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Chapter 521 Tree Burial
"Bones?" Chen Ziyang and Liu Cong looked at each other, both of them were surprised.Could it be that the appearance of this evil thing is related to the skeleton in the old tree?What kind of skeleton is it that can give birth to such an evil thing.

While the two were surprised, Chen Benzhong seemed to have guessed that there should be a skeleton there, he did not respond to Chen Sanjin's words, and was not surprised at all.Instead, he asked in a very steady tone: "Describe to me in detail, what does a tree hole look like? What does a corpse look like?"

As soon as Chen Benzhong finished speaking, the branches and leaves above the old tree shook violently. Obviously, Chen Sanjin, who was hidden among the branches and leaves, was approaching the tree hole. He probably wanted to see more clearly so that he could see Tell Chen Benzhong all the things.

All the people standing under the tree looked up, but they could only see the light of the flashlight shining through the branches and leaves of the old tree, but they couldn't see the tree holes and bones there, not even Chen Sanjin. , can only be anxious.

After a while, it may be that he had seen the tree hole and the bones clearly, or it may be that Chen Sanjin who was standing on the tree had organized his words, so he said to Chen Benzhong below:

"The shape of this tree hole is very weird, it doesn't look like it was made artificially, nor does it look like it was eaten by insects, but it seems to be formed naturally.

The tree hole is vertically downward, in the same direction as the trunk of this tree, and it is not very deep, only about one meter to less than two meters.It was not so much a hollow as a hollow where the trunks of the old tree had been squeezed together.

The inside of the tree hole is covered with thick soil, and there are some rotten leaves, which seem to have existed for many years.There is nothing strange about the tree hole, but the strangest thing is this corpse. "

"Strange?" The person standing under the old tree didn't understand what Chen Sanjin meant. It was a very strange thing that a corpse appeared in the hole of the old tree. Why did Chen Sanjin still talk about this corpse? The skeleton is very strange.

Then what Chen Sanjin said made everyone really understand what he meant. This corpse is indeed strange enough, and even the word strange can no longer express the doubts in everyone's mind.

"The lower body of the skeleton has been connected to the bottom of the tree hole, as if the lower body of the person was wrapped by the old tree, or the person grew out of the old tree.

However, I prefer that the skeleton is wrapped by the old tree, because the upper body of the skeleton is upright, and I can clearly see that the joint between the skeleton and the trunk is very obvious. "

Chen Ziyang sketched a picture in his mind that Chen Sanjin described.Chen Sanjin's description was very detailed, and Chen Ziyang felt that what he thought in his mind should be the same as what Chen Sanjin saw, but like Chen Sanjin, he couldn't figure out why this corpse and this old tree were so weird combined together.

"Besides the weirdness of this corpse, there is another strange thing. The corpse has not rotted, and the corpse has not turned into white bones. Instead, it looks like a mummy, with folds like bark on its surface. At first glance, it really looks like a tree man."

"Third brother, don't scare me there, how could the corpse be combined with the old tree? Is it because you are old and your eyes are not enough, so you can't see clearly at all.

You also said just now that the inside of the tree hole is covered with thick soil and rotten leaves. Is it possible that the skeleton stood there, and the bottom of the skeleton was actually fixed by the accumulated soil and rotten leaves over the years? Yes, that's why the bones stand upright there. "

Turning his head, Chen Ziyang saw that the person who asked this question was Xu Yi, the ground dragon.No wonder he, like Chen Benzhong, directly called Chen Sanjin the third child.

Chen Ziyang didn't have much contact with Xu Yi, the earth-rolling dragon. In other words, Xu Yi never attracted Chen Ziyang's attention at all, because he was too inconspicuous.

The ground dragon Xu Yi is about 60 to 1 years old, similar in age to Chen Sanjin, he is not tall, he can even be described as very short.Xu Yi's height is only 5 meters at most, and his back is a bit hunched, which makes him look even shorter.

