Tomb Robber: I, Chen Yulou, am dedicated to cultivating immortality!

Chapter 118: Weird changes in the sky and water in Hulu Cave (two-in-one)

"And you."

"While you have time, collect as much rosin as possible and make a torch."

"It's best to bring a batch of broken bamboos down. The big lake is difficult to cross, so we have to put up a few rafts."

Chen Yulou's eyes were focused and he gave instructions in an orderly manner.

In an instant, everyone in the group took action.

Judging from the news brought back by Zhang Yunqiao and others, it is very likely that there is an underground tomb at the end of the stone steps.

This shocked them.

What's more, it's indescribable excitement.

I was born to eat this bowl of death's rice, and my head was originally hanging on my belt.

Wealth is always found in danger.

If everything is smooth sailing and the wind is smooth, can it still be considered a back-and-forth fight?

You won’t be able to grab the credit for being first in the game.

But for such an astonishingly large tomb, the gold and jade treasures hidden in it cannot even be described with the words "mountain".

For an ordinary person, being able to steal a general's tomb and a prime minister's tomb would be enough to last him a lifetime.

What is in front of us now is the royal mausoleum.

There are thousands of brothers on Changsheng Mountain. How many of them can have such an opportunity?

For a time, everyone was excited and excited.

I wish I could have fought earlier.

"Brother Chen is worried about something changing?"

They didn't think much about it, but Partridge Whistle saw through the lingering worry in his expression at a glance.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from Brother Dao."

Chen Yulou didn't hide anything, nodded and exhaled.

"The human skin map only has a rough outline of the route, and the mausoleum map only records the pattern under the tomb, which means that now we know almost nothing about the road beneath us."

"Yin produces evil, and if it is broken, evil will arise. This trip may be very dangerous."

The underground gourd cave is endless.

What Zhang Yunqiao and the others saw... was only one tenth.

It's already so dangerous.

The danger hidden in the dark night is the real killer invisible.

Different-bottomed caves, mantises and worms...

These are unspeakable horrors.

"Is there anything you want us three brothers and sisters to do?"

Partridge Whistle looked solemn, and of course asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, Brother Chen, we can do a lot of things."

Hua Ling looked over with a serious look on her face.

Although the old foreigner didn't speak.

But the determination in his expression said everything.

"Okay, then Chen is welcome."

Now they are on a boat.

It's difficult for him alone to take care of the situation. The three people in the mountain-moving group each have their own methods. The mirror umbrella can destroy evil spirits, and they also have the ability to fill the sea.

Especially the latter.

With the help of Si Tianyu, it can be accurately positioned in the vast sea and in places with chaotic magnetic fields.

Although the large lake in Huludong is not as exaggerated as the deep sea.

But because of the blue toad carved on the meteorite in the strange bottom cave, the magnetic field and feng shui in the cave were thrown into chaos.

The technique of searching for dragons and tapping acupoints has lost its effect.

Si Tianyu just comes in handy.

"When we get off the lake, I need the three of you to guard a bamboo raft each. I and the others will be each other's horns."

"As for now..."

Chen Yulou shook his head and smiled, "Just wait."

"Just leave the little things to the guys on the mountain."

"That's fine..."

The three of them nodded and said no more.

The partridge whistle tried the rifling and bullets of the twenty-ring mirror box, while the old foreigner took out the iron arrows in the quiver and gently wiped them one by one.

Hua Ling gently opened the mirror umbrella.

As the only means of self-defense.

The mirror umbrella has been with her for many years.

It was passed down from the previous generation of Banshan Taoist, and then handed over to her by her senior brother. She took great care of it on weekdays, for fear of being damaged in the slightest.

See how cautious they are.

Chen Yulou became much calmer.

He just flicked the scabbard hanging on his waist with his finger, and in an instant, there was an echo like a dragon's roar in his ears.

After killing the green-scaled python yesterday.

The dragon scale sword stained with demon blood has been kept in its sheath to maintain its strength.

Now he could feel the astonishing sword intent through the sword box.

Relax and close your eyes for a moment.

Not long after.

The guys who left returned one after another.

I have to say that their efficiency is amazing, and almost everything they are told is completed multiple times.

Enough broken bamboo to build six or seven rafts.

Fifty or sixty torches and more than twenty Kongming lanterns.

"well done."

See this scene.

Even Chen Yulou couldn't fault it.

Of course, if I have to choose, the Kongming Lantern may still be missing a bit.

