Chapter 81: Nanke's Dream 4

  Guan Nan felt as if he was half asleep and half awake, he felt himself being held by someone and rapidly shuttling through the forest, all around him were the rustling sounds of leaves, soon Guan Nan felt his body floating.

  A pungent smell wafted into her nostrils, and Guan Nan couldn't help but tear up. Her eyes stung badly, and she could barely open them. In front of her were flowers, blurred by the tears that swirled before her eyes, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

  Guan Nan felt as if she had been put down, like lying on a branch, and the whole person was about to fall off, and she couldn't help but struggle.

  But he moved, "swish" sound, and many vines suddenly wrapped around him, suddenly binding his hands and feet, and another "swish" sound, a vine wrapped around his waist, and the tighter it got.

  Guan Nan's eyes were blurred by tears, and she couldn't see clearly. The anesthetic in her body hadn't worn off yet, so she could only struggle weakly a couple of times. Her body tilted to one side, and she let out a cry as she was about to fall from the branch.

  The wisteria tightened with a "swoosh", pulling Guan Nan up again.

  "Don't move."

  Someone spoke beside Guan Nan's ear, the voice was very low and menacing, Guan Nan was startled and opened his eyes to look at him, but saw nothing.

  Guan Nan was startled and wondered if that strange flower could talk. Hadn't it already become a monster?

  He was thinking, the vines were getting tighter and tighter, the thorns on the vines were about to pierce into Guan Nan's flesh. Guan Nan took a deep breath and said: "Who are you?"

  The thorny vines suddenly loosened at this time, only tightening around Guan Nan. Guan Nan didn't hear anyone respond to himself, so he thought of opening his eyes to look. He slightly raised his head and suddenly took a cold breath with a "hiss".

  Guan Nan raised a pair of blood-red eyes, a pair that was somewhat narrow and long, with hooked eye tails, filled with indifference.

  Guan Nan's eyes welled up with tears at the sight, and they flowed down even more violently than before. She couldn't stop crying, her eyes stinging from the tears, and everything became blurry. But then she heard someone moving around.

  He was immediately turned over by a pair of hands and lay sideways on the branch.

  Guan Nan struggled, and that voice spoke again, repeating what it had just said: "Don't move."

  Guannan's hands were not tied up, and he quickly patted his legs. His heart was racing extremely fast, and he only had some consciousness left. He unhooked the pocket of his pants and made an effort to reach inside for the dagger.

  Guan Nan indeed didn't move again, looking very frightened, but his heart was racing wildly. He tried not to let his movements be discovered. His fingers touched something cold. Guan Nan's heartbeat accelerated even more. Using his index and middle fingers, he pinched out the dagger and grasped it in his hand.

  Just as Guan Nang slowly pulled out the dagger, wanting to cut open the vines, that voice spoke up and said: "Looks like you want to ask for trouble?"

  Guan Nan's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't dare to move again. The person finished speaking but didn't say another word. Guan Nan held her breath, suddenly feeling a flow of air brush against the back of her neck, and was startled.

  "Ah..."

  Guan Nan didn't have time to react, his whole body was tied up and he couldn't move. Suddenly, the back of his neck felt a sharp pain, as if something sharp had pierced into it.

  Guan Nan took two quick breaths, his eyes turned white with pain, and tears streamed down his face. At this point, he didn't know if it was the spicy flavor or the pain that stimulated him.

  After the pain, there was a slightly moist breath, and something else slid back and forth on his neck. Guan Nan's eyes widened, and it turned out that what had pierced into her skin was teeth!

  Guan Nan first felt a sharp pain, then a surge of indescribable feeling washed over him, making him even more terrified. The dagger in his hand shook and suddenly fell from the tree, making a soft "sha" sound.

  Guan Nan felt extremely exhausted, her eyelids heavy, slowly losing consciousness, closing her eyes, and even as she fell into a deep sleep, tears still trickled out from her tightly shut eyes.

  A hand stretched out from the darkness and placed itself on Guan Nan's cheek, suddenly wiping away his tears...

  Guan Nan fell asleep, he thought he was dreaming, and it was an inappropriate dream. Someone was touching him, and his body was trembling desperately, getting more and more excited. Something quietly rolled up and wrapped around his body.

  Guan Nan suddenly woke up from his excitement, only to find himself entwined by countless vines, tearing at his clothes. He was now in a state of utter dishevelment. Just as Guan Nan felt a surge of fear, a man suddenly appeared before him. The man's eyes were identical to the ones he had seen earlier - a pair of blood-red eyes that seemed to be on the verge of dripping blood at any moment. His eyes were narrow and exceptionally cold, with an upward curve at the outer corners, giving off an otherworldly aura despite being unmistakably male.

  The man's physique was tall and majestic, but he was stark naked, not a stitch on him. The man's expression was very natural, Guan Nan's face felt a bit hot, she didn't dare look at the man, as if the one who was naked was herself.

  Guan Nan wanted to speak, but his whole body was too weak. The man kept staring at him and suddenly reached out to grab his waist. The man's grip was too strong, with a violent aura, Guan Nan felt suffocated, almost being strangled by him, the pain was severe.

  Guan Nan was panting heavily, and then she saw the man move again. He bent his legs and roughly pulled down his pants with his hands. Guan Nan was so scared that she thought she was going to die. What did this man want to do?

  Guannan told himself that this was a dream, he could clearly feel that it was just a dream, he had fallen asleep and dreamed of some irrelevant things, and as soon as he opened his eyes, everything would be gone.

  Guan Nan desperately tried to open his eyes, but the man had already pressed his thing against Guan Nan's back. Guan Nan's body convulsed, desperately trying to struggle free, but it was no use. The man's hands were too powerful, and with one move, he seemed about to crush him.

  And what was leaning against the back of Guan Nan actually had thorns growing on it like a vine.

  Guan Nan took a deep breath, and that thing rushed in, causing him to twitch in pain, his eyes rolled back, and tears gushed out. This time it wasn't the spicy flavor that stimulated him.

  Guan Nan felt like he was going to die from the pain, he wanted to struggle but his body was tied up with vines, the man's hand gripped his waist, a wave of humiliation washed over him, mixed with unbearable pain, Guan Nan almost fainted several times.

  Pain...

  Guan Nan suddenly had an epiphany, as if she thought of something. Can you feel pain in a dream? This is real pain...

  Guan Nan's mind suddenly surged with despair, his dagger also fell to the ground, now he was like a piece of meat on a chopping board, and his opponent was a monster.

  He was desperately gasping for air, almost dying, but the man didn't know enough, suddenly raised his hand, pinched Guan Nan's face, and a mocking cold laugh came from his throat, saying: "Not moving? This time you're obedient."

  Guan Nan opened his eyes, and his gaze was like two knives that could almost kill people. However, when he met the man's blood-red eyes, a wave of dizziness suddenly swept through his mind, and a scorching sensation surged into his body.

  Guan Nan let out a faint "ah" and could no longer resist, her head tilted to one side as she instantly fainted...

  Everyone followed the forest and walked in, but after walking a short distance, the dragging marks suddenly disappeared.

  Wen Bai looked at the ground in surprise and said, "What's going on?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou squatted down, pinched a handful of soil, put it in front of his nose and sniffed, saying: "There is a pungent flavor."

  Wen Baiyu also took a sniff, feeling faintly, not very obvious, but indeed had that flavor, the flavor was really hard to describe, obviously a floral scent, a good smell, but mixed with a pungent feeling, making people want to cry as soon as they smelled it, and a sense of sadness rose up in their heart for no reason.

  Everyone quickly walked further in, and Wen Baiyu said: "Why did the Blood Marrow only take away Guan Nan?"

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Guan Nan has a lot of special places, if you ask me to say, I can't count them all at once."

  He said that Wen Baiyu also felt the same way, and Guan Nan had recently pointed to a tattered cloth, looking at maps on it, which everyone thought was absurd.

  They walked all the way in, and suddenly Mo Jie Jing Hou stopped, looking up at a big tree.

