Ancient Country Returns to Ruins in Western Regions Strange News

  The woman slept for a whole night, and we men took turns watching her. She kept talking in her sleep, sometimes calling out the names of loved ones, sometimes shouting as if struggling, but most often mentioning scorpions. When she woke up, it was already morning, and I happened to be the one keeping watch beside her. She opened her eyes, looked at me with a start, then remembered what had happened the night before, and thanked me in a timid voice.

  I hastily waved my hand: "It's all that should be done, can't just stand by and do nothing, I'm Zhou Junyang, what about you?"

  "Ah circle." Her voice was as small as a mosquito's.

  "A Qiu, how did you guys end up there yesterday? What happened?" As soon as she mentioned this, she choked up and couldn't speak with tears in her eyes. I let her calm down for a bit, then Ba Ma brought over some breakfast from outside. A Qiu ate very little and remained silent, not saying much.

  Xiao Lao heard that the woman had woken up and said to go into the tent to take a look. He exchanged a glance with A Quan, who suddenly asked thoughtfully: "Are you Xiao Xianren?"

  Xiao stared blankly for a moment: "Do you know me?"

  A Qian nodded: "When I was young, you often came to my house, and my father was Zhao Baochai"

  Xiao Lao patted the back of her head: "Are you a little girl from the circle?" The woman nodded, Xiao Lao burst out laughing: "I said why this body has a familiar smell, it turns out to be the daughter of my old partner. I have been retired for many years and now work at the Yinhua Bureau. Where is your father? Little girl, how did you end up here by yourself?"

  A Qiu cried and said: "Xiao Shu, you quickly save A Da, he followed several brothers into the Kun Wang tomb for three days and didn't come out."

  "What?" Xiao Lao's eyes widened in shock. "The Tomb of King Kun has always been a taboo for us, and he actually dares to go there?"

  "My father got a map of the tomb of King Kun from somewhere, saying it was a must-win, and he asked me to wait at the door to respond. As a result, he went in for three days without coming out." Ah Quan wiped his eyes, "By the way, yesterday another person also went in and didn't come out, he wore a big hat and had a big beard."

  Fu Ma and Lao San didn't know what was going on, but as soon as A Quan mentioned it, they both exclaimed in unison: "Karamay!" I couldn't help but wonder, no wonder he hadn't come back yet. Hopefully nothing bad had happened to him. One Wu Zihuan had already died, and Karamay absolutely couldn't have another accident.

  "How did you manage to offend the Rakshasa?" Xiao Lao continued to ask.

  As soon as the Rakshasa was mentioned, Ah Cai's whole body trembled and her voice changed: "Father said to come out at most in one day, let me wait at the door, but they went in for three days without coming out. I got anxious and wanted to go down to find them. Just as I arrived at the door, I heard footsteps. It was my brother Ah De who came out. I just asked what happened, he told me to run quickly. Then several monsters chased out and...my brother..." She sobbed softly. I roughly understood the whole process, but I was very puzzled. Kalamayi knew that there were Rakshasas in the Kunwang Tomb, why did she still dare to venture in?

  "Old Xiao!" Lao San shouted, "What's going on with this King Kun's tomb?"

  Xiao Lao revealed a self-satisfied expression, stroking his beard with an air of pretension, and said slowly: "You really asked the right person. Few people know about this King Kun. It's said that he was the last king of the Dayuan Kingdom, and after him, the kingdom disappeared from historical records. According to legend, King Kun once went hunting and discovered an ancient structure. A fangshi (geomancer) told him that the feng shui there was excellent, so he decided to build his tomb there. However, it turned out that the structure was actually a sacrificial altar, sealing away the Raksha demon. He moved all his treasures into the tomb but accidentally broke the seal and released the Raksha demon, which led to the downfall of the Dayuan Kingdom. Later, he escaped to Loulan and died there. The king of Loulan had no choice but to send his body back to the tomb." Xiao Lao sighed: "That fangshi was absolutely a charlatan! From a feng shui perspective, King Kun's tomb is a place of great misfortune, which will inevitably lead to the transformation of corpses. Moreover, it's an ancient sacrificial altar that seals the grave. Who would dare to go to such a place, even if there were priceless treasures?"

