The passage was very narrow, barely enough for one person to pass through. Going down the passage, there were steps of dirt. Several people stood at the entrance of the cave with their hands held high, looking a little hesitant.
"Can people pass through such a narrow door?" The fat man was a little worried.
Wu Xie smiled and said, "We are fine. You should just worry about yourself. I told you to lose weight a long time ago, but you didn't listen. Now you feel better, don't you?"
"Hey, you little naive kid, you've even learned to tease your fat uncle!"
The fat man put his arm around Wuxie's shoulders and pulled his face, and Wuxie's face turned red instantly.
The two were playing around when suddenly a dark shadow flashed through the cave. It moved so fast that Wuxie and Fatty could only see one figure and nothing else.
The two froze in place, not daring to move. The fat man swallowed and asked, "Tian Zhen, what just...what just went by?"
Wu Xie gasped and whispered, "It flashed too fast and I couldn't see clearly. I've heard that some large tombs have tomb guardian beasts. It might be that thing."
The fat man wiped the cold sweat from his head with shaking hands and asked, "Where are Xiaoge and Xiaochuan'er? Quickly ask them to come over and take a look."
"I don't know. It seems like we haven't seen them for a long time." Wuxie saw the fat man's hands shaking, and he couldn't help shaking too.
"Then... I'll count to 321, and we'll turn back together to see if they are still there." The fat man suggested.
Wuxie nodded in agreement.
“3! 21!”
After the fat man finished shouting, they both turned around and stopped at the same time with their eyes closed. After a pause, the fat man asked, "Tian Zhen, how is it?"
"I didn't dare open my eyes!" Wuxie said confidently.
“…”
Ji Huaichuan looked at the two of them in confusion. The fat man took Wuxie with him, and the two of them closed their eyes and groped their way towards the opposite direction bit by bit.
"Are they both... possessed?" Ji Huaichuan asked.
Zhang Qiling let go of Ji Huaichuan's right hand and held his left hand again, shook his head and replied softly: "Frightened."
Ji Huaichuan couldn't help laughing out loud, which startled Wuxie and Fatty. Then they heard them standing there calling him and Zhang Qiling.
"Fatty, open your eyes!" Ji Huaichuan shouted.
After hearing Ji Huaichuan's voice, the fat man tentatively opened his eyes. After confirming that there was no danger, he asked Wuxie to open his eyes.
"Hey? Aren't we at the cave entrance?" Wuxie was stunned as soon as he opened his eyes. They were neither at the cave entrance nor near Ji Huaichuan and the others. Instead, they had deviated to another direction and were about to hit a tree.
"Let Fatty take you for a while longer, or we'll have to get you two out of the tree. What did you see just now that scared you so much?"
Thinking of this, Wu Xie couldn't help but shudder. "Fatty and I were just at the cave entrance when we saw a particularly large shadow. It swooshed past in a flash. I didn't even get a clear look at what it looked like."
"It's not easy for ordinary people to enter this tomb. It must be the tomb guardian beast inside. Most of these tomb guardian beasts have gentle temperaments, so there is no need to be afraid." Ji Huaichuan explained with a smile.
"Chuan'er, don't lie to your fat brother. I've traveled all over the country for so many years, but I've never heard of a tomb guardian beast with a good temper." The fat man looked unconvinced.
"Don't believe it? Then just go in and take a look and you'll know." Ji Huaichuan also saw what the fat man was thinking and snorted.
It's too early to say anything outside now, we have to go in and take a look. The fat man thought about it and nodded, "Yeah, let's go in and take a look!"
Ji Huaichuan tilted his head, ready to take the lead, but was stopped by Zhang Qiling. So, Zhang Qiling took the lead, Ji Huaichuan was second, followed by Wuxie, and finally the fat man.
After entering the tomb through the small earthen cave, several people shone their flashlights around. There were four doors in front of them. In front of each door was a pair of strange-looking stone statues, which looked ferocious, vicious and cruel.
The fat man took a closer look and said, "What the hell are these? They're so ugly."
"The one with the shape of an ox and a snake tail should be Fei, the one that looks like a gorilla should be Zhu Yan, and the two next to it, the one that looks like an eagle should be Gu Diao, with a human face and a sheep body, tiger teeth and human claws. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be Taotie. These things are recorded in the Shan Hai Jing. They are all ferocious beasts, especially Taotie, who eats whatever he sees." Wuxie shone the flashlight on them one by one and explained.
"Little Wuxie is pretty good, he knows a lot." Ji Huaichuan said with a slight smile.
Wu Xie scratched his head embarrassedly, "Fortunately, I saw it before when I was reading a book, so I wrote it down."
The fat man patted Wu Xie's shoulder and laughed, "Innocent is amazing. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to remember it even if I were beaten to death."
As they were talking, a dark shadow flashed by quickly, and several people heard the sound of a baby crying.
"Where did the child come from this tomb?" The fat man swallowed.
"Obviously not, there won't be any rice dumplings..." Wuxie said in a low voice.
"There shouldn't be any rice dumplings in here, but the tomb owner loved cleanliness, so there might be a lot of small cleaning items." Ji Huaichuan said slowly while standing in front of a mural.
"Hey, that's quite nice. There's even a mural!" The fat man rushed to Ji Huaichuan.
If you look closely, you will find that this is not a serious mural at all, but a memorandum.
The fat man smacked his lips. "This is the first time I've seen a tomb like this. It's interesting. Come on, everyone, let's go take a look inside!"
Wu Xie rolled his eyes. "That sounds nice, but which door should I go in from?"
The fat man paused and said, which door to enter from is a problem.
Ji Huaichuan was also stunned after hearing this. Oh no, it had been so long that he had forgotten that there was a serious danger. He himself was fine, and he didn't have to worry about Zhang Qiling either, mainly because he had Fatty and Wuxie with him...
"If we classify them according to the stone statues, we should choose Zhu Yan. At least it doesn't eat people." Wu Xie said uncertainly.
Ji Huaichuan couldn't remember the entrance, so he nodded and agreed with Wuxie's statement. Zhang Qiling saw that Ji Huaichuan had no problem, so he had no problem either. The remaining fat man hesitated for three seconds and then agreed with this statement.
Several people walked towards the entrance of the Zhuyan stone statue, and the remaining three doors slowly closed. In the darkness, the Gu Diao shook its head helplessly. It knew that its master had forgotten the entrance, so it came out to remind him. As a result, the master still took his friends to the wrong place. Fortunately, they went to Zhuyan's place, so there was no danger. Alas!
The Gu Diao spread its wings and flew away. It had to go and inform Zhu Yan not to be overly enthusiastic just because he saw his master, so as not to scare his master's friends. For a moment, the Gu Diao suddenly felt that this family would fall apart without it.
As for Wuxie and the others, after entering the stone gate, they accidentally touched a mechanism before they had walked twenty meters. Arrows flew everywhere, and Wuxie dodged in a panic. Ji Huaichuan was protected by Zhang Qiling and didn't even see the shadow of the flying arrows.
As for the fat man, he was hit by several flying arrows. He barely dodged the first one, but was hit by the second one.
"The owner of this tomb is too unrefined. Who else would release so many flying arrows? Even the Queen Mother of the West's Palace is not as well guarded as his!" the fat man shouted.
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