Fast Wear: A Different Life

Chapter 278 Qinling Sacred Tree (37)

Wu Xie stepped forward and carefully examined the condition of the sarcophagus, then said, "This sarcophagus has not been completely carved yet. Moreover, it seems that a group of people have been here before us, and maybe they have found the passage to enter the interior."

"Well, Tian Zhen, then you should look around quickly to see where the entrance is hidden." Hei Xia Zi urged.

"Got it! I'll go look for it right away." Wu Xie responded and began to look around for a possible entrance.

At the same time, the fat man, out of curiosity, actually opened the lid of the sarcophagus. He shone a flashlight inside, then reached out and knocked on the wall of the coffin, and then shouted, "Tian Zhen, come and take a look. It seems that there is nothing underneath. Could this be the entrance?"

"Coming." Wu Xie responded and walked over. Then, after groping for a while under the light of the flashlight, he finally succeeded in opening the secret door hidden in the coffin ground.

Then, he jumped without hesitation and jumped into the bottomless darkness. Seeing this, the others followed closely behind him and jumped into the secret passage one by one.

This time, Wu Xie led the way, because everyone knew that as long as they followed his steps, they would always find the right direction and entrance. Wu Xie led the way with a flashlight in his hand, and everyone followed him silently, slowly moving forward.

The tunnel was filled with the unpleasant smell of sulfur, and the walls were wet, as if water would drip down from them at any time. The ground underfoot was extremely slippery, and one could fall to the ground if one was not careful. Just as everyone was struggling to move forward, Wu Xie suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" The fat man walking behind noticed something was wrong and asked quickly.

Wu Xie did not answer, but shone the flashlight in his hand towards the ground in front of him. With the weak light of the flashlight, everyone could clearly see a few drops of bright and glaring blood on the ground.

"It seems that someone is injured ahead." Wu Xie frowned and said with a serious expression.

Everyone's heart tightened, and they all raised their vigilance and continued to move forward cautiously. As they went deeper, the bloodstains on the ground became more and more, and finally at a corner, they found a body.

The deceased was wearing the same clothes as them, which showed that he was also an explorer.

"This is..." Wu Xie squatted down and carefully examined the body. After a moment, he slowly raised his head, with a look of astonishment in his eyes, "He seems to have been bitten by something, but there are burns on his body. It looks like he was scalded to death by boiling water, not from excessive blood loss."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp. This didn't have much to do with them, but there might be an intermittent outbreak of hot springs ahead, and the temperature was very high.

"Well, be careful later." Zhang Qiling said calmly. Everyone nodded and quickened their pace.

However, they didn't go far before they heard a strange sound, as if something was approaching. "Is it that monster fish?" the fat man asked nervously.

"I don't know. Everyone be careful." Wu Xie held a dagger in his hand and looked around vigilantly.

Suddenly, a black shadow jumped out from the darkness and pounced towards Wu Xie, but before he got close to Wu Xie, he was kicked away by Ji Xiao who was standing by.

After Ji Xiao retracted her foot, she looked at the savage lying on the ground expressionlessly and said calmly, "It seems that you don't plan to hide any longer."

Fatty turned around and looked left and right. He noticed that except for Wu Xie, everyone else seemed unusually calm. So, he asked curiously, "Sister, is this the person you mentioned who has been following us?"

“That’s right.” At this time, the man on the ground recovered his breath a little, propped himself up with difficulty, looked at Wu Xie, and stammered, “Wu…Wu…Wu Xie.”

Wu Xie stared at the person on the ground with a puzzled look on his face, and responded in confusion: "You are..."

The man reached out and pushed aside the messy hair covering his face, revealing a familiar face, mumbling, "Yes... yes... it's me, old... old..."

"Lao Yang?" Wu Xie suddenly widened his eyes, looked at him with surprise, and shouted.

"Yeah." Seeing Wu Xie so excited, Fatty did not interrupt their conversation, but chose to observe silently from the side.

But when the show was almost over, Ji Xiao finally spoke up: "Okay, my friend the Savage over there, I have to admit that your performance was indeed quite outstanding. It's a pity that the calculation and evil thoughts revealed in your eyes were too obvious."

"What calculations, what malice?" Wu Xie looked up at Ji Xiao with a confused look on his face.

The man also pretended to be innocent and looked at Ji Xiao and said, "What plot? Who did I plot against? Not only did you kick me just now, but now you are slandering me."

Wu Xie didn't know who was real and who was fake, so he wisely didn't say anything. However, he still stood up and walked to Xie Yuchen's side, and asked in a low voice: "Xiaohua, you are quite smart, can you see that he is plotting against me? He and I are classmates, why is he plotting against me? What is there about me that is worth plotting against?"

Xie Yuchen looked at the silly Wu Xie with disdain and said, "Of course, isn't it obvious? Besides, he's just a classmate, so he must be calculating what he needs."

Ji Xiao looked at the man with a look of idiocy and said, "Of course it's Wu Xie's secret. But if you can get out of here alive, I will have someone send you to where you should go, with food and shelter provided."

The savage on the ground struggled to get up from the ground, trembling, and pointed a finger at Ji Xiao, his face full of fear and disbelief, his mouth wide open, but he could only stammer out a few words: "You...you..."

However, Ji Xiao had no interest in listening to him. She interrupted him impatiently: "What do you mean by you? What do you mean by me? Put your hands down, you idiot, or I will not be polite!" After saying that, she rolled her eyes and then leaned back on Zhang Qiling to rest.

Zhang Qiling beside her cooperated by pulling out the knife on his back a little, and looked at the savage on the ground with cold eyes as if he was looking at a dead person.

Lao Yang on the opposite side glared at Ji Xiao fiercely, but because he was cautious about them, he did not dare to say anything harsh, and in the end he could only put his hand down helplessly.