When Hong Qingzong heard Master Liu and I pressing him with this question, his smiling face immediately tightened and became serious.
Then, his brows tightened, he closed his mouth and became silent. His eyes became sharper, as if there were knives hidden in his eyes, slashing at Master Liu and me fiercely.
"Why are you silent? Are you feeling guilty and hiding something from us?"
I pressed him unhappily, showing no intention of giving in.
Several people near the deep well stared at Hong Qingzong, wanting to hear what he had to say.
Hong Qingzong probably saw that he couldn't avoid it, so he just smiled coldly and said, "Okay, since you want to know, I'll tell you."
I pretended to listen attentively, folded my hands, and kept my eyes on Hong Qingzong.
Hong Qingzong coughed twice and said in a deep voice, "Actually, I had another purpose in asking those two grave robbers to come to the tomb of King Zhao. In addition to the Immortality Map, I also wanted their lives."
Hong Qingzong's words shocked me. Xiao Li was a little afraid of Hong Qingzong and shrank behind me.
Liu Deshui frowned, obviously surprised that Hong Qingzong would say that.
But looking at Hong Qingzong's expression, it seems that he is not lying. But I still have doubts in my heart.
I squinted my eyes, looked at Hong Qingzong, and asked in a cold voice: "Really? You said you wanted to kill them, haha, I think your words are ridiculous. You should know that you have been with the couple of grave robbers from the very beginning, and you seemed very close. You said you wanted to kill them, there must be a reason."
"And at that time, even if you want to kill them, it will probably be easy!"
Hong Qingzong didn't pay attention to what I said. He smiled and said, "Yes, there is a reason. I did have a chance to kill those two tomb robbers before, but you may have forgotten my identity. I am a ghost-catching Taoist priest. How can I hurt people casually? That would be detrimental to my virtue. And from what I know from the book, the Immortality Map has spirituality and repels death. So, I didn't do anything to the Hu family father and son."
"But then the opportunity came. The Zombie King Zhao appeared. He killed **. In fact, my perception of corpse qi is not inferior to yours, little brother Yang. Previously, the Zombie King Zhao hid in the soil layer of the ear chamber, and I had already discovered his existence. The reason why I didn't make a sound was that I wanted to use the Zombie King to kill the father and son."
"You saw what happened later. ** was killed by the Zombie King. Then, Hu Laifeng and I ran out of the ear chamber, but on the way, hehe, Hu Laifeng was chased by the dead zombies, so I ran away on my own and escaped here."
"In my opinion, Hu Laifeng should have been killed by those zombies at this moment. This is the retribution for his father and son."
"Retribution? ... Brother Hong, what do you mean by that?"
Liu Deshui looked at Hong Qingzong calmly.
Hong Qingzong almost didn't hesitate, and answered angrily: "Yes, it is retribution. You may not know that my ancestors lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty and were also tomb robbers. At that time, they were called tomb robbers. After they died, they built their own tombs and placed a lot of stolen treasures in them."
"And these two guys are the ones who robbed my ancestors' tombs. Not only did they rob the tombs, they also wantonly abused the bodies in the tombs. This is an insult to our Hong family."
"Because of this, my ancestors appeared in my dreams and told me to kill the tomb robbers. Later, I checked many sources and confirmed that the tomb robbers were the Hu family father and son. That's why I hate them and want them dead."
Unexpectedly, the tomb of the tomb raider was robbed by tomb robbers.
This also
It's really funny, and there's a bit of irony in it.
"Now you understand why I want to kill those two guys. In fact, they deserve to die."
When Hong Qingzong said this, his face was full of anger and his hands were clenched into fists.
There seemed to be flames flowing in his eyes.
Master Liu and I looked at each other. I didn't say anything, but Master Liu smiled and said, "I see. If they deserved it, then you can't be blamed, Brother Hong. Besides, Brother Hong didn't kill them himself."
After hearing what Liu Deshui said, Hong Qingzong's expression improved slightly.
I stood by and said, "Well, since Master Hong has said so much, I, Yang Tianyi, naturally believe it. However, we are still inside the tomb of King Zhao after all, and I hope nothing unpleasant will happen later."
Hong Qingzong looked at me, snorted coldly, and said, "I didn't provoke you. If you provoke me, I won't be polite. I will tell you clearly now that I came here for the Immortality Map. Killing is only the second reason. So, don't fight with me. Otherwise..."
Having said this, Hong Qingzong stopped talking, but his face was very stern, and he looked like someone who was not easy to mess with.
I waved my hands and said, "Don't worry, Master Hong, the Immortality Map is yours. We are here to find my master Jiang Jiuzhen, and we don't care about the Immortality Map at all."
Instead, Liu Deshui looked at Hong Qingzong and said nothing.
It seems that Liu Deshui should be very interested in the Longevity Picture.
According to Hong Qingzong, the secret of longevity is recorded in the Longevity Map, but it is not known whether it is true or not.
"Okay, let's talk about the Longevity Map later. Now let's take a look at this deep well. Under this deep well, there is corpse gas everywhere. It is obviously a place of corpse evil. I guess the main tomb chamber of King Zhao's Tomb should be under this deep well."
