Chapter Thirty-Four: Escaping Death

  I leaned weakly against the wall of the pit and fell into a deep abyss of despair.

  Little brother, where is he now? Does he know I'm trapped in this trap? After Ga Ba Da returns and finds me not in his house, will he come out to find me? Oh, and there's also Ya Tou...

  In Huanglong Village, apart from these three people, I really can't think of anyone else who would suddenly appear here to save me?

  This is my last hope, and it's also my willing hope! But will they come?

  No, they don't even know I'm here, how would they come?

  I was daydreaming when something heavy suddenly fell from above and hit me right on the head, making my scalp ache!

  I still didn't understand what was going on, and outside the cave there were large pieces of mud falling in.

  I suddenly came to my senses and realized that the person above was actually trying to bury me alive!

  My heart almost jumped out of my eyes, I shouted loudly, "Don't, don't! Help, help! Is there anyone? Help!"

  The mud fell down in a flurry, soon submerging my feet, knees and thighs...

  Who is this person and why does he want to bury me alive? As soon as the thought emerged, the falling mud had already covered up to my navel.

  I gradually lost even the strength to cry out, and could only close my eyes and wait for death to arrive.

  I never thought fate would play such a huge joke on me, I didn't die under Lin Mei's vengeful spirit's pursuit, but now I'm going to die in this village that has never been visited by anyone and has no grudges with anyone... and what's more, being buried alive.

  I didn't dare think about it anymore, and suddenly I felt that there was no soil falling from above.

  "What's going on? Could it be that the red-clad man has had a change of heart and stopped filling in the pit?" I opened my eyes in surprise.

  Just then a hurried footstep seemed to be fleeing, while another gradually approaching footstep let out a stifled cry of surprise, "Who's here? What are you doing?"

  The fleeing footsteps did not respond and ran even faster. The person who came later chased for a few steps and then stopped in his tracks.

  Someone's coming, the person in red is escaping! I'm both shocked and delighted, not caring about anything else, shouting loudly for my life, "Save me, save me! Who's up there? Save me, save me!"

  A head popped out of the pit, and it was actually Rocky! I absolutely did not expect that at this moment, the one appearing in front of me would be Rocky, who didn't testify for me that night!

  "Lan Tian, how did you end up here? It's okay?"

  I had forgotten the unpleasantness of that night when he almost got me burned to death on the gallows, but the joy of being rescued made me shout loudly, "It's me, it's me! Uncle Rock Dragon, hurry up and save me!"

  Yue Long squatted at the mouth of the pit and said slowly, "Lan Tian, this cave is so deep and there's no rope. How can I rescue you? Can't you climb up by yourself?"

  His words stunned me. What does he mean? Does he want to see me dead and not save me? However, at this time, even if I had 120 guts, I wouldn't dare offend him!

  I forced a wry smile and responded with a vague murmur, trying to wriggle my body out of the mud that was piled up to my navel. But as soon as I moved, my whole body hurt like hell! I gritted my teeth and endured the piercing pain for what felt like an eternity before finally extracting myself from the mud.

  Throughout the whole process, the rock dragon crouched at the entrance of the cave without making a sound, only staring at me coldly.

  Standing on the waist-high mound of mud, I suddenly found myself far above the ground. Stretching out my hand, I could touch the opening of the hole. Ignoring the attitude of the rock dragon, I stretched out my hand through the opening and tried to climb out of this damned deep pit.

  I panted as I climbed upwards and asked, "Uncle Rock Dragon, which son of a bitch almost buried me alive just now?"

  Yan Long didn't say a word, and suddenly a sharp pain shot through my fingertips, so painful that my eyes turned black and I almost fainted.

  I struggled to lift my head and was shocked to see a ferocious-looking Rocky Dragon staring at me.

  He sneered and stepped heavily on my fingers that were placed at the entrance of the cave, "What did you ask him for? Want to thank him on my behalf?"

  I stared at the rock dragon in shock, looking stupid but now like a demon, and I didn't understand why he would treat me like this?

  "Who? What do you want?"

  "What do you want to do?" Yan Long sneered, "You shouldn't have entered Huanglong Village in the first place. Outsiders who enter Huanglong Village only have one path - death, heh heh..."

  "It's not like I wanted to come to your village, it was Little Brother who made me come! If you kill me, Little Brother will definitely not let you off..."

  "Hey, little brother? You're better off not mentioning him, but now that you have, I'm getting annoyed! Why did he have to come back at such a critical moment? Haha... Don't expect him to come and save you, he's currently busy running around in circles at Eighth Grandfather's place!"

  I only felt a chill on my scalp, and Rocky pulled out a gleaming dagger from his body and pressed it against my forehead! He sneered and used the dagger to cut open a small slit on my forehead, "Kid, this is our village's thousand-year-old unique punishment of Lingdao Suiluan, you must endure it, don't die too quickly!"

  A sharp pain swept through my entire body, and the blood flowing from my forehead instantly blurred my eyes...

