Chapter 141 That Place 7 (Seeking Recommendations)

  "The wall is gone"

  Everyone was shocked and shouted out loud.

  Lu Kai also raised his binoculars and looked carefully into the distance, but after a while, he didn't find anything. Ming Gui took over Wang Qi Jing Hou's binoculars and looked carefully, among these people, only he had seen the skull wall.

  Ming Gui frowned and said, "This is impossible. The Skull Wall has four sides, inside it's a temple. If it were just one wall, maybe it could be blown down by the wind, but how can an ancient building suddenly disappear?"

  Wen Baiyu felt an inexplicable discomfort on her body, but she still took the telescope and looked into the distance. The skull wall had indeed disappeared.

  At more than four o'clock, the skull wall was clearly in front of them. Although it wasn't very clear with binoculars, there must have been a wall facing everyone. Now looking over, it's empty.

  Wen Baiyu was a bit puzzled, such a big wall, could it be that he had long legs and ran away?

  Qin Pei said: "Let's go take a look"

  Luo Kai said: "But now it's just the second half of the night, and the yin energy is still at its strongest. Strange phenomena have already appeared. If we rush over like this..."

  Qin Pei said: "But Wei You has disappeared"

  Qin Pei seemed extremely anxious, almost shouting as he spoke. He said, panting heavily, "I'm going to find Wei Qianshui."

  He said, and then he dived into the tent to fetch his luggage. Soon, he pulled out his luggage and began to dismantle his own tent. He quickly rolled up the tent and tied it with a rope, securing it on his backpack.

  Everyone watched Qin Wei's movements, and Luo Kai advised him: "Boss, Wei Ge might have left on his own and may not necessarily go in that direction, boss you"

  Qin Pei shook her head and said: "I'm going, don't say any more."

  Mr. Qin looked at Qin Wei's appearance, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder, saying: "I'll go with you."

  Lu Kai's face suddenly fell, seemingly feeling that Da Hei Tian's behavior was extremely inappropriate, but Qin Boss actually joined in the chaos with Qin Pei.

  Mr. Qin also went to collect his luggage, and many people in the team followed Qin Pei. Although they had always thought that Qin Pei was a young master who needed to be coaxed, apart from having a big temper, he was not harsh on his employees. There was also Wei Qianshui, Wei Ge was very serious in the team and didn't like to talk much, but he cared about people very much and took care of everything.

  Many people in the team had to follow Qin Pei forward.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Wan Qi Jinghou, who seemed to disagree with moving forward. Firstly, the skull wall had disappeared, and secondly, the toxin in those who were poisoned by the Thorny Cage began to spread rapidly, which was not a good omen. Perhaps that fleeing soul or the female corpse of the Queen of Xiwangmu Country was nearby, it couldn't be ruled out.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou picked up the telescope again, looking at the skull wall that had disappeared in front of him. After a while, he suddenly frowned and said, "Wait, there's someone over there."

  There is someone

  Everyone immediately took out their binoculars to take a look. Since there weren't enough binoculars for everyone, some people stretched their necks anxiously to get a glimpse. The sky was really too dark and it wasn't easy to see clearly, but they saw a black shadow darting back and forth in the desert.

  Luò Kāi held up his binoculars and said, "There really is someone."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It's not good, it's Wei You Shui."

  He said it was Wei Cunshui, and Qin Pei suddenly rushed out of the forest. Old Qin shouted loudly, "Qin Pei!"

  Qin Pei had already rushed out of the woods, and Old Qin immediately grabbed his rifle and military sword, inserted the sword into his waist, grasped the gun and quickly rushed out as well.

  "Damn it!"

  Luo Kai also picked up his own gun and chased after Qin Laoban as he rushed out.

  "What should we do? Will they be in danger if they go out?"

  Third Master Qi looked into the distance, narrowed his eyes and said: "It's snowing, a sandstorm is coming."

  "Then we have to pull them back."

  Those who were poisoned by the poisonous needle all felt extremely tired in an instant, and at this time they had gradually recovered. Wen Baiyu said: "I'm fine, let's go."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Don't show off."

  Wen Baiyu stood up and said, "Really nothing's wrong, let's go quickly."

  Wan Xi Jinghou let the people in the motorcade stay at the camp and wait for orders, while others followed him to rush out and rescue people.

  A cluster of greenery rushed out, and Wen Baiyu felt a fierce gust of wind. Perhaps it was because he hadn't been shuttling through the desert for a day, so he felt that the wind was already very distant. Suddenly, being blown by the fierce wind, he almost flew out directly.

  The black and yellow sand was blown up by the sky, and it was impossible to open one's eyes. Wen Baiyu covered her eyes with her hand and ran forward against the wind. The wind was really too strong, and they didn't run very fast.

  Qin Pei rushed forward and chased after the black shadow, but soon fell to the ground with a "thud".

  Mr. Qin was chasing after Qin Pei from behind, shouting: "Qin Pei, you can't trample on the sandy soil against the wind!"

  However, because the wind was too strong, Qin Pei didn't hear clearly what Old Man Qin was saying. Qin Pei only knew to chase forward and saw a black figure quickly shuttling back and forth in the desert. He put on the hood of his hoodie, seemingly to block out the wind and sand. His movements were much faster than Qin Pei's. Although his face was covered, Qin Pei recognized him at a glance - it was undoubtedly Wei Cangshui.

  Qin Pei ran forward with all his might, but he didn't run very fast. In order to catch up with Wei Qushui, Qin Pei took a shortcut, directly crossing the sand dunes without following the ridge, and climbed up from the leeward side.

  The slope was very steep, like a small hill. Qin Pei used her hands and feet to climb forward, and it seemed that she would reach the top soon. However, the sand at the very top was unexpectedly soft. The surface of the sand was extremely loose, and as soon as Qin Pei stepped on it, she felt a sudden loss of strength and sank in immediately.

  The soft sand gave Qin Wei no foothold, and she rolled backward in an instant.

  Qin Pei shouted loudly, and at this time, the black shadow in front heard the sound and immediately turned his head. It was indeed Wei Qianshui.

  Wei You closed his eyes and happened to see Qin Pei suddenly falling backwards, directly landing on the sandy slope and rolling down along it.

  Wei You's body moved slightly, wanting to save Qin Pei, but soon saw Qin Laoban and Luo Kai chasing after them. Luo Kai quickly rushed up, grabbed Qin Pei who was about to roll down, and pulled her up. The three of them supported each other, barely standing in the desert.

  Qin Pei simply raised her head again, and Wei You's shadow was gone.

  Qin Pei cursed loudly, and the crowd behind had already caught up. Because of the strong wind, Wen Baiyu shouted: "The sandstorm is coming, let's hurry into the oasis!"

  "It's too late, let's go this way"

  As he spoke, a sudden gust of black and yellow wind and sand swept in from the distant horizon, hurtling towards them with lightning speed.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pressed down on Wen Bai Yu and said: "Come this way"

  Wen Baiyu was pulled by him, and the crowd quickly followed Wan Qi Jinghou. They were now facing the sandstorm head-on. If it rolled over, there would be more harm than good, and they would have to run away. At this time, running into the oasis again would be like racing with the sandstorm, which was too dangerous.

  After running for a few steps, Wen Baiyu's physical strength had been greatly consumed. He didn't know if it was related to the poison of the thorny locust tree, but after his physical strength was consumed, he found it difficult to recover. If Wan Jinhou hadn't pulled him along, Wen Baiyu would have already fallen to his knees.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou felt Wen Bai Yu's fatigue, the weight leaning on him was getting heavier and heavier, the sandstorm behind was almost blowing over, the sound of the wind and whistling in his ears was almost deafening.

  An Ran also ran out, he was poisoned by the snake, although he recovered well, but just now the poison spread, making him a bit unbearable. Mo Yi was carrying An Ran on his back, suddenly feeling a lightness on his back, An Ran had actually rolled down from his body.

  Mo Yi rushed towards An Ran like a madman, hugged him tightly, and the two of them rolled down the sandy slope wildly, their heads and faces covered in sand.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and said, "It's all right."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's backpack suddenly emitted a "whooshing" sound, and several vines burst out. Xiao Xue Hua used the vines to bind An Ran and Mo Yi Si, causing them to stop abruptly. An Ran was jolted awake by the sudden tug.

