At this time, I looked intently at the feet of the fourth uncle and the master, and suddenly realized that there was a lot of wet mud under their shoes. If the ground under their feet changed for a while, they would definitely not be able to feel it.
At this time, I was in a daze, and I remembered that when I was walking, I encountered a mud pit. I turned around and went around it, while the master and the fourth uncle stepped directly into it.
In this case, maybe there is also an element of Chen Yulin's conspiracy?
The fourth uncle looked startled: "We have neglected this point. Alas, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. You, the younger generation, are smart."
I smiled shyly and continued walking back in Liu Ruxiang's footsteps.
In just a few breaths, our journey has come to an end.
Under the illumination of the flashlight, the ground under our feet was a slightly low slope, and at the end of the slope, there was a huge stone tablet in a horizontal position.
This stone monument is like a cover, blocking us all in this pitch-black underground space.
Liu Ruxiang's face darkened, and she walked forward randomly, took a stick and knocked it against the stone, then put it down, holding the huge stone tablet with her two jade hands, like a weak giant, and suddenly exerted her strength. .
However, the result was disappointing. The huge stone tablet seemed to be shaking slightly, but... it still did not move upwards.
So what about pushing it around in the horizontal direction?
The fourth uncle and I both walked up, and the three of us worked hard together. I even used the Golden Body Technique, but... this huge stone tablet still didn't move.
After a long time, I sat on the ground out of breath.
"At least we have good news," Liu Ruxiang looked at me and smiled. "The air in this underground space is surprisingly sufficient. We haven't had any chest tightness or shortness of breath yet."
What Liu Ruxiang said is naturally the most important. The Fourth Master sighed: "That's not the solution. Will Chen Yulin let us out? What is his purpose in locking us underground?"
"Xiaoxiang, take out the Holy Grail, throw it a few times and see."
The Holy Grail mentioned by the Fourth Master is Fu Jiao. When in doubt, ask God.
The cook couldn't tell for a while. But at least our magical instruments are carried in boxes with us. Liu Ruxiang took out a pair of bamboo talismans.
"Clang-clang-clang-"
The fujiao rolled from Liu Ruxiang's hand and fell to the ground.
One tune and one flat, different, hexagrams represent bad omens.
"Throw it away again," the fourth uncle ordered.
Master picked up the talisman and threw it again. It fell to the ground with a bang. When we saw it, we all breathed a sigh of relief.
One of the talismans is facing up, and the other is also facing up. The two are the same, and the hexagram represents good luck.
We untied it and threw it eight times, making a total of ten times. After we saw the result, we couldn't laugh no matter what.
Among the ten hexagrams, nine are ominous, only the second one we throw is auspicious.
"A narrow escape from death!" The fourth uncle's eyes widened. "His grandma, what on earth is this place? Why is it so troublesome to go into the mountains to get something?"
My heart sank to the bottom of my heart. Why did I encounter such difficulties this time when doing ordinary things?
In fact, I have already vaguely guessed something in my mind. After I came to the Liu family, maybe my destiny of having two souls has subtly changed the people around me.
I felt very depressed, but Master looked calm.
"What's the matter even if I have a narrow escape? If you try your best, you can conquer nature." Liu Ruxiang's light words gave me a lot of strength.
"Let's go down here. We have to find out what's going on around us, right?" Liu Ruxiang said.
The fourth uncle nodded and agreed, and the three of us walked downhill toward the depths.
"Bata-ba-ta-"
Liu Ruxiang and the fourth uncle had just finished cleaning the mud on their feet, and now the footsteps of the few of us are constantly echoing in this small stone Shandong.
However, Liu Ruxiang, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong, Xiaoxiang?"
I also felt something was wrong and looked around with the help of Liu Ruxiang's flashlight.
However, there was nothing on the ground in front of us and behind us.
this……
"That dead body just disappeared?" When this thought appeared in my mind, my heart beat so hard that it almost burst out of my chest.
I could tell before that that thing was definitely not just a dead body. The dead bodies were all lying in the coffin. There was only one possibility for this situation to happen, and that was that he was a living dead!
The fourth uncle also realized the seriousness of the problem: "Just now, I thought this thing would stop moving after it fell to the ground. I thought I would turn around and go back to take a look, but I didn't expect, I didn't expect..."
Liu Ruxiang said without thinking: "The one just now is probably the living dead, that is, a zombie."
