After Ye Bai and his party of six arrived in Gulan County, they set out to inquire about the whereabouts of Hong Gu and the others.

When I asked this question, I actually got the news from the nearby villagers.

About twenty days ago, Hong Gu and the other two stayed in Gulan County for one night, and then disappeared.

The guide in the village took Ye Bai and others to the place where Hong Gu and others last appeared.

"This is it. They disappeared in this ridge."

"The terrain in front of the ridge is very dangerous. Many places are hollow and hollow. You can't see them from the outside. The surface is covered with earthen crust. It will collapse when you step on it. If you fall in, you will not be able to climb out."

"It's dangerous here. I told them at the time, but they still insisted on going in."

The guide was a middle-aged and honest man who spoke Shaanxi dialect. When he saw a few Xieling brothers, they were both big and simple. He was afraid that Ye Bai and the others were coming to trouble him, so he talked a lot.

Ye Bai nodded, asked a lot of questions in detail, handed the guide some oceans, and then let him leave.

"Young man, I think you have a good face. Please listen to my advice. This mountain is really not accessible. Not only are there many holes in it, but it is also haunted. Many people from our village went in and never came back." Perhaps it was because of Ye Bai.

After giving the money, the guide gave Ye Bai another warning before leaving.

Everyone looked at the vast yellow land with sparse vegetation in front of them, and it was hard to imagine that it was a ghost land that swallowed people's lives.

Qi Xiaohei came up and asked, "Isn't this really haunted?"

Ye Bai shook his head, "It's just a rumor, don't take it seriously."

Ye Bai guessed that the ghost stories circulating here should be due to the ghost tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty. He vaguely remembered that in the original novel, the ghost tombs were like the souls of tombs, similar to ghost ships.

When the ghost tomb appears, it will overlap with the original space, allowing the buildings from thousands of years ago to reappear, trapping people and animals to death.

This kind of thing sounds more mysterious than ghosts.

"What should we do now? Shall we go down to find someone?" Qi Xiaohei asked.

"The potholes are connected below. Hong Gu and the others don't know where they are trapped. They can't be found without human power." Ye Bai shook his head, but he already had an idea.

Ye Bai called Xiao Hei out and whispered a few words into Xiao Hei's ear.

Xiao Hei swooped into the grass and reappeared two hours later, followed by hundreds of venomous snakes of various colors.

These snakes were entangled and piled up together, spitting out snakes and hissing, making everyone present feel numb.

Ye Bai can understand snake language and knows that these snakes are asking for food and will only work after eating.

Ye Bai asked everyone to tear up the dried meat they brought and throw it to the snakes.

Seeing that there was food, the snakes immediately started to grab it. Seeing this scene, Xiao Hei seemed a little dissatisfied and neighed a few times to stop the chaotic scene.

Ye Bai nodded with satisfaction, his little Hei had the potential to become the Snake King.

Almost all snakes have amazing sensory abilities. The forked snake letters can make the sense of smell three-dimensional and collect odors from different directions. It is perfect to use them to find Hong Gu and the others.

After eating, the snakes dispersed, crawled into large and small holes, and began to look for the "people" that Ye Bai said.

With these hundreds of snakes, it should be possible to check all the potholes within dozens of miles. If Hong Gu and the other three can't be found, then Ye Bai will really have no choice.

While waiting, Ye Bai was not idle. He took out the simple map he got from the guide and started studying it.

The mound in front of them is called Panshe Slope by the locals, and residents a little further away call it "Longling".

Longling is the remnant of the Qinling Mountains and covers a large area. It can be said that the entire Longling is full of potholes, one next to another.

Because too many people died here, nearby residents never dared to go near it. Longling is considered a forbidden area in Gulan County and surrounding villages.

However, Ye Bai has not yet triggered the system map since he arrived here, indicating that Ye Bai is still some distance away from the underground tomb.

Seeing Ye Bai holding a broken map and looking at it for a long time, Qi Xiaohei hugged Xiaohei and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Xiao Hei was wrapped around Qi Xiao Hei's arms, looking quite enjoying it.

I don’t know if it’s because they have the same name and the same gender, but Qi Xiaohei and Xiao Hei are very close.

Ye Bai has always suspected that the tattoo on Qi Xiaohei's back is the totem of their tribe, the one-eyed snake.

But Qi Xiaohei has always been taboo about this, never showing his back in front of others, even taking a bath alone.

"Looking for the whereabouts of the tomb." Ye Bai replied.

"With your ability, it's not easy to find this thing." Qi Xiaohei said with a smile. Last time in Zhangjiajie, he was impressed by Ye Bai's ability to find tombs.

"No matter how easy it is, it still requires on-site inspection. The mounds in front of you are all potholes, and you can't get close."

"So have you found it?"

"I have some clues, but now I still need to make sure that Hong Gu and the others are okay, so that I can go visit the grave with peace of mind." Ye Bai explained.

Qi Xiaohei nodded, understanding Ye Bai's plan.

He was bored by himself, and the young man lost his temper. After calming down for a while, he took Xiao Hei to play in potholes.

Following Ye Bai these days, Qi Xiaohei's work and speaking style have also changed greatly, and he rarely calls himself "young master".

When getting along with Ye Bai, his tone of voice is also very casual, just like the two brothers, there is no distinction between superior and inferior.

Ye Bai never said anything, but Qi Xiaohei kept it in mind. He liked this way of getting along very much.

The sun gradually sets, and the sunset after the heavy rain is particularly beautiful. Looking from a distance, the red clouds form a continuous line.

Most of the snakes that went out have returned, but there is still no whereabouts of Hong Gu and the other three.

Just when everyone thought there would be no harvest today, a slender green snake crawled out of the hole, came to Ye Bai, and neighed a few words.

"I...found...people, three...people...are about to die..."

Ye Bai showed joy and found the whereabouts of Hong Gu. What surprised Ye Bai was that this green snake seemed to have a high IQ. It could count and express the number of people with three, which was better than Xiao Hei at that time.

A little smarter.

Ye Bai wanted to keep the green snake, but he also knew that the top priority was to rescue Hong Gu and the others.

And judging from the green snake's tone, the three of them probably won't last long.

The green snake led the way, and everyone followed them down the pit.

After entering the pit, everyone discovered that there was a cave inside. The surrounding walls had been corroded by accumulated water all year round, and the soil was soft, making it impossible to climb up even with climbing tools.

The upper entrance of the pothole is narrow, but the space below is large, and the deeper you go inside, you will end up in another pothole without knowing it, just like a ring within this ring, stretching endlessly.

After walking for a while, the brothers in Xiling lost their direction. Some were afraid of getting lost, so they marked the path along the way.
Chapter completed!