Chapter 68 The Black Hair on His Back

  "What is a spirit?" asked the fatty.

  "To be honest, I'm not quite sure myself. It's probably something similar to a ghost cultivator. After a person dies, for various reasons they don't enter the cycle of reincarnation and instead embark on a path of cultivation under certain circumstances." Tian Qi explained.

  Fatty suddenly said, "You make it sound so complicated. Actually, isn't it very simple? It's just a lonely soul becoming a ghost and then getting stronger!"

  What the fatty said does make some sense, but such an opportunity is not something that any lonely soul or wild ghost can encounter. Either they were cultivators in their past lives with a certain level of cultivation, and after death did not wish to enter reincarnation so instead cultivated as ghosts; or it's also possible that after death they encountered a superior being who guided them onto this path, which is what people usually refer to as having a master.

  However, all of these are what Tian Qi saw in books, and he still hasn't seen a real spirit until now, so he can't be certain.

  "If it's really a spirit, then it can explain why he disappeared so quickly, because he didn't come up at all, but just influenced us through resentment or some kind of magic." Tianqi was trying to make sense of this, which was somewhat beyond his current understanding.

  Chou Shen didn't say a word, but he still furrowed his brow, Tian Qi knew that he must be thinking about something.

  "What do you think? Is there any judgment?" Tian Qi didn't want to interrupt Qiu Shen, but he found that the other had been silent for a while and was getting anxious.

  Chou Shen shook his head, "I don't know, but I feel that thing is not simple. If it's like you said and he didn't come up at all, then how do we explain the hand grasping Baozi? It can't be fake, the signs of rigor mortis are very clear."

  It's true that if the entity didn't come through mental influence, then what just happened was an illusion and Fatso himself crawled into the hole. But Tianqi and Chou Shen also saw it.

  It's pointless to try to explain everything, Tian Qi thinks. The world is vast and full of strange things; if you tried to figure out the reason behind every single one, it would take several lifetimes.

  After a brief stay, the three continued on their way, but this time Fatso refused to be in the back again, so Tianqi let him go in the middle.

  It's probably because they're getting deeper into the tomb that the temperature is dropping, and there's even a hint of chill in the air, but they're wearing enough clothes, so it doesn't have much effect.

  People who crawl on their knees in caves for a long time will definitely feel uncomfortable, especially fat people, who are not energetic at all.

  "When are we going to arrive? My back is so itchy, Tianqi, can you take a look at my back?" said the fatty.

  It's still a bit stuffy here, no matter how well ventilated it is. In the first period of time after entering, everyone's body has more or less sweat, and Fatty has even more. Now that the temperature has dropped, the skin feels a bit itchy, which is also normal. However, looking at Fatty's uncomfortable appearance, Tianqi still went forward to lift up his clothes.

  "What's going on!" Tian Qi exclaimed in surprise, shining his flashlight.

  "What's wrong? Don't scare me, I have a bad heart!" Tian Qi said. The fatty became even more anxious upon hearing this.

  There were some red marks on the back of Paozi, which should be scratched by himself. However, there was a patch of black hair growing on his back, similar to the hand that grabbed Paozi's foot earlier, but the hair on Paozi's back was not as long and only covered a small area.

  "Hurry up and tell me what's going on!" Fatty was anxious, stretching out his hand to touch his back, earlier he had been scratching through his clothes.

  Tian Qi hastily stopped the fatty, now still unclear what's going on, but should be poisoned, what if after using hands to grab and infecting the whole body, thinking of the fatty with all over black hair, Tian Qi couldn't help but get goosebumps.

  Chou Shen also came over at this time, and upon seeing the black hair growing on the back of the fatty's neck, he furrowed his brow. He and Tian Qi had roughly the same level of medical knowledge, but they didn't know what was going on. Unfortunately, Yingying wasn't here; if she were, perhaps they would have known something.

  "It might be an allergy, some red bumps have appeared. Whatever you do, don't scratch them, or they'll easily get infected. Let's deal with it after we go out, it's nothing serious."

  Now it's useless for Fatso to know about it too, and it will only make him more nervous.

