Jin'an and the others were not the first to land.
They found several rafts and a fishing boat on the shore.
Needless to say about the fishing boat.
He is from the underworld ferryman and Mr. Feng Shui's group.
But not all the rafts have arrived, only half have arrived so far.
"Finally, I have my feet on the ground. This person is really used to walking on land, which makes people feel grounded."
The old Taoist priest holding a torch in his hand couldn't help but jump around a few times after he finished speaking with emotion, regaining the long-lost sense of down-to-earthness.
Jin An has known for a long time that the old Taoist priest is a landlubber and doesn't know how to swim.
However, what the old Taoist said is correct. Only when one is standing on land can one feel at ease.
Although Jin'an has water.
But he can only swim like a dog paddle.
I have never fought on undulating water.
When people fight on water, they are naturally at a disadvantage.
"Jin Engong, there is a door in front. It must be the entrance to the tomb. The Dragon King we are looking for this time should be in this ancient tomb."
Thanks to Jin An's blood-enhancing medicine, the Country Goddess's energy and blood recovered quickly. At this time, the Country Goddess, who had fully recovered, stood respectfully behind Jin An.
I am willing to just look forward to Jin'an.
"But the old lady thinks these hanging coffins are a bit weird, so it's better to be careful."
The country goddess continued with a solemn face: "Although they say that fallen leaves return to their roots and are laid to rest, burials are practiced in many places because the ground has earth veins and burial aura. Good Feng Shui burial aura can take advantage of the general trend of mountains and rivers to benefit future generations. "
"But in some places, burials may not always be carried out..."
"For example, in addition to earth burials, there are also sky burials, water burials, cremations, and tower burials. In some places, there are also hanging coffin burials, tree burials, boat coffin burials, etc. But without exception, these burial methods are all done by family members to their loved ones. They place their thoughts on the deceased and hope that the deceased will be closest to the god they believe in. For example, Tubo is in charge of the underworld, and burial also means that the deceased can be close to Tubo and be buried as soon as possible. "
"My sister is right. There are thousands of burial methods in the world. We must respect the humanities and customs of each place." The old Taoist priest wearing a khaki robe looked at the country goddess with a twisted beard and a smile.
The country goddess pretended not to notice and followed Jin An expressionlessly.
Instead, he sharpened his sword dully, looked at his third junior brother blankly, and then turned to look at the country goddess.
The old Taoist priest held up a torch and illuminated the hanging coffins that were stacked high on the cliffs on both sides of the shore, as if they were being looked down upon by ghosts and gods, which made them feel particularly oppressive. I have also seen many local burial methods. Although hanging coffin burials are rare, I have been lucky enough to see them a few times."
"As a veteran, I once asked the local villagers why there is a custom of burial in the area."
"Based on the cultural history of different places, there may be different opinions in different places."
"In some places, people have lived in cliff caves since ancient times. They believe that people living in Fenbaoyan in mountain mythology are equivalent to living in gold and silver treasures. There is an unwritten heavenly book in the cave, and there is gold and silver in the cave. Mountain. So we are used to burying our ancestors in cliff caves, so that they can ascend to immortality through Fenbao Rock and become gods. Even later, in order to make a better livelihood, villagers gradually went down to the caves, reclaimed wasteland, and moved into the village. , They no longer live in small, damp cliff caves, but the custom of burying their ancestors in cliff caves remains unchanged."
"There are also some places because of their remoteness, such as the border area of Kangding State near the primitive rainforest of the Southern Barbarians. There are vast mountains and countless high mountains. The vigorous ancient trees block out the sky and the sun, and the forest sea is endless. It is like an ancient wilderness scene. , poisonous insects and ferocious beasts are emerging in endlessly. The people living close to there are the Yadong tribe, and the whole tribe has the custom of living in cliff caves at high places to avoid man-eating beasts. The Yadong tribe’s custom of burying people is to bury people in cliff caves. Prevent ferocious beasts from digging into the graves and eating the bones of your ancestors.”
"I have seen the custom of hanging coffin burials in Tubo. The higher the people there bury the person, the closer they are to the gods in the sky."
Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest in surprise.
Unexpectedly, the old Taoist has been to so many places besides Mobei, even the border between Tubo and Nanman.
The old Taoist priest had traveled all over the country for so many years and had extensive knowledge. Even Jin An had to admire him.
It is estimated that for most of his life, the old Taoist priest has measured the entire territory of Kangding Kingdom, from south to north, from the extreme east to the extreme west, with the Shifang shoes under his feet.
This reminded Jin An of the Guangping Sanren who wrote the most famous Taoist works...
But this is already a historical figure from hundreds of years ago.
It has long disappeared from history.
The master who can live for such a long time, this Guangping Sanren who became famous hundreds of years ago, even if he is still alive today, he has not become an immortal, but he has become a Sanren...
These are all digressions. Jin An suddenly frowned as he watched the old Taoist priest talking, so he asked the old Taoist priest what was wrong, but did he find anything when looking at these hanging coffins?
The old Taoist priest had limited lighting, and used dim torches to illuminate the hanging coffins stacked high on the cliffs on both sides.
The cliff that splits deep in the mountain is like a line of sky. On the cliffs on both sides of the line of sky, there are wooden frames and hanging coffins erected by humans.
