Tomb Raider: Invincible Double Pupil, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 114: Demon-Suppressing Monument, Tang Dynasty Demon-Suppressing Division

"That's right!"

Wu Sanxing looked at the bugs and said, "These bugs are probably not good at water, so they have been hiding in the figurines. This is why the giant corpse turtles did not eat the figurines. They must have sensed danger."

"That's great. As long as they don't come ashore, they won't explode."

"There is no threat to us!"

Xu Feng quickly paddled the bamboo raft and got away from the little bugs.

Seeing the crisis resolved.

Wu Xie also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was so scared just now. If casualties were caused because of his fault, he would feel so guilty.

He bowed to everyone and said, "I'm sorry. It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, these bugs wouldn't have come out of the corpse. I apologize to everyone. I'm sorry."

Wu Sansheng looked at Wu Xie with some relief.

This brat has finally grown up.

Seeing Wu Xie's face full of guilt, Xu Feng also sighed: "Forget it, at least we got through it safely. And if it weren't for you, we wouldn't know that the danger of this human figurine is hidden in its body. This way, if we encounter it again in the future, we will know how to deal with it."

Wu Xie looked at him gratefully.

"Okay, let's keep moving forward!"

"Who knows if there are any other figurines here?"

Xu Feng rowed the boat carefully, avoiding the small insects scattered on the water, and then continued to move forward.

Wu Sansheng was standing by the water, holding a high-powered flashlight and observing the situation underwater.

As we continue moving forward on the waterway.

Gradually.

There are more and more human figurines floating on the water.

Xu Feng had to avoid them carefully.

"It seems that I was right. This is a tomb passage. These human figures should have been used as a tomb guard to protect this tomb passage. As a result, due to the groundwater, not only did the ancient tomb get destroyed, but the human figures also floated up."

Wu Sanxing explained.

Xu Feng continued, "In my opinion, this is not so much a tomb passage as it is a burial pit filled with human figurines."

Wu Sansheng chuckled: "You are right."

After walking a little further, the water began to become shallower.

The tomb passage under the water began to move upward in a slope, and the stone roads on both sides gradually emerged from the water.

As the water level dropped, the tomb passage gradually returned to its original appearance!
This tomb passage is very large.

On both sides of the burial pit, there are numerous huge standing human figures fixed.

These giant terracotta warriors are about two or three meters tall, much larger than the previously floating terracotta warriors. In addition, the water here is very shallow, so their heads can even stick out of the water. Perhaps this is why they did not float.

Their bodies were covered with bright red paint, their eyes were fierce, and they held all kinds of bows and arrows, and long spears in their hands. They were like gatekeepers in the underworld, overlooking the entire tomb passage.

Looking at these big-headed figurines, many people feel a little creepy.

"Uncle San, have you ever seen such a huge burial figurine?"

Wu Sanxing shook his head: "I have never seen terracotta figures of this style! But judging from the style of their armor, they should be from the Tang Dynasty."

"Tang Dynasty?!"

Wu Xie exclaimed: "Doesn't that mean this is a Tang Dynasty tomb?!"

Wu Sanxing shook his head again, his face full of confusion: "I can't tell for sure, but I always feel that this tomb is very strange."

"Isn't it?!"

Wu Xie looked at Wu Sansheng in astonishment: "You can't even tell the dynasties of the ancient tombs now?"

Wu Sanxing patted him on the head angrily and said, "I told you, it's not that I can't recognize it, it's just that this tomb is very strange."

At this time, Xu Feng noticed that Zhang Qiling's expression changed slightly when he looked at these human figurines.

As if he remembered something.

Xu Feng hesitated for a moment and decided to ask him later.

"Hey! Look, there's a stone tablet here!!!"

Wu Xie suddenly pointed to a place and said.

"Stele? What stele?!"

Wu Sansheng looked in the direction of his finger.

There was indeed a stone tablet in the middle of the tomb passage that was submerged in water.

The stone tablet is not big, about half a meter high, about the same size as a tombstone. Because it has been soaked in water for a long time, it is covered with moss.

“There seems to be some words on it.”

Wu Sanxing and Wu Xie looked at the stone tablet with a flashlight for a long time, but they couldn't see clearly what was written on it.

"No, there's too much moss, and it's under the water, so the light is refracted and I can't see it clearly."

"You have to go into the water to see the contents of the stone tablet clearly."

Wu Xie said.

"No! You can't go in the water!"

Wu Sansheng scolded immediately.

"No one knows what's going on under the water right now, so it's best not to go in."

"But if you don't go into the water, you can't see the contents on the stone tablet clearly. I think the contents on the stone tablet are very important."

"You can't risk your life for that!"

No matter what Wu Xie said, Wu Sanxing was against it.

Xu Feng was standing nearby, staring at the stone tablet for a while.

