Chapter 53: The Fire Spirit Mausoleum (Part 2)

  The little cart's first reaction was to stare at the pattern in shock, saying: "This... this is almost identical to the one on my adoptive father's body, even the position is similar, but the color on my adoptive father's body is much deeper, not as light as this."

  As soon as he spoke, Xi Chi suddenly stood up and quickly tore open Zhong Jian's clothes, revealing a faint flame pattern on his chest.

  Xie Chi frowned and said: "Not good, those four bells just now all had Gu worms inside."

  Wen Baiyu said: "What's to be done now? Are we going to get the Gu worm out?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou did not speak immediately, and Xi Chi also did not speak. Both of them were frowning, with a very gloomy expression.

  Wen Baiyu sat up, although it didn't snow in here, but it was still freezing cold. She tidied up her clothes, Wan Xie Jinghou had been too heavy-handed, several of his buttons were broken, fortunately the zipper on his down jacket wasn't damaged and could still be zipped up.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was silent for a long time, then said: "Generally, only those who have been possessed by the Gu can exorcise it. The Gu insect is not like other insects, it cannot be forcibly dug out."

  Xi Chi didn't say a word, but judging from his expression, it was estimated that Wan Qi Jing Hou said something very correct, this is a very tricky problem.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is there no other way?"

  Zhong Jian also seemed to know the ferocity of Gu worms. Generally, records about Gu worms are extremely scarce and shrouded in mystery. As a result, they knew very little about how to raise them or how to break/resolve them.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at Wen Bai Yu and suddenly said: "There is another way, maybe it can be used."

  "What is it?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Raising Gu will always have a Gu mother, they will put the poisonous Gu insect in a jar and seal it. When the jar is opened, only one insect is left, which is the Gu mother. This kind of Gu insect eats other Gu insects to survive, whether it's toxicity or ability, it's the strongest."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Ah I see, the other Gu worms must be afraid of this Gu mother!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "This is the only way."

  Xie Chi said: "But this Gu worm is so powerful, I don't know what the Gu mother looks like."

  Zhong Jian patted Xi Chi's shoulder, seemingly comforting him, saying: "It's okay, the Gu worm has only just entered our bodies, there's still time, maybe there are other ways."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stood up and said: "Don't waste any more time, let's go."

  Wen Baiyu quickly got up and followed him. As soon as he stood up from the ground, he felt a little dizzy, just like when he had been squatting for too long, with a slight lack of blood supply to the brain.

  Wen Baiyu was caught by Wan Jingshou as soon as he fell. "Can you still walk?"

  "It's nothing, I just felt a bit dizzy."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou supported him, and Zi Che took out the pen and notebook from his backpack to record the appearance of each tomb, then took out his mobile phone to take photos.

  This is a very grand mausoleum, the above-ground structure is simply a palace, the altar is very large, a magnificent dragon candle sculpture, next to which many things are offered, two large tripods, beside which many people kneel, Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and pinched it, saying: "Sincere."

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief.

  It looks like this mausoleum is quite normal, with no eerie place at all. They were just about to leave and find another place when the child suddenly stopped and said, "There's a mark here."

  The crowd rushed over and indeed saw a small mark on Ding's body.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is it also your adoptive father's?"

  The child said: "It seems so, but it's also been a few years."

  Everyone's first reaction was that there was something in the tripod, and Wan Kuang walked over, took a peek.

  "What's inside?" asked Wen Baiyu curiously.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "It's empty, and looking at the height of the cauldron body, it's also impossible to have a hidden layer."

  He said, and looked again at the large tripod opposite him, which was also empty.

  Wen Baiyu said: "I know, this tripod must be a mechanism, try turning it or moving it away."

  The large tripod was extremely heavy. Many people joined forces to push it several times, but not only could they not move it, they couldn't even budge it. It seemed as if the bottom was stuck to the ground.

  "What does it mean and why leave a mark here?"

  Everyone fell silent at the same time, staring at this mark.

  Xī Chí said: "Could it be that Xue Bai made a mistake?"

  The young master shook his head and said, "Father's character is cautious, he will never do anything that isn't necessary."

  Wen Baiyu stroked his chin and said, "He left a mark here to indicate that it would be useful next time he came, just like the marks on the Eternal Road. It proved that the thing was still there, serving as a reminder or... warning. But now this tripod is empty, it's possible that Xue Bai took the thing away after his second visit, but there's also another possibility..."

  "What is it?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou took over and said: "It's this thing that crawled away by itself."

  Wen Baiyu nodded immediately and said, "It's possible that it's a zongzi. The Ding is filled with sacrificial objects, including human sacrifices. It's very likely that they have turned into zongzi after such a long time."

  As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked around cautiously and then fell silent.

  Wan Qi Jinghou said first: "Let's go."

  Wen Baiyu immediately followed up and went with him. Wan Xizonghou held his hand and said, "How's your body? If you're uncomfortable again, tell me right away, got it?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "Mm, it's still fine for now."

  They continued to climb up, but the stairs were made of wood, and wood can only last for a few hundred years. These stairs had completely rotted away and there was no way to step on them.

  Wen Baiyu looked up at the remaining floors and couldn't help but sigh, saying: "If we don't go up, we won't be able to draw a map. When we get to the grave, won't we just be grasping in the dark?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou raised his head and said, "I'll go up."

  The little cart also said: "I'll go up too."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou turned his head and said to Yi Qi: "You stay here and take care of them."

  Xi Chi nodded slightly, without raising any objections.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou and his son Che just jumped up along the pillar of the main hall, then climbed up to a certain height, suddenly kicked one foot, borrowed force to pounce forward, and landed on the stone railing of the upper layer with a "pa" sound, then flipped over gracefully and fell steadily to the ground.

  Wen Baiyu stared with his eyes wide open, the pillar and the railing were so far apart, he even broke a sweat, but unexpectedly these two people went up easily.

  It was pitch black above, and Wen Baiyu suddenly saw a dark shadow light up. It was probably the child's car that turned on the flashlight. The light spot moved further and further away, until it was swallowed by the darkness.

  Wen Baiyu kept staring upwards with wide eyes, but couldn't see anything, and it was eerily silent.

  "Sit down and rest for a while, don't go on a long journey."

  Wen Baiyu patted his chest and said: "I just..."

  He took a deep breath, and suddenly let out a sharp "hiss" of pain that was heart-wrenching, his face turned pale in an instant. He didn't try to put on a brave front anymore, but slowly sat down on the ground, only then did he feel slightly better.

  Seeing him in such agony, he turned to Zhong Jian and said, "Are you feeling unwell again?"

  Zhong Jian said: "Sometimes there is a slight stabbing pain in the chest, but it's not serious."

  Xie Chi glared at him and said, "Why didn't you say your body hurts earlier?"

  Zhong Jian's face turned slightly red as he said, "It was too trivial, I didn't want you to worry."

  Wen Baiyu lay down, and in doing so, she could see the top of the building. However, it was still pitch black. Wen Baiyu hummed and said: "Ah, I told you earlier, it's like you can dispel the poison."

  Xi Chi hesitated for a moment, then twitched his nose and quickly pressed his hand on Wen Baiyu's chest.

  "Ahh——"

  Wen Baiyu let out a loud cry, his body curled up in pain, forming a ball as he said: "You hit too hard!"

  Zhong Jian saw how much pain he was in and said: "Xi Chi, don't make Wen Baiyu worry."

  He Qiu said: "I just pressed it lightly."

  Wen Baiyu also knew that he didn't hit him hard, but it really hurt too much. Wen Baiyu turned his body sideways, with his back to them, and secretly unzipped the zipper of his down jacket. He lowered his head to look at his chest, which was a light pink color earlier, but had now turned into a deep orange-red color. The mark was getting deeper and deeper.

  Wen Bai's heart rate accelerated involuntarily as he looked at the mark on his chest, feeling a little panicked. The legend of Gu poison was shrouded in mystery, and it was said that it could control the minds of humans and animals. Perhaps those ferocious beasts had become puppets under the control of Gu poison.

  What will happen to myself?

  What if he is controlled by others, what if he is told to harm people?

  Wen Baiyu didn't think so and let out a faint sigh.

  He turned around and happened to see Zhong Jian's expression, which was the same as his own. Perhaps they were thinking of the same question.