Xu Yi was skinny, and with his height, he could be described as hemp.In addition to his inconspicuous appearance, this Xu Yi's personality is also very restrained.

He can't speak a few words every day, and whenever the team rests, he always hides by himself, and doesn't like to join in the fun at all.Only around Chen Benzhong and Chen Sanjin could Xu Yi say a few words.

But it is such a person who does not show the mountains and does not leak water, he can dig a passage through the mountain within three days, which makes Chen Ziyang very admired.

In the Qinglian mountain range surrounded by giant dragons, the reason why everyone was able to come out quietly under the supervision of the Dragon Digging Association was because of the passage opened by Xu Yi and his men.

While walking through that passage, Chen Ziyang took a closer look.The mountain where the passage is located is a rocky mountain, that is to say, it took Xu Yi and his men only three days to carve through a rocky mountain. It's called a ground dragon.

But if you think about it, if you can call yourself a brother and brother with Chen Benzhong, Xu Yi, the ground dragon, should be no worse than Chen Sanjin.

After Chen Sanjin described what he saw, it was obvious that Xu Yi, the earth-rolling dragon, was a little impatient. Even though he was usually reticent, he took the initiative to refute Chen Sanjin.

"Do you think I didn't think of it? I tried it just now. Although there are thick soil and rotten leaves in the tree hole, the thickness of these things is only [-] to [-] centimeters thick, and then there is a hard tree trunk." .

And I also shook the corpse a few times just now, this corpse is not a half body, it should be a complete skeleton, the lower part of the skeleton is perfectly combined with the old tree, it is not caused by these Dirt and rotten leaves are fixed. "

After following Chen Benzhong for so many years, Chen Sanjin is not an ordinary person, and he will never make low-level mistakes easily. After Chen Sanjin's second description, several people standing under the tree nodded.

What Chen Sanjin said, as well as his actions and analysis just now have sealed the speculation in these people's minds. It seems that this corpse should indeed be integrated with this old tree.

Others may have some doubts in their minds, but Chen Ziyang and Liu Cong are very sure of Chen Sanjin's statement, because when these two people were fighting with that evil thing just now, they discovered, how could this huge head evil thing It is also impossible to leave the surface of the trunk of the old tree.If it was said that this evil thing had nothing to do with this old tree, the two of them would never believe it anyway.

"Hey, you're still in good spirits, aren't you? This tree is so thick, and I don't know how many years it has grown. If the bones are really combined with this tree, it must be a long time, but why is this tree so thick? The bones haven't rotted yet, it's so wrong..."

Xu Yi, the earth-rolling dragon, still didn't believe it. He walked towards the old tree as he spoke. It seemed that he didn't believe Chen Sanjin's eyes at all, so he planned to go up to the tree to see it himself, so as to dissuade him. Doubts in my heart.

"Xiao Xu, don't quarrel with the third child. The third child did not misread or judged wrongly. The corpse should indeed be integrated with this old tree, and the evil that these two juniors dealt with before It is also related to this old tree and this corpse.

What they are dealing with should be the Sha of Resentment formed by the materialization of resentment after a large amount of resentment gathers together. "Chen Benzhong's voice full of spirit came from the side.

Although it was guessed before that Chen Benzhong might know that there was a corpse hidden in the old tree and the reason why the evil thing appeared, but when Chen Ziyang and Liu Cong heard what Chen Benzhong said, they still couldn't believe their ears .

The materialization of resentment is not uncommon for the two of them.When the resentment is strong enough to a certain extent, these evil spirits will slowly condense together, first attaching to some items that are easy to absorb the resentment, and then continue to condense until one or more evil things completely condensed by resentment appear, This is the resentment formed by the materialization of resentment.

But the materialization of resentment requires a large amount of resentment to gather together to appear.Although the evil thing that the two people fought with before was very evil, it was not so heavy that the resentment materialized.

