Chapter 8 Fang Tian draws the halberd
In this case, countless movie clips floated through my mind, what was the mechanism of a dozen sharp arrows shooting from both sides, what was the fire pit that suddenly surged on the floor, what was the sudden swarm of insects in all directions...... He experienced the pain in the secret room in the movie all over again, but found that his butt did not hit the ground for a long time, but a feeling of free fall followed, he wanted to open his mouth to scream, let Jialan and them know where they were, as soon as his mouth opened, there was a sharp pain in his buttocks.
"Oops!" He sat up with his ass clutched, and there was darkness around him. He subconsciously touched the flashlight, hoping that the flashlight could fall down with him, it was a thousand-dollar item, and he couldn't help it. It's a pity that he didn't find the flashlight after touching it more than ten times, and there were only two results, that is, the flashlight was too far away from him, and he didn't know where he fell when he fell, or when the monster pounced on him, he knocked the flashlight out and fell on it.
Fan Li's struggle to get up, but he hit his head against the stone slab on the roof, and his brain buzzed in pain, and the whole person almost fainted. He reached out and touched it up, then left and right, and it was a tunnel that could only pass through one person, but should he go forward, or should he go backwards? He thought that there was still a monster up there, so he hurriedly chose a direction and climbed over. The tunnel was clean, and there was really nothing but some dust. In fact, if there is something else, he must be scared to death in such a dark environment, and you must know that the invisible thing is the most terrifying, even if it is a mouse that suddenly comes out.
Fan turned a corner, and a flash of fire suddenly appeared in front of him, like the light of a torch. He picked up his speed and crawled towards the mouth of the tunnel, which was not supposed to be the tunnel to get out, it was supposed to be the tunnel that led into some temple. There were flashlights on each side of Jialan, and the torches didn't look like they lit them.
Is there anyone else? Fan Lifu thought to himself, they came in through the exit, and if there was another wave of people coming in through the entrance, it would be a big deal. I used to mix on the road, and I was afraid of meeting my peers in the crypt. Now the situation is urgent, because he was caught in the tomb without permission, he was either sentenced to life or shot, and those who came in were outlaws, and there was no greeting between peers, but they fought when they met, for fear that the other party would rob the cultural relics and block the back road.
While thinking, this side has come to the mouth of the tunnel. He slowly poked his head out and saw that it was a temple, surrounded by two dozen fires with raging fires. He looked around, and with no sign of anyone else, he was relieved to emerge from the tunnel. This temple is very different from what I have seen before, both in terms of architectural style and ornamental arrangement. There is no carpet of Phnom Penh that I have seen before, and there are no monsters in front of the door, all of them here are fiery red colors. Fan Li saw the coffin in front of him at a glance, there were several candlesticks on the coffin, and there were flames burning on the candlesticks, and something was shining behind the coffin. The gem glowed a crystal red against the backdrop of the flames, like the eyeballs of a red-eyed giant.
Such a large ruby is both a blessing and a disaster. The experience of going to the tomb many times has taught him that such a precious thing must be guarded by something very dangerous, and he will leave some puzzle mechanisms, if he can't solve them, then he will definitely die in Huangquan. The ancients would not let people who had no fate go back alive, either open and take away the treasures, or die here as dead souls.
Fan looked up, the walls and ceiling were carved with flame-like stripes, and the ravines were infused with dark red paint, like congealed blood. In addition to this coffin, there is an empty weapon rack on the left, the weapon rack is placed in the brazier, there is no flame in the brazier, and the right side is also a shelf that carries things, but this shelf is designed to be very large, and it may be a little redundant to put weapons. Behind the coffin is a statue of a tall man covered in armor. This armor is not like the armor of ancient soldiers or generals, nor like the heavy armor worn by knights in the West, it has beautiful lines and unique shapes, but there is no protection in the places that should be protected, such as the lower abdomen and arms, and the shoulders are covered with thick armor and extend outward for a long time.
Fan couldn't understand the meaning of this thing, so he looked down at the sarcophagus, which was engraved with words, all written in a language that he could not understand, almost all in hieroglyphs, and some even imitated the appearance of flames. Most of the texts on the sarcophagus describe the story of the deceased, and of course some people hide the secret of opening the coffin. Fan Li saw a strange bump on a huge "fire" glyph in the middle, which was covered with dust, but the dust on the edge of the bulge sank slightly. He guessed it was the mechanism. But what if you press it so recklessly, and a zombie jumps out of the coffin at that time? Now without Jialan, without her witchcraft, it is difficult to control the corpse.
