Chapter Twenty-Three: The Seven Star Coffin
The chamber was still hot, and Yu Fei felt as if he had walked into a scorching desert, and after a while, he felt like he was soaking wet. The charred bones on the ground and the corpses of corpse beetles rustled on them.
The old ghost who was walking behind said, "Third master, you brought us to the sauna." ”
"Damn, if you don't want to come, go back and blow that stone door open."
"Forget it, I'm afraid that the stone door was blown open, but this tomb was also blown up, and Lao Tzu was also flattened."
"Hehe, you kid has finally opened his mind. By the way, you have to be careful with your explosives, there are open flames in there, don't get lit. As soon as it came to explosives, Ding Laosan hurriedly reminded the old ghost. The old ghost also nervously covered the backpack on his back with his hands, thought about it, and took off the backpack and hugged it to his chest.
Everyone walked all the way through the four tombs connected into one, and when they came to the end, there was another stone door, and Ding Laosan went to fiddle with a few protruding stone bricks on the stone door as usual. Unexpectedly, as soon as he fiddled for a while, he heard the sound of the mechanism running from the walls on both sides, and then several dark arrows shot towards the position where Ding Laosan was standing. Ding Laosan pulled out the Xuantie Ancient Sword to block it, and at the same time, his body quickly retreated. Hearing only two 'clangs', the Xuantie Ancient Sword blocked two hidden arrows, and Ding Laosan avoided three more, but he was still hit by an arrow in his arm.
"It's okay, Third Master!" The old ghost stepped forward and asked.
"Damn, the boat capsized in the gutter! Lao Tzu was careless for a while. No wonder the stone doors in front are so open, it turns out that this bird mongrel deliberately makes people relax their vigilance. Ding Laosan scolded while asking the old ghost to pull out the arrow on his arm.
The arrow actually shot Ding Laosan's arm through the eye, but fortunately it didn't hurt his muscles and bones. The old ghost broke the arrow, pulled out the arrow, and then quickly wrapped Ding Laosan's arm with the golden creation medicine, and then wrapped it in a bandage. Ding Laosan didn't dare to open this stone gate rashly for a while.
At this time, Ye Lao said: "There are seventy-seven and forty-nine solutions to this 'Seven Stone Lock', if there is no hidden weapon, it can be broken after a while." But now, if you get it wrong, I'm afraid it's another mess of arrows. ”
Hearing Ye Lao say this, the old ghost head rummaged in the bag again, Ding Laosan saw it, and slapped the back of the old ghost's head with another palm: "Do you kid want to take explosives again, be fucking careful, there are still open flames around here." ”
The old ghost rubbed the back of his head and said a little aggrieved: "I didn't want to blow up the door, I just wanted to find out what could plug those arrows." ”
"Hehe, your kid's head is open, you can come up with such a crooked idea. But it seems to work, so let's look for it. ”
However, the old ghost turned over and found no suitable thing, either it was too soft to be able to stop the dark arrow shot when stuffed in, or it was too big to be stuffed into it at all.
"Hey! If only there was molten iron and all these holes were sealed. Luo Zi looked up at a few arrows and said to himself.
When Yu Fei heard this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Molten iron? You can have this! Don't we have welding guns? ”
The old ghost suddenly understood, isn't this welding torch just for molten iron?
The old ghost hurried back to the second burial chamber and carried the iron halberd. The position of the arrow eye was a bit high, Yu Fei put the old ghost head on his shoulder, and the old ghost head took the welding torch and the iron gun and began to work.
In a short time, the six arrow holes on the walls on both sides of the tomb were tightly sealed. The head of the iron halberd had been melted away, leaving only two bare iron rods. Yu Fei's shoulders were painful from the old ghost's sitting, and in this hot environment, Yu Fei felt that he was about to collapse from exhaustion.
Without any worries, Old Man Ding stepped forward and fiddled again. Although the sound of the mechanism turning would still sound every time I made a mistake, no dark arrow came at me. After a while, Ding Laosan opened the stone door.
As soon as the stone door opened, several people who had been soaked in sweat suddenly felt a refreshing cool breeze coming towards them, which was extremely comfortable.
Crossing the stone gate, everyone found that this tomb was completely different from the previous ones, it was a natural stone cave, there were a few bats flying around in the cave, and at the entrance of the stone cave, there was a black blue stone stele, Ye Lao stepped forward to check the inscription carefully.
