Just as I was hesitating to reach into the water and fumble for it, Shirley Yang, who was looking at the pattern on the ding's body, had already noticed something, and she asked me to crouch down to look at the pattern on the ding. I looked at it according to what she said, only to see that the body of the tripod was divided into eight sides, all of which had yin marks, and it seemed that the copper had been embedded with gold wires, and the gold had been taken off over time, forming a piece of sunken graphics, showing in detail the situation of the burial of the hated Tianshi after his death.

We only looked at a small half, and then suddenly realized, looked back at the row of ancient corpses, it turned out that they had not had time to be formally buried after death, but stayed here to wait for the full moon to come, it seems that it has not yet reached the moment of "running to the moon for eternal life", the ancient city on the island has fallen into the sea, and the surviving remnants have scattered like stars, and have become the "Tan people" who live on the sea and live by pearl diving and whaling.

I was about to turn to the back of the copper tripod, but I heard Uncle Ming greet me in front of the mouth of the whalebone fossil, so I had to turn around and take a few steps back, and asked him what was the matter with this old and unproductive man? Uncle Ming wiped the sweat from his head and said to me, "Have you noticed that in the stomachs of these stiff women in the tomb, there are some dead children with missing arms and legs?" ”

It turned out that Uncle Ming and the others were guarding outside the whalebone, and saw that the row of corpses in the tomb was covered under the skin of the scales, as if a large quilt was closed, and it was very unusual for the dragon to be swollen in it. He thought that the five corpses that had not been transformed for thousands of years had burial goods on them, even if they didn't take them, they would open them and take a few looks, and those antiquities that had been preserved in the ruins for thousands of years were extraordinary, even if they were just open their eyes.

Who knew that when the "dragon cover" was opened, it was found that the three female corpses in the center were all tragically broken when they were pregnant. The fetus in the belly was shaped, to say the least, it was ** months in size, but it was ripped out raw and placed on the open belly of the female corpse, and the abdomen of the corpse was stuffed with a round stone called "cold jade". The female corpse's cheeks were slightly bulging, her mouth was holding pearls, and the abdomen of the corpse was stuffed with things, so it still looked bulging and swollen, as if she was about to give birth.

The dead baby doesn't seem to have done anything, but with the help of the cold jade and Zhuyan beads in the female corpse under him, the shape is still there, and the carbonized hair is black and coiled, which looks like the hair is hairy at the root, and then carefully shines with a flashlight, these three dead babies are either missing arms or missing legs, and they seem to be congenital deformities.

Uncle Ming was taken aback, there is a fear of strangeness, in the past, among the tomb robbers who carried the corpse, there was a rumor of children and ghosts, and there were tomb owners who deliberately hid the fetus that died unjustly in the tomb, and all tomb robbers stole the tomb utensils, or damaged the body of the tomb owner, they would be entangled by the little ghosts, and they would not be able to live day and night, and sooner or later they would be killed. So Uncle Ming saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly beckoned me to see if this hated Tian clan had raised a little ghost in the tomb, and as he spoke, cold sweat trickled down, obviously shocked.

When I heard this, I immediately inspected the stiff bodies covered by the "dragon skin", and as expected, the three dead babies who had been pulled out seemed to still retain the posture of the painful struggle at the end of their lives. But one of their limbs, arms or legs, is missing, and it doesn't look like someone cruelly amputated it, but because of a congenital deformity, if you look closely, you can tell that the human hand, which is as small as a rat's paw, has not developed with the rest of the body for some reason.

There are not many ghosts in the tomb, only in some remote areas in the south, most of the craftsmen who have never seen the inverted bucket in their lives, but there are many such legends in the east and west of Guangdong. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were a group of tomb robbers who were active in the Liangguang region and did the work of carrying corpses and turning over the kilns. It can be seen that this is a regional custom, and it is said that it only began to appear in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Guangdong and Guangxi are located in a remote area, and it was not until the Ming and Qing dynasties that the cultural economy was able to develop, so no one can verify where the tradition of hiding ghosts in the tomb to prevent robbery came from.

