Chapter 133: The Back of God's Residence 4

  Wen Baiyu looked at the floral patterns on her body with some surprise and said, "How...how is this possible?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes, tidied up Wen Bai Yu's clothes, then covered him with a quilt and said: "Lie down first, I'll get you some medicine, you have a fever now."

  Wen Bai's head was dizzy and she reached out to touch her forehead, not feeling any fever, but her body had a tired feeling, so she lay down as instructed.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou brought over some antipyretics and water, and also brought some crackers, saying: "Eat something to pad your stomach first?"

  Wen Baiyu didn't have an appetite now, only wanting to sleep, but her mind was warm and fuzzy, making it impossible for her to fall asleep. She shook her head, panting slightly, and said, "I don't want to eat anything."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou propped up his neck and fed Wen Bai Yu some antipyretic medicine, saying: "Then close your eyes and rest, get plenty of rest."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly, and almost at the same time, he fell asleep. His mind was still swirling with many questions: what had happened to him, why did he suddenly fall ill, and how could the usually well-controlled poison of the Thorny Cage burst out? He didn't know if he would be controlled like Hun Dun, and if so, what should he do...

  Wen Baiyu's mind was numb and felt like a rusty gear turning, making a harsh mechanical sound as it rotated. He was clearly exhausted, but his sleep was extremely unsteady.

  After taking the antipyretic medicine, Wen Baiyu sweated a lot, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. His hair was also wet, and the quilt was almost completely drenched. Wan Qi Jinghou was worried that he would lose too much water from sweating, so he wanted to wake Wen Baiyu up to drink some water. However, Wen Baiyu had already fallen into a coma and couldn't be woken up no matter how hard he tried.

  Everyone else woke up and was shocked to see Wen Baiyu like this.

  Luo Qifeng said: "What's wrong with Wen Baiyu? Why is her fever so severe?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's face looked extremely unsightly as he said, "The Gu poison on his body has already begun to spread."

  Everyone was a little surprised. The little ones and Qi Duan were somewhat out of the situation. Wan Xi Jing Hou rolled up Wen Bai Yu's sleeve, only to see that his own body had only a small green floral pattern, which was still intact in the villa, but now it had spread, all the way to the place where the sleeve covered.

  Ming Gui said: "This is not a good omen, could it be related to that Zongzi?"

  Qiong Qi suddenly let out a loud cry, startling everyone. Wen Baiyu was frightened awake from her coma, abruptly opening her eyes and taking a deep breath.

  Ming Gui immediately looked at Qiong Qi with disapproval.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou hurriedly went to support Wen Bai Yu, telling him not to get up, saying: "Are you thirsty? If you're thirsty, drink some water, you've sweated too much."

  His throat was parched and his mouth felt dry, but he was too lazy to open his mouth to drink water. Seeing Wan Jie's concerned gaze, he nodded slightly. Wan Jie quickly brought over the water, twisted off the cap, and gave it to him to drink.

  Wan Xi Jinghou wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Did I wake you up? It's not dawn yet, go back to sleep for a while. We'll head down the mountain when it gets light."

  Wen Baiyu shook her head and said with difficulty: "I was having a nightmare, luckily you woke me up, I slept very uncomfortably."

  Wan Zong Jing Hou saw that Wen Bai Yu's face was pale and he seemed to be out of energy. Wen Bai Yu had never been so ill before, and Wan Zong Jing Hou had never seen him like this either, after all, he was a god.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou reached out and wrapped his arms around Wen Bai Yu, pulling the quilt up high to wrap him tightly, saying: "You're not feeling well, sweat it out a bit, I'll carry you down the mountain."

  Qiu Qi was ignored for a long time, biting his own mouth and saying, "I really did discover something, I didn't make it up."

  "What discovery?" Ming Gui sighed and said.

  Qiong Qi said: "I think Wen Baiyu's illness is so severe, it must be caused by that turtle shell!"

  As soon as he said this, everyone was suddenly enlightened, and they didn't know why, but they all felt that Qiu Qi had hit the nail on the head.

  Qiong Qi continued: "There is a special fragrance on that tortoise shell, it's also from the Western Queen Mother's country, maybe it can induce the toxin?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was startled and said: "Bai Yu, where did you put the tortoise shell?"

  Wen Baiyu almost fell asleep again just now. When he falls asleep, he will dream of strange things, but because his body is weak, he can't remember anything and his mind can't turn around.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly spoke up, and Wen Bai Yu opened his eyes in confusion. Wan Jie Jing Hou repeated himself, saying: "Turtle shell, where did you put the turtle shell?"

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment before saying, "In the pocket of his pants."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou saw that he didn't have the strength, so he reached out to dig into Wen Bai Yu's pocket. Sure enough, he pulled out a piece of tortoiseshell, and as soon as it came out, the fragrance was very rich and pungent, but he couldn't tell what scent it was.

  Wen Baiyu smelled this smell, a little nervous, her heart beating very fast, but the feeling was extremely addictive, and she couldn't help but take two deep breaths. After inhaling, she became even more nervous, so nervous that Wen Baiyu opened her mouth and took two forceful breaths.

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath and leaned against Wang Qi Jing Hou's shoulder, her consciousness began to blur, and in an instant she fell into a deep sleep.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou also felt that something was wrong. Ye Liu Xiang said, "What to do? This thing can't be thrown away and can't let Wen Bai Yu touch it."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at the tortoise shell in his hand, narrowed his eyes, laid Wen Bai Yu flat, and let him lie down. He then stood up, quickly pulled out a wide-mouthed jar from his backpack, and also pulled out a bottle of water. He poured the water into the jar, and with a "clunk", he threw the tortoise shell into the jar. He quickly screwed on the lid.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou quickly finished the task and immediately poured some water to wash his hands, making sure there was no smell on them before putting the jar away.

  Ye Liu Xiang picked up the jar, the jar was transparent, and could see that the turtle plate sank to the bottom quickly, with tiny bubbles attached to it, the fragrance was isolated at once, and nothing could be smelled.

  Wan Kuang said, "Wen Baiyu is in a bad state now. I plan to go down the mountain after dawn. It's too dangerous to go up now."

  Everyone nodded in agreement, Wen Baiyu's condition was too worrying.

  There were only a few more days until dawn, and the others all lay down to sleep for a while. Wan Zongjing didn't sleep at all. Wen Baiyu was ill like this, he simply couldn't rest, and sat beside him watching Wen Baiyu.

  Sitting at an angle of about 45 degrees, he suddenly heard a faint "rustling" sound. The voice was extremely soft, and Qi Duan immediately lifted his head, his narrow blue eyes narrowing as he swiftly sat up from the ground.

  Just as Qi Duan was about to rush out, Wan Xi Jing Hou made a gesture and stopped him. Qi Duan looked at Wan Xi Jing Hou, then glanced outside again.

  "Shasha..."

  Another sound, and soon others were also awakened, immediately all sitting up on high alert. The "shhh" sound outside continued, extremely faint, if it weren't for everyone's vigilance, nothing would have been noticed at all.

  Wen Baiyu was still unconscious. In the tent, only one lantern was lit, and it was very dim, for fear of dazzling Wen Baiyu's eyes.

  Under the dim light, people can see outside the tent, there is a black shadow, crawling forward, the shadow from large to small, from vague to clear, apparently from far away crawled towards their tent.

  A stench of death mixed with the smell of blood wafted over, although this smell had become very faint after passing through the river water, but Qī Dǐng and Qióng Jī's sense of smell were extremely keen, and they immediately caught a whiff.

  Seven days ago, he saw the gesture of Wan Xi Jing Hou's hand, so he had been calm and still, but his eyes were extremely fierce, with deep blue eyes shining in the dark pupils, his mouth slightly open, revealing two sharp fangs.

  Qiong Qi wasn't as calm as him and was about to get up when Ming Gui suddenly pinched his shoulder and shook his head at Qiong Qi.

  Ming Gui's meaning is actually the same as Wan Kui Jing Hou. That zongzi has been lurking in the dark, and if it can't be caught at once, it will always be a hidden danger. They cannot act rashly.

  The zongzi crawled over from a distance, making soft noises as it slowly made its way around their tent, like it was sniffing out the scent. One of them circled around the tent, seemingly building up energy and not in a hurry to make a move. Wan Xie Jing Hou thought that it must be smelling the aroma of the tortoise shell.

  At this time, Wen Baiyu's hand suddenly trembled, and Wan Jingshou hurriedly pressed down on his hand. He lowered his head to take a look, only to find that Wen Baiyu had woken up at some point and was now gazing at him with narrowed eyes.

