Chapter Seventeen: The Fight in the Sky

  What I told you about the origin of the demon king is true, as for whether it's true or not, brother, you'll know if you go to Nanning yourself!

  The mountain we see is where the tomb of the demon king is located. I'm also here for the first time, because all the Dou I've overturned are underground, and the things on this mountain are indeed my first experience, so now we have one more person, one more safety. Brother, you look, as he raised his hand to point, my gaze followed the direction of his finger, it was a cave in the rocky wall of the mountain, I don't know what he means, silent and puzzled! "Brother, have you seen anything inside the cave?"

  Something? I did see something in the cave, but the light inside and outside was different. It was dark inside and bright outside. I thought my eyesight was definitely air force standard, but I could only see some black objects with corners and edges.

  "You're smiling at those coffins, slave coffins, all of which are the burial objects of the demon king."

  What a grand scene! I carefully measured this place, and there are at least over a thousand caves of all sizes. If each cave was for one person, what a grand scene it would be! My whole body couldn't help but tremble as I said: "With so many cave entrances, which one is the lair of that demon king? Moreover, we don't have wings, and climbing two or three caves will exhaust us!"

  "Ah!" Oil Water Belly waved his hand and said, "These are all just some slaves. The Demon King, that old ghost, would never expose himself like this. There are over a thousand caves here, and one of them is the path to the Demon King's coffin."

  "What is a hanging coffin?" I interrupted, asking Oil Water Belly.

  "It's simply a coffin placed on a stone wall. In the past, our southern ethnic minority people practiced cave burials because wars between ethnic groups were frequent, and they wanted to ensure that their ancestors would not be disturbed after death. So, they placed their coffins on steep cliffs, where no one could reach unless they had wings. The cave burials in Guangxi are different from those in other places, such as Xiangxi, Fujian, where there are many mountains and rivers, and people can find a spot near the water to place the coffin. But Guangxi is a land of steep cliffs, and it's impossible for humans to carry a heavy coffin weighing over 100 kilograms up the cliff. Even now, very few people have been able to uncover the secrets behind Guangxi's cave burials."

  It's also a very high place, and this coffin thing weighs at least 200-300 kilograms, even if one person doesn't have any load-bearing situation, climbing such a high mountain would still need to stop and catch their breath. You say ancient people didn't have mountaineering ropes, if they were carrying a coffin and stopped to rest, wouldn't it directly crush them from above? Unless they could really use internal force like in martial arts! "How are we going up, even if we go up, we won't be able to find the entrance of the demon king's tomb".

  Oil-water belly made a mysterious expression and said to me: "Brother Lu, there is still a group of people in front of us. As the saying goes, 'the previous generation plants trees, and the next generation enjoys the shade.' Don't worry, I've already asked Da Gui to sense the whereabouts of that group of people. Within seven days, Da Gui will be able to find out which cave entrance they entered."

  "You're so willing to entrust your life to someone else?" I said calmly.

  Cough... Coughing violently, he spat out water and pulled at his throat, coughing up phlegm on the ground. After a while, he stopped moving and said: "Brother, I think we can be good friends. Just listen to my speculation. At Er Long Zhai, I left a mind's eye, eavesdropping on your conversation with that old man. At the time, I was shocked in my heart, thinking you had leaked the news."

  "How did you hear that?!" What kind of skills does Oil Barrel have to be able to eavesdrop on my conversation! Oil Barrel doesn't know that I'm even more shocked than him right now, but it just didn't show on my face.

  After that, the oil drum patted my shoulder twice again, and a black, shiny thing about the size of a soybean fell from my shoulder. I picked it up from the ground and took a look, suddenly enlightened - a bug!

  Damn it, this guy actually dared to install a bug on me. My temples are bursting with anger.

  You Shui Du was also an old fox, resting until I changed my expression slightly and hurriedly smiled and said: "Lu brother, this matter is not right for me, I'm here to apologize to you".

  The oily face with a big belly stood upright and smiled at me with a horizontal piece of meat on his face.

