Ye Zhenfeng said word for word: "Yes, it's for the dead."
"Ah -" Xu Laoliu was so frightened that he staggered back, not daring to get closer to the rhinoceros horn lamps. He could only feel that at this moment, he was looking at the bronze maids, all of them had lowered their eyebrows and squinted their eyes, as if there were ferocious smiles on their faces. The eyes were also green, as if they were alive.
Ye Zhenfeng pointed at the rhinoceros horn lamps and explained: "An ancient book says: rhinoceros horns cannot be burned. When burned, there is a strange fragrance that sticks to clothes and belts, and people can communicate with ghosts."
"Ah! Mr. Ye, so those shadows and screams just now were ghosts? Have we really seen ghosts?"
Ye Zhenfeng shook his head and said: "No, they should be sealed somewhere. All we see are their ghosts."
Xiaoxie was puzzled: "You mean these ghosts are sealed in the wall?"
Ye Zhenfeng shook his head and said: "No, the reason why there is no corpse in these palaces is because the corpse is hidden in another space, and there is also a barrier there, so for thousands of years, those ghosts have been trapped in the barrier , we have to find that place, that’s where the tomb is.”
Xu Laoliu shook his head and said in confusion: "Didn't it say that ghosts have no shadows? How can we see ghost shadows?"
Ye Zhenfeng said: "The sun cannot cast the shadow of ghosts, but the rhinoceros horn lamp is different. The rhinoceros horn lamp emits blue light, which is a will-o'-the-wisp, so it can cast ghost shadows."
Ye Zhenfeng looked around, and then said to Xiao Xie: "Xiao Xie, it's getting late. At night, the yin energy here will be heavier, and it's still underwater. It's not a good place to stay for a long time. I think if you want to find the tomb of King Qi Xi , we still need to find the key to open the mechanism, let’s leave Guwu Lake first.”
Xiaoxie nodded, and they passed through the barrier and headed upstream to Guwu Lake. When they came to the lake, they saw that the surroundings were already dark, and the sky was indeed dark. There was only one small boat swaying on the black lake, and there was a feeling of loneliness.
The three of them swam desperately in the direction of the boat. The dark clouds in the sky blocked the moonlight. As Xu Laoliu swam, he suddenly felt his feet sinking, as if his feet were tightly grasped by both hands. There was a powerful force pulling them down. He dragged down.
"Ye...Young Master Ye, save me! Young Master Ye!"
Xu Laoliu shouted for help to Ye Zhenfeng, who was closest to him. Ye Zhenfeng hurriedly turned back and saw hill-like water slopes rising up around the originally calm lake. Those water slopes were quickly converging towards Xu Laoliu.
I saw that Xu Laoliu had been dragged down into the water. He struggled desperately with his head raised, and finally sank. Large and small bubbles appeared on the water.
Xu Laoliu's hands were desperately swaying and struggling on the water. Just when he was feeling desperate, he suddenly felt that his struggling hand was being held by a strong hand. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was Ye Zhen. The wind held his hand.
With a pop, the luminous stone in Ye Zhenfeng's arms fell into the lake. Xu Laoliu looked down and saw the bright luminous stone slowly sinking into the lake. There were countless white dead souls densely packed in the lake. , all bones and skeletons.
Those bone holes waved their hands towards Xu Laoliu. He was so frightened that he fainted in the water.
Ye Zhenfeng struggled to pull Xu Laoliu out of the water, and then swam with him to the lake. Xiaoxie quickly pulled the two of them into the boat and paddled quickly towards the lake.
Ye Zhenfeng didn't know what happened at the bottom of the lake, thinking that Xu Laoliu fainted after holding his breath for too long under the water.
When he came to the shore, he patted the water for Xu Laoliu. Seeing that he was breathing smoothly but still not waking up, he let him rest aside.
Xiaoxie said: "What should we do next?"
Ye Zhenfeng said: "It's dark and it's not suitable to go into the water. Let's spend the night here covered with stars and the moon."
Xiao Xie nodded and said, "Okay, Master Xie, I'll go live."
Xiao Xie moved quickly, grilling fish for a living. Ye Zhenfeng took off his wet coat and put it by the fire to bake. He took off his hair tie and put his wet long hair on his chest to bake.
Slightly curly wet hair stuck to his fair and slender neck, and his sharp-edged jaw was slightly raised. He looked up at the stars in the sky, frowning, and his dark eyelashes were covered with a deep shadow in the firelight. shadow.
The moonlight was dark, and he was thoughtful.
Xiao Xie squatted aside and grilled the fish obediently. While he was grilling the fish, he said, "Don't think about it. When it gets bright tomorrow, we will go into the water again. We will definitely be able to figure out whether King Qi's tomb is here."
Ye Zhenfeng said: "I intuitively believe that the tomb of King Qi Jin is at the bottom of the ancient fog lake, but it seems that the bottom of the lake is just a fake ancient tomb. You need to find the key to open the tomb to enter the real tomb."
Xiaoxie said: "You just said that those eyes-like things seem to be the keyholes to open the mechanism, but where is the key? You said that King Qi Zhi took great pains to set up such a bronze sword formation. Why? Is it just to seal the tomb?"
Ye Zhenfeng looked at him and said, "What other uses do you think this bronze sword array has?"
Xiao Xie said: "I don't know, it's just that King Qi Gong took great pains to set up the bronze sword formation, maybe he has some other purpose."