  Wen Baiyu also saw with his own eyes that under the tree, something reflective had fallen off. As he walked closer to take a look, it turned out to be a dagger, which belonged to Guan Nan.

  Before, Guan opened a can, the easy-pull ring was twisted off, and he used this dagger to stab open the lid.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou raised his head and said: "In the tree."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Quickly, let's hurry up and go."

  He said, Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly jumped up high, grabbed the tree trunk with both hands and quickly climbed up along the trunk.

  Wen Baiyu's heart was a little nervous. Why would he be in the tree? He must have encountered some trouble and had no choice but to escape up the tree.

  But this also doesn't make sense, Guan Nan was taken away by Xue Mai, a kind of flowering vine, even if Guan Nan ran up the tree, she couldn't escape.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou quickly climbed up with Wen Bai Yu, the tree crown was very dense, and Guan Nan's whole body was tied to a thick branch by vines.

  Wen Baiyu exclaimed in surprise: "Guan Nan?"

  Around Guan Nan was quiet and still, with nothing around, not even a single insect, except for the vines. No one was seen, nor were there any Blood Orchids.

  Those vines wrapped around Guan Nan seemed to be just ordinary vines and didn't seem to be alive.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Save people first."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded, the cat waist quickly walked over along the tree trunk, took out the dragon scale dagger, and quickly cut a vine, just hearing a "whoosh" sound, those vines automatically scattered.

  Guan Nan came out of his daze, the vines scattered, Guan Nan's body tilted, and he fell down along the branch.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was unprepared and shouted "Tang Zi".

  Tang Zi below heard the movement and immediately reached out to catch him. With a "thud", fortunately, Guan Nan's stature was not too tall, otherwise falling from such a high tree would have crushed the people below to death.

  After those vines dispersed, they suddenly turned into powder. Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Don't breathe."

  Wen Baiyu immediately covered his mouth and nose, the powder transformed from Man Teng had a fluorescent red color, and was quickly blown away by the cold air.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and brought Wen Bai Yu down from the tree again.

  Guan Nan was lying under the tree at this time, and Yu Wei Yang and Tang Zi gave him a rough check.

  "What's he like?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Tang Zǐ said: "He's asleep. What's strange is that there isn't a single wound on his body, those vines are all thorny, but not one thorn has pierced him."

  This is indeed strange, the Blood Marrow has taken Guan Nan away, they chased all the way and found Guan Nan sleeping on a branch, tied up with vines, nothing else out of place.

  Guannan's sleep was very painful, she didn't know what she dreamed of, her eyebrows were furrowed, her eyelashes kept trembling, as if she had a terrible dream, her body kept twitching, breathing heavily, as if she would faint at any moment.

  Wen Baiyu looked at him in such a painful state and said, "Wake him up."

  He said, jumping from Wan Qi Jing Hou's pocket to Guan Nan's body, crawling up his arm and standing on Guan Nan's shoulder.

  At this moment, Wen Baiyu suddenly saw two bloodstains on Guan Nan's neck.

  Wen Baiyu immediately said: "You come and see, there is a wound here."

  Everyone gathered around and took a look. It was indeed an injury, but the wound was very small and had already healed, with only two small bloodstains, as if pierced by some sharp object.

  "What is this?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Tang Zǐ said: "I don't know what kind of wound it is, maybe it was pierced by a thorn from the vines. He doesn't have any signs of poisoning now, let's head back first and talk about it later."

  Everyone woke up Guan Nan, and when Guan Nan woke up, he suddenly shouted loudly, scaring everyone.

  Guan Nan woke up, covered in sweat, with a pale face. Seeing the crowd, he lowered his head to look at himself, and found that his clothes were tidy and there was nothing out of the ordinary, so he let out a sigh of relief, as if reborn after a disaster.

  "What's wrong with me?"

  "Wen Baiyu said: "You almost scared us to death, suddenly disappearing, and Tangzi said they smelled a pungent smell, and when we found you just now, your body was also tied up with vines. What happened to you?""

  He said that Guan Nan's face changed several times, and he carefully asked: "I... when you found me, besides being tied up with vines, was there anything else?"

  Wen Baiyu looked at him strangely and said, "What's wrong? Is that all?"

  Guan Nan let out a sigh of relief, collapsed onto the ground, leaning against the big tree, and said: "Nothing, it seems like I was just dreaming... I don't know what happened to me either, it seemed like that flower, the smell is really deeply etched in my memory, and now my eyes are still sore."

  Guan Nan said, rubbing his eyes with his hand. Wen Baiyu looked at his eyes and saw that they were indeed swollen, as if he had cried very hard.

  Guannan continued: "I was dragged by him all the way, later... I saw a man, but didn't see clearly, only saw a pair of eyes, blood red color, can't describe what kind of feeling, then later I fainted, don't... don't remember much..."

  Guannan didn't want to tell anyone about his strange dream, it was just too embarrassing.

  Fortunately, it was just a dream, which made Guan Nan feel somewhat relieved.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This place is not safe, let's go back first and talk about it later."

  Everyone nodded, Guan Nan stood up from the ground, but as soon as he stood up for a moment, Guan Nan's legs went soft and he fell to the ground. Wen Baiyu was still on his shoulder and was shaken off by him, falling down instantly.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's eyes were quick and his hands were fast, one hand on each person. His right hand held down Wen Bai Yu, while his left hand grabbed the back of Guan Nan's collar, pulling him up in an instant.

  Guan Nan felt somewhat disheveled and didn't know why, but his body was weak and his legs were extremely soft, to the point where he couldn't even take a step.

  Tang Zi said: "Were you anesthetized before?"

  Guan Nan nodded.

  Tangzi said: "Don't go, I'll carry you on my back."

  Guan Nan felt a bit embarrassed, but he really couldn't walk, so Tang Zi squatted down and let Guan Nan climb on.

  Everyone rushed back to the campsite, and when they arrived, Tang Zi put him down. He then heard Guan Nan's breathing was very stable and particularly long, and he had actually fallen asleep.

  Everyone sat down and put their luggage down, Wan Xi Jing Hou made the fire bigger, Yu Wei Yang re-pitched the tent, but the tent had already broken a hole, it seemed to be a bit windy, everyone put Guan Nan inside, for safety reasons, they didn't pull down the tent flap.

  It's almost dawn, and after a day of turmoil, everyone is somewhat exhausted. They sit around the fire pit, but they can't sleep either.

  Tang Zi said: "This time we found Guan Nan, it's a bit unbelievable how simple it was. The Blood Jade Flower snatched Guan Nan away, so why did they suddenly let him go?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "There is still something about the bloodstain on Guan's collar."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is no sign of poisoning."

  Yu Wei Yang said: "But Guan Nan looks very weak."

  Everyone gathered around the fire pit discussing, Yu Wei Yang's body was weak and couldn't withstand it, leaning against Tang Zi to take a nap for a while.

  The sky was already a dull gray, and Wan Xi Jing Hou glanced at his watch to see that it was 5:30. Every day, as soon as the clock struck five, Guan Nan would get out of bed without fail, and then come to wake them up.

  But today was unexpected, Guan Nan slept very soundly, her complexion gradually changed from pale to rosy, looking much better than last night's, but still couldn't wake up.

  Everyone originally wanted to wash their faces with water from the river, but thinking twice, there was a corpse that had been soaking in the river for nearly ten years, this water is too disgusting.

  In the end, everyone used the water they had brought with them, which was already scarce, to barely wash up, and then Tangzi started cooking.

  Although they are both cooking, Tangzi's craftsmanship is much better than Wan Qi Jinghou. No matter how much water Wan Qi Jinghou puts in when boiling noodles, the final result is always a sticky mess with all the water dried up, leaving only clumps of noodles. The appearance is simply ugly to the extreme.

  But Wan Kuang Jing Hou said very seriously, he used to eat like this when he went down to his own grave before...

  Tang Zijiu's boiled noodles are more delicious, and they also brought seasonings, sprinkling salt and some flavorings. Everyone has been busy all night, and now they finally understand the feeling of Guan Shan that can never be eaten enough...

