Chapter 54: The Truth of Song's Tomb

  "It's so dark here, can't see anything." Ah Mei complained.

  "Are you guys going to shine a bit? Satisfy yourselves before you die, haha!" Suddenly heard an eerie laughter.

  A faint, eerie glow emanated from the source of the sound ahead, illuminating a massive pile of corpses stacked like a mountain. The stench of rot wafted through the air as a large amount of murky water flowed out and collected into a pool.

  "Someone's here again, and that monk is really good, every time someone comes he introduces me to the fifth floor." The voice sounded again.

  "You must be the big devil that Monk Fenger and others have been talking about?" I stepped forward, asking fearlessly.

  "Ran Deng and the monk, this name has not been heard for a thousand years." The voice was gritted with anger, as if it would tear Ran Deng and the monk apart in an instant.

  "Both the man and the monk are dead, do you still hate him?"

  "Dead? Haha, you've all been deceived! You think the skeleton on the third floor is the Lantern? That's his disciple! I didn't expect his obsession after death to be so deep, and he even wants to help me out, what a great disciple this stinky bald donkey has!"

  "I clearly found a bone stick with a carved lamp and hand of a monk in the upper chamber, is that fake too?"

  "That stinky bald donkey is really clever, it's wonderful! The merits of a thousand years are enjoyed by one person, and even the apprentice can be killed, surpassing the evil spirits! With every word, the merits are complete, but in fact, only he himself is complete. The entire grave was made into his wedding dress, killing people and looting treasures, truly a demon Buddha." The voice was heart-wrenching.

  "It turns out I've become a great ghost for all eternity, what joy, what joy."

  "Then who are you?"

  "I am the master of this tomb."

  The sound stopped abruptly, and a black-haired zombie crawled out of the pile of corpses. Its entire body was covered in long, messy black hair, and its mouth continuously emitted green gas that corroded everything around it.

  Black-haired zombie? I've heard Mao Shi say it before. Zombies are divided into purple, white, green, hairy, flying, wandering, and unchanging bones. Among them, the black-haired zombie is called a hairy zombie. The hairy zombie's body grows black hair, the corpse energy changes from green to dark, forming a black killing energy, equivalent to the protective layer of the corpse. Hairy zombies are also known as black zombies, famous for their copper skin and iron bones. The higher the cultivation, the more solid the body is. High-level hairy zombies, even if they are Daoist treasures, cannot hurt them at all. They move quickly, jump on houses and trees, and leap like flying. At first, they are not afraid of ordinary fire, and even not afraid of sunlight. Only a Daoist's magic can restrain them. And the zombies that Mao Shi and I encountered in Xiangxi before were generally white or green. White zombies: The blood in the corpse flows out, and the original corpse energy is born. The corpse appears white. White-haired zombies move slowly and are easy to deal with. They are extremely afraid of sunlight, fire, water, chickens, dogs, and people. Green zombies: The corpse energy emitted by the corpse and the hair on the zombie's body changes from pale white to dark green. Compared to white-haired zombies, they jump very fast, not afraid of people, not afraid of domestic animals, only afraid of sunlight. This is what Mao Shi told me about the types of zombies in Xiangxi.

  This black-haired zombie has been around for over a thousand years, its Tao is absolutely not shallow.

  The black-haired zombie rushed towards us, but it was clear that its movements were slightly slow. Looking again, the black hair looked like it had grown moldy, and the goosebumps on my skin stood up. My heart, which should have been afraid, relaxed instead because I saw a white chain behind the black-haired zombie, slowly tightening, and it turned out that this guy was tied up here.

  "You're just a zombie, how dare you claim to be the master of this tomb!" I said with relief as I watched the black-haired zombie being tied up.

  "Bald donkey, after all these years you actually found someone to humiliate me. Don't think I really can't break the seal, if you provoke me, everyone will die." The black-haired zombie screamed with a torn heart.

  "You say you are the master of the tomb, how can you prove it?" I changed the subject, afraid that he would really break open the chain.

  "Since you are all going to die anyway, I'll tell you." The black-haired zombie said with a huff.

  "A thousand years ago, it was the prosperous era of the Northern Song Dynasty. Before I died, I was a tomb raider, and in my lifetime, I stole countless treasures. In my later years, I accidentally heard about a piece of news that there was a treasure in one of the imperial mausoleums in Kaifeng, the capital city of the Song Dynasty - an ice coffin called the Cold Mystic Ice Coffin. People said that this ice coffin was extraordinary, not only could it preserve a corpse for ten thousand years without rotting, but it could also make a living person immortal for ten thousand years.

