It is reported that the earliest written record of the Great Western Continent is the ancient Greek philosopher Plato's "Dialogues" in 400 BC, in which Plato recorded the story of the Great Western Continent narrated by his cousin Coricias.

Plato described that the great western continent has endless mountains and vast plains with lush vegetation, and is very rich in mineral resources, and it is this rich land that has given birth to a highly developed civilization.

The Atlanteans established the capital of their empire in the center of the Great Western Continent, a powerful empire that no one could compete with at the time after the rule of ten great emperors, but after a tsunami and a major earthquake, the Great Western Continent sank overnight, and this great ancient civilization also perished.

Because he was too excited, Liu Yuhao's face gradually became rosy, and his breathing began to accelerate.

Suddenly, Liu Yuhao, who was galloping, stopped, raised his eyebrows slightly, and stared at an object that looked like a shovel not far from him.

"There really is a Luoyang shovel!"

Liu Yuhao muttered to himself, and walked over to pick up the Luoyang shovel caught in the submarine reef.

I never thought that my hand had just touched the Luoyang shovel, and first the ash rod shovel turned into a pile of powder, and even the shovel made of black iron fell off the rust all over the body, revealing small holes dotted with dots, and there were fish happily shuttling back and forth in the holes.

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." Kong Zhongni's words are the same for tomb robbers.

In fact, the "Luoyang shovel" is only a tomb robbery tool used more in these loess in the Central Plains, and the invention time is also relatively late, and it is not a general-purpose tomb robbery weapon.

If it is a mountainous area, it is difficult for the Luoyang shovel to play a role. But at the bottom of the sea where the sediment is accumulated, it is very effective, and it is more convenient to use than in the yellow earth.

In fact, the Luoyang shovel is not the first generation of tomb robbery tools.

In ancient times, tomb robbers used iron cones to detect tombs. The iron cone can be long or short, which is greater than the actual role of the Luoyang shovel, and can be used in a variety of more complex geographical conditions. However, tomb robbers need to have rich experience in excavations to play a greater role.

The Ming scholar Wang Shixing said in "Guangzhi Interpretation - Four Provinces of Jiangbei", "Luoyang has deep water and soil, and the burial is up to four or five zhang but not to the spring, and there are ten zhang long in the reel." However, although the burial is as promised, the thief can still enter and smell it with an iron cone, and the gas of gold, silver, copper, and iron will be released. ”

How to use the iron cone?

Wang Shixing made it very clear in the article, "The iron cone enters and sniffs it".

The appearance of anything will give it a very interesting legend, and Luoyang shovel is no exception.

Legend has it that Li Yazi, a villager of Mapo Village on the outskirts of Luoyang City, went to the market and saw someone on the side of the road digging a hole and inserting a shed pole with a short shovel in the shape of a cylinder tile. What Li Yazi didn't expect was that after this kind of shovel was dialed up, it could also bring out a lot of soil underneath.

This serendipitous discovery surprised Li Yazi.

Why was Li Duck surprised?

It turned out that he had been secretly doing tomb robbery for a living, and this shovel could undoubtedly bring him more convenience to find and rob tombs. So Li Yazi had an idea, painted a scoop according to the gourd, and went home and asked the nearby blacksmith to open it in the same way, which was really easy to use, and the efficiency and success rate of tomb robbery increased greatly.

This shovel was used by tomb robbers in the Luoyang area.

As for whether the Luoyang shovel was invented by Li Yazi, no one can directly prove it, and it may be a false rumor. But no matter who the inventor is, the contribution of the Luoyang shovel is still quite large, and it is even used by archaeologists of official cultural relics in different countries.

Therefore, just by his eyes, Liu Yuhao couldn't calculate when this Luoyang shovel was discarded here.

Liu Yuhao smiled bitterly and straightened up, however, he was not disappointed, it was not a rare thing to have more Luoyang shovels, but he accidentally found Luoyang shovels, at least confirming his thoughts.

It seems that there must have been a skilled "fire cave" here a long time ago, and the tomb robber was just like himself, and he came here after learning the secrets of this magical sea.

But at the same time, Liu Yuhao's vigilance in his heart has also increased a little.

If the tomb robber hadn't died, he would definitely have taken away his treasure before leaving, how could he be willing to throw it here?

"Is there anything weird here?"

Liu Yuhao thought about it secretly in his heart, and then denied his thoughts, in his opinion, if there is really a secret danger, the only one who can pose a threat here is the golden shark.

It's just a dead fish, there's really nothing to be afraid of!

After walking less than two hundred meters in front, Liu Yuhao's face changed suddenly, his eyes widened, and he stood there for five or six minutes and forgot to move one step forward.

"I'm going to go! This, this is the six instruments and three wonders! ”

At the moment when the deerskin atlas flashed in Shenyin's mind, Liu Yuhao couldn't help blurting out what he saw.