But this kind of thing is extremely rare in the rest of the provinces, and it may not come from the ancient law, how can there be such an evil art in the ruins of "Guiru", which is thousands of years ago? But why did these babies who are about to be born fall victim to this poison? In addition, the three are all deformed and congenital disabilities, which is inevitably a bit too coincidental, we are in a dangerous situation, and we cannot say that we do not believe in evil and ghostly theories, but some things do have to be guarded against.

Thinking of this, I had the intention to destroy the corpse, I asked Uncle Ming and the others what to do, Uncle Ming has always believed in some old things handed down by his ancestors, and then heard me ask about the countermeasures, and said busily: "At this time, let's not be merciful, otherwise even if we return to the sea, at least there will be three people on their backs that can't get rid of the little ghost." Why do you have ghosts in ancient tombs? Because the fetus has already been formed, and the reincarnated lonely spirits and wild ghosts have been attached to it, and at this time they are dug out of the womb of the pregnant woman, and those little ghosts are greedy for their own form, so they refuse to leave. The little ghosts who died of the fetus are the most narrow-minded, vicious, they see the living, and they will never be finished if they don't entangle the person to death, so it is the best policy to follow what Uncle I see, do not do it, and cremate the remains of the thieves. ”

Uncle Ming patted the mermaid lamp candle in his hand as he spoke, his face was extremely ugly under the candlelight, and he thought that it was taboo to carry the ghost home from the bottom of his bones. The fat man also lit a fire, but before burning the corpse, it was best to pick out everything in the dead man's mouth, otherwise it would be wasted again.

I looked at Gu Chai again, the kid was stunned, he hadn't figured out what his "dragon household" had to do with the ancient tomb under Hai's eyes, and he didn't care about setting fire to the corpses of these dead babies. And Duoling's guts are the smallest of the gang, and he doesn't dare to come over to see the zombies in the whalebone.

Judging from my past experience, it is better to believe that there is something than not to believe in it. There must be something strange about the dead baby in the tomb, rather than letting trouble come to the door, it is better to burn it in advance, why bother to trace the source and find out what is going on, so I was ruthless and nodded to Uncle Ming. Uncle Ming took the fat man Gu Chai and others to rush up, and he had to take the "Zhuyan Pearl" first, and then put the "Go to the Fire".

As soon as everyone was about to make a move, they were stopped by Shirley Yang, who had been looking at the nine-legged tripod all the time, and heard that our side was discussing the idea of burning down the zombies in the tomb, so she hurriedly asked Uncle Ming and the others to stop. She said that there were similar rumors among the mountain movers who carried the little ghost from the tomb, and these were all folk evil arts that only appeared in the mountains in the past two or three hundred years, how could there be in the ruins? And I have never heard of a ghost hidden in the tomb, deliberately to choose a deformed and disabled fetus, can this be true in the world? Rash ignition will really cause trouble.

We were all speechless by her, and the shortage of fetal limbs was extremely strange and incomprehensible, after all, no one had really seen how the ancient tomb where the ghost of the child was hidden was arranged.

Shirley Yang said: "The Hate Heaven Clan has cast this matter on the nine-legged tripod, and if we want to escape from this coral cave wreck at the bottom of the sea, I am afraid that we will have to count on these zombies in the South China Sea." ”

When everyone heard that they had a plan, they were all moved, and Uncle Ming was so excited that his eyes were blurred with tears: "Miss Yang, your uncle is old and his brain is a little dull, do you mean that these ancient corpses can take us back?" I don't know what to do? I hope to make it clear, so as to relieve my foolishness......"

Shirley Yang asked everyone to look at the back of the "Nine-Legged Ding", it turned out that this coral cave deep under the ruins and isolated from the outside world was not an ancient tomb, and the fetus was missing feet and arms, which was actually related to the "lunar eclipse" that occurred in ancient times. The five ancient corpses covered with dragon skins in the whale bones, one old and one young, are all the dead who are about to be buried in coffins, while the three pregnant women who were dissected were used as burial offerings because they unfortunately saw the "lunar eclipse".

