Holy Bone

Chapter 424 Guchi State Tibetan Corpse Ridge (5k chapter)

The sun was shining high, and the sky and the earth were completely brightened.

The crystal-clear Desert Haizi, under the direct sunlight, is radiant with blue waves.

An old object and ancient ship quietly floated on the vast desert Haizi, as small as a fallen leaf floating on the water, making slight ripples.

The desert is so cold at night that it can freeze people to death, and it is so hot in the daytime that people sweat profusely and feel dizzy.

Fortunately, the clear water here is very clean, and the people and livestock in a boat don't have to worry about the difficulty of drinking water in the desert.

Yari came back from the cabin after taking care of the camels and sheep, but the short distance from the cabin to the ship tower was too much for him to be exposed to the sun. Even through a turban, he still felt that his hair was burning, so he hurried to run Enter the ship building.

After running into the ship building and drinking half a jug of water, he felt alive again.

Although the road from the entrance of the cabin to the ship building was not long, it was too hot in the depths of the desert, and the basin became like a big steamer roasting on a fire.

As soon as Yali entered the ship building, the eyes of Surti and the others lit up, and then they ran to Yali to whisper a few words.

"how?"

Although Jin An was closing his eyes to nourish his breath, his six senses were not closed, so he opened his eyes to look over.

Yali scratched his head in embarrassment. The tanned desert man smiled at Jin'an and said: "Daoist Jin'an, they say I talk to you a lot, let me ask you why we have found Guchi The National Sacred Mountain, you are not in a hurry to enter the mountain?"

Hearing this, Jin An pursed his lips and smiled.

Then he asked patiently, "Didn't you find that the water surface outside the boat is speeding up, and it's heading towards the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom?"

what?
Yali and the others shook their heads in confusion, saying that they didn't feel anything unusual.

"The speed of the water is speeding up, rather than standing still, which means that the sky is falling and the water level is falling. The sea on the side of the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom will not be very calm. There should be a huge cave or a break in the underground river. The sea water is sucked in there. If we rush over there now, it is very likely that we will also be sucked into the bottom of the water by the vortex of the current, and the ship will be destroyed. So it is not too late for us to go there after the sea water over there is calmer."

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Jin An waited for a full day, and at dawn the next day, he ordered the ancient ship to move forward at full speed in the direction of the dusty sky that he saw yesterday.

A towering and majestic mountain peak suddenly appeared at the end of Desert Haizi, shining golden under the eastern sun, like an isolated island in the vast blue sea, magnificent and incredible.

This mountain is so majestic that even the desert sea can't submerge it, and there are still peaks protruding from the water.If such a high mountain is covered with a layer of sand on the surface, it will be a rare large sand dune in the desert.

"Mountain!"

"Mountain!"

"A majestic mountain appeared in the desert. This is a sacred mountain. It turns out that there really is a sacred mountain in the desert!"

"We finally found the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom!"

When seeing the majestic mountains for the first time, many people shouted excitedly, some were shocked, some were stunned, some were dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.

It’s no wonder they are so excited. Most of the desert people will never see a mountain once in their lifetime. They can only see the various appearances of mountains in the stories passed down by the old people or in the murals of some ancestors. What's more, this is the legendary holy mountain of Guchi Kingdom that people have been looking for for 1000 years, and it is full of mysteries.

Between the mountains, there is a crack at the entrance of the cave, and a large amount of lake water is pouring into the cave, and it does not know where it is flowing.

Sure enough, it was right by Jin An.

There is a huge cave here.

Fortunately, he acted cautiously, and didn't come over rashly at the beginning. With such a big cave vortex, before they could see the mountain, the boat would be sucked by the vortex.

Now that the water level has dropped to almost the same level as the cave, and the water flow has calmed down again, Jin An drove the ancient boat and began to slowly drive into the cave on the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom.

This cave is very large and can easily accommodate ancient ships to enter. The cave is humid, and the rock walls are full of water vapor. There is a light breeze in this cave, and the wind is wrapped in moist water vapor, bringing a rare coolness in the desert. Everyone ran excitedly. Drying on the deck.

"There is wind, it seems that there is an exit at the other end of this cave." Jin An stood at the bow of the boat, enjoying the rare cool breeze with his spirits up.

He has been in the desert for three or four months, and the ghost knows how much he misses the cool breeze under the forest in the Central Plains.

At this time, some people who saw the mountain for the first time leaned out half of the railing and touched the rock wall with excitement and surprise.

The cold and moist touch keeps him excited for a long time.

Then more people also ran to touch the slippery rock wall.

