The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

After entering Zhelong Mountain, even the Sixteen-Character Feng Shui Secret Technique could not be used. Finding a tomb in the tropical rainforest was extremely difficult.

"It seems... there are no shortcuts."

Fang Yun sighed and put away the human skin map.

"Brother Fang, is it because we can't use the Dragon-Seeking and Acupoint-Locking Technique here?" Hearing Fang Yun's sigh, Partridge Whistle left the campfire and walked to Fang Yun's side.

Although he was not an expert in feng shui, he knew that to perform the art of finding auspicious burial sites, one needed to observe the celestial bodies and the earth's veins, as well as the trends of mountains and rivers.

Now, Zhelong Mountain surrounds the entire Insect Valley Forest, and the four of them are like inside a large iron barrel, which is also full of grass.

When a person is inside, they can only see the scene within a hundred meters in front of them; they can't see anything else.

"Don't worry, although I can't use the Dragon-Seeking and Acupoint-Locking Technique, I'm still confident I can find the tomb of King Xian."

Seeing the worry on Partridge Whistle's face, Fang Yun smiled and said something.

Even if he couldn't use the sixteen-character feng shui secret technique, he was confident enough to find the tomb of the King of Xian.

Following the markings on the human skin map and the plot memories in his mind, as long as he determines the direction, he can quickly find the Snake River and enter the Insect Valley along the Snake River.

It just means it will take a little longer to figure things out on the road.

There have been quite a few clues about the tomb of the King of Xian along the way; if we don't look for them, things will get complicated once we enter the tomb...

By the time everyone had replenished their energy, it was already afternoon.

Therefore, Fang Yun planned to set off immediately to find the twin trees that contained the coffin before sunset, and to find the high priest's coffin and the tomb guardian register of the King Xian's tomb.

Like King Xian himself, the high priest was quite capable, not only in his ability to chant incantations but also in his skill in summoning and reciting scriptures.

The high priest hid his coffin inside a pair of large banyan trees, suppressing the outlet of the earth's energy in the tomb of King Xian and preventing the earth's energy from leaking out.

Not only to maintain the feng shui, but also under the twin banyan trees, there is a Jiaotu tomb-suppressing tablet.

The tomb's genealogy records the general outline of the tomb owner's life and the origins of the tomb's construction.

In short, the tomb catalog records encyclopedic information about the tomb's occupant.

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"Based on the orientation before entering the mountain, the closest star to Zhelong Pass should be Taiyin Star..."

"Taiyin belongs to Earth... In the pre-heavenly arrangement, it corresponds to Qian (northwest), and in the post-heavenly arrangement, it corresponds to Gen (northeast), which is the Kun (earth) position... Embedded within the belly of Zhelong Mountain, that is the northwest direction..."

Fang Yun dragged the golden compass at the front of the procession, using the principles of the Eight Trigrams to calculate the location where the high priest suppressed the Yin energy.

The four of them are currently not in the Insect Valley; at most, they are in a small rainforest on the outskirts of the Insect Valley.

So we didn't encounter any poisonous insects or ferocious beasts along the way, and the journey was quite easy.

After walking for about an hour or two, just as the sun was about to set, Fang Yun finally found his target!

Twin banyan trees!

At the entrance of a small valley, two banyan trees, each over twenty meters tall, stand intertwined, their trunks tangled together, looking almost like fried dough twists.

Two large banyan trees are intertwined, their trunks so large that seven or eight people might not be able to encircle them.

"Couple Trees?"

Upon seeing the two old banyan trees intertwined together, Partridge Whistle and his companions were all taken aback.

Couple trees are not common; sometimes you can't find one in an entire forest. But no matter how rare they are, they are just trees, nothing strange about them.

"A pair of trees, a tree that shelters a coffin!"

At this moment, Fang Yun raised an eyebrow and smiled, then pulled out a 20-shot pistol and fired two shots at the couple's tree.

Chapter Seventy-Two: The Sacrificial Coffin and Extraordinary Phenomena of Heaven and Earth

Bang!Bang!

Two gunshots rang out, leaving two large holes in the trunk of the "couple trees".

The gunshot was incredibly muffled, and after hitting the tree trunk, there was even a sound of water breaking. Hearing this strange sound, everyone's hearts tightened.

The next moment, an unusual phenomenon appeared.

Two streams of blood gushed out from the two bullet holes. The blood had a very peculiar smell, like blood stained with medicinal herbs.

"Blood Tree?"

How could a banyan tree be a blood tree?

Upon seeing this, Hua and the old foreigner were shocked and marveled at the sight of the bleeding banyan tree.

