White Bone Monkey King

Jin'an and the others were not the first to land.

They found several rafts and a fishing boat on the shore.

Needless to say about the fishing boat.

He is from the underworld ferryman and Mr. Feng Shui's group.

But not all the rafts have arrived, only half have arrived so far.

"Finally, I have my feet on the ground. This person is really used to walking on land, which makes people feel grounded."

The old Taoist priest holding a torch in his hand couldn't help but jump around a few times after he finished speaking with emotion, regaining the long-lost sense of down-to-earthness.

Jin An has known for a long time that the old Taoist priest is a landlubber and doesn't know how to swim.

However, what the old Taoist priest said is correct. People can only feel at ease when they are on land.

Although Jin'an has water.

But he can only swim like a dog paddle.

It's another thing to fight on the undulating water.

When people fight on water, they are naturally at a disadvantage.

"Jin Engong, there is a door in front. It must be the entrance to the tomb. The Dragon King we are looking for this time should be in this ancient tomb."

With Jin'an's blood-enhancing and qi-enhancing medicine to heal her injuries, Countryside Goddess' energy and blood recovered quickly. At this time, Countryside Goddess, who had fully recovered, had a rosy complexion, as if she was several years younger.

Jin An had saved her life, and now she was willing to just follow Jin An's lead.

"But the old lady thinks these hanging coffins are a bit weird, so it's better to be careful."

The country goddess solemnly said: "Although it is said that fallen leaves return to their roots and are buried in peace, many places practice burial. According to the Feng Shui theory of Mr. Feng Shui, it is said that the ground has veins and burial Qi. Good Feng Shui burial Qi can rely on mountains and rivers." The general trend of the earth will bring blessings to future generations. But in some places, burials may not always be carried out..."

"For example, in addition to earth burials, there are also sky burials, water burials, cremations, and tower burials... In some places, there are also hanging coffin burials, tree burials, boat coffin burials, etc. But without exception, these burial methods are all done by relatives at home. They put their thoughts on them and hope that the deceased can be closest to the god they believe in. Just like in our world of goddesses, it is said that Tu Bo is in charge of the underworld, and burial also means that the deceased can be close to Tu Bo and be buried as soon as possible. "

Feng shui masters usually use the feng shui of mountains and rivers to explain burials, while rural goddesses also have their own inheritance system.

"My sister is right. There are thousands of burial methods in the world. We must respect the humanities and customs of each place." The old Taoist priest wearing a khaki robe looked at the country goddess with a twisted beard and a smile.

The country goddess pretended not to notice and followed Jin An expressionlessly.

Instead, he sharpened his sword dully, looked at his third junior brother blankly, and then turned to look at the country goddess.

At this time, the old Taoist priest held up a torch to illuminate the hanging coffins stacked high on the cliffs on both sides of the shore. After looking at them for a long time, he felt as if he was being looked down upon by ghosts and gods, which gave him a particularly oppressive feeling. He looked down with a solemn expression. He continued: "As a veteran, I have traveled all over the country for so many years and have seen many local burial methods. Although hanging coffin burials are rare, I have been lucky enough to see them a few times."

"As a veteran, I once asked the local villagers why there is a local burial custom?"

"Based on the cultural history of different places, different places may have different opinions."

"In some places, people have lived in cliff caves since ancient times. They believe that the mountain is the mythical Fenbao Rock. People living in cliff caves are equivalent to living in gold and silver treasures. There is a scriptless book in the cave, and there is a mountain of gold in the cave. Yinshan. Therefore, they are also used to burying their ancestors in cliff caves, hoping that the ancestors can become immortals by dividing the treasure rocks to express their best wishes to the ancestors. Even though later the villagers, in order to make a better livelihood, Gradually, we descended into caves, reclaimed wasteland, moved into villages, and no longer lived in small cliff caves, but the custom of burying our ancestors in cliff caves remained unchanged."

“There are also some places because of their remoteness, such as the Kangding Kingdom border area close to the primitive rainforest of the Southern Barbarians. There are vast mountains and countless high mountains. The vigorous ancient trees cover the sky and the sun, and the forest sea cannot be seen to the end. It is like an ancient wilderness scene. , poisonous insects and ferocious beasts emerge in endlessly. Among the people living there, there is the Yadong tribe, and the whole tribe has the custom of living in high cliff caves to avoid man-eating beasts. The Yadong tribe’s custom of burying people is also to bury people on the cliff. holes to prevent wild beasts from digging into the graves and eating the bones of our ancestors.”

"I have seen the custom of hanging coffin burials in Tubo. People there believe that the higher a person is buried, the closer he is to the gods in the sky."

Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest in surprise.

Unexpectedly, the old Taoist has been to so many places besides Mobei, even the border between Tubo and Nanman.

The old Taoist priest had traveled all over the country for so many years and had extensive knowledge. Even Jin An had to admire him.

It is estimated that for most of his life, the old Taoist priest has measured the entire territory of Kangding Kingdom, from south to north, from the extreme east to the extreme west, with the Shifang shoes under his feet.

This reminded Jin An of the Guangping Sanren who wrote the most famous Taoist works...

But this is already a historical figure from hundreds of years ago.

It has long disappeared from history.

The master who can live for such a long time, this Guangping Sanren who became famous hundreds of years ago, even if he is still alive today, he has not become an immortal, but he has become a Sanren...

These are all digressions. Jin An suddenly frowned as he watched the old Taoist priest talking, so he asked the old Taoist priest what was wrong, but did he find anything when looking at these hanging coffins?

The old Taoist priest's lighting was really limited, and he used dim torches to illuminate the hanging coffins stacked high on the cliffs on both sides.

