Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 110 Money String

Wang Yuan was right; the centipede's "blood" does indeed attract centipedes.

He knows a lot about these giant centipedes.

These things, which are commonly called "money strings" by the people of Liaodong, are also called "straw shoe soles," probably because they are frequently in contact with shoe soles.

They are multi-legged, nocturnal, carnivorous arthropods that look even scarier than centipedes.

Because their feet are exceptionally long, they appear particularly large.

However, the one that was killed was not particularly large.

This is gigantism, megalotropia!
Normal centipedes are about three to six centimeters long and are definitely not harmful to humans.

Although legend has it that this thing can crawl into a person's ear and needs to be filled with oil to force it out.

However, the one that was slapped to death had a head that was ten centimeters wide!
Moreover, after this thing was killed, it emitted a foul, pungent odor, a bit smelly and with a fishy smell.

Then Chen Xiuxian heard a rustling sound coming from the cave on the stone wall!
"Watch out! It's coming!" Wang Fang shouted, and before she finished speaking, an even bigger string of coins darted out of the hole!

Because its legs are very long and extend outwards, this large centipede appears to be as thick as a thigh!
Wang Bian moved quickly. Just as the giant centipede had darted out twenty centimeters, he suddenly drew a soft sword from his waist and lashed it out like a whip, slicing the giant centipede in two.

However, even more of the viscous, translucent liquid gushed out from the centipede's body. The smell became even more pungent!
Then the noise inside the cave grew even louder, a rustling sound, as if countless feet were crawling on the ground, walls, and overhead.

"Don't do anything, let me handle this!" Chen Xiuxian shouted, snatching a torch from the hand of someone next to him, then taking a deep breath and blowing it out sharply.

The torch reacted as if it had encountered a powerful flame, spewing out a long tongue of fire that poured into the cave entrance.

If these people were to actually kill, not to mention how many giant centipedes there must be in the space behind the wall, the toxicity from the centipede fluid alone would be enough to knock everyone down.

Chen Xiuxian blew on the fire for a full minute without stopping, and the fire was so intense that everyone else had to take a few steps back.

Then Chen Xiuxian "withdrew his supernatural powers".

Well, what tomb raiders, what martial arts practitioners, it has to be cultivating immortality!
Look how useful this fire control technique is!
This is still the most basic low-level spell!

Chen Xiuxian waved his hand again, and a strong gust of air rushed straight in from the entrance.

Fire control is only level 2, but Chen Xiuxian's wind control is level 4, red quality.

As fresh, cold air rushed in, the temperature inside the cave dropped, and the air was no longer stuffy.

By this time, the cave entrance was long since silent, blackened by the fire.

Chen Xiuxian casually tossed the torch in, and it went four or five steps away.

As the firelight illuminated the scene, the surrounding landscape became clear.

The surrounding stone walls were blackened by the fire, and not a single remnant of the giant centipede remained on the ground.

However, the space over there looks completely different from this one.

There are very obvious signs of human intervention here.

But there weren't even any traces of chiseling on the rock face.

They definitely had to go in. But before going in, Chen Xiuxian asked Wang Yuan, "Brother Wang, have you ever seen such a big money tycoon?"

Wang Yuan nodded upon hearing this: "Our generation has basically not done much tomb raiding, but our fathers did some. Back then, the Wild Boar People weren't as powerful as they are today. They were even ordered to raid tombs further north in Baitou Mountain..."

"However, the casualties were huge that time. Twelve of my uncles went, but only three came back. My father also lost an arm, so he basically stopped doing this kind of work after that."

“My father attended a private school and was literate. In his later years, he wrote a lot of notes, recording some past events and experiences.”

“During that tomb raiding at Mount Baitou, they encountered a giant centipede, and two of my uncles died as a result. My father was also bitten and poisoned, so he cut off his own arm…”

Chen Xiuxian wasn't in a hurry to go in, and let Wang Yuan continue.

He said that the purpose of that tomb raiding was not ordinary.

Or rather, they were just ordinary fighters. At this time, Liaodong had only been taken back by the Shun Dynasty for a few decades, and a considerable portion of the people there were immigrants from within the Great Wall.

Those with power and influence were generally transported back to their hometowns within the Great Wall after their deaths, and were not buried locally!
Of course, even if they were buried in Liaodong, it would still be the ancestral grave of a powerful and influential family.

Digging up someone's ancestral graves means you really don't want to live anymore.

The reason why Wang Yuan's father's generation still practiced this craft was because they were on a mission to raid tombs.

Every year, people from Liaodong had to offer tribute to the emperor. In addition to delicacies from land and sea, various local specialties, and even rare and precious materials, there were also some legendary items that they had to search for generation after generation.

They went to Baekdu Mountain because they wanted to find the legendary tomb of the King of Wannu of the Eastern Xia Kingdom.

Legend has it that the King of Wannu of the Eastern Xia Kingdom possessed a "method of bringing the dead back to life," capable of avoiding death and prolonging life.

In this world of cultivation where ghosts and gods are clearly defined, which emperor wouldn't want to live forever?

However, emperors cannot cultivate themselves, because dragon energy conflicts with all other energies in the world and rejects them, thus making cultivation impossible.

However, even after the emperor dies, he can still enjoy sacrifices in the underworld and remain high above everyone else.

Of course, in that situation, one's word is never as reliable as it is when one is alive...

Back when Wang Yuan's father was alive, the current retired emperor was still in power and enjoying great prestige.

However, this "surprise force" failed to complete its mission, suffering almost complete losses, and thus became utterly useless. From then on, they became ordinary civilians.

Wang Yuan recounted all the information his father had written in his notes about the giant centipede.

Chen Xiuxian listened with some unease.

He had seen the term "King of Ten Thousand Slaves" on game forums.

It should be a dungeon that is still under development—the kind that players have discovered but haven't yet figured out how to unlock.

Outside the tomb of King Wannu, on the mountainside, there were countless large centipedes, much larger than those here, a group of centipedes that looked like they had become spirits.

There are also groups of them here...

This thing isn't a common species, so how come it's such a coincidence that it's on both sides?
Moreover, when the false emperor's trusted sorcerer buried the treasure, he didn't have much time to make arrangements.

He most likely used some existing resources to hide the treasure inside.

For example, in the tomb of a high-ranking nobleman from the Eastern Xia Kingdom!

……

Regardless of our speculations, we must continue moving forward.

Chen Xiuxian couldn't say, "Let's call it a day. I'll take a nap (and check the forum) and we'll continue tomorrow."

It's nothing more than a tomb from the Eastern Xia Kingdom period, where a large number of alien insects were raised using some secret methods to guard it.

Pour it over!

The group filed in through the stone wall, with the dog-headed clay figurines leading the way.

Then there is a naturally formed mountain rock tunnel, about 70 or 80 meters long, winding its way forward.

There have never been any obstacles.

However, as you continue walking, that faint fishy smell reappears.

Then the tunnels, which varied in width, became warm and humid, and many fungi and mosses grew in the cracks between the rocks.

Then those giant centipedes reappeared!
These things are only level three or four. Although they are a meter or two long and as thick as arms and legs, they are not very strong individually. They are mainly creepy!

Moreover, there are so many of these creatures; five, six, seven, or eight of them crawl over at a time. If you kill one, the scent of its bodily fluids will attract even more centipedes from further away.

These creatures go berserk the moment they smell their own "blood," killing and devouring each other. It's incredibly sinister!
(End of this chapter)