Tomb Robber: I, Chen Yulou, am dedicated to cultivating immortality!

Chapter 117 The sky is filled with will-o'-the-wisps and dead elephant bones

The silent and desolate underground.

It's like a place of eternal darkness where the golden crow falls from the west.

A group of five people were holding lamps, holding swords and guns in their hands, and their eyes were worried. From the beginning, their blood was boiling, but now they have felt unspeakable uneasiness in their hearts.

This place is really weird.

There was no light, no movement... not even signs of life.

Even Zhang Yunqiao, who was visiting the tomb for the first time, knew that although the ancient tomb was a place that isolated the yin and yang of heaven and man, it should not be so dead. Something was obviously not right.

However, I had made a promise to the boss before coming down.

You can't just leave empty-handed.

"Brothers, if you bite the bullet again, if you really go back like this, you won't be able to hold your heads up for the rest of your life."

Zhang Yunqiao walked in front with a spear on his back, glanced at several people and said in a deep voice.

"That's right, damn it, there have never been any cowards among our bandits in Xiling. It's a big deal if people die and birds fall to the sky."

It seemed that he was aroused by the words "can't raise his head".

The few people who were still a little anxious suddenly felt as if they had been beaten to death.

"Okay, I know that these brothers are all upright men."

Feel the atmosphere being rekindled.

Zhang Yunqiao couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He has spent most of these years in the mountains and is not very proficient in fighting in the tomb.

But he knew one thing since he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child.

People have three fires of life.

It is difficult for ghosts and gods to invade.

However, once you are discouraged, panicked, and your life fire is weak, you will easily be haunted by evil spirits.

When the fire of life is blown out, it will be a dead end.

This weird place is filled with gloomy energy, and it looks like a place where evil things are hiding.

Now that they have few people, they have the only way to break the situation.

Just work together.

"Next, I'll take the lead. You guys should follow closely and don't get separated."

"it is good!"

The group of people took up their courage and continued to go deeper.

After walking for about half a quarter of an hour.

Suddenly, Zhang Yunqiao, who was leading the group, stopped and seemed to notice something.

Several people immediately stopped.

Look up and look around.

But the surroundings were still shrouded in darkness, and nothing could be seen.

Some people couldn't help but ask.

"What love..."

"Shh, listen carefully!"

But before he could say a word, he was interrupted by Zhang Yunqiao's dagger-like eyes, and he made a silence gesture.

Seeing this, several people looked at each other, but they did not dare to delay, and they all listened with their ears pricked up.

The silence around me was as quiet as death.

The only movement seemed to be the suppressed breathing of a few people.

But looking at Zhang Yunqiao's solemn expression, they did not dare to question it and could only suppress the distracting thoughts in their hearts.

soon……

There was a strange rustling sound.

The eyes of several people brightened and they continued to listen. The movement became more and more obvious, and it suddenly seemed like something... was crawling on the ground.

This thought together.

It was like a basin of biting cold water was poured down on my head.

Their newly agitated minds instantly sank.

"snake?"

"insect?"

"Or... a ghost?"

Countless weird thoughts flashed through my mind.

"Step aside!"

Several people were still hesitating, but Zhang Yunqiao, who had been motionless, suddenly shouted angrily.

With a flick of his backhand, he pulled out the spear from behind.

Pierced fiercely into the darkness ahead.

brush--

The red tassel trembled, and the cold light passed by.

A chirping sound suddenly sounded.

It sounded like the sound of a cowhide bag being pierced.

Before a few people had time to react, the next moment, a strong fishy smell hit their faces.

At the same time, rain-like crashing sounds sounded one after another.

"What is it?"

"Fuck, so damn disgusting."

"Still talking nonsense, form a formation!"

Dare to go to the tomb early and compete for the first place, more or less, you have strong confidence in your own skills.

It takes almost an instant.

The five men had already raised their long knives, loaded their box cannons, and strode out with lanterns in hand, forming a five-element mandarin duck formation to protect Zhang Yunqiao.

A pair of eyes swept around like swords.

It wasn't until dozens of breaths later that the surroundings fell into dead silence again that the five of them turned back.

"Zhang Boutou, are you okay?"

Zhang Yunqiao's body was like a spear, and he shook his head with a stern expression.

However, no one noticed that there was a hint of scarlet oozing out of the tiger's mouth where he was holding the spear.

Blood!

Only one shot was fired.

He didn't even see clearly what the hell was coming from the mist.

He was already injured.

But his jaws burst open, his energy and blood surged, and the other party also felt uncomfortable.

"It should be okay for now. Turn on the light closer."

"it is good!"