  They sat there, waiting for an hour. Wen Baiyu started to feel drowsy because she didn't sleep well last night, her eyelids were heavy but still staring at the upstairs, which seemed to be quiet as well, and it was unknown how big the space was up there.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard a "click" sound.

  Wen Baiyu felt a sudden chill and thought that it was Wan Xizhou and his men returning, but when she looked up, there was nothing, and the sky above was still pitch black.

  Xi Chi suddenly sat up, and Zhong Jian also sat up, his face seeming as if something was about to happen.

  Wen Baiyu immediately sat up and said, "What's wrong?"

  Xie Chi made a gesture for him not to speak and then said briefly: "Listen."

  Wen Baiyu immediately perked up her ears to listen.

  "Ah..."

  "Ka ka......"

  "Ah..."

  A faint sound, as if someone was walking slowly across the floor, the sound came from behind, very deep and very far away.

  Wen Baiyu's back suddenly twitched, and he turned his head to look around, sweeping the surrounding area with a flashlight. The beam of light was limited and couldn't illuminate the entire surroundings at once.

  He swept his gaze around and suddenly said: "Don't move, turn off your flashlight."

  Wen Baiyu immediately pressed off the flashlight with a "click" and said: "Wh-what's wrong?"

  Xi Chi said in a low voice: "It's corpse energy, it came towards us this morning."

  Xie Chi said, beckoning to them, and the three people quietly crouched down behind a pillar.

  "Ah..."

  "Ah..."

  "Ka ka......"

  A string of footsteps came, as if someone was walking over, Wen Baiyu held her breath, Xi Chi said there was a corpse aura, then it wasn't human, could it be a zombie? If it were a person, the speed of their walk was too slow, too eerie, making one's hair stand on end.

  All around was dark, Wen Baiyu's eyes widened, but couldn't see clearly. Then a black shadow came from afar, and its head was extremely large, looking like a deformed monster.

  Wen Baiyu's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, he was vaguely afraid in his heart, but had to open his eyes wide to look.

  Xī zhì was active in the dark with his golden claws, as if making preparations.

  The black shadow got closer and closer, with a very stout figure and a big head, swaying with each step. As it approached, Wen Baiyu finally saw clearly that it wasn't deformed at all, but rather the person was wearing a large hat made of fur, which was extremely thick and heavy, making their head appear very large.

  He is an old-looking man with a beard, all white, age cannot be discerned, but definitely elderly, walking very slowly, with dry and rough hands exposed.

  Wen Baiyu was shocked. Although she had never seen this old man before, his clothes and hat were absolutely familiar to her, exactly the same as those of the Fu family.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Xi Chi with a surprised expression, and Xi Chi also seemed to have discovered something.

  The old man's movements were extremely strange, and he was getting closer, emitting a very unpleasant smell from his body that was not rotten, but couldn't be described as anything else, perhaps it was the corpse energy that Xi Hui mentioned, making people feel suffocated.

  The old man walked up close to them and suddenly stopped.

  Wen Baiyu was so scared that she widened her eyes, shrunk her body, and covered her mouth and nose with all her might, not letting out a single sound. However, Wen Baiyu had heard that some zongzi could distinguish between the living and the dead, and didn't rely on breathing, but rather on something called "yang energy". Even if Wen Baiyu held her breath, she had no idea how to hold back yang energy, so she could only resign herself to fate.

  The old man stayed at the bottom of his eyes for about half a minute, not knowing what he was doing, and then suddenly looked in Wen Baiyu's direction. Wen Baiyu was startled in her heart, thinking that she was finished and would be discovered.

  However, the old man seemed to have seen nothing and slowly turned around. His shoes made a "creaking" sound again as he walked back slowly, disappearing into the darkness.

  After the old man had walked far away and completely disappeared, Wen Baiyu and the others waited for another five minutes to make sure he wouldn't sneak back. Only then did the three of them emerge from behind the pillar.

  "What is this old man doing?"

  Xie Chi shook his head and said, "He looks very familiar."

  Wen Baiyu said: "What a good face, I think it's inseparable from the Fu Ling family. Looking at his age, I feel that he is either Fu Ling's grandfather or her great-grandfather."

  Xī Chí said: "Didn't you say her grandfather and great-grandfather both disappeared?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "It was Fu Ling who said it."

  He rubbed his chin thoughtfully and said, "Now think about it, maybe there's a problem."

  Wen Baiyu's back stiffened and he said, "What problem?"

  Xie Chi said: "I don't know either, but there are three strange things. First, the grandfather and great-grandfather of Fu Ling disappeared, but why did they suddenly appear in the Candle Dragon Temple again? And earlier, that person's body clearly had a corpse aura, I've seen so many dead people, it's impossible to mistake, he must be a zombie. Second, this strange zombie seems to be looking for something, what is he looking for? Third, thinking about it now, Fu Ling's family itself has problems, they say they are the guardians of the tomb in this mountain for generations, but we carry so much luggage and go to the deep mountains where birds don't lay eggs, even ordinary villagers should be vigilant, let alone they themselves are tomb guardians. But Fu Ling not only didn't stop us, she also gave us dry rations and told us the route, isn't that strange? Could it be that the little girl was really infatuated with your family's Wan Qi Jing Hou's beauty and lost her way?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Why drag in Wang Yu's good looks at the end!

  Wen Baiyu listened to his analysis and suddenly felt numbness on her back. Upon thinking about it, she realized that the Fu Ling family indeed had a problem.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Fu Ling has a problem, why didn't you say it earlier!"

  Xie Chi shrugged and said, "I just thought of it a moment ago too."

  "After the fact."

  He muttered to himself: "What's the point of doing this with that Ganoderma, are we being led up the mountain?"

  "Perhaps."

  As they were speaking, a faint noise came from upstairs. Wen Baiyu immediately looked up and saw that there was a faint light above, which should be Wan Kuang Jing Hou and Zi Che returning.

  As expected, the first to appear was Zi Che holding a flashlight. He moved quickly, jumping onto the railing and then using his momentum to push off, grabbing the pillar in front of him and sliding down, landing smoothly at the bottom.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also ran out immediately after, and with a kick, he hugged the pillar and slid down.

  The child fell to the ground and immediately rolled over, making room for Wan Qi Jing Hou, who also landed on the ground with a "thud".

  Two people didn't say a word and immediately ran over, Zi Che said: "Hurry up!"

  Wen Baiyu hadn't even reacted yet when Wan Jingshou had already grabbed his hand and said, "Let's go."

  Although everyone didn't know what happened, these two people who are usually the calmest said so, there must be something behind, and everyone immediately ran forward.

  Just then, a loud crash was heard from behind, as if something had fallen from the upstairs. Wen Baiyu turned around and was frightened to death. It was an old man who looked similar to the one they saw earlier, but with less white beard and wearing a fur hat and thick cotton clothes. He jumped directly from the upstairs and landed on the ground with a loud crash.

  At such a high distance, and an old man at that, it's already a miracle he didn't die from the fall. The sound of his bones cracking was unmistakable - they must have been broken. Then, the old man started crawling on the ground with his hands, holding up his two broken legs, scraping against the ground as he went, with them chasing after him.

  "Wen Baiyu said: "My god, what have you guys done? The old man behind is too terrifying! They've been smashed like that and are still chasing us.""

  Xie Chi turned his head and took a look, saying: "There's a corpse aura, it's Zongzi."

  They rushed all the way and entered a small room. The small room looked strange because the whole building was symmetrical, but this small room itself was asymmetrical, with an altar placed obliquely.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou walked over, moved the offering table, felt the floor, and then suddenly reached out to dig. With a "crack" sound, he actually dug out a large hole in the floor. He then reached into the hole and pried open the stone slab covering it, revealing a deep pit below with stairs faintly visible.

  But because of the long years, all the wooden steps have been destroyed, and they are already rotten piece by piece, and will turn into wood chips with a slight movement.

  The wooden stairs were all scattered on the ground. There was a passageway that sloped down, fortunately not too steep, and you could also slide down without walking down the stairs.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is it just the dark side of the mausoleum going down?"

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

  They were talking when they heard "Rustle... Rustle..." and Wen Baiyu immediately said: "Then hurry down, that old master is chasing after us!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou "psst" tied the flashlight to his arm, then pushed off with both hands and jumped into the pit first, sliding down along the slope.