  I stood up and said to everyone: "It seems that we also need to go to the tomb of Kun Wang, not only for Ah Quan's father, but also for Kelamayi. I don't want anything to happen to him." Everyone nodded in agreement. We rested in the desert for a few days, and Lao San's arm had basically recovered. We packed up our things and set off on the road.

  On the road, Ah Quan looked at me with admiration and asked: "Jun Yang, how did you manage to drive away Luo Sha's ghost?"

  Lao San chimed in from the side: "A Quan, you don't know this, but our second brother is a descendant of Luo Xiaohei's ancestors."

  "Let's go, Old Three." I said helplessly, "Ajuan, don't listen to his nonsense."

  A Qiang suddenly smiled and blurted out three words: "Thank you!" Old Three next to me kept making funny faces at me.

  Ahuan led us to the location of the Kunwang Tomb, and at this moment we stood on a relatively high sand dune. Below us was the Kunwang Tomb, which we looked down upon, and suddenly everyone gasped in unison. Recently, the Taklamakan Desert had plenty of rainwater, making it easier for low-lying areas to retain water. The flat area below was overgrown with weeds, but amidst this thicket of weeds were many places where nothing grew at all - just bare sand. These patches of sand, when viewed from above, resembled a giant scorpion shape.

  "Here it is, the Tomb of King Kung."

  Xiao Lao's eyes widened: "My dear, there is such a strong evil spirit inside, the edges are all withered and not even a blade of grass grows"

  Lao San was puzzled: "Why does this tomb need to be repaired into a turtle shape, is there any story behind it?"

  Xiao Lao shook his head: "I haven't seen it either, A Quan, how did your father enter the King of Kun's tomb?"

  A Qiu pointed behind and said: "A Die said that the scorpion's tail is the door, he used explosives to blow a hole in the scorpion's tail."

  Xiao Lao Da exclaimed: "The scorpion's most deadly organ is its tail. Now that we're entering this tomb, the most dangerous place should also be at the tail end. Everyone must be extremely careful when going in."

  We were all ready to enter through the blown-open entrance, when suddenly Old Three shouted: "Someone's coming out..." We saw a pale face peeking out from the door, giving us a sinister smile before quickly withdrawing back inside. The face looked completely lifeless. A Qiang was so scared that she trembled with fear and cried out in a loud voice: "Liu Shu, he went in with my dad, how did he end up like this?!"

  "Pay the horse! That one just now..." I looked at him and asked.

  Fu Ma shook his head: "Absolutely not a living person."

  "Then what about my father..."

  Xiao Lao furrowed his brow, studying the edge of the cave entrance. I followed him over and saw that on the irregularly-shaped opening, water was dripping down one drop at a time. Xiao Lao plucked a red willow branch from the side and stretched it towards the dripping water, only getting a single drop on the tip. The red willow branch immediately turned to ash, just like it had been burned. The ash spread from the point where the water droplet landed, all the way until the entire branch was reduced to ash. Xiao Lao hastily threw the branch to the ground, afraid that the ash would spread to his hand. After checking his palm and seeing nothing out of the ordinary, he let out a sigh of relief: "This tomb's walls have been infused with *Ling water. No wonder there isn't a single blade of grass growing around it. This *Ling water is actually called Scorpion Spirit Water, but because it's too *-natured, people just call it White Water. I've only seen it mentioned in an ancient book. As long as something comes into contact with even a single drop, no matter what living thing it is, it will be reduced to ash. And it will also cause a chain reaction. However, it only works on the living. If someone dies, even if they become a zombie, it won't have any effect. This is the ultimate technique used by tomb robbers. Everyone, when we go in later, be extremely careful around the walls." The crowd nodded in agreement.

  We squeezed in sideways from the entrance, afraid of touching that spiritual water. Ahuan followed us into the King Kun's tomb and left her alone outside, which made us really uneasy. Inside the cave was pitch black, with a narrow passageway that could accommodate two people walking side by side. Lao San walked for two steps before suddenly stopping, rubbing his feet on the ground repeatedly, then looked up at Xiao Lao: "Why is this ground so soft? It feels like I'm walking on flesh, but my feet can't rub it away."

  Xiao Lao shook his head: "Don't get hung up on this, hurry up and rescue people, Jun Yang, turn on the flashlight." I was still rummaging through my bag when suddenly the candles on both sides of the cave lit themselves, we were all startled and took a few steps back.