Fan Li paced back and forth, by the way to see what hints were around, he walked around the brazier next to him, and brought a gust of wind to blow the flames swaying, he suddenly wanted to see what age this brazier was, whether it was bronze or something like that, so he leaned over. This look didn't matter, he was shocked into a cold sweat, and under the flame was a brazier similar to copper, and there was no oil and other burning materials in the brazier, so the flame was out of thin air. He checked the braziers around him, and found that the other braziers were the same, and all the lighting equipment here seemed to be some kind of magic, and it was supposed to be alive and well.
With a small drum in his heart, he turned back to the coffin to look at the words on the coffin, then looked up at the mural and a series of objects behind it, and finally he stopped his eyes on Ruby. This may be a mechanism, such a valuable thing is placed here, and something will definitely happen if it is taken away in vain, but if it is only used as the key to open the coffin, will it be safe?
He looked closely at the ruby and saw that it was carried by a bronze table carved with thread-like ornamentation, but there was a seam between the two, indicating that the ruby could be taken down. Below the bronze platform is the stone platform behind the coffin, which is also covered with flame-like carvings, but nothing else is placed on it, and the huge ruby seems to be waiting to be noticed.
Fan Li's hand reached out to the gem, and suddenly a blue light flashed in front of his eyes, and his outstretched hand stopped in the air, and the light disappeared immediately, as if everything was his hallucination. He blinked vigorously, looked around, and finally withdrew his hand. Walking back to the coffin, he reached out to touch the raised mechanism, when his hand touched the mechanism, he only felt a pain in his index finger, and then a few drops of blood flowed on the mechanism, and immediately there was a whooshing sound in front of him, and he was so frightened that he shrank behind the coffin.
When there was no other sound, he poked his head out, and found that there were several iron arrows on the wall above the ruby, and the arrows had already sunk into the wall, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if he touched the ruby just now, it would definitely cause the mechanism to start, and he would definitely be shot into a sieve by this sharp arrow, but he wondered in his heart, why did he have a little more courage to choose the mechanism on the coffin just now?
There was a sudden rumbling sound in the coffin, and then he felt the coffin tremble violently, and he was so frightened that he retreated straight back and exited the temple. After about ten seconds of shaking, he noticed that the lid of the coffin had automatically receded from one side to the other, and the braziers under the two surrounding shelves were also burning like the previous braziers.
Fan Li took out his waist knife and thought to himself, if it was really a zombie, he would fight him. But after staring at the door for ten minutes, and seeing no movement of the coffin inside, he crept over and looked into the coffin, so frightened that his scalp was numb, his feet trembled, and he almost sat on the ground.
Lying in the coffin was a blackened skeleton corpse, the body was full of burnt things, most of which had turned into powder, only the strange pendant around his neck still maintained its luster. Fan Lifu snorted and pulled the pendant from his neck, which was also made of rubies, but in a strange shape, too protruding from one side, as if it had been made to insert it somewhere. Fan Li's eyes moved, and he guessed that there must be a place around him to fit in. He forgot about the horror inside the coffin for a while, searched left and right, and finally set his eyes on the ruby. He picked up the heavy ruby, and sure enough, a piece of the bronze platform under the ruby was concave, he took off the ruby on the pendant and inserted it into the groove of the bronze platform, and suddenly there was a "pop", the sound came from the stone platform below, and then the whole temple began to shake violently, Fan Li retreated a few steps, he sometimes looked at the shaking stone platform, and sometimes looked at the corpse inside the coffin.
The top of the stone platform was torn to pieces by a certain force, and a golden pedestal rose below, and above the base was a strange weapon. Fan Li knew that this weapon was Fang Tian's halberd, the weapon of Lu Fengxian during the Three Kingdoms period and Xue Rengui, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty. The usage of this Heavenly Painting Halberd is very complex, it is stronger than heavy weapons such as hammers and bones, and its flexibility is comparable to spears, guns, and knives, so the user must be powerful and skillful.
The Fang Tian Painting Halberd in front of him was four meters long, not to mention whether it could wield such a long weapon to kill the enemy on the battlefield, it was very difficult to raise it and simply swing it a few times, let alone slash and defend it. Fan took out the key and put the ruby back in its place. He put the key in his pocket and prepared to walk out of the temple, but as soon as he stepped out of the temple door, there was a commotion behind him.
He turned around and saw something suddenly in the fire around him. When I looked closely, there were actually a few red-burning weapons on the weapon shelf, and then I looked at the shelf on the side, and there were several more sets of blood-red armor on them. Looking at the coffin again, the blackened corpse sat up on its own.