My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

Huo Xiu'er smiled slightly and looked at everyone, but her exhaustion made it impossible for her to keep smiling, so she just nodded slightly.

"I didn't know there were such things as death worms here. A friend told me about it. He was worried that if I really found Kuiliang's tomb, I would encounter this thing, so he told me how to deal with this monster."

"To be honest, I didn't believe there was such a monster at first. After all, he said he had never been here, so how could anyone believe him? But now it seems that he must be very familiar with this place."

Professor Jin turned around and asked, "So, this thing is specifically guarding the Kuiliang Tomb? Are we very close to the Kuiliang Tomb?"

Before Professor Jin could finish, the archaeologists cast reproachful glances at him, "Are you still thinking about the Kuiliang Tomb? Think about how to get out first!"

"That's right. I was almost killed by you, and you still said there must be no monsters here! If not, what is that outside!"

"And he killed one of our team members!"

Professor Jin frowned and stiffened his neck to defend himself: "Archaeology is such a dangerous thing, there must be risks. Isn't it normal to have casualties? If we are in this line of work, if we are not mentally prepared to face danger, what kind of archaeology is it? Besides, I didn't mean to trick you. How would I know there was a piece of sand underneath?"

Huo Xiuer waved her hand and interrupted him, "Okay, stop arguing. Let's see if we can get in touch with the outside team members who haven't come yet. When they come to rescue us, at least give us some supplies."

The archaeologists nodded one after another, but someone suddenly asked, "Miss Huo, we don't know when the rescue team will be here, and we have to discuss a rescue plan when they come. After all, there are monsters all over here, and it's not easy to rescue us. Why don't you ask your friend again? I think your friend should be an expert. Since he knows how to avoid the death worms and is so familiar with the Kuiliang Tomb, he should also know how to get out, right?"

Others also echoed, "Yes! He knows exactly what is here, so it shouldn't be difficult to find a way out. Ask him to give us some pointers, maybe we can escape!"

"That's right, your friend must be a great guy! He must know how to get out!"

Huo Xiuer frowned slightly, thinking that this person was right.

Since Hao Xie is so familiar with this place, he should be able to guide them out.

After all, with their strength, if Hao Xie hadn’t reminded them before, they would have been wiped out today.

Moreover, Hao Xie said that there were endless monsters and mechanisms in Kuiliang’s tomb, but he only talked about how to deal with the death worms.

They must have expected that the first thing they would see would be the death worm.

He didn't say what would happen next, he just didn't want Huo Xiuer to continue exploring.

Considering his familiarity with Kuiliang's tomb, it shouldn't be difficult for him to guide them out.

So, she nodded and said, "This is the only way."

……

On the other side, near the outskirts of Furong District, Tanzhou City, there is a 500-year-old tree named Xihuai.

Xihuai's reputation is known to everyone in Furong District.

After all, under this 500-year-old tree, I don’t know how many people have come here to enjoy the cool air, and I don’t know how many people have said goodbye and left here.

At this time, the moon was high above the branches, and the night was so quiet that only the rustling of leaves could be heard.

Hao Xie looked at his phone, frowned, and couldn't help but whispered, "Why hasn't Brother Qilin come yet? Didn't he get rid of those evil spirits?"

When they came out, Zhang Hao gave each of them a fourth-rank official position.

With Zhang Qilin's abilities, it should be easy for him to deal with the two Yinchai.

After all, this is not the first time he has encountered a ghost. Last time, Zhang Qilin even deceived the Black and White Impermanence, let alone two ghosts?
As long as the seal of the fourth-rank official position was taken out, the ghost messenger would be frightened by the dark power on the seal and unable to get up.

In addition, with his current understanding of necromancy, he has already understood some methods of dealing with ghosts.

Even if we can't hurt those two evil spirits, we can still escape.

Besides, he holds the official position of fourth rank, so logically there should be no problem.

But why haven’t we seen any sign of Zhang Qilin yet?
"Could there be some other changes in the meantime?" Hao Xie couldn't help but murmured softly.

He took out his cell phone, flipped through the list in the address book, and then found Zhang Qilin's number.

Just as I was about to call, a call from Zhang Hao suddenly appeared on the phone screen.