  It's not the time to start infighting yet, and Oil Barrel must have known I wouldn't take action, so he brought out the bug. Oil Barrel is a very cunning and unpredictable person; several times when we had open or secret struggles, I almost lost. This guy is really not simple! Never mind, since he's already thought of it, might as well put on a smiling face. Thinking this, I took the bug in my hand and pinched it hard with my fingers, making a "crack" sound - the bug was clearly broken and couldn't be used anymore. Then, with a flick of my finger, the bug flew off somewhere. Oil Barrel tried to stop me but was glared at fiercely by me, then turned his head around with a pale face, muttering under his breath: "This is American goods!"

  Boss! Da Gui shouted loudly, and You Shui Du slowly got up and walked over. I saw Da Gui pointing to the cliff and whispering something to You Shui Du, who nodded and said a few words back to Da Gui before returning to me and saying: "Lu brother, Da Gui has found the real entrance!"

  "Oh? Where?" I asked.

  "Where?" He said, pointing with his finger.

  The cave here is not naturally formed, and it can be seen that there are signs of artificial excavation, very neat and smooth, not the wrinkles of natural years of grinding. The cave is layered on top of each other, and upon closer inspection, it is arranged in a stepped shape, with over 1,000 openings arranged in 81 layers. The place where the oil bottle points to is the seventh opening of the 18th layer. Is there anything special about this opening? It's just as ordinary as the other thousand or so openings here. If I didn't have the ability to track and navigate like a GPS device, I guarantee that an ordinary person like me would never be able to find it in their lifetime. But that opening is at least over 300 meters high, and this climbing rope is only 100 meters long, how can we reach it?

  He obviously already knew that this stuff was expensive, took out four black gloves from the equipment bag and handed one to me, then put on his own gloves while saying: "Lu brother, I'm telling you, this thing is more useful than a climbing rope. It's called gecko claws. With it on, you can climb walls and mountains like a gecko. I'm not kidding you, this is German goods, I spent a lot of money to get these four pairs of gloves. Nanotechnology, can bear heavy loads, just like me carrying two people."

  I was skeptical, but I learned to put on the gloves like a gecko's feet. The oil barrel walked to the side of the cliff and slowly moved up like Spider-Man in an American movie. After going up for five or six seconds, he turned his head and said: "Lu brother, do you know how powerful this gecko claw is? It can be said that technology changes fate, and gloves can climb mountains!" I ignored the oil barrel's joke and slowly walked to the cliff, stretched out my hands and feet, and slowly climbed up. The oil barrel didn't deceive me, this gecko claw was really amazing. As soon as it touched the surface of the stone, it would automatically absorb, stable and steady. When you want to leave, just tilt your wrist upwards slowly, and let air in, it's easy to climb mountains with this thing!

  I climbed up five or six meters, and after getting used to it, I flipped over from the top and jumped down, landing steadily. The oil bottle somehow came down too, clapping its hands on the ground in praise of my good skills. I patted the gravel stuck to my hand and said: "When shall we set off"?

  "Look at the time," said You Shui Du, glancing at his watch. "It's still too early. We'll go in tonight. It's only just past two o'clock now."

  "It's inconvenient to go in at night." I said indifferently.

  "Ah!" Oil Water Belly slapped his belly and said: "This is the rule of our ancestors, white sky does not overturn Dou, Dou does not white sky. You may think we are all some hoodlums and vagrants, but among the 360 trades, each has its rules. The rules left by our ancestors cannot be broken. Brother Lu really can't do it, let's play thirteen cards to relieve boredom, I'll pay." He took out a dozen or so red Mao notes from his pocket. I thanked Oil Water Belly and found a place to sit down and stare blankly, Oil Water Belly shook his head and yelled for Da Fu Da Gui to come over and play cards to relieve boredom.

  Until more than seven o'clock in the evening, You Shuiguo asked me to prepare for departure. After seven o'clock in winter, it was already completely dark, and the high mountains in front of us were like a huge cloth blocking our way without turning on the headlights. The cold wind blowing into these caves made a "whooshing" sound, making my whole body feel cool, a kind of chill that penetrated deep into my heart!

  I picked up the equipment bag with gecko claws, opened the wolf eye flashlight and slowly walked towards the oil drum. The several people in the oil drum had already prepared, Da Gui's injuries on his body had almost recovered, at least his face had regained its rosy complexion, so the thing on the back of the oil drum became Da Gui's burden.

  Let's go! The oil drum facing us let out a soft sigh, then the group of people, led by Da Gui, began to climb the mountain in a flurry of activity.