Chapter 129: High Priest of the Revenant (Medium)
Xu Tianchuan was instantly shocked, like a basin of cold water poured down from the top of his head, until it was cold to the soles of his feet.
The pores of the whole body were opened, and the hairs stood on end.
Xu Tianchuan, who has the blood of the green dragon, has a certain resistance to all evil spirits.
But this kind of strange scene that appeared without warning and suddenly appeared would still make Xu Tianchuan have a natural reaction in his heart.
It's not that I'm afraid, even if it's a tiger or a lion, when he's sleeping and napping, he will be startled by something unknown.
Xu Tianchuan's eyes were attracted by the ghost fire flying in the house just now, and he even forgot to pay special attention to the surroundings of the house, especially the side near the door, because of the angle of sight, it happened to be blocked by the ten-centimeter-wide door frame.
That is, on this wall near the door, there are ten dried corpses standing vertically against the wall, like zombies temporarily parked in the ancient Yizhuang.
But the animal skin costumes worn by these ten dried corpses are very special, the upper body is like a snake skin with scales, the colorful flowers are very gorgeous, and there are dense fine lines engraved on them, the arms are exposed, and the waist is also exposed.
The lower body is a short apron of tiger stripe animal skin, up to the knee level, also showing the thighs, with a black animal skin belt in the middle, a necklace with a string of sharp fangs hanging from the neck, and various bronze agricultural tools in his hands.
As for the hat that looks like a giant snake skull, he also wears on his head.
Underneath the hat was a black, withered corpse face, which looked very terrifying, and the dry wrinkles were like countless centipedes crawling on the face.
After all, it is a dry corpse of more than 2,000 years, and the extent of this dryness can be imagined.
From the same attire on their bodies, it is 100% certain that these dried corpses are all sacrificers of the tribe and have an irreplaceable and important position in the tribe.
And one of the dried corpses had its eyes open, and a pair of red eyes were looking directly at him.
Xu Tianchuan looked up inadvertently just now, and the first thing he saw was these red eyes.
Different from the usual zongzi, these red eyes are shaking back and forth like a flame burning, which looks particularly weird and gloomy, but the eyes are very perforated.
It's a ghost fire!
Xu Tianchuan quickly determined that it was the red ghost fire burning in the eye sockets of the dried corpse, replacing the eyes of the dried corpse, so it looked like the eyes were holed.
As for whether it is a real corpse, it is not certain for the time being.
Because the dry corpse was always motionless against the wall, if it was really a fraudulent corpse, it should have pounced on Xu Tianchuan a long time ago.
will not give Xu Tianchuan such a long time to study carefully.
But even if it was a corpse, Xu Tianchuan did not panic at all.
I have become accustomed to the 'touching gold and the emperor' temperament of robbing the tomb and prying the coffin must deceive the corpse.
And this time, before I saw the coffin, I met the zongzi in advance, and obviously the temperament of 'touching the golden emperor' has been improved......
In order to take precautions in advance, Xu Tianchuan took the Youtian Sword in his hand, and at the same time flashed his thoughts, first put the bronze sword into the system storage space.
But as Xu Tianchuan's mind flashed, the bronze was not included in the system storage space.
This is not because the bronze is too long, but the bronze is still inserted into the base at the moment, and it needs to be pulled out of the base and held separately in the hand.
Otherwise, the system storage space will be judged to be a complete set with the base, because the base table is too large and cannot be included in the system space.
Taking advantage of the limit of the dry corpse's reaction, Xu Tianchuan held the bronze poke and tried to pull it up.
But the bronze slab was stuck on the base of the white bones.
"It seems that there is only violence left!"
But Xu Tianchuan hesitated in his heart.
Ordinary tomb robbers will not easily use strong means to take away the burial goods in the tomb, which is also one of the taboos of tomb robbing.
Because you can't take it easily, it means that the owner of the tomb is not willing to let you take it.
If you have to use strong and violent means, there is a high risk of danger.
This bronze is the sacrificial relics of this tribe to worship the ancestor Dayu, and it must have an irreplaceable and important position for this tribe.
Therefore, it is normal to put it so firmly, even if it is dangerous.
"To take it or not to take it?"
Xu Tianchuan was a little entangled and embarrassed in his heart.
Looking at the bronze in his hand, the exquisite carving and the majestic atmosphere, may be due to some kind of psychological influence, holding it in his hand as if he has felt the aura of Dayu who governed the flood of the Yellow River and fought the water god together.
With this history alone, if this bronze sword is allowed to rest in the ground, it will really be a tyrannical thing, and it is a great loss of historical treasures......
Xu Tianchuan wants to take it away, this is not for personal gain, let alone for any wealth, Xu Tianchuan is not short of this money, but to contribute to the history of the Ming Dynasty!
As for those voices of doubt about hypocrisy, Xu Tianchuan will not refute it!
Then he looked up at the dried corpse in front of him, especially one of the dried corpses with two ghost fires burning in his eye sockets, as if he was looking directly at himself.
