Her words made me feel more at ease. Hu Lingshang is also a cultivator. She has a stable temperament and high emotional intelligence. She has never done anything to hurt me. At most, she may have used me in the past, but she has never harmed the island environment or my life. I think the other party is probably the same as Hu Lingshang. Since she said that after this mutual use, we will live our own lives in the future and not interfere with each other, it has dispelled my worries.

This reassurance made me feel more at ease, so I took a breath and slowly walked towards the coffin in the center of the palace. Sure enough, I saw some strangely shaped coffin nails on it. They were a special kind of nails with special patterns on the nail caps. I was a little shocked when I saw only one. The nail cap was probably only 2 to 3 centimeters long and wide, but there were many special patterns carved on such a small area. From a distance, it looked like stars in the sky, but if you looked closely, you would find that there were diagrams, talismans and the like inside, which were particularly complex and difficult to interpret.

There are also some people in my hometown who say that the so-called talismans can suppress evil spirits. The girl said that she was harmed by a villain and that she was an ordinary cultivator. But how could a cultivator of the right way be afraid of the Seven Star Formation, talismans, and auspicious beasts to suppress the soul? Only an evil sect like the Antelope Witch would be suppressed underwater for thousands of years, relying on river water sacrifices to stir up trouble again. It is obvious that the formation and the way to suppress evil here are more repeated than those of the Antelope Witch, which means that the other party's degree of evil and ability may be even greater than that of the Antelope Witch.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel scared. This guy must be someone powerful, and I might have been acting rashly because of Yunwen's matter.

So, when I just walked to the auspicious beast binding array, I still listened to the voice in my heart and wanted to withdraw and end the deal, but I felt a little unwilling in my heart because that was the only way to save Yunwen.

"I'm sorry, sister. I've seen this formation. It's used to bind evil creatures, but you said you are a righteous practitioner. There are many contradictions here. Although I am eager to save my wife, I can't act rashly. I'd better go and save her myself. If you really want to help me, please tell me if there is any shortcut to where the queen ant is. Thank you!" I said.

Her face suddenly changed, and she revealed a ferocious look in an instant, which was very similar to the carvings on the pillars outside the palace, that is, a gray rat with a ferocious look, but it was fleeting, just at that moment, which made me feel like it was an illusion. When I looked at her again, she was still calm and expressionless.

She smiled calmly and said, "Well, since you and I have no chance, I won't force you. Just leave quickly to save your wife. But I have never been into the ant hole, so I don't know the shortcut. You can only find it yourself. I really want to help you, but I can't do anything now. I can only sigh. You hurry up, maybe you can catch up, but I can't help but say that even if you see your wife, how can you get away? It's just death together, alas..."

When she said this, I couldn't help but hesitate and remained silent for a while.

Seeing that I didn't leave immediately, she continued, "Mr. Zhou, do you think that talismans and array formations are all righteous? Now that I am in the bardo body, I am naturally yin. Since I am yin, then those things that deal with ghosts are of course effective on me. If I were still a living person practicing Taoism, why would I be afraid of them? Let me put it this way, if you were dead, you would also be afraid of these things that specifically deal with lonely ghosts."

That makes sense. When a person dies, he returns to the underworld, so anything that can suppress the underworld must be useful to him. If someone really wants to suppress him in the name of righteousness and torture him, that's not impossible. And this girl said that she is a cultivator, so she must have some magical powers. The other party must have used some methods to suppress her, which is understandable.

My heart was shaken again. After all, this reason was enough to convince me. Besides, she didn't force me to open the car just now. It was just a suggestion, not a coercion. It was a legitimate act. Yunwen was in urgent need of strong rescue now. If I missed this opportunity because of my suspicion, it would be a big sin. Forget it, let's try it. Otherwise, how can I help Yunwen? And maybe I can save another poor person who is trapped, which is not a bad thing.

"Okay, I'm ignorant and only know one side of the story. I'll help you nail up the coffin and push those things away now, but you must do what you say and help me rescue my wife." I said, feeling a little flustered.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, I will do what I say." said the other party.

