Chapter 70: The Divine Crow Society's Drum (Part 2)

  As they walked forward, they saw many more tombs. Inside each tomb was a coffin with carvings of ravens on the walls.

  The monster blinked and said: "There are actually people who worship crows. I've never seen this before."

  Wen Baiyu said: "This is not strange at all, many ancestors regarded crows as 'grain-offering gods', didn't Zou Chengyi say that crows are the ancestors of this ethnic group?"

  Zou Cheng smiled and shook his head, saying: "But it's not a beautiful legend. The black color represents evil, this is an ancient sinful tribe."

  Wen Baiyu frowned and said: "Guilty?"

  Zou Chengyi didn't say anything else and beckoned with his hand: "Let's hurry up and go."

  As they walked out of the tomb chamber, Wen Baiyu's flashlight suddenly shook and the light flickered on and off before starting to malfunction.

  The beast let out an "ah" and pointed ahead, saying: "I see something on the ground."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone looked over and indeed, with the help of Wen Baiyu's dim flashlight, they saw that there was something lying on the ground in front of them.

  At first glance it looks like a person, face down on the ground, but upon closer inspection it doesn't look like a person, people aren't that thin, just like a sheet of paper stuck to the ground.

  The flashlight was still in poor contact, and Miss Chen and Dr. Wang were both scared to death, especially Dr. Wang, who had just knocked out his front teeth and was covered in blood, half dead, and now he was rolling his eyes and almost fainted.

  Wen Baiyu shone her flashlight and walked closer, and indeed it was a person.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "To be precise, it's human skin."

  A human skin, face down on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is it the skin of a zongzi (glutinous rice dumpling) that has been shed?"

  Zou Cheng furrowed his brow and said: "But this is the tomb of Shen Ya, after our clansmen die, they only leave behind bones, how can there be shedding of skin?"

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Perhaps it's a grave robber?'"

  The skin on the ground is intact, with a hole in the position of the head, as if the whole person had drilled out from the head.

  The monster looked at it and thought it was terrifying, hugged the snake's neck, buried its face, and said, "Too disgusting."

  Wen Bai Yu took a closer look and saw that the skin had faint white hairs, which should confirm that it was indeed a zongzi's skin. However, this zongzi actually sheds its skin?

  Zou Chengyi looked at the skin and said: "The branches of Jianmu must be in this tomb, which is also a kind of rebirth. This zongzi must have come into contact with Jianmu."

  Wen Baiyu said: "You mean to say that zongzi shedding its skin is a kind of rebirth?"

  Zou Cheng nodded slightly.

  Everyone studied it for a while, but didn't dare to touch that skin rash, fearing poisoning from the white hairs on it, so they walked around it.

  They didn't walk far before Mo Jing Hou stopped and said, "There's the sound of running water up ahead."

  "Water?" said Wen Bai Yu in surprise.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, not far away, there was a pool of water, the water was dark green in color, and it was impossible to see how deep it was. The bottom of the pool was pitch black. What was most shocking was that on the surface of the pool, a coffin emitting a faint blue glow was actually floating.

  The coffin was made of ice crystal material, like top-grade ice-type jadeite, emitting a blue glow all over its body, quietly floating on the surface of the water.

  Everyone was shocked, and the coffin floated on the water, a scene that had never been heard of before.

  Moreover, others were stone coffins, while this coffin was a bone coffin. At first glance, it's clear that the person inside the coffin had an extraordinary status.

  Zou Chengyi said: "Pull the coffin up."

  He nodded, letting Zou Chengyi sit down on the stone by the pond first, then walked over, took off his coat and glasses, and got into the water, stretching out his hand to grab the coffin.

  Everyone held their breath, each on guard, and prepared for the things in the coffin to come back to life so they could respond.

  But contrary to expectations, the coffin remained still and silent. Yi Feng grasped the recessed area on the side of the coffin with his hand and pulled it to the shore.

  The crowd quickly joined hands and pulled the coffin out of the water, dragging it ashore.

  The wind also rose from the water, they had no towels and no clothes to change into, so the wind simply put on his coat.

  He put on his glasses and said, "The water in the pond is very deep and very cold."

  The crowd surrounded the coffin and looked around, and on the coffin was also engraved a crow with spread wings, and on both sides of the coffin were engraved a tree each.

  The shape of this tree is exactly the same as the building.

  Zou Cheng furrowed his brow and said, "This is too strange, why would a coffin be in the water, and this isn't even a tomb. Looking at the grade of this coffin, only a deceased clan leader could use it, but it's been placed in the water?"

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Tribe leader?'"

  Zou Cheng nodded and said, "This coffin must be known to you all, it is made by grinding bones into powder and then molding them into shape. Generally, ordinary tribesmen do not have this treatment, only the tribe leader will have this different status. The ancestors of the Divine Crow worshipped fire, water is a symbol of disaster, it is impossible to put the coffin in the water."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Could it be that the grave robbers moved the coffin?"

  Zou Chengyi said: "This is also possible."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "Since it's the clan leader, Jian Mu's tree branch is likely to be buried with him. Open the coffin and take a look."

  Zou Chengyi slowed down, then let Yi Feng support himself, and respectfully knocked his head against the coffin a few times, saying: "After all, this is my ancestor, it's necessary to knock my head, and also avoid unnecessary trouble."

  He said, waving his hand, indicating that the coffin could be opened now.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou supported the coffin and looked around, stretched out his hand to touch the edge of the coffin, slowly lowered his face and said: "The coffin has been opened."

  He said, stretching out his hand to grasp the edge and exerting a little force. With a loud "rumble", the coffin lid was pushed open, and inside, there was actually nothing!

  It was indeed opened.

  Everyone stared at the empty coffin, their faces tense. There were no burial objects, not even a corpse. The coffin had been opened before, and its contents had clearly been removed.

  This tomb has indeed been entered by grave robbers.

  Zou Cheng's face sank, and he said, "No way, we still have to keep looking. We must find all six branches of Jianmu's tree, otherwise even if we have the suppressant medicine, it will be useless."

  He said, looking around, behind the pond there was another path, which could continue to move forward. Zou Chengyi just wanted to let Yi Feng hold himself up and continue walking, when he suddenly saw a white claw stretching out from the dark green pond...

  In an instant, the paw suddenly stretched forward and grabbed Zhou Chengyi's leg. Zhou Chengyi's leg was disabled and couldn't exert any strength, and he was dragged into the water in an instant.

  Just then, a loud "splash" was heard. Everyone's attention was still on the coffin when suddenly a sound of water came from the pond, followed by a bubble rising to the surface. Zou Chengyi struggled desperately in the water, but it was clear he was terrified of water and was quickly dragged under.

  Young Master!

  He let out a loud shout and immediately dove into the water, Zou Chengyi was dragged down by that white paw, his mouth filled with several mouthfuls of water, his nose also choked with water, his hands frantically grasping about.

  The wind subsided, and with a swoop, it wrapped around Zou Chengyi's waist. At the bottom of the water, a white-haired claw was tightly grasping Zou Chengyi's leg, his pant leg had been torn to shreds, and his bony leg was exposed.

  Yi Feng narrowed his eyes and continued to dive down, carrying Zou Cheng on his shoulder. With a "whoosh", he stretched out his hand to grab them. Although they were in the water, Yi Feng's movements didn't slow down at all. The white paws saw that the opponent was coming fiercely, suddenly let go of their hands, and then flashed away, disappearing into the depths of the water.

  "Whoosh——" A splash of water sounded, and Xi Feng brought Zou Chengyi out of the water. Zou Chengyi hung on Xi Feng's shoulder, and as soon as he came up, he coughed continuously for several times, spitting out a mouthful of water, looking like he was on his last breath.

  He was laid flat on the ground by the wind, and then quickly pressed his chest, Zou Chengyi immediately spat out several mouthfuls of water, and his nose also had water coming out, while spitting and coughing, the hoarse voice was exhausted.

