Hearing this name, Xie Lian was startled. Only then did he notice that the young man's voice sounded familiar. He must have heard it several times before. The next thing he did was to look at the man's wrist. Although the wrist was covered by the sleeve, he could be sure that there must be a black curse yoke hidden under the sleeve.

Pei Ming also stood up and further confirmed the identity of the young man in black: "Your Highness Yinyu? It really is. I didn't expect to meet you here. What are you doing..."

Yinyu scratched his nose with his fingertips and returned the greeting, saying, "Lord Lingwen, General Pei, Little General Pei."

Suddenly, a voice snorted, "Yinyu? Are you the Yinyu who defeated your junior fellow apprentice?"

The expressions of several priests froze for a moment, and the voice continued, "I say, you are too useless, aren't you? Not to mention being demoted, you just went out to hang out with ghosts. Compared with that Quan Yizhen, you are really the worst. It's a pity that you are his senior brother..."

This voice came from Rong Guang who was curled up in the jar. Pei Su immediately put a talisman on him to make him shut up.

Although he was a clerk under Jun Wu and a clerk under City Lord Hua, there was no difference, but he was a former priest and now a ghost messenger. Now he was in the same room with so many former immortal friends. It was like a constable who became a thief and was caught by his old colleagues. The air was full of awkwardness. No one knew what to say, so Yinyu turned around silently and continued to dig the hole with the geomancer's shovel.

As they cleared the way and moved forward, Pei Ming was still thinking about the whereabouts of his friend's brother, and said, "Since City Lord Hua was able to obtain the Earth Master's Shovel, it means that you two are still in contact? I remember when I asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince excused you, saying that you were not familiar with the Black Water Mysterious Ghost and must not know his whereabouts. Could you please inform that Mysterious Ghost, if he didn't kill Qing Xuan, please let him go?"

Hua Cheng said, "You are wrong. I really don't know where the black water is."

"Then where did this shovel come from?"

Hua Cheng said: "I picked it up."

“…”

He just refused to admit it, what should he do? No one could do anything to him, not to mention that in this situation, everyone still needed him, so Pei Ming could only say, "Okay. City Lord Hua is really lucky, he can pick up magic weapons at random."

Ling Wen, who was carried on Pei Su's shoulder, said habitually: "This precious shovel belongs to the priest of the Upper Heaven. City Lord Hua, should we return it to its original owner..." Before he finished speaking, he realized that he was no longer working for the Upper Heaven and there was no need for him to help collect the debt, so he shut up.

Xie Lian rubbed his brows, still wondering if he should ask secretly, when he heard Hua Cheng whisper in a voice that only he could hear: "Heishui threw it. After he stopped pretending to be a geomancer, he threw the shovel in the ghost market and ran away. Before entering Tonglu Mountain, I thought it might be useful, so I sent someone back to get it."

Xie Lian said, “I see. I thought I could find out the whereabouts of Master Feng… This precious shovel is perfect for dealing with mountain monsters. Sanlang is really thoughtful and has planned everything out.”

Hua Cheng said: "It's just that I was chased by this mountain monster so hard that year that I learned my lesson."

Xie Lian couldn't help but imagine what it was like for Hua Cheng to enter Tonglu Mountain as a novice and pass through the levels one by one. At this time, a few small silver lights lit up in the darkness. It was the dead butterfly that emitted a faint phosphorescent light, acting as a lighting object. Xie Lian held a small silver butterfly in his hand and looked up, saying, "What on earth is this mountain monster? Why is it attacking us?"

Hua Cheng said: "It's hard to say what they are. When I came here, they had already existed for a long time. However, they didn't attack us. They would stop anyone who wanted to enter Tonglu Mountain. If they couldn't stop them, they would attack."

Xie Lian said, “Indiscriminate attack? If you think so, it is consistent with our goal. Right now, Master Yushi and His Highness Qiying are also in Tonglu Mountain. I hope they will not be in danger.”

