Text: Chapter XVIII: Bronze Masks

The third candle was quietly extinguished, and the chamber became much darker...

"Probably... Because..... Wind it. Tie Zhu said with a far-fetched face.

Naturally, everyone noticed the difference. But Uncle Li didn't say much, it seemed that he was determined to open the coffin.

I vaguely felt that there was something strange in this tomb, far from the entrance of the cave, and there would be no strong air currents pouring in, so why did the candles go out one after another for some reason? This scene clearly seems to have been blown out by someone....

I shook my head vigorously, trying to shake out this horrible thought, but not to scare myself...

"This coffin has been opened, the bronze ancient coffin can block the yin qi for thousands of years, it is more dangerous than any situation I have seen before, once something strange appears inside, you must not act rashly." Old Uncle Li said with a solemn face.

"Okay...."I nodded solemnly. But my eyes were firmly fixed on the coffin board on the ground....

There.... There really is a layer of bluish-purple flocculent! It looks like it is densely packed with small fluffs to form an area the size of the bottom of a bowl, and it is like marshmallows that are intertwined one by one.

Old Uncle Li also realized my fiery gaze and said, "Entangled like silk, bruised coffin." The thing on the coffin board is purple tomb moss, you baby is lucky. ”

"Isn't there a thousand-year-old coffin board without purple tomb moss?" I asked, confused.

"That's right." Uncle Li said, "Often people who have grievances in their hearts that cannot be resolved when they die will exhale bad luck after death, and the bad luck and air will be mixed with the body of the deceased to circulate to produce purple tomb moss." ”

"But...."Old Uncle Li looked at the coffin board with a frown, "Generally speaking, it is already rare to be able to produce purple tomb moss as big as a thumb, how can this coffin produce so much..."

I didn't care what Uncle Li said later, I was just overjoyed, this old man didn't lie to me, and the deadly stubborn disease in my chest could finally be eradicated!

Although I haven't been anything unusual in the past few days, but at night my chest hurts, and when I lift my clothes, I find that the spider web-like green tendons have spread to my lower abdomen, and if this continues, I can hold on for two more days at most, but fortunately I have found Purple Tomb Moss now!

But when I crouched down to take a closer look, I found that the bluish and purple flocculent layer was like the ashes left over from the burning of paper, and it would shatter at the slightest touch.

"This.... What to do?" I stared at the pile of ashes in front of me.

Uncle Li said: "The purple tomb moss is very precious and delicate, and the purple tomb moss that has just opened the coffin has the strongest medicinal effect, and there are some ..... Other benefits. ”

"What effect?" I asked curiously.

Old Uncle Li just wanted to say something but closed his mouth again, and he continued: "After leaving the tomb, the purple tomb moss is not easy to preserve, and the medicinal effect is weak. You might as well eat it now and save the trouble in the future. ”

"Hmm.... That's fine. ”

Looking at Uncle Li's appearance, this purple tomb moss doesn't seem to be so simple, but with my current situation, I can only try it with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor.... Since the medicine is the best now, and it is so difficult to take it away, I should take it now.

If you can save your life, you can't care about it so much. I simply lay down, grabbed the purple tomb moss with my hands and gathered it into a pile, and shoveled the bottom of the coffin board with my right hand to scoop up a handful of purple tomb moss and fill it into my mouth.

This purple tomb moss melts in your mouth, but it has a strange taste, at first it is a rancid smell that makes me sick, and after swallowing, all that remains in my mouth is a bitter aftertaste...

In short, this thing is terrible, more unpalatable than the pork I ate at Mrs. Zhang's house for dozens of days, and after eating it with nausea, I quickly opened the kettle and drank a few sips of water to rinse my throat.

At this time, as soon as I stood up, I found that Uncle Li, Cai Wen and Tie Zhu were already surrounding the coffin, but they all fell into silence, and their faces were very ugly...

There's something weird about the atmosphere...

"What's wrong?" I stepped forward in confusion, and was so frightened by the sight that my hairs stood on end, and my spine was cold...

In the huge coffin, only a dried corpse lay quietly.

But to my shudder, this body, which had been dead for thousands of years, was so well preserved... Although he was so thin that he was only skinny and bones, and his whole body was covered with brown corpse spots, his yellow-brown skin was crystal clear, and he could even see the bones inside!

Although the corpse's clothing had faded and been torn, it was vaguely recognizable that it was a red garment at this time, and its dry yellow hair covered its scalp like fluffy grass... It can be seen from this that this should be a female corpse.

Her hands were crossed in her lower abdomen, her skin had shrunk into a layer of skin paper, and a truncated knuckle could be clearly seen.

But the face of the female corpse wears a beautiful mask made of bronze, which depicts a vivid face, but this mask does not leave a gap between the eyes, ears and nose, and only leaves a small mouth at the mouth, which completely covers the face of the female corpse.... Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten Purple Tomb Moss....

Why are corpses that have been dead for thousands of years so intact?!

The air seemed to stop flowing, and I felt a sense of depression that I couldn't breathe.

The faces of Old Uncle Li and Tie Zhu were filled with an unforgettable despair...

