The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 106 Sarcophagus
Bang!
With a crisp sound, the head shattered.

Yellow and white substances splashed everywhere, sprinkling on the corners of the clothes of the people around.

Li Miao looked at the headless corpse and pondered in his heart.

This was not the Mingjiao's thick-skinned Gu soldiers, but the Gu worm's instinctive reaction after entering the body, manipulating the host to look for food everywhere. He had only used second-rate strength just now, and he had the intention of testing the depth of the mind.

Not all corpses can be manipulated by poisonous insects, and not all poisonous insects can do the same.

Gu is divided into mother and son. As long as there are enough materials, there will be as many daughter Gu as there are, but mother Gu is extremely rare. Generally, a great witch will only have two or three. Only the mother Gu has this spirituality and ability to control the host to find food.

What happened just now was that when Lao Qifeng pushed open the stone door, a poisonous insect jumped out from the gap. The sound of the stone door opening covered up the movement, and in the dim light, no one noticed it.

It crawled along the ground, climbed up to the disciple's ankle, and burrowed into his flesh and blood.

The leader of the Qingcheng Sect nearby reacted and realized that he had just been saved by Li Miao, so he quickly spoke.

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for saving me."

Li Miao waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to say more.

Lao Qifeng said, "Master Li, the situation is clearly out of control now. I'm afraid it's the Miao people's witchcraft at work. No matter how good our martial arts are, our lives are in danger."

"Right now, I have to take offense."

He looked at Li Miao and said in a deep voice: "When you opened the stone wall, I vaguely felt that something was wrong."

"This place was excavated by the Tufuzi of the Mountain Moving Sect. I'm not surprised that they were able to open the stone wall, but where did Mr. Li, a wandering man in the martial arts world, learn the art of mechanical devices?"

"Moreover, Master Li's martial arts skills are not outstanding among us. Just now, Master Hao of the Qingcheng Sect was unable to react. How did you predict the future and appear in advance to save him?"

Lao Qifeng turned to look at Yin Minjun again: "Elder Yin, your Hengshan Sect will not be involved in this matter. It is strange that these two friends came in instead."

"If the situation is favorable, I would not offend the Hengshan Sect and force myself to find out the truth."

"But right now, I have to ask you to explain."

The flames flickered, casting deep shadows on everyone's faces, faintly surrounding Li Miao, Yong Jie, and Yin Minjun.

The head of Qingcheng Sect, Hao, originally wanted to approach Li Miao to formally thank him, but he stopped and stared at Li Miao without saying a word.

Life and death are at stake, and there is no basis for trust between each other. When suspicion arises, it is difficult to suppress it.

Just as the strange silence spread, Yin Minjun gripped the hilt of the sword and Yongjie secretly clenched his fist, but they heard Li Miao sneer.

"It is said that the Beggars' Sect is a wealthy family with assets in various industries. I didn't expect that Master Lao also took on the job of a storyteller."

"You are so ignorant that you think the world is full of conspiracies and intrigues. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"You!" Lao Qifeng felt a little embarrassed after being hit back so blatantly.

"First, there are few mechanical techniques, but they are not non-existent, nor have they been lost. The Mohist School, the Tang Sect, Banshan, and Xiling all have their own traditions. It's not uncommon to occasionally get one or two lost secret manuals, right?"

"Second, I know you haven't seen much witchcraft, but I have. Now inside the Miao King's Tomb, is it difficult to guess that it was the poisonous insects? After seeing this friend injured, I was more alert and saved Master Hao. Was it also a mistake?"

"Third." Li Miao glanced at the people around him.

"I am the one who came later. Don't make it seem like I tricked you all in."

"There is no turning back now. I don't know how many traps and poisonous insects there are ahead, and I am the only one who knows a little bit about them. Are you sure... you want to turn against me at this moment?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hidden hostility was greatly reduced. Yes, no matter how strange Li Miao was, he still had to deal with the mechanism and guard against the poisonous insects. If he turned against him now, the chances of getting out alive would be even smaller.

Lao Qifeng was silent for a while, then whispered an apology to Li Miao, turned around and slowly pushed open the stone door.

Everyone stepped into the door together, shocked for a moment and speechless.

Inside this stone gate, there is actually a spacious hall that is a hundred feet square!

Inside the hall, there were carved corridors and painted pillars, the walls were hung with rotten silk, and the walls were carved with ancient and strange patterns.

In the center of the hall, there was a huge circular platform with a huge sarcophagus placed in the middle. Iron chains as thick as arms were crisscrossed on it. There were also nine chains hanging from the top, hanging around the sarcophagus, suspending it in mid-air.

And on the ground below the sarcophagus, there were dozens of figures kneeling in simple and gorgeous clothes.

Everyone was silent for a while, and then Lao Qifeng spoke loudly: "Is it a Miao sacrifice?"

"We entered this place by mistake and bumped into the tombs of your ancestors. We need to get out now. Can you show us the way?"

The sound echoed in the empty hall for a long time and gradually dissipated.

The dozens of figures did not react at all.

Lao Qifeng and several of the most outstanding martial arts masters were secretly on guard, walking forward cautiously, and approaching a figure.

The man had a veil on his head, his face lowered, and he did not move.

The leader of the Qingcheng Sect drew his sword, gently lifted the veil, and lifted the man's chin to see if he was alive.

After seeing her face, several people gasped in surprise!
Just because she was a young woman, the flesh on her eyes, nose, mouth and ears were cruelly scraped off, leaving only a few black holes on her face, just like a ghost!
The face was covered with hideous scars that were stitched shut with thick black cotton thread. From the wounds, several tentacles poked out and swayed gently.

There was some corpse oil condensed on her jaw and fingers. It was obvious that this person had been dead for who knows how long, but the body had not decayed at all and was still lifelike.

"Leave these bodies alone, look at the coffin."

Lao Qifeng gritted his teeth.

The situation is strange, but there is no turning back now, so we can only bite the bullet and explore.

Several people carefully walked around the kneeling corpses and finally approached the platform where the sarcophagus was placed.

When Lao Qifeng saw that the corpses did not show any abnormalities, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from the tentacles sticking out of the corpse's wound, there are probably poisonous insects in its body, and they are still alive. There are dozens of such corpses around, and if these poisonous insects are disturbed, it will be difficult to escape.

I just hope that the clue to escape is on the sarcophagus in front of me.

Just as Lao Qifeng was thinking secretly, the leader of Kongtong Sect stepped onto the platform.

Snapped.

He was a master of martial arts, and at this moment he was also using the light body technique, so the sound of his footsteps was barely audible.

But with this slight sound of footsteps, a "creaking" sound suddenly came from all around.

Lao Qifeng turned his head suddenly and his pupils shrank suddenly.

Dozens of kneeling corpses around suddenly raised their heads, and the black holes on their faces looked towards them.

(End of this chapter)