  Upon hearing this news, I rushed to Kaifeng and found out where the ice coffin was located. I formed an alliance with some fellow tomb raiders and stole the ice coffin together. In the end, I used some tricks to get my hands on the ice coffin. At that time, I had already reached the age of 60, and I thought that from then on, I would retire and prepare for my own funeral.

  I didn't know if the ice coffin could really make me immortal, so I chose a place with good feng shui to build my tomb. This tree is the key to the good feng shui spot, and I divided the tomb into two parts on either side of the tree, with seven layers in total.

  I put all the treasures I had stolen throughout my life inside, and I placed my own ice coffin on the fourth layer, which is the one below. I put all the gold, silver, and jewels that I had obtained from tomb raiding on the seventh layer, thinking that if any other tomb raiders came, they would be distracted by these treasures and wouldn't find the more valuable ones below.

  The first layer has a seed of the Seven-Color Lotus, which I planted with my own hands in the rocky soil. The second layer has half of the Double Fish Jade Pendant, which people say can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck. It serves as the key to the tomb's entrance.

  The third layer originally had a pair of Night-Glowing Cups, which were worth a fortune, but I didn't know what their purpose was. Later, they were stolen by the monk Folan and his disciple.

  The fourth layer is where my ice coffin is located. The fifth layer has a piece of Heavenly Silk Purple Robe, which can deflect knives and guns, water and fire, and all kinds of poison. The sixth layer has a stone bed that can predict the future. And the seventh layer is just filled with worldly treasures like gold, silver, and jewels.

  However, one month after I was buried, the entrance to my tomb was opened by some tomb raiders. Among them was Folan, who brought his disciple down into the tomb. The treasure on the seventh layer was stolen by the ordinary tomb raiders, but Folan and his disciple were different - they saw through the hidden mechanisms of the tomb and entered the sixth layer, where the stone bed was located.

  Folan had a dream that he saw my ice coffin on the fourth layer, while his disciple dreamed that Folan killed him. They both harbored suspicions against each other as they went down to the lower layers. On the fifth layer, Folan obtained the Heavenly Silk Purple Robe and promised his disciple that he would give him the next treasure.

  When they reached the fourth layer, Folan was overjoyed to see my ice coffin and insisted on getting it, no matter what. He and his disciple had a disagreement, but in the end, they compromised - the disciple would get the next treasure, no matter what. Folan agreed, and together they opened the ice coffin.

  Who knew that I had just been placed inside? The yin energy of the entire tomb surged into me, and I transformed into an undead creature."

  The black-haired zombie continued speaking.

  "At that time, I scared the lamp and his apprentice half to death. However, my zombie cultivation was still low, and I hated the lamp's high Dao line. Using a cold iron lock, they sealed me in this fifth layer. Afterwards, they went down to the third layer, where the lamp had a greedy thought, killed his apprentice, took away the Nightlight Cup, and then separately went down to the second and first layers, finding nothing."

  Thinking of this, it's not strange that the seven-colored lotus of the first layer has not yet matured, while the double fish jade pendant of the second layer is hidden even deeper.

  "When the lamp was lit, he played another trick. He feared that his infamous name would be known to future generations, so he took the human oil from his apprentice's body and refined it into a human oil lamp, which he placed on the sixth floor. He also carved pictures on the stone table and stone bench, claiming that he had suppressed the great ghost of the ages. He even took away his apprentice's hand bones as evidence, thinking that he would leave a name for eternity. But little did he know that I have now become a hairy zombie with spiritual intelligence, and all this will be revealed to the world." The black-haired zombie burst out laughing at this point.

  "The seal that was placed on me long ago can no longer hold me back, I have been waiting, waiting for the person who can obtain the Pisces Jade Pendant, and unexpectedly, that person has finally appeared." The black-haired zombie said with a smile.

  I'm a bit puzzled, the jade pendant of the twin fish told me that ten years ago, there was a Taoist and a big ghost who came in with this, the Taoist died, and the big ghost was suppressed. Now the scene is from a thousand years ago, and the monk suppressed the zombie, but this version is also too inconsistent!

  It was then that he realized the black-haired zombie could break free from the seal, but it was already too late.

  The black-haired zombie has broken free from its cold iron chains and is rushing towards us.