"The common folk saying about zombies is that after someone dies, the last breath in the body is not exhaled. After death, they are buried, and they are likely to breathe again, swallowing yin energy underground, and come out at night to harm others. , sucks the blood of humans and animals. They usually have green-faced fangs and are extremely powerful."
My memory is very clear. There are many such stories in the street-stall story books I found in school. Most of them were influenced by foreign movies and TV dramas. Most of the zombies were Qing Dynasty corpses, dressed in Qing Dynasty official costumes. Jumping up and down.
When Liu Ruxiang said this, she shook her head again.
"Actually, the most real zombies are generally divided into two types. The first type is naturally formed. It is a person who has a strong obsession in his heart before death. If the corpse of such a person is buried until some Yin energy is strong, In places, this kind of situation will happen more often.”
"There is also a second method, which is a corpse exorcism method in the southwest region. It is a kind of corpse exorcist similar to Taoist priests. It uses the obsession of the corpse to go home to guide people to become Zombies.”
"But," Liu Ruxiang paused at this point, "No matter what, the appearance of a zombie, that is, a living dead, will not change much from what it was before death. It will just look like a human corpse. "
I couldn't help but think of the corpse that brother was holding the fourth uncle's hand just now. Isn't that the kind of living dead that Liu Ruxiang described?
"However, we don't know what kind of living dead we just encountered. If someone specializes in refining corpses, then we will be in trouble this time."
The inexplicable palpitations in my heart, combined with the hexagram about the near-death experience just now, maybe it is really possible.
"No matter what, let's move forward."
At this time, the fourth uncle took out an incense stick from the box, lit it and held it in his hand: "I will light an incense stick so that we can know whether there is enough air underground. Once the sparks are extinguished, it means If you can’t pass here, make a U-turn immediately.”
This incense emits a little bit of red fire, and you can smell a faint scent of sandalwood behind it.
Knowing the danger in this cave, our group subconsciously slowed down the angle. Coupled with the constant low water in the cave and the rugged rocks inside, it looked very scary.
Walking carefully, this is very tiring. When you encounter those small pools, you have to take off your shoes and swim in them.
At this time, I simply suggested: "Master, can you send a few Yin soldiers to explore the road soon?"
Liu Ruxiang had a slight smile on her face: "I told you before that the main functions of the Yin soldiers are to protect the body, control the house, and drive away evil spirits. They don't have the functions you mentioned, including the five ghost transportation skills, they are all by your side. You have to be relatively close to be able to successfully cast it.”
Moreover, Liu Ruxiang also sighed when the topic changed.
"Master wanted to come to Shuanghu Town to ask for the secret this time, so he didn't bring the training altar with him. After all, we used a lot of Yin soldiers at Jiang Lishan's house. After the war, the soldiers and horses have to be trained, so this time it's okay It’s probably useless even if you carry it with you.”
I was dumbfounded and had no choice but to continue crossing the stream.
This kind of caves and burrows in mountains are usually everywhere in mountainous places, and they are often connected to underground rivers. If one day you go to a remote mountain forest with few people, you will suddenly see some drinks. Bottles and foam plastics, then there is no doubt that these are brought here by the underground river.
Garbage is washed into underground rivers. When the water rises during the rainy season, the garbage will naturally be discharged from the caves in these deep mountains and old forests.
Liu Ruxiang told me these interesting knowledge. As I listened to it again and again and walked deeper, the fear in my heart became much less.
We walked forward for about a few hundred meters, and finally we saw the shore.
Not far away, a large stone lay across the side of the narrow pool.
Liu Ruxiang seemed to have very sharp eyes. She suddenly noticed something and stopped again.
"Why don't we see other footprints? We have been walking in the water for so long, and we saw that there is a section of water that is very turbid. It is clear that someone has walked through it, but now that we are on the other side, we have not seen it. There are no traces of the living dead, and we haven't found anything human along the way." Liu Ruxiang said this, and I suddenly recalled it.
"Ah, by the way, where did this living dead go?" The fourth uncle thought of this and looked around nervously, his face as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Look, look around. Let's search separately. We must find this living dead man. He may have the secrets in this cave hidden in him."
Liu Ruxiang said, and the fourth uncle also listened to the command.
After all, people's brains are no longer bright at a certain age. Without that kind of leadership ability, gesticulating will only harm others.
The three of us spread out, each responsible for a certain distance in the long and narrow pool.
