Chapter 75: The Python Spirit Appears
The two of them pushed open the stone door and walked in. The space inside was spacious and there was no feeling of being stuffy. There was no dust on the ground and the walls, and there were no signs of insects and rats crawling, as if someone had cleaned it.
After walking a few steps, a large stone hall appeared in front of him. In the middle of the stone hall was a statue of Emperor Xuanwu, which was more than 2 feet high. He was wearing golden helmet and golden armor, with five-colored spirit turtles, his eyes were like lightning, and he stood with a sword, and his body was shining with golden light. He was really majestic, with two generals of turtle and snake standing beside him. When they stepped forward, they saw that the statue was made of pure gold. There was a couplet made of pure gold on each side, which read: The incarnation of the Golden Palace, the Demon Heavenly Lord. The nine heavens were cruising and the four seas rose. It was the inscription engraved on the front of the Shenxingzhao jade pendant.
There was a pattern of the Big Dipper on the left wall, and the seven stars emitted a hazy and soft cold light. When the two saw it, they were actually made of seven night pearls the size of eggs. Lan Yuegui was a Duke and knew that one night pearl of this size was worth millions, and the most rare thing was that the seven were exactly the same size.
On the right wall, there is only a simple stone carving figure. The man in the painting is carrying a bag, holding a wooden stick, and walking straw sandals. He looks in the distance, and is bright and engraved. He seems to be traveling far away. The first one is engraved with the words "Master Mo Di", and one side is engraved with "Promoting the benefits of the world and eliminating the harm of the world". The signature is actually "Respectful to the disciple Gu Kaizhi". Gu Kaizhi is a noble painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is famous all over the world for his silk paintings "The Goddess of the Luo River" and "The Master of the Female Master's Instructions". Unexpectedly, he is also a member of the Mo Sect. Gu Kaizhi was originally from Wuxi, so this seemingly simple stone carving is very likely to be the original work of Gu Kaizhi, and its value is of course far above the seven night pearls. It is really worth a lot.
There are several large stone rooms on the left and right sides of the stone hall, three on the left and four on the right, and the two of them first came to the first room on the left.
When they pushed open the stone door, dozens of silver ingots of fists rolled out and blocked the stone door. When the two saw that the house was filled with silver ingots, silver ingots, and silver blocks of large and small. Perhaps because of too many, they were just piled up together in scattered ways, blocking the front, back, left and right walls, and pressing to the top of the stone chamber. There was no wall at all, but white silver, and I don’t know how many. Lan Yue picked up the ingots on the ground, with the words "Tianyou Tongbao" on it. Zhang Shicheng established the King of Wu, and the year name of the Great Zhou Dynasty was "Tianyou". From this, it was concluded that this treasure was indeed hidden by Zhang Shicheng.
The two threw the silver that had fallen outside the door back to the stone room, closed the stone door, and came to the second stone house.
When I opened the stone door, the fire shone with golden light. The house was full of square gold bricks and gold bars. Although it was not as large as the silver ingots in the first room, and were all over the mountains and fields, which were neatly stacked, which was obvious at a glance, but it was also amazing in quantity, filled most of the stone chamber, and from the perspective of value, it was several times the silver ounces in the first stone chamber.
The two opened the third stone house again, and dozens of large boxes were piled up inside. One was opened casually, filled with boxes of large pearls, and then opened one. It was filled with a box of diamonds. Under the reflection of the torch, it reflected a colorful light, striking eyes. Other boxes were opened one after another, all of which were full of rare treasures such as jade, agate, large coral, and cat eye emeralds. There were two boxes filled with various antiques.
The two closed the lid of the box and sat on the box. Lan Yue sighed and said, "These are all the treasures of Zhang Shicheng's Great Zhou Kingdom, so who can really be rich and powerful if you have these! How do you plan to deal with these treasures?"
Chen Zhuixing smiled and said, "I said earlier that these are ours, so you should ask yourself how to deal with these."
Lan Yue sighed: "These treasures belonged to Zhang Shicheng, but he was not able to take them away. If these treasures could be exchanged for the lives of my elder brother and his whole family, I would definitely have taken these treasures!"
Chen Zhuixing continued: "Yes, these things cannot be replaced by my father's life, or by the time when we were together in the past, even if it was a day or an hour."
Suddenly, when faced with these huge amounts of wealth, the two felt boring.
Chen Zhuixing patted Lan Yue’s shoulder and said, “There are still a few more rooms there that have not been seen, maybe there will be surprises!”
The two walked out of the stone room and passed by the hall. Chen Zhuxing glanced at him and suddenly asked Lan Yue: "There were seven night pearls on the walls of the hall just now?"
Lan Yue nodded and said right. Chen Zhuxing pointed to the black hole hall and said, "How did it become nine now?"
Lan Yue turned around and looked. In the dark hall, except for the seven night pearls that emitted light, two cold green light appeared in the corner. Because they were a little far away, they couldn't see clearly, so they walked over with torches in their hands.
Before they got closer, the two stopped in fear. In the light of fire, the two glowing objects were not night pearls, but a pair of eyes, a pair of eyes that emitted green light. The eyes seemed to grow on the face of an old man with a smile on his face, but this face seemed much bigger than a normal person. This is impossible!
