog!

  Wen Baiyu's mind flashed, the smell of the tree pit should be made by the civet cat, and the civet cat also has the habit of marking its territory.

  Wen Baiyu was stunned for a moment, this lynx was too big. It's said that lynxes are smaller than leopards and larger than cats, but this lynx was not smaller than a leopard at all.

  The snow leopard's eyes shone with a faint light in the dark snowy wind, its body extremely agile, and it took a step back under its warm white fur. Has this snow leopard become a spirit?

  Just as he was retreating, he found that a burst of light suddenly appeared on his left side. He turned his head to look and saw another lynx the size of a leopard!

  Wen Baiyu's heart suddenly wailed, wasn't it said that the civet cat is a solitary animal and doesn't like to gather in groups?

  Just as Wen Baiyu was thinking, several shadows emerged from the wind and snow, and indeed it was a group of lynxes, roughly counting, there were six, all with equal heads, sturdy bodies, thick and long limbs, looking very advantageous.

  Wen Baiyu retreated several steps back, and those six-headed wolves had already surrounded him, seemingly cooperating closely, ready to enjoy a delicious big meal.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a cold sweat all over his body, he had nothing in his hand, not even a whip to drive them away, looking at the sturdy legs of the pheasants, he felt that he couldn't outrun them.

  Just then, a loud "whoosh - bang!" sound was heard, and a giant panda suddenly let out a huge roar, as if it had been injured, and fell to the ground with a thud.

  A gap suddenly appeared in the encircled circle, and Wen Baiyu fixed his eyes to see that a military knife was tied to the leg of the pheasant.

  Xue Bai's voice sounded from behind, saying: "What are you dazing about, hurry up and run!"

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly awakened and rushed towards the gap, while the pheasant behind her ran quickly and dived forward. Wen Baiyu was also scared and rolled forward, "Bang"! The pheasant missed and hit empty air.

  Wen Bai's white clothes fluttered as he crawled forward, Xue Bo pulled him up and said: "What are you doing here?"

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself, Of course I'm here to follow you, you're acting so suspiciously.

  However, Wen Baiyu didn't say it out loud, and Xue Bo seemed to have expected it, only letting out a cold laugh.

  They ran forward crazily, one foot deep and the other shallow. In front of them was a large snow slope. Wen Baiyu's eyes looked down, and it was pitch black, with no idea whether the snow slope was steep or gentle.

  The wolverine behind has caught up and is making low growls, ready to pounce on its prey at any moment.

  Wen Baiyu said: "How can leopards form groups, this is unscientific!"

  Xue Bai said: "This snow mountain has no human habitation all year round, and there is a severe lack of food. If the lynx do not hunt in groups, they will definitely starve to death."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Now, what to do? Quick, draw your sword!"

  Xue Bai said: "I just threw the knife away, there's only one knife in this backpack."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly became desperate and said: "Get fire! Get a lighter!"

  Xue Bai said: "Are you crazy? What if there's an avalanche?"

  "What's going on?!"

  Xue Bai looked back and said, "Jump down."

  Wen Baiyu thought that Xue Bo was the crazy one, but the front lynx had been wandering around, seemingly looking for their weakness. Wen Baiyu felt that if they were looking for weaknesses, they would definitely attack him first.

  Wen Baiyu gritted his teeth and said, "If I'm going to die, then so be it!"

  As he spoke, he suddenly hugged his head and rolled down the snowy slope.

  Wen Baiyu only felt dizzy, although she was rolling on the soft snow, but surprisingly, there were some hard things in the snow. Fortunately, Wen Baiyu hugged her head tightly, otherwise, she would have been knocked silly long ago.

  It kept rolling down, never stopping its momentum. Fortunately, it wasn't a cliff, just a snow slope. Wen Baiyu rolled so much that he almost threw up. Suddenly, with a "thud", he crashed into a large tree and finally came to a stop.

  Wen Baiyu was almost knocked out, struggling to get up from the ground, looked up and saw a vast expanse of blackness in the distance, with white mist swirling all around, and it seemed that the beast had not chased after her.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief, just at this moment, suddenly heard "Ka... Ka... Ka!" A few light sounds seemed to be coming from above.

  Wen Baiyu lifted her head and took a look, suddenly panicked hands and feet were used to crawl forward, but just as she hadn't crawled twice, the accumulated snow on the big tree was loosened by Wen Baiyu's impact, and it came crashing down.

  Wen Baiyu could only let out a dull "ah" before being buried in blood, his head spinning and eyes blurring, instantly losing consciousness.

  Before fainting, Wen Baiyu was still thinking, am I going to freeze to death?

  I felt dizzy and my eyes were blurry, when I woke up my whole body was weak, my throat was extremely painful, I had a severe headache, it felt like I was already at the gates of hell.

  A warm white light was shining, and then she saw a little girl's face in front of her, about 17 or 18 years old, wearing thick clothes and a fur hat, staring at her with wide eyes.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and thought: Could it be that Master Yan/Wang is a little girl?

  That little girl suddenly said: "You're awake? Did you get knocked silly?"

  Wen Baiyu heard her words and suddenly relaxed, saying: "You saved me?"

  The little girl smiled and showed a mouthful of big white teeth, saying very warmly: "You fainted at my doorstep, don't you remember?"

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback, had he fainted in front of someone's door? Impossible, he clearly remembered rolling down the snowy slope and crashing into a big tree. Was it a rabbit spirit...

  Wen Baiyu felt that her thinking was too erratic and really wanted to slap herself.

  The little girl saw him always dazed, smiled and said: "You rest first, oh right, when you sleep, this thing always rings. Such advanced stuff I've never used before, nor do I know how to use it."

  She said, handing her phone over to Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief as soon as she saw it, her phone hadn't been damaged. She turned it on and found that there were over sixty missed calls and many text messages, all from Wan Kuang Jing Hou. Additionally, there was a reminder note displayed.

  Wen Baiyu never kept a diary, but when she opened it, she found that it was written by Xue Bo.

  I didn't deceive you, I really can't think of anything, but I feel that there is something on this mountain, and it's extremely dangerous. But I must see it with my own eyes. Danger, don't go up the mountain anymore, take the cable car instead. - Xue Bai Liu

  Wen Baiyu read it twice, feeling that Xue Bo's words were too profound and mysterious. If so, when she fainted, it should have been Xue Bo who brought her to the door of this household.

  The phone rang again, and the caller display showed Wan Kuang Jing Hou. Wen Bai Yu immediately picked it up.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's voice was urgent, saying: "Bai Yu? Is that you?"

  Wen Baiyu heard his voice and was suddenly filled with emotions, then said: "It's me."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's voice was first relaxed, then picked up again, saying: "Where are you?"

  Wen Baiyu really didn't know where he was, so he went out to find that little girl and found out that besides the little girl, her family also had a father and mother, three people living together in the snowy mountains.

  It is the only hunter of this snowy mountain.

  Everyone was very enthusiastic and provided Wen Baiyu with an address. Wen Baiyu then told it to Wan Jijinghou.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "You wait, we will go over right away."