  But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Wen Baiyu had not woken up. His eyes were unfocused, and his body was trembling, while his lips quivered as if he was speaking, still immersed in a nightmare.

  Wen Baiyu's forehead was covered in sweat, and his hands were stained with blood. Many white-skinned dumplings wearing masks rushed towards him, Wen Baiyu felt that he had already killed to the point of madness, but those white-skinned dumplings, wearing masks, seemed to be an endless tide, wave after wave, surging forward, determined to drown him.

  Wen Baiyu's heart was racing with anxiety, yet he was trapped in a dream state and couldn't move. He felt his palms going numb, the Fengguui dagger still clutched in his hand, his actions completely subconscious.

  Suddenly a masked white-skinned man pounced on Wen Baiyu, Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, he retreated two steps, and at the same time, the phoenix bone dagger in his hand stabbed into the white-skinned man's abdomen. With a "hiss" sound, the phoenix bone dagger cut through the iron like mud, stabbing very deeply. As Wen Baiyu pulled out the dagger, fresh blood splashed out, sprinkling Wen Baiyu's face with scalding hot blood, startling him and widening his eyes.

  "Bang..."

  The cicada-shaped mask fell off from Baipizongzi's face and smashed onto the ground, shattering into pieces.

  Wen Baiyu took a closer look at the person's face...

  Wan Xi Jing Hou

  His abdomen was stabbed with a hole, and fresh blood gushed out, a shocking crimson, Wen Baiyu suddenly felt dizzy, and let out a loud scream.

  Everyone did not expect Wen Baiyu to suddenly shout loudly, and the sound was extremely mournful. Tears burst out of her eyes while she was still in a daze.

  The dumplings outside seemed to have heard the movement and immediately jumped up, as if they knew they had been discovered, turned around and prepared to run.

  Ming Gui suddenly drilled out of the tent, and Qi Duan saw Ming Gui move, also madly low-pitched a sound, fiercely rushed out of the tent.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou himself wanted to chase after her, but seeing Wen Bai Yu suddenly burst into tears, he didn't know what had happened, his heart seemed like it was going to crack open, and he quickly picked her up, saying: "Bai Yu, wake up! What's wrong?"

  Wen Baiyu was startled awake by the sound of Wan Jingshou's voice, her eyes wide open, her body still tired, but she suddenly grabbed Wan Jingshou's arm and said: "Your injury, how is it? Let me see the wound!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Wen Bai Yu said. After Wen Bai Yu finished shouting, he also froze, narrowing his eyes to look around the tent, only to discover that he was actually inside the tent, and there were no white rice dumplings or cicada-shaped white jade masks...

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief, covering her head with her hand, feeling like her headache was about to split open.

  At this time, a loud roar came from outside, sounding very fierce. Lu Qifeng didn't dare to come out of the tent, but he couldn't calm down either, so he lifted up the tent and drilled out.

  Luo Qi Feng turned on the flashlight and saw that Qi Duan was frantically tearing at something like a madman. Ming Gui reached out to stop him, but the thing on the ground was already on the verge of being torn to shreds. Qi Duan's wild nature as a beast made him lose control when he went crazy.

  Ye Liu shouted in the tent: "Uncle! How is it?"

  Luo Qifeng walked closer and saw that the thing on the ground that was almost torn to pieces was actually a zongzi, which had been bitten by seven weasels until it was unrecognizable.

  Luo Qifeng immediately replied loudly, saying: "The zongzi has been caught."

  However, after he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Ye Liuxiang couldn't hear him at all, so he had to go back to the tent and say, "The zongzi has been caught, come and see if it's the one that escaped from the villa."

  Ye Liu Xiang said: "I'll go take a look!"

  After finishing speaking, he suddenly drilled out of the tent.

  Wen Baiyu also wanted to go and take a look, but he had no energy left in his body. Wan Jinhou supported him and said, "Can you get up? Do you want to go and see? I'll carry you?"

  Wen Baiyu felt weak all over his body and didn't know if he was lying down or not. He wanted to get up and walk around, so he let Wan Jingshou support him as he stood up. Wan Jingshou wrapped his arm around Wen's waist and half-carried him out.

  The crowd surrounded the zongzi, Qi Duan was still panting heavily with a "huff-huff" sound, looking very excited, but no longer tearing at the zongzi.

  The zongzi itself was already rotten to a terrible degree, and its body was also charred beyond recognition. Qi Duan actually went to tear at the zongzi, Wen Baiyu had seen Qi Duan tearing at zongzi in the prison before, his specialty was dislocating shoulders, directly biting off the shoulder and tearing it down, extremely fierce and ferocious.

  Wen Baiyu took a closer look at the corpse on the ground and it was indeed the one from the villa. It couldn't be mistaken because the appearance of the corpse was really too disgusting.

  The dumplings have fallen still and silent, which surprised everyone a bit.

  Ming Gui said: "When I rushed out, Qi Duan had already grabbed the zongzi. The ability of this zongzi makes me a bit strange, it actually fell down so quickly."

  He said, squatting down and picking up a branch to stir the zongzi. The zongzi changed from lying crookedly on its side to lying flat on the ground.

  The ghost used a branch to pry open the zongzi's mouth, and the inside of the zongzi's mouth was sticky and still pulling on the stickiness, it was really disgusting.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but cover his mouth and turn around to vomit, Wan Jingshou hurriedly patted him on the back.

  Qiu Qi was also disgusted and covered his nose, saying: "What's wrong with you, Dead Face? You've made Wen Baiyu throw up."

  The ghost waved his hand for him to stop talking, then used the branch to pry the corpse's mouth open wider and shone a flashlight into its oral cavity.

  Ming Gui's face sank at this time and said, "The tongue is gone."

  "Rot away?"

  Wen Baiyu was still vomiting. As soon as he heard that the corpse's tongue was gone, he immediately turned his head and took a look at the corpse's mouth. Inside, it was sticky with blood, but it was really empty, without a tongue.

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou have both seen the appearance of the cicada-shaped Gu insect. After being infected with Gu, even if one dies, the Gu insect will still inhabit the body for a period of time before eventually devouring it, with the tongue being its favorite part.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The zongzi really got infested with insects?"

  Ming Gui said, "Looking at him like this is not wrong."

  He said, still using the branch to continue poking into the corpse's mouth. Qin Qi couldn't bear it and also vomited, saying: "Are you a pervert? Stop poking, it's too disgusting!"

  Ming Gui ignored him, his face stern, and said: "The Gu parasite will definitely have a self-preserving reaction when it is attacked from the outside. This corpse did not revive, and the Gu parasite did not emerge..."

  He said, Wan Kuang Jing Hou's face also looked ugly and said: "It means that the Gu insect has already inhabited other people?"

  Ming Gui nodded and said, "It's possible that because of this reason, the power of this zongzi is much lower than we imagined, it was caught effortlessly."

  Luo Qifeng hastily said: "Where did the Gu worm go? Won't it be on Xiaoye's body?"

  Ming Gui shook his head. No one could be sure about this. Ming Gui was able to use a branch to poke a dead person, but he couldn't possibly use a branch to really poke Ye Liu Xiang.

  Everyone wanted to burn the corpse, but Ming Gui said, "The cicada is afraid of the earth, burying it would be more effective than burning it."

  Everyone found a place and buried the body. This physical labor was left to Qiu Ji to do, and it was soon done. At this time, the sky had a hint of dawn, which was a sign that daybreak was approaching. The crowd looked at the time and waited for a while before they could head down the mountain.

  Everyone returned to the tent, and Wan Xi Jing Hou supported Wen Bai Yu as he lay down, and then lay down himself. He didn't sleep all night, but he looked like he wasn't tired at all.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou reached out and wrapped his arms around Wen Bai Yu, saying: "Rest a bit longer, if you can sleep, continue sleeping, when the sky brightens we'll head down the mountain."

  Wen Baiyu still remembered the nightmare from earlier and didn't feel like resting. After moving around a bit, she surprisingly found that she wasn't as exhausted and uncomfortable as before. Her strength was gradually returning, but she didn't know if it was due to Wan Jingshou sealing the turtle shell or not.

