343 Chapter 22 Section 21

Everyone hurriedly put away the food and water bags in their hands, then stood up one after another. Following Xu Yunde to a place close to the rock wall at the end of the valley, there was a hole about two feet wide. At this time, there was a lot of new soil piled up beside the cave. It must have been dug out by Xu Yunde. In addition, there were a few camellias growing on the edge of the thief cave, which was blooming vigorously at this time, and the strong fragrance of flowers came to the nose, refreshing the heart. Apart from this, there was nothing else special.

Xu Yunde said: "There is hot spring water spraying out in this valley, which shows that there is a very likely underground river below the ground, so the terrain structure is not stable, but if you make holes close to the foundation of the mountain, it will be relatively safer. This is common sense."

Zhang Gen said astonishedly: "Although it is common sense, you just looked around and then ran to this place to dig. It was like you knew there was a hole here. The method of determining the acupoints of your Xu family is really magical. It has been passed down for three hundred years and has not been distorted at all."

When Xu Yunde heard this, he laughed and said, "Let's go down and take a look first, I'll take the lead!"

Seeing everyone nodding and agreeing, he then pulled out the karma knife from his waist and put it in his mouth. After nodding at Wang Changgui, he went into the dark thief hole.

Darkness is nothing to their group, so crawling in this dim hole without even lighting a light can save a lot of trouble. In addition, although this thief hole is ready-made, after all, three hundred years have passed, and many places are still collapsed inside. I think it should be a mouse or something.

Xu Yunde was quick-witted and walked forward with a small shovel, repairing the corridor and digging the collapsed places one by one. Perhaps it was because the ancestor of the Xu family was very skilled in digging holes. Everyone walked along the extremely slow-slope hole, and they didn't take much effort to quickly enter the tomb.

It was a coincidence that the end of the thief hole was opened by the tomb door, barely avoiding the heavy stone door. After seeing this, Zhang Gen couldn't help but exclaim: "Boss Xu, your family is indeed a tomb robber family. The ancients three hundred years ago had such a skill in digging holes! I admire, admire..."

Xu Yunde, standing in the tomb, smiled and said, "Can you rely on it to make a living by making a living without any energy?"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed. Then they began to look at the thousand-year-old tomb. They were in an ear chamber at this time. The space was not very large, but the layout was extremely clever. There were two stone statues more than half a person tall, with a beast on the left, a man's body, a thick limbs, but a fierce face, which made people shudder. On the right, there was a monster with a round head and a round butt, a thick body, four short and powerful, a nose with only two round holes, and a huge mouth full of fangs. If you look closely, it would be not difficult to find that this monster had no butt gate.

For Xu Yunde, Zhang Gen and Guo Hai, who were born in tomb robbers, these two stone statues are not unfamiliar with them. Wang Changgui is even more familiar with monsters, so he naturally recognizes them.

The human-faced and animal body is called a monster. According to the book, it is a kind of evil spirit, which specializes in eating human liver and brain. It often appears in ancient times. There are records of this ferocious beast in "Mandarin" and "Zhuangzi". In addition, the Zhou rituals say that there is another kind of magical beast called Fang Xiang, which specializes in killing monsters. Therefore, in order to avoid the invasion of monsters, many people erect Fang Xiang's stone statue in front of their homes to drive away this ferocious thing that specializes in eating human liver and brain. However, because this monster is cruel by nature, many people use it as a tomb-controlling beast to intimidate tomb robbers and join other dirty things that want to enter the tomb.

Another one is more common, which is the famous Pixiu. According to rumors, it is the youngest child of the Shenlong. He is a brother to the prisoner and Yazi, but it is extremely cruel by nature and likes to devour evil spirits and objects from all over the world. In addition, it also has a quirk, which is that it likes to swallow all kinds of treasures. However, Pixiu has no butt gate, so it can only be eaten but not pulled. Therefore, it was later used as a god beast to attract wealth, but it is also used to ward off evil spirits and drive away evil spirits. There is another saying about Pixiu. At first, Pixiu had a butt gate, but because it ate too much at once and sucked everywhere, his father Shenlong was angry and sealed his butt gate, so he had the appearance he is now. But this is mostly just a joke, and there is no need to take it seriously.

In the ear chamber, there were two tomb-controlling beasts, including stone tables and stone benches. After looking around, Xu Yunde said hesitantly: "This tomb-builder is really strange. Most tomb-controlling beasts should be placed outside the tomb door, but this guy put them inside and made these stone tables and stone benches. Could it be that he wanted to call Pixiu and Wuxiang to gather two monsters to play mahjong?"

Wang Changgui shook his head and said, "In ancient times, due to the differences in customs in different places, there were many techniques when building tombs. I think you should know more about this, Brother Xu, Brother Xu!"

