Tomb Robbery: Successor to the King, starting in Yunnan Worm Valley

Chapter 402 Yin River
  The stone steps that everyone walked down before reached here and went all the way into the water. They were hidden in the dark water and could no longer be seen.

After Wang Ye arrived at the water's edge, he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the water.

Wang Ye immediately figured out the depth of the water by the sound of stones falling into the water.

It's not too shallow, and you can't get through it by wading through the water.

Fatty Wang had already arrived by the way. When he saw the water, he started to roll up his trousers and prepared to go into the water.

Wang Ye quickly stopped him when he saw it.

"Don't be impulsive. We haven't figured out the situation in the water yet, so don't rush into the water."

After hearing what Wang Ye said, Professor Sun, who was following behind, quickly agreed.

"That's right, it's best if you don't go into the water. By the way...I can't swim..."

Wang Ye's mouth twitched slightly, this was really troublesome.

Then I heard Mei'er's somewhat embarrassed voice coming from behind, "Brother Wang Ye, I'm not very good at swimming either..."

When Wang Ye heard this, he thought, come on, don't think about swimming over for the time being.

I wish I had gotten some life jackets in the system space.

However, life jackets only play a life-saving role for people who cannot swim, but they are not suitable for swimming.

The best way is to find out if there is anything nearby that can be regarded as a boat.

Wang Ye and Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, immediately took action and searched around with flashlights.

The space below is not very small.

After turning the flashlight around, you can quickly see some vague murals on the surrounding rock walls.

These murals immediately aroused the interest of Shirley Yang and Professor Sun.

Although the murals were severely damaged, the two of them still relied on some remaining scenes to determine that these murals depicted the legend of King Wuyang.

The Wuyang King is also the Wuling Yishan King.

This mysterious figure has many legends and titles.

Professor Sun also verified that King Wuyang was also called King Longchuan.

But these are not important, anyway, it is the master who managed the floods in Wuxia Coffin Mountain area and was finally buried here.

However, the themes of these murals are somewhat strange.

Except for a few individual depictions of the achievements of King Wuling Yishan, most of the identifiable murals depict executions.

It's simply a collection of torture.

Beheading, quartering, beheading, splitting the car, etc.

It was frightening to watch.

At the beginning, only Shirley Yang and Professor Sun were interested.

After watching for a while, Fatty Wang's sister was also attracted.

Especially Meili, no matter how courageous the girl is, her face turned pale with fright when she saw the cruel scenes on these murals.

Meimei'er was quite courageous and was so frightened that she grabbed Wang Ye's clothes and refused to let go.

This made Wang Ye dumbfounded.

"Brother Wang Ye, why are these paintings all about murderers? Are we going to the execution ground..."

Mo Meier asked a question that struck a chord.

Wang Ye shook his head.

"Instead of going to the execution ground, this should be a special funeral form in Bashu." Hearing this, Professor Hu Bayi and Professor Sun were also interested.

"What form? Isn't the special funeral form in Bashu area the hanging coffin burial?" Hu Bayi asked.

Wang Ye shook his head, "Not only is there a hanging coffin burial, there is actually a relatively rare burial method, where the master and slaves are buried on top of each other."

"The master is the owner of the tomb, and the subordinates are the people who are buried."

"Those buried in clusters are divided into two types, one is buried with others and the other is buried with sacrifice."

"Most of the hanging coffins we saw before were buried with some strange people who followed King Yishan of Wuling.

"These people themselves have a relatively high status, but the burial place is far away from the real tomb owner, forming a defensive situation."

"Those buried near the owner of the tomb are all those who were buried as martyrs."

"The people who were buried were not high-ranking followers or subordinates. They were usually slaves, craftsmen and the like. Some of them were conscripted prisoners."

"And these people who were buried as victims were all executed after the tomb owner was buried, along with the buried livestock and spiritual beasts. Of course, some were not executed."

Yao Mei'er was frightened when she heard this, and she breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"If you're not going to put him to death? Does that mean he's going to be released?"

Wang Ye shook his head slowly, "No, he was buried alive. Yao Meier had a cold war and was too scared to ask any more questions."

"This kind of burial place is generally called a mass burial cave. Tomb owners with high status all have eighteen burial caves, so they are also called eighteen mass burials."

The more Wang Ye spoke, the brighter his eyes became.

Fatty Wang interjected at this time, "Then after we find the mass burial of the Eighteenth, can we confirm where the main tomb is?"

Wang Ye nodded, "Yes, the eighteen mass burials are all on a central axis, and they are pressed underneath the main tomb chamber."

After hearing this, Shirley Yang immediately asked, "Does that mean we are actually somewhere below the main tomb of King Yishan in Wuling?"

Wang Ye looked around and said, "Now it is judged that the 18th mass burial should be nearby. As long as the direction of the 18th mass burial is confirmed, the direction of the main tomb chamber and tomb passage can be found by following the direction of the 18th mass burial. "

"The main tomb must be filled with spiritual energy, but the eighteen mass burials below the main tomb are filled with sacrificed animals, slaves, craftsmen and the like. The resentment is very strong, so it is a sinister cave. This also explains why we were buried before The Feng Shui I saw is full of snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and it’s also cold and damp. This must be the reason.”

"This also explains why the tombs of Feng Shui masters such as Wuling Yishan King have the appearance of evil caves. But if you want to enter the tomb of Wuling Yishan King above, you can only cross the Yin River. The road can be walked."

After Wang Ye finished speaking, Professor Sun frowned and mentioned that this kind of funeral system had been heard before, but it was very rare.

Professor Sun has been engaged in archaeological work for decades and has never really encountered this kind of burial pattern.

It is recorded in the history books.

If we can really find the eighteen mass burials nearby, that is, the bones and remains of those who were buried in the tombs, we can confirm it.

After Professor Sun finished speaking, several people began to search for the location of the mass burial.

Soon Wang Ye made a discovery.

In this kind of underground space, there is a burial cave full of resentment. It is really not difficult for Wang Ye to find it.

As long as you use the Sky Eye skill and see where there is special resentment lingering, you can determine where the burial cave is.

Wang Ye soon pointed out that there were some naturally formed cracks in the surrounding rock walls.

These cracks were later apparently artificially repaired.

Soon several people climbed up to take a closer look.

Many scattered human bone remains were found in these cracks.

The remains are in a very high degree of decay.

(End of this chapter)