My heart froze when I heard Liu Sang say this. It appeared that not only did he know, but he had been waiting for to ask him.
In other words, he always thought that I would figure out that sothing strange was going on a long ti ago, but I never did.
What made feel even more strange was that Fatty didn't speak up after he heard Liu Sang's words. The four of us remained silent for a mont before the people up front began crawling forward again.
At that mont, all my initial thoughts intertwined as if I were about to be enlightened. But even though an answer was starting to appear, I just couldnt seem to get it out.
I couldn't even challenge him under these circumstances. We continued crawling in silence for another hour before I suddenly heard an echo coming from up front. There appeared to be an open space up ahead.
I couldn't suppress my inner ecstasy. I had entered a state of total numbness after crawling in the dark for so long, but when I suddenly heard the kind of sound that would only appear in a large space, I imdiately felt the pressure on my heart ease. My blood pressure instantly rose and I began crawling forward desperately.
It would probably only take a minute or two, but my senses had been stretched to their limits. I heard soone talking in front of in what seed to be Fatty's voice, but it was so distorted that I couldn't understand what he was saying at all. At this ti, the intense discomfort in my heart and the claustrophobia pressing in around made fall into a trance. As I crawled forward, my elbow suddenly didn't hit the rocky ground and my whole upper body almost pitched forward.
I had crawled out, but the exit of this hole seed to be in a very high position and I was about to face-plant.
Then, soone grabbed by the shoulder and dragged out of the cave like a midwife delivering a baby.
After lying on my stomach for so long and suddenly standing upright, I was hit by a sudden wave of dizziness and collapsed to the ground. Those distorted voices were all around , as if there were a lot of people talking. It seed as if there were countless people here, but it was completely dark and there werent any lights.
I waited for a while before a rhinoceros horn candle was lit and the darkness around quickly receded. When I ca back to my senses, I saw that I was sitting on a raised rock the size of an outdoor air conditioner. My feet were dangling over what turned out to be a vast abyss below.
It appeared to be an underground cliff, the other side of which was about two arm's length away from . I knew I could easily jump over it. The abyss below seed bottomless, as if an evil spirit were hiding in its serene depths. I could hear the sound of running water co from below, just like thousands of galloping horses. It was probably another underground river.
I could also see countless honeycomb-like holes on both sides of the cliff that looked just like the hole we had crawled out of. Water was flowing out of so of the holes and rushing into the abyss below. Oddly enough, there was an engraving on every hole like they all had nas.
Countless bronze basins like the one we had found in the tunnel before had been regularly placed on so of the cliff protrusions in dense clusters.
Everyone in Uncle Twos group was standing on all the protrusions around and wearing gas masks. Uncle Two was beside , soaking a towel in dicinal liquor. He then lit it on fire for a few seconds before putting the flas out and placing it over my face.
In the few seconds before my eyes were covered, I saw Fatty and Poker-Face going through the sa thing. Then, a warm current spread from my eyes to my whole body and a heavy, pungent sll filled my nostrils as my eyes beca unbearably itchy.
The towel was affixed to my eyes with a bandage. When I saw his actions, the answer that was about to co out before finally revealed itself.
"Uncle Two, are you kidding ? I asked him. Youve already been in this tomb."
"Ive been checking the whereabouts of your Uncle Three. I found this tomb two years ago," I heard Uncle Two's voice say. The rest of the conversation was conducted in the dark.
"Then why didn't you tell ? Is this to make look like a fool in front of everyone? I asked miserably. I wasnt miserable because Uncle Two had lied to compared to Uncle Three, it wasnt surprising that Uncle Two would do such a thingI was miserable because I already knew Uncle Two's intentions.
There was a long silence where everyone, including Fatty, didnt speak. Finally, Uncle Two sighed, "Youre so smart, you should understand."
I didn't say anything else as I suddenly rembered what had happened during the New Year's festivities and what Uncle Two had said to when we were drinking.
"Little Xie, this kind of thing when you go from a low position to a high position, from ignorance to wisdom, you can overco and avoid any of the dangers you encounter. No matter how hard it is or how difficult it becos, the impossible things will soon pass. Because at that ti, the timidness from those who are self-aware and know that theyre weak can save lives.
I had been a little drunk at that ti, so I could only listen silently as Uncle Two continued, "Many people reach a certain stage where they surpass their teachers. Even if you have an open mind and want to be taught and get advice from others, you cant. This is because youve gone too far and no one has the ability to guide you. Its a lonely and dangerous situation. Third Brother and I have co to this stage.
The advantage of having a teacher is that soone can always remind you to be careful at critical tis. They will tell you if your ability is equal to self-awareness and they wont shy away from telling you the truth about yourself. This is because they can see through you. But when it cos to you, Little Xie, no one has the ability to tell you the truth about yourself. If you dont understand it yourself, youll not only get yourself killed, but those around you as well.
I leaned my head back, feeling calm. I had enough experience to know that Uncle Two was right.
"You wanted to go through this tomb to let know that I no longer had the ability to go down to tombs anymore, I said. Uncle Two, I"
I suddenly realized that I didn't have anything to say. Based on my present appearance and recalling everything I had done over the past thirty hours, I would have definitely died long ago if Uncle Two hadn't cleaned out this tomb.
But the most important thing was that this had all been planned and I didnt even notice it. Now that I was recalling things, there were countless details that I would have definitely noticed before. But this ti, I didn't notice them the entire way.
"Uncle Two, even college entrance exams can be repeated. You can't beat Mr. Nave to death with a stick," Fatty finally spoke up from the side. "Hes contributed to the Wu family and done so many ritorious deeds for the Nine Gates."
Uncle Two ignored him and whispered to , "Little Xie, I'll keep looking into Third Brothers affairs. Ive confiscated your phone. Youre doing a job youre not trained for, so this is enough. You should focus on healing your eyes first. After this incident, I believe you also know that you can't go grave robbing. Just let the professionals handle it. Your story ends here."
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() Uncle Two, you sexy calculating man. Wu Xie is like putty in his hands lol. I also feel like they're being awfully hard on him. I'm like 90% sure he has a concussion from Fatty blowing him up so many chapters ago
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