Chapter 5: The Mysterious Cave Entrance

  This move is still quite effective, those strange 'children' would be blinded by the flashlight for about two seconds after being shone in their eyes, and Liangzi and Lao'er took this opportunity to attack them, it didn't take much time before the strange 'children' were all knocked down.

  "Aren't you guys very arrogant? Ah, come on and keep fighting!" Liangzi possibly enraged to the point of being blinded by rage, bellowed with his body covered in blood.

  I and Liu Bao just wanted to go over and take a look, when we saw two dark shadows jumping down from the building. The one in front was that thin old man, and the one behind him was naturally that 'young girl'. The old man looked especially furious, shouting: "Today you killed my child, I will surely take your life."

  Right after that, I saw him constantly twisting his body and soon became twice as big as before. His pointed mouth and monkey cheeks completely transformed into a big black fox.

  The 'young girl' behind it also began to change, and as expected, it became exactly the same as the white fox in the painting, except for the hesitant eyes and tears of sadness. What was presented before us was a white fox with a mouth full of sharp teeth, constantly roaring angrily.

  Li Zong picked up the knife and cursed loudly: "This life, I hate beautiful women the most. I'll chop you to death, you fox spirit." He rushed forward, raised his knife and chopped at the white fox.

  But before he could get close to the white fox, he was caught by the old black fox's paw on his shoulder and was knocked to the ground with one blow.

  I didn't expect this old black fox to be so fierce, hurry up and run over to help Liangzi, I saw that his shoulder was torn off a piece of flesh, it hurt him so much that he let out a loud "ah", but he still refused to give up and struggled to get up and continue fighting desperately. At this time, 'Mr. Xu' had already joined the battle with them.

  I saw Liang Zijun's injury was so severe, I immediately got angry and rushed up to stab the white fox with my knife. The white fox was attacking Mr. Xu with the black fox, but when it saw me coming, it turned around and raised its sharp claws to grab me, yet for some reason, it froze on the spot.

  I took advantage of the opportunity to thrust my knife deep into its body, and I felt a sudden gush as the hilt almost disappeared. However, the white fox surprisingly did not attack me, but instead stared at me motionlessly. I vaguely sensed that two streams of tears flowed out of its eyes.

  At this time, I thought to myself, "No way, you kissed me and now we have feelings?" While stunned, I heard 'Mr. Xu' shouting while fighting the black fox: "You young man, why are you hesitating? Quickly settle its name!"

  I immediately came to my senses, drew out the knife and stabbed the white fox fiercely, I don't know how many knives were stabbed before the white fox finally fell to the ground motionless, but its pair of eyes still stared at me with hesitation and resentment, just like a painting.

  I don't know what's wrong with me either, it's as if I had killed my own lover with my own hands, looking into its eyes and being at a loss for what to do, for a moment I even felt an urge to hold it in my arms.

  Suddenly, I heard a mournful howl, turned around and saw that the black fox had jumped to the top of the second floor, facing the sky and wailing. Then it lowered its head towards the dead strange 'child' and spat out a mouthful of black air. I saw all those strange 'children' slowly standing up.

  Does this thing still have the effect of reviving from death? I was just about to attack those strange 'kids' when that black fox shadow suddenly appeared in front of me, swiped at my chest with its paw, and sent me flying into the wall. Whoa, a mouthful of blood spurted out.

  At this time, I saw 'Mr. Xu' and the black fox fighting together, but obviously the black fox had the upper hand. 'Mr. Xu' was swinging his wooden sword while retreating to my side, and it seemed like he couldn't hold on much longer.

  At this moment, he saw him throw away the wooden sword and bite his middle fingers on both hands. He vaguely wrote a "thunder" on his left hand and a "lightning" on his right hand. Then, he squatted in a horse stance, pushed his two hands forward, shouted loudly "break", and heard a loud noise like the whole world had become silent.

  After a long time, I saw a hint of redness in the eastern sky, and unexpectedly our thoughts were still at midnight, but the sky had already begun to brighten up.

  I found Liu Bao bandaging Liang Zi's wound, Lao Lu sat on the ground in a daze, 'Mr. Xu' was sitting in front of me panting heavily, looking extremely tired, the courtyard floor was littered with fox corpses of all sizes, and there was an additional gray rabbit, I thought that should be the 'donkey' that 'Mr. Xu' rode!

  I just spat out a mouthful of blood, but it didn't seem to be anything serious. The four of us huddled together, still visibly shaken. After resting for a moment, I asked Mr. Xu, "Where is this place? And what was going on with those foxes just now?"

  Mr. Xu regained his composure and put away his wooden sword, coming over to us with a smile to tell us the reason for what had happened.

  The village was originally called "Chicken Village", with about 20 households. The village is basically isolated from the outside world, and the villagers make a living by hunting. Life was peaceful, but two years ago, a big flood occurred in the river here, and more than half of the villagers were drowned to death. The houses also collapsed and became uninhabitable. The rest of the survivors all moved out to live elsewhere.