"Shopkeeper?" Hao Xie looked at the screen suspiciously, wondering if the shopkeeper already knew something or wanted to ask how their mission was going?

Shaking his head, Hao Xie answered the call and then said into the phone: "Hello? Shopkeeper, where are you? Are you with Zhang Qilin?"

Hao Xie suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.

If the person asking about the mission is fine, it means Zhang Qilin is fine.

But if he asked about Zhang Qilin's situation, it would mean that Zhang Hao didn't know what had happened to Zhang Qilin, and Zhang Hao also knew what danger Zhang Qilin had encountered.

"We separated last night. He asked me to wait for him under the West Sophora tree at 12:00 today, but he hasn't come to see me yet." Hao Xie shook his head. "Boss, did something happen to Zhang Qilin?"

At this moment, the phone suddenly fell silent. Hao Xie couldn't help but look at the phone screen in confusion. He found that the call on the screen was normal and had not been hung up, but there was no voice of Zhang Hao from it.

After a while, Hao Xie asked, "Hello? Shopkeeper?"

"Yes, he's here." Zhang Hao continued, "Don't worry about him, his immortality card is still lit. You don't have to wait for him, go back to the inn first, I'll explain to you when you come back. Remember, get back to the inn as quickly as possible. By the way, is there any problem with the mission?"

Hao Xie was even more confused. Could it be that something big really happened to Zhang Qilin?
Zhang Hao actually had to call him personally to ask him to go back.

However, from what Zhang Hao said, it seemed that he didn't want to explain now, so Hao Xie didn't ask any more questions.

And when he heard Zhang Hao say that Zhang Qilin's longevity card was still lit, he felt relieved.

What he didn't know was that Zhang Qilin's longevity card was lit, but the candlelight was flickering. It was obvious that there was a great crisis around Zhang Qilin.

Hao Xie didn't know about this, he just nodded and said: "The bodies of the nine sects have all been delivered. The body of the foreigner has also been sent to the Tanzhou Church. Then, I was worried that something might happen to Brother Qilin, so I went directly to the agreed location to wait for him."

Zhang Hao's voice continued to be heard on the phone, "Well, you did a good job. Come back first. The inn may be in trouble next. It's not safe for you to be outside. Remember, come back as quickly as possible."

Hao Xie nodded, "Okay, I got it, boss." The two didn't say anything else and hung up the phone in a hurry.

Hao Xie looked back at the western locust tree and couldn't help but think with some doubts in his mind.

I didn’t know that Zhang Qilin was also from the Jiumen before. It was only when Zhang Hao asked them to identify the body a few days ago that I found out that Zhang Qilin was from the Zhang family.

It’s just that when he was in the Nine Gates, no one mentioned Zhang Qilin because everyone was quite taboo about the affairs of the patriarch.

And Hao Xie didn't know that there was a person named Zhang Qilin in the Zhang family.

Now that we know he is from the Nine Gates and knows about this Western Sophora japonica tree, there is naturally no problem.

"It seems that I won't be able to wait for you today." Hao Xie murmured as he stood under the West Sophora Tree, "The shopkeeper asked me to go back to the inn first. Brother, take care of yourself! We will wait for you to come home at the inn!"

After saying that, Hao Xie opened his phone, booked a nearby flight, then went to the roadside to stop a car and prepared to go to the airport.

But at this moment, Hao Xie's pocket vibrated and another call came.

I glanced at the screen and saw the words "Huo Xiuer" written on it.

"I don't know if this girl has found Kuiliang's tomb. I hope she hasn't found it. Since she was able to call me, I guess she hasn't found it, right?"

After answering the call, Hao Xie immediately frowned.

The voice on the phone was intermittent, and it was obvious that the signal was not very good, but Hao Xie still managed to catch a few key words: "Brother Hao Xie...save me! We are being attacked by death worms..."

Hao Xie's expression instantly became solemn. Although the voice on the phone was intermittent, making it difficult for him to hear all the content, the "death worm" mentioned by Huo Xiu'er made him immediately realize that they might have found the entrance to Kuiliang's tomb.

He remembered what his predecessors had said in "Strange Tales of Corpse Driving" that the Kuiliang Tomb was located below a canyon in Miaojiang, where a volcanic crater covered with mud was hidden.