  Everyone was eating the noodles, and without canned meat, this already tasted good. The aroma of the noodles quickly wafted over, and Wen Baiyu smiled and said: "You guys think Guan Nan will rush over in a few seconds?"

  Yu Wei Yang also smiled and said: "You are too unkind."

  However, after they finished talking, Guan Nan didn't come out at all, but instead murmured in her sleep and continued sleeping.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'He won't have fainted while sleeping, will he?'"

  He said with some worry, then jumped down and went into the tent to take a look.

  Guan Nan wasn't in a coma, but he couldn't wake up, sleeping extremely soundly. Wen Baiyu called out to him twice, but there was no response.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou shouted to Wen Bai Yu, and Wen Bai Yu walked back, saying: "Was Guan Nan scared last night? He was talking in his sleep."

  Yu Wei Yang curiously said: "What did you say?"

  Wen Bai Yu shrugged and said: "I don't understand, it's too vague."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou patted his own knee, indicating that Wen Bai Yu should climb up. Wen Bai Yu had no choice but to reluctantly crawl up Wan Jie Jing Hou's long legs and sit on his knee.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou picked up the bowl and chopsticks, used the chopsticks to roll a noodle into a small ball, and then handed it to Wen Bai Yu's mouth, saying: "You eat first, let him sleep for a while. Today is a cloudy day, the yin energy is too heavy, it's not suitable to go down to the grave now, wait until noon to see if the sun comes out."

  Wen Baiyu held onto Wan Qi Jinghou's hand, tiptoed and leaned on the chopsticks to take a few big bites. The hanging noodle was still quite long, and when rolled up, it became a large ball that could be bitten into several times by Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu ate while muttering, "Are there still so many taboos when visiting a grave?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at the noodle scraps stuck to Wen Bai Yu's face and couldn't help but reach out to wipe them off, saying: "Normally, I wouldn't be so particular, but since your divine power is sealed, for safety's sake, let's be more meticulous."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, still holding Wan Jingshou's hand, and took a bite of the noodles. Wen Baiyu was indeed hungry too, and finished off one noodle, patted his own belly, hinting to Wan Jingshou that he hadn't eaten enough yet.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou picked up the bowl again, used chopsticks to roll a noodle and handed it to Wen Bai Yu's mouth.

  Yu Wei Yang saw Wan Jie Jing Hou holding a ten-centimeter-long warm white feather, talking and eating noodles at the same time, and couldn't help but think of a little hamster.

  Yu Wei Yang smiled and said: "After going back I want to raise a little hamster."

  Wen Baiyu sucked up a mouthful of noodles and looked at him, saying: "Why raise hamsters?"

  Yu Wei Yang smiled and pointed at him, saying: "Because it's really too cute. Otherwise, you might as well not change back, being so small saves food."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Wait until you get smaller and then you'll know whether it's better to save food or not."

  Everyone had eaten and it was past eight o'clock, but Guan Nan still hadn't woken up. And today was indeed an overcast day, the sky was very gloomy, with a dampness and a chill that sent shivers down one's spine.

  Everyone had eaten and was feeling a bit sleepy, so they went into the tent to take a nap. Before long, it was almost 12 o'clock noon.

  When Wen Baiyu woke up, Wan Jingshou was also awake, staring at him with his eyes open. Seeing that he was focusing on himself, Wen Baiyu said, "What's wrong?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou leaned his head over a bit, sticking close to Wen Bai Yu, and said in a very low voice, "I'm thinking, whether or not I should watch you sleep for a while."

  Wen Baihe just woke up and his mind was a bit dizzy, saying: "Work? What work?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled, but didn't say a word.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly understood and her face turned bright red, saying: "How can you be so shameless!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said lightly: "A normal physiological problem."

  Wen Baiyu immediately got up, put on her shoes and walked out, changing the subject: "When are we setting off?"

  He said, and everyone woke up, including Guan Nan.

  Wen Baiyu smiled and looked at Guan Nan, saying: "Are you awake?"

  Guan Nan nodded and said, "My whole body hurts."

  Wen Baiyu said: "You're sleeping too much, aren't you?"

  Guannan sat up and looked at her watch, suddenly with a shocked expression, saying: "It's 11:30!?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Yes, we were thinking when you would wake up."

  Guan Nan quickly got up and went out of the tent, seeing that it was overcast outside. It was noon now, but there wasn't even a sun, she couldn't help but frown.

  "Let's get going quickly, we can't delay any longer. Although it's nearby, there's still a distance to go."

  Everyone agreed and they loaded their luggage onto the vehicle, dismantled the tent, and extinguished the bonfire.

  Guan Nan pointed out the way to Tang Zi and let him drive. Before long, a soft, long breath was heard from the back seat.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu turned their heads to one side, only to see Guan Nan leaning against the window with his head tilted, and he had actually fallen asleep again?

  They used to like eating, now they like sleeping, and they don't know how to describe Guan Nan anymore.

  Guan Nan was sleeping soundly, but Tang Zi didn't know what to do next and called out for a long time before Guan Nan finally woke up, seemingly as still as if struck by lightning.

  Guan Nan rubbed her eyes and said, "Did I fall asleep again?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded painfully and said, "What's wrong with you?"

  Guannan waved his hand and said, "I'm just a bit tired, it's nothing."

  He said, looking around and continuing to direct Tang Zi.

  Their car drove intermittently and arrived at their destination by 2 pm.

  Everyone got off the bus. Guan Nan looked around and saw a mountain in front of her. The mountain was not high, nor was it steep, with a very gentle slope.

  "Look at the mountain ahead," said Guan Nan, "last time we found the entrance on the mountain, but when we escaped, someone was chasing us and they blew up the entrance. Now we have to go down again and find another way."

  Wen Bai Yu's expression changed as he asked: "Someone is chasing you? Who?"

  Guannan shook his head and said, "I don't know what kind of person it was, maybe a yin soldier from the tomb. At that time, I also went down to the tomb for the first time and didn't understand anything. Those people... wore armor, like warriors..."

  Wen Baiyu looked at Guan Nan and said, "I have a question. The tomb of Huai An Guo is not as big as the one that Chun Yu Fen built for Princess Jinzhi, right?"

  Guan Nan nodded and said, "The burial of Princess Jinchizhuan is an exception."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Then how did you get in? The human wax was brought out from the tomb, and you didn't have a peach wood sword at that time. With this ordinary person's physique, how could you possibly drill into the Huai'an people's tomb?"

  Guan Nan smiled and said, "Who told you that Peach Wood Sword was brought out from the tomb?"

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "No one told us, but that peach wood sword was placed in the hands of a human wax figure, so..."

  Guannan said, "No, that peach wood ruler was actually placed in the wax hand by Professor Fang because it's beneficial for preservation. Wax is dead and won't shrink, but a living person touching the peach wood ruler will shrink, which is very dangerous. For safety, he put the peach wood ruler in the wooden coffin, just for storage."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Isn't this peach wood sword a burial object? Where did that peach wood sword come from?"

  Guannan shook his head and said, "It's not a burial object. When we came here at that time, our purpose was twofold: first, to discover the ancient country of Huai'an, and second, to find the other peach wood sword. The peach wood swords are a pair, but they didn't have the ability to bring them back then. Do you think why the Wang family wanted to find the Fang family at that time? It was because my father had done some research in this area, so they found him as an advisor. They found the Fang family because the Fang family had obtained a peach wood sword from somewhere and wanted to enter the tomb of Huai'an ancient country, which required the use of this peach wood sword."

  Wen Baiyu felt that the matter between Professor Fang, Dr. Wang and Associate Professor Guan was far more complicated than they had imagined, while Professor Fang had died twice, Dr. Wang had also died, now only Associate Professor Guan is still alive, in any case after they go back, they must find Associate Professor Guan to ask about these questions.

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's so complicated."

  "They're all no good, and complicated things have only increased. Along the way, I often hear Professor Fang and his daughter arguing."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a headache and said: "Isn't Professor Fang particularly fond of his daughter? Why are they quarreling?"