  Zou Chengyi lay on the ground, limp and lifeless, as if two-thirds of his soul had left him. His tea-colored eyes were bloodshot, and his hair and clothes were all wet, clinging to his body in a pitiful state.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Zou Chengyi, seemingly puzzled, and said: "To be honest, I don't quite understand. Since you have extraordinary abilities, why don't you use them sometimes? Just like when we were pulled underwater earlier."

  Zou Chengyi panted heavily, still coughing non-stop, and looked at Wen Baiyu with red eyes, saying faintly: "There are many things you don't understand."

  He said, stretching out his hand to pull up his trouser leg, which had already been torn by the white-haired beast's claws, revealing a section of calf. Now pulling it up further, everyone else gasped in shock and took a step back.

  Zou Chengyi's calf had all turned into bone, without a single piece of skin or flesh, looking extremely terrifying.

  And his bones are even bigger than before, and the area of withered skin is also larger.

  Zou Chengyi said: "I've said it before, this race is a sinful people, and for generations they will be punished by heaven. The degeneration of the bones usually starts in middle age, but there are exceptions. The clan leader is chosen based on ability, however, each generation's clan leader often dies the earliest, because the stronger one's ability, the faster the degeneration of the bones, and also the earlier... Using one's ability for people like us is a harbinger of death, do you understand?"

  Wen Baiyu finally understood why Zou Chengyi sometimes acted in a way that was unfathomable and at other times seemed so fragile.

  Yi Feng said faintly: "The one hiding underwater might be the white-haired cornel that just shed its skin. Everyone, be careful, it's extremely familiar with this pool of water."

  Zou Chengyi said: "Maybe it's a conscious zongzi, its movements are very agile and very cunning."

  As soon as he finished speaking, a loud "ah" was heard, and Miss Chen's body suddenly twisted, thudding to the ground and being dragged backwards. Then her hands grabbed wildly, grasping Wen Baiyu's ankle.

  The two of them immediately "plop" into the water.

  A wave of icy water suddenly swept over, and Miss Chen choked on several mouthfuls of water. Her ankle was also grasped by a white paw, which dragged her down continuously.

  Miss Chen's strength was unusually great at the critical moment, grabbing Wen Baiyu tightly and not letting go. Wen Baiyu was also afraid of water, and was suddenly pulled in, choking on a mouthful of water, and hurriedly covering his mouth and nose with his hand.

  He shook off Miss Chen's hand and wanted to go upstairs, but suddenly his leg tightened, he looked down and saw a pale face with white hair suddenly appeared in front of Wen Baiyu, coincidentally colliding with Wen Baiyu's gaze.

  A white-haired rice dumpling, its face seemingly puffed up by water, but all five senses were still present, especially the eyes, which were actually still shining. It opened a pale white mouth and stuck out a pale white tongue, smiling at Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, almost choking on water, and she kicked her legs vigorously to swim upwards.

  However, that white-haired rice dumpling seemed unwilling to let Wen Baiyu go. Its two hands grasped his legs and its big mouth opened wide, ready to bite him.

  Wen Baiyu kicked forward with his legs, the bigger his movements, the more oxygen he consumed, and he was already out of breath. That zongzi was competing with him, no longer caring about Miss Chen.

  Wen Baiyu's hands lit up in a flash of urgency, and with a "Whoosh", a flame burst out, but since they were underwater, it was only a brief flicker. The zongzi was startled and let go of its grip, and Wen Baiyu immediately swam upwards, trying to break through the water's surface.

  But at this moment, Zongzi had already caught up with him again, hugged his waist and pulled him into the water.

  Wen Baiyu let out a stifled "gulps" as a bubble emerged, almost suffocating.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou saw Wen Bai Yu being dragged into the water, his face sank, and he immediately jumped into the water, diving down. Wen Bai Yu's face was pale, struggling desperately.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou immediately swam over and grabbed Wen Bai Yu's arm.

  Wen Baiyu was startled at first, then saw Wan Jinhou relax, almost choking on water, and immediately grabbed him with both hands, like grasping a lifesaving straw.

  Bai Mao Zhu Zi dragged along Wen Bai Yu's waist, reaching out to grab Wan Qi Jing Hou. Wan Qi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and instantly transformed into a candle dragon shape, but didn't make his body that big. He wrapped his snake tail around Wen Bai Yu's waist, opened his snake head wide, and fiercely bit at the white-haired Zhu Zi.

  The crimson scales brought a wave of heat, and the icy pool water was instantly heated up by the dragon's scales. The white-haired corn looked at the approaching dragon in terror, immediately loosened its grip, turned around and quickly swam towards the bottom of the pool, and then disappeared in an instant.

  Wan Jie Jinghou didn't pursue and attack fiercely, but quickly transformed into human form, grabbed Wen Baiyu and immediately emerged from the water's surface. "Whoosh!" With a sudden intake of air, Wen Baiyu felt like he was going to die, without any strength left, leaning on Wan Jie Jinghou, letting him drag himself onto the shore.

  Wen Baiyu was dragged ashore, and when she turned her head to look back, she saw a black coat floating on the water's surface. Her eyelid twitched, and she immediately looked at Wan Qi Jing Hou.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was just about to emerge from the water, his upper body was shining, let alone below. He had just transformed into a dragon, so of course his clothes fell off. Wen Bai Yu immediately said: "Wait, your clothes, pick them up."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou laughed and turned around, walking into the water to retrieve his clothes. He put them on, although they were already soaked. Wen Bai Yu thought to herself that it was still better than being naked. There was also a Miss Chen among this group of people, she couldn't let Miss Chen see her at a disadvantage.

  Miss Chen was dragged into the water, she knew how to swim, and had already taken advantage of the white rice dumplings to wrap around Wen Baiyu's body when she climbed up by herself, sitting on the ground panting, her face deathly pale, almost fainting.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou put on his clothes and was about to get out of the water when he suddenly changed color. Wen Bai Yu thought that the white-haired old man had come again, so she quickly stretched out her hand to pull him, but Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly raised his hand and slapped Wen Bai Yu's hand open with a "slap".

  Wen Baiyu was flung to the ground by him, and immediately felt dizzy. Then a loud "Boom" sound was heard, and Wan Kuang Jinghou plunged into the water again. Immediately after, a red tail with huge scales emerged from the water, making a "Bang" sound as it swept away the bone coffin on the shore. With a "Whoosh", the coffin smashed into the stone wall, instantly turning to dust.

  This change was too sudden, and it was unbelievable. Wan Xi Jinghou suddenly lost control, the huge snake tail had a shocking force, and with one swing, it plunged into the water again. Immediately after, it burst out of the water, "Plop!" A sound splashed countless water droplets, those water droplets carried scalding temperatures, and hit people's faces painfully.

  "Roar——"

  The water in the pond kept making loud roaring sounds, Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat. The snake tail that emerged from the surface of the water was much larger than before. Wan Kuang Jing Hou's dragon shape was getting bigger and bigger, as if it was about to lose control. If he smashed the stone lid of the tomb, then this time they would be buried alive.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes narrowed, and he immediately turned his head to look at Dr. Wang, who was already stunned. He took two steps forward, pulled the person up from the ground with one hand, and said: "Is this your needle? Is this what you meant by 'hold back a bit'?"

  Dr. Wang was frightened out of his wits, stuttering: "N...not my fault...I also, I also didn't expect such a big reaction......When we did the experiment before, it clearly......clearly didn't have......"

  He said, Wen Baiyu's eyes had already turned blood red. Dr. Wang was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he said: "I... don't kill me... I still have suppressant medicine, can't kill me..."

  Wen Baiyu stared at him and said: "I'm asking you once and for all, do you really have a suppressant or is it fake?"

  Dr. Wang was startled by Wen Baiyu's appearance and immediately shouted: "It's true! It's true! Really!"

  "Alright, I didn't give you the injection earlier because we don't know how long this tomb is going to take, and if you become a cripple, someone will have to carry you out. But I've changed my mind... after all, not a single word you say is true..."

  He said, suddenly quickly grabbed the backpack that had fallen on one side, and pulled out a blue needle from inside.

  Zou Chengyi frowned, just about to speak up, but Yi Feng stopped him, saying: "Young Master, it's better if you don't get involved in this matter, Mr. Wen is angry."

