Chapter 322

The one who picked up the Red Mohe was an old man.

His appearance was very strange: a black robe, black cloth wrapped around the top of his head, his complexion a greenish-gray, and covered in age spots.

Especially those eyes, also a sheet of gray-white.

The "Book of Physiognomy" once mentioned that a complexion without luster, permeated with white, is a great omen of misfortune, called the "Mourning Heavenly Net," and oneself or family members will surely have disasters.

And this old man's situation was even more serious.

This was a complexion only dead people had.

Not only that, even his body vaguely emitted a foul smell, and on his fingers covered in filth, there were many whitened wounds.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say this old man looked like a walking corpse.

Beside him stood several men, all wearing wax-dyed blue cloth vests, their hair braided and coiled on top of their heads.

They were all strong and sturdy, with various bone ornaments hanging from their wrists and necks, and belts made of five-colored ropes around their waists.

This attire was somewhat similar to the Tujia people, but with some differences; it was dressed according to the customs of the ancient Jiangxia Man.

Of course, this ancient ethnic group, the "Jiangxia Man," had disappeared long ago, and even this attire was not that accurate.

The origins of these people were very complex.

Most were Miao and Tujia people who harbored dissatisfaction with the Han people, gathering under the name of "Jiangxia Man" to form a secret society.

And the place where they gathered secretly on weekdays was this Old Old Man Wang's Tomb; often they just drank and complained, or disguised themselves to rob Han merchant caravans to vent their dissatisfaction and earn some silver.

Once guided by someone with ulterior motives, they started doing big things.

"Elder Elder Ge Lai."

One of the Miao men stared fixedly at the Red Mohe in the old man's hand and said in disbelief, "With this thing, can the Bai Hu Holy King reappear in the world?"

The old man nodded, looked at the thunder in the sky, and said in a hoarse voice, "The Bai Hu Holy King is envied by Heaven; once he appears in the world, he will surely suffer a thunder tribulation, which is why he sleeps in the Old Old Man Wang's Tomb."

"This is a Tang Dynasty national artifact; with it, the Bai Hu Holy King can escape his predicament!"

Several men looked at each other, their eyes full of excitement, and they bowed in unison, "We ask Elder Elder Ge Lai to perform the dharma and let the Holy King descend!"

The old man nodded, "There is no time to lose, let's take action immediately."

After saying that, he led everyone through the mountain forest.

Before them was a large open space; the overgrown weeds and vines had been cleared, and in front were mound after mound of earth, mostly covered with old trees and withered branches, with broken stone tablets collapsed on the ground, their inscriptions already mottled.

The Jiangxia Man had disappeared long ago, so naturally, no one offered sacrifices; among the withered trees and fallen leaves, one could even see grave-robbing holes.

Originally, it was just an ordinary area.

The Divine Land had an ancient history, and there were countless imperial tombs of past dynasties; one might happen upon one just by walking in the mountains.

However, with the Bai Hu evil energy permeating, the atmosphere of this Old Old Man Wang's Tomb also became somewhat eerie, especially in the dark places of the withered trees, where there seemed to be a few shadows revealing pale faces.

Those were all grave robbers who had died here.

As the Bai Hu's fierce evil energy spilled out, they could also be seen by ordinary people.

And in the open space in front of the earth mounds, mud and filth were mixed together, and there was a huge pottery jar filled with human heads and severed limbs, soaking in bloody water.

Beside the pottery jar altar also stood several men with gloomy faces.

Seeing this, several Miao people felt a tremor in their hearts.

This "Elder Elder Ge Lai" was a treasure-seeker from Xiangxi, claiming to be of the "Exploring the Hidden" clan, having spent most of his life searching for the Bai Hu Holy King.

According to him, the Jiangxia Man originated from the Ba people, descendants of Lin Jun, and once had a peerless hero, Xu Sheng of the Wu Man, known as the "Bai Hu Holy King," who led his people to resist the Han people.