Chen Zhuixing was so scared that he almost screamed, and suddenly rushed behind Lan Yue.
Lan Yue was also extremely frightened, but reason told him that he could not run away and that he had to see clearly before making a decision. Otherwise, in the closed stone curvature, the two of them would become prey.
Lan Yueshi took the torch with courage and walked forward a few more steps. Although Chen Zhuxing was so scared that he was dying, he gritted his teeth and followed him, but he still hid behind Lan Yue.
At this time, when Lan Yue was about one zhang away from the thing, she finally saw the true face of the thing. It was a huge python sitting cross-legged, covered with blue and black patterns, which seemed to be invisible in the dark, making it impossible to see how long it was. However, from the waist of its bucket, its length would not be shorter than five zhang. These are understandable, and the most incomprehensible thing is that this python actually had a face similar to a human, but it was slightly longer than a human face, and the snake scales on its face made it look like an old man. The closed snake mouth was in a curved upward arc, like a strange old man who always smiled and smiled at the corners of his mouth to the ears.
Although the python's eyes were fixed on Lan Yue, the two Chen Xingzhangers' bodies only moved slowly.
Lan Yue took a step back and stood in a row with Shen Zhuixing, saying to Chen Zhuixing: "Don't be afraid, this thing does not threaten us for the time being. When we opened the gate of the treasure house, this thing was awakened and slowly swam here. It is still in the awakening stage at this moment. You see, its body has not fully expanded yet and is still moving very slowly."
Chen Zhuixing said curiously: "What kind of monster is this? I'm not afraid of Big Snake, but this guy looks too disgusting!"
Lan Yue explained: "This object is called - Python Spirit, which is an extremely ancient species. It is recorded in "Shan Hai Jing" and is almost extinct now, but it was everywhere in the ancient times."
Chen Zhuixing nodded and said, "It's not that it can appear here. The endless reed swamp above is suitable for this guy to survive."
Lan Yue said: "What you are talking about is just a factor. The real reason for it is that someone deliberately keeps it here."
Chen Zhuixing showed a curious look. Lan Yue explained: "The relationship between the python spirit and humans is extremely complicated. According to legend, Fuxi and Nuwa are images of human heads and python bodies. This does not mean that Fuxi and Nuwa are python spirits, but it can be said that python spirits existed in large numbers at that time and were worshipped by humans as gods. Historical books record that Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, killed pythons in Mangdang Mountain, actually killed a white python spirit."
Chen Zhuixing asked again: "What do you mean by the python spirit you just mentioned here by someone?"
Lan Yue said: "In the later stages, human wisdom is getting higher and higher. He no longer worships python spirits as gods. However, he found that python spirits have a characteristic, which is that their lifespan is particularly long, at least a few hundred years and at most thousands of years. Therefore, some people entered the deep mountain swamp, grabbed young python spirits, raised them in treasures, and guarded them. This thing can eat rats, insects, snakes, or treasure robbers. Although it wakes slowly, most people will be scared to death when they see it, and they were eaten by python spirits before waking up. By the way, you asked me why those 'Huo Chi Pian' dare not come to the treasure. This time there is an answer, because you are afraid that it will not dare to come."
Chen Zhuxing said: "I know the history of the python spirit, what should we do now?"
Lan Yue said: "It's safe for us to leave now, but there are still four stone chambers on that side that have not been seen, and it seems that I'm unwilling to accept it."
Chen Zhuixing smiled and said, "If someone who doesn't know you hear your words, he will definitely think that you are the kind of person who wants money but lives. Only I know that you have a strong curiosity. Let me ask again, is there any record in the book that Liu Bang used to kill the snake?"
Lan Yue said: "It seems to be the 'Longquan' sword. You didn't happen to be here by chance, right?"
The two laughed, regardless of the python spirit behind them, turned around and walked towards the four stone chambers.
The two of them opened the door of the first stone house and saw that it was filled with various swords. Lan Yue held it in her hand and looked carefully. She found that these swords were made of fine steel, made by Jiangnan Craftsmen, and had the font size of a blacksmith shop. It seemed that Zhang Shicheng should have customized it from the blacksmith shop with silver. The number of swords was about two thousand. When he opened the second stone house, he also had a batch of brand new armor, with excellent texture, and should have about one thousand sets of sets. These weapons and armor were enough to equip a elite soldier of one or two thousand people. Although he dare not say that he was a decisive battle on the battlefield, it was enough to use it as a surprise attack and fight a beautiful ambush or raid battle.
The two of them came to the third stone house again, filled with various magical weapons and tricks. There is a super strong bow that can be folded to the size of a palm, but opened with a super-strong range. An ordinary longbow can shoot the arrows from a distance of one or two hundred steps, but the power of this bow can shoot feather arrows a thousand steps away. Of course, the user must also have arm strength and eyesight that surpass ordinary people. There is also a kind of crossbow that can be filled with crossbow arrows, which can shoot fifty crossbow arrows in a row. Although the distance is not very far, it is used for close combat and is very lethal weapon. There is also a very light flying tiger claw that can be installed on the arm. The flying claws popped out by the mechanism can reach a distance of ten feet, and are used to climb city walls or mountain peaks, like walking on flat ground.
Chapter completed!