  "Ahhhhh!!!! No, no, no!!!!"

  Dr. Wang let out a loud roar, his voice hoarse from exhaustion, and then he saw Wen Baiyu grab a handful of needles and stab them into his leg all at once.

  The beast shook its small ears and reached out to grab the snake's neck, saying: "You really deserved it."

  Dr. Wang soon collapsed to the ground, with who-knows-how-many syringes in him, his legs suddenly unable to move, and in the dark tomb passage, his bones seemed to emit a blue glow all at once.

  Miss Chen was so scared that her whole body trembled. She had previously thought that Wen Baiyu was an easy target, just a small boss, but she didn't expect him to be so ruthless.

  The monster suddenly shouted, "Master, be careful!"

  Then came a loud "whoosh" sound, and the huge snake tail suddenly emerged from the water, even bigger than before. The scales emitted heat, almost boiling the pool water to a boil.

  The sound of Wan Zongjing's angry roar kept coming from the depths of the pond.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly lowered his head, and Doctor Wang was still shouting loudly. He was swept away by the snake's tail, and with a "bang" sound, he flew out directly and crashed into the tomb wall.

  Zou Chengyi waved his hand and said: "Go take a look quickly, don't let him die."

  The wind walked over and sniffed around, saying: "Don't worry, young master. Mr. Wen's hands are heavy and light, he won't die yet."

  Zou Chengyi said: "I'm afraid he'll be swept to death by the snake's tail."

  He smiled and said, "This is quite possible."

  Wen Baiyu ducked down and quickly jumped up, stretching out his hand to hook onto the snake tail of Wan Qi Jinghou that had emerged from the water. He then swiftly swung himself upwards, jumping onto the giant snake's tail.

  The beast was so frightened that its two ears stood straight up and it said, "Oh no, oh no! What is the master doing?"

  Wen Baiyu jumped onto the snake's tail, and the dragon in the water immediately sensed it. The huge tail swept back and forth non-stop, as if to sweep Wen Baiyu away. The giant snake head suddenly rose from the water, its two fiery red eyes almost spewing flames, mouth wide open revealing the fire essence inside, letting out a deafening roar towards Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou seemed to have lost consciousness, and didn't even recognize Wen Bai Yu. He suddenly swung his snake tail, raised his snake head, and the massive snake head crashed into the tombstone with a loud "Boom!" The tombstone was shaken by the impact, but fortunately, Wen Bai Yu quickly slid up along the snake's tail and pressed down on its head with both feet.

  The huge snake head seemed to have encountered resistance, and then there was a loud "Boom" sound, followed by a "Splash" sound. The water surface was splashed with huge waves, and Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou plunged into the water together. The huge snake tail rolled over, and just as Wen Baiyu was about to emerge from the water, he was rolled back down again.

  The deceitful beast pricked up its ears and said: "It's all over! The cruel ruler is going to drown the master, you must quickly go and rescue him!"

  The beast said, pushing the snake, the snake nodded, the snake was a water beast, and its aquatic nature was naturally very good. Just as it was about to enter the water, it heard a "splash" sound.

  Wen Baiyu pressed down the snake head of Zhu Long into the water, not letting him knock over the tomb top. He quickly wanted to emerge from the surface of the water, after all he was afraid of water and couldn't exert his strength in the water. Just as he emerged from the surface, Wan Kuang Jing Hou's snake tail suddenly appeared and struck down with a loud crash.

  Wen Bai's throat let out a "hiss" sound, and he was suddenly dragged into the water. He choked on several mouthfuls of water. The snake head that had been pressing down on him earlier used its full strength now. At this moment, his body felt a wave of fatigue. Choking in the water, his limbs were about to scatter everywhere. After struggling twice, his two hands grasped out and just happened to hug onto Wan Kuang Jing Hou's snake body.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou felt a surge of violent anger, as if there were insects crawling in his chest cavity, and a piercing pain swept over him. He wanted to vent through brutal means, but his emotions were out of control. Just then, he suddenly felt someone embracing him. Wan Jie Jing Hou took two deep breaths, and his heart skipped a beat.

  Just then, he saw his own snake tail wrapped around Wen Baiyu, Wen Baiyu's hands were embracing him, with several bubbles coming out of his nose and mouth, his face was pale, and his eyes were half-closed.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's heart seemed to have been heavily smashed, his rationality slowly returned, and he quickly hugged Wen Bai Yu, bursting out of the water surface.

  With a loud "splash", Wan Xi Jing Hou had transformed into human form, quickly pulling Wen Bai Yu to the shore and grabbing the large coat from the water to put on himself, not having time to fasten the buttons, he lowered his head to look at Wen Bai Yu.

  Everyone saw them come out of the water and let out a sigh of relief.

  Wen Baiyu lay on the ground, inhaling less and exhaling more. Wan Jinghou suddenly felt a thread of panic in his heart, a feeling that was too long overdue. He immediately stretched out his hand to press down on Wen Baiyu's chest with force.

  "Cough!"

  Wen Baiyu coughed and water gushed out of his mouth, choking him into a frantic coughing fit.

  Zou Chengyi lay in the arms of Yi Fenghua, looking at Wen Baiyu who was constantly coughing and spitting water on the ground, saying: "There's someone else who is also afraid of water, it's a little comforting."

  Yi Feng said: "Young master, let's talk about something else for now. It's not good to provoke Mr. Wan Qi."

  Wen Bai's hoarse voice was exhausted, and she coughed up a lot of water. Her face turned red from coughing.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's heart was overwhelmed with anxiety and unease, Wen Bai Yu spat out water, his chest began to rise and fall slightly, no longer just exhaling without inhaling, after a short while, he struggled to open his eyes with some difficulty.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou let out a sigh of relief and tightly hugged Wen Bai Yu, saying: "You scared me to death, Bai Yu..."

  Wen Baiyu was still a bit dazed, and just as she was about to pass out from being pressed down by Mo Jiahao, he suddenly lowered his head, and the two people's lips were tightly sealed together.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's emotions were extremely unstable, revealing a hint of anxiety. Wen Bai Yu was just slightly angry when he was kissed until he was dizzy and weak all over, as if he was about to disintegrate.

  Wan Kuang's kiss was extremely fierce, sweeping across Wen Baiyu's lips and tongue. Wen Baiyu immediately felt a stinging pain on his mouth and tongue root, which was kissed to the point of soreness. The man still showed no signs of loosening up.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but stretch out her hand and wrap it around Wang Jixing's neck, their lips still tangled together. Wen Baiyu comfortingly responded to him, actively hooking up Wang Jixing's tongue.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's breathing slowly calmed down, Wen Bai Yu thought he was going to suffocate, only then did the other person let go of him, but still tightly hugged him and refused to let go.

  Wen Baiyu lay in Wang Xi Jinghou's arms, his whole body was wet and a bit cold. Wang Xi Jinghou's body temperature was very high, which was just right for him to warm up, so he just lay there without moving.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Sorry."

  Wen Baiyu said: "What's wrong with you, that perverted doctor is the one who should be dead. Are you still in pain? You must endure it."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stroked his cheek, smiled and kissed Wen Bai Yu's forehead again, saying: "It's okay now, it doesn't hurt anymore."

  Wen Baiyu took two deep breaths, recovering a bit of energy, and only then did she notice that Wan Qi Jinghou's clothes were unbuttoned, revealing a large expanse of chest, and below...

  Wen Baiyu pinched a handful of his solid abs and said: "Tie your buttons, what's with the nonsense!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou chuckled and tied up his buttons one by one, then picked up Wen Bai Yu and said: "You're tired, I'll carry you."

  Wen Baiyu was indeed tired and had been kissed by Wan Qi Jinghou to the point of hypoxia, so she nodded and let Wan Qi Jinghou carry her on his back, and she didn't even want to walk anymore.

  As everyone was talking, Dr. Wang, who had fainted, came to and found that his legs were a bit unresponsive, so he let out a loud cry. Wen Baiyu's eyes swept over him, and Dr. Wang was so frightened that he trembled for a moment before daring not to make another sound.

