Chapter 142 That Place 8

  Mr. Qin's appearance was refined, and to a large extent, he had inherited his mother's features. Mr. Qin looked up at the mural on the top of the tomb, and the mural on the top of the tomb seemed to be looking down at him with its eyes, almost identical.

  It turns out that Wei Qiu Shui said it too much, and it's actually this meaning, referring not to Qin boss and his mother looking too alike, but saying they look too much like the Queen of the West.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered what Old Man Qin had said about his own life. When he was very young, a blind Taoist priest had said that if Old Man Qin were a girl, she would definitely be wealthy and noble, but if he were a boy, he wouldn't live long.

  Wen Baiyu had a bold guess, perhaps Qin boss was the descendant of the Queen Mother of the West, and the country of the Queen Mother of the West was a matriarchal tribe, with only queens throughout history. Although Qin boss himself did not know, he also had to dress up as a girl.

  But that's just speculation.

  Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and Qiu Qi asked: "What's going on here?"

  Everyone looked at Qin Boss, and Qin Boss obviously didn't know anything either. Gu Qi said: "Could this be your mother?"

  Mr. Qin shook his head and said: "My own mother can still be recognized, although she looks very similar, but feels completely different."

  Wen Baiyu looked at the old photo, Qin boss's mother also had a noble air, but was very gentle, looking very kind and benevolent. However, this painting gives people a sense of oppression, the woman's mouth corners slightly raised, although smiling, there is an invisible pressure.

  Lu Kai patted Qin boss's back and said: "Don't think too much, sit down and rest first."

  Everyone had countless guesses in their minds at that time, but they were all just guesses. Even Qin boss himself didn't know the answer and couldn't respond to everyone's speculation.

  But now that I think about it, if Old Qin is really a descendant of the Queen Mother of the West, he and his mother look very alike, and Old Qin's mother is also a descendant of the Queen Mother of the West. Xie Feng must have had a reason to capture them, definitely wanting Old Qin's mother to reveal where the Queen Mother of the West's treasure is hidden.

  Everyone sat down to rest and made some simple food. Xie Yan's body didn't have any serious external injuries, even if there were any, they would be just minor bruises or scratches, which could be easily treated with almost no bleeding.

  What's most important is that Xie Yan's body was weak, he had been locked in a stone coffin to practice corpse refinement for an unknown amount of time, his body was almost hollowed out and his internal organs were slightly injured. Additionally, Xie Yan was only one of the three souls of the wooden tablet, and he hadn't worn it for a long time, so his yin soul was a bit unstable, making him even weaker.

  Xie Yan fainted and never woke up again. His breathing was still stable, but he remained immersed in a deep sleep.

  Xie Lin didn't take a step back and kept staring at Xie Yun, reaching out to hold his hand, her eyes fixed on him without blinking for even a second.

  Everyone had eaten and saw Xie Lin that still sat there, Wen Baiyu said: "You should eat something too."

  Xie Lin took the bowl, but he didn't seem to have much of an appetite. What he hoped for most now was for Xie Yun to wake up and eat something to replenish his energy. They had rushed in so hastily that they hadn't brought any medicine with them, nor could they give Xie Yun an intravenous drip. If they wanted to replenish their strength, all they could do was eat and sleep.

  Xie Lin held the bowl and after a while said: "Xie Yun is in great danger now, I think I should take Xie Yun out first, he needs to go to the hospital."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone stopped what they were doing, and several people who had been about to fall asleep suddenly sat up straight.

  Xie Yan's situation is indeed bad, but Xie Lin'gong is the one who has been poisoned the deepest. He himself is also physically weak. Although everyone knows that Xie Lin'gong actually has very ruthless means and doesn't look as weak as he appears, they have obviously already entered the "that place" of the Queen Mother of the West's country. This place is likely to be a cemetery group of the Queen Mother of the West's country, where there are mechanisms everywhere and dangers everywhere. Xie Lin'gong takes Xie Yan with him, and everyone will absolutely not feel at ease.

  But if everyone is escorted away with Xie Yun, what about Ruo Qifeng and Wei Qiushui who are still missing?

  Xie Yan has already done so, and Kou Qifeng may also be in danger. Sending them out of the tomb and then turning back will absolutely not make it in time.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Wait a little longer, maybe Xie Yan will wake up soon. If you take Xie Yan away and encounter danger, what will you do?"

  Wen Baiyu was a bit anxious, if Xie Yan's condition really wasn't good, dragging it out like this wouldn't work either. What if something happened? However, Wen Baiyu was also at a loss for what to do now. The Gu poison on his body was spreading and he couldn't give Xie Yan his own blood, or else he would be poisoned too and their team would have one more person in a terrible state.

  At this time, the black feather suddenly stood up and said: "Use my blood."

  He said, stretching out his hand to flatten it, that must be the Phoenix Bone Dagger/Head. Wen Baiyu hesitated for a moment, although his four eggs looked big, but in fact they were just two days old after hatching, and previously used the blood of Hei Yu's feathers to save Qiong Ji, now again using the blood of Hei Yu's feathers, it was unknown whether his four eggs could hold on.

  Wen Baiyu hesitated for a moment before placing the Phoenix Bone Dagger in Hei Yu's hand.

  Hei Yu Mao held the Feng Gu bone dagger, his right hand's fingertips made a "whooshing" sound, and suddenly a flame burst out, burning the dagger for a moment. The Feng Gu bone dagger met the fire spirit's flames, making a "whooshing" sound as it ignited, with long, slender dagger wrapped in raging flames.

  However, the flame soon went out, and the dagger was burned red. The black feather held the dagger, drew a line on its own fingertips, then walked over, squatted in front of Xie Yun, and placed its fingertips on Xie Yun's lips.

  Xie Lin hurriedly got up, pinched Xie Yan's chin, and made Xie Yan open his mouth. Xie Yan was still asleep and had no strength at all, so his mouth opened with just one pinch.

  The wound with black feathers was very deep, and the blood slid down Xie Yun's lips and into his mouth, quickly entering his oral cavity. Xie Yun's throat moved slightly, as if he was swallowing.

  Qī Dǔ kept staring at the tip of the black feather, Qī Dǔ had tasted the blood flavor of the black feather before and seemed to like this taste very much. Qī Dǔ has always had a bloodthirsty nature, smelling this bloody smell, his throat moved with it, looking somewhat hungry, his nose slightly twitching, emitting a "hū——hū——" breath.

  The wound with the black feathers healed quickly, and a lot of blood flowed in. The black feather stood up, walked back to its original position, wiped away the bloodstains on Feng Gu's dagger/hilt, and returned it to Wen Bai Yu.

  "Wen Baiyu asked worriedly: 'How are you feeling?'"

  Kuroba smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's already healed."

  As he spoke, he raised his index finger and shook it slightly, which had already fully healed.

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief, but upon looking at his hand, he saw that there was a red mark on the palm. He couldn't help but grab hold of Hei Yuemao's hand and make him spread open his palm, revealing a long, shallow red scar in the center of his palm, like a crimson imprint left behind after a scab had fallen off.

  Wen Baiyu said: "How did this happen? The scratches from last time haven't healed yet?"

  He withdrew his hand with black feathers and said, "Nothing."

  He was speaking, when Xie Yun suddenly coughed, Xie Lin hurriedly put down the bowl and reached out to support him. Xie Yun's face color miraculously recovered a bit, no longer as waxen yellow as before, his lips also had some blood color, he violently coughed several times, but did not spit blood, and quickly opened his eyes.

  Xie Lin was overjoyed and stretched out her hand to hug Xie Yan, saying: "Xie Yan, you're finally awake."

  Xie Yan's mind was dizzy and he couldn't quite recall what had just happened, leaning heavily on Xie Lin's shoulder in a daze.

  Ye Liu Xiang saw Xie Yun and immediately came over, anxiously saying: "Xie Yun, where's Uncle? Where's Luo Qi Feng?"

  Xie Yan was asked by him and immediately looked a bit tired, narrowing his eyes as if recalling something, then he couldn't help but start coughing again, unable to say anything.

  Ye Liu's voice was extremely urgent, but Xie Yun couldn't say a word and could only make a few monosyllabic sounds. Now that he thought about it, before Xie Yun passed out earlier, he had also only made monosyllabic sounds.

  Xie Lin's eyes narrowed, and she suddenly said: "Xie Yan, what's wrong with your throat?"

  Xie Yan was extremely exhausted, leaning on Xie Lin's shoulder, his eyelids twitched a few times before opening again, with bloodshot eyes that looked somewhat frightening, then he opened his mouth.

  Xie Yan opened his mouth as wide as possible, and everyone immediately let out a "wow" in unison.

