The Black Buddha said that it was a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, but in fact it was just a name, not that there were really a thousand hands and a thousand eyes on the statue. The black Buddha statue made of rotten jade is as tall as an ordinary person, and there are dozens of arms behind it, either holding special-shaped magic weapons or pinching fingers. The statue had more than 100 eyes all over its body, all of which were originally closed, but suddenly opened; Those eyes had no pupils, but they kept squirming as if they were alive.

Father Thomas was overwhelmed by the countless maggot-like eyes on the Black Buddha's body, and hurriedly asked Elder Chen, "Is this ...... What is it? When did these eyes open? Is this an eye or a bug? ”

Although Elder Lichen has seen a lot of things, but the rotten jade and the black Buddha have never seen it with their own eyes, but they have heard the seniors mention that there are such two things in the world, and they have been extinct for a long time, and those predecessors don't know what is in them, and the content they tell is very limited, is there really a dead spirit in this black Buddha who does not disperse? Otherwise, how can Black Buddha be like a living being......

I saw that hundreds of strange eyes of the black Buddha statue appeared as thick as a frozen black mist, these black mist condensed in the pavilion, through the flickering light of the candle, you can see the outline of the black fog like a vague black Buddha statue.

At this time, the "Partridge Whistle", who had just vomited blood, also regained his senses, and when he saw this terrifying black mist, he was as surprised as Elder Dust and Father Thomas. There have always been many strange and mysterious things in the ancient tombs, and "Partridge Whistle" has seen a lot of things in his tomb robbing career, and it is difficult for him to feel anything surprise, but this black fog is really unexpected, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, where would he believe that there is such an evil thing in the world.

Father Thomas thought it was an evil spirit, took out a bottle of holy water, lifted the cap, and raised his hand to splash it at the black mist. The ink-like black mist originally moved very slowly, but when water splashed in, the black mist suddenly and quickly cracked a large hole in the middle; Father Thomas's holy water was poured into the air, and fell to the floor of the tomb through a large hole in the black mist; The big hole that cracked in the black fog was just in the middle of the outline of the Buddha statue, as if the black Buddha had opened the hideous mouth of the black hole and roared silently at the three people.

Seeing that the black fog seemed to be afraid of Father Thomas's holy water, Partridge Whistle asked Father Thomas to splash some more, and Father Thomas shrugged his shoulders and said, "No, that's half a bottle." ”

Elder Lichen held the Buddha beads in his hand and said: "The means of the foreign monk are also good, it turns out that this evil fog is afraid of magic weapons, it seems that the moment of breaking has passed, and the crooked demon and evil way can help me, and see the old man to collect it." After speaking, he tore off the string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and smashed the Buddhist beads into the black mist with his head and face.

Unexpectedly, this time the thick and abnormal black mist did not react, and it was hit by the Buddha bead unconsciously, and continued to move forward slowly. Elder Lichen secretly wondered: "This is really weird! Could it be that my Buddha's boundless mana is not as good as Western holy water? Alas, this ...... What kind of world is this***? ”

"Partridge Whistle" saw Elder Chen in a daze, and hurriedly pulled him, and the three of them were forced to retreat by the black fog. This kind of black mist is released from the rotting jade, and there are two possibilities for encountering it: one is like the white skeleton, the skin and flesh and internal organs of the whole body immediately decay and turn into pus, leaving only a skeleton; Another possibility is that the black mist is what Elder Dust said, and there are ghosts in it, and as soon as it touches the living, it will be haunted by evil spirits.

No matter which one it is, it is miserable, he has retreated to the corner behind him, and there is no way to retreat, looking at the slowly approaching black fog, the "Partridge Whistle" knows that the time limit has come, and said to Elder Chen: "The disciple dragged down the teacher today, and there is no redemption for a hundred deaths." ”

Elder Lichen was just about to say some subtle Buddhist principles to the "Partridge Whistle" to show that he had long been detached from life and death, but found that the black fog like a wall not far in front of him was not coming towards the three of them, but rushed to the candle in the corner of the other wall.......

This was also discovered by the "Partridge Whistle": "Black Mist ......"

Elder Dust, Father Thomas, and Partridge Whistle said in unison, "Candles! ”

When I first entered the ancient tomb, the "partridge whistle" was illuminated by a phosphorescent tube on a golden steel umbrella, and the phosphorescent light emitted was blue light, which was a cold light source without any temperature, so nothing abnormal happened to the black Buddha and the white bones since I entered the ancient tomb. Just when he wanted to go back, Father Thomas, who was originally walking last, became the one who walked in the front, and he lit the candle "Partridge Whistle" for him to light the way, and suddenly a black mist emerged from the tunnel under the jade gate. Everyone was forced into the pavilion to hide by the black fog, until Elder Chenchen lit a candle and opened the box, and the multi-handed and multi-eyed black Buddha suddenly changed, and the Buddha's body opened its eyes, and puffs of black smoke came out.

