Volume 2: Dream of the Nu River Chapter 055 Living Figurines
"I've been around this tunnel several times, and there are two of them, one open and one underneath." Peng Delin motioned for me not to go in, "The few students who came with me are all dead inside, so don't go in." β
I suddenly had a spirit, "What, it's all dead!" β
"yes." Peng Delin shook his head and sat on the ground, "It's dead, it's all dead, and none of them come out." β
"There's something in there?" I was alarmed.
"There's a gap between the two roads, and it's not easy to spot if you don't look at it. I took my assistant into the underground passage below, but I didn't expect that due to the lower terrain and serious water seepage, there was a landslide, and they were all buried inside. β
I was about to take a breath when I thought to myself, "It doesn't look like I've encountered anything, so it shouldn't be a big deal." β
Suddenly, Peng Delin raised his head in horror, looked at me nervously, and said, "I quickly escaped, but when I came back, I found that there was no collapse in the passage at all, and all the people were gone. β
"Huh?" My mood took a 180-degree turn, and my eyes widened, "Could it be because of the illusion?" β
"Inside the Yin Yang Gate, everything we see is true and false, to be honest, I actually still doubt in my heart whether you are real." Peng Delin shook his head self-deprecatingly, "When I searched again, I was surprised to see their bodies in a burial chamber inside, all lying neatly on the coffin, which scared me ...... at that time."
However, this aroused my curiosity, and Peng Delin could not resist him, and then led him forward. The burial chamber was full of coffins, as Peng Delin said, but there were no corpses placed on it. I felt that something was wrong, and when I looked closer, I realized that all the coffins that had been locked up had been opened by themselves, and the corpses were lying inside.
"Thisβ" Peng Delin panicked, "let's go quickly, it's not clean here." β
I reached in to examine it, and as soon as my hand touched the corpse's arm, it felt wrong, wet and hard, obviously not in the state of a person who had just died. However, it was too late to react, and there was still a person under the corpse, standing up suddenly.
Although the light was dim, I could still see it because of the proximity, and the wet body looked like a living person, but it was so stiff that it was completely beyond my expectations, and I screamed in fright, and hurried back.
"This isβ" Peng Delin pushed his eyes and said, "Living figurines!" β
"Living figurines." I was surprised: "I heard that ancient living figurines were used for burials, and this was popular at that time. It is said that the living person is wrapped in a layer of gauze, and then the figurines are sealed in mud, and then put into the kiln to burn, which was particularly popular in the Qin Dynasty, mainly for the burial of the first emperor. β
Just as the figurines grabbed my arm, the situation suddenly changed, and I quickly took out a bag of peach sawdust from my pocket and scattered it. The movements of the living figurines suddenly slowed down, and their strength was much smaller than before, and they danced a pair of corpse claws in anger, looking in pain.
At this moment, I let out a low cry and slammed my lunge towards it, and in the blink of an eye a rope had locked its arms and body so tightly that it could not be shaken at all.
I saw that the eyes of the living figurines that could not turn shot out a fierce light, bursts of strong corpse gas erupted from their mouths, and their feet had begun to move desperately.
There was a "creak", and the rope already showed signs of loosening. Seeing this, I took a deep breath, gritted my teeth, smashed the backpack I was carrying, and kicked it hard.
I only heard a loud "bang", and I kicked it directly in the abdomen, but the stomach of the living figurine was as hard as iron, and it was basically a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred, and after only one kick, I never wanted to kick again.
"Why didn't this living figurine die!" I said angrily.
In 2015, the Dutch made a CT of a thousand-year-old Buddha statue, and the scan results showed that there was a living figurine hidden inside the Buddha statue, and this figurine maintained a meditative posture.
In ancient times, living figurines did exist, just like the burial of living people. In ancient times, after the death of the emperor, the living people were buried with the living, the living people were wrapped in cloth and then sealed with mud, and then put in the kiln to burn, and finally painted with paint, and these living figurines were used for burial, and the emperor has continued this since then. Since the beginning of the Warring States period, the thousand-year-old system of burial of the living was gradually abolished by various countries.
"Damn, he's still a sperm!" My eyes flickered at this time, and I finally decided to sacrifice a little blood, after all, I still don't have enough experience in dealing with this thing, "It seems that ordinary physical attacks are useless, and I can only use blood spells!" β
I'll have to explain a little bit about the Blood Curse. This is a unique job of the Dragon Taibao, and the operation is similar to the yellow charm used by the Maoshan Taoist priest to catch zombies in the movie, but at most it is just like it, in essence, this is a complete bluffing trick. But then again, this trick has its time, especially against things like living maids, and the trick lies in the fishy smell of fresh human blood and the special potions smeared on the rune paper, which will make them feel afraid.