  Xie Yan's throat was deep red and swollen, looking mottled and peeled, like the flesh inside was bleeding.

  Just now, because it was just to let Xie Yun drink blood, and didn't make an effort to look at Xie Yun's throat, so I didn't discover that in Xie Yun's throat, there was actually something stuck inside. Although it was inserted vertically, it wasn't difficult to see that it was a white jade cicada, which was stuck in Xie Yun's mottled throat, unable to go up or down. Every time Xie Yun swallowed, he felt extremely painful and couldn't say a complete sentence.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered that Boss Yu's throat had been injured before. When Boss Yu was taken away by Huo Mo, in order to prevent him from speaking, Huo Mo stuffed something into Boss Yu's throat, not sure if it was the same thing.

  Judging from Xie Yan's expression, he must be in a lot of pain.

  Xie Lin's eyes were full of blood, and she tightly hugged Xie Yun in her arms, not letting Xie Yun see the anger/hatred in her own eyes. Her voice was very gentle, softly saying: "Xie Yun, it's okay, rest for a while, it's okay."

  Xie Yan nodded hard and opened his mouth, but no sound came out of his throat.

  Everyone who saw this scene had a sour and numb feeling in their hearts, feeling a chill on their backs, not knowing who was so cruel, perhaps fearing that Xie Yun would make a cry for help during the refining process, so they stuffed this thing into his throat.

  Because it was buried too deep, they couldn't get it out, and didn't know if this thing would suddenly catch fire without the protection of moisture.

  Ye Liu Xiang was somewhat disappointed, Xie Yan was too weak, nodding was extremely strenuous, and soon fell asleep again, there was simply no way to tell them where Luo Qi Feng was.

  However, judging from Xie Yun's performance, it seems that Xie Yun also doesn't know where Luo Qifeng is, they might have gotten separated as well.

  Everyone sat back down on the ground. Wan Xi Jing Hou put his arm around Wen Bai Yu's shoulder and asked, "How are you? Is your body feeling uncomfortable?"

  Wen Baiyu shook his head and said, "It's okay, just a bit tired."

  He said, rolling up his sleeves, the tattoos on his arms were very obvious, and the greenish-black poison was spreading. Whether or not they had six wooden plaques in their hands, the poison was spreading. The problem must have originated from this tomb.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou reached out and placed his hand on Wen Bai Yu's head, letting him lean against himself. "Close your eyes and rest for a while, Xie Yan also needs to rest."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and leaned against Wang Ju's shoulder, her mind dazed and soon fell asleep.

  Mr. Qin was lost in thought, Qin Pei was worried about Wei Qiu Shui, Ye Liu Xiang was worried about Luo Qi Feng, An Ran's body was not good, Mo Yi was also worried, only Meng Qi was carefree, although he had been poisoned by the poisonous needle, but didn't show any signs of worry at all, after eating something, he fell asleep quickly and snored loudly against Ming Gui.

  Seven crouched beside the black feather, his eyes fixed on the tip of the black feather's finger, where although it had already healed, but just bled, Seven seemed to still see the remaining delicious blood, and couldn't help but lick his tongue.

  Hei Yu Mao lowered his head and saw Qi Duan licking his own fangs. Qi Duan's appearance was not lovely, nor delicate, but rather a bit three-dimensional, slightly stern, with sharp wolf-like teeth that would reveal themselves when he smiled, longer than the rest of his teeth. The red tip of Qi Duan's tongue curled around his fangs in a motion that was inexplicably sensual.

  Hei Yu Mao blinked his eyes, suddenly reached out and pressed against Qi Duan's lips. Qi Duan was a bit surprised and delighted, quickly opened his mouth and gently held Hei Yu Mao's fingers in his mouth, but didn't dare to use force, he didn't dare to bite Hei Yu Mao with his teeth, afraid that Hei Yu Mao would be unhappy.

  Hei Yu Mao's fingers slightly rotated, and Qi Duan was stunned. His tongue tip wrapped around Hei Yu Mao's fingertips back and forth. Hei Yu Mao chuckled lightly and suddenly inserted his finger inward, pressing it against Qi Duan's tongue head. Like playing the piano, he quickly pressed several times on Qi Duan's tongue tip.

  Qī Dǔ let out a low "hmm" and his breathing started to get heavier, at this moment Hei Yǔ Máo withdrew her fingers, Qī Dǔ felt a bit embarrassed, Hei Yǔ Máo's fingers were wet from being sucked on, he quickly went to rummage through the luggage, wanting to find some tissues for Hei Yǔ Máo to wipe her hands with.

  The result was that the black feather withdrew its finger and put it to its mouth, stuck out its tongue tip, and lightly licked its own index finger.

  From the depths of his throat, a low growl suddenly emerged, and he pounced on it, pinning the black feathers to the ground. His deep blue eyes stared tightly at the black feathers, his lips falling down, wanting to kiss the black feathers.

  He tilted his head and said, "Want a kiss?"

  Qī dǔn líkè diǎn tóu, shǐ jìn de diǎn tóu, bí zi lǐ hū chū de qì xī jiǎn zhí tàng rén.

  English Translation:

  Qi Dun nodded vigorously, his nose exhaling hot air as he did so.

  Kuroba smiled slightly, narrowing his eyes as he lay on the ground, his hair scattered around his face, revealing his entire face and narrow eyes, and the smile that lifted the corners of his mouth seemed somewhat cold.

  "But I don't want to," said Hei Yu Mao in a soft voice.

  Qī dǔnèng le yí xià, suí jí yǒu diǎn luò bài, yòng nǎo dài zài hēi yǔ máo bó zi shàng gǒng le gǒng, shēn shēn de xī le yī kǒu qì, rán hòu jiù yào pá qǐ lái.

  English Translation:

  Qi was stunned for a moment, then slightly disheartened, he used his head to nudge the black feathered neck, took a deep breath, and then wanted to get up.

  Hei Yu Mao laughed again, reached out and pressed his hand on Qi Duan's waist. Qi Duan's waist suddenly went numb, and he immediately fell over, landing right on Hei Yu Mao's body. Hei Yu Mao didn't mind the weight, wrapped his arms around Qi Duan's back, and with a very charming voice, laughed and said: "I was just teasing you."

  Qī Dǔn was taken aback at first, but immediately ignored Hei Yu Máo's teasing smile and lowered his head to fiercely kiss Hei Yu Máo's lips. Qī Dǔn kissed with all his might, panting heavily, but soon lost control to Hei Yu Máo, whose deep blue eyes sparkled with tears yet shone brighter and brighter.

  Hei Yu Mao kissed Qi Ba for a while, finding his own breathing somewhat unstable, so he let go of Qi Ba. Qi Ba was still unsatisfied, panting heavily, opening his mouth to kiss Hei Yu Mao's neck, occasionally going to kiss Hei Yu Mao's hair.

  Kuroba grasped the hands of Nanashi, who was lying on the ground, and pinned his legs under her own, rendering him immobile and too afraid to move.

  Hei Yu Mao closed his eyes and held Qi Ye like a giant body pillow, Qi Ye saw that he was asleep and didn't dare to disturb him. He stretched out his hand to hook Hei Yu Mao's hair, wanting to pinch it in his hand, but found that he couldn't hook it, so he had no choice but to give up. He took a deep breath and sniffed the fragrance on Hei Yu Mao's hair.

  Wen Baiyu didn't sleep deeply, as it was just a short rest. After a while, she woke up and opened her eyes to see Si Dan and Qi Duan hugging each other while sleeping. Wen Baiyu's temples throbbed violently twice.

  When Wen Baiyu opened his eyes, Wan Jie Jinghou closed his eyes. Wen Baiyu thought he was asleep, so he didn't move and didn't want to disturb Wan Jie Jinghou's rest.

  At this time, An Ran, who was lying on Mo Yi's leg, suddenly let out a "huh" and sat up abruptly, saying: "Crying sound."

  His words immediately startled everyone awake. Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately opened his eyes and said, "Is that the sound of a bell?"

  An nodded calmly and said: "Yes, it's exactly the same as the sound just now, but a bit far away. Someone has touched the wind chime."

  There is still someone in the tomb, and the bell has been touched. If it's not Wei Youcai, then it must be Luo Qifeng.

  Everyone immediately stood up, quickly packed their luggage, put everything on their backs, Xie Lin'gong carried Xie Yan on his back, and everyone was ready to set off in the direction of An Ran's voice.

  Apart from An Ran, no one else heard any sound, and everyone could only follow the direction pointed out by An Ran.

  The path was very wide and led straight forward, the path inside was extremely dark/black, people held flashlights and ran forward, after running for about five minutes, still no bell sound was heard, nor did An Ran hear any crying sounds.