But you can tell by looking at Qi Hu's sweating profusely.

He definitely tried his best.

In such a short period of time, more than twenty can be stabbed out in one breath, and I am afraid that I will not be able to rest for a while.

"It's still too early..."

Chen Yulou sighed secretly in his heart.

It is only the beginning of the Republic of China, let alone electrical equipment.

I have never even seen a flare. If there was such a thing, one shot would ignite enough to illuminate half of the gourd cave.

Where are the Kongming lanterns used?

"Get ready to fight!"

Shaking his head to disperse the distracting thoughts in his mind, Chen Yulou waved his hand.

"Yes, from the shopkeeper."

In an instant, the response was like thunder.

The thieves who had been waiting for a long time didn't dare to delay.

Quickly pass through the stone gate and head down the mountain on the stone steps.

Follow the long queue into the Calabash Cave.

On the long and narrow stone steps, the firelight flickered, and from a distance it looked like a fire dragon returning to its nest.

Chen Yulou and others are not slow either.

Different from the hot flashes outside, because the Hulu Cave never sees the sun all the year round and there is the Yinhe Sacred Lake, you can immediately feel a cold air permeating the cave as soon as you enter it.

The mist condensed into water droplets on the stone walls on both sides.

It takes a long time for it to slide down a bit.

Beyond that, there wasn't even a sign of life along the way.

Even the mosses that can be seen everywhere in Zhelong Mountain seem to have disappeared here.

Desolation, dead silence, and endless darkness.

This is the impression that almost everyone leaves after entering this place.

Especially darkness.

Even though I had heard it many times before from the six Zhang Yunqiao people.

But not until you actually get into this place.

Only everyone can understand it deeply.

It was like entering a large dye vat filled with ink, and the black mist was as thick as quicksand that could be scooped up with just one hand.

Even Chen Yulou, who was born with night eyes, could not see very far by the light of the fire.

On the contrary, it is after integrating the water separation beads.

Even though he was hundreds of meters away, he could detect the majestic water vapor in front of him in the vast darkness.

"Which way to go?"

"This fucking thing has no direction at all?"

When they stepped down the stone steps, the thieves felt as if they were trapped in a maze.

Someone even took out a compass.

But this place is extremely weird. As soon as I took it out, the pointer on the disk was spinning like crazy.

This discovery.

Invisibly, the uneasy atmosphere is even worse.

hum!

Suddenly.

A roar like a dragon's roar resounded.

In an instant, the noise around him was suppressed.

Everyone felt refreshed and their throbbing moods suddenly calmed down a lot.

Chen Yulou watched this scene with satisfaction.

His fingers slowly left the scabbard.

His eyes immediately swept over the crowd, his eyes shining brightly.

As his eyes swept over them, the haze that shrouded everyone's hearts gradually dissipated.

"Qi Hu!"

"My subordinate is here."

Qi Hu immediately jumped out of the crowd.

It can be seen from his slightly rapid breathing that he is very excited at this moment.

If not for this trip to southern Yunnan.

All his life, he was just a refugee tenant who relied on Chenjiazhuang to work in the fields. He stared at one-third of an acre of land all day long, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, pointing to God to reward him with food.

But the scene where the lights were set off yesterday caused the sky to collapse.

Qi Hu will probably never forget it for the rest of his life.

His family's ancestral lamp-tying skills are by no means as bad as others say.

"Take a few brothers and put out the lights."

"Yes!"

Qi Hu immediately accepted the order.

He took more than ten people with him and walked to an open space with lanterns.

Close your eyes and feel it carefully.

Although the surroundings were silent, he quickly caught the subtle atmosphere.

The wind... means that this place is not isolated from the world.

Rather, it communicates with the outside world.

The most important thing is that as long as there is wind, he can ensure that the Kongming Lantern in his hand can fly out.

"Light up!"

Qi Hu slowly opened his eyes.

It was a very calm sentence, but the tone gave people an unquestionable meaning.

A group of workers lit up the fire sickle without hesitation and ignited the wick in the Kongming Lantern.

The firelight danced in the originally dim lamp paper.

As the temperature rises.

Everyone immediately noticed that the Kongming Lantern in their hands seemed to be given life, and they struggled and tried to get away.

"put!"

wow-

One word fell gently.

More than twenty lights rose into the sky.

Everyone, including Chen Yulou, subconsciously looked up.

Lights cut through the darkness.

Let this desolate place shrouded in fog gradually reveal the tip of the iceberg.

