Chapter 66: The Tomb of Wang Guangchuan 2

  Wen Baiyu didn't dare to move rashly, and the thing was right next to his feet. Wen Baiyu immediately took two steps back, but the thing didn't move again, it just stayed in place.

  Wen Baiyu shone her flashlight and saw that what had rolled over was actually an empty bucket? It was indeed empty, she had no idea how it suddenly rolled over.

  Wen Baiyu held the flashlight and shone it forward, in front of her was a vast darkness, but she could make out that there was no incline, so how did an empty bucket suddenly roll over.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou shone his flashlight at the empty altar and said: "The people behind us don't dare to chase after us recklessly, I guess it's because of this."

  Zou Chengyi had already bandaged his wound, and was drenched from head to toe, looking somewhat disheveled. As the cold wind from the depths of the cave blew by, he shivered all over and said: "What is this thing?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou waved his hand, and Wen Bai Yu saw that although the altar was empty, it seemed to be coated with a layer of something. It wasn't quite right to say "coated", because that layer of stuff was very uneven, as if something had been placed inside but not cleaned thoroughly.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This should be the utensil you just mentioned, used for boiling and cooking mud."

  Zou Chengyi was startled, but just opened his mouth.

  Yi Feng picked him up and said, "Young Master has suffered a serious injury, and this place doesn't look simple. We should hurry out of here."

  He said, Wen Lei and Wen Jiu Mu also agreed that this place is too evil, absolutely can't stay for long.

  Everyone shone their flashlights forward, although they were a bit disheveled earlier and had abandoned the boat, but in the end, they didn't lose any luggage.

  Everyone's body was wet and damp, and there was still a cold wind blowing in the cave, making Wen Baiyu feel a chill run down her spine.

  Just as everyone was walking forward, they suddenly heard a "Woo... Woo... Woo..." sound. Wen Baiyu stopped in her tracks and said, "Crying?"

  Wen Jiu Mu said: "Is it the villagers' crying? I also heard it."

  Everyone stopped in their tracks, cautiously looking around, Wen Baiyu's flashlight swept from one side of the cave to the other, and suddenly saw a huge pot hanging from the top of the cave not far ahead.

  The cauldron was a large cooking vessel used in ancient times to boil meat, this cauldron is extremely large, with one ear on each side, and two black ropes pass through the ears, hanging in mid-air.

  A loud wailing sound came from the big pot, and surprisingly, it was a woman's cry.

  What's even stranger is that at the bottom of the large pot, or rather on the ground in the cave, there was actually a coffin placed there. The coffin was made of crystal and had some transparency to it. The lid was slightly ajar, and from the outside you could see that there was nothing inside.

  Wen Baiyu took a glance at the big pot, and it started to shake violently. The "Woo... Woo... Woo" cries grew more mournful, the sound gradually becoming sharper, like a shrill howl.

  A sharp whistling sound suddenly appeared in Wen Bai's ear, and his eyes instantly blurred. He shook his head and said, "This is not good, this sound can blur a person's consciousness."

  Just as he finished speaking, Wen Yue suddenly fell to the ground. Everyone thought he had fainted, and Wen Jiu hurried over to support him, only to see Wen Yue curled up on the ground, shaking uncontrollably. In the dark cave, everyone clearly saw that Wen Yue's arm was glowing.

  That glow seemed to emanate from within the flesh, carrying a faint, hazy, blue light, like a will-o'-the-wisp.

  Wen Ke shrunk down on the ground, a stifled roar emerging from his throat, and cold sweat immediately fell.

  Wen Jiu was extremely anxious, he saw Wen Cai fall ill for the first time, but they were completely ignorant of this strange disease and had no solution. The only Dan medicine that could control this strange disease, they had not found yet.

  Wen Kai was shivering in pain when he heard a shout from beside him, "Young Master".

  Zou Chengyi himself was being held in Xi Feng's arms, and at this time he also curled up, tightly grasping Xi Feng's arm, his painful mouth making a "hiss——" sound, and even the thin pants leg of Zou Chengyi emitted that pale blue light.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It's not good, it's this crying sound."

  Everyone also finds it strange that Zou Chengyi fell ill before entering the cave, and they entered the cave for at most half an hour. Now Zou Chengyi's illness is too frequent, thinking about it, indeed there is a problem with this crying sound.

  He glanced up at the large cauldron shaking above his head and said, "This cauldron should be used by Guangchuan Wang to cook human flesh. There are crying sounds inside, and there must be corpses. The two strips of skin hanging in mid-air have not rotted after more than 2,000 years, they're not ordinary skin strips. And this coffin below, it's obvious that the corpse is not allowed to rest in peace. This cauldron has a very heavy yin energy, I don't know how many people were cooked in it, we'd better not touch it, let's walk around it and help them up, let's hurry past."

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou also agreed with Xi Chi's view, this big pot had turned black, the yin energy on it was very heavy. Guangchuan Wang was born violent and tyrannical, no one knew how many people he had boiled to death in the pot, turning them into meat paste, the grievances and yin energy of each person added up, how could they not be heavy?

  Wen Jiu Mu helped Wen Lei up from the ground and said, "I'll carry you on my back."

  Wen Ke's eyes were sore and he couldn't speak, he could only look at Wen Jiu Mu, who carried him on his back and said, "Let's go."

  Wan Jie Jinghou and Wen Baiyu walked ahead to clear the way, with the injured Wen Kai and Zou Cheng sandwiched in between, followed by Xi Chi and Zhong Jian at the rear.

  They walked forward for five minutes, the crying sound gradually disappeared, and everyone let out a sigh of relief, quickening their pace, and walked for another five minutes. The road wasn't very long, Wen Baiyu suddenly went "Huh?" and shone her flashlight upwards, saying: "It's a pot."

  Everyone's head was raised in shock, and their first reaction was: How many pots are there in this cave, and how many dead people have been cooked?

  Xie Chi said: "The dead in this cave are probably more than we've seen in our entire lives."

  A large pot on his head, just like before, two earrings hanging from his ears, falling in mid-air, with a coffin placed below.

  It is said that after Guangchuan Wang killed Wang Zhao Ping and Wang Di Yu, he had nightmares and felt that the two wanted to take revenge on him. He was terrified and Yang Cheng Zhao Xian thought of a way to deal with it. Naturally, it was to destroy their corpses so they couldn't come back to seek revenge even after death. The coffins were hung from trees, and for generations, they could not rest in peace. This was probably one of the methods used.

  At this time, the big pot suddenly shook and slowly emitted a "Woo Woo Woo" crying sound.

  He started crying, Wen Sui and Zou Chengyi were slightly better, suddenly as if they had received a signal, their whole body shook again, and the pain started immediately, and the bones on their bodies also began to glow.

  Everyone quickened their pace and continued walking forward, without knowing how long the cave was. Hopefully, they wouldn't encounter water ahead, because if they did, they didn't have any boats at all.

  After walking quickly for four or five minutes, the crying sound gradually subsided. In this short period of time, Wen Xue and Zou Chengyi both stumbled twice. Wen Xue was in good physical condition, just slightly sweating, feeling cold hands and feet, while Zou Chengyi's body quality was poor to begin with, and with his frequent seizures recently, he had already become somewhat weak, looking not too good.

  Just as they quickened their pace and continued forward, preparing to exit the cave, Wen Baiyu suddenly said: "Wait, look."

  Everyone looked ahead and saw that they were not far away, with a large pot hanging from the top of their heads, tied to both ears with leather straps, and a coffin below.

  Everyone was "huh?" - if they had just thought that the big pot in the cave was a bit much, now it seemed very out of place.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the coffin and said, "When I left earlier, I noticed that the lid of this coffin was placed diagonally, and there was a black stain on the body of the coffin. Even the position hasn't changed..."

  Wen Jiu Mu himself was meticulous and also discovered this problem, saying: "Ghost hitting the wall?"

  Xie Chi looked up at the large pot above and said, "It should be this one. Originally didn't want to disturb something with such a heavy yin energy, but now it seems that if this thing is hung here, we will spend our whole lives spinning in the cave."

  The big pot on the top of their heads started to vibrate with a humming noise, and then let out a "Woo Woo Woo" crying sound. Wen Jiu Mu quickly covered Wen Kuai's ears, but Wen Kuai shook his head and said with difficulty: "It's useless."

  Zou Cheng's face turned pale, and the crying sound in the big pot grew louder. Zou Cheng had already lost all his strength from the pain and fainted into Yi Feng's arms, still gritting his teeth and furrowing his brow even as he was unconscious.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Let's put down the big pot."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded, and Xi Chi took out his golden claws from his backpack, put them on his hands, and flexed his wrists.

