Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 63 Stone Statue

The army drove the people to a valley surrounded by three mountains near Jinjia Village in the north of the township.

A wall was built at the mouth of the valley, with a gatehouse in the middle. Although it was not of high construction, it was extremely solid.

Normally there are guards here, but at this moment there is no one to be seen, apparently the guards have withdrawn.

Lieutenant Xie pulled out a slightly longer cloud-patterned ring-handled sword, and with a flash of blood, he split the big lock on the door in half.

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The soldiers slowly pushed open the gate of the cemetery and drove the people in.

After everyone was in, the soldiers lifted the thick bolt and locked the door from the inside.

The cemetery covers a large area and there is a military camp inside. Even with three thousand civilians coming in, it doesn't seem crowded.

Dong Dangmen and Xie Xianwei rode on their horses, looking at the big mound at the end of the sacred road and the big pond in front of the mound. The former sighed and said, "If there is no pond, the feng shui here is still very good."

"It should have been dug by later people to block the Feng Shui here, right?" County Lieutenant Xie knew a little about Feng Shui and also knew the identity of the tomb owner. He said, "Look at this pond, it looks like a bow and arrow pointing at the tomb. Is this a man-made reverse bow evil?"

"You only know one side of the story," Dong Dangmen shook his head and said, "It's true that the feng shui is broken, but this pond, combined with the three surrounding mountains, has become a Yin-gathering formation. Yin houses should be on the shady side, but there can't be water blocking it, because water is also yin, and it will cause the yin energy to gather and not disperse."

"Add to that the reverse bow evil spirit, and it becomes an extremely evil situation. The person living inside is blessed." He smiled bitterly and said, "I guess we will also benefit from it."

"What will happen to that person?" At this time, Mr. Chen also came over curiously. He was very interested in everything related to the deceased.

"If that person's resentment is not dissipated, it will be provoked to become more and more serious, and it will also absorb the resentment of the dead around him." Dong Dangmen glanced at Mr. Chen: "Mr. Chen must understand the consequences of this, right?"

"Corpse." Mr. Chen nodded and said, "Given the level of this person inside, if the resentment gathered is enough, maybe a big one can be transformed."

"Which imperial tombs are around here?" Dong asked the local tyrant, County Lieutenant Xie.

"There is no proper imperial tomb. The ones buried nearby are Xiao Zhaoye who was murdered, Xiao Zhaowen who was deposed and killed, and a group of royal family members from the previous dynasty who were slaughtered by Xiao Luan." County Lieutenant Xie replied.

"Plus, the person inside is even more important," Dong Dangmen took a breath and said, "My goodness, how much resentment must be accumulated now? If it is not suppressed properly, who knows what will grow out of it."

"It must be good stuff." Mr. Chen licked his lips excitedly.

"What if we cultivate a flying zombie or even a corpse king?" County Lieutenant Xie asked with a sneer.

"That's simply wonderful. If I can see the Corpse King once in my lifetime, I will die without regrets." Mr. Chen was enthusiastic at first, but then he said in a contradictory way: "But in that case, I may not be able to complete the mission."

"It's just that Ye Gong loves dragons." County Lieutenant Xie had the chance to retort. He then said to Dong Dangmen, "Fortunately, Dangmen is here. We can handle any situation."

"Alas, that's wrong. What we fear most is overconfidence." Dong Dangmen said calmly: "Let's deal with these stone statues blocking the road first."

"Are these things very powerful?" Mr. Chen looked at the tall and rugged stone warriors, the majestic and wild stone beasts, and the stone tablet next to the sacred road that read "Those who trespass will be killed", and asked: "I have also been to the tomb, and I splashed black dog blood, and the tomb guardian beasts went blind."

"This is the stone statue guarding the imperial mausoleum! The emperor's ceremonial guard in the afterlife!" County Magistrate Xie sneered and said, "Why don't you throw it at one and try?"

"Let's give it a try." Mr. Chen was also prepared. He took out a bag of black dog blood, handed it to the girl with the basket and said, "Girl, pour one on it." The girl with the basket took the bag of dog blood, came to the leading stone lion, and threw it on it.

But there was only a lion's roar, and the basket girl fell to the ground. The violent airflow sprayed all the dog blood back and splashed her again.

The woman with the basket started to smoke all over and rolled on the ground for a few seconds before the mighty stone lion pinned her down with its front paws, opened its mouth wide, and tore her to pieces on the spot.

"Oh, poor girl." Mr. Chen sighed.

"Oh..." County Lieutenant Xie breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you know how powerful these things are?" Dong Dangmen was not interested in the feud between the two men, and said to himself: "Besides, they are indestructible. Even if the three of us use all our strength, we can't kill them."

"What should we do then?" asked County Lieutenant Xie.

"That's why His Majesty bestowed the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Flag." Dong Dangmen appeared with a small flag in his hand like a magic trick, and said to County Lieutenant Xie, "But the problem is that the stone statues will not go beyond the stone tablet, so we must set up the formation on the sacred road. So I'll trouble you to lead them away for a while."

"This is not difficult. They are definitely not faster than me." Lieutenant Xie's magical speed can not only be used to speed up travel, but also greatly enhance his physical skills when fighting against the enemy.

"Then," Dong Dangmen hadn't finished his words yet, he ordered again: "You must lead those stone statues back, then I can activate the formation."

"Shit..." Xie Gui's mouth twitched. He would get beaten if he pulled the monster.

But no one, whether soldiers or civilians, could do this job, so he had to go into battle himself. Xie Gui tucked the hem of his official robe into his belt, then stuck two pieces of armor on his legs, chanted a spell, held a knife in his hand, and turned into a shadow and rushed into the shrine.

As he sped along the sacred path, he slashed left and right, and red knife shadows accurately hit the stone statues. The huge stone men and stone beasts were hurt and moved, roaring and chasing after the daring intruder!
Lieutenant Xie was much faster than the slightly clumsy stone statues. He rushed to the end of the sacred road in one breath and activated all the stone men and stone beasts without being touched at all.

He sheathed his sword, raised a small arm shield, shouted to encourage himself, then returned the same way and plunged into the pile of stone men and stone beasts!

County Lieutenant Xie's movements were ghostly and as fast as a whirlwind. He moved around in the cracks between the stone statues, flitting around like a butterfly, and was able to avoid most of the attacks.

But there were too many stone statues, and occasionally he would get hit. He saw an old man holding a giant spear, stabbing at him fiercely. Xie Gui saw that there was no way to avoid it, so he raised his hand to block it. A circle of clear light appeared on his arm shield, and the blow that could break the stone and split the monument became invisible.

Another stone tiger pounced on Xie Gui from behind, but he twisted his body and used his arm shield to block the tiger's claws that were about to pounce on him!
With a flicker of light, the stone tiger was bounced back.

With the help of this shield and his magical speed, Lieutenant Xie finally managed to break out of the encirclement.

Groups of stone men and stone beasts followed closely behind, rumbling to the front of the sacred road.

At this time, Dong Dangmen had already set up the formation. Seeing this, he stepped on the Gang Step and pinched the magic formula. After a while, there was a cloud of energy rising from inside, which immediately covered the sky and the earth, covering the entire sacred road, as well as Xie County Lieutenant on the road, and those stone statues...

After another cup of tea, Dong Dangmen pulled the dizzy Xie County Lieutenant and walked out of the living gate leisurely.

The stone men and stone beasts were still trapped in the thick fog. Even if they rushed around, they could not find a way out and could only roar continuously.

Incompetent rage.

(End of this chapter)