Illuminated by a few lights.
The scene outside is gradually revealed to everyone.
This is a palace of the underworld with an area of hundreds of square meters.
The floor is paved with blue bricks, the pillars support the dome, and the stone walls are as smooth as a mirror. You can also faintly see gray-white murals, mostly of the sun, moon, stars, birds, beasts, insects, fish, and maids holding lamps. picture scroll.
Except.
There is also a hexagonal stone platform on the ground.
Typical characteristics of Tang tombs.
But...
For such a huge palace, there is no coffin.
Yes.
That's right.
Scanning around, the hall was empty.
“How could it be?”
“In Hades, the Hall of the Dead, could some of my colleagues have arrived first and stolen all the coffins?”
Look At this scene, the old foreigner finally understood.
Why did Yang Fang act so shocked?
You must know that the ancients paid attention to matters of death as matters of life. This rule continues to this day. Whenever some family members have passed the destiny year or know that they are not in good health, they will ask the earth master in advance to find a person for them. It is located in the Feng Shui treasure cave and is designated as the Yin House.
Outside.
We will also prepare a coffin, a shroud, and select a few favorite things to be buried in the coffin a hundred years later.
That is, after death, you can continue to use it in the underworld.
Even, for many people, death is more important than life.
There are many rules and strict customs.
"Unlikely."
Chen Yulou, who came in first, shook his head, his voice echoing back and forth in the empty underground, making it sound a bit ethereal.
“The dragon veins in this place are deep and the terrain is not obvious. Except for experts like Jin Abacus who can see the clues, it is difficult for ordinary local masters to detect the depth even if they pass by the temple.”
"What's more... Just look at the specifications of the Hades Palace. It's at least a large tomb of a prince, and the triple coffin is normal."
"If you want to move the entire coffin, you probably have to lift the top of the tomb, otherwise it won't be possible at all. It's impossible to get away."
"...That's right."
The old foreigner recalled it.
Come all the way in.
Around Panshe Slope, except for the Dragon King Temple, which has traces of groundbreaking, the other mountains and valleys are all cut by rainwater and cold wind.
Coffins are dead objects.
It is impossible to run away by yourself.
"Shopkeeper Chen, this doesn't make sense. There is no coffin in the main hall. Could it be that this place is just an empty bucket from beginning to end?"
Yang Fang looked around silently, now. He seemed to have just come back to his senses.
"You shouldn't fight in the air, why do I feel..." Partridge Whistle looked away from the surrounding murals, "This palace of the underworld is more like half-built?"
It stands to reason.
Tang tombs are famous for their luxury and thickness.
Especially the large tombs of princes are decorated with gold, painted beams and carved beams.
Even if the Feng Shui level is broken, affected by moisture or oxidized, the color will only become dull and lose the luster of the original heavy ink paint, which is not what it is now.
Still in the sketching stage.
That is, from beginning to end, there is no coloring at all.
“No way.”
Hearing his words.
Yang Fang and the three of them couldn't help but look at each other.
The palace of Hades alone has such an astonishing scale, one can only imagine what the entire tomb would look like.
Unless...
Halfway through the construction of the tomb, something happened that was irresistible to manpower and had to be interrupted.
For example, the position of a prince was deprived of his position, and he was demoted from a high position to a commoner.
His status has plummeted, so naturally he can no longer use such tomb specifications.
Either the country will be destroyed or a natural disaster will occur.
In short, apart from these, they really can't think of any more possibilities.
"Yes or no, if you keep looking, you will naturally find clues."
Chen Yulou waved his hand.
While talking.
Holding the wind lantern, he walked straight towards the depths of the Hades Palace.
All the way to the bottom of the stone wall, in the flickering lights, the murals became clearer and clearer. In addition to the sun, moon and stars, the main body was thirteen maids, surrounding the surroundings.
Either holding a brocade box or a jade pot.
There are also people carrying gold lamps and silver lamps, playing the harp and holding the harp.
A body with a plump figure is very consistent with the concept of women in the Tang Dynasty that fat is beautiful.
Seeing this scene, several people were even more amazed. What was shown in this mural was clearly a palace scroll of the Tang Dynasty. The identity of the owner of the tomb may be higher than imagined.
Moreover, it is very likely to be a woman.
Either a princess or a noble concubine.
While several people were observing the murals, Yang Fang walked over to the six-sided altar and took a look. This kind of stone platform is generally used to place six kinds of beautiful jade, including Cong, Gui, Zhang, Bi, Huhuang, and it is a ritual vessel. .
But now the altar is empty.
Nothing was visible except a thick layer of dust.
"Shopkeeper, there is a stone door here."
Kunlun was not interested in those line-drawing murals, so he wandered around with a lantern in hand to explore the way for everyone.
Wait until he passes between the two altars.
Only then did I realize that there was a door standing in the shadow of the high stone wall behind.
This is not surprising.
Because they entered the Palace of the Underworld, which belongs to the back hall according to the tomb layout. There is also the front hall, even the atrium, side rooms, and left and right ear rooms.
