Timeless Beauty

  After the stone coffin was opened, the exposed part was parallel to me, and I could see the whole situation inside. There were two children, a boy and a girl, with their eyes tightly closed, sleeping very peacefully. It seemed that they had just died not long ago, but the clothes they wore told me that they did not die in modern times, but in a very ancient era. This was strange, why didn't their faces change at all after dying for so long? There was no dryness or shrinkage due to lack of moisture. I thought that in ancient times, people would put a "dingyanzhu" (a bead that preserves one's appearance) in the mouth of the deceased to ensure the integrity of their facial features.

  That glasses had already gone up, took out a magnifying glass to look at them, and immediately inserted the chisel into the boy's mouth, prying hard. I thought it was bad, this kid is going to take someone else's Dingyan Pearl, with his prying method, the pearl came out, and this person would be ruined. After a while, the boy's mouth opened, and the glasses indeed took out a pearl from inside, shining it repeatedly with a flashlight, as if he didn't dare believe it was true. Next, he went to work on that girl again, this time even more violently, taking out the pearl at the same time, the girl's chin was also messed up. Seeing this, I felt some indignation, this glasses is completely disrespectful to the ancients, without any professional ethics.

  He put the two pearls into his pocket and finally revealed a smile, I saw that his big yellow teeth were somewhat nauseating, this kid didn't even brush his teeth, he would lose all his teeth sooner or later. Before I could finish thinking, the man bowed down again, putting his face close to the girl's face. I thought: isn't this too much? You dare to kiss a dead person? This is too disgusting! At least you should kiss before destroying her face. When he lifted his head, I saw that there was a thin, thread-like object in his mouth. He grasped the thread with his hand and slowly pulled it out of the girl's mouth.

  I remember when I was reading "Unspeakable", there was an article that mentioned that when a cultivator or a Taoist practitioner passes away, their body will produce a substance called "True Yuan Silk". This is the same principle as the Buddhist relic. When ordinary people absorb this substance, they will gain extraordinary strength beyond that of normal humans. If it is absorbed by someone who also practices Taoism, their cultivation will increase by tens of times. This substance is the ultimate treasure for achieving enlightenment and becoming an immortal.

  At first, I felt nauseous when I saw the glasses being pulled to one side and eating. Only then did I realize that he was absorbing other people's true yuan in order to become an immortal through cultivation. So the two people lying here are cultivators who have attained the Dao. At this time, the glasses had already begun to absorb the boy's true yuan threads, which looked more abundant than the girl's and were also much longer.

  I finally understand why this guy's teeth are yellow. He must expel the yang energy from his body to guide the true yuan silk out, so he often absorbs corpse energy, which has turned his teeth yellow.

  The two corpses that were still radiant with a red glow just now suddenly withered away under his insult, turning into two dry corpses in just a few seconds. Although I couldn't bear it in my heart, I was powerless to do anything about it. However, since he knows how to absorb the true yuan, he must also know the way of nurturing life, so he probably won't die young. Once I return to reality, I will definitely find him and make these two people account for their actions.

  With that done, the glasses seemed very satisfied. He slowly closed the stone coffin and put the wooden coffin on top of it, as if he had absorbed the true yuan silk, his strength increased by more than a dozen times, and he easily lifted it over his head. Next, he carved up the two stone statues into pieces, then took out a large cloth from his bag, wrapped up the broken stones, and carried them out of the tomb. There were many stones, and he couldn't move them all at once, so he went back and forth dozens of times, watching me almost fall asleep. After cleaning up, he pulled the two guardian beasts to where the stone statues had stood earlier, only then did he pat his hands contentedly, looked around to make sure all the work was done, before turning to leave.

  All of this reminds me of a comic book I read when I was younger, "Hell Teacher Nube". There's one story in it called "The Memories of Stones", which says that all objects have the ability to store memories, but unlike humans, they can't replay them. Only by using a medium to induce them can they recall their past experiences. Maybe everything I just saw were the memories of this stone coffin, and I'm the medium who summoned its past. Maybe it's resentful on behalf of its master, who was buried inside, feeling that even in death, they didn't deserve such an ending, so it let me see this tragic scene.

  Perhaps the mortal exists in the gap of time and space, unable to leave, so he wants to borrow the power of outsiders to help him take care of this pair of tomb people, but what he entrusts is not a person, everything is destroyed by him.

  "I know what you're thinking, when I get back I'll definitely find that guy and avenge your master."

  I speak to the air, I think it's letting me see these things, that's what needs my help. Maybe my imagination is too strong, but whether or not it's true, as a human being, seeing this scene, will make this promise.