Chapter 47: Mistakenly Entering the Song Tomb

  I remember that the water of Song Bridge had once turned red, and it was found to be due to pollution from an iron factory. But now the water of Song Bridge has become stagnant water, I secretly made up my mind to find out what's going on this time.

  To investigate the problem with the water, we must figure out what changes have occurred in the area through which the water flows. I remembered that there were school history materials in the school archives room, so I once again bothered Li Jian Tian and obtained his permission to enter the school history materials room.

  I spent a long time searching for materials and finally found information about Songqiao School. I originally thought this was just a rumor, but it turned out to be true. The school was actually built on top of a Song Dynasty tomb. Because someone had committed suicide at the school, they invited a Feng Shui master who, under his guidance, dug a hidden river on the main river to suppress the yin energy.

  But when I wanted to find information about Song Mu's tomb, there was no record at all.

  Think about why the living water became dead water. After checking the main river, the river water was not affected at all, which means the problem lies in the hidden river. I followed the waterway of the hidden river and didn't find any reason that could affect the river water.

  Looking back on everything, I always feel that something is not right. The hidden and disappeared things, the Song Mausoleum recorded in the school history is also unknown where it was built, so many things happened in the school, what is the purpose of those ghosts? My mind has been recalling the recent events that occurred in the school.

  From the beginning, a girl jumped off the building and killed herself, but after falling several floors, there was no blood at all. At the same time, the water in Song Bridge turned red, although the reason was found out, but now my understanding is different from before, science has been replaced by my current cognition, I believe that there must be a complex relationship between them; then to the female dormitory where four people collectively hanged themselves, each with a golden bell on their body, finally becoming zombies and harming people; later it was the big fire in the male dormitory, all the people in the dormitory died, that was the first time I directly encountered ghosts, although only a pair of evil eyes; and the last time was the corpse hanging from the big tree, the inside of the tree was full of blood, according to Mao Shi Jiu it was a placenta; and now the water in Song Bridge is dead, there must be a reason.

  Ah…… I've been thinking so hard that my head is about to split, there must be a connection between these cases, the ghostly object is linked one by one, how could I be so stupid, it must be very simple, my mind is struggling.

  "The water of Song Bridge, golden bells, great fire, banyan tree." I kept reciting these key words in my heart.

  "The water of Song Bridge is water, the golden bell is gold, the big fire is fire, and the banyan tree is wood." I excitedly patted my head.

  "Ah! The Five Elements! Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth." I exclaimed excitedly.

  Is this a formation? I previously heard Xie Yan say that the formation of the eye is complete, it must be said that the formation of the fire eye is complete. How silly am I! Now I finally understand, it's already very clear and obvious, I regret thinking about it.

  "We're still short of earth! I must tell Mao 19." I hurriedly wanted to leave and go inform Mao 19 to come over.

  Just as I was leaving, I suddenly saw something that seemed to be floating up from the water. Upon closer inspection, it was a person. Oh no! Someone is drowning! My first reaction was to rush and save them. I quickly took off my top and without any hesitation, jumped in.

  Song Bridge River was already dead, but it wasn't dirty, just a bit icy cold. Even on the hottest summer days, there was still a chill that made me shiver. I didn't think much and immediately swam towards the drowning direction.

  I was swimming to the middle of the river, when suddenly a hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed my foot. I couldn't move no matter how hard I tried. At first, I thought it was just water grass, but then I realized that there's no way water grass could be in stagnant water. So, I immediately judged that there must be a ghost entangling my feet. But in this situation, I didn't panic. I took a deep breath and dove down to see the true face of this ghost, however when I went underwater, the ghost vanished without a trace.

  I was perplexed and wondered when a surge of water came rushing in, with an overwhelming force that could not be resisted.

  A sudden surge of water came out of nowhere in the still water, there must be a problem! I'm on high alert.

  But the water was flowing too fast, I couldn't resist it at all, and my body flowed into the depths of the dark river along with the water, disappearing from Song Bridge's range.

  I was knocked unconscious by the massive impact of the water flow, and I don't know how long it took for the water to calm down slowly, leaving only a slow current. I floated on the river, unaware of anything.

  The stream carried me to a place surrounded by rocks and stopped, as if it were a cave. The stone wall inside the cave was dripping with water, which dripped onto my face with a pattering sound.

  Coughing, I woke up with a pale face, choking on water, spitting out a mouthful of water, and slowly got up, patting my tight chest to feel a bit better.

  Some looked around dazedly, the rock walls had grown a lot of moss, and on it were several large geckos, sticking out their tongues to look at me, as if it was a courtesy to new guests.

  I shook my head to try and wake up a bit, then started recalling why I ended up in this place. I remembered discovering the great secret of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, wanting to inform Mao Shi Jiu but seeing someone drowning, and being swept away by the current while trying to rescue him.

