Ancient Country Returns to Ruins: Strange News from the Western Regions

  I was taken aback, realizing that Lao San's gaze wasn't directed at me. I struggled to free myself from the restraints and argue with them, but it was all in vain. Following Lao San's line of sight, I looked over and my eyes widened in shock. Next to the corpse with the green eyes, another Zhou Junyang was staring coldly at them. I immediately understood that this must be a case of mistaken identity.

  Jia Zhou gunned a glance at me, looking at them with a cold smile and said: "Li Long, you've finally wised up for once. Do you think only you're good at hiding? Otherwise, kneel down and beg me, I might be able to appeal to the queen on account of our years of dormitory friendship and get you out."

  Lao San gritted his teeth and said: "Second brother, I'll call you that for the last time. Hand over the chain and leave."

  Jia Zhou Jun Yang努ed his mouth: "Has it come to you and me discussing terms? Do you think your knife skills are fast? Come try."

  As soon as this was said, Lao San picked up the chopping knife from the ground and was about to rush over, but Fu Ma immediately stopped him.

  "Ah Long, don't be deceived, be careful of deceit!" Fu Ma said with a furrowed brow, while Xiao Lao remained silent beside him.

  A'juan added fuel to the fire and said: "Jun Yang brother, how did you become like this?"

  Lao San flung open the door and said viciously, "Dà Yǎn, do you know? He's better than me in every way. He plays games all day and still gets scholarships, while I study hard but get nothing. I've been practicing knife skills since I was a kid just to get into the Hidden Bureau, but he does nothing and yet wins the trust of the Director. We've known each other for so many years, and now the facts are right in front of you, and you're still defending him? What's his basis?"

  Jia Zhou Junyang rolled his eyes and sneered: "You've finally spoken the truth, come on, you're just a good-for-nothing."

  Lao San suddenly became enraged, he drew his knife with incredible speed and slashed at Jia Zhou Junyang's neck. However, the latter seemed to have anticipated Lao San's move and easily dodged it, as if aided by divine intervention. Lao San continued to launch a flurry of attacks, but Jia Zhou Junyang refused to counterattack, instead choosing to dodge and mock him with increasingly biting taunts.

  I don't know why, but hearing what Lao San said just now, I felt a pang in my heart. I had no idea that Lao San had so many grievances in his heart, and I never thought of comparing myself to anyone.

  The dispute between Wu Nian and Lao San was still ongoing, when I was suddenly surrounded by thick fog again. A woman's voice appeared in my mind: "Have you seen your companions? Why bother about them if they can point a knife at you? Just leave the chain behind and you can go."

  "Who are you?" I looked at the cyan-eyed female corpse, and she sat there motionless, seemingly without any reaction. "What do you want my bracelet for?"

  "You don't need to know that much." The female voice sounded again, and a door suddenly opened at the back of the ear chamber, warm sunlight shining in through the door. I could see the desert and blue sky outside. "Either hand over the chain, and you can leave from this door, or show yourself and die under your own companions' knives. It's up to you to choose whether to go or stay."

  "Hand over the handcuffs, can I take them away?" I asked.

  "No way, they will stay here forever." The woman's voice was icy cold.

  I hummed softly and said disdainfully: "I would rather die at the hands of my brother."

  That woman's voice was no longer speaking, and Fuma seemed to have discovered something wrong, running over to block the way between Wu Nian and Lao San: "Ah Long, haven't you noticed that this Zhou Junyang doesn't have a shadow?" Fuma appeared too suddenly, and Lao San didn't have time to withdraw his hand, being cut by his knife on the arm.

  A Qiang smiled softly: "Fu Ma Gege, haven't you noticed that none of us have shadows?"

  Fu Ma and Lao San looked around in a circle, immediately stunned like wooden chickens. "Have we already died?" Lao San asked Xiao Lao, who shook his head in confusion, indicating that he didn't know.

  Taking advantage of the empty space, Wu suddenly ran towards me and disappeared without a trace in front of me. The mist slowly dispersed, and Lao San shouted: "Where are you running to? This small house is so small, can you still run to the ends of the earth?"

  As the fog dispersed, the door closed and I found that I could move. I immediately explained: "Lao San, don't be deceived, just now was a trick to make us kill each other, and this A Quan is not A Quan anymore."

  A Qiang let out a cry: "You're framing an innocent person!" Fu Ma blocked A Qiang in front of him, warily staring at me.

  "Ma Ge, it's really Zhou Jun Yang now." Fu Ma kept sizing me up without stopping.

  Lao San angrily said: "What's real and what's fake?" As he spoke, he charged over with his cleaver.

  Fu Ma and Xiao Lao both stopped Lao San, Xiao Lao touched the Mediterranean hairstyle and said: "This Jun Yang is indeed different from that gas-filled one just now."

  Lao San said hesitantly: "How can you prove it? Unless you hand over your bracelet."

  I chuckled softly, took off the chain and tossed it to Lao San: "A Long, you can have it if you need it." The chain was about to reach Lao San's hand when it was suddenly caught by a mysterious figure who appeared out of nowhere, and then vanished instantly.