  They wanted to bypass the pond and continue down, but Huashe said: "This pond looks deep, but it's just this big. That white-haired corn could slip away several times, I think there should be another entrance at the bottom."

  As soon as he said that, Zou Chengyi and Wen Baiyu also remembered. They had both been pulled down before. The white-haired corn was particularly cunning, seemingly with a consciousness of its own. Every time they went to catch it, it would turn around and run away, disappearing instantly, only to reappear immediately after. It's likely that there really is some kind of underwater cave entrance.

  The snake said: "I'll go down and take a look, you all wait for a while."

  He said, putting the beast down and letting it lean against the tomb wall to sit, the beast shifted its buttocks and said: "Hiss - the ground is so cool, hurry back."

  The snake nodded and dove into the water, its swimming skills were excellent and it moved quickly. Wen Baiyu still remembered when they went to Snake Mountain and met the snake at sea, not only was its swimming ability good, but its destructive power in the water was also extremely strong, pulling an entire boat underwater.

  In less than a minute, Huashe emerged from the water and said: "There is indeed an entrance below, but it doesn't seem to be naturally formed. It should be a man-made cave."

  A thief's cave.

  That white-haired Zongzi was likely a grave robber, and one who could shed his skin, possibly having touched the branches of the Jianmu tree. Here, another tunnel had been opened, and everyone felt it necessary to go down and take a look.

  The snake slithered ashore and said: "The waterway is not long, I've already gone in to take a look, it won't take more than a minute to swim."

  Swimming fast...

  Among them, many are not good at water. Wen Baiyu is a firebird and naturally doesn't know how to swim. Although he has learned some swimming skills, Zou Chengyi is afraid of water, which can be seen from his behavior. Perhaps it's related to the divine crow tribe, after all, they view water as a disaster. As for Yaoshou, simply put, he is a rabbit. Although many wild rabbits know how to swim, rabbits are generally afraid of water and won't take the initiative to swim.

  Wen Baiyu and Zou Chengyi were fine, after all they knew that going down might find Jianmu's branches, and there was also Wan Xinghou and Xi Feng leading the way, but Yan Shou was not good.

  The rabbit grabbed the snake's neck and refused to let go, even when it was dragged into the water. The rabbit's ears and tail twitched back and forth as it whined and pretended to be pitiful, saying "I don't want to go down, I don't want to go down, the water is too scary."

  The snake said: "You've held your breath long enough, I'll take you down."

  The head of the beast shook like a rattle drum, and Huashe was out of temper, saying: "Listen, we've found something that can cure your leg."

  The beast wrinkled up its little nose and said: "But my fur will get wet and stick together."

  The snake kissed the rabbit's ear, and the rabbit's ear suddenly shook, turning red from head to toe, saying: "It doesn't matter, it will be dry in a while."

  The snake charmer had been performing for half a day, and the crowd sat on one side, taking a break to rest and recover their strength. Wen Bai's skin was covered in goosebumps all over the ground.

  Yi Feng was smiling slightly as he watched them, Zou Cheng glanced at him and said: "What's wrong, still have a crush on the beast?"

  Who would have thought that Yi Feng actually nodded and said, "Yes, I won't hide it from you, young master. Personally, I like the more obedient ones."

  Zou Cheng's face suddenly turned iron-green, and he didn't know why. His heart sank, as if falling into an ice cave, a hard-to-describe taste surged up, like floating in a vinegar jar.

  Zou Cheng's face was only iron-green, and nothing else showed, but his light orange lips were tightly pursed.

  He pushed his glasses up and looked down at Zou Chengyi in his arms, saying with a very pleasant expression: "When the young master was kissed by me, he behaved very well... Young Master, may I kiss you?"

  Zou Chengyi first widened his eyes, then viciously said: "You're getting bolder and bolder, be careful or I'll crush you into a lump of mud."

  He smiled calmly and said, "I'm just a lump of mud myself, but I have the scent of elixir on me. Do you like it, young master?"

  He said, lowering his head, the two people's lips were extremely close, Zou Chengyi felt the other person's breathing, and suddenly closed his eyes tightly, his eyelashes trembling, his breathing becoming tense and urgent.

  Just then, after a while, suddenly heard a soft laugh, Zou Cheng opened his eyes to find Yi Feng already holding him and standing up, saying: "Young master, it's time for us to get in the water."

  "You..."

  Zou Cheng suddenly felt he had been played, his chest heaving rapidly as he panted heavily, staring with wide eyes and gritting his teeth. He was so angry that he didn't know what to say, and it took him a long time to squeeze out one sentence: "You bastard!"

  Wen Baiyu watched their affectionate display, and suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He thought that Yi Feng had a very eerie aura about him, and he couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic towards Zou Chengyi.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou held him in a tight hug and said: "Take a deep breath and hold it."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "Don't worry, I can still hold my breath. Just don't let us run into that Zongzi again halfway."

  They said, and then they entered the water one after another. The transformed snake led the way with the beast, and since it had gone through once before, it knew the route and quickly entered the thieves' cave.

  The tunnel was very narrow, and it was all water inside, but it wasn't long. It seemed that only one tomb wall had been pierced through. "Splash!" The crowd quickly drilled out of the tunnel and climbed ashore.

  Dr. Wang was injected with a shot, his legs were not agile, but no one cared about him, this is a tomb, Dr. Wang studied corpses, but he was extremely afraid of being alone, wanted to ask them to wait, but thinking of Wen Baiyu's terrifying expression, he didn't dare call out.

  Miss Chen was afraid of the dumplings in the water, so the two had no choice but to cooperate and crawl into the thief's cave in the water, hurrying to catch up.

  After crawling out of the thief's hole, I clearly felt a dampness here, and there was actually fog in front of me. The fog was not small, and the tomb passage was full of green moss everywhere. Not far away on the ground, there was a piece of human skin.

  Wen Baiyu put the flashlight in her backpack and brought it over, unexpectedly the flashlight was still quite durable, it could still light up, but it was flashing faster than before, as if it was on its last breath.

  However, the fog is too thick here, and the flashlight can still shine through a part of it, which has a pretty big effect.

  The skin on the ground is exactly the same as the one just now, only this skin has more white hair, because the air is humid and has already begun to show signs of rot.

  Wen Baiyu said: "I don't know how many times this zongzi has been peeled?"

  They spoke as they walked slowly forward, the path was very wet, the air was damp, but there was a hint of mossy scent.

  The thing most dreaded in a tomb is dampness, which would accelerate the decay of the corpse and make it difficult to preserve, so no one would make a tomb so wet.

  The tomb seems to have been destroyed, and it is unknown whether it was due to the theft of the cave, which caused the river water to flow in.

  They walked forward all the way, and suddenly a tree vine appeared on the ground in front of them. As they went further in, the vines became denser, just like wallpaper, wrapping around the entire tomb passage.

  They had hardly anywhere to set foot, with tree vines tangled and complicated.

  Everyone walked by from above, being extremely cautious, unsure if this vine would suddenly come to life.

  "Look."

  Zou Chengyi suddenly spoke up, pointing ahead. In the distance, there was no longer a road, but instead a massive tree that leaned to one side. The roots of the tree were complex and tangled, with many stretching towards the tomb path where they stood.

  This tree was cut in half, apparently it was just above, Wan Zong Jing Hou turned into a dragon after being wrapped around the big tree, the dragon's strength was enormous, almost uprooting the big tree.

  But now looking at it, I didn't expect this tree to be so huge.

  They thought the height of the big tree on the ground was already big enough, but unexpectedly the underground height is even more astonishing.

  The roots of the tree are entwined, extending from the top of the tomb and stretching down, they are in the middle of the tomb path, standing on the edge of the tomb path and looking down, there is still a very deep distance below, it is a giant pit, the pit is full of curved tree roots.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the large pit, it was really too deep, and there was fog, so they couldn't see clearly how deep it was below. They also didn't have a fluorescent rod or anything to measure the approximate height.

  Wen Baiyu looked at his flashlight and thought that if he threw it down, the flashlight would probably stop working before it even hit the bottom...

  The pit was enormous and had no stairs going down, but fortunately the roots of the trees were twisted and pierced into the tomb passage, so they could climb down along the roots.