  They ran for another twenty minutes, and the path continued to stretch forward. Finally, they saw a large gate in front of them, shaped like a cicada, extremely tall and made entirely of jade. The flaws on its surface were carved into the eyes and wing patterns of a jade cicada.

  The gate had already been opened, and it was clear that someone had passed through here before. On the inside of the gate, countless bronze wind chimes were hanging, still ringing out with a "ting-ting" sound. It was obvious that as soon as someone opened the door, the bronze wind chimes on the back of the gate would ring out. These wind chimes were made of some special material, and their sound was extremely eerie, to the point where it could even summon zombies from their graves.

  Everyone who saw the gate was shocked, and there was a keyhole on it, exactly the same as the one they had seen on the skull wall before. At first glance, it seemed irregular and strange, but in fact, it was a cicada-shaped keyhole, which could be inserted vertically.

  Seeing this keyhole, everyone thought of it, and the person in front of them was likely Wei Youcai.

  "Let's hurry."

  Everyone immediately passed through the gate of Yu Zhen's house and walked in. The bronze bell was still ringing, but no zongzi came out, presumably having run away with the people in front.

  The crowd walked through the gate and continued to move forward, inside was also a dark place. Behind the gate was a tomb chamber similar to a large hall, at the other end of the tomb chamber there was another door which was also open, after passing through it, they connected with another dark tomb passage.

  Qī Dǔn's nose was particularly keen and he soon let out a loud shout, seemingly excited. Everyone lowered their heads to take a look and found that there was a patch of blood on the ground.

  Qin Pei's heart skipped a beat and said, "Is it Wei Youcai?"

  As the crowd walked forward, the path was very short and disappeared after a five-minute walk. It connected to a huge empty space that was extremely large, so large that it was impossible to see the end. Suddenly, the front became wide and open, giving off a desolate feeling as if they were not in a cemetery but rather in a forest.

  In the empty field in front, countless trees were planted, but all of them had been cut down, leaving only tree stumps. The tree stumps were about as high as Wen Baiyu's calf, and the annual rings on top were very clear and thick. At a glance, these trees were not young.

  All the trees have been cut down, and between each tree stump, there are coffins made of black wood. They don't look exquisite or particular, but there are a large number of them.

  Everyone looked over and saw a row of tree stumps, a row of coffins, a row of tree stumps, a row of coffins, neatly arranged.

  Wan Qi Jinghou walked a few steps forward and said: "There's something smeared on the tree stump, everyone don't touch it, it might be poisonous."

  Wen Baiyu carefully examined the tree stumps, the smallest of which was estimated to be several hundred years old. After being cut off, a layer of coating had obviously been applied to the surface of the stump, isolating it from the air and preventing decay, thus preserving it for so many years.

  Wen Baiyu said: "There are so many coffins/materials in this place, what is the meaning of it?"

  Everyone couldn't see what was going on at the time, but this arrangement was very dense, and there was paint on the tree stumps. It looked extremely dangerous to pass through from here.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Don't touch anything, let's just go past."

  He said, took out the dragon scale ladle/first, grasped it in his hand, and tied the flashlight to his arm. He quickly became the first one to walk forward, and everyone else formed a single line, following the person in front of them slowly walking forward.

  There is a small gap between the tree stump and the coffin, just enough for an adult man to pass through, with slightly taller ones needing to lean their body sideways.

  Everyone held their breath and walked slowly forward, stepping on the footprints of those in front of them, not daring to stray even a little. The empty space composed of tree stumps and coffins was extremely vast, and everyone had been walking for half an hour, but still saw endless tree stumps and coffins before them, as if they would never be able to walk out.

  He's so exhausted, he's tall and big in stature, when walking, he has to be careful not to trip over his own feet, his stomach is cramping up, saying: "My god, I'm dead tired, can't go on, can we take a short rest?"

  Others were also exhausted, but they had nowhere to sit and could only stand still and rest on the spot.

  Xie Yan was still in a daze, leaning on Xie Lin's back, Xie Lin was sweating profusely, panting slightly, and his face didn't look particularly good.

  Everyone stood and rested for five minutes. In fact, standing like this didn't rest well either, so they simply continued walking forward again, and walked for another half an hour.

  Everyone walked with their heads spinning, and a loud voice said: "How can it be so big? We haven't even walked out yet, it's like hitting a wall!"

  He said that, and everyone was stunned. Wan Qi Jing Hou quickly looked at the tree stump and coffin on the ground, frowned and said: "Ghost hitting the wall..."

  Qiong Qi's eyes widened and he said, "Is this really a case of 'ghost hitting the wall'?"

  Ming Gui also realized, frowning and saying: "The arrangement of tree stumps and coffins has a problem. If we simply shuttle through the gaps to walk, it's likely that we'll enter a maze trap and form a ghostly wall."

  The poor devil said: "It seems like we've been walking for an hour and just ended up back where we started?"

  An Ran said: "What can we do? The tree stump is poisonous and we can't just step on it."

  Wen Baiyu said: "I have a good idea. The tree stump is poisonous, but the coffin board is not poisonous. Let's step on the coffin board to walk."

  This method is really too simple, Wen Baiyu said it out loud, and everyone felt a sense of being insulted by their intelligence quotient, but indeed it's a good method, Wan Jingshou took the lead in climbing onto the coffin board.

  The coffin is one section higher than the tree stump, standing on the coffin, there is a feeling of overlooking all the small mountains, and walking is also very smooth. However, Wen Baiyu was not happy because he didn't have Wan Qi Jinghou's height and long legs, the coffins were a bit far apart, and Wen Baiyu had to jump to get over.

  The tree stump and the coffin material are not straight, because there is a coating on the tree stump that absorbs light, plus the coffin material blocks the tree stump. These narrow gaps are not roads but a kind of mechanism to confuse tomb robbers, making them turn around in circles forever, walking in an arc shape, and soon running back.

  Treading on the coffins/materials to walk, it is also impossible to tread along the coffins/materials all the way, because the coffins/materials are also arranged in an arc shape. Therefore, people sometimes need to step from one coffin/material to another, and sometimes they need to tread down from the coffins/materials, shuttling through a section of tree stumps and the gaps between the coffins/materials, which is very wasteful of physical strength.

  Wen Baiyu's sweat was all coming down, and he didn't know if it was because of the lack of oxygen underground. Apart from being tired, Wen Baiyu felt that breathing was quite difficult, and even climbing up the coffin board was a bit laborious.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stood on the coffin, turned his head and took a look at Wen Bai Yu, stretched out his hand to pull him up, Wen Bai Yu was already panting, his face covered in hot sweat.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Do you want to take a break?"

  Wen Baiyu waved her hand and said, "It's okay, we can still hold on. We need to get through this difficult period as soon as possible, so we can find a place to sit down and rest. Standing doesn't count as resting."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Then be careful."

  He said, with a long stride, he immediately jumped onto another coffin board.

  Wen Baiyu looked at it and was so angry. If the tomb wasn't too low, he would have flown up, which would definitely be more energy-efficient than walking with a coffin.

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath and was about to step over, but suddenly felt as if his feet were stuck with glue, unable to move, almost falling off the coffin.

  An Ran let out a loud "Hoo—" and immediately shouted from behind: "Wen Baiyu! Watch your step!"

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head to take a look, because the boots were thick and she had been walking for a while, her legs were already numb, and she didn't feel anything. When she looked down, a hand had silently stretched out from the coffin at some point and grabbed Wen Baiyu's ankle.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly took a deep breath, and with a swift turn of his wrist, he stabbed the Phoenix Bone Dagger downwards.

  The hand in the coffin suddenly withdrew, and Wen Baiyu took advantage of the momentum to jump forward, and Wan Jingshou caught her.

  At the same time, a faint "creaking" sound started to emerge. All the coffin lids had noticeable cracks on them, but these cracks were not caused by trampling. They were very regular and looked like they were man-made. On each of the coffin lids, two circular marks appeared, just like ancient shackles, which allowed the arms of the zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings) to stick out from inside.

  "Ka ka......"

  "Ah..."

  "Ka... ka..."

  As the sound continued to rise, the coffins that everyone was standing on all revealed such scratches, and soon a pair of dark purple skin mummy hands stretched out and grabbed at people standing on the coffins.

  Mo Yi was holding An Ran, and suddenly jumped up from the coffin, jumping onto another coffin. Another coffin also made a "slap" sound, and An Ran shouted loudly: "Be careful!"

  Mo Yi suddenly lifted one leg and quickly stomped down, hearing a "crack" sound. The dried-up corpse's hand that had just stretched out was forcefully trampled by Mo Yi, instantly producing the sound of breaking bones, and was actually directly crushed off.

  Mo Yee said: "Good grandson, hold me tight."