The cliff that splits deep in the mountain is like a line of sky. On the cliffs on both sides of the line of sky, there are wooden frames and hanging coffins erected by humans.

Under the dim firelight, these hanging coffins flickered on and off, getting darker and darker as they went above, as if there were really countless ghosts and gods standing in the cliff caves on both sides, overlooking the mortals below, with an oppressive sense of darkness and eerie atmosphere. If people walk under these hanging coffins, they will really worry that these rotten and dilapidated hanging coffins stacked layer by layer will collapse and crush people to death in a pile of dead bones and coffins...

Even people have been looking at these unstable hanging coffins for a long time.

As if affected by psychological pressure.

Even my mood became depressed, low, and gloomy.

It seems to be able to evoke all the negative emotions hidden in people's hearts.

And if they want to go over and get to the tomb door, they have to pass through the line of hanging coffins in front of them. But looking at the dilapidated coffins and wooden shelves that were elevated above the head, stacked so hard that one could not see how many layers there were, it really made people feel a little frightened, fearing that they might collapse.

The old Taoist priest said with worry: "The three points I mentioned earlier are all based on normal folk customs and are the burial methods of normal people. I am afraid that the owner of this tomb does not want us to pass through this line of sky safely. The coffin is buried, and there are other things hidden in this line of sky, give us a urn to catch turtles."

The old Taoist priest held a torch and paced back and forth on the shore, constantly looking outside the gloomy sky-lined hanging coffin burial: "Little brother, do you know what another term for hanging coffin burial is?"

"What is it?" Jin An was curious.

Along the way, they encountered complex caves with thousands of corpses that could lead people astray, more powerful than ghosts breaking through walls;

There is another mercury corpse whose skin and flesh have grown together with the stone statue of the tomb beast;

There are also corpse caves where corpses are stranded;

Another scene of pulling out the tongue of a dead man and lowering his head with a rope...

Along the way, they had seen all kinds of vicious ways to harm people. Now even a fool could see that the owner of the tomb clearly wanted to kill everyone who came from outside.

As long as anyone dares to enter the tomb, the owner of the tomb will not let him go.

The deeper you go into the Cave of Thousand Corpses, the more dangerous the hidden dangers become.

Therefore, the owner of the tomb would never be so full that he would place so many hanging coffins at the entrance of the tomb to scare away those who entered the tomb.

The old Taoist priest's brows almost knitted together, and he replied: "As the saying goes, there is green water above and yellow springs below. The yellow springs below are under the control of the Tubo. But after death, if the roots under the feet are separated, the Tubo will naturally I can’t control you anymore. It’s peace in the grave, peace in the grave, but what if it’s the other way around? People can’t be buried after death. Little brother, do you think this person can still rest in peace after death?”

"Now we don't know how many hanging coffins there are in this line of sky. It's very dangerous and unpredictable."

"There is an old saying that if there are tens of thousands of people on top of each other, they are so densely packed that the number of dead people is going to be tens of thousands. Little brother, tell me how scary this must be."

The old Taoist priest felt his scalp numb just by talking.

"Even such rare burial objects as the Renqi Town Tomb Beast appeared..."

"He even showed up when he filled the corpse with mercury and buried it with the owner of the tomb, and acted as a gatekeeper for the owner of the tomb..."

"The identity of the owner of this tomb is definitely not simple. Even if he is not a member of the royal family, he is probably the leader of a small country."

"So there is a large burial pit in this tomb, and a ghost market was created for him. It is absolutely not unusual for him to enjoy what kind of glory and wealth he enjoyed during his lifetime, and what kind of glory and wealth he will continue to enjoy in the ghost market after his death."

The more wealthy and noble a person is, the more afraid of death they are, and the more reluctant they are to part with the glory and wealth they had during their lifetime.

Therefore, the more this kind of people pay attention to what they are like during life, the more they will be like after death.

How many people did you serve during your lifetime?

How many people will serve you after death?

"It took a lot of effort to get here and enter the depths of the Cave of Thousand Corpses. It is obviously no longer appropriate to retreat at this time. We can only continue to move forward now."

Jin An looked at the Yixiantian Hanging Coffin Burial and said in deep thought: "Moreover, we have not seen the bodies of other exorcists in the Yixiantian Hanging Coffin Burial yet. If they can all pass, I don't think there are so many of us." People are worse than those people.”

"Three cobblers can equal Zhuge Liang. If the four of us take off our shoes, each of us can stink Zhuge Liang to death with one foot."

Old Taoist priest: "?"

Country Goddess: "?"

Chia Jian stared at the coffin hanging in the sky in a daze.

Subsequently.

The four of them discussed a general action plan, and then stepped into the hanging coffin, which gave people a sense of depression and oppression.

Don't even say it.

Before, standing outside, I felt that the coffin hanging in the sky was oppressive enough.

When people walk in, facing the darkness, silence, and narrow space, the depressing feeling of a big scary coffin hanging above their heads becomes even more intense.

The further a person goes in, the more wrong his mental state becomes.

Gradually I realized something was wrong.

Becoming suspicious.

Negative emotions abound.

But for a while I couldn't tell what was wrong.

The surroundings became quieter and darker as we walked, and the torch illumination was limited and could not illuminate very far above our heads. Even if we looked up to the top of our heads, we could not see anything clearly.

On the contrary, in the narrow environment, the dark shadows of the hanging coffins on both sides of the cliff are getting longer and longer under the flickering light and shadow of the torch in their hands.

People's emotions began to be affected by the tight geography and the pressure of the hanging coffin, and they became more and more irritable. The old Taoist priest began to mumble along the way, and even the face of the country goddess began to show impatience and irritability.

It seems to be able to affect people's emotions and pollute their thoughts and spirit.