  Mo Yi quickly got up, hugged An Ran and said: "An Ran, what's wrong? Let's go quickly."

  Although An Ran woke up, she looked weak and said: "I heard the crying sound was a crying sound, not me dreaming, nor was it the wind, just nearby, very clear."

  An Ran had also said that he heard a crying sound before, but at that time everyone thought he heard the wind, however this time An Ran was very certain, it was definitely a crying sound.

  The storm behind rushed over, Luo Kai shouted: "Damn it, don't stop, go faster"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly knelt down, patted the sand on the ground with his hand, then tilted his ear to listen to the ground and said: "There are signs of collapse here."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said, and stood up again, looking towards the direction of the oasis. There was still a bright light in the oasis, which must be the light from the camp lanterns. From this angle, the position they occupied was exactly where the skull wall disappeared before.

  Everyone was anxious to death, and the sandstorm behind was about to sweep over immediately. However, Wan Xi Jing Hou, the leader of the run, suddenly stopped.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "There is a road below."

  Luo Kai said in surprise: "How can there be a road below? The sand below can only bury us alive."

  It was unclear who shouted because the sandstorm was too big and the wind was too strong, so it was impossible to hear who was speaking or what they were saying.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou suddenly stretched out his hand and wrapped it around Wen Bai Yu's waist, sticking to Wen Bai Yu's ear, saying: "Come on, legs down, try to keep balance."

  Wen Baiyu didn't even have time to react, the sandstorm swept in, and before he could fully come to his senses, the sand began to shake violently. The strong winds howled, and everywhere was filled with dark yellow sand, covering the sky and earth. Wan Jingshou was clearly hugging him, but Wen Baiyu couldn't see Wan Jingshou at all, and could only tightly grasp onto him.

  Qī Dǔn fiercely pounced out, embracing Hei Yǔmáo in one motion. Hei Yǔmáo was stunned for a moment, but amidst the raging wind, Qī Dǔn's figure had already vanished from sight, leaving only a pair of deep blue eyes that shone faintly in the darkness.

  Qī dǔn hé hēi yǔ máo shēn gāo chà bù duō, jiāng hēi yǔ máo shǐ jìn àn zài huái lǐ, jiù zài zhè yí kè, kuáng fēng yī xià bī jìn le.

  Translation:

  Seven inches and Black Feather were about the same height, pressing Black Feather tightly in his arms, just at this moment, a strong gust of wind approached suddenly.

  The sand on the ground was blown up into the air, and Wen Baiyu only felt a sudden emptiness under his feet, and he plunged downwards fiercely. A feeling of weightlessness made his heart panic severely.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's hands grasped Wen Bai Yu's back even tighter, holding him in a death grip. Wen Bai Yu wanted to spread his wings at the same time as he fell, but the strong winds were too great. Although everyone was falling, the fierce gusts above still affected them, making it impossible to open their wings. As soon as they tried to open them slightly, they would almost be blown away like a kite.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou held Wen Bai Yu, and everyone quickly descended, all trying their best to maintain a feet-down posture.

  A loud thud, it seemed that the fall wasn't particularly deep, and they landed on soft sand, but enough to avoid the wind and sand above their heads. After everyone fell, the endless sand wanted to bury them alive again.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou grabbed Wen Bai Yu tightly and shouted: "Follow me, don't stop!"

  Everyone was stunned and confused, but at this moment they heard the shout of Wan Gui Jing Hou, immediately got up, dizzy and swollen also had to follow forward.

  Everyone ran wildly in one direction, with more and more sand coming from behind, pouring down from the top of their heads, almost burying the people behind. Everyone's eyes were blackened as they chased after the person in front, running for about five minutes before Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly stopped, reached out to catch Wen Bai Yu, and let him sit down against the wall to rest.

  Wen Baiyu was panting heavily, exhausted to the point of collapse. This was literally a desperate escape, almost buried alive by the sand just now.

  Everyone else also collapsed, sitting on the ground, panting heavily. As soon as they looked up, they were all stunned.

  "Where is this?" Qiu Qi shouted loudly.

  All around was yellow sand, the ground was covered with a layer of sand that could reach ankle-deep, and the walls were also sandy, but it wasn't hard to tell that they had entered a "space".

  There was actually a hidden tunnel under the sand.

  Ming Gui suddenly furrowed his brow, reached out to touch the wall that Wen Baiyu was leaning against, and found that it too was covered in a thick layer of sand. He stretched out his hand to brush away the sand, and soon the wall surface reappeared before everyone's eyes.

  "Hmm"

  Wen Baiyu was startled and immediately retreated two steps, his back against the wall where he had just rested. The wall was densely packed with skulls, all of which were different from one another. They were absolutely genuine human skulls, arranged in rows from large to small and from small to large, complementing each other perfectly so that not a single gap was left on the wall. At first glance, it could be suffocating for someone with claustrophobia.

  "Skull Wall"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "I think I should know how the skull wall disappeared"

  The skull wall was originally designed in a way that is similar to the use of tidal flats to change the structure of tombs. The skull wall uses wind power, and ordinary winds cannot achieve this effect, but it's different in the desert, and there is a heavy yin energy here, and the surrounding geology seems to have been artificially processed, and this processing has lasted for so many years.

  The wall surface of the skull wall is very high, and the four walls stand upright. The wind becomes a gate of the skull wall. When the wind is strong enough, the skull wall will mysteriously disappear in the desert and hide deep in the sand.

  Wan Kuang said: "I'm afraid if we go further in, there will be many mechanisms."

  It seems that Ming Gui was inspired, saying: "So that's it. On the map, Skull Wall is a door, but this door is buried underground and can become a door. At that time, I saw Skull Wall on the ground, so I didn't find out what was behind Skull Wall."

  Everyone rested for a while beside the skull wall, and the space formed by the four skull walls was square. The space wasn't small, so everyone swept away all the sand, revealing the originally frightening surface of the skull wall.

  Wen Baiyu said: "There must be a mechanism on one side, which can open a door."

  Ming Gui said: "Let me handle this."

  He said, pressing his palm, a golden needle slid out from the back of his hand, and Ming Gui walked to the wall and began to study it carefully.

  "Hey, don't dig into the spider's nest again!"

  Ming Gui looked at him for a moment, but didn't say anything.

  Others don't understand either and can't help, Mo Yi has to take care of An Ran too, so he can't go to help.

  Mo Yi let An Ran lean against his chest, An Ran's breathing was very urgent and her face looked a bit unsightly.

  Mo wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and said: "What's wrong?"

  She closed her eyes tightly and shook her head vigorously, saying "Crying sound".

  Mo Yi was astonished and said: "Can still hear"

  Anran nodded and said: "The crying sound is behind the wall, I heard a lot of crying sounds from all directions"

  He said this, Wen Baiyu said: "There won't be any zongzi behind the wall, will there? An Ran's ears can't be wrong."

  The ghost touched the wall and listened carefully, saying: "This design is very clever. After the skull wall collapsed from the ground, it should have connected to another building. There may be a tunnel behind, and the sound is very distant."

  Everyone sat down to rest, watching Ming Gui tapping and touching the wall, An Ran fell asleep quickly, Xie Lin's physical strength was also consumed a lot, leaning against the wall with his head up, as if thinking about something, probably thinking of Xie Yan, then slowly fell asleep too.

  Wen Baiyu leaned against Wan Kuangjinghou, her eyelids a bit heavy. After all, they hadn't had a good rest and were already stirring again in the second half of the night.

  Wen Baiyu's shoulder was patted by someone, and when she turned her head to look, it was Xiao Hei from his family.

  Hei Yu Mao saw Wen Bai Yu looking very tired and patted his own leg, saying: "Dad can lie down here."

  Although Wen Baiyu still can't get used to Xiao Hei calling him "Dad" with such a mature face, Wan Qi Xiaohei also has the potential of a little angel and is very considerate of others.

  Wen Baiyu's heart melted instantly, and just as he was about to lie down, his shoulder was pressed down by someone. Wan Jingshou stretched out his hand to grab Wen Baiyu's shoulder, directly pulling him over, then forcibly pressing him onto his own leg.

  Just then, he heard the low voice of Wan Kuang Jing Hou stuck in his ear, laughing and saying: "Bai Yu, don't lie on someone else's lap, even if it's my son, I'll be jealous."

