Chapter 118: The Hanging Coffin Tomb 2

  The bear fell to the ground and couldn't get up, its large body twisting back and forth, its face having been slapped, with skin split open.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou heard a "rustling" sound in his ear and said: "Those two people are coming back."

  Wen Baiyu quickly reached out and put the small candle dragon and egg into her backpack, not letting them come out again. Neither Boss Jiang nor the young man were familiar with them, so she definitely couldn't let them see the little guys.

  The little guys had just entered the backpack when they saw Old Jiang crawling out of the mountain ditch, covered in dirt. As he crawled, he kept saying "Aiyo", his mouth complaining: "Aiyo, heavens! Nowadays young people are so heavy, it's going to crush me to death, my waist is almost broken!"

  He said, climbing up, and the only one who climbed out was Old Jiang. Then Old Jiang bent down to pull, and soon pulled the young man up as well.

  The young man seemed to have fainted, with blood all over his head, probably from hitting it when he fell. He still tightly held the large bronze box in his arms.

  Boss Jiang didn't look much better either, his face was just slapped by a bear's paw, although it wasn't a solid hit, but there was still a patch of blood/stain, and it was also swollen on one side, looking even more ugly and comical.

  Mr. Jiang pulled the young man out of the ditch, panting and shouting slogans, with great difficulty he finally pulled him out, just to hear a loud "roar" sound, turned his head and said: "Ah, my god, how is the bear still here?"

  Just as Old Jiang was speaking, the bear let out a loud roar, but did not pounce on anyone. The bushes shook, and a startled deer darted out from the side, the bear suddenly rolled up from the ground, its movements were swift and fierce, unlike a bear. With one swipe of its paw, it knocked the startled deer to the ground, then pounced on it.

  Everyone was somewhat surprised, the bear rushed up and pressed down on the not yet completely dead deer, letting out a loud growl as it bit into its neck.

  The deer let out a sharp cry of grief, and the dog bear actually drank the deer's blood!

  Ye Liu Xiang looked at him in shock and said: "Heavens, does this bear also like drinking blood just like me?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and said: "This bear has a problem, it should be controlled by humans."

  The bear drank the deer's blood and suddenly sprang up, its movements much faster than before. It let out a loud "roar roar roar" as it charged back at the young man.

  Mr. Jiang shouted loudly and exaggeratedly, pulling up the young man from the ground and running towards the four people's direction.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou grasped the dagger tightly, and the bear's paw came crashing down. Old Jiang was like a man with eyes in the back of his head, dragging the young man as he ran, then suddenly pouncing to the ground, kicking the young man, and the two rolled down the slope together, narrowly avoiding the bear's claws.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly stretched out his arm, and the dagger "hissed" through the dog bear's paw, causing the dog bear to let out a loud roar and become even more furious.

  The bear went mad after drinking deer blood, but soon had to flee deep into the forest due to severe injuries.

  Mr. Jiang climbed up from the slope just in time, looked around and found that the bear had run away, leaving a bloody scene on the ground with both the bear's blood and the deer's blood, looking very frightening.

  Mr. Jiang pulled the young man up from under the slope and dragged him to the side of the tent.

  Their tent had been flattened by a bear's paw, and when everyone went over to take a look, the frame was completely rotten and couldn't be used at all. In other words, they would have to sleep under the stars tonight.

  Boss Jiang looked at his tent and said with a regretful face: "Oh dear, this is too expensive."

  Mr. Jiang threw the young man beside the bonfire, then started rummaging through his backpack for medicine, taking out ointment and gauze to apply to his face, muttering as he did so: "This damned bear, why did it have to hit me in the face? Look at my swollen face."

  Just now, Old Jiang hugged the young man and rolled down the ditch. It was actually quite timely. Otherwise, the bear's paw would not have hit his face, but his head, directly splitting it open. Adding to that, the mad-eyed bear might have even knocked his head flying off.

  Mr. Jiang talked incessantly, and the crowd also sat down by the fire pit. Wan Kuang Jing Hou went to deal with the dead deer, pulling it away, the smell of blood was extremely strong.

  Only the dead deer's neck had a torn mark, and a large amount of blood flowed out. The dog bear drank a lot, but also a lot flowed to the ground.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou returned, Old Jiang had already taken the medicine, Wen Bai Yu was treating the young man's head injury, slightly swollen but possibly fainted from hitting his head, don't know when he'll wake up.

  Everyone sat together, Ye Liu Xiang curiously said: "What is he holding in his arms?"

  Wen Baiyu was also very curious about this thing that had provoked a bear to chase after young people relentlessly.

  They met this young man many times, each time with a lot of mystery. For example, when they met the young man in the forest, his face was panicked, constantly looking back at what was behind him, and then running out of the forest, not knowing what he was hiding from. There was also that time by the lake, where the young man suddenly jumped into the water for no apparent reason, staying underwater for over two minutes before being pulled out by Luo Qifeng.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the young man's bronze box in his arms, which was rectangular and a bit flat. He didn't know what was inside, but looking at the pattern, it was very ancient and the material was also very old, absolutely having some years on it.

  Everyone was curious, and Old Jiang smiled and said: "If you want to know what something is, just take a look."

  He said, taking the young man's arm and removing the bronze box from his embrace.

  Although the young man had fainted, his hand still tightly grasped the bronze box. Mr. Jiang had to expend a lot of effort and became even more interested in this bronze box.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Isn't this bad? He hasn't woken up yet, and we've opened all his things."

  Boss Jiang waved his hand and said, "What's wrong with that? It's not a letter or a package. Besides, including the last time, I've saved him twice now. I'm his lifesaver, let me take a look, after I finish looking, I'll put it back for him."

  Mr. Jiang said, "Ka" sound, opened the bronze box.

  Everyone was stunned, and all they saw was that the things in the bronze box were incomplete, piece by piece, but everyone could recognize them. It was a jade-made cicada-shaped mask!

  This mask is almost identical to the one Mr. Jiang had in his hand earlier, probably because of the fight just now, it has been shattered into pieces, no wonder when I picked up the box just now, there was a faint sound coming from inside.

  Boss Jiang was taken aback and immediately said: "Oh no, how did it break into pieces like this?"

  Mr. Jiang had a jade cicada mask, and also had another cicada, which was said to have been taken from the tomb nearby, so they followed Mr. Jiang to find this tomb, and now this young man also has this mask.

  Wen Baiyu said: "This person won't have just gone to a funeral, will he?"

  Boss Jiang stroked his chin and said, "Well, this is hard to say, but we haven't found it, how can that kid find it?"

  Wen Bai Yu looked at Old Man Jiang with a skeptical gaze, feeling that his words were not quite believable.

  Mr. Jiang also ignored Wen Baiyu's gaze, carefully studying the masks in the box, and suddenly exclaimed "hmm", reached in and pulled out a broken mask, holding it up to the light of the fire to examine it.

  "What did you find?"

  Mr. Jiang smiled and said, "I found that this mask design is quite humanized. Look, this is an air valve, can also be used for breathing? Wearing a mask won't suffocate."

  Wen Baiyu rolled her eyes, and at this moment, Wan Qi Jinghou stretched out his hand and snatched the mask directly from Old Man Jiang's hands.

  Boss Jiang exclaimed, "What's the rush? If you want to see it, just say so."

  Wan Xi Jinghou put the mask against the light, and indeed, there was a small "air valve" at the position corresponding to the mouth and nose, just as Old Jiang had said. It was very small and exquisitely crafted, seemingly for the wearer to breathe through.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes at the device, and suddenly used the dragon-scale chisel to pry it open with a "click", and the device was brutally pried open by Wan Qi Jing Hou.

  Boss Jiang exclaimed again, "What are you doing? It's an antique even if it's broken, it can be sold for a lot of money! Why did you smash it again?"

  Wan Jie Jing Hou ignored him, Wen Bai Yu looked at Wan Jie Jing Hou's serious expression and asked: "What did you find?"