"Solar eclipses" and "lunar eclipses" are two astronomical phenomena, although the ancients did not know the reason, but these astronomical anomalies have been known for a long time. There is a legend since ancient times that pregnant women cannot see the "lunar eclipse", and once they do, the fetus in the womb will be mutilated after birth. This kind of mysterious legend is not a chase after the wind, and even in modern times with the development of science and medicine, it cannot completely explain the mystery. Babies born to pregnant women who have seen "lunar eclipses" are all deformed, and the proportion is incomprehensibly high. In the ancient understanding full of superstitious concepts, this is due to the "total lunar eclipse" is a "big break", and the rest is a "small break", the moment of the moon breaking is the moon yin essence is invaded by heaven and earth, and those with fetal gas must feel it when they see it.

The ancient civilization is originated from the "big river", the hating of the sky is originated in the Yellow River Valley, after crossing the sea and moving south, it still retains the ancient mythological totem worship, in addition to the symbol of the war and slaughter of the "shooting sun", there is also the "running to the moon" that is forced to live forever, the name of the country of hating the sky, is the later generations of scholars according to the records on the copper tripod of the Zhou Mu Dynasty made up, may not be accurate.

The country of hatred of the sky adopted dragon fire and created an unprecedented bronze civilization, but probably because of the excessive superstition of the legend that there is an immortal medicine in the Moon Palace, the power of the whole country was poured into excavating the sacred wood on the sea floor and casting bronze, and thousands of people cut down trees, but no one ascended to heaven, and as a result, the ancient city sank into the sea. According to the records of the nine-legged giant tripod, there is a larger copper tripod at the bottom of this coral cave. It is necessary to gather enough three deformed children damaged by the moon break to throw them into the giant tripod at the bottom of the sea, so that the undead can pass Guò Wood to the Moon Palace, which contains the elixir of immortality.

Shirley Yang said: "The disabled fetus caused by the lunar eclipse, which was called the eclipse of heaven in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, was a medicinal introduction for refining the elixir of immortality, and this concept was very common in ancient times, from the Yin Shang to the Qin and Han dynasties, there are a large number of cultural relics with traces related to it. ”

I nodded and said: "During the Qin and Han dynasties, it was the era when I was most enthusiastic about seeking immortality and seeking immortality, and it is understandable to think about it, where is a person before he is alive, and where is he after death?" This is difficult for mortals to understand, after all, life is in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye, the green silk turns gray, and people are of course more concerned about whether they can get eternal life in the eternal nothingness than the limited time. After the Tang and Song dynasties, this atmosphere slowly faded, and even the emperor Lao'er refused to deceive himself, and he couldn't escape birth, old age, sickness and death when he walked in the world, and where would there be immortal immortals. The superstition of the ancients can be forgiven, but our superstition is too undeserved, could it be that if these three babies with few arms and legs are thrown into the big ding under the water, we can follow the old and the young and the two stiff people, and fly to the Moon Palace together to take immortal medicine? ”

The fat man also said: "That's it, if you want to say that, then why build a moon rocket?" Isn't it in vain that the United States and the Soviet Union have been busy for so many years, and the ancestors of Guchai have climbed to the moon thousands of years ago by climbing trees......

Uncle Ming hurriedly said: "You two decrepit boys have always believed in nothing, so you can't let Miss Yang finish talking and you blow water?" He said to Shirley Yang again: "Miss Yang, don't be like these two decrepit boys, Uncle I believe in you the most, you can go on, after we take the elixir of immortality on the moon, can we still come down?" Although this immortality is a very cool thing, it is still necessary to be able to return to the bottom and enjoy the glory and wealth......"

