freenovelworld Chapter 138 The Battle of the Wolf and the Snake
Chapter 138 The Battle of the Wolf and the Snake
Having a spatial ability, Meng Fuqing's first thought was to empty it out, but he realized his slip of the tongue when he came to his senses.
She could empty the imperial tomb by herself, but with the other four, they wouldn't be able to. Besides, the burial goods of emperors have always been astonishing; even if Du Zhong and the others went in together, they probably wouldn't be able to empty it.
She asked, "The emperor must have had a lot of burial goods, right? If Chief Du and his men came, would they be able to take them away?"
Most importantly, how many people in the convoy could remain unmoved by such immense wealth?
Hearing her ask this, Yan He and the other two were not surprised. After all, it was a matter of the royal family, and ordinary people would not know about it.
Only Xie Jin glanced at Meng Fuqing.
Yan He and Qi Liang also knew little about royal affairs; they only knew that there were many treasures in the imperial tombs, but their understanding of "many" was vague.
The three of them then looked at Xie Jin.
Xie Jin pondered for a moment, realizing that things were far from simple: "We probably can't do it alone. The inscription mentions that the tomb was sealed after the soldiers left. Unless we bring enough people to force our way out of the tomb, we can only hope that the other exits of the secret passage are not sealed. If the secret passage is also impassable, then we can only look for the real entrance to the imperial mausoleum."
The others had only one thought—the pie had slammed into their heads, but it was so hard it hurt their teeth.
"What? I thought I could just go in and take the treasures..." Yan He said softly.
Meng Fuqing reopened the map and discovered that there was only one exit from the secret passage, but there were three entrances to the secret passage from inside the underground palace, distributed in different locations within the underground palace.
But then she considered something and looked up at everyone, “If I remember correctly, the Great Yan Dynasty lasted for more than two hundred years. Emperor Jingyuan was from the previous dynasty. Could a secret passage from two or three hundred years ago still be accessible to people?”
The five people looked at each other and remained silent for a moment.
Yan He clutched his chest, looking hurt, "You two really know how to throw cold water on people..."
"Let's go and find out!" Qi Liang suggested.
The five set off immediately and discovered that the entrance to the secret passage was not far from the cave, but it was extremely well hidden—not only was it located inside the mountain, but one had to pass through an extremely narrow gap to get in.
Time has passed, and the gap that once allowed people to pass through the cave with corpses can now only accommodate the petite Meng Fuqing and Yan He.
"Should we go in and take a look?" Yan He didn't care about Xie Jin and the other two's lives or deaths, and only asked Meng Fuqing with excitement.
Meng Fuqing could check with the vines, but remembering that she hadn't fed the white wolf in the space for almost two days, now might be a good time to release it.
She looked at Xie Jin and the other two, "Why don't you wait here?"
"Be careful, and turn back immediately if you sense anything is wrong," Xie Jin warned with concern.
Yan He pulled Meng Fuqing close, saying, "With me here, I will make sure Meng Fuqing doesn't get hurt in the slightest!"
The two entered the narrow crevice one after the other. Looking up, they could only see a sliver of sky. Their arms could almost touch the uneven mountain wall, giving them the illusion that they would be crushed into a pulp by the mountain at any moment.
After walking for a while, the light overhead disappeared, the light gradually dimmed, the gaps widened, and the air became increasingly humid.
Yan He walked ahead, and before he could, he turned around and thoughtfully reminded Meng Fuqing that if she couldn't see, she could hold her hand.
Meng Fuqing coldly refused.
She looked around and found that it was also a fairly large cave, dark and damp, with a familiar smell of sulfur and animal excrement in the air.
After walking a little further, the two saw a pool of water steaming in the ground covered with hard rocks.
Yan He walked towards the pool in surprise: "There's a hot spring here?"
While she was looking at the pool, Meng Fuqing noticed a dark, round opening on the left wall, just big enough for one person to pass through, which she assumed was the entrance to a secret passage.
As she walked towards the cave entrance, she manipulated the vines to probe deeper into the cave, only to find that she could not go any further than ten feet from the entrance.
She glanced sideways at Yan He, who was squatting down by the hot spring, and then threw the white wolf into the cave.
The white wolf was howling with hunger. In the blink of an eye, it went from day to night. It even smelled a familiar human scent. With a howl, it pounced on Meng Fuqing.
Standing by the pool, Yan He could feel that the water wasn't very hot. Just as he was about to put his hand into the pool, a wolf's howl startled him so much that he almost plunged headfirst into the hot spring.
She looked toward the source of the sound in great surprise and saw a white figure rushing toward Meng Fuqing.
Her expression turned serious, and she lightly touched the ground with her toes as she sped off towards Meng Fuqing. In her haste, she failed to notice the snake's shadow quietly emerging from the steaming water behind her.
Faced with the white wolf pouncing at her, Meng Fuqing retreated rapidly. Thinking that Yan He seemed unaware of her fighting skills, she took out a dagger and stabbed at the white wolf, only to be caught off guard by the wolf.
She then wedged the back of the dagger into the white wolf's mouth. The white wolf was startled, whimpered twice, and stopped moving closer to Meng Fuqing, only whimpering as it looked at Meng Fuqing.
Upon seeing this, Yan He nearly withdrew his sharp palm strike, surprised that there was a wolf in such a place, yet also astonished that the wolf seemed to have no ill intentions towards Meng Fuqing.
She became suspicious and whispered to Meng Fuqing, "Is it a wolf or a dog? Why didn't it bite you?"
As soon as she spoke, the white wolf immediately looked up and bared its teeth at her.
Yan He gave an incredulous "heh," rolled up his sleeves, and was about to teach it a lesson.
Meng Fuqing said quietly, "Could you wait a bit before arguing with it? I'm still lying here."
As she spoke, she ripped the white wolf off her body, and as she stood up, she suddenly heard a hissing sound, like a snake flicking its tongue.
Yan He, who was on guard against the white wolf, also heard the sound. The two of them looked behind them and saw a white snake coiled around a large rock behind them, its vertical pupils fixed on them, constantly flicking its tongue.
Surprisingly, this snake was much thicker than the snakes in the snake den.
Meng Fuqing gripped the dagger in his hand, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of the white wolf staring menacingly at the snake.
Her eyes lit up, and she reached out and pulled Yan He back quickly, leaving the battlefield to the white wolf and the white snake.
Pulled by Meng Fuqing, Yan He's newly mobilized internal energy instantly dissipated. Struggling, she said, "Don't look down on me! Running away without a fight is not my style!"
He thought he could break free easily, but Meng Fuqing was surprisingly strong, and he couldn't break free at all.
"Look!" Meng Fuqing pointed to the wolf and snake that had already started fighting.
Yan He looked in the direction she was pointing and saw two white beast shadows locked in battle. She was immediately drawn to them and stared at the two shadows with great interest.
Bored, she made a bet with Meng Fuqing: "I bet White Wolf will win, what about you?"
"The wolf won't bite me."
"You're being biased."
"The hot spring is clearly this snake's territory. If you stay by the hot spring for a while, do you think it will bite you?"
"...There's nothing wrong with being biased."
The battle ended quickly. The white wolf, carrying the snake's body in its mouth, walked briskly to Meng Fuqing's feet and contentedly enjoyed its meal.
To prevent poisoning, Meng Fuqing used a dagger to cut off the snake's head and kicked it away. While she was doing this, the white wolf guarded its prey, letting out a threatening growl.
Meng Fuqing slapped it on the head, and the growl disappeared instantly.