  He pointed to the area of the mask that covered the mouth and nose, saying: "This device is an extremely small mechanism. If I'm not mistaken, in such a small space, only Gu insects can be placed inside. The Gu insects will crawl through the mechanism into the wearer's mouth and nose, controlling the wearer..."

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened suddenly and he said: "Then just now that bear......?"

  Ye Liu frowned and said: "The bugs crawled into my nose and mouth, it's really disgusting."

  The bear has been in a frantic state, and just now Wan Xi Jing Hou also said that the bear is not right, it looks like it's being controlled by someone, probably because of this mask.

  This mask looks like it's been around for a very long time. I didn't expect the mechanisms on it to still work, and the insect is still alive too.

  Everyone carefully studied that face/mask, except for the position of the mouth and nose with a small mechanism, there were no mechanisms in other positions.

  The young people have not woken up yet, their tent is also broken, now it's very dark, except for the place where they lit a bonfire, other places can't be seen at all, and need to go down the mountain tomorrow morning.

  Moreover, everyone did not expect that Old Jiang was so unreliable and could get lost in places he had been to before. As a result, they didn't bring much supplies and must go down the mountain to replenish them. At least, they need to bring a usable tent before climbing up again.

  Wen Baiyu was a bit tired and leaned against Wan Kuangjing to sleep. Ye Liuxiang also leaned against Luo Qifeng to sleep.

  However, Boss Jiang pulled out his own sleeping bag and slept soundly on the ground under the open sky, even snoring loudly.

  The second half of the night was peaceful, and Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't sleep too soundly, remaining vigilant. After all, this forest wasn't safe. The eldest son of the village head had an accident in the forest, and then a bloodthirsty bear ran out. Perhaps these two incidents were connected, but it couldn't be said for sure yet. One thing was certain: there was definitely something wrong with this forest.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou gently closed his eyes, shut his eyes to meditate, and just listened to the "huff... huff..." of breathing sounds. He immediately opened his eyes again. The young man lying on the ground seemed to have changed from a coma to a deep sleep, but he slept very restlessly.

  The young man lay on the ground, panting heavily, his body convulsing constantly, his hands grasping wildly at the earth, his fingernails digging into the dirt, and from his mouth came not only labored breathing but also incoherent mutterings, as if he was having a nightmare.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou moved, and Wen Bai Yu also woke up. Because he didn't sleep well, his head was a bit dizzy. He had also been poisoned by the Gu poison, but he didn't know if it was because of this that he felt a slight headache on one side of his head.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the young man on the ground, wondering what was wrong with him. Ye Liuxiang and Luo Qifeng also woke up, and the last one to wake up was Jiang Laoban, who was closest to the young man.

  Mr. Jiang wiped the saliva from his mouth while getting out of his sleeping bag, looked at the young man convulsing on the ground and exclaimed in surprise: "Oh no, it can't be rabies, how terrifying!"

  "He must be having a nightmare, what is he talking about?"

  Ye Liu Xiang took a closer look at the young man's mouth shape, but because it was a mumble, his mouth shape was very chaotic and Ye Liu Xiang couldn't tell what he was saying.

  Wen Baiyu listened carefully, the young man's voice was very weak, speaking quickly, stuttering and trembling, saying intermittently: "No... don't... don't wear it... go away..."

  The young man's body convulsed faster and faster, almost to the point of madness, but he still couldn't wake up. His appearance was a bit frightening. Old Jiang sat up, stretched out his hand, and slapped the young man's face twice with a "slap, slap".

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Mr. Jiang's voice was crisp and sweet, the young man's face suddenly turned red, but he also woke up from his dream, sat up abruptly.

  "Bang!" The young man suddenly sat up, and Jiang Old Master was knocked over by him. The two men's foreheads bumped into each other, and Jiang Old Master shouted "Ah ya ma ya". Then, like a turtle flipping over, he fell backwards, covering his forehead and rolling on the ground several times before getting up.

  The young man opened his eyes to see Old Man Jiang, a look of disgust on his face, followed by some panic. He immediately reached out and hugged the bronze box beside him, opening it with a "click". What he found inside was shattered, his face full of shock.

  Mr. Jiang got up and walked over, saying: "Oh dear, young man, where did you get this thing from? Do you know what it's used for?"

  The young man didn't care about Old Jiang at all, reached out to touch his earphone and found it was gone, looked around on the ground for half a day but couldn't find it, finally had no choice but to give up, closed the bronze box, stood up and was about to leave.

  Mr. Jiang also stood up, stretched out his arm, which was much longer than the young man's, and blocked the way, saying: "Hey, young man, I'm your lifesaver, let's not mention what happened by the lake that time, just now when that bear chased you, it was me who saved you, wasn't it? One should know how to repay kindness, tell me where you found this thing."

  The young man looked up at Old Man Jiang with disdain, Old Man Jiang had a sallow complexion, his face full of wrinkles, and although he was tall and imposing, he wore a coarse yellowish-brown suit that showed poor taste. His entire being exuded a sleazy aura.

  The young man said: "Just now when I fell into the ditch, if you hadn't bumped me, I wouldn't have fainted either."

  Wen Baiyu glanced at Old Man Jiang, who seemed to make a small gesture every time he saved someone...

  No need to say why, it must be that they want to take advantage of the young people's dizziness and open the bronze box.

  Boss Jiang said, "Oh dear, it was an accident, let's not delve into the details. The key is that you're safe and sound. I even got slapped by a bear! How can I put it? I'm your lifesaver, twice! Young man, you must tell me where this bronze box came from."

  The young man didn't care about Old Man Jiang at all, turned around and was about to leave. Wen Baiyu also wanted to know where this thing came from. After all, if they found the origin of this thing, they should be able to find those large tombs. Now he completely believed that Old Man Jiang could take them there, his brain must have been flooded with water.

  Wen Baiyu was about to intercept, but Wan Xi Jinghou stretched out his hand and pressed down on his shoulder, signaling him to calm down.

  The young man turned around and was about to leave when Old Jiang suddenly took a step forward, stretched out his long arm, and gave the young man a big hug.

  The young man was startled, still holding the bronze box in his arms, and struggled violently, pushing his arms outward. But despite Old Man Jiang's pale face, which looked like he had suffered a severe kidney injury from smoking too much, he possessed incredible strength, as if he were invincible. The young man was also an expert, yet he couldn't pry open Old Man Jiang's arms.

  The young man tried twice, with a shocked face, and couldn't help but take another look at Old Man Jiang.

  Boss Jiang then said with a smile: "Hurry up and tell me, if you don't tell me I won't let you go, if you don't tell me I'll have to punish you, believe it or not I'll lick your head?"

  The young man's face suddenly turned red, then turned iron-green, as black as the bottom of a pot, biting his lip, gasping with anger, seemingly searching for words to scold Old Jiang, but being so angry that he couldn't find any words, finally gritting his teeth and saying: "You! You dare! You rascal!"

  Boss Jiang suddenly burst out laughing "hahaha", seemingly finding the young man's insults quite interesting.

  Mr. Jiang smiled and really leaned his head forward, about to kiss the young man's lips. The young man desperately tilted his head back, his eyes turned red with anger, his lips trembling as he said: "I... I'm telling you, let me go!"

  Boss Jiang immediately let go of the person, smiling and saying: "Ah, young man, why didn't you say so earlier? Can I still make things difficult for you? I'm a devout Buddhist!"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  The young man was released by Old Jiang, and immediately retreated several steps with his back leg on high alert. It wasn't until then that he suddenly realized he was drenched in sweat from the struggle earlier. Old Jiang's incredible strength had really scared him out of his wits.

  The young man stumbled two steps and quickly sat down beside the fire heap.

  The young man took a quick glance at everyone and said, "Are you here to cause trouble?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "About it."

  The young man laughed and said: "People come here to fight every year, but it's been quiet for a few years. I didn't think anyone would still come."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Looks like you know a lot?"