  Everyone lay down for a while, but Wen Baiyu kept his eyes open and stared tightly at Wan Kuang Jing Hou. Wan Kuang Jing Hou smiled and kissed Wen Baiyu's lips, saying "Can't sleep?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded and also wrapped his arms around Wang Qi Jinghou's waist. He tilted his head up, covered Wang Qi Jinghou's lips with his own, took the initiative to stick out his tongue, and slipped it into Wang Qi Jinghou's mouth, licking his tongue.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was slightly surprised, Wen Bai Yu today actually being so proactive, and hugged him very tightly, the two bodies closely attached.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou gently stroked his neck and ears, softly saying: "Bai Yu, what's wrong, huh?"

  Wen Baiyu didn't think that her unnatural behavior would be seen through by Wan Qi Jing Hou, yet she still tightly hugged Wan Qi Jing Hou, thinking of the nightmare from before, and felt a chill in her heart.

  Wen Baiyu didn't speak, Wan Jingshou stroked his neck and ear roots again in a soothing manner. Wen Baiyu seemed to feel comfortable and relaxed quickly. Wan Jingshou continued to speak gently: "Baiyu, what's wrong? Tell me, don't you want to tell me?"

  Wen Baiyu immediately shook his head and said in a low voice: "I had a dream... I dreamed that I stabbed you with a knife, and your body was covered in blood..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was stunned for a moment, thinking of Wen Bai Yu's sudden loud shout earlier, and then asking himself how his wound was doing. It turned out he had just had a nightmare.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and hugged Wen Bai Yu, saying: "Don't worry, Qiong Qi said so, dreams are opposite, if Bai Yu likes me so much, how can I be hurt?"

  Wen Bai's face turned red as she said, "I'm talking about serious business."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou gently touched the center of Wen Bai Yu's forehead and said in a low, husky voice, "I'm very serious too... if you want to mess with me, it'll have to be in your next life."

  Wen Bai's face was even more feverish, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes. Clearly, when she saw Wan Jie Jing Hou earlier, this person was cold and cool, with a face full of pretentiousness, and was full of CEO style. But in reality, all of this was just Wan Jie Jing Hou's facade in front of others...

  Wan Kui Jing Hou is just a glittering jade on the surface, but inside he's actually sulky and loves to play the rogue.

  After chatting for a while, the sky was gray and bright, and Wan Qi Jing Hou found that Wen Bai Yu's face had improved a bit, no longer so pale.

  Wen Baiyu moved around and found that her physical strength had recovered.

  Everyone got up, Ye Liu Xiang said: "Huh, Wen Bai Yu your complexion is much better now, are you still having a fever?"

  Wen Baiyu no longer felt any discomfort now, raised her hand to touch her forehead, and it wasn't hot either.

  Most importantly, Wen Baiyu suddenly felt hungry, he hadn't eaten much last night and his stomach was growling with hunger.

  Everyone built a bonfire and made some food. When Wen Baiyu arrived with the ingredients, she cooked for everyone. Qi Di was the happiest while eating, and Qiong Qi still couldn't stop thinking about the smoked meat noodles.

  The little ones saw Wen Baiyu and were fine, so Xiaoyu Mao and Dandan stuck to Wen Baiyu, leaving Xiao Xuemu Hua and Xiao Zhulong aside. The two of them sat together, staring at each other...

  Everyone had eaten something, but Wan Qi Jing Hou still wanted to let Wen Bai Yu go down the mountain. His condition was really unpredictable, sometimes suddenly falling ill and then suddenly getting better, it was really hard to say.

  However, the poison on Wen Baiyu's body was spreading rapidly. They had to find the antidote as soon as possible and couldn't afford to waste any more time. Wan Qi Jinghou also didn't feel at ease letting Wen Baiyu go down the mountain alone. As long as Wen Baiyu wasn't by his side, he wouldn't be able to rest assured.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was unusually quiet for a while, and Wen Bai Yu said, "I'm fine now, but you, your dark circles are worse than mine."

  After some consideration, everyone decided to continue walking up the mountain.

  After breakfast, the tent was dismantled and the bonfire extinguished. Everyone shouldered their luggage and prepared to set off. Wan Qi Jing Hou checked the sealed tortoise shell bottle again, then pulled up the rope and pressed the bottle under the folded tent.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou accompanied Wen Bai Yu all the way, and Wen Bai Yu felt like he was helping an old lady cross the road. He wished there was a fist-sized stone under his feet, Wan Qi Jing Hou would remind him to be careful, making Wen Bai Yu really helpless.

  Wen Baiyu said, "I'm not made of porcelain."

  The crowd walked for several slopes and rested for a while to take care of Wen Baiyu's body. Then they continued to climb up. Near noon, Qiong Qi suddenly said: "I heard the sound of water!"

  Ming Gui said: "There is water all along the way."

  Qiong Qi said: "It's that kind of very loud sound of water flowing!"

  Ye Liu Xiang said: "Is it a waterfall?"

  Because of the strange sound of water, everyone's spirits were lifted and they quickened their pace. Soon, everyone else also heard the sound of water, faintly, from a distance, seemingly still far away, but already a glimmer of hope.

  The mountain slope began to get steeper, they followed the sound of water, but that voice seemed like a ghost, never seen, but the mountain slope became more and more precipitous, not far away, everyone saw the plank road said by the middle-aged man.

  The plank road is suspended high between the mountains, extending forward along the steep mountain slope. It's indeed made of wood, with some parts already broken, looking quite mysterious. The plank road is faintly visible in the clouds and mist, giving a sense of a fairyland.

  Everyone looked up at the plank road in the middle of the cliff. This narrow plank road was probably just enough for one person to pass through. In some places, it was estimated that they had to walk sideways, like a horizontal iron chain, wanting to divide a high and steep cliff into two halves.

  Everyone was a bit dizzy, but a middle-aged man recalled that he should follow the plank road, which was introduced by Xie Fengzi.

  The path winds its way up the mountain, and people follow the stone steps upwards. The steps start out normally enough, but soon become very small, so that you can only climb up by tiptoeing on the tips of your toes.

  After climbing for fifteen minutes in one breath, they finally stood on the plank road smoothly.

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head and saw that the clouds and fog were already under their feet. They were originally on the mountain, but now they had climbed even higher.

  Everyone was a bit tired, so they leaned against the railing and rested for a while.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou turned his head and asked Wen Bai Yu: "How is it? Is it okay?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "It's nothing."

  Everyone rested for five minutes and prepared to walk into the plank road. As expected, it was only enough for one person to pass through. Ye Liu Xiang was the most advantageous, with a slender figure, walking on the plank road without any effort. However, when a strong gust of wind blew over, Ye Liu Xiang was almost blown off and had to grab onto the rock wall in fright.

  Ye Liu responded in the strong wind: "What kind of place is this? Such a big wind?!"

  Luo Qifeng wanted to help him, but couldn't turn back.

  The little ones didn't think the plank road was narrow, but it was really too light. The small feathered wings were still blowing in the wind, and the small blood marrow flower was tied to him with a vine, almost fluttering in the wind. In the end, the small blood marrow flower resolutely hugged the small feathered one and drilled into the backpack.

  The little dragon retracted its wings to avoid the wind, with one hand grasping the rock wall and the other holding the egg, hiding it in its bosom and covering it with its outer garment. The egg's small face was blown red, and its two hands grasped the little dragon's clothes, leaning its face against the little dragon's chest.

  There is only Qī Dǔn who is extremely happy and seems to not know what fear is. After being in prison for so long, he's probably gotten used to the harsh environment. Seeing the clouds and fog under his feet, Qī Dǔn feels especially exhilarated, jumping around happily on the plank road, holding Egg Baby and running fast then slow.

  Qī dǔn yī pǎo, zhàn dào jiù fā chū "dōng dōng dōng" de shēng yīn, xià dé qióng jī áng áng dà jiào, wēn bái yǔ jīng yà de fā xiàn, qióng jī jìng rán kǒng gāo, zhè diǎn hé tāo xǐ shì de, tāo xǐ yě hěn kǒng gāo, bù zhī dào sì dà xiōng shòu jìng rán yí bàn yǒu zhè ge máo bìng.

  Qiong Qi shouted loudly because of his tall and large stature, which made his shouting particularly loud. He was trembling with fear as he hugged Ming Gui tightly. Ming Gui felt extremely helpless and said, "If you pretend to be weak again, I'll poke you with a needle."

  "Who's pretending to be weak! I'm really afraid of heights, and that Husky in front, you're deliberately teasing me, believe it or not, I'll bite you to death! Ahhh... stop teasing..."

  Mei Gui: "......"

  The ghost said helplessly: "With your figure, you say you're afraid of heights. Out of a hundred people, if one believes you, that's already not bad."