  He said, hugging An Ran and continuing to move forward quickly. Mo Yi's movements were very agile, and he soon caught up from behind.

  Others followed behind, at this time Ming Gui's golden needle and Qi San Ye's steel beads were the most useful, seeing a dry corpse's hand stretched out, they would strike it down fiercely, regardless of whether it was far or near, absolutely all could be broken off in one go.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou saw that people in the back were about to run over, so he immediately went forward to take a look, grabbed Wen Bai Yu's hand and said: "Let's go this way."

  Wen Baiyu followed Wan Jingshou to move the coffin, when suddenly with a loud crack, two skulls burst out of the coffin lid. The desiccated hands didn't come out, but a desiccated face was about to emerge from the hole. This face was somewhat emaciated, but it couldn't fit through the armhole either. A terrifying face got stuck in the coffin's hole, constantly opening and closing its teeth, staring at them with lecherous eyes.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, this visual impact was a bit too much, but later found that the corpse couldn't drill out, so she slightly put down her guard.

  "Let's go, don't stop again."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and continued to follow Wan Qi Jinghou as they ran forward. This patch of tree stumps was very large, and precisely because it was so big, even if it had been trampled into an arc shape, it wouldn't have been noticed by anyone. They ran all the way, with the people behind them following closely, running for a full twenty minutes before finally seeing the road ahead.

  Qin Pei was always running behind, but he was a young master who had never had such a large amount of exercise before, and the night before he had also done some exercises with Wei Qianshui, his body ached badly, he was struggling to catch up, but it seemed like he couldn't keep up with the speed of the main team.

  Mr. Qin kept turning back and shouting at Qin Pei, "Qin Pei! Quick!"

  Qin Pei also wanted to hurry, but she really couldn't run anymore. Just as she was about to run out, she slightly propped up her knees to rest for a moment. At this time, the intact coffin board under her feet suddenly made a loud "cracking" sound, and then a pair of dry corpse arms suddenly stretched out and grabbed Qin Pei's small legs.

  Qin Pei let out a cry of "Ah……", his legs were grabbed by the corpse, and he immediately fell into the coffin's pit. The corpse's arm was very powerful, holding Qin Pei, wanting to drag him from outside into the coffin.

  Qin Pei was frightened out of her wits, and Old Qin was also badly scared. He immediately turned around to go rescue Qin Pei, but Luo Kai pressed him down, saying: "You run quickly, I'll go!"

  Luo Kai was about to run back when he saw a black shadow suddenly darting out from the slope. He seemed to be unafraid of the venom on the tree stump, and with one swift motion, he grabbed Qin Pei and lifted her up.

  That man's arm strength was astonishing, and with one hand, he lifted Qin Pei out of the coffin. The mummy's arm came out of the hole, just about to grab Qin Pei again, when a silver thread flashed in the black shadow's hand. With a swift swing, a steel wire cut off the mummy's arm into two pieces.

  Blood splattered up, scaring Qin Pei to shut his eyes tightly. The man pulled him forward in a quick run. It wasn't until then that Qin Pei came back to himself, opening his eyes wide with surprise and delight, shouting: "Wei Qianshui?!"

  The person holding Qin Pei was indeed Wei Qianshui, who had injuries on his body and bloodstains on his clothes. However, he didn't look too bad off. With a determined face, he dragged the person forward, saying: "Who told you to come here? Hurry back."

  Qin Pei was about to speak when Wei Qianshui suddenly loosened his grip and flung him forward. Qin Pei's body instantly drew a parabola in the air, and he flew out in an instant. Qin Pei only had time to hug his head tightly before crashing into the crowd.

  Everyone rushed to help Qin Pei down. Qin Pei felt a bit dizzy and when she lifted her head, Wei Youcai was nowhere to be seen again!

  Qin Pei stood up and looked around, but Wei You was nowhere to be found. She felt a bit dazed and said, "Where's he?"

  Mr. Qin said: "He's back again."

  Qin Pei said in surprise: "Go back? What for?"

  Wei Qianshui suddenly ran in the opposite direction, what did he come for? Moreover, looking at Wei Qianshui's appearance, it seems that he is not afraid of the mechanisms in the tomb either. What else does Wei Qianshui know?

  Qin Pei realized that she didn't know Wei Qiu Shui at all, they had only been to bed twice. The first time was when Qin Pei and Wei Qiu Shui were both drunk, after waking up Qin Pei was confused, guessing that Wei Qiu Shui also regretted it. The second time was in the tent, Wei Qiu Shui kept saying he liked Qin Pei, but obviously, Wei Qiu Shui had been prepared beforehand. After Qin Pei fainted from exhaustion, Wei Qiu Shui disappeared.

  Wei Qiu Shui didn't know what he wanted to do at all.

  The zongzi in the coffin were still roaring and struggling desperately, several of them trying to stick their faces out of the hole in the coffin lid, frantically pounding on the coffin lid. The coffin lids weren't made of good wood, these zongzi were probably just raised in a ghost-beating wall formation, so they didn't have any good treatment.

  The coffin lid creaked under the weight, making a "cracking" sound as if it was about to shatter. Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Let's go, no time to waste."

  Qin Pei was somewhat disheartened, he had grown up this big, because his family was very wealthy, Qin Pei never worried about food and drink, even if his father didn't pass on his skills to him, but gave some of the property to Qin Pei, Qin Pei had always been very proud, and had never been so disheartened before.

  Mr. Qin grabbed Qin Pei and said, "Come on, Qin Pei, don't just stand there."

  Qin Pei nodded slightly and glanced back, following the person in front of him to continue walking forward. After a few steps, he suddenly turned around again, but he didn't see anything.

  After passing through the array of tree stumps that resembled a ghost hitting a wall, everyone entered an extremely ordinary tomb passage. However, the murals inside the tomb passage began to become more exquisite, and at first glance, they were already close to the core.

  Everyone is a little excited and nervous now, the only concern is Luo Qifeng, Wei Qiushui and others have met, nothing big happened.

  Qin Pei was walking at the back, and Qin boss wasn't at ease with him, so he fell behind to wait for Qin Pei. As a result, he found that there was blood under Qin Pei's feet, which extended all the way along the tomb path.

  Mr. Qin was startled and said: "Qin Pei, are you bleeding?!"

  Qin Pei was called back to his senses at this time, he looked down and saw that it was the blood on his leg. His ankle bone still hurt, but it had almost healed. The blood on his leg was new, just scratched by the dry corpse grabbing his calf and pulling him down, part of it was scratched by the dry corpse, and another part was pinched out of the hole.

  Qin Pei's mind was all muddled and she didn't take it seriously at all.

  Wen Baiyu turned his head back, Qin Pei's blood was too much, all the way were his blood, no wonder Qi Du had been very excited and restless, constantly panting heavily, must have smelled the smell of blood.

  Qin Pei's nosebleed had just stopped, and now her leg was bleeding again. She would soon lose too much blood.

  Everyone stopped to help Qin Wei stop the bleeding. Qin Wei's physical quality was indeed different from others, and although Egg's tears could stop the bleeding, it wasn't very fast and was less effective than others.

  Qin Pei had been in a daze just now, so she didn't feel it, but now she finally feels a little dizzy, however, it's only slightly dizzy, and she can still continue to walk inside.

  No one dared to delay any longer, so after bandaging their wounds, they continued on their way.

  After walking for a while, there was suddenly some light in front of them. Wen Baiyu was slightly startled and said: "What's that light ahead? It's not a lantern either."

  The crowd slowly moved forward, all on guard. The path in front of the tomb turned a corner, and at the turn, a faint light emanated from it.

  Everyone cautiously followed the path, turning around the bend, and suddenly they all let out a "wow" - it wasn't that Wen Baiyu was inexperienced, but he really hadn't seen so much gold before.

  "Wow, so much gold?!"

  On both sides of the tomb path, there were piles of golden sand, shiny gold, and gold was like soil, piled up casually, almost filling the tomb path, forming small hills. The narrowness of the tomb path left only a little road in the middle, and there was also a thin layer of golden sand on the road.

  No wonder there is some light, so much glittering gold.

  "Is this really wealth?"

  The long tomb path, all piled with golden sand. So much golden sand, the Queen Mother of the West allows people who have made contributions to enter that place. If these represent wealth, people who have made contributions can take away this golden sand from inside. This kind of reward is indeed quite tempting.

  But what about eternal life?

  The crowd walked slowly along the tomb path, their feet treading on a thin layer of golden sand, making a "creaking" sound. This tomb path was like a golden carpet, and walking on it felt a bit luxurious, yet also a bit strange.

  Wen Baiyu always felt that something was off and hesitated to say: "Don't you guys feel anything strange? Why do I feel like the ground beneath my feet doesn't feel like gold?"

  "What is that thing?"