  Wen Baiyu hung up the phone and wanted to take advantage of the fact that Wan Jiahao and others had not arrived yet, so he decided to ask about the news on this side first.

  The little girl said: "My name is Fuling."

  Wen Baiyu heard this and thought, "Who would name their own daughter 'Jiulian'?"

  Polian seemed to know what he meant, and smiled: "This name was given to me by my great-grandfather. When I was born, my great-grandfather was still alive. In this snowy mountain, there is only one household in our family, because my great-grandfather said that our family has been the guardian of the tomb for generations, and we must stay here forever, and cannot go anywhere else."

  Wen Baiyu heard the two words "guarding the tomb" and her eyes lit up immediately. She said: "There is still a grave in this snowy mountain?"

  "Yes, I've heard it's built in the Heavenly Mountains. Although I haven't seen it myself, Great Grandfather has, and maybe Grandfather has too. He told me stories about it, saying it was a magnificent heavenly palace mausoleum where the remains of Candle Dragon were buried, with phoenix-like divine birds guarding the spirit... Apparently, it's called the Fire Spirit Mausoleum... Great Grandfather said that I'm also a fire spirit, and when I grow up, I'll have to guard this tomb too."

  Wen Baiyu listened more and more, feeling that there was a way out, and said: "So mysterious? What kind of mausoleum is it after all?"

  Polyporus shrugged and said, "I don't know, actually I didn't hear much about it either. Most of what I heard was from my grandfather, but when I was very young, both my great-grandfather and grandfather went into the mountains to take a look at the mausoleum. It seemed like something bad had happened. This mountain is very evil, with only one road on it, which Grandpa said was called the Road of Eternal Life. If you walk on this road, you won't get lost and can reach Heaven's Palace. However, there have been many avalanches in the snowy mountains, so most likely this road has also been buried. Many people who tried to enter the mountain died inside, not a single one came out... Later, my great-grandfather and grandfather entered the mountain, we waited for a long time, but they never came out again."

  "Sorry."

  "Nothing, great-grandfather and grandfather have been guarding the tomb all their lives, maybe they thought it would be like this long ago. But dad said I'm a girl, can't be a guardian, have to wait until I grow up, get married, and my husband will become the guardian."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, her mind still on the eternal road of Snow Mountain and the Heavenly Palace above. Just then, she heard Fu Ling laugh and say with a blush: "I... I've grown up so big, but never left this place. You're the first stranger man I've ever seen. You look so handsome, would you be willing to be my husband?"

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback, then looked up to see Fu Ling's shy and shamed smile, suddenly feeling that just now when he was distracted, Fu Ling seemed to have said something earth-shattering.

  Wen Baiyu looked bewildered, Fu Ling stood up with a blush and thought he was teasing her, saying "You're really annoying."

  Then she ran away with a blush...

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit better, so she went out of the house and looked around. The house was very simple, built in the vast snow, this area was relatively flat and the temperature wasn't that cold.

  He put on a cotton-padded jacket and turned around, after seeing Wen Baiyu, he always smiled, then showed a shy face, making Wen Baiyu feel like choking to death at noon, even accompanied by Fu Ling's parents looking at him with a smile.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

  As dusk approached, Wen Baiyu stood outside the house, unsure how far away he was from Wan Kuangjing and whether he could make it there within the day.

  Just as he was thinking about it, a beam of light came over, the Great Jeep turned on its fog lights, with extremely strong penetration power, shining in Wen Baiyu's eyes so that they couldn't be opened.

  Wen Baiyu covered his eyes with his hand, and saw a black Jeep speeding over. Wen Baiyu was excited and knew that Wan Jinhao and the others had arrived, so he quickly ran over.

  Wen Baiyu ran over, and the Jeep suddenly stopped, emitting a loud screeching sound. The door swung open, and Wan Jingshou rushed out, embracing Wen Baiyu tightly in his arms, grasping his shoulders, saying: "You always run around blindly, making me worry."

  "What nonsense, I'm doing serious business... your hand is so cool, where are you touching?"

  Wen Baiyu struggled, and Wan Jingshou's hand suddenly reached in, his icy fingers touching his waist. However, Wan Jingshou didn't let go of him, instead lowering his head to kiss him, kissing until Wen Baiyu's legs went weak before finally releasing him.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou lowered his head and looked at him, saying: "Next time you run around again, I'll make sure you can't get out of bed."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Xi Chi lowered the car window, stuck out her head and laughed: "Hey, a small farewell is better than a new wedding! But you two are being so affectionate in public, aren't you afraid of scaring the simple villagers?"

  As he spoke, Wen Baiyu's back suddenly tensed up, and when she turned her head to look, it couldn't be any worse. Fu Ling was standing not far away from them, staring at Wan Qi Jing Hou and Wen Baiyu's intense kiss with a dumbfounded expression.

  Fu Ling looked like she had been struck, saying: "You... so you... you're a woman?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu's heart sank, and she felt like she had been punched in the gut. The little girl's eyes were really bad, how could she tell that she was a woman at all!

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou smiled slightly and said to Fu Ling: "Thank you for taking care of my wife."

  My husband

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a shocking thunder, rumbling down, numbing his limbs, and his whole body was covered in goosebumps.

  Polian listened to the voice of Wan Qi Jing Hou, and suddenly became stunned for a moment. Her face turned red immediately, as if she had been electrocuted by Wan Qi Jing Hou's words. Her face was filled with a mix of emotions - regret, adoration, and shyness. She said: "B...big brother, your words are too heavy."

  Wen Baiyu stretched out her hand behind her back and secretly pinched Wan Kuang Jinghou, lowering her voice to say: "You're making a racket again! Who else is the mistress?"

  The crowd followed the Truffle into the house, their empty rooms were not many, and they couldn't accommodate so many people, so they had to squeeze in.

  The child followed behind and saw that Wen Baiyu was fine, so he let out a sigh of relief. However, he couldn't find Xue Bo again, and his disappointment returned. He didn't say a word.

  Everyone had finished dinner and was sitting in the house ready to have a chat.

  After closing the door, Zi Che took out a piece of paper from his pocket and placed it on the table. It was the paper that Xue Bai had stuffed into Zi Che's pocket before he left.

  Dad has something to take care of, be a good kid and go home, I'll wait for you.

  Wen Baiyu took out her own phone and handed it to Zi Che. On the screen, there was still that memo, also written by Xue Bo.

  I didn't deceive you, I really can't think of anything, but I feel that there is something on this mountain, and it's extremely dangerous. But I must see it with my own eyes. Danger, don't go up the mountain, take the cable car instead. - Xue Bai Liu

  The two pieces of information left by Xue Bai have one thing in common, that is, asking them to go back and not to climb the mountain.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What danger is there on this mountain after all? Why doesn't Xue Bo want us to go up the mountain?"

  Xie Chi smiled and said, "There are only two possibilities."

  He said, looking at his watch.

  The child's expression was dull and said, "Don't mind me."