  The young man looked at his bronze box and put it on the ground, saying: "My name is An Ran."

  Young people reported their names, which is an important prelude to forming a gang.

  Wen Baiyu also introduced their people, and when it was Old Jiang's turn, Old Jiang smiled and said: "My surname is Jiang, you can call me Big Brother Jiang or Ah Nian, whichever you like."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  An Ran didn't even bother with him, looking at Wan Qi Jing Hou in surprise and saying: "So you're actually Wan Qi Jing Hou."

  An Ran said calmly: "I didn't come here for tourism, but to find the nearby hanging coffin tomb."

  "Hanging Coffin Tomb?" said Wen Baiyu.

  An Ran nodded and said: "Don't you know what you're looking for?"

  Wen Baiyu looked at Old Man Jiang and said, "Old Man Jiang says there are hundreds or thousands of tombs."

  He nodded calmly and said, "That's also correct. There should be hundreds or thousands of tombs, all of which are hanging coffins, that is, tombs suspended on cliffs and in caves."

  Wen Baiyu looked at the bronze box and said, "You've already found it?"

  An Ran said: "If I found it, would I still need to tell you all this?"

  Boss Jiang smiled and said: "Ah, I see. You want to partner with us? You must think we have a lot of people and that our people are very reliable."

  An Ran did not refute this statement, seemingly acknowledging it. However, she continued to ignore Old Man Jiang and said to Wen Bai Yu: "I really do want to partner with you guys because I've found that I alone can't complete this task."

  He said, pointing to the bronze box on the ground: "This wasn't brought out from a tomb, I dug it up from the earth in the woods."

  The more Wen Baiyu listened, the stranger it became. Could it be that besides the hanging coffins, there were other tombs around here?

  He looked relieved and explained, "I also heard it from others. Earlier by the lake, many people were chatting, I overheard them saying that every year, people come here to travel and go on expeditions. However, based on their descriptions, these tourists and expedition teams should all be local bumpkins who have never left their hometowns."

  Wen Baiyu thought of what Cai Que had said before, that those adventure teams entered the mountain and never came out again. Later, one person did come out, but because it was too terrifying, Cai Que didn't dare to go out and take a look.

  There might be some hidden dangers in this mountain, and it's also possible that there are some risks. After entering safely, I found that I couldn't do it alone, so I chose to team up with them.

  He pointed to the depths of the forest and said, "I checked when I came in before. There are survey marks in this forest, and it's very strange that many places have five-flower earth patterns. I dug them up to take a look, like this bronze box, there are many more in this forest."

  Wen Baiyu was slightly surprised and looked at the bronze box, so to speak, there were many such masks, and they were all buried in the forest?

  An Ran continued, "Although the masks and boxes are very old, judging from the soil that has been turned over, it's absolutely not too long ago. I suspect it was the porter who came into the mountain before, who buried these bronze boxes, but why did he find the antiques and not take them out of the mountain, instead burying them all here? I've always wondered about this."

  He said, pausing for a moment, and then continued: "When I was by the lake, I overheard those people talking. They said that they got up early that day and heard a scream, so they came to the lake to take a look. As a result, they saw something fall into the water, but didn't see anyone."

  "So you went down to take a look?"

  An nodded calmly and said: "There is a bronze box in the water. The box is open, but there is no mask."

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Do you know what this jade cicada mask is used for?'"

  An Ran shook her head and said, "I don't know."

  An Ran finished speaking and began to be distracted, as if talking about this jade Zhen face, An Ran had some unsaid words, and his eyes revealed a deep sadness.

  Mr. Jiang is the investor this time, and it's clear that Mr. Jiang really likes An Ran to join the team, so An Ran naturally joined the team.

  It's already the second half of the night, and in about an hour or two, it will probably be dawn. Everyone is preparing to rest for a while, and when it gets light, they will go down the mountain to get supplies.

  Wen Baiyu leaned against Wan Kuang Jing Hou, turned his head to look at An Ran who was lying on the ground. He seemed to have a headache, after all, he had hit and bled, and had a slight concussion, so he lay directly on the ground, pulled his collar up high and shrunk into a ball.

  After shrinking into a circle, closing his eyes, waiting for a few seconds, he suddenly stretched out both hands and covered his two ears. Then the whole person curled up even more fiercely, almost forming a ball, tightly covering his own ears.

  Wen Baiyu looked at him strangely and whispered to Wan Kuangying: "Why do I feel that this person is a bit strange?"

  He nodded and said, "He must have kept some things unsaid."

  Wen Baiyu thought of the time he met An Ran in the forest, but he didn't know what An Ran was afraid of or avoiding, and An Ran didn't say a word about it.

  An hour later, the sky began to brighten up with a grayish hue, and in another half an hour it was completely bright. Old Jiang was snoring loudly, while everyone else had already woken up.

  Everyone called out to Old Jiang, but he was bleary-eyed and reluctant to get up from his sleeping bag. The others packed their things, shouldered their luggage, extinguished the fire, and headed down the mountain. Only after Old Jiang had shouted several times did he finally crawl out of his sleeping bag and follow them down the mountain.

  Mr. Jiang got them lost, he didn't know the way, but fortunately, Anran knew the way, having climbed the mountain so many times before, and being more reliable than Mr. Jiang, led them down the mountain.

  They spent more than four hours wandering on the mountain, and as a result, An Ran led them down the mountain in just one and a half hours. Soon they walked out of the forest and arrived at the lake by the foot of the mountain.

  Yesterday evening they didn't return for the whole night, Cai Que saw them early in the morning and was frightened to death, saying: "Guests, where did you go? Ah, why is this guest bleeding!"

  An Ran's head was bleeding, and she simply bandaged it, but the blood stain seeped out a bit.

  Everyone on the mountain was exhausted after a night, ready to go back and take a bath, rest well, and then replenish supplies before continuing up the mountain.

  As they passed by the lake, everyone looked into the water at the same time. An Ran said there was a bronze box underwater, but no mask, and because the water was too deep, without scuba gear, it was already very difficult for An Ran to dive down, so there was no way to retrieve anything.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stopped in his tracks and said, "I want to go down and take a look."

  The lake water is so deep that Wen Baiyu will definitely not be able to dive down, he can hold his breath for about a minute when diving, and at most one and a half minutes, absolutely unable to dive down.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou let others wait, went down to take a look, and then started taking off his outer clothes.

  Cai Que was also by the side, looking at him with a red face, Wen Baiyu saw that he had taken off his outer clothes and coughed, saying: "That... don't take off your pants."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou laughed and didn't plan to take off his pants, took off his shoes, and then plunged into the water.

  Wen Baiyu watched as Wan Jingshou didn't enter the water's surface, feeling somewhat worried, staring tightly at the lake water, and even raised her hand to look at her watch, timing Wan Jingshou.

  In a short while, the ripples caused by Manchu Jinghou's dive had disappeared, and everything returned to calmness.

  After two minutes, everyone was getting a bit anxious, and Old Jiang said: "Oh no, are we going to drown in here?"

  Wen Baiyu kept glancing at her watch, almost subconsciously checking it once every second, looking at the watch and then back at the water's surface.

  It felt like several years had passed in just a few seconds, when suddenly there was a loud splash and Mo Jiahao burst out of the water's surface. Unlike An Ran, he didn't seem to have exploded his blood vessels and looked as if nothing had happened.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly emerged from the water, his body naturally wet and transparent. His black clothes clung tightly to his body, highlighting his physique, broad shoulders and long legs. Although he was fully dressed, not a single part of him was exposed, but the clothes stuck to his skin, subtly outlining his abdominal muscles and chest muscles, giving off an aura that made people's faces flush with excitement.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou held a bronze box in his hand, the bronze box had been soaked in water for many years and was full of rust, and there was indeed nothing inside.

  It was a bit chilly due to the early morning, so Wen Baiyu quickly put her jacket on Wan Jieying and also blocked Wan Jieying's chaotic hormone spray.