This "Bai Hu Holy King" slept in the deepest part of the Old Old Man Wang's Tomb, waiting for his descendants to awaken him.

And the process of "awakening" was also extremely brutal.

They not only killed the villagers in the surrounding stockades for sacrifice, but also performed daily blood sacrifices after going up the mountain; after being besieged by the Chan Buddhist sect and unable to go down the mountain, they began to slaughter their own people for sacrifice.

According to this Elder Elder Ge Lai, once the blood sacrifice began, it could not stop until the "Bai Hu Holy King" appeared in the world.

To be honest, the fear in these few people at this moment was greater than their joy.

They followed the rebellion because they wanted to get rich and live a good life, but before they had succeeded, most of their companions had already died.

The next one, it might be their turn.

But these people also dared not resist, not only because this Elder Elder Ge Lai could summon ghosts and gods and control zombies, but also because the several Tusi City experts standing in front of the altar were enough to manipulate them.

"Greetings, Elder Elder Ge Lai."

Several Tusi City experts bowed in unison upon seeing him.

Elder Elder Ge Lai looked at the earth mounds in front and asked in a deep voice, "How is it, still the same?"

"Even worse."

After one man said this, he immediately took a gourd ladle, scooped up a ladle of bloody water from the pottery jar, and splashed it violently toward the earth mounds.

A strange thing happened.

The blood splashing on the ground mixed with the mud and water immediately, but the blood that fell on the earth mounds seeped into the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was as if something was devouring it.

Elder Elder Ge Lai was about to speak when he suddenly felt a tremor in his heart and looked up violently toward the north.

Bai Hu evil energy permeated, and the entire mountain top was wrapped in thick fog.

But he could feel a force surging over, trying to disperse the Bai Hu evil energy, and the thick fog on the mountain also began to surge.

"Quick, open it, it's too late!"

At the old man's order, everyone stepped forward, scrambling to push aside the withered branches and fallen leaves, revealing a huge grave-robbing hole.

Around the hole, it was covered with coffin nails, and also intertwined with red ropes soaked in chicken blood, forming a grid, clearly guarding against something coming out.

Seeing this, everyone felt some fear in their eyes.

"A bunch of trash!"

Elder Elder Ge Lai was furious at the sight and stepped forward himself, pulling out all the coffin nails and red ropes, then lowered his body and crawled into the hole.

The few Jiangxia Man people poked their heads out, their eyes full of anticipation.

And the several experts from Tusi City exchanged glances and slowly retreated.

The cave was damp and dark, with many tree roots protruding; because it was a rainy day, rainwater seeped in, making it all muddy.

Although this cave was much larger than other grave-robbing holes, entering it, one could only crawl forward.

Soon, this Elder Elder Ge Lai became a mud monkey.

But he didn't care at all, holding the Red Mohe in his mouth, his eyes full of fanaticism, crawling downward along the passage.

Suddenly, his hand touched something.

Strangely, this Elder Elder Ge Lai's eyes were white, and he was like a blind man outside, but once he entered the cave, he emitted a faint green light, seeing everything around him clearly.

In his hand was a human head, its flesh already shriveled, and the skull gnawed to pieces. Elder Elder Ge Lai didn't care at all, threw the head aside, and continued to crawl down; the depth had already exceeded other Old Old Man Wang's tombs.

Clatter!

Accompanied by mud and gravel, he rolled to the ground all at once.

Before him was a huge tomb chamber, surrounded by blue stones, forming a square, while in the center was a circular stone platform.

Some tomb chambers emphasize the "Heaven is round, Earth is square" pattern, but this tomb chamber was the opposite: Heaven inside, Earth outside.

Not only that, the ground was also covered with a layer of black soil, emitting astonishing coldness, and even large patches of white frost could be seen in the soil layer.

Nine Yin Black Soil, Old Cat Crouching on the Ground.