  The path in front of the tomb ended, and everyone had no choice but to climb down along the vines.

  Wen Baiyu came down from Wan Jiahui's back and walked down with him.

  The vines were very dense and twisted together, in some places they were almost impossible to get a grip on, but not so much that they couldn't be grasped. Everyone slowly made their way down along the vines.

  Wen Baiyu tied the flashlight to his arm, and as soon as he moved his hand, it suddenly shone on something on the tree trunk.

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback, and quickly used the flashlight to search for it. The thing moved slightly, then stopped, and then moved again. Just as the flashlight made a "sizzling" sound, it suddenly went out!

  Wen Baiyu immediately shook it off, but the flashlight had completely stopped working and wasn't shining at all. He raised his head to see something falling from the tree branches with a "whooshing" sound.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly shouted "Be careful!"

  The snake's back was carrying a beast, and in the end, Dr. Wang and Miss Chen still hadn't mustered up the courage to climb down, Dr. Wang's legs were completely disobedient, and he didn't dare to climb down even more.

  That thing fell down, the big pit was pitch black and foggy everywhere, the beast didn't see anything, only heard the wind sound, and then felt a weight on its shoulder, and was smashed down immediately.

  "Plop!" With a sudden movement, Huaxiang swiftly stretched out one hand and grabbed onto the falling Xiezhu.

  The two ears of the beast were grasped by the python, its body swaying back and forth in mid-air, its two legs kicking wildly twice.

  That black sphere fell from above, hitting the Xiez beast and rolling past Zou Chengyi and Xi Feng with a "thud" before disappearing into the darkness.

  Zou Cheng's eyes met for a moment, and in an instant, he saw clearly what had rolled down - it was a human head!

  "Hmm—"

  Another gust of wind came, and Huashe just swung the beast up and threw it on his back, saying: "Hold tight."

  Just then, another black ball came crashing down and hurtled towards them. Then there was a rustling sound, and a white shadow emerged from the fog, crawling along the tree vines from top to bottom, clutching someone's head in its hand, and flung it at Huashe and Nao Shou.

  That is the white-haired zongzi.

  A white-haired corn child with a pair of eyes shining, opened its pale white big mouth and smiled, then felt around the tree again, and pulled out a human head, throwing it down towards the crowd.

  The beast was suddenly frightened and the snake's hands quickly crawled down, the beast tightly hugged his neck, fearing being smashed again.

  At this time, Miss Chen and Dr. Wang, who were still in the tomb passage, let out a loud "ahhh" scream, while the white-haired zombie itself did not discover them, but was focused on using its head to smash others, now immediately attracted by the sharp cries of Miss Chen and Dr. Wang.

  The white-haired corn cracked a smile and quickly crawled over to the tree trunk, Ms. Chen was frightened and shouted "ahhhhhh", dropping Dr. Wang and immediately turning around to run away.

  She had just run a couple of steps when she let out a loud "ah" and was immediately knocked to the ground by White Fluffy from behind.

  Dr. Wang suddenly let out a loud cry, and was so frightened that he fell to the ground, only to see the white-haired old man grab Miss Chen's hair with one hand, then quickly make a scoop, and Miss Chen's head immediately opened up a hole.

  Fresh blood gushed out, and Dr. Wang was so frightened that his soul left his body. Then he saw that the white-haired corn wasn't eating people, but instead peeled off Miss Chen's skin.

  Dr. Wang had spent his entire life dissecting corpses for research, but he had never seen a zongzi peel human skin before. He was so frightened that his face turned pale, and his legs were paralyzed with fear. He could only crawl using his hands, and to his surprise, he crawled very quickly, reaching the entrance of the tomb in just two "whooshes". The white-haired zongzi had peeled off Miss Chen's skin and put it on itself, then turned around to look at him.

  Dr. Wang looked into the big pit and was so frightened that he didn't care about anything else and immediately jumped down.

  Everyone watched as Dr. Wang jumped down from above, thinking he would be smashed to pieces, but Dr. Wang's luck was incredibly good, and halfway through his fall, a branch hooked him, breaking off two sections of the tree trunk, and in the end, he ended up hanging in mid-air.

  Bai Mao Zongzi glanced at the big pit from above, then climbed down along the tree vines. He climbed very quickly, feeling very familiar, as if he had done it many times before. He was wearing Miss Chen's skin, which was extremely ill-fitting. With his head facing downwards, he climbed down, and his facial skin almost fell off his body.

  Everyone was shocked and the little beast clung tightly to the shoulder of the snake.

  Wen Baiyu quickly climbed down, they had already climbed halfway when they suddenly saw Dr. Wang's expression change from fear to excitement, and couldn't help but follow his gaze downwards.

  Among the layers of tree vines, something was faintly emitting a blue glow.

  Those vines seemed to form a natural room, hiding that blue light thing inside, sealing it layer by layer.

  Blue, glowing, should be a skeleton, the curved tree roots actually hid a skeleton, and this skeleton's glow was much brighter than the others. The fog is thick here, they only climbed halfway, but the glowing bones can illuminate the big pit.

  "Heh heh..."

  The white-haired man quickly climbed down, his speed was astonishing, and he made a sound similar to a frog's croak, or a fierce laugh. Suddenly, he spread his two hands, let go of the tree vines, and pounced on Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu grasped the phoenix bone dagger in his hand, on guard against a sudden attack. As soon as he loosened his grip, he slid down along the tree vines and immediately grabbed onto one with a "slap".

  The white-haired dumpling was somewhat unexpected, and in an instant he didn't catch up quickly, only to hear a "hiss" sound, and the phoenix bone dagger stabbed into the chest of the white-haired dumpling.

  Bai Mao Zongzi let out a loud "Kao kao" as if feeling pain, Chen Xiaojie's face twisted in agony, Wen Baiyu swiftly drew out her dagger with a "Chi---" sound, and Bai Mao Zongzi fell to the ground with a "Hu---" sound.

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief, but just as the white-haired dumpling had fallen down, he heard the sound of "ka ka ka" and it quickly climbed back up.

  Wan Qi Jinghou grabbed Wen Baiyu's shoulder with one hand and pulled him up, causing the white-haired corn to make a hollow sound, and scratched a handful of tree vines.

  Bai Mao Zongzi was about to climb up again when suddenly a gunshot rang out. Yi Feng grabbed onto the tree vines with one hand and carried Zou Chengyi on his back, firing a shot at Bai Mao Zongzi.

  "Cough!"

  Bai Mao Zongzi let out a loud roar, and Yi Feng's gunshot was very accurate. The bullet pierced through Bai Mao Zongzi's eyes in an instant, and a blood flower burst forth in mid-air. Bai Mao Zongzi fell from the tree trunk with a thud, this time hearing a loud "thud" sound, probably hitting the ground.

  Dr. Wang was suspended in mid-air, trembling with fear, and shouted at them: "Save... save me! Let me down!"

  Wan Qi Jinghou glanced at him, the dragon-scale dagger cut off, and suddenly heard a "crack" sound. The branch that Dr. Wang was hanging from broke, and Dr. Wang let out a loud "ah!" as he fell along with the branch, landing with a thud on the ground.

  Everyone quickly climbed down, and soon they reached the bottom. They all jumped down, and below were also intricate tree vines entwined. However, the huge trees had been pulled to one side by Wan Yue Jing Hou, leaning against each other, and the blue glow in the vines was also exposed due to the tilt.

  Everyone looked through the gaps in the tree vines and saw that the huge tree vines were intertwined and surrounded, but inside was actually hollow. The tree vines naturally formed a room, with someone sitting inside.

  They really couldn't see clearly, and apart from a person who had turned into a skull, there seemed to be something inside, with a red glow.

  Zou Chengyi said, cut down the vines, we need to go in and take a look.

  "Be careful, this tree can move."

  Everyone said, and began to cut off the tree vines. It was strange that under the tree vines, it looked more like an ordinary tree, not as eerie as above, and the cut-off tree vines did not emit white corrosive gas.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu's daggers were sharp as iron, quickly cutting out a hole in the tree trunk.

  The things inside were suddenly displayed in front of everyone.