  Wen Baiyu gritted her teeth and also rolled down, following the slope. Although Wan Kuangjing had already paved the way, Wen Baiyu still felt that her buttocks were sore from rolling. Although the wood was already old and rotten, some of the wooden shavings were still very hard. Fortunately, she was wearing thick clothes, otherwise, Wen Baiyu would have been scratched by the wooden shavings.

  Wen Baiyu rolled down from above, perhaps because of the wrong posture when entering the pit. Unlike Wan Kuangjinghou's elegance, she felt extremely embarrassed and continued to roll down the slope before hitting something with a "thud". Her head spun and she immediately lost consciousness.

  Wen Baiyu woke up feeling like he was still lying on the ground, he rubbed his sore head, which seemed to have a big bump on it, and it hurt when he touched it.

  Wen Baiyu struggled to get up from the ground, feeling dizzy and nauseous. In her heart, she cursed these people for not being righteous, they should at least let her lie down, and couldn't just leave her lying on the ground like that.

  He stood up, shook his head, and the flashlight tied to his arm was gone. His backpack was also gone, and he found himself empty-handed, surrounded by darkness. He seemed to be standing in a very long corridor, unable to see anything clearly.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, his hair standing on end. He looked around in all directions, but apart from the endless darkness, there was nothing - no Xi Zhongjian, no Zi Che, and no Wan Kuang Jinghou...

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a panic, could it be that he was dreaming? They had clearly rolled down together, and Wen Baiyu had always seen Wan Jinhong in front of him. It was impossible for there to be a fork in the road. Even if he had been dazed for a moment, he was certain that Wan Jinhong was still in front of him.

  And now, there is no one, and the slope leading down behind him is also gone.

  What's going on here...

  Wen Baiyu was both tense and panicked, alone and without any equipment.

  They can't drop themselves and they can't take all their equipment away either.

  Wen Baiyu felt a wave of dizziness and darkness, immediately sat down holding onto something, not knowing if it was like last time, whether Wan Jingshou had something important to attend to elsewhere, and would soon return to look for her.

  Wen Baiyu sat down, and the dizzy feeling finally alleviated a bit. He opened his down jacket and looked at the flame on his chest. It was too dark to see clearly, but it seemed to have turned redder, although it still hadn't reached a bright red color, it had deepened significantly compared to before.

  Wen Baiyu became even more flustered, took two deep breaths to calm himself down, and sat quietly, trying his best to empty his mind of fear. He decided not to wander off randomly, lest Wan Jiahui couldn't find him.

  Wen Baiyu's watch was still on his wrist, and it was already 9 o'clock in the evening. He was shocked that he had fainted for so long?

  Wen Baiyu had been sitting quietly for about half an hour when he suddenly heard a faint rustling sound, as if someone was walking.

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly excited, and it turned out that Wan Kuang Jinghou had arrived?

  He suddenly stood up, got up too excitedly, forgot that he was prone to dizziness, and immediately swayed, with a wave of blackness in front of his eyes, numbness in his chest, when he took two deep breaths and recovered, the rustling sound had already been very close.

  Wen Baiyu narrowed his eyes, trying to make out who was approaching. The footsteps didn't sound like those of Wan Kuang Jing Hou, whom he knew well. Wan Kuang's movements were always crisp and efficient, never dragging or hesitant.

  Is it zongzi?

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, but in the next moment, he suddenly saw Zhong Jian!

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief as the person walking over turned out to be Zhong Jian.

  Zhong Jian walked out of the dark corridor, and Wen Baiyu stood still, saying: "Zhong Jian? Where are the others? Why is it just you?"

  Zhong Jian continued walking slowly, his movements very slow, and did not respond to Wen Baiyu's words.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt something was off, Zhong Jian didn't respond and walked very slowly, seeming depressed. Had something happened to the others?

  This is impossible, Wen Baiyu shook his head immediately. Wan Xizhou and Xi Chi were not easy to deal with, and although Zi Ju had been seriously injured before, he was very skilled in combat. These three people together could take care of each other, they would be fine on their own, there's no way anything happened to them.

  Zhong Jian slowly walked closer, and Wen Baiyu saw his expression was extremely strange...

  It's an indescribable feeling...

  Zhong Jian is usually very honest and absolutely a good man who takes care of his family. When looking at Xi Chi, he would reveal a gentle smile. However, the current Zhong Jian's expression is not ferocious, but it changes quickly, frowning, pursing his lips, and gritting his teeth, as if struggling in pain.

  Wen Baiyu took a step back and said: "Zhong Jian? What's wrong with you?"

  Zhong Jian still didn't speak, he walked step by step towards her, and Wen Baiyu retreated step by step, always keeping a distance from Zhong Jian.

  Suddenly, Zhong Jian's footsteps quickened, and with two soft sounds, he caught up to Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and let out a loud "ah", Zhong Jian immediately stuck closer, his face suddenly enlarged, Wen Baiyu saw the other person clearly, his face was distorted, with struggling pain, and his teeth were actually long, turned into fangs, sharp teeth exposed outside, just like a beast.

  Moreover, Zhong Jian's eyeballs revealed a strange blood red color, as if they were congested, and there was a streak of red on his neck.

  Wen Bai's eyes widened in horror as he stared, his hands and feet instinctively retreating backwards. The red color on the back of his neck was like a flame tip, which should have spread from his chest...

  Has the flame pattern on it grown larger?

  Wen Baiyu's hands and feet suddenly turned icy cold, Zhong Jian's movements were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and he was in so much pain that he used his right hand to grab his left hand, his sharp teeth pierced through his lips, his eyes were wide open, as if they were about to bleed.

  Wen Baiyu looked at him in pain and slowly stood up against the wall, saying: "Zhong Jian?"

  Zhong Jian panted heavily, his voice extremely hoarse, and suddenly squeezed out two words, "Run... fast..."

  Wen Baiyu couldn't bear to leave him alone here, but there was no other way. Zhong Jian seemed about to lose his mind, and looking at his painful expression, Wen Baiyu steeled herself and ran towards the depths of the dark tunnel.

  Wen Baiyu ran extremely fast, and for a moment, the only sound left in the dark corridor was his footsteps.

  He ran and felt more and more powerless, "thud" fell to the ground with a loud noise, his whole body was like a scattered frame, he couldn't even crawl.

  Wen Baiyu propped himself up with both hands on the ground, struggling to get up. Just then, he heard another rustling sound behind him, and he knew that Zhong Jian had caught up. Wen Baiyu gritted his teeth and got up, but running like this was absolutely not a solution. However, he didn't have any equipment on hand, not even a weapon.

  Wen Baiyu took a few more steps forward, suddenly saw the fork in the road, walked into the fork, didn't walk a few steps and saw a tomb, Wen Baiyu quickly dodged to the side and hid inside. The door of the tomb was made of stone, but it wasn't heavy, Wen Baiyu carefully looked at it, seemingly there was no mechanism, so he stretched out his hand and slowly pushed it up.

  He pushed open the door of the tomb, but there was no bolt behind it, nor was there a self-locking stone, so Wen Baiyu had to lean against the tomb door.

  The sound of the sand slowly approached, and then a "bang" was heard. Wen Baiyu almost got knocked out, and Zhong Jian actually slammed the door with force, as if he knew he was inside, and even let out a low growl like a wild beast.

  Wen Baiyu was so scared that she used all her strength to push against the stone gate.

  He leaned against the stone gate, using force to support himself. Zhong Jian was outside, exerting great effort to knock on the door. After knocking about four times, Zhong Jian finally stopped knocking and then there were rustling sounds, as if he had given up and was preparing to leave.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief, but still exerted himself to push against the tomb door, fearing that someone outside was playing tricks.

  Wen Baiyu leaned against the door, now having time to observe this tomb chamber. The tomb chamber was very empty and revealed a cold air, just like an ice cellar. What entered her line of sight was a huge stone screen that looked like it was made of precious jade, naturally formed.

  On top of the jade stone is a giant dragon candle, the dragon candle is curled up on a large stone, with its head held high.

  The screen is too big, blocking everything behind it. Wen Baiyu didn't have a flashlight in her hand, but the tomb wasn't very dark either. There was a faint light behind the screen, probably from a long-lasting lamp.

