At this time, Taoist Yunxu, myself, and Wang Xiaozhe all couldn't help but frown.
If this young man was just passing by, it would not be a surprise.
After all, in this period, it is normal to meet colleagues.
But now he is coming straight towards us, which makes me somewhat unable to figure out the other party's intentions.
But I think it is very likely that he came here for this sarcophagus.
Sure enough, after the young man jumped ashore, he pointed directly at the sarcophagus in front of us and asked.
"Did you salvage this coffin?"
"Are you here for this coffin?"
I didn't answer and asked him a question with a frown.
"That's right."
The young man nodded and said: "This thing was actually washed out by the mountain torrent in Da Da Village upstream. I wanted to clean it up, but who knew that this thing actually escaped all the way through the mountain torrent, so I had to I chased him all the way down, but I didn’t expect that he would be salvaged by you here.”
"Do you know what is buried in this coffin?"
When I heard this, I asked him quickly.
"I'm not sure either."
The young man shook his head and said, "But according to the people in the village over there, it should be big."
"Big?"
Taoist Yunxu, Wang Xiaozhe and I were all a little confused when we heard this.
What the hell is this?
"It's hard for me to explain this to you. Do you know what Dada means?"
The young man spread his hands and looked at the three of us and asked.
"In the old days, in some places, fathers were called Dada."
Taoist Yunxu frowned and said.
"Yes, that's pretty much what it means."
The young man nodded and said: "But the so-called Dada here does not mean father, but an honorific. It is said that there used to be such a Dada in that village. His status in the village was almost similar to that of a god. , is in charge of everything in the village, and everyone has to work for him and listen to his orders. Even the young people in the village have to send their wives to the big room on the night of the wedding and spend their first night with them. Dedicated to Dada, in this case, there will naturally be many children in the village, all of them are Dada, so we got the title Dada."
"Where did you hear all this? Isn't this too outrageous?"
When I heard this, I couldn't help frowning and complaining.
How could there be such a stupid person in this world? On the wedding night, he sent his wife to another man's room and dedicated the first night to his wife? What kind of cow-horse operation is this?
Could it be said that all the children in the village are older than one person? Then aren’t other men helping others raise their children?
"I heard this from people in the big village."
The young man laughed sarcastically and said: "In the old society, people were superstitious and had pedantic and backward thinking, especially in remote areas. This kind of thing was not impossible. But later, the young people in the village overturned this idea. It is said that on a certain New Year's Eve, they united and killed Da Da. Therefore, there is a popular saying in that village, "Kill Da Da on the night of the 30th and you will take my life." This means It is said that most of those young people who killed Dada were probably Dada’s children, and that’s where the name Dada Village came from.”
As he spoke, the young man raised his hand and pointed to the sarcophagus in front of him, and continued: "However, this man obviously turned into a ghost after death, so he was sealed into the sarcophagus by the master. Unfortunately, too many years have passed and the spell has faded. , the seal failed, and the coffin was washed out by the flash flood, so naturally this thing started to cause trouble and harm people."
After listening to this, Taoist Yunxu, Wang Xiaozhe and I all looked at each other and didn't know what to say for a while.
It is actually difficult to verify the authenticity of such things that are passed down orally in rural areas. After all, they are passed down from generation to generation, and in the end they basically become folk superstition stories, and there is no way to investigate them.
However, it is possible that this coffin was washed out by a flash flood from that village.
There was no need for the young man to lie about this. After all, he had no other intention. He just wanted to get rid of the contents of the coffin to prevent it from harming others.
From this point of view, it is obvious that everyone is of the same mind.
"By the way, I still don't know what to call you?"
Thinking of this, I quickly asked the young man.
"My name is Zhang Weijie, and I am the descendant of the Yin and Yang Sect in Pingdingshan. It has been passed down to my generation for the twenty-sixth generation."
The young man said and laughed again, with a shy expression on his face.
"Are you a descendant of the Yin Yang Sect?"
When Taoist Yunxu heard this, he immediately became interested. He had obviously heard of this sect.
Then he said with some emotion: "No one from your sect has been walking around in the world for decades. I thought the inheritance had been discontinued long ago, but I didn't expect it to be continued."
"Our Yin-Yang Sect is a sect that retreats from the world to practice and cannot leave the world. If it were not for the troubled times this time, and if my master is traveling to the west and needs to find a successor, I will not come out and walk around."
Zhang Weijie sighed softly as he spoke, then looked at Taoist Yunxu and bowed: "I just didn't expect that Taoist Master actually knew about the existence of our Yin and Yang Sect."
"Your sect has always been a single lineage and has been hidden from the world. It is true that few people know about it. However, I still heard about the time when the head of the Yin Yang Sect went to Mount Sumeru to compete with the Zi Mansion."
Taoist Yunxu said with a meaningful smile.
When Zhang Weijie heard this, he suddenly looked a little embarrassed, and it was obvious that there was something hidden in it.
"It's all in the past. It was an accident that my master caused. Unexpectedly, Yin Yang Valley got its name from this."
Zhang Weijie shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Wang Xiaozhe and I listened with some curiosity, but Taoist Yunxu and Zhang Weijie did not elaborate on the cause and effect. They just mentioned it casually and directly exposed it.
"Then what do you think Taoist Master should do with the contents in this coffin?"
Zhang Weijie changed the topic beforehand.
"It's better to open the coffin in another place. There are too many people here, so as not to hurt innocent people."
Taoist Yunxu said and looked around.
Those who joined in the fun have not dispersed yet, and are still watching from a short distance away.
"Yes, then let's get on the boat."
Zhang Weijie nodded, and as he spoke, he stepped forward, lifted the coffin up with one hand, and then threw it onto his paper boat.
He obviously borrowed the power of moving mountains with this hand, and judging from the ease with which he used it, he was obviously as good as me in using the spell.
The inheritors of this ancient sect really have two brushes in their hands.
Taoist Yunxu and I, as well as Wang Xiaozhe, also got on the boat one after another, but it was my paper boat that got on.
Then the two ships headed downstream one after the other.
Those people who were watching the excitement on the bank chased us for a long distance on the river bank. In the end, we had to speed up and throw everyone away.
After a while, the two ships sailed into the open area outside the downstream county.
The river bank here is spacious, with rolling mountains on both sides, and there are no people around, so we docked the boat and then brought the sarcophagus to the shore.
Then several of us looked around the coffin and found that the sarcophagus seemed to be completely sealed. It was impossible to open it in the normal way without directly breaking the coffin.
"You guys step back and I'll split it open."
Zhang Weijie waved his hand as he spoke, and then directly took a stance.
I originally wanted to say that I used the mountain-breaking technique to shake open the coffin, but Zhang Weijie spoke first, so Taoist Yunxu, Wang Xiaozhe, I, and I had to step aside.
