Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

When he heard about the reservoir, Taoist Zhang grabbed his goatee again.

“Miaowan Reservoir is not a good place!”

Construction of Miaowan Reservoir began in 69.

5000 people were drawn from seven communes to participate in the construction, and it was completed and put into use in 72.

During the three years of construction, several strange incidents occurred at the construction site.

After the reservoir was built, about ten people were drowned every year.

The villagers nearby all said that there were water ghosts in the reservoir.

Those who drowned were captured by water ghosts and used as scapegoats.

Therefore, nearby villagers do not go to the reservoir, and they strictly prohibit their children from playing near the reservoir.

"I was also selected to participate in the reservoir construction."

"That place was originally where streams converged, forming a large pool."

"Before the reservoir was built, technicians took a boat to measure the water in the middle of the pond. They lowered a 20-meter rope down but still couldn't reach the bottom."

"My master said that the pool leads directly to an underground river in the cave, and many severed arms and legs have floated up from the bottom of the pool in the past."

"During the construction of the reservoir, I secretly observed it and also walked around to investigate the feng shui. I can confirm that the pool of water is the mouth of the cave."

Water mouth is a Feng Shui term.

Refers to the water inlet and outlet.

The ancients believed that water flow would affect qi, so there is a saying that "the yang qi follows the wind, and the yin qi follows the water."

Qi plays a big role in the good or bad feng shui.

Therefore, Feng Shui attaches great importance to water mouth.

The standard for a good water outlet is: the sky gate is open and the ground gate is closed.

Tianmen refers to the direction of incoming water, and Kai means it should be wide.

Dihu refers to the direction of water discharge, and bi means closed and covered.

When the incoming water is wide and the outgoing water is closed, it can form an energy gathering effect, thus achieving the best Feng Shui form of storing wind and gathering energy.

"Has the transformation of the pond into a reservoir affected the feng shui of the cave?"

Taoist Priest Zhang nodded vigorously and said worriedly, "The impact is huge."

"After the reservoir was built, the pool became even deeper and the water volume increased, which encouraged the growth of negative energy in the cave."

"Based on my observations over the past few years, the yin energy in the cave is even heavier than before the reservoir was built, and the evil things inside will become even more powerful as a result."

This is not good news.

I calmed myself down and remembered that the Seven-Star Nail and the Soul-Summoning Bell had not been taken out yet.

He quickly took out both things.

"Old Zhang, these are 7749 seven-star nails."

"And this summoning bell. There's something evil sealed inside. Be careful when you open the box."

Taoist Master Zhang first picked up the Seven-Star Nail and took a look at it.

The four-sided and golden seven-star nails made him nod with satisfaction.

"A fine magical weapon that has been refined through sacrifice."

"Let me see how the spirit bell works."

He opened the brocade box, pinched his fingers and chanted a spell, then tapped the spirit-calling bell.

Clang.

The spirit-calling bell made a crisp sound.

He did not retract his finger that was pointing at the spirit-calling bell, but instead closed his eyes and kept muttering.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and picked up the spirit-calling bell and held it in his hand.

"The Yinshan Sect's magical weapon."

"You are really capable, kid."

"With this Soul Summoning Bell in hand, its power is equivalent to that of a magic sword!"

This is a big surprise.

This is also the best news I have heard recently.

"As long as it's useful, can we go to the reservoir and gamble with these?"

"We must first take care of that guy from Xiangxi, then we can enter the cave safely."

Taoist Master Zhang nodded slightly.

"I had the same idea."

"If we don't deal with him, we'll be attacked from both sides sooner or later."

"And maybe we can learn more about the situation in the cave from him."

"Ah?" I was a little surprised.

But then I figured it out.

The man came all the way from Xiangxi, so he must know something about the situation in the cave.

"My master said that in the past, many witches and sorcerers from western Hunan came here, hoping to break into the cave and search for ancient witchcraft relics."

"But the vast majority of people never returned, and those who managed to escape were seriously injured."

"Master once went deep into a cave with a familiar Xiangxi wizard to investigate and discovered that the underground river held a great mystery."

"What's the secret?!" I asked nervously.

Taoist Priest Zhang stared at me and said slowly, "They sneaked into the underground river to investigate and found something unusual about the water source."

"Dive through the stone cave where the water comes from the underground river, and you will find a huge and closed mountain cave inside."

"There are murals, remains of sacrificed people, altars, and more in the caves of the mountain!"

According to the information we have, there is indeed an altar in the cave.

And it is an altar for worshiping Black Tai Sui!

I excitedly grabbed Taoist Master Zhang's arm and asked, "Did your master see any snakes there?"

"It's the Baon snake I told you about last time!"

Taoist Master Zhang shook his head.

"Master didn't say that. He just said that the cave was very evil and that they were worshipping an ancient evil god."

"He and his wizard friend originally wanted to destroy the altar, but an accident happened. Master didn't tell me the details of the accident."

"But the wizard died in there, and my master luckily managed to come back alive."

"The Baon snake you mentioned last time... I also told you that it's a Ba snake. The word in the middle has a different meaning."

My mood suddenly hit rock bottom.

If you can't find the Baon snake, you can't go back to lift the curse!

"What does the word in the middle mean?"

Taoist Priest Zhang looked troubled and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm not entirely sure, but that character should be the title of the evil god in the cave."

"My understanding of the meaning of Baong Snake is that after the evil god tamed the Bashen, he stamped his own title into the Bashen's name."

"Just like in the past, after a woman got married, she would be called Zhang Wangshi, Zhang Lishi, and so on."

"Ang represents the evil god, and Bashe is subordinate to the evil god. According to modern language, it should be pronounced as Ang Bashe."

This explanation makes sense.

But it's not very useful for me.

No matter what it is called, the key is to find the snake.

The question ultimately comes back to the starting point: should we go to the reservoir?

Just as I was about to mention going to the reservoir again, there was a hurried knock on the door.

dong dong dong.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, are you there?"

"Are all the people in your village crazy?"

"Run to the ravine across from the reservoir and dig up graves!"

The shouting was very anxious.

The content shocked me and Taoist Master Zhang.

Han Gaotian took people to dig graves?

What is this about?

and many more!

It suddenly occurred to me that when I first went to look for Cui Hao and the others, I didn’t seem to see the overturned coffin on the road!

The coffin that was supposed to be lying on the road is gone!

When Taoist Master Zhang got up to open the gate, I called Wu Gengsheng and Cui Hao to ask them.

"Recall, did you two see Baoer's coffin just now?"

"That coffin from last night? Isn't it right on the road..."

Cui Hao got stuck in the middle of his speech.

He frowned and recalled carefully before shaking his head: "I really don't think I saw it."

"The coffin was on the road last night. Could it have been taken away?"

"But I didn't hear any noise of the coffin being carried."

Wu Gengsheng's face turned pale, and he was shaking with fear. "I, I didn't see the coffin when I went there."

This is strange!

How could the coffin and the corpse disappear?