Chapter 90: The Coffin
"Sacrifices?"
I saw the fox skin slowly unfold, revealing the paintings and words imprinted inside, and explained to Zhao Ke: "Do you know how to raise Gu?
A female Gu needs very good quality Gu worms for nutrition, so the Miao people will keep several Gu in captivity, not to kill people, but to give the mother Gu as food.
We are equivalent to Gu in captivity, the only difference is that the sacrifice requires a high level of spirituality, so we will be chosen. ”
It turns out that the so-called five immortals of the Northeast were originally just spiritual creatures that were kept in captivity by the shamans of the Northeast, and the ultimate purpose of captive spiritual objects was to be used as sacrifices when the shaman died.
It's just that later the shamanism was weak, and after several civil strife, many spiritual objects escaped, and these spiritual creatures escaped from the control of the shaman, but they also mastered the ability of shamanism, and finally developed into the five great immortal families in the Northeast.
But even so, the five immortals still belong to shamanism, just like Zhengyi has the same relationship with Maoshan Sect, with the same origin, but they are separated from each other and stand on their own.
In the painting in front of me, the pattern imprinted on the fox skin is the fox, yellow, willow, white, and gray that were originally used as sacrifices, the five earliest spiritual objects.
It's just that this white fox is the most cunning one in it, and when it is critical, he senses that something is wrong, and he is ruthless, so he leaves his own flesh and bones, wraps his soul only in fur, and rushes out.
Later, its fur was found by its own children and grandchildren, and a clay sculpture was sealed for it, and after so many years, gradually the clay sculpture became an heirloom, and was enshrined on the wall by Grandma Xian.
If Zhao Ke hadn't inadvertently knocked over the god box, it is estimated that this guy would have been sealed inside for I don't know how long.
"So, you're now sealed in this fur, and your soul can't come out, so you want to get your body back."
"Not exactly!"
The white fox wants to get the body, not only to get his soul out of the animal skin, but more importantly, to get back his inner dan that remains in the flesh and blood.
If you can't get back the Inner Dan, all the cultivation in this life will be in vain, and the final outcome will be scattered, and you won't even have the qualifications to enter reincarnation.
Zhao Ke lay in the stone milk and asked again why he saw a desert inexplicably before, and finally was knocked unconscious.
Regarding this, the white fox's answer is very vague, because the times have changed, and the abilities of those five immortals have also changed, but the white fox speculates that it should be the ghost of the hedgehog.
After soaking in the stone milk for a while, Zhao Ke suddenly felt itchy and sour all over his body, as if the bones of his body were crawling with ants, which made Zhao Ke can't help but twist his body and scratch in the stone milk.
However, this kind of itching comes and goes quickly, and after the itching subsides, Zhao Ke felt that his body was crispy and numb, so that he couldn't help moaning loudly, and his toes couldn't help but split apart.
Slowly standing up from the stone milk, Zhao Ke stretched his waist, feeling warm all over his body, as if he had never been so comfortable.
The body was extremely light, as if he had removed all his burdens, Zhao Ke looked down, through the vision of the golden pupil.
Zhao Ke can see that his breath of life seems to be several times that of ordinary people, and Zhao Ke himself can feel the surging vitality.
The fingers caressed on his skin, and the feel was very silky, and he didn't know how many times better than his previous skin.
It's a pity that his current body appearance is the elderly Chen Sixi, not his real appearance, otherwise Zhao Ke really wants to see what kind of changes his body will have at this time.
Changing clothes, Zhao Ke stuffed the fox skin into his arms, Zhao Ke looked back at the stone milk, and found that the stone milk that was originally as clear as water now looks very turbid, and it feels a bit like the bath water in the bathhouse that has not been changed for several weeks.
Zhao Ke tried to put a little conversion into the postal album, and found that the stone milk seemed to still have an effect, but the remarks on the side had changed.
Material Stamps (Rare): Contaminated Stone Milk Cyanine
Special Purpose 1: Alchemy
After absorbing the spiritual energy, after the nourishment of the earth qi of the Changbai Mountain Range, the stone milk gathered into a drop in thirty years can be refined into an elixir and improve spiritual power.
(Note: Because it has been contaminated, the effect of stone milk yin will be greatly reduced.) )
In the stamp album, these contaminated stone milk yin vines are only used for alchemy, and have no effect of smearing.
And there is a red note underneath, which clearly indicates that the effect will be discounted.
Although he didn't say how much effect there was, Zhao Ke thought about it, it would be good to have ten three or four left.
"Good stuff!"
Seeing this, Zhao Ke's eyes narrowed, and he found a big pot for cooking soup in the postal album, and he was only willing to accept the stamp.
Although it is greatly discounted, but with the fact that it can improve mental power, Zhao Ke feels that in the ghost market, there are still people who will buy it.
If nothing else, the mental power increased by the increase does not belong to the stamp, but completely belongs to one's own ability, just by virtue of this, isn't it enough to make people's hearts move?
Looking at the stone milk left in the pool, Zhao Ke couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart, but it was a pity that he didn't bring a larger container, otherwise he would have taken it all away.
However, Zhao Ke thought of another thing in his heart, that is, if this fortification really exists, then in reality, will there be such a stone milk.
Even, if this is the case, the next time you enter the terrifying space, can you still find a way to get here and continue to take stone milk?
Thinking of this, Zhao Ke's eyes flashed with essence, and he couldn't help but speed up his breathing, if it was really like that, wouldn't he have found an inexhaustible gold mine!
