What appears in front of everyone's eyes is a series of seemingly ordinary stone caves.

The stone cave is completely made of stone slabs, about three meters long, about one meter wide and high, the entrance of the cave has been damaged, because of the lush foliage around, the light is not very good, so although the stone cave is not deep, but the scene inside is not real.

Not only could the seven ordinary people not see clearly, but including Yunjing, they couldn't completely see through the layout in the stone cave, and Yunjing could confirm that there were aura fluctuations in the cave, covering up the scene in the cave.

According to previous experience, it is likely that a formation has been arranged in this cave, and I am afraid that it is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

When the two professors and the four students recognized this living grave, they all came to the scene, and after experiencing the previous danger, they naturally did not rush in, so they wandered outside, poked their heads out and took a closer look.

"Professor, what is a living grave?" Yunjing asked.

The two professors glanced at Yunjing and Jiang Hao, and when they saw that their faces were stern, they immediately remembered something, and hurriedly waved their hands to Yunjing and Jiang Hao and smiled: "Don't be nervous, although this living grave sounds terrifying, it is actually not a tomb." I think this Xiao Yang is also very clear, many locals have the custom of sacrificing to the graves of the living. ”

Yunjing and Jiang Hao looked at Yang Liqiang, Yang Liqiang was obviously a little absent-minded, and after hearing the professor's words, he barely came back to his senses and nodded hurriedly: "Oh, yes, yes." ”

The attention of the two professors was attracted by the living grave, and they didn't pay too much attention to Yang Liqiang, so they began to explain while examining it.

It turns out that the tomb of the living is inextricably linked to the kingdom of Yelang back then.

The previous professor had told Yunjing that the Yelang Kingdom roughly started in the Warring States Period and was destroyed during the Western Han Dynasty, with a total history of about 300 years.

The defeated Yelang ** team and the descendants of the royal family fled all the way into the deep mountains and forests to escape the scourge of war, and it was the discovery of the bronze artifacts that were left behind that triggered today's archaeological expedition.

According to some historical materials and experts' speculation, the descendants of Yelang who fled from the country gradually became stronger and stronger again after two hundred years of recuperation, and Yelang's ambition to restore the country began to swell, and he once again launched a war to restore the country.

This time, in order to prevent Yelang from making a comeback, the emperor decided to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and sent all the royal families of Yelang who took the lead in the rebellion to be killed.

"Dingzhou Province to Shaan'an Province is thousands of kilometers apart, the long road is long and difficult and difficult, when the people of the Yelang whole clan were sent to Shaanxi Province, more than 1,000 kilometers of the road, regardless of the old, young, sick and disabled, all have to follow, which for most people, is a road of no return.

So the people of the Yelang tribe thought of a way, and externally, Yelang claimed that instead of letting the people die in a foreign land, it was better to rest in their homeland early, so as not to lose their leaves and turn into lonely ghosts, and never live in peace, so they decided to put people to death in advance and bury them in the grave, and sleep in their homeland.

"However, there is a lot of life in this tomb, they built a living tomb, not only leaving enough living space in the tomb, but also designing breathing holes, and secretly put food in it, enough for the people to survive in it for several days, and when the officers and soldiers are gone, everyone will come out of the tomb again.

"Hence the name of the grave of the living, and now those who worship the grave of the living are said to be descendants of those who escaped from the grave of the living, and they sacrifice to the grave of the living, in fact, they are worshipping their ancestors."

When Yunjing and Jiang Hao heard this, they suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the origin of the living tomb, and it seemed very eerie just to hear the name, but in fact, the story behind it was very witty, and it ended happily in the end.

Jiang Hao said: "Is this living grave common?" Why are living graves also built in such places, could it be that the people of the past fled here? ”

The two professors shook their heads, and Professor Dai Yiping said: "According to the living graves found before, the place where the living graves were built is not far from the village, and after the people in the graves escape, they continue to live and reproduce, and the neighborhood should gradually develop." The location of these living graves is indeed very strange......"

Yunjing looked around, the mouth of the living man's grave had been destroyed, and it didn't look like a tomb, but like a small cave that was not big.