Yinyu had been working diligently to dig a path, but when he mentioned Quan Yizhen, his movements seemed to slow down slightly. Xie Lian noticed this and glanced at him, remembering that he had met Quan Yizhen once before when he was wearing a mask, but Yinyu acted as if he didn’t know Quan Yizhen at all. What would happen if Quan Yizhen knew that the person standing in front of him was his senior brother?

Lingwen reluctantly raised his head and said, "Your Highness Yinyu, have you met His Highness Qiying? He came to my Lingwen Palace and asked me to help find you many times."

Yin Yu paused for a moment and said, "Is that so?"

Lingwen said, "Yes. When you first went down, he came almost once a day, but later there was no news, so he came once every three days, once a month, and not long ago, he came once a year. He always felt that there was a misunderstanding between you about the Jinyixian incident, and wanted to hear your explanation and help you explain to others, but you never came back."

Yinyu stopped talking, just sighed and dug more holes. Xie Lian thought, "He doesn't want to talk anymore."

Lingwen was also a smart man. He could tell what was going on, so he kept silent, leaving Yinyu to concentrate on clearing the way. After an unknown amount of time, Yinyu said, "City Lord, Your Highness, we have advanced thirty miles underground. Shall we continue digging?"

The geomancer moved his shovel in the soil as fast as the wind, just like cutting tofu, and there was no accumulation of broken soil. In addition, the group of people were running away, so they walked faster than on the ground, and they ran thirty miles in a short time. Xie Lian was a little surprised to hear that he asked him about it, and said in a gentle voice, "You don't need to ask me."

Hua Cheng said: "It doesn't matter who you ask. What do you think, brother?"

Xie Lian thought for a moment and said, “We were almost out of the canyon when we were attacked by the mountain monsters. Thirty miles should be far enough. There’s not enough air circulation underground. If we stay any longer, we’ll probably get dizzy. Let’s dig upwards.”

Yin Yu replied, “Yes!” He immediately changed direction and dug diagonally upwards, even creating beautiful earth steps. Xie Lian thought, “This guy is really good as an assistant, he’s very skillful and doesn’t say a word of nonsense.”

Everyone followed Yinyu and walked up dozens of steps. Suddenly, Xie Lian felt a hard protrusion under his feet, which was neither stone nor mud. He lowered his head and squatted, digging shallowly with his hands. After a moment, his brows slightly frowned. Hua Cheng saw it and said, "Brother, don't move!" However, it was too late. When Xie Lian stood up, his left hand was holding up a skull, and his right hand was also holding up a skull. He said, "Everyone, I have a question. Have we dug into a mass grave?"

Pei Ming also pulled out a thigh bone from the earth wall nearby and sighed, "Isn't it? Looking at the bones, she must have been a beautiful lady with long legs. It's a pity to be buried here."

Hua Cheng said: "It's a pity. The legs are indeed long, but these are the bones of a man."

When Pei Ming heard that it was not a woman, he threw away the thigh bone without much interest. Hua Cheng said, "To be precise, it is the bone of a man who has transformed into a ghost, so it must have corpse poison on it."

Pei Ming spread out his palms, and sure enough, the places where his hands had gripped the bones showed green corpse qi. Ling Wen asked: "Can you control your hands? Can you?"

Pei Su said: "The corpse is poisonous and there is no harm. The general is a priest, and it will be fine after a battle!"

To be honest, that thigh bone was not only slender, but also quite strong. It was very powerful when swung. Pei Ming picked it up and wrapped a few strips of cloth around the end, apparently intending to use it as a weapon. He asked, "Your Highness, how come you are okay holding those two heads?"

Xie Lian gently put down the two skeletons and opened his hands to the crowd. It turned out that his palms were also blue, but the blue was fading quickly.

Xie Lian said, “To be honest, I have been infected with corpse poison at least eight hundred times, if not a thousand. So now my resistance is very strong, and this level of corpse poison is not a big deal.”

After hearing this, everyone felt inexplicably funny and wanted to laugh. However, Hua Cheng did not seem very happy. As he walked over, he crushed the two skeletons to pieces with one foot.