Due to the high temperature, the soil has turned into desert, which is why King Kuiliang chose this place as his tomb.

Moreover, death worms transformed by witchcraft were bred next to the tomb.

Hao Xie asked in a deep voice: "Are you trapped by the death worm? Are you safe now? If you are safe, send me a text message. The phone signal is not good and I can't hear clearly."

In the cave in the canyon, Huo Xiuer listened to the intermittent sound on the phone, looking helpless.

After all, this is in a cave, it is normal to have no signal, and it is lucky to have such a little signal. At least they can still get in touch with the outside world.

So she hung up the phone and sent a text message to Hao Xie, detailing their situation and requesting rescue.

However, the text message was not sent smoothly. Due to signal problems, Huo Xiuer tried many times before she could send it successfully.

The process of waiting for a reply makes people even more anxious. If they can't get out, they may really be trapped here.

The archaeologists would occasionally walk up to Huo Xiuer and ask, "Miss Huo, did you receive a text message? Did your friend reply?"

Half an hour later, Huo Xiuer's cell phone finally received a text message ringtone.

The ringing sound seemed to be the light of hope for them, and everyone turned to look at Huo Xiuer.

She quickly opened the text message, and the archaeologist asked impatiently, "Is this news from your friend?"

Huo Xiuer nodded, but her first words made everyone's heart sink: "He said that someone had been to this tomb a long time ago!"

"Didn't they say that Kuiliang's tomb had never been discovered?" The members of the archaeological team expressed disbelief.

Huo Xiuer continued reading the text message: "In ancient times, there was a skilled corpse-carrying master who once drove a corpse to the Kuiliang Tomb and placed a corpse from the Kuiliang Kingdom inside."

Professor Jin looked at Huo Xiu'er with suspicion: "A pedant? Is your friend's information accurate? How come a pedant has come out? We are doing archaeology!"

Huo Xiuer glanced at Professor Jin unhappily and continued, "There are seventy-two traps in the tomb, more than a hundred tomb-guarding beasts, more than a thousand coffin-guarding beasts, and we encountered more than a hundred death worms. Now is the rainy season, which is when they are most active, so it is very difficult to escape."

She paused and continued, "There is a strange Gu bell in Miaojiang, which was only owned by the royal family in the past. When King Kuiliang was buried, the door was opened with the Gu bell. Ringing the Gu bell will put the death worms into a dormant state, and that will be the best time for us to escape. The Gu bell should be near the entrance, and we need to look for it carefully."

The eyes of the archaeological team were suddenly filled with hope, and they immediately stood up and prepared to look for the Gu Bell.

Professor Jin walked to Huo Xiu'er thoughtfully and asked, "Miss Huo, your friend knows so much about the Kuiliang Tomb, he must have a way to get us in, why don't you ask him?"

Huo Xiuer shook her head and showed her phone to Professor Jin: "My friend also said that the footman felt that this tomb was extremely sinister and dangerous, and did not want future generations to die because of it, so he set up some means to prevent others from entering. Unless the footman himself wants to go in, it is absolutely impossible for others to enter. So he advised us to leave as soon as we find the Gu Bell."

After saying that, Huo Xiuer put away her phone and followed the archaeological team members to explore deeper into the cave.

Professor Jin frowned in displeasure, secretly complaining in his heart: What can a footman do? He wants to do archaeology, and no one can stop him.

On the other side, next to the ancient well in Fengmen Village, Zhang Qilin suddenly stopped, frowned in confusion and looked back.

But there was nothing unusual behind him.

"Strange!" he muttered to himself. He always felt as if someone was following him, but he couldn't find anyone.

With his ability, it would be easy to find the stalker, but he failed this time, which made him more alert.

Today, ever since Zhang Qilin parted with Hao Xie at the bank of the Tanzhou River, he has been feeling a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

He always felt as if someone was following him, but every time he looked back, he only saw a dark shadow flash by and could not catch any trace.

He shook his head slightly, deciding not to think about it too much and continued walking towards the inn.

After a while, Zhang Qilin stood at the door of the inn and looked back again.

At this time, a thin mist had risen beside the inn's wall, making the scene outside blurry.

He frowned, his eyes full of doubts. Because just now, he seemed to see a figure in the mist, but just like before, it disappeared in an instant. (End of this chapter)