  Wen Baiyu: "I'm sorry"

  Wen Baiyu rubbed her ears vigorously, and they seemed to be a bit hot. Wan Qi Jinghou's legs were a bit hard, but after lying on them, she felt inexplicably comfortable. Wen Baiyu closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.

  Hei Yu Mao saw Wen Bai Yu lying on Wan Kuang Jing Hou's leg, and didn't say anything, just pulled his leg back. At this time, Qi Du had a look of treasuring something precious, patted his own leg, and almost stuck out his tongue.

  Hei Yu Mao chuckled softly, narrowed his eyes, and lay down on Qi Du's legs. Qi Du didn't dare to move at all, lowering his head to look at Hei Yu Mao, secretly pinching a strand of Hei Yu Mao's hair, rubbing it gently in his hand.

  However, the small movement of Qi Duan was discovered by Hei Yu Mao in an instant. Hei Yu Mao stretched out his hand, and with a pinch of his index finger and middle finger, he pulled out a small strand of hair that Qi Duan had clenched in her palm.

  If Qī Dūn were a beast now, the wolf's ears would definitely be drooping on its head, looking extremely downcast, as if its favorite toy had been snatched away.

  Hei Yu Mao saw Qi Kun, looking a bit down, smiled slightly, pinched the strand of hair between his index and middle fingers, then slowly brought it to his lips, lightly kissed it, and even stuck out his tongue to lick the tip.

  At that moment, Qī Dǔn's face turned red all the way to his ears, and his mouth opened involuntarily. He was definitely thinking of kissing Black Feather, staring at him with adoration.

  However, the black feathers did not move, but pinched the hair on Qi Kun's lips and drew a few strokes, which also made Qi Kun very excited. If he were in beast mode, his wolf ears would definitely stand up again, and his big tail would be wagging wildly.

  Qī Dǔ excitedly gazed at Hei Yu Mao, who soon closed his eyes. Qī Dǔ quietly pinched a strand of hair again, but this time didn't dare to rub it, fearing discovery, so he secretly pinched it in his hand, staring intently at Hei Yu Mao as he rested with his eyes closed. After a while, seeing that Hei Yu Mao hadn't reacted, Qī Dǔ quietly pinched another strand of hair and placed it in the palm of his hand.

  Wen Baiyu opened her eyes and saw the interaction between Hei Yu Mao and Qi Duan. She thought to herself, "Why does Qi Duan seem so obsessed with hair? Is it because Hei Yu Mao has long hair that Qi Duan is being so devoted?"

  Before, Qi Du also liked to get close to people with long hair. However, once he got close to Wen Bai Yu, Wan Xi Jing Hou showed great displeasure, so Qi Du had no choice but to run to the side and play. Getting close to Xue Su was even more impossible, now there's an additional black feather.

  Wen Baiyu thought he must be overthinking, after all, his family's Xiao Hei had this kind of personality, a bit of a devil and a bit of a ghost, not playing tricks on others was already a blessing. In fact, Wen Baiyu thought he should thank Qi Dian for the candlelight.

  Wen Baiyu was thinking randomly, and unexpectedly fell asleep. He felt dazed and sensed someone kissing his forehead, even extending their tongue to gently lick him. Wen Baiyu was startled awake, but he felt the scorching breath on his forehead, which should be Wan Kuang Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu opened his eyes and indeed it was Wan Jingshou. Wan Jingshou's handsome face was right in front of him, and upon seeing Wen Baiyu wake up, he kissed his lips and said, "You're awake."

  Wen Baiyu rolled her eyes and said, "You woke me up."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Get up and wake up, Ming Gui has almost finished speaking."

  Wen Baiyu was slightly surprised, glanced at his watch, and it wasn't even dawn yet, more than half an hour had passed, but the time didn't feel long.

  Wen Baiyu flipped over and sat up, only to see Hei Yuemao still asleep. Qi Duan lowered his head and stealthily kissed Hei Yuemao's forehead, clearly imitating Wan Kuang Jinghou's earlier action.

  Seven lowered his head and kissed him, the black feathers on his forehead suddenly burst out a piece of golden light. Wen Bai's feathers instinctively used their hands to block their eyes, just hearing a "hiss" sound, Qi Duan immediately raised his head, as if electrocuted, the golden light slowly subsided, only to see the black feathers on his forehead, the black flame essence faintly visible, quickly disappearing.

  When the black feather retracts its wings and phoenix tail, it also hides the annoying flame on its forehead. This way, it looks no different from ordinary people, but the flame still exists in reality and has a great protective effect on the black feather.

  Hei Yu Mao's eyes snapped open, and he saw Qi Duan covering his mouth, his throat trembling, his blue eyes turning deep blue because of the beast's nature, Qi Duan was definitely in a state of high alert.

  Hei Yu Mao sat up with a flip, Qi Du was still covering his mouth with his hand, Hei Yu Mao reached out to grab his wrist, Qi Du seemed unwilling to let him see his mouth, and he covered it tightly with his hand.

  "Let me see."

  Qī Dǔn immediately shook his head, extremely firmly.

  He narrowed his eyes and repeated, "Let me take a look."

  He said unhappily at once: "I don't like repeating myself."

  Qī Dǔn immediately looked a bit defeated, slowly loosening his grip, and saw that Qī Dǔn's lips were seriously injured, already bleeding, especially the lower lip, blood flowing down from the mouth to the chin.

  Hei Yu Mao immediately stuck to him, sticking out his tongue and licking from Qi Kun's chin up. Qi Kun shuddered, opened his blue wolf eyes wide, and quickly wrapped his arms around Hei Yu Mao's back, making a trembling sound in his throat, looking extremely excited, and opening his mouth to hold Hei Yu Mao's lips.

  "Hei Yu Mao said in a low voice: 'Don't move.'"

  Qī dǔn's lips had just opened when he immediately didn't dare move, the black feathered tongue slowly wandered on his lips, licking his wound, and soon the blood stopped flowing, the wound slowly disappeared, and there was no more pain from being scorched by the flames.

  Wen Baiyu: "I'm sorry"

  At this time, Egg Egg crawled out of Xiao Huo Long's arms, pulling on his sleeves and saying: "Brother brother brother, what is little brother doing?"

  "Recovery."

  Egg Egg looked puzzled, pointing at himself and said: "Huh, didn't we need to use tears?"

  Xiao Chong Long remained calm and said, "This is also possible."

  Egg was surprised and said: "So that's how it is. Then next time brother gets hurt, can I kiss brother too?"

  Xiao Chui Long was taken aback for a moment, then the corners of his mouth twitched, and he kissed the pink fire spirit on Egg's forehead, saying: "Okay."

  The egg was kissed on the forehead, and a meaty smile immediately turned pink, as if it felt ticklish, "heh heh" laughing.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Wan Jijinghou and said: "Why doesn't your fire essence grow on your forehead?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched his mouth and said: "In the mouth, want to kiss?"

  Wen Baiyu: "I'm sorry"

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment, it seemed normal in his mouth after all. "Dragon's fire essence shines through the heavenly gate", his sons were all variants, only growing up to their foreheads.

  Just then, Ming Gui suddenly said: "Alright."

  The poor guy suddenly jumped up from the ground and said, "Finally, can we go in now?"

  Ming Gui nodded, and immediately a "click" sound was heard. Ming Gui's golden needle lightly stirred, and the skull wall inside actually split open from the middle, turning into two large doors that swung open to both sides.

  Because the skull walls are all piled up with skulls, it is difficult to see the seams below. At first glance, they seem to be tightly closed, but in fact, there are two large gates, and the mechanism is hidden in the eyes of those skulls.

  The skull wall was very thick, and the two large gates were open. Wen Baiyu glanced sideways and found that there was actually a mechanism hidden in the gate, similar to flying darts, which were very small but had a poisonous color. Once the skull wall received a single impact, if someone tried to force their way through the door, these flying darts would fly out directly from the eyes of the skull.

  Ming Gui said: "Be gentle, don't touch the big door."

  The skull gate opened, revealing a dark tunnel inside. The tunnel was very long and had thick sand in it. This tunnel should have been buried underground for years. When the skull wall collapsed, it would connect with the tunnel.

  Just as everyone was about to enter the tunnel, Luo Kai suddenly said: "Wait a minute, our people are still up there, and the food and water we brought are not enough, let's not rush in like this"

  He has a point in saying so, but before everyone could think about it, Wan Gui Jing Hou said: "Let's go, the door is going to be closed."