In a vacant lot fifty meters away, Liu Yuhao found a huge stone coffin, and around the coffin, there are four stone pillars more than a foot high, from the top of the stone pillar, respectively, there are thigh-thick stone locks interlocking and stretching down to hang the four corners of the coffin.

And directly below the coffin is actually placed nine corpse bronze mirrors, respectively guarding the nine directions of E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, Ding, C, and B, thus forming the six instruments and three strange formations of Maoshan Qimen.

The bronze mirror of the corpse is a symbol of the Legalists, which is said to have been built in Ziyang Mountain, which can be based on the four dimensions of heaven and earth, etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, and can restrain the corpse. And the law of the Six Instruments and Three Strange Formations is used to exorcise ghosts and subdue demons.

Many people know that the Maoshan faction is good at finding caves and tombs, feng shui sacrifices, welcoming ceremonies, organ formations, face-to-face word measurement, reading eight characters, calculating good fortune and evil, and even changing lives against the sky.

But Liu Yuhao knows very well that in fact, subduing demons and subduing demons is the real specialty of Maoshan descendants, what secrets are hidden in the stone coffin that was hung high? Why would someone use the bronze mirror of the corpse to place the Maoshan faction's secret technique of six instruments and three strange formations under the coffin?

All kinds of strange thoughts flashed in Liu Yuhao's mind in an instant, but he never found the answer.

But one thing Liu Yuhao is sure of is that there must be something strange in the hanging stone coffin in front of him, otherwise, no one would have put on such a big battle.

So, Liu Yuhao took three steps back slightly, slowed down his breathing as much as possible, and quietly released his ability to protect his body up and down, and reached into his arms with his right hand and took out the Xuanyuan Sword and held it tightly.

Liu Yuhao's caution is not unreasonable.

You know, although the purpose of the coffin hanging in the air is to help prevent wild beasts, or for embalming considerations, the current situation is not normal.

This is the bottom of the sea, and it is nonsense to use this method to prevent wild beasts, but what fish can't swim there?

Besides, there is no way to verify whether the corpse soaked in seawater can be embalmed Liu Yuhao, but seawater has a corrosive effect on any object, and it is impossible to prevent decay if the corpse is soaked in the sea for a long time.

The Liuyi Sanqi Formation composed of the bronze mirror of the corpse reminded Liu Yuhao that under normal circumstances, the corpse with signs of corpse transformation in the process of burial will be hung in the air like this, in order to prevent the corpse in the coffin from coming into contact with the earth qi and causing corpse transformation.

That is, the "down-to-earth" that is often talked about in the mouths of the people.

Zombie?

Liu Yuhao suddenly had such a ridiculous idea in his mind.

While marveling at the magic and weirdness of Maoshan magic, Liu Yuhao suddenly felt a feeling of depression and tightness in his chest.

In his mind, the hideous and terrifying image of the "corpse demon" gradually emerged, and the eerie and terrifying "corpse demon" looked like a human being, and walked towards him with teeth and claws.

Some of the pictures in his mind are clear, some are blurry, but Liu Yuhao seems to see it very really.

Although those "corpse demons" were expressionless, their facial features were all clear and tight, and if you looked closely, you could even find that there was some dark red liquid flowing out of the corners of the "corpse demons" mouth, and there was a faint smell of blood.

"It's not good, it's an illusion!"

Liu Yuhao was suddenly alert, subconsciously took three steps back again, hurriedly used his true qi to protect the eight veins of the Qi meridians of his body, and shook his head vigorously to make his consciousness clearer.

This is probably the so-called inner demon!

After sobering up, Liu Yuhao began to regret why his curiosity was so heavy.

But it's already here, so you can't just turn around and run away without solving any mystery, right?

That's not Liu Yuhao's character.

"Spicy next door, damn the birds up!"

Liu Yuhao spat on the ground at the bottom of the sea, bursting out a favorite mantra of the army when he was in school, and then slowly moved towards the stone coffin step by step to find out.

Although Liu Yuhao has the ability of Bajin, and he has a mysterious deerskin atlas printed in his mind, after all, it is the first time he has encountered such a situation.

And he only knows a little about the Maoshan technique, so it's better to move his steps carefully, and it's best not to break the spell secretly cast by the people who set up the formation back then.

Otherwise, if it really causes a corpse transformation, I'm afraid it won't be as easy to deal with as the Golden Shark.

Liu Yuhao stopped more than ten meters away from the coffin, and sure enough, just half a meter away, there were several wooden talismans lying on the ground that had begun to decay.

Judging by the texture and blurred texture of the wooden cards, the spells should be made of mahogany.

Liu Yuhao gasped and released his ability towards the peach wood talisman, and when the golden light flashed in his mind, Liu Yuhao knew that the talisman was the offensive spell Five Thunder Mantra used to subdue demons in the Maoshan spell.