  Qiong Qi said: "How can you judge people by their appearance? This is wrong."

  Ming Gui said: "Are you human?"

  Qiong Qi always felt that Ming Gui was a bit too polite in his insults, even though he really wasn't human, but a fierce beast...

  Everyone was walking forward with difficulty along the plank road when they suddenly heard a loud "crack" sound. The front plank road hadn't been walked past yet, but it had already broken off directly. Everyone was stunned, and Qiuji shouted loudly: "It's all because of Haxi's kick!"

  Qī dǔnghái hái méi zǒu guòqù, gǎnjué búshì zìjǐ de wèntí, lán sè de yǎnjīng lóuchū yīxiē wěiquàn, huítóu kànzhe tāmen.

  Translation:

  Qi Duan hadn't walked far yet, feeling it wasn't his problem, blue eyes revealing some grievances, looking back at them.

  The wooden plank road in front was broken at a point, because it had been weathered for many years and cracked, so there were ghosts. Everyone walked past, and Wan Qi Jing Hou looked around and said: "It's not long to break, just climb over the rocks from here, and there are still plank roads ahead."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou pointed to the rocky outcropping on his head, which was full of bumps and holes, making it perfect for rock climbing. This was a piece of cake for Wan Qi Jing Hou, and the others were also quite skilled. After taking a look, everyone thought it was no problem.

  Wan Qi Jinghou first tried it out, jumping up and grabbing the protruding rock, his toes perfectly landing in a recessed groove. With several swift movements, he crawled across horizontally and quickly landed on the plank road ahead.

  Wen Baiyu didn't mind this too much either. After all, he was a winged person, so even if he couldn't climb over, he could still fly over with his wings. Although the wind here was a bit strong, Hong Tu's wings were extremely powerful and would definitely be fine.

  Wen Baiyu also jumped onto the rocky outcropping. Although he felt that he had recovered quite well, when he actually climbed up, he indeed felt a bit out of breath. Just now, Wan Kuang Jinghou's climb was dashing and swift, but after switching to him, it became stumbling and hesitant.

  Wen Baiyu crawled a few steps to the side, feeling exhausted, and suddenly flapped her wings, wanting to fly over. Wen Baiyu's wings opened with a "whoosh", and a gust of wind blew directly towards her. Wen Baiyu flew forward against the wind, and just as she was about to reach her destination, she felt a dizzying sensation, like the sky and earth were spinning around her. Her mind went "buzz" for a moment, and suddenly she lost consciousness, everything going black in front of her eyes. Her wings stiffened, and she fell straight down along the wooden path.

  "White feather!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou shouted loudly and jumped down fiercely. One hand grabbed the edge of the plank road, and the other hand grabbed Wen Bai Yu. Wen Bai Yu completely lost consciousness and hung in mid-air. The plank road made a loud "cracking" sound.

  Others quickly crawled over, and just as the plank was about to break, Xiaoxue Hua swiftly crawled out of her backpack, stretched out her vines, and with a "whoosh" wrapped them around Wang Jing Hou's waist and Wen Bai Yu. The small feathers and Xiao Zhilong flew down to push from below, while others pulled from above. With a loud "crack", the plank suddenly broke, and in an instant, everyone pulled the two people up.

  Everyone fell on the plank road and let out a sigh of relief.

  Wen Baiyu's current form was extremely strange. He had just spread his wings for a moment, and because the time was so short, he hadn't completely transformed into a swan goose. His clothes were slightly torn, with two pure white wings protruding from his back, while his body remained human in shape. In this state, he fainted and fell unconscious.

  Wen Baiyu's wings were a bit stiff and really too big, half open, the plank road was too narrow, so there was no way to move forward, everyone just waited for Wen Baiyu to wake up.

  Fortunately, Wen Bai's dizziness only lasted for a few minutes and he soon came to. When he woke up, he hadn't yet realized anything was amiss. Wan Jingshou hastily grasped his arm and said: "Don't move, you're about to fall off, your wings are still there."

  Wen Bai's eyes widened in surprise as she turned her head to look back, startling herself. Her wings fluttered once before quickly folding back against her upper back.

  Wen Baiyu's face showed a look of surprise again, and he said, "It can't be changed back..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou lifted his sleeves, and the green floral pattern deepened, possibly due to the toxin.

  Ye Liu said: "It seems we should hurry up and leave."

  Everyone agreed and hurriedly continued on their way, heading deeper into the mountain trail.

  Wen Baiyu tried to tuck her wings in as much as possible, and even if she couldn't, it didn't matter. The crowd continued to move forward, the sound of water growing louder, and a chill wind began to blow over them.

  Qī Dǔn's ears moved slightly, pointing forward, his eyes shining with some excitement.

  Qiong Qi also heard the sound and said: "It's a waterfall, not far away!"

  Everyone quickened their pace, but as they approached the waterfall, the plank road suddenly became narrower. Ye Liu Xiang could still walk forward upright, while others had to walk sideways, holding onto the rock wall with their hands, or else they would fall off if they weren't careful.

  Because the handrail has been exposed to the elements for a long time, this section is all cracked and almost all of it has peeled off, so there's basically no place to hold onto. If you're not careful, you'll fall right down.

  Everyone was on high alert, sideways, grasping the rock wall and moving forward, the sound of water in their ears getting louder and louder, water vapor rushing towards them, and sure enough, it was a waterfall ahead.

  The waterfall is not very big and not as fierce as the one they saw in Yunnan last time. However, this waterfall comes down from above their heads, flowing directly over the plank road, which is hidden behind the waterfall. The water flow splashes onto the plank road, and a large hole has been washed out in the middle of the plank road.

  Everyone walked past, and Wan Qi Jing Hou walked in the front to take a look. With every step he took, the plank road would make a "creaking" sound, and the plank road under his feet was obviously too wet and could not bear the weight.

  Everyone has walked into the waterfall one after another. The horizontal width of the waterfall is very large and the sound of the water flow is too loud, so you can't hear what others are saying. Everyone just wants to get out of this place as soon as possible.

  The plank road creaked out a faint "creak... creak..." sound in the water, at this moment, the front Wan Qi Jing Hou suddenly stopped, and the people behind him saw that he had stopped, not knowing what had happened.

  Ye Liu shouted loudly: "What's wrong? Why did you stop?"

  Wen Baiyu was right behind Wan Qi Jinghou, but he didn't see what happened in front of him either. Wan Qi Jinghou stood still, frowning, as if listening to something with his ear tilted. The sound of the waterfall here could make people's ears ring, and Wen Baiyu's head was "buzzing" all the time, unable to hear any sound at all.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly turned around and pointed to the plank road between him and Wen Bai Yu. Wen Bai Yu immediately became vigilant and retreated a few steps. At this moment, a crisp sound of "pa" was heard, and the plank road suddenly broke off from where Wan Jie Jing Hou had pointed.

  However, it wasn't a natural fracture. The debris from the stairs was splashing upwards from below, and a pale thing suddenly crashed up from under the stairs.

  As soon as Wen Bai's eyes opened wide, she saw a pale cicada-shaped face suddenly crawling out from under the bed, rushing up fiercely, followed by an extremely mismatched thin and weak body, with sticky white liquid all over its skin, which had become terrifyingly pale due to years of not seeing light.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, that pale cicada-shaped face was just a mask!

  They had seen such zongzi before. Under the ancient well, there were groups of white-skinned zongzi, only those zongzi didn't have masks on top.

  At the time of Wen Bai's daze, the white-skinned zongzi had already pounced over, and Wan Qi Jinghou stretched out his hand to grab it. He grabbed the mask of the white-skinned zongzi just in time, and with a fierce tug, he heard a "squeak" sound. The mask of the white-skinned zongzi flew up and was pulled off by Wan Qi Jinghou.

  The white-skinned zongzi was facing Wen Baiyu, with its back to General Wan Kuanghou. Wen Baiyu saw that the zongzi had lost its mask and its mouth was open in an unnatural way, suddenly making a "squeaking" sound. Several transparent cicadas quickly crawled out of it, then quickly crawled back in.

  Wen Bai's mind went "buzz" and he suddenly remembered the dream he had. In the dream, a person wearing a mask was lying on the ground, dead as can be. The mask fell off, revealing his own face, and transparent cicadas crawled out from inside.

  "Is it warm and white?"