  Wan Qi Jinghou raised his gun, took aim at the leather strap that passed through both ears, and pulled the trigger. With a loud "bang", the large pot on top of him suddenly tilted downwards, as if it was about to fall off and hit the coffin, since only one leather strap was holding up such a large pot.

  However, the expected loud noise did not occur. The rubber band was unusually strong, and the pot only collapsed on one side, while the other side was still being pulled by the rubber band, making a "creaking... creaking..." sound, swaying back and forth in mid-air.

  Because the rubber band on one side of the big ladle had been broken, the mouth of the ladle was facing downwards to the side. When everyone lifted their heads, they saw that inside the big ladle was a bunch of black things.

  Wen Baiyu's first thought was that it had already been cooked through.

  But soon, the "Woo Woo" sound became even more piercing, and that clump of black stuff in the big pot actually moved, it was a woman's long hair!

  "Get out of the way!"

  Wen Baiyu shouted loudly, and suddenly saw that the bunch of hair moved slightly, as if it was about to slide out of the big pot. He immediately shouted for everyone to be careful.

  The crowd immediately dispersed in all directions, and then a loud "Boom!" was heard. A dark object fell out of the large pot and landed directly on the coffin lid, smashing it open with a loud "Crack!".

  Fortunately, the coffin lid was quite sturdy, and after being smashed out, it hit the stone wall of the cave, splitting a huge mouth on top, but not breaking off completely.

  The coffin was knocked over by something falling from a large vat.

  A gust of evil air rushed forward, accompanied by a mournful cry that stirred up a cold wind, blowing directly at the faces of the crowd.

  After the white feathers scattered, it was only then that they could see clearly. It turned out that what had fallen from the big pot into the coffin was actually a woman. The woman's long hair was disheveled and scattered all over, some hanging in front of her head, some behind, a complete mess. Her exposed hands were dark and swollen, seemingly having been scalded by boiling water.

  The woman's clothes were tattered and worn out, and as she fell into the coffin, they shattered at a touch, revealing her naked body. However, it was not the body of a beautiful woman, but rather one that was just as dark and swollen as her hands, with edema all over, and large lumps on her skin. The lumps on her skin seemed to be toxic, and as the woman moved, they swayed back and forth, making a sound like liquid sloshing inside.

  Wen Baiyu felt a pungent smell rushing towards her, and she immediately covered her mouth and nose. This woman had been in the big pot for too long, and it was likely that she still carried toxic fumes on her body.

  Others were also very experienced, immediately covering their mouths and noses, and hastily taking out the gas masks they had prepared from their backpacks to put on Zou Chengyi who had fainted.

  The coffin creaked with a "creak" sound, the whole thing tilted to the ground, and the dark zongzi crawled out from inside, making a "giggle... giggle..." sound in its mouth. The disheveled-haired Zongzi head swept a glance over the crowd before fixing its gaze on Wen Jiumu, who was carrying Wen Xuan.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, feeling something was off. Wen Jiumu had actually died, and now he was just a shell of his former self. It was likely that the woman had sensed the yin energy emanating from Wen Jiumu's body.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes met Wen Jiumu's, and Wen Jiumu also found that the zongzi was facing him. He immediately bent his knees, making a defensive gesture, then slowly moved towards Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou's direction.

  Zongzi saw Wen Jiumu move and immediately let out a loud "heh heh" cry, then pounced over. Wen Jiumu was carrying Wen Jing and couldn't move easily, so she suddenly lunged forward. Zongzi missed her target, but her long black hair whipped around like a venomous snake and instantly wrapped around Wen Jiumu's ankle.

  Wēn Jiǔ was knocked to the ground, and Xī Chí suddenly pounced over from behind. With a "brush brush" sound, his golden claws cut off Zhuāngzi's hair in one swift motion. Zhuāngzi let out a loud "Kǎo kǎo kǎo" cry and immediately pounced on Xī Chí.

  Xī Chí's movements were extremely agile, and his body was very small. The vicious zongzi pounced over, but Xī Chí had already rolled to the other side.

  Wen Baiyu helped Wen Jiumu up, and Wen Lei also fell to the ground, struggling to get up. The action of getting up had already exhausted all his strength, his head was covered in sweat, and he was panting heavily.

  Xī Chí and the zongzi were entangled together, his movements were agile, but that zongzi was extremely ferocious and had a very heavy yin energy. Zhōng Jiǎn wanted to go up and help, but was afraid of making things worse for Xī Chí.

  Just then, a "hiss" sound was heard, and a bloodstain appeared on Xi Chi's face, the blood mark was slightly blackened, obviously poisoned.

  Zhong Jian caught up with Xi Chi after retreating and said: "How is it? Your wound seems to be poisoned."

  Xie Chi wiped the blood off his face and said, "It's really troublesome. He himself is also a pitiful person, yet he harms people here. Indeed, a pitiful person must have a hateful side."

  He said, Wen Baiyu's eyes lit up and said: "I have a way."

  Wen Baiyu said to Wan Jijinghou: "Go pick up the coffin lid."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and immediately rushed over, the coffin lid was smashed to the stone wall of the cave, smashing very far away. Wan Xi Jing Hou lowered his head to avoid the long hair that was blown by the wind.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to cover up for Wan Jingshou, and immediately spread out her five fingers. On the long hair of Zongzi, a "whoosh" sound was heard as it suddenly caught fire.

  The big fire was very fierce, the zongzi let out a "heh heh!" cry of surprise, fell to the ground and kept rolling around, as if trying to put out the big fire on its head.

  Xie Chi saw that the rice dumpling's head was on fire, although he could control the rice dumpling, but the rice dumpling's body was full of pus bags, inside were all toxic water, the toxic water was burned by the fire and evaporated, this cave was more airtight, and there were many living people, wouldn't they be poisoned to death.

  Xī Chí Chōng Wēn Bái Yǔ hǎn: "Nǐ zhè shì shén me bànfǎ, kuài miè huǒ!"

  Translation:

  "What's the big idea? Put out the fire quickly!"

  Wen Baiyu's movements were neither rushed nor slow, looking very steady. At this time, Wan Kuangjing had already successfully passed by.

  Wen Baiyu's hand closed, and with a "whoosh" sound, the large flame on Zongzi's head was extinguished. Zongzi's long hair was burned to a messy state, but the abscess on his body did not rupture.

  Zongzi was enraged by Wen Baiyu, and a loud "Kaka" sound came from his throat as he rushed towards Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Jiu Mu saw that Zongzi was fiercely pouncing over and immediately shouted: "Bai Yu!"

  Wen Baiyu rolled on the ground and retreated backwards.

  He rolled over to the crystal coffin, stretched out his hand and pulled it up, and heard a loud "Hoo—" sound. The crystal coffin was straightened by him in an instant, and during this time, Zongzi had already pounced over.

  His long hair grew out of his dark scalp, like a venomous snake, "whoosh" and swept past, wrapping Wen Baiyu in an instant.

  Wen Jiu let out a soft cry from his throat, and Wen Cui immediately got up from the ground. The next moment, he fell heavily to the ground again, without any extra strength left, not to mention going to help Wen Baiyu.

  The long hair of the zongzi wrapped around Wen Baiyu's body tightly, not letting in any wind. However, strangely, a "heh heh heh" sound suddenly came from Zongzi's throat, as if it was trembling with fear.

  Because of the long hair wrapped around, everyone couldn't see Wen Baiyu's movements. At this time, one of Wen Baiyu's hands was pinched on the neck of the dumpling, and a golden red light was emitted from his palm, and his eyes were also ruby-colored.

  The dumplings stared at the warm white feathers, and the long, festering throat emitted a "gurgling" trembling sound.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou picked up the coffin lid on the ground and said: "White feathers."

  Wen Baiyu heard the coffin lid flying over with a "whooshing" sound, and immediately retracted his five fingers, grasping the neck of the dumpling tightly. He then swung his arm with force and let out a low growl, saying "Go."

  Zongzi let out a loud roar, his long hair suddenly shrinking back with a "whoosh", and his entire body was swept into the coffin by a wave of white feathers. At the same time, the coffin lid flew over with a "bang" and landed squarely on top of the coffin.

  The zongzi inside struggled, still wanting to climb up from the bottom, Wen Baiyu's right hand patted on the coffin lid, pressing down the lid that was lifted by the zongzi.

  Everyone immediately let out a sigh of relief, and then they heard "crack..." The coffin lid had split open.

  Wen Baiyu glared at Xi Chi with a bad temper, his right hand pressed down on the cracked part of the coffin, preventing the wooden boards from splitting open. His left hand lightly drew along the crack, and immediately a faint golden red glow emanated from it.

  Wen Baiyu exerted himself again and pressed down with all his might. With a loud "Boom!", the entire coffin suddenly stopped moving.

  Zongzi was honestly locked in the coffin.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the motionless coffin, let out a sigh of relief and said: "Rest in peace, quickly grab the shovel and dig a hole to bury her."

