He started by killing his abusive father, and from then on, he embarked on the road to wealth.

Chapter 145 A Thrilling Escape

Back in the fake tomb, apart from the white wolf howling overhead, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Meng Fuqing listened intently and faintly heard a rustling sound coming from above.

The two had a gut feeling that something unusual might happen next.

Xie Jinfei, acting as the White Wolf, loosened the rope, and Meng Fuqing threw the coffin out of the space. Then, the two of them quickly ran towards the entrance of the tomb.

No sooner had the two left the spot than they heard a loud 'boom' overhead. The stone slabs above the tomb chamber crashed to the ground, and a large amount of yellow sand poured down, carrying several human corpses with it.

Meng Fuqing turned his head and looked behind him, and unexpectedly saw a pale but somewhat familiar face.

However, she couldn't care less about anything else at the moment. The commotion above the tomb chamber triggered the mechanisms inside, and even with a mask on, she could still clearly smell the pungent odor in the air. At the same time, the tomb chamber door in front of them was slowly closing.

Meng Fuqing was pushed out of the tomb by Xie Jin from behind and rushed out first. Then the white wolf rushed out. She turned around and looked inside. There was only a narrow gap left in the tomb chamber door.

The torch in her hand had long since gone out during her escape. Even in the darkness, she could see the exit, but she didn't know if Xie Jin could.

Just as she risked inhaling poisonous gas to try and retract the tomb door into her spatial dimension, Xie Jin narrowly escaped, running out in a very dangerous situation.

As I breathed a sigh of relief, the rumbling in my ears still hadn't stopped.

Meng Fuqing grabbed Xie Jin's wrist and ran towards the exit. At this moment, the stone figures and beasts on both sides of the tomb passage revealed their ferocious true colors—crossbow bolts shot out from their bodies, and at the same time, crossbow bolts also shot down from above.

While dodging the arrows, she stored a stone figure in her spatial storage, only to discover that there was a hole in the wall behind the stone figure, from which the arrows were being shot.

Fortunately, the spike trap they had just encountered served as a dividing line, and the rain of arrows ceased.

To avoid trouble, Meng Fuqing, under Xie Jin's cover, took out a broken wooden plank from his spatial storage and laid it on top of the trap. The two of them and the wolf quickly reached the other side of the trap.

A hail of arrows left the two men and the wolf with some injuries, and the sound of arrows still echoed in their ears. They didn't dare to linger, and Xie Jin used his lightness skill to carry Meng Fuqing toward the entrance.

The white wolf galloped after the two, but when it saw the enormous creature ahead, it opened its claws and abruptly stopped the car.

Meng Fuqing also saw clearly what was making the rumbling sound. A huge rock in front of them was rolling down on them with unstoppable force along the slightly sloping tomb passage.

"Move to the side and slow down," she said to Xie Jin.

Xie Jin whispered a warning: "Be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, the boulder rolled right in front of the two of them. Meng Fuqing reached out and put the boulder into his spatial storage.

With no obstacles in their path, the two men and the wolf charged straight out.

The moment I left the tomb passage, the cool air diluted the pungent smell that had been lingering in my nose, and my mind became clearer.

Meng Fuqing took the boulder out of his spatial storage and placed it back at the entrance of the tomb passage, then turned to look at Xie Jin.

How are you?

Are you injured?

Their voices rang out simultaneously.

"This trip was worthwhile." Xie Jin's voice was a little hoarse, but full of laughter.

Recalling Xie Jin's push earlier, Meng Fuqing pursed her lips. "Injuries are inevitable in that situation; they're all minor."

She took out some cloths that had been boiled in water from her spatial storage and handed them to Xie Jin, then bandaged the wound on her arm herself.

The white wolf, who was lying on the ground licking its wounds, let out an impatient howl, quite dissatisfied with the two people's indifference towards it.

Meng Fuqing kicked it and then said to Xie Jin, "Let's go back, or we might not make it in time."

In the distant sky, the light of day appeared and disappeared. A thin mist seemed to rise in the forest, and a layer of frost covered the fields.

On her way back, she remembered the corpse she had seen in the tomb and recalled that the face seemed to belong to one of Meng Ruilin's sons.

Unexpectedly, these people were able to find the top of the real tomb chamber from the fake entrance, triggering the anti-theft quicksand layer around the tomb chamber. It is just unknown whether the collapse of the quicksand was due to a mechanism or some other reason.

I rushed along the way, but the fog that filled the forest did not dissipate; instead, it grew thicker and thicker.

Behind a thicket not far from the convoy, a bandit was relieving himself when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves. Now, apart from their former leader who had a horse, he couldn't think of anyone else in the entire forest.

He hurriedly pulled up his trousers and carefully moved behind the bushes. Just then, dawn broke, and through the gaps in the bushes, he could see clearly who the two men on horseback were.

Seeing that Meng Fuqing and his companion looked travel-worn, and considering the direction they had come from, he couldn't help but wonder if the two had secretly gone to the imperial mausoleum.

He said that with so much gold and silver jewelry, who wouldn't be tempted?

Just as he was pondering this, a white shadow suddenly pounced on him.

Before he could react, the white wolf had pounced on him and pinned him to the ground, its sharp teeth gripping his neck.

The bandit's teeth chattered uncontrollably; he was too frightened to utter a single word.

With a whistle, the white wolf on his body slowly left, and he sat up, clutching his bleeding neck.

"Come out," Meng Fuqing said to the person behind the bushes.

A short while later, the man came out tremblingly, "Miss Meng, Young Master Xie."

Why are you hiding here?

He gave a very forced smile. "No, I didn't hide it. It was just a coincidence."

Remembering that Meng Fuqing and Xie Jin were both influential figures in the caravan, his eyes lit up, and disregarding his neck injury, he knelt down.

"Miss Meng, Young Master Xie, we know we were wrong. Please, please plead with our leader and let us into the caravan! We'll serve you like slaves from now on without a single complaint!"

Meng Fuqing and Xie Jin exchanged a glance, and Meng Fuqing asked, "Tell me what happened after you entered the imperial mausoleum."

Thinking that the two also wanted to enter the imperial tomb, the bandit wondered if they had been used as stepping stones.

Suppressing his suspicions, the bandit still felt terrified as he recalled his experiences after entering the imperial tomb.

He mumbled, "That place was full of traps. Most of the people who went in died, and we didn't see a single trace of the treasure!"

“Explain in detail.”

The bandit hesitated for a long time, and only after hearing the white wolf growl did he reluctantly speak.

"Shortly after Yang Dacai led us in, we encountered crossbows and a silver pool. We finally managed to enter a tomb chamber, but it was burned down. Finally, we discovered a secret passage and hid in it."

They were a large band of bandits, so the men of Mengjia Village had no choice but to obey Yang Dacai's orders and take the lead.

Later, they discovered that the secret passage was extremely deep and long. Yang Dacai insisted that it was a secret passage leading to the tomb of the true emperor, so they climbed forward along the passage.

For some reason, the people of Mengjia Village decided to back out and insisted on leaving. Yang Dacai only said in a sinister tone, "You'll regret this," and then told the bandits behind them to turn back.

As soon as they climbed out of the cave, Yang Dacai immediately ordered them to move stones to block the entrance.

His men did as he was told without asking any questions, and stood guard by the stone to prevent them from pushing it away.

Yang Dacai simply said, "Let them scout ahead for us first. We can make our move once they bring out the treasure."