Even the four sheep and more than twenty camels staying in the cabin all ran to the deck, staring at the ceiling of the cave above their heads in shock.

A few camels even leaned out, stretched their necks and tongues to lick the rock wall, learning to "touch" the rock wall like a human.

For everyone's excitement and excitement, Jin'an can understand. After searching for so long and suffering so much, he finally found the holy mountain of Guchi Kingdom, which is one step closer to finding his apprentice, and even he is very excited at this time .However, if you are excited, Jin An still has to remind everyone: "You can't swim, be careful not to fall into the water. The water level here can be equal to that of the desert Haizi outside, which means that there are cracks in the mountain under our feet, and the cliffs of Baizhang are here. The water is deep and cold."

Hearing that there was a cliff at the foot of the mountain, everyone was really scared and took a few steps back.

The cracks in the mountain were a bit deep, and the ancient ship bumped and bumped forward for a while, and the environment was deep, and it felt like it was getting deeper and deeper. Later, Yali and the others began to fill the railings of the ancient ship with torches for lighting.

"Daoist Jin'an's hole is so deep, why do I feel that the more I go in, the colder it gets?" Yali held a torch in his hand and came to Jin'an who was standing at the bow.

Jin An nodded with a concentrated expression: "I observed carefully along the way, and there are traces of artificial excavation on the rock wall of this cave, which is likely to have been widened by the Guchi Kingdom."

Yali was surprised, and subconsciously said: "What did the Guchi Kingdom hollow out such a big mountain? Their people don't live in the mountain."

Looking at the gloomy cave in front of him, Jin An frowned and pondered: "Holy Mountain, that's what the Guchi people call it. The holy mountain of Guchi Kingdom has another name in the outside world. Do you know what it is, Yali?"

Yali nodded without thinking, "I know, Zangshi Ridge."

Jin An stared up and looked around: "The name of the Zang Corpse Ridge originated from the fact that the Guchi Kingdom used it to bury the bodies of their ancestors, but we have always ignored a problem. Are the dead in the Guchi Kingdom buried outside the mountain? Or in the mountain?"

Yali was dumbfounded by Jin An's question.

Think carefully.

There are indeed very few records about the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom.

The holy mountain of Guchi Kingdom has always been a forbidden place where outsiders are not allowed to set foot. Naturally, no one knows what is going on in the holy mountain. For example, is this dead person buried outside?Or buried in a cave?

Jin An stared at the surroundings, and continued: "Now it seems that the most important thing about this Tibetan Corpse Ridge is the word 'Tibet'. The real Tibetan Corpse Ridge should be in these artificially widened mountain cracks. If buried in Outside the mountain, there is so much wind and sand in the desert that Zangshi Ridge is buried by wind and sand for eleven months a year. It is estimated that the people of Guchi Kingdom want to go up to the mountain to worship their ancestors, and they can't even find their ancestors' bones, so why do they worship their ancestors. "

"Yari, please tell everyone to pay attention, don't relax your vigilance, we trespassed on the cemetery of the Guchi Kingdom, I'm afraid the mountains will not be clean, and they are all far away from the railings, underwater is the easiest hidden danger, so be careful when driving for thousands of years " Jinan asked Yali to warn everyone to be careful, and took all the camels and sheep that ran up to the deck back to the cabin. It would be too intrusive to stay here, in case something happened and they couldn't take care of them.

"Daoist Jin'an, why do you sound so scary? You mean, there is a big tomb inside this mountain, and we are walking in the big tomb?" Yali shuddered, and couldn't help cursing in his heart In other words, it is too cold in the cave, making people feel uncomfortable all over the body. He still thinks that the sun in the desert is more suitable for the living habits of desert people like them.

I don't know that the coldness in the cave is caused by his psychology.

Still really cold.

The ancient boat is still driving in the cave, and the water here is running water, which has been flowing forward slowly.

Maybe Jin An was too cautious.

It's been peaceful all the way.

Nothing unusual happened.

Just when everyone gradually relaxed their vigilance, suddenly, a high-pitched exclamation sounded from an old man in the quiet cave. Such a scream suddenly sounded in the silent cave, and everyone's heart felt like He was hit hard by a fist and jumped heavily.

"Nanbi, what was your boy's name just now! I don't know if you scare people to death!" Both Yali and Su Reti deliberately lowered their voices to criticize the man who screamed just now.

Nanbi was still jumping and grabbing his body, as if something had crawled into his clothes, he finally shook out the things in his clothes after jumping a few times.

The speed of the thing was very fast, and it wanted to run as soon as it fell on the deck of the ship.

