Immortality: Start Cultivating Immortality From Pingshan Mountain

Chapter 138 The Eyeless Corpse in the Chihu Coffin

 See the scene above your head.

Partridge Whistle finally understood why Miss Hong would encounter obstacles even with her ability.

  After all, this thing has been designed to prevent people like them from fighting each other since it came out.

 The surrounding area is made of yellow-heart cypress wood, which is piled up to form a square, and then the square wood is stacked layer by layer.

Although it is not a mortise and tenon structure, the inward-facing structure can also make the coffin chamber airtight, and it is difficult to insert a blade as thin as a cicada in the gap.

Hence the name Huang Chang Ti Cou.

 Judging from his many years of fighting experience, it has appeared at least in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and reached its peak during the Qin and Han dynasties.

During the Han Dynasty, Huangchangticuo, together with the Zi Palace, the living room, the outer coffin, and the gold-studded jade clothes, became unique to the imperial tombs.

  represents the highest etiquette in funerals.

 Except for the emperor's family, no one is allowed to use it without permission from the emperor, otherwise it will be regarded as trespassing.

If Huo Guang died, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty would specially give "Zigong, Bianfang, and Huangchangticuo each one"

However, after the Han Dynasty, Huang Chang Ti Cou almost disappeared from the world.

　　It’s not because the inheritance has been broken, but because there was too much logging.

Yellow-heart cypress, also called thuja, grows very slowly, and it often takes a hundred or even hundreds of years to become useful.

And a large tomb of a prince would cost thousands of cypress trees.

 The cost of the imperial mausoleum is countless.

By the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was difficult to find enough yellow Thuja wood in the world, so we had no choice but to use pine wood, nanmu or even stone bricks to build the structure.

 Hence all kinds of things.

 So, even among the old Jianghu people present, only a few people had seen the Tizuo Coffin Room with their own eyes.

I have encountered Partridge Whistle before.

But this is the first time that the inscription above the head has been preserved as completely as it is.

Two thousand years have passed, and the cypress trees are still as new as yesterday, with no sign of water, moisture, mildew, or rot.

It is indeed a water dragon halo with endless vitality and endless energy.

 At this moment.

Two centipedes were hung on the mountain ladder against the cave wall, while two men were riding on the top, carrying mountain axes. They were sweating profusely and panting from exhaustion.

In the surrounding firelight, you can faintly see the dense cypress trees covered with ax marks.

 But even after being so tired, there was only a shallow white mark left.

 “It’s really Thuja.”

 Chen Yulou frowned slightly.

The wife of King Xian was buried in the coffin above the head. The burial objects were not too unusual, but they were the only way to the coffin of King Tianmen.

 The tomb of King Xian is piled up layer by layer, from bottom to top.

 The halo of the water dragon has provided vitality for thousands of years and circulated endlessly in the tomb to maintain the feng shui of the place.

 This is why, even though it has been sealed in dust for thousands of years, Wujiao's poisonous gas is not surprising.

 The real thing is to hide wind and gather water, integrating the inside and outside.

 This thuja is quite troublesome.

Although thuja is not as valuable as golden nanmu, it is extremely dense. If you want to cut it down, you have to use water to grind it down.

Otherwise, how can we stop the intruders?

 “Would you like to invite the armored beast to give it a try?”

The old foreigner looked around with his wind lantern. The coffin above his head was square, and the cave under his body was round, which coincided with the idea of ​​a round sky and a round place.

But other than that.

The rock wall is exposed, but it is not covered with cypress wood or bricks.

In his opinion, it might be feasible to ask the armored beast to dig a diagonal robber hole from one side to enter.

“Up and down are one, and there is no gap between the inside and outside. Unless we can accurately find the door of the house, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.”

 Chen Yulou shook his head.

 It must be as simple as he thought.

Huang Chang Ti Cou will not deter people in the reverse fighting business.

 “Brothers, work harder and break it open little by little.”

 “Yes, from the shopkeeper.”

Hearing this, the two guys responded in unison.

Taking a deep breath.

˜Gather up enough energy to continue doing things,

The sound of chopping wood echoed back and forth in the cave.

Partridge Whistle stared at Huangchangti Minato for a long time, and then frowned and said.

“Brother Chen, is the coffin for the king above?”

 Zi Gong and Ti Cou, no matter which one is singled out, cannot be used by ordinary people.

Until now.