  Xie Chi continued: "Firstly, there really is danger on the mountain and Xue Bai really did lose his memory. However, this danger was so severe that even if he lost his memory, he still remembered the feeling."

  "What about the second one?"

  "Secondly, the second is that Xue Bai didn't lose his memory at all. He has his own plan and doesn't want us to go up the mountain. It's not because of danger, but he has other intentions."

  He finished speaking, and Wen Baiyu fell silent, then looked at Zi Che.

  Wen Baiyu said: "I think the second point is a bit unreasonable, after all, Xue Bo saved me, if he had other plans, he could have let me fend for myself."

  Xie Chi shrugged and said: "Who knows what Xue Bai is thinking, anyway he has disappeared now. If he's still alive, he should have entered the mountain by now."

  Zhong Jian lightly patted Xi Chi's shoulder, signaling him to stop talking. Zi Che's expression was very restrained, his chest rising and falling rapidly. Everyone could see that Zi Che was a 100% loyal dog, and he must be extremely worried about Xue Bai.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Regardless of whether it's first or second, but one thing is certain, there must be something on this mountain."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "Moreover, it's very likely what we need. I just heard Ganoderma say that they are the only household in this mountain, and the hunter is just an excuse. In fact, they are tomb guards. Her great-grandfather and grandfather entered the mountain and never came out."

  Xie Chi smiled and said: "Since it's a tomb guardian, that means there must be a grave. We haven't come to the wrong place."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly pinched Wen Bai Yu's fingers under the table, then drew a line on his palm with his index finger.

  Wen Baiyu's back suddenly tensed up, and he felt that the strokes drawn by Wan Kuangjing in his palm were actually words. This made Wen Baiyu very nervous. Had Wan Kuangjing discovered something? Was there something he couldn't say out loud right away, or was he afraid of being overheard, so he had to convey it to him in this way?

  Wen Baiyu held her breath, carefully feeling the words in her palm, and then she also felt that something was off. The two characters were clearly "wife", but there were too few strokes, so Wen Baiyu couldn't have made a mistake!

  Wen Baiyu suddenly jumped up and grabbed Wan Jijinghou's neck, shaking it violently, roaring: "Wan Jijinghou you bastard, I'll strangle you to death! You're all wives, your whole family are wives!"

  Everyone stared at Wen Baiyu in surprise, looking at him with a foolish expression...

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou caught him with one hand and pressed his shoulder, letting him sit in his own arms, smiling and saying: "How come you're so passionate today, are you thinking of me?"

  Wen Baiyu covered her face with her hand, thinking in despair that indeed those who were barefoot weren't afraid of those wearing shoes, and only those with thick skin could conquer the world... Wan Jie had already become invincible.

  "Knock knock knock!"

  A knock at the door sounded, and Wen Baiyu poked Wan Kuang Jinghou, saying: "You go open the door."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou had no objection, so he stood up and opened the door. Wen Bai Yu occupied his chair.

  As soon as Wan Xi Jing Hou opened the door, he saw Fu Ling standing outside, looking at him with a shy face, her goose egg-like face was red, and her eyes were darting around. She said in a bashful tone: "Wan Xi big brother... I, I made some pastries, they're our specialty, take them to try."

  Wen Baiyu's expression changed as soon as she heard this, and she felt that something was off. Previously, this little girl had said that she looked good, so why did she suddenly change her mind when she saw Wan Jingshou?

  That Wen Baiyu is really arrogant, stomping his feet hard on the floor. These people truly don't know how to appreciate things, they're too superficial. Even Wan Qi Jing Hou has a good-looking face, but normally he's always recklessly showing off his wealth. This kind of man is the most superficial, it's better to be inwardly beautiful and more reliable.

  Wan Qi Jinghou took over the plate and said lightly: "Thank you."

  Polyporus hastily shook his head and said, "Don't be polite, don't be polite. If you need anything, just call me anytime... oh, that is to say, you guys are living in a crowded room with so many people, it's inevitable that it's a bit cramped. I think the sister and the little girl should stay in my room, you guys will have more space."

  Wen Baiyu was drinking water when she suddenly spat it out and said, "Who is sister?"

  "Come on, Wen Jie, don't be polite, we can squeeze in a bit, my room is quite big."

  Wen Baiyu spat out another "Pfft—"

  Xie Chi slapped the table and laughed loudly, then suddenly reacted and said: "Who is Little Sister?"

  "Ah, it's you."

  Xi Qi: "......"

  This time it's Zhong Jianxiao's turn.

  After Chi Ling left, Xi Chi walked up to Zhong Jian with a smile on his face and said, "What are you smiling about?"

  Zhong Jian coughed and said, "No."

  Xī Chí sat on his lap, deliberately twisted and felt the stiffness of Zhōng Jiǎn, smiled and said: "Do you like little sister or little brother?"

  Wen Baiyu: "You guys pay attention to your surroundings, we're all living in one house!"

  Zhong Jian's face turned red with anger, but Xi Chi stopped teasing him.

  Wen Baiyu was injured and slept on the bed, Xi Chi slept beside him, Wen Baiyu let Zi Che sleep on the bed too, Zi Che's injury had just healed and was in a period of recuperation. The three of them could squeeze together and none of them were fat, sleeping sideways would still be spacious, it's just that their legs would have to hang in the air, but they could endure it for one night.

  The little cart shook its head and said, "I can be a chair."

  He said, and then moved a chair to the window, staring outside. The night was dark, and occasionally snowflakes could be seen outside, leaving only a vast expanse of blackness, and the snowy mountains became hazy.

  Wen Baiyu knew he was worried about Xue Bo, so she didn't say anything more.

  Zhong Jian moved a chair to sit beside Xi Chi, who even in sleep had to hold onto Zhong Jian's hand. Although Xi Chi usually looked mischievous and came up with many bad ideas, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his personality was eccentric. However, when Xi Chi slept, he lacked a sense of security, as if Zhong Jian would disappear at any moment, revealing a hint of vulnerability. Perhaps this was the true Xi Chi, and if he were to lose Zhong Jian again, he might not dare to think about such feelings.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou did not sleep, standing at the window position, always looking out again. Zi Che himself was shorter than him, and he was sitting down, even more so. At this time, it felt very oppressive.

  Everyone had fallen asleep, and it was only then that Wan Jie Jing Hou spoke up in a soft voice, saying: "You and Xue Bai being together, being restricted everywhere, this is not the style of the Wan Jie family."

  He looked at him and shook his head, saying: "I know, I've thought many times about giving up or leaving to live the life I should be living, but I couldn't do it. Everything I've given up is what I'm willing to give up, maybe I'm just too weak."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said, "If you like it, then don't mind how much you pay, whether the status is equal or not doesn't matter. It's just that your feelings are unequal now, some people are used to others' submissive feeling, without truly losing, they can't feel that heart-wrenching pain..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said with a bitter smile, isn't this himself? He had long been fond of the feeling of others submitting to him, being above everything, and nothing could stop him. But such one-sided hardness could only bring pain to others, which was not an equal emotion.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou patted Zi Che's shoulder and said: "You should be more decisive, maybe you'll get a good harvest."