  Wen Baiyu shook her head and said: "I don't know... but I always feel that it doesn't seem like Jinsha..."

  Wen Baiyu said, carefully listening to the sound of the golden sand making a "gulugulu" sound, still feeling very strange. Wen Baiyu had a strange idea, always thinking that this "gulugulu" sound was extremely ethereal, as if it wasn't coming from the ground and entering her ears, but rather from her brain entering her ears.

  At this time, Ye Liu responded with a loud "Hoo---", Wen Baiyu was startled and used his flashlight to shine on him, but found that the flashlight in his hand had disappeared at some point.

  Wen Baiyu's head turned around in terror to look at the others, but no one had a flashlight in their hands, nor was there a camp lamp, yet all around was surprisingly bright, with only a faint glow of gold, which was absolutely not that bright.

  Wen Baiyu's mind went "buzz" and he heard Ye Liu's voice, who had just let out a cry of surprise, say: "I... I see many zongzi on the ground! And there is also a blue flower..."

  Wen Baiyu's mind buzzed again as he heard this, and subconsciously reached out to grab Wan Qi Jinghou, saying: "Hallucination!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou looked at Wen Bai Yu, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, and then suddenly narrowed his eyes, the dragon-scale dagger flashed horizontally, and everyone let out a cry of alarm, just as Wan Kuang Jing Hou was about to slash the dagger towards Wen Bai Yu.

  Just then, a "whoosh" sound was heard, and the blade slid across Wen Baiyu's neck, with a burst of fresh blood gushing out. Wen Baiyu felt a wave of heat on his neck, and instinctively reached up to press against it, but there was no pain. His vision began to blur, and Wan Jingshou quickly wrapped his arms around his waist.

  Wen Baiyu's vision suddenly went black, but she quickly regained consciousness. Before she could see clearly what was in front of her, she caught a whiff of a familiar scent and immediately remembered Ye Liuxiang saying he saw many zongzi and blue flowers.

  Blue flowers...

  They have also been seen in the stone caves of Xiangxi, growing on coffins or logs suspended from cliffs, capable of bewildering the mind and inducing hallucinations.

  What Ye Liu Xiang just saw was probably seen by the ghost eye on his hand.

  The Ghost Eye won't be misled, it's just that the compatibility between Ye Liu Xiang and the Ghost Eye isn't very good, so it works sometimes but not others.

  Ye Liu Xiang's last sentence revealed the truth, and everyone suddenly woke up. Looking down at the ground again, there was no golden sand, but instead skulls everywhere, with bones piled up like hills, almost filling the entire tomb passage, leaving only a narrow path in the middle. The ground was also littered with broken bones. They had not been stepping on gold sand earlier, but on bones!

  Wen Baiyu followed Wan Jinhou and walked in the front, at that time Wen Baiyu was the first to say "so much gold sand", so the people who came later heard Wen Baiyu's unconscious hint, plus the fragrance of blue flowers, all took the bones on the ground as gold sand.

  Just as Wen Baiyu said the word "illusion", a zongzi suddenly jumped up from the ground and pounced on Wen Baiyu. At that time, although Wen Baiyu had already realized that he was in an illusion, he couldn't escape at all. Wan Qi Jinghou's willpower was stronger than his, and he wasn't poisoned by the thorn apple, so he struggled out of the illusion immediately and slashed the zongzi with his dragon-scale dagger.

  The blood of the zongzi splattered out and sprayed onto the crowd, only then did they suddenly wake up and see the corpses all over the ground.

  Everyone is shaken and stabilized, what wealth is fundamentally an illusion.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the ones that had fallen to the ground, the already lifeless zongzi, and surprisingly they were white-skinned zongzi. They had seen them before, and often saw them, almost becoming a symbol of the tomb burial of the Queen Mother of the West.

  The white-skinned zongzi wore a cicada-shaped mask, which had been cut open by Wan Qi Jinghou with one stroke.

  Wen Baiyu wiped away the blood splattered on her neck, quickly lifted her head, and saw that there were many blue flowers planted on top of the tomb. Those flowers seemed to be full of temptation, and all the flower disks hung down, aiming at them.

  Wen Baiyu immediately covered her nose and said, "Don't breathe!"

  Everyone woke up with a start and quickly picked up the flashlights and camping lights on the ground. Just now, they saw an illusion and unconsciously threw down their flashlights. If there were no lighting tools, it was so dark inside that the road ahead couldn't be walked at all.

  Everyone covered their mouths and noses, and immediately ran forward. They followed the path of bones and soon heard the sound "Hehehehe..." Something was chasing them from behind.

  That thing called out with a voice like a frog, giving off a dull feeling. Wen Baiyu ran while looking back and found it was actually the White Rice Dumpling again, because he was wearing a mask, his voice sounded muffled.

  Perhaps it was because of the white-skinned zongzi's blood energy from just now that attracted other zongzi.

  "Let's hurry!" said Wan Qi Jing Hou.

  Everyone rushed forward, Qin Wei was already exhausted, Old Qin grabbed him and said: "Run, don't stop!"

  Luo Kai suddenly pounced forward, knocking down Qin Laoban and Qin Pei to the ground. Then, taking advantage of the momentum, he jumped up again, grabbed one with each hand, and quickly pulled them up to run away.

  The white dumplings behind were suddenly swept away, and soon there were groups of people chasing after them.

  "Hahaha..."

  "Hahaha!"

  "Heh heh..."

  Wen Baiyu ran while looking back, Ming Gui and Qi San Ye were constantly throwing hidden weapons, those with guns took them out and fired backwards, but the white-skinned dumplings behind were so numerous, like a tidal wave rushing over, ceaselessly shouting, as if they had fallen into a hornet's nest!

  Everyone kept running forward, Wen Baiyu said: "Is a field of skeletons wealth? This must be psychological suggestion, it's too deceptive!"

  Qī Sān Yé said: "I suspect that eternal life is also an illusion produced by psychological suggestion."

  Wen Baiyu thought that if the treasure of the Queen Mother of the West was indeed an illusion produced by entering that place, then it's no wonder that the Queen Mother sealed up this treasure in the end.

  The crowd kept running forward, and although the white-skinned dumplings behind them couldn't catch up, there were more and more of them. The blood aura of the white-skinned dumplings attracted many of their kind. If they didn't open fire, the dumplings behind would be too numerous and unobstructed, and they would definitely pounce on them.

  They were in a dilemma, and the crowd could only rush forward along the tomb path. Everyone was running with all their might, not feeling tired at all, and had become numb from running. Fortunately, there were no obstacles on this road, and it was eerily quiet.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was thinking that something was off about this path, Ye Liuxiang suddenly shouted: "There's no way out!"

  Everyone listened, and they were all somewhat puzzled. For a moment, they couldn't stop, and they ran forward a few more steps. Suddenly, they felt a dizziness, the tomb passage disappeared, and in front of them appeared a deep pit, which was exactly the same as the one they saw in the ancient well in the desert.

  In the deep pit are towering trees, with lush branches and leaves, like Bodhi trees, but absolutely not Bodhi trees, should be grafted Chinese parasol trees.

  The design and layout here are very similar to the ancient tomb under the well, a circular deep pit with trees planted inside. The difference is that there is not only one cypress tree in this deep pit, but seven cypress trees surround each other, entwined together, and the dense canopy almost fills the entire deep pit. Looking down from above, you can only see the dense canopy, and perhaps the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West is below, but it's all blocked out, nothing can be seen clearly.

  The people behind rushed over, and for a moment they didn't stop. Luo Kai grabbed Qin Laoban who was rushing past, Qin Laoban almost ran out of the broken tomb passage, his face turned pale with fear, panting constantly. Suddenly, there was a "clunk" sound, and the flashlight in his hand fell to the ground and rolled down along the tomb passage.

  The flashlight fell down, silently falling, and suddenly fell into the dense tree crown, and immediately everyone heard a "ding" sound.

  An Ran suddenly covered her ears, opened her eyes wide, and her eyes were full of bloodshot, saying: "Ding... there are many bells tied to the tree..."

  The tree crown was too dense, blocking everything below. The flashlight fell and hit a branch, which had a bell tied to it. The bell rang out with a clear "tingling" sound, sharper than the previous bells, but extremely sharp. Others could feel this point, and An Ran listened even more clearly, feeling that the sharp sound was almost piercing his eardrum.

  A bell rang out, and quickly the branches shook each other, just like dominoes, one branch shaking, immediately pulling another branch, and soon all seven trees in the deep ditch shook their branches.

  "Ding-dong......"

  "Ding ding......"

  "Ding ding ding......"

  An Ran covered his ears with all his might, Mo Yi grabbed him and saw that he was reacting extremely violently, fearing that An Ran would directly fall down, tightly holding An Ran in his arms, shouting: "An Ran! An Ran wake up! An Ran!"

