While I was young and still quite naive, I could tell that Xiao Liang really cared about me.

I quickly smiled and promised her, "Okay, I promise you, I won't risk going alone in such dangerous situations again."

Xiao Liang finally felt relieved, but she still held my arm tightly and didn't let go, holding on all the way until she took me to the hospital for a checkup.

I underwent a series of examinations at the hospital, and the results were all good.

I had no concussion, fractures, contusions, or anything like that. Everything was normal.

However, it seemed that hospital policy required observation for a few hours after a head injury. I don't remember exactly how many hours it was now, but I only remember that Xiao Liang and I stayed in the hospital all morning.

We both hadn't slept all night and had been rushing around in the ancient tomb. Finally, lying on the hospital bed, we slept soundly for a long time.

When I woke up, I saw Uncle Mei and Jiang Yongguang had also come. They thought something had happened to me and Xiao Liang because we hadn't returned for so long, but it was just a false alarm.

After waking up, I felt energized and quickly asked Jiang Yongguang if they had caught Yang Guo.

Jiang Yongguang shrugged helplessly and said, "That guy is a real sly fox. He ran without a trace, leaving no clues behind. We don't know where to catch him."

I asked him, "What about the crystal coffin in the underground river? Did you retrieve it? And what about the White-Clad Immortal Woman? She was last seen in the pit of the dead. Did you find her?"

Jiang Yongguang patiently answered my questions one by one. He said:

"The crystal coffin can't be retrieved for the time being. We need to send more people with diving equipment to retrieve it. As for the White-Clad Immortal Woman, she's even more elusive, harder to find than Yang Guo. We sent people to ask around, but no one has seen her."

I knew that the Xiaoling Guards had done their best, so I didn't say anything more.

Jiang Yongguang patted me on the shoulder and said, "You've all worked hard on this trip. Go home and rest first. I'll notify you as soon as I have any news."

I nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yongguang arranged for a car to take me, Uncle Mei, and Xiao Liang back home.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed. We were constantly waiting for news from the Xiaoling Guards. It wasn't until the morning of the eighth day that Jiang Yongguang called me and told me that they had turned the underground river in the tomb upside down but still couldn't find the crystal coffin I mentioned.

On the phone, Jiang Yongguang asked me, "Did you see the crystal coffin before you hit your head, or after you hit your head?"

I was immediately furious and said angrily, "What do you mean? Do you think I'm talking nonsense because I hit my head?"

Jiang Yongguang quickly apologized, "No, no, Xiao Chen, don't be angry. I really didn't mean that. Besides, some clues were found at the scene, proving that what you said is true."

I quickly asked what they had found at the scene.

Jiang Yongguang told me that since that incident, the iron chains in the Locking Dragon Well could be pulled out. After pulling them out, they saw that the end of the iron chain was indeed connected to an iron lock, and the lock had been opened with a key, which was exactly what I had seen underwater.

But the crystal coffin had really disappeared. In the end, Jiang Yongguang and I discussed it and concluded that the coffin was likely washed deep into the underground river by the strong current.

After talking about this, Jiang Yongguang told me some good news.

Although they didn't catch Yang Guo, Huangmao Xiaoming (Yellow-Haired Little Ming), whom they did catch, and the other three haozis (rats - grave robbers) had provided a lot of useful information.

Don't underestimate Huangmao Xiaoming's young age; this guy was actually a tui zi (leg - scout), specializing in exploring and digging holes. He was a pivotal core member of Yang Guo's tomb-robbing gang.

He also had some understanding of Master Gao, knowing that Yang Guo and Master Gao had a close relationship. It was said that Yang Guo's mother-in-law had contracted a serious illness a few years ago, and after going around the country for treatment without success, she was sent to the capital. It was thanks to Master Gao's connections that she was arranged a bed in Peking Union Medical College Hospital, which stabilized her condition.

I quickly asked Jiang Yongguang how many geomantic spots Master Gao had pointed out for Yang Guo. Back then, when Master Gao was helping Shopkeeper Wang find the dragon vein, he had pointed out two spots with one hand.

Jiang Yongguang replied that according to the confessions of these few rats, Master Gao had only pointed out one feng shui treasure spot for Yang Guo. Moreover, Yang Guo was different from Shopkeeper Wang. Yang Guo was a guo jiang long (dragon crossing the river - outsider) and didn't operate in the Sichuan-Chongqing area, so he didn't have Shopkeeper Wang's strong local connections. Raiding one tomb was already his limit; he didn't have the ability to raid two tombs in a row.

Hearing this news, I was more or less disappointed.

Without new clues about the ancient Shu tombs, it meant that we had lost the clues to find the White-Clad Immortal Woman. If we couldn't find the White-Clad Immortal Woman, I wouldn't be able to rescue Little Mei.

After chatting for a few more sentences, I hung up the phone.

At this time, Uncle Mei came over and asked anxiously, "How is it? Does Dayong have any news?"

I shook my head helplessly, saying that there were no clues. The Xiaoling Guards had neither caught Yang Guo nor caught the White-Clad Immortal Woman.

Uncle Mei was very frustrated after hearing this. He stood in place, sighing and counting on his fingers, "An'an has been missing for more than two months. I don't know how she is now, whether she is safe or not, whether that White-Clad Immortal Woman has been mistreating her."

I quickly comforted him, "Uncle, don't worry too much. I think Little Mei should be safe. That White-Clad Immortal Woman may not be as bad as we think."

Uncle Mei glared and said, "How can she not be bad? If she wasn't bad, would she have harmed your aunt like that?"

Speaking of this, I was indeed a little confused. Why did the White-Clad Immortal Woman want to harm Aunt Mei? And in such a cruel way?

I just argued, "But judging from our interactions these few times, the White-Clad Immortal Woman doesn't seem to have any malicious intent towards us. Before, in the ancient Shu tomb on Duck River, when you climbed the tree to chase her, she only shot the flying knife in front of you. This time, in the ancient Shu tomb of Mamu River, she saved me twice..."

Uncle Mei still didn't have much affection for her, and said with a gloomy face, "Anyway, one must not have the heart to harm others, but one must have the heart to guard against others. Rongsheng, don't think she's a good person just because she saved you twice. We still have to be on guard!"

I nodded and said, "Uncle, I understand."

At this point, I was just about to go wash the vegetables and cook when the phone on the table suddenly rang again.

I thought Jiang Yongguang had something he hadn't said just now, so he called me again, but when I looked down, I saw another person's name displayed on the phone screen.

Lao Huang (Old Huang).

Old Huang, the friend we met by the Mamu River.

Why did he suddenly call me?

Could it be to invite us to visit the Sanxingdui Museum?