  Wen Baiyu's body shook and he was about to fall off the plank road when Ming Gui supported him from behind. Seeing Wen Baiyu's face turn pale with eyes wide open, he immediately used a golden needle to prick his acupoint, causing intense pain that made Wen Baiyu shudder and let out a "hiss" sound, instantly waking him up.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou grabbed the zongzi and threw it down from the plank road with extremely swift movements. The zongzi silently smashed into the rock wall, then bounced off and hit another rock wall, crazily rolling downwards until it disappeared into the clouds and fog, where nothing could be seen anymore.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou reached out and grabbed Wen Bai Yu, saying: "What's wrong with you?"

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit strange, just recalling the nightmare she had made for herself, but her brain was a bit disobedient.

  Ming Gui squatted down and picked up the mask on the plank road. In the middle of the mask, there was a small mechanism. Mo Yi had said before that this was made by the ancestor of the Mo School.

  Ming Gui carefully examined the mechanism, used two golden needles to pick it a few times, and suddenly heard a "click" sound, the mechanism popped open, and I don't know how Ming Gui did it.

  Ming Gui used a golden needle to pick out the mechanism inside the box. Inside, apart from the place where the Gu insect was placed, there were also some very fine dust particles. The color of the dust particles was very deep. Ming Gui stretched out his hand and fanned it, smelled the scent, and immediately covered his nose, frowned and said: "There is a small amount of turtle shell fragments inside the mask, and there is also a unique fragrance, I don't know what it's made of."

  It was actually this tortoiseshell fragment and fragrance that affected Wen Baiyu.

  The poor guy curiously asked: "What is it actually used for?"

  Ming Gui shook his head and said: "Although it's not very clear what the specific purpose of these fragrant tortoise boards is, some things can be guessed. The tortoise board is indeed a spiritual medicine that can stimulate people's potential, which is why holding that piece of tortoise board at first feels very refreshing. However, with these spices or after mixing them with the tortoise board, problems arise. The tortoise board can stimulate the wearer's potential endlessly and without restraint, eventually emptying the person out."

  He said, looking at Wen Baiyu, "Wen Baiyu has the poison of the thorny locust on him. It's still unknown what kind of reaction will occur between the thorny locust poison and the turtle shell and spices. It's better to keep Wen Baiyu away from these turtle shells and spices."

  Ming Gui finished speaking and directly threw the Yu Jian mask down fiercely. His strength was extremely great, and the mask pierced into the water of the waterfall, shattering into powder in an instant. It was washed away by the water, disappearing silently.

  The plank road was very long. After they passed through the plank road, it finally became flat in front of them. Everyone's legs were tense and stiff, and their whole body felt uncomfortable.

  They walked along the plank road and went up to another mountain peak. There was a flat rock, and everyone sat down on it to rest.

  Everyone's clothes were soaked by the waterfall. They walked along the plank road for two slopes and rested in the afternoon. After a long period of physical activity, everyone was also hungry.

  Everyone changed clothes on the rocks and then took out some simple food to eat. At this time, everyone was very tired and didn't feel like eating anything too particular.

  Wen Baiyu was quite embarrassed, his wings couldn't be put away, and he couldn't even wear clothes, so he studied for a long time how to wear them.

  Everyone was eating and looking into the distance. Ye Liu pointed to a location on the mountain and said, "That place shrouded in mist and clouds, is that not the Immortal Cave? We're almost there, right?"

  He said that, and everyone began to observe. Wan Qi Jing Hou took out a telescope and looked ahead, but the clouds and fog were too dense, and it was hard to see clearly. He could only vaguely make out a dark entrance, which seemed not small, and should be the one.

  Everyone was somewhat excited, it wasn't in vain that they had walked for so long, finally they arrived.

  They were about to enter the cave, and no one knew what it was like inside. Everyone made some preparations, tied flashlights on their arms, and put their weapons close at hand, planning to eat and drink enough before heading into the mountain cave.

  Wen Baiyu ate something, and Wan Jinhou said, "How's your body?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's nothing, just can't retract the wings. But this is not a good omen, and I'm having trouble controlling my spiritual power."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. We'll find the remaining wooden plaques soon."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, and Wan Jingshou said, "In a while we'll go up, if you're tired just speak up, we can stop to rest."

  Wen Baiyu nodded again.

  The poor Qi hung its own big tail and said: "Oh dear, even the gentle Wan Qi Jing Hou has become so gentle."

  The ghost's eyelid twitched and he said, "How did you figure it out?"

  Qiu Qi said: "Of course it's obvious from looking at you, who has a dead face like yours and doesn't have eyes."

  Ming Gui nodded instead of opposing, thinking that if he had eyes, how could he have taken a fancy to such a stupid and ferocious beast.

  Qiong Qi saw him nodding and was a bit surprised, saying: "What kind of bad idea are you thinking of?"

  Ming Gui said: "Whose idea was it to fall in love?"

  The poor and proud said: "I'm bad at paying attention, which means I'm clever!"

  Mei Gui: “......”

  Qiong Qi suddenly said: "Right right, do you still remember that person who smoked meat at home was very delicious? He said something, in a while when we go up the mountain, be sure not to look down!"

  The ghost's eyelid twitched and he said, "What else do you know besides smoked meat?"

  The poor and vicious man said: "I also know you stabbed me with a needle!"

  The Ming dynasty has nothing good to say about it anymore.

  Everyone was suddenly reminded by a strange thing, and it's true that they almost forgot along the way, but they secretly remembered in their hearts.

  Everyone rested for a while, and if they rested any longer, it would be late in the day, so they shouldered their luggage and prepared to set off.

  They walked for half a slope, and although the road was steep, it was nothing compared to the previous plank road. After half a slope, they arrived at the top of the mountain. There really was a cave on the top of the mountain. The cave was very dark, with an oval-shaped entrance surrounded by many green plants. The entrance was very large and looked quite shocking.

  In front of the cave there was a platform about four meters square, it was this place that the middle-aged man told them they must not look down.

  Everyone stood on this platform, carefully observing the appearance of the cave, using a flashlight to shine in, but because it was too dark, they couldn't see through at all.

  At this time, Qi Du suddenly moved and wanted to go down the mountain to take a look. Wen Baiyu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Qi Du, you can't look down the mountain."

  Qī dǔn dào shì hěn tīng huà, jiù méi yǒu zài wǎng shān xià kàn, dàn shì ěr duì yī zhí zài dòng, sì hū yǒu shén me bù xún cháng de shēng yīn.

  Translation:

  Seven obediently did not look down the mountain again, but his ears kept moving, as if there was an unusual sound.

  Qiu Qi's ears also perked up and said: "There is a sound... coming from the foot of the mountain."

  Sound?

  Wen Baiyu didn't hear any sound, turned her head to look at others, and they all looked confused, apparently not having the good hearing of Qi Duan and Qiong Qi. But it was unclear whether it was psychological or not, soon she really heard a sound.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat as he heard the sound of cicadas calling out, "Zhi——zhi——" ringing out loudly, making his ears ache.

  Wen Baiyu's mind was buzzing with a loud humming noise, and golden stars were flashing before her eyes. She really wanted to lean forward and take a look at what kind of strange thing was making this sound, but Wen Baiyu's consciousness was still relatively clear, and she absolutely could not lower her head to look.

  Wen Baiyu turned his head to look at the crowd and found that everyone had a thoughtful expression. Qiong Qi's face was slightly terrified, as if he had thought of something. He usually had a cheerful smile on his face, but now his expression was very serious, making him look extremely fierce.

  Ming Gui's face was cold and expressionless, just like when they first met, with a hint of calmness.

  Ye Liu Xiang was panting non-stop, while Luo Qi Feng rubbed his temples, both of them looking quite abnormal.

  Even Wan Gui Jing Hou narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.

  What was most astonishing was that Qī Dǔn's deep blue eyes narrowed and actually shed tears. Tears slid down from his narrow, long eyes. His expression was extremely sorrowful, his face gradually contorted, with a wild, beastly ferocity, and his mouth let out a "Wuuu... wuuu..." roar.

  Wen Baiyu was slightly surprised. What he heard was the sound of cicadas chirping. If it was just the sound of cicadas chirping, why did everyone's expressions differ? Especially Qi Duan, who was actually crying. Qi Duan had only shown this expression once before, when he saw his mother in Blood Jade. Otherwise, he was always cheerful and carefree, rarely showing a sorrowful face.

  "Seven Strokes?"

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but cry out, but Qi Du seemed to ignore him. He still held the egg baby in his arms and walked towards the cliff. The platform was only four meters wide, and Qi Du's tall stature and long legs allowed him to reach the edge with just two steps. He suddenly leaned forward and looked down.