  The skull door wasn't fully open once it was opened, but rather had a time limit. After the door opened, it quickly made a "creaking" sound, as if it was about to close immediately.

  Everyone had no time to think, Wan Xi Jing Hou grabbed Wen Bai Yu and rushed into the tunnel quickly, others followed suit, all rushing into the tunnel.

  A loud rumble, and the skull gate actually closed, darkness fell around, and the tunnel was pitch black.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou took out a flashlight from his body and lit it up. Wen Bai Yu's backpack had a camp lantern, which was brighter than the flashlight, so he opened the camp lantern and held it to illuminate all around.

  The tunnel was too dark and nothing could be seen clearly, but there were no fewer people, the gate closed not quickly, everyone rushed in.

  "Look," said Qin boss at this time.

  He said, lowering his head and pointing at the sand on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu took the camp lantern and went to take a look, only to see footprints on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu was surprised and said: "There are footprints on the sand and they're so clear."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It just passed by, and it's not been long."

  As soon as he said that, everyone raised their hands and looked around. After they fell down, Ming Gui immediately started searching for an open door everywhere. It took more than half an hour to open the door, but now footprints appeared, and someone had walked into the tunnel before them.

  Who could it be?

  Wen Baiyu said: "How about the degree of the mechanism on this door?"

  Ming Gui said: "Among the Mohist school, only I can open it, and a total of 64 gold needles were used."

  Sixty-four

  This is also too much.

  Ming Gui said that among the Mo Pai, only he could open it. Even Mo Yi, who was at such a high level, couldn't open it. The art of mechanisms has been gradually lost from ancient times to the present. Mo Pai can be said to be the first major school of mechanism arts. Mo Yi's craftsmanship is already divine, and even he can't open it. Wen Baiyu found it hard to imagine that anyone else could open this large gate.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "Unless."

  "What if" said Wen Baiyu.

  "Unless he has a key to open the door."

  He said, turning around and shining his flashlight on the skull door that had just been opened. The skull door was double-locked, which could be opened from both outside and inside, and it seemed to be reused repeatedly, not a one-time thing.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stretched out his hand, holding a flashlight and shining it on a skull. The skull was slightly damaged, but upon closer inspection, it wasn't damage, there was a depression on the forehead of the skull.

  "This is a keyhole, it's very complicated."

  Wen Baiyu said: "You mean someone has the key to this big gate?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "I had thought this keyhole looked familiar before, but I couldn't think of it for a while. However, just now, I suddenly remembered that this keyhole looks like a cicada."

  Like cicadas

  Everyone furrowed their brows in confusion, this shape doesn't have any rules, how could it possibly resemble a cicada?

  Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and drew a picture, saying: "It's not pasted on the front, but inserted vertically, with the cicada head facing inward."

  When he said that, everyone imagined the scene in their minds, and it seemed to be true. The cicada's head was inserted, and then the patterns on the cicada's wings would match the intricate patterns in the keyhole.

  Gu Qi said: "Whoever went in surprisingly still had the cicada's key, definitely has something to do with the Western Queen Mother's country. Is it that ghost from before or a female corpse?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "I think it's not."

  He said, stretching out his hand and tapping the spot below his neck.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened suddenly and said: "It is indeed Wei Youcai"

  Qin Pei was taken aback, but then she thought about how Wei Qiu Shui had just disappeared into thin air in the desert a moment ago, and if he hadn't flown up to the sky, then he must have escaped underground. Indeed, that's exactly what he did.

  Qin Pei was quite familiar with Wei Qiu Shui, although Wei Qiu Shui had always been taciturn. However, his relationship with Qin Pei was unusual. Qin Pei had seen the cicada-shaped pendant that Wei Qiu Shui wore around his neck, tied with a black leather strap, and he never took it off, even when sleeping or bathing.

  Qin Pei said: "That cicada-shaped pendant is the key."

  Qin Pei said, "How is this possible? How could he?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There are three possibilities, first is that he has a relationship with the Western Queen Mother's country, this is the most direct layer. Second is that he has a relationship with the tribe we met before who worshiped the full moon, because the Western Queen Mother's agency originated from this tribe. Third, perhaps Wei Qiu Shui really knew Qin boss's mother or Xie Feng Zi, so got the news of that place."

  All three possibilities exist.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Anyway, since we've already come in, let's continue moving forward and take a look."

  He said, taking out the map from his backpack, which they had copied from the wooden sign. The skull wall had already entered, and after that, a section of road was drawn on the map, indicating the direction to take when encountering a fork in the road. If they went further in, the map would be gone, and they were missing just one piece in the middle.

  Everyone held up their flashlights and walked forward slowly, the ground was always covered with sand, and there were footprints on the sand, but the sand became thinner and thinner, more and more sparse, until it disappeared, and the footprints also disappeared. They seemed to have lost track of Wei Cui suddenly.

  Everyone walked into the tunnel, and the four walls of the tunnel were polished very smoothly, but there was no pattern at all, and it was unknown where they would lead.

  Wen Baiyu took a closer look and said, "What is this tunnel actually used for?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "Looking at the skull wall, it's probably a sacrificial place behind the tunnel."

  The crowd soon arrived at the fork in the road, where there were directions drawn on the map. From then on, there was no map to rely on for the rest of the way.

  There was no map in front of them, nor any sign of Wei You's shadow. After walking for a while, everyone felt that the air here was a bit oppressive.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took out a measuring device and measured it. The oxygen was not very sufficient, and Qi couldn't help but feel a bit suffocated.

  Wen Bai's head was a bit dizzy, and after walking a few steps, he squatted down to catch his breath. The others who were in good physical condition didn't feel anything, but Xie Lin's reaction was the most severe because he had been poisoned the deepest. An Ran's condition wasn't great either, constantly panting heavily. Qiong Qi's physique was relatively better, although he had previously been poisoned by the flower toxin, but thanks to Hei Yu Mao's blood, it had already been completely controlled, and he only had a slight sweat.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also squatted down, stretched out his hand and wrapped it around Wen Bai Yu's shoulder, saying: "How about taking a break?"

  Wen Baiyu crouched on the ground, panting heavily, feeling like he was experiencing high-altitude sickness. He couldn't catch his breath, and when he tried to breathe harder, he felt even more oxygen-deprived. His head was spinning, and when people spoke to him, their voices sounded like echoes.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Xie Linlang and An Ran, both of whom also reacted poorly, and just nodded.

  Everyone rested and sat on the ground, Qin Pei also felt uncomfortable all over, after all, just last night she had done that with Wei Qiu Shui, at that time Wei Qiu Shui didn't show any mercy, Qin Pei directly fainted.

  Now thinking about it, perhaps Wei You had planned ahead of time. Qin Pei thought about it and felt annoyed, slamming the wall heavily.

  Then came a faint "bang" sound, followed immediately by a "whooshing" noise.

  Luo Kai suddenly stood up and hugged Qin Pei beside him, then fell to the ground, feeling a gust of wind on his head, with something cool flying past his head.

  "Watch out for the mechanism!"

  Everyone was still resting, but suddenly the alarm sounded and everyone fell to the ground. Wen Baiyu pressed down on Qin Pei beside her, causing Qin Pei's nose to hit the ground and start bleeding profusely, with blood flowing from her nose into her eyes, inducing a flood of tears.

  Fortunately, everyone ducked down in time, and the crossbow mechanism was above their heads. Everyone reacted quickly and didn't get shot.

  The wall suddenly became a sieve, with crossbow bolts all stuck in it, and the wood had entered three inches, emitting a dark purple glow, which was obviously poisonous.

  Qin Pei got up from the ground, took two deep breaths with a lingering fear in her heart, and wiped her nose with her hand, which was still bleeding.

  Mr. Qin was a bit nervous and took out a handkerchief to press against Qin Pei's nose, saying: "Qin Pei, are you okay?"

  Qin Pei wiped his nose, but the blood kept flowing. Using a tissue to press against his nose didn't work either. He wanted to tilt his head back, but Old Qin slapped him and said: "You're bleeding so much and you want to tilt your head back? Are you trying to drown yourself?"

  "It seems like it can't be stopped"

  Wen Baiyu was slightly surprised and said: "No way, I don't think I used too much force."

  Qin Pei shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I used to be like this too. Once the bleeding starts, it's hard to stop, but it'll be fine in a while."