It seems that as long as it dares to pull out this bronze rake, it will dare to pounce on the corpse immediately......
Therefore, Xu Tianchuan hesitated in his heart at the moment, hesitating if he really pulled out the bronze rake, causing these sacrificers to suddenly cheat the corpses, whether he could handle it by himself, and whether he could retreat with his whole body.
After all, this is a 2,000-year-old cadre! He is also a tribal priest with a certain 'spirituality'.
This underground canyon is ventilated everywhere, and the corpses have been placed here for 2,000 years without decaying, which is evil enough.
What's more, Xu Tianchuan had just seen the power of the souls of these sacrificers, and he could hold up a coat with the power of phosphorus fire.
So if you cheat the corpse...... Xu Tianchuan really didn't have much confidence that he would be able to get out of the way.
Therefore, for the sake of insurance, it is better to give these ten dried corpses to it first.
Because Xu Tianchuan felt that the biggest threat now was the ten thousand-year-old corpses in front of him.
As for how to figure it out?
They seem to be too tired to stand here, and the souls of the dead have no rest, so it is better to do a good deed and give them a cremation.
Cremation is not a burial method that only existed after the reform, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were burial customs of cremation in some places, and helping them cremate is also considered to be 'following the custom'.
Xu Tianchuan tried to use the Luoyang shovel to knock down all the ten dried corpses, gathered together like firewood, and then took out a bucket of kerosene from the system storage space and poured it on the bodies of these dried corpses.
The pungent smell of kerosene instantly filled the entire White Bone Temple.
Xu Tianchuan picked up the lighter again and set fire to the animal skin clothes under the dried corpse.
There is a detail in it, these dried corpses are all men, and after being pushed down, Xu Tianchuan found that they were indeed all 'circumcised', and the balls were gone.
Kerosene is not like gasoline, it will ignite instantly after encountering an open flame, but needs to be ignited slowly, and the speed of combustion is not very fast.
But it burns for a long time.
A barrel of kerosene, this is all Xu Tianchuan's inventory, and it shouldn't be a big problem to completely burn these ten dried corpses.
And the whole process went surprisingly smoothly without the slightest surprise.
Including the dry corpse that opened his eyes, under Xu Tianchuan's toss, he also did not have the slightest reaction.
To be precise, opening the eyes is just an illusion of two ghost fires burning in the eye sockets of the dried corpse, and it has nothing to do with the corpse.
As the fire slowly expanded, tongues of fire completely engulfed the ten dried corpses.
Red flames crackled as the corpse burned, and black smoke smoking, a scorching smell mixed with a growing rancid stench.
It didn't take long for the originally red flame to begin to turn into a treacherous green, and the temperature emitted by the flame became higher, and Xu Tianchuan's face actually felt hot.
This means that the flames have burned the bones of these dried corpses, and the phosphorus in the bones is burned together, so the fire is reflected green, and the temperature is higher.
The ghost fire seen before is red, but blue, green, and red are all normal colors of the ghost fire.
Looking at the flames in front of him that were getting higher and higher, Xu Tianchuan slightly curled the corners of his mouth, revealing a sinister smile on his face.
"Burn all of you to ashes first, and see how you still cheat the corpse!"
This is called taking precautions before they happen!
As the 'Golden European Emperor', he also has to take this strategy to stop his 'European spirit'!
At this level of flame, it should burn quickly.
Xu Tianchuan was not in a hurry, first burned the dried corpse to ashes, and then attacked the bronze man.
Rumble......
That is, Xu Tianchuan was looking intently at the raging fire burning in front of him, and suddenly there was a 'boom' sound from the side.
What the heck?
Xu Tianchuan was shocked in his heart, and subconsciously turned his head.
With this 'boom', the walls of the White Bone Temple were blasted out of a fist-sized hole, and the broken bones flew in all directions, and at the same time, a black arrow shot down with the scattered broken bones.
Where did the arrows come from?
Fortunately, Xu Tianchuan reacted quickly, and hurriedly dodged sideways, this arrow was not so accurate, and it was one meter different from Xu Tianchuan, and it shot on the wall of the White Bone Temple next to it with a sonorous sound.
It was a black iron arrow thicker than a thumb.
When the black iron arrow was shot at the wall, a large amount of red smoke was instantly released from the hole in the arrow, covering the entire room in an instant.
Gas?
Xu Tianchuan immediately held his breath, but he still smelled the smell of the red gas.
It's not poison gas, it's cinnabar powder!
Xu Tianchuan is very familiar with cinnabar, because cinnabar is a thing of the sun, so it is usually used to ward off evil spirits, and it is also a necessary thing for tomb robbers.
But where did the arrow come from?
It feels a little inexplicable, and what's even more incredible is that there is cinnabar powder in the arrows!
The ability to hide cinnabar powder inside an arrow stick, and then use the impact of the shot to instantly release a large amount of cinnabar powder inside, requires an extremely delicate mechanism design!
For forging, the process is also extremely difficult!