  Everyone quickly took out the shovel from their backpack, neatly dug a big pit in the cave, then lifted up the crystal coffin and placed it inside, covering it with soil again.

  Everyone finally let out a sigh of relief, the wailing cries had disappeared, and no one dared to stay in this place any longer. They immediately shouldered their luggage and hurried forward.

  After walking for about ten minutes, the scene in the cave was already different from before. The stone walls of the cave were hung with large and small torture instruments, which were very dark and seemed to have ancient blood on them. On the ground, there were also large and small pots, cauldrons and tripods.

  Wen Baiyu let out a "tsk" and said: "Guangchuan Wang is really a pervert."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou approached him and said, "Fortunately, I haven't become so tyrannical yet."

  Wen Baiyu shot him a withering look and said: "If you're going to be so tyrannical, I won't blindly like you anymore."

  He finished speaking, and Wan Jie Jing Hou was stunned for a moment before smiling and saying: "You still like me very much now."

  Wen Baiyu's face turned red as she said, "What do you mean by 'very'? That 'very' wasn't something I said."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou then reached out and wrapped his arms around his waist, saying softly: "It's okay, I like you too, I really like you."

  Wen Baiyu's face turned bright red, the cave was extremely quiet, and when everyone walked, they could only hear the sound of their feet crunching on the sand. Wan Qi Jinghou's voice was soft, but Wen Baiyu felt that front, back, left, right, even the zongzi buried earlier could be heard clearly.

  It's fortunate that Yi Feng doesn't seem like a nosy person, while Zou Chengyi is still unconscious, and the others have already tacitly understood. Xi Chi has even learned from Wan Kui Jing Hou's thick skin and is now completely immune.

  Wen Jiu Mu's face was slightly thinner, he coughed and changed the subject, saying: "There is no road ahead."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone stopped and indeed there was no road ahead. This was bad news. They had already reached the end of this path. Were they going to retreat?

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "There is a way, in the water."

  He said, pointing to the pond in front of him.

  The cave had reached its end, in front of it was a black rock wall, at the end there was a pool of water, the pool wasn't too big, and it was pitch black, couldn't see how deep it was.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou crouched beside the water pool, pointing to the water and saying: "There is light below, it should be able to lead to the outside, and the distance shouldn't be deep."

  He said it wasn't deep, and everyone let out a sigh of relief. The shallow water equipment was very heavy, and the boat couldn't withstand such weight, so they had already thrown away the shallow water equipment before entering the cave. If he told them to dive now, it would be easier to retreat instead.

  Wen Baiyu himself is a duck that can't get wet, even if his physical body returns to its original state, he's still a firebird, and what he fears most is water. Although he followed Wan Kuangjinghou to learn how to swim, it was in a swimming pool, shallow water area, which is completely different from this natural pond, at least the mindset is not the same.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the water pool and said, "Water has refraction, it's not necessarily very deep, let's measure it first."

  Wen Jiu Mu measured the water depth, which was less than ten meters. This number was still very lucky for everyone, but it made Wen Bai Yu's face turn white.

  Ten meters, as high as a three-and-a-half-story building, and it takes half a minute just to climb up, let alone dive down.

  In the depths of the pool, a thread of light came out from there, which should be connected to the outside and not far away, otherwise there would be no light.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou said: "I'll go down and take a look first. Just in case it's not sunlight, we can be prepared for whatever it is."

  Wen Baiyu pulled him and said, "Be careful."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou smiled slightly, then suddenly turned his head and kissed the corner of Wen Bai Yu's mouth. This movement was too fast, by the time Wen Bai Yu reacted, he heard a "splash" sound, Wan Jie Jing Hou had already jumped into the water pool.

  A ripple appeared on the surface of the water, and the water was very clear. You could see Wan Zongjing quickly diving down into the water.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's body was very tall, and with his long legs, he moved extremely freely in the shallow water. Wen Bai Yu couldn't help but feel envious as he watched. In the blink of an eye, Wan Xi Jing Hou had dived to the bottom of the water, then with a flick of his body, he entered a bright light, and suddenly disappeared from view.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly tensed up, reached out to touch the pool water, and the pool water was very icy. After all, it was already autumn, and with the abundance of yin energy in this cave, it would be strange if the pool water wasn't icy.

  After waiting for about three minutes, Wen Baiyu couldn't sit still anymore. Normally, people can't hold their breath underwater for three minutes, although Wan Kuangying was no ordinary person.

  Wen Jiubai let go of Wen Baiyu and said, "Don't worry, he'll come out to catch his breath and rest for a bit. Just wait a little longer, don't be impatient..."

  He said, just listen to Xi Chi say: "Arrived."

  As expected, a lone figure emerged from the bright water at the entrance of the cave and quickly rushed out of the water's surface. With a loud "splash", Wan Qi Jing Hou grabbed the edge of the pool with both hands, exerted force to propel himself upwards, and leaped onto the shore.

  "What's wrong?"

  He said, taking out a towel from his backpack for him. Wan Qi Jing Hou waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to wipe it off. His breathing was slightly rapid as he said, "The water isn't deep, and once you pass the bottom of the water, you can get out. There's only one layer of cave wall separating us, but we need to go straight up and down, passing directly over the underwater entrance and then floating upwards. It's about twenty meters."

  Wen Baiyu said in her heart "very good", and said: "It has turned into a seven-story building all of a sudden."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "Don't worry, you've held your breath well, I'll take you down with me."

  Everyone who heard it thought it was worth a try. If they went back, they might meet someone or some other dumplings. There was a road ahead, and all they had to do was dive in.

  Everyone made some preparations, and the diving was actually okay. Although it was less than twenty meters in total, everyone had experienced great winds and waves before, so this part could still be done. The only fatal place was that the water was too cold, fearing cramps when entering, and large movements were extremely oxygen-consuming.

  Zou Chengyi had not yet woken up, so everyone waited for a while and did some preparatory work.

  After a while, Zou Chengyi finally woke up. Everyone saw that he was fine and let out a sigh of relief. They had just arrived at the water cave and had already encountered so many dangers. If they continued to move forward, who knew what other dangers they would face? Zou Chengyi's physical strength was too weak, and it was unclear whether he could hold on.

  Everyone told Zhou Chengyi about the matter, and his face didn't look too good either. Wen Baiyu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "It seems you can't swim either."

  Hei Feng smiled and said, "Don't worry, young master, I can take you down."

  Zou Chengyi was rarely seen with a white face, he really didn't understand water quality, and his legs were disabled, so he couldn't dive at all.

  While everyone was preparing, Wan Jie and Zhong Jian thought of pulling out their luggage first, as they were more casual about it.

  They took out the waterproof cloth from their backpacks, wrapped it around their luggage, and then Wan Xi Jing Hou Yi Chi and Zhong Jian each carried two backpacks and dove into the water. It was easier to dive with a heavy load, but it wasn't easy getting out of the water. Fortunately, all three of them were good swimmers.

  Xi Qi returned looking a bit pitiful, her hair and clothes all stuck to her body, dripping wet, making her appear even thinner.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly grabbed Xi Chi's wrist and said, "I suddenly remembered."

  "What?"

  Wen Baiyu narrowed her eyes and stared at him, saying: "When we first met, everyone fell into the water, you pretended not to know how to swim, but it turns out your swimming skills are so good?"

  Xie Chi smiled and said, at that time he was indeed pretending, otherwise the sudden appearance of a child in the tomb passage, and then the child coincidentally triggered the mechanism, who would believe so many coincidences, of course, to divert attention.

  Xī Zhì smiled and said: "It's a past matter, let's not mention it again. Besides, I'm new to swimming."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  The three of them piled their luggage on the ground by the shore, where there was a forest, and then lit a bonfire. Qi Chi used his golden claws to chop down a pile of trees with a few "swishes", filling the fire to make it burn more vigorously, so that everyone wouldn't freeze to death after coming out of the icy water.

  After handling properly, the three people finally dived back, with two backpacks, Zhong Jian and Xi Chi each carrying one, Wan Xuan Jinghou carrying Wen Baiyu, Yi Feng carrying Zou Chengyi, Wen Kai and Wen Jiumu were both familiar with water, ready to dive into the water.

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit tense, and Wan Jingshou said: "Don't be nervous, the water is a bit cold, just don't cramp up when you go in, hold my waist tightly. If you feel too nervous and suffocated, you can kiss me."

  Wen Baiyu glared at Wan Jijing Hou, who smiled and said, "Really, I'll help you with your Qi."

  Wen Baiyu was tense, but still held onto Wan Jingshou's waist tightly, and the two of them entered the water. Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a bit helpless, not even daring to open his eyes, as Wan Jingshou dove in quickly.

