Chapter 29: Corpse Change

  A group of people stood staring at the contents of the stone coffin with their eyes wide open, their faces filled with incredulity. I walked up to the coffin and took a peek inside, where I saw that it was half-filled with a thick, black liquid that emitted a pungent, nose-curling stench. Amidst this liquid floated a bloated corpse, its skin gone, its entire body turned black, its facial features severely distorted and twisted. The eyeballs, which had not completely decomposed, hung out of their sockets, connected by a nerve that had not rotted away, floating on top of the black liquid. The belly was swollen to an enormous size, even bigger than Oil Barrel's belly. As I looked closer, I couldn't even tell if it was male or female. After watching for a while, my stomach churned and I started to feel nauseous, bending over to retch.

  "Youshui Du" muttered to himself, "Impossible, there's no other entrance here, this must be a Fengshui coffin."

  "No, I'm sure of it. The feeling won't deceive me. That group's scent is definitely stopping here, and I can still feel that they're right under our feet!" Da Gui said firmly.

  "This might be a 'dummy', no one has ever opened it, didn't you notice?" Da Fu interrupted.

  This time, I felt that the stomach cramps were not so severe. I really couldn't understand the jargon of the oil drum and stood up straight with a trembling voice, asking: "What do you mean by 'empty head'?"

  "Kongtou is a slang term in our grave-robbing circle, referring to coffins that have never been disturbed," You Shuiguo explained.

  "I understand what Oil Barrel means, and I turn to deny Da Fu: "No! Maybe someone has opened it before, but something here made him restore the original state. Have you noticed that on this road, the first batch of people in this ancient tomb did not leave any marks? Don't you think it's strange? Very few people wipe their ass while walking!"

  patted his belly

  "Ah, I didn't think of that, what a pig brain, can't turn the corner, Da Fu Da Gui copied the guy, clearing the water in the stone coffin!"

  "What's going to be done with this thing?" Da Gui asked, pointing at the corpse.

  "First, let's clear the water from the stone coffin. This dragon mother just made such a big commotion in the stone coffin, she must have been a ruthless character when she was alive, and then she was buried alive by that old devil, the king of demons. Her resentment is extremely heavy. Our ancestors said 'those who disturb the dead will be haunted by vengeful spirits', if we move her out, it's possible that she'll really come back to life. Lu brothers, take care of that crazy woman, don't let her run away while we're not paying attention!"

  The oil lamp reminded me, unknowingly, the rope tied to the madwoman had slipped out of my hands. I picked up the rope from the ground and grasped it tightly in my palm. Fortunately, this woman was still quite obedient, just standing behind me shaking her head and muttering crazy words to herself. If she accidentally ran to the stone coffin, who knows what kind of trouble she would stir up!

  As soon as the voice fell, the three people in the oil drum rummaged through their equipment bag again, and finally took out three rigid plastic packaging boxes containing beef jerky. Anyone who has eaten beef jerky will understand that this thing can hold at most 200 milliliters of water. This half-coffin-sized thick ** needs to be filled until when will it be clear!

  I caught their strange gaze, and they gave me a dry laugh. Then, they started scooping water out of the stone coffin one ladle at a time. The three of them rolled up their sleeves and worked with great enthusiasm. This tomb raiding business is really not something ordinary people can handle! Not to mention the eerie and terrifying atmosphere inside the ancient tomb, just like the movements of the oil lamp now, it's really not something ordinary people can handle! I couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for the three of them!

  After about twenty minutes, those gel-like thick substances were completely cleaned up by the three oil-water belly men. Oil-water belly sat on the ground with a thud, panting heavily and sweating profusely.

  I tried to suppress the nausea in my stomach, pulling on the rope to pull up the female lunatic, bypassing these disgusting thick black things, walking to the front of the coffin, and glancing inside at the still nauseating corpse, I don't know if it was an illusion or what but I actually saw the swollen belly of the corpse twitch.

  After the water was drained, the bottom of the stone coffin had many more infant limbs, with purple skin, none of which were rotten, tightly connected together. I carefully counted them, a total of 16 hands and 16 feet, adding up to 8 infant corpses that had decomposed in this black water. It seems that these thick... formed like this, making me feel nauseous at heart. Truly unexpected, the demon king's grand gesture, actually using so many living people as burial sacrifices!

  "It's terrible! The corpse is going to change!" Da Fu exclaimed loudly as he looked at the swollen corpse inside.

