Chapter 49: The White Coffin

  In this situation, we were especially sensitive and as soon as we heard a sound coming from outside. Myself and Xiaorou both walked towards the source of the sound, but not running, rather cautiously, because we also didn't know what would happen next. Although Xiaorou was knowledgeable, after all, this was also her first time here!

  "Xiao Long, you're holding onto me, calm down a bit, don't have any more illusions." Xiao Rou instructed me, "This is something that can be controlled with your own will."

  I followed what she said and gently pulled her arm, we moved forward for more than ten meters, but didn't see anything. I asked Xiao Rou: "Is it the rubble on top of the cave?"

  "What was that noise just now? It can't be gravel, and this light is too strange. It lit up the whole cave in an instant. But it doesn't matter anymore. With or without it, we have to go in."

  Xiao Rou had already made her position clear, and I didn't say anything either, just nodded my head and continued walking forward. After walking for another dozen or so meters, that cold and gloomy feeling swept over me again, and I couldn't help but shiver once more.

  "It's getting colder and colder, Xiaolong, can you feel it?" Little Rong frowned at me.

  I let out a breath of cold air and said to Xiaorou: "Of course I felt it, now that I can breathe out cold air, it's at least below zero."

  "If I'm not mistaken, we should be at the end of the cave by now. Be careful, the Heart Devil should be nearby."

  "Hmm!" I took out the ancient bronze sword. Now, every time I hear the Heart Demon, I become tense. Mainly because it had previously transformed into my appearance, making me feel uneasy.

  As we walked further in, it got colder and brighter at the same time. The atmosphere became extremely tense, and even the occasional falling rocks were gone. Xiaoyu said that something might pop out from ahead, and told me to hide behind her. This time I didn't listen to her, and said to her, if there's danger ahead, boys should protect girls.

  At that time, she hesitated and said no to me, but by then I had already run ahead. Should I say I was afraid? Of course, I was, and I also felt that the danger outweighed the luck, but Xiao Rou had helped me so many times before, out of gratitude and repayment, I should have become brave by now.

  Xiao Rou quickly caught up with us, and we walked shoulder to shoulder. At this moment, we heard the sound of dripping water not far ahead.

  Xiao Rou took out the Bagua disc, looked at its pointer and said to me: "There's movement, we can confirm that the heart demon is ahead. When the time comes, listen to my command."

  "Alright, Xiaorou, as long as it doesn't become like you and me. I won't be afraid."

  The two of us are now close to the water droplets, and as we walk further in, it feels wider, but the coldness has already reached a certain level. The rocks on the wall of the cave have frost on them, and we're wearing summer clothes, shivering with cold. Xiao Rou's eyebrows have a layer of white frost, I reckon mine are the same too.

  We walked through a place with flowers and grass, and then entered a very large area. At that time, when I saw the flowers and grass, I felt strange. In such a cold place, there were still green plants growing, which was unbelievable. Moreover, we also knew that without sunlight, plants could not grow.

  When I see the things in the space, I feel that the flowers and grass outside are nothing. Because we saw a particularly large coffin placed in the center of this area, which is twice as big as usual, it's a white coffin with a very large mourning character written on the front.

  The coffin was surrounded by a layer of white mist, the kind that comes from the cold. There were also some green flowers and grass growing around it. I stared at Xiaorou in a daze, and she looked just as stunned as I did, clearly this wasn't something she had expected either.

  "How can there be a coffin here? And it's white?" I muttered to myself, not intending to ask Xiaorou. It was just to express the doubts in my mind. Because judging from her appearance, she didn't seem to know either.

  Xiao Rou looked around and started taking out talismans from her body, sticking them to certain areas of the rock wall. She also lit three incense sticks in our direction.

  Xiao Rou's expression turned very serious as she said, "Forget about the coffin, this is an extremely evil cave, nothing would be surprising. Let's hurry up and find the heart demon, then leave quickly."

  "Hmm!" I completely agree with Xiao Rou's words, and once again thought of Tang Bing Xue's words to me, curiosity kills the cat, things that have nothing to do with oneself, it's better not to interfere for now.

  Xiao Rou took out the Bagua plate again, looked at it, and then fixed it on the top of the cave. Then she continued to open the package and poured out a stack of talismans from inside. After burning them, the talismans turned into paper people once more.

  "Search!" Xiao Rou commands these paper people.

  This time these paper men were not holding hands, but instead searched in a searching pattern, starting from the walls on all four sides.

  I came to her side and asked: "Xiao Rou, after finding the heart demon later, what should I do?"

  "Just stand there with the ancient bronze sword and don't move, I'll take care of everything."

  When I heard Xiaoyu say that, I didn't feel very comfortable in my heart. Because all along, I haven't been able to help much, and it's always been Xiaoyu who protects me. To be honest, before this, I never thought I'd be protected by a girl. Now that I've experienced it, I only feel endless shame.

  These paper men searched for a few minutes and then stopped in their tracks, Xiao Rou was stunned at the time. She stretched out her hand to point at these paper men and said: "Continue searching."

  The paper man received the command again and continued to hold hands, all heading towards a white coffin.

  "In a coffin?" Little Rong said in disbelief.

  These paper men surrounded the white coffin and stopped moving. Xiao Rou continued to give orders, but they didn't move anymore! Xiao Rou's expression was a bit helpless at this time, she furrowed her brow and said to me: "Xiao Long, we haven't found it anywhere else, and all these paper men have stopped here, so the heart demon should be inside this coffin."

  "Now are we going to turn over the coffin?"

  "Although I don't want to do this, now I have to."

  Xiao Rou put away the paper people while speaking, and again circled around the coffin, carefully observing it. She muttered to herself: "What kind of layout is this, putting a coffin in a mountain cave."

  Looking at Xiaoyu's worried expression, I knew that this coffin couldn't be easily opened. So I asked her: "Will it be dangerous?"

  Xiao Rou bit her lip and said to me: "Not very clear, you give me the ancient bronze sword, I want to use it to pry open the coffin."

  "Is it okay with just this?" I asked.

  "Uh-huh!" Xiao Rou nodded and said to me, "The coffin is placed in such an evil cave, it must not be a good thing. The ancient bronze sword has the ability to suppress ghosts and evil spirits, if there are any impurities inside, it can suppress them."

  I placed the ancient bronze sword in my hand and said to Xiaorou: "Since that's the case, I'll come!"

  "Are you coming?" Xiaoyu's eyes widened, "Don't you value your life? There are coffins in the mountain cave, and I've never heard the witch mention it before. I don't know what will happen, how can you do such a reckless thing."

  "What about you? Don't you value your life?" I've made up my mind, this time I absolutely cannot agree with Xiaorou. I owe her too much already, if only one of us can survive between the two of us, then I'd rather it be me.

  Xiao Rou still wanted to say something, but at this time I had already placed the ancient bronze sword in the gap of the coffin lid and said to her: "I don't know any magic spells. At the moment when I pry open the coffin, you will be able to see more clearly what's inside. So just shut up."

  Although Xiaorou didn't want to agree, she didn't say anything and just nodded at me. At this time, I used a bit of strength and the coffin lid was lifted slightly, it seemed that it wasn't sealed very well, as there was a reaction with just a little force. However, when I continued to use more strength, I couldn't lift the coffin lid! It was as if there were thousands of pounds of weight on top of the coffin lid, making it extremely heavy!

  At this moment, I suddenly felt a cold and icy flow on the soles of my feet...