  Wen Baiyu closed her eyes and furrowed her brow, hugging Wan Kuang Jinghou tightly. She felt herself sinking down, then suddenly rising up again. Before long, with a loud "splash", they broke through the water's surface.

  Wen Baiyu hadn't opened her eyes yet, but she felt a bright light. When she opened them, it was moonlight. It was already midnight, but the moonlight was extremely bright. There were many trees beside the pond, and the dazzling moonlight poured down, shining on the water's surface, creating a sparkling ripple effect.

  Wan Kuang saw Wen Bai's white hair and was stunned, laughing and saying: "What, scared silly?"

  He said, pulling Wen Baiyu to the shore, Wen Baiyu relaxed as much as possible, floating on the water's surface, letting Wan Kuang Jinghou pull himself along, and soon they arrived at the shore.

  Wen Baiyu crawled out of the water and lay on the shore, panting, feeling as if he had narrowly escaped death. The people behind him came ashore one after another, first Qi Erzhong Jian, then Wen Bing and Wen Jiumu. After about half a minute, Yi Feng and Zou Chengyi still hadn't appeared.

  Wen Baiyu frowned and said, "Those two won't get into trouble, will they?"

  Just as they were talking, several bubbles suddenly emerged from the water surface, and then became more urgent. Suddenly, a " splash" was heard, and the whirlpool hooked around Zou Chengyi's neck, emerging from the bottom of the water, and quickly swam towards the shore.

  Everyone took one look at Zou Chengyi's face and knew that something was seriously wrong. The water was too cold, others could still bear it, but Zou Chengyi had just fallen ill and consumed too much physical strength. Now being moved, his lips turned purple, his face deathly pale, probably choking on a lot of water.

  The wind dragged Zou Chengyi onto the shore and then laid him down flat, letting him lie beside a pile of firewood, pressing down on him with great force.

  The man was dazed, and with a "whoosh" he spat out a mouthful of water, which made him start coughing violently. Then again with a "whoosh", he spat out another mouthful of water, followed by continuous coughing, but his breathing was very weak. He remained lying on the ground without waking up.

  He pinched his nose shut with one hand and his chin with the other, their lips pressed tightly together, and then he blew air into him forcefully.

  "Cough!"

  Zou Chengyi let out a violent cough and slowly opened his eyes after a while, although his lips were still purple, he had regained consciousness.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief and added some branches from the side to the fire, saying: "Sit by the fire pit for a while, it's warmer that way."

  Zou Chengyi was shivering all over, his thin body, hair and clothes were all stuck to his body, looking very pitiful, no longer with the calm and steady demeanor of their first meeting.

  Wen Baiyu turned back to look for their luggage, the sky was too dark, this side was relatively flat, they had consumed a lot of physical strength, so they set up camp nearby to rest and wait until dawn to continue walking, besides everyone was exhausted from the whole night's journey, they should eat something.

  Wen Baiyu stretched out her hand to touch the luggage, and it just so happened that they had brought spare clothes. They changed all their wet clothes, and after airing them overnight, they should be dry. After all, they couldn't keep wearing wet clothes forever.

  Wen Baiyu turned around to look at the luggage on the ground, only to find that there were only two bags left. One bag contained water and the other food, but the backpack with the tent, clothes, tools, first aid kit and other essentials had vanished!

  Wen Baiyu stood up, their flashlights tied to their arms at the time of diving, fortunately not lost, used a flashlight to shine around and said: "Our luggage is gone."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone realized that they had been busy escaping from death earlier and now only two backpacks were left, the ones that Zhong Jian and Xi Chi had taken out last. The other backpacks had really vanished into thin air.

  Xie Chi frowned and said: "Is there something around here? Or did someone steal our backpacks while we were diving back?"

  Wen Kai said: "This four wild and desolate mountains, will not be human, right?"

  Just then, a "squeak" sound was heard twice. Wen Baiyu looked up and saw that it was actually a yellow-haired big monkey!

  That big monkey was carrying a backpack, the zipper on the back was torn open, and the contents were scattered all over the place. It was the backpack they used to carry medical supplies.

  The big monkey hung on the tree, "squeaking" loudly, then opened its mouth wide, seemingly laughing and showing off, before dumping its backpack downwards.

  Wen Baiyu really wanted to curse, the medicine in his backpack fell like rain, "rustling" onto the ground. If it wasn't for Wan Kuang Jinghou's quick reflexes to catch them, the bottles and jars of medicine would have fallen into the fire, who knows what would have exploded.

  The monkey chattered "tsk, tsk", and saw that General Wan's hands were incredibly fast, catching everything that had been shaken down. He seemed to have taken an interest, looked around, and then several more yellow-haired monkeys swung over along the branches, tearing open their backpacks and starting to dump things onto the fire.

  The white swan can't fly, those monkeys are very intelligent and just like naughty kids, they especially love to see others get angry, pouring out many things, spilling them all over the floor, and even throwing large tools like shovels into the lake.

  Xie Chi couldn't help but look away, put on the Golden Claw, and said, "Time to teach them a lesson."

  He said, his body sprang up, and he climbed up the tree in an instant. His two golden claws were extremely sharp, intersecting upwards, "swish swish swish" a few times, and he had already climbed onto the tree, grabbed a branch, quickly pulled himself up, hooked his toes, and just managed to hook over the backpack in the hands of the yellow-haired big monkey. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he threw it down, and Wen Baiyu caught it immediately under the tree.

  The yellow-haired big monkey lost its backpack and immediately let out a "squeaky" cry, seemingly very angry, jumping back and forth on the branch. Seeing Xi Chi hanging from the tree, it swung over, and the other monkeys also surrounded Xi Chi.

  Wen Baiyu saw a group of monkeys gathering together and said to Xi Chi: "Come down quickly."

  Xie Chi laughed and instead of going down, he swung upwards, clamping his legs together, and immediately rode on the back of a large yellow-haired monkey. The big monkey suddenly became enraged, letting out loud "squeaks" as it wildly grasped at branches and continued to swing about frantically.

  Zhong Jian looked down and was shocked, fearing that if he hesitated for a moment, he would fall off.

  Those yellow-haired big monkeys still had several backpacks in their hands, which were their clothes and tents. Qi Chi estimated that they wanted to take these things back. He rode on the monkey's back, suddenly borrowed strength and jumped up. The monkey was pressed by him, and then heard a "crack" sound. The branch broke, and the big monkey actually fell from the branch. Qi Chi, on the other hand, borrowed strength and jumped up, suddenly stretched out his hand to grab a giant monkey.

  That monkey seemed to be the leader of the monkeys. Once it was caught, the other monkeys immediately fell silent and hung motionless in the trees, staring at them.

  Xī Chí smiled and nodded slightly, the monkey seemed to understand his meaning, so it let out two "squeaks", the other monkeys threw down their luggage one after another, then made strange cries while staring at Xī Chí.

  Everyone quickly picked up their backpacks and gathered together. Many of their belongings had been thrown into the water, and they still needed to be retrieved.

  Those big monkeys seem to have a grudge, still making non-stop "squeaking" noises, as if they would pounce on and regain control as soon as they relax.

  Wen Ke dove into the water and retrieved all the tools, while Wen Baiyu picked up the scattered items on the ground and stuffed them into her backpack. Unfortunately, several of the zippers on the backpack were broken, but fortunately, nothing important was lost.

  At this moment, all the monkeys suddenly let out a "squeak" and shouted. Wen Baiyu's heart secretly cried out in alarm, saying: "Quickly get Xi Chi down."

  Zhong Jian also thought that those monkeys would launch a desperate attack on Xi Qi, but then he heard Wan Gui Jing Hou say: "Not right."

  His words had barely fallen when a loud, hoarse cry of "Wa——wa——" rose up.

  Those monkeys all showed a terrified expression, and immediately quickly retreated, borrowing the branches to swing and run deep into the forest.

  Xī zhì was swung by the big monkey and almost fell off, but quickly hooked with golden claws, then heard Zhōng Jiǎn shouting from below: "Quickly come down."

  Xī Chí let go just in time, Zhōng Jiǎn immediately stretched out his hand to catch him, and happened to catch Xī Chí in a big hug, only then did he let out a sigh of relief.

  Just as Xi Chi was about to come down, Wen Baiyu looked up and said, "Look."

  Everyone looked up, and it turned out that the monkey's natural enemy had arrived. These monkeys seemed to be extremely afraid of this thing. A large black bird, its body much larger than the monkeys, with a wingspan of over four meters long, similar in size to a vulture.

  That big black bird flew over from high altitude, making a coarse and harsh "Wah---wah---" cry that made people's hearts tremble with fear, extremely unpleasant to hear.

  Because the forest is dense and windless, a large bird flies over from the trees, but people only see that it's a black-feathered bird, and can't make out what kind of bird it is.

  "What kind of bird is this? An eagle? But its cry..."

