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

At this moment, after closing the lid of the dark wood coffin, Blackback Six nailed it back on with wooden nails.

Seeing Wu Laogou's appearance, he was stunned for a moment, then walked over and said, "The demonic corpse in this coffin can bewitch people?"

Su Chen nodded and began to explain.

"This is called the Blue-Eyed Fox. Do you remember when I told you about the Fox Camp? Later, a tomb raider accidentally entered a Warring States period tomb and found records about the Fox Camp inside."

"The soldiers in the Fox Camp were originally normal people. It was only later that they turned into fox-faced people, and after they turned into fox-faced people, they gained the special ability to bewitch people. Anyone who sees their faces will have hallucinations. That's why the soldiers in the Fox Camp cover their faces with bronze masks all day long."

"If I'm not mistaken, these coffins contain the corpses of blue-eyed foxes."

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, everyone immediately thought of the stone figures arranged in two rows in the passageway.

Those stone figurines also had bronze masks covering their faces, with a fox face underneath.

They initially thought it was a symbolic gesture, like the chest-piercing figure unearthed at Sanxingdui.

But to my surprise, this wasn't just a symbol; it was actually carved from the very likeness of the Fox Camp soldiers!

Old Wu frowned and pondered for a moment, then quickly grasped the key point.

He asked, "Brother Su, you just said that the demonic corpses in these gloomy wooden coffins were originally normal people? How did they become like this?"

"That brings us to another story..."

Su Chen smiled faintly, pointed to the golden chest on the altar, and slowly began to tell a story about a jade tortoise.

"During the Warring States period, there was a tomb raider named Heng. Once, Heng found a fox carcass in a large tomb and a jade tortoise on the fox's neck. He sold the valuable treasures and took the worthless jade tortoise home with him."

"Thanks to that tomb raiding, Heng made a small fortune, got married, and built up a family business. Less than a year later, his wife gave birth to a big, healthy son. Heng felt that her life was fulfilling and gradually forgot about being a tomb raider. But who knew that as her son grew older, he looked more and more like the fox she had seen in the tomb, and fox fur began to grow on his body and face!"

"Heng was frantic and searched everywhere for a doctor to treat her son. Until she met a reclusive master who told her that if she wanted to save her son's life, she should put the jade tortoise back where she had taken it! Heng did as he said and put the jade tortoise back in the tomb, on the neck of the fox's corpse. Surprisingly, from then on, her son really did get better slowly, except that a tuft of fox fur appeared on his face that would never go away."

As Su Chen narrated, the Wu family members gradually became immersed in the story of the blue-eyed fox and the jade turtle.

Wu Jizong smacked his lips twice, and said with some regret, "So, the jade tortoise in the golden cabinet is actually a treasure?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Laogou's eyes lit up, but remembering the scene of more than a thousand coffins creaking in unison, he became obedient and dared not have any further thoughts.

Su Chen said, "It is indeed a treasure, but also a scourge."

"If I'm not mistaken, the so-called story of the blue-eyed fox and the jade turtle is mostly fabricated. However, it's not impossible that the jade turtle could make a normal person grow a fox face!"

In Su Chen's view, many of the so-called monsters in the world of tomb raiding are actually created by forces that have been pursuing immortality since tribal times.

To put it simply, the Queen Mother of the West's Corpse-Eating Pill can grant immortality, but it also comes with extremely strong side effects.

If the transformation fails, she will turn into the monster Forbidden Woman.

For example, the jade figurine that the Queen Mother of the West gave to King Mu of Zhou.

If you don't molt nine times before shedding your skin, you'll turn into a blood corpse!

There's also the King of Ten Thousand Slaves, who coexists with centipedes and is half-human, half-corpse...

Many monsters that resemble humans but are not human are inextricably linked to immortality.

"Brother Su, what do you mean?"

Wu Jizong was still in shock at seeing the fox's corpse and had not fully recovered.

After hearing Su Chen's words, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked for details.

Su Chen didn't hold back and shared his guesses in detail.

"This jade tortoise can slowly transform people into blue-eyed foxes, possessing the ability to bewitch them. That's why Xiao San'er had hallucinations just now. However, this tortoise is also a treasure among the thousands of demon corpses in the underground palace. Moving it lightly will cause these demon corpses to riot."

Wu Jizong's eyes lit up, but upon hearing the last sentence, he said helplessly, "So, there's still no way."

"Don't worry."

Su Chen smiled and pointed at the golden casket, saying, "This golden casket is actually a bronze artifact. I guess bronze has the function of restraining, or rather, preventing the jade turtle's energy from leaking out."

As he spoke, Su Chen looked at the backpack behind Wu Laogou containing several bronze masks.

Old Wu understood Su Chen's implied meaning and quickly told Old Dog Wu to bring out a bronze mask.

"Bend the mask and make a makeshift box to try it out! If it works, we'll take it and leave."

Without saying a word, Wu Laogou hurriedly took out a mask.

Then, together with his second brother, they used daggers to cut and then hammered and pounded it.

In no time, a temporary box was made.

The two weren't very skilled; the box wasn't pretty and was crooked, but at least it fit together perfectly.

Su Chen took the bronze box, went to the golden cabinet, took a deep breath, and said, "Let's begin!"

Black-backed Old Six nodded slightly, gripped the Guanshan knife in his hand, and stood protectively beside Su Chen.

The Wu family members also took out their weapons and looked warily at the somber wooden coffins.

Su Chen bent down and reached into the golden cabinet to grab something.

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the treasure Tortoise Seal! The clan-protecting treasure function has been successfully activated!]

As soon as Su Chen got his hands on the jade turtle, he heard a system notification.

But before he could think any further, the somber wooden coffin inside the underground palace began to thud.

The sounds gradually merged into a continuous stream, and became increasingly intense.

He quickly placed the jade turtle into the makeshift bronze box and then closed the lid.

moment!

The muffled thuds from the somber wooden coffins ceased, and all noise subsided.

"Brother Su, it really works!"

Old Wu's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go!"

Now everyone knows that this jade tortoise is the most powerful treasure in the underground palace, and fearing that something might go wrong, they urge each other to leave.

Su Chen nodded, wrapped the bronze box several times with a thin rope to make sure there would be no accidents, and then put it into his backpack.

Immediately afterwards, the group quickly passed through the forest of a thousand coffins and carefully retreated from the underground palace.

As he passed through the passageway, Wu Laogou also took the opportunity to remove all the bronze masks from the faces of the stone figures.

This time he learned his lesson and didn't dare look directly at the fox-faced stone figure behind the mask.

Instead, he half-closed his eyes and picked them one by one.

Seeing Su Chen looking over, Wu Laogou chuckled and said, "Even a small mosquito is still meat; we can't let it go."

Su Chen waved his hand and simply said, "Hurry up."

After Wu Laogou and his second brother removed all the bronze masks and packed them up.

The group then retraced their steps and returned to the ground.

Emerging from the water cave, I felt the long-awaited sunshine.

Su Chen couldn't help but feel as if he had been reborn!