Taoism moves mountains

Chapter 237 Ten Everlasting Candles

In the Underworld Hall of King Xian’s Tomb...

Jiang Yang stared at the gloomy wooden coffin and saw nothing unusual.

To say that the things placed in the three coffins of bronze, dark wood, and blue and white stone must be closely related to King Xian, they are either King Xian's own coffins, or things he used to replace the three generations.

To be honest, they have always relied on intuitive judgment when moving mountains and digging graves. Unlike touching gold and stealing doors, they are restricted by the rule of "don't touch gold when the rooster crows and the light goes out."

The reason why the survival rate of gold-touching thieves is so high is because they abide by this rule very much.

Moving mountains and stealing doors is based on intuitive feelings, and the time is not working. Avoiding danger and escaping all rely on one's own skills. The strong survive and the weak are eliminated.

Now, Jiang Yang is facing the coffin opening verification, but he is a little hesitant.

At this time, Min Gushao and Hong Guliang were talking about Jiang Yang and Hua Ling'er in the palace on the top of the mountain.

"It's been more than half a day, and I don't know how they are doing." Hong Guliang had a trace of sadness on his face.

"The progress will go smoothly." Min Gushao Gujing said calmly.

The dangers in the tomb were unpredictable by anyone, but he still had some confidence in Jiang Yang. After all, Jiang Yang's "secret" was too mysterious and very powerful; Jiang Yang always brought out some mysterious and powerful treasures from time to time. The exotic treasure can always cope with dangers.

From Min Guxiao's point of view, Jiang Yang valued love and justice so much that even if he couldn't escape, he would try his best to let Junior Sister Hua Ling escape.

Return to the Tomb of King Xian...

Jiang Yang suddenly sneezed "Ah Qiu"!
  "Caught a cold?" Hua Ling'er asked with concern.

The two of them had been soaked in the cold water for a long time just now.

Moreover, it is very cold inside the ancient tomb, so catching a cold is not impossible.

"No, someone is probably talking about me." Jiang Yang rubbed his nose and said nonsense.

Hua Ling'er wrinkled her nose, not caring, and then asked: "Do you want to open these coffins?"

The search for Muchen's Divine Bead is inevitable. How can we find it or any clues about it without opening the coffin.

Just when Jiang Yang was sure to open the coffin, he suddenly saw a faint blue light flashing in the flashlight light, and was stunned for a moment.

"Turn off the flashlight." Jiang Yang suddenly said.

"Huh? Why?" Hua Ling'er was stunned for a moment and asked tremblingly.

Being in a dark and gloomy ancient tomb is scary enough, but now you have to turn off the flashlight. Isn't that just to spread fear directly?
  "Uh..." Jiang Yang finally realized that no matter how bold Hua Ling'er was, she was still a girl. It would be strange if there were only two of them in an ancient tomb and the only light was extinguished. It would not be scary.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yang took Hua Ling'er's little hand to encourage her.

"Then you shine the flashlight backwards." Jiang Yang's compromise method was to turn off his own flashlight and let Hua Ling'er's flashlight shine backwards.

In this way, Hua Ling'er no longer felt timid, but directly turned off the flashlight.

Just after the flashlight was turned off, the two of them saw a faint blue light that was not flickering through the gaps between the three coffins, which was as weird as a ghost fire.

This scene was so frightening that Hua Ling'er's palms became sweaty and she quickly turned on the flashlight.

Jiang Yang pulled her around the coffin and walked over, and then he saw what was shining with blue light.

A total of six faint blue lights, shaped like will-o'-the-wisps, swayed in the dark corners deep in the tomb. Because the light was so weak that it was not obvious under the light of a flashlight. If Jiang Yang hadn't been careful enough, and because the palace door was wide open and the air flow caused the blue light to flash, he might not have been discovered so quickly.

"What is this?" Hua Ling'er looked at the human-like and fish-like lamp and didn't recognize it at all.

"It should be the Shark Eternal Life Candle. It is a special longevity candle made from the corpse of a shark. It is very rare." Jiang Yang explained calmly.

The creation of this shark immortal candle was particularly cruel. First, copper pillars were embedded into the tomb wall, and then the half-human, half-fish mummy was tied up with chains.

In fact, the half-man and half-fish did not die during the binding. They starved to death after being bound. This was a form of human sacrifice.

This mummy is the legendary shark living on the coast of the East China Sea.

The upper body is like a human, the neck is much slender than ordinary people, and there are gills on the back of the neck that humans don't have.

Moreover, their naked upper bodies do not have smooth skin like humans, but are covered with washed blue-black scales.

The ferocious mouth was surprisingly large and opened wide. If you look closer, you can see that the shark's throat is filled with a white substance similar to asbestos.

There was a piece of tinder stuck in the dark and dry tongue, which was burning with a faint blue flame.

This is the Shark Eternal Life Candle, a lamp even more peculiar than the Ten Thousand Years Lamp and the Thousand Years Candle.

The ointment of the sea mermaid not only has a very low ignition point, but also only one drop can burn for several months without burning out. In ancient times, nobles often used the mermaid's ointment to make ten thousand year lamps.

This King Xian did not use the shark ointment as lamp oil, but directly used the corpse of the shark to make beads. It was very unique. For the perverted King Xian, this kind of behavior was not unusual.

"Shark? Mermaid?" When Hua Ling'er heard about the longevity candle made from shark's mummy, she felt a little unbearable, but also very curious.

The sharks here are indeed different from the beautified mermaids in legends, and their appearance is quite strange.

However, this also proves that sharks do exist and are not legends.

Maybe there are still sharks living somewhere in the ocean now.

In addition to the six shark immortal candles, there were also three immortal candles made by eleven or twelve-year-old boys and a bronze eternal candle; because the last four candles had been extinguished, Jiang Yang and Hua Ling'er only saw them last.

Seeing the boy being sacrificed, Hua Ling'er couldn't bear to watch.

The sharks are somewhat tolerant of this. After all, they are not the same kind. They can use human boys to sacrifice themselves and make lamps and candles to "receive the boys". This shows that this king is not an ordinary cruel and unkind person.

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After simply observing these ten longevity candles, Jiang Yang and Hua Ling'er lost interest.

It's unlucky to hold these things anyway, so just let them continue to burn.

Now, it is better to raise the coffin as soon as possible to make a fortune... No, it is to open the coffin to find beads. Going back early will make people feel at ease. Min Gushao and the others are still waiting on the top of the mountain.

"Brother, I remember that the longevity candles in tombs generally represent the number of tombs. There are ten longevity candles here, and there should be ten dead people buried in them, but we only saw three coffins, which do not correspond." Hua Ling'er was surprised. said.

This is what Jiang Yang is puzzled about. The surface layout of the Underworld Palace is very obvious, but there is probably a secret room in the dark.

"It is possible that they were buried together in coffins, but the size of the coffin is not enough. Furthermore, there are not necessarily ten corpses, there may be only seven, and the three lamps used to guide the boy can not be counted." Jiang Yang thought for a moment, Then she responded to Hua Linger.

Finally, Jiang Yang was sure that there was definitely a secret room or mechanism here!
  (End of this chapter)