  The peacock looked at his face red and heartbeat, a little embarrassed, first ran back to boil hot water for them.

  Everyone walked back and checked the bronze box, which was exactly the same as the one An Ran dug up, but due to years of soaking in water, it had grown a layer of moss and had severe rust.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the box and said, "Huh? This box looks like it was just opened not long ago?"

  He pointed to the inside of the bronze box, where there was not much rust. According to Wan Qi Jing Hou and An Ran, the box had been open at the bottom of the water. If it had been open all along, the rust inside and outside should be about the same, but now the difference is great, indicating that it has not been opened for long, and the things inside have been taken out by someone, and they were only taken away recently.

  But who took away the jade/mask inside?

  Everyone returned to the hostel, and Cai Que had already gone to boil water. Here, taking a bath completely relies on boiling water, there is no electric water heater, and even the house doesn't have electric lights.

  Lao Da and Cai Que helped bring in a large bathtub, one for each room. Since there weren't enough bathtubs, everyone had to take turns washing up one by one. Wan Kuang Jing Hou didn't mind at all, saying he was perfectly fine bathing with Wen Bai Yu together.

  Wen Baiyu's face immediately turned red, but Wan Kuang Jinghou said it very naturally. Cai Que and Lao Da didn't react in time, and Cai Que even smiled and said: "The relationship between Brother Wan and Brother Wen is really good."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Bucket after bucket of hot water was poured in, filling the bathtub to the brim. The air was thick with heat, and waves of warmth rose up.

  Wen Baiyu also fetched a basin of warm water for Cai Que, which was naturally used to bathe the little ones.

  Cai Que brought him warm water and then closed the door and left. Before leaving, she blushed and took a glance at Wan Qi Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu put the basin on the shelf, tested the water temperature, felt just right, and then took out the little ones and put them in the basin.

  Last night's conditions were quite harsh, the little ones all spent the night in their backpacks. Now that they're soaking in hot water, they're all a bit excited, except for Little Dragon, who looks calm and composed.

  The little feather has gradually gotten used to taking baths and seems to think that the deep water is no big deal, constantly splashing around in it.

  Wen Baiyu watched the little ones play happily, and was about to blow bubbles for them. However, she was suddenly hugged from behind by Wan Qi Jinghou. Wan Qi Jinghou had already taken off his top, but his body felt cool and damp, with a hint of wetness. His hair was also wet, and when it brushed against her ear, it sent shivers down her spine. Wen Baiyu's back immediately broke out in goosebumps, and she felt a tingling sensation.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and gently bit Wen Bai Yu's neck, using his tongue to lick the base of his ear, saying: "Let them play for a while, we'll take a bath first."

  Wen Baiyu struggled for a moment and said: "You're so cold all over, you go take a bath first..."

  He hadn't finished speaking when Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly scooped him up in a horizontal hug, Wen Bai Yu let out an "ah" and was startled, Wan Jie Jing Hou carried him, taking big strides forward, the two people completely entered the bathtub.

  It's also a pity that the bathtub is very large, and two big men can't get in at once, leaving not much space, it's a bit crowded.

  Wen Baiyu's body was still wearing clothes, all of which were suddenly soaked, staring at Wan Jijinghou with wide eyes.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "It's okay, I'll take it off for you."

  Wen Baiyu reached out to stop him, but Wan Qi Jinghou's movements were extremely fast. He grabbed Wen Baiyu's wrist, leaned in and kissed his neck, while his other hand quickly pulled down Wen Baiyu's wet pants.

  Wan Xi Jinghou took off his pants and didn't care about his top.

  Wen Baiyu's shirt was stuck to his body, feeling extremely uncomfortable, wanting to reach out and take off his clothes. However, Wan Jingshou pressed down on his hand, lowered his head, and through the thin, already drenched clothing, licked Wen Baiyu's collarbone, laughing hoarsely as he said: "Don't take it off, just leave it like this."

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'How can you take a bath wearing clothes?'"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled again and bit Wen Bai Yu's ear, lowering his voice, saying: "You're making me particularly excited."

  Wen Baiyu's face suddenly turned red, and Wan Jingshou was getting more and more rascal. Indeed, Wan Jingshou's purpose was not to take a bath at all. He held Wen Baiyu from behind, making him lean forward, pressing him tightly against the edge of the bathtub. With each thrust, hot water splashed out violently, " Splash splash" pouring onto the ground.

  Wen Bai's face turned red as she covered her mouth, afraid that the little ones playing with water in the basin would hear.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pinched his chin, making Wen Bai Yu turn around, and pressed his lips against Wen Bai Yu's, carefully kissing him, saying: "Is it comfortable?"

  Wen Baiyu's eyes rolled back, and she saw flashes of white light in front of her. She gasped for air, feeling like she was going to suffocate, and shook her head hard, saying: "My knee hurts... don't squeeze so hard..."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou immediately picked him up and held him in his arms, Wen Bai Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide, this posture was really too stimulating, Wen Bai Yu let out a cry of "ah......" and fainted into Wan Jie Jing Hou's arms, his head resting on his shoulder.

  The hot water made a "gurgling" sound, the two people hugged each other tightly, and Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "Is it like this? Still crowded? Hold my neck with your hands, it's a bit more comfortable."

  Wen Baiyu's consciousness was already in a semi-detached state, he absolutely would not admit that it was cool, stretched out his hand to hook around Wan Jingshou's neck, tightly hugged with both hands, and climbed onto Wan Jingshou's body, panting for two breaths.

  "Alright, alright, shh... keep your voice down..."

  Wen Baiyu bit his lip, his eyebrows furrowed together, he also wanted to speak in a softer tone, but his voice was like a flood, bursting out from his lips, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't hold it back.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou raised his head and looked at the person sitting in his arms, smiling and saying: "Shh... kiss me."

  Wen Baiyu immediately lowered her head, kissing Wan Jingshou's lips, making "mmm" sounds with her mouth, her tongue frantically entwining, her eyes suddenly widening, letting out a gasp of air, and then went limp in Wan Jingshou's arms, as if she had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

  The little ones are playing with water and having a great time, completely unaware that Wan Jie Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu are also having a great time...

  Wen Baiyu fell asleep directly, Wan Xiang Jinghou gave him a bath, then wrapped him in a towel, carried him out and put him on the bed, pulled over the quilt, let Wen Baiyu block his legs, and slowly wiped his hair dry.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou settled down Wen Bai Yu, the little ones' water had long been cooled, Xiao Xue Mu Hua also learned from Wan Qi Jing Hou's example, took a towel to wipe dry Little Feather, and kept wiping oil against Little Feather.

  Xiao Chui Long couldn't bear it anymore and gave Xiao Xue Mai Hua a disdainful look.

  Wen Baiyu woke up with a start and felt for her phone, turning it on to find that it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

  Wen Baiyu quickly sat up and found himself wearing clothes, but it was no longer the wet ones he had on before. It was clear that Wan Jingshou had already changed them for him.

  The little ones are all sleeping on another bed, and Wan Qi Jing Hou is not in the room.

  Wen Baiyu struggled to sit up, feeling sore all over, especially in her waist. Her lower back ached badly and her knees hurt too. Wen Baiyu lifted the quilt to take a look, her knees were a bit red but not broken.

  He was watching as the door was gently pushed open and Wan Jie Jing Hou walked in from outside, seeing that he was awake, smiled and said: "Had a good sleep?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "You didn't rest well last night, let you sleep a little longer."

  He walked over, sat down on the edge of the bed, saw Wen Baiyu lift up his pant leg to look at his knee, turned around and took the medicine from the table, applied it to his knee, saying: "It's still a bit red."

  Wen Baiyu's leg was itchy from being touched by him, and he quickly pulled down his pant leg, saying: "It's nothing, not too painful anymore."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Are you hungry? You didn't eat breakfast or lunch, do you want to eat now?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded, he was starving to death, his stomach was empty.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou wanted to bring up the dishes, but Wen Bai Yu felt that she wasn't sitting in confinement after childbirth, so she could completely go downstairs to eat.

