"Li Zuoquan, aren't you dead, and then collected by that Taoist priest surnamed Fang? How… how did you get out?" Zhang Dabiao's eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets as he roared in surprise. Su Dan Novel Network
That's right, the person who appeared before us was none other than Li Zuoquan, who had been shot and killed by Li Rui. We were on two battlefields at the time and saw with our own eyes that he was killed by Li Rui and then collected into a paper talisman by that Taoist priest surnamed Fang.
Could it be that what we saw then was all an illusion?
I quickly dismissed this thought. I had specifically checked when we came this time, and Li Zuoquan's corpse was in the temporary camp. Although the person in front of me was Li Zuoquan, it was likely his Yin soul.
I just didn't know how he managed to look alive, but the chilling aura unique to Yin souls could not be concealed.
"How did you do it?"
Li Zuoquan smiled and shook his head, replying, "It's a secret."
I frowned slightly and asked, "Did you arrange all of this?"
Li Zuoquan nodded, not denying it. "I know you have many questions, but I don't have time to explain them. I'll give you a choice now: obediently open the tomb door. If you cooperate well, I might consider letting you off the hook and letting you leave here alive."
"Old man, do you think we're scared?" Zhang Dabiao pulled out his mountain knife and was about to charge, but I stopped him.
Not to mention the four mountain demons accompanying Li Zuoquan, even Li Zuoquan himself was not someone we three could handle.
Li Zuoquan was not weak when he was alive, and now his Yin energy had almost condensed into a physical form, which meant that even if his strength had not reached the level of a Ghost King, he was already a Ghost General.
Even if the three of us were tied together, we wouldn't be a match for him alone. Moreover, I didn't want to die here so inexplicably. If I died, my father would have no one to take care of him.
Seeing my sensible behavior, Li Zuoquan clapped his hands approvingly. "A wise man knows when to adapt. Big guy, learn from him. If I see you making any move again, I'll cripple you directly."
Zhang Dabiao was hot-tempered by nature. He was always the one threatening others, never the one being threatened.
"Come on! Do you really think I'm afraid of you…"
"Stop talking, Brother Zhang. Don't forget what our purpose here is."
Zhang Dabiao opened his mouth, mumbled a few words, and then turned his head away.
"Fifth Prince really values you! He even staked his life on you. If it weren't for your help, I would never have found his real tomb in my life."
I frowned and looked at him. "You're saying this is the Fifth Prince's tomb?"
"Otherwise? Haha…"
Li Zuoquan laughed very happily, his joy beyond words. His eyes narrowed into crescents, but the occasional flash of cold light indicated that he was not as happy as he appeared on the surface, and he seemed to have some reservations.
I took a deep breath, forced my chaotic heart to stop, and said softly, "What do you want?"
Li Zuoquan smiled playfully. "What do you think?"
He glanced back at the dark door.
"You want to enter the True Dragon Tomb," I said with certainty.
"Not too stupid then. So now I have to trouble you to open the door," Li Zuoquan said, making a gesture of invitation.
I frowned, looking at him, not understanding how he was so sure this was the True Dragon Tomb. According to the map he provided, the real True Dragon Tomb should not be here, but beyond the valley in that area of solitary peaks.
And the area I was in was south of the valley, still more than ten miles away. Even if I wanted to find a resting place for the deceased, I wouldn't choose such a desolate and broken place to bury them. This was simply a dead end.
"Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Not now. After I get what I want, I'll consider answering a few of your questions."
Clearly, Li Zuoquan didn't want to waste time here. If we insisted on confronting him, we three would be the ones at a disadvantage.
We could only follow his instructions and search around the stone door for a way to open it.
"Brother Zhang, Xu Yi, search around the door for any mechanisms. I'll examine these two Pixiu."
"Okay!"
The stone door was twenty feet high and fifteen feet wide. The two black Pixiu were carved lifelike. Under the flashlight, they seemed about to leap out.
Although I was certain this was a double-leaf door, there was no seam in the middle. The entire door looked like a single piece, with no sign of it ever being opened.
I walked up the stone steps and knocked on the black door. My fingers went numb from the impact. The door was clearly at least half a meter thick, and the entire door was embedded in the mountainside.
Since this was the only door in the entire space, Zhang Dabiao and Xu Yi quickly searched the surroundings.
"There's nothing around, just stone and more stone."
"I didn't find anything either. This might be a fake door," Zhang Dabiao and Xu Yi said one after another.
"This door is a single piece of stone, there are no mechanisms at all. That old man… Ow!"
Xu Yi clutched his face and turned to look at Li Zuoquan.
"Don't think I can't hear what you're saying. If you talk dirty again, I'll cut out your tongue."
I pulled Xu Yi, who was about to rush forward to fight Li Zuoquan, and said, "If you want to find Fang Huixin alive, endure this for now. If you don't want to find her anymore, then go ahead and fight him."
As expected, as soon as Fang Huixin was mentioned, Xu Yi's ferocious expression softened considerably. He just glared fiercely at Li Zuoquan, the meaning of which only he himself knew.
Logically, where there is a door, there must be a mechanism. Since this is the True Dragon Tomb, the only possibility would be the two protruding Pixiu heads on the stone door.
Thinking of this, I reached out and touched the left Pixiu. It was cold to the touch, with the characteristic temperature of a stone door. I pressed the Pixiu's eyes twice with force, but nothing changed.
When I reached out to touch the left Pixiu again, my hand went through it. I stumbled and almost hit the stone door. I quickly shone the flashlight over and found that my hand could pass through the protruding Pixiu head.
"Fake?"
Seeing this, Zhang Dabiao also reached out and touched it. "What is this principle? It's made so realistically."
I shook my head, indicating I didn't know, as this was the first time I had encountered such a situation.
I brought my hand closer to the stone door and felt a recess on it. It seemed like something needed to be inserted to open the stone door.
I withdrew my hand and turned to look at Li Zuoquan. "This door needs a key to open. Do you have the key?"
"Key?"
Li Zuoquan frowned and walked over. He also reached out to touch the Pixiu like me, but before he could get close, a blue electric arc shot out from the Pixiu's eyes.
The electric arc was very fast, and coupled with Li Zuoquan's close proximity, before he could react, the electric arc struck him. He immediately became a flying person and fell towards the four mountain demons.
"Good opportunity, run!"
Zhang Dabiao roared, drew his劈山刀, and slashed at one of the mountain demons. Xu Yi also controlled the paper tiger, instantly enlarging its body, and pounced on another mountain demon. The man and the tiger cooperated tacitly. Before I could react, two mountain demons turned into ashes.
Just as they were about to attack the other two mountain demons, the man and the tiger flew back even faster and crashed violently into the stone door.
Cough—
Roar—
"Brother Zhang…"