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

Su Mo looked relaxed. "Don't worry, this mechanism may be tricky, but it's no problem for me. A piece of cake..."

Su Mo wasn't bragging. He was wearing the same armor as Chen Yulou, and when he was tomb raiding, he used the double-finger probing technique of the Tomb Raider General and the Kui Xing kicking technique of the Mountain Moving Taoist. Combining the strengths of several techniques, such a mechanism was indeed no challenge for him.

"Just you wait and see..."

As he spoke, Su Mo used the ultimate technique of the Tomb Raider General, following the cracks in the ground to search for flaws in the mechanism.

"Snapped!"

"Ping!"

With just a casual tampering by Su Mo, the sounds of mechanisms whirring filled the mountain god temple.

"Ok?"

Su Mo's ears twitched slightly, and he abruptly raised his head. "Not good!"

The fat man thought Su Mo had encountered a problem and his heart jumped. "Brother Su, what's wrong? Is it a trap...?"

Su Mo stood up and looked out the door. "It's not about the mechanisms. I heard footsteps; it's the Zhelong Village catching up..."

The tomb of the King of Xian holds the hope for the survival of Lao Hu and his two companions, and now it's within reach. Unexpectedly, the people from Zhelong Village have come to cause trouble again. Even the usually composed Lao Hu is furious at this moment. "What are these guys thinking? They're like ghosts that won't leave you alone!"

Su Mo said softly, "I've already predicted their fates. Apart from Ada, nine out of ten people from Zhelong Village will die in the tomb of the King of Xian..."

"I want to save their lives, why is it so difficult!"

Su Mo punched the ground with a loud rumble, and a deep tunnel appeared.

Su Mo stepped in first, saying, "Since that's the case, let them all die here..."

Chapter 79: Horrifying Underground River

Upon hearing that everyone from Zhelong Village would die in the tomb of the King of Xian, Old Hu sighed inwardly.

Although he felt somewhat reluctant, he was no saint, and as the saying goes, even the King of Hell won't save a ghost who's courting death. Since it was fate, what could he say?

Old Hu shook his head, dispelling the restlessness in his heart, and followed behind Su Mo with Xue Li and Fatty Yang.

Twenty minutes later, the Mountain God Temple welcomed a new group of guests, and the people of Zhelong Village burst out of the door.

"Where are they? Did they fly away?!"

"Chief, there's a secret passage!"

"Chase them! These people have their eyes on our ancestral treasure; we can't let them get away..."

"Yes!"

The people of Zhelong Village were all filled with anger and, without stopping, followed their clan leader into the tunnel.

.........

The tunnel is very spacious!

A gloomy, damp passageway!

Su Mo and the other three walked cautiously through the passage.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock!"

The sound of dripping water continued to come, getting closer and closer. Before long, a huge underground river appeared in front of the four of them.

The fat man exclaimed, "Damn it! There's such a deep river beneath this mountain god temple! King Xian is truly a genius..."

Su Mo glanced ahead and, finding no way around, said, "Guys, we'll have to go into the water..."

"Everyone be careful once you're in the water. There are so many traps around the outer edge of the Insect Valley, and we're already close to the Tomb of King Xian. I don't believe there's nothing in the river..."

The group nodded slightly, adjusted their equipment, and slowly walked down.

The water wasn't very deep, just up to everyone's waist.

After walking for a while, the fat man kept looking around anxiously.

Seeing this, Old Hu scolded, "Fatty, focus on the road!"

He's like a naughty child, always making me worry.

Old Hu sighed, feeling that life was too tiring.

The fat man walked up to Old Hu and said, "Old Hu, I have a weird feeling, like something's watching us..."

Before Lao Hu could speak, Xue Li Yang stared intently at the fat man, "Fatty, are you scared?"

The fat man immediately retorted, "I'm not scared!"

Just kidding. If I were scared, and you, a woman, found out, would I still be able to stay in the team?

Shirley Yang smiled, the first smile she'd shown since collecting her father's body. "You were definitely scared..."

The fat man shook his head and protested, "No, absolutely not..."

