Chapter 34 The Legend of the Guardian Ghost
The team members breathed in fresh air with plenty of oxygen here, unexpectedly, with a hint of coolness in the humid air.
Yu Xing fiddled with his hands twice on the water surface, looked up and felt that the top of the wall seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
But with his increasingly blurred memory now, he didn't remember that he had entered a similar place a long time ago, or that he had forgotten something after experiencing in the few minutes he was lying in the coffin.
Soon, people wearing tights stood on the stone platform. After confirming that they were safe, they took off their tights and placed them in waterproof bags. They hid them in the water at the edge of the stone platform and hooked them with hooks.
This will not be discovered, nor will it not be equipped to wear it at that time.
Yu Xing was also planning to go ashore. He swam forward a little and suddenly noticed a ripples in the water that were different from his direction.
The waves of water slid quietly across his calves, something passed by his legs, but did not walk far away, and kept wandering around his legs.
"..." He stopped and looked down, but unfortunately the water surface was dark, and he could only reflect himself and could not see anything below.
Because of this, the unknown makes people most afraid.
"Strange, I didn't see any ghosts in the water along the way. Could it be that they came in from another road?" He knew very well that this was not an illusion. The things underwater not only entangled him, but also seemed to stretch out his hand to touch him.
——After just a moment of pause, Yu Xing was noticed by the things in the water.
He felt something soft and strange around his calf, and then a downward pushing force suddenly surged out, causing Yu Xing's body to sink down involuntarily.
That thing wants to drag him down!
Yu Xing was not panicked, but as he sank down, his arm subconsciously slapped the water surface, attracting the attention of his companions who were on the ashore.
Ash first discovered something, and shouted something, immediately pulled out his short knife and jumped back into the water, swam towards Yu Xing. The others also reacted. Mr. Li cursed and sweared, and quickly walked to the river to answer.
"Ash, pull San up and go ashore quickly. Don't fight any monsters in the water!" Carlos didn't know how good Yu Xingshui was. There was a paper man in his hand at some point. The originally fair and beautiful little paper man was soaked in his body, as if he had been flooded by water.
Carlos's paper man is not as effective as himself, and it is very exhausting every time he uses it. But he is obviously already helping Yu Xing share the damage.
Yu Xing didn't need Ash to come. He touched his hand at his waist and brought out the Tang sword that was unsheathed. He straightened his body with a violent aura and cut it down to his legs.
"Puff."
The blade hit something, and Yu Xing's leg pressure lightened, and he floated up and was pulled by Ash.
The blood spread to the water surface, dyeing the vision red. The pupils of the few people on the stone platform tightened. Only Carlos held the paper man in confusion and looked at him. His paper man was not bleeding.
It shouldn't be Yu Xing's injury.
Carlos was clear in his heart. It seemed that the thing that bleeded was the thing that sneaked into Yu Xing.
Tsk tsk tsk.
When Ash saw the blood rushing up from the water, he checked Yu Xing in surprise: "Are you okay? What is it? Where is it injured?"
"It's okay." Yu Xing grabbed the edge of his legs and came in front of him. He grabbed a handful of hair, tied up with knots, and tied together, "The blood is not mine."
The knife on his right hand is very intimidating.
"Oh my God!" Ash's first reaction when he saw his hair was to pull him upstream of the stone platform. Yu Xing was taken by him, and he was happy.
"San, your leg must have been injured."
Uncle Zhang on the stone platform stretched out his hand, as if he was planning to pull him up. The others stood nervously and stared at Yu Xing without blinking their eyes.
Yu Xing blinked, looked at Uncle Zhang's hand that was stretched out, and then looked at the stone platform that could be reached with one support. He shook it symbolically, withdrew his hand in Uncle Zhang's confused eyes and climbed up by himself.
Not to mention being injured, he didn't even have a broken hole in his clothes on his body, and he could tell that he was very real and didn't suffer any injuries at all.
"..." Uncle Zhang wiped his clothes awkwardly, pretending to be nothing, "So, what happened just now?"
Ash: "There is something in the water, very long hair!"
"Maybe it a water ghost?" Yu Xing savored it, "If you have hair and hands, you can not breathe for a long time, but it will not be a normal thing anyway."