  An Ran let out a low growl from his throat, and those bells seemed to have a bewildering effect, which could make the dumplings come back to life. Ordinary people wouldn't feel anything after hearing it, but An Ran felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, his eyes changing from pain to confusion, and suddenly he pushed Mo Yi away.

  Mo Yi's strength was much greater than An Ran's, but this push seemed to use all his might, with a hint of madness, and Mo Yi was suddenly pushed back, the reaction force causing An Ran to plummet downwards.

  Wen Baiyu shouted "An Ran!", pounced forward, grabbed An Ran with one hand, and An Ran's body was pulled, violently smashing into the broken tomb path, hanging in mid-air, hitting his forehead on the overhanging wall of the tomb path, and bleeding instantly.

  However, the pain also made An Ran suddenly wake up with a start. He lifted his head and saw that he was somehow suspended in mid-air, with Wen Baiyu pulling on his hand.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately stretched out his hand to pull Wen Bai Yu, and the other hand grabbed An Ran, pulling both people back.

  Ming Gui suddenly flung out a handful of golden needles. He didn't have many golden needles left in his hand, and he frowned, saying: "Zongzi is catching up, what to do?"

  The white feathers fluttered down, and below was a poisonous tree. If scratched, it would definitely be poisoned. It didn't matter if I got poisoned myself, as my body already had toxins in it, but what about those who weren't poisoned?

  "Hahaha..."

  "Hahaha!"

  "Heh heh..."

  White-skinned dumplings came chasing from afar, each one wearing a mask, wildly sweeping over, Qi San Ye suddenly threw out a handful of steel balls and said: "Too many."

  At this time, Ye Liu suddenly shouted: "Uncle! It's Uncle!"

  Everyone thought Ye Liu Xiang had an illusion, but as a result of rushing in the direction he pointed, they looked at each other and saw that on the opposite side, through the dense tree crown, they could see that there was also a broken tomb path on the opposite side. There was a figure standing there, because there was no light, they couldn't see who the figure was, but looking at his body, he was extremely tall and majestic.

  That black shadow stood opposite, below was the clear and crisp sound of a bell, it was really too far away, couldn't hear what the black shadow was saying at all, but he must be speaking, one side spoke, one side gave them gestures.

  Ye Liu Xiang stared at the black shadow, his face filled with excitement, shouting: "Uncle let us jump down!"

  "Jump down?!"

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback, jumping down like this, the tree crowns below were too dense, even with wings, they would definitely get scratched and poisoned.

  But everyone had no choice but to give in, as there were too many white dumplings coming from behind, and they all surged forward.

  An Ran was extremely frightened, his eyes were full of bloodshot, he shook his head hard, and his eye sockets were wet. Mo Yi knew that An Ran was very sensitive to sounds, and that kind of sound could drive him crazy.

  An Ran didn't want to jump down, but there was no time. Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat and she said, "Knock him out!"

  Mo Yi held his breath for a second, then immediately reached out to grab An Ran and pinched the back of his neck.

  An Ran let out a "whoa" and immediately softened, Mo Yi grabbed him and held him in his arms, shouting: "Jump! Jump!"

  He said, holding An Ran first and jumping down first.

  Wen Baiyu grabbed Wan Kuang Jinghou and the two of them jumped down together. In an instant, Wen Baiyu suddenly spread his wings, but the trees below were too dense, and after spreading his wings, he couldn't fly at all. Any movement would get stuck, and to make matters worse, Wen Baiyu's swan-like body was enormous, making it impossible for him to fly.

  Wen Baiyu didn't plan to fly, Wen Baiyu's wings unfolded, but they didn't transform into a swan shape, still maintaining their human form. The two wings suddenly closed in, tightly wrapping around Wan Kuang Jinghou.

  Wan Jingshou was taken aback, and then he realized Wen Baiyu's intention. The two of them fell downwards, and in an instant they landed on a branch. Wen Baiyu used his wings to encircle Wan Jingshou, stretched out his hand to hold his waist, and Wan Jingshou was instantly isolated. The two people continued to fall, crashing into branches, then falling again, crashing into branches, but Wan Jingshou never got scratched by a single branch.

  Others also jumped down, because of the dense trees below, they didn't directly fall into the deep ditch, all were cushioned by branches a few times, and then got stuck between the branches, some were caught by thick/large branches.

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Jijinghou stopped falling, Wen Baiyu suddenly pulled his wings back, and Wan Jijinghou saw a lot of feathers floating down in front of him. Because the branches were too dense, Wen Baiyu's wings appeared mottled, and there were some bloodstains on his back.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly grabbed Wen Bai Yu's arm and pulled him forward, their lips immediately stuck together. Wen Bai Yu felt Wan Jie Jing Hou wrap his arms around his back and let out a "hiss" sound, but Wan Jie Jing Hou didn't let go of him. The two people's lips were still tightly pressed together, Wan Jie Jing Hou's movements were frantic, forcing a kiss on him, prying open his teeth, and wildly entwining inside.

  Wen Baiyu's face was flushed as he panted "hū... hū...", and Wan Jingshou bit his lip, saying: "Next time don't be so presumptuous."

  Wen Baiyu's lips were numb, and there were others beside them. Everyone jumped down to about the same location, also on the side. Wan Kuang Jing Hou and his kiss became a live version. Wen Baiyu's face was burning hot, saying: "I just like to take matters into my own hands."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nipped the tip of Wen Bai Yu's tongue, causing Wen Bai Yu to flinch in pain. With his eyes wide open, he glared at Wan Qi Jing Hou, who said: "I'll teach you a lesson when we get back."

  Everyone jumped down, and more or less were scratched by the thorny tree, but they were all minor wounds, basically not bleeding much.

  The leaves rustled and struggled to look around, those white-skinned dumplings were obviously low-ranking slaves. After everyone jumped down, the white-skinned dumplings were all tied up at the entrance of the tomb passage, but they didn't dare to come down.

  Although there were no white-skinned dumplings around, the trees were too dense to see Lü Qi's shadow. After all, Lü Qi was too far away from them, and even if he jumped down, he would still be very far away.

  Ye Liu Xiang stood on the branch, shouting: "Uncle! Uncle!"

  However, there was no response around, only the sound of "ding-dang---ding-dang---ding-dang---". The branches were indeed hung with wind chimes, which shook violently as they jumped down, making the sound even more piercing and ear-piercing. Fortunately, An Ran was in a daze at this time, otherwise she would have been driven mad.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Let's go down first."

  Everyone is stuck in the middle of the tree branches, unable to move up or down, which is very dangerous. If there's an unexpected situation, it would be difficult to handle.

  Looking down at the white feathers in the morning, I found that there was a considerable space below, after all, it was the trunk of the tree, not as dense as the crown.

  Below was a road and there was also a gate. The tomb gate led outward, looking very dark, it should be a tomb passage.

  Everyone started climbing down along the tree trunk, wanting to get down from the tree.

  "Be careful."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "Don't worry."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou's movements were extremely agile, he hung on the branch, slightly swaying, then grasped with both hands, and immediately hung onto a slightly lower branch. Although Wan Kuang Jing Hou was tall and large in stature, he darted through the branches with extremely nimble movements.

  Everyone climbed slowly, after all, they had wounded men. Xie Lin wanted to carry Xie Yan on his back, Mo Yi was carrying An Ran on his back and also had to avoid being scratched by branches, so they were extremely careful.

  Just as they were halfway up, Xie Yun on Xie Lin's back suddenly moved, and Xie Lin exclaimed in surprise: "Xie Yun? Are you awake?"

  Xie Yan slowly lifted his head, looking at Xie Linling, but didn't say a word or make a sound. Xie Linling thought he was in pain and turned his head to the side, saying: "Xie Yan, can you still hold on? We'll be down soon."

  Xie Lin turned back to find that Xie Yan seemed a bit off, his complexion was better than before, but his eyes were very weak, as if they had no focus, and inside was a mess.

  Wen Baiyu subconsciously glanced over upon hearing their conversation, but Xie Yun's gaze made his heart skip a beat, suddenly reminding him of the feelings he had once experienced.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened and she shouted: "Be careful!"

  Xie Yan suddenly lowered his head at this time, hooked his hands around Xie Lin's neck, and then fiercely bit down on Xie Lin's neck.

  Xie Linong let out a low growl, his body shook violently, almost losing control and throwing Xie Yan off, Xie Yan grabbed his neck, biting fiercely while quickly sucking Xie Linong's blood.

  Xie Yan completely ignored Xie Lin's low growl, unconscious, only knowing to suck blood, repeatedly biting Xie Lin's neck until the flesh was blurred.