At this moment, Jin An, who came over to check the situation, put his index finger and middle finger together, and quickly clamped the thing.

It turned out to be a small bug, wriggling and struggling desperately in Jin An's hands.

"Daoist Jin'an, what kind of bug is this?" Yali, Su Reti, and Nanbi who was still scratching his body with goosebumps came over.

Looking at the wriggling and struggling bug in his fingers, Jin An smiled calmly and said, "It's nothing, it's just an ordinary dragon louse."

"Dragon lice?"

"Dragon lice are also called corpse beetles. They like dark and humid places by nature. The most common place is to hide in ancient tombs and eat carrion. Once there are many corpse beetles, you should pay attention to them. Either there are large tombs or there are many carrion corpses. Nourish this little creature."

After Jin An finished speaking, he threw it away, plop, and the corpse dived without a trace as soon as it fell into the water.

The little guy escaped quite quickly.

How could Yali and the others know that there are such disgusting things in this world. The climate in the desert is dry, and the corpses will be dried into mummies in a few days. How can there be any nourishing living space for those weird bugs? It's all about the hairy heart.

The worst is Nanbi.

He was so frightened that he took off his clothes and pants on the spot, and checked his whole body for wounds or blood stains from insect bites, his face turned pale with fright.

"Oh? Daoist Jin'an, why did you release the corpse again? Didn't you say that the insect grew up eating dead human flesh? What if it bears a grudge against us and comes back to bite people?" Yali said in surprise, by the way A sympathetic look at Nambi.

Jin An said with a smile: "Don't worry, according to the physique of that little thing, it's not that fierce now, it will bite people when it eats more carrion and grows up."

Although Jin An spoke in the calmest tone, Yali and the others could hear the tingling horror.

At this time, Jin An looked at Nan Bi: "Don't worry, you have no wounds on your body and are safe. Tell me, what happened just now?"

Yali is very good at taking the initiative to translate.

After listening to the translation, Nanbi let out a sigh of relief and told what had happened. It turned out that a bug had fallen from the wall above his head into his collar and crawled around on his body. His claws were painful. Subconsciously cried out in pain.

Cave roof?

Jin'an, Yali, and Su Reti subconsciously took torches and shone them on their heads.

But the cave wall above the head is a bit high, and the torch lighting is limited.

Jin An leaped up to the top of the boat building as lightly as a swallow, and this time he continued to raise the torch to shine on the cave wall above his head.

At this time, Yali and Su Reti, who were agile, also went up to the roof of the ship building, and together with Jin An, they held up torches to illuminate the cave wall.

Tick.

Tick.

Except for the high humidity and occasional drops of water, there is nothing unusual on the roof of the cave, not even a dead weeter.

The torch swayed back and forth, light and shadow flickered, and it was dark and bright. Just when Yali was about to give up, suddenly, there was a ghostly flash of a ghostly figure with eyes open above his head.

"what!"

Yali screamed in fright, he lost his balance and almost fell, but fortunately, Jin An reacted quickly, grabbed his trouser waist with his left hand and pulled him back, and raised the torch with his right hand to shine on the place where the ghostly figure flashed just now.

Under the dim light of the fire, a hollow was man-made on the rock wall near the top of the cave. A plump, lifelike long-haired human face sat cross-legged in the hollow. His eyes were open, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. It seems to be overlooking the group of outsiders trespassing on the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom from above.

The slightly raised corners of the mouth seemed to be carrying a teasing sneer, giving people a chilling and gloomy feeling.

Even though they were mentally prepared, Yali and Su Reti standing behind Jin'an were frightened by this evil scene again, their body muscles tensed up, and subconsciously pulled out their waist knives nervously.

Only Jin Ping'an looked calm, holding a torch and continuing to look at the people in the pit.

The clothes of the people in the pit were torn, and their bodies were covered with a thick layer of dust. It seemed that they had been here for many years.

Poisonous insects and wild beasts were afraid of the fire, and a few corpses crawled out of the man's worn clothes, fled along the rock wall in a panic, and quickly disappeared into a dark corner where the torch could not reach.

Seeing that the two people behind him pulled out their knives nervously, Jin An comforted him and said, "Don't be nervous, this is just a dead man. More precisely, he was guarding the entrance and exit of the tomb to drive away snakes, rats, rats and ants, so as to prevent snakes, rats, rats and ants from eating the cemetery. The sprite-like tomb-slayer that drops the bones of the owner of the tomb is also called the tomb-slayer with the animal face and human body."