The first thing that caught the eye was what was underneath them.

It is a long and narrow valley.

There are obvious traces of man-made punctures.

Countless blue stones are piled up on both sides, and the bricks above the ground are flat.

"Tomb passage?"

"wrong……"

Partridge Whistle watched intently, and a thought subconsciously came to his mind.

But wait until those sky lanterns drift away.

When he saw the piles of elephant bones at the end of the valley, his heart moved.

"It's a burial pit!"

At a glance, there are at least dozens of them.

He still kept walking slowly, as if he was just chasing water plants and playing in the mountains and forests.

But the skeletons exposed in the air made those who saw this scene shudder.

They were obviously killed before they were alive and then brought here.

It was reassembled bit by bit according to its original appearance.

Moreover, generally speaking, the burial pits contained either dogs, horses, or slaves.

Because the elephant is auspicious, there has been a tradition of being buried with elephant bones since the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

But King Xian was just a barbarian king in southern Xinjiang.

He dared to bury dozens of elephant bones. Just on this scale, it was much better than the emperors of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

You can also get a glimpse of this person's ambition.

Because these elephant bones were never buried with sand, it better reflects his ambition to seek immortality.

Ride a dragon, ride a crane, ride on a cloud, ride an elephant.

All of them imply the sign of immortality.

"Xian...how can it be so easy to succeed?"

Partridge Whistle's eyes flickered and he sneered in his heart.

In his life, he has seen too many people who seek immortality and seek immortality, but in the end they are nothing more than dead bones and graves.

How about Pingshan?

From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.

Rare treasure medicines in the world were flowed into it like running water. The monastic palace, the elixir casting well, and the lead-burning medicine eventually became the burial place of the generals of the Yuan Dynasty.

He didn't believe in a mere barbarian prince.

He can also surpass the emperors of the past dynasties and ascend to immortality.

"The lake...is really a big lake."

He was still pondering secretly, and the exclamations of the thieves could already be heard in his ears.

Partridge Whistle subconsciously raised his head.

In just a short moment, those lamps had already flown farther than the burial pit.

The firelight reflected a vast and boundless lake.

Mist rises from the water, and the smoke is vast.

Compared with the lake I saw in the outer valley yesterday, I don’t know how many times it is bigger.

You can't see the end at a glance.

Only a few longing black figures could be seen faintly standing in the mist.

I don’t know if it’s an island in the lake or something.

Further outside, the lights floating together gradually tended to be obscured by the fog again.

"Let's go!" Seeing this situation, Chen Yulou did not dare to delay any longer.

The space of Huludong is amazing.

Just two dozen Kongming lanterns cannot illuminate everything.

Therefore, it is necessary to cross the lake as much as possible and reach the outside of the Different Bottom Cave before the lights go out.

The sound is like thunder.

All of a sudden, the group of thieves who were stunned by the scene in the cave were so shocked that they woke up.

Others jumped out in one step.

Instantly appeared at the front of the team.

The fog was deep in this place. He was born with night eyes and refined a ray of spiritual consciousness.

Apart from him, no one else is qualified for the task of opening the way.

"Show me your tricks and follow closely."

Chen Yulou walked leisurely, his figure neither hurried nor slow.

Leading a group of people, he quickly walked through the burial pit beneath him and soon reached the place where the elephant was buried.

Look farther than before.

At this time, we passed by the side of the elephant bones that were as high as mountains.

The shock to everyone was even more astonishing.

Even after being dead for more than two thousand years.

But the barbaric spirit exuding from the elephant bones still persists, sweeping over like a mountain rain.

Chen Yulou's consciousness swept through and found a total of sixty-four bodies, much more than he had guessed.

Before entering Worm Valley.

Those days in Maluzhai.

He also curiously asked Uro.

As the most outstanding hunter among the younger generation in the village, his footprints have traveled almost everywhere except Worm Valley.

But according to what he said, Zhelong Mountain is rich in products and wild animals are everywhere.

Never seen an elephant though.

Although according to the rumors left by our ancestors, Zhelong Mountain once existed, but it disappeared afterwards.

Even the demon Basicus didn't know about this matter.

I just thought that the elephants were abandoned by the big ghost, so they left.

Now it seems that there is no abandonment, it is simply that he was killed by King Xian to death.

"ivory……"

After experiencing a brief moment of wonder and shock.

The group of thieves couldn't help but have the idea of ​​​​touching gold.

You know, because ivory is rare, it has been known as three treasures along with rhino horn and tiger bone since ancient times.