 The ancient tomb of King Xian has not yet been discovered.

Thinking again of the cellar coffin outside, if it is Zi Gong, Ti Cou and has gold thread and jade clothes, it seems to be better than the cellar coffin in terms of burial ceremony.

 “If I had to guess, it’s most likely not.”

Chen Yulou raised his eyebrows, "The burial system is quite high, but King Xian is determined to become an immortal, how can he trap himself here?"

 “What does Brother Chen mean?”

 “Accompany the mausoleum.”

 Slowly spit out two words.

Partridge Whistle's heart moved and he immediately came back to his senses.

 “To offer the king’s wife?”

“You can’t be wrong. Brother Tao, please read the title carefully.”

Chen Yulou raised the wind lantern in his hand, and the light flickered, faintly reflecting the silhouette of a black bird.

The black bird is slightly different from the totems seen in Miao Village that day.

More inclined to the image of Qin and Han phoenix or Qingluan.

You must know that in the pre-Qin period, the black bird had an irreplaceable symbolic status. The destiny of the black bird descended and gave birth to Shang. Since then, during the two weeks, the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States, and several dynasties, the black bird was respected.

 The dragon is the leader of all beasts, and the phoenix is ​​the leader of birds.

 There is also the theory of dragon, phoenix, harp and harp in the past dynasties.

The phoenix bird totem is embossed on the Zi Palace, and its meaning is self-evident.

“It seems like it won’t end here for a while.”

“Brother Dao, aren’t you very interested in that cellar coffin? Go and have a look?”

 Calculated silently.

It would take at least an hour to drill through the top of your head.

With this skill, the two coffins lying outside...no, they should be three unopened coffins, so naturally they cannot be missed.

 For those who work in Xiling, opening a coffin makes a fortune.

 Is there any reason not to open the coffin?

 The guys behind him had never taken their eyes off the stone coffin and the cellar coffin since they entered the tomb. As for the open bronze coffin, they were even talking about it.

Even the old foreigners couldn’t help but look back frequently.

Broken floor tiles, bronze debris and fallen bones.

 All this shows.

While they were waiting to cross the river, a fight broke out here.

 It’s just that no one dared to ask.

  “…that’s good too.”

Partridge Whistle nodded.

He has indeed been thinking about the cellar coffin.

 with Wither’s Tree —maybe you can only see it once in your lifetime.

 Even if I could only ask for the Muchen Bead, it would be a pity that I couldn't get my hands on such a divine object.

 “Senior brother, I’m going too.”

"And I."

 The conversation between the two was not hidden from others.

The eyes of the old foreigner standing next to him couldn't help but light up.

Hua Ling echoed with a smile.

"go!"

 Seeing this, the partridge whistle would not allow it.

The group of people passed through the stone door and when they reappeared in the main room outside, a group of waiters were already waiting, one by one taking over. His eyes were burning, and his face was filled with anticipation.

 The shopkeepers all talk about opening the coffin.

How can they delay?

 “Okay, don’t hold yourself tight, let’s open up.”

Chen Yulou raised his eyebrows and waved his hand casually.

However, it seems casual, but the mind does not dare to relax at all. The bones of the three hells, plus the shadow bones of the king, are all dangerous and hidden.

 Don’t be extremely cautious.

 Changes may occur at any time.

 “Yes, from the shopkeeper.”

The group of thieves quickly took out their claws and approached the stone coffin.

 Just looked back and forth along the sarcophagus.

 The brows of several people became more and more frowned, and their faces became extremely ugly.

“No, can you guys do it?”

"The shopkeeper is still waiting. If that doesn't work, I'll be the one to do it."

Seeing that they were hesitant to take action and did not seize the opportunity, the few guys who could only stay behind to take care of the lighting couldn't help but laugh.

This way down.

　It took a lot of hard work.

Except for the crimson jade coffin in the banyan tree at the beginning, I finally saw another coffin.

 Especially when I was fighting before, I saw gold and silver everywhere.

 Let them feel their blood boiling.

 “Don’t make any noise.”

 The leader is an old man.

Several generations of people have been eating with the Chen family.

I have been exposed to it since I was a child, and I have been traveling around the world as early as the old shopkeeper.

Having been teased by a few boys, if it had been normal in the past, he would have scolded him back, but at this moment, he just frowned and made a silence gesture.

 See this situation.

 The group also knew something was wrong.

　　I immediately closed my mouth and held the box cannon at my waist with my backhand.

