Wang Butcher pulled out a bone shard made from the bones of a demon beast and blew into it, making a wailing sound.

Suddenly, a layer of white mist rose from the surface of the once-calm lake.

Moments later, the white mist seemed to be pushed aside by the notes from the bone shard, revealing the true face of the Immortal Bridge and Wuchen Tomb.

The Wuchen Tomb was not only surrounded by piles of corpses, but the bridge piers were also plastered with something two feet wide that resembled a dragon but was not, and resembled a fish but was not. The creature seemed to be attracted by the sound of the bone shard, wriggled its body on the bridge pier, and turned its head from behind the pier.

When Yun Shang saw the monster's face clearly, she was so frightened that she almost cried out, but Wang Butcher immediately covered her mouth.

Wang Butcher whispered, "Don't make a sound, if you say a word, that thing will come over!"

Although Wang Butcher's voice was low, it still attracted the monster's attention. It suddenly plunged into the water and swam straight towards the shore.

Wang Butcher watched as the waves broken by the monster's body rushed towards the shore, and quickly pulled out the Phantom Beast Skin from her backpack, covering the two of their heads: "Don't make a sound no matter what you see later, or we won't be able to get back."

As soon as Wang Butcher finished speaking, the lake water stirred up by the monster had already crashed onto the shore. As the rain-like curtain of water fell from the top of their heads, the monster's head had already reached the shore.

Only then did Yun Shang see the true face of the creature—a human-faced giant python.

From a distance, the monster looked like a giant snake with a human face, but up close, the so-called human face was actually a fleshy mound bulging on the top of the giant snake's head. Several fleshy mounds pressed together looked no different from a human face.

The human-faced python, after reaching the shore, suddenly darted forward several meters almost without warning, rushing straight towards Yun Shang.

Wang Butcher held Yun Shang's mouth with one hand and pressed her shoulder with the other, forcibly pinning Yun Shang to the spot.

The human-faced python stopped about a meter away from Yun Shang. The sand and soil kicked up by it continuously hit Yun Shang's body. Although the latter was pale with fright, she did not move at all under Wang Butcher's restraint.

In the next moment, the human-faced python suddenly stood upright, raising its head to the same height as Wang Butcher's face, and flicked its tongue at Wang Butcher.

As the trembling snake tongue almost touched the edge of the Phantom Beast Skin, Wang Butcher quietly released Yun Shang and reached for the bone-chopping knife at her leg.

She knew that she had been exposed. The human-faced python did not immediately attack, but was only unsure whether the Phantom Beast Skin was hiding prey or a hunter.

The two, a human and a python, confronted each other, neither able to see the other's true intentions.

Just as the air by the lake seemed to freeze, a series of footsteps suddenly came from a distance.

Wang Butcher's body immediately tensed up. Snakes are extremely sensitive, and any external stimulus could provoke their ferocity. At this time, someone was coming from a distance, wasn't that the same as stimulating the human-faced python to violently kill?

What Wang Butcher didn't expect was that the human-faced python not only didn't attack them, but quickly retreated back into the water.

By the time someone approached from a distance, the lake had long returned to calm.

The people who came from a distance were none other than Xu Yulong and his sister. Although Wang Butcher had never seen them, she didn't dare to show herself rashly. She directly pulled Yun Shang to sit down in place, covering herself with the Phantom Beast Skin.

Xu Yulong walked to a place not far from them and said, "Finally here, this is the Immortal Bridge, the place where the evil monk Wuchen was buried! I've finally found it."

"Xiao Luo, send a signal to bring the Xu family's elite over! Hurry!"

While someone went to send the signal, Xu An'an whispered, "Brother, should we go back?"

"I feel... I feel... this is not a good place! If, because of me, the Xu family's carefully cultivated disciples are lost, how will you explain it to the family?"

Xu Yulong smiled and said, "An'an, in my heart, the entire Xu family is not as important as you. As long as I can change your fate, I don't care about these."

Xu An'an held Xu Yulong's hand tightly and said, "But... I always feel... Brother, let's go back! I don't care how long I can live, it's good enough for me if you can be with me."

"Silly girl!" Xu Yulong stroked Xu An'an's hair and said softly, "Don't you want me to be with you forever?"

"Even if you don't want it, I want to be with you forever! Believe me, I will definitely find a way to change your fate."

"The Four Evil Monks of that year had achieved wonders and could turn fate around without any problem. When our people arrive, I can open the Wuchen Tomb."

Xu An'an whispered, "Or... or... let's contact Liang Jie Tang (Two Realms Hall), they have so many experts!"

Xu Yulong sneered, "Li Po himself is still trapped outside, how can he help us?"

"But I feel..." Xu An'an was about to say something, but Xu Yulong impatiently said, "Okay, no need to say anymore, I have my own plans."

Seeing that the other party was really angry, Xu An'an was so frightened that she stood aside and dared not speak.

Xu Yulong said, "Xiao Luo, you and Xiao Song go up the bridge first and see if you can find a way to go to the Wuchen Tomb."

The two nodded and stepped onto the stone bridge from the shore.

At that time, I was rushing to the Immortal Bridge with the Xu family's elite from different directions.