Sure enough.
Go through the stone door.
A more amazing palace appeared outside everyone.
Just like an ancient palace.
The four walls are all made of huge stones, with iron slurry poured into the gaps and reinforced with iron bars.
The size alone was far from comparable to any large tomb they had seen before.
But...
The weird thing is.
Like the Hades Palace, there is only a frame here, which is obviously only half completed.
“That’s so damn strange. Could it be that he was just an unlucky prince in the late Tang Dynasty who suffered a ruin of his country and his family?”
Yang Fang’s brows jumped at the sight.
I just feel that if I have been immersed in Daedou Xing for a long time, I will encounter all kinds of strange things.
“Shhh…listen!”
He just finished mumbling.
When they saw Chen Yulou in the front, he suddenly turned around and made a silent gesture towards them.
Hiss——
Seeing this, his heart couldn't help but beat heavily.
Several people subconsciously held their breath and concentrated.
In an instant, not only did the arguing cease suddenly, but even the breathing and heartbeat were suppressed, and the entire front hall fell into a deathly silence.
Yang Fang listened carefully with his ears raised.
Soon, a gurgling sound came from the depths of the darkness, which sounded like the gurgling sound of an underground river. However, as soon as this thought came up, he was denied.
From the outer wall to here, there is a distance of one or two hundred meters.
Even if the mountain is hollow and easy for sound transmission, it should not be so clear.
The most important thing is.
The sound of gurgling water seemed to be mixed with an indescribable noise.
Like...
Yang Fang thought hard for a moment.
Finally, a picture came to mind.
By the Yellow River where ice cubes are floating, a few horses carefully drink water to quench their thirst.
As for why it is not other streams or rivers.
Naturally, the waters of the Yellow River are dangerous.
The old horse has a keen sense of smell. Even if he drinks water, he will always be alert to every move outside him.
“There is a demonic spirit!”
But before he could speak, he shook off his thoughts with the old foreigner beside him.
I heard the cold sound of a partridge whistle not far away.
Evil spirit? !
Yang Fang felt a thump in his heart and subconsciously held the whip with his backhand.
Looking around in surprise.
Where does the evil spirit come from in this ghost place?
However, having known Partridge Whistle for so long, Yang Fang knew very well that the mountain-moving leader never spoke nonsense. Once he spoke, he was absolutely sure. "Put out the fire!"
"Concentrate the energy!"
The source of the demonic energy has not been detected yet.
Chen Yulou's calm voice sounded.
Not daring to hesitate at all, Yang Fang quickly pulled the glass cover outside the wind lantern, only to hear a slight snapping sound, and the swaying firelight was extinguished instantly.
The same is true for Kunlun and the old foreigners nearby.
Without the light, it was hard to see all around.
“Follow me.”
Chen Yulou greeted, with golden light shining in the depths of his deep eyes.
Start by stepping here.
He then noticed a hint of evil spirit.
Now that Partridge Whistle has discovered it, he no longer says anything. He says hello, taps his toes, and his figure is like a streak of blue smoke, streaking through the darkness and heading straight to the right front.
Inside the main hall.
There are at least a dozen stone pillars standing there.
You can still faintly see the reliefs, mostly figures, mountains and rivers, as well as the sun and moon, wind and snow, tangled flowers, and ancient pines.
However, at the moment, Chen Yulou only glanced at it casually and stopped looking at it. Like a gossamer of energy, he was always swaying and locking on the evil spirit.
The most terrifying thing about Longling Tomb is not the ghost grave, which has a black face.
On the contrary, it is a maze-like cave.
Once you enter it by mistake, even if you differentiate your consciousness, you are in danger of being trapped in the maze.
But now...it seems that there are not so many worries.
In the past, he was best at fishing in Pingshan and Zhelongshan, and he caught fish all over the world with his one trick. Now he naturally plans to do it again.
It’s just that it’s slightly different from the previous two times.
This time it’s not just fishing.
To be precise, I want to use it as bait.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Chen Yulou stopped and used a pillar to hide his figure.
Soon, Partridge Whistle and others followed.
A few people were breathing calmly in the night, and the sound of gurgling water before was now as loud as a mountain spring.
Looking across the corridor pillars and looking intently, I saw a spring standing on the ground three or four meters in front of me, still gurgling water.
The spring was built with blue bricks and built into the style of an ancient well.
As the gurgling spring water gushes out.
A clear, pure earth vein dragon energy also spread everywhere.
"This is... a hidden secret."
Partridge Whistle's heart skipped a beat, and his pupils shrank, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Neizang is also called the coffin.
Extremely rare to see in Feng Shui.
There is a spring in the cave, which flows continuously and remains the same size all year round. It will neither overflow nor dry up. It originates from the sky and its water is like waves, which is considered to be like a storage vessel.
If a woman is buried in it, she will be able to inspire future generations.
The reason why he could recognize it at a glance was not only recorded in the sixteen characters, but also because he had heard Elder Chen say it once when he was at Wuku Temple.
