Chapter 10

This was a newly excavated tunnel. The traces of digging were very new and there were many twists and turns. It could be seen that the work was done on soft stone and when it came to hard stone, it would take a detour. Compared to the tunnel that led directly to the ancient tomb, this tunnel was very lazy.

But it was clear that the creatures running in this tunnel would not notice this.

Following this tunnel that Mako Shigeki had unintentionally dug to the bottom of a village's cellar in order to find the ancient tomb, a green eyed fox was quickly running.

At the end of the tunnel was the cellar's exit. There was an old wooden door that covered it. Looking from the outside, the cellar's door was blocked by a pile of withered vines. The surroundings were also surrounded by hills and desolate. As long as one slightly fiddled with the withered vines or piled up some withered branches and weeds, they would not be discovered.

Squeezing out from the crack in the cellar's door, the little fox escaped from the dark underground world and ran towards the snowy wilderness.

At this time, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled on Mount Zhongnan. Huge ink-black clouds gathered above the mountain peak. The dense flashing lightning and roaring thunder made Kiyoshi Genko hide in the house and tremble. He only thought that he and his master had done too many wrong things and the heavens wanted to strike them to death with lightning.

The little fox ran under the black clouds in the sky and ran through the wilderness.

In a village less than a li away from the cellar that the little fox came out from, there was a tea shop at the entrance of the village. The villagers who did not have any farm work in the winter gathered here to chat and drink tea to kill time. Many of the villagers could not help but talk about the black clouds above their heads.

They could not be blamed. A moment ago, the sky was clear and boundless. A moment later, looking around, the surrounding villages were still blue. Only Mount Zhongnan was covered in black clouds. Especially at the top of the mountain, the clouds were thickest and as black as ink. Lightning roared as if the sky was collapsing … … A villager smoking a pipe laughed and said that there might be a spirit on the mountain that was ascending to heaven.

After chatting for a while, they did not come up with anything. After a while, an old man pushed open the door and took over. He faced a crooked poplar tree at the entrance of the village and began to relieve his urgent need to pee.

At this time, another middle aged man came out and also solved the same problem. The two of them stood side by side and could not help but chat.

"Have you heard?" said the old man.

Zhang'er's woman is missing. "

The middle-aged man replied, "You mean Ah Soo?

She didn't run away with some wild man, did she? "

The old man said, "That's hard to say. Ah Soo is quite good-looking. No matter how she moves or sits, she exudes a coquettish aura. I heard from Wang Liu, who lives next door, that he often hears Ah Soo and Zhang'er arguing."

At this point, the old man revealed a wretched expression and said, "She thinks Zhang'er can't do it."

The middle-aged man also revealed a wretched smile and said, "That coquettish woman doesn't seem to be content with her husband. In the past year and a half, Zhang'er has always gone out to get goods, but she often disappears. She always runs to the mountains, saying that she's gathering goods from the mountains, but it doesn't seem like she's really bringing back anything good. Who knows where she's having an affair with someone?"

Hearing the middle-aged man say this, the old man laughed and said, "You don't say. With Ah Soo's coquettish aura, if any man really elopes with her, he'll be living a happy life."

As they chatted, the two of them solved their personal problems and gossiped about other things. Finally, they leisurely returned to the teahouse.

"Drip!"

Kiyoshi Genko suddenly turned around, waved the torch in his hand, and shouted in the direction of the sound, "Who's there!"

His eyes were bloodshot and his whole body was trembling. In just half a day, Kiyoshi Genko had become somewhat deranged.

The ear-piercing screams made Mako Shigeki, who was beside him, frown. Looking at his crazy disciple, Mako Shigeki raised his leg and kicked him a few times. He coldly said, "What are you making a fuss about?

It's obviously the sound of water dripping. Don't make a fuss about nothing! "

Kiyoshi Genko trembled as he got up. Although Mako Shigeki didn't use any internal strength in his kick, the force was not light. It made Kiyoshi Genko's ribs hurt, but it was also because of the pain that he was relieved of his panic for a moment. He trembled as he turned his head and saw that there were indeed water droplets dripping down from the rock wall. Only then did he confirm that it was the sound of water droplets as his master said.