  Qin Pei said this, and Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered that Qin Pei seemed to be a three-yin pulse, and didn't know if the unstoppable bleeding was related to this.

  Because Qin Pei was injured on the nose and couldn't use medicinal powder to stop the bleeding, she could only use paper to wipe it off. Qin Pei didn't take it seriously either.

  After a short rest, as they were less active and consumed less oxygen, the poisoned people felt slightly better, so everyone continued on their way.

  The crowd kept walking in, and soon the tunnel disappeared from view. In front of them was a huge cave, hidden deep within the desert.

  The cave is extremely large and also very deep. After walking out of the tunnel, you can see a deep valley in the cave, with a wooden bridge built on top of it. The wooden bridge looks ancient, but due to years of erosion, it has been corroded, and I don't know what kind of wood it's made of. The corrosion isn't too severe yet.

  The valley was extremely deep, almost bottomless. Wan Zong Jing Hou snapped a fluorescent rod and threw it down, only to see the small bright spot of fluorescent color disappear into the depths of the valley, until finally, it couldn't be seen anymore, and amazingly, no bottom was found.

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "So deep"

  Wan Qi Jinghou went to test the wooden bridge, which was suspended between two sides and very unstable. As soon as he stepped on it, it creaked and swayed back and forth.

  Lying on his back in the ink, he suddenly stopped and said, "The cry is still a cry."

  Zhong Ruo immediately became alert and looked around in all directions, but he didn't hear any crying sounds at all.

  There were no zongzi coming to attack them.

  She closed her eyes calmly, as if she found this sound unbearable. After a while, she took a deep breath and said, "The crying has stopped."

  What's going on here?

  An Ran heard the crying sound three times, what was it?

  Wan Qi Jing Hou tested the wooden bridge, although it was very old, but it was very solid, walking on it felt a bit floating, but it should be fine.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took the lead, followed by everyone else. They walked slowly onto the wooden bridge, preparing to head to the other side.

  As soon as they stepped onto the wooden bridge, Mo Yi suddenly felt a hand grab his shoulder tightly. Mo Yi smiled and said: "Good disciple, are you afraid of heights?"

  An Ran listened and lifted her head, which was a bit tired. Mo Yi turned back to look at her and couldn't help but put on a worried expression again, saying: "What's wrong with you?"

  An Ran shook her head and said: "I heard that crying sound again, it's very piercing and getting more and more piercing."

  An Ran said this, almost fainting in appearance.

  Mo saw that he was abnormal and immediately shouted towards the front, saying: "An Ran is a bit off, and he said he heard crying sounds."

  The Wan Qi Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu in front immediately stopped, the wooden bridge was still swaying up and down to the left and right in mid-air, because there were too many people, so the wooden bridge was swaying very violently.

  Luo Kai said: "Can't stop, there are so many of us, hurry up and get to the other side, or else who knows when it will collapse."

  Luó Kāi said it makes a lot of sense, the bridge is really too dangerous, and the deep valley is too deep. If you fall down, you'll definitely become minced meat.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou supported Wen Bai Yu and said, "Let's go."

  Everyone continued walking forward slowly, although they were anxious in their hearts. This kind of bridge can't be walked quickly; if you walk quickly, it will swing due to inertia, and the people behind may be thrown off.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou walked along and suddenly said: "There is a sound of wind chimes"

  He said, and Wen Baiyu also listened carefully, and it was indeed the sound of wind chimes, coming from under their feet, a faint and distant sound of wind chimes.

  But under their feet were only bridge planks, and below that was an abyss of thousands of feet, how could there be the sound of wind chimes?

  Wen Baiyu grabbed Wan Kui Jinghou's hand and looked down, saying: "There are wind chimes hanging under the bridge plank."

  An Ran suddenly opened her eyes, grabbed Mo Yi's shoulder and said: "It's not the bell, it's a cry. Let's hurry down, something is moving below."

  As soon as he spoke, although everyone didn't hear anything, An Ran's voice was very loud and extremely urgent, seemingly having a strong infectious power.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou grabbed hold of Wen Bai Yu, steadied his lower body, and quickly ran forward. At this time, he heard the sound "kakakaka", the bridge surface began to shake violently, something suddenly flipped over from under the bridge surface, crawling up along the bridge surface, first a hand, fiercely grasped Wen Bai Yu's ankle.

  Qin Pei shouted behind him: "Wen Baiyu"

  Wen Baiyu was caught off guard and nearly fell over when his wrist was pulled, but he managed to grab onto the railing of the wooden bridge just in time. The suspension bridge began to swing violently due to the shock, and its momentum only grew stronger with each passing moment.

  Wen Baiyu immediately drew out the dragon-scale dagger and stabbed it downwards fiercely. The hand that was grasping Wen Baiyu's ankle suddenly loosened, and quickly withdrew to under the bridge. However, the sound of the bell and the "gagaga" cries of the zongzi did not stop for a moment.

  The crowd rushed forward quickly, although they all pressed down on the lower plate, but the bridge surface shook more and more violently, the sound of the bell "ding ding ding" rang out, becoming more and more frantic.

  An Ran could no longer bear the sound, and the hand grasping Mo Yi's shoulder had relaxed a bit. Mo Yi shouted loudly: "An Ran, hold on to me tightly, don't let go!"

  Everyone ran forward together, and the zongzi under the bridge quickly climbed up. They all wore a bronze bell around their necks, which should have had a mechanism inside. As long as the bridge shook and someone passed by, the bell would ring out. When the bell rang, it triggered the zongzi, just like a zombie trigger mechanism. The zongzi received the signal and immediately resurrected all of them.

  Qī Sān Yé pressed down at the last moment, suddenly whipping out a steel ball, Zòngzi rushed up, and was immediately hit by the steel ball. A "thud thud thud" sound was heard as Zòngzi was knocked backwards, tumbling off the suspension bridge. As he fell, he stretched out his hand to grab wildly, and managed to hook onto the railing of the bridge. Although Zòngzi didn't climb back up along the railing, he still tumbled directly into the deep valley below, disappearing from sight in an instant.

  However, the zongzi was tied to a railing with great force. The bridge deck suddenly bounced up. The long suspension bridge was like a giant dragon, from its tail, it suddenly shook violently, and the peaks and valleys were transmitted to the front in an instant, just like a giant dragon roaring with its head held high.

  Everyone was shocked by the explosion and almost fell off the bridge. At the same time, zongzi wearing bells crawled up from under the bridge. The louder the bell sound, the more zongzi gathered. After listening to this bell sound for a long time, a "buzzing" sound gradually appeared in my ears, which was a bit like thunder and a bit like tinnitus, making me feel extremely uncomfortable. Adding to that, the lack of oxygen made people's eyes dizzy.

  Because of the wolf's bloodline, he should be the one with the worst self-control among this group of people. Upon hearing the "ding-dong" sound of the bell, his deep blue eyes gleamed with a chilling light in the darkness, and his mouth started to pant heavily, his hands trembling uncontrollably as his palms opened and closed repeatedly.

  A dumpling wearing a bell came rushing over, and at this moment, Qi Duan suddenly flung himself backward, turned around to meet it head-on, and slammed the dumpling onto the suspension bridge.

  "Ah"

  With a loud thud, the suspension bridge suddenly shook violently, and everyone else let out a shout, almost falling off.

  Qī Dǔ threw the zongzi onto the suspension bridge and then crazily took a big bite, fiercely biting down on the zongzi's arm. With a twist of his arm, there was a loud "crack" sound, and the zongzi's arm was directly twisted off.

  Qī Dǔn's hands chopped down, throwing the arm away, then went to tear off the bronze bell on the zongzi's neck. The bronze bell seemed to be embedded in the meat of the zongzi. Qī Dǔn tore at it, and suddenly heard a "hiss" sound, and a piece of dry, withered skin came off the zongzi.

  Qidun went crazy and smashed the bronze bell on the suspension bridge, and with a loud "crack", the ancient bronze bell shattered into pieces, while the suspension bridge also had a huge hole smashed out by Qidun.

  Qī dǔ fā chū yī shēng dī hǒu, shēn tǐ yī xià tiān qù.

  Translation:

  Qi Duan let out a low growl and his body sank down at once.