  Wen Baiyu narrowed his eyes and said, "No, it should be a large crow."

  A large black bird took off with a gust of wind and flew quickly over the forest.

  Everyone was a little surprised, this crow is so big in size, it's probably become a spirit already?

  The monkeys dispersed, and everyone packed up their things. Wen Jiumu said, "Do we still need to set up camp here?"

  Wen Kai nodded and said: "There should be no problem here. Those monkeys have been scared away, they shouldn't come back tonight."

  Everyone thought it made sense, so they started pitching tents and building up the fire. They all took off their wet clothes and changed into dry ones.

  Because it was a desolate mountain and old forest, there were no signs of human habitation. The tent was also too small to change clothes in. Everyone was wearing wet clothes, and the night wind blew so cold that they almost froze to death. Without any reserve, since they were all men, they directly took off their clothes to change.

  Zou Chengyi's leg was inconvenient, and he had just choked on water. He was exhausted and couldn't go on, almost falling asleep. Yi Feng skillfully changed his clothes and said, "Young master, eat something before sleeping."

  Zou Chengyi didn't react, seemingly having fallen asleep. Yi Feng had no choice but to carry him into the tent and cover him with a quilt.

  Then she changed her wet clothes by herself.

  Although they were all men, changing clothes wasn't a big deal, but Wen Baiyu felt extremely uneasy because Wan Jingshou's gaze was too focused, staring at every inch of Wen Baiyu's skin.

  Made Wen Bai Yu's hands tremble with fear, and she didn't know if it was because she was being stared at too intensely.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "If you're tired, I can help you change clothes."

  Wen Baiyu glared at him and said: "Go, go change your clothes on the side, stop staring at me."

  "But I want to see you," said Wan Xi Jing Hou naturally.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu's hand trembled, and he was about to pull up his pants, but they slipped down again. Wan Qi Jinghou looked at his pants sliding down his legs and couldn't help but narrow his eyes, laughing as he hugged him from behind, grabbing Wen Baiyu's pants and slowly putting them back on him. He then laughed and bent down to fasten the buttons, not even sparing the zipper.

  Wen Baiyu's body shook and he almost fell to his knees. Wan Qi Jinghou's movements were too ambiguous and extremely slow, causing his legs to go weak.

  Wen Baiyu coughed and said, "Your clothes are still wet, go change quickly."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "I thought you would also change for me."

  "Who cares about you? Hurry up and change, we'll eat something and sleep later."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't bother with him anymore, but instead took off his top by himself, bent down to take out a piece of clothing from his backpack and put it on. Wen Bai Yu looked at his waistline, eight-pack abs, the action of putting on clothes because of the relaxation of his shoulders and back, seemed incredibly... alluring.

  "Cough..."

  Wen Baiyu's face suddenly turned red, looking a bit unnatural. Xi Chi had already changed into new clothes, of course, with Zhong Jian helping him. He sat down beside Wen Baiyu and stared at him as he continuously poured salt into the pot.

  Xī Chí couldn't help but laugh and said: "Hey, although we are indeed short of salt, if we eat this much salt at once, won't our mouths get parched?"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly came back to her senses, startled, and almost threw the salt jar into the pot. She saw Xi Chi smiling at her with a look that seemed to see right through her, making Wen Baiyu's face even redder. Irritated, she put away the salt jar.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou had already slowly changed his clothes at this time, and then hung up his wet clothes to dry.

  Everyone gathered around the fire, eating and studying the terrain. This side was a forest, and it was an uphill forest. They came out of the cave, and the cave seemed to have confirmed that it was Guangchuan Wang's abandoned corpse site, indicating that they should have found the right direction.

  However, it's unlucky to abandon a corpse here, and no one will build a tomb next to this place, so I guess there's still a good way to find it.

  Xī Zhì listened and said: "That's not necessarily true."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Do you think the tomb of Guangchuan Wang could be on this side? Who would build their own tomb in a place with such bad feng shui?"

  Xī Zhì smiled and said: "The King of Guangchuan was born with a violent temper and was also very suspicious. He had once ordered the construction of a tomb, but the location was not in Shàngyōng. However, after many reversals, he began to feel uneasy and feared that he would be dug up after his death, so he changed the location of the tomb. According to this person's suspicious nature, he must have built the tomb in an impossible place. Everyone thought this place was extremely unlucky and it was impossible to build a tomb there, but on the contrary, it might be the last possible place."

  He said, pointing to the water cave behind him: "This cave should be man-made, and only Guangchuan Wang would have people dig such a cave as a place to abandon corpses. You see, this cave is very deep and winding, like a black dragon. This is not an ominous sign, but Guangchuan Wang has turned it into a place of great evil. It must be used to deceive people's eyes and ears. Moreover, he went to great lengths to boil the bodies in the cave, so that even after death, they could not rest their eyes. Think about it carefully, he actually wanted to restrain these corpses, also to deceive people's eyes and ears."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "That makes sense, but human calculations are not as good as heavenly ones. If this is indeed the Guangchuan King's own tomb trap, he must not have thought that after two thousand years, his carefully planned tomb would accumulate water and become a water cave."

  Xie Chi sneered and said, "Indeed. The accumulated water caused the glutinous rice that couldn't be resurrected to undergo a transformation into an evil spirit, this place has changed from an illusion technique to a truly ominous land."

  Wen Baiyu said: "It must be retribution, it's all because of what you did."

  Everyone had been chatting for a while and was getting sleepy. When they looked at the time, it was already past two o'clock, so they prepared to go back to their tent to sleep.

  The first night was spent on watch by Zhong Jian, they had just encountered the giant ape and again the huge crows, naturally someone had to keep watch, fortunately there were only a few hours until dawn.

  The wind master volunteered to keep watch for the night, and the others returned to their tents to rest.

  The wind died down and a man sat by the fire, soon hearing even breathing coming from inside the tent. The group had been exhausted, but now they were relaxed after eating and naturally fell asleep quickly.

  He sat by the fire for a while, then suddenly lowered his head to look at the back of his hand. The back of his hand had been sprayed with the poisonous liquid from the person who was hiding, initially it was just a layer of charred skin, but gradually, the poison seemed to have penetrated inside.

  The wind was about to take off his glasses, rubbed his temples, looked down at the back of his hand, which had already turned completely black, and continued to darken at a visible rate, even exposing the bones of his middle finger, looking extremely terrifying.

  His face remained very calm, stood up, walked to the side of the pond, the shore was wet, with a little mud, he stretched out his hand and pinched some, put it on his fingertips, pinched for a moment, then put the mud on the wound on the back of his hand...

  At dawn the next day, everyone woke up. Although they had only slept for a few hours, they felt somewhat refreshed. Last night, they sat together to analyze and perhaps the tomb of Guangchuan Wang was nearby. Everyone didn't have the mood to sleep anymore and wanted to find this tomb as soon as possible.

  Wen Baiyu came out of the tent and saw that Yi Feng was already sitting by the fire, setting up the pot to heat breakfast for everyone.

  His hand was wrapped in a layer of gauze, and Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered that Yi Feng had also been injured yesterday, and it was the poisonous liquid of Ren Yu. At that time, they abandoned their ship and escaped for their lives, and were somewhat anxious. Zhou Chengyi was also injured and lost a lot of blood, so he ignored Yi Feng.

  Wen Baiyu pointed at Yi Feng's hand and said: "Is your hand poisoned? Have you applied medicine?"

  He lifted his hand slightly and said faintly: "It's almost done, just a burn, no poisoning."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly, and only then did she feel at ease.

  Everyone also came out of the tent, and only then did Yi Feng enter the tent. Zou Chengyi was already awake, his face slightly flushed, and his lips had returned to their original pale orange color, looking like he had mostly recovered.

  Zou Cheng lay on the bed, saw him coming in and opened his eyes, saying: "Your hand, how is it?"

  He lifted the gauze to take a look, and his hand was almost back to normal, with only a faint black mark on it. The rotting flesh that had exposed the bone just last night had vanished into thin air.

  Yi Feng said: "Thank you, young master, for your concern, I'm fine now."

  Zou Cheng nodded slightly and said, "Be more careful next time."

  Yi Feng said: "Got it, young master."

  Zou Chengyi stretched out his hand and was lifted off the ground by Yi Feng, who carried him out of the tent.

  Everyone simply had breakfast, then dismantled the tent, packed their luggage, Yi Feng carried a backpack on his back, and hugged Zou Chengyi, following everyone to move forward.

  A forest, undulating with the slope of the mountain, with a very dense canopy, almost invisible to the sun, only faint light shining down.

  They walked for a whole morning and were still wandering around in the forest, everyone was tired, so they sat down to rest.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou found a flat place for Wen Bai Yu, he half-squatted down, but his movements suddenly stopped, and he suddenly grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, pinched it and smelled it.