  Am I going to die?

  At a critical moment, I suddenly heard an icy voice above my head, "Let him go!"

  That voice carried infinite killing intent, chilling people to their very core!

  I felt the rock dragon's hand holding the dagger tremble slightly, and suddenly left my forehead. He stood up trembling, releasing his foot from my fingers.

  My body "thudded" again and fell into the deep pit, with the gradually rising sun, I saw that the two legs of the rock dragon were trembling with fear.

  He struggled to lift his head and saw that the Rock Dragon's face was whiter than paper, his voice trembling. "Young man, I was wrong, I shouldn't have treated your friend like this, please spare my life..."

  A calm and collected voice came from outside the pit, "Every village has its own rules, every mountain has its own regulations. You'd better settle this yourself? You're too despicable, I'm afraid my hands will get dirty if I kill you."

  It's little brother!

  I shouted with excitement in the pit, "Brother, is that you? Great, now that you're here, everything will be alright..." My voice was choked and I could barely speak.

  A long sigh came from outside the pit, "Lan Tian, last night someone took advantage of the chaos caused by the ghost to steal the blueprint from me and put it in Eighth Grandfather's house. I've been tracking it all the way here, but I didn't expect that he was the one who stole the blueprint... You've been wronged, I'm late!"

  The young man's words were like a lifesaving melody, and I was just about to ask him to pull me up when he suddenly said coldly, "Take it?"

  "What... what's going on?"

  "Assassination diagram!" I sensed that sharp and fierce killing intent from Xiao Ge's voice once again.

  "Little brother, I really... really didn't take your drawings!"

  "I'm telling you for the last time, bring it here!"

  "The blueprint is really not in my hands..." Yan Long said, his figure suddenly disappeared above my head, this guy must be trying to escape!

  I heard his footsteps rushing out not far away, but suddenly he took a step back and returned to the previous position, I just saw his face.

  A voice came from nearby, "Where are you going?"

  It sounds like the village chief's voice!

  He, how did he come?

  The cave echoed with the wretched laughter of the Rock Dragon, "Alright, alright, I'm despicable, I deserve to die, I've got what's coming to me! However, it wasn't me who buried Lan Tian alive, and I didn't steal the blueprint either... Little brother, if I tell you who that person is, can you let me go?"

  The little brother did not answer, as if hesitating.

  "The village chief's words rang out again, 'In our Huanglong Village, there is actually a scum like you, now I just want you to die!'"

  His voice had just fallen, and I heard a loud cry from the Rock Dragon, which fell heavily to the ground! Before dying, it seemed to say "You... you...", and after two more sounds, there was no more noise.

  "Village chief, you acted too quickly! I didn't even have a chance to ask who stole the blueprint and tried to bury Lantian alive!"

  "As for this rock dragon that eats inside and outside, it should have died long ago! As for the person you mentioned, we can continue to investigate. As long as this person is still in our Huanglong Village, I don't believe he can't be caught!" The village chief's words were righteous and reasonable, could it be that what I and Yaotou saw last night, their secret meeting with Yang Zheng, was just an illusion? What exactly were they secretly plotting?"

  No, this village headman must have some problem, it's just that I can't quite put my finger on what it is...

  The village head coldly ordered the young man to take me to Gabada's pharmacy for treatment after a few words, and then turned around and left. The young man pulled me out of the deep pit, saw that my fingers were swollen like carrots, and the wound on my forehead was bleeding profusely. He frowned, put me on his shoulder, and quickly took me to Gabada's pharmacy.

  Gaba's face was cold and indifferent. "I've told you before, if you don't want to die young, then just stay put honestly. Today, I guess you managed to salvage a life?"

  This tattooed man didn't ask me how I got hurt, but instead coldly ridiculed me, making me feel extremely uncomfortable.

  Little brother accompanied by a smile opened his mouth, "Gaba uncle, it's me who didn't take good care of him..."

  Ga Ba let out a heavy hum and didn't respond, turning to go into the inner room to fetch a medicine box. Xiao Ge placed me on the bamboo bed and lay down, saying seriously, "Lan Tian, from now on, you must take good care of yourself at Ga Ba's house, no matter what happens in the village, don't worry about it, got it? I have something to do, I'll leave first!"

  The young man finished speaking and walked out of Ga Ba's thatched cottage. I had wanted to tell him about the conversation I overheard with Ya Tou at the village chief's house last night, as well as what happened when I followed the person in red clothes, but it was already too late.

  Gaba quickly treated my wound and brought me a bowl of bitter porridge to drink, instructing me not to move around, then carried the medicine box and went out again.

  This weird guy, why does he always carry a medicine box when going out? I don't know what he's busy with all day.

  I lay in bed, recalling how I narrowly escaped being buried alive by the red-clad men and being sliced to pieces by the rocky dragon's knife. My heart still has lingering fears.

  This is too ridiculous! What's going on in this village, it seems like everyone has gone mad! Is it because of the little brother's map? Forbidden by the yin soul.

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