  The young master seemed to understand but also didn't, however it was clear that General Wan was concerned about him. No matter what, this was concern between blood relatives, something the young master felt for the first time.

  Wen Baiyu slept exceptionally well this time, perhaps because he knew that Wan Jinhong was by his side.

  Wen Baiyu opened her eyes, but found no trace of Wan Jiahui...

  Xie Chi was still sleeping, and Zi Che was also leaning against the window and fell asleep. Wen Bai Yu got out of bed, patted Zi Che and said: "Go back to sleep for a while, after that we'll set off."

  The child did not refuse, nodded, and lay down on the bed.

  Wen Baiyu pushed open the door and walked out, Wan Xiang Jinghou was standing outside the house in the snowy ground, holding a telescope, as if looking at something, Fu Ling had already gotten up, standing beside him, smiling and pointing to the location of the deep mountain, don't know what he was saying.

  Wen Baiyu took one look and suddenly felt a surge of jealousy in her heart. This damned Wan Jingshou, always sparking everywhere, day and night, without even realizing it. Every time he saw a beautiful woman, his eyes would stick to them like glue.

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself, staring at Wan Jingshou's eyes that couldn't be pulled away... wasn't that herself?

  Wen Baiyu suddenly understood how those people felt when they saw Wan Kuang Jing Hou: So good-looking, what's the point!

  Wen Baiyu walked over, and Wan Jingshou had actually discovered him early on. Wen Baiyu's face was full of knots, secretly glancing in his direction, sometimes frowning, sometimes wrinkling his nose, and sometimes pouting, with a rich variety of expressions on his face, clearly showing that he was jealous.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly liked watching Wen Bai Yu's expression very much, feeling that it wasn't bad.

  Wen Baiyu walked over, and Wan Jingshou turned around, reached out to pull his cotton-padded jacket tighter, then hugged him in his arms, saying: "Madam, you're up so early?"

  Fu Ling seemed to feel a bit superfluous and said awkwardly and dejectedly: "Since sister is up, I...I'll go make breakfast."

  Wen Baiyu restrained the anger in her heart, waiting for Fu Ling to leave before pinching Wan Qi Jing Hou and saying: "Who is the lady? You dare call out randomly again, I'll bite you to death!"

  Wen Baiyu said, baring his teeth, indicating that he was a meat-eater, with very sharp tiger-like teeth.

  But unexpectedly, Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly lowered his head, the tip of his tongue rubbed against his tiger teeth in a circle, and then smiled and said: "Hmm, it's quite sharp, bite here."

  As he spoke, he pointed to his own lips.

  Wen Baiyu's old face suddenly turned red, and he was filled with regret to the point of death. He shouldn't have compared his shamelessness with Wan Kuangjinghou's; he was still too tender after all.

  Everyone woke up one after another and had breakfast, then prepared to say goodbye.

  Polian was somewhat reluctant to part with them, to be precise, he was reluctant to part with Wan Qi Jing Hou. He prepared a lot of dry food for them and wrapped it in cloth. In fact, everyone felt that there was still a lot of dry food in the backpack, but just in case something happened in the snowy mountains, they packed all the dry food.

  Xie Chi drove the car, and Wen Baiyu sat in the back seat. Wen Baiyu said: "You guys say, what is this thing called Yongsheng Road?"

  Xie Chi said: "I've never heard of this before, maybe it's just a legend among the villagers."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "According to legend, this is a heavenly palace, it must be on the highest peak."

  As he spoke, the crowd craned their necks to look up at the sky, and suddenly felt a sense of dizziness. The highest peak... in their eyes, all the mountain peaks were now invisible.

  They drove into the mountains and fortunately the car's performance was good, otherwise they would have gotten stuck in the snow a long time ago. By dusk, even with the car's good performance, they couldn't go any further.

  Xī Chí looked ahead and said: "I think we'll have to walk the rest of the way ourselves, the car can't be driven anymore."

  Everyone got ready, and Xi Qi opened the trunk to organize their luggage. Wan Xiang Jing Hou also jumped out of the car. They had too much luggage, so it was necessary to put some of it in the car; if they carried all of it on their backs, they wouldn't be able to walk very far in a day, as the weight would be too heavy.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou and Yi Qi were packing their luggage, while others were still sitting in the car looking around.

  Xie Chi's hand movement suddenly stopped and said: "Is there a sound?"

  He said that, and Wan Qi Jing Hou's movements also stopped. Suddenly, "Bang" the trunk closed, then he said: "Get in the car."

  As he spoke, a loud roar was heard from behind, and Wen Baiyu also heard it. He looked back and found that it was those giant wolverines, what a coincidence!

  Wen Baiyu immediately beckoned and shouted: "Wan Xijunhou! What's wrong? Hurry up and get on the carriage!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou rushed over with big strides, stretched out his hand to grab the edge of the car door, and jumped up in one swift motion, rolling inside with Wen Bai Yu, who was almost knocked dead by him.

  Just then, a loud roar, an owl swooped down and scratched the car door with a "swish".

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his leg and kicked it out with a "bang" sound, then closed the car door with a "slap" sound, just pressing on a paw of a raccoon dog.

  The leopard let out a loud roar and for a while no one dared to approach the jeep.

  Wen Baiyu listened to the miserable cry of the pangolin and felt a pain in his hand, saying: "You'd better be careful, pangolins are second-class national protected animals!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Look at their foreheads."

  Wen Baiyu immediately got up and looked out the rear window. A giant wolverine had jumped onto the trunk, baring its teeth at him through the window but not daring to attack rashly.

  Wen Baiyu took one look and was shocked to find that it was actually flames!

  Last night was too dark, Wen Baiyu didn't notice at all. Each of the owls had a flame mark on its head, and these owls were huge and extremely strong. Upon closer inspection, they didn't look quite like owls either. Although there were also two tufts of hair on their ears, they looked just like little ghosts, with some sharp mouths and monkey cheeks, and an indescribable strangeness.

  The strangest thing is that each of the wolves has a bronze bell hanging from its neck.

  "What?! A domesticated one?!"

  "Moreover, it should be raised for human consumption."

  Wen Baiyu shivered with cold sweat, still leaning on the back seat looking out of the rear window. At this glance, he was suddenly shocked and shouted: "Damn it! Xi Chi hasn't gotten on the bus yet!"

  Wen Baiyu rolled down the car window and shouted: "Xi Chi! Get in the car quickly! Do you want to feed your little body to the wolves?"

  Zhong Jian was sitting in the driver's seat, about to start the car, when he heard Wen Baiyu shouting that Xi Chi hadn't gotten on yet. He suddenly undid his seatbelt and opened the door, rushing out.

  Wen Baiyu called out to him, but Zhong Jian completely ignored him.

  Xī Chí himself reacted quickly and immediately thought of getting on the car, but as soon as he ran forward, a civet cat pounced over. Xī Chí turned his head to look and surprisingly found that there was a bell hanging from the civet cat's neck. The bell didn't ring at all, and it was unknown what it was used for.