  Xie Yan is clearly being controlled, completely unconscious. Xie Lin Ge doesn't want to let go of Xie Yan, the two are at a stalemate. Xie Lin Ge was already weak and now with excessive blood loss, his face is deathly pale.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes rolled around, and suddenly he stretched out his hand. With a "pa" sound, the branch that Xie Lin grabbed suddenly broke off, and Xie Yan was flung out. Xie Lin fell rapidly, stretching out her hand to grab another branch.

  Xie Yan also fell down, but he didn't grab onto a branch. Instead, he landed on a thick and large branch.

  Xie Lin looked down and saw that Xie Yan was fine, instantly letting out a sigh of relief, stretching out her hand to press against her own neck.

  Xie Yan also looked up, his face expressionless, but a hint of a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he quickly climbed upwards, seemingly still wanting to grab Xie Lin.

  "Come this way!"

  Everyone suddenly heard a loud roar, looked up and found it was Luo Qifeng. Luo Qifeng's body was covered in dirt, looking extremely disheveled, with dark circles under his eyes, seemingly having not rested for a long time, and appeared to have lost some weight.

  Luo Qifeng shouted at them, and then "Bang!" A gunshot was fired, the bullet flew over and hit the branch of the tree beside Xie Yun.

  This startled everyone, and Xie Yan also turned his head to stare at Luo Qifeng.

  Luo Qi Feng fiercely jumped down along the branch, looking up with his face raised and shouted: "Don't you want my three souls?"

  Luo Qifeng's one sentence suddenly awakened everyone, and Xie Yan was in this state, unexpectedly being possessed by a ghost.

  Xie Yan immediately looked down, seemingly enraged by Luo Qi's words and actions, making a "heh heh heh" sound in his mouth, sneering and saying: "Return my three souls to me!"

  Xie Yan said, quickly jumping down, because Bo didn't care about Xie Yan's physical condition at all, so he jumped very fiercely, and the crowd watched with bated breath.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Quickly chase!"

  Everyone climbed down the tree, and Xie Yan had already fallen from above with a "thud". Everyone heard a "crack" sound, and was sure that he had broken his leg. However, that ghost didn't care at all, and directly stood up from the ground. Xie Yan's face turned even paler, his head was cracked open, and blood was flowing down, but the corner of his mouth still revealed a sinister smile.

  Luo Qi's eyes narrowed as he stared at him, then suddenly turned around and ran forward, rushing into the tomb passage at the bottom of the deep ditch.

  Xie Linlang saw Xie Yan's body injured, and rushed over like a madman. Xie Linlang usually didn't show off his skills, and Xie Yan should be a bodyguard for him. Previously in the ancient well, Xie Linlang also admitted that he was actually using Xie Yan because he knew Xie Yan was one of the four souls of the evil spirit, so he had been using Xie Yan all along.

  But Xie Lin had long been changing her emotions in this subtle way, everything was quietly transforming, and now it suddenly burst out.

  Xie Yan's leg was broken, but he got up and chased after Kou Qifeng who ran into the tomb passage. The crowd followed Xie Yan from behind.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What does your uncle want to do?"

  Ye Liu said: "How would I know? Uncle didn't tell me!"

  The crowd chased after, only to see that the path in front of the tomb was littered with skeletons and many crossbows/arrows, all of which had fallen to the ground, clearly indicating that the mechanism/trap had been triggered.

  The crowd continued to chase forward, and Hong Qigong rushed into a tomb, immediately stopping in his tracks. His eyes were fixed on Xie Yan's body, also cautiously coming to a halt.

  Everyone rushed in, Wen Baiyu looked around and found a magnificent golden tomb. Inside the tomb was placed a huge golden coffin, on top of which was a golden cicada. The four walls of the coffin were carved with annual rings.

  The four sides of the golden coffin are arranged with seven stone carvings, vivid and lifelike. Each has long fangs and five claws. The one in the middle should be the ancestor of the stone carvings, its eyes are bright green gemstones, shining brightly, a pair of tiger eyes almost illuminating the entire tomb chamber. What's strange is that this ancestor's stone carving has a missing piece on its chest, looking like a mechanism.

  Green light shines on the golden coffin, the golden coffin reflects the light, I don't know if it's a problem with the cut corners, the golden coffin is like a mirror, reflecting all the light, making the tomb chamber even more magnificent.

  In front of the golden coffin, there is a pool of water, which is green in color and looks very clear. The gold-plated edge of the pool gives off an elegant and luxurious feel.

  Luo Qifeng stood beside the pool, staring at the spirit that was pressing down on Xie Yun's body, and said: "Do you know what this is?"

  Xie Yan narrowed his eyes, looking at Luo Qifeng with suspicion, and said with a smile: "Don't waste time! Hand over the three souls and other spirits to me, I am the ancestor of Tongtong!"

  He ignored what he said and pointed at the spring water, saying: "This is the immortal holy pool of the Queen Mother of the West, the secret of eternal life is right here."

  Xie Yan's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at her with an incredulous gaze, saying: "You want to deceive me?!"

  Luo Qifeng looked calm and said, "I didn't lie, as long as it's the queen of this tomb group in Tibet, her body will first enter the holy pool for bathing, and then be buried in a coffin. Only then can the body last forever and wait for eternal rebirth."

  Xie Yan narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the pool of water. As a single soul, he had no memories of his past life as the ancestor of the Tong clan. But Luo Qifeng was the true body of the ancestor, possessing three souls and therefore having memories. However, because seven souls were not in his body, he couldn't recall them earlier. After so many events, several souls had returned to Luo Qifeng's body, and he began to gradually recover some of his memories.

  Until he saw that tortoise shell diagram, all of Luo Qifeng's memories slowly returned.

  Xie Yan stared at the pool, not speaking yet. At this moment, Luo Qifeng suddenly moved and pounced over. Xie Yan's body was weak and couldn't react in time. His soul wanted to react, but because his leg was broken, he couldn't. With a "thud", Luo Qifeng knocked Xie Yan down by the pool.

  Luo Qifeng pressed one hand on Xie Yan's head and clamped the other on his neck.

  Everyone else was stunned, Xie Linlang rushed up like a madman, Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou hurriedly stretched out their hands to stop him, but Xie Linlang's strength was surprisingly great, almost breaking free.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Xie Linxiao, calm down! Luo Qifeng is helping Xie Yun!"

  Xie Lin finally caught her breath and gradually calmed down.

  Luo Qifeng pressed Xie Yan's head down, and Xie Yan's hair touched the water in the pool, immediately making a " splash" sound.

  Everyone was shocked, and a burnt smell floated in the air. The corrosiveness of the pool water was so strong that it instantly burned a strand of Xie Yan's hair that had fallen into the pool to a crisp.

  Xie Yan laughed "heh heh" at this time and said: "What are you doing!? Do you want to push Xie Yan in too?"

  Luo Qifeng's face remained calm, his grey-green eyes staring at Xie Yan, slowly turning bright green as he narrowed them and said: "I wasn't lying earlier. The corpse didn't rot because there was no flesh on the body to begin with. Before being buried, all queens of the Western Queen Mother Country must undergo a cleansing in this sacred pool, shedding their skin and flesh before entering the golden coffin, awaiting rebirth... You're a ghost, without three souls or yang energy. If you fall into the sacred pool, without yang energy to hold on to, not even bone fragments will remain."

  Xie Yan sneered and his face turned ferocious. "You can kill me, but Xie Yan will also die! You can try it!"

  Luo Qifeng's eyes gleamed brighter, revealing a fierce intent, and he said: "Then let's try it out and see who's afraid of death!"

  Luo Qifeng said, suddenly pressing Xie Yun's head down, the spirit attached to Xie Yun initially didn't believe it, watching as his head was about to fall into the water, finally revealing a terrified expression on his face, and struggling violently.

  Everyone saw Xie Yun's body suddenly go limp and collapse, a burst of black smoke rising from his body.

  Luo Qifeng grabbed Xie Yan, who had gone limp and soft, and quickly flung him forward. Xie Lin rushed over and caught the unconscious Xie Yan.

  Black smoke rose, and Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes, suddenly leaping upwards. The dragon-scale dagger flashed "whoosh" as it burst forth with a massive flame, enveloping the dragon-scale dagger, piercing through the black fog in an instant.

  The black fog was dispersed, and suddenly let out a shrill cry, emitting a mournful howl, then desperately rushed towards the door. Wen Baiyu just wanted to stop it, but Wan Jingshou suddenly grabbed Wen Baiyu and shouted: "Back off!"

  The crowd didn't know what was happening, but they all retreated backward, retreating into the tomb. At this time, a "heh heh" sound suddenly rang out, and a black shadow rushed in from the entrance of the tomb, quickly pouncing forward and pinning down the dark mist that had been shrouding Qi.

