Chapter 3: Escaping Danger

  Yu Xianyao was now somewhat panicked, the skull that had been smashed by his own stone seemed to have been enraged. It could be clearly felt that it was afraid of the golden snake brooch on his chest, but it still came towards him with reckless abandon.

  Yu Xianyao slowly backed away, but before he could take two steps, he was tripped up by the Blue Little Sea beneath him. This caused his body to become unstable, and in a state of panic, he flipped over and rolled out to one side. However, at this very moment, the skull's speed suddenly increased. Like a shadow, it pounced towards the Blue Little Sea.

  Yu Xianyao let out a cry of surprise and was about to rush over to save Lan Xiaohai, but his movements suddenly froze. He felt as if his body was no longer under his control, and then a flash of golden light appeared, making him feel a chill in his chest.

  The golden snake suddenly transformed into a golden light and flew out, colliding with the black shadow that had transformed from the skull. With a muffled sound, a burst of black mist rose into the air amidst the golden light, like a mushroom cloud floating above Lan Xiao Hai's body.

  The skeleton was completely dismembered and several skull segments were thrown out, the skull bones rolled to the side of the ruins of the collapsed place, and after bouncing back, they rolled directly under the stone coffin before stopping. The empty eyes happened to be facing Yu Xianyao's direction, causing Yu Xianyao to involuntarily take a breath of cold air.

  As he looked up at the black fog, he saw that the golden snake's triangular head suddenly opened its mouth and sucked in with great force, and the black fog was actually sucked into its belly.

  Just as Yu Xianyao widened his eyes to confirm whether the skull was scrapped, the golden snake suddenly plunged into his chest. The golden light disappeared, and the cave instantly fell back into darkness. It scared him for a moment, but he quickly calmed down, this time the skull did not condense again.

  He slowly walked towards Lan Xiao Hai, using the light from his miner's lamp to examine him. Apart from a large lump on the back of his head and a bruise on his chest, his heartbeat and breathing seemed normal.

  "Ding ding, dang dang~" A series of pickaxe strikes against the stone wall echoed through, the sharp sounds weakening after passing through the stone wall. Yu Xianyao finally felt at ease, knowing that someone was digging to rescue him and Lan Xiaohai. However, thinking back to earlier made his heart feel stifled again.

  Those damn miners from the outside village, they actually lit the fuse without waiting for us and Lan Xiao Hai to get out of the mine. If it wasn't for our good fortune and luck, we would have been killed by those short-lived bastards!

  Yu Xian's heart was cursing nonstop, but his hands didn't stop moving. He picked up Lan Xiao Hai and gently shook him awake. As soon as he woke up, he let out a series of shrill cries: "Let me go, let me go! I don't want to die! Please, ghost grandfather, I'm not delicious, my muscles aren't as developed as Ah Yao's, don't eat me!"

  Yu Chengyao looked at Lan Xiaohai with a face full of disdain, the beam of light from the miner's lamp shone on Lan Xiaohai's eyes, only then did this scared-out-of-his-wits guy completely come to.

  "What's wrong? Was I having a nightmare just now?" Lan Xiaohai looked terrified, drenched in sweat. But his hands were tightly grasping Yu Xiangyao's shoulders and wouldn't let go.

  Yu Xingyao chuckled and said, "Brother, don't be afraid, I'm here. Just now, I kicked this broken skull into pieces with three kicks, look, the skull is no longer jumping around, we're safe!"

  "It's all right, we're still stuck in this damn hole!" Seeing Yu Chengyao's relaxed expression, Lan Xiaohai finally regained his composure, but he was still shaken and looked around anxiously with a worried face.

  "Don't worry, we'll be able to get out soon, listen!" Yu Xianyao made a silencing gesture, telling Lan Xiaohai not to speak.

  The quiet cave suddenly rang out with the sound of "ding ding dang" again, and Yu Xingyao smiled: "Did you hear that? Someone outside is coming to rescue us!"

  The sound of "ding dong" grew louder and louder. The stones in the collapsed area also loosened, and soon a beam of light shone through from outside.

  "A loud and fierce cry of 'Present, Xiao Hai!' came from outside the door, followed by the beam of light being blocked again, as if the door had been slammed shut."

  Lan Xiao Hai hastily stood up from the ground and loudly shouted: "We're here! We're here! Hurry up and rescue us!"

