Agarwood Like Crumbs (Immortal Samsara)

Chapter 9: The Girl Inside The Tomb

YanDan was agitated and quickly took a couple steps back, "Turns out it was you..."

The candle was lit, and Tang Zhou sat up, looking at her, "Come here."

YanDan shook her head pitifully, "Please don't be angry, I swear to god I didn't mean to use you as a cushion."

Tang Zhou kept looking at her, "Come here."

"I'm wrong, I'm wrong, it's all my fault, please don't lock me into the gourd..."

Tang Zhou sighed, saying tiredly, "When you poked me, you pressed on my acupuncture point, and now I can't get up, so you need to help me."

YanDan felt relieved, "Why didn't you say that earlier?"

Tang Zhou sighed again, "Who taught you to be smart? It's on my back... two inches to the right, a little bit more to the left, and use your energy and press that point." YanDan did exactly what she was told to, and then stood to the side obediently.

Tang Zhou stood up and brushed the dust off his body, "If you were always this obedient, there wouldn't be a need for the jade gourd."

YanDan couldn't resist asking, "Then when are you going to release me?"

Before he answered, they heard Ling XuZi's voice, "Tang Zhou, are you alright?"

Tang Zhou walked over, raising his voice, "This is also part of the tomb, the stone is very slippery, so be careful when you come down."

YanDan was interrupted, so she was annoyed and asked again, "When do you plan on letting me go?"

Tang Zhou replied, "I've already done my best."

That was a smart reply. Although he didn't force her into the jade gourd, his answer meant that he wouldn't let her go and once they get back to QingShi town she might still be refined into a pill.

YanDan couldn't do anything but try to comfort herself, telling herself that there was still time for her to escape.

After a little bit of kungfu, Ling XuZi managed to get down the slippery tunnel with Zhai Shang and one of the Wu brothers right behind him.

Zhai Shang's face was an ugly shade, "This tunnel is really slippery, and getting back up there won't be easy."

Ling XuZi reasoned, "This cemetery is very smartly created, so there must be another exit."

When they walked into the tomb, there were 8 people but in an instant, there were only 5 people left.

Ling XuZi said solemnly, "There are a lot of traps in this tomb, especially since it's so dark, there will probably be enemies spying on us. We need to be careful, and not turn on each other, or else nobody can escape from here."

Zhai Shang immediately replied, "Alright."

Everyone pushed the door to the tomb and behind the door, they saw the same tomb.

In the center of the tomb, there was a coffin. The lid had been moved, and there was a pair of hands sticking straight up from the coffin, as if trying to hold something.

The youngest Wu took a step back, his teeth chattering, "it's a zombie, it's a zombie!"

Ling XuZi took a step forward, and sighed in relief, "It's not a zombie, it's just the corpse of the empress."

"Then why is her hand raised like that?!"

Tang Zhou raised the candle a little closer, saying deeply, "She was forced into the coffin, and died from suffocation, so she was trying to open the coffin."