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Blood trees are a rare sight, but unfortunately, this one is a banyan blood tree.

The true Blood Tree is the Dragon Blood Tree, whose blood can be condensed into the rare and precious medicine, Qilin Jie.

Moreover, these two banyan trees in front of us are too strange. After we made two holes in them, so much blood was gushing out, like water flowing from a tap.

Brother Fang...

Partridge Whistle glanced at the still-bleeding Blood Tree, then looked around, and asked thoughtfully:

"The banyan tree is bleeding; is there something wrong with this place?"

He knew about the Corpse Cinnamon Tree inside the Cloud Treasure Hall of Ping Mountain; it also had blood growing on its trunk and looked just like the Blood Tree 19.

Apart from the Blood Tree, which naturally possesses tree blood, any other tree that produces tree blood must have absorbed a large amount of human blood or the yin energy of corpses in the surrounding environment.

Therefore, it is certain that the environment here is special and holds hidden mysteries.

Fang Yun knew what Partridge Whistle was thinking, and continued Partridge Whistle's words: "That's right, this is a place where star position and status intersect."

"This place is far from the tomb of King Xian, so it is unlikely that the burial pits were set up here."

"So this should be a secondary mausoleum. Look at the size of those twin trees; they're natural tree burial pits!"

"Accompanying the tomb..."

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, Partridge Whistle nodded knowingly, a smile appearing on his face.

Since they were able to find the tomb of the King of Xian, it means they hadn't gone astray.

"Brother Fang, let's explore this secondary tomb first."

boom! boom! boom!

After Partridge Whistle finished speaking, he began to circle around the couple tree, making more than a dozen cuts on the trunk of the tree near the soil to drain the blood from the trunk as quickly as possible.

About four or five minutes later, no more blood flowed from the couple's tree.

At this moment, all four of them took out their whirlwind shovels and began chopping at the couple's tree.

Countless ancient vines and flowers grew parasitically on the tree, and a coffin had been hollowed out in the center of the trunk. Its vitality was greatly diminished, and it was already unable to absorb enough nutrients to survive, and was on the verge of death.

Right now, the four of them dug into the hollow inside the tree trunk in just one or two minutes. The trunk was so huge that it would take seven or eight people to encircle it.

Looking through the gap in the tree trunk, one can already see a section of a coffin that looks like jade or crystal. The jade and crystal coffin is incredibly smooth and transparent, and the outermost layer seems to be covered by a thin jade membrane.

The entire jade crystal coffin gradually changes color from white to red from the outside in. The closer you get to the inside of the coffin, the more vivid and reddish the color becomes, like the color of blood.

However, most of the jade crystal coffin was covered by tree roots and parasitic plants, and only this corner was visible.

"This jade coffin is made of Tibetan jade, it is no ordinary item, and the person inside must be of high status."

"Perhaps we can find some information related to the tomb of King Xian inside."

"Old foreigner, come help me!"

Upon seeing that the jade crystal coffin was of excellent quality, Partridge Whistle immediately became interested and eager to possess it.

They quickly cut down the surrounding vines, called over the old foreigner, and the two of them grabbed the jade crystal coffin, which was covered by ancient vines and parasitic plants, and violently pulled it out of the tree hole.

Only then could everyone see the appearance of the jade crystal coffin. The jade crystal coffin was not very big, only about two meters long and less than one meter wide.

The jade crystal coffin had several gaps, from which traces of blood flowed out. At the end of the coffin, countless tiny tree roots seeped into the inner chamber.

"It seems the blood from before wasn't from the tree, but from inside the coffin; perhaps it was a secret medicine used for preservation."

After clearing away the covering plants, Partridge Whistle pushed directly toward the jade coffin lid.

Swah...

The jade coffin lid was only half open when a splashing sound came from inside the coffin.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of scarlet blood surged up, turning into a blood streak that rushed towards Partridge Whistle and the old foreigner.

The two of them simply stepped back, thus avoiding the bloodline.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Upon seeing what appeared to be a living creature inside the coffin, Partridge Whistle's expression turned cold. He pulled the triggers of his twin pistols, and two bursts of bullets riddled the jade crystal coffin with holes.

As the jade coffin cracked and shattered, countless drops of scarlet blood splattered out from inside.

The crimson blood, upon hitting the ground, could even solidify into a clump of solid, like flesh and blood, but it would quickly disperse again and seep into the soil.

Once the blood in the jade crystal coffin had completely dissipated and its color had faded, Partridge Whistle went forward again and kicked the jade coffin lid away.

"This is..."

Upon seeing the scene inside the jade coffin, Partridge Whistle's expression changed, revealing a look of shock.