Xu Yunde nodded and said, "After that being said, I always feel that the tomb is a bit strange. The arrangement of an ear chamber alone is not normal. I don't know if it was done by the tombmaker deliberately, or if he was an outsider!"

At this time, Liu Ping said, "Let's just ignore whether this is a tomb built by laymen. Let's go in and take a look. Maybe there are some clues in other tombs?"

Xu Yunde nodded without saying anything more. He followed a group of people through two stone statues of tomb-suppressing beasts and entered the corridor. The corridor was relatively spacious and was enough to accommodate three people walking side by side. Although Xu Yunde, who was leading the battle, knew that someone had come in three hundred years ago, he still walked very carefully because he knew that it would be best if something happened in the ancient tomb. Once it was released, it would be very likely to be fatal! As the saying goes, be cautious in keeping it in your heart, and you will not be worried about your life.

Fortunately, the journey was normal, and there were no secret passages of mechanisms and no evil spirits. After passing through the corridor, everyone walked into a tomb chamber that was six or seven times larger than the previous ear chamber. The situation here surprised Liu Ping and others.

I saw that the tomb was extremely spacious, and the top of the tomb was filled with some night pearls with glittering light! You should know that although the night pearl was not as precious as the mermaid pearl, there was one that would definitely be a priceless treasure outside. And there were at least hundreds of them in this tomb. I think the owner of this tomb was very likely a descendant of the sect clan. It seemed that he had done a good job in his lifetime, otherwise he would not have had such amazing wealth!

In addition, there are many murals that are not exquisite on the wall of the tomb. At this time, Purong's eyes were attracted by these murals. She walked to the wall, pointed to the murals above and said, "Come on, come and see, aren't these rash mice?"

When everyone heard this, they surrounded him curiously. They saw a group of giant rats as big as mastiffs on the mural that Porong pointed to. The picture shows a scene from an ancient battlefield. Many strong men holding axe hammers were about to fight with giant rats, which made the enemy run away with their heads in their arms.

After looking at the mural, Xu Yunde smiled and said, "It seems that my previous guess is indeed correct. The owner of this tomb must be a descendant of your sect clan!"

After hearing Xu Yunde's words, Porong's expression was obviously a little excited. She said with a flash of eyes: "Brother Xu, does this mean that the tribesmen who were lost five thousand years ago have become extinct?"

Seeing her like this, Xu Yunde was speechless and didn't know what to answer. After thinking for a while, he spoke: "Maybe yes, but not necessarily. We have not found a more accurate basis. Just guessing cannot explain anything. Maybe their descendants will still survive somewhere..." But although he said that, he knew in his heart that this possibility was simply slim.

Although Porong is young and has a simple personality, she is not an unreasonable person. In fact, she also knew very well that the descendants of Po who were separated back then were mostly extinct. The reason why she asked this question was perhaps just a catharsis that she was unwilling to do so...

Soon, the rest of the murals explained everything. Except for the ancient battlefield mural, the walls of the tomb were mostly carved with hunting, sacrifices and life. One of them was a hunched old man holding a box-like object and squatting in front of a large grave to pray, and above that box, there was a rainbow-shaped pattern.

After seeing this picture, Porong seemed to understand something, his eyes were slightly red. Xu Yunde and others saw it, but they didn't know what to say to comfort him. In addition, there was no such thing as they were looking for, so Liu Ping suggested: "Why don't we go in again, I don't think there will be any other clues here."

When everyone heard this, they nodded in one go, and then walked along the corridor to another tomb. But after walking for a while, they were still halfway above the road, Wang Changgui suddenly called Xu Yunde, and only heard him say, "Brother Xu, you have evil spirits!"

"Demonic energy?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Xu Yunde stopped and said, "Is there something in the tomb behind?"

Wang Changgui shook his head slightly and said, "I have noticed this demonic aura in the forest where I touched the monster. I thought it was emitted from the monster, but it was more intense than the forest. It is precisely because of this that I can notice that there are many differences between the aura emitted from the monster in the forest."

Xu Yunde frowned and said, "Can there be another monster in the forest at that time, and at this time we came to this ancient tomb first?"

Wang Changgui nodded without comment, and then said, "Let's go in and take a look!" After that, he saw him take steps and walk in front of Xu Yunde.

Seeing this, Liu Ping hurriedly protected Porong behind her and said to her: "Girl, follow me closely! The magic of that monster seems extraordinary."

Porong nodded slightly, then followed Liu Ping and walked in the middle of the team. A group of people quickly walked to the end of the corridor. When they saw a more spacious tomb, there was a sarcophagus in the middle. At this time, the lid of the coffin was closed tightly, as if it had never been opened. This was inconsistent with the situation described by Bai Yan. Bai Yan said that the thousand-year-old zombie in the sarcophagus broke out after the corpse. Although it was taken away by him and the ancestor of the Xu family, the lid of the coffin should be opened. Could it be that they had covered it again after they left?
Chapter completed!