  A skeleton sits cross-legged, and if one were to ignore the fact that it is a skull, its posture seems extremely serene, without revealing any pain or distortion. A black feather protrudes from its shoulder blade.

  The corpse emitted a bright blue glow, more dazzling than any other corpse I had ever seen.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou took a look at the skeleton and said, "Not very old."

  He took a look at the skeleton, took a deep breath, and then respectfully kowtowed three times, saying: "This should be the previous clan leader. The clan leader was not very old when he passed away."

  Wen Baiyu said: "The previous one?"

  Zou Cheng nodded slightly and smiled: "I am this one."

  Wen Baiyu was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Zou Chengyi wave his hand, letting the wind carry him in.

  Zou Chengyi bent down and took over the thing in the dead man's hand with both hands.

  The blue corpse sat quietly with its legs crossed, its left hand grasping a small branch. The branch was tiny, only the tip exposed in his hand, looking like a real branch but coated with a faint bronze sheen on its surface.

  The right hand of the corpse still had something on it, a huge scale.

  Just now they saw a red glow from outside the tree vines, which was emitted by this scale.

  Wen Baiyu took a look and said, "The scale armor of Candle Dragon?"

  Zou Chengyi didn't know what it was either, he came to find branches, and unexpectedly found this thing.

  He picked up the scales and put them in his hand, feeling them for a moment, then suddenly flipped them over, only to see that the inside of the scales were actually engraved with something.

  The scales on top were crisscrossed with many marks drawn and carved, Wen Baiyu frowned and looked at them, saying: "What is this thing?"

  Zou Chengyi was excited and his hands were shaking, saying: "It's a map."

  He said, suddenly pointing to the edge of the scales, where a snake was engraved, with a hook at the end of its tail, and a large tripod was drawn, as if to put the snake in the tripod for cooking.

  Wen Baiyu immediately thought of the strange snake with a lizard-like head in the Guangchuan King's tomb, whose tail also had an inverted hook. Zou Chengyi said that its scales would turn into dan medicine after being cooked, but he didn't know what effect it would have.

  After the snake and pot, there is a half-flower pattern. People can vaguely make out that it's a half-flower because the dragon scales are too big; this should be one half, split open from the middle, with the other half flying away without wings. The pattern was divided into two halves, so they could only guess that it was a flower.

  Many people searched in the rattan for half a day and did not find the other half of the dragon scale armor. If there was dragon scale armor, Wan Xi Jing Hou would have found it too.

  Zou Chengyi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but immediately perked up and said: "It seems that the strange snake is indeed used by Guangchuan Wang to make Dan medicine. If we can find another half of the candle dragon scale armor..."

  His words had just reached this point when a loud, ear-piercing scream of "Ahhhhh!!!" was heard.

  A stream of blood "poured" over, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

  It turned out that after Dr. Wang fell down, he was dazed for a few seconds, but soon woke up, and was so scared to death that Miss Chen's skin was instantly peeled off by the white-haired corn, how could Dr. Wang not be afraid, thinking of rushing to the side of the crowd.

  He turned his head and found that the white-haired zongzi seemed to have been smashed to death, with one eye blinded. Dr. Wang had never seen a zongzi with white hair before, but he had heard of corpses growing hair of different colors, representing different stages of decomposition.

  Dr. Wang suddenly became excited and stared at the white-haired corn for a long time, then stretched out his hand to touch it in a deadpan manner.

  At this moment, the white-haired rice dumpling suddenly opened his eyes, one of which was blind and bloodshot, while the other sparkled with light, staring at Dr. Wang.

  Dr. Wang hadn't even had time to shout when he felt his arm "crack" and was bitten off by the white-haired corn, immediately followed by a loud scream.

  The monster saw Dr. Wang's severed hand and was so frightened that his whole body trembled, the snake covered his eyes, Dr. Wang fell to the ground, a large amount of blood gushed out from the severed hand, the white-haired zombie got up from the ground and stepped on Dr. Wang's belly.

  Dr. Wang let out a cry of surprise and immediately fell still.

  The white-haired corn dog let out a loud "heh heh" from its throat and was about to pounce, when suddenly the wind lifted its hand and fired another shot. The white-haired corn dog immediately let out a loud "heh!" and its other eye also went blind, crashing to the ground with a thud.

  He fell to the ground, wanting to get up immediately. Wan Zong Jing Hou's hand shook, and with a "whooshing" sound, the dragon-scale dagger was thrown out, instantly pinning the white-haired old man to the tree trunk behind him.

  The white-haired zongzi let out a loud "hōu" cry, as if making its final struggle, moved twice, and then suddenly hung its head and stopped moving.

  Dr. Wang lay on the ground, almost turning into a puddle of mud. Zou Cheng furrowed his brow and said, "It's not easy to save his life, yet he's courting death himself."

  Yi Feng said: "It doesn't matter, young master. Since we've already found the scales, if there's another half, we can also make our own medicine to suppress the outbreak of the disease."

  Wen Baiyu looked at the scale and said, "Can you understand the map on this?"

  Zou Chengyi said: "This map has been around for some years, and it's already worn out a lot. This piece should represent the sea water. In the Book of Changes, east is yang, so this symbol should be the East Sea. As for the specific location, it can't be seen anymore. The scales on the dragon's back are extremely hard, and it's difficult to carve patterns on them in the first place. With wear and tear, it's really impossible to see where exactly it is."

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "East Sea?"

  It's easy to talk about the East Sea. What's in the waters of the East Sea? Just ask the fish at home, of course.

  Wen Baiyu relaxed instantly and said, "I have a way to deal with this."

  They carefully picked up the branches and put them away, then took the scales, because the bone coffin had been smashed by Wan Qi Jing Hou, so there was no way to bury this corpse, so they didn't move him.

  The crowd climbed up along the vines for a long time, and finally saw the inclined entrance of the cave. They squeezed out from among those inclined vines and immediately got on the ground.

  The crowd left the tomb and went to Dr. Wang's tube-shaped building to search, but they didn't find any inhibiting drugs, instead, there were many corpses.

  Dr. Wang has been studying corpses, wanting to turn them into weapons. His base is built in Balin, actually because he discovered the strange tree on the tomb, Dr. Wang found that the tree had a magical power, and by grafting dead people onto it, new corpses could be produced quickly. At first, he didn't know it was due to the wooden coffin buried underneath.

  Later, someone accidentally discovered that there were tombs under the big tree, and Dr. Wang had people come to excavate them.

  Dr. Wang has a lot of research materials in Tongzi Building, and apart from that, they haven't found any inhibiting drugs.

  The legs of the beast are still unable to move, but this is not a genetic disease, it's due to forced injection, so it won't expand with age or continue to deteriorate, which is different from Zou Chengyi.

  Wen Baiyu is preparing to return to Beijing first, just in time to ask about the East Sea related matters. Zou Chengyi also wants to investigate the map, their current goal is the same, they must find all the Jianmu, at least find the suppressing Dan medicine within a short period of time.

  Now three sections of Jianmu have been unearthed, a total of six sections, which means there are still three sections left.

  Yi Feng drove the car to send them to the train station, smiling and saying: "Since our next goal is the same, you want to find something to save your uncle and friends, we can also be considered allies. If there's any news, I'll let you know and we'll go together."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly.

  Wan Qi Jinghou Wen Baiyu and Hua She Ou Shou entered the station, preparing to take the train back to Beijing.

  Wen Baiyu said: "I think this Zou Chengyi is getting more and more complicated."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "It doesn't matter, we have a trump card."

  He said, pulling open his luggage, inside was a blue jade box, Wen Baiyu was startled and quickly opened it to take a look, instantly becoming stunned.

  The bone box was exactly the same as the one they had seen in the Guangchuan King's tomb before. Wen Baiyu opened it and saw three sections of tree branches inside, all of which were fragments of Jianmu wood.

  Wen Bai's eyes widened in shock as she stared at Wan Qi Jing Hou, saying: "You... how did you get this?"