Hearing what he said, the five of them hesitated. They immediately raised their lanterns, endured the pungent stench, and quickly approached.

The lights dispersed the darkness little by little.

at last……

The figure of that thing gradually emerged.

It turned out to be a toad with a red back and poisonous sores all over its body!

The spear passed through its abdomen.

Nail it to the ground.

The key is……

The toad was more than half a man tall, with thick limbs. It looked like a calf when it rested on the spear.

"Fuck, this damn toad has become a spirit?"

"Why is it so big!"

Not only the five guys, but also Zhang Yunqiao looked horrified.

Originally I just noticed the rustling crawling sound coming from far away, but the shot was all based on instinct.

But he never expected it.

The one who was stabbed to death by a gun turned out to be a toad.

Judging from the force returned by the spear before, it would be an exaggeration to say it was a tiger or leopard.

At this moment, the toad didn't know whether he was still alive or what.

His limbs were still moving unconsciously in mid-air, and black blood was seeping out of the hole in his abdomen.

What I heard before was like the sound of rain.

It was caused by spilled blood.

"Zhang Bituou...what should I do?"

The five guys looked scared and subconsciously looked at Zhang Yunqiao.

If it weren't for the fact that his spear was astonishingly sharp.

None of them dared to imagine whether they still had a chance to survive now.

That time, the chief commander personally selected the gun and stick master for Kunlun Commander, and Zhang Yunqiao stood out from the crowd.

Afterwards, word of his superb marksmanship spread throughout Changsheng Mountain.

After all these years.

He is also the first person to be able to be a master of Kunlun.

but……

Some people are not convinced.

After all, since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

Several of them had secretly questioned it in their hearts.

But now I saw the toad pierced by a spear.

That doubt has long since disappeared, and all that remains is conviction.

"Cut off the head and take it back."

"Please always keep your head in mind!"

Zhang Yunqiao secretly took a breath.

I just feel that this long trip has really enriched my experience.

Although they didn't see the Water Dragon King they encountered on the Nanpan River in the cabin, they were shocked for several days when they heard it from the guys running the boat afterwards.

And the big snake in the lake yesterday.

Toad was assassinated by his own hands today.

This territory in southern Yunnan is really evil.

He is just a martial artist. In terms of knowledge, he is not as good as the general leader, and in terms of kung fu, he is not as good as Yang Kuaishou.

Is this ghost a water demon or a mountain spirit?

He also had trouble telling the difference.

It would be best to take it back and ask the boss for instructions.

The key is. Zhang Yunqiao was also worried in his heart. Toads always live in groups, and one person may have countless others.

Killing one of them would be a fluke.

If another group comes, their lives will definitely be spared.

"Okay, just listen to Leader Zhang."

"I come!"

Hearing this, the five guys' hearts suddenly dropped.

They responded immediately.

Even fearing that he would hesitate, he immediately drew out his knife and chopped off the toad's head fiercely.

scoff-

A sharp sword flashed.

The toad, which had long since died, was immediately dismembered.

Several people ignored the foul smell and took out the corpse rope, passed it through the toad's mouth, and carried it in their hands.

Watch from a distance.

It's like a pig's head carried during festivals.

"go!"

See them move so fiercely.

Zhang Yunqiao didn't say much, drew out his spear and shouted at several people in a low voice.

"Go for a walk."

"Lao Qi will take the lead, I will come to the rear, Zhang will take the lead, and you can rest."

"Need not."

Zhang Yunqiao held the spear in one hand and shook his head at the man. His calm words contained some unquestionable meaning.

The guy was startled.

There was no argument.

The shot just now had already convinced them all.

Since Zhang Baotou took the initiative to take the rear, they naturally did not dare to have any objections.

The group quickly returned along the way they came.

Because this place was so dark and they were worried about losing their way, they left a lot of marks when they came down.

It only took less than a few minutes.

The anxious group of people saw the stone steps that were opened between the cliffs.

"Go and don't look back!"

Watching the group of people climb up the stairs, Zhang Yunqiao, who was at the end, reminded them in a deep voice.

This journey is less than two miles.

But he felt that it was as difficult as two hundred years.

Especially the toad's head on the rope kept shaking back and forth, and the blood dripping down was like a whistle in the already silent night.

But we can still see it.

Real fear exists in the unknown and in the imagination.

He wanted to look back countless times.

I always feel like there is something following me closely behind me, like a maggot attached to my bones. ,

But Zhang Yunqiao didn't dare.

He was afraid that if it was true, the people who were already in panic would lose their faith.

But at this moment...

Watching a group of people go up the stone steps.

He couldn't hold it back any longer and glanced back quickly.

