Chapter 13 Coffin Fungi

Laojun Mountain.

It is about ten miles away from Hekou Village.

Laojun Mountain is rich in green bamboo, and when the wind blows, the bamboo forests all over the mountains are like rolling green waves.

When I came to the coffin forest, it was already afternoon.

There was some gloom in the woods, and even in broad daylight, the light in the woods was dim.

I stood at the mouth of the forest, a gust of wind swept by, blowing the withered yellow bamboo leaves all over the sky, and the yin wind passed through the bamboo forest, making a ghostly whistling sound.

I took a deep breath, and then mustered up the courage to step into the coffin forest with my calves open.

As soon as I walked into the coffin forest, I felt that the yin qi was pressing, as if I was wrapped in an indescribable chill, and my vest was hairy for a while.

There used to be a bandit nest on Laojun Mountain, and later during the Liberation War, the bandits on the mountain were wiped out by the heroic PLA soldiers, and the bodies of those bandits were buried in this forest. In other words, this forest is a mass grave.

I held my breath as the thin figure faded into the woods.

There are lush green bamboos everywhere, and I can barely tell the difference between east and west.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I finally found the mass grave.

As far as the eye can see, the entire mass grave seems to be shrouded in an invisible black gas, and the most peculiar thing is that the coffin here is not placed horizontally on the ground, nor is it buried in the earth. Instead, it was stuck upside down in the dirt, which was a strange way to bury.

The dense coffins are like mushrooms after the rain, and they are inserted upside down in the soil, which looks very weird, no wonder this place is called the coffin forest, it turns out to be a forest composed of coffins!

I have seen the Stone Forest, I have seen the Stone Forest, and it is the first time I have seen the Coffin Forest, and I am curious and afraid.

I shuddered at the thought of these coffins filled with murderous bandits. Although I have recently learned some Qimen knowledge, I am still a little frightened when I suddenly face so many coffins.

How did Grandpa let me come to such a place, it's really damn!

I grumbled inwardly for a while, and looked up at the sky, it was getting late, and if it was nightfall, it would be troublesome.

Thinking of this, I secretly took a breath, hugged my fists, and said aloud to those black and swarthy coffins: In Xia Geng Xiaoqi, I don't want to offend and disturb you, I just came to get some coffin fungi, and then I will leave quickly, and please don't embarrass my little brother!

I don't know who I learned this set of terminology from, anyway, I talked nonsense, and I thought I was quite witty at the time.

With that, I walked into the coffin forest.

Due to the age, those coffins were exposed to the air, so many of the coffins were rotten and moldy, and there was a rancid smell in the air. The surface of some coffins is covered with white mold spots, and when touched, they are like tofu dregs, and wood slag falls down with a clatter. Some coffins have been tattered and leaky, and when you look through the hole, you can still see the human bones lying in the coffin, which are white and a little terrifying.

Grandpa said that not every coffin will grow coffin fungus, this depends on luck!

I dug up a bit of dirt and reached open the lid of a coffin, which contained a dead man's skeleton with an old-fashioned spear pressed underneath it, rusted and crawling with green mold. What can be seen is that this skeleton is actually stuck upside down in the ground in a head-to-foot position, like a big radish!

I shook my head and opened another coffin, which contained the same rotting skeleton that lunged at me as soon as I opened it.

Mom!

I was caught off guard, and I couldn't dodge for a moment, just in time to be pounced on by the skeleton.

There was a strange feeling of furry hair at the entrance, and my skin instantly crawled with goosebumps, and I pushed the skeleton in my arms far away like an electric shock, but I fell to the ground, snorting and panting.

I wiped a handful of cold sweat and looked at the skeleton in front of me, only to see that there was still a long black hair on the skeleton's skull, the long hair had lost its moisture and luster, like a pile of dead grass, and it seemed that the owner of the coffin was still a female bandit before her death. I should have just grabbed that disgusting long hair.

I spat in my palm, and then reached out and rubbed my ass balls vigorously, which was really unlucky!

In the following time, I opened seven or eight coffins in a row, and I was so tired that I was sweating profusely, but I didn't even see the shadow of the coffin fungus.

Seeing that it was getting late, my heart gradually became anxious.

There are also hundreds of coffins here, and if I open the coffins one by one to look for coffin fungi, I am afraid that I will not be busy until tomorrow morning. And my grandfather told me that I must go home before sunset, and I can't stay in the coffin forest for the night, because the yin in the coffin forest is too heavy, and my young body may not be able to bear it, and if I encounter something evil again, it will be even more troublesome.

I stood on tiptoe and looked around carefully, and suddenly noticed that in the middle of this coffin forest, a coffin stood out. Not only is this coffin wider and thicker than the surrounding coffins, but it is also more luxurious than the others, the surface of the coffin is trimmed with brass, and some Rui beast patterns are carved, and the lid is nailed with some silver rivets. Although this coffin cannot be compared with the coffins of high-ranking officials and nobles, it was also a treatment that only wealthy families could have in that era.

Maybe you'll find something inside that coffin!

With this in mind, I walked over quickly, only to see that this coffin was buried in the same way as other coffins, it was also inserted upside down in the soil, but the surface was protected by copper skin, so although after so many years, the coffin still looked relatively new, and there was almost no decay and weathering, and it was the most well-preserved coffin here.

I loosened the dirt from underneath the coffin and dug a pit so that the lid could be pulled open.

According to my own estimates, the people who were able to enjoy such high-grade coffins were the bandit leaders of the year nine times out of ten.

However, when the lid of the coffin was opened, I was shocked by what I saw inside.

Because there was no body in the coffin, no skeleton, but a monkey in it!

Well?!

I rubbed my eyes vigorously and was sure that I was right, that there was actually a monkey in the coffin!

A monkey's corpse, to be exact!

The monkey was very large, about the size of an adult, the body was dehydrated and dry-pickled, the skin and flesh were wrinkled, and what was strange was that the monkey's fur was a strange dark red, this was actually a red-haired monkey!

I was a little stunned, how could such a luxurious coffin contain the body of a monkey? What is the origin of this monkey? Could it be the personal pet of the bandit leader back then?

Hey!

My eyes suddenly fell on the bottom of the coffin lid, and my mood suddenly became excited.

I saw that the bottom of the coffin lid was densely crawled with a layer of pale yellow mushrooms, which looked a bit like enoki mushrooms, but they were shorter than enoki mushrooms, each one only half an inch long, and they were tightly clustered together.

I couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, is this the legendary coffin fungus?

Call!

I breathed a sigh of relief, good fellow, finally let me find you!

I wiped the sweat rolling off my forehead, took out the plastic bag I had prepared in advance from my pocket, and reached out and grabbed a handful of coffin mushrooms and put it in the bag. I looked at it, worried that it wouldn't be enough, so I grabbed a second handful, and didn't stop until I filled the plastic bag to the brim.

I picked up the trophy and looked at it, and I didn't know if the taste of this coffin fungus was delicious, but even if it tasted delicious, I didn't dare to eat it, after all, this is something that grew out of the coffin, and I don't know if I will be poisoned if I eat it!

I carefully put the coffin mushroom in the small bag I carried with me, and then I made a gesture at the monkey and said something bothered! , then gently close the lid of the coffin, ready to leave the place.

When I found the coffin fungus, the stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground, and my mood suddenly became extremely relaxed, and I walked to the outside of the coffin forest with my calves.

He had just turned around and walked a few steps when he heard a squeak behind him.

I subconsciously looked back, and found that the lid of the coffin had somehow opened, and the red-haired monkey inside was staring at me with white eyes.