This was precisely a legendary type of corpse-raising land.

Even more brutal was that the four directions of this tomb chamber—Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui—were all inlaid and polished with obsidian, making them look like mirrors.

This was a man-made "Four Yin Land," also a corpse-raising land.

Buried in such a place, even a Buddha would have to become a zombie!

Elder Elder Ge Lai was also coming down for the first time, so he couldn't care about looking around, but stared fixedly ahead, trembling all over, and covered his nose tightly.

On that circular stone platform sat a huge stone coffin, carved with a fierce tiger in the middle, and surrounded by all kinds of demons and monsters.

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The lid of the stone coffin had already shattered.

On that stone platform, piled with severed limbs, lay a monster; although it had a human shape, it was hairless, its skin pale and smooth, with blood-red nails, full of fangs, and a face as ferocious as a demon.

Sure enough, it hadn't taken shape yet!

The old man covered his mouth, not daring to reveal half a breath.

The "Bai Hu Holy King" was all a lie he made up to fool those big fools.

His real name was Elder Ge Lai Chong; although he also came from the Miao people of Xiangxi, he had long been mixing in the martial world, and to him, there was no difference between Miao and Han.

His true identity was a treasure-seeker of the "Exploring the Hidden" lineage, digging graves everywhere, searching for all kinds of longevity arts, cultivation methods, and heavenly treasures.

At the same time, he was recruited by Zhao Changsheng and joined the Ghost Sect.

This feng shui formation of the Four Symbols Disturbing the Earth Veins was arranged by Zhao Changsheng himself; Liu Niang lurked in Wuchang City, and he lured the Jiangxia Man to jointly assist Poliu Han Baling.

This matter was originally seamless, but he didn't expect Poliu Han Baling to directly turn against them, causing a flaw in the plan.

The person hidden in the underground palace was indeed a Tujia person, but he had nothing to do with the Jiangxia Man; he was a Miao stockade Tusi from the Song Dynasty, named Peng Sanli.

Although he was a Miao person, he was obsessed with the Taoist Mystic Sect.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, the Ghost Sect's power had already infiltrated the imperial court; the feng shui master Lai Buyi offended the powerful and resigned to go far away, but was pursued and killed halfway, luckily saved by this Tusi Peng Sanli.

During his recovery, Peng Sanli followed him around and learned many feng shui secret techniques; after Lai Buyi left, he stepped on the surrounding mountains and rivers and discovered this corpse-raising land under the Old Old Man Wang's Tomb.

Originally it was nothing, but this Tusi also encountered many difficulties from the Mystic Sect, and his lifespan was coming to an end, while his cultivation had not been achieved.

He was unwilling, and it just so happened that Zhao Changsheng, the Ghost Sect leader Zhang Huaisu of his previous life, tracked Lai Buyi's whereabouts here; with some luring, he made him practice the "Yin Corpse Longevity Method."

The "Yin Corpse Longevity Method" was the evil method practiced by the monster in the bronze coffin that Li Yan discovered in the Yangtze River in Zigui County.

That monster was precisely Luo Xing, a disciple of the Tongtian Three Ladies.

The "Yin Corpse Longevity Method" could transform into a demon corpse for longevity, and the cultivation methods also differed according to the Five Elements.

The one in Zigui County practiced the Water Method.

And this Peng Sanli practiced the Earth Method, and Zhao Changsheng also played tricks, integrating the Taoist "Great Yin Refining Form Technique" into it.

Zhao Changsheng lied to Peng Sanli, saying he could cultivate into an Earth Immortal, but at most he could cultivate into a Xiao Shixian, no different from a demon.

To put it bluntly, he was Zhao Changsheng's test subject.

This hairless thing in front of him was still far from a Xiao Shixian, but it had another resounding name: Undying Bone!

Its body was as hard as refined iron, its strength far exceeded that of an ordinary zombie, and its body was full of Yin evil energy, capable of using magic arts.