  He hesitated for a moment, then took out the gloves from his pocket and put them on, and didn't run away anymore.

  The wolves saw the yak and surrounded it in a circle, slowly closing in on it, seemingly trying to shrink the encirclement smaller and smaller, until they caught it off guard.

  Xī Chí crouched down, clenching his fists as if preparing for battle. Suddenly, a lynx pounced from behind, but Xī Chí dodged and swiftly counterattacked with a swipe of his golden claws, leaving a gleaming mark in the snow. A loud roar echoed through the air as the lynx was injured and crashed to the ground, its weak breathing barely audible, unable to move.

  Xī Chí was extremely accurate and ruthless, the other yāo didn't dare to move. Xī Chí walked over, squatted down, and looked at the yāo on the ground with its eyes open, a flame mark on its head, and a bell around its neck. However, this bell was not tied with a strap, but was directly embedded in the yāo's neck, like an inlay.

  Xie Chi was somewhat perplexed, unsure of the use of this bell, and if it were simply a symbol of domestication, it wouldn't need to be embedded in the flesh.

  Just then, Zhong Jian had already gotten out of the car. Those wolves discovered Zhong Jian and didn't dare to attack Xi Chi rashly, so they turned their heads to pounce on Zhong Jian instead.

  Xī Chí raised his head and took a look, and suddenly let out a "hiss" sound, as if he was particularly disgusted. It seemed to have touched his reverse scales, and he immediately charged forward, rolling over to Zhōng Jiǎn's side. His golden claws moved, and the two-headed snake was instantly flipped out. For a moment, fresh blood splattered everywhere, covering Xī Chí's body and face. Xī Chí's expression was very ferocious, his normally lovely and transparent face now cold and detached, his breathing rapid, as if he was somewhat out of control.

  The monkeys were frightened by his appearance, let out a low cry, and then retreated backwards one after another, finally all of them ran away.

  Zhong Jian hadn't even waited for Xi Qi to speak before embracing him and saying, "It's so dangerous, why didn't you come back?"

  Xie Chi's face gradually improved a bit, and he said: "I was just about to ask you, why did you come out in such danger?"

  Zhong Jian gently wiped away the bloodstains on his face, Xi Chi felt a bit unnatural, turned around, and slowly wiped himself with his sleeve, saying: "Don't look at me."

  Zhong Jian hugged him and said: "Why?"

  Xie Chi hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm not a good man or a devout believer myself, I'm afraid you'll be scared."

  Zhong Jian suddenly laughed and said: "You will never harm me, why should I be afraid?"

  Xie hesitated for a moment, then honestly snuggled into Zhong Jian's arms, letting him wipe the bloodstains off his face.

  Wen Baiyu saw that they hadn't returned for half a day, and she was extremely anxious. Everyone got off the car and ran over to take a look. To their surprise, these two people were actually rubbing each other's faces in the pile of corpses, then they stuck together and kissed.

  Wen Baiyu can't take it anymore, what a waste of worry.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the ground, a total of four corpses of wolverines. The heads of these wolverines indeed had flames on them, and upon closer inspection, they all looked like small ghosts. Perhaps they were not real wolverines, but rather mutated species? Or perhaps they were ancient creatures.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What are these bells for?"

  He said, Wan Kuang Jing Hou squatted down, stretched out his hand and pulled it, and heard a "rustling" sound. The bell was deeply embedded in the meat of the leopard, and this pull suddenly made the blood and flesh blurred, and actually pulled off a large piece of flesh.

  "Wan Baiyu let out a disgusted cry and said: "That's too gross, can you be more gentle..."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou picked up the bell and took a look, the bell wouldn't ring, the gap was filled with wax-like substance.

  Xie Chi also pulled down one, holding it in his hand and pondering, wondering what this was for.

  Wen Baiyu was also curious, so Zhong Jian took one down and Wen Baiyu poked at it. Zhong Jian then put the bell in Wen Baiyu's hand and went to get the last one.

  Four bells, all look exactly alike.

  The little cart looked at the bell and took it from Wan Qi Jing Hou's hand, then reached out to touch it and said: "There is something inside this bell."

  Wen Baiyu curiously said: "How did you figure it out?"

  The little cart shook its head and said: "It's not what it looks like, the weight is off. If the bell was hollow, filled with wax inside, it would be a bit heavier."

  Wen Baiyu was instantly impressed, while Zi Che smiled wryly and said, "Something my master taught me when I was young."

  The little cart said, and carefully looked at the bell again, felt around it with his hands, suddenly his two hands cracked, and heard a "click" sound, and it actually turned into two pieces.

  Inside the small bell, there is only one layer of wax-like substance, which seems to be used for sealing. In the middle of the bell, there is a worm-like thing that is coiled around in circles and forms a circle. Its head can drill into the meat of the civet cat from the opening of the bell.

  Take a closer look, frowning, and also open the bell, and indeed there are such linear insects, and the insects are fleshy, overall white, especially disgusting.

  Wen Baiyu let out a dry retch and, as if on cue, opened his hand to reveal an empty bell.

  Wen Baiyu said "Huh?" and asked: "Empty? Why is it empty?"

  Zhong Jian also opened the last one, which was also empty.

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "Two have worms, two are empty, what does it mean?"

  Xie Chi took out a lighter from his backpack, then put the tin can on the ground, suddenly lit it up. The insects in the can twisted immediately when they encountered fire, and surprisingly let out a baby's mournful cry/sound. In the midst of the crackling sound of the flames, there was a popping explosion sound, and finally, everything was burned to nothing.

  Xie Chi said, "This is a Gu insect, it should be used to tame these ferocious beasts. It can penetrate into the body of the ferocious beast through the bell, and control them. Those empty ones are probably because the Gu insects are still in the bodies of the ferocious beasts, they're not good things, burn them all."

  He said, and then ignited a bigger fire, burning away those few ferocious beasts similar to leopards, so as not to let the Gu worms crawl out.

  Wen Baiyu said: "This mountain is getting more and more evil, we clearly came to find the fire essence, but here appeared the flame of the fire demon, don't tell me that the fire essence is actually the fire demon, I don't believe it."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Since ancient times, the dragon has been given many mythical colors, and since he is one of the eight gods, in ancient times there were people/massacring dragons, the dragon's oil is more precious than mermaid. With so many unpredictable mysteries, Huo Mo may be looking for a dragon and fire spirit."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Ah, it seems that our competitors are quite a few."

  The little cart suddenly said: "Will it be that Father knows there are others who want to find the Huojing Temple, so he doesn't let us go up the mountain?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "It's also possible."

  Zhong Jian said: "If Xue Bo really lost his memory, and he still has a familiar feeling towards Huo Mo or Huo Jing, then this trip up the mountain will be quite difficult. Let's hurry along."

  As soon as he said it, the rickshaw stopped moving and immediately took his luggage and headed up the mountain.

  Everyone also carries luggage on their backs and starts looking for the road to the highest peak.