  "It's just acne, what's the big deal? You looked like something was seriously wrong earlier. I once accidentally caught a chill and my whole body broke out in huge bumps, that was nothing. As long as they don't grow into long black hairs like that guy who grabbed me, it's fine!"

  Tian Qi thought to himself, you little brat actually got it right, he did start with a black hair, but he couldn't show it.

  Just as the fatty was enduring the strange itchiness crawling on him, the vengeful Qi in front of him stopped again. The fatty didn't notice and almost bumped into him.

  "This road is impassable, let's go back."

  As soon as I heard Qi Shen's voice, Tian Qi knew it was definitely not a good thing.

  "There's a snake den ahead, I didn't look closely just now, but there must be very poisonous snakes inside, and not just one. Let's retreat quickly before we disturb them," said Qiu Shen.

  Without any hesitation, they couldn't even get past a single snake, let alone a nest of snakes. Although it was hard to accept, they had no choice but to retreat.

  When retreating to that fork in the road, Tian Qi lingered for a moment, wondering if going in from here would lead him into the tomb chamber. But as soon as he thought of that eerie hand, he dispelled the idea and decided to exit through the cave entrance instead. After all these years, who knows how many capable people had entered this place? It's impossible that there's only one tunnel.

  But just as Chubby retreated to this fork in the road, he actually crawled inside!

  "Fatty, what are you doing? Come out quickly!" Tian Qi discovered and immediately wanted to go stop him.

  But Pongzi's movements seemed to have become much more agile, his whole body had already crawled in, hearing Tianqi's shout, he actually turned back and smiled, then continued to crawl inside.

  Seeing Fatso smile at himself, Tianqi felt a chill in his heart. This was absolutely not Fatso. Fatso's smile would be very lewd, but it wouldn't be so eerie.

  Could it be related to the black hair growing on his back? If so, Fatso isn't allergic, he's probably been possessed by an evil spirit!

  No choice, Tian Qi looked at Qiu Shen with a deep gaze and also crawled into the hole, Qiu Shen immediately followed.

  "Fatty, stop right there!" Tian Qi was still shouting loudly.

  But Pángzi seemed to have not heard anything, continuing to crawl forward at a very fast speed. Tiān Qí and Chóu Shēn were not far behind, but they always maintained a certain distance.

  Tian Qi was also puzzled at this time, the fat man wore a jade that raised the dead, and it wouldn't be easy to get infected, even ordinary ghosts couldn't get close, why he and Chou Shen were fine, but only the fat man got infected.

  At this moment, the fat man in front suddenly accelerated a lot and actually pulled away, Tianqi didn't know what was going on, his hand slipped and his body instantly sped up.

  The road ahead had become extremely slippery, and with a certain slope, the body was out of control in free fall.

  Chou Shen was at the back, discovered in time, adjusted his body position and slid down with him. He wanted to speed up and catch Tian Qi, but it didn't work at all. There was no fulcrum for his ability to be used.

  Finally, a dull hum came from the front, and Fatso was the first to arrive at the end of the cave. I don't know how he fell, but he landed upside down with his head facing downwards.

  Tian Qi's current posture is not much better than that of a fat person, using force to twist his body, hoping to change the situation where he was facing down directly.

  Fortunately, the entrance was not far from the ground, and Tian Qi's face was also directly on the ground, but the soil was not hard and he didn't get hurt. It seemed that this should be the tomb chamber, and unexpectedly, they had arrived here in such a way.

  "Fatty!" Tian Qi hadn't even gotten up yet, but he found that Fatty had already stood up and run off!

  Chou Shen also slipped down at this time, and because he was prepared, he directly stood on the ground.

  "Go and chase after Fatty, I'll be right there," Tian Qi said.

  But Qiu Shen didn't move. "He's too fast, I think he must be controlled by something, we can't catch up with him at all, my speed is not enough either." Qiu Shen said.

  Tian Qi understood the meaning of Qiu Shen's words, and entering this passage was so strange. The tomb chamber would not be sure what would appear, and if Qiu Shen couldn't catch up with Bao Zi, he wouldn't be able to find Qiu Shen again. The three people were scattered, and the danger increased several times.

  At this moment, a cold hum came from the tomb again, and the voice was more real than when it was outside the tomb. The direction of the sound was exactly where Fatso had just run away...