  Guannan said: "I don't know about that, anyway their relationship is not good, I've heard them quarrel four or five times, and who knows how many times they didn't."

  Guannan said, "There's no way to drive up the mountain, let's take our luggage and hike up."

  Everyone nodded, unloaded the luggage from the car, put it on their backs and headed up the mountain.

  Guan Nan walked ahead and suddenly stopped, everyone thought he had found something, but then Guan Nan turned around and said: "Uh... is there still food? I'm hungry..."

  Wen Baiyu let out a "heh" and laughed, saying: "I was just thinking how you've changed, not loving to eat anymore but instead loving to sleep."

  Yu Wei Yang rummaged through his backpack and pulled out some instant food, tossing it to Guan Nan.

  Guan Nan took it over, opened the package and ate it.

  Yu Wei Yang suddenly jumped at his forehead, grabbed a package of small dried noodles from the bag and said: "Who bought this..."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou calmly said: "I bought it."

  He said, taking it from Yu Wei Yang's hand, and saw Wan Qi Jing Hou calmly opening the package, calmly taking out the seasoning packet, and then calmly crushing the noodles inside with a "crunch".

  Then, she put the crispy noodle package into her pocket and Wen Baiyu crawled into the crispy noodle bag. The sound of "crunch, crunch, crunch" came from inside, non-stop. Wen Baiyu was eating with great relish.

  Because the dry noodles were broken into pieces, and Wan Kuang Jing Hou broke them particularly small, Wen Bai Yu didn't need anyone's help to eat by himself. He sat in the ocean of dry noodles, his left hand grabbed a handful, his right hand grabbed a handful, then stuffed them into his mouth.

  Tang Ziyu's eyelid twitched as he looked at Wan Kuang Jinghou smiling and lowering his head to look at his own pocket, and couldn't help but pat Wan Kuang Jinghou, saying: "Is addiction really that strong?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said, "Generally, it's addictive."

  Tang Zi rubbed his chin and glanced at Yu Wei Yang, who was walking steadily in front of him. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his back, but didn't know why.

  Wen Baiyu ate half a bag of crispy noodles and was already stuffed to death, lying in the noodle bag rubbing his belly, thinking that it was indeed economical.

  Guan Nan led them up the mountain, and after two o'clock, the sun began to appear vaguely, driving away a lot of thick fog, and the gloomy sky improved somewhat.

  They climbed to the middle of the mountain, Guan Nan pointed to a place and said: "I remember last time we entered from here, it must be right, but this place was blown up by explosives and is now sealed off, there's no way in."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took a look at those stones and indeed they were sealed off. He didn't know how many broken rocks were inside, but it was absolutely impossible to get in.

  Guannan said: "The tomb of Huai An Guo is indeed like an ant hole, with many entrances. We can look for others."

  He said, continuing to climb up, but suddenly stopped, a look of jealous astonishment on his face, which immediately turned into fear, and he waved at them, saying: "Quickly go down the mountain! Quickly go down the mountain!"

  Wen Baiyu took one look at his expression and knew that Guan Nan must have sensed something. "What's wrong? Is there anything?"

  Guan Nan's lips trembled as she said: "Eagle... huge eagle..."

  As soon as he finished speaking, a whizzing sound was heard, and something came through the air. Wen Baiyu was leaning on Wang Jihou's shoulder when she suddenly felt her neck being lifted, and before she knew it, she was already in mid-air.

  The white feather was pulled up and flew away, feeling like his heart was going to be spat out of his mouth. A huge eagle used its claws to grab him and lifted him up.

  Wen Baiyu despised Guan Nan in his heart, not because Guan Nan's sixth sense was inaccurate, but because the previous few times her sixth sense had given them room to prepare, whereas this time as soon as Guan Nan said it was an eagle, they were completely caught off guard and Wen Baiyu was already soaring into the sky.

  Everyone saw Wen Baiyu being picked up, and now his body was so small that for a giant eagle, Wen Baiyu was like the size of an insect, wasn't he going to be eaten in no time?

  Wan Ji Jing Hou saw Wen Bai Yu being lifted up, only for an instant, and suddenly sprang up, with both hands grasping.

  Just then, the giant eagle suddenly let out a long cry, its massive body sinking down. Wen Baiyu looked down to see that Wan Jingshou had grabbed one of the eagle's claws with both hands.

  The eagle was caught and leaned to one side, flapping its wings non-stop, then kicked with both claws.

  Wen Baiyu was caught by the claws of the paws, and he stumbled, his eyes dazed. Wan Kuang's wrist was immediately scratched in several places, but he didn't let go.

  The giant eagle's body was too large, it could actually lift up a grown man. Wan Kuang didn't let it fly into the sky, using force to pull it down, the giant eagle fiercely flapped its wings, lifting Wan Kuang little by little upwards.

  Tangzi threw down his backpack and said, "Be careful, Boss Yu."

  As he spoke, he suddenly rushed forward and when he was close to the giant eagle, his body suddenly expanded and transformed into a large black bird with five long peacock tails. Its body was much larger than that of the giant eagle. As it spread its wings, the giant eagle's head was instantly shrouded in shadow. With one flap of its wings, a massive gust of wind surged forth.

  Wen Baiyu felt as if he was in a hurricane, his neck almost snapped off, and the collar of his shirt could not bear the weight, making a "zip" sound.

  "Wen Baiyu let out an 'ah' and his clothes ripped, he completely broke free from the eagle's claws and fell from mid-air. Wan Jie Jinghou looked down and immediately loosened his grip, pouncing forward to grab Wen Baiyu. The giant eagle hadn't even had time to fly away before Wan Jie Jinghou caught up to him. From this height, it was nothing for Wan Jie Jinghou, he pounced, embracing Wen Baiyu as they rolled onto the ground together, and the two of them landed safely on the ground."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou hastily spread out his hands and looked at Wen Bai Yu, saying: "How is it?"

  Wen Baiyu was just about to vomit from being shaken, and waved his hand, saying: "It's nothing, I was actually bullied by an old eagle."

  On the other side, Tang Zi turned into a mound, and in the blink of an eye, he fell onto the back of the old eagle. With a loud "Boom!", the old eagle was trampled down by him, and it smashed to the ground, dazing itself instantly.

  Tang Zhi changed back, Yu Wei Yang hastily rushed over, took the rope, and tied up the giant eagle with a few quick movements. Then, he rummaged through his clothes and handed some to Tang Zhi, saying: "Hurry...hurry and put them on..."

  Tang Zixiao laughed and took over the clothes to put on himself.

  Guan Nan watched as Tang Zi suddenly transformed from a person into a giant peacock, with five long tails and radiating light.

  Guan Nan had never seen anyone like this before, and her eyes widened in surprise. She was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time, finally saying: "You... are you a monster?"

  Tang Ziyi was putting on his clothes while chuckling and said, "Maybe so, but I don't eat people, you can rest assured."

  Guan Nan was actually not afraid, but suddenly seeing such a strange sight, he was shocked and stunned, and couldn't come back to his senses for a while.

  Wen Baiyu walked up to the giant eagle, climbed onto it, sat on its head, grabbed its feathers and started pulling, saying: "A good person is bullied by others, it's simply upside down, I'll pluck your feathers."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou coughed and barely restrained his laughter, reaching out to pull up Wen Bai Yu, saying: "Alright, stop making a scene."

  Wen Baiyu saw that there were several scratches on his wrist, which was scratched by the eagle's claws when it struggled earlier.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou saw him looking at his wrist, smiled and said: "A little painful, lick it for me?"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly rubbed her face and didn't look at Wan Kuang Jing Hou anymore.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou did not press the issue, but instead lowered his head to look at the dazed giant eagle. He stretched out his hand and gently brushed away the feathers on the eagle's head.

  The fur of that place was plucked by warm white feathers, looking a bit bald. Right in the bald spot, there was actually a blood stain.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou frowned and said: "Sea insect."

  As soon as he said that, Wen Baiyu immediately ran over to take a look and indeed saw a blood stain on the eagle's head, exactly like the mark they had seen before when the sea worm burrowed in.

  Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang hadn't seen it with their own eyes, but they had heard about it, and couldn't help but rush over to take a look.

  Guannan didn't know what a sea worm was and said, "Last time we came, we also encountered this eagle. Its attack power is very strong. Several people in our team were picked up by the eagle and thrown down the mountain. The situation was a bit miserable at that time. Moreover, these eagles seem to be domesticated."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Indeed, it was raised by someone. This bloodstain is a wound, and insects have crawled in. These insects can control the host, even if the host dies, they can still control the host's behavior."

  He said that Guan Nan opened his eyes wide and said: "No wonder, we had guns before and killed a few, but later those few could still attack us."

  The eagle soon woke up and wanted to cry out, but Wan Zonghou grabbed the eagle's beak with one hand and tied it up with a rope.

  "They appear in groups and their cries can attract more companions, let's hurry up, these eagles are too ferocious."

  Although these eagles are not enough to be feared by Wan Qi Jing Hou, but Wen Bai Yu is now too small, and all his divine power is sealed in his body and cannot be used. To the eagles, Wen Bai Yu is a delicious prey, and the difference in body size is so great that if he is caught, it's not a joke.

  Everyone followed Guan Nan up the mountain, continuing to look for the entrance of the tomb. Guan Nan said: "After we went in, we found that there were many entrances to the tomb, but they were all sealed with earth."

  He said that, and saw Wan Kui Jing Hou stop, looking at the ground under his feet, then squatted down to touch it with his hand. Tang Zi also squatted down, pinched a handful of soil and smelled it.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Want to go down and take a look."

  Tang Zi took off his backpack, pulled out a shovel and inserted it into the soil, twisted it upwards with a rod, tapped it down bit by bit, soon stopped tapping, then pulled the shovel up.

  "What's wrong?"

  Tangzi said: "There is the sound of stones."

  Yu Wei Yang said: "So this is where he's buried?"

  Tang Zid nodded and said, "Most likely, let's dig it open."

  Guan Nan didn't expect to find it so quickly, they had been searching for the entrance all day and dug several holes before finally confirming it, unexpectedly these few people could hear what was under the ground just by digging with a shovel.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou and Tang Zi dug the earth together, soon they dug a hole on the ground. After removing the soil, a stone cave appeared underneath, sealed with a huge stone slab. For the three-inch-tall people of Huai An Guo, this stone slab was too gigantic to be opened by anyone, just like a thousand-jin weight. However, for ordinary people, this stone slab was ridiculously small and child's play.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand to grasp the stone slab, and with a light and easy motion, he lifted it up and placed it aside. Suddenly, a stone cave appeared below, dark and seemingly very deep. It looked like an ant hole, but much larger than one.

  Everyone stared at the stone cave, and couldn't help but take a deep breath. Guan Nan also fell into deep reminiscence, as if the stone cave was a whirlpool that would suck him in.

  "Exactly, there's a stone slab below which is the tomb, it's very complicated, inside it's pitch black, many people have died in there..."

  Wen Baiyu looked down at the bottom, but couldn't see anything clearly. The inside was too deep, however, the entrance was very neat and it was a stone cave with very meticulous signs of repair, absolutely man-made excavation.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Why don't we do it this way? I'll tie a rope around myself and go down first to take a look. You're all so big, it won't be easy for you to come down either."

  "It's no good."

  Wen Baiyu had not finished speaking when Wan Jie Jinghou was the first to object.

  "Why can't we? I'll just go down and take a look, if necessary, you guys come up later. After all, many people have gone down to the tomb before, what if everything is blown up at the bottom?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Your spiritual power is completely sealed, going down is very dangerous."

  Wen Baiyu said, "That's right, I don't want to let you go down. If you want to go down, you must move the Peach Wood Sword, but if you move the Peach Wood Sword, you will be like me and can't do anything. You'll be dragged around by an old eagle, isn't that even more dangerous?"

  Guan Nan listened on the side, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, thinking that such a big eagle, normally people being dragged around everywhere is normal, it's not useless either...

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Jijinghou were at a stalemate for a while, Wen Baiyu didn't want to let Wan Jijinghou touch the peach wood mallet, Wan Jijinghou didn't want to let Wen Baiyu go down alone, Wan Jijinghou's face turned very dark, the other three people remained silent.

  Just then, a rustling sound came from the entrance of the cave. Wen Baiyu looked inside but it was too dark to see anything, and could only hear the noise.

  Maybe it's also because the stone cave is too long, so it's like holding hands and talking, the sound is very far away.

  Wen Baiyu felt something was coming in droves.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and said: "Insect."

  Guannan suddenly opened his eyes wide and said: "Scorpions, so many scorpions..."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou immediately stretched out his hand to stop Wen Bai Yu, letting him move back and away from the stone cave. Wen Bai Yu immediately retreated several steps, thinking that Guan Shan's sixth sense was becoming more and more degenerate, and it was obvious. At this moment, "Whoosh!" The stone cave suddenly spewed out countless scorpions like a fountain!

  The scorpion's body was about ten centimeters in size, and the terrifying thing was that the scorpions were venomous, and there were so many of them, the number was too large, a piece of black scorpions poured out, rushing towards them quickly.

  Wen Baiyu looked at a pile of scorpions as big as herself and couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou said: "Come up quickly."

  He said, Wen Baiyu immediately climbed up along Wan Kuang Jinghou's pants, and the scorpions below rushed over, many of them grabbed at Wen Baiyu's small body. A flame burst out from Wan Kuang Jinghou's palm, "Whoosh!" He shouted as he struck out, and those scorpions feared the flames, retreating in a hurry.

  Guan Nan was no longer surprised at this time. Just now, Tang Zi had turned into a tomb bird, and Guan Nan had made sufficient mental preparations. Whatever happened next, he would not be surprised.

  The scorpions were just temporarily retreating, while at the same time more and more scorpions were pouring out of the hole.

  Wen Baiyu was climbing up, but suddenly stopped and climbed down a couple of times. Wan Jiahui felt that he wanted to go down again and asked: "What are you doing?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Can't see clearly, wait a minute."

  He said, crawling down Wan Kuang's pants again, and this time he got a closer look, those scorpions on his body actually had small blood stains.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but take a deep breath, so many centipedes, was someone actually raising them?

  Wen Baiyu immediately shouted: "There are also sea worms on the scorpion's back."

  He said, and quickly climbed up again.

  "Ah..."

  Just then, Guan Nan suddenly let out a low cry and kicked her legs violently, as if something had crawled up them. Immediately afterwards, Guan Nan's face turned ugly, and she suddenly went limp in the knees, kneeling on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Not good, was Guan Nan bitten?"

  Yu Wei Yang quickly helped Guan Nan up, Guan Nan's forehead was sweating in pain, he lifted his pant leg and saw that it was red and swollen, with a burning sensation, like an allergic reaction.

  Yu Wenyang said: "How is it?"

  "Nothing's wrong, it just hurts a bit," Guan Nan shook her head and said. "My leg suddenly went soft just now."

  Tangzi said: "Let's leave here first, there are too many scorpions."

  They were talking, when suddenly Wan Jie Jing Hou turned his head and saw that the Wen Bai Yu on his shoulder was gone. He turned his head to look, and saw that Wen Bai Yu had fallen to the ground, with its leg clamped by a pincer-like claw, being carried towards the entrance of the cave.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou's eyes narrowed, and he immediately followed up with two steps. However, the scorpion team seemed to have a very good sense of teamwork, and they quickly surrounded him, starting to attack Wan Jie Jing Hou. Although their attacking power was not great for Wan Jie Jing Hou, they managed to hold him back.

  Wen Baiyu was dragged backwards by the giant scorpion, kicking his legs violently, but the scorpion's pincers were extremely powerful and Wen Baiyu couldn't break free. Soon, the scorpion pulled Wen Baiyu into a group of scorpions.

  A swarm of wasps surrounded him, but they didn't eat him or sting him. They just wanted to drag him into the hole.