  Wen Baiyu jumped down and shouted: "Qi Du"

  Just as Wen Baiyu was about to spread his wings, the black feathered hand beside him suddenly pushed off and flipped out a drawbridge, leaping towards the deep valley. Immediately afterwards, the rapid double wings unfolded, and the huge black wings, like sharp armor, brought a gust of wind, unfolding in mid-air at once. At the same time, six black phoenix tails also appeared before everyone, rolling up the wind.

  Hei Yu Mao's wings were pressed tightly against his body, and he quickly lowered his head to dive down. He caught the seven falling dumplings with one hand, and then rapidly flapped his wings. The dumplings that had been thrown from the suspension bridge came flying towards them, but Hei Yu Mao's wings beat fiercely, making a "slapping" sound like a whip cracking in mid-air. The incoming dumplings were struck by Hei Yu Mao's wings, and the tremendous force sent them plummeting downwards at high speed.

  The black feather suddenly jumped forward, just about to put the seven cymbals on the suspension bridge, when the seven cymbals suddenly let out a loud roar. Then, with a "crack" sound, the suspension bridge split open from the tail and quickly fell down with a "whooshing" sound.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou grasped a wooden plank of the suspension bridge with one hand, while the section behind him had already fallen off completely. However, the front end was still hanging on the cliff, and everyone else also grabbed onto the planks, with their upper bodies suspended in mid-air.

  Looking down, the deep valley is bottomless, and most of the zongzi have been thrown down, but many zongzi are also quickly climbing up along the wooden plank of the suspension bridge.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly loosened his hand and spread his wings in the air, transforming into a swan goose. Wen Baiyu's swan goose form was extremely large, with claws that grasped and lifted Wan Qi Jing Hou, Luo Kai Qin Pei, and Qin Lao Ban, flinging them directly to the opposite cliff shore.

  Everyone was shocked and amazed, especially those who had never seen the warm white swan-like shape before. They were left speechless, their eyes wide with wonder.

  Hei Yu Mao also rushed up, put Qi Duan on the cliff bank, and then quickly rushed down to rescue others with Wen Bai Yu.

  Wen Baiyu's Hong'e had a large physique, while Hei Yuema's arm strength was astonishing. The two of them used it once and left everyone else in the dust.

  The crowd arrived at the opposite side, Luo Kai immediately got up, pulled out his gun and fired at the zongzi at the bottom of the cliff "bang bang bang". Qin boss said: "Hit the bell"

  As they spoke, they also got up to help. The two of them covered Wen Baiyu and Hei Yu Mao, and the dumplings below were crawling very fast, but the bullets were even faster. Before those dumplings could climb up, all the bells had already been shattered.

  Wen Baiyu landed on the ground, and with a swift flap of her wings, a gust of wind sounded, and Wan Jingshou, being an experienced person, had already taken out clothes from his backpack. Wen Baiyu's swan-like form was too large, and her clothes were long gone. As soon as she transformed back into human form, Wan Jingshou rushed over to her and wrapped the clothes around her body in an instant, not revealing a single inch of skin.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou quickly helped Wen Bai Yu put on his clothes, at this time the black feathers also fell off, he was in human form and wouldn't transform into a phoenix, putting away the wings, phoenix tail and the flame crest on his forehead, returning to his original appearance.

  However, because of the black wings protruding from behind, the clothes on his back were slightly torn. Qī Dǐng was panting heavily on one side, and without the sound of the bell, Qī Dǐng's violent aura gradually subsided a bit. He almost did something bad due to his own rage, which would have harmed others. Qī Dǐng felt a little remorseful, his eyelids drooping, as if he was self-reflecting, and didn't take the initiative to look for the black feathers again.

  Hei Yu Mao beckoned to him with a wave of his hand, and although Qi Du's eyelids were drooping, it was clear that he had been watching Hei Yu Mao out of the corner of his eye all along. As soon as Hei Yu Mao waved his hand, Qi Du immediately went over to him.

  Hei Yu Mao took the clothes from Qi Du, then took off his own top, revealing a perfect and radiant upper body. Qi Du couldn't help but drool as he handed over the clothes like an offering, helping Hei Yu Mao put them on.

  Hei Yu Mao slowly put on his shirt, narrowed his eyes, raised the corner of his mouth, and spoke in a low, husky voice, smiling at Qi Du: "Want to touch?"

  Seven people in the room immediately nodded their heads like pounding garlic after hearing a "gulp" sound.

  Wen Baiyu put on his clothes and found that the four eggs in his family were really carved out of the same mold as Wan Kuangjinghou, all of whom knew how to play hooligans. The four eggs were so young, but they played hooligans with such ease.

  And Qi is obviously unable to resist sugar-coated cannonballs and has been mesmerized, actually nodding so forcefully.

  Wen Baiyu was silently regretful in her heart, and as a result, she saw Qi Du just about to reach out to touch Hei Yu Mao's abdominal muscles. Hei Yu Mao suddenly raised his hand to block it, and Qi Du's hand didn't make contact with Hei Yu Mao's body, staring at him with wide eyes.

  Hei Yu Mao's mouth corners rose even higher, revealing an extremely satisfied smile, but the smile was full of malice, and it was simply evil.

  "Hei Yu Mao smiled and said: 'No way.'"

  Qī Dǔn immediately withdrew his hand, staring at the black feather's abdominal muscles. The black feather slowly and calmly pulled up the zipper, which made a "zip" sound as it slowly closed. The black clothes instantly wrapped around the black feather's body, making him look somewhat refined like Wàn Jì Jǐng Hóu, but in reality, his body was full of muscles.

  Hei Yu Mao saw Qi Di's disappointed look and smiled, saying: "How about next time?"

  Qī Dǔn immediately became excited, his eyes shining brightly, and he nodded hastily.

  Wen Baiyu: "I'm sorry"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt that, in fact, Wan Jingshou's illness was not too serious. Apart from being a rascal, at least he only got excited when doing that kind of thing, and normally he could still be saved. His four eggs actually carried on the glorious tradition of Wan Jingshou, and even surpassed him, fooling Qi Du into a complete mess.

  The crowd did not dare to stand at the edge of the cliff, and continued to move forward. In front of them was a huge cave, like a square, with seven stone carvings surrounding the vast empty space.

  After entering this empty field, there is no road ahead.

  Wen Baiyu said: "There is no way"

  Ming Gui said: "The seven stone carvings should be a mechanism, possibly with an opening device."

  He said and walked over to take a look, Mo Yi put An Ran down and followed Ming Gui to take a look.

  Others can't help at this time, so they sit down and rest.

  Qin Pei covered her nose all the time, Wen Baiyu said: "Is your nose better?"

  Qin Pei's face didn't look good, and Wen Baiyu thought he was still reeling from the suspension bridge earlier. But when Qin Pei removed the handkerchief covering his nose, Wen Baiyu was stunned - the handkerchief was almost soaked through with blood, and Qin Pei's nose was still bleeding.

  Qin Pei felt a warm stream flowing down from her nose and quickly covered it with a tissue, saying: "It seems to be bleeding a little less now."

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself, Qin Pei's complexion wouldn't be due to excessive blood loss, would she have bled too much from her nose and become anemic?

  Wen Baiyu quickly pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Qin Pei, whose nosebleed showed no signs of stopping. Wen Baiyu was getting worried, so she rummaged through her backpack and found the bottle of Egg's tears. She took it out and saw that there was still a little left.

  But pouring tears into one's nose, I don't know if it will choke.

  Qin Pei held her breath, and Wen Baiyu slowly poured a little bit of tears into his nostrils. Qin Pei choked, coughing several times, not because of the tears, but because of his own nasal blood.

  Qin Pei quickly lowered her head, blood dripping onto the ground. She stretched out her hand to wipe it for a long time. Qin boss also handed over a paper towel and said: "Qin Pei, how are you?"

  Qin Pei shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I'm already used to it."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This is underground, the yin energy is very heavy, Qin Pei is a three-yin pulse, plus the yin energy here, it may affect his physique."

  Qin Pei seemed to understand but didn't really get it. He only knew that he was weak and sickly, which greatly disappointed his father, so he didn't pass on the skills to him either.

  Ming Gui stood in front of the stone carving, studying it. Qiu Qi watched him study for half a day and also ran over to take a look. As soon as he arrived, he saw Ming Gui frowning, and then heard a "whoosh" sound. Suddenly, flames shot out of the mouth of the stone carving.