"Here... It should have been visited..."Old Uncle Li said with a light sigh, "The things in the tomb have been swept away, and there is only a corpse left in the coffin. ”

I nodded slightly, indeed.. Such a noble tomb owner... There should not be no funerary goods in the coffin, and the burial chamber and the coffin are almost empty. It seems that the valuable things have been taken by the people who have been here before. The gang of tomb robbers entered the main burial chamber without breaking the stone wall of the Thousand Flowers, and must have found another shortcut.

It seems that Uncle Li and they are probably going to run for nothing....... The only thing of value is this bronze mask...

Thousand-year-old bronzes can definitely fetch a lot of money. But.... Why didn't the previous tomb robbers take this mask with them? They ransacked the tomb to the point that there was nothing left of it, and they didn't take away such a priceless mask. That's weird, isn't it?

"That...."Cai Wen's eyes were fixed on the female corpse's face... He silently took out the dark glass cup and handed it to Uncle Li, and said in a hurried voice, "I only need that mask." ”

Old Uncle Li took the glass cup, pondered for a moment, and said, "Baby, I'm sorry, I guess I'm going to let you run for nothing...."

"Why!?" The corners of Cai Wen's mouth trembled slightly, "I said I was going to give me the things inside." There's nothing else in this coffin of value... I had to take the mask away. Don't... You want this mask too?"

"Nope." Old Uncle Li shook his head, "To be honest, the things I want here have been taken away by tomb robbers..."

"Then why can't you give me this mask?!" Cai Wen's emotions were a little excited, "You know... If I can't make up for the medical bills next month, my mom will..."

"Why didn't the previous tomb robbers take this mask with them?" Old Uncle Li frowned and said.

"I don't care!" Cai Wen's eyes flashed with tears, "I followed you when you promised me that I could make a lot of money, but I didn't get any fart!" ”

Old Uncle Li patiently explained: "This mask covers the face of the female corpse, and all the bad qi that is spit out is suffocated back into the mouth, and it has accumulated for thousands of years, and the yin qi in this coffin is extremely heavy. The female corpse's body doesn't know how it has changed, and once the mask is removed, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

"Good.. One bite at a time... Yin Qi... You're so well-informed. College students have been played by you..."Cai Wen's tearful eyes glanced at me, "Am I really to believe you when my brain is kicked by a donkey." ..... What are you going to do when we're gone? Take the bronze mask away quietly?! ”

"You your mouth!" Tie Zhu raised his fist excitedly, "No one forced you to come, if you regret it, go back quickly." ”

"Yes..."Cai Wen looked at Old Uncle Li tremblingly, "I have no use value anymore, of course you don't need me anymore...."

"Alright, don't play with your little temper." Old Uncle Li said with a tense face, "Pillar, quickly cover the coffin board." ”

"Okay." Tie Zhu glared at Cai Wen, ready to lift the coffin board.

I just stood aside, ignoring Cai Wen's eyes, I knew that he wanted to pull me against their master and apprentice before, but I really didn't have that need, I had already obtained the purple tomb moss, even if the two of us added up to three moves, they would be overturned by the iron pillar, and Cai Wen was indeed at fault first, his approach was indeed a bit radical....

But I noticed that in the midst of their quarrel, the last candle in the northwest corner swayed violently, as if it had been blown by a light wind.... There was no wind in the chamber, but a shadow flashed on the wall at a very fast speed...

"Quickly cover the coffin and go." I said uneasily.

The iron pillar grabbed the coffin board and was about to lift it, when Cai Wen suddenly put his hand into the coffin!

Old Uncle Li's face changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "What are you doing?!" He hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it.

However, Cai Wen has already made the first move...

"Zila!"

Cai Wen jerked off the bronze mask on the female corpse's face------

"This guy!" I cursed in my heart, why was Cai Wen so unreasonable, and in an instant, I saw in horror:

Probably because of the age, the skin on the face of the female corpse, the bridge of the nose, the eye sockets, the lips.... Glued to the mask and peeled off together!

And her face was already a blur at this time, and half of her face had turned into a skinned skeleton, revealing dark yellow gums.... There are only two black holes left in the eyes... The ears are also broken... Some of the tissue skin is still stuck to the skull.. It's like moldy bacon ....

"Ahh

Cai Wen was also taken aback by this terrifying scene, he had already run two steps, but when he looked down, he was instantly frightened:

The back of the mask in his hand was still sticking to the rotten skin, and a shrunken eyeball was still hanging on the mask!

And in that northwest corner..... The last candle was suddenly extinguished....

"Boom!"

The old Uncle Li, Cai Wen, the iron pillar, and the coffin in front of him were all overwhelmed by the terrifying darkness.....

"Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! ....”

Suddenly, there was a creak of bone and joint movement..... It only makes my scalp tingle when I hear it....

"Put it back!"

In the darkness, there was a frantic roar of Uncle Li....

"Smack!"

"Cai Wen, bastard!" Tie Zhu turned on the flashlight and said angrily, "I have to break your arm!" ”

The burial chamber finally had a bright light, and following the light of the flashlight in the hand of the iron pillar, my eyes subconsciously fell on the coffin....

I felt my uneasy heart explode, and my legs went limp, and I couldn't stop shaking... Finished! Finished!

"Inside.... Corpse.... It's gone! ”