  Wen Baiyu felt a sense of weightlessness, and as his body tilted, he was dragged into the stone cave by the scorpion. Wen Baiyu shouted loudly, and with both hands grasping, he immediately clung to the edge of the stone cave. The scorpion hung from his leg, pulling him hard, trying to drag him in.

  Wen Baiyu now has no spiritual power to help him at all, and he is no different from an ordinary person. His hands are hanging on the cave entrance, and his legs are covered with scorpions. Soon, more scorpions rush over and hang onto Wen Baiyu's legs, pulling him down. He feels like there are two adults hanging from his legs, and his arms are about to be torn apart.

  Wen Baiyu used all his strength, just at this moment, a scorpion on the ground rushed over and stung his arm.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, and his hand relaxed, causing him to fall into the dark cave.

  Those scorpions dragged Wen Baiyu in and immediately made a "rustling" sound, as if they were retreating, quickly withdrawing into the cave.

  Wan Kuang saw Wen Baiyu fall down, his face turned black with anger. He immediately took off his backpack and pulled out a wooden coffin from inside. With a "click", he opened it and looked at the peach wood sword wrapped in cloth by Yu Wang, saying: "I'll go find Wen Baiyu."

  Tang Zi immediately said: "We're going too."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou glanced at them, nodded, and took out the peach wood ruler. As soon as he opened the cloth wrapping, Wan Xi Jing Hou felt a dizzying sensation wash over him, accompanied by a suffocating feeling.

  This feeling was unbearable, as if trying to compress a huge power, Wan Xi Jing Hou was originally a dragon candle, and his body had always been suppressing his violent nature, and he immediately started breathing heavily.

  Everything went black for a moment, and he lost consciousness for a second or two. Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly bounced up from the ground, looked at his hands, reached into his pocket, but found no Wen Bai Yu, only a miniature dragon scale dagger.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou did not hesitate at all and immediately jumped down from the cave.

  The other three people saw it and immediately picked up the peach wood ruler that had fallen to the ground. Guan Nan felt this shrinking feeling, and at the same time, it seemed as if the things around him were also getting bigger.

  After shrinking, it was normal size for the wooden coffin and couldn't be taken away. Guan Nan weighed the peach wood ruler and said, "Take this one, maybe it's useful."

  They said, and soon they crawled into the stone cave.

  The cave was very spacious for Wen Baiyu, and he fell down suddenly. The cave was really too deep, and Wen Baiyu thought he would die from the fall. However, with a "thud", he landed on a stone platform.

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly dazed, her back hurt and felt a sharp pain, she felt dizzy and had some warm blood flowing from the back of her head, she fainted.

  The three of them soon caught up with Wan Gui Jing Hou in front, the stone cave was very deep, all made of one by one bluestone, each bluestone had a groove between them, which could be climbed down along, but some grooves were shallow and climbing was extremely laborious.

  They continued to climb down, and suddenly saw a protruding place similar to a platform not far below. Wan Xi Jing Hou shone the flashlight tied to his arm, and instantly saw Wen Bai Yu.

  Wen Baiyu lay on the ground, his limbs paralyzed, surrounded by a large number of scorpions, a black and oppressive swarm, encircling him as if to drag him further down.

  Wan Kuang saw Wen Baiyu faint and fall to the ground, a pool of blood spreading out from under him. His heart felt like it was going to burst, he couldn't describe the feeling, his anger reached its peak, almost shattering his rationality.

  The distance from the prominent platform was still some distance away, but Mo Jing Hou didn't care about these things. Suddenly, he loosened his hands and immediately jumped down from the stone cave.

  Yu Wei Yang shouted at him and saw Wan Qi Jing Hou jump down at once. With a "thud", he landed steadily on the stone platform.

  Those scorpions were suddenly jumped down by him, and a lot of them were frightened away at once, but soon they gathered around again.

  The scorpions now are even bigger than Wan Jie Jing Hou, surrounding him and immediately becoming a dark mass. The crowd above looks on as Wan Jie Jing Hou's figure is about to be engulfed.

  Now Wan Kuang Jing Hou's divine power is trapped, even if he is the god of the candle dragon, he can't use fire essence at all.

  Guan Nan looked down at the dense blackness, a heap of sweat broke out on his forehead, his legs were in severe pain, the burning sensation had not dissipated, but instead grew heavier, he was so anxious that he couldn't speak, saying: "What to do, what to do..."

  Yu Wei Yang suddenly said: "Use gasoline! Use gasoline! Scorpions are very sensitive to odors and will clearly avoid irritating smells."

  He said, Tangzi immediately also let go of his hands and jumped down with a "whoosh" sound. Then he took off the backpack on his back, rummaged through it, and pulled out gasoline. They had spare gasoline, but at that time, the backpack was on Tangzi's back and had also shrunk, so the gasoline had become small too.

  Tang Zi immediately opened the gasoline and splashed it over, "Whoosh!" The scorpions had a strong aversion to the irritating smell and instantly dispersed, keeping a distance and not daring to come closer.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou immediately rushed over, picked up Wen Bai Yu from the ground. Wen Bai Yu's occipital region was injured and bleeding profusely, with a bruise on his arm. Fortunately, there were no fractures on his body, all of which were just abrasions.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou let out a sigh of relief, and Tang Zi soon followed. Yu Wei Yang slowly crawled down the stone cave, using a lot of effort, but finally reached the position of the stairs.

  Yu Wei Yang looked at the stone steps in surprise, and there were actually two big characters, which were traditional.

  Shen Xiao

  Yu Wei Yang lowered his head to look down, and he saw that the stone cave was still extending downwards, so deep that it couldn't be seen, and at intervals of some distance, a protruding platform could be seen, just like the one they were standing on.

  Yu Wei Yang counted them briefly, but the stone cave was too dark and he couldn't see the bottom. At least six or seven of these steps were visible.

  Yu Wei Yang said: "Shen Xiao? Could it be that this cave was designed in the style of the Nine Heavens?"

  Tang Zid nodded and said, "It seems there are still eight levels below before reaching the bottom."

  Guan Nan was injured and climbed slower, not yet down from the top. Wen Baiyu had already woken up at this time, dazedly opening her eyes, immediately feeling a bit of pain in her arm, her head was also dizzy, with some reactions that didn't come over, there was a vomiting sensation in her throat, definitely a concussion.

  It's lucky he didn't die in such a great fall.

  Wan Xi Jinghou immediately asked him, "Where are you uncomfortable?"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly couldn't find his own voice, probably a sequelae of the concussion, and only "heh-heh" sounds could be heard from his throat, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't say complete words.

  Wen Baiyu's face turned pale with anxiety, and he immediately pointed ahead, his eyes wide open. The crowd turned around to see Guan Nan jump down and stand beside the stone steps, panting, before suddenly losing balance and tumbling down the steps!

  Tang Zili suddenly reached out and grabbed, just hearing a "hiss" sound, Guan Nan fell too fast, Tang Zili caught his sleeve, but it was torn off in an instant, Guan Nan's body was like a leaf, and he was about to fall into the darkness.

  Now several people's divine power are all sealed up and can't transform into a phoenix to save him.

  Just at this moment, a sudden "swish" sound was heard, and two vines stretched out from somewhere, sweeping down along the stone cave, and with a "whoosh" sound, they wrapped around Guan Nan's falling body.

  Guan Nan let out a muffled "ah" and fell into a coma.

  Everyone only saw the vine "swish" upwards, rolling up Guan Nan who was unconscious, and then placed Guan Nan on the stone steps. The vine immediately disappeared afterwards.

  Everyone was somewhat surprised that Man Tian actually saved Guan Nan and did not attack them, which was completely unlike the previous Man Tian they had encountered.

  Wen Baiyu stared blankly, suddenly let out a breath, opened her mouth, but still couldn't make a sound, only able to utter "ah..." monosyllabic sounds.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou looked at him, his face not looking good, suddenly lowered his head and tightly kissed Wen Bai Yu's lips. Wen Bai Yu felt a suffocating sensation, his body going soft to the extreme, originally already lacking strength, being kissed by him made him even more powerless all over. Wan Jie Jing Hou's kiss was just like his nature, overbearing, violent and impatient, yet it carried a hint of treasuring and carefulness.

