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An underground ancient tomb.

Xu Yuan stopped what she was doing, took two steps back, and waited for Qingben and Qingbei to react.

Qingzhen stared intently at his two junior brothers until he saw them open their eyes, only then did he feel relieved.

"alright?"

Qingxuan, somewhat skeptical, stepped closer and examined their eyes closely. They were tired yet clear, unlike the cloudy ones they had seen before.

"It's really recovered."

He turned around and bowed respectfully to Xu Yuan: "Thank you, senior brother, for saving my two junior brothers."

Qingzhen quickly followed suit and expressed her gratitude.

"Since you've already called me senior brother, there's no need to thank me," Xu Yuan said with a smile and a wave.

Kiyomoto and Kiyobei ​​looked around in confusion, still unaware of what had happened.

"What's wrong with us?"

"What do you remember?" Qingzhen asked them.

Kiyomoto scratched his head: "I only remember that we encountered a strange man, and then he rushed towards us. I don't remember anything after that."

Qingbei, standing beside him, nodded in agreement.

"You two almost became those weirdos too."

Qingzhen recounted with lingering fear: "That was a living Gu. If you were touched by his bodily fluids, you would also be infected. Fortunately, we met Senior Brother Xuyuan."

"No, you all helped me too."

Xu Yuan humbly replied, "If you hadn't appeared in time, I wouldn't know how to deal with the living Gu."

After a brief exchange, Qingzhen's expression gradually turned serious.

"Our most important task now is to stop the Chrysanthemum People's actions."

They want to destroy our dragon vein; we absolutely cannot let them succeed.

"The key question is, how do we get out of here now?" Qingxuan pointed out the crux of the matter.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look into the darkness behind them.

"Have you been inside?" Xu Yuan asked calmly.

Qingzhen shook his head: "We only know that there is an ancient tomb down there, but we have never been down there before."

"Our Taoist temple was built here primarily to protect the dragon vein."

"If there's no better way, we can go inside and give it a try."

"Perhaps we can find a way out," Qingxuan suggested.

Xu Yuan nodded in agreement. He had been alone before and hadn't dared to go in rashly, but now that there were four people with him, he could at least look out for them.

The five people discussed it and decided to go deeper into the area together to find a way out.

Xu Yuan and Qing Zhen walked at the front, one on each side, carefully observing their footing and surroundings.

After walking along a dark stone path, the path became damp, with puddles of varying sizes appearing on the ground.

"How come there's water here?"

Qingzhen looked at the puddle on the ground with a puzzled expression. The place they had just come from was extremely dry and completely devoid of moisture, yet there was still a puddle here.

Xu Yuan bent down, glanced at the puddle in the dim firelight, and then looked up at the stone wall.

"Try to avoid puddles and avoid touching rock walls."

The Muslims didn't know the reason, but they still did as Xu Yuan said.

The five continued on their way when a dark shadow suddenly flashed past not far ahead.

Xu Yuan and Qingzhen exchanged a glance: "It looks like there's something there."

Be careful.

The five people carefully walked forward back to back, turned a corner, and stopped. A clear figure appeared before them.

"It looks like a person."

Qingzhen lowered his voice, trying hard to see the other person clearly through the dim light.

The person was hiding in a relatively open area, cooking and living.

"I know him."

As soon as Qingzhen finished speaking, Qingben accidentally stepped on a stone, making a slight sound.

The person cooking heard the noise and turned around sharply, cautiously looking in this direction, gripping the large knife at their feet tightly.

"Who?"

The halal people no longer hid and slowly walked out.

"Uncle Zhang, it's us."

Zhang Ershan noticed that the five Muslim men who came out still maintained a wary expression.

What are you doing here?

Zhang Ershan's ancestors lived nearby. To outsiders, he was just a farmer, but in reality, he was the keeper of the tomb at this place.

This secret is known to very few, but it cannot be hidden from the seemingly indifferent Muslims.

"Our Taoist temple was occupied by people from the Chrysanthemum Kingdom. They wanted to kill us, so they dumped us here."

Qingzhen was fairly familiar with Zhang Ershan; she had often eaten at his house before, and they could talk to each other.

"These beasts."

After hearing about Qingzhen and the others' plight, Zhang Ershan cursed them viciously.

"Tell me, our country is so powerful now, how dare they still act like bullies here?"

Aren't you skilled in martial arts?

Why not kill them?

"They outnumber us and are well-prepared, while we are outnumbered."

Qingzhen explained in a low voice, "However, you don't need to worry, they won't be able to cause trouble for long."

If the news gets out, they'll surely die a horrible death.

The key question now is how we get out.

"We need to go out so that we can get the message out."

"By the way, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Ershan sighed softly, "I saw the people from Chrysanthemum Kingdom appear and knew they were up to no good, so I hid here beforehand."

"I suspect they're after our ancient tomb."

"These beasts, they still want to take our things now? Don't even think about it."

Glug glug...

A strange cry rang out, and Qingzhen and the others immediately looked around warily.

"Did you hear anything?"

The group nodded, and Zhang Ershan also cautiously looked around.

Xu Yuan smiled awkwardly and touched her stomach: "It's my stomach that's growling."

Qingzhen looked at him, then at the porridge cooking in Zhang Ershan's pot, and immediately laughed.

"Senior brother is hungry."

"We've traveled such a long way and fought a great battle with the living Gu, so we're definitely exhausted."

He looked at Zhang Ershan: "Your grain..."

"You were just talking about the living Gu?" Zhang Ershan replied, seemingly unrelated, "Is it that disgusting-looking guy?"

"You fought with him, are you alright?"

"He has been burned to death by us."

"Burned to death?"

Zhang Ershan's eyes gleamed with joy: "It's good that he's burned to death. I was really afraid he'd come running over."

"To be honest, I really thought that ghost had come here just now."

Seeing Xu Yuan staring at his pot, he immediately realized, "You guys must be hungry, let's eat together."

Xu Yuan immediately squatted down: "Then I won't be polite."

"Shanzi, do you know where there's another exit we can get out of here?"

Qingzhen held a small bowl of porridge, drinking it while asking questions.

"We must get out of here as soon as possible and thwart the Chrysanthemum People's plot."

Zhang Ershan shook his head: "Because some tomb raiders tried to rob the tomb before, most of the exits below were blocked."

"Now, the only thing that remains is a hidden exit at the back of the tomb."

"Do you know the place?"

Kiyomoto became excited upon hearing that there was a place to get out.

"I know the place, but I can't take you there."

Zhang Ershan refused without hesitation: "Our ancestors made an agreement that we are only to guard the tomb and not to bring outsiders in, otherwise our lineage will be cut off."

Those who had been holding onto hope immediately deflated upon hearing his words.

Outsiders are not allowed to enter the tomb. How can they get out? Are they just supposed to wait to die here?