For a long time, Ye Lao straightened up and said to everyone: "This is the epitaph written by the tomb owner before his death, the Southern Song Dynasty in the late years, the military and the people around the country have revolted and rebelled, this tomb owner was originally the leader of one of the rebel armies, later, the rebel army was defeated and suppressed by the imperial court, he was separated from his wife and children, and fled to a deep mountain alone, where he met a Taoist, this Taoist is proficient in the ghost road of Xuanmen, he worshiped under his door to practice, after learning, he visited the famous mountains and rivers, with the art of ghost Taoism, and finally found the Taiji acupoint here to yin to yang, Moreover, his birth date was actually integrated with the qi veins of this acupoint, so he decided to bury himself in this acupoint. ”
However, his son does not know whether he is dead or alive, and even if he buries this feng shui treasure, he may not have descendants who will be able to enjoy this blessing. And he killed so many people because of this. Yu Fei sighed.
Ye Lao smiled: "Hehe, no matter what, I think in his heart, his son should always be alive." It's just that sometimes, people are not as good as heaven, and often all the organs are calculated, but in the end it is empty. ”
"Humph! This bird mongrel, all such evil things, should be his last resort. Ding Laosan said fiercely.
The people continued to walk along the cave. When I walked to a relatively empty area, I saw a sarcophagus in the middle. This sarcophagus seems to have been born from the ground, the upper part of the coffin is relatively flat, while the lower part is an irregular stone shape, not like it is artificial, but more like it is connected with the cave.
The entire burial chamber, except for this sarcophagus, was nothing.
Seeing this, the old ghost head said: "This tomb owner is really stingy enough, and he doesn't bring some gold and silver treasures, bottles and cans of funeral goods. ”
"Ordinary gold and silver treasures are probably nothing in his eyes, and I think this bastard hides the real treasure in that sarcophagus. We'll know when the coffin is opened. Since he had put so much effort into arranging so many mechanisms, he must have brought some rare treasures with him. Ding Laosan said.
"Then let's go open the coffin." The old ghost said, lifting a pry bar and walking towards the sarcophagus.
"Slow, the second master is here, you have to follow the rules of the second master, light the lamp first!" Ding Laosan was conscious this time.
The old ghost searched in the backpack for a while, raised his head and said, "Third Master, I have already used up the last few candles when I overtook those hundreds of revenants just now, otherwise, just use this welding torch instead." ”
"Hehe, you kid, you are angry with this bird mongrel, your welding torch is spewing out thousands of degrees of fire, and that bird mongrel may not be able to blow out even if its mouth is swollen." Ding Laosan scolded with a smile.
At this time, Ye Lao said on the side: "Forget it, third child, if you really follow my rules, we can't open this coffin again." However, since you brought us in today, let's follow your rules. ”
"Hehe, according to my Ding Laosan's rules, then there are no rules, old ghost, open the coffin!"
The old ghost got Ding Laosan's consent, and walked to the sarcophagus again with a pry bar, and everyone followed behind.
Approaching the sarcophagus, Yu Fei found that there were seven small holes on the coffin lid that seemed to be arranged irregularly. asked Ye Lao: "Are these small holes for breathability?" Ye Lao was also staring at these small holes with a serious expression at this time, and replied: "These small holes are actually a Big Dipper Seven Star Array, which is a Taoist Seven Star Coffin. ”
Ye Lao paused and continued: "What Taoism pursues is to achieve positive results and become immortals, and they don't care about the cycle of life and death. Therefore, after their death, they also hope that their souls can continue to practice. For this reason, they specially made this seven-star coffin. The seven stars of the Big Dipper correspond to the seven spirits of people. This seven-star coffin is said to have the effect of calming the soul and locking the soul. ”
"You mean, this master is still practicing in this sarcophagus." Yu Fei was horrified when he heard it.
"Hehe, this is a natural stone cave, and it is so ventilated, in this environment, this bird mongrel is estimated to have become a pile of bone slag by now. I also have a bird's walk. Ding Laosan said with a smile.
"This tomb master is cultivating the Xuanmen Ghost Dao, and it is inevitable that there will be some unexpected situations, so it's better to be careful, third child." Ye Lao cautiously reminded.