  I subconsciously touched the jade pendant on my neck, and fortunately, everything was there. I quickly got up and looked around at the surroundings, staring at the water dripping straight down from the stone wall above. A question arose in my mind: How did this water drip down?

  I knocked on the stone wall with my hand, and the sound echoed back several times louder, resonating in my head, another wave of tinnitus, hurriedly covering my ears, later found that even very small breathing sounds would echo into sharp and dull sounds from time to time, the atmosphere was eerie.

  I leaned my ear against the stone wall and heard the sound of running water. Was I now under the Dark River?

  The first reaction was Song Mu.

  Above the tomb, the waterway must be wet with the stone wall of the tomb. It's normal to have a sound of running water here, but I don't understand why I'm in the tomb now instead of underwater. Is there a special passage from the bottom of the water to the tomb? I walked towards the place with light and found a large hole at the front end of the stone wall. The top is very deep, but I can hear the sound of running water. Why doesn't the water flow into the hole? This is a bit unusual.

  "Yes, it's speed." I muttered to myself.

  When the speed of the water flow reached a certain level, it could easily pass through the large hole. I suddenly realized that this must be an ancient tomb thief's tunnel, and I didn't know what was going on before I followed the water flow into the tunnel.

  At this moment, I still have a question in my mind. Why is there water flowing? Isn't the underground river already stagnant? But here in the tomb chamber, there's actually water flowing again. Now I recall when I dived into the water to rescue someone, something eerie wrapped around my foot. Thinking back now, that so-called drowning person must have been a ghost too. At this moment, I only think of one thing - what brought me here? As for the water flow, it must be controlled by someone. Who is it? My heart already has an answer: a malevolent spirit!

  The mastermind behind the school, everything was manipulated by him. Now that I have cracked the five-element array, he must be trying to kill me. Fortunately, good people are blessed with heavenly luck, and the tomb's hidden passage saved my life.

  Now going out will definitely be washed away by the big water, can't take such a big risk. I thought about following the tomb passage to see if I could find an exit.

  There was only a little light on this side, and the inside of the tomb passage was pitch black. Who knows if something would suddenly pop out. With a nervous heart, I felt my way along the stone wall of the tomb passage, and after walking for less than a minute, I turned another corner, and in front of me was a stone gate.

  I touched the stone gate, and found a handful of damp soil, which must have been accumulated over the years, emitting a foul smell. Originally it was already pitch black, but now it's even more miserable for my nose, what a suffering!

  Oh no! I had no idea how to open this stone gate, and now it's invisible. In frustration, I kicked the nearby stone wall with one foot, unexpectedly producing an unusual effect. I heard the sound of the stone gate moving, and felt that it was slowly rising. The mud on the gate kept falling down, and I retreated several steps to avoid getting dirty.

  The stone gate was quiet, and I continued to walk towards it. Just as I stepped through the gate, suddenly everything in front of me lit up, and the surrounding stone walls brightened. Instinctively, I covered my eyes with my hand. After adapting to the light, I lowered my hand and saw that the stone walls were lined with oil lamps, which looked very ancient. The flames of the lamps seemed a bit dull, and when they burned, there was no smell of kerosene, but rather a smell similar to lard. People generally felt uncomfortable smelling it, and after thinking about it, I realized that the oil must have gone bad from being left out for too long.

  The bright light illuminated the entire tomb, allowing me to see it clearly. In the middle of the tomb, there was a stone bed, in front of which stood a stone table, with two stone chairs on either side. I walked closer to take a look and saw that the stone table had a carving of a picture on it, depicting an evil spirit being subdued by a precious pagoda. The evil spirit looked extremely painful, and the detailed carvings made its face appear ferocious. I took one glance and was startled, feeling as if I had been transported into the scene itself.

  And on the chair, there were two Buddhist swastika patterns. This reminded me of the confrontation with the corpse ghost in the Buddha's treasure, when I also obtained a golden alms bowl, but unfortunately didn't keep it with me.

  Looking at this picture, I thought of a phrase: "The king covers the earth, the treasure pagoda suppresses the river monster." Is it that coincidental? Is that ghost actually the river monster being suppressed by the treasure pagoda?

  With doubts, I came to the stone bed again. Although there was no silt on the stone bed, it had a thick layer of ash. I blew away the dust with a few breaths and sat down to feel it. Who knew that after sitting down, I didn't want to get up? The surrounding lights were dim enough to make me sleepy immediately. I stretched my waist, leaned back, and fell asleep in a daze.

  Fell asleep unexpectedly and had a dream.

  In a world of red, surrounded by scorching lava, in the depths of the lava stood a lotus flower with seven petals, each petal a different color. Among the petals was a flesh doll smiling at me.

  A dream flashed by and I stood up with a start, all sleepiness gone.

  This stone bed must be strange, and the dream seems to have happened, still swirling in my mind.