Chapter 15: Black Impermanence

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What's the trouble?

"What's going on? You make it clear. Cassia frowned and asked him.

"Corpse incense! This bead has corpse incense on it! ā€

The fourth camel's face was extremely bad, but I still didn't understand what he was trying to mean. Master also mentioned the corpse incense before, but now that there is no corpse in this place, can it still be a corpse?

"This kind of incense summons spirits, and it will attract those unclean things. I don't have the golden talismans now, and I can't stop them! ā€

As he spoke, the fourth camel beckoned us to hurry up, and if we were entangled in such a place, there was almost no possibility of getting out. However, before the fourth camel spoke, his words were fulfilled.

At this time, I was horrified to find that a strange black shadow appeared silently above Cassia Ming's head!

I froze for a moment, the black shadow hanging upside down in the darkness, its head hanging down like a hairy baby, almost clinging to Cassia head, a pair of extremely resentful eyes staring at Cassia beneath him without knowing it.

None of the others noticed, and I didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of accidentally alarming the ghost. And Cassia was turning back at this time, and I took the opportunity to hurriedly gesture to him and tell him that there was a ghost on his head.

Cassia didn't know what I was doing, and looked at me with a puzzled expression.

I was in a hurry, pointing to the top of my head and giving him a hint with my lips. Cassia looked at me and pointed to the top of my head, thinking that there was something on it, so he looked up. As a result, all of a sudden, he met the grimace.

I was in a cold sweat as I watched from the sidelines. Cassia was frightened half to death, and the ghost screamed, picking up a torch and about to burn it. But the grimace reacted so quickly that it disappeared above us with a strange scream, and I saw only a black shadow pass through the firelight and quickly disappear into the darkness behind me.

"What's that?" Cassia asked in shock.

"Don't ask at this time, run for your life first."

The camel in front of us hurriedly beckoned us to get out of here quickly, and the grimace would definitely come back. At this time, I didn't bother to ask questions, and moved forward with all my strength. I was already exhausted, but this time, we fled for half an hour, and I didn't even know that I still had so much potential. After the fourth camel in front of me stopped, I felt as if my whole body was out of weakness, leaning against the rock wall and panting.

Fortunately, we had squeezed out of the crevice by this point, and now we were in front of a stone path about a man wide. I glanced back, and the grimace didn't seem to chase after me, and I was completely relieved.

A few people rested in place for a while, the torches had been extinguished on the way to escape, and the priority now was the source of the fire. In a place like this, if there is no fire, it is no different from waiting for death.

And at this time, the rich experience of the camel Lao Si came in handy. He lit the fire fold he carried with him, took out the oil and fire from his leather bag, and then made a few short-handled torches very skillfully from local materials for emergency use. According to him, the tinder is very resistant to burning after his treatment and can last for at least half an hour.

I asked him who he learned this craft from. He laughed tiredly and laughed at himself: "This is not a handiwork, I have been drilling underground for half my life, and I haven't touched many things, but my ability to save my life is not ambiguous." ā€

I didn't know how to answer him, so I laughed a few times and stopped talking. Master's physical strength has reached its limit, and the rapid march just now is indeed a little unbearable.

"Xiaoshan, where did you say that kid ran? Why can't you fucking see anyone after chasing for so long? Could it be that he was deliberately hiding? Cassia was clearly angry at the guards' unauthorized actions.

I took a sip of water, rubbed my sore thighs vigorously, looked at the endless dark stone path in front of me, and said blankly, "Who knows, maybe he's looking for us everywhere now." ā€

"That kid is coming back to us? He couldn't wait to get rid of a few of us so that he could touch the baby himself. ā€

What kind of nonsense I say, don't forget, people have saved our lives, more than once. Do you think everyone is like you? When you see the artifact, you don't recognize your six relatives?

Cassia wasn't happy to hear me say that.

"Why do you kid turn your elbow out? Protecting outsiders? ā€

I said that this is called talking about things, obviously because you have prejudices against others.

Cassia knew that he was wrong, and he didn't quarrel with me, so he turned around and went to find the fourth camel.

"Fourth, what kind of monster was that in the rock crevice just now? You've seen a lot, have you ever dealt with it before? ā€

The camel shook his head and said: "The business of fighting backwards, in the final analysis, is to steal the things of the dead, although the dead are terrible, but they are not monsters after all." I've been fighting for decades, and I haven't really encountered a few strange things except for various mechanisms. Many times, I am scared of myself, and my mood is affected by the surrounding environment, resulting in various illusions. Besides, these days, it's rare to see a fat bucket like this, and the squatting ones must be one after another, and it won't be your turn if you have this opportunity. ā€

"Didn't you say that the Qinling Han Palace, nine deaths and one life? How does it taste bad in your mouth? ā€

"It's all uploaded by the Tao to scare green horns like you. If I really went in and died as many as I went, then my old bones returned to the West decades ago, and can I still hold out until now? ā€

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly changed his voice and said, "A few people, there is a situation here, you come and take a look." ā€

I helped Master closer to him.

"What did you find?"