Everyone: "..." Isn't this nonsense?
"I stabbed it, probably it has run away now." Yu Xing didn't care about this little water ghost. Compared with the strange fish, it was like a house. Even if he stopped there and let the water ghost pull it down, the water ghost could not drown him.
However, I don’t know how long this water ghost has been here, and men and women are not sure. Although they have long hair, their bodies hanging outside also have long hair.
Yu Xing frowned slightly, thinking that he should have taken a dive just now, but Ash discovered it too quickly.
"When did the water ghost follow?" Carlos murmured, pressing the communication device, "Did you see it on the screen?"
There was Shijiu watching outside, and her voice came from the device, a little distorted.
"I didn't see it, there was no strange thing flashing in the picture. It definitely came out of the inside, not following you from the outside."
This is normal, too.
Everyone has seen water ghosts more or less. As long as the tombs I was descending in the past was related to water, whether it was the tomb owner who set up a formation or the descendants who caused trouble, it was easy to raise water ghosts.
The water ghost is also divided into strength and weakness. The water ghost here can't even pull Yu Xing, but it's weaker.
"If there is one, there will be a second one. The feng shui in this tomb is not good and it is easy to raise things." Lin reminded in a low voice.
"Well, I'll be careful when I see water in the tomb behind me. I may be able to tell you something inside." Mr. Li nodded, his eyes on the blade of the Tang sword that Yu Xing was holding, and praised, "San, where is your knife? It's so beautiful, a treasure."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In Mr. Li’s mouth, where the goods are equal to which tomb was dug out. Yu Xing smiled: “I bought them in someone else’s hands before. At that time, neither the seller nor the seller knew the goods. The other party sold the knife as a handicraft. The sharpness of the knife and the blood groove on the blade were all things that I discovered later that it was not simple. I really don’t know which tomb to be specific.”
"This luck is really amazing." Mr. Li was shocked and envious, not sure how many words he believed.
After the small episode, everyone sorted out their equipment.
Fortunately, Yu Xing's knife and painting tube have been protected separately with a waterproof bag, otherwise it would be necessary to let the painting tube get water in, so the paper and pen inside would not be used. Now, everything is staying with him.
The man in glasses pointed to the stone door. The light inside the door was faint. Judging from the color, it should be the same as the night pearl on the top of the wall: "There is no one at the door. I have been looking at it for a long time. The person who entered first should have gone deeper, and we can't meet for the time being."
"That's not necessarily." Lin took off his glasses and wiped his face. "If there is a maze corridor in the tomb palace, we may encounter other living people at any time."
"There are other dead people," Ash added.
Whether there is a maze or not, they will go in.
Mr. Li encouragingly looked at the man in glasses and walked to the front naturally.
Among the people present, Uncle Zhang and Mr. Li are the oldest. Although Unika comes from abroad and does not care about her qualifications, she is a serious historian after all. She has never done tomb robbery before and has insufficient experience, so she also obeys the instructions of these two people.
"Now that everyone is here, let's go." Mr. Li pushed open the stone door vigorously, and the blue veins on his arm burst out. It can be seen that the stone door is actually very heavy.
How did the man with glasses push it just now?
Yu Xing followed him closer, looked at the lock hole, and found that the lock actually connected to a mechanism. As long as the mechanism is activated, the door will automatically open for a distance. Therefore, if you push the door, the short distance will be easier at the beginning.
Barely reasonable, Yu Xing pressed the suspicion that he had developed for the man with glasses back to his heart and lowered his eyelids.
Everyone entered the stone gate one by one. Behind the gate was a large stone chamber, square, and there was a corridor on each side. Several night pearls dotted on the wall like stars. Although the head was covered with dust, it was still pure and bright.
The most attractive thing is not the mysterious corridor or the beautiful, priceless night pearl, but a coffin placed in the center of the stone chamber.
This coffin is very formal, with a large front and a small back. From Yu Xing's perspective, it is like a half-border log.
No one went up to touch the coffin directly because the ground was stone, and once there was a gap, they would see clearly. They were not blind. They could see some stiff cracks on the ground around the coffin, and some mechanism was obviously stuck.
It's similar to the one that triggers an arrow once you step on it.