  As they left the room, they happened to meet Luo Qifeng and Ye Liuxiang. Wan Xijing asked them to help keep an eye on the little ones, who were still sleeping inside. The little ones had been sleeping since lunchtime and hadn't woken up yet.

  Ye Liu Xiang happily agreed and entered their room with a beautiful smile, Rong Qi Feng followed her in.

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou went downstairs to have dinner, Cai Que warmly reheated the leftover dishes for him and brought them up.

  Cai Que put the dishes on the table, and when she raised her head, she saw a hickey on Wen Bai's neck. She was startled and said: "Ah, Brother Wen, there is a big bump on your neck. Was it bitten by an insect? There are many insects here. I'll go get some ointment for you, and it won't itch after applying it."

  Wen Bai's subconscious touch, what bug bite, it was obviously Wan Kuang Jing Hou this big bug that bit out, now is red, after two days should be green, does not itch at all, feels a little painful to the touch.

  Cai Que has enthusiastically run out to fetch medicine, Wen Bai Yu glared at Wan Qi Jing Hou, Wan Qi Jing Hou handed the chopsticks to his hand and smiled: "Eat, you must be starving."

  Wen Baiyu took the chopsticks, made an effort to pick up some dishes from the bowl, and then treated them as Wan Jijinghou, chewing "ga ri ga ri" in his mouth, as if he wanted to chew Wan Jijinghou into pieces.

  Wen Baiyu was so hungry that she couldn't move, then ate a lot of things and got bloated again. Just after finishing dinner, she heard the sound of "tap tap tap" and looked up to see An Ran walking down from upstairs, not knowing what she wanted to do, with earplugs in her ears and very loud music playing.

  An Ran walked down from upstairs, looking very unwell, with a pale complexion. Although young people's skin is naturally fair, now it looked like a bloodless white. They had just been in their respective rooms at the reception hall that morning, and unexpectedly, after just a few hours, An Ran was met with a haggard expression.

  Wen Baiyu was about to greet him when he saw An Ran's legs suddenly bend, and then heard the sound of "thud thud", and actually rolled down from the stairs.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and just then Cai Que returned, as soon as she came in, she saw the guest rolling down from the stairs, and she also let out a shrill cry.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand and picked up An Ran in one go. An Ran's face was deathly pale, and she had already lost consciousness.

  Everyone carried An Ran into the room and put her on the bed. An Ran's room was very simple, with two beds, one for sleeping and the other for luggage. It was very clean. On the table were several headphones.

  Wen Baiyu was shocked at first sight, so many earphones/headsets, how many spare ones did An Ran bring?

  Lying calmly in bed, his face was pale and he seemed to still have a bit of a fever, no idea how he suddenly got sick.

  Everyone rushed over to hear the news, and Lao Da/Lao Ye went to find the only doctor in their village. The doctor gave An Ran a check-up but couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he could only give him some medicine to reduce his fever.

  They all had fever-reducing medicine, Wen Baiyu found some and fed it to An Ran, but An Ran was still unconscious, with a dull and lifeless expression. He wouldn't open his mouth at all, even if water was poured in, his throat wouldn't swallow, and everything flowed out of the corner of his mouth.

  Boss Jiang stood beside him, took a look and said: "Hey, I'm telling you, can't be like this, let me do it."

  He said, peeled off a piece of antipyretic medicine, and stuffed it into An Ran's mouth. At the same time, he spread his big hand and pinched An Ran's cheek, forcing him to open his mouth. However, he didn't pour water into An Ran's mouth, but drank it himself.

  Wen Bai's eyelid twitched, and she suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. Just as she was about to stop Old Jiang, he indeed lived up to expectations, lowering his head with the water in his mouth, pressing his lips against An Ran's lips, and quickly transferring the water over.

  An Ran was still unconscious and didn't know how to swallow, so Old Jiang stuck out his tongue and quickly flicked An Ran's tongue twice, then went to manipulate his tongue root.

  An Ran made a sound of "hmm" in her mouth, and her tongue involuntarily curled up, pulling on her throat, and she suddenly swallowed the water and medicine.

  Everyone was stunned, especially the simple-minded Cai Que and Lao Da/Ye, who had never seen two men kiss, let alone such a passionate tongue kiss. Because An Ran's mouth was pried open by Jiang Laoban, it looked very big, so the two tongues were stuck together. The scene of Jiang Laoban fiddling with An Ran's tongue was clearly visible to everyone, and they were all shocked into stupidity on the spot.

  Wen Baiyu coughed and thought to herself, fortunately An Ran was still unconscious...

  Ate the antipyretic medicine calmly, but it seems to be ineffective. The high fever persists, and the pale face turns crimson. Non-stop sweating, all clothes are soaked through.

  Wen Baiyu looked at An Ran strangely, even if it was just a cold, but with An Ran's physique, as a practitioner's child, how could he possibly say he had a fever and be so severe?

  Everyone's journey was delayed for a day because An Ran suddenly fell ill, but Old Jiang wasn't in a hurry and even stayed behind to take care of An Ran.

  Mr. Jiang moved things into An Ran's house in a logical and orderly manner, but Wen Baiyu looked at Mr. Jiang with some suspicion. Although Mr. Jiang was not very reliable, he took good care of people.

  Everyone kept watch for a peaceful afternoon, and by evening, Old Jiang told everyone to go eat first, saying he could keep an eye on things himself.

  Wen Baiyu and they ate, packed things up and took them away, for the little ones to eat.

  After dinner, Wen Baiyu studied the bronze box for soaking water, which was exactly the same as An Ran's. There must be a mask inside.

  It should be those native sons who brought it out before, but why did they throw it away?

  Before going to sleep, everyone went to see An Ran again. An Ran was still in a coma and had a high fever that wouldn't subside. He kept talking nonsense in his sleep, shouting: "No... don't wear it... don't wear it..."

  Everyone listened for half a day and really couldn't understand what An Ran was saying. An Ran also couldn't wake up, so they had no way to have dinner.

  The magpie put the rice on the stove in the kitchen. If An Ran woke up, she could just heat it up and eat it.

  Everyone returned to their own rooms, leaving Old Jiang to take care of An Ran.

  Wen Baiyu slept a bit more during the day, and although the little ones also slept a lot, they were still young treasures. When it was time to sleep again, they naturally felt drowsy and snuggled into their blankets to fall asleep.

  Wen Baiyu was held in the arms of Wan Jingshou, who stretched out his hand to lift up his sleeve and took a look. The green flower pattern of the poisonous thorn had not worsened, but it was still very eye-catching, which made Wan Jingshou somewhat unhappy.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou wrapped his arms around Wen Bai Yu and asked, "Can't sleep?"

  Wen Baiyu slept too much during the day and was still very spirited, without any drowsiness.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and kissed his forehead, saying: "How about another round? This morning, I didn't have enough fun."

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that he shuddered, his back went numb, although this time Wan Jingshou didn't bother him for too long because the little ones were around, but Wen Baiyu still fainted, Zhu Long's physical strength was really astonishing, Wen Baiyu couldn't take it.

  "My back still hurts."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "I was just teasing you, I know you're still uncomfortable and can't sleep, let's chat for a bit."

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief and started chatting with Wan Jingshou in a low voice, but somehow their conversation turned into a kiss. Wan Jingshou's kissing skills were getting more and more advanced, and Wen Baiyu was almost unable to extricate himself, feeling extremely good being kissed by him. The two people were panting and gasping for breath as they kissed each other's lips, and Wen Baiyu's hands involuntarily roamed all over Wan Jingshou's body.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou grabbed his hand, his voice hoarse, saying: "Don't touch anymore, if you touch again, I'll get real."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's eyes had almost turned a fiery red, shining brightly in the dark night, and were fixed solely on Wen Bai Yu. Wen Bai Yu felt a suffocating numbness.