  Wen Baiyu was climbing the mountain while thinking to himself, "I'm usually a homebody, I don't even like going on trips unless there's good food, otherwise I wouldn't bother. When did I start climbing snowy mountains? And it's not just any snowy mountain, but a wild and natural one! Without any thought or purpose!"

  Wen Baiyu climbed for a while, and then felt tired, panting, the higher she went, the more she felt the snow was getting heavier, and the wind was very strong. She couldn't hear others talking clearly, but she didn't dare to shout either, fearing that if she shouted, an avalanche would occur.

  They climbed for several hours, and in front of them was still a vast expanse of white snow, which seemed to be the same as before, without any difference. Wen Baiyu was frozen stiff, Zi Che's body had not recovered yet, his lips had already started to turn purple, and the sky had also darkened, so everyone suggested taking a rest first.

  Even resting needs a good place, otherwise they will be dizzy and sleepy tomorrow morning.

  Everyone was searching all around for the cave, and after about two more hours of searching, they were really exhausted and almost gave up. Suddenly, the sleigh tilted to one side and fell onto the snowy ground, and because the snow wasn't flat, it suddenly rolled downwards.

  Wen Baiyu stood behind him, holding the stroller with one hand, but he also had no strength, and the two of them rolled down together with a rumbling sound.

  Wen Baiyu felt like he was going to turn into a snowman, rolling down continuously, and then suddenly "Boom"! He seemed to have fallen into a big pit. The next moment, the child cart also jumped down, "Dong"! It hit Wen Baiyu's body. Now he can only be grateful that the child cart is relatively slender. If it were Wan Kuang Jing Hou who fell down, he would have been disabled. However, thinking about it, how could Wan Kuang Jing Hou fall so miserably? He should have jumped down.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a "thud" was heard, and a figure jumped down from the entrance of the cave, standing steadily beside him.

  Wen Baiyu looked up and saw it was Wan Kuangjinghou.

  Others crouched at the entrance of the cave, because it was too narrow inside and there was no way to drill in so many people. Xi Chi and Zhong Jian stood at the entrance, watching them.

  "Hey, Wen Baiyu, have you gone stupid?"

  Wen Baiyu said irritably: "Not stupid!"

  He couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou pulled him up, Zi Che was still in a daze, his complexion looked very bad.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou looked around and found that this cave was a bit unusual. Although it seemed to be just a small area from the top, there was a small opening at the bottom of the cave that could allow one person to crawl in. Wan Jie Jing Hou squatted down again and looked inside, saying: "It seems like there's space inside."

  Just as Wen Baiyu was about to speak, "Dong, dong!" Two sounds were heard, and the two people above also jumped down.

  "What's going on? It's too crowded!"

  "Shh! The beast is coming, cover your mouth and nose, don't breathe!"

  Wen Baiyu immediately covered her mouth and nose, then stretched out another hand to cover Zi Che's mouth and nose. Zi Che's frozen breath was weak, fortunately, there wasn't much air left either.

  Wen Baiyu didn't know whether he should be happy or worried.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, several dark shadows suddenly fell from the entrance of the cave. They were leopards, and they were extremely large.

  That leopard crouched at the entrance of the cave and didn't leave immediately. Instead, it walked back and forth around the cave as if reviewing troops.

  Wen Baiyu was about to suffocate when suddenly a thought flashed in her mind, thinking that this hole wouldn't be so small, it must be the nest of a weasel.

  Wen Baiyu gave a flirtatious glance to Wan Jie Jinghou, who seemed to have noticed and pointed to the small hole on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly got a headache. The hole was so narrow, how could they squeeze in? Probably only Xi Chi could squeeze in without much effort.

  Wan Xi Jinghou pointed twice and gestured for Wen Baiyu to go in.

  Wen Baiyu had no choice but to lie on the ground, then use his hands and feet together to crawl inside. He crawled a few times and found that there was space inside the hole, which was not as narrow as the outside. He became very excited and continued to crawl in. The outside's Wan Jiahui estimated that he was crawling too slowly, suddenly grasped his ankle, and then made an effort to push him inside.

  Wen Baiyu let out a "whoa" and was suddenly tossed in, if he hadn't raised his chin, it would have been scraped flat against the ground.

  Then came Xi Chi, his movements were extremely fast, his body was short, "whoosh" and he slipped in, reaching out to pull the person behind him.

  Zi's car hadn't woken up yet, Xi Chi pulled his hand and dragged him in, then Zhong Jian also came in.

  Just at that moment, a loud roar was heard, and then the outside shook. It seemed to hear a "boom" sound, as if something had jumped down from the entrance of the cave.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou hadn't entered yet, but Wen Bai Yu immediately crawled over to look outside. Sure enough, he saw Wan Jie Jing Hou's black boots and the short, spotted claws of a fierce beast!

  Wen Baiyu fell to the ground and shouted: "Wan Kuang Jing Hou!"

  The other party didn't know if they heard his shout, Wen Baiyu couldn't see clearly, only saw Wan Kuang Jinghou's boots move, then "bang" a fierce beast pounced up, just on the rocky mouth of the cave, with a loud crash, a pile of broken stones fell down, making the small hole look even narrower.

  The outside was extremely narrow, and I didn't know how Wan Xi Jing Hou was doing. All I could hear were the continuous roars of ferocious beasts, followed by a "whooshing" sound, and then a lot of blood spurted out. Wen Bai Yu felt a surge of tension, and at that moment, Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly retreated, crawling out from the narrow opening.

  Wen Baiyu immediately grabbed him and asked, "Are you hurt?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "No, we can't go out for the time being. There are many ferocious beasts outside, and this place seems to be their lair. They don't dare to come in temporarily and are all guarding outside."

  He said, looking around, "It should be relatively safe and warm here, we can spend the night here first."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "You say these ferocious beasts, how long can they guard?"

  Xī Zhì said: "It's hard to say now, they all wear bells on their necks, it depends on how long the master wants them to guard."

  Wen Baiyu felt a sense of hopelessness as soon as she heard it, but here was relatively warm and didn't catch the wind. Although they couldn't light a fire, they had flashlights.

  The child's complexion gradually improved due to the warmth, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

  Zhong Jian took out the food and everyone sat together to share a meal.

  Wen Baiyu saw that Zi Che hadn't woken up yet, so she let out a sigh and said: "I don't even know where Xue Bai is now. You say we're having such a hard time walking, but Xue Bai just brought one bag, and his military knife is gone too. What if something happens, what can he do?"

  Xie Chi said, "Don't worry, Xue Bo is not a simple person. Besides, even if he has lost his memory, he still has feelings. He must have been to this place before and is probably more familiar with it than we are."

  Wen Baiyu thought it made sense, and at this time, Zi Che woke up, so everyone avoided talking about Xue Bo.

  Wen Baiyu was also tired, after eating, the blood all went to his stomach, and he started to feel dizzy, his eyelids were heavy, so he leaned against Wan Jingshou and fell asleep. Wan Jingshou kept watch, while everyone else also fell asleep.

  Also didn't know how much time had passed, Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if something was biting him, the pain made him jump, and cold sweat broke out.

