Chapter 83: Corpses and Wine
The dense caves on the cliff of the Holy Sepulchre are not large, but when I got closer, I found that those caves were one or two zhang high and wide, and the entrance of the cave was completely the size of a stone house.
The snow fell faintly, and thousands of dark caves were solemn on the steep stone walls, and in the depths of each cave was the bones of a vajra ape. After Ye Qingcheng and the three of them walked into the depths of the tomb, they couldn't help but feel a gust of yin wind coming.
"Could there be any ghosts in this?" Huo Jing, as a child of everyone, although he is still young, he is not ignorant of the strange news in the world. As far as he knew, after death, the soul would enter the underworld through the river GuΓ² Styx. However, there are also some special deceased who will have a trace of remnant soul after death. The weak can only wander in the world, occasionally dreaming of others, and the strong can even take away other people's bodies and extract the souls of the world. Although he had not seen it, he had heard a lot about it, and he couldn't help but panic in this gloomy tomb.
"Those who can dig graves in the stone walls are all vajra apes that have reached the end of their lives, and they will not leave any remnant souls. Only those who have attained extremely high cultivation or fierce beasts will occasionally have soul remnants when their souls are seriously injured. However, even if it is them, most of the souls will enter the path of reincarnation, and the remaining trace of soul can only wander in the world. There are very few ghosts and ghosts in the world, and there are very few of them, so we won't be lucky enough to encounter them, right?" Ye Qingcheng smiled breathlessly.
The tomb was tortuous and circuitous, and after walking some distance, they reached the depths of the tomb, and in front of them was another exit from the tomb with a gust of wind, and because it was pitch black, there were no remains or bodies to be seen. Ye Qingcheng casually found a place, sat down against the stone wall, and said, "Under normal circumstances, unless there is a Vajra ape dying at the end of its life, or a drinking party once a year, the Vajra Ape will not climb into these tombs without permission. β
"Cocktailing party?" Bao Jun followed and sat down beside him.
"Just like we celebrate the festival, the Vajra ape also has a grand event, that is, a wine party. Ye Qingcheng said: "They are extremely fond of alcohol, and this holy tomb cliff not only contains the remains of their ancestors, but also hides the fruit wine they brew. Therefore, this is the forbidden place of the Deep Sea Lotus, and the broken tooth will never dare to rush in again. As long as we don't get discovered by the Vajra ape, we can stay here for a few more days. β
"Since it's safe for now, let's rest a little longer. Huo Jing breathed a deep sigh of relief and said, "What happened on this day made me exhausted, and I didn't have as many dangers as I encountered today after living for more than ten years. β
"Hmm. Ye Qingcheng looked at the fire in his arms, it had a true fire spirit source in its body, and the wound on his leg had begun to heal, but it was still a little weak. He gently stroked Lihuo's head and said, "You can sleep for a while." β
There was a faint light emitting from the body of the fire, and there were wisps of fire spirit temperature escaping, Huo Jing and Bao Jun both sat down around it, treating it as a small living bonfire.
Ye Qingcheng closed his eyes tiredly when he saw Lihuo, so he took out the cloth wrapped in his arms and said, "I just took the opportunity to ask Master more questions about here." β
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Ye Qingcheng had a long dream, in which the Gu Mu clan showed him a dangerous but gorgeous sea deep lotus, making this the first dangerous place he knew.
When Ye Qingcheng woke up, the surroundings were still dim. Because this tomb is tortuous, he doesn't know what kind of celestial phenomenon is outside, let alone what time it is.
Suddenly, there was a gurgling belly, Huo Jing and Bao Jun had already woken up from hunger, and they were looking at him with a pair of hungry eyes.
"Don't look at me like that. Ye Qingcheng couldn't help laughing and said, "I can't eat it again." β
"Why did you sleep so long?" said the little fat man Bao Jun. Although he was very hungry, after this period of precipitation, he had accepted the reality and was in good spirits.
"How long have I been asleep?" Ye Qingcheng said, and at the same time, his stomach was screaming with hunger.
"I don't know. In such a dark place, you can't see day and night, it must be a few days. Bao Jun said.
"You've been sitting here waiting for me to wake up?" Ye Qingcheng said.