Yes, it must be the temperature, although I don't know what the principle is, but these black fogs are drawn out by the temperature of the candle like moths to a fire. It must be that the air in the chamber has reached a certain temperature for it to appear, and it must be a high enough temperature that this black fog will most likely not appear at all if you don't light candles and torches or something. The black fog appears to be in a state of slumber, and once awakened by the heat of the flames, it will wipe out all targets in the chamber that exceed the temperature of matter.

The black fog really targeted the candles on the ground first. The thick black mist seemed to be invisible, but in fact it was qualitative, and in an instant, the flames of the candles were engulfed by the black mist, and the tomb was immediately pitch black.

Seeing this scene, "Partridge Whistle" and the others knew that the black mist emitted from the Black Buddha would immediately look for the target of the candle after engulfing the candle, and that must be the three living people in the pavilion.

(Endorsement in the book: rotten jade, also known as jade, or insect jade, is produced in a valley in Afghanistan and is a very strange thing.) This insect jade itself has many strange properties, and has always been a mysterious substance with legendary characteristics, which is extremely rare. The ancients believed that this living strange stone was possessed by some kind of evil spirit, and as long as it burned near the insect jade, the flames would emit a large amount of black mist that was as thick as solidifying together; After the black fog, all nearby substances that exceed a certain temperature are corroded into pus. It's not that the human body will turn into pus as soon as Elder Chen hears about it, but the black mist must first be drawn out by the high temperature, and the black mist will have a corrosive effect on the nearby substances, and the insect jade itself does not have this effect.

In ancient times, there was a cult that took advantage of the fact that the black mist emitted from the insect jade would form a vague multi-armed humanoid silhouette, and visualized the outline of the human head, creating a dark Buddha statue, claiming that darkness would eventually replace light, and absorbing a large number of believers, and later this cult was completely exterminated. Since then, the already very rare insect jade has also disappeared from the world, until modern times in 1986, in a joint archaeological activity, in Turkey's Kamankarehoyuk ruins rediscovered this strange stone that only existed in ancient documents, as for why this black Buddha appeared in the Kamankarehoyuk ruins is impossible to verify, can only judge that the stone may have been handed down there in ancient times.

The secret of rotten jade was cracked by American scientists at the end of the 19th century, in fact, this mysterious window paper can be broken as soon as it is pierced, which is similar to Chinese Cordyceps; The so-called Cordyceps sinensis is a complex of the fungus Cordyceps sinensis parasitic on the larval body of the bat moth and the larval corpse, as its name suggests, the day is the worm, the summer is the grass; The stone is like a stone at room temperature, and it will become an insect if there is a flame causing high temperature, and a large group of black insects gathered together is extremely small, and a single one can barely be distinguished with the naked eye, and a large number of people gathered together are very similar to black smoke. Usually in a state of stiffness, a large number of insect corpses are stacked together like black jade, and the insect corpses inside the shell will have an accelerated transformation process when they sense the sharp change in the temperature of the nearby air, take off the white corpse skin, gather together and fly out. These cocoon-breaking insects will secrete a large amount of corrosive liquid by constantly dying, swallowing all hot objects in the vicinity, including flames, which can be extinguished by the liquid of the insect corpse.

To a certain extent, insect jade can be said to be a very sharp mausoleum guardian, and the countless insects that appear from the stone form an insect tent, which is enough to cover the entire area of the tomb.

Of course, "Partridge Whistle" and Elder Lichen are both very superstitious and superstitious school captains, and the first time they saw the legend is very evil, and the mystery of the insect jade has never been solved in that era, so in their opinion, this phenomenon must be caused by evil spirits. ）

"Partridge Whistle" and the other three have already seen through the black fog will give priority to attacking targets with high temperatures, in order to dispel this black fog, they casually lit a few candles, the black fog was attracted by the heat of the candles to the corner of the wall, and a large gap was exposed between the corner and the flap wall in the ancient tomb cabinet.

Before Elder Lichen and the others entered the ancient tomb, they took the "Red Soul Pill", a secret medicine that could lower the body's body temperature and delay the body's breathing rhythm, so the black mist would not easily detect the three living people when they were attracted by the temperature of the candle. The "Partridge Whistle" saw that it was too late to fight back against the robbery hole now, so he had to stick to the wall to avoid the black fog and prepare to return to the main tomb from the pavilion, divert the black ghost fog there, and go out through the passage under the jade gate.

When Elder Lichen went out, he took the heterogeneous keel in the box into his hand, and there were many strange symbols engraved on the keel, many of which were shaped like dust beads, maybe the whereabouts of the "phoenix gall" cloud dust beads would eventually fall on this heterogeneous keel; This piece of dragon bone armor is hidden in the pavilion so hidden, it must have its value.

By this time, "Partridge Whistle" and Father Thomas had already pushed the lantern mechanism on the wall and beckoned Elder Dust to leave. Elder Lichen hurriedly caught up, and the mechanism wall clicked, but it stopped in the middle of the section, as if it was stuck somewhere, and he was attacked by the enemy for a while, and there was no way to advance or retreat.