Chapter 108: The Mystery of the Dragon Tomb (1)

The three days passed quickly, but also peacefully and quietly. I stayed with Ruoxue, listening to the wise words of the wise fox elder. I felt that this was truly a place where one could leave the mortal world behind, but after all, this was not the real Dragon Tomb. I still couldn’t guess what the real Dragon Tomb was like.

My only regret is that I have lived here for three days, and I have never seen a cultivator practicing here as the legend says.

Perhaps their realm has reached a level where they can truly enter a state of meditation and forget about time.

Chengyi’s regret was that he couldn’t stay here for a few more days, so he could collect more good medicine from the mountains and fields. Of course, he abided by the rules here and dared to take only a little, never daring to cut off the “life” of these medicines. This is also a kind of compassion for nature that the herb gatherers have, and this compassion is strictly followed here.

I didn’t see the ginseng, but Chengxin did, and he got a not-so-small root, which he treasures like a treasure. I vaguely know that if it weren’t for the people in the masks leading the way, we might not have been able to touch a bit of ginseng at all.

The wise fox elder told me that this essence is considered a kind of spirit in this world, and it was originally forbidden to touch it. This time is an exception!

I heard this and gave Chengxin a fierce look. In my heart, if the essence of the ginseng had reached the realm of the spirit, it would be a fat, white baby, right? He got a root, didn’t he tear the limbs of the fat baby?

Chengxin seemed to read my mind, gave me a blank look, and said, “It will shock you to say it, but the essence is not what you think it is, and this root will not do anything to it.”

Since Brother Chengxin said so, I didn’t ask any more questions. In fact, I wasn’t really interested in those medicinal herbs.

There is also something to be happy about, and that is that Wu Lao Gui has finally recovered. After all, there is a place here that is the best gathering place for yin, so many ‘unusual’ plants have grown here. These things may not be used by humans for medicine, and may even be harmful to humans, but they are very beneficial to Wu Lao Gui. In addition, there is a place here that is the best gathering place for yin, so Wu Lao Gui’s recovery is just around the corner.

Wu Laogui also decided to stay here. As an old ghost who has completely lost the possibility of reincarnation, this place is really a good place for him. He said to us very easily, “It’s not possible for Ruoxue to stay here alone. I have to stay with her. You two are so annoying. Hurry up and leave.”

In fact, I was very curious about what reincarnation was like. Wu Laogui was very confused and said that it was something that the soul instinctively knew and felt it should do, but if you missed it, you missed it. It couldn’t explain it clearly.

“Is there a hell?” In fact, I don’t know everything, and there are still things that I’m curious about.

Wu Laogui’s neck stiffened and he said to me, “How would I know?”

Then I wanted to beat it!

When it decided to stay, it said it when it was sending us to the Dragon Tomb. It was very rude, but I couldn’t help but feel sad when I heard it. Sometimes I sigh at my own fate. I clearly want to hold on to everyone who is important to me, be good to them, and get along with them peacefully, but in reality, I keep losing them over the years. If losing is also a kind of cultivation, then, okay!

I was sad, but Brother Chengxin was not polite, and shouted at Wu Laogui, “You don’t like the way I look, do you? Well, if you decide to stay, I don’t have to worship you anymore. I’ll beat you up now. I’ve been unhappy with you for a long time.”

Wu Laogui suddenly shrunk his neck and shouted, “Actually, I can’t bear to leave you. Don’t beat me.”

Chengxin smiled. He couldn’t really hit it. How could we possibly argue with it? So he deliberately played around with it and then turned and left.

After only a few steps, Wu Laogui’s voice suddenly came from behind, “I really can’t bear to leave you, but I’m a lonely ghost and I’d better stay here to live out my old age.”

My brother and I stopped walking at the same time, then turned around and saw Xiao Xi and Xiao Mao also coming out. The pair of bright eyes showed their unwillingness to part with us. In the end, we had to say goodbye. We waved to them, and everything was left unsaid.

“It’s really strange that you can get out of the Dragon Tomb.” Chengxin brother was looking for something to say, but his eyes were a little red.