“This is a seamless sarcophagus.”

 Turn away, just in case. He inspected it carefully with his hands, and even specially wiped away the accumulated dust on the sarcophagus. After confirming that there was no doubt, he exhaled and cursed in a low voice.

“Seamless coffin?”

Hearing this, the group felt a little relieved, but at the same time their expressions became grim.

 Coffin coffin coffin coffin, outer coffin and inner coffin, upper cover and lower seat.

 It has been this way for thousands of years.

Even the coffins can be divided into dynasties and Han and Yi.

For example, in these years, they have seen ship coffins, horse coffins, single wooden coffins, glazed coffins and keel coffins.

 But the general style will not change.

This coffin is seamless and the inside and outside are one. If it’s not just a stone, how can the bones be buried?

"what happened?"

Even though he had gone back and forth several times and even knew what was buried in the sarcophagus, Chen Yulou really didn't think much about it.

At this moment, I couldn't help but frown when I heard the guy's words.

He looked away from the copper coffin and walked over.

Seeing the shopkeeper approaching, the thieves who surrounded the sarcophagus immediately made way for them.

The three brothers and sisters of Partridge Whistle followed closely behind.

When he arrived at the sarcophagus and took a wind lantern, Chen Yulou took a closer look and realized that the coffin in front of him was really made of grindstone.

There are still traces of rope twisting on the top of the coffin.

The whole coffin is extremely simple. Countless rings are carved on the body of the coffin. They are connected end to end and tightly interlocked with each other, forming a faint ancient black beast that looks like a tiger, but not a tiger, or a dragon, but not a dragon.

Hand across the coffin, raising its head and roaring.

There is an indescribable primitive atmosphere all over the body.

 I think it must be an ancient relic from at least several thousand years ago.

 “Chihu?”

 If I remember correctly, there seems to be a similar strange beast in the Book of Mountains and Seas.

 It was even more common after the Warring States Period.

The Emperor's seal is made of jade and tiger buttons.

The blue sky jade seal of Qin Shihuang is the seal of a tiger, with the words "Granted by heaven, the emperor will live long and prosperous" written on it.

"What?"

Hearing him talking to himself, Partridge Whistle couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"nothing…"

Chen Yulou waved his hand.

Looking at the bottom of the coffin following the light, there is a sturdy monolithic figure cast at each corner of the sarcophagus, which is also simple and heavy in style.

 I saw him immersed in the coffin.

Partridge Whistle is not easy to ask.

 Looking at the sarcophagus in front of him attentively.

This coffin is really weird in style.

 It’s not just because of the seamlessness.

 It is much shorter than an ordinary coffin.

He even tried to measure it, and it was probably less than one meter. Even if the ancients were generally shorter, it would be difficult to lie down in it.

 Unless it is an infant corpse.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his head, and his eyes fell across the crowd on the three faint will-o'-the-wisps deep in the tomb, which were much dimmer than the previous will-o'-the-wisps.

 Estimated to be two thousand years.

 The grease on the black-scaled sharks in the copper pillar has been drained away.

It was because they pushed the door open and broke the balance of the place that the grease on the wick of the candle ignited again.

 “Danqi!”

 When he looked at the corpses of the three receiving boys.

Chen Yulou suddenly let out a breath, then took the bone knife from his waist with his backhand, and lightly scratched the sarcophagus.

 It is not very powerful.

 But the next moment, the sound of broken glass was heard immediately.

 Under the light, countless small cracks appeared on the surface of the sarcophagus, intertwined with each other, like a shadow of a tree emerging.

 With the force of his hands.

 Cracks quickly spread towards the coffin body.

Not long after, the translucent pieces, as thin as cicada wings, broke apart and rose up.

Partridge Whistle has quick eyes and quick hands. He grabbed it with his backhand and opened his palm. There was already an extra one in his palm.

 Put it up to the tip of your nose and smell it carefully.

 The fragments still have an indescribable smell.

 “It’s really red paint!”

It is recorded in the Book of Rites that hundreds of craftsmen were ordered to make bows, made of gold, iron, leather, and rubber-grey red paint.

 It’s just that this layer of red paint is too thin.

 Shaped like glass.

The stone and the sarcophagus have long been integrated into one.

 Even he didn't notice it.

“There is a gap between the coffin and the coffin.”

The broken red paint dispersed like feathers, and soon a sharp-eyed man pointed at the ring on the coffin and exclaimed.