"Someone has been to this place."

I looked at where he was pointing, and saw that less than ten paces away from us was a rest camp left by our predecessors.

In fact, it can't be regarded as a camp, and it is more accurate to say that it is a temporary resting place. Judging from the two campfires on the ground that had long been extinguished, these people probably left two days ago, and the number should be about ten. Scattered around the campfire were a few whetstones, charred tinder, moldy dry food, and a worn-out parchment wine bag. The bag was empty, but I could still smell the smell of alcohol inside. I even smelled a choking smell of urine in the campfire. On a relatively flat ground near the campfire, there are still traces of charcoal painting. Apparently they had discussed something here.

"It seems that someone is indeed ahead of us, could it be that wild monk?"

Master shook his head and said that it was unlikely, judging from the scale of the resting place, it was a group of people who rested here, not one person. This should have been left by another group.

Another group? At this point, I suddenly remembered Cassia Ming's earlier assumption about the eighth person. Now it seems that Cassia was right in his speculation.

The fourth camel was still turning over the two bonfires at this time, not knowing what he was looking for. I was disgusted, so I stayed away and asked him what he was looking for.

The camel turned over for a long time, and finally found something, and kicked a kick out of it.

It was an eyeball-sized black ball, covered in plant ash, that rolled around the ground a few times before hitting the rock wall with a very crisp sound. Listen to the voice, it seems to be made of iron.

"What is this?"

Cassia said and wanted to pick it up and take a look.

The camel Lao Si stopped him: "Don't touch it, it's poisonous." ā€

"Poisonous?" Cassia was stunned, and then asked him, "How do you know it's poisonous?" ā€

"This is the Five True San, the Taoist people call it black impermanence, it is used to ward off evil and repel insects, the effect is similar to that of yellow powder, but the toxicity is much stronger, especially after burning, it must not be touched again. Black impermanence is very sought-after in the industry, and you can't get the goods without a little background. Ordinary loose thieves, like us, can only use yellow powder, compared with the five true scatter, the effect is much worse. ā€

"This is as good as you say?" Cassia is very skeptical of his claims.

The fourth camel nodded and said: "This thing is not in an emergency, and ordinary people are reluctant to take it out and use it." It doesn't seem to be as safe as we thought, so we need to get out of here as soon as possible. ā€

Master asked him where he was going further. Impressions?

The camel Lao Si looked around, and after carefully identifying it, he shook his head and said, "The terrain here is very similar, and I am not sure, I have to find the mark." You follow closely, that grimace will follow at any time, don't be left alone. ā€

A few people nodded, and after a short rest, we hit the road again. Along the stone path, it didn't take long for a fork in the road to the west, the other to the north, if I hadn't lost my way yet. In fact, I couldn't tell the direction for a long time, and there was no indication of where to go. I don't know if anyone else is like me, completely by feeling.

"Fourth, which way to go?"

The fourth camel stepped forward to look for the mark he had left behind.

Then he pointed to the road to the north, "Go this way." If I'm not mistaken, this should be the last fork in the road. The road behind is not easy to walk, and a few people followed. ā€

As soon as several people heard this, they all immediately came to their senses. The camel took the lead and took the lead in drilling into the stone road, and a few of us followed. To tell the truth, I was already dizzy, and after a few hours, I always felt that we were going around in a labyrinth, and if it weren't for the fourth camel leading the way, I'm afraid I would have had a nervous breakdown by now.

Calculating the time, it was almost dawn outside, and a few of us ran all night, and our physical strength began to gradually overdraw, and our heads sank to death. The journey was uneventful and lackluster, and I walked drowsily, like a walking corpse, numbly following the footsteps of the fourth camel.

This stone path is much shorter than the ones we have walked before, and after about two pillars of incense, we have reached the end of the stone path, and what appears in front of us at this time is a black stone gate.

Seeing the sealed door, it means that we have come to the periphery of the underground Xuan Palace, which is very close to our goal, and several people have a trace of excitement in their eyes.

The stone door in front of him was closed, and there was no sign of anyone opening it. But when we walked in, we found that someone had pried a hole out of the lower right corner of the stone door. The fourth camel put a torch into the hole, and it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

When I saw the hole in the tomb door, I let out a "pop" in my heart, and said that the group of people had indeed taken this path, and they had already taken the lead here. But what strikes me as strange is that there is no lock on the door of this tomb, so why did they choose such an extreme way to break in?

I felt along the crack in the door and immediately understood. Copper water had been poured into the cracks of the tomb door, and the entire tomb door had been completely sealed. And if you want to get in from here, I'm afraid this is the only way.

Drilling through the stone gate, a long and narrow tomb road appeared in front of us. The tomb is quiet and scary, and without a plan, our confidence is much weaker. However, because this tomb road has already been walked, we don't have too many worries, and we can quickly cross it in spirit.

We didn't go far when the camel in front of us suddenly stopped. I didn't pay attention for a moment and almost hit Cassia on the back.

"Why don't you leave?" I'm a little confused.

The camel raised the four torches high, reflecting the general outline of the front.