Shirley Yang said: "I didn't say that I could really climb into the Moon Palace from the sacred tree under the sea, I just explained with the pattern cast on the nine-legged tripod, and this burial method evolved from the legend of immortality may be a kind of sea burial." The giant dome at the bottom of the water is a mechanism with a hidden mark of the hexagram that seems to lead to an undercurrent...... Or something else, in short, to lift the corpse out of the ruins to the surface of the sea. It's just that I don't know if this organ still has a role after so many years. ”

I hurriedly looked at the pattern cast on the tripod, as Shirley Yang said, there is a giant tripod marked with a "seismic hexagram" mechanism in the water, and now it seems that the symbol of the earthquake and the earthquake seems to be some kind of mechanism, once opened, the sea water in this coral cave will hold the huge "楥木" out of the sea, but whether this is the case, we still need to dive down to find out the truth.

I suddenly thought of the tattoo on the back of Gu Chai , under the coral cave with zombies, it should be the tomb of the merman, and further down is a dragon remains, I don't know where the giant tripod with the "Zhen Hexagram" mark is. He carried the "Penetrating Sea Array" passed down from generation to generation, hiding the truth of the Guiru Ancient Tomb, perhaps it was the ancestors who hoped that descendants could return to the sea eye and officially bury the remains of their ancestors, but it was not until the last "Dragon Household" in Guchai that he had the opportunity to stray into this place with us. Looking at the manifold shì in this coral cave, it seems to be closed and isolated from the outside world, and we don't know how deep the water under this tomb is, if the depth of the big ding is beyond the limit, we will not be able to reach it.

I decided that it would be up to me, the fat man, and the three of them to dive down immediately, and first reconnoiter the location of the underwater giant to see if we could open this huge mechanism, but I knew that this was just a stroke of luck, and the vague records from thousands of years ago, how could it be done accurately? Besides, maybe the ancestors of these Tan people remembered that one came out and made up some kind of joke to bluff people, so I asked Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming to stay on this reef, not to worry about us, and to continue to think of other ways.

I briefly discussed the diving plan with Shirley Yang, and brought the "Water Splitting Sword" of the Hate Tian clan to defend myself, even if there were changes underwater, it should be enough to deal with it. Shirley Yang said: "Don't forget, it's just diving and scouting, and you will come back as soon as you see Dading underwater......

I knew that if she continued, she would have to follow, and that we had limited scuba with us, and we had to act with some restraint, so we couldn't go into the water all when the situation was still unclear. So he quickly diverted her words and asked her to take care of Uncle Ming and Duoling. The surface of the water is silent, and it seems that the underwater situation is not dangerous, and we will only go down to reconnoitre, and it will be fine. Then he ate some compressed biscuits with Gu Chai and the fat man, each of them cleaned up neatly, and each of them hugged a textured fetal skeleton that eclipsed the sky, put it in a diving bag, and then came to the water's edge.

In a short period of time, Gu Chai has gradually developed some tacit understanding with us, I don't need to tell him anything, and he has excellent vision under the dark water, and he has to rely on his help to search for Dading and confirm the route. He still has no scuba and is shirtless, and his mouth is scraped by the dragon arc of the clam man.

When I saw that the fat man and Gu Chai were ready, I pointed to my frog mirror with my hand and told them to pay attention, and then the three of them entered the water at the same time. The water in the coral cave was unfathomable and pitch black, and we had lost all our underwater searchlights, relying on diving flashlights to illuminate them, and it was dark and unrecognizable a few meters in front of us.

The underwater space of the coral cave is deep and wide, and it is overwhelming for a moment, and occasionally some aquarium with bioluminescent devices approaches, and no one can see what it is, and it has passed by like a meteor and disappeared into the dark water. Suddenly, I saw a flash of light in the darkness, although I was underwater, but it was like being in the sea of stars, I was dazzled and looked at it, it turned out to be thousands of "ghost worms", swimming back and forth under the water. These "ghost worms" emit a ghostly blue light all over their bodies, which can attract small aquarists through the glow of blue creatures, and then look for an opportunity to devour them. Luminaires can also be used to scare off dead enemies in the sea, but they don't actively attack divers, but rather serve as a good light for us. The deeper the water, the clearer the water, but the "ghost worm" gathers and disperses, rolling up a ** light mist at the bottom of the water, and the blurry and changing situation makes people dazzled.