I held Ru Xue’s hand tightly and didn’t answer. In fact, I didn’t know what to say either. The Dragon Tomb was the end of our trip to the old forest. In the middle, I was about to lose something, and I also gained something. But this period of time was really over.

I originally thought that opening the dragon tomb would require a sacred ritual for these masked people, but I didn’t expect them to just casually let the three of us go, and tell us that the mechanism to open the door was on the side hidden by the vines, which was easy to find.

“I thought those masked people were very fierce. After all, they were sacrificing human hearts to the young foxes in the murals. I didn’t pick up on Xiangxin’s words, but instead I picked up on a random topic and talked nonsense.

Xue said, “Maybe it’s just like what Li Xiong said. Since humans think there’s nothing wrong with eating animals, then animals eating humans and offering their hearts, they won’t think there’s anything wrong with it either. It’s just that humans are the most intelligent of all creatures, the favored of heaven. If all creatures kill too many people, they will be infected with great evil. They may also have questions in their hearts, after all, they have been here for so many years, according to the elder fox, they are paying back their sins, but they also sigh, humans don’t cherish this favor at all, they are keen on killing each other.

We were all silent, because this question is not something that a few of us can discuss to a conclusion. It takes years for human nature to progress.

Before we knew it, we had arrived at the Dragon Tomb.

It was still such a desolate place, and once again we were in front of the stone gate. The difference was that this time we could go in. After entering, I and Chengxin left, and Ruoxue stayed behind!

In front of the door, Ru Xue was calling the bugs, while I and Cheng Xin Ge found the mechanism. It was really under the vines, a very conspicuous and simple rotating mechanism, and then we waited quietly for Ru Xue.

Under Ru Xue’s call, the bugs quickly gathered together, like a large, overwhelming cloud.

I silently twisted the mechanism, which was not difficult at all. I was shocked that the mechanism was still so flexible after all these years!

With a loud rumbling sound, the stone door creaked open slowly as I twisted the mechanism, and a pungent smell of smoke and dust filled my nostrils.

“Shall we go in?” Cheng Xin suddenly looked at me hesitantly and asked me inexplicably.

“Let’s go in.” I firmly held Ruoxue’s hand and calmly replied. Since we had already come this far, there was no turning back. I knew what Chengxin was worried about, but despite my heartache, I had no regrets. That was my only attitude at the moment.

I remember what Lao Zhang said: If you can’t stop her, then just wish her well and let her go without any burden.

So, after I answered, I simply took Ru Xue by the hand and entered the entrance, which looked dark.

Unlike the dark hall I had imagined, I saw through the outside light that the entrance was a small hall of less than ten square meters, with no decorations, only a row of simple traditional Chinese characters: “Welcome the talented people of the world.”

What does it mean? The three of us were stunned because in our stubborn thinking, who would want to be buried in a place where they could not be disturbed after death? How could there be a welcoming meaning? And a welcome to the tomb? This is too ridiculous, isn’t it?

But apart from this row of characters, there was no other clue in the small hall. There was only an entrance at the bottom of the characters, which was also dark.

The three of us didn’t say a word, and I led Ruoxue into the dark entrance first, followed by Chengxin, who also followed the cloud of insects into the Dragon Tomb!

In the buzzing sound of the insect cloud, we had already entered the entrance, but found that it was a downward staircase, just a simple staircase. There were no words or carvings on the stone walls on either side.

It was hard to see in the dark, so we had to walk carefully and silently down the stairs. However, the stairs seemed to go on forever. In the absolute darkness, we had no concept of time, and we just instinctively felt that we had been walking down for a long time, probably more than twenty minutes.

Chengxin suddenly said, “Chengyi, I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I’ve had that feeling several times when walking down the stone steps, as if we had just arrived here and were walking through the door.”

“You’re not wrong. Neither am I!” I replied as calmly as I could. We had already come this far, so what else could we do but accept and be calm?

The stone steps gave me the feeling of going straight down. Although I tried to remain calm, I couldn’t help but glance up. Since it was going straight down, I should still be able to see the entrance. After all, we had opened the dragon tomb, and the sunlight was shining into the small hall. There should be light at the entrance.

However, I found that there was no entrance at all, and all I could see was a dark, gloomy area!

I thought, maybe we had been moved again by some strange force?