In Panjiayuan, the first thing they did was trick Lao Hu into going tomb raiding.

The red flowers, also known as the spider lilies in Lao Hu's words, spread wildly, leaving desolation in their wake. Any living thing containing nutrients became nourishment for the spider lilies.

Su Mo sheathed his longsword, quickly left the Kunlun Divine Tree, used his light footwork to lightly touch the ground, and swooped down to Old Hu and Fatty Shirley Yang's side.

"The other side of the flower!"

Old Hu also got anxious, "This is a spider lily, a flower of the underworld. Legend has it that this flower only blooms at the boundary between yin and yang and on the road to the underworld. This flower represents an ominous sign!"

The fat man was shocked. "Just how many treasures has the Queen of Jingjue collected? Kunlun Divine Tree, Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, and this Other Shore Flower, damn it, why doesn't she open a botanical garden!"

"Damn it, how did this dog-flower spread so fast?!"

In the blink of an eye, the spider lilies had spread to everyone's side. The fat man shouted, "Everyone, run!"

The group dared not be careless and quickly returned the way they came. The other shore flower, however, seemed to be an out-of-control giant beast, relentlessly pursuing them and even running faster than they did.

"Sherry Yang...why did you stop? Run! That damn Sherry Yang!"

The fat man shouted anxiously.

Sherry Yang's voice was also very urgent: "No, the road ahead is blocked by spider lilies!"

The fat man roared to the sky, "Damn it, am I really going to die here today? You damned heavens, you son of a bitch!"

"There's another road here. Come on, follow me, quick!"

In times of crisis, Lao Hu's intelligence tends to be on point. Upon hearing that the original road ahead was blocked, he quickly looked around and immediately discovered a road that had not yet been blocked.

Seeing that the spider lilies were almost at their feet, Su Mo urged everyone, "Hurry up, follow Lao Hu!"

The archaeological team members ran quickly toward a road that had not yet been blocked off.

Before long, Su Mo and more than a dozen members of the archaeological team ran into a cave.

Once inside the cave, the fat man caught his breath and turned around to see that the damned spider lily had also followed him into the cave.

"You son of a bitch..."

The fat man immediately launched into a national treasure-like statement: "I'm exhausted from running, but these flowers are still so vigorous. Are they on hormones?"

"Where's the explosives?!"

Su Mo roared, "Use explosives to blast the entrance shut!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, the fat man gritted his teeth, opened his backpack, took out explosives, and quickly lit them.

"Bah!"

The fat man took out a lighter, lit the fuse, and threw the explosives with all his might into the rapidly spreading passage!

Everyone instinctively covered their ears, including Su Mo.

"Oh!"

A deafening explosion rang out, the entire cave shook violently several times, and the entrance to the mountain pass was completely sealed off.

"........."

The surroundings were completely silent. The spider lilies outside the cave seemed to have stopped spreading. Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they saw a stone fall from the mountaintop.

"not good!"

"This cave is about to collapse!"

The group continued running quickly forward for more than twenty minutes until they reached a relatively safe area, at which point they stopped.

"I'm not running anymore..."

The fat man, panting heavily, shouted, "I'm not running anymore! Even if I die today, I'll die here!"

Old Hu wanted to offer some advice, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he found that he didn't even have the strength to speak. He could only slump down next to the fat man, panting heavily.

Su Mo pressed himself against the wall, listening intently. Once he realized the cave was silent, he immediately said to the others, "Stop!"

"It's stopped?"

With a sudden burst of strength, the fat man sprang to his feet and slumped against the wall. "Hey, it really stopped! Haha, I knew it! How could I, Fatty, die in this weird corner!"

"........."

Everyone was speechless, each silently thinking to themselves, "I wonder who insisted on dying here just now."

Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief and then sat down as well. "Let's take a break!"

Having survived the ordeal, everyone felt a sense of relief and opened up to each other, chatting and laughing. For a time, the cave was bustling with activity.

"Right?"

The fat man thought of something and asked, "What's the story with the Queen of Jingjue? She's lived for thousands of years? That's impossible, isn't it?"

What just happened was truly unbelievable. As an atheist fat man, today's events have completely shattered his understanding of the world.

Old Hu took the water Su Mo handed him, drank it, and said, "It must be thanks to the Kunlun Divine Tree and the Corpse Fragrance Devil's Flower!"

Old Hu's tone wasn't very certain, so he looked at Su Mo again, hoping Su Mo could give him a reasonable explanation.

Sherry Yang shook her head. "Although the Kunlun Divine Tree and the Corpse Fragrance Devil's Flower are both legendary divine objects, they can only preserve corpses from decay. As for resurrecting people... that's probably impossible!"

As she spoke, Shirley Yang also looked at Su Mo.

Seeing that both Yang and Hu were looking at him, Su Mo pondered for a moment and said, "The Queen of Jingjue is dead, there's no doubt about that!"

"That was just the ghost of the Queen of Jingjue!"

