novelraw Chapter 597 - 387: Your Surname is Dog
Chapter 597 - 387: Your Surname is Dog
Chapter 387
Chapter 387
There were no mummies.
Only a pile of ashes.
A person, turned to ashes within three breaths...
"My God~~" Mr. Fei clasped his hands in prayer.
Gong Jiu and the others: "..."
So had the special effects been enhanced? Was the second persona stronger than before... or was there another reason?
Looking again at Sui Yi, who had just shown mercy to Yi’s subordinates, she now watched indifferently as her own sword immolated a person in the blink of an eye, merely remarking lightly, "Greed is the greatest original sin."
She drew Demon Que, then suddenly furrowed her brows, looking towards a certain place...
"What’s that sound?"
"It sounds like water..."
What water...
The masters all heard the thundering, splashing noise.
Sui Yi frowned: "The canal gates have been opened."
"What!"
"It seems we did see a river channel when we came in. This place connects to an underground river."
"I know, outside this mountainous region lies Pashi Lake in Western Hunan, a vast lake with abundant groundwater. I’m afraid this burial site is situated near the underground river channel..."
Those who had come here naturally had thoroughly researched most of the data, including geographical location and characteristics. The existence of Pashi Lake was already known to them, but what they had not anticipated was that Gou Heng had built the tomb alongside the underground river and even installed gates!
No wonder!
No wonder below the entrance where they came in was a small river channel... In fact, the entire corridor was a river outlet, which explained why, although the walls had bumps and ridges, they were polished smooth... Clearly, they had been eroded by flowing water.
"Hurry!"
"Otherwise, once the water rushes in, not to mention whether we will drown, we can’t say whether the coffins hidden in this ancient tomb will come alive once they encounter water."
"Right, right!" The fat man nodded vigorously.
Mount Mover was always well-versed in such matters, coupled with the fat man’s infamously accurate predictions of doom. If he said there might be corpses coming back to life, there probably would be!
Just as the fat man finished speaking, a massive flow of water had already surged into the corridor... They watched with their own eyes as the water poured in, fiercely strong, flooding past their waists...
And rapidly raising the water level...
Hurry!
The group hastened towards the exit. At this point it was absolutely critical to avoid being swept towards the main tomb chamber, otherwise it would be even more difficult to swim back against the current—though, maintaining balance was already a challenge.
Grab the wall!
Everything that could be grasped was seized upon, and those with formidable strength could fight the current in the water...
Sui Yi’s company all possessed no small measure of power. Gong Jiu, Yhan Qingwu, and Flower Demon were all supported by substantial Inner Strength. Han Gao, Zhang Wei, and Brother Ma were also strong.
One by one, they could maintain balance by pulling each other...
After a while, the entire tomb chamber was filled with water, and the situation beneath had calmed down substantially, lacking the force of the collision.
By this time, it was no longer clear who was an enemy or ally among the scattered people, but Gong Jiu and the others quickly located their companions.
However, the old Mount Mover and the fat man were nowhere to be seen, washed away to who knows where.
The young man and Sui Yi had also disappeared.
Let’s head to the way we came in! It’s the closest from here! There’s also an exit there! Don’t worry about Sui Yi.
Yhan Qingwu signaled to Gong Jiu and his comrades, who instantly understood and followed her as they swam forward...
It was difficult to linger underwater. Everyone swam desperately, quickly reaching the corridor they had initially entered... The corridor itself wasn’t long, and as they saw the exit,
It was blocked!
Blocked tightly!
Something had happened above!
At Feng Sha’s place...
Yhan Qingwu’s expression turned ugly; the stone slab was too thick and too large, not even an immortal could break it open.
It was also rather unfortunate that it seemed like that most of their tomb ventures ended up dealing with water hazards every time, fleeing desperately as if they were drowning dogs.
So now...
The water flow seemed to stir.
"Someone opened the second gate; they want to trap us all in here!"
Boom!
The tremendous influx of water engulfed them all into the elongated and gloomy corridor, along with the accumulated bones and everything else...
Gong Jiu and the others couldn’t maintain balance at all, seeing nothing but a blur of water before their eyes...
Their bodies kept drifting backward, floating, floating, floating...
Their breaths were stifled.
They could hold on for at most three or four more minutes, or else they really would...
The speed of the water current was still very fast, dragging several dozen meters in a few seconds was not a problem,
Crash!
Gong Jiu felt himself collide with a wall...
Nearly spitting out blood, Flower Demon was pulled to a stop, followed by Yhan Qingwu and others...
Clearly, everyone was in a bad state, showing signs of asphyxiation.
If this continued a moment longer, they were done for!
Yhan Qingwu outlined the structure of the ancient tomb in her mind...
This seems to be a passageway beside the main tomb chamber; there must be a vast space above the main tomb. Judging by the width here, the height of this passageway should also be considerable—that is, if the sides aren’t sealed off.
The direction of the water current might be able to help her...
Yhan Qingwu quickly pointed upwards!
Gong Jiu and the others were puzzled, but they followed... After all, it was a matter of life or death in just a few minutes...
Splash!
When Gong Jiu’s head emerged from the water and he gasped for air, it felt as though he had been reborn. The same went for Yhan Qingwu and the others, but the moment they saw what lay before them, they were all taken aback.
