Chapter 18: What Means Will Be Used

  "Lemon, haven't you met Song Ah and Pei Zi before? What kind of people are they exactly?" This time around, I've been feeling that something's off about them. It's not that I'm being paranoid, it's just that I don't know what to believe anymore. After all, with the fake 'dad' incident, I really suspect that they're all after that black key for some reason.

  "Ah, I saw it in an ancient tomb a few years ago."

  As soon as Qing Ning finished speaking, I was stunned all over, and Song Ah indeed wasn't an ordinary person! Hehe, it's also my own fault for being stupid. When I first moved from Changsha to Sichuan, I thought Song Ah and Song Zi really wanted to be friends with me! It seems that those people still haven't given up, they took away my dad but that's not enough, they even arranged someone to monitor me. After all, identity is something that can be easily faked, let alone I didn't even investigate at all.

  I suddenly felt a chill all over my body, I didn't expect those people to have started making their move so early. First, they planted someone to get close to me and my dad, then maybe they couldn't wait any longer and directly took him away, leaving the rest of them to continue getting close to me and gaining my trust?

  No wonder my dad was just caught and taken away, Song Ah came to inform me in no time. And Song Zi's departure also happened to have a reason that made him travel with me together. But I, foolishly thought Song Ah was a sympathetic good brother, never expecting everything was a scam, all just to lure me into the trap! How deep are these people's hearts?!

  Thinking of this, another person came to mind, Su Dai's brother also went together, could it be that Su Dai was also...

  "Don't think too much about it." Qing Ning sighed, I looked up and saw that he had already stood up and said to me: "This matter is complicated from the start, they will use any means to find 'immortality', human life is worthless to them."

  "Who are they?" At this moment, I was surprisingly calm in my heart.

  Qing Ning shook his head and said: "I've been investigating all along, but they're hiding too deeply, and their internal unity is impossible to infiltrate."

  "What's with the black key, and why are they so desperate to get it?" I asked.

  "Of course, the key is used to open doors." Qing Ning smiled mysteriously and said: "I don't know much either. Now that you've been targeted, it's hard for you to get out of this situation unless you pretend not to recognize me in the future and stop intervening in this matter."

  I clenched my fists and said, "No way, I will definitely find out all the truth!"

  Like this, I and Qingning continued to head towards the main tomb chamber. Because the ancient tomb we are currently in is not an ordinary one, the closer we get to the main tomb chamber, the more dangerous it will be. After walking for a while, three forks appeared in front of us. The front and right sides were all slanting upwards, only the left side was slanting downwards.

  "Where are you going?" I asked, looking at Qing Ning's back.

  "Right above." He replied and started climbing up, due to the slope's gradient not being very large, so apart from expending some more energy it was still relatively easy.

  As I looked up, the light shone through, and I knew that the exit should not be far away. But then, Qingning suddenly took out a gun from his waist and started firing without saying a word. I only saw many shells flying towards me because my arm was hit by an arrow, mainly relying on one hand and two legs to hold on. As a result of the vibration above, I slid down several meters before barely managing to steady myself.

  At this time, when I lifted my head again, the green lemon was gone, replaced by a black-green vine-like thing that stretched down. Before I could react, my hand was entwined by it, and I felt myself being pulled upwards with great force. My whole body was suspended in mid-air, and my waist was quickly wrapped tightly by the vine.

  The next second I was shocked again, as the several lamp holders in the tomb had been lit up, so I clearly saw that there were people and corpses hanging densely beside me. Because I was hung upside down, after a while, I only felt my head swelling with blood, my limbs numb, shaking my head, and heard Wu Ma You shouting loudly on the side: "Damn it, how long do we have to hang up? Boss, think of a way quickly!"

  The big one in Wuma Youkou's mouth was Pei Zi. He didn't answer Wuma You, but instead tried his best to bend his body into a U-shape, so that he could use the dagger in his hand to cut off the rattan tied to his ankle. However, due to the force used, the shaking caused him to be unable to aim for a while.

  "Zi'er, is anything wrong?" My 'old dad' on my left side was asking me with a worried face at the moment.

  "I'm fine." I smiled at him.

  "Feng Zi, are you hurt?" On the other side, Song Ah also asked me with concern.

  Looking at Song Ah's 'concerned' face, I couldn't help but feel nauseous and said coldly: "I won't die." When faced with danger, you ran faster than a rabbit. Now that you're thinking of caring about me, isn't it too late? If you want to act, then act like it, not even a bit professional!

  Song Ah's face turned slightly awkward, and he said with a guilty tone: "I'm sorry, I didn't go back to save you earlier."

  "It doesn't matter, I'm fine anyway." I said to him and stopped looking at him, instead gazing down in all directions, hoping to see Qing Ning, but didn't see her. So I started thinking of ways to save myself. Although I didn't have a dagger in my hand, I still tried to bend my upper body upwards like Pei Zi, but it seemed I overestimated myself. After flailing about for half the day, I couldn't even manage a U-shape, and instead got drenched in sweat, causing the wound that had been bandaged up earlier to split open again.

  I really want to knock myself to death, I'm so unwilling to be so weak. If it were Qing Ning, he would definitely flip over, swing his knife and chop this bird thing, then land safely.

  Thinking about it, I gained a lot of motivation and started to desperately climb up. After much effort, I finally hugged my own thigh. Excitedly, I began to move upwards step by step. At this time, I heard someone make a "tsk" sound again. I thought it was an illusion, but looking down, I found that Qing Ning had somehow appeared below me, staring at me. My face turned red with embarrassment, and I didn't dare look at him, while my heart wailed in despair - why did this person always see me in such a sorry state?!

  "Master Qing, you've finally arrived! Quickly save us!" Wu Ma You seemed to have grasped a lifeline and shouted excitedly, but due to his high decibel, the surrounding vines began to stir again.

  "Shut up, old witch!" After scolding, Pei Zi exerted another force and swung his arm. He fell to the ground with a 'thud', and I felt a pang of pain just watching him.

  At the moment Pei Zi fell, many vines suddenly appeared around him and attacked him. However, Pei Zi managed to cut off a few vines with his sword and stood still beside them. As he remained motionless, the vines seemed not to have noticed him and slowly retreated.

  At this time, I saw a green lemon hanging from a long rope...