Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

The two-clawed giant snake lowered its head, which had been raised high, and looked down at the kneeling people.

At this time, I saw two bumps on its head.

The two bumps look like flower buds about to bloom, with two pointed corners at the top.

This is the Jiao that is about to transform into a dragon!

After I came out of the tomb of the King of Bi State, I read many ancient books in search of the Baon snake and saw some descriptions of the Jiao.

Volume 13 of "Shuowen Jiezi" records: Jiao is a kind of dragon... Jiao comes as the leader and can lead fish to fly.

Volume 10 of Guangya records: The Jiao has a fish body and a snake tail, its skin has pearly spots, and it looks like a lizard but has a larger body.

"Classic of Mountains and Seas" records: Jiao is like a snake, a four-legged dragon, with a fish body and a snake tail.

According to ancient records, it is generally believed that the Jiaolong has a fish body, a snake tail and four claws.

I looked carefully at the huge body of the dragon.

Its upper body does resemble a fish, and its scales are much larger than snake scales.

Snake scales are small and compact, while fish scales are much larger and more obvious.

Its body begins to narrow in the middle, becoming more slender, like a snake's body.

I stood on tiptoe and tried to see the back of its body.

I want to see if there are still two hind paws.

call!

A fishy wind blew in my face.

The dragon's huge head suddenly pounced towards me.

Before I could react, its head, which was half the size of a person, stopped in front of me.

My heart was in my throat.

Can it see me?!

As if to tell me the answer, the dragon's huge vertical pupils stared at me.

Its pupils seemed inexplicably attractive.

I felt dizzy and then had a severe headache.

A large number of devastated scenes flashed through my mind like a movie.

Those scenes seemed to be the process of tribal war.

But I had a headache and couldn't concentrate on watching it, so I could only let those images flash through my mind quickly.

Headache!

My head hurts like it's going to explode.

I held my head in my hands and rolled around on the ground, even banging my head against the ground to try to relieve the pain in my head.

Bang!

A crisp bell rang.

The headache seems to have eased a little.

Dang rang rang!

The ringing sound was getting closer and clearer.

Then I heard chanting.

"The Supreme Star, constantly responding. Exorcising evil spirits and binding demons, protecting life and body. Wisdom is clear, mind is at peace. The three souls are eternal, the spirit is not lost. Hurry and obey the command!"

It was the chanting voice of Taoist Master Zhang.

As soon as the five words "Hurry up and obey the order" fell from my lips, I felt a shock throughout my body and my eyelids opened involuntarily.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the concerned look of Taoist Master Zhang.

"Old Zhang..."

"Don't talk. Your soul has just returned to your body. Take some time to calm down."

After saying this, he began to shake the spirit-calling bell rhythmically.

The crisp ringtone is very nice and refreshing.

I closed my eyes and rested for a while.

The headache and the stinging sensation from insect bites disappeared.

I feel like I'm reborn.

I casually touched my body.

The clothes are intact, there are no scars on the neck, but on the face... fuck!

What's that on my face!

When my fingers touched my face, I felt a cool metallic sensation.

The metal surface is still a bit rough and seems to be rusty.

I just peeled the stuff off my face.

Only then did I see clearly that the thing was actually the mask that the water monkey had worn before!

That monkey mask with horns on its head!

Why did the water monkey put the mask on my face?

When I used my left hand to support myself and try to stand up, I realized that I was not lying on the ground.

But in the coffin!

I was curled up in a coffin just now!

Beside him was a skeleton.

The skeleton is not big and it looks like a child's skeleton.

Could it be... this is Baoer's skull? !

I jumped up in panic.

He quickly jumped out of the coffin.

"Lao Zhang, why am I in a coffin?"

"And why is the mask the water monkey is wearing on my face too?!"

I have too many questions that I can't figure out.

I can only ask for help from Taoist Master Zhang.

Taoist Master Zhang pulled at his goatee, his eyes flickering as he said, "When I was led here, you were already in the coffin."

"And your soul left your body and was in a state of excessive yin. I used the soul-calling bell to cast the Heart Purification Mantra to lead your soul back to your body."

"The soul leaves the body? It seems like my soul left my body after being bitten by an insect, but that doesn't make sense. How come I don't have any injuries now?" I murmured to myself in confusion.

"Did you hear the sound of the soul-calling flute?" asked Taoist Master Zhang.

I nodded quickly. "I've heard the sound of a flute, but I don't know if it's a soul-calling flute."

"The flute is made of bones. You can make sounds by holding and waving it. It was held by the water monkey. I saw that flute on the old man in Xiangxi before."

"That's the Soul-Guiding Flute, a magical instrument used by those who transcend the underworld. It can allow the souls of those with a constitution that transcends the underworld to leave their bodies and enter the underworld, and it can also guide the souls of the dead in the underworld back to the world of the living."

"Your soul is being guided out of your body by the soul-guiding flute, and you are entering a state of passing through the Yin."

"If your soul had returned to your body a little later, you would have suffered from hemiplegia and mental retardation at best, or even death at worst."

"Ah?!" I shuddered all over.

I am not afraid of death.

But compared to death, hemiplegia and mental retardation are more terrifying.

I can’t even imagine myself being paralyzed and mentally retarded.

Living like that would be worse than dying.

Taoist Master Zhang looked at me meaningfully and asked, "What did you see when you passed through the underworld?"

"I saw Bao'er. Many captives were brought to the altar and made to kneel. There were also more than a dozen people carrying a dragon!"

"By the way, I really want to see the memory fragments of that dragon."

"But my head hurt so much at the time that I couldn't remember what I saw at all."

I knocked my head hard.

But I still can't recall anything useful.

The images that flashed through my mind like a movie before have now become blurry and I can't recall the specific content at all.

It’s like having a dream at night but not being able to remember the content of the dream after waking up.

Bang!

Taoist Priest Zhang rang the spirit-calling bell again: "I will guide you through your memories. Relax your whole body and clear your mind."

I closed my eyes and relaxed.

Amid the clanging of bells, Taoist Master Zhang chanted a spell softly, then stretched out his finger and touched my forehead.

There is a cooling sensation in the brain.

The scene that had flashed through my mind before appeared again.

Most of them are cruel scenes of tribal wars.

The final scene is in front of the altar in the cave.

After the captives were slaughtered, Jiao left with his people.

Not long after they left, someone crawled up from the pile of dead bodies.

It's a wizard wearing a monkey mask!

He dragged his injured thigh and danced with difficulty, performing the final sacrifice for the tribe.

After completing the sacrifice and taking off the mask, he carved on the back of the mask with a sharp stone.

After the carving was completed, he placed the mask on the throne very solemnly and then died in front of the throne.

The scene ends abruptly.

I opened my eyes and looked down at the monkey mask in my hand.

Turning the mask over, I could see traces of carving.

There are seven or eight simple lines engraved, with a circle in the middle of the lines.

At first glance it looks a bit like a map.

Could it be that the wizard carved... a treasure map?