"I've wondered before why the Queen of Jingjue wanted to find these two divine objects?"

"Whether it's the Kunlun Divine Tree or the Corpse Fragrance Devil's Flower, they can both maintain the immortality of the physical body!"

"If you only want your physical body to remain incorruptible, you only need to possess one of these two divine artifacts!"

Su Mo's eyes swept over the crowd one by one.

The fat man couldn't help but ask, "Then why did the ancient Jingjue Kingdom go to such lengths to find two more items?"

Su Mo said in a deep voice, "I speculate that the Queen of Jingjue wants to be resurrected and live forever!"

The Queen of Jingjue is indeed dead; what we just saw was merely her vengeful spirit. Shirley Yang was utterly shocked by Su Mo's words, "How can she be resurrected?"

Su Mo stared directly at Shirley Yang, "Although the Queen of Jingjue you saw today was just a ghost, she was still extremely terrifying!"

"She can appear in Miss Yang's dreams and create illusions for her. I think she must be trying to attract Miss Yang in order to get the thing that will bring her back to life!"

Actually, Su Mo had one more thing he didn't say.

If he wasn't mistaken, the thing needed to revive the Queen of Jingjue and grant her immortality should be the Muchen Pearl!

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Prophet's Prophecy

That's right!

The key to the resurrection of the Queen of Jingjue is the Muchen Pearl!

If Su Mo were to take a God's-eye view and survey the entire Ghost Blows Out the Light world, he would know that although the Muchen Pearl possesses unpredictable and mysterious abilities, it cannot bring the deceased back to life.

But the Queen of Jingjue thousands of years ago didn't know that!

In such a backward era, the Queen of Jingjue firmly believed that the Muchen Pearl could revive her and grant her immortality!

To this end, she also prepared many methods, including the Kunlun Divine Tree, the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, the Other Shore Flower, the eerie Jingjue Ancient City, the Ghost Cave, and the Imaginary Space!

Thinking of this, Su Mo shook his head again, secretly laughing at how unlucky the Queen of Jingjue was to have encountered him, and how her thousand-year-old scheme had been ruined in an instant.

The fat man asked again, "Ghosts, do ghosts really exist in the world?"

Su Mo's lips curled up. "Fatty, it's not like this is the first time you've seen a ghost. No need to make such a fuss..."

Not the first time?

The fat man wasn't very bright; he scratched his head, trying to decipher Su Mo's implied meaning. But Old Hu, standing beside him, seemed to realize something, his pupils shrinking. "Wild Man Valley, those two children..."

Those two children were actually in front of Lao Hu and Fatty, but compared to the powerful Queen Jingjue, their presence was extremely weak.

Su Mo shook her head, implying that it was good that he understood, and that there was no need to publicize this matter.

Old Hu understood immediately and shut his mouth, confirming in his heart that the Yin spirit truly existed.

"The older generation all say that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, no monsters were allowed to become spirits..."

The fat man cursed and shouted, "This Queen Jingjue is actually defying the rules! She deserves to be beaten!"

Everyone was amused by the fat man's joke and exchanged smiles.

There was still something that Sherry Yang didn't understand, so she asked again, "The spider lily, which only blooms in the Yin and Yang realms, is blooming in the Jingjue Ancient City. Could it be that the Jingjue Ancient City... no... is the Ghost Cave! The Ghost Cave can directly connect the Yin and Yang realms?"

This question stumped Su Mo. He shrugged and said, "I don't know the answer either, since I've never been there!"

Sherry Yang gave an awkward smile, realizing she had asked a silly question.

Ok?

Su Mo, whose physical abilities were extraordinary, sensed something, turned to look in a certain direction, and his face immediately lit up with surprise, "There's a breeze here..."

Where there is wind, there is a way; where there is a way, there is a way to escape. With this in mind, the group stood up and looked in the direction of the sound.

The opening in front was very small, so small that only one person could crawl in.

"Come on, let's go take a look!"

As he spoke, Su Mo lowered his body and crawled into the cave first. Shirley Yang and Lao Hu helped Ye Yixin and Professor Chen up and followed closely behind.

The fat man had no choice but to take over the rearguard duty once again.

And so, the group struggled through the narrow stone path, staggering for more than ten minutes, until they arrived at a larger stone cave.

Su Mo activated his Golden Eyes and scanned his surroundings. After confirming that it was safe, he dusted himself off and stood up.

"There are rice dumplings!"

Upon seeing two skeletons sitting cross-legged in the center, the fat man instinctively reached for his gun. Old Hu rolled his eyes, "What kind of zombies are these? These skeletons are practically specimens..."

The fat man said with a serious expression, "Old Hu, we can't be careless. Haven't we encountered enough strange things along the way?"

"Light up, light up,"

As he spoke, the fat man took out two candles from his backpack.

This action completely drew Shirley Yang's attention. She frowned and said directly, "With such skillful movements, you still say you've never robbed a tomb?"