Xie Lian was originally quite relieved, but after hearing the two rough and even fierce "kaka" sounds, he sensitively caught Hua Cheng's unhappy mood. He wanted to ask what was going on, but inexplicably felt that his unhappiness seemed to be caused by himself, so he didn't dare to ask.

After a while, Hua Cheng asked calmly, "Why did it take so long to dig?"

This tunnel should be no more than two meters from the surface. Even if digging upwards would take a little longer, it shouldn't take so long. Yin Yu said depressedly, "I'm also surprised... Wait, we're here, we've dug through!"

As soon as Hua Cheng finished asking, the geomancer dug a hole with his shovel. After digging through, Yin Yu dug a big hole with his shovel and jumped out first, saying, "We are out...?"

Everyone climbed out, but when they stepped on the "ground", they all felt strange. Pei Ming said: "Are we back to the ground? No way. Where is this place?"

The place they came out from was definitely not the surface. Because the light was very dim. Ling Wen said: "It was still daytime when we walked through the canyon just now. There is no reason why it would get dark so quickly."

Several dead butterflies flew out with a faint phosphorescent glow and circled around. Everyone finally saw where they were.

This was a huge cave. It was empty and spacious, with a high and wide dome, like the inky night sky. There were countless small caves in all directions, each leading to a different direction. Xie Lian asked curiously, "Is this place artificially excavated, or is it naturally formed?"

Hua Cheng crossed his arms and took a look, saying, "It is naturally formed."

Although he still answered all of Xie Lian's questions, Xie Lian was still thinking about the little thing that was wrong with him just now. Hua Cheng said again: "The digging point we chose just now just happened to be pressed against this mountain. We dug into this mountain."

Xie Lian nodded and said, “I see. Then let’s quickly find a way out.”

Pei Su said: "But, where to go?"

This is really a difficult problem. Apart from the small holes that are too small for people to get through, there are still seven or eight holes that people can pass through. Xie Lian crossed his arms and thought about it. Pei Su said, "Divide, group, move, and move? The fastest way."

Xie Lian lowered his arm and said, “No. Separating our forces is a big taboo. If there is something lurking in the dark, it will be too easy to defeat them one by one. It is better to slowly find the right path than to disperse our strength.”

Pei Ming held the new weapon made of thigh bone in his hand and seemed addicted to swinging it. He said as he swung it, "Let's move together. Let's take this route first."

So, everyone chose a path and moved together. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian walked in the front and led the way. After walking in silence for a while, Xie Lian tentatively whispered, "San Lang?"

Hua Cheng's expression had already calmed down, and he asked, "Brother, do you want to ask something?"

Xie Lian couldn’t ask him if he was a little angry just now, so he said casually, “Nothing. It’s just… this cave is winding like intestines, and I feel a little dizzy walking around.”

After hearing this, Hua Cheng immediately asked, "Do you want to take a break?"

He didn’t mean to be joking. Xie Lian hurriedly said, “No, no.” Pei Ming said from behind, “Did I hear you right, Your Highness? You get dizzy just by walking?”

“…” Xie Lian also felt that what he had just said was a bit embarrassing, so he pretended not to have heard Pei Ming’s words and said solemnly, “Everyone, those behind you must follow closely. It’s easy for trouble to happen at the corner of this cave…”

As he was talking, he looked back, but was stunned. He grabbed Hua Cheng and said, "Sanlang!"

Hua Cheng asked, "What?" He turned around and frowned.

There was no one behind them!

Just a sentence ago, Pei Ming was still mocking him not far behind him, but now, the dark cave was empty with only the two of them. Hua Cheng immediately put his arm around Xie Lian's shoulders and said in a deep voice: "Brother, stay with me and don't wander around."

Xie Lian also held his breath, focused his attention and asked, “Is there something hidden in the mountain?”

Hua Cheng said: "No. But, not having is scary."

Because this means that there is something that can approach them without anyone noticing and kidnap everyone!