But even so, Kiyoshi Genko was still very frightened. His voice was trembling as he said to Mako Shigeki, "Master, let's … let's … let's go … from last night until now, Zhongnan Mountain has been thundering. I've never seen the kind of thunder on our mountain before … this … the corpse we threw here disappeared again. No … it can't be … Master, could it be that the corpse turned into a zombie, so the thunder from the sky wanted to kill the zombie?"

He slapped Kiyoshi Genko's face twice, causing Kiyoshi Genko to be stunned. Mako Shigeki angrily said, "Nonsense!

If a dead person could turn into a zombie, then this world would be full of zombies!

How could there be a living person!? "

Although he said that, he took out the corpse that had been accumulated in the monastery for a long time. When he passed by the place where the corpse was thrown, he found that Ah Soo's body was still there. The bodies of the two descendants of the Ancient Tombs were still there, but the body of the rich boy that he killed yesterday was gone. It scared him, but it wasn't because he was afraid of something happening. He just thought that someone had discovered his act of killing people and throwing away corpses.

At that time, Mako Shigeki's mind turned a few times, thinking of only a few possibilities for the disappearance of the corpse. First, someone discovered the corpse and took it away. Second, a wild beast dragged the corpse away and ate it. Third, the child didn't die and left by himself.

The last possibility was very unlikely.

Mako Shigeki was old and cautious. After he killed the child, he carefully checked to make sure that the child was dead. He waited until the corpse was cold before leaving. So either someone discovered the corpse, or a wild beast dragged it away … But if it was a wild beast, how could there be no trace of flesh or bones at the scene?

Wild beasts were not like humans. When they encountered something that they could eat, they would first eat it and then eat until the flesh and bones flew everywhere. Then they would drag away the rest that they couldn't eat. But at the scene where the corpse was thrown away, there was no trace of blood or dragging.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the corpse was moved away by someone. And the person who moved the corpse already knew about the secret passage in the Gu Mu. Mako Shigeki immediately decided that he couldn't wait any longer. He had to immediately blow open the door to the Gu Mu. After he found what he wanted, he would leave Chongyang Palace for a while and lie low for a while.

If he wasn't in such a hurry, Mako Shigeki wouldn't have asked his timid disciple, Kiyoshi Genko, to come down and help him.

After being scared and beaten by Mako Shigeki, seeing his master's fierce gaze, he was already very impatient. Adding on his accumulated prestige, Kiyoshi Genko trembled with fear as he helped his master. He handed over an awl and a bucket of poison.

Mako Shigeki had already studied the sealed door of the Gu Mu for many years. He found that although the door was carved from stone, it was sturdy, but the frame of the door had gaps. Just like the collapsed cave entrance outside, the door frame and the wall used a type of stone to support the cave entrance. However, the density of each stone was different. Especially since the cave entrance was very humid, it had a strong corrosive effect on the joints between the different stones. After all, Wang Chongyang wasn't some powerful emperor. He couldn't use the country's machinery to build his own Gu Mu. Therefore, the details of the Gu Mu's tomb were inevitably rough. After so many years, the gaps between the door frame and the mountain's stone walls were becoming more and more obvious.

Mako Shigeki saw this point and stuffed poison into these gaps. He hoped that with the power of the explosion, he could expand these visible gaps. But poison wasn't easy to get. Now that Chongyang Palace was very poor, Mako Shigeki saved up for many years before he could barely get enough.

After busying himself for a while, he carefully wrapped the poison like a firecracker and stuffed it in. Then he pulled out a long fuse, hid far away, and ignited it.

"Boom!!!!"

The violent explosion made it seem as if the entire mountain was shaking. Kiyoshi Genko was so scared that his entire body was cold. He leaned against Mako Shigeki, who was hiding in a cave far away from the explosion. He was extremely frightened — — It must be known that this tunnel was man-made and there were many places that had collapsed. If they were to "explode" here, if they were not careful and the tunnel collapsed, they would all be buried alive.