  Wen Baiyu shouted: "Not good!"

  The sound startled Wan Qi Jing Hou awake, and he saw Wen Bai Yu running towards the mountain cliff.

  Qī Dǔn had already looked down, his narrow eyes wide open, revealing an incredulous expression, with tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, making the color of his eyes even deeper. Qī Dǔn's body slowly leaned forward, and then his hand loosened.

  "Ah!"

  A crisp sound, Egg Baby fell directly from his arms and hit the rock wall, bouncing high, the sound was too loud, I don't know if it was because of this reason, Qi Duan suddenly woke up, Egg Baby emitted a bright glow, plus its heavy weight, and immediately disappeared into the clouds.

  Others had not reacted yet, Qi Duan let out a low growl and suddenly jumped forward, he actually just directly jumped down like that. With the force of his jump being very great, in an instant he hugged the Egg Baby who was falling in mid-air.

  Wen Baiyu could no longer remain calm and rushed to the edge of the cliff, shouting "Qi Du!" She looked down and saw that Qi Du and Egg Baby had already disappeared into the clouds and fog, completely out of sight. However, on the rocky wall, there were still many bloodstains left behind. Qi Du must not have fallen directly down but instead slid down along the cliff, leaving a large patch of bloodstains on the rock face, which was shocking to see and still sliding downwards.

  Wen Baiyu lowered his head and suddenly heard a "humming" sound. He didn't find Qi Duan and Egg Baby, but he saw something else.

  On the rock wall, attached to the rock wall, there is a coffin. The coffin seems to be in the form of a hanging coffin burial. Two wooden stakes are stuck on the cliff, supporting the coffin.

  The coffin had opened a slit, and inside was a corpse. The corpse had turned into a mummy, but it was clear that he was smiling, his mouth wide open, looking very happy, matching the gruesome mummified face, making it look exceptionally eerie.

  The coffin was entwined with plants, on which bloomed blue flowers of unknown species, emitting a strong fragrance that could be smelled as soon as one lowered their head.

  A very familiar scent...

  Wen Bai's head spun and she suddenly felt her arm being pulled back. She opened her eyes to find herself hanging off a cliff, with Wan Jie Jing Hou grasping her wrist.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly gasped for breath twice, and then suddenly remembered something. He said, "The flowers on the coffin... their fragrance is similar to that of tortoiseshell, they should be the raw materials used to make tortoiseshell fragrant!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou Ping Zuo sucked in a deep breath and suddenly stretched out his hand to pull Wen Bai Yu up, both of them panting heavily, the situation for everyone else was not good.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Into the cave! Quick into the cave!'"

  Ming Gui was barely conscious and Qiong Qi was furious, shouting that he wanted to jump down the mountain. Ming Gui reached out and grabbed him, but Qiong Qi struggled constantly. Ming Gui raised his hand and pinched Qiong Qi's neck, causing him to let out a loud roar and suddenly wake up, looking startled. He saw that he had scratched Ming Gui's arm until it was bloody and had no idea what he had been doing earlier.

  Ming Gui saw him wake up and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Enter the cave! Enter the cave!"

  Qiong Qi and Ming Gui dragged the unconscious Ye Liu Xiang and Luo Qi Feng into the cave. Wan Kuang Jing Hou grabbed Wen Bai Yu's hand and pulled him towards the cave, but Wen Bai Yu said, "Qi Duan and Dan are both down there."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately said: "You go in, I'll go find them."

  Wen Baiyu didn't want to let Wan Xi Jinghou go alone, there were dumplings below, and also the blue flowers that confused people's minds. Just now, Wan Xi Jinghou was also distracted, which means these things had an effect on him too, and he was still a Candle Dragon, hard to control his emotions.

  At this moment, some sounds came from the edge of the cliff. Wen Baiyu's eyes lit up and he said, "Is it Qi Du?"

  However, when he turned around, he saw that the person who climbed up from under the cliff was not Qi Duan at all, but that laughing corpse.

  The mummy's arms and legs were extremely thin, but he somehow managed to climb up from the bottom of the cliff smoothly, with blue flowers still wrapped around his body...

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou quickly covered their mouths and noses, but the strange fragrance seemed to penetrate every pore. Wen Baiyu's head buzzed as she struggled to stand upright, pinching her palms to keep herself awake and immune to the scent's allure.

  Bai Yu's eyes turned white, his body swayed, and he almost fell over. Wan Zhi Jing Hou immediately reached out to support him, shouting: "Bai Yu?"

  At this time, the corpse suddenly pounced on them, as if it had found the right moment to kill them off guard. Wan Qi Jing Hou supported Wen Bai Yu, but Wen Bai Yu suddenly lifted his head at this time. The phoenix bone dagger in his hand quickly turned and slashed forward. The corpse let out a loud roar of "Kah!" and suddenly fell backwards, slamming into the edge of the cliff.

  Wen Baiyu panted heavily, this time she had mustered up her strength, her eyes radiating bright flames, her face somewhat cold and stern. With a swift slash of her dagger, she cut off half of the zongzi's chin as if it were mud, sending the chin flying to the ground, where it rolled down the cliff with a gurgling sound.

  Zongzi let out a furious roar and slowly stood up straight, going crazy as if to crawl up from the ground to catch them.

  At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped up from under the cliff, almost vertically upwards. It was Qi Yun, his whole body covered in blood, his blue eyes gleaming with cold light, his physique lithe and agile. With a powerful swing of his arm, there was a loud "bang" as he struck the dry corpse's head, causing it to emit a cracking sound as it broke off, but still remained attached by a thread, hanging crookedly from its neck.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly sprinted two steps forward before kicking the dry corpse in the chest with one foot.

  The force of this kick was extremely great, the dry corpse's ribs made a "cracking" sound, instantly shattering, and flew backward in an instant, directly flying off the cliff, not even having time to let out a "roar", instantly disappearing.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief, but his mind was still reeling with dizziness and stars flashing before his eyes. If it weren't for Wan Jingshou supporting him, he would have almost collapsed to the ground.

  Qī Dǔ crawled up from under the cliff, his whole body covered in blood. A huge gash on his forehead was bleeding profusely, with blood flowing down his face and cheeks, making him look stern and three-dimensional. Due to what had just happened, Qī Dǔ looked extremely agitated, exuding a fierce aura like a wild beast. He panted heavily, "Hū... Hū...", his mouth open wide. Apart from his head and body, his hands were also completely covered in blood, with all his fingernails torn off and the flesh on his palms mangled. The clothes on his arms were tattered and stained with blood, not a single spot was clean.

  Seven steps forward, always with one hand on his chest, suddenly reached into his chest and pulled out an egg emitting a warm white light, with a large crack on the surface of the egg.

  Wen Baiyu saw the egg baby and really didn't know what her mood was. She immediately took it over, and if it was still warm to the touch, heavy, with a large crack but not actually cracked open, it seemed like nothing was wrong.

  Qī Dǔn panted "hū——hū——", looked at them, opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse and sounded very awkward, but his tone was unexpectedly low and pleasant. Qī Dǔn stuttered and said: "I'm... sorry..."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou let out a sigh of relief when he saw Dan Bao Bao, and couldn't help but touch him. Dan Bao Bao felt very warm and heavy, and when Wan Jie Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu touched him, he even trembled slightly.

  Wen Baiyu saw Qi's expression change from ferocity to despair and said, "It's all right now, you've lost a lot of blood. Go into the cave and tend to your wound."

  Qī Dǔn immediately nodded his head.

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief when they saw them return. They all sat at the entrance of the cave, each bandaging their own wounds. Among them, Qi Yun's injuries were the most severe. He sat on the ground, quietly allowing Wen Baiyu to bandage him.

  Dan Dan was scared stiff just now, and naturally didn't lack tears. Everyone else had external injuries, but only Wen Bai Yu had internal injuries. Dan Dan's tears were more than enough.

  Qī dǔn looked at the wound that was healing, and then looked at the cracked egg baby. The egg seemed to have a natural affinity for eggs, and the small meat hand touched the egg baby, holding it in its arms and gently stroking it. The egg baby seemed to sense that the egg was touching it, and burst out with a faint white light, almost illuminating the entire cave.

  Egg egg laughed and said, pulling Xiao Zhu Long: "Brother is talking to me!"

  Qī Dǔn's gaze kept following Egg Baby, but because he accidentally dropped Egg Baby down the mountain earlier, Qī Dǔn didn't dare to touch Egg Baby again. He sat there with a hint of desolation, waiting for his wounds to heal.