Suddenly, his pupils dilated rapidly, as if he had seen a ghost.

The look of horror and horror was much stronger than before when he saw the toad on the head of the gun clearly.

"what is that?"

Zhang Yunqiao gritted his teeth and murmured softly.

I saw a very far distance behind me.

I don't know when countless stars appeared, like will-o'-the-wisps all over the sky, finally dispersing the thick black mist like ink.

It was a vast expanse of water.

White shadows floated on the water.

The most terrifying thing is.

In the direction they left before, there stood black shadows as high as mountains, maintaining a strange posture.

He looked at it for a while.

Only then did he barely recognize it.

That mountain of bones turned out to be elephants one after another.

This was due to the fact that on the way here, every time when we got off the boat and passed those piers, we could often see those barbarians riding on the backs of elephants and swaggering through the city.

But at this moment, on the stone beach beside the big lake, there was a mountain forest made of elephant bones.

How many elephants are there?

Moreover, looking at the direction and calculating silently, if they had not been stopped by the toad before, if they walked forward for a few minutes, they would have bumped into the mountain of bones.

"Grass……"

Zhang Yunqiao, who had always been dull, couldn't help but cursed.

What the hell is this place.

Even the Strange Tales from the Chinese Storyteller's novel seems to be less than one-tenth as scary as this one.

wow-

At the moment when he lost consciousness.

That strange fire came and went quietly.

It was as if there was an invisible hand in the dark.

Fiddle controls it all.

He picked out the fire wick in the lamp.

Then... the distance fell into deathly silence again.

Zhang Yunqiao's heart skipped a beat, he took a few deep breaths, and without any further delay, he ran up the stone steps as hard as he could.

After two or three full minutes.

In the dark fog ahead, a light finally appeared again.

Just like the scene I saw when I passed through that underground river yesterday.

"arrive……"

By the time he crossed the last stone step, the light in front of him had turned into a scorching sun. He felt a buzzing in his ears and people were falling like a mountain, rushing forward.

"Master Zhang?"

"Zhang Bituou!"

"Oh my god, is that a toad head?"

The sharp buzzing in his mind was quickly suppressed by a burst of exclamation.

Zhang Yunqiao struggled to open his eyes.

Familiar faces appeared one after another, and the nearest ones were Kunlun and the boss.

"Don't talk yet. You are exhausted. Take a good rest."

He subconsciously wanted to speak and tell everything he saw at the foot of the mountain.

But not yet.

The gentle voice of the boss has already come.

"Hel the person to a ventilated place and get water!"

Chen Yulou frowned.

Although I expected that this trip might not go well.

However, the reactions of Zhang Yunqiao and others were somewhat beyond his expectations.

Everything he knew came from what Hu Bayi and the others saw when they went underground decades later.

But now, the time has been advanced by several decades.

Even he couldn't guess what changes there were.

A group of waiters hurriedly carried the person under the shade of a tree and gave him water to drink.

Rested for a while.

Zhang Yunqiao and the other six gradually recovered.

"Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly!"

Glancing at the toad head on the ground with a ferocious face that looked like a demon, Chen Yulou said in a deep voice with a solemn expression.

"Yes, the boss..."

Zhang Yunqiao organized his words slightly.

Then, with everyone's complicated expressions, they recounted everything they saw along the way.

when he said.

The five guys added a few words from time to time.

Hearing him kill a calf-sized toad with one shot, there was a burst of exclamation from the surroundings.

Until Zhang Yunqiao talked about the last sight he saw after leaving the underground.

Now, not only the people who stayed outside, but also the five guys who went down with him, all looked horrified.

They were all trying to escape at that moment.

I just want to leave as soon as possible.

In addition, Zhang Yunqiao kept reminding them not to look back.

Who would have thought that he couldn't hold it back.

For a moment, despite being frightened, the five of them couldn't help but feel a little lucky in their hearts.

Fortunately, I didn't look back.

Otherwise, just describing it in words would make them feel breathless and depressed.

"Big lake, toads, dead floats, will-o'-the-wisps, burial pits..."

It was different from everyone’s panic and complicated reactions.

Chen Yulou's expression remained calm.

In their minds, they kept silently counting according to what Zhang Yunqiao and the others saw.

Whether it's toads or burial pits, these are to be expected.

The only change.

Appear on that will-o'-the-wisp.

So, what exactly was the will-o’-the-wisp that Zhang Yunqiao saw?

Will it become a fixed variable?

"You guys, please rest first."

"Qi Hu, there are bamboo forests nearby. You can put up as many Kongming lanterns as possible. You don't need to carry weight this time. The only requirement is that the longer you float in the air, the better!"

(End of this chapter)