"Who is in this coffin?" Uncle Zhang first glanced at Unika, then turned to Lin, "Do you have any ideas?"
"This is the entrance to the tomb palace. The coffin is placed in such a conspicuous position. It is obvious that the person buried in the coffin is not at a high level, but it is important enough." Lin's eyes were vague, as if he was calculating feng shui in his heart.
"Lin is right. This arrangement has to be mentioned with reference to the ancient history I have studied." Unika took a step forward, looking at the coffin with analytical yearning, and mentioning his own research field, his eyes shining like a light.
She didn't know about the specific history, so she heard it by the way. To sum up, more than 1,200 years ago in this world, there was a very popular method of tombs. At that time, powerful families liked to place a coffin at the entrance of their tombs. The person lying in the coffin was called the "guardian ghost".
This guardian must be a strong and extremely sincere person, or a strong and extremely treacherous person during his lifetime. Both options are a bit extreme, but both are feasible.
After the tomb owner died, the descendants put the tomb owner into the tomb, then sealed the living guard ghost candidate in the coffin and placed it behind the entrance door.
This candidate must not know in advance that he will be buried with him. Whether it is sincere or treacherous, the former is betrayed and the latter is unwilling to accept it, and will turn into an extremely terrifying evil spirit and wander around the tomb palace. If the tomb robber comes and triggers the mechanism, he will definitely be discovered by the gatekeeper and then killed.
The reason for the evil spirits is unwillingness and hatred. In order not to let the guardian ghost throw resentment on the tomb owner, a maze must be set up around the coffin where the guardian ghost is located. In this way, when the tomb robber accidentally awakens the guardian ghost, the guardian ghost will only find the tomb robber who cannot escape in the mist, and cannot find the place where the tomb owner sleeps.
It can be said that during that period, the customs of guardian ghosts were popular throughout the country, which also led to the fact that in later archaeology, the most feared and wanted to meet was the tomb from that time 1,200 years ago.
Unika said proudly: "These abilities are miracles! Our archaeological fears the most about this tomb, because the existence of the guardian ghost itself can easily hurt people, but we also look forward to this tomb the most about it, because there are so many secrets, and each can bring us endless knowledge and precious materials."
Not every guardian can be successfully set up. After the dynasty was destroyed at that time, many people tried to imitate such practices, but they failed without exception. Guardians were left forever in the long river of history for only a dozen years, which was extremely precious.
Apart from academic value, among the cemetery elements that tomb robbers fear the most, the guard ghosts deserve to be ranked in the top five. Whenever the coffin of the guard ghost appears, it means that the tomb robbers will not go smoothly from the beginning, because they are all "disturbed" by the maze, and the maze is difficult to leave, not to mention that there is a dead guard ghost waiting for them in somewhere.
"What happens if you are discovered?" Lin was a little curious. He listened very seriously, but some of them didn't understand.
"Discovered?" Unika was stunned for a moment and recalled: "If you are discovered, you can have any symptoms, such as loss of soul, fainting, amnesia, death... I have a former colleague who met a gatekeeper during archaeology and couldn't run out. It was like a maze. After coming out, I got depressed, and my spirit was not strong, and my memory became very poor. I knew it was difficult to get out of the tomb and was pitted by something.
"Later he asked the witch from his hometown to treat him, and he barely saved his life." Unica's posture was casual and smiled, "But that time we found a lot of things different from other tombs and gained a lot."
There are only two ways to avoid this kind of disaster. The first is that after their coffin finds the scope of the mechanism, avoid the mechanism, kneel down at the coffin, and kowtow sincerely three times.
The guard ghost thoughts that this person respects him and will not take the initiative to fight, provided that the man did not take the things from the tomb palace, because everything was considered by the guard ghost to be the key information for him to find the owner of the tomb.
The second type is to untie the mechanism near the coffin and follow the correct steps to put the mechanism into sleep. They can stand here anytime, anywhere without worrying about anything.
"I have also heard of this legend. The guard ghost is very fierce, no worse than the hairy rice dumplings. We have to be careful." Uncle Zhang said.
"Since it's so dangerous, wouldn't it be better if I don't touch it?" Ash didn't know much about his country's customs and spoke out in confusion.
Chapter completed!