At this moment, in front of them, more than a dozen living graves were lined up in a row, and the entrances of each cave were deep, as if the mouths of a dozen giant beasts were open to them.

Yun Jing said: "Be careful, don't forget that we just passed through the head burial. I think that even if this living grave was originally built to avoid disasters for the living, I am afraid that in the end, it will really become a tomb for burying the living......"

Yunjing's words sent a chill down everyone's spine.

If you know, the same tomb, the tomb owner died in a different way, this lethality is also completely different.

Just like the yin spirit at the end of life is always smaller than the yin spirit who dies young, buried in the tomb after death, and trapped in the tomb alive, no matter how you look at it, the latter is more terrifying.

"These dozen or so living graves are also of great research value...... At the same time, our way is also blocked by these graves......" Professor Dai Yiping looked at the living graves greedily, and then turned his head to look at Yunjing and Jiang Hao, "Of course, this road is full of dangers, so let's listen to the command of the two of you." ”

Yun Jing and Jiang Hao looked at the appearance of the six of them scratching their hearts and lungs, and immediately nodded.

The purpose of their original visit was not to accompany them in archaeology, and at this moment, there is a living grave standing in front of them, so naturally there is no reason to miss it.

Yun Jing said: "You stay where you are and don't move, I'll see if there is a breakthrough point with Jiang Hao......"

Before Yunjing finished speaking, suddenly that subtle sense of connection appeared again, and as soon as Yunjing finished speaking, the spiritual power in his body hurriedly condensed, and first built a layer of defensive shield in front of everyone to protect everyone's safety.

The moment the defensive shield of Yunjing was erected, a gust of cold wind blew from some direction, and the surrounding leaves were blown and rattled, and the sky was instantly covered by dark clouds.

The weather, which was originally quite sunny, suddenly became gloomy, and the surroundings were gray, as if suddenly entering the dim hour of the evening.

"Be careful!" Yunjing saw that more than a dozen living tombs in front of him suddenly gushed out bursts of aura, and then intertwined with each other, a full fourteen tombs, as if they were penetrated by aura at once, obviously they were all dead things, but at this moment, it was as if this tomb had consciousness, and suddenly came to life.

Everyone looked around nervously, and the atmosphere did not dare to take a breath.

After a few minutes, the wind gradually stopped, the leaves no longer swayed, and the whole forest was as silent as death, not to mention the insects and birds, and the world was as quiet as if it had entered a silent barrier.

"Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee......"

Suddenly, a child's laughter rang out suddenly.

The four archaeological students were startled, and Ding Jiaxing was even more trembling, and the whole person fell to the side.

Although he didn't fall to the ground, Ding Jiaxing's left foot accidentally stepped on Yunjing's foot, although Yunjing was stepped on, he couldn't move, but the backpack on his back was hit and shaken, and it touched the plant on the side, making a slight noise.

The child's laughter stopped suddenly.

Everyone held their breath and didn't dare to move.

Slowly, not far away, in the dim light, a child came out of the darkness.

He wore a pigtail on top of his head, wore a shabby jacket, and hid behind a large rock to peek out his brain.

"Small, child...... There are children......" Ding Jiaxing looked at the child in shock and said to his companion.

The people around were also surprised, and their eyes looked at the child without blinking, although the child's figure was a little blurry, but they could be sure that everyone present had seen the child.

The child secretly observed Yunjing and his party for a moment, slowly stood up from behind the stone, and then held the same hand: "Everyone, come and see, there is someone here!" ”

The child's voice fell, and in the dark place behind him, somehow a dozen more children came out, all of them thin, wearing shabby clothes, and their faces covered with dust.

More than a dozen children stood in a row, staring straight at Yunjing and the group.

The group behind Yunjing looked at each other, and somehow things would develop to this point.

Obviously, they had seen a living grave in the primeval forest a moment ago, but at this moment, why did so many children suddenly appear again.

Ding Jiaxing lowered his voice and said: "This group of children, won't all be ......"

"Don't talk." Seeing that Ding Jiaxing was about to be frightened, and he couldn't help but want to speak to vent his fear, Professor Du Xuezhi hurriedly interrupted him, and then stood in front of Ding Jiaxing, as if he wanted to protect him.