  Wen Baiyu leaned against the door, turned her head to avoid the screen, and took a look inside. She still didn't see anything, but strangely, she saw a shadow!

  A figure.

  There is someone in this tomb, standing behind the screen, but he has not spoken a word. In such a gloomy tomb, it must not be a living person.

  And looking at the shadow's figure, it was still a woman!

  Wen Bai's hair stood on end instantly, but the figure didn't move or speak, just standing there.

  Wen Baiyu's hand trembled slightly as he wanted to go over and take a look, wondering what was going on behind the mysterious door, but he couldn't leave the doorway, in case Zhong Jian came back.

  Wen Baiyu was entangled for half a day, and the figure still stood there, motionless, making Wen Baiyu's hair stand on end, and they were stuck in a stalemate for about fifteen minutes.

  Wen Baiyu slowly backed away from the tomb gate, cautiously poking his head out to take a look, and walked to the edge of the screen, not daring to go too far forward, peeking inside.

  At this glance, Wen Baiyu was suddenly stunned. Behind the screen, there were actually long rectangular ice blocks, standing upright and arranged behind the screen. Wen Baiyu had only seen one of them.

  In each ice cube, there is a person frozen inside.

  The woman Wen Baiyu saw was actually Fulang!

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground, his mind quickly turned again, how did Fu Ling freeze here, and she was naked, with nothing on her body, directly frozen in the ice block, becoming a specimen. Although her face and body were well preserved, her complexion and body turned white, her lips turned purple, and there was also a flame pattern on Fu Ling's chest, which had already turned dark red, an extremely large flame, much larger than his own.

  Wen Baiyu was shocked and speechless, beside the truffle, there were many frozen bodies, Wen Baiyu looked at them one by one, and to her surprise, Truffle's father and mother were also here, all of them were naked, with a huge flame pattern on their chest.

  Wen Baiyu's breathing was a bit rapid, those people were pale and obviously frozen to death. Was this the fate of being possessed by a Gu? Someone collected these corpses here? Like exhibits, arranged neatly one by one, what was the use of this?

  Wen Baiyu was thinking rapidly when he heard the rustling sound. His nerves tensed up, could it be that Zhong Jian had returned again?

  Wen Baiyu was now too late to run out, so she had no choice but to hide behind the large cauldron at the back of the screen. The cauldron was very big, and Wen Baiyu hid behind it without revealing a single bit of herself.

  The door creaked open quickly, and with a "whooshing" sound, Wen Baiyu heard the wind, then something floated in. He didn't dare to take a peek, fearing being discovered, but he could see the shape on the ground. The faint light of the long lamp illuminated the shadow that came in, which was something Wen Baiyu really couldn't describe. It was similar to a large piece of paper, accompanied by the wind sound, and flew in suddenly. Could it be a large plastic bag?

  Wen Baiyu was thinking, when someone walked in, emitting a foul odor from his body. Wen Baiyu looked at the shadow on the ground and found it to be a skull-like person with an extremely thin skeleton, perhaps he was indeed a skull.

  That person walked in and then crouched down in front of the ice sculptures, Wen Baiyu heard the sound of "hissing - tearing", but didn't know what they were doing.

  That shadow kept moving, with a very strange movement, the skull seemed to be putting on clothes, putting the large paper piece that had floated in earlier on itself, then twisting/moving its body, and "wearing" it well...

  Wen Bai's mind suddenly jumped out with a strange feeling, was this skull wearing his skin?

  Suddenly, Wen Baiyu thought of the skin that flew out of the coffin in that bright tomb, and the dry corpse that hijacked himself at the bottom of Jianmu Water.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't be sure if it was one of those two things, but suddenly had this feeling.

  The shadow was still moving, the skull had finished wearing its "clothes" and crouched in front of the ice sculpture for a few seconds. Then, Wen Baiyu heard the sound of something being scraped, followed by the sound of ice cracking open. The shadow's movements became more intense, and then it was seen crouching in front of the ice sculpture, its two hands scraping at the ice sculpture, and then pulling out something from inside. Its mouth made a "gurgling" sound, as if eating something!

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a wave of nausea, could it be that he was eating a corpse from an ice sculpture?

  The warm white feathers made her feel nauseous and want to vomit, she held her breath as much as possible, covering her mouth and nose, absolutely cannot be discovered, otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable.

  Wen Baiyu shrunk her body as much as possible, stretched out her hand into the pocket and rummaged around, feeling a thin sharp object, she immediately let out a sigh of relief, Feng Gu's dagger was still there.

  His trembling hand pulled out a dagger, tightly grasping it, his hands shaking, and when he raised his eyes, he was suddenly frightened to the point of almost not being able to breathe.

  The shadow on the ground has disappeared...

  It was just a flash of his knife, a brief few seconds, and the shadow on the ground suddenly disappeared...

  Wen Baiyu silently swallowed a mouthful of saliva, telling himself to calm down, tightly gripping the dagger, slowly poking his head out from behind the large cauldron, and indeed there was no one.

  The ice sculptures in front of me were scattered all over the place, and it turned out that these were not exhibits or collectibles, but rather the monster's preserved food, ready to be eaten at any time.

  Some of the ice sculptures had been hollowed out, some were half-eaten, and a large hole was dug in the chest cavity of the corpse, with intestines rolling out from inside. Wen Baiyu felt nauseous and was about to vomit. The feeling was really indescribable, and yet the monster was eating this kind of thing with relish.

  The body of the truffle had a big hole dug out, and was already incomplete. Wen Baiyu felt a little unbearable, although the truffle had been dead for a long time, perhaps even before it was frozen, and should not have felt anything when it was eaten. However, Wen Baiyu still felt that it was unbearable that there was no complete corpse even in death.

  Just then, Wen Bai's throat suddenly let out a "hōng" sound, scaring him into continuous retreat, and he bumped into the large tripod, fortunately the tripod was solid and didn't budge.

  Only to see the chest cavity dug out a big hole, blood and flesh flying everywhere, the truffle suddenly opened its eyes, a pair of gloomy eyes, staring at Wen Baiyu in the ice block...

  The corpse came back to life!

  It's risen from the dead!

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that she held her breath, but Fu Ling's body was pinched in the ice and couldn't get out. She struggled a few times, but instead, many internal organs were squeezed out of her chest and abdomen.

  Wen Baiyu really couldn't take it anymore. The foul and bloody smell rushed straight to his brain, making him dizzy.

  Wen Baiyu no longer stayed, taking advantage of Fu Ling's card being stuck and unable to get out, wanting to rush to the tomb door and squeeze out.

  Wen Baiyu turned around and ran two steps back, only to feel someone pinching his shoulder from behind, with an extremely strong force.

  He was startled and looked down to find someone standing behind him, very thin, with a hand on his shoulder, very close to him.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, and she turned her head back, unable to help but let out another "hiss" as she took in a mouthful of cold air. Along with the air came a strong odor of rot and decay that made Wen Baiyu's nostrils ache.

  Wen Baiyu immediately held her breath and stared at the person behind her with wide eyes.

  It was a mummy, to be exact, a mummy wrapped in a piece of skin that had been well-preserved. Judging from his facial features, he shouldn't have looked bad at all, but rather seemed elegant and refined. However, the mummy was very thin, with no flesh on his body, so the skin just hung loosely on him, wrinkled like an oversized garment.

  Although Wen Baiyu didn't recognize the face, the flame mark on this forehead was correct in his guess - it was that piece of human skin that flew out of the coffin from Ming's grave!

  Although the corpse was covered in skin, there was a clear hole on its forehead, which was where Feng Yuzi's Phoenix Bone Dagger had pierced through. At that time, it was fortunate that the Phoenix Bone Dagger had suddenly pierced through the corpse's head, allowing Wen Baiyu to be saved; otherwise, she would have been disembowelled and had her lungs dug out long ago.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that she couldn't move. The corpse, however, laughed in a hoarse voice and said: "Wen Baiyu... it's truly effortless to get you..."

  Wen Baiyu's whole body was covered in cold sweat as he was pinched by him, and his bony fingers sank into his flesh. Wen Baiyu felt warm blood flowing out.

  The corpse finished speaking, suddenly lowered its head and took a breath on Wen Baiyu's neck, making Wen Baiyu feel nauseous to the point of almost fainting. Then, the corpse let out a "heh heh" laugh and said: "It's truly delicious, your blood..."