  As soon as this remark came out, You Shen's face turned pale with fright and he jumped up from the ground, exclaiming in a startled voice: "What's going on?"

  "We seem to have missed something, this is clearly the Nine Dragon Sons' demon-suppressing coffin, inside is the Dragon Mother, every 200 years giving birth to an infant in the stone coffin. The nine dragon sons were from 1800 years ago, and the Western Zhou dynasty was destroyed 2772 years ago. Logically speaking, there should be nine infant corpses inside, so why can only eight be seen?" Da Fu said.

  "What's going on?" I asked, feeling something was a bit off.

  "Ah! Brother, the Nine Dragon Son Town Demon Coffin is said to be a dragon mother with nine sons who suppress demons. The dragon mother is actually the corpse lying in the stone coffin. The selection of the dragon mother is very strict, and it must be a woman born in the year of the dragon, at noon, on a sunny day, with a dragon tail on her body, and she must have the aura of nine dragons. This kind of woman will be given a secret method at the age of 24 to conceive a dragon son. Then, her skin will be peeled off, her yin will be cut off, and her four limbs will be severed before being placed in the Nine Dragon Son Town Demon Coffin. Every two hundred years, this dragon mother will give birth to an infant from the stone coffin. Once all nine sons are formed, the demon-suppressing device will be complete. But I don't know what happened to this demon-suppressing coffin, and the ninth infant has not been born yet." said You Shui Gu.

  This is also too cruel, I couldn't help but take a cold breath.

  Behind the gas mask, Oil Barrel couldn't see the expression on my face, but just hearing me take a deep breath could see through my heart's sigh.

  "Brother, don't think this is cruel. In ancient Guangxi, being chosen as the Dragon Mother was an honor for women, who were revered by all people from a young age until now. Some remote towns in Guangxi still have giant stone carvings of the Dragon Mother. Every year on March 2nd of the solar calendar, they must slaughter chickens and cows to worship the Dragon Mother. One place I know, Luobo, is like this."

  "Not good! The little dumplings are about to come out!" Da Fu exclaimed!

  My gaze shifted to the stone coffin, and I saw that the swollen belly of the Dragon Mother was shaking violently. A small purple hand emerged from her abdomen, and the black fingernails were over 10 centimeters long. In the light reflected by the wolf's eyes, a purple glow shone into our eyes. Even corpses can give birth to children! My heart was greatly shocked.

  "Does your Soul-Devouring Mirror have any effect on this thing?" I asked You Shui.

  "Ah! Brother, the Soul-Devouring Mirror can only be used once a day. Just now it was used to subdue that old turtle, Dragon Mother. I didn't expect she still had an unborn child!" Oil Glutton complained to me.

  "Is there no way?" I asked everyone.

  "Got it!" said Da Fu. Except for the female lunatic behind me, our eyes all turned to Da Fu.

  "Take advantage of the fact that Xiao Zongzi hasn't come out yet, let's throw Longmu out of the stone coffin and find the hidden passage inside. You guys need to think carefully, this is equivalent to adding another danger, I don't dare guarantee what will happen if Longmu leaves the Town Demon Coffin," said Da Fu.

  The oil drum is in trouble and hesitates. The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge, but now it's already capsized before reaching the bridge, what else is there to consider?

  "It's now about encountering danger, rather than what happens later, that's more important"! I said to the oil drum.

  "Ah...my brother is right, who cares about that bird's rules." You Shui Tou said to us.

  With the consent of You Shui, Da Fu and Da Gui acted quickly, and in a short time, they directly threw out Long Mu from the stone coffin. The slippery corpse of Long Mu slid more than 20 meters on the damp ground of the tomb passage. Due to the intense movement, a baby suddenly appeared on Long Mu's abdomen, without facial features, with a purple body, long fingernails, and red hair all over its body, which was covered in sticky **, not to mention how disgusting it looked!

  "No good! This little dumpling is a Red Haired Dumpling, great fortune and wealth, quickly find the secret passage under the stone coffin, when this thing fully awakens, we'll all become the demon king's burial objects"! You Shui Gu shouted.

  The sound of the oil and water drum caught its attention, it slowly crawled out from the dragon mother's belly, with no rotten intestines flowing all over the place, and a umbilical cord still connected to its navel. It slowly turned towards us, its face without features suddenly staring straight at us. Seeing such a majestic sight, how could we dare hesitate? With one flip of the body, it entered the stone coffin to find the hidden passage inside!