  Wen Baiyu's body twitched, and Wan Jingshou immediately looked at him, reaching out to touch his cheek. Wen Baiyu didn't wake up right away, but instead was dazed and still mumbling incoherently, his mouth uttering pained moans.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou gently patted his cheek and said: "Bai Yu? Bai Yu, what's wrong with you?"

  Wen Baiyu woke up with his whole body drenched in sweat. Wan Jingshou stretched out a hand to wipe the sweat for him and asked, "Had a nightmare?"

  Wen Bai's head was dizzy and he shook his head, either having a nightmare or feeling like something was biting him. The stinging sensation wasn't severe, but it was draining his energy bit by bit.

  As soon as Wen Baiyu woke up, he felt that the sharp pain was gone. He rubbed his chest with his hand and felt a little strange. He couldn't quite put his finger on what it was, but somehow the pain from earlier seemed like an illusion, or maybe it was just a dream.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou saw his face turn pale and softly said: "What's wrong? Not feeling well?" Wen Bai Yu shook her head, saying: "Nothing, I just had a dream that an insect bit me and scared me."

  Wan Xi Jinghou let him get up, then took off his own coat and spread it on the ground for him to sit on, patted it and said: "Sit down, I'll pad it for you."

  Although it's not too cold in the cave, taking off his down jacket is still not possible. Wen Baiyu hastily shook his head, and Wan Kuang Jinghou grasped his hand, saying: "I'm not cold, giving it to me would be a waste, continue sleeping."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly, leaning against Wan Kuang Jinghou's body. As soon as he fell asleep, he suddenly felt that sharp pain again. Wen Baiyu was startled and abruptly opened his eyes, and the pain disappeared.

  "What's wrong?" said Wan Qi Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu said: "I just fell asleep and had another nightmare..."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou saw that he had broken out in a cold sweat, knowing that he hadn't slept well. However, there was nothing he could do about it. If it were something else, Wan Jie Jing Hou might have been able to help him, but when it came to nightmares, Wan Jie Jing Hou was powerless.

  Wen Baiyu pulled at Wan Kuang Jing Hou and said, "It's really strange, I had a dream that an insect bit my chest, is there any explanation for this? It felt so real, but as soon as I opened my eyes it was gone."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou patted his hand and said, "Don't be too nervous."

  Two people were chatting on and off, when Wan Jie suddenly fell silent. Wen Baiyu looked at him and said, "What's wrong?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou placed his index finger on his lips and pressed down gently, and Wen Bai Yu immediately tensed up his back, unaware of what he had discovered.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou slowly stood up straight, walked to the depths of the cave, then knocked twice on the wall with his hand and pressed his ear against it as if listening for something.

  Wen Baiyu leaned in, also sticking to the wall, and heard a faint sound. The sound was too light, Wen Baiyu couldn't make out what it was. Could there be a fierce beast on the other side of the wall?!

  Wan Xi Jing Hou listened for a while, then suddenly said: "Wake them up, it's time for us to hit the road."

  Wen Baiyu was surprised, it's only five o'clock now and it's still dark outside, but she woke everyone up anyway.

  Xī zhì pā zài zhōng jiǎn jiān bēi shàng sā jiāo, móu zhe yǎn jing fàn kùn, shuō: "wǒ zuì tǎo yàn zǎo qǐ le, wǒ yào zài shuì huì er."

  Translation:

  Xī was leaning on Zhong Jian's shoulder, rubbing her eyes and yawning, saying: "I hate waking up early the most, I want to sleep a bit more."

  "Hey, wake up."

  Xie Chi shook his head and buried it in Zhong Jian's chest, saying: "No, I want to sleep."

  Zhong Jian had no choice but to pick up Xi Chi and let him continue sleeping.

  He pointed at the wall and said, "This wall is hollow, there's a sound of water behind it."

  He spoke and finally opened his eyes, saying: "Is there water? Living water?"

  He finished speaking and burst out laughing, saying: "I said so, who would hide a mausoleum in a place where birds don't lay eggs? Feng shui emphasizes water as the top priority, followed by wind, but this place is too deep and lacks a large source of water, it's not a treasure land after all. It turns out there's water here."

  He said, jumping out of Zhong Jian's arms and putting on the golden claws. "Clang" The golden claws sank into the wall in an instant, "Huh?"

  "What's wrong? Is there something on your mind?"

  Xie Chi shook his head and said, "It's too thin. This wall is particularly brittle, and it looks like it was built recently."

  He said, the golden claw stuck in the wall turned around, and soon heard "Ka La, Ka La" sound, quickly the wall surface was drilled out of a big hole by the crowd, then everyone stretched out their hands to peel/open the broken wall.

  The wall is really thin, and behind it is a passageway.

  On the wall on the side, three characters were engraved. Wen Baiyu couldn't understand them, but Xi Chi touched them and said: "Eternal Life Road."

  Wen Bai's eyes widened in surprise, saying: "Is this the Road to Eternal Life? Does it really exist? It was underground all along, no wonder others couldn't find it!"

  He said, Zi Che frowned and walked over, suddenly touching a scratch next to the three characters "Eternal Life Road".

  A very small scratch, it looks like a bad place, but the child frowned and said: "My father has been here."

  Wen Baiyu immediately stretched his head to take a look and found that it was a small note. Wen Baiyu didn't recognize this note, apparently left by Xue Bo.

  Wen Baiyu said strangely, "But this mark doesn't look like it was newly carved, and if your father really walked in or out from here, the wall surface wouldn't be dry if it were a newly built wall."

  Xie Chi smiled and said, "You're really stupid. This is the first time Xue Bai has come to carve, he's always telling us to go down the mountain and not to walk up anymore. How could he have carved a mark for us? It's obviously his first time coming here."

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

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took the lead, walking slowly inside, with Wen Bai Yu following beside him. Suddenly, "hiss—" a sound was heard, and he immediately knelt down on the ground.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou was shocked and immediately pulled up Wen Bai Yu, saying: "Where are you hurt?"

  Wen Baiyu's face turned a bit pale, and he waved his hand, saying: "It's nothing, it's nothing... I just suddenly felt dizzy earlier, probably because I didn't sleep well last night."

  Wen Baiyu's dizziness was only temporary and soon passed. After resting for five minutes, everyone continued to move forward.

  The corridor is very long and very dark, but there are no machines/guns.

  They walked for a long time, Wen Baiyu glanced at his watch, and it was 5 o'clock when he called everyone to get up. Now it's already 5 pm, a whole twelve hours. He found it hard to imagine how long this passage had been dug, how much manpower had been mobilized, and yet it was so deep.

  Xī Chí said: "Look."

  The two sides of the passage began to appear rock paintings, carved very delicate, but no color, purely rock paintings.

  The temperature and humidity in this passage are very suitable, keeping the rock paintings well preserved, basically intact.

  Wen Baiyu was excited and said: "There are rock paintings, it's said that the mausoleum is about to arrive, right?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "It should be."