"Otherwise?" Huo Jing asked rhetorically. At this time, they already regarded Ye Qingcheng as the leader, and if he didn't speak, they didn't know what to do.
Ye Qingcheng smiled dumbly, put it away, and said, "Okay, take you to a good place, there may not be anything to eat, but you can get drunk and dream to death!"
As he spoke, Ye Qingcheng stood up and stretched his muscles. Lihuo also woke up and stretched his waist, it slept for as long as Ye Qingcheng, the wound on his leg was almost completely healed, and he slept energetically.
"Small fire, let's light. Ye Qingcheng said.
jumped on his shoulder, and a small flame immediately rose from his little head, illuminating the surrounding stone walls.
"What's in front of you?" Bao Jun followed Ye Qingcheng's side, staring nervously at a pitch-black object in front of the tomb.
"What else could it be?" Huo Jing said with relief: "It's nothing more than the remains of the King Kong Ape." β
As they went deeper, a clichΓ©d breath came to their faces. Under the light of the small flame on the head of the fire, at the end of the cave sat the remains of a bloody Vajra ape like a man. It is covered with dusty golden retrievers, stands about three feet tall, and weighs several thousand catties.
After walking in front of the remains of the King Kong Ape, Ye Qingcheng and the others bowed their heads respectfully, after all, trespassing on the tomb of the deceased was disrespectful to the deceased, standing solemnly for a while, they also looked at the remains carefully.
The flesh on its body had shrunk and rotted, but its dusty golden fur was still there, still wrapped around its bones. It clenched its hands into fists on its crossed legs, its head raised, and it looked straight ahead. The rotten eyes, dark and sunken, seemed to be staring at the person in front of them. Its nose had also rotted away, revealing its bones. The fangs in the mouth are like sharp daggers, jagged outside, and people can't help but palpitate when they see it. It sat there quietly, dead for an unknown number of years, but it still exuded an aura that could not be ignored.
"The Vajra Ape is a demon-level fierce beast. The growth space is between the first and fourth orders, however, there have also been rare peaks of cultivation that have crossed the level to the earth demon level. Ye Qingcheng opened his mouth and said, "Before the second order, their fur was black, the third order was golden, and the fourth order was dark gold. β
Huo Jing nodded and asked curiously, "You said, the broken teeth that chased and killed us before were surrounded by those vajra apes, will they be killed?"
"Even if it doesn't die, it can't be better. Ye Qingcheng smiled slightly.
Then, he bypassed the remains of the King Kong ape in front of him and walked to an internal exit of the tomb, and Huo Jing and Bao Jun also hurriedly followed. When they saw the scene in front of them, the three of them couldn't help but be shocked and their eyes widened.
In front of the entrance of the tomb, the remains of the Vajra ape sat solemnly, its tail cocked in the shape of a snake, and the end of its stiff tail was placed with an everlasting lamp that emitted a faint blue light. Ye Qingcheng and the three of them stood at the entrance of the cave beside it, staring at the front with a dumbfounded expression.
Ahead, there was a huge mountain space, and almost the entire cliff of the Holy Sepulchre had been hollowed out. On the inner wall of the huge cliff, there are thousands of caves neatly arranged, and at the mouth of each cave sits the remains of a vajra ape, each of which maintains a tail curved posture, and each tail ends with a dark blue lantern. When the light of all the ever-bright lamps gathers together, it forms a solemn and secluded cyan space.
For these three teenagers who are not deeply involved in the world, they have never seen such a solemn and majestic cemetery, and they are all amazed.
Not only that, in the space hundreds of zhang high in front, there are also bluestone jars the size of water tanks, which are hanging quietly like upside-down fruits, and there are more than 1,000 of them. On each bluestone jar, there is a golden wine fruit engraved.
"These are the wines made by the King Kong Ape?" Bao Jun pointed to the large wine jars hanging in front of him.
"Well, but it's not an old wine. Saying that, Ye Qingcheng looked down and said, "The ones below are good wines!"
Huo Jing and Bao Jun followed his gaze at the same time and looked down. I saw that dozens of zhang deep below, there were nearly 10,000 jars of aged fruit wine, densely packed like a wine forest.
"Putting the corpse and the wine array together, the custom of the Vajra ape is really strange enough. Huo Jing said with a smile.