  Qiu Qi's hair almost got burned off, and a smell of burnt hair could be detected. He shouted: "What's going on?"

  Ming Gui stretched out his hand to stop Qiong Qi and told him to step back, saying: "There's something inside the stone statue."

  Qiong Qi said: "Isn't this nonsense? Is there anything that can spit fire?"

  Ming Gui ignored him and walked around the stone statue, saying: "These statues are very strange."

  "What's so strange?"

  The stone carvings are all in the shape of women, and they should be the image of the Queen Mother of the West. They have a shaggy hairdo and even show their tiger teeth.

  The demon frowned and said, "I also can't think of it for a while."

  Qiong Qi let out a "tsk" sound, and as soon as he did, he immediately shouted out loud. His hand jumped up and down, with a golden needle stuck in it. Qiong Qi instantly cried out: "Ahh, it hurts so much! You're killing me again!"

  "Shut up and be honest."

  Qiong Qi immediately shut his mouth and stretched out his hand to let Ming Gui remove the golden needles from above.

  Ming Gui said that the statues were strange, and others also walked around them in a circle to see where they were strange. They didn't know if it was strange because of some mechanism or not, but anyway, no one else found anything strange about them either.

  Wen Baiyu stroked his chin and said, "I always feel that these sculptures don't quite look like sculptures."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said at this time: "It looks like a coffin."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone seemed to suddenly understand what Minggui was saying, and they all knew what his strange words meant.

  These statues are really like standing coffins, with flat tops and bottoms, protruding fronts that are finely carved, while the backs have no carvings at all and are polished very smoothly. If you lay the statue down, wouldn't it be a coffin carved with Xi Wangmu?

  Everyone looked at these seven coffins and felt a little uneasy in their hearts, wondering what the seven coffins were placed here for.

  At this time An Ran suddenly let out a "huh" sound, Mo Yi immediately grasped his hand and said: "An Ran"

  An Ran stared at one of the "statues", cocked her head and listened carefully, saying: "There's a breathing sound coming from inside."

  "Breathing sound"

  Everyone was shocked, and it turned out to be a living person.

  Zongzi and mummies cannot have breathing sounds.

  Living people, aren't they prisoners of their own desires?

  Qin Pei was the first to jump up, without even bothering about her nose still bleeding, quickly rushed over and circled around the statue several times, but didn't know how to proceed.

  Everyone gathered around, and Wang Xi Jing Hou listened carefully, but didn't hear any breathing sounds. Perhaps it was because the stone coffin was too thick, judging by its size, if it was really hollow inside, it must be extremely thick.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou felt along the stone carving and said: "There is a very fine seam that has not been sealed with rivets, if there is a mechanism it should be inside."

  He said, took out the dragon-scale dagger, along that seam, inwardly exerted oneself a plug, just heard "ka" of a sound, the dragon-scale dagger inserted into the seam inside, closely followed by Wan Qi Jing Hou grasped the dagger, exerted oneself a press.

  "Ouch"

  The huge stone coffin suddenly opened a small gap, and Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately said: "Kata is inside, needs to be pried open."

  The ghost walked over, took out the golden needle, inserted it into the gap, and gently poked at it. The small golden needle surprisingly opened the latch of the stone coffin with a single touch. Suddenly, there was a "hiss" sound, and as soon as the latch was open, the lid of the stone coffin fell down due to gravity.

  Everyone else immediately dispersed, and then a loud "boom" was heard. The dust on the ground was blown up by the stone coffin lid that had been patted open.

  As the lid was patted down, the crowd saw a black shadow in the heavy dust. The stone coffin lid was very thick, and the black shadow was a person who was stuck in the stone coffin. As soon as the lid opened, his body had nothing to support it, and he fell down with the stone coffin lid.

  Everyone was shocked. What was inside wasn't Wei Qiu Shui at all. Wei Qiu Shui's physique was tall and large, it was impossible for him to hide in such a narrow space.

  Xie Lin shouted loudly, pushed through the crowd, and rushed over to catch the person who was falling down. Wen Baiyu took a closer look and found that the person who had fallen was actually Xie Yan.

  Xie Yan looked much thinner, his cheeks sunken, dark circles under his eyes, his face pale yellow, not a bit of anger, and fell into Xie Lin's arms, completely unconscious.

  Xie Lin tightly hugged him and said: "Xie Yun Xie Yun wake up."

  Xie Yan was completely still, and everyone was somewhat surprised. Xie Yan was the first person to enter the desert, so how could he be hiding in this stone coffin? Moreover, his physical condition was really too weak, and if they had discovered him a moment later, he might have already died.

  Wen Baiyu quickly handed over Xie Yan's wooden plaque, and Xie Linhang hung the wooden plaque around Xie Yan's neck, tightly hugging him.

  Ye Liu Xiang was shocked to see Xie Yun in the stone coffin and immediately wanted to open other stone coffins, maybe he could find Luo Qi Feng.

  Xie Lin took Xie Yan to one side to rest, and the others went to open the remaining stone coffins.

  Seven stone coffins, Xie Yan's was empty, the others all had corpses inside, and they were already mummified. A stench of rotting flesh wafted out from within.

  Wen Bai covered her nose with her sleeve and said, "What's going on?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It's also possible that it's a coffin for refining corpses, but not to revive the dead, rather to provide nutrients."

  Xie Yan was so weak for two reasons: one, he had lost the wooden plaque of the ancient tree, and two, he had been refined for a long time without knowing how long.

  Xie Yan was almost skin and bones, his complexion extremely poor. He originally didn't have any yang energy, relying solely on a strand of yin energy to support his form, now he was completely disheveled.

  The other coffins were opened, but Ye Liu was extremely disappointed because there was no Ruo Qifeng inside. It made sense too - Ruo Qifeng's body was too tall and large, these coffins were not thick enough to hold him.

  Just then, I heard a rustling sound coming over.

  An Ran suddenly opened her eyes and said: "Spider"

  Everyone immediately looked around, making defensive movements, but the spider actually crawled out of the coffin. "Hiss, hiss, hiss", soon a small piece came out, compared to the large piece they encountered before, these were really insignificant.

  Just opened the skull door, Ming Gui used sixty-four golden needles. The golden needles had been used and couldn't be stuck back into the flesh to hide, so Ming Gui was worried about where to throw these golden needles. With a flick of his hand, he threw them all out, pinning all the spiders that crawled out to the ground.

  Wen Baiyu stared at the coffins that the spiders had crawled out of, looked inside carefully, then took out a flashlight and shone it in. Suddenly, she went "hmm" and said: "This stone coffin is empty underneath, there's a staircase down there, can..."

  It's okay.

  Before the three words were spoken, a loud "Keng" sound was heard. From the pitch-black stone coffin, a bloody face suddenly emerged and locked eyes with Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu let out a "hiss" and took a deep breath, suddenly smelling a strong bloody smell. Blood Face swiftly grabbed Wen Baiyu's neck with lightning speed, and Wen Baiyu felt his body being dragged down without any preparation. In an instant, he was pulled into the coffin by Blood Face, rolling down along the stone steps beneath the coffin, headfirst.

  White Feather

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou shouted and immediately rushed forward, dodging into the stone coffin.

  The stone coffin is really hollow inside, just now a dry corpse was placed in it, so it's not clear. After the dry corpse was taken out, the spider climbed up along the steps, which also proved that there was still space below.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou rushed into the stone coffin, the stairs were rotating, all the way down, Wen Bai Yu rolled down, lying on the half-way stairs, head down, body pressing a blood-faced zongzi, the zongzi opened its big mouth and bit towards Wen Bai Yu's neck.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou's eyes narrowed, just as he was about to jump down from the spiral staircase, when suddenly the Blood-faced Dumpling let out a loud "Kakaka" and White Feather Wen, who was lying on the ground, quickly raised his hand and with a swift motion, the Phoenix Bone Dagger in his hand emitted a burst of flames, slicing off the Blood-faced Dumpling's head, which rolled down the stairs with a "Gudong" sound, its body convulsing twice before falling still.

  Wen Baiyu kicked both legs, violently kicking open the corpse of the blood-faced zongzi. The corpse rolled down the stairs quickly, and it was unknown how deep it went, making a dull "thud" sound.