"It stands to reason that the tomb-slayer beasts are all stone beasts. This is the first time I've seen such a barbarian method of directly making people and beasts into tomb-slayer beasts."

It’s okay if this isn’t comforting, the two of them had goose bumps all over their bodies after listening to it.

The ancient ship continued to move forward, and the strange figure of the beast with the animal face and the human body soon lost sight of the few people.

I don't know if it's because the relationship is too tense, but the two always feel that there are two animal faces and blue eyes staring at them from behind.

To scare two desert warriors into such a tense look, the beast-faced tomb-slayer beast is really too scary.

It wasn't until far away that the two of them felt that the eyes behind them disappeared, and they both looked at Jin'an with admiration at this moment: "Daoist Jin'an, you looked calm and calm just now, what is that name, what kind of tomb-suppressing beast, it looks so scary , popped out of the top of your head, aren't you nervous or scared at all?"

With a calm expression, Jin An continued to hold the torch in his hand and observe the wall of the cave above his head, looking for other tomb-slayers with animal faces and human bodies or even more ferocious tomb-slayers with human faces and animal bodies.

While looking for it, he calmly replied, "Well, I'm afraid."

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Yali and Su Reti looked at Jin'an in a daze. Is this because of fear?Why do we see Daoist Jin'an, you look very calm!
Yali: "Daoist Jin'an, not only are you highly skilled, but you also have a lot of knowledge. You even know something as terrifying as a tomb-slayer beast... If there is a tomb-slayer with a beast face and a human body, is there a tomb-slayer with a human face and a beast body? "

Jin An thought for a while and said, "These are actually Yin-Yang Fengshui secrets from the Central Plains. It's normal if you haven't seen them before. It seems that the Zangshi Ridge in Guchi Kingdom has been instructed by experts, and it's not really what it looks like." The ignorance and savagery in the world. But you are right about one thing, Yali. Don’t look at the beast with the human face and animal body to scare people. A human-headed tomb-slayer."

Yari shrank his neck when he heard it, and couldn't help but continued to ask curiously: "Does this human tomb-slayer have any powerful words?"

People are so contradictory.

The more mysterious and unknown the more I can't help my curiosity.

Jin'an: "Human tomb beasts are actually rare, because this thing is too evil, eats human flesh, and will not refuse anyone, whether the living or the dead. See. It’s not as gentle as a man-faced beast, it only scares poisonous snakes, scorpions, and mice.”

"The animal-faced tomb-preserving beast with a human body just now used the head of a Tibetan fox, but the body and human head of the Tibetan fox were not seen. If this Guchi country really dares to use the body and human head of a Tibetan fox to make a human-made tomb-preserving beast, I respect them for their sincerity." Man."

Both Yali and Su Reti looked at Jin'an in shock. Just now, the elf elephant was so scary. Daoist Jin'an, you actually said that this kind of thing looks gentle and kind?
What I saw and heard today subverted the world view of the two of them who have been living in peace. After a while, I remembered another thing: "Daoist Jin'an, didn't you say that the tomb-slayer beast can drive away poisonous insects, poisonous snakes and mice? Then why just now? Will there be a corpse on the corpse of that elephant tomb-slayer?"

Jin An: "That's why they are called cadavers."

Jin An had a very natural expression.

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The boat moved forward, and on the left and right sides of the cave wall, I saw a few elves with fox heads hidden in the tomb. I don’t know if I got used to seeing it too much, or because Jin’an has popularized the knowledge of the tomb. There are no more unknowns. A sense of fear, or in the cognition of Yali and Su Reti, Jin An is very capable and feels very safe... In short, when they saw the tomb-slayer beast next time, the fear in their hearts gradually diminished , On the contrary, I think the square-headed Tibetan fox-headed tomb-slayer beast is quite happy.

It's just that I didn't see the Renji Tomb Slayer Beast along the way, not only Jin'an was lost, but even the two of them felt lost.

I don't know whether to say that these two people are adaptable or courageous.

"Daoist Jin'an, be careful! There seems to be a huge boulder blocking the way ahead!" Yali suddenly reminded, raising his finger to point to the dark water ahead.

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by Yali, Jin'an has already noticed the movement ahead.

There was indeed a dark object standing straight in front of them blocking the way.

The boat drifted along the current, and soon approached the obstacle. When they really saw what it was, everyone in the boat gasped, including Jin An, who was stunned for a moment.

It was an old merchant ship that ran aground on a reef, with a light head and a heavy tail. Few corpses fell out of the rotting coffin and soaked in the water.

How did this shipwreck appear here...

(End of this chapter)