Back then, there was a barren mountain outside Luoyang.
What he and Tie Mo Tou encountered was the swarm of coffins.
It’s a pity that God’s calculations are not as good as those of humans. They discovered the Feng Shui terrain, but failed to clearly see the devices in the tomb.
“Wait a minute...”
I haven’t recovered from the shock of seeing Neizang Sui’s Feng Shui eyes.
Partridge Whistle suddenly felt that something was not right.
The spiritual energy in the inner hidden scorpion escapes.
What about that evil spirit from before?
Frowning, his peripheral vision glanced around the spring.
The next moment, his face froze.
In the darkness at the edge of the ancient spring well to the east, a huge pale face floated in the air at some point.
That face is almost human-like.
Facial features, cheeks, eyebrows, jaw.
But it's a bit too big, like a huge millstone, and... lifeless, with an indescribable strangeness and ghostly aura.
The corner of my eye continued to look around along that face.
The pitch-black figure seemed to blend into the night, but with his extraordinary eyesight, he could still vaguely see an insect body that looked like a hill.
A row of long limbs under the abdomen, stepping on the edge of the well.
The mouthparts face the hidden worm.
Moveless.
This scene was so familiar that Partridge Whistle's heart sank, and several scenes flashed through his mind instantly.
At the top of Pingshan Mountain, the old ape and the mountain scorpion were leaning on the purple gold coffin to steal corpse-eating energy.
Also, under the ancient city of Jingjue, those golden mayflies are densely crowded on the Kunlun sacred tree to eat the juice.
The human-faced monster at the moment is clearly devouring the spiritual energy rising from the inner cave.
It’s no wonder that the demonic aura is vaguely present. At this moment, it is in a state of trance. If you don’t check it carefully, you can hardly feel any fluctuation.
When he noticed something strange outside the spring.
The three old foreigners behind him were obviously aware of it, and their auras froze for a moment. Fortunately, the three of them were old Jianghu. Although they were shocked by the strangeness of the monster, they did not reveal it.
At this moment.
A few people resisted the urge to take action, their eyes fell on Chen Yulou, waiting for his next move.
But...
No one expected it.
He who had been silent all this time suddenly took action.
Pointing together like a sword, an invisible but fierce sword energy was like a white light dividing the yin and yang of the night, tearing through the darkness and heading straight for the monster.
Zheng!
The monster was immersed in swallowing spiritual energy and knew nothing about the movement outside it.
Until the sword energy comes.
It left a deep bone-visible scar on its body that was made of molten iron, and the smelly blood splashed everywhere. It finally came to its senses, let out a whistle, and then jumped up. It was like a spring, and it escaped for more than ten people at once. meters away.
"What the hell?"
"It looks like...a spider or some insect larvae."
Looking at this sudden scene, the old foreigner held a dragon-shooting bow in his hand They have all been taken off, the bows are drawn and arrows are drawn, and the buzzing sound of strings is as loud as the wind and rain.
But Chen Yulou raised his hand to hold him down and shook his head at him.
"Don't worry, you'll kill it with one arrow."
"Where can I find another guide?"
The old foreigner was stunned for a moment, but he still put down his big bow. "Shopkeeper Chen, what on earth is that?"
I asked him when I saw him.
The other people also looked over.
"A black spider with a human face."
"A giant spider with a human face."
Chen Yulou knew all his treasures, "Be careful, this thing is highly poisonous, follow it from a distance. Okay. ”
“Okay. ”
Silently writing down the slightly awkward name, the group did not dare to hesitate, followed the blood energy it left, and activated their Qi with all their strength, quickly Chased him.
Chen Yulou is the fastest and the most leisurely.
He controlled the sword energy just now so well that it would only seriously injure it and not kill it for a while.
Walking through Hades.
Because of the injury, the monster was dragging its body to its lair like crazy.
I have to say.
It’s easy to have someone lead the way.
After passing the Hades Palace, there are countless tunnels and cavities under the mountain. They are densely packed and intertwined with each other. It is more terrifying than a maze.
A full half-quarter of an hour later.
The monster dived into a tunnel. Not long after, a loud noise came from the ground, as if it fell and hit something.
Chen Yulou took the lead to catch up.
After walking a few steps, using the light in my hand, I discovered that the front of the tunnel was actually divided into three.
Under the firelight, there were still dark blood stains on one of the ground. It was obvious that the monster was escaping from the front. It took a few steps forward with the lamp in hand, and there was a cliff at the end.
In the bottomless darkness.
The blood is soaring.
You can still faintly hear the sound of gnawing and fighting for food.
"It looks like the nest is down there."
"The human-faced spider was eaten by its own kind."
Although you can't see clearly what's going on underneath, you can still guess.
His voice was calm, but the faces of Yang Fang and others were solemn. The movement underneath was really creepy, and it felt like falling into an ice cave.
“It’s time to choose one of the two, how many of you.”
"Which way to go?" (End of Chapter)