Xue Yi struggled on the ground for a long time before slowly getting up, looking at Bai Xi and the others with fear. "You, you, what do you want to do!"
After speaking, he tried to reach out and untie the ropes binding his feet to escape. However, seven points between his fingers were pricked by Bai Xi. As his hand touched the rope, it felt like plunging into a fire. He quickly recoiled, letting out a painful howl: "Pain, pain, pain, pain, pain ah ah ah ah..."
Bai Xi felt her eardrums ache. She glanced at Xuan Feng and said faintly, "Xuan Feng, help him untie it."
Xuan Feng nodded, pulled out his dagger, and walked over.
Xue Yi was already wailing, so he didn't hear Bai Xi's words. Seeing Xuan Feng approaching with the dagger, the pain on his face turned into terror. He raised his hands, placed over his heart, looked at Bai Xi and the others surrounding him, and shouted, "When the birds are gone, the bow is put away; when the hares are caught, the hounds are cooked. So, are you going to kill me to silence me now?"
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow, a hint of speechlessness in her eyes.
Han Rui couldn't stand it and said, "Mr. Xue, can you stop imagining things and flattering yourself? For the bow to be put away and the hounds to be cooked, you first have to be the bow and the hounds. Since you came down into this tomb, besides discovering the arrow array and designing against us, what else have you done? 'Finding dragon veins and pointing acupoints' – how laughable."
At these words, Xue Yi's face turned even paler.
He had indeed sensed that he had been discovered when he deliberately triggered the arrow array. But now that Bai Xi had revealed it, it confirmed his suspicions. If they hadn't cared before and were speaking frankly now, it meant they were about to make a move against him.
"The winner takes all, the loser is vanquished. Since you've discovered it and I've fallen into your hands, do me a favor and give me a quick death!"
Han Rui heard this and his eyes held a hint of sarcasm. "If we hadn't saved you just now, you would have been dead already. How do you have the energy to play these tricks on us now?"
How could this person be so foolish? How did he manage to expand the Xue family?
Xue Yi: "Saved me?"
After speaking, he looked at Bai Xi and the others with confusion, then raised his hand and held it up to Bai Xi and the others. "Is this how you saved me?"
Bai Xi raised her eyebrows.
For some people who couldn't see clearly, talking more would only be a waste of her time. She glanced at him lightly and said, "I'm not interested in your life..."
With that, she pulled out her dagger and casually threw it. It landed accurately between his legs. The sharp dagger pierced a spot near his vital area and simultaneously cut the ropes binding his legs.
Xue Yi's face turned pale with fright, and he was covered in cold sweat. But when he confirmed that his life was not in danger, he couldn't hide his excitement, especially when he realized the ropes on his legs had been cut. "You mean? You're letting me go?"
He spoke of heroic sacrifice, but who would choose death if they could live?
Han Rui saw all his thoughts clearly, which made him even more disgusted with this hypocritical and greedy man. He looked at Xue Yi and said, "Go, where do you want to go? To your death?"
After speaking, he shone his flashlight towards the leafless tree.
While Bai Xi was looking for Han Mo and the others, six more corpses had appeared under the leafless tree, pierced by branches, their deaths tragic.
Xue Yi saw the scene before him. "Ghost Entangling Branches!"
Ghost Entangling Branches were the guardians of the tomb. They had no leaves, but their trunks could emit a unique fragrance that had hallucinogenic effects, inducing suicidal thoughts.
So, he hadn't been dreaming just now; he had genuinely wanted to die?
Han Rui raised an eyebrow. "Not bad, Mr. Xue at least recognizes this thing."
Xue Yi's face was full of solemnity. "Yes, this thing is called Ghost Entangling Branches. It's a guardian wood used to protect tombs from intruders. It's also known as 'Female Wood.' Its creation method is extremely sinister.
It involves sealing a virgin girl who has not yet reached puberty into a hollow piece of wood. The inside of the wood is filled with sharp spikes. The moment the wood is closed, the girl's body is pierced and torn by the spikes, leaving her covered in blood. The wood, having absorbed the girl's blood, slowly grows branches and can then be buried in the ground.
After being buried, it will take root and sprout within six months but will never grow leaves. The bark of this tree, like a young girl's, secretes a naturally fresh fragrance that can cause hallucinations. The branches, like a girl's long hair, can move within a certain range to seek nourishment from blood. It is an extremely difficult... ghostly thing in a tomb."
An ordinary tomb would have only one or two evil entities.
But this tomb had two amber imps earlier, as well as殉葬 stone statues, and now Ghost Entangling Branches. This tomb was truly more dangerous than he had imagined.
If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have trusted that man and come looking for this strange ancient tomb.
Han Rui looked at Xue Yi, and again saw that man in his eyes.
Who was that man?
Just as he was about to try to pry more information from him, Bai Xi said faintly, "If you know how to proceed from here, we'll reluctantly take you with us. If you don't know... you can stay here and fend for yourself."
Xue Yi immediately said, "I know, I know!"
With so many strange things in this tomb, if he were left to his own devices, he definitely wouldn't be able to get out.
If the second level of the tomb hadn't collapsed, he might have found a way to return. But now... he could only go forward.
Furthermore, with such heavy losses this time, he had no one left to protect him. Only they... Looking at the darkness that resembled a graveyard in the middle of the night, he felt suffocated.
Although he always had the thought that he might not return alive every time he entered a tomb, this time... he was truly a little scared.
Xue Yi hesitated and asked, "Are any of the people I brought down still alive?"
Bai Xi thought for a moment, then looked up. "There should be at least one more."
It was the bald man lying on the ground, his body contorted.
Hearing that there were still his people, Xue Yi was naturally very happy. After all, even though Bai Xi and the others were very strong, they still couldn't give him a sense of security. After all... he had wanted to harm them, and they hadn't pursued him to the bitter end, so he should be grateful.
"I, I, I know how to leave. Can you help me save them?"
Xuan Feng said coldly, "So, do you think you still have the qualifications to negotiate with the Eldest Miss now?"
Xue Yi immediately waved his hands. "No, no, no, no, I just think that now we are all trapped in this ancient tomb, so we are on the same side. One more person means one more force."
Han Rui said unhurriedly, "Mr. Xue is probably thinking of one more person as one more shield, aren't you?"
Xue Yi was slightly embarrassed and lowered his head guiltily. "I, I didn't mean that."
She didn't know what else was in this ancient tomb, but she knew that in critical situations, the enemy of an enemy was a friend.
Compared to the non-human entities in this tomb, the people Xue Yi brought could not harm her at all.
Bai Xi raised her eyebrows and said faintly to Xuan Feng, "Xuan Feng, help him save the people."
Xuan Feng had never had any objections to Bai Xi's orders and immediately accepted the command and left.