Ye Zhenfeng nodded and saw that in just a moment, a layer of thick white fog had already risen on the dark lake. No wonder this place was called Guwu Lake.
Xu Laoliu, who was sleeping next to him, must have smelled the aroma of grilled fish and got up. Seeing him gasping for air and looking horrified, Xiao Xie joked: "What are you doing? What the hell?"
Xu Laoliu turned to look at Ye Zhenfeng and Xiao Xie, and then said in shock: "Thank God, thank God, I'm still alive, Master Ye, Master Xie, I really saw a ghost! It's at the bottom of the lake!"
Ye Zhenfeng turned to look at Xu Laoliu. He looked frightened, and it didn't look like he was lying.
Xu Laoliu swallowed hard, then pulled off the water plants stuck to the back of his hand, and said to the two of them: "Before I passed out, Mr. Ye's luminous stone sank into the water. I used the brightness of the luminous stone to I saw countless white skeletons densely packed at the bottom of the lake. Those skeletons swam toward me with their claws and teeth, and one of them even grabbed my ankle. Fortunately, Mr. Ye rescued me in time."
Ye Zhenfeng said: "Lao Liu, did you really see the white skeleton at the bottom of the lake?"
Xu Laoliu nodded vigorously: "Yes, and there are still a lot of them! Mr. Ye, do you think if we stay by the lake, will there be any... dangers?"
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Ye Zhenfeng said: "Probably not. Even if there are any resentful spirits, they are sealed in this ancient fog lake. As long as we don't approach the lake at night, there will be no danger."
Xu Laoliu felt scared and said tremblingly: "Ye... Mr. Ye, do you mean we have to go into the water tomorrow?"
Xiao Xie smiled and said: "Lao Liu, you don't need to go down with us. You can leave as soon as dawn tomorrow. Anyway, you have already got a hundred gold coins, right? Why risk your life here?"
Xu Laoliu decided that Xiao Xie thought it made sense, but then he thought about it. They were only one step away from the legendary tomb of King Qi Xi. There were countless treasures hidden in Qi Xi's tomb. He just took it out and exchanged it for money. Which one is not more than a hundred gold coins?
He really would rather die than be poor. Xu Laoliu has been afraid of poverty all his life. The opportunity to get rich overnight is right in front of him. Even if he risks his life, he will give it a try.
He walked towards the fire with a smile, then looked at Ye Zhenfeng and Xiao Xie and said: "Young Master Ye, Xie Ye, I, Xu Laoliu, have never seen any strange things. With you two here, I won't be afraid of those lonely ghosts." Here! I will accompany you to the grave tomorrow!"
Ye Zhenfeng smiled, knowing what Xu Laoliu was thinking, and then said: "Lao Liu, this tomb of King Qi Xiang is extremely dangerous. Xiaoxie is right. You don't know martial arts. If you go down to the tomb, if you encounter danger, we may not be able to do it." We can take care of you. There is no need for you to risk your life for the property in the tomb. You’d better not go down with us tomorrow morning.”
When Xu Laoliu saw that Ye Zhenfeng was unwilling to take him down, he thought to himself that these two people just wanted to deceive me and did not want to share the treasures in the cemetery with me. However, they both knew martial arts and magic, but I knew nothing. It's really not safe to go down to the bottom of the lake.
He smiled and said: "Young Master Ye, Master Xie, I know you are thinking about my safety. In this case, I will stay on the lake and wait for you two to come back. When you get the treasure, just share it with me!"
Ye Zhenfeng said: "Lao Liu, we are not looking for the tomb of King Qi Xiang to get the treasure in the tomb."
Xu Laoliu didn't understand and said: "Why did you go to the tomb with so much hardship and danger, if not for the treasure in the tomb?"
Ye Zhenfeng said: "It is said that King Qi Zhen lived for more than three hundred years. He searched for a way to live forever all his life. Before he died, his team of witch doctors used the ghost doctor's nine-death reincarnation acupuncture to seal his acupuncture points. He hopes that in the future After finding the elixir of life and then resurrecting him, what I’m looking for is the ghost doctor’s nine-death reincarnation acupuncture.”
The more Xu Laoliu listened, the more evil he felt, so he said: "Immortality? Mr. Ye, do you also want to be immortal?"
Ye Zhenfeng said: "It's not me, but a friend of mine. Her life is in danger now, and we can't find a way to save her, so we want to use the ghost doctor's nine-death reincarnation needle to put her into sleep. We will wait until we find it in the future." Get the medicine that can save her and revive her."
Xu Laoliu said: "So King Qi Zhi is not dead yet? He is just sleeping in the tomb, waiting for one day to be resurrected and extend his life?"
Ye Zhenfeng said: "I don't know if he is still alive, but when we get to his tomb, we should be able to know whether he is still alive."
Xu Laoliu stretched out his hand and scratched his head and said: "Mr. Ye, it's really amazing to hear you say that! Master Xie, can you eat the fish you grilled? I'm so hungry that my stomach is growling!"
Ye Zhenfeng and Xiao Xie looked at each other and smiled. Xiao Xie handed a grilled fish to Xu Laoliu. Xu Laoliu took it and ate it happily, without any disdain that these fish were caught from the lake.
The night was cool, and although Ye Zhenfeng believed that the things in the lake would not leave Guwu Lake, for safety reasons, he sprinkled some cinnabar powder in the area where they rested, and then burned a yellow talisman.