The person who spoke was Hong Qingzong. His voice was powerful and he seemed to have a lot of energy.
I took Xiaoli and slowly walked to the side of the deep well. I looked down and found that the inside of the well was filled with white corpse gas.
The corpse gas was very thick, floating at the bottom of the deep well like a layer of cold fog.
Is the main tomb chamber of King Zhao's Tomb right below here
If that's the case, it's really scary. You know, even if I'm quite skilled now, I probably wouldn't be able to hold out for a few minutes facing such a thick corpse aura.
Master Liu frowned, shook his head and said, "The corpse qi is too thick down there, we can't go in directly. Otherwise, we will be contaminated by the corpse qi, and then our Yin De Qi will not be able to resist it. In the end, we can only turn into a pile of dry bones."
A helpless expression appeared on Liu Deshui's face.
I have the same thought in my mind.
Xiao Li, who was beside me, reached out and pulled me, whispering, "Brother Tianyi, what should we do? My grandfather's hairpin was found by the side of the deep well. Maybe my grandfather is telling us that he is inside the deep well."
"Now that we can't get in, doesn't that mean we'll never find my grandpa."
Uncle Sun also looked at me anxiously.
I stood there and pondered for a while, then shook my head helplessly and said, "But the corpse gas in this deep well is too dense. I can't stay there for more than a few minutes. Besides, it's still too early to tell whether there is any danger down there. Even if the troublemaker Duoduo goes in, her soul can't withstand the erosion of the corpse gas."
For a moment, the five of us didn't know what to do.
But, there are always unexpected changes in the world.
Just when the five of us were hesitating and thinking about whether to send people into the deep well of corpse gas first, the sound of ice breaking was heard in the path behind us.
Moreover, the sound was loud, and it was obvious that a large number of living creatures were approaching us.
Hong Qingzong suddenly said, "It's the Zombie King! It must be the Zombie King. He must have noticed that we are here. Damn it, there is no path here now, and it is difficult to enter the Corpse Qi Well. We can't get out, and we can only face the Zombie King Zhao Wang directly."
Hong Qingzong was right. There was nothing we could do now. They had already caught up with us, so we could only fight them head-on.
“Bang, bang, bang… crash!…”
The sound is getting closer.
In a few minutes, the Zombie King Zhao Wang will appear here.
Master Liu hurriedly said, "Retreat, retreat! Everyone retreat to the right, we will stay together and resist those dead zombies and the zombie king together."
As he spoke, Master Liu took out the Bagua mirror from his body and held it against his chest.
The magical Yin-Yang Ruler appeared in Hong Qingzong's hand again.
I also took out the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword from the cloth bag.
But what about Xiao Li and Uncle Sun? They are neither ghost hunters nor cultivators. It's really troublesome.
If I had known earlier, I would not have brought them here. Now Jiang Jiuzhen has not been found and has fallen into such a dangerous situation.
The sound became more and more real.
The sound of hurried footsteps was getting closer.
Suddenly, a figure jumped out from the entrance of the space cave illuminated by the night pearl.
The figure was tall, holding an ancient long sword in his hand, wearing a jade robe with golden threads, and a golden mask on his head. He looked very imposing and majestic.
It’s the Zombie King Zhao.
Following King Zhao were a group of dead zombies.
After those dead zombies entered here from the entrance, they stood beside King Zhao obediently. But they stared at us intently, making "uh uh uh" sounds from their mouths, as if they were hungry and wanted to eat.
With the appearance of the dead zombies, a strong stench of corpses filled the space cave, which was very pungent.
The King of Zhao tilted his head and looked at us, with long purple hair showing on his neck, proving that he was a purple-haired zombie, the real zombie king.
"You guys actually managed to escape here, but you can't escape. I need fresh blood and flesh, and you are all my food."
The zombie king Zhao Wang said coldly. There was no light in his black pupils.
People on our side were terrified when they saw the dozens of dead zombies and the zombie king, King Zhao.
Hong Qingzong looked at the Zombie King with an uneasy look. He took a step forward and said to the Zombie King: "King Zhao, we came to your tomb by accident. If you let us go, we can provide you with food. Chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, pigs, horses, cattle and sheep are all fine. Any amount is fine."
But Hong Qingzong's words obviously did not arouse the interest of the zombie king, Prince Zhao.
King Zhao glanced at us with an unfriendly look and laughed sinisterly: "Hahaha... Let me let you go, you still think I'm dead. I tell you, I've been resurrected. Now I'm immortal. I don't have to make a deal with you."
At this point, the King of Zhao's tone changed, and he said in a strange voice: "Besides, I am not interested in those beasts. What I need is fresh blood. And the flesh and blood of you few people are just right for me to eat."
At this point, King Zhao licked the corner of his mouth and added: "Human blood tastes really good. It's a pity that I only killed one person before. However, there are five people here, enough for me to devour. Hehehe..."
This King Zhao is really cruel. It seems that he has already devoured the corpse of that bastard.
(to be continued)
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