Book 1: Chapter 64

Book 1: Chapter 64

I glanced up at the leather figurine woman, looked down at the ruler in my hand, and took a deep breath.

"Sister, what do you mean?" I asked cautiously.

The leather figurine woman didnt respond at all.

No matter how I looked at it, it was impossible for this thing to move. Shit, I suddenly thought, is Liu Sang messing with me?

I looked behind the figurine but all I could see was darkness. I didnt see anyone hiding in the depths of the tomb passage, waiting to mock me.

That Liu Sang guy had been in the waterway the whole time. Did that mean he was there when we were wading through the water, but didn't show himself and chose to hide? After hearing Fatty make fun of me, did he move this leather figurine up here to laugh at me?Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

But wasnt this something only I could see? Could Liu Sang see it, too?

I figured this was the only possibility and felt my anger flare up. First of all, if Liu Sang saw us and chose not to appear, then that meant he had his own purpose for being here. He didn't want me to find out what it was, which was absolutely unacceptable.

Second, he wasted our time. There werent many rhinoceros horn candles left in the basin, Fatty was unconscious, and Poker-Face went to go find him, all of which could have been avoided.

The leather figurine womans expression was still terrifying and it seemed as if a mere apology wasnt going to work.

Its just a piece of human skin with no fingernails and no teeth. Whats it going to do, suffocate me? I felt braver when I thought of this and said to it, "Well, let's not waste time. Do you understand what I'm saying? If you can" I put the ruler back on its wrist, "just let the ruler fall. If you can't, just keep holding the ruler."

I had just finished speaking when the ruler fell to the ground again. It was accompanied by a loud clanging sound that echoed in the silent tomb passage.

I picked the ruler up. I wasnt sure if it hadnt been steady just now, or if the female ghost really had understood me. I was just about to put the ruler back on her wrist and try again when I suddenly heard a metal tapping sound come from the depths of the tomb. It seemed to be responding to the clanging sound just now.

I looked between the dinglan copper ruler in my hand and the leather figurine woman and suddenly understood. I quickly began tapping on the ground with the ruler.

The metallic sound spread far and I soon heard an echo. Although Poker-Face wouldnt tap a message out, I figured he was still in the waterway and was heading my way.

I breathed a sigh of relief. The rust on the ruler had fallen off as I was tapping on the ground just now, so I immediately noticed the scale markers on it. It appeared that these scale markers were different from the dinglan ruler I was familiar with.

I had never seen this ruler before, but it had some very strange characters engraved on the scale markers. The words were very small, so I had to examine them very carefully. Most of the words were in groups of seven, which was the same as the distance markers we had seen in that hole before. I looked at the leather figurine woman again and wondered, whats the connection between these scale markers and that strange, deep hole? Is this leather figurine woman really giving me a way out?

While I stood there thinking, I heard the sound of approaching footsteps. Poker-Face came out of the dark tomb passage with Liu Sang on his back. Liu Sang was in the same condition as Fatty. Both of his ears were covered in those "little hands" and he was unconscious.