 The skills of the coffin hangers are amazing.

Not to mention the tight seam between the coffin lid and the body, in order to hide the almost invisible seam, it was covered up with patterns and red lacquer, making it almost exactly the same as a seamless coffin.

“Now that you’ve found it, what are you still doing?”

 Chen Yulou shrugged.

 Put away the bone knife in your hand.

"yes…"

The guy smiled sarcastically.

 After all, he was already an old man, but in the end he lost an adult in front of the shopkeeper, and he couldn't hold his head up for a while.

However, this emotion was quickly dissipated by the expectation of finding gold in the coffin.

Several people used their vaginal claws to insert into the gap and pry open the coffin lid bit by bit.

 Wait until the gap appears.

 The old foreigner immediately stepped forward with a kettle in hand to prevent the corpse aura from invading.

But to his surprise, the sarcophagus was quiet, and there were no poisonous smoke from the dark pit, hidden fire or hidden arrows.

"open!"

Seeing this, the men who opened the coffin no longer hesitated. With a low voice, they worked together to lift the extremely heavy coffin lid and lift it to the ground.

 The boy next to him was carrying a lantern and moving it to the top of the coffin.

 The rest of the people quickly looked into the coffin.

 “Vertical burial coffin?”

“No, what kind of burial method is this?”

“Could it be that they were buried alive and suffocated to death in the coffin?”

With the light, everyone could clearly see a corpse huddled in the sarcophagus that had not yet decayed.

 The figure showed an extremely weird posture.

 “Buried in a crouch?!”

 The flower spirit who has never spoken.

Tilted his head and said one word softly.

 During the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended, foreign countries attacked, and the Zhou rituals fell apart. In addition, various countries intended to break away from the Zhou system, and various funeral rituals were derived.

 Humbling is a derivative of that era.

 Similarly, there are hanging burials, leaning over, lying on one's side, and even upside down burials.

 Looking at the bones huddled in the coffin.

Partridge Whistle also looked weird.

 Before, he secretly speculated whether there would be a baby corpse buried in the coffin, but now it seemed that it was just a mistake.

 While he was pondering.

A few guys had already taken out the corpse-binding ropes, reached into the coffin, inserted one set through the lower jaw of the corpse, and then pulled it back. The ancient corpse in the coffin instantly stood up from a sitting position.

 But...when a group of people looked over.

It feels like falling into an ice cave.

The ancient corpse was covered with strange runes, which were not very similar to the soul-killing talisman. It seemed to come from the strange witchcraft that had been seen on the walls of Shangzhen Palace.

 But the most shocking thing is far more than that.

The body of the ancient corpse is complete, but only two holes are left for the eyes.

　Judging from the hideous wounds, it must have been dug away with a sharp weapon.

 “Eye gouging?”

Partridge Whistle frowned.

 I caught something subconsciously, but my mind was disorganized, and I felt like quicksand was flowing out from my fingers.

 “This is the three hells of calamity.”

“Gouge out the heart and dig out the eyes.”

 Seemingly aware of everyone's thoughts, Chen Yulou explained coldly.

Partridge Whistle's heart moved.

 The corpse in the copper coffin from before came to mind.

Although the body was in a state of decomposition, if I think about it carefully now, all the five organs are present, but the heart seems to be the only one missing among the five internal organs.

 Brother Chen can say it so clearly.

 I think he had already noticed it when he opened the coffin before.

Partridge Whistle sighed secretly.

From the moment I stepped into Xianwangxuan Palace, everything I saw coincided with the Taoist way of becoming an immortal.

 Three Worlds Bridge, Three Hells Bones.

Now in the third tribulation, since the heart and eyes were gouged out first, then...if I guessed correctly, the last body coffin probably contains some evil means of stealing souls.

 Subconsciously, Partridge Whistle glanced at the last demon coffin out of the corner of his eye.

 At this moment, it stands quietly in place.

 When illuminated by the surrounding lights, the whole body suddenly reflected a dark luster.

do not know why.

 He recalled Chen Yulou's previous words in his mind.

“Perhaps it’s an empty coffin.”

"Eating souls and seizing souls... seems to make sense. If a person has no soul, isn't he just a ghost?"

I’m really sorry that I got off work so late and didn’t even eat when I came back. I’ve been writing until now. I’ll definitely update when I get home during the Chinese New Year.

 (End of this chapter)