  A gentle hum of monosyllabic sounds came from the white throat, as if moaning or humming, with threads of saliva flowing down from the corners of the lips that couldn't be swallowed in time. The eyes were kissed red, and the root of the tongue was both numb and sour, almost unable to breathe, with a tingling pain on the lips.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was about to pass out, Wan Qi Jinghou finally let go of him, reached out and hugged Wen Baiyu, burying his head in the crook of his neck, taking deep breaths nonstop.

  Wen Baiyu knew he was worried about himself, his voice stuck in his throat, and he could only stretch out his hand to hold him.

  As soon as the rattan appeared, it naturally brought a pungent and spicy smell. Those scorpions seemed to fear this smell even more than gasoline, and immediately dispersed, rushing down the stone cave with a "brushing" sound.

  Yu Wei Yang and Tang Zi went to check on Guan Nan, who had been poisoned by a scorpion. Unlike Wen Bai Yu, he didn't have the Phoenix Blood, so the toxin spread quickly. His leg was swollen and red, and his consciousness was a bit fuzzy, but he woke up soon after.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou drew his palm and dripped a few drops of blood onto Guan Nan's wound, the swelling receded a lot, but it didn't disappear immediately.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou said, "The scorpion venom hasn't been completely cleansed yet. Because I touched the peach wood sword, my blood power has also weakened and can only temporarily suppress the toxin. We need to hurry up and find another peach wood sword before going out."

  He said, looking at Wen Baiyu, "Can you still walk?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded and helped Wan Kuang Jinghou get up from the ground. As soon as he stood up, he felt a little dizzy, but it wasn't too serious.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou measured the height of the stone steps to the next one, took out a rope from his backpack, hung it on the protruding part of the stone step, pulled it, and seemed to be able to bear the weight. This high stone cave, if they rashly climbed down, would exhaust their physical strength before reaching the bottom, because of Tao Mu's reason, they were now no different from ordinary people, and had to conserve their energy.

  Others also took out ropes and tied them around their waists, preparing to swing down.

  Everyone slid down along the rope and soon reached the second stone step, on which were written two words: "Qing Xiao".

  Yu Wenyang said: "Is it really the Ninth Heaven?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded and said: "After all, it's probably Tai Xiao."

  Wen Baiyu recovered quickly, his head had stopped bleeding, but he still had some problems with speaking, stuttering and sometimes wanting to say something but expressing it in a stammering way, which made Wen Baiyu's face turn red.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at him anxiously and said, "Don't worry, it's just temporary, it will be fine in a while."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly, but also knew that Wan Kuang Jing Hou was comforting himself. He really didn't know when his tongue would be able to move smoothly again.

  The crowd climbed from the first floor, Shen Xiao, all the way to the eighth floor, Zi Xiao. They were really exhausted and couldn't move anymore. Among them, only Tangzi and Wan Kui Jinghou had incredible physical strength. The other three people had normal physical strength. Wen Baiyu's arm was poisoned, Guan Nan's leg was poisoned, and Yu Wei Yang was naturally afraid of the cold. As they continued to descend, it got colder and colder. After descending eight floors, all three were somewhat physically exhausted.

  Everyone sat on the steps of Zixuan, and they were all panting. Guan Nan had a lot of sweat on his forehead, and his face was red. He panted the most severely and said: "Is there anything to eat? I'm going to starve to death..."

  Everyone looked at their watches and found that it was already five o'clock. From the time they discovered the stone cave to climbing up to the eighth floor, three hours had passed, which was really astonishing. No wonder Guan Shan felt hungry.

  Tang Zi divided the food in his backpack, which didn't seem very ideal. If they ate normally, it would be enough for a week, but if Guan Nan's appetite was any indication, it would probably only last three days, and that was being optimistic...

  When Tang Zi's food was distributed to Guan Nan, Guan Nan remained still, leaning against the stone cave wall, with his head tilted and eyes closed.

  Everyone was shocked and rushed to check Guan Nan. They took a closer look at her breathing, which was steady, but she still seemed a bit short of breath. It turned out that she had fallen asleep!

  Wen Baiyu found that Guan Nan had been extremely sleepy since he was found last night. On the way back, Guan Nan fell asleep in the car, and even when they were driving with one headlight on, Guan Nan fell asleep again. The only time he didn't fall asleep was when they encountered a scorpion, at which point the situation was so urgent that Guan Nan probably couldn't sleep even if he wanted to.

  Fell asleep again...

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but turn Guan Nan's head to the other side and look at the two blood points on his neck.

  Wen Baiyu opened his mouth, that damned guy was still speechless, anxiously sweating on his forehead, pulled Wan Zongjinghou again, and pointed to the bloodstain on Guan Nan's neck, gesturing for a long time.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou frowned and said: "Do you want to ask if this is the blood hole of a sea worm?"

  Wen Baiyu immediately nodded, but Wan Xi Jinghou shook his head and said: "I don't know this either. The matter of the sea worm still needs to be asked from Donghai. However, the previous sea worms were only one blood spot, but these are two, and the blood spots are much larger than the sea worms. It shouldn't be a sea worm."

  He said that, and Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief. To think that the sea worm was something that ate brains and sucked out brain marrow, how frightening! Last time it crawled into Xiao Hai's head was already terrifying enough. It was impossible for Guan Nan to expel the toxin from his body by himself.

  Guan Nan slept very soundly, frowning, and the others couldn't bear to disturb him, so they all took a rest for a while.

  Wen Baihe fell asleep, but suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his arm and couldn't help but wake up immediately. He leaned against Wan Jingshou's shoulder, and Wan Jingshou also woke up, looking down at him and asking, "What's wrong, uncomfortable?"

  Wen Baiyu rolled up his sleeves, and Wan Jingshou saw that the wound where Wen Baiyu was stung by a scorpion began to spread, a patch of red rash.

  Wen Baiyu is a Phoenix Bloodline, but like Wan Xi Jinghou, due to his divine power being sealed, the Phoenix Bloodline has become extremely weak and can only temporarily suppress the toxicity.

  At the same time, Guan Nan also let out a painful moan and immediately woke up from her dream in a daze.

  Guan Nan subconsciously reached out to scratch his wound, and Wen Baiyu immediately grabbed his hand, shaking her head at him.

  Guan Nan finally woke up completely, looked down and saw that his legs were also covered with red rashes like Wen Baiyu's, and they were severely swollen. The most unbearable thing was that there was a kind of strange itching sensation.

  Guan Nan felt terrible, his breathing was a bit rapid, and his temper began to get irritable, all of which were symptoms of poisoning.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou La opened his palm, giving two people a few drops of blood each. The itchy feeling immediately dissipated, and Wen Baiyu and Guan Nan suddenly let out a sigh of relief. However, the burning and stinging sensation was still there, but it had improved a lot compared to before.

  Wen Baiyu felt that this was not a solution, as Wan Jieying's blood was limited, and now Wan Jieying was no different from ordinary people, excessive bleeding would not be beneficial to him.

  Wen Baiyu stood up and pointed downwards, indicating for everyone to get ready to set off.

  Everyone also got up, Tang Zi handed over the food left for Guan Nan to him, and Guan Nan had been asleep all along, without eating anything.

  Guan Nan held the thing, and her stomach suddenly started growling loudly. She opened her mouth to take a bite, but suddenly couldn't swallow it down. A wave of nausea surged up, stuck in her throat, as if she was about to vomit.

  Guan Nan leaned against the stone wall panting, Yu Wei Yang said: "You don't even want to eat anything?"

  Guan Nan put the uneaten food back into the packaging bag, sealed it tightly, and handed it to Tang Zi, saying: "Put it away, I think it's because of food poisoning, I feel a bit nauseous, can't eat anymore, leave it for you guys to eat instead."