Sherry Yang stared at the fat man, "When someone vehemently denies that they are afraid, then they are definitely afraid. A double denial is equivalent to an affirmation..."

The fat man's face flushed red. "You...you're talking nonsense..."

Sherry Yang's lips curled into a smile. "When someone can't win an argument, they'll say the other person is talking nonsense..."

Sherry Yang spoke eloquently, completely baffled the chubby man who hadn't read many books. His face flushed red, and he stormed off, saying, "I'm not going to argue with you anymore..."

The fat man hurried to Su Mo's side, looking aggrieved, "Brother Su..."

"Ha ha…"

Su Mo chuckled softly. Then, glancing at the water, he said, "Let's hurry and leave; there are definitely unclean things here..."

Hearing Su Mo's words, the fat man straightened his chest and immediately became smug, "I knew it... my intuition is incredibly accurate..."

Old Hu rolled his eyes at the fat man, "Brother Su, are there water ghosts in the river?!"

Su Mo nodded, "It's eerie here, never seeing sunlight for a thousand years, so it's normal to have water ghosts..."

Fatty, Lao Hu, and the other two immediately tensed up.

Su Mo shrugged. "Actually, I'm quite curious to see the water ghost here. I wonder if it can withstand one of my attacks!"

"........."

I wonder if it can withstand my attack?

One sentence completely broke the defenses of Lao Hu and his two companions.

It seems...it doesn't seem so scary anymore!

For some reason, the fat man suddenly felt that the surroundings were not so eerie anymore.

Let's go...

Su Mo said, "Hurry up and get ashore..."

The four waded quickly to the shore, and ten minutes later, they finally made it ashore.

This shore is different from ordinary shores. It's all made of stone.

On the shore, there are also many rocks that look like artificial hills.

Shirley Yang shone her flashlight on the water and said, "Look, what's that?"

The three looked towards the water's surface. There, floating on the water, was a slightly transparent corpse.

The body was spherical, and even the ribs of the upper body were clearly visible.

The fat man was startled when he saw the corpse, and immediately chambered a bullet, exclaiming, "Holy crap, there really is a water ghost..."

Old Hu stared intently, "This might be a dead drifter..."

Fearing that Sherry Yang might not understand, Lao Hu immediately added, "It's a corpse floating in the water!"

Shirley Yang looked at the corpse and said, "This looks like a woman's corpse..."

Upon hearing it was a female corpse, the fat man craned his neck, "Hey... and a naked female corpse at that... hehe..."

His smile was quite lewd!

I never expected you to be this kind of fat person!

The fat man has once again surprised everyone.

Old Hu muttered to himself, "There's something strange about this corpse..."

"Why not just fish it out and take a look..."

The fat man used the gun barrel as a support to hook the female corpse and paddle towards the shore.

Old Hu and Shirley Yang walked over, glanced at the female corpse, and frowned. "You mean this corpse is ancient? If it's a thousand-year-old female corpse, how could it be so well preserved, without any decay at all?"

Old Hu nodded, "It is indeed a bit strange..."

Su Mo stated bluntly, "This female corpse should have been killed by the King of Xian."

"Lulu~"

Just then, the woman's abdomen suddenly twitched, startling the fat man. "Holy crap, that thing moved..."

Su Mo shook his head. "The thing inside its belly is most likely guarding the tomb for the Prince of Xian..."

Old Hu, not wanting to linger in this troublesome place, immediately said, "I say, why don't we just leave? It's better to avoid trouble; finding the Muchen Pearl is the priority..."

Su Mo pondered, "Old Hu is right, this place is unsuitable. The thing inside the woman's belly is about to come out..."

"Whoosh!"

As Su Mo spoke, ripples spread across the lake, and above the water, red mist spread out. Beneath the red mist, countless female corpses were approaching the group.

"Red mist..."

The fat man shuddered and exclaimed, "Blind Chen said we need to put on our gas masks right away..."

The fat man turned around, about to remind everyone, but found that Su Mo, Lao Hu, and Xue Li Yang had already put on gas masks.

"..."

The fat man was taken aback for a moment, "You guys are pretty fast!"

"Those who have served in the military and are skilled in combat are just different. They didn't even call me; that's not fair!"