  Wen Baiyu naturally didn't dare to mess around again, but Wan Qi Jinghou had already felt something below and it was very uncomfortable. In the morning, because he was considerate of Wen Baiyu, he hadn't released it either. Wen Baiyu's throat rolled several times before finally stretching out his hand to stick it on.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a deep breath and said, "Not listening, huh?"

  Wen Baiyu said in a low and muffled tone: "Aren't you feeling uncomfortable? That... that place hurts a bit, let me help you with my hand."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou smiled and kissed Wen Bai Yu's ear, saying: "Good."

  Wen Baiyu and Ji Xiang Hou spent three hours, by 9 o'clock they were lying in bed preparing to sleep, but it wasn't until midnight that Ji Xiang Hou finally came. Wen Baiyu's palms ached, feeling like the skin was about to break.

  Wen Baiyu finished helping Wan Jingshou, this time he didn't feel energetic at all, and fell asleep exhausted. Even in his sleep, he was thinking that tomorrow his arms would definitely ache, which absolutely belonged to anaerobic exercise.

  Wen Baiyu had just fallen asleep when she heard a faint "waa waa" sound. She immediately sat up and turned to look at the other bed, where indeed her egg was crying.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou also sat up, the surroundings were dark and gloomy, Wen Bai Yu directly felt for a flashlight and turned it on, all the little ones woke up, perhaps they were woken up by Egg's crying.

  The egg was sleeping soundly in the little dragon's arms, but suddenly woke up and started crying "waaah" with a pitiful expression.

  Wen Baiyu thought he was having a nightmare, Egg/Egg was premature and looked more delicate, nervous and sensitive, not like Little Feather who although looked small but actually had high combat power and could spit fire, and even less like Little Candle Dragon who was violent.

  The egg began to cry, and the fire spirit on its forehead started flashing.

  Little dragon was coaxing an egg, the egg was holding onto his clothes and still wailing away in tears, but it didn't know why.

  Just then, I suddenly heard "Ka... Ka..." sounds.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou immediately turned his head around, took a step forward and walked to the window, opening a gap to look outside.

  Wen Baiyu also heard the noise and ran to the bedside to look out. Suddenly, she let out a "hiss" of air.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that her back went cold, and all she saw was a pale face outside the window.

  That big face "whooshed" over and crouched outside their window, a pair of dull yet excited eyes staring in through the gap in the window, looking at them.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and took a step back, but in an instant, that big face revealed a ferocious smile, then suddenly pounced towards the window.

  "Bang!" With a loud noise, Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately stretched out his hand to grab the window. The pale white face wanted to pull open the window, but the window was held back by Wan Xi Jing Hou and could only make a "creaking" sound.

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath, steadying her emotions. In the dead of night, a pale face with a ghastly smile suddenly appeared outside the window. As she looked out through the gap, that person was also looking in, just like the peephole on an anti-theft door in horror stories. The angle of view made one's heart tremble.

  Just now, because he wasn't prepared, Wen Baiyu was startled and suddenly thought that the pale big face was actually the son of Lao Da/Er, and it wasn't his first time pulling their window either.

  No wonder the egg is crying, when the egg starts crying, it must be when the strange person in the window next door starts dancing with joy, just like last time, after the strange person dances with joy, he will climb out of the window.

  The strange man kept pulling the window, but he didn't have the strength of Wan Zonghou, and couldn't move the window at all. In the end, it turned into a crash, crashing inward against the window, making "Dang! Dangdang!" sounds, as if wanting to crash the whole window open.

  The small building was built by Lao Da/ye himself, and the windows had also aged, and could not withstand such a crazy impact. Just as the window was about to shatter, Wan Qi Jing Hou suddenly narrowed his eyes, and with a fierce push, the window opened wide. The strange person happened to be hitting the window, and with one hit, "Whoosh!" he flew out directly, and landed on the ground outside the small building with a loud thud.

  Just then, a "clatter" sound was heard, and the strange man knocked over a row of clothes drying outside the small building.

  The egg cried even more violently, trembling and lying in Xiao Long's arms, Xiao Long comforted him while wiping away his tears. The egg's eyes had just stopped swelling, but now they were swollen again like peaches, it was heartbreaking.

  After the strange man fell down, he didn't climb up along the wall again. Wen Baiyu looked down and saw that the strange man was heading towards the chicken coop again, probably to suck blood again.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou beckoned to Wen Bai Yu, put the little ones in his backpack, and then quickly slung the bag over his shoulder, letting Wen Bai Yu follow him.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou jumped up onto the windowsill, then leaped from the open window to the next one beside it. With a flip of his body, he entered the strange person's room through the window.

  Wen Baiyu quickly followed up, and Wan Xizonghou stretched out his hand to pull him, and the two of them soon entered the strange man's room.

  After they entered the room, they soon heard the miserable cries of chickens and ducks, and the big dog started barking incessantly.

  The room was indeed empty, but the oil lamp was still lit, and the quilt on the bed had been turned over. Wan Qi Jing Hou reached out to touch it, and it was still a little warm. Moreover, the strange person had been lying in bed for years, and the mattress was slightly damp, with a musty smell in the room.

  There is a bowl of medicine on the table that has not been drunk yet. The room is very simple, with only a teapot and tea cup on the table, nothing else.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou quickly lowered his head and looked under the bed, but there was nothing under the bed either. This room seemed to have nothing special about it.

  The egg suddenly poked its head out of Xiaolong's arms, looked at them, and cried "ah ah" in its mouth, then shouted "Dad" twice.

  Wen Baiyu turned her head and saw that Egg was pointing at the bed in the house.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand and lifted up all the bedding, only to find a square board on the bed board. He flipped it open, revealing a small hidden compartment, but it was very crude.

  There are many things in the dark box, such as mobile phones, MPs, and many other things that can't be seen in the village.

  There is also a jade-made cicada-shaped mask!

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback and said: "A mask?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately reached out and took out the mask, which was intact and not shattered. There was also a small mechanism at the mouth and nose of the mask, which was definitely used to release insects.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a look at the mask, both front and back, and said: "This is the mask from the lake."

  He had just finished speaking when the miserable cries of the chickens and ducks ceased. Wen Baiyu said, "Hurry up, that person is coming back."

  Wen Baiyu said, and suddenly heard the dog barking loudly. Along with the dog's barking, a loud "ahhh" cry came over.

  A shrill cry, Wen Baiyu looked down and saw that the strange person had already arrived at the door of the small building, but was being pulled back by a figure. The figure was hunched over, and its appearance couldn't be seen in the dim moonlight, but it had great strength, quickly pulling the strange person backward.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and looked down at the building, saying: "Corpse energy, it's zongzi."

  The monster was kidnapped by zongzi? There are still zongzi lurking in the small village.

  This matter is getting more and more suspicious.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Follow up."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded, jumped onto the windowsill, and directly leaped down from the second floor, landing silently with a cool and swift motion.

  Wen Baiyu lowered his head and looked down, Wan Qi Jing Hou beckoned him to jump down, indicating that he would catch him.

  Wen Bai Yu was about to jump down when his shoulder was suddenly pinched, and his heart skipped a beat. Was the strange person back? But he had clearly seen the strange person being dragged away, how could he possibly be back again?

  Wen Baiyu turned her head and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It was actually An Ran.

  An Ran was already awake and unusually not wearing earphones, with his hand resting on his shoulder.

  Wen Baiyu said: "An Ran? Are you better?"

  An Ran didn't say a word, but Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart. An Ran's expression was stiff and wooden, as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit. His eyes were dull and lifeless, staring blankly at Wen Baiyu, with his hand resting on his shoulder.

  Wen Baiyu, who was on guard, took a step back, trying to move his shoulder out from under An Ran's hand. Just then, An Ran suddenly let out a loud roar and pounced on Wen Baiyu, grabbing him tightly.

