"Sir, are you going to look for a girl in the ant nest this time?" the other party asked again.

"You know her? Did you see those giant ants carrying her in? How is she alive or dead? If she is alive, is she seriously injured? If she is dead, is her body intact? When was she carried in? Could you please tell me everything you know, please." I said hurriedly.

She smiled and said with a ghostly voice, "It seems that this girl is very important to you. Her importance is even greater than your life itself, right?"

I nodded rapidly and said, "Yes, she is my wife, Zhou Bo. I swore to protect her with my own life."

"Wife? So that's how it is. Alas..." The girl couldn't help but sigh at this point.

My heart was in a knot. As the saying goes, "Care makes you confused." Now I can finally get some news about Yunwen, but I heard a sigh. How can I feel at ease? You know, what I fear most now is hearing bad news about her, which is a hundred times more painful than suffering myself.

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing? Could it be that she has already?" I asked.

"Young master, I was an honest person when I was alive. Although I am now a lonely ghost in this lonely tomb, I don't want to lose my karma. I will tell you lies again just to make you happy. I will tell you everything I saw. But I hope you will be mentally prepared. Those ghost ants are cruel by nature, and the queen ant is bloodthirsty and greedy. Recently, I have seen many monkeys and apes being dragged into caves by ghost ants. They are going to eat their brains, swallow their marrow, suck their essence, and eat their flesh. Their behavior is horrible. I also saw your wife Zhang not long ago. When she was dragged into the cave, she was no help to those apes. I'm afraid her life will be in danger when she reaches the mouth of the queen ant." said the lonely girl.

I opened my eyes wide, not caring about the origin and identity of this lonely soul in front of me, but when I heard such bad news about Yunwen, I felt my heart blocked. After all, the situation was indeed similar to what I knew, and I had been mentally prepared for it. So when I heard this news, I only felt a sense of amazement as it was verified.

But there was still one thing that made me feel strange. I hadn't mentioned Yunwen's name since I entered the room. How did she know that Yunwen's last name was Zhang? But now my mind was full of imaginations of what she said. In my mind, all I could see was Yunwen being sucked dry by the queen ant, her screams of pain, and her calling my name for help. So I stopped thinking about the little thing about that name and blocked it out.

"In that case, I have to set off now without delay. Thank you for your reminder, young lady. If I am lucky enough to come back again, I will certainly kowtow and thank you to express my gratitude. Goodbye." As I said this, I hurried to go out.

But at this moment, she suddenly flashed and floated in front of me again, saying, "Mr. Zhou, wait a moment, and be patient. You should think carefully. Now that your golden treasure is not with you, it is bound to be dangerous if you enter the ant nest with bare hands. Even if I tell you that the queen ant has plenty of food these days and may consider eating your wife later, you will only lose your life in vain if you go so rashly. Like my wife, both of you will be eaten and die. You will also become a lonely soul like me, floating in this endless forest."

I could tell there was something else in her words, so I followed her lead and said, "So what do you mean, young lady? I definitely want to save her. I don't mind dying. Even if I become a wronged soul in a lonely grave, I can still be with her forever. So I definitely only want to go, and I have no intention of giving up. If you want to persuade me to give up, then don't say anything and just leave first."

"Mr. Zhou, I know you are anxious, but there is no point in being anxious. As the saying goes, more haste makes waste. I know that Mr. Zhou loves his wife deeply, so I am certainly not trying to persuade you or stop you. It's just that I have lived with those ghost ants in this lonely tomb for thousands of years, and I know their nature and all their actions very well. So I have some good advice for you to help you resolve this crisis." said the lonely woman.

Since she said she was a ghost from thousands of years ago, she had no books and was wearing the clothing of women from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, with a top and skirt, a belt around the waist, and a fu (second tone) around the belly, which was a knee-covering. This was the standard dress of women in that period. If so, how could a woman from the Shang and Zhou dynasties say something that Confucius said hundreds of years later? After all, the saying "haste makes waste" comes from the sentence in "The Analects of Confucius·Zilu": "Don't be hasty, don't be greedy for small gains. Haste makes waste, and if you are greedy for small gains, you won't achieve great things."

This is clearly contradictory.

But now I am in a state of confusion, thinking that Yunwen may have been suffering, or will soon suffer as she said, so I don’t intend to think about these things in detail. I think maybe she has some magical powers as a lonely ghost, so she blurted it out. Let’s just get away with it. After all, the most important thing now is Yunwen’s life and death.

Although it seems like I'm just trying to find a cure for my illness, there's nothing I can do now. It's already great that someone can provide me with information about Yunwen and a solution. So even though I'm feeling uneasy, after thinking about it for a while, I can't help but ask, "Miss, do you have any ideas?"

She smiled and walked towards me face to face. I instinctively stepped back, but saw her easily pass through me. I sighed, turned around and looked at her back.

"Sir, you have just seen how I scared away those ghost ants, right? Actually, my suggestion is very simple. I was also a cultivator in my life, but unfortunately, I offended the powerful and was harmed by those villains. Not only do they want me dead, but they also want me to be trapped in that evil formation forever. My soul will not be dispersed, and I will suffer from loneliness and pain. So my suggestion is, sir, please help me let me go. With my own magical powers, I will drive away the ghost ants for you and clear the way for you, so that you can find your wife earlier and help you and your wife to get out of this dangerous situation smoothly. It will be regarded as my life-saving grace." The woman said.

I did see those giant ants were very afraid to approach this place, and they would go around it once they got close. Also, the reason why those worker ants left me behind and fled was because of a sudden underground earthquake. The woman said it was her doing, which was very likely. Moreover, she did show me her unique magical powers.

For example, she can speak words that I can understand. Before I gave my name, she already knew my surname and Yunwen's surname. In addition, she may have some other abilities, such as telepathy. Otherwise, how could she say that haste makes waste? I just thought that these messages were threatening to me, but now I can't help but think that they are good things. Hu Lingshang is also a master of cultivating immortals, but she has to take care of her own tribe and will not come to help. Now I also need a powerful helper, and this is a gift to me.

However, due to safety concerns, I still mentioned it a little: "Sister, the deal you mentioned is fair, but I want to ask, if I rescue you, but you regret it and run away, what if I do? Wouldn't that mean I'm losing money? Besides, there is no trust between you and me, so I think you need to prove to me that you were a righteous person when you were alive, otherwise the risk I'm taking is too great."

She was not annoyed, but laughed loudly, saying: "How do you know? What I say must be untrustworthy, and I have already said that I was an honest person when I was alive. Lying now will also damage my virtue. It's just that you don't believe me. You can look around here at will. If you think you have enough time, you can look around all day. But this time is not set by me. I am afraid that even if you save me at night, I will be sucked dry. Even if I want to save your wife Zhang, it will be in vain."

I clenched my fists, knowing that what she said was true, and it was not just a scare. Time is precious, how can we waste it? Now is the time to delay a second less, Yunwen can't delay.

I sighed, and kept thinking about the tenderness between Yunwen and me last night, her sweet words, her endless love, her gentleness, her dependence on and affection for me. When I thought of these, my heart was torn, and I kept repeating that I couldn't lose her.

"Okay, one life for another, I save yours and you save my wife, it's fair," I said.

"Smart! Go move those stone statues away and help me pull out the seven-star coffin nails. I will keep my promise and help you save your wife. After that, I will go away to cultivate myself as an immortal, and we will end our grudges." She said.