Chapter 34: The Blue-Eyed Fox

The hole was originally dark, just like the one we came in through. It was as if there was a kind of substantial, impenetrable darkness. Our flashlights had also rolled around in a mess during the fall.

However, I still couldn’t help but notice these eyes, because they were too strange and too conspicuous. The blue iris and silver pupils, and most importantly, the silver pupils also emitted a strange metallic glow. Although this light was faint, it was unusually “strong” It can penetrate the darkness that seems to be solid. I don’t know if it’s because of the light reflecting off it or something else, but when you stare at these eyes, you always feel that the gaze can follow your gaze, and you also feel the anger of the anger, and you realize that it is glaring at you.

Those eyes made me “enraptured,” and even though I felt uneasy in my heart, I still couldn’t take my eyes off them. The space was quiet, and we could hear each other’s breathing. We all knew in our hearts that we were all “enraptured.”

After about five seconds of silence, Wu Laogui suddenly jumped up and shouted, “What? Why aren’t you talking?”

Wu Laogui’s words were like a bolt of thunder, which suddenly woke me up!

No, I bit my tongue hard, and the pain woke me up completely. I stopped looking at those eyes, and instead quickly got up. First, I pulled up Zhang, shook him hard a couple of times, then I pulled up Ruoxue and shook her a few times as well.

Finally, it was Brother Chengxin. The moment I pulled him up, he came to his senses.

Chengxin Ge was more experienced, and Zhang was just an ordinary person, so I had to save him first.

Although everyone came to their senses at the first opportunity, I still had a cold sweat. If it weren’t for the inexplicable noise from the old ghost Wu, I believe that in less than five seconds, we would have immediately fallen into a world of eyes that we could not extricate ourselves from.

That world would be magical, and according to records, it would make you fall into an illusionary world that reflects your deepest desires.

“What’s going on?” Old Zhang was still a little shaken. After entering the underground, it was no longer the old forest that he was familiar with. As an ordinary person, Old Zhang was still able to behave like this, which was already a good sign of his mental quality.

I picked up all the flashlights and handed them to everyone, saying, “I can’t judge the situation now, but remember, don’t easily stare at the eyes, or before you look, relax your mind, recite the text, in short, don’t let your mind follow the eyes, and if you really can’t, shine a flashlight at it. In the case of strong light, its charm won’t be that powerful, and I’m afraid that such eyes will appear again.”

Everyone was silent. Although they didn’t understand what was going on, they definitely didn’t doubt what I said. Wu Laogui also floated over carefully and said, “Chengyi, I went to look at the wall. There are wall lamps, and the lamp oil inside hasn’t dried yet. Do you want to try lighting it?”

I didn’t have time to explain anything to everyone, so I quickly said to the old ghost Wu, “Don’t move. Where is old Wu? Take me there!”

In this environment, under these strange eyes, having light is definitely the best thing, and this cave is well-ventilated, so there is no need to worry about oxygen deficiency.

Wu Laogui seemed unaffected by the darkness, and led me a few steps forward, then pointed to the position of the wall lamp. I took a flashlight and shone it, and the position of the wall lamp was not very high. I could reach it by standing on tiptoe, which saved a lot of trouble.

The wall lamp is simply a lamp holder, but a closer look reveals something strange. The reason for the strangeness is that there is a small mural behind the wall lamp. The mural shows a hand without fingers, black and with bony joints, dragging the wall lamp.

What the hell is this? I tried not to think too much about it, but instead took out my lighter and lit the wick. I had considered the question of whether the burning lamp oil was poisonous or not, but if it was poisonous, it was better than having no light at all.

With a ‘pop’, the flame jumped and the wall lamp lit up. The light was a strange pale green, and the flickering light cast a more terrifying atmosphere over the entire space. But looking at the light of this color, I was not panicked, and I already had an answer in my heart.

There were eight such wall lamps in total. I urged Wu Laogui to find them one by one and light them all up. Only then did I feel relieved, unaware that I had already been sweating profusely.