  Guan Nan also knew that there wasn't much food left, fortunately she couldn't eat anymore this time.

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit strange, he was also poisoned, but he didn't feel like vomiting, only after the concussion did he have a brief feeling of nausea, could it be that Guan Nan also bumped his head?

  Wen Baiyu thought so, but he found it too tiring to speak, tried twice, and finally gave up saying anything.

  Everyone followed the steps of Zixuan, and finally came down to this floor, which was Tai Xuan.

  The ancients believed that the sky had nine layers, and the nine layers also represented the meaning of extremity. This tomb was built in a nine-layered shape, presumably representing the supreme power of King Huian.

  Everyone jumped down from above, the tomb is L-shaped, they finally finished walking through the vertical stone cave, and in front of them were flat areas, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, they really didn't have extra physical strength to continue climbing down.

  Everyone stood on the ground, and their spirits were all shocked at once.

  Yu Wei Yang pointed at the stone wall behind him and said, "Indeed it is Tai Xiao."

  They didn't stop, but continued to move forward. The stone cave suddenly opened up, and a regular tomb passage appeared in front of them. It was built with stone bricks, with a round top and a square bottom. There were patterns on both sides of the tomb passage, and there were also murals on the stone top. It seemed that Huai'an State's financial resources were not small.

  They continued walking in and soon saw a stone gate with large traditional Chinese characters on it - Dahai An Guo.

  On both sides of the gate, there are two stone tablets, standing upright, with patches all over them. On each tablet, an ant is crouching, also carved out of stone, looking very majestic and having wings.

  In the legend of Nanke Taishou, Huayan Country was originally in the Ant Hole, so it's direct to say that people from Huayan Country are ants. Wen Baiyu also believed this, and they carved ants on the stone tablet, which is actually normal.

  Each stele has three characters...

  The right side is - Yin Yang Road

  The left is --- Ghost Gate Pass

  As soon as Wen Baiyu saw these three words, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.

  The massive stone gate has been opened and it can be seen that it was opened with explosives, which must be attributed to Professor Fang and his party.

  Guannan looked at the stone gate of Da Huai An Guo and said, "We didn't come down from the first floor last time. We didn't go down two floors before reaching the bottom. It's correct that we entered from here."

  He said, and led the way into the stone gate.

  As I walked through the stone gate, in front of me was a long grave path. On both sides of the path were stone statues of warriors, their hands holding spears, halberds, axes and pickaxes, wearing helmets and armor, each one majestic and awe-inspiring, but they were all ants!

  Yu Wei Yang said in surprise: "Ants? Could it be that the people of Huai An Guo are really ants? But that's not right, that wax figure is human-shaped."

  Guannan looked at those ant warriors and said: "We saw these warriors last time we came, but they were too heavy to carry."

  He led the way, walking quickly into the depths, presumably because Guan Nan was very familiar with this section. As they walked, Guan Nan told them about what had happened when they went down to the tomb before.

  Suddenly, Guan Nan stopped quickly, and Wen Baiyu saw his expression, which was that panicked feeling again.

  Wen Baiyue was afraid that Guan Yun's sixth sense was too "timely", and immediately pulled Wan Jingshou.

  "What's wrong?" Wan Xi Jing Hou asked hastily.

  Guan Nan's eyes widened and she immediately said: "Ants..."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou wanted to ask him what was wrong with the ants, Guan Nan suddenly turned around, pointing at the ant warriors behind him and said: "One is missing!"

  As soon as he spoke, everyone felt a chill run down their necks and immediately turned around to look. Sure enough, they saw two lines of ants standing guard behind them, each holding weapons in their hands. And indeed, one of them was gone.

  There was a missing stone slab, leaving a large gap in the middle. Everyone dared to guarantee that if they walked past and found an empty space, they would not ignore it and continue walking.

  Just as everyone turned around in shock, a loud "boom" was heard, and the stone floor of the tomb suddenly shattered. A giant stone-rolling ant suddenly emerged from inside.

  The ant's body was larger than theirs, with two big pincers on its mouth, opening and closing with a "click-clack" sound, rushing towards them quickly, swinging the large axe horizontally.

  "Get down!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou shouted, and everyone immediately fell to the ground, feeling the whistling sound of a large axe passing over their heads, accompanied by a gust of cold wind, and if they were a little late, their heads would have been chopped off.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou pressed Wen Bai Yu to the ground, and suddenly sprang up himself. With a swift turn of his dragon-scale dagger, he rushed over quickly.

  Shi Yun saw Wan Jie Jing Hou rushing over, immediately raised his large axe, and the crab claws on his mouth kept opening. First, he swept a horizontal axe, and Wan Jie Jing Hou immediately jumped up, borrowing the swinging axe to rush up.

  The stone tortoise ant suddenly lowered its head, and the big crab turtle opened its mouth and bit towards Wan Kuang Jing Hou's body.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly took a cold breath, and saw Wan Qi Jinghou grab his big crab claw, his body swung upwards, turned a circle in the air, fell on the head of the stone ant, and then stabbed into the ant's eyes.

  Everyone immediately covered their eyes, feeling that even if Wan Zong Jing Hou didn't have divine power, his swift and ruthless movements were not to be underestimated. Although it was just a stone pillar, looking at it still made one's eyes hurt.

  The giant ant let out a strange bellow, and with a "whoosh" sound, it flung the large axe in its hand. Wan Kuang Jing Hou shouted "Be careful!" as the giant ant continuously shook its head, trying to shake him off.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou gripped the dagger tightly, quickly pulled it out, and then jumped off from the ant's head, rolled on the ground, and fell beside Wen Bai Yu.

  That big axe swept over the heads of everyone again, and Wan Qi Jing Hou restrained that ant. Guan Nan's face turned ugly once more, saying: "There are still many..."

  His words had barely fallen when the sound of "crunching" was heard, and all the other stone-rolling ants began to move, at least twenty of them!

  Wen Baiyu glanced at Guan Nan, who was pale and said: "Last time I came in, they obviously wouldn't move..."

  He was speaking when Wen Baiyu suddenly narrowed his eyes and made a "small..." sound in his throat, but the two words "be careful" couldn't be spoken.

  The giant stone roller suddenly lowered its head, the crab pincers clamped, Guan Nan "hissed" and took a breath, instantly being ambushed by the ants, pinched his waist, and was flung into the sky.

  The ant didn't eat him, but instead flung him out. With a "thud", Guan Nan fell to the ground, his lower back aching and his head feeling dizzy.

  Everyone wanted to go and save Guan Nan, but at the same time, other stone-rolling ants also moved, surging towards them.

  Guan Nan lay on the ground, wanting to get up, but her head was spinning badly, a wave of nausea swept over her, making her want to vomit, and her body felt even weaker.

  Guan Nan's eyes widened, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground. He felt a chill run through his body, it was the feeling of death...

  Guan Nan never doubted his sixth sense, this feeling he seemed to have met before, and it had been troubling him all along. Every time he thought about it, he felt an extreme fear, Guan Nan's mouth corner revealed a wry smile, and he closed his eyes weakly.

  "Bang!"

  The ant threw him out and immediately raised a big axe, chopping down on Guan Nan with a loud "crack" sound. Guan Nan felt the fragments of the stone slab hitting his face but didn't feel any other pain.

  "Guān Nán!"

  Wen Baiyu finally found his voice and shouted loudly. Wan Xi Jinghou rolled on the ground with Wen Baiyu, dodging the giant axe of the ants. Just as he was about to go over to help, he saw that the ant's axe head had deviated from Guan Nan's body, brushing past him and smashing into the ground beside him, shattering the stone floor and sending up a cloud of dust.

  It was a tendril, countless tendrils stretching out from the depths of the tomb, quickly wrapping around the ant's large axe. With a "whoosh", the axe was immediately swept away by a massive force and slammed into the tomb wall with a loud "thud".

  Wen Baiyu suddenly saw a figure emerging from the darkness in the thick gray soil, with a pair of blood-red eyes, and a pungent smell spreading out.

  That figure slowly walked over, bent down and picked up Guan Shan...