The feng shui grand formation of the Four Symbols Disturbing the Earth Veins had now failed; if he couldn't even do this thing in front of him, Zhao Changsheng would definitely not spare him.

Thinking of this, the old man Elder Ge Lai Chong held his breath tightly, took another white bead from his bosom, and threw it out.

Roar!

The Undying Bone smelled it, and immediately went crazy; its body flashed, and it jumped into the air, swallowing the white bead into its mouth.

Afterward, this Undying Bone's aura seemed to be suppressed, its body stiffened, and it fell straight to the ground.

The old man Elder Ge Lai Chong rushed out violently, took another copper talisman from his bosom, stuffed it into the Undying Bone's mouth, lit incense, and according to the secret method taught by Zhao Changsheng, shook the scripture banner, chanting words in his mouth.

Whoosh~

In the tomb, a Yin wind suddenly rose.

The ground became bone-chillingly cold, and then rolling black fog rose, constantly surging, vaguely forming the ferocious face of an old man, finally attaching itself to the Undying Bone.

Afterward, this Undying Bone's body began to tremble violently, its head swinging abnormally, sometimes letting out low roars, sometimes chanting strange incantations.

For a full half-stick of incense, the Undying Bone finally quieted down.

It opened its eyes violently and stood up straight; its blood-red eyes were no longer bloodthirsty and crazy as before, but carried a coldness that had seen through the vicissitudes of life.

"It" looked at its own hands with blood-red sharp claws, eyes full of doubt, and looked at the old man opposite.

The old man was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed:

"Subordinate Elder Ge Lai Chong, pays respects to Hall Master Huang!"

The returned person in front was precisely the original Ezhou Ghost Sect Hall Master, Huang Liushi.

Zhao Changsheng traveled everywhere; whether it was the Earth Immortal body of the Liu Gang couple or the Undying Bone zombie in front, they were all bodies he prepared for important figures in the sect!

Originally, this body hadn't taken shape and turned into a Xiao Shixian, but the failure of the Tongtian Three Ladies on the Night Lang Ancient Road made Zhao Changsheng send a letter immediately, asking them to awaken the body in advance to help Huang Liushi return to life.

Poliu Han Baling was just a target Zhao Changsheng was cultivating, but the one he truly trusted and relied on as an arm in Ezhou was only this famous Huang Liushi.

Now that manpower was urgently needed, even if the layout of the Four Symbols formation failed, Huang Liushi had to be successfully resurrected!

Although Huang Liushi was in a zombie body, his soul had returned to its place at this moment; after listening to the old man's account of the current situation, there was no surprise on his face, but he looked into the distance, his voice aged, muttering:

"Sect Leader, are you finally going to take action?"

Elder Ge Lai Chong didn't know what he meant, but didn't dare to ask more, hurriedly took the Red Mohe from his bosom, and handed it over respectfully, "My Lord, with your current body, you will surely be struck by lightning after going out, please take this item."

"Also, the Chan Buddhist monks have already surrounded the Old Old Man Wang's Tomb, we must break out and leave immediately!"

Rumble!

The sky was thundering, and the rain was continuous.

It was already approaching dusk, and the sky was covered with dark clouds, even dimmer.

Below the Old Old Man Wang's Tomb, several old monks looked at the sky.

The cloud energy surging from the Turtle and Snake Mountains was about to disperse the Bai Hu evil energy, and the thick fog in the distance was also gradually fading.

An old monk pinched a dharma seal, his eyes flashing with essence.

"Over there!"

The Bai Hu evil energy dispersed, and his supernatural powers were no longer affected.

And behind them, the garrison army was already in position, and there were more than a dozen Frankish cannons set up.

"Fire!"

Following his pointing, the garrison commander gave the order immediately.

Boom boom boom!

In an instant, the cannons roared, mud splashed on the opposite mountain top, and the trees and the tents hidden among them were instantly torn to shreds...

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