Of course, this is just Zhao Ke thinking about it in his heart, not to mention whether he can find this fortification in reality, if he really finds it, there are a bunch of walking corpses inside, just by himself, Zhao Ke feels big when he thinks about it.
Not to mention, in the horror space, whether you can complete the main quest or not is two words, even if you complete the main story, how many postage points you can have, enough to come to this place again.
Putting aside those unrealistic thoughts in his mind, Zhao Ke groped along the path at the other end of the cave.
According to the white fox, this place is a holy place for shamanism, and it is also a cemetery for shamanism.
Zhao Ke carefully looked at the material of the coffin, and found that these coffins were all made of gloomy wood, and the outside was also painted with a thick layer of copper paint.
Looking at the carvings depicted on the coffin, Zhao Ke speculated that these things were at least the Ming Dynasty, because there were a few coffins with Qing Dynasty characteristics, which were put aside, and the styles of the two were completely different from each other, and you could see the characteristics of that era at a glance.
Zhao Ke carefully put his face on the coffin, listened to the movement inside, and said in his heart: "I hope these old monsters don't jump out, otherwise, it is estimated that these small fish and shrimp will not be enough to stuff each other's teeth." ”
The walking corpses above have only been thrown by the devil for more than 30 years, and these coffins, that one is not three or four hundred years old.
Zhao Ke looked around carefully, and when he came to the intersection, Zhao Ke was suddenly stunned, looked back, and his heart suddenly tensed.
The lid of a coffin was actually half-open, and when he saw this, Zhao Ke breathed in his chest, and carefully swept his gaze into the coffin.
But in the black coffin, a foot could be faintly seen.
"Hiss~"
Seeing this scene, Zhao Ke couldn't help but gasp, feeling that his scalp couldn't help but tingle, but after Zhao Ke looked carefully, he found that it seemed to be just a worn-out boot.
Seeing this, Zhao Ke simply stepped forward to take a careful look, and after this look, he found that the coffin was empty for unknown reasons.
This made Zhao Ke suddenly sigh in his heart, since it was empty, Zhao Ke simply opened the coffin and took a closer look, and found that there seemed to be a hole on the left side of the coffin, like a trace of a rat's gnaw.
Inside the coffin, there was a pile of dried rat droppings, and a skeleton that had been gnawed and only a skeleton of bones remained.
It seems that this is also a bad luck, I don't know why a mouse ran into the coffin, but the corpse was eaten clean, and it ran out after biting a hole.
Zhao Ke glanced at it twice, and was about to leave, but before he could step out, he raised his nose slightly, and a strong smell of blood floated from the other end of the fork.
"Someone!"
Zhao Ke's heart tightened, and he had already heard the sound of rushing on the other side of the fork, and quickly hid his figure in the shadows.
There was a rush of footsteps, and unexpectedly the people who ran out of the fork were not Grandma Xian, but Goudan, Xu Jiao, Zhou Fugui, and Wang Dongliang.
Among them, the dog has colors hanging on his body, and Wang Dongliang and Zhou Fugui are no better, especially Wang Dongliang, half of his arm has disappeared, and his face is pale and scary.
"I ...... I can't run! Xu Jiao stretched out her hand and grabbed the dog's arm and shouted.
"Slut!"
However, when the dog saw this, he slapped Xu Jiao's face in the face and scolded: "You, are you a trap with Zhang Haiyang, right?" ”
"I ...... I...... I don't know. ”
Xu Jiao's face was hesitant and frightened, and she didn't know what to do at all, so she could only explain desperately.
"What should I do?"
Wang Dongliang raised his head, out of breath, and at the same time took out the quick recovery potion from the mail album and drank it, although it could not recover the broken arm, but at least it could stop the bleeding.
Zhang Haiyang's position led to a change in the main line, Sun Shouguo also disappeared inexplicably, and Wang Dongliang's broken arm was obviously also greatly injured.
As for that Zhou Fugui...... The dog didn't expect this stupid newcomer anymore, except for a little strength, he didn't see any ability at all.
"If you go down, you might find another way."
Goudan gritted his teeth, looked at the left and right forks, and decided to go in the direction of the other end.
At this time, Xu Jiao struggled to get up, but was kicked to the ground by the dog, and Wang Dongliang on the side saw this and stepped forward and said, "Wait, let her delay time." ”
Goudan hesitated when he heard this, then nodded and said, "You just stay here, let's go!" ”
"Don't go!"
Seeing the three of them leaving quickly, the look on Xu Jiao's face couldn't help but turn pale, and at this time, she heard a "da-da......" footsteps on the other side getting closer and closer.
With the sound of footsteps, there was also He Laosan's weird smile: "Run, keep running, don't let me catch you." ”
Xu Jiao's face turned pale, beads of sweat suddenly oozed from her forehead, she looked left and right, and when she saw the half-open coffin, her eyes lit up, and she struggled to get up.
It's just that this coffin is very high, about one meter five or six, and Xu Jiao climbed hard a few times but didn't climb up.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, Xu Jiao's eyes not only showed a look of despair.
She held the edge of the coffin with both hands, and her feet kept kicking the coffins around her in mid-air, but she couldn't be afraid of life or death.
Just when she was about to lose it, she suddenly stretched out a hand, suddenly stretched out from the coffin, grabbed Xu Jiao's throat, rough fingers, and pinched hard, "Click!" With a sound, Xu Jiao's eyes widened, and her body suddenly softened.