After the eight wall lamps were lit, they all had that strange pale green flame, which looked very weak, but it was a magical interplay that illuminated the entire space, at least allowing us to see clearly that we were in a stone room.

The stone room was simple, definitely not the kind of tomb chamber you would imagine, because there was no craftsmanship here, let alone any decoration. It was just a pile of stones, with big gaps in between.

At this time, I took a quick look around and quickly called over Ru Xue and the others. Judging from their looks, I could tell they were already very uneasy.

As soon as the three of them came over, Lao Zhang was the first to speak up. He was probably so shocked that he even spoke loudly: “Chengyi, what the hell is going on? You have to tell me, you have to, at least tell me what’s going on!”

I looked at Zhang, and for a moment I didn’t know how to start. Don’t think that just because ordinary people have seen a little bit, their ability to accept things will become stronger. At most, they can only accept things within the scope of their lives. For example, if they encounter strange events that are very close to their lives, if they go deeper, they will categorize them as “mysterious,” “mythical,” or “nonsense.” Instead, they will become suspicious and paranoid, and their psychology may even collapse. Therefore, I don’t know how to explain it, so I simply speak the truth.

I took out my flashlight, pointed it at the ceiling, and said to Zhang, “Take a closer look. What is on the ceiling?”

The light from the flashlight could not penetrate the substantial darkness before, but now, with the help of the wall lamp, it easily illuminated the entire ceiling. The ceiling was even more simple than the stone room, just a mud ceiling, but when Lao Zhang looked at it, he really exclaimed.

Then he blurted out, “This can’t be true! Jade-eyed foxes, do these things really exist? No, no, no, this is just a painting, just like those celebrity stickers. This is a painting, it can’t be, it can’t be!”

Old Zhang was so emotional that he started spinning in place. It’s not his fault that he can’t accept it. Not only in the old forests of the Northeast, but also in many places with mountains and forests, the meaning of the blue-eyed fox is absolutely one thing鈥攆ox demon!

Although the mural on the wall is simple, it truly depicts the appearance of a fox with just a few strokes. Coupled with the strange eyes, it is clearly reflected at this moment as if it is angry and resentful. Even the fox’s cunning, somewhat cruel, yet charming appearance is depicted, and a fool can tell that this is a blue-eyed fox.

Lao Zhang took a few steps around, but I didn’t stop him. This was a process of psychological catharsis. After all, he had been visited by the ghost for decades, so it was easier for him to accept the ghost, but it was not so easy for him to accept a blue-eyed fox that belonged to a very ancient legend. There was nothing bad about the mural itself, but what was hard to accept was the eyes, which were so captivating that Lao Zhang, who had grown up in the mountains, couldn’t help but think of many things.

After almost a minute of excitement, Lao Zhang squatted down somewhat dejectedly and said, “Even if a weasel demon stood in front of me, I could accept it. I don’t believe that myths are true. Bullshit, bullshit, but what am I going to do? I almost forgot who I was just now looking at a mural.”

It turned out that Lao Zhang had already been so deeply involved in the moment just now. I only then knelt down and said to Lao Zhang, “Don’t think about it being the blue-eyed fox first, because as you said, after all, it’s a painting, and those eyes have been tampered with by someone, you know? It doesn’t prove that the blue-eyed fox exists!

At this time, Ru Xue asked thoughtfully, “Chengyi, what was the trick?”

“The key is that silver piece!” I looked up and said to Ru Xue, “Thanks to the handwritten notes of the master, I was able to figure this out.

“What is it?” asked Chengxin.

There are actually more than one handwritten notes left by the master. There is one for each of the five elements, but they record different things and are targeted at different things, so it is normal that Brother Chengxin doesn’t know.

“It’s actually a kind of stone, not the metal or silver we think it is. If there is anything in this world that can store ‘magnetic field’ and ‘energy’ better than jade, it’s this. It’s just that the direction of storage is different. It shouldn’t exist in the world at all. It has a name given by the master, called the Charm Stone.” I explained briefly.