For many years, except for emperors, ordinary people could not use it without authorization.

It is even considered as an act of transgression.

It is a serious crime of decapitation.

Today, there is still ivory trading on the black market, and a single ivory can be sold for a sky-high price.

only.

Wild elephants are rare to see.

Except for antiquities, most of them are returned from abroad.

Many people believe that grinding ivory into powder and taking it with water can cure all diseases, and they even believe it.

So much so that this thing has a price but no market.

As long as you come out, you will definitely be robbed.

Nowadays, ivory can be seen everywhere here. In the eyes of the thieves, where there are bones, they are clearly flowing gold and silver.

What's more, the Xieling faction has always been a thief.

Wherever it passes, no feathers are left behind.

"Why, are you still worried that they will run away?"

"When we return from King Xian's Tomb, we will take them with us."

Look at those pairs of shining eyes.

How could Chen Yulou not understand their thoughts?

After all, even he is a little greedy, but the ivory is too heavy and will only become a burden on the road.

"Yes, from the shopkeeper."

Originally, the thieves were a little embarrassed after he revealed their thoughts.

But after hearing the last sentence, everyone felt as if they had been given blood, and they kept shouting.

Pass through the burial pit.

In front of you is the cave...and the big lake.

Those sky lanterns have reached the edge of the cave roof, looking like stars floating in the night sky.

It looked like the fire would not go out for a while.

"Wait, what is that?"

As soon as I got close to the lake.

A sharp-eyed man from afar pointed at a black shadow like a building in the mist and exclaimed.

"Could it be a pavilion and a treasure palace?"

Treasure palace?

Upon hearing this, everyone could not hold back.

He immediately approached with a wind lantern in hand.

As I got closer, I realized that it was actually a large ship stranded on the rocky beach, almost two stories high.

Unfortunately, after two thousand years, the ships have long since rotted away.

Even the keel of the ship could no longer support it.

Some people relied on their agility. As soon as they got on the boat, the keel broke, and the entire ship collapsed in an instant, turning into a pile of sawdust and smoke.

"Bah, bah, damn, I thought I could pick up a boat for nothing."

"What are you thinking about? This place is very damp. What kind of wood can last for thousands of years?"

The thieves were in a hurry.

Chen Yulou's heart moved.

The scene he had seen before seemed to reappear before his eyes.

The funeral procession took a large boat and crossed the river to return.

In the end, only the high priest left.

"Okay, now that we have time to be clever, we might as well tie up the raft first."

Chen Yulou said in a deep voice after coming back to his senses.

Hear this.

The thieves quickly put down the broken bamboo and started working on the spot.

He was standing on the stone beach by the lake, looking at the endless lake in front of him.

The fog is deeper on the lake.

Even with overhead lights.

I can only see a rough outline.

"Brother Chen... could the water dragon halo refer to this lake?"

Partridge Whistle and the others also followed him at some point.

He could not hide his wonder as he looked towards the lake.

This lake is far wider than imagined.

"will not."

Chen Yulou shook his head bluntly.

"The terrain is too low and not connected to the outside world. It means there is only earth energy but no skylight."

"The water dragon's halo is called the Immortal's Cave and ranks first in the eyes of Feng Shui."

"Although Chen has never seen it, I imagine it is definitely not such a dark place."

"What about this lake?"

Hearing this, Partridge Whistle was thoughtful.

"The so-called hiding wind and gathering water, if you guessed it correctly, the water of the lake generates vitality, and the final place where it flows should be the water dragon halo we are looking for on this trip."

"Then cross the lake and go down the river, wouldn't it be possible to find it?!"

Partridge Whistle's heart moved.

Before coming over, he just quietly used Xia Sinan.

But found that it could not be located at all.

He couldn't guess whether it was because the underground cave itself was weird, or whether it was because someone had tampered with it and changed the feng shui like the valley above.

"should be……"

Chen Yulou nodded.

The reason why this cave is now called Calabash Cave is because it is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside, shaped like a flat gourd.

And Hulukou.

This is where the water dragon halo is.

It’s no wonder that many Feng Shui masters since ancient times have spent their entire lives unable to find a water dragon halo.

So much so that they think that these Feng Shui treasure caves are simply made up by the ancients.

The world does not exist at all.

I don’t know what the background of the high priest was, and he was able to find such a unique treasure cave for King Xian.

wow-

While several people were talking.

Suddenly there was a sound of water breaking not far behind him.