  "What's wrong?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is a problem with this land."

  He said, and Xi Chi also walked over, squatting beside him, and sniffed at the soil with his claws. The golden paw flipped through the ground a couple of times, and indeed saw that the soil below was darker in color.

  Xī Zhì smiled and said: "There must be something below."

  Wen Baiyu said: "The two of you have a pretty keen sense of smell."

  Xī Zhì smiled and said: "That's natural, don't you see who I am?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou then smiled and said, "The more you see, the more naturally it will come."

  He said so, stood up, brushed off the dirt on his hands, and beckoned everyone to come over and start digging at this place.

  Wen Ke and Wen Jiu Mu may have stopped doing this line of work for many years, but the skills they learned will not be lost.

  Everyone started digging and soon saw something unusual.

  Wen Baiyu frowned and said: "So shallow?"

  A corner of a coffin had already appeared in the soil, but everyone knew at a glance that it was absolutely not Guangchuan Wang. This was too simple, and the material used for the coffin was not good. Maybe it was someone buried nearby.

  The coffin was soon exposed, buried very shallow. As the coffin came into view, a stench of rot could still be smelled. The lid of the coffin wasn't even tightly closed, as if the burial had been particularly hasty.

  Xie Chi's golden claw lightly hooked, and with a "click" sound, the coffin opened in response.

  A pungent smell wafted over, it was the toxic gas accumulated in the coffin, everyone quickly dispersed and covered their mouths and noses.

  After a long time, the breath finally dissipated, and Xi Chi curiously pushed open the lid, immediately shouting "wow" and then pounced into Zhong Jian's arms.

  Wen Baiyu had never seen Xi Chi afraid of anything. Although he looked delicate and slender, like a 15 or 16-year-old, he was actually over 2,000 years old and an old demon. He was also a thief among officials, having been in more battles than he had eaten rice, and there was nothing he hadn't seen before.

  Wen Baiyu saw Yixi Zha in Zhong Jian's arms and thought he was eating Zhong Jian's tofu again, so she curiously peeked into the coffin.

  Wen Baiyu's face turned pale in an instant, not because he was scared, but because he felt nauseous. The coffin was filled with a large piece of dark, squirming maggots, all white and flower-like.

  Zhong Jian knew that Xi Chi was afraid of nothing, except for caterpillars...

  Wen Baiyu took two steps back, almost falling to the ground. Wan Jingshou stretched out his hand and supported him from behind, Wen Baiyu covered his mouth and said: "Too... too disgusting..."

  They were talking when they suddenly heard a "wa-wa" sound hovering above their heads, and saw several black crows landing on the branches, staring at them.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and thought it was the huge crow from last night, but when she looked up, it was just a small ordinary crow with a very small body.

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief, after all, crows are birds of prey, although small in size, they are very fierce. Fortunately, although the crows were in groups, the number was not large, at most ten, and although the crows ate meat, they only ate carrion or small insects, posing no threat to humans.

  But if the body is too big, it's hard to say, no one has ever seen a crow with a length of four meters, such a large body, and also a carnivorous bird of prey, really don't know if it eats people or not.

  "Wah——wah——"

  Just then, several crows landed on the branches of a nearby tree.

  He counted the crows again and again, there were already ten of them. He frowned and said: "Why are there so many crows around here?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou leaned in and listened carefully for a moment, then said, "There's more."

  As he spoke, the crowd indeed heard a "wa-wa" sound. Four or five crows suddenly flapped their wings and landed on nearby branches in groups. In an instant, dozens of them had gathered!

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There are so many crows here, there may be more than one coffin on the mountain."

  The crows perched on the branches, possibly because they were wary of them and didn't take any action. Wen Baiyu and his companions also didn't want to conflict with these crows, so they quickly picked up their luggage and left.

  As soon as they left, the crows behind them began to flap their wings and madly cried "Caw - Caw -", swooping down from the trees towards the coffin.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a wave of nausea, and Qi Chi buried his face in Zhong Jian's chest, his hands wrapped around Zhong Jian's neck, his legs clamped around his waist, shaking nonstop, saying: "These crows are also starving to the point of eating anything! So many maggots! Disgusting to death!"

  Zhong Jian comfortingly patted his hair and said, "It's all right, we've already walked so far."

  Xie Chi immediately shook his head, clenching his legs tightly around Zhong Jian's waist and said: "No way, I feel itchy all over my body, it's all goosebumps, I just want you to hold me."

  Xi Chi and Zhong Jian were being affectionate, Wen Bai Yu was already used to it, but Zhong Jian's old face turned a bit red. However, Xi Chi didn't want to come down, and Zhong Jian couldn't bear to reject his intention, so he could only cough and hold Xi Chi in his arms.

  It's just that Zou Chengyi's attitude was very calm, as if he didn't take it seriously, and only smiled, looking quite kind.

  The crowd walked forward for five minutes, and Wen Lei suddenly stopped in front. The people outside caught up, and Wen Baiyu suddenly turned his head and said, "Xi Chi."

  "What's going on?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "I suggest you don't look."

  He was even more curious after being said so, and took a peek, suddenly "ah......" another scream, buried his head in Zhong Jian's shoulder, shaking non-stop, saying: "Wen Baiyu, why are you so annoying!"

  Wen Baiya shrugged and smiled: "I told you not to look, who let you look, it seems like I'm deliberately luring you to look."

  Xi Qi: "......"

  Not far ahead, half of a coffin was exposed on the ground, its lid nowhere to be seen. Maggots crawled out from inside, wriggling ceaselessly. The corpse had completely rotted away, leaving behind only a heap of disordered bones.

  Zhong Jian looked at those scattered bones and said, "Has someone been here?"

  Wen Baiyu shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, I think it's those crows."

  Xie Chi trembled with fear and said: "No wonder there are so many crows, this mountain is full of rotten coffins."

  He said, grabbing Zhong Jian's arm, "My back is particularly itchy, you quickly take a look to see if it has crawled up."

  "Nothing's wrong, don't imagine things."

  Zou Chengyi was hugged by the wind, lowered his head to look, frowned and said: "It's a woman's skeleton, there are still things in the coffin."

  He said, and with a gust of wind, he crouched down and used a branch to sweep away those skeletons.

  He couldn't help but turn his head to take a glance, and then he continued to tremble.

  The coffin was opened and a piece of jade was found inside, which should have been worn by the deceased.

  Zou Chengyi said: "This jade is an antique, and the owner of the coffin should have some status to wear such a thing."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Could it be a concubine of the King of Guangchuan?"

  He said, shaking his head: "How can the concubine of King Guangchuan be buried so poorly? And shouldn't she also be buried in a tomb?"

  Wan Xi Jinghou shook his head and said, "Don't forget, the queen of Guangchuan King was Yang Cheng Zhaoxin. Historical records show that Yang Cheng Zhaoxin was jealous by nature, accusing other concubines of being licentious and unchaste, unable to control herself, locking all these concubines in Yongxiang, building a large gate, and locking Yongxiang tightly. In fact, the concubines of Guangchuan King were no different from slaves and prisoners."

  After the exposure of Guangwang Wang's indiscriminate killing of innocent people, his family members and concubines were all banished to Shangyong. So many people disappeared before arriving in Shangyong, and something must be done about it.

  According to Yang Chengxu's character, he would definitely not allow these concubines to be buried.

  They took a simple rest at noon, ate something in confusion, and then continued to climb mountains and wade through waters. By dusk, they finally walked out of the forest, and what came into view was an incredible scene...

  They only saw the forest had already reached its end, they quickened their pace and rushed out of the forest, and suddenly saw a vast expanse in front of them, with a large mansion standing prominently on this desolate mountain top.

  Everyone was stunned at the sight.

  Wen Baiyu said: "There are actually houses here? Someone lives?"

  Wen Jiu Mu smiled and said, "A house in the deep mountains can only have two possibilities. One is a haunted house, and the other is a tomb raider's hideout built at great expense to conceal their activities."

  Wen Baiyu isn't really in this line of work and doesn't understand many things, but Wen Jiumu is a seasoned veteran.

  As everyone walked forward, Wen Kai said, "I didn't expect someone would take a step ahead."

  They walked past, and Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and said: "This house is strange."

  As he spoke, the crowd also looked up to see that the ancient mansion's plaque was gone, and half of the wooden couplets on either side had fallen off. Everywhere was covered with a thick layer of dust.

  The gate was ajar and hadn't been locked, looking like it had been abandoned for many years.

  They pushed open the door, "creak" sound, the gate issued a harsh voice.

  As the crowd walked in, they first saw a screen that blocked their view. They went around it and found a courtyard behind the screen. The courtyard did not have a stone floor, but was covered with dirt, which had been dug up in a disorderly manner. In the center of the courtyard stood a large stone slab, on top of which lay a stone, and on top of the stone rested a golden seal.