  Wen Baiyu was pounced on by him and leaned back, with his waist hanging on the window sill, his upper body outside the window and his lower body inside the window, swaying gently.

  "Hiss——"

  Wen Baiyu only felt a severe pain in his neck, and An Ran suddenly went crazy and bit his neck, not joking, but completely tearing and biting, seeing blood after that, frantically sucking Wen Baiyu's blood.

  Her white arms and legs were numb, her mind went "buzz" for a moment, her calm reaction was exactly the same as that crazy bear and the weirdo who killed chickens...

  Face / Tool

  Wen Baiyu suddenly thought that An Ran had also obtained a mirror, although it was broken, but before it broke, An Ran must have already opened it.

  Is it Gu worm?

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou saw the sudden change from downstairs and immediately wanted to go up, just as Jiang Laoban rushed in from the door, saw An Ran grabbing Wen Bai Yu to drink blood, and immediately rushed up from behind, hitting An Ran's brain with one blow.

  An Ran suddenly fainted, and her body went limp as she fell to the ground. Wen Baiyu's neck felt numb, her hands and feet were tingling, and An Ran's teeth felt like they had been anesthetized. Wen Baiyu's body leaned back, and she was about to fall out of the window.

  Jiang boss grabbed An Ran with one hand and pulled Wen Baiyu with the other, looked down and saw Wan Qi Jinghou there, immediately shouting: "Received!"

  He said, loosening his hand, and Wen Baiyu's head buzzed as he fell from the second floor. Wan Kuang Jinghou stretched out his hand and hugged him in his arms, pressing down on the wound on Wen Baiyu's neck, and anxiously asked: "Baiyu?"

  In the warm white throat, "heh-heh" took two breaths, but found that his lips were numb and could not open or close, his tongue was stiff and couldn't move, he simply couldn't speak.

  Mr. Jiang rushed down from upstairs with An Ran in his arms at this time, and Luo Qifeng and Ye Liuxiang also came out.

  Boss Jiang said: "Nothing's wrong, just got some anesthetic. An Ran that kid was bitten by a poisonous insect, I was also bitten earlier, it'll be fine in five minutes."

  As he spoke, everyone saw that Old Jiang also had a hideous wound on his neck, which looked even more gruesome than Wen Baiyu's.

  Jiang boss threw An Ran to Luo Qifeng and said: "Wait, I'll go upstairs to get something."

  Mr. Jiang said, and quickly ran back upstairs. In less than half a minute, he came down with a large backpack in his hand. His arm strength was astonishing, carrying so many backpacks, throwing them to the crowd, pointing at the bloodstains on the ground, saying: "Pursue, don't know if there's any gain."

  He finished speaking, picked up An Ran and carried her on his back, grabbed the backpack, and quickly followed the bloodstains on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu was still unable to move temporarily, his wound had been treated by Wan Kuang Jing Hou and the bleeding had stopped, it was healing. Wan Kuang Jing Hou carried a backpack on his back, picked him up horizontally and followed Jiang Laoban walking forward.

  Luo Qifeng and Ye Liuxiang also followed up.

  There are many bloodstains on the ground, left by the monster. The zongzi dragged the monster away, it's unknown where they were going to drag it to.

  They followed the bloodstains forward, but this direction was not uphill. Everyone was a bit suspicious and continued to move forward. The bloodstains kept winding and soon they left the village.

  Wen Baiyu finally moved, his tongue and head still numb, he covered his neck with his hand.

  Boss Jiang saw his movements and laughed, saying: "I'm also your lifesaver, you all don't know, when An Ran was biting me crazily at that time, there was no one around to save me."

  He said, pointing to his neck, the wound was quite hideous, but it had stopped bleeding, probably having been simply treated.

  As people walked forward, the bloodstains scattered in the grass were no longer so obvious, but the smell was still there and not difficult to follow.

  Soon everyone saw a large hole in the grass thicket ahead, which was bottomless and had a black mass inside. A strong smell of blood came out, very pungent.

  Boss Jiang took a glance at the deep cave, pulled out a flashlight from his backpack and tied it to his arm, saying: "Let's go in and take a look, everyone be careful."

  He said, carrying Anran on his back, and stooping to enter the deep cave.

  Wen Baiyu glanced at Wan Jingshou, who also took out his flashlight and tied it to his arm. He reached out and grabbed Wen Baiyu's hand, leading him into the deep cave.

  Luo Qifeng was the last one to go in and fill the bottom, and everyone quickly drilled inside.

  The ground was covered in bloodstains, and it seemed that the zongzi had dragged the strange person inside. The smell was extremely pungent, and there was also a rotten odor wafting out from within.

  The cave wasn't narrow at first, but it gradually became narrower. Old Jiang crawled inside, and he could no longer carry An Ran on his back. He dragged the unconscious An Ran as he crawled further in. After nearly ten minutes of crawling, the cave started to open up again.

  Mr. Jiang put An Ran on his back again and after climbing a few more steps, he suddenly drilled outwards, and the front had already become walkable upright.

  The earth cave became a cavern, looking natural, the empty space of the cavern was vast, as if countless eyes were staring down at them from mid-air.

  This cave made Wen Baiyu think of the ancient well tomb they had just visited, where there were also dense holes on the bottom of the well, with many white sacs crawling inside.

  Wen Baiyu looked at those empty holes like eyes, and her heart always had a sense of unease.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou grasped his hand and said: "What's wrong? Is your wound still hurting?"

  Wen Baiyu actually only felt a moment of pain, then her entire body was paralyzed, unable to resist at all. That feeling was even more terrifying than the pain, leaving Wen Baiyu still with lingering fear.

  Wen Baiyu shook his head and said, "It's just that I feel there's something wrong with these caves."

  Boss Jiang smiled and said: "Good things don't come true, bad things do. Don't be a jinx, shoo, shoo, shoo."

  He said, carrying An Ran and continuing to move forward. The cave was a bit damp, with a faint sound of water. Soon, they saw a patch of water flowing in front of them, which looked like stagnant water. The water was dark green and very turbid, but the stench of rotting flesh was nauseating.

  The bloodstains disappeared in the accumulated water, as if they had been dissolved by the water. They lost track of the strange man and Zongzi.

  Everyone stopped and looked around. This place had countless holes, which means there were countless roads to take, without any bloodstains they basically didn't know which direction to chase in.

  Mr. Jiang looked at those holes and narrowed his eyes to search back and forth.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Old Man Jiang with a strange expression, discovering that he no longer used his catchphrase "aiya" and didn't curl up his thumb. Although his face was still yellowish with wrinkles, the unreliable feeling had disappeared.

  Wen Baiyu was puzzled, and Old Jiang suddenly turned his head back, but he wasn't looking at Wen Baiyu, rather he was looking at An Ran on his back.

  He moved slightly, seemingly awake, furrowing his brow and letting out a pained moan. He shifted his hands and feet, feeling as though someone was restraining him, and involuntarily lifted his head to look around at the dark surroundings, saying: "This... what is this place?"

  Mr. Jiang put Anran on the ground and laughed: "How? Forgotten? Do you still remember that you bite people? You bite whenever you see someone."

  An Ran was taken aback by his words, stunned for a moment, sitting on the ground panting slightly, looking at the wound on Jiang's neck and then at the bandaged area on Wen Baiyu's neck, her face suddenly stiffening as if she slowly remembered something.

  She lowered her head calmly and looked at her hands, then touched her lips again, as if there was still a bloody smell in her mouth. She was shocked and didn't know what had happened to herself, saying: "I... why I..."

  Mr. Jiang patted An Ran's shoulder and said, "I'm asking you, are you wearing that mask?"

  Mr. Jiang said, An Ran was stunned for a moment, then showed a terrified expression, stretched out his hand to touch his ears, found no earpiece, patted himself several times, but An Ran's clothes were all sweaty, Mr. Jiang had changed them for him early, and the earpiece on his body had also been replaced.