  "It seems to be safe inside, it's all safe!" Outside, a burst of noise was heard, and soon, with the efforts of the crowd, a gap was finally opened on the side of the ruins, and several miner's lamps shone towards the two at the same time.

  Yu Xianyao pulled Lan Xiaohai out of the gap in a hurry, and the crowd outside was shocked.

  "Is everything all right?"

  "What's going on? How can nothing be going on?! What about those outsider miners?" Yu Xingyao saw that the group of people were all villagers from their own village, and a look of anger suddenly appeared on his face as he glared at the crowd and asked.

  "Outside, the village head has led people to surround them all!" someone replied.

  Yu presented a bright and energetic appearance as he rushed out of the temporary rescue tunnel, running all the way towards the outside of the cave. As he emerged from the cave, the sky was darkening, with the sun already setting in the west. It seemed that he had been trapped inside the cave for an entire afternoon. Meanwhile, the situation outside was also extremely tense and precarious.

  "How can you harm the children of our village and then think of running away? You haven't found the person, none of you should think about leaving Zhuzikeng!" A stern and aged voice echoed in front of the cave, a group of more than 20 robust middle-aged men holding hoes or carrying pickaxes, surrounding a 70-year-old white-haired old man who was coldly staring at more than 10 miners from outside the village.

  "Village chief, we're out!" Yu Xianyao stood at the entrance and shouted to the crowd outside. Then his body suddenly jumped up like a fierce beast, and a side kick directly kicked onto the head of a miner from another village.

  That man instantly fell into a four-way split, his hands bursting into wolf-like howls.

  Yu Xianyao hooked the pickaxe with one foot, and the person who had dropped it to the ground was hooked up by him. In an instant, he grasped it in his hand. He held the pickaxe level with one hand, pointing at the rest of the villagers outside, and coldly shouted: "Who lit the fuse? Come out!"

  Those miners were stunned by this scene. This strong young man was so fierce, just looking at his hands and feet a moment ago, it was clear that he was a master of martial arts, and his movements were as smooth as those of the kung fu stars on TV.

  The crowd all showed a frightened expression and retreated one step at a time, only to see one person still standing stupidly in place, just in time to stand out from the crowd. Yu Xingyao didn't say a word, went forward and slapped him with a loud slap. Although he was not very old, his height of 175cm was already considered quite tall in the south.

  The middle-aged miner who was slapped in the ear shrank his head, although he looked sturdy all over, but was dazed by this slap and became more stunned.

  Yu Xiangyao raised his hand and grabbed his collar, and with one hand, he lifted up this over 100-jin adult man.

  "Who told you not to wait for us to come out? Speak, or I'll bury you alive!" Yu Chengyao scolded while inserting the pickaxe in his hand into the rocky ground with a loud clang, sending sparks flying everywhere and startling the onlookers.

  "Haha, who did he provoke? He provoked this little kid. It seems that today we don't need to take action, they already have a headache!" The group of middle-aged people from Pearl Pit Village couldn't help but burst out laughing at the scene, and the old village chief also watched Yu Xianyao's actions with great interest, without any intention of stopping him.

  The outer village miner who was lifted up by Yu Chengyao also got a fright from what happened earlier, his body suddenly jerked violently. He seemed to have come back to his senses, both hands frantically grabbing onto Yu Chengyao's arm. A fearful expression appeared on his face as he said: "Young master, young master, let's talk this out, let's talk this out!"

  Yu Xingyao's face finally eased up, but he didn't let go, instead he coldly stared at him, waiting for him to speak.

  "Little brother, the fire wasn't lit by me, it was Liu Er Mazi, Liu Er Mazi lit it! It wasn't me, really wasn't me!" He had a pleading expression, his face tear-stained as he looked at Yu Chengyao.

  After this middle-aged miner confessed, his back suddenly attracted a burst of attention. The crowd automatically dispersed, and a short and stout middle-aged miner was isolated.

  Yu Xiangyao raised his hand and suddenly threw the person in his hand out. With a loud thud, the sound of the body hitting the ground, he had already arrived in front of that short and stout middle-aged miner.

  The cold and sharp pickaxe, with its white gleaming blade, was pointing directly at the short and stout middle-aged miner's neck. Yu Xianyou looked down at the miner who had fallen to the ground and asked in a cold voice: "Why did you do this?"

  At this moment, the stout middle-aged miner was frightened, his hands trembling as he wiped away sweat, his whole body shaking. His mouth opened and he muttered a sentence that couldn't be heard clearly.