  A gentleman governs others by their own way and also governs himself.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  The beast and the snake were lying on a hard bed, but the beast was stuck to the snake's chest, looking at the box in Wen Baiyu's hand and saying: "The tyrant actually has such craftsmanship, it seems that not being a tyrant won't starve to death."

  The train started moving quickly, and Wen Baiyu's phone suddenly rang. The incoming call display showed that it was Zou Chengyi.

  Wen Baiyu held her phone and said to Wan Qi Jinghou, "I don't really want to answer the call, I already know what he's going to say."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou calmly took over the phone and said, "I'll get it."

  He said, and then pressed the answer button. Immediately after that was Zou Chengyi's urgent voice, saying: "Wen Baiyu, is Jianmu with you?"

  Wen Baiyu rubbed his ears, Zou Chengyi's voice was urgent and loud, he had always been calm and elegant, filled with the refinement of everyone's education, as a result, Wen Baiyu could hear him now.

  "I am Wan Xi Jing Hou, and it was I who took it."

  Zou Chengyi's voice paused for a moment, and before he could continue speaking, Wan Kuang Jinghou continued: "You can't use your abilities at will, I'm not at ease with Jianmu being kept by you, since we're all traveling together, it's the same if it's kept by me."

  Zou Chengyi's voice seemed to be biting his back teeth, saying: "Wan Kuang Jinghou, you're good."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's voice was faint and he said, "It's all the same."

  Zou Chengyi seemed to be enraged and hung up the phone quickly. Wan Jingshou returned the mobile phone to Wen Baiyu again.

  Zou Chengyi sat in the passenger seat, furious, and threw his phone away. Yi Feng smiled and said: "Young master, fasten your seatbelt, I'm going to drive."

  Zou Chengyi said: "That Wan Xi Jinghou is really infuriating me to death."

  "Ugh, the wind is strong," she said as she fastened Zou Cheng's seatbelt carefully. "Anyway, their goal is also to find Jianmu, it doesn't matter who has him. I think it's actually more relaxing if Jianmu isn't with Young Master."

  Zou Chengyi gave him a glance and said: "I found that apart from being bold, you also like to speak for outsiders recently."

  Yi Feng suddenly laughed and said: "So, Young Master and I are considered insiders?"

  Zou Cheng's face changed for a moment, and then he said somewhat unnaturally, "Drive."

  Hei Feng looked at him and said, "Who made you give me a heart?"

  He said, having started the car, and smiled: "Young master rest assured, the life of the wind is given by you, I will never leave the young master for a lifetime, until you get sick, can take away the elixir."

  Zou Chengyi didn't say a word, awkwardly turned his head sideways, gazing at the scenery outside the car window.

  Wen Baiyu almost died from sleep on the train, and the hard sleeper was uncomfortable in itself. Moreover, the two people opposite were sticky all the way, and Yao Shou always hugged Huashe's arms to kiss.

  The beast didn't retract its ears and tail, and the snake had no way to deal with it. It could only dress him in a hooded garment to cover his head. As a result, when people saw his exposed face, they thought he was a lovely little girl.

  The beast was still clinging to the snake, wanting to be close and touch it. Wen Baiyu listened to their whispers, unable to fall asleep. Just as she was about to drift off, she heard the beast let out a soft "ah" of moaning.

  The snake covered his mouth and said, "Speak softly."

  The beast blinked its big eyes, its two rabbit ears twitching back and forth as it rubbed against the snake's neck, saying pitifully: "But I feel comfortable calling out."

  The snake's breathing became rough, and it can be imagined what happened next.

  Wen Baiyu wrapped himself in the quilt, it was simply torture. The next morning, he stared with a pair of dark circles under his eyes. Xun Shou, on the other hand, refused to get out of bed and had Hua She carry him around.

  Everyone got off the train, and Wen Baiyu wanted to ask about the Donghai map, so he rushed home immediately. As soon as he pushed open the door, he heard a "meow" cry of despair. Wen Baiyu thought he had accidentally stepped on the cat's tail.

  Just then, a loud shriek came from the toilet, accompanied by the sound of water. Jiǔ Mìng's thunderous voice came from inside, shouting: "Bastard! Let go, save me!! Don't bite my tail, you bastard..."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly covered his forehead, walked over and pushed open the bathroom door. As expected, he saw two unknown creatures "twisted" together in the bathtub at home. Jiuling had nine tails, which were wet from being splashed with water. Donghai was even more exaggerated, taking on the shape of a merman, with the upper body of a naked man and the lower body of a giant fish tail, with angry scales. The fish tail wrapped around Jiuling's tail and gently kissed and nibbled it.

  Jiǔ Mìng heard the sound of the door being pushed open, and let out a loud cry. Seeing that it was Wēn Bái Yǔ and the others, her face turned even redder as she desperately scrambled to get out of the bathtub.

  "Wen Baiyu looked at the floor of his house which was all wet and suddenly got angry, saying: 'You two, hurry up and wipe the floor for me!'"

  Jiǔ Mìng struggled and shouted on one side, while Dōnghǎi calmly said: "Wait until it's all over before wiping."

  "Ah! I'm going to die, stop it...!" Jiǔ Mìng shouted loudly.

  Two hours later, Jiǔ Mìng was barely alive when Dōnghǎi carried him out from inside. Dōnghǎi had transformed into a human figure, wrapped in a bathrobe. Jiǔ Mìng's cat ears and tail were unable to retract due to exhaustion, hanging limply with a hint of dampness, his fur matted together, looking pitiful.

  Wen Baiyu's eyelids twitched wildly as he asked Donghai about the map.

  Dong Hai shook his head and said, "I've never heard of any Jianmu in the Eastern Sea. As for the flowers you mentioned, there's a legendary place called Xian Shan Ying Zhou in the Eastern Sea, where all sorts of rare flowers and grasses grow, but it can't be verified. I've been in the Eastern Sea for so many years, but I've never seen Ying Zhou."

  Wen Baiyu was a bit disappointed, and even Donghai hadn't seen it before, there really wasn't any hope left.

  Donghai paused for a moment and then said: "However, it's not completely hopeless either. After all, you also know that I've been locked underwater for several thousand years, so there are many things I don't know."

  As soon as he mentioned this, Jiǔ Mìng's ears moved involuntarily, and the Eastern Sea he referred to was naturally the huge screen in the underwater tomb, which had been locked for thousands of years. Jiǔ Mìng had some psychological hang-ups about this matter.

  Donghai comfortingly stroked the cat ears of Jiǔ Mìng, who let out a comfortable "hmm" and whose tail hairs stood up.

  Dong Hai said: "If you want to find it, I can take you there. After all, I'm still quite familiar with the place, and I haven't been back in a long time."

  He said, suddenly pinching Jiǔ Mìng's tail, "Meow!!" Jiǔ Mìng immediately let out a loud cry, raised his head and bared his teeth, staring at Dōnghǎi and saying: "What are you doing!"

  Donghai's icy blue eyes took on a hint of a smile as he said, "Also, I'd like to take Jiǔ Mìng to the East Sea for a stroll."

  The nine-tailed fox hummed and pulled its tail out of Donghai's hands, saying: "I'm not going, there's so much water, I hate water."

  Dong Hai said: "Of course I'm going to see my family, after all we've been together for so long."

  Jiuming suddenly flared up, waving his paws and saying: "Hiss, who's with you? I'm warning you, don't bite my tail, ah..."

  The white feathered eyelids jumped up and down, helplessly returned to their own room, letting a fish and a cat roll around freely on the sofa.

  Wen Baiyu also asked Yu Wei Yang to investigate the matter of Jianmu, after all, Yu Wei Yang liked to study ancient books, maybe he could find something.

  After a few days, Zou Chengyi finally called and said that the boat was ready and could set sail at any time. However, they had found very limited information about Jianmu, and after searching for a long time, they still couldn't find anything related to it.

  Zou Chengyi and Yu Wei Yang both saw Yingzhou in ancient books and unofficial histories. Yingzhou has many rare flowers and strange grasses, with four seasons like spring, and immortals living on the island, eating flowers and fruits can live forever without aging, but no one has ever seen it. They saw a record of an ancient tree, which was very small, about the size of a blade of grass, but had the power to revive all things, which coincidentally matched the fragment of Jianmu.