  He said, turning his head to look at the rock paintings. Both the main and secondary rock paintings were worshiping the Blazing Dragon. At first, it was a snow-capped mountain, then a huge human-faced Blazing Dragon coiled around the snow-capped mountain. If they saw this snow-capped mountain, they really didn't know how big this Blazing Dragon was.

  The dragon's mouth held a fire spirit, the fire spirit shone brightly, and the rock painting was very vivid. The fire spirit could illuminate dark places, and then plants grew on the snowy mountain, animals began to inhabit it, and humans appeared. The dragon seemed to be protecting this land.

  Wen Baiyu stared blankly, and Xi Chi rubbed his chin, saying: "Actually, I've always wanted to ask a question."

  "What?" said Wen Baiyu.

  "What's going on with this huge dragon, how can we deal with its tail?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu didn't bother to respond, instead turning her head to look at Wan Qi Jing Hou. Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and stroked the candle dragon on the rock painting, his fingers tracing along the long snake-like body of the dragon before furrowing his brow, seemingly deep in thought.

  "What did you find?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "Nothing was found, just a feeling... this thing is too familiar."

  Wen Baiyu didn't understand what he was saying and continued to look at the rock paintings.

  The last of the rock paintings is the death of Candle Dragon, but how it died is unknown. The ancient people viewed death as a rebirth and hoped that the Candle Dragon would revive in the underground water and wind storage, so they built this mausoleum to worship its remains.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the last rock painting with a strange expression and said, "You see, the corpse of the candle dragon is clearly buried underground. So many people dug a grave and buried it quite deeply. However, Rain Wenyang's friend from Mohe River heard that it was actually a temple-like structure standing on the ground. What's going on here?"

  Xī Zhì smiled and said: "You're making a big deal out of nothing."

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "Some tombs are built with both yin and yang sides, the yang side on the ground and the yin side underground. According to the burial classics, only in the earth can there be vital energy, and the earth gives birth to both yin and yang energies. Therefore, generally, corpses are buried in the earth, and the yang side is used for sacrifices."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, and he finally understood that there was no profound mystery after all.

  Everyone looked at the rock painting and walked inside, after about half an hour, a large gate appeared in front of them. The gate was open, but only a small gap was opened. There was blood on the ground, but the bloodstain was very old.

  Wen Baiyu and they squeezed in through the big gate, after entering, they found a stone ladder that extended upwards.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took the lead, climbing up first, followed by Wen Bai Yu. The ladder was very high and they climbed for about ten minutes before finally emerging from the hole. Wan Qi Jing Hou pushed himself up with both hands and then turned around to pull Wen Bai Yu up.

  Everyone slowly crawled out of the cave entrance.

  As soon as it crawled out, I suddenly felt a strong gust of wind, accompanied by a "whirring" sound, like a ghost crying. Wen Baiyu was blown by the wind and almost flew away.

  Xī Chí's body was the smallest, blown by the wind, and swept back into the cave. Zhōng Jiǎn reacted instantly, one hand covering the stone cliff, the other grabbing Xī Chí who was about to fall, then with a burst of strength, he pulled Xī Chí up and threw him onto the ground.

  Wen Baiyu almost burst out laughing and said: "Why don't you carry a few more backpacks? That way you can increase your weight!"

  Xī zhì said with a twitch of his nose: "I call this small and delicate."

  Everyone climbed up, it was already near dusk, the sun fell down the mountain, leaving a piece of twilight, orange-red sunset enveloped this snow-capped mountain, with just one glance upwards, you could see a tall mausoleum, in the dim light of the setting sun, looking majestic and grand.

  The mausoleum doesn't know how many layers it has, all the way to the sky, and sinks into the white fog.

  The white feathered creature's eyes widened in shock, and snowflakes drifted into its mouth as it said, "Good heavens, how high is this? The dark side of that mausoleum must be incredibly deep!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This kind of yin and yang face is mostly a mirror image."

  Wen Baiyu said: "So it was like this."

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "Let's go in and take a look at the mausoleum first, remember the overall layout, and then we'll search further."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly, and they entered the mausoleum together.

  The gate of the mausoleum was open, which made everyone more certain that Xue Bai must have gone in or had been inside before.

  They walked in and saw a huge hall, like a palace, with murals of dragon mouths holding fire spirits on all four walls. In the center was a statue of a dragon, a giant dragon coiled up, raising its head, with a fire spirit in its mouth, which was a long-lasting lamp, very bright, illuminating the entire hall.

  The surroundings were silent for a moment, and everyone was shocked. Zhong Jian said: "It's very spacious here, let's rest and recharge, conserve our strength first. Who knows what will happen when we go in later, or if we can rest again."

  Although Zi Che was anxious to find Xue Bai, he had already arrived here and didn't rush for the last time. This is a completely strange place, and it's a place of worship, generally more mysterious than other tombs, so it's impossible to enter recklessly.

  Everyone sat down and had some simple food.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt very unwell, ever since she had a nightmare last night about being bitten by insects, Wen Baiyu was not herself anymore, always vaguely feeling a sharp pain in her chest, as if she were neurotic.

  Wen Baiyu took two bites and stopped eating. Wan Qi Jinghou asked: "What's wrong?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Maybe I'm too tired, I don't have much appetite."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Not good, we will be entering soon."

  Wen Baiyu swallowed hard and took two more bites, feeling that there was no flavor in her mouth, and her whole body was tired, wanting to sleep.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou patted his forehead and said: "Are you ill? You don't seem to be in high spirits."

  Wen Baiyu didn't know either, maybe she had caught a cold, it's no wonder in this icy weather.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly let out a loud "Ah" and stared at Wan Jinhong with wide eyes, saying: "What are you doing?!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's hand had already slipped into Wen Bai Yu's clothes, and he chuckled, saying: "Shh, they're all looking over here, I'm just seeing if you have any spirit."

  Wen Baiyu's body trembled as Mo Ran's icy hand touched him, and his waist softened as Mo Ran's hands slid down to his hips. He leaned against Mo Ran, panting weakly.

  Wan Ji's hand secretly moved up again, and Wen Baiyu immediately pressed his palm through her clothes, saying: "Take it out quickly, your hand is too cold."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou gently pinched him, Wen Bai Yu's body shook, and he hoarsely shouted. Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Still quite spirited."

  He said, holding Wen Baiyu's hand and feeling around for a few more times, suddenly his face sank, and he pressed Wen Baiyu to the ground with one hand.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and saw Wan Qi Jinghou looking down at him with a very bad expression.

  Wen Baiyu was frightened by him like this, he had never seen Wan Kuang Jinghou's face before, and said: "Wh-what's wrong?"

  Just then, with a ripping sound, Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly reached out and tore open his clothes. Wen Bai Yu felt a chill in her chest and cursed, thinking that Wan Jie Jing Hou had gone mad, tearing his own clothes in public.

  Wan Kuang saw Wen Baiyu's chest and his face changed, his expression extremely gloomy, he stretched out his hand to press on Wen Baiyu's chest.

  Wen Baiyu let out a "hiss——" as he trembled with pain, and when he looked down, he saw that on his chest was a faint flame pattern...