  Wen Baiyu lay on the stairs, panting for two breaths, touching the back of his head. Just now, he was ambushed by Xue Lianzhu and had no time to react. His head hit the step and he felt dizzy. Due to lack of oxygen, Wen Baiyu found it hard to get up.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou let out a sigh of relief and rushed down, the others also squeezed in along the stone coffin, Mo Yi was carrying An Ran on his back, Xie Lin Xuan picked up Xie Yan, and they all walked in.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou picked up Wen Bai Yu and reached out to touch the back of his head, only to find a handful of blood. It seemed that Wen Bai Yu was seriously injured.

  Because the place was too narrow, everyone couldn't stay, so they walked down along the stairs. Wen Baiyu's flashlight had just fallen off and was picked up next to the corpse of Blood Face Zongzi, but it was smashed too hard and the flashlight was already broken. Fortunately, they brought many flashlights.

  The crowd descended the steps and soon saw a very deep tunnel.

  Qiong Qi said: "How is it a tunnel again? Where does this lead to?"

  Ming Gui looked around and shook his head, saying: "This is not a tunnel."

  "What is that?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou took over and said: "It's a tomb passage."

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Wen Baiyu said: "The wooden sign on the ancient tree records the treasure of the Queen Mother of the West's country. The place that Xie Fengzi studied, could it be the tomb group of the Queen Mother of the West?"

  Wen Baiyu finished speaking, but still felt that something was off. "If the treasure is actually a group of tombs," she said, "then how did the Queen Mother of the West use them? It's not like people with merit can just enter the treasure land. The treasure represents wealth and eternal life, so it can't be that they killed people with merit and then buried them here, right?"

  Many people do not understand, in fact, among this group of people, those who have entered "that place" are not a minority. For example, Xie Linxiang, for example, An Ran, and there is also Qī Dǔ. Qī Dǔ is the Wolf God, in their tribe, the Wolf God is a symbol of purity, every generation of Wolf Gods must enter "that place", seeking the secrets of wealth and eternal life, shouldering the mission of expanding the tribe.

  However, these three people, Xie Linxiao has temporary amnesia, An Ran is completely forgetful and doesn't remember anything at all. As for Qi Du, Wen Baiyu isn't sure if he remembers or not, but it seems like he shouldn't. Moreover, Qi Du was imprisoned for so many years that he's already lost the ability to speak, even if he does remember, there's no way for him to express it.

  Those who entered "that place" were more or less strongly stimulated, and perhaps the seven clans that killed each other were also stimulated in "that place".

  "Perhaps there are treasures in the tomb group, and those who make contributions can choose one for themselves," said Qi San Ye.

  What Master Qi said is most likely true. In ancient times, people viewed death as a part of life, and the treasures in the tomb were absolutely the best things in the tribe.

  Mr. Qin said: "But there are also unreasonable places, after all, the burial objects and sacrificial objects are used to worship the predecessors, if the later generations take them casually, isn't this a disrespect to the predecessors?"

  The crowd has fallen into a dead end, they have slowly lifted the veil of "that place", already knowing that "that place" is right in front of them, and it's actually a group of tombs, likely to be the noble tombs of the Queen Mother of the West, and even the people of the Queen Mother of the West, who enslaved a tribe that worshipped the full moon, they were ingenious and skilled in mechanics, building this group of tombs.

  But as the veil was lifted, another doubt swept over.

  At this time, a sudden "cough cough" sound was heard. Xie Yan suddenly started coughing violently. He nestled in Xie Lin's arms and suddenly let out a loud "wa" as he spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood was pinkish in color. Although it wasn't a lot, one glance was enough to tell that Xie Yan's internal organs were injured.

  Xie Lin hugged Xie Yan and said: "Xie Yan needs to rest now, let's find a place to rest for a while."

  Wen Baiyu glanced at her watch, it was already daylight and 9 o'clock in the morning. They had been inside for so many hours that everything felt strange, so no one thought of resting.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Let's go a bit further in, just right for a rest and something to eat."

  Everyone quickly walked forward, avoiding the stone coffin and the steps, but didn't expect that after walking a few steps, they saw a stone chamber.

  Inside the stone chamber was pitch black, looking very empty. Everyone thought of resting and there happened to be a tomb room.

  Everyone shone their flashlights to examine the tomb chamber, which was empty except for murals on all the walls and ceiling. There were no burial objects or offerings, not even a single pottery vessel.

  Everyone walked in, Wen Baiyu turned on the camp lamp and put it on the ground, then quickly took out the blanket and threw it to the ground. Xie Lin placed Xie Yan on top of it. Xie Yan had been coughing nonstop, probably due to inhaling toxic gases while being trapped in the stone coffin. Judging from the color of the blood he was coughing up, his internal injuries were not too severe, but Xie Yan was extremely weak and it was unclear if he could hold on.

  Xie Yan was in a semi-comatose state, opened his eyes and took a glance, his gaze swept through the crowd, soon found Xie Linxiao, weakly said: "Sir"

  Xie Lin grabbed Xie Yun's hand tightly and said: "Xie Yun, hold on for a bit, it's okay, don't sleep yet"

  Xie Yan nodded, he was the one who listened to Xie Lin's words the most. Just at this moment, Xie Yan's gaze suddenly froze, as if he had seen a ghost, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled, fixed on the position behind Xie Lin.

  His gaze was really too frightening, as if he had seen something that shocked him extremely. Xie Yan is usually very gentle and has never shown such a gaze before.

  Everyone's heart turned cold, their hearts racing, and they suddenly turned around, thinking that there were zongzi in the tomb. However, after holding up their flashlights and searching for half a day, no such thing was found.

  And there are so many of them, with Wan Qi Jing Hou among them. If there were zongzi, how could they possibly not find out?

  Xie Yan's gaze was still fixed on that place, Xie Lin thought it was the low oxygen level of the tomb, plus Xie Yan was too weak, and his trembling hallucination.

  But Xie Yan's gaze was really heartbreaking, and he looked at him with a twisted mouth and said: "Xie Yan, what's wrong, tell me."

  Xie Yan's lips trembled as he said, "She"

  Xie Yan said, suddenly his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

  Xie Yan

  Xie Yan

  Xie Yan fainted after saying just one word, but who was it?

  Everyone looked at each other in confusion, their eyes scanning the crowd for a glimpse of the person they were looking for. Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat as she thought to herself: Could it be that there is someone among us who is the one Ye Yan fears? That would mean this person is the one who ambushed Ye Yan. It was impossible for Ye Yan to have walked into the stone coffin and locked himself in.

  For a moment, everyone's back was chilled. If they had to say it, they were originally two groups of people, one group was Wen Baiyu and the others, and the other group was Qin Pei and the others. The problem actually lies with whom?

  Mr. Qin held the flashlight, and as the light flashed, he suddenly let out a loud "ah" and dropped the flashlight to the ground with a "clunk", seemingly having received an extreme fright.

  Lu Kai opened his arms and hugged Qin Laoban, saying: "Qin Xia, what's wrong?"

  Mr. Qin's eyes widened and a look of terror flashed in his eyes, he stretched out his index finger, pointing to the top of the tomb.

  The tomb chamber is full of murals, and the top of the tomb is also painted with murals. The murals are so vivid that it's as if they're alive. I don't know what kind of paint was used, but it gives a three-dimensional effect. Just now, the environment was too dark, and everyone was busy rescuing Xie Yan, so no one noticed those murals, especially the ones on the ceiling.

  Xie Yan lay down and of course saw the top of his head first

  Everyone raised their heads and finally understood what Xie Yun and Qin boss saw.

  On the top of the tomb, a portrait of a woman is painted, with her hair scattered down, wearing beast teeth, and a beautiful face that exudes an air of nobility and majesty. Her lips are slightly raised, and due to the paint, the woman appears extremely prominent, as if she might walk out of the mural at any moment, smiling directly at everyone with a smile that has a chilling illusion.

  And this woman, riding a fierce beast with sharp horns, is very distinctive. At first glance, it's clear that she is the Queen of the West. This kind of image must be the Queen of the West. Wen Baiyu and others have seen many murals of the Queen of the West, but in these murals, the Queen of the West's face is always blurry and unclear, only a rough outline can be seen.

  Right before my eyes, this one is different, crystal clear, every detail on his face is clearly visible, nothing is hidden.

  Too alike

  Suddenly, Wei Youcai's words flashed through Wen Baisheng's mind.

  The woman in the mural looks exactly like Qin boss