Actually, the worry of being "buried alive" was also the reason why Mako Shigeki didn't dare to make the decision to blow open the entrance to Gu Mu. But now, he couldn't care less.

After the first explosion, Mako Shigeki got up to check on the explosion. He found that the place where he had stuffed the poison in only had a small gap. He couldn't help but be disappointed. Clenching his teeth, he stuffed the poison in again …

"Boom boom boom!!!!"

The huge explosion shook the tunnel until sand rustled down. Kiyoshi Genko and Mako Shigeki's hair were covered in a layer of dust.

"Cough cough cough" Kiyoshi Genko, who didn't have any internal strength, couldn't hold his breath for a long time. So he was choked by the dust and kept coughing.

Mako Shigeki, on the other hand, was fine. So when the explosion stopped, he jumped up to check on the effect of the explosion.

He found that the explosion had only created a small gap.

Mako Shigeki stomped his feet in anger. He looked at the amount of poison left. Again!

"Boom boom boom!!"

"Boom boom boom!!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom!!!"

… …

Once, twice, thrice … … The explosions continued, but no matter how many gaps they tried, they could only create a small gap. There was no way for people to pass through.

Seeing that there was less and less poison left, Mako Shigeki became anxious. Kiyoshi Genko, who was beside him, trembled and said: "Master, I don't think it's going to explode. Why don't we go … … Ouch!"

Before he could finish, Mako Shigeki slapped him across the face. Before he could finish his sentence, he was so scared that he didn't dare to make another sound.

Staring at the stone door, Mako Shigeki's face darkened. He looked at the amount of poison left. There was only less than half left. He decided to go all out!

Mako Shigeki used all the remaining poison in the biggest gap and ignited it again.

"Boom boom boom boom!!!!"

The explosion this time was especially loud. Mako Shigeki waited for the explosion to stop before rushing to the stone door. However, what he saw was that the door hadn't expanded by much. There was no way for people to pass through the small gap.

Mako Shigeki's eyes were bloodshot. His throat was squeaking and the veins on his neck were popping out. It was as if there was something stuck in his throat. He had already used up all the poison, but the door still didn't move. At this time, Kiyoshi Genko didn't dare to persuade him anymore. He quietly retreated and wanted to run away.

"Do you want to leave?"

Mako Shigeki, who was pacing back and forth like a trapped beast, suddenly said this. Kiyoshi Genko was so scared that he immediately stopped and didn't dare to move an inch. He forced a smile and turned to Mako Shigeki and said flatteringly: "Master, how could I? You haven't left yet. How could I leave?"

"Hehe."

Mako Shigeki chuckled and turned his head. Kiyoshi Genko was shocked. His master's eyes were filled with dense spiderwebs of blood. His face was deranged and his features were distorted. He looked like he was about to go crazy. And in this state, Mako Shigeki still had a smile on his face. This made people feel even more terrified.

Kiyoshi Genko's voice trembled even more. The flattering smile on his face couldn't be maintained. His voice was trembling: "Mas … … Master … …"

Mako Shigeki had a strange smile on his face. He slowly walked closer to Kiyoshi Genko and said softly: "Do you want to run?

Do you want to leave?

You want to leave your master, this old bastard, behind and run away by yourself, right?

I know you've been thinking like this for so many years. You think you're good looking and can make a living even if you don't become a Taoist. You're angry that I trapped you here. "

In the past, he had indeed thought like this. He had also complained before. At that time, Kiyoshi Genko didn't feel afraid. But now, these words coming from Mako Shigeki's mouth made him feel a chill in his bones. Instinctively, Kiyoshi Genko turned around and ran for his life.

Kiyoshi Genko was a young man with a strong body. But no matter how strong he was, he was still an ordinary person who didn't know martial arts. No matter how fast he ran, he couldn't be faster than Mako Shigeki's sword.

A cold light flashed.