Liu Gang said, "As far as I know, some people enter Da Meng Xiang to find Wang Qing Lao Zu."

Lao Liu said, "How do you know these things?"

Liu Gang said, "I am the contact person responsible for guarding the periphery of Da Meng Xiang. I know when Da Meng Xiang releases news and when we send people in."

"This time, my order was to enter Da Meng Xiang, approach the contact person, and find out what they need to excavate."

"However, I didn't expect to be seen through as soon as I came in."

Lao Liu said, "Didn't you say that only dead people can enter Da Meng Xiang?"

Liu Gang replied, "Indeed, only dead people can enter. We took the corpse poison pills issued by the higher-ups in advance, which can temporarily turn us into dead people."

Lao Liu turned his head sharply and looked at the ghost deity behind him: "Go and bring Zuo the old man in here."

The two ghost deities responded and rose to their feet, disappearing into the village entrance in an instant.

Lao Liu said, "Did Zhu Zi Yan ever say who the real master of Da Meng Xiang is?"

"No!" Liu Gang said, "This secret is too high-level. We are not qualified to know."

"Understood!" Lao Liu nodded and said, "Take them down."

After the group of people was taken away, Lao Liu said to Hei Ye Xiao, "Lao Hei, who do you think, besides Ying Gou, could be responsible for guarding this secret realm?"

Lao Liu was afraid that the other party would not understand, so he added, "I mean, besides the Three Palaces and Eight Guards, what other important figures are under the Emperor's command?"

Hei Ye Xiao said, "There are also the Left and Right Prime Ministers."

"However, the whereabouts of the Left and Right Prime Ministers are very mysterious, and even we rarely see them."

Lao Liu nodded and said, "That's right! How could the Emperor only have military generals and the Three Palaces without civil officials?"

"I suspect that there is another person guarding Da Meng Xiang."

"Then we have to explore Da Meng Xiang even more."

"Lao Hei, send a signal to the Master! Quick!"

Hei Ye Xiao walked to the bronze bell and waved his palms to strike it. Before long, the loud bell sound spread throughout the mountain.

Hei Ye Xiao's initial bell sound was very simple, just telling me: they had attacked the lower village.

However, after only a few strikes, the bronze bell shattered under Hei Ye Xiao's heavy palms, and the bronze shards shot outwards at the same time.

Hei Ye Xiao quickly turned around and blocked Lao Liu, preventing the latter from being pierced by the broken bronze bell.

Lao Liu laughed and said, "I understand!"

"So, Da Meng Xiang has no true master."

"Ying Gou and Wang Qing are both trapped, and maybe even Bu Ting is trapped here."

"They brought so many dead people this time to dig up themselves!"

Lao Liu pondered, "Let's rest for a while. The night after tomorrow will be the night of the full moon, right? It should also be the time when zombies are most active, right?"

"Yes! Do you want to launch a general attack the night after tomorrow?" Hei Ye Xiao hesitated, "The night after tomorrow is indeed the best time for a general attack, but what about the Master's side?"

Lao Liu said, "It's enough for the Master to know that we're here. I believe the Master can handle the rest. We'll just wait for the results."

I was going upstream when I suddenly heard the bell sound and stopped.

When Ye Yang and I looked at each other, another bell sound rang out from below. This time, the bell sound had no rhythm. It was just a rapid striking of the bronze bell.

Lu Peng's expression changed suddenly: "Not good! Something happened to the village. The villagers are giving an emergency warning. I have to go back."

I reached out and stopped Lu Peng: "Don't you want to know the truth?"

Lu Peng became torn: "I want to know the truth, but the village..."

I looked at Lu Peng: "Lu Peng, let me ask you a question. Do you belong here? Do you want to live like this, neither human nor ghost, forever, or do you want to find the truth and return to the normal world?"

Lu Peng trembled, "Can...can I?"

I said solemnly, "It's not whether you can or cannot, but whether you want to or not. You are a treasure hunter, so you should understand that the root of any curse is hidden in the truth behind the treasure."

"When you see the truth, you will also find a way to break the curse!"

"This is the only way for treasure hunters to save their lives."

"Don't you know?"

The biggest threat to treasure hunters entering secret realms is not the ghosts and monsters hidden in the secret realms, or the mechanisms set up by the treasure keepers. Rather, it is the invisible and intangible curse in the secret realm that follows them like a shadow and cannot be shaken off.

Treasure hunters plagued by curses cannot escape the fate of dying a violent death, no matter where they run to.

The only way to break the root of this curse is to return to the secret realm where they took the treasure and find the source of the secret realm's curse. Otherwise, even if they invite the top warlocks, they can only protect them temporarily, but they cannot save them for life.

Seeing Lu Peng lowering his head and not speaking, I added, "You also know that your problem is because you drank the village's water. We just happen to be heading towards the water source. Don't you want to go over and find the source of the curse?"

"Or are you reluctant to part with the small benefits of the village?"