Under the dim firelight, these hanging coffins flicker on and off, getting darker and darker as you go above, as if there are really countless ghosts and gods standing in the cliff caves on both sides, overlooking the mortals below, with a sense of oppression in the dark and weird atmosphere. If one walks in these Under the hanging coffins, I was really worried that these rotten and dilapidated hanging coffins stacked layer by layer would collapse and crush people to death in a pile of dead bones and coffins.
People have been looking at these unstable hanging coffins for a long time.
As if affected by psychological pressure.
Even my mood became depressed, low, and gloomy.
It can evoke all the negative emotions hidden in people's hearts.
If they want to go over and get to the tomb door, they must pass through the line of sky hanging coffins in front of them. But looking at the dilapidated coffins and wooden shelves that were elevated above the head, stacked so hard that one could not see how many layers there were, it really made people feel a little frightened, fearing that they might collapse.
The old Taoist priest said with worry: "The three points I mentioned earlier are all based on normal folk customs and are the burial methods of normal people. I am afraid that the owner of this tomb does not want us to pass through this line of sky safely. The coffin is buried, and there are other things hidden in this line of sky, give us a urn to catch turtles."
The old Taoist priest held a torch and paced back and forth on the shore, constantly looking outside the gloomy sky-lined hanging coffin burial: "Little brother, do you know what another term for hanging coffin burial is?"
"What is it?" Jin An was curious.
Along the way, they encountered complex caves with thousands of corpses that could lead people astray, more powerful than ghosts breaking through walls;
There is another mercury monster whose flesh has grown together with that of a human and a tomb beast;
There are also corpse caves where corpses are stranded;
Another scene of pulling out the tongue of a dead man and lowering his head with a rope...
Along the way, they had seen all kinds of vicious ways to harm people. Now even a fool could see that the owner of the tomb clearly wanted to kill everyone who came from outside.
As long as anyone dares to enter the tomb, the owner of the tomb will not let him go.
The deeper you go into the Cave of Thousand Corpses, the more dangerous the hidden dangers become.
He would not put up so many hanging coffins at the entrance of the tomb when he was full, and use the tactic of raising suspicions to scare away the people entering the tomb.
The old Taoist priest's brows almost knit together and he replied: "As the saying goes, if there is blue sky above and yellow spring below, the yellow spring below is under the control of Tu Bo. But if you have to leave the roots under your feet, Tu Bo will naturally do it." I can’t control you. It’s peace in the grave, peace in the grave, but what if it’s the other way around? People can’t be buried after death. Little brother, do you think this person can still rest in peace after death?”
"Now we don't know how many hanging coffins there are in this line of sky. It's very dangerous and unpredictable."
"There is an old saying that if there are tens of thousands of people on top of each other, they are so densely packed that the number of dead people is going to be tens of thousands. Little brother, tell me how scary this must be."
The old Taoist priest felt his scalp numb just by talking.
"Even such rare burial objects as the Renqi Town Tomb Beast appeared..."
"He even showed up when he filled the corpse with mercury and buried it with the owner of the tomb, and acted as a gatekeeper for the owner of the tomb..."
"The identity of the owner of this tomb is definitely not simple. Even if he is a member of the royal family, he must be the leader of a small country."
"It is absolutely not unusual for a large burial pit to appear in the tomb and create a ghost market for him. What kind of glory and wealth he enjoyed during his lifetime will also be enjoyed in the ghost market after his death."
The more wealthy and noble this person is.
The more you pay attention to what you are like during your lifetime, the more you pay attention to what you will be like after death.
How many people did you serve during your lifetime?
How many people will serve you after death?
"It took a lot of effort to get here and enter the depths of the Cave of Thousand Corpses. It is obviously no longer appropriate to retreat at this time. We can only continue to move forward now."
Jin An looked at the Yixiantian Hanging Coffin Burial and said in deep thought: "Moreover, we have not seen the bodies of other exorcists in the Yixiantian Hanging Coffin Burial yet. If they can all pass, I don't think there are so many of us." People are worse than those people.”
"Three cobblers can equal Zhuge Liang. If the four of us take off our shoes, each of us can stink Zhuge Liang to death with one foot."
Old Taoist priest: "?"
Country Goddess: "?"
Chia Jian stared at the coffin hanging in the sky in a daze.
Subsequently.
The four of them discussed a general action plan, and then stepped into the hanging coffin, which gave people a sense of depression and oppression.
Don't even say it.
Before, standing outside, I felt that the coffin hanging in the sky was oppressive enough.
When people walk in, they face a dark, narrow space, and the feeling of depression that hangs over their heads becomes even more intense.
The further a person goes in, the more wrong his mental state becomes.
Gradually I realized something was wrong.
Becoming suspicious.
Negative emotions abound.
But for a while, I couldn't tell what was wrong.
The surroundings became quieter and darker as we walked, and the torch illumination was limited and could not illuminate very far above our heads. Even if we looked up to the top of our heads, we could not see anything clearly.
On the contrary, in the narrow environment, the dark shadows of the hanging coffins on both sides of the cliff are getting longer and longer under the flickering light and shadow of the torch in their hands.
People's emotions began to be affected by the tight geography and the pressure of the hanging coffin, and they became more and more irritable. The old Taoist priest began to mumble along the way, and even the face of the country goddess began to show impatience and irritability.
It seems to be able to affect people's emotions and pollute their thoughts and spirit.