  Wen Baiyu's breathing was rapid, his hand tightly grasping the Fenggu bone dagger. He knew he only had one chance, and if this sneak attack failed, he would likely end up like those ice sculptures - gutted and devoured, or worse.

  Wen Baiyu's shoulder was in great pain, and the corpse had been tightening its grip. The pain made Wen Baiyu break out in cold sweat. Just then, Wen Baiyu suddenly struck out with his hand, but the corpse seemed to have anticipated this and dodged it easily.

  Wen Baiyu didn't stop, but suddenly raised his hand, and it turned out that the previous move was just a feint.

  Phoenix bone knife/first extremely sharp, rubbed against the dry corpse's wrist and lifted it up, heard a "pa" sound, the dry corpse's palm was actually cut off from the wrist by Wen Baiyu.

  The corpse let out a fierce roar, its mouth "hēng hēng" angrily panting, apparently not expecting Wen Baiyu to cut off his own palm.

  Wen Baiyu rolled away from the grasp of the dry corpse, scrambling out of the tomb entrance and then running wildly forward without stopping. Along the way, her vision went black and she fell to the ground with a thud.

  Wen Baiyu immediately shook his head and got up from the ground, continuing to run without stopping, no matter how dizzy he felt.

  Wen Baiyu kept running forward, the corridor was very long, and there wasn't a single tomb chamber in sight. Wen Baiyu began to suspect that he had been led astray by a ghost.

  "Ah!"

  Wen Baiyu ran, thinking he was dizzy again, and fell to the ground with a thud, his chin throbbing in pain. He looked up to see something on the ground, and realized that he had tripped over it. To his surprise, it wasn't just anything - it was Zongzi, who had jumped down from upstairs, broken his leg but still crawling after them.

  The old man wore a worn-out cotton-padded jacket, which had become old and tattered with many holes and tears in some places. He lay on the ground, his white beard raised as he gazed at Wen Baiyu with a faint smile.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and retreated a few steps, while Lao Da also moved forward, then grabbed Wen Baiyu's foot. Wen Baiyu was frightened to death, but Lao Da's grip wasn't strong, still staring at him with an eerie gaze, suddenly spoke up.

  "Ling'er... Ling'er... have you seen my granddaughter?"

  Wen Baiyu's heart sank, to say nothing of having seen it before, Fu Ling was already dead, right in the tomb chamber he had just run through, and not only that, but his corpse wasn't even intact, and on top of that, he had been possessed by an evil spirit, probably going to become a zombie.

  The warm white throat slipped away, and in the end, no words were spoken.

  Just then, the corpse had caught up, and Wen Baiyu immediately got up from the ground and wanted to run. He ran a few steps and suddenly heard "huffing" sounds.

  The corpse had walked over, picked up the old man's hand from the ground with one hand, and with a stroke of his finger, an opening suddenly appeared on the old man's neck, deep enough to see bone.

  The white feathers on the chicken's skin have all come out, and the dried-up corpse actually opens its big mouth, almost bursting the skin on its face, as if it wants to bite the old man's head.

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath, removed his watch and threw it with force. The dry corpse was caught off guard and was hit on the head with a "slap", its facial skin was even twisted to one side.

  The corpse stared with its eyes wide open, gloomily looking at Wen Baiyu, then glanced at the watch on the ground, as if feeling it had been played with, and was filled with boundless rage.

  Wen Baiyu's heart was racing fast, and he stared at the dry corpse, saying: "You have a bit of moral integrity, bullying an old man."

  The corpse's mouth let out a strange "heh heh" laugh, then suddenly stretched out its hand and threw the old man to the ground, before walking towards Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu quickly turned around and ran, but suddenly heard a "crack" sound. She immediately turned her head back to see the old man lying on the ground, hugging the mummy's legs with one hand, and using his other hand to feel along the wall. Suddenly, a trapdoor appeared in front of Wen Baiyu, and below it was an endless darkness, she had no idea what it was.

  Wen Baiyu thought to himself, could this old man know the secret of the mausoleum? How did he know there was a mechanism on the wall? Perhaps the old man really is the guardian of the mausoleum.

  Wen Baiyu hesitated for a moment before jumping off the springboard.

  Wen Baiyu jumped down, and the plank closed instantly with a "bang" sound. In the instant it closed, Wen Baiyu vaguely heard Lao Da/Ye still shouting: "My granddaughter... my granddaughter..."

  Wen Baiyu closed her eyes and jumped down, without knowing how deep it was below, or whether she would smash herself to death.

  As expected by Wen Baiyu, it was extremely deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen, like a huge cliff, and Wen Baiyu's head spun with dizziness as he fell.

  "Whoosh——"

  A loud crash, a huge splash of water, Wen Baiyu fell into the water again from the deep pit. Although the water had a buffering force, Wen Baiyu didn't know how to dive at all, and he would hit his head if he just slapped it flat.

  Wen Baiyu's head spun for a moment, stars twinkling before his eyes, bubbles gurgling out of his mouth, the impact of jumping down was too great, causing him to sink all the way to the bottom of the water.

  Wen Baiyu relaxed and slid down with the force of the water, as if suddenly waking up, opening her eyes, looking at the deep bottom of the water in horror, then holding her breath, struggling to paddle upwards. Wen Baiyu couldn't swim, but she could still paddle, and this was an emergency rescue, so she had a necessary survival instinct.

  The white feathers rushed upwards, the oxygen was getting less and less, chest tightness, dizziness, surrounded by endless water, blue, with a hazy and dreamy feeling.

  "Hmmph!"

  Wen Baiyu's head suddenly poked out of the water, and then he breathed heavily, with something warm flowing down his nose. He reached out to wipe it away, only to find that he had a nosebleed. It must have been because he came up too quickly, causing his blood vessels to burst.

  Wen Baiyu hastily reached out to wipe his eyes and ears, and immediately let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just that the blood vessels in his nose were relatively fragile, he didn't want all seven orifices to bleed.

  The white bird floated on the water, struggling for a long time before climbing onto the shore, already exhausted. It lay on the edge of the shore and retched several times, spitting out the water it had swallowed.

  Wen Baiyu wiped his nosebleed again, and it was still bleeding. He didn't have any tissues on him either, so he could only wipe it off with his hands whenever it flowed out.

  Wen Baiyu rested for a while, looked around and found himself climbing up from a lake-like place. In front of him was an empty space, then a passageway, and further inside, he couldn't see anything.

  Wen Baiyu struggled to get up, took out the dagger and grasped it in his hand, slowly walking forward.

  The passage wasn't very long, and there were no dead ends. After walking a few more steps, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of her. Wen Baiyu thought she might run into Wan Qi Jing Hou, so she hurriedly quickened her pace. But it turned out not to be the light from a flashlight, but rather a lantern.

  Both sides of the passageway were lined with long lanterns, flames dancing within them, illuminating the entire tomb passage. At the far end of the passage was a massive burial chamber.

  The massive tomb gate did not close, and the scene inside left Wen Baiyu aghast...

  The tomb is very large, with four load-bearing pillars standing in the east, south, west and north directions. I don't know what kind of stone they are made of, this texture is warm white and has never been seen before. On each pillar, a dragon-shaped candle holder is coiled.

  The dragon-shaped candle holder is climbing up the stone pillar, its head raised, with a long-lasting lamp in its mouth, and the flame is very large, illuminating the entire tomb chamber.

  In the middle of the tomb stood a huge coffin, and Wen Baiyu could only describe it as enormous.

  Extremely large and extremely long, lined up in the tomb chamber, if erected, at least as high as a dozen or so floors.

  Wen Baiyu had never seen such a large coffin before. Looking at it this way, could it really be the coffin for the burial of Zhu Long?

  If it weren't for the dragon candle, nothing would be this big.

  Wen Baiyu didn't dare to move forward, the coffin was a bit strange, with a seal on it, as if someone had sealed it. On the outside of the coffin, there were some words that Wen Baiyu couldn't understand, but they seemed to be symbols or incantations.

  It is said that this mausoleum is the tomb of Candle Dragon, so there shouldn't be such things on his coffin. It seems like they are afraid that Candle Dragon will crawl out from inside.

  In front of the coffin, there were rows and rows of people lying on the ground, all neatly arranged in columns and rows, surrounding the huge coffin.