As I spoke, I took out a blood-red rune paper from my bosom, gritted my teeth, and dripped the blood onto the rune paper. The red rune paper became more vivid red in an instant, and after a moment, it turned into a cloud of blood mist, which suddenly enveloped the head of the living figurine.
"I didn't expect you to do this!" Peng Delin was surprised.
After using the Blood Charm, the effect was immediate. The living figurines in the blood mist no longer struggled, nor did they roar and wave their claws, but just stood dumbfounded.
"Without further ado, if I don't hurry, if this thing comes to its senses again, I won't withdraw again." I thought in my heart, so I said to Peng Delin: "Professor Peng, stay away!" β
When Peng Delin heard this, he hurriedly retreated backwards, and did not stop until he was ten meters away. I whispered a mantra at this point. After a while, I saw a large cloud of black mist erupt from the mouth of the living figurine, wrapping itself, and then slowly curled up, this living figurine with a huge body itself actually shrunk a lot.
Finally, the body emitted a dazzling light and burned to ashes in an instant.
Seeing that the living figurines had been ambushed, Peng Delin Fang breathed a sigh of relief, was overjoyed, and hurriedly came over to thank him, saying: "Thank you young man for saving your life, young man, I see that you are definitely not an ordinary person with a stunt, you are-"
"Don't hide it, under me, it's the Dragon Hunting Taibao."
"Dragon Hunting!" Peng Delin was really shocked, "No wonder, no wonder ......"
I let out a long breath, "Alright! This figurine has been disposed of, let's ...... next" I said as I looked at Peng Delin.
"The only way to do this is to find a way to come, and since we have found the chain before, we should still be able to find it." Peng Delin said respectfully at this time.
Along the way, Peng Delin told me about the living figurines, saying that a group of tomb robbers had gone to a deserted place in Shaanxi Province to fight down. But they only found the head of a terracotta army. They returned to the buggy with the head of the terracotta warrior and prepared to spend the night in the car, not ready to drive any further.
"At this time, one of the members next to the window saw that there seemed to be several pillars in the distance, and they were still swaying, and he instinctively had doubts, and everyone looked over there and noticed this anomaly, and the whole situation fell into panic and suspicion." Peng Delin said.
"Because of the thief's weak heart, everyone is afraid that it is the police, but some feel suspicious, why is the police so slow to react, so with a frightened but curious heart, they led a few people to investigate the situation, but after they went, what they saw made them unforgettable in this life and this life."
"Got a ghost?" I'm kidding.
"It turned out that a few people who returned to the same place to check, under a dark moon, they saw a humanoid thing moving slowly, the movement was like a stiff robot, slow and moving, closer look, it turned out to be a terracotta warrior, back to find their head. Several people were so frightened that they ran away. β
I just think that Peng's story is a bit exaggerated, like a ghost story, without any technical content. However, there are still people in this lonely tomb who can tell ghost stories, which can be regarded as a unique way to decompress.
After walking for about seven or eight minutes, we walked into a huge stone room, which was covered with moss, and the damp stone walls were constantly dripping with water droplets, and as soon as I entered, I felt chills all over my body, and my teeth were shivering with coldness, and I just wanted to speak, but I couldn't make a sound, and I had a feeling of cold from the bone marrow.
The sudden coldness of this burial chamber was incredible, and I shone my flashlight around and said, "Professor Peng, have you been here before?" Why is it so cold? β
Peng Delin's body trembled and trembled: "No...... I also find it strange...... Why is it so cold? β
"Yes, it's like coming to the freezer, but when you look at the water droplets on it, it doesn't look like it's going to freeze." I watched everything here, and analyzed.
"What the fuck is alive." I cursed in my heart.
Peng Delin was about to speak, but the flashlight in his hand suddenly fell to the ground: "My mother, Li Rui, come here, I saw someone running over!" β
I hurriedly picked up my flashlight and shone it around, but I didn't see a shadow, "Where?" Professor Peng, are you too nervous, or is it too cold here for you to feel uncomfortable? β
"I swear to God, there must be someone who runs behind you, and ...... I ran inside, I could see it clearly! β
After listening to his words, I saw that his eyes did not look like he was lying, and I also got goosebumps. We cleaned up a bit, and I pointed to one of the walls of the stone room: "Forget it, Professor Peng, I don't think it's appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's get out of here first." β
However, we did not have long to walk before we saw an iron gate in front of us, which was also covered with moss and some strange things like swallow's nests, presumably earth, but certainly not naturally formed. I pushed the iron door hard, but it was rusty and difficult to push open.
"Professor Peng, come and help." I was about to call Peng Delin to come over and open the door together, but I didn't expect Peng Delin to respond after calling twice, I was puzzled, and when I turned my head to look, I found that he was squatting aside as if observing something.
"Professor Peng, what are you doing here?"