  The golden seal has turned black and looks like it's been around for some years.

  Wen Baiyu furrowed her brow as she gazed at this bizarre scene and said, "Is this a town exorcism?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "There should be a hole under the stone slab, I don't know what was dug up by the person who built this mansion, and they sealed the hole."

  They said, turned around and continued to walk in, the houses on all sides were very simple, at first glance they were just covering up the inverted house, only the outside was grand, but the inside was quite simple.

  They entered the hall, and Wen Baiyu suddenly took a deep breath, only to see that on the floor of the hall lay a person, or rather, a corpse.

  His entire body had turned into a pale blue crystal skeleton, the corpse twisted and half-kneeling on the ground, his body curled up in what looked like extreme agony. Moreover, one of his hands was clutching the edge of the table, the terrifying skull-like hand almost crushing the table leg, its five fingers deeply embedded in the wooden tabletop.

  On the corpse's shoulder blade, a black feather had actually grown out.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a glance and said: "He's just a kid, probably still underage."

  Everyone did not expect that there would be a corpse here, and the death was extremely terrifying. They all remembered the video they saw in Zou Cheng's home.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Let's bury him first."

  Everyone walked around the house and thought it was hopeless to find a coffin, but they didn't know if this corpse could be burned with fire. If not, they had no choice but to dig a hole and bury it.

  But unexpectedly, they found a coffin in the next room, and it was filled with soil, probably having been prepared for a long time.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but sigh and say: "Is it possible that this person had long prepared a coffin for himself?"

  Everyone put on gloves and then moved the skeleton from the ground to the coffin, the skeleton's hands tightly grasping the table legs, they spent a lot of effort.

  Just as the coffin lid was about to be closed, Wen Baiyu suddenly heard a sound, which seemed very distant and ethereal, scaring everyone so much that they thought the corpse was going to rise.

  The result was Wen Baiyu's phone ringing...

  Because they were in the deep mountains and old forests, their mobile phones were basically useless, and their mobile phones had been pressed to the bottom of their luggage for a long time. The phone kept ringing, and Wen Baiyu didn't expect that there was actually a signal here.

  I took it out and saw that the incoming call was from Yu Wei Yang.

  The phone rang tirelessly, Wen Baiyu picked it up, and Yu Wei's voice was urgent, saying: "Wen Baiyu, I found that seller!"

  The signal was weak, and Yu Wei Yang's voice was intermittent. Wen Bai Yu only heard something about the seller, but through Yu Wei Yang's tone, he also guessed that he had found the seller, and immediately asked: "Who is it?"

  Yu Wei Yang said, "This matter is too strange. I'm still investigating and will tell you what I've found out so far. The seller who traded with Huang Laoban is a relatively well-known antique rich merchant in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang region, considered a rising star. However, strangely, someone told me that this rich merchant had already died two years ago, making it impossible for him to have bought or sold any jade silkworms with Huang Laoban."

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat as he listened to Yu Yang's words. The seller was already dead? Was it a fake resurrection or someone else impersonating him?

  "Wen Baiyu immediately asked: 'What is the seller's name?'"

  Yu Wei Yang's voice came from the phone, saying: "Call..."

  There was only one word, and Wen Baiyu couldn't hear it anymore. Suddenly, there was a "beep" sound. She picked up her phone to take a look, and surprisingly, the call had ended, with no signal at all. No matter how many times she turned the phone on and off or put it in airplane mode, there was still no signal.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly held her breath, and Yu Yang's words had only just begun to get to the point, almost suffocating Wen Baiyu.

  But the mobile phone also had no signal, couldn't get through, so I had to put the mobile phone back in my backpack, hoping that there would be a signal later.

  Wen Baiyu thought to himself, anyway, there's no rush, the most urgent thing at the moment is to find the elixir refined by Guangchuan Wang.

  The crowd dug a hole in the backyard and buried the coffin.

  After everyone finished their work, they all gathered in the courtyard. There were huge stone slabs, stones and golden seals placed there. It looked like there must be something underneath, perhaps a ready-made treasure cave.

  But with so many defenses placed here, and the golden seal to suppress evil, it indicates that there must be something down below that the owner of this mansion cannot handle. So even if what's down below is the tomb of Guangchuan Wang, that young man still died here.

  Wen Baiyu placed his hand on the golden seal and said, "Since there's already hope, we must definitely open it to take a look."

  Zou Chengyi said: "Although I haven't fought a battle, once this is opened, perhaps countless dumplings will burst out from inside. Maybe we can change places to dig the tunnel?"

  As soon as he spoke, everyone fell silent. Among them, Xi Chi was the most experienced, after all, a two-thousand-year-old official had fallen. Wen Xuan and Wen Jiu Mu were also old hands, and Wan Kui Jing Hou, who had lived for so long and buried countless people, naturally knew too.

  "Look at the tools in this hall," said Wan Xi Jing Hou, "the owner of this house is an old hand at digging, his tools are complete and relatively advanced compared to what we brought. However, there's only one place around here that looks like a hidden tunnel. I've checked the backyard too, there are many holes for surveying, but none of them have been dug open, it should be solid wall underneath."

  That is to say, this tomb may be extremely hard and solid, and the stone slab below may be pressed down, possibly an L-shaped tunnel, dug to the bottom of the tomb. The bottom of the tomb is generally a weak place, if you open a tunnel to enter, this place should be relatively simple.

  Everyone fell silent for two minutes, then Wan Zongjing said: "We don't have much time."

  He said, exercising his wrist, then took out a flashlight from his backpack and tied it to his arm. Wen Baiyu also quickly squatted down to open the backpack and took out something to tie on her arm.

  Everyone made some preparations, and Wang Qi Jing Hou took down the golden seal. Then, with a joint effort, they pushed open the giant stone, which was finally a huge stone slab.

  As soon as the stone slab was lifted, everyone saw a hidden cave beneath it.

  The cave was dug very neatly, it looked absolutely like a veteran, and the soil was shoveled very clean.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou went in and took a look, saying: "I'll go first."

  He said, tying the rope around his waist, then turned back to Wen Baiyu and said: "You guys wait a bit, I'll go down and take a look first."

  Wen Baiyu felt somewhat uneasy and said: "I'll go with you."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou waved his hand and said, "This thief cave is too narrow, it's not good for two people to go down together. Don't worry, I'll just take a look for three minutes, I'll definitely be back within three minutes, if I don't come back in two minutes you can pull the rope."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou adjusted the rope tied around his waist, the thief's hole was a bit shaky, he held the dragon scale dagger in his hand, and another gun was inserted on his waist, he crouched down and drilled into the thief's hole.

  Wen Baiyu immediately glanced at her wristwatch and it was exactly six o'clock in the afternoon.

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit tense. First, he heard the sound of "shasha" coming from the thief's cave, and then when Wang Juehou went deeper, there was no more sound.

  No one knew how deep the cave was, but after Wan Jingshou went in, Wen Baiyu kept looking at his watch. Two minutes passed like years, and Wen Baiyu felt his breathing quicken.

  2 minutes 50 seconds

  2 minutes 55 seconds...

  With just three minutes left, Wen Baiyu knew that Wan Jingshou would keep his word and not go back on it, but the cave was still eerily quiet, without a single sound.

  Just three minutes ago, a loud "roar" sound suddenly came from the cave, muffled and coming from inside.

  Wen Baiyu shouted loudly and said: "Pull the rope!"

  As soon as he spoke, everyone grasped the rope and quickly pulled outward.

  The weight on the rope was heavy, and it seemed not to be just the weight of one person, Wan Jie Jing Hou. Wen Bai Yu felt that something was off, and immediately there was a loud "roar", everyone suddenly felt the ground shaking, as if something was being pulled up...

  Everyone paused for a moment and looked at Wen Baiyu. Perhaps they had pulled up Wan Qi Jing Hou and a monster, or perhaps they had only pulled up a monster.

  Wen Baiyu gritted his teeth and said, "Keep pulling."

  Everyone gritted their teeth and quickly pulled the rope upwards, which was very heavy and occasionally jerked violently as if struggling. This constant struggle somehow made everyone feel a little relieved, and it seemed that General Wan Jinhong was also there, apparently fighting against the monster that let out the roar.

  Just as the rope was about to be pulled out, a loud and mournful roar was heard, "Hooooo!" Something seemed to be coming out, and immediately after that, the rope suddenly became light. The crowd was unprepared and fell backward.

  Wen Baiyu leaned back and sprang up quickly, the rope was pulled out with a "whooshing" sound, and the end of the rope had a cut, it was actually cut off. The cave was pitch black, the roar was extinguished by the darkness, and then restored to calmness, still no sign of Wan Jiahui's figure.