  Wen Baiyu initially thought they were the lanterns used for worshiping the dragon, but he was clearly mistaken, as each of these lanterns had a flame mark on them.

  Wen Baiyu took an involuntary step back.

  Wen Baiyu's mind is in a mess, with many questions that can't be explained. This is clearly the mausoleum of Zhu Long, where the ancestors worshiped Zhu Long's remains, but here are the desiccated corpses of Huo Mo, human skin, and a large number of flame symbols. Xue Bo came alone, not allowing them to go up the mountain, already knowing that it was very dangerous. Chen Ling's family were the tomb guardians, but mysteriously died here, their bodies even being used as food for the desiccated corpses.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly had an idea, could it be that the Fire Demon was occupying the magpie's nest and wanted to use this mausoleum as its own lair?

  If that's the case, Wen Baiyu felt that some things could be explained clearly. When Xue Bo was searching for Huo Jing Ling Miao, he accidentally discovered that the temple had been occupied by Huo Mo, and it seemed like he himself had been poisoned by Huo Mo's Gu.

  Wen Baiyu was deep in thought, feeling somewhat exhausted and disheartened. He had walked so far, but all he saw were Zhong Jian and some eerie things. Now, he didn't know how Zhong Jian was doing, perhaps soon he would also become as disoriented as Zhong Jian.

  Wen Baiyu sat down with a thud, where did Wan Qi Jinghou and the others go? Wen Baiyu had been walking for half a day, but hadn't seen them.

  Wen Baiyu was thinking, when suddenly he heard a faint "click" sound.

  He is now extremely nervous, suddenly frightened, immediately got up from the ground, vigilantly grasping the phoenix bone dagger, looking around.

  Nothing, I don't know what made the sound, and after that there was no more sound, a complete silence.

  Wen Baiyu looked up at the candle and wondered if it was a spark from the Longming lamp.

  Wen Baiyu thought so, feeling a bit more relaxed, when suddenly there was another "click" sound.

  The four lanterns of Longming didn't flicker, Wen Baiyu's eyes quickly scanned around, the sound wasn't coming from the lanterns. There was no wind here, and the flames of the lanterns didn't move either, but the voice was clear and distinct. It was impossible for Wen Baiyu to hallucinate twice.

  "Ah..."

  Another sound.

  Wen Baiyu's back felt a bit chilly, and she quickly glanced around, tightly gripping the dagger in her hand.

  "Ah..."

  Wen Baiyu held his breath, unsure of what was making the noise, perhaps something had already approached him.

  At this moment, Wen Baiyu suddenly found that the stone men on the ground were a bit strange. Each of them was arranged very neatly, but one of them now protruded out.

  Because there were very few protrusions and a large group of people was too much, Wen Baiyu didn't notice for the time being.

  Wen Baiyu's back hair stood on end, she took a step back, staring tightly at Ren Yu.

  "Ah..."

  It was indeed the sound of a person, and Wen Baiyu's eyes were fixed on that person as he suddenly jumped up and moved forward quickly, covering a very small distance, but indeed moving forward, slowly shortening the distance between him and Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu involuntarily took a step back, could it be that this person was actually alive inside?

  Wen Baiyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, this mausoleum was too evil, and everywhere were the marks of fire demons.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was on guard, "Ka ka ka......" A few consecutive sounds, and several people actually started jumping.

  Wen Baiyu's heart shouted "Oh no!", could it be that the yang energy on her body was what caused these people to rise from the dead?

  Wen Baiyu held her breath, and that person suddenly made a few "cracking" sounds, stiffened his body, stood up from the ground, and became upright.

  Ren You's eyes were hollow and could see inside, a pair of crimson eyes staring straight at Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to escape, but that person, although made of stone, moved extremely quickly and pounced over. Wen Baiyu was knocked to the ground, and with great effort, kicked back, sending the person flying out. With a loud "thud", it smashed into the coffin.

  The stone "cracked" a few times and suddenly shattered, it wasn't very solid.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief, it turned out that it wasn't something too terrible, just looked eerie.

  Before he could catch his breath, a stone man rushed over and Wen Baiyu kicked him open with one foot, "Bang" hitting the tomb wall.

  The stone cracked open, and as the person approached, Wen Baiyu saw clearly that inside the stone, a person was revealed. To be precise, he had already become a mummy. His face was ferocious, and after the stone cracked open, the mummy's eyeballs were still rolling.

  Wen Baiyu's heart sank, this was not good. It seemed that smashing the stone was not enough, and sure enough, the people who had been knocked to the ground in front of the coffin and the grave wall got up again, shaking off the stones on their bodies, transforming into skinless dry corpses, stumbling along, mouths open wide, letting out loud "heh heh" cries as they charged towards Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu clearly knew his own abilities, although the phoenix bone dagger was sharp, but one against two was absolutely no match. Wen Baiyu turned to run, but the corpse was extremely intelligent, seemingly with a high IQ, blocking the tomb door and not letting Wen Baiyu escape, pushing him back instead.

  Wen Baiyu retreated, and suddenly felt that he had taken the bait. Behind him was a large group of people who were lying on the ground, making "ka ka" sounds, all of whom stood up stiffly from the ground.

  Wen Baiyu shouted in her heart: "It's all over! Am I going to die here today? This is too unfair."

  The man rushed over quickly, and Wen Baiyu dared not kick again. Feng Gu's dagger flashed by, making a "pa" sound as it pierced the man's abdomen. As soon as Wen Baiyu pulled out the dagger, he felt a pungent liquid gushing out from the gap between the stones. He hastily dodged to the side.

  "Psst——"

  Liquid splashed onto the ground, instantly corroding into a dense cluster of sieve-like holes.

  Wen Baiyu's whole body shook, this damn thing can't get any better. Can't kick it, kicking the stone might make an even more powerful zombie run out. Can't slash it either, the zombie's bodily fluids have extremely strong corrosive properties, and a bunch of zombies like this are unbeatable.

  The people surrounded Wen Tianxiang with a dense circle and forced him back.

  Wen Baiyu was at a loss for the moment, his palms sweating profusely as the encircling circle grew smaller and smaller. His hands were also bleeding from being cut. He slowly retreated backwards until he leaned against the massive coffin with a "thud".

  Wen Baiyu's body shape was unstable, and she almost sat on the coffin. She supported herself with both hands behind her back, barely stabilizing her body.

  All the blood on his hands was pressed onto the coffin.

  Wen Baiyu only felt that the outermost layer of the coffin suddenly started to heat up, and his palms were numb. He quickly let go of his hands and turned around to see that the seal on the coffin was violently shaking.

  "Wan Baiyu shouted 'Oh no', it's really good things don't come and bad things do, could it be that his own blood energy is going to make the giant guy in the coffin resurrect?"

  A group of people was already more than she could handle; if a giant dragon were to appear as well, Wen Baiyu felt that even her teeth would not be enough.

  Seal was violently shaken, bringing up a gust of wild wind, blowing Wen Baiyu's eyes wide open. The long bright lamps around began to flicker constantly, but never went out. The blood dripping on the coffin was blown away by the wild wind, and when it touched the talisman/charm on the coffin, the talisman/charm instantly turned into black powder and dissipated into thin air.

  The seal cracked open with a "pop", and Wen Baiyu was startled, hastily reaching out to grab the seal, wanting to stick it back on, but it was too late.

  "Bang!" A loud noise, the coffin burst open from the middle of the first layer, the huge lid flew to both sides, "slap-" a sound, pressed the people on both sides into pancakes.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Bai Yu stared at the outer layer of the coffin in shock, her eyes wide with amazement. In an instant, a large number of people were eliminated, this was also too efficient...

  The outer coffin cracked open a layer, the second layer was bronze, and the pattern on it surprised Wen Baiyu, it was exactly the same as the bronze box.

  The white feather felt like a cold evil spirit, and I couldn't help but reach out to touch it. The feeling in my hand was icy and bone-chilling, as if there were ice cubes inside.

  The copper coffin began to shake violently, Wen Baiyu was startled, and those people seemed to be frightened too, some of them retreated in fear, as if something unbearable was inside.

  "Bang!" With no seals or charms to hold it back, the bronze coffin immediately collapsed on all sides and fell to the ground with a loud crash.

