Book 1: Chapter 60

Book 1: Chapter 60

I didn't see anything related to Uncle Three except for the murals of the immortal boat. Back in those days, they did such a beautiful job robbing the tomb that they didn't leave anything behind except for the shuikao. Not to mention the mural in the back of the chamber, just the content of the mural at the front of the chamber was enough to guess what Uncle Three's reaction was. Based on his character, he probably knew that there was an underground place in Fujian and he would definitely go explore it. But I remembered that Uncle Three wasnt someone who could hide things and he had never told me that he had gone through such an experience before. That probably meant he paid more attention to the contents of the mural in the back of the tomb chamber.

I really wanted to see all the murals at once, but at this point, I was more concerned about the shuikao. Moreover, I couldnt waste any more time for Fattys sake.

Poker-Face still hadn't come back yet, so I decided not to stay in the tomb chamber any longer. I went over to get Fatty, but when I looked down at the hole we had come through before, I knew it was unrealistic. Getting down from this height with an unconscious Fatty was absolutely impossible.

I left three candles by the hole in case Poker-Face came back without a light and then wrote on the floor: Fatty fell into a trap; I'll take the front door.

I dragged him past the buried stone boats and returned to the gate. All the leather figurines that had been crowded around the door before were now surrounding the shuikao. Their shapes looked weird and their long fingernails were resting on top of the shuikao, as if they were sucking the body fluids of the shells I had crushed to death.

Under the candles green light, these strange figurines that had been buried here almost looked like they were sucking the shuikaos skin dry with their fingernails. I was covered in a cold sweat and all my hair was standing on end.

As I dragged Fatty all the way to the gate, I cheered myself up by silently thinking that if I stir-fried those shellfish with ginger and onion, I could eat two and a half catties worth.

I immediately felt like something was wrong. Something had been sucked out of his ear and went straight into my mouth.

I almost swallowed it, but immediately spit it out. I looked at the place where it landed and saw that there was a "leg", which had still been alive even after it had broken off inside Fattys ear.

I looked at Fatty, held back my nausea, and sucked his other ear. I was a little relieved when I found that there was nothing in there.

I went over and carefully looked at the shuikao. I knew I was too concerned about it, but Uncle Three had always been so precise when working. So, why did he only leave a shuikao in such a strange place?

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TN Notes:

(1) Can also be called zilaishi () or a holding-stone I guess. Its stuck behind the door to prevent somebody from opening the door from outside. Think of it like a giant wedge.