It was a strange place, appearing at first glance to be the end of the passageway, blocking the path, yet oddly there was a platform inserted in the middle. On this platform, hundreds of coffins were neatly arranged, and in front of these coffins stood a person: a fat man.
Right beside the fat man, he was dragging Mount Mover, and upon seeing them, he was overjoyed, immediately letting go of Mount Mover and shouting, "Come up quickly, come up... It’s safe here! The water hasn’t risen this high yet."
Gong Jiu was overjoyed, as the water level was only about waist-high compared to the platform; at least they didn’t have to soak in the water, even if there were so many coffins...
After being pulled up one by one by the fat man, Gong Jiu sat down on the ground, gasping for breath, and soon asked, "I wonder where Sui Yi is now."
"As if that master needs people to worry about him~" Flower Demon was utterly confident in the original Sui Yi, not to mention his second personality, "Comparatively, I’m more curious about where we are."
She looked at the coffins: "This burial site is truly bizarre. In the main chamber, there was a hanging octopus monster, but the rest was empty, while the passageway beside it had so many coffins. I bet there are more coffins here than all the preceding chambers combined."
"Seems like it," everyone nodded.
Brother Ma casually remarked, "Maybe they wanted to have something like a morgue in a hospital~"
Someone quietly added, "That’s because the people in these coffins were magicians who knew the Yin Yang Technique. If they died a wrongful death and their coffins weren’t properly sealed, their spirits would cause trouble, seeking revenge against the tomb’s owner... That’s why they had no choice but to set up such a place beside the main chamber."
So that was it... Gong Jiu nodded, then suddenly glanced at the speaker, such as Yhan Qingwu, and felt surprised, or rather, strange.
How did the fat man suddenly become... learned?
And he became quiet, with a gentle smile...
The style was so peculiar.
Yhan Qingwu glanced at him, frowning slightly.
When the fat man saw everyone looking at him, he couldn’t help but grin and said softly, "I’ve been here for over two thousand years, how could I not know~"
Then Gong Jiu and the others were plunged into a Sparta-like horror.
"Are you joking?" Flower Demon said with a laugh...
The fat man smiled, "Do you find it funny?"
"It is quite funny," then Flower Demon, Gong Jiu, and Han Gao laughed together...
But the next second, Gong Jiu sprang into action, with Zhang Wei’s Silver Bullet and Yhan Qingwu’s Hidden Weapons immediately following suit!
Splash~
A coffin cover close by suddenly flipped open, a white figure burst out, knocking Gong Jiu to the ground in an instant, and with a flick of its tail, the Hidden Weapons and bullets were swatted away!
Bang bang!
After the exchange, the white figure was kicked aside by Gong Jiu. She got up, looking ahead with cold eyes...
It was Ao Yin! Yhan Qingwu was shocked, and then darkly sensed something was wrong. Ao Yin seemed to be under the fat man’s control, and given what Ao Yin was—a being that, even if not exactly a monster, definitely wasn’t an ordinary creature and was on par with the current Gong Jiu in terms of strength—let alone there was also a mysterious and unfathomable fat man...
The scene seemed to freeze, yet the fat man’s gaze was fixed intently on Gong Jiu.
Those eyes did not blink at all.
Yhan Qingwu finally understood why she had felt something strange earlier.
An ordinary person wouldn’t go for long without blinking.
"Exactly who are you?"
The fat man’s smile seemed to be affixed to his face, "Who I am? After so many years, I’ve almost forgotten myself... But I remember who you are."
He was always looking at Gong Jiu as he spoke naturally to her.
Gong Jiu raised her eyebrows, "I certainly don’t know a fat man who lived for over two thousand years."
"Hehe," his laugh sounded crisp and youthful, unlike the fat man’s duck-like voice.
Everyone felt uneasy, wondering if this was a case of possession or if the original was such a strange creature...
"You are Gong Jiu... In fact, your surname isn’t Gong."
"Hehe~ then what is my surname?" Gong Jiu chuckled.
"Surnamed Dog."
Pfft!
Flower Demon was the first to burst out laughing, followed closely by Han Gao and Brother Ma, unable to hold back.
A Dog Jiu?
Such a country-style name~
Gong Jiu’s face turned green with fury, glaring at the fat man, wishing she could spit him to death with a mouthful of salty soda.
"You fat dead man, what are you talking about! What dog Jiu!"
"It’s Gou."
As a pleasant and melodious voice reached their ears, Gong Jiu and the others were stunned; then from below... someone leapt out of the water.
A sword flashed brilliantly, swiftly touching Ao Yin’s forehead.
Pfft!
Ao Yin’s head was pierced, his body incinerated, disintegrating into ashes, and the fat man’s eyes hesitated.
Gazing at the sword-bearing Sui Yi.
Sui Yi shook off his sleeve lightly, and the water vapor on his body dispersed as if by some Immortal Law, steam rising around him.
It was now the fat man’s turn to ask, "And just who are you?"
"Gou Heng," Sui Yi spoke softly, the fat man’s expression subtly shifted, and Gong Jiu and the others were astonished.
Gou Heng? Which character was that?
Then Sui Yi’s speech seemed to change into something entirely different, unintelligible to Gong Jiu and the rest.
"The monster in that hanging coffin is Gou Heng, yet buried with him was you, the young skeletal remains are yours."(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome you to vote for a recommendation ticket and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support means the biggest motivation for me. Mobile readers please visit m.qidian.com to read.)