  Inside the last coffin was exposed, it turned out to be a transparent coffin, the coffin emitted cold air, as if it were a huge block of ice coffin.

  Through the thick cold air, a clear coffin held a huge dragon coiled inside...

  Entirely red, like a flame burning, yet emitting a huge cold air. The scales on the dragon's body are larger than those of the snake, like gemstone armor, shining brightly.

  The dragon is lying down with its head facing downwards. It's unclear what it looks like as it appears to be sleeping very soundly, completely still and motionless.

  Wen Baiyu was just looking through the ice coffin when Xuelong's head suddenly moved silently, opening its eyes and looking up at him, locking gazes with Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu was frightened pale, took a step back, but felt that these eyes were very familiar, with an indescribable feeling.

  He moved, and those people immediately began to stir. Wen Baiyu cried out in alarm, but it was too late. The coffin lid burst open, and Wen Baiyu instinctively kicked out, slamming the lid shut with a loud bang on the ice coffin.

  The dragon inside seemed to be enraged, suddenly raised its head, and with a "bang" sound, the lid of the ice coffin was knocked off by it, instantly flying out, rolling three times in mid-air, and smashing to the ground with a "crash", shattering into powder.

  Then there was a loud "boom" sound, and the dragon poked its head out from inside. It only lifted up a bit of its body, but it was already so tall that it couldn't be seen clearly.

  Wen Baiyu was so scared that she couldn't move, and she had to deal with the desiccated corpse. The liquid from the corpse sprayed out and made a "sizzling" sound as it burned onto Wen Baiyu's arm. Wen Baiyu let out a pained "Ah——".

  The dragon's head suddenly lowered, its massive skull shook violently, and with a loud "boom", the rushing corpse was knocked flying, smashing into the tomb wall, instantly turning to mush.

  Wen Baiyu was shocked, this dragon candle was actually helping him?

  Wen Baiyu didn't have time to think, and immediately rolled away from the attack of the dry corpse. A loud rumbling sound came from behind him, as the Candle Dragon crawled out of its coffin. The huge coffin couldn't withstand the strength of the Candle Dragon, and it burst open with a loud explosion.

  The dragon flame flashed before Wen Baiyu's eyes and suddenly disappeared.

  Wen Baiyu rubbed her eyes, something so big, yet it was said to be invisible, could it really be a divine being?

  Wen Baiyu took a step back, and someone had already pounced over. Wen Baiyu continuously retreated several steps, suddenly leaning against something icy cold. At that moment, his heart skipped a beat, this feeling was all too familiar to him - it was Wan Kuang Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu hadn't even had time to turn around when Wan Jingshou already wrapped his arm around his waist, then suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the person who was rushing over, pinching their neck with his fingers. Then there was a crisp "crack" sound, as Wan Jingshou's hand sank into the person's body, instantly twisting the dry corpse's neck until it broke.

  Ren You's head tilted to one side and he fell softly to the ground.

  Everyone was stunned, Wan Xi Jing Hou's movements were swift and deadly. The people who rushed over were all caught by the neck, then with a slight twist, they quickly fell to the ground, motionless.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief, and Wan Xi Jing Hou was still holding his waist, lifting up his arm to examine it. "A bit burned, does it hurt?"

  Wen Baiyu shook his head and excitedly grabbed Wang Juexuan, saying: "I've finally found you, where are the others?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also furrowed his brow, as if pondering this question.

  At this moment, a chaotic footsteps came from outside, and soon a group of people rushed in. Wen Baiyu fixed his eyes to take a look, Xi Chi, Zi Che, Xue Bo were all there, but Zhong Jian was not among them.

  They walked in and saw the people lying all over the floor, and they were startled. Then they saw that Wan Jiahao and Wen Baiyu were fine, and they immediately felt relieved.

  Xī Chí said: "So you were here all along. I just heard a huge noise, and Wàn Xí Jǐnghóu suddenly disappeared. How did you know Wēn Bái Yǔ was here?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and pondered for a moment, shaking his head and saying: "I don't know, I was just with you all earlier, but in the blink of an eye I ended up in this tomb chamber."

  As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes widened in incredulity.

  "What exactly happened?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Mo Jie Jing Hou said, "We came down from the tomb passage, and you suddenly fainted. Then, there was something wrong with Zhong Jian's situation too. We were planning to rest, but you and Zhong Jian suddenly woke up and ran towards the deeper part of the tomb passage."

  Wen Bai Yu said in surprise: "I'm running myself?"

  Everyone nodded, but Wen Baiyu didn't feel anything at all.

  Xie Chi said: "You were going too fast at that time, we couldn't keep up with you, and then got lost. Then met Xue Bai."

  They found Xue Bai in the tomb passage, Xue Bai was the person most deeply poisoned by Zhong Hui. At that time, Xue Bai's consciousness was somewhat unclear, and Zi Che rescued him. Xue Bai was very surprised that they had come up the mountain, and he told Zi Che it was dangerous, telling him to go back.

  The young master naturally did not want to go back, and now they have figured it out that the flame pattern is a kind of Gu poison, so we must find the Gu mother, and cannot just leave like this.

  Zi Che's attitude was very strong and hard. In the past, it was always Xue Bai saying something and Zi Che doing something, but this time Xue Bai was actually a bit helpless.

  Xue Bai had a familiar feeling about the tomb path, but he wasn't clear how to walk it specifically, so everyone followed Xue Bai as they walked and explored.

  They found Wen Baiyu's watch in the tomb passage and also discovered the bodies of the Fu Ling family, but did not encounter Zhong Jian.

  Until a loud crash was heard, Wan Qi Jing Hou had been following the crowd. Wen Bai Yu felt that the crashing sound they heard was probably the coffin cracking open.

  Then Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't know why, he suddenly found himself standing in the tomb chamber. At that time, he didn't have time to think, a group of people were rushing towards Wen Bai Yu to attack.

  Everyone said it was the beginning and end, suddenly felt that this grave is very evil, a giant dragon candle stained with Wen Baiyu's blood suddenly revived, and then disappeared in an instant, disappearing without any trace. After the dragon candle disappeared, Wan Qi Jing Hou appeared again.

  Many people think but can't figure it out.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked around and found that this tomb chamber should be the main tomb chamber. Zi Che took out the map to take a look, and it was indeed in the middle of the mausoleum, with several ear chambers on the side.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou walked to the side of the coffin, the huge ice coffin had already burst, leaving only a bottom, and all around it had turned into rubble, with large and small pieces of shattered ice splashing everywhere.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou squatted down, stretched out his hand to touch the bottom of the ice coffin, and felt a chill that was similar to his body temperature.

  Wen Baiyu walked over and squatted beside him, saying: "What's wrong, have you found something?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head, staring at the ice coffin on the ground, picked up a piece of broken ice and turned it around, saying: "That familiar feeling again."

  Wen Baiyu looked into Wan Kuang Jing Hou's eyes and suddenly felt a jump in her heart, her heartbeat violently shaking, this gaze...

  Wen Baiyu finally knew why Candle Dragon's eyes looked so familiar - they were almost identical to those of Wan Qi Jinghou!

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou found Wen Bai Yu staring at him and turned his head to ask, "What's wrong?"

  "Wen Baiyu shook her head and said: "Nothing... you... uh, do you have any uncomfortable feeling?""

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at him with some curiosity and said: "No, but you, are you uncomfortable?"

  Wen Baiyu knew he was asking about the pattern on his chest, and secretly opened the zipper to take a look. It was still orange-red and hadn't turned bright red or become as severe as Zhong Jian's. He didn't know why it seemed to have suddenly restrained itself.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou saw that he was fine, so he said: "There is no Gu mother here, go take a look in the ear room."

  Everyone was eager to find the mother of Gu, and as soon as Wan Xi Jing Hou spoke, everyone set off immediately.

  The ear chamber was just on both sides of the huge tomb chamber. They had only walked a few steps when Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly stopped and said, "Someone."

  As expected, a figure appeared, swaying from the outside and coming in. His footsteps were slow, his movements were slow, and he was very tall and large. Under the illumination of the long lamp, his fangs were exposed, his face was pale green, his eyes were blood red, and his fingers had grown long fingernails. He slowly walked into the tomb.

  Everyone was stunned when they saw him, it was Zhong Jian!