Moreover, the resentment around here is all left over from the long hair of the evil thing, and there is not a lot of resentment gathered here. This environment is also inconsistent with the environment where the resentment materializes into evil things, so the two of them don't quite understand what Chen Benzhong means.

"Hey... these younger generations are really not as good as one generation after another, anyway, today I will rely on the old to sell the old, and explain to you in detail what is going on."

When he said this, Chen Benzhong had a smile on his face.Obviously, he was very confident in what he was going to say.He hasn't been out of the mountain for a long time, and he has all the skills but can't use them for decades, which makes Chen Benzhong feel very depressed.

Now it is rare that so many people do not understand the things in front of them, and these things are exactly what Chen Benzhong knows, so this centenarian old man is very happy. What is happening now seems to be back to decades ago, back to the When he was young, it also made him regain the feeling he had back then.

"The reason why this corpse is perfectly integrated with this old tree is actually intentional. This is a unique form of burial called tree burial."

"Tree burial?" A question popped up in the minds of the people around Chen Benzhong, what is tree burial?It sounds like burying people in a tree. Could it be that the tree is used as a coffin?
"Tree burial is a deformed expression of the worship of trees by the northern minorities. However, this unique burial custom is very rare, and it is difficult for ordinary people to encounter it, and even rarely hear it.

Originally, I wasn't very sure. From your previous description, I guessed that there was a possibility that the bones were buried in this old tree, so I asked the third child to go up and have a look. Sure enough, the fact is that I as guessed.

The reason why I can think of this is that besides I know a little more than you, there is another very important reason, that is, this place is near the treasure of the dragon veins of the Qing Dynasty, and according to the legend, the tree burial was invented by the Manchus. of.

In Manchu mythology, Nurhachi's father died, so he ran away with his father's body on his back, trying to find a place where he could bury his father.

Nurhachi walked to Hetuala with his father's body on his back, and suddenly felt that he wanted to relieve himself, so he put his father's body on the branch of a big tree.

When Nurhachi returned after untying his hands, his father's body was nowhere to be found.At that time, he was very anxious and kept looking around, thinking that some animal had taken his father's body away, but there was no sign of any animal around.

Later, Nurhachi discovered that his father's body had not disappeared, but was wrapped in trees and had grown into the trunk.

It took a lot of effort, but Nurhachi couldn't get his father's body out of the book. During the time he was relieved, his father's body was perfectly integrated with the tree.In desperation, Nurhachi had no choice but to bury his father in the trunk of the tree.

It is said that all the geomantic treasures in Kanto were destroyed that year, and only this tree was left, which was exclusively occupied by Nurhachi's father.So Nurhachi became the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

This myth is what the Manchus think is a reasonable explanation for the practice of tree burials.In fact, the custom of tree burial is relatively old.The ancient Khitan people had the custom of tree burial.

According to historical records, the northern minorities in the Tang Dynasty had the custom of tree burial. They hung the dead on the tree, dried them in the air, collected their bones after three years, and burned them with fire. This is tree burial first and then cremation. Second burial.

After years of evolution, tree burials have gradually appeared in other uses.After the blessing of the formation, the tree used for tree burial will have the effect of absorbing evil spirits.

I once saw such an old tree near a burial complex in the Qing Dynasty. There was a skeleton perfectly combined with the old tree in the old tree at that time, but the tree was not as tall and thick as this one. That's all.

Later, I analyzed that the purpose of the old tree buried in that tree is to absorb the evil spirits in the tombs and prevent these evil spirits from forming evil objects. The purpose is to protect the tranquility of the tombs and prevent these evil things from interfering to those buried in the tomb.

So I guess, there is actually not only the skeleton in the tree hole here, but there should be many people buried in the ground nearby.

These people are very likely to be the people who died of exhaustion in building the Dragon Vein of the Qing Dynasty, or it is possible that the craftsmen who built the Dragon Vein of the Qing Dynasty were all killed and buried here.

A lot of resentment gathered here and was absorbed by this old tree, which is why the evil thing you saw was formed. "

(End of this chapter)