Ding Jiaxing looked at the old body of his teacher, although he was afraid, but as a young man, where was the reason for the teacher to stand in front of him, he hurriedly mustered up his courage and stood side by side with Professor Du Xuezhi.

Yunjing looked at Ding Jiaxing, although he tried very hard to overcome his fear, he was still trembling with fright, not only him, but everyone present had very unnatural faces, and everyone was scared enough by this sudden child.

Yunjing said: "Wait and see, with me and Jiang Hao here, it will be fine." ”

Yunjing said, seeing that since the group of children saw them, there was no need for them to hide anymore, Yunjing simply stepped forward and said, "Children, which family are you from, why did you appear here, your parents?" ”

Hearing Yunjing's words, more than a dozen children raised their heads neatly, dozens of eyes stared at Yunjing, and the child at the head said, "Abba and Mommy are all at home......"

As he spoke, the child took a step forward, stood in front of Yunjing, and looked up at Yunjing: "Brother, are you going to my house?" ”

Yunjing nodded: "Okay, but there are more of us, so we won't bother you." ”

"Abba and Auntie said, there is a guest back, to take home......" the child said, immediately walked straight in front of Yunjing, walked two steps, saw that Yunjing did not follow, the child immediately looked back at Yunjing.

Yunjing glanced at him, and then looked at the dozen or so children who were still in place, stiff like puppets: "These are your companions, we all followed you back, what about them?" ”

"They're not as smart as me, and they'll be able to bring guests later." The child said, pointing ahead to Yunjing and said, "Brother, my home is here." ”

Yun Jing looked in the direction of the child's pointing, only to see the living grave that was still dark and secluded before, but at this moment, there was suddenly more strange candlelight in the tomb, the candle flame turned blue, and the light reflected made everyone's face green and miserable, and the face of the child who walked in the front became even more stiff and hideous.

There were many candles and flames in the living tombs, and there were obviously people moving inside.

Yun Jing turned his head to look at Jiang Hao and the others, signaled them not to move in place with his eyes, and then followed the child's steps.

The child suddenly looked in the direction where everyone was standing: "There is another guest, who is also back as a guest." ”

Yunjing noticed that the child's word was used, so he asked, "There is another one, who?" ”

The child slowly reached out and pointed to the crowd.

Everyone looked at each other, looking for the person pointed by the child, Jiang Hao thought it was him at first, but soon, he noticed that although the direction of the child's finger was here, his eyes were not looking at him, but staring at his side - Yang Liqiang.

Yang Liqiang's face suddenly showed a frightened look, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "I, I, I, I...... I'm not going to ......."

The child didn't seem to hear Yang Liqiang's words, his hand kept hanging in the air and pointed at Yang Liqiang, his eyes staring unblinking, as if Yang Liqiang couldn't come, he kept this posture.

Jiang Hao looked at Yang Liqiang's frightened appearance half to death, and said to Yunjing: "Yunjing, do you really want to be a guest, I think we-"

"He can't see you." Yunjing said to everyone, "I can only see me and Yang Liqiang. ”

Everyone was stunned, and they didn't react for a moment why Yunjing said this.

Yunjing looked at Yang Liqiang: "Yang Liqiang, come here, I'll take you as a guest, don't worry, I will protect you." ”

Yang Liqiang's face changed slightly, but he quickly adjusted his expression, pulled the corners of his mouth, and showed a smile that was even uglier than crying: "With Xiaojing, of course I'm not worried...... Since Xiaojing said so, then I will ...... with you."

As he spoke, Yang Liqiang turned his head to look at Jiang Hao and the others: "What if, I mean what if...... If I die, after you go out, remember to help me sue my wife, I regret that when I went out this time, I quarreled with her, I wanted to earn enough money to buy gifts for her, but unfortunately there was no chance to meet again; And help me sue my children, dad will always love them. ”

When Jiang Hao and the others heard this, a look of unbearability suddenly appeared on their faces: "Yunjing...... Lao Yang is just an ordinary person...... The people in this living grave are obviously all Yin Spirits and ghosts, we are just like the previous formation, just break the formation, why follow the rhythm of the ghosts, maybe there are more dangers and traps in it, not only Lao Yang, we don't want you to take risks. ”