Looking back, I saw that the bandits had already pushed the bamboo raft into the water.

Because of yesterday's experience, a group of guys were very familiar with it, and it only took less than half a quarter of an hour.

"Let's go, Brother Tao."

He greeted a few people.

Chen Yulou strode over and stepped onto the nearest bamboo raft.

Others are not slow either.

Especially Red Girl, Partridge Xian, Hua Ling, Kunlun, Lao Yangren and Yuan Hong.

According to the previous plan.

Seven people each guard a bamboo raft.

In case something happens under the water, the guys on the mountain will not be able to cope with it.

"set off!"

No need to remind.

The guys who were bent on fighting for gold immediately picked up their bamboo poles and rowed hard into the lake when everyone arrived.

The lights overhead reflected on the lake.

The bamboo raft moved.

Ripples like thousands of fish scales suddenly appeared on the water surface.

Moreover, the lake is vast and not as narrow as yesterday’s underground river. The seven bamboo rafts are very close to each other and connected front to back.

If viewed from a high altitude.

Like a green snake breaking through the water.

Everyone's eyes were bright and full of expectations, as if this trip would definitely bring back mountains of gold and silver.

Chen Yulou was standing on the bow of the ship, his back to everyone, and his eyes, which were always calm and calm, revealed a rare nervousness.

To the people behind you.

Along the way, we killed the snake monsters, broke the bad wind and water, and went smoothly. The tomb of King Xian was right in front of us.

But only he knows.

Those were just hors d'oeuvres.

The real danger has yet to surface.

"Lights went out……"

I don’t know how long it will take.

The last sky lantern overhead was burned out.

The whole world was once again plunged into ink-like darkness, with only the wind lanterns hanging on the front and back of the bamboo raft still on.

If it's a weekday.

A dozen flickering fires will suffice.

But now it looks like fireflies on such a vast lake.

"Shopkeeper, would you like to order a few more?"

The guys on the same boat asked for instructions in a low voice.

Before coming down, they prepared a large number of torches and brought many wind lanterns.

"temporary……"

Chen Yulou shook his head and was about to speak.

The next moment, he seemed to notice something, the voice suddenly stopped, and the person turned around to look.

I saw a faint blue light suddenly appear on the originally dark lake.

Like an erratic will-o'-the-wisp.

"That's it!"

"They're back again."

Zhang Yunqiao's face turned pale, as if he had seen a ghost, and he grabbed the spear with both hands.

When they returned from visiting the tomb before.

At the last moment, what he saw was the will-o'-the-wisp covering the lake.

He was originally worried before entering the water, but fortunately there was nothing strange along the way, but he didn't expect them to suddenly appear after the fire went out.

"Why panic? Stay still!"

Chen Yulou frowned and shouted in a deep voice.

At the same time, the eyes of Partridge Whistle and others on several other ships met silently.

Instructing them to wait and see what happens.

The bamboo raft slowly stopped and floated on the water.

The group of people stared at the blue light, trying to see what it was doing.

However, for half a minute, it seemed to be stagnant.

Just floating on the water motionless.

The guys who didn't know why looked at each other.

Don't dare to move.

wow-

As they stared into the distance.

Less than a few meters away from the bamboo raft, there was a sudden sound of rushing water on the left side of the water.

"Who?"

It was Miss Hong who was guarding the bamboo raft.

She saw her eyebrows sinking, a cold light flashing in her hand, and a short knife tightly held between her fingers.

But it was too late to shoot the hidden knife.

Another sound of water breaking came...

No, there are countless ways.

The entire lake was like a boiling furnace for an instant.

At the same time, countless blue lights emerged from the mist one after another.

No one had imagined this strange situation, and the atmosphere was so depressing that people could hardly breathe.

There is blue light floating all the way to the edge of the bamboo raft.

A group of people looked down.

Then, his fearful eyes suddenly widened, as if he had seen a ghost... No, he just saw a ghost.

That flashing blue light.

It’s not the monster in the water that I expected.

Instead, it was a female corpse that was completely covered in raw materials.

With the faint light from the bow lantern, they could even clearly see her face as cold as ice.

It gives people an illusion.

It was as if she had been carved out of snow-capped ice.

"God, doesn't this mean that...the lake is full of dead drifters?"

　Sorry, my days and nights have been messed up these past few days, and my schedule has been completely messed up. When I woke up today and downed a cup of coffee, my heart was beating wildly, I was panicking and short of breath. I almost thought I was going to die.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)