So I took a breath and walked back to the middle of the four statues. The five statues were arranged in the order of Azure Dragon on the left, White Tiger on the right, Vermillion Bird on the top, and Black Tortoise on the bottom. In the center was a Qilin statue, and there were golden threads wrapped around the bottom of these statues, so one had to be careful when stepping over them. The coffin was to the right of the Qilin statue, and the entire coffin was wrapped in golden threads, with three on the left and four on the right coffin nails with special patterns. The Big Dipper was engraved on the coffin lid, and the extension lines carved in the pattern corresponded to the seven coffin nails.

This layout is probably the largest I have ever seen, so I took a deep breath, walked to the statues, and looked at the lonely woman again. She was full of expectations, but when she saw me looking at her, she immediately concealed her expression. I now have a feeling like Tang Monk who wants to release Sun Wukong from under the Five Finger Mountain, but the arrow is on the string and there is no time to think so much.

So I pushed the green dragon statue open with a sudden force. I could hear a dragon roar and even saw a golden dragon shadow floating away. Then I pushed the other ten away and heard the same sound, and some shadows disappeared. In the end, I could only put the nails in the coffin.

"Mr. Zhou, there is an iron pestle on the far right side of the room. Perhaps you can use it." said the woman.

I looked around on the right side and found an iron pestle with a flat head. I pushed it hard under the cover and finally got it stuck in with great force. Just as I was about to push harder, I suddenly heard the sound of sparse huge ants crawling outside. The sound was gradually increasing, and the number was still increasing. I couldn't help but stop, full of confusion. Why was it fine just now, but now it attracts those ants again?

"Ignore them, pry it open quickly. It's obvious that they are afraid that I will come out to help you, so they are deliberately trying to disturb you. If you don't continue now, they will bite you to death or tear you to pieces. So don't hesitate any more, pry it open quickly!" the woman shouted.

What she said was true. Those huge ants really seemed to have no regard for anything and began to swarm towards this side. It seemed as if they were going to swallow me up. Now I was in a dilemma. I could only keep prying with a click. With such force, the coffin nails suddenly loosened and the entire lid made a sound.

I vaguely heard Yunwen's voice shouting "Stop!" mixed in with the sparse sounds of ants crawling. But I was so upset that I couldn't tell whether I was hallucinating or the voice was real. I couldn't care less. The clearest thing I could hear now was the woman shouting, "It's almost too late. If you don't hurry up, you'll be torn into pieces!"

I no longer cared. For Yunwen and for myself, I pried it hard again. With a click, the cover was pried open. Probably two or three on the left were completely loose. I saw that the color of the gold wire suddenly dimmed and turned into a pile of broken, rotten and green rotten iron wire. At this time, I could hear something moving inside, and vaguely saw that horrible face. I was stunned. It was not a human face at all.

She gave me a wicked smile, then waved her hand. With a loud bang, the whole coffin exploded. I was pushed violently by the air wave and flew out, hitting the palace door a few meters away. I flew out and fell to the ground, rolling over and over, with blood all over the ground.

At this moment, the outside was full of huge ants. I thought to myself, it's over. I would be torn to pieces. They swung their tentacles towards me, but just when they were about to pounce on me, they suddenly stopped. Then I saw a figure running out from the ant group. The figure was tall and slender, obviously Yunwen's stewardess figure.

She was heard shouting, "Everyone, get out of the way! Don't hurt my husband!"

As she shouted, the ants that had just been there also moved away. I was stunned. These ants actually listened to Yunwen instead of trying to hurt her? What on earth was going on?

Yunwen ran over, supported me, and helped me wipe the blood gently.

At this time, a long sigh was heard from the palace, followed by a loud laugh, and someone shouted while laughing: "After thousands of years, I, the Lord of the Ghost Cave, Mei Sanniang, can finally return to the human world."

Her voice was mixed with several different tones and intonations, and it was obvious that every species could understand her words.