  Everyone bandaged their wounds and prepared to head into the mountain cave. Everyone turned on their flashlights, and with so many lights shining together, it was still quite bright.

  As they moved forward and shone their lights inside the cave, they saw that it was filled with countless caverns, looking extremely intricate.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took a look and saw that some of the caves were connected, and at a glance, it was clear that they were through. Some, however, were pitch black and seemed very long.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "We are not suitable for separating now, we can only exclude one by one and make a mark."

  Everyone agreed with Wan Qi Jing Hou's statement. First, they selected a cave and then marked it on the top of the cave. They used fluorescent spray paint to mark a sign at the entrance of the cave.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou snapped a fluorescent stick and rolled into the cave. The fluorescence slowly disappeared in the cave, it seemed that the road they chose was very deep. After waiting for a while, nothing happened, so everyone walked into this cave.

  Everyone slowly moved forward, using their flashlights to sweep the road ahead. After a while, Wen Baiyu suddenly shivered and said, "Didn't you notice that the glow stick that just rolled in... is gone?"

  As soon as he said that, everyone's back felt a chill and they shuddered. Even with Wan Qi Jing Hou's great strength, it was impossible for the glow stick to roll so far unless it was downhill. However, it was clear that this road had no slope at all, and the ground was somewhat uneven, which would hinder the movement of the glow stick and prevent it from going too far.

  But now, the glow stick has suddenly disappeared...

  The strange hairs all stood up and said, "Is there someone here?"

  The pale ghost said faintly, "I think it's unlikely to be a person, it's more likely to be a zongzi."

  Zongzi quietly picked up the glow stick...

  Everyone was a little cautious, using flashlights to shine in different directions, carefully observing whether there were really zongzi. After walking for a while, it was still quiet and nothing was found.

  The cave soon discovered a fork in the road, and everyone was a bit dizzy. If it forks like this, how can we find our way?

  But the memories of middle-aged people, they were following Xie Fengzi at that time, I don't know if Xie Fengzi had studied this place or he was inspired by the gods.

  The divine revelation was on the tape, but it was too old and they had no way to play it now. The feeling of having a treasure that couldn't be used made Wen Baiyu's heart itch.

  The crowd walked forward, and Qi Du suddenly stopped. He then made a "shh" sound and beckoned to the crowd to quickly take two steps forward, and everyone stuck close to the stone pillar in front of them.

  At this time, a "gurgling gurgling...... gurgling gurgling......" sound was heard from the darkness in front.

  Everyone involuntarily held their breath and turned off their flashlights, looking carefully ahead, because it was too dark to see anything, they could only hear the sound.

  But soon, the "gurgling" sound grew louder and came closer from afar, that sound, as if it was Wan Qi Jing Hou rolling out the fluorescent stick.

  It must be glow sticks rolling on the ground.

  As expected, a black shadow rolled over from afar, the glow stick was no longer shining, but it was indeed rolling, and after rolling for a short distance on the uneven ground, it stopped. Suddenly, a pale white face appeared behind the glow stick, and to my surprise, it was another one of those white-skinned dumplings wearing a cicada-shaped mask.

  It turns out that the glow stick was really taken away by Zongzi.

  The dumplings didn't notice them immediately, but instead rolled the fluorescent sticks on the ground. The fluorescent sticks were piled up by the dumplings and made a "gurgling" sound, quickly rolling forward, and in an instant, they rolled to Wen Baiyu's feet.

  Wen Baiyu quickly pulled his feet back, and the crowd retreated around the pillar. Wan Kuang Jinghou looked at Ming Gui, who silently nodded.

  Qī Dǔ was a bit violent, Wēn Bái Yǔ comforted him by pressing his hands down twice. Just now Qī Dǔ had almost thrown the egg baby down the mountain due to his ferocity, but this time he obviously restrained himself a lot, and it could be seen that he was making an effort to control himself.

  The fluorescent stick rolled over, and the white-skinned zongzi quickly chased after it. Just as it was chasing after it for a moment, the golden needle in Minggui's hand suddenly swung out, "swish" several times, and stabbed into the white-skinned zongzi's body.

  The white-skinned zongzi let out a loud "Kah!" and fell directly to the ground, motionless.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was afraid that there were cicadas on top of the zongzi, and told others not to get close, saying: "Hurry up and leave."

  They chose a path and made marks at the fork in the road, then walked forward for a while. Wen Baiyu was surprised to find that both sides of this fork were full of big and small holes, looking like round open eyes.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but think of that dream, where endless white zongzi with cicada-shaped masks rushed out like a tide, without end.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat as he said, "This road is wrong, let's go back quickly!"

  Wen Baiyu's voice was clear and echoed in the cave, everyone was shocked, looking around, although they didn't see anything wrong for the time being, but all chose to move back.

  Wen Baiyu immediately took out the Fenggu dagger and held it tightly in his hand. They had just run a few steps back when they heard a "click" sound, and then several white-skinned toads crawled out silently from that cave.

  The dream was exactly the same as Wen Bai's, all the white-skinned zongzi wore cicada-shaped masks, crawling out of the holes on both sides in an endless stream. They seemed to have caught wind of their prey and squeezed out of the holes one by one, rushing over in a frenzy.

  Wen Baiyu immediately gripped the phoenix bone dagger tightly, and Wan Jinhou stretched out his hand to stop Wen Baiyu, saying: "Hurry up!"

  The crowd quickly retreated backwards, with the white-skinned dumplings hot on their heels. Ming Gui flung out a handful of golden needles, and one of the white-skinned dumplings let out a loud cry as it fell to the ground. But before long, the dumplings behind trampled over the ones in front, crushing their masks with a series of loud cracks. The dumplings continued to chase after them, stretching out their hands to scratch and letting out loud "Kua" cries, accompanied by a strange "Ssss" sound.

  Zongzi came from behind and pounced on him, Ye Liu was knocked to the ground with a thud. Ruo Qifeng saw Ye Liu fall and rushed back like a madman. Since this was clearly close combat, Ruo Qifeng had no way of using his gun, so he used his hands to pry Zongzi off the ground.

  The zongzi was torn open and quickly pounced on again. Lu Qi Feng hugged Ye Liu Xiang tightly, pinning him to his chest. The zongzi behind pounced on Lu Qi Feng's neck, face, and arms, leaving him covered in wounds.

  The people in front had to stop because there were too many white dumplings. Lu Qi Feng alone couldn't handle it, so the people in front went back to help them. Soon another wave of white dumplings came chasing after them, almost drowning them.

  The attack power of these white-skinned dumplings is obviously much higher than before. It's probably because, as Ming Gui said, in addition to cicada shells, some turtle shell fragments and spices have been added to the mask, allowing these white-skinned dumplings to continuously release their potential.

  The mask shattered on the ground, the fragrance of spices wafted out, Wen Baiyu's eyes turned dizzy and blackness appeared before his eyes.

  At this time, a black shadow suddenly rushed over from behind and let out a strange laugh of "Heh——heh——".

  "Be careful!"

  Wan Jie Jing Hou shouted, and Wen Bai Yu's dagger immediately slashed back, his elbow fiercely striking the black shadow, which crashed to the ground with a "thud". Wen Bai Yu quickly took two steps forward, escaping the black shadow's grasp, and Wan Jie Jing Hou immediately reached out to support him.

  Wen Baiyu turned his head to look back and was immediately shocked. It was actually the dry corpse whose neck had been broken by Qi Duan's palm, and had been kicked down the cliff by Wan Kuang Jing Hou. He didn't expect it to climb up again.

  Qī Dǐn immediately let out a "Hū——hū——" roar, vigilantly staring at the dry corpse.

  However, it soon became apparent that this corpse was slightly different from before. Although the corpse had been smiling previously, its facial expression had merely remained in a smile. Now, however, its neck had been broken and was hanging at an awkward angle, its breastbone had been kicked in, one of its arms had been torn off, and its other arm was twisted and hung limply from its body. Its chin had also been sliced off by Wen Baiyu. Despite all this, the corpse was still smiling, and what's more, it seemed to be smiling consciously.

  The mummy's face had no mask, but it was conscious.

  Luo Qifeng's mind went "buzz" and he seemed to sense a surge of yin energy. He narrowed his eyes and said, "It's that ghost!"

  Luó Kuí Fēng will never forget this evil spirit. Last time it possessed Yè Liú Xiǎng's body and used him as a blood sacrifice, nearly taking Little Ye's life. Luó Kuí Fēng hates it to the bone.