[Item Name]: Demon-Suppressing Monument

[Item Level]: Low-grade spiritual weapon
[Item Ability]: Suppress demons
[Item Description]: Forged from the purgatory copper from Wuqi Mountain, it is used exclusively by the Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Division to suppress demons. "Wu Sanxing was right. This is indeed from the Tang Dynasty."

"The Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Division? Hey, this is the first time I've heard of such a term!"

"It sounds like he specializes in exorcising demons and monsters?!"

"It is a special place for the Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Division to suppress demons. Oh my god, could it be that there are really demons and monsters suppressed underneath it?"

Xu Feng also wanted to see what was written on the stone tablet.

Maybe it’s some key information.

It should be related to the Tang Dynasty's Demon-Extermination Bureau, which has never left any trace in history books.

"I go!"

Just when Wu Xie and Wu Sanxing were arguing, Zhang Qiling suddenly spoke.

Suddenly they were both startled.

It was the first time they saw Zhang Qiling being so proactive.

Xu Feng was also stunned.

Then he remembered that he had seen something wrong on Zhang Qiling's face just now.

"Could it be... that this Great Tang Demon Suppression Division is related to him?!"

"No! The Tang Dynasty has a history of more than a thousand years. How can it be related to him? Unless it is... the Zhang family?!"

Xu Feng suddenly thought of the Zhang family.

The only family that could be related to the Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Bureau was the Zhang family.

After all, the Zhang family is an immortal family that has existed for thousands of years.

Moreover, they have been hiding behind the scenes, participating in the changes of dynasties, and using every possible means to study immortality and cover up the traces of the Zhang family's existence.

if it is like this.

That explains Zhang Qiling's weird expression.

Maybe he had seen a similar demon-suppressing stele in the Zhang family's ancient building before, and seeing it again now triggered his memory.

Over there, Wu Sanxing and Wu Xie had already prepared equipment for Zhang Qiling.

"After you get into the water, clean up the moss first. Be careful."

"And this is a high-definition camera, it's waterproof and can record underwater, you do this... this..."

"After the recording is finished, you come up."

"Don't touch anything else yet."

Wu Sanxing was giving earnest instructions beside him.

soon.

Zhang Qiling took the high-definition camera and went into the water.

Others were on the bamboo raft, carefully watching the situation underwater.

The water in this place is not very deep, only about three meters.

After Zhang Qiling went into the water.

He quickly descended to the side of the stone tablet and first used the Black Kirin in his hand to gently scrape off the moss on the stone tablet. It didn't take long before he had roughly cleaned the moss. Then he gently stroked the stone tablet, as if he was observing something.

Wu Sanxing and Wu Xie, who were on the bamboo raft, were almost dying of anxiety as they watched this.

Especially Wu Xie.

Looking at the anxious expression on his face, I couldn't wait to go into the water and see it myself.

Finally, more than ten minutes later.

Zhang Qiling surfaced, climbed onto the bamboo raft, handed the camera to Wu Sanxing, then sat next to him, and became silent again.

Wu Xie quickly came to Wu Sansheng's side and urged him to turn on the camera.

Xu Feng also came over.

Although Wu Sansheng looks very stingy, he is still willing to spend a lot of money on the equipment. This camera looks very high-end and the pictures it takes are very clear.

The words on the stone tablet were photographed very clearly.

However, due to its age and the erosion of underground river water, some of the words are no longer legible.

"He was loyal to his superiors and filial to his parents. He never made mistakes during his three reigns. He was honest and prudent, and did not establish any property..."

"Stay true to your principles in times of danger, just like Wen Pin's loyalty..."

"We will accept the favor of the emperor and share the surname of Fengchun..."

"Since Li's death, there have been no good generals."

After Wu Sanxing finished reading it, his pupils suddenly dilated and he said in a lost voice: "Is this Li Muji?!"

Wu Xie was also confused.

Then he shook his head vigorously: "No! That's not right! It's impossible! Wasn't Li Ji buried in Zhaoling Mausoleum? And with his status and position, how could he be buried in this deep mountain forest?!"

“This is definitely wrong!”

Xu Feng, who was standing nearby, was also shocked.

Li Ji!

It turned out to be Li Ji!
No matter how much Xu Feng thought about it, he never imagined that this stone tablet would be related to Li Ji.

Who is Li Ji? !
His original name was Xu Shixun, with the courtesy name Maogong. He was a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, and was as famous as Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo.

Xu Maogong, the military strategist of Wagang who often appears in TV dramas and movies about the Sui and Tang dynasties, is based on him.

but……

What is his relationship with the Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Bureau?
If Xu Feng remembered correctly, the inscription on this stone tablet should be taken from "The Monument of the Yingzhen Wugong Li Gong" by Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi.

Why was this inscription written on the Demon-Suppressing Stele? !

It's impossible to say that Li is the demon that was suppressed!
This is nonsense!
In addition, those specially bred corpse turtles and the evil men whose bodies are full of small insects are obviously used to guard the ancient tombs.

(End of this chapter)