Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

Jade turtle, fox-faced army...

In that critical moment, a brilliant idea flashed in Su Chen's mind!

He hurriedly shouted, "Grandpa, quickly put the jade turtle back!"

Old Wu was startled and quickly threw the jade tortoise into the golden cabinet.

To everyone's surprise, after the jade tortoise was put back, the somber wooden coffins around the altar gradually calmed down.

The underground palace was eerily quiet; Wu Laogou could even hear his own heartbeat and that of his second brother beside him.

Several minutes passed before Old Wu finally looked at Su Chen with a questioning gaze.

"It should be fine now, but try not to touch the jade turtle."

Su Chen offered an explanation, then, ignoring Wu Jizong's attempts to stop him, walked directly to the altar and stood before a somber wooden coffin.

"Brother Su, there are rice dumplings inside!"

Wu Jizong looked anxious and rushed over to stop him.

Su Chen shook his head and looked at Black-backed Old Six, saying, "Old Knife, get a crowbar!"

Without a word, Blackback Six faithfully carried out Su Chen's orders.

Old Wu asked, "Brother Su, are you going to open the coffin?"

Su Chen could ignore Wu Jizong, but he still showed considerable respect to Old Master Wu.

He thought for a moment and said, "Old man, I suspect that what's inside this coffin might not be a person!"

"not human?"

Upon hearing this, the Wu family members were all stunned.

Old Wu realized what was happening and muttered, "They've all turned into rice dumplings, they're definitely not human!"

As they were talking, Black-backed Old Six, under Su Chen's command, began to pry open the wooden nails on the coffin lid little by little.

Su Chen casually replied, "That's not what I meant. The creature inside wasn't human in its previous life!"

"What else could it be but a human?"

Wu Jizong scratched his head, somewhat confused.

Old Wu's expression changed, and he said in a serious tone, "Are you talking about a demon corpse?"

In the world of tomb raiding, if you were to ask what you fear most, zombies wouldn't even be number one.

Tomb raiders fear demon corpses the most!

Legend has it that when Cao Cao's general, the Tomb Raider, led his team of tomb raiders to excavate ancient tombs, they encountered many demonic corpses, resulting in heavy losses for the army.

Therefore, in order to distinguish whether what was inside the coffin was bone, a rice dumpling, or a demon corpse.

Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, a tomb raider named Zhang Yancheng invented a method to distinguish between them.

He led his troops to excavate ancient tombs, and before opening the coffins, he would pour cow blood on them.

If there is nothing unusual about the coffin, it proves that there is no problem inside the coffin.

However, if the coffin makes strange noises, it proves that the person inside has already turned into a corpse.

Zhang Yancheng would have his men drag the coffin out and leave it in the sun for three days until the rice dumplings inside had turned to ashes before opening the coffin!

The first two situations are relatively good, but the worst situation is the third one!

In other words, the cow's blood was poured on it, but it was absorbed by the coffin.

This is an even more ominous sign than a corpse turning into a zombie; the coffin may very well contain not a human, but a demonic corpse.

At this point, Zhang Yancheng would have his men seal the coffin with molten iron, leaving only a fist-sized hole in the lid, in preparation for later exploration. This type of coffin was called a "whistle coffin." The skill of retrieving treasures from a whistle coffin was called "treasure-finger digging," a unique technique of the Treasure-Digging General.

Even Zhang Yancheng only used it three times in his entire life.

Su Chen looked at Old Wu and nodded seriously.

"possible!"

It's a very simple reason: there are nearly a thousand coffins in the underground palace!

If the world inside were full of powerful monsters, then ancient humans would probably have been ruled by monsters long ago.

In fact, there are very few demon corpses in ancient tombs.

Even later, Wu Tianzhen or Zhang Qilin didn't encounter many demonic corpses.

As they were talking, Black-backed Old Six had already pried all the wooden nails off the coffin.

He turned to Su Chen and asked, "Should we open it or not?"

Su Chen shook his head and instructed, "Wait a moment. Close your eyes and open the coffin. Don't look at what's inside."

As he spoke, he took seventeen or eighteen steps back to make sure he was far enough away before calling out to the Wu family.

"Grandpa, you all come over here too, but don't get too close!"

Old Wu looked at Su Chen with suspicion, wondering what he was up to.

He walked over to Su Chen, pointed at the black-backed sixth brother, and asked, "Brother Dao, are you alright?"

Old Wu had heard countless rumors about demon corpses since he was a child, and had even seen people die in demon corpse tombs.

Strictly speaking, his brothers who perished in the Blood Corpse Tomb were also killed by the demonic corpses.

Therefore, seeing the black-backed Lao Liu inevitably caused some concern.

"No problem, I have a pretty good idea what's inside the coffin. Just close your eyes and you'll be fine."

Su Chen, full of confidence, waved to the black-backed sixth brother standing in the distance beside the gloomy wooden coffin.

"Old Dao, remember to close your eyes. Don't open them unless I tell you to!"

"Okay, I understand!"

Black-backed Old Six replied in a gruff voice, unconditionally carrying out Su Chen's orders.

Su Chen nodded, and, fearing it might not be safe, casually gave a word of advice to the Wu family members beside him.

"When the coffin is opened, try not to look directly at what's inside; use the corner of your eye to see it."

"Don't worry, Brother Su, I'll remember."

Old Wu replied with a smile, already eager to see the legendary demon corpse.

Su Chen nodded, then looked up and said, "Old Dao, close your eyes and slowly move the coffin lid open."

Upon hearing this, Blackback Old Six did as Su Chen instructed.

The next second, the lid of the dark wooden coffin was slowly moved aside.

This type of petrified wood is very heavy, second only to black ironwood.

Even someone like Black-Backed Six, a swordsman who has practiced martial arts since childhood, might not be able to lift the coffin lid if it were someone else.

As the dark wooden coffin was moved, everyone finally saw what was inside.

Inside the coffin lay a complete male corpse.

The male corpse was wearing a dark-colored, curved-hem robe, and his height was estimated to be about the same as that of Blackback Six.

But to the Wu family's great surprise, the male corpse's head turned out to be that of a fox.

"A fox corpse?!"

Old Wu's eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

He had heard of demon corpses and even seen blood corpses, but this was the first time he had ever seen a real fox corpse.

Hearing Old Wu's startled cry, Black-backed Sixth Brother's eyelids twitched slightly. Fortunately, he remembered Su Chen's instructions and managed to suppress his curiosity.

Su Chen confirmed his guess and breathed a slight sigh of relief. He then said to the black-backed old man in the distance, "Alright, put the coffin lid back, and you can open your eyes."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Wu Laogou, standing beside him, suddenly turned red in the face and lunged at his second brother, shouting as he did so.

I'll kill you!!!

Wu Jizong was startled by what he saw and quickly pulled the two apart.

Seeing that Wu Laogou was still not awake, he slapped him twice more.

Old Wu groggily opened his eyes and saw everyone staring at him with serious expressions. He couldn't help but rub his throbbing cheeks and said aggrievedly, "Dad, why did you hit me again?"

What were you doing just now?

"I wasn't doing anything, I was just looking at the fox corpse!"

Seeing this, Su Chen couldn't help but smile inwardly and reminded him, "Didn't you use your peripheral vision to look?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Laogou immediately felt a little embarrassed.

"I only looked at it directly for a short while, and nothing happened."

"Nothing happened? Your second brother was almost strangled to death by you just now!"

"what?"

Wu Laogou was taken aback. He turned around and saw his second brother rubbing his neck helplessly, saying casually, "Little San'er, can you be more reliable in the future?"