  An Ran's expression was terrified, unable to touch the earpiece, she covered her ears with her hands, opened her eyes wide, and her gaze flickered as if she would go crazy at any moment.

  Mr. Jiang took out the earpiece from his backpack and stuffed it into his ear, suddenly looking relieved, taking deep breaths.

  Everyone didn't know what happened to An Ran, he sat on the ground with his back against the wall, earplugs in his ears, turned up the music volume to the maximum, and slowly nodded, saying: "I've worn it."

  "Did you know there's a Gu worm on your mask?"

  She was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I don't know."

  Boss Jiang furrowed his brow, putting away the sloppy and arrogant expression. His voice seemed to have changed as well, saying: "You don't even know what it is and you dare to wear it? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

  An Ran didn't notice the change in Old Jiang, but only panted heavily, with chaotic sounds in his ears, and a dazed look in his eyes. He slowly said: "I don't know what kind of expression this mask has, but it's related to my master's death. When my master died, he was wearing such a mask. After taking off the mask, the expression on his face was extremely... extremely strange, with fear, excitement, and even a sly smile. That kind of expression is really indescribable."

  Mr. Jiang said: "You want to know what's special about this face because you're investigating your master's death?"

  He nodded calmly and said, "My master and I were inseparable, but he suddenly died. I couldn't just ignore it, and the look on his face when he died really scared me... The expression was exactly the same as the mask in the bronze box and the one my master wore when he died... So I thought that maybe if I put on this mask, I would know what happened to my master at that time..."

  He spoke slowly and calmly, his voice growing hoarse as if recalling the moment he put on the mask. He pointed to his ears and said: "My ears, born with the ability to hear many strange sounds, like tinnitus, since childhood... When I found that mask, I clearly heard someone telling me to put it on, shouting in my ear, 'Put on the mask'..."

  An Ran said, suddenly covering her ears with both hands, as if she had heard that sound again, "Hoo-hoo-hoo" panting.

  Mr. Jiang patted An Ran's back with his hand, as if trying to comfort him.

  Everyone understood that there were Gu insects in the mask, and it seemed that the strange man was also wearing a mask. The Gu insect crawled in, and An Ran was also wearing a mask. Apparently, An Ran was in a state of being poisoned by the Gu insect, and it was unknown when he would have an attack.

  An Ran felt much clearer-headed after fainting earlier, probably because she had drunk some of Wen Baiyu's blood. Although Wen Baiyu's blood couldn't completely drive out the Gu worm, it did have a calming effect and cleared An Ran's head.

  Everyone listened to An Ran's words, and suddenly Wan Kuang Jing Hou narrowed his eyes, a white light flashed in his hand, the dragon scale dagger "swish" turned around, and suddenly pulled out the scabbard.

  All that was seen was a flash of white light, and Boss Jiang shouted as he immediately retreated backwards. The dagger had already been handed over to him by General Wan, and with a horizontal slash, Boss Jiang quickly leaned back, "Whoosh", a strand of hair was cut off.

  Everyone was stunned, unable to react for a moment. Wan Qiuhou's movements were too fast. But unexpectedly, Old Jiang's reaction was so swift. Luo Qifeng immediately furrowed his brow. If Old Jiang, an antique dealer, had such good martial skills, why would he need to hire thugs?

  Wan Kuang Jinghou suddenly swung his blade down, and with a quick turn of the hilt, he stabbed downwards again. Jiang Laoban jumped back, saying: "You're serious? I don't like all this fighting and killing."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou sneered coldly, and just then, a "hiss" sound was heard. Jiang Lao Ban dodged Wan Kuang Jing Hou's dagger, but his clothes were slashed, the pocket torn open, and a black leather book fell out with a "slap".

  Mr. Jiang lowered his head and quickly went to pick it up, but he was not as fast as Wan Zongjinghou, who had already picked up the black notebook that Mr. Jiang used to record maps.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou coldly looked at Old Jiang, then opened the book in front of everyone. Inside was empty, all blank paper, no map whatsoever. After flipping a few pages, many pencil-drawn design diagrams appeared, some strange and bizarre diagrams that seemed to be parts or mechanisms, but others didn't resemble anything, completely incomprehensible.

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath and said, "Where's the map?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou coldly laughed and said, looking at Old Man Jiang: "There is no map at all."

  Boss Jiang smiled and said, "Even if you figured it out, don't need to expose it, right?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou squeezed the black notebook in his hand and said, "Where's Old Jiang?"

  The boss in front of him said naturally: "He's dead."

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened and she asked: "You killed him?"

  The boss in front of him shook his head and smiled, saying: "I said it a long time ago, I don't like to fight and kill, how could I possibly kill someone for no reason?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou Leng Budi suddenly threw out a sentence and said: "Is there a predestined relationship?"

  The boss in front of him was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Although the old boss Jiang really died, it's absolutely not me who killed him. You still remember that the old boss also had a mask on his hand, he wore it too. The old boss was notorious for being afraid of doctors, thinking that eating corpses could make him immortal, his body was already hollowed out, and after being poisoned by the gu worm, the consequences can be imagined."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Why are you impersonating Old Jiang?"

  Mr. Jiang smiled and said: "Because I heard that he found Wan Kuang Jing Hou, preparing to dig a hanging coffin tomb, it just so happens that I'm interested in this."

  The white-feathered fox looked at him suspiciously and said, "Who are you, after all?"

  An Ran saw the black leather book in Mo Jie's hand, with many strange diagrams on it, and said in surprise: "Mechanism diagram? Are you a member of the Mo School?"

  What An Ran said was the Mo Pai, which is the school of Mo Yang. The Mo Pai has many branches, and Mo Yang is only skilled in peach wood needle breaking/sealing mechanisms/locks. Apparently, the person in front of him is a designer of mechanisms/locks.

  The man in front of him smiled and said, "It's time for you to take off your mask too."

  The man shrugged and said, "I didn't have any malicious intentions myself."

  As he spoke, his hand suddenly touched the skin of his face, his palm was very large, his fingers were very long, and his joints were slightly thick. He kept pinching, as if playing the piano, looking elegant and agile. A human skin mask fell off from the man's face.

  The man's original face was exposed, and it was the exact opposite of An Ran. An Ran had delicate and perfect facial features, but when put together, they obscured each other's brilliance, making him look like a common face.

  This man, with ordinary facial features, not double eyelids, surprisingly has a triangular eye shape, but it doesn't make him look unspirited or overly cunning. The slightly drooping outer corners of his eyes somehow give off an air of sentimental elegance, and the deep, dark pupils are filled with a warm and gentle aura.

  The man's nose is slightly hooked, his lips are very thin, and the hooked nose and thin lips should be a sharp face, but on this face, it actually sets off the man's elegant demeanor.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and said: "Mo Yi is right."

  The man smiled and said: "Master Jing really has a good memory, after all we only met once, and that was many years ago. Master Jing actually remembers me."

  "What is ink?"

  An Ran was startled and looked at the man.

  People of the Mo Pai generation are much higher in status than those they know, including Mo Yang. When Mo Yang sees them, he has to call out "Shifu" (Master).

  An Ran's throat trembled slightly as she looked at the man with a hint of resentment, but still gritted her teeth and softly called out: "Shifu Zu."

  Mo Yi smiled and said: "Good boy."

  As he spoke, he also stroked An Ran's face gently.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu is now completely confused. This person is from the Mo faction, and Wan Kuang Jinghou also knows him. He should be a Taoist, and his status is quite high.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou coldly looked at Mo Yi Shi and said: "What are you doing here?"

  Mo Yi smiled and said: "I have no hostility, I just want to figure out this mask thing. There are younger generations of Mo Pai who died in this matter, as an elder, I must take action. Besides..."

  Mo Yi narrowed his eyes and said, "Furthermore, the mechanism on Yu Jian's mask was also made by the ancestors of the Mo School. I'm not meddling in other people's business..."