We clung to the fossil of an ancient coral tree and took the opportunity to look around, too far away to see. The sight is full of fossilized corals, and large groups of crustaceans crawling rapidly in crevices and holes. I was about to lean down and dive further into the area, when I suddenly found that the fossilized coral trees next to me were like sieve holes, densely covered with countless holes, each of which was the size of a person, and there seemed to be something hidden inside.

I beckoned to the fat man and Gu Chai, and the three of them approached and shone the beam of the diving flashlight into it, only to see the corpse of a merman lying in the cave of the coral tree, the skin and flesh had been eaten by the fish, and only the messy bones remained, with some scales connected to the tendons hanging on them, and the jagged fangs were exposed, which looked so hideous and terrifying. I looked at several caves one after another, and the countless caves in the coral tree fossils were almost full of the corpses of the merman, and this coral tree was the tomb of the seabed scales.

When I saw the corpses of thousands of sharks, I couldn't help but feel a little frightened, fortunately they were all dead, otherwise if I met such a group of evil ghosts under the water, where would I still have my life? However, the faces and bodies of these mermaids have been eaten by small fish, but their bones have not been melted, which is rumored to be due to the fish beads in their brains. Mussel beads are divided into sea pearls and lake pearls, the same as fish beads, are rare things in the water, the reason why fish beads have not been handed down in the world, is because it has been out of the water for a long time, its essence is lost, so it has always been not as precious as mussel beads.

I don't know if this legend is true or not, and I wonder if the dragon tattoo has the mark of the merman's tomb, it must be an extremely important place, and it is natural that I should understand it. So make a gesture to the fat man, probe into the hole, pull out the head of a merman, the fat man then used the "water sword" to reach into the eye socket of the merman, the sword body of the black and heavy "water sword", there is a layer of dim light under the water, and the image of the shark spitting the blade may be a sharp weapon to deal with the evil ghost shark under the water in ancient times. Where the blade of the sword was turned up, it had already picked the hideous fish head in half, and there was indeed a black bone ball the size of a core in the middle, which was dull. When the merman just died, the fish beads themselves should have been fine, and the bones were preserved for many years, and the essence dissipated and dimmed.

Gu Chai looked curious in the water, and he also had the courage to put his arm into another cave, wanting to touch the head of a mackerel that looked like a human head and come out to see if there were any fish beads. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stretched out his hand, a withered claw full of black scales silently poked out from the tomb in the coral tree, firmly grasped his wrist, and dragged him inside.

Gu Chai was caught with one hand, but with the other hand, he grabbed the air snail, and in the crook of his arm, he was still holding a sealed bag containing the remains of a stillborn child, and the sealed bag was always on his body, but this guy was reckless and didn't know how to let go of the dead baby, took off the sharp blade in his mouth to solve himself, just propped himself up on the coral tree with his feet, and desperately tried to get rid of it backwards, and he was at a stalemate for a while.

The fat man and I were also shocked when we saw this, the merman in the sea cheated the corpse? Where can I think about it, raise my hand and swing a sword, the water-dividing sword is so good, I don't feel the slightest resistance when it is waved in the water, the ancient sword fell, and suddenly waved the claws stretched out in the hole into two sections, and a stream of dirty blood came out of it, and the blood in the water appeared, in the light wave of the ghost worm, I saw that in the dense cave of the coral tree, there were countless black scaled mackerel, like a black turbidity current about to gush out.

A large number of mackerel suddenly appeared from the coral fossils, like a black hurricane rolling up in the water, and some ghost clams nearby escaped a little slowly, that is, they were swallowed up by the black tide-like merman, and the ghostly blue light waves turned into countless escaping meteors, and in an instant, a large number of colorful coral fossils were blackened by this turbidity current.