  Wen Baiyu slammed onto the ground, cursed loudly, and immediately crouched down and crawled into the hole.

  Wen Jiu Mu was anxious for a moment, but he couldn't stop Wen Bai Yu. Wen Kai patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go."

  Wen Baiyu was the first to crawl into the tunnel, followed closely by everyone else. They kept a certain distance between each other, because as Wan Kuang said, the tunnel was extremely narrow, perhaps because it had been dug out by a young boy, so these adults felt somewhat claustrophobic.

  Wen Bai Yu quickly crawled inside and soon caught a whiff of a bloody smell. The ground in the cave was wet, and to her surprise, it was blood, and it was extremely fresh.

  Wen Baiyu's heart lifted, and he quickly crawled further in. The tunnel was indeed L-shaped, and they crawled for a long distance before finally reaching a stone cave. The cave had been excavated and wasn't too large. Wen Baiyu crawled inside and entered a tomb passage.

  Everyone also crawled in from the stone cave, and the stone cave was indeed opened at the bottom of the tomb. After they came up, they shone their flashlights on the ground.

  A large patch of blood was seen, the blood was very fresh and dripped continuously forward.

  Wen Baiyu's heart tightened, and she followed the bloodstains forward. The bloodstains continued to extend forward, and Wen Baiyu quickly walked forward. The crowd chased after her, only to see that the bloodstains had turned a corner and entered a large gate.

  It is a tomb chamber, this tomb chamber is relatively remote and very small, even the door is a bit small.

  The door was slightly ajar, Wen Baiyu pushed it open with her hand, and Xi Chi came over from behind, saying "Be careful."

  As he spoke, the door opened and the bloodstains stopped abruptly.

  The tomb was very dark, with no light. Their flashlight beams were sufficient to see the corpses lying all over the tomb, like a chaotic burial ground. After so many years, these bodies had completely turned into skeletons. Some of the skeletons even grew red hair, which was an ominous sign.

  Everyone stood at the door and looked inside, but didn't go in. Wen Baiyu heard a faint "hooooo-hoooo-hoooo" sound coming from within.

  There is actually someone inside.

  The flashlight shone on the gap behind the tomb door, and a shadow suddenly appeared. Wen Baiyu glanced sideways, then suddenly raised his hand, as if gesturing to everyone.

  Everyone backed away, and the crowd also heard the panting sound in the tomb, but it was not a human voice, like the low panting of a wild beast, and they all quickly retreated.

  Wen Baiyu and Xi Qi held onto a tomb door, gently closing it, but just as the door was about to close, a red-haired wild beast suddenly rushed out from behind the tomb door.

  "Roar!" With a loud roar, he slapped open the tomb door and pounced on them.

  The red-haired beast has a tall and majestic body, looking extremely ferocious. In fact, it's not a beast at all, but just a moldy rice ball that has undergone a transformation. The green hair is poisonous, while the red-haired rice ball is more troublesome to deal with. Generally, when a rustic scholar sees a red-haired rice ball, they will no longer dare to turn over this earth. Red hair represents evil and ferocity, exceptionally fierce.

  The crowd quickly retreated backward, the red-haired corn seemingly injured, constantly letting out loud roars, blood dripping from its shoulder and splashing all over the ground.

  Wen Baiyu saw the bloodstain and suddenly felt a sense of relief. It was the blood of the red-haired Zongzi, not that of General Wan Kuanghou.

  The red-haired cornflake pounced over, Wen Baiyu dodged quickly, the phoenix bone dagger made a swift slash, and the red-haired cornflake let out a loud roar, instantly adding a long bloodstain to its chest and abdomen, continuously roaring loudly, its fierce red eyes staring at Wen Baiyu as if it wanted to tear him apart.

  Wen Ke and Wen Jiu Mu had already loaded their guns, "bang bang" fired two shots at the red-haired corn, that red-haired corn was thick-skinned, but the bullets were effective, scaring the red-haired corn to retreat repeatedly, and not listening to the loud roar.

  Zou Chengyi said: "That golden seal is used to suppress Hong Mao."

  He said, spreading his hands, and unexpectedly brought down the golden seal. He then said: "Let Red Hair open his mouth."

  Wen Baiyu furrowed his brow, was Zhou Chengyi thinking of stuffing the golden seal into Hong Mao's mouth? This would indeed be able to subdue the evil spirit and make him surrender, but getting Hong Mao to open his mouth and obediently swallow the golden seal was a much more difficult task.

  Wen Baiyu waved his hand and said, "Lend me your claws for a moment."

  Xie Chi didn't hesitate, throwing the golden claw on his left hand to Wen Baiyu. Wen Baiyu immediately caught it and put it on her own hand. With the claw on her left hand and a dagger in her right hand, she suddenly charged forward.

  Hong Mao Zongzi let out a loud roar and raised his large, claw-like hands to strike Wen Baiyu's head.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly sprang up, one foot stepping on the hand he had raised, then immediately borrowing force to jump upwards, and his left hand fiercely stabbed downwards.

  Xie Chi's golden claws suddenly pierced into Hong Mao's shoulder, a place where the ancients wore armor, and just thinking about it made him feel pain.

  Hong Mao let out a loud "Hou—" and seemed to be pressed down by Wen Baiyu's hand strength, his knees went soft with a "thud" sound as he knelt on the ground, letting out a loud roar.

  Hong Mao Zongzi opened his mouth and let out a loud roar, stretching out another hand to grab Wen Baiyu. Wen Baiyu swiftly turned her dagger and with a "whoosh" sliced through the air, blocking Hong Mao Zongzi's claws. She then shouted to the crowd: "Hurry up and make him eat!"

  Hong Mao Zongzi was tied up at the shoulder, and with a "roar" sound, Yi Feng snatched the golden seal from Zou Cheng's hand, and with a fierce swing, it was heard that the golden seal was thrown into Hong Mao Zongzi's mouth.

  Hong Mao Zongzi suddenly let out a loud cry, then his body shook violently, and Wen Baiyu was flung off by him, flying backwards and crashing to the ground. At the same time, Hong Mao Zongzi fell to the ground with a thud, motionless, as if he had already fallen dead.

  Wen Baiyu swung his red hair bun backwards with all his might, and he flew out. He thought he was going to crash into the wall, but suddenly a black shadow darted in from outside the tomb and rolled on the ground with Wen Baiyu in its arms.

  "White feather."

  Wen Baiyu took a look and found it was actually Wan Kuang Jinghou. Due to the great impact, the two of them rolled on the ground together, with Wen Baiyu pressing down on Wan Kuang Jinghou, not feeling any pain at all.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was covered in blood, with a rope still tied around his waist, and he looked up at him.

  Wan Kuang saw Wen Baiyu looking at him and said: "The blood on my body is not mine."

  He said, pointing to his neck and tilting his head for Wen Baiyu to see, "It's just a small injury like this."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's neck had a scratch, but his wound would heal automatically and was almost healed. It looked like it wasn't scratched deeply, leaving only a faint mark.

  Wen Baiyu glared at Wan Jie Jing Hou, first letting out a sigh of relief, then a surge of anger welled up in him. He was already pinning Wan Jie Jing Hou down, and the two were still lying on top of each other on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu grasped Wan Kuang Jing Hou's collar with both hands, roughly lifting him up, and their lips immediately stuck together. Wen Baiyu bit his lip, not letting go until he tasted a metallic tang, then released his mouth.

  But unexpectedly, Wan Jie Jing Hou didn't let him go. His body suddenly moved, and he pressed Wen Bai Yu under his body. He stretched out his hand to dig into Wen Bai Yu's clothes, lowered his head, fiercely occupied Wen Bai Yu's lips, opened his teeth, and wildly swept away.

  Two people kissed breathlessly, Wen Baiyu soon felt a bit lightheaded from lack of oxygen, and was already dizzy from being kissed by Mo Qiu Jing Hou, whose hands were caressing inside her clothes.

  Wen Bai hummed comfortably in her throat, and then heard Wan Qi Jing Hou laugh and say: "Although I really want to continue, but you must not want to continue in front of so many people..."

  He said, Wen Baiyu suddenly opened his eyes and saw that they were actually rolling in the tomb passage. Many people were standing beside them, and they had all seen Wen Baiyu being thrown out with such great force that he was likely to be injured. They rushed over anxiously, but instead saw Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou embracing and caressing each other, their situation becoming more and more intense...

  Everyone had an expression of wanting to speak but hesitating, wanting to remind them, but also being too embarrassed to interrupt...

  Wen Bai's face was flushed, red like a cooked lobster, she quickly scrambled to her feet, still wanting to kick Wan Qi Jing Hou, but he had been kissed so hard his legs were weak, and as soon as he got up, he almost fell back down.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou quickly reached out and caught him, smiling as he wrapped his arms around Wen Bai Yu's waist, saying: "I'll support you."