  Zhong Jian's breathing was extremely rapid, his face no longer twisted, but looked very ferocious, as if his consciousness had been completely consumed, the flame pattern emerged from his clothes, just now still on his neck, and now extended to his cheeks, looking exceptionally eerie.

  Xie Chi's body shook slightly, and he stared at Zhong Jian in shock. His innocent and lovely expression changed instantly, becoming extremely cold and detached, as if he was about to erupt at any moment. His long golden claws clenched, with the sharp tips digging deep into the flesh of his palm.

  Xie Chi took a step forward and blocked everyone's way, saying: "You all go to the ear room to take a look, I'll handle things here."

  Wen Baiyu looked at Xi Chi with some concern, but Wan Jingshou nodded and said, "Good."

  Zhong Jian seemed to not want them to enter the ear chamber, suddenly letting out a low roar, jumping forward in an instant. Xi Chi's expression was gloomy, but he didn't really make a move against Zhong Jian, and indeed couldn't bring himself to do so.

  Zhong Jian didn't hold back, every move was a ruthless blow, and Xi Chi kept dodging, even with the fastest reaction, he was still at a disadvantage.

  A loud crash, the tomb was very large, they ran wildly all the way, and had not yet entered the ear chamber door, Wen Baiyu turned back to look, Zhong Jian had actually pressed Xi Chi to the ground, his hands pinched his neck, long fingernails sank into Xi Chi's neck, and a pool of blood gushed out.

  Xī Chí's hands were unimpeded, his golden claws opening and closing repeatedly. He raised them twice, but Zhōng Jiǎn's movements were ruthless, yet the back of his head and neck were completely exposed, without any defense. If Xī Chí had struck with all his might, he would have been able to break free, but instead, he only raised his hands to block Zhōng Jiǎn's arms.

  Zhong Jian seemed to not recognize Xi Chi, suddenly lowering his head and biting him.

  Wen Baiyu's clear ears heard a loud "ah" from Xi Chi, and Zhong Jian raised his head, with blood all over his mouth, staining the exposed fangs red.

  He lay paralyzed on the ground, and Zhong Jian was about to lower his head to bite him when he saw the person on the ground suddenly kick both legs out, sending Zhong Jian flying away. Then, he rubbed his neck and struggled to get up from the ground.

  Wen Baiyu shouted: "Qi Chi, run quickly!"

  Xī Chí ran a few more steps with great effort, and Zhōng Jiǎn caught up again from behind. With a long fingernail swipe, Xī Chí's backpack was torn open, and things scattered all over the ground. Inside, there was actually a box.

  The box fell to the ground with a loud crackling sound, and the things inside were shaken out.

  Wen Baiyu shouted loudly: "Fire fire fire fire, Fire Essence!"

  Zhong Jian saw the bronze dragon candle on the ground and rushed over to grab it. Xi Chi also rushed over at the same time, kicked Zhong Jian away with one foot, hugged the fire spirit and rolled on the ground, then threw it out violently.

  Xī Chí was injured, and he didn't throw it far. The bronze dragon candle holder fell to the ground with a "crack" sound, and Wēn Bái Yǔ's eyes almost popped out. The bronze had actually cracked!

  Wan Xi Jing Hou reacted quickly, rubbing forward with one hand and grabbing the fire essence before running back.

  The bronze candelabra was suddenly shattered, revealing the things inside. The outer bronze seemed to be a layer of skin, wrapping around the inner objects.

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly excited, could it be that the things inside were actually the real deal due to a lucky mistake?

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou handed the bronze dragon candle holder to Wen Bai Yu and said, "This won't do."

  He said, quickly pulling out a rope from his backpack, looking at Zi Che and saying: "Let's go, tie up Zhong Jian."

  Zi Che nodded, and the two of them quickly ran out. Xue Bai was a bit worried, but this time they met, Zi Che seemed to have more initiative than before. Although he still listened to Xue Bai's words, he was more stubborn than before. Once he made up his mind, no matter what Xue Bai said, it wouldn't work.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou and his son Che Chong rushed over, the two of them worked well together. Xi Chi didn't dare to really fight back, Zhong Jian's kung fu was not weak, and he was using real knives and guns, so Xi Chi couldn't win.

  The three people were different, Wan Xi Jing Hou kicked Zhong Jian's knee cap, Zhong Jian's knee cap bent, and he knelt down on the ground, wanting to get up, but Wan Xi Jing Hou and Zi Che had already pressed him down with force, Zhong Jian's shoulders were heavy, painful, unable to stand up, his teeth clenched, letting out a loud roar.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Tie him up."

  Xie Chi quickly took out the rope and tightly bound Zhong Jian, who tried to struggle but couldn't break free.

  Everyone carried Zhong Jian over, and Wen Baiyu quickly handed Xi Chi some gauze and medicine. Xi Chi's neck was a mess of blood and flesh, Zhong Jian had been too ruthless in his attack. If he woke up, who knows how much he would regret it.

  Wen Baiyu bandaged Xi Chi's wound, and she also wanted to help Zhong Jian treat his wound, but Zhong Jian's expression was particularly ferocious, so Wen Baiyu didn't dare get close.

  Xī Chí pointed at the bronze dragon candle in Wēn Bái Yǔ's hand and said: "Broken?"

  Wen Bai Yu shrugged and said: "I don't know, it seems like there's something inside."

  He said, and Wan Qi Jinghou took over the bronze dragon candle holder, his fingers touching the seam, after circling it once, suddenly using both hands with force, "Ka Cha" a sound.

  Wen Baiyu shouted "Ah" and said: "How did you open it!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou had already pried open the outer shell of the bronze dragon candle, and indeed it was just a layer of bronze skin. Inside, something was hidden, fiery red, emitting a faint glow, and the huge tomb chamber suddenly lit up. This thing seemed to be able to penetrate through darkness.

  Xie Chi exclaimed in surprise: "Really is a fire spirit? It was hidden under the bronze all along?"

  The three bronze fragments of the candle dragon originally contained a small piece of fire essence each.

  Xue Bai stared at Huo Jing in a daze, seemingly thinking of something, but couldn't think of it for the time being.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou looked at it for a while, also frowning and thinking about something, suddenly stretched out his hand and poured the three pieces of Huo Jing from the bronze shell.

  Xue Bai's face suddenly turned bad, and he said, "Don't move, it's dangerous."

  His words were spoken quickly, but Wan Zong Jing Hou had already taken the fire essence in his hand, and everyone was nervous, Wen Bai Yu had already made up his mind to slap open the fire essence.

  But just as everyone was staring at each other, the fire essence quietly lay in Wan Qi Jing Hou's palm, emitting a red glow, seemingly even more dazzling than before. Wen Bai Yu even felt a warmth emanating from the fire essence, which soothed her heart and instantly dispelled the fatigue on her body.

  Xue Bai's face showed a puzzled expression, he spread out his hands, and on the palm of Xue Bai's hand was a scar about two fingers wide and one finger long, which looked like it had been there for some time and had faded a lot, and if you didn't look closely, it seemed like it couldn't be found at all.

  This size is the same as the fire spirit's size.

  The young master was somewhat surprised and said: "Father, this fire essence..."

  He hadn't finished speaking when Xue Bai shook his head and said, "Zi Che, your father didn't deceive you, I really can't think of anything, but I feel that this thing is very dangerous."

  He said, and then rubbed his palm again. Zi Che saw him frowning and thinking, and felt a little unbearable in her heart. She stretched out her hand and placed it on Xue Bai's palm, gently touching the scar.

  Wen Baiyu was also very puzzled, Xue Bo felt that this thing was very dangerous, he had wounds on his hands, and it was likely that the fire spirit had burned him, but when Wan Qi Jinghou held it, nothing happened.

  Wen Baiyu was deep in thought when he suddenly let out a loud "ah" and pointed at Wan Kuang's hand, saying: "It's bad! It's bad! The fire essence has been transformed!"

  Everyone looked and saw that the fire essence on Wan Jie Jing Hou's palm was melting, its volume getting smaller and smaller, as if it was being absorbed into Wan Jie Jing Hou's palm bit by bit.

  It was just an instant, and the fire essence disappeared in the palm of Wan Xie Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and quickly grabbed Wan Kuang's palm, but his palm was cool to the touch, without any burning heat. Wen Baiyu turned it over twice, but there were no injuries either...

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