  At that time, the government had just started to build roads for the village. When half of the road was built, this accident happened and the project stopped. 'Mr. Xu' is called Xu Xin, a Taoist priest who travels around the world. He passed through this village when it was already uninhabited, but he felt that there was a strong aura of evil here. Then he found out that a den of foxes had become spirits. So he stayed here. Xu Xin himself had a compassionate heart and did not want to take the life of the little fox spirit. He just cut off its hands and feet so it couldn't harm people.

  But last night, a little boy suddenly came to find him with a donkey, saying that his family member was seriously ill and needed timely treatment. Xu Xin could also see that the little boy was transformed by the fox, but things had to come to an end, so he rode the "donkey" to get here.

  It was unexpected for him that the four of us suddenly appeared, and then what happened before occurred. If he had come a bit later, our lives would have been taken by the fox demon. The white fox and black fox's magic were very strong, even if we didn't drink that cup of tea, it would be hard to save our lives.

  After we finished listening to his words, we were all terrified. I thought of that 'beautiful girl's' eyes and my whole body felt cold. Lao Lu basically had no idea what was going on, just asking this and that, and the rest of us didn't have the energy to answer.

  After Xu Xin calmed down, he left a sentence 'Leave as soon as possible and take care of yourself' and then walked away. Liu Bao supported me and Liangzi to sit by the wall, and the three of us were all filled with emotion. Who would have thought that this trip would encounter such a strange thing before seeing the treasure?

  Li Zong's rough skin was thick, and after a short rest, he returned to his true nature. He kept shouting that the "sexy young girl" had gone blind. I and Liu Bao couldn't help but laugh. I didn't dare tell them about being forcefully kissed by Bai Hu, otherwise they would make fun of me for the rest of my life.

  The old man was the only one who didn't know what had happened, and during the most terrifying battle he was unconscious, so now he's full of energy and clamoring to go find that 'Xian Shan Fu Hu Tu', we're too lazy to care about him, thinking anyway it's just an illusion, that painting doesn't even exist.

  I found that the house we are in is actually dilapidated, the second floor has collapsed and is in a mess, with ruins all over the place. The three of us were chatting about last night's events when suddenly Lao Lu shouted from inside the house: "Ah, what the hell is this?"

  Everyone didn't know what was going on, and they supported each other into the house. I found that this place was completely chaotic, and it was not like the place I saw last night at all. That picture wasn't seen, but Lao Lu was moving a taishi chair with great effort, and under the chair, a golden 'pot lid' appeared.

  Everyone thought it was unbelievable, and Liangzi's injury seemed to have healed as well. He ran over and shouted: "Wow, we're going to get rich!" Then he actually lay down on the ground and started biting the edge of the pot lid with his teeth. After I and Liu Bao went over, we saw that the glittering thing was a circular object resembling a well cover, with some incomprehensible patterns on top.

  But anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is definitely not made of gold, probably something like brass.

  Liang Zi and Lao Lu were busy for half a day, biting and touching each other, only to discover that it wasn't gold. Liang Zi got angry and kicked Lao Lu, saying: "What's the point of making such a fuss over this broken thing? Can't you be serious for once?"

  The old road also had a look of grievance but didn't dare to talk back, so I told Liangzi not to blame others anymore. Then I squatted down and carefully looked at this "well cover". At this time, I found that there was a faint depression on the "well cover" similar to a thumb. I don't know how I pressed my own thumb into it.

  I immediately felt a wave of soreness all over my body, as if I had been exhausted and drained. Then I fell to the ground, and Liu Bao just caught me and asked what was wrong? Just then, there was a loud creaking sound, and the manhole cover seemed to be pushed up from underneath, revealing a dark hole in front of everyone.

  Everyone was stunned for a moment before Lao Lu spoke up: "I'm saying, this can't be an ancient tomb, right?"

  Liangzi directly retorted: "You're thinking of good things all day, whose ancient tomb entrance is under a chair? I reckon this should be the lair of those 'fox spirits'."

  I shone my flashlight into the hole, but it was pitch black and I couldn't see the bottom. The light from the flashlight was so bright, yet we still couldn't see anything. Others came over to take a look, but they were all equally baffled. This time, we only brought flashlights and knives with us, leaving everything else in the car. Even if we had the courage to go down, we would be powerless anyway.

  So I said to everyone, "Let's not investigate any further, let's hurry back to the car and try to find a way to return by the original route. This time we're going to Houbaizi Village. This place is so eerie that it's not suitable for long stays. Who knows if there are any flower foxes or blue fox spirits."

  A few people might think what I said is right, this village of Houwazi hadn't even arrived at the destination, yet almost lost their lives in this so-called 'Chicken Village', then Liangzi put that 'manhole cover' back to its original position, and everyone turned around and walked out.

  Not yet at the door, I heard someone behind me say: "Ah, spicy dance", several people turned their heads instantly but the sound was gone. I let everyone hurry up and leave, that Xinxin is not here anymore, if something unexpected happens again, it can't be handled.

  Everyone was like a little run just out the door and heard another voice: "Ah, spicy dance", I thought to myself, what the heck is this foreign monster, why do I always feel like someone is saying: "I LOVE YOU".