  The soul was intangible and hard to disperse, but after the black shadow rushed in, it suddenly grabbed the dark mist of the soul, just like tearing a piece of raw meat, and stuffed it into its mouth, biting frantically.

  The black shadow bit down while the dark fog let out a shrill, cracking roar. The mournful sound was too sharp and suddenly startled An Ran awake.

  Everyone was shocked, and Wen Baiyu looked at the black shadow that rushed in, which turned out to be a female corpse running out of an old well. Her body was still very charred, but Wen Baiyu discovered a strange place - the corpse's eyeballs had grown out, no longer being those dull, dry eyeballs.

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "The female corpse has shed its skin again?"

  The female corpse now, except for the wings that haven't grown out yet, has completed the transformation of her eyeballs.

  The female corpse was still unconscious, as the transformation had not yet been fully successful, but it let out a sinister laugh, its back constantly arching up, its face turning ferocious, and the flesh on its back making "slapping... slapping..." sounds, as if wings were about to grow from within.

  Ye Liu jumped in fright, he was very clear about this process, and said: "The female corpse is in the cicada shell..."

  The female corpse ate one of the cicada's souls and suddenly shed its skin!

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand to stop Wen Bai Yu and said, "Can't let her shed her skin, I'll go stop her, you find an opportunity to run."

  Wen Bai's heart was racing as she stretched out her hand and grabbed Wan Qi Jing Hou. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind, "I have a way!"

  He said, and quickly ran back, and came to the side of the golden coffin.

  Everyone rushed over, and the female corpse blocked the door, but because it was in a cicada shell, it didn't move for a while.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Jin Guan/Cai and said: "Time is running out, let's open the coffin!"

  Luo Qifeng said: "Are you crazy? You want to let Xi Wangmu out? One queen is enough, the queen of Xi Wangmu's country, Cihuang, has never succeeded, eternal life is all fake, and in the end can only become a cicada shell."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Zongzi is good at making zongzi, don't say anything else, hurry up and let her out."

  Wen Baiyu originally wanted the two dumplings to entangle each other, then take the opportunity to escape.

  Ye Liu responded with a roll of her eyes, saying: "It's amazing you came up with this plan, I just hope they don't join forces to beat us."

  Wen Baiyu's dagger flashed in the moonlight, and with a swift motion, it was inserted into the gap of the golden coffin. Suddenly, there was a "click" sound, and the golden coffin got stuck. Wan Kuang Jinghou immediately reached out to hold down Wen Baiyu's dagger and said, "There is a mechanism inside, the latch is inside, opening it from the outside will trigger the mechanism."

  Ming Gui walked over at this time, took out his own token badge, and then pressed his token on the statue of Zong Zu. The token fit in perfectly, with no gaps.

  Ming Gui pressed down on his token and gave it a fierce twist.

  With a "click" sound, the stone statue's mechanism was connected to the golden coffin, and the lid of the golden coffin quickly opened.

  "Hmm..."

  The moment the coffin lid opened, a gust of wind suddenly came, and Wen Baiyu shouted: "Get down!"

  Everyone immediately fell to the ground, Wan Xi Jing Hou pressed down on Wen Bai Yu, holding him in his arms. The hurricane was too strong, everyone was prostrate on the ground, sticking tightly to the ground to avoid being blown away. Only the female corpse stood upright, still transforming, and as a result, it suddenly made a "thud" sound, and the female corpse flew out and hit the wall of the tomb passage.

  The female corpse let out a furious roar, as if enraged, and immediately rushed in from the tomb passage.

  After the strong wind passed, everyone saw a zongzi crawling out of the coffin. Half of her body was flesh and half was still bones, but she had wings on her back, slowly crawling out of the coffin.

  Everyone shouted "Ah——" in unison. Wen Baiyu quickly covered her mouth and nose, gesturing to the crowd to retreat backwards.

  The zombie crawled out of the coffin, flapped its bony wings on its back, and stirred up a gust of wind. It had already noticed Wen Baiyu and others, but the female corpse was enraged after flying out of the tomb chamber and colliding with the tomb wall, so it pounced on people and bit them as soon as it saw them.

  The female corpse suddenly pounced on it, and the female corpse and zongzi "hugged" into the coffin with a "bang", followed by a series of shrill screams.

  Wen Baiyu quickly scrambled up from the ground and said, "Let's go! Hurry!"

  The crowd also crawled up from the ground, and the two corpses in the coffin were entwined in a struggle. One had almost completely transformed, but the other had grown wings.

  Everyone scrambled to run out, the golden coffin was shaking violently, and a loud "heh heh heh" roar came from inside. Before everyone had left the tomb chamber, they heard a deafening "BOOM!!!" The golden coffin suddenly burst apart, scattering fragments in all directions.

  The crowd immediately fell to the ground, Wen Baiyu grasped the Fenggu bone dagger, and with a fierce swing, he smashed a flying fragment into the tomb wall.

  The golden coffin burst open, and the funeral objects inside all flew out at once, like an explosion, turning into fragments. However, one of the funeral objects did not break apart, but instead popped out with a "thud" and landed squarely on Qin Pei's back.

  Qin Pei was knocked forward and almost spat out blood, when suddenly a "clatter" sound was heard, and the thing fell beside Qin Pei's feet.

  "The moon!?"

  At first glance, Qin Pei immediately shouted out, but upon closer inspection, it was a plate. For some reason, Qin Pei thought this resembled a full moon.

  Qin Pei was about to pick up the thing when something suddenly pressed against his temple, someone quietly entered the tomb and held a gun to Qin Pei's head.

  "What's wrong with Wei?!?"

  "Older brother Wei?!"

  Everyone was astonished, Qin Pei also raised her eyes and saw Wei Qiu Shui, who had a gun pressed against his temple with no expression on his face.

  Qin Pei was taken aback for a moment, and at this time, Luo Kai reacted quickly, immediately raising his gun and saying: "Wei Ge, what are you doing?"

  Wei Youqin suddenly grabbed Qin Pei with one hand, and Qin Pei still held that plate in her hand.

  Wei You held a cup of water against Qin Pei's temple with one hand, and took the plate from his hand with the other, smiling and saying: "I just came to get something."

  Wen Baiyu looked at Wei Qianshui in surprise and said, "What do you want this for?"

  Wei's face was expressionless as he said, "Put down your gun and don't waste any more words."

  Qin Pei was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he didn't care about the gun pressed against his temple by Wei Qiu Shui. He grasped Wei's hand and bit down on his wrist, shouting: "Wei Qiu Shui, you bastard! I'll screw your bastard! How dare you deceive me, you stupid idiot!"

  Wei Youren endured the pain, not saying a word. At this time, Jin Guan/Cai let out another "Boom!" sound. Wan Kuang Jing Hou said: "It's too late, run quickly!"

  Luo Kai held up his gun, narrowed his eyes and said: "Wei Qiu Shui, put it down!"

  Wei You Shui also narrowed his eyes and said: "Put down what?"

  Lu Kai was taken aback for a moment, and then felt that he had lost his composure, but because the golden coffin exploded, others seemed to have not noticed.

  The chamber was shaking, Wei Qiu saw the tomb was about to collapse, and he suddenly grabbed Qin Pei, pulling her back. Qin Pei shouted loudly, scolding Wei Qiu severely.

  Wei Qiu Shui pulled the person out of the tomb, taking advantage of the others not having come out yet, loosened his gun slightly and quickly stuffed something into Qin Pei's hand, sticking it to Qin Pei's ear and saying: "He is among you, be careful."

  Qin Pei was stunned for a moment, completely not understanding what the sentence meant. Immediately after that, Qin Pei's ears turned hot as Wei Qianshui surprisingly kissed him once and said: "Qin Pei, no matter what happens, remember I like you."

  He said, and suddenly pushed Qin Pei forward, then quickly ran backwards. Qin Pei fell forward, the crowd rushed out of the tomb, Wen Baiyu caught Qin Pei in one swift motion, saying: "Are you hurt?!"

  Qin Pei didn't react in time and immediately turned her head back to look, but she couldn't see any sign of Wei Qianshui anymore.

  Qin Pei was still in a daze when Wan Xi Jing Hou grabbed Wen Bai Yu and said, "Hurry up!"

  Wen Baiyu patted Qin Wei and said, "Let's go."

  Qin Pei moved slightly, and at this moment the thing in his hand fell to the ground. It was a piece of cloth that Wei You had stuffed into his hand earlier, or more accurately, a piece of animal hide.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou picked up the skin from the ground, grasped one corner and shook it open. He immediately furrowed his brow and said: "Tomb burial terrain map... The exit is this way, let's go!"