  Moreover, Bao Zheng is a soul of the same origin as Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's sensitivity to him is normal.

  Everyone didn't expect that ghost to come and stir up trouble again, and it was attached to a dried-up corpse.

  The corpse "heh-heh" laughed at them, stretching out its relatively intact arm to adjust its head, but the seventh blow was too forceful and the corpse's head almost fell off. No matter how hard it tried to straighten it, it hung crookedly from its neck.

  Qiong Qi watched his movements, feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit.

  In front of it was a desiccated corpse with a lingering spirit, and behind it was a pile of white glutinous rice dumplings.

  The corpse propped up its head, seemingly unsuccessful, and maniacally laughed, saying: "It's really great, there are so many catalpa trees here, plus Yuan Yang's three souls, I can finally get my own three souls."

  He said, his eyes fixed tightly on Luo Qifeng, as if Luo Qifeng was a delicious braised pork belly, and continued to say: "Return my three souls to me... return them to me!"

  The corpse let out a shrill cry and suddenly charged forward. Everyone was prepared, but at this moment, Wen Baiyu's head suddenly drooped, and he immediately lost consciousness. However, Wen Baiyu did not faint to the ground, but instead suddenly shook his arm violently, and the phoenix bone dagger in his hand made a swift slash, releasing a white light that shot out. Wan Jingshou dodged sideways, but his chest was still slashed, his clothes torn apart, and blood immediately gushed out.

  Everyone stared at Wen Baiyu in shock. Wen Baiyu's eyes were unfocused, and he simply stood there, holding the dagger, as the dark green veins from the poisonous flower pattern on his collar emerged and crawled up to his chin.

  The mummy burst out laughing "Hah---hah---" and said: "Very surprised? I also have a helper."

  The corpse said, beckoning to Wen Baiyu with a wave of his hand. Wen Baiyu seemed very obedient and walked over with a dull expression in her eyes. The corpse stretched out his dry, rotting hand and gently stroked Wen Baiyu's cheek, smiling extremely smugly as he said: "Give me the wooden sign."

  Wen Baiyu was completely unconscious, stretched out his hand to pull off the wooden sign from his neck and handed it over to the dry corpse. The dry corpse was even more delighted, bursting into loud laughter, laughing wildly.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou glared with his eyes, which had turned bloodshot, his breathing was extremely heavy, and the expression on his face was terrifying, gloomy as if it were about to rain, saying: "What have you done?"

  The corpse smiled and said: "Nothing's been done, actually the poison has always been on his body, but the detestable Phoenix Blood, the toxin hasn't spread yet. I've long wanted to control him, fortunately, now the cicada is already inside his body..."

  Every time the corpse spoke a word, Wan Qi Jing Hou's face turned colder, his fists clenched, and his bones crackled with a "crack" sound, as if he was already on the verge of furious rage.

  The corpse smiled and lifted up Wen Baiyu's chin. Wen Baiyu was very obedient, his eyes unfocused. The corpse smiled and said, "I know you're the Candle Dragon, but don't make any rash moves, or else I..."

  He said this, Wen Baiyu's eyes suddenly fluctuated for some reason, and a painful expression flashed, his right hand suddenly shrunk, grasping the Fenggu bone dagger tightly. In an instant, his eyes burst out with blood-red color, he stretched out his hand to grab the dry corpse's neck, twisted it fiercely, and heard a "crack" sound. The last bit of skin and flesh was torn apart. Wen Baiyu suddenly chopped off the dry corpse's head and threw it to the ground, while the Fenggu bone dagger stabbed into the dry corpse's chest and abdomen, making a fierce digging motion.

  The corpse didn't even have time to speak, and it fell to the ground with a thud. A black mist burst forth from its body, but it vanished in an instant.

  Everyone was startled by this scene. The dry corpse is a soul of the poisonous insect, able to control the cicadas and poisonous insects. Those white-skinned dumplings were frightened by Wen Baiyu's movements, and they retreated in fear, fleeing wildly to the back.

  Wan Jie didn't care about the zongzi anymore and rushed over to hug Wen Baiyu. However, Wen Baiyu's body suddenly shrunk back at this moment, her eyes still bright red as she shouted loudly at Wan Jie, "Don't come near!"

  Everyone was shocked, Wen Baiyu's face was extremely painful, pale and twisted, his throat rolled twice, wanting to speak, but made a "squeak-squeak" sound.

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath, retreated two steps back, suddenly shrunk back and ran towards the darkness.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou shouted "Bai Yu!", but Wen Bai Yu seemed to have not heard it at all. Ming Gui said: "Hurry and chase, he's been stung by a cicada."

  The crowd chased after her quickly from behind, but Wen Baiyu ran extremely fast, using all her strength, and swiftly darted into the darkness. The cave in front of them was deep and winding, and the crowd suddenly lost track of Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou was panting heavily, and suddenly punched the stone wall with a loud bang. His fist started bleeding immediately, as if still unsatisfied, a low growl came from his throat.

  Wen Baiyu ran forward for a while, already exhausted, he covered his mouth, tripped underfoot, and fell heavily to the ground. His throat felt a burning sensation, as if something was gnawing at it. He opened his mouth and let out a "chi-chi-chi" sound, and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

  Wen Baiyu's face was filled with a hint of terror as she stretched out her hand to lift up her sleeve. The color of the Thorn Poison had deepened even further, and it seemed as though the Thorn Poison and the Cicada were mutually stimulating each other. Adding on the fragrance of that blue flower, Wen Baiyu felt like she was going crazy, losing control. Although she struggled to grasp onto her consciousness, it seemed as though her consciousness was about to be engulfed by a massive wave.

  Wen Baiyu was terrified, clutching his head as visions of his own nightmares flashed through his mind: countless transparent cicadas crawling out of his mouth, his hands covered in blood, and the image of him stabbing Wang Jinghou's abdomen.

  Wen Baiyu let out a low growl from his throat, "Hmph——" He took a deep breath and bit down hard on his lip. Wen Baiyu fell to the ground, kneeling as he desperately tried to vomit, but nothing came out. The sound in his ears was still "Chirp——chirp——", this sound almost drove him mad.

  Fell to the ground with a thud, stars spinning in front of her eyes, consciousness constantly sinking, gradually losing strength, and finally passed out.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was like a madman searching for Wen Bai Yu. Seventh Master's sense of smell was very sensitive, and Wen Bai Yu's hands were covered in the blood of zongzi, which had a strong scent. Seventh Master led everyone to follow him, quickly running forward. Everyone didn't feel tired at all, rushing forward together. Wen Bai Yu actually ran out very far.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's heart was racing fast, and suddenly he saw the seven coffins in front of him stop moving. He couldn't help but quickly pass by the coffins, and then he saw a black shadow lying on the ground in front of the cave, motionless.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou immediately rushed over and indeed saw Wen Bai Yu. Wen Bai Yu's face was covered in blood, which was actually scratched out by himself, his lips were bitten through, he was lying on the ground motionless, still tightly grasping the Feng Gu bone dagger in his hand, his face deathly pale, looking extremely haggard.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's heart skipped a beat as he stretched out his hand to pick up Wen Bai Yu and let him lean against his chest, saying: "Bai Yu... Bai Yu... wake up..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said, feeling his own voice trembling, Wen Bai Yu was still leaning in his arms motionless, without any signs of life.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou carefully wiped the blood from Wen Bai Yu's face and pressed his neck. The pulse was weak but still normal, breathing a bit urgent, looking like even if he fainted, it wasn't very stable.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou was about to pick up Wen Bai Yu horizontally when Wen Bai Yu moved slightly. Wan Jie Jing Hou immediately discovered it and said, "Bai Yu, are you awake?"

  Wen Baiyu slowly opened his eyes and looked at Wan Jingshou. However, there was no focus in his eyes. The next second, Wen Baiyu's hand suddenly moved forward, and Wan Jingshou only slightly trembled, letting out a low hum from his throat before grasping Wen Baiyu's hand tightly.

  Wen Baiyu's wrist was pinched by him, his hand felt a sourness, and he immediately loosened his grip. With a thud, he fell to the ground. Wan Kuangjinghou's body leaned back slightly, and everyone suddenly gasped "Hoo—" and rushed up.

  Then, Wen Baiyu's phoenix bone dagger pierced through the abdomen of Wan Jinhong, Wan Jinhong covered his own abdomen with one hand, blood flowing down between his fingers, he gasped for two breaths, and with the other hand caught Wen Baiyu who had fainted again...