  Zou Chengyi said: "Even if I can't find it, I still want to go and take a look. Otherwise, I won't give up."

  Wen Baiyu was very much in agreement with his words and agreed to meet him in Zhejiang.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou naturally followed Wen Bai Yu, and also went with Dong Hai and Jiu Ming. Yao Shou wanted to go too, but his leg was inconvenient, so Wen Bai Yu let Yao Shou stay at home, and Hua She took care of him.

  Everyone planned to set off, so they went to prepare the things they needed first. Wan Xi Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu made a trip to the supermarket, buying some things that would be needed at sea. This time, their voyage was almost aimless, except for the East China Sea, hardly anyone was familiar with the seawater.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou is actually a snake and is not afraid of water, but Wen Bai Yu and Jiu Ming are both extremely afraid of water, so it's essential to prepare enough things on the sea.

  Wen Baiyu picked up many cans of food, instant noodles and some compressed biscuits.

  When the two were about to go settle the bill, Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly smiled and pointed at the swimsuit store across the way, saying: "Want me to get you a duck-shaped swim ring?"

  Wen Baiyu looked in the direction he was pointing and suddenly turned pale. It was a small inflatable swimming ring prepared for children, with a big yellow duck head on it, and the entire thing was yellow with white polka dots.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu rushed up and pinched his neck, saying: "You bastard Wan Jie Jinghou, what do you mean?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou caught the pouncing Wen Bai Yu and laughed, saying: "You're still so passionate outside, I really almost fell for it?"

  Wen Baiyu coughed and quickly pushed the shopping cart to check out.

  Everyone took the train to Zhejiang. After getting off the train, they saw Zhou Chengyi's black car parked on the side of the road not far away.

  He stood outside, waiting for them, still wearing a long black windbreaker, with glasses on his face and a pair of slightly narrow eyes filled with indifference.

  Yi Feng and the others walked over, opened the car door, and invited them to get in.

  Zou Cheng turned his head to look at the crowd, he had never seen Donghai and Jiuming before, but he could tell at a glance, and couldn't help but laugh and say: "This combination is really unexpected."

  He said, and immediately looked at Wan Qi Jing Hou, saying: "Have you taken good care of the box?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "You can rest assured about this."

  Zou Chengyi didn't say another word and said to Yi Feng: "Drive."

  Yi Feng nodded and turned his body to fasten Zou Cheng's seatbelt before starting the car.

  They arrived at the port by noon. Everyone boarded the ship, which was arranged by Zou Chengyi and was as luxurious as his car.

  Everyone got on the boat and allocated rooms. Wen Baiyu and Jiuming both suffered from seasickness, and as soon as the boat started moving, they became very flustered.

  Instead, Zou Chengyi sat in his wheelchair, looking as elegant as before, and smiled: "You go up to the upper deck and take a walk, blow some wind and you'll be fine."

  "Really?" Wen Baiyu said skeptically.

  "Of course it's true, better than you hiding here."

  He said, and beckoned to the wind to push him up.

  Wen Baiyu grabbed Wan Kuangjing and said, "Then let's go up too."

  After lunch, Wen Baiyu stayed in the room for a whole afternoon. When she walked to the first deck, she saw that the sky had already turned dark. The feeling of watching the sunset on the sea was indeed different from others. The seawater was dyed orange by the setting sun, pulling out long shadows. If you ignore the seawater constantly hitting and roaring against the hull, it's still quite cozy.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou wrapped his arms around his waist, Wen Bai Yu leaned against the railing, looked down and suddenly felt a bit dizzy. Today's wind was particularly strong, the sea breeze was like a sharp knife, cutting across his face and making it ache.

  Wen Baiyu, who was also holding onto Wan Zonghou tightly, said: "Isn't it a bit unlucky to go out to sea today? The wind is so strong!"

  Zou Cheng smiled and looked over, saying: "The sea breeze is stronger at night, this is normal, I didn't expect you to be more afraid of water than me."

  Wen Baiyu thought this was normal, after all, he was a firebird, which firebird likes to dive into the water?!

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was extremely enjoying the feeling of being hugged by Wen Bai Yu, and smiled saying: "In the future when we have time, let's also come out to sea to take a walk."

  Wen Baiyu's head shook immediately like a rattle drum.

  Jiuming was also caught by Donghai and dragged to the main deck, Jiuming was meowing loudly, his hands tightly grasping the railing, as if Donghai was going to push him down. He shouted in a hoarse voice: "I told you I wouldn't come!! Don't move me! I'm going to fall off! Meow... it's too scary! Help...!"

  Jiǔ Mìng shouted loudly, attracting the attention of the crew on the ship. They kept looking over this way. Wēn Bái Yǔ's eyelid twitched as she said, "Let's go back to our room, Jiǔ Mìng is too embarrassing."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou smiled and patted his waist, Wen Bai Yu had been particularly soft since getting on the boat, speaking in a soft and fluffy tone. Wan Qi Jing Hou smiled and said: "Alright, let's go back to our room."

  Just as the two were about to go downstairs, they heard a loud "boom" and the huge ship actually swayed slightly.

  To know that their boat was much larger than the one they took to Snake Mountain last time, such a huge hull was actually hit and shook for a moment, the ship's body involuntarily tilted, and Zou Chengyi's wheelchair almost rolled over.

  Actually, Zou Chengyi was also afraid of water, but on the surface he seemed more "restrained". As soon as the wheelchair shook, Zou Chengyi's face turned pale. Yi Feng grabbed the wheelchair with one hand, and Zou Chengyi had already grabbed Yi Feng's arm, his brown eyes staring at him in terror.

  Yi Feng hastily picked up Zou Chengyi from his wheelchair and said, "Young Master, it's okay."

  He had just spoken when a faint singing voice came over.

  The sound is very distant and ethereal, seemingly a young woman's voice, drifting gently from the vast ocean.

  The sun had already set, and soon dark clouds swept in, covering the sky. The singing voice was faintly heard from the surface of the sea, getting closer and clearer.

  But they couldn't understand what the song was singing about, only feeling that the sound was pleasant and moving, but with a sense of heart-pounding fear.

  The East Sea immediately fell face down and said: "It's bad, it's a mermaid's singing voice."

  As soon as he finished speaking, the crew members on the deck were frightened and fell to the deck with a "thud", losing consciousness at once.

  Wen Baiyu also felt that this voice was familiar, only to find that the song at that time seemed to be sung by Donghai, but now it is a young woman's voice.

  A faint sound came, accompanied by the sound of waves.

  Wen Baiyu felt the wind getting stronger and stronger, the waves crashing against the ship's body, making a "whooshing" sound, followed by a loud "thud", and the ship shook again immediately.

  Wen Baiyu grabbed Wan Kui Jinghou's arm and steadied herself, saying: "Could it be that the merfolk are attacking us?"

  Dong Hai said: "The ship has not yet sailed deep into this place, there should not be mermaids here."

  His words were finished, "Whoosh---" a sound, a huge fish tail flipped up from the outside of the ship's hull, "slap" hitting the deck, the powerful fish tail quickly rolled towards Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu's wrist suddenly felt a chill, and he instantly sensed the icy scales of the fish. A wave of salty seawater splashed onto his face.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's eyes narrowed, the fire essence in his hand flashed brightly, and with a "whoosh", the fish tail was forced back, releasing Wen Bai Yu. With a splash, it dove into the seawater.

  Dong Hai suddenly turned his head and looked around, saying: "Where's Jiu Ming?"

  Everyone was stunned and looked around, indeed there was no shadow of Jiuming, it was unknown where Jiuming had run to in this short while.

  "Are we going back to our room?"

  "Ah——"

  Suddenly, a shrill scream was heard, followed by a loud "Boom!" A huge splash of water splashed up, instantly wetting the entire deck. A figure was swept off the deck by a massive fish tail and plunged into the water with a loud "Splash!"

  It's nine lives.

  Jiuming barely had time to let out a loud cry, and before he could even call for help, he was swept away and plunged into the water.

  The faint singing voice suddenly turned into silvery laughter, and while laughing, she dove into the water...