  Lao San stared at me in shock, while Xiao Lao Da walked over with a laugh: "I knew that Jun Yang was problematic."

  Fu Ma patted my shoulder: "Jun Yang, are you okay?"

  I nodded: "Old Three, what's wrong with you? You still suspect me now that I have nothing left?"

  Lao San glanced at Xiao Lao and Fu Ma, threw the knife on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Second brother, just now I..."

  I waved my hand: "Between brothers, no need for many words."

  Suddenly, all three of them disappeared before my eyes and merged with the statue in front of the green-eyed female corpse. Seeing that they had all recovered, I let out a sigh of relief: "You guys are back."

  Lao San shook his neck: "I'm going, it's all right now, I'm all stiff."

  "It's indeed a thousand-year-old fox's eye, truly toxic, almost made us turn against each other." Xiao Lao sighed.

  Fu Ma took a glance at A Quan, who was now foaming at the mouth and had fainted to the ground. Fu Ma hastily went forward to help her up, while Lao San said indignantly: "Dà Yǎn, you're still taking care of her? She almost got us killed!"

  "Just now you wanted to kill Jun Yang, shouldn't we also ignore you?" Fu Ma said coldly.

  "Alright, alright, it's all in the past. Let's hurry up and think of a way to get out of here."

  Suddenly, a coughing sound came from one side, scaring us all, "Who?" Xiao Lao raised his gun and shouted loudly, now we were like startled birds.

  "It's me. You're all here too." Karamay slowly sat up from the ground, coughing non-stop. "I thought I was dead. We're all together again this time."

  Lao San hastily ran to Kelamayi's side: "Hey, awake? What happened to you guys, what's with all these vampires?"

  Karamay patted his head, coughed for half a day, and said intermittently: "That girl said her... dad was in this... I came in... As a result, I got trapped in this... When I came in, I didn't know what happened to them, they all started fighting, it seemed like they couldn't see me, finally they killed each other, died and became like this, later I heard that it seemed like you guys talking, suddenly everything went black, then I didn't know anything."

  Lao San silently lowered his head, and the rest of us still had lingering fears, looking at those people on the ground, thinking that we almost became like that, sighing endlessly.

  "Second brother, that..." I hurriedly patted his shoulder, "it's all in the past, when did you become so timid and weak, like a woman."

  "Now we need to figure out how to get out of here." Xiao Lao looked around in all directions.

  Karamay whispered, "I once heard a strange person in the village say that the green-eyed female corpse in this tomb had her eyes dug out before she died and replaced with those of a thousand-year-old fox spirit. Her soul was trapped inside her body forever, being used by others to deceive people. The soul of this female corpse has also suffered greatly. To rescue her, we must release her spirit from her body. Perhaps if we save her, we can leave."

  "But how can we release her spirit from her body?" I asked.

  Karamay stood up, patted his clothes and said: "Use your mouth to suck it out from one of the seven orifices."

  "Pfft......" Lao San suddenly spat it out, "Weakly asking, does the seven orifices include chrysanthemum?" The few of us with black lines on our faces looked at Lao San, and he quickly made a gesture of zipping his mouth shut.

  "Hmmph! That... who's going to kiss her, so everyone can leave and swallow their pride?" I said with a mixture of laughter and tears. Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke up.

  "Let's play rock-paper-scissors then." Xiao Lao smiled ambiguously. Everyone nodded in agreement, and after our intense and orderly competition for half a day, it was unanimously decided that Old Three would represent everyone to give the corpse with green eyes a sincere kiss.

  Lao San looked like he was paralyzed, unable to utter a word. I kicked him hard and he fell onto the corpse of the green-eyed woman. Suddenly, Lao San's face changed color, looking at us with a mixture of fear and trepidation.

  "Are you okay, Ah Long?" Fu Ma asked.

  "Brothers, this... this beauty is at least a D-cup."

  "Hurry up," Karamay said, pressing Lao San's head against the female corpse's face. A burst of white smoke emerged from the corpse's mouth, and Lao San spat and rinsed his mouth with water for a long time.

  The female corpse's pair of green eyes suddenly fell to the ground, and blood tears flowed out from the dark eye sockets. Lao San was stunned there, with tears also flowing non-stop in his eyes, looking at the female corpse with pity: "Farewell."

  Karamay sneered: "What's wrong, Ah Long, fallen in love with this ancient beauty?"

  Lao San's expression was serious: "Do you know who she is? Do you still remember that mural where the King of Dali married the Raksha Queen and then married another woman? She is that woman."

  With a loud crash, a hole opened up on the wall.

  "Let's go, we can leave this time." Xiao Lao stood up and walked to the front, carrying Ah Quan who was unconscious on his horseback.

  "Ah, it turns out that even in ancient times there were mistresses. This Raksha queen is too ruthless, turning her love rival into this state." I muttered to myself. Turning my head, I took a glance at everyone and clearly saw Ah Cang glaring at me with an evil gaze from behind Fu Ma, just like the cold eyes she had earlier.