Ruan Yuqing also discovered something strange about the corpse.
His face turned pale for a moment, and he pulled Jiang Ran's arm to retreat.
After a few tugs but it didn't move, she immediately let go of her hand and swished out a foot away.
joke……
Jiang Ran's martial arts skills are unparalleled and he is not afraid of anything.
But I am afraid.
Jiang Ran glanced back at her, somewhat speechless:
"Miss Ruan, isn't this a bit too unjust?"
Ruan Yuqing took a deep breath and tightened the soft water sword in her hand:
"Don't worry, if you are really eaten by a zombie, I will definitely save you!"
"..."
They've all been eaten, how can we save them?
This Soft Water Sword is good everywhere, except that it is afraid of ghosts, just like Tang Huayi.
It seems that no matter whether they are on the right path or the devil's path, before that, they are still a woman first.
Jiang Ran shook his head slightly, and his eyes fell on the corpse again. Looking carefully, he found that he must have read it correctly.
The corpse's chest rose and fell, its limbs swayed slightly, and it really seemed as if it was breathing.
It's just that this corpse has been here for an unknown number of years, although it was preserved through special methods and was not completely rotten.
But it has long since become shriveled and dark, like a thousand-year-old deadwood.
How could such a corpse be breathing?
After Jiang Ran pondered for a while, he slowly came to the front, took out the deerskin gloves from his arms, put them on, and stretched out his hand to check the state of the corpse.
Ruan Yuqing's scalp felt a little numb when he saw it:
"Young Master Jiang...be careful."
Jiang Ran didn't look back and checked the state of the body bit by bit.
His expression became increasingly weird:
"how so?"
"what have you found?"
Ruan Yuqing couldn't help but be a little curious, but she was afraid and didn't want to see it, but she couldn't help but cast a glance.
Jiang Ran said softly:
"This corpse... looks rotten, but there is something else going on inside.
"People are dead, but...but..."
He seemed not to know what words to use to describe it for a moment.
After thinking for a long time, he said:
"But the body is still alive."
"???"
Ruan Yuqing felt that her mind had been bullied to a certain extent:
"What do you mean? It's even scarier!!"
The person is dead and the corpse is alive. Isn’t this a zombie?
Jiang Ran shook his head:
"That's not what I meant... He is a bit like a vegetable."
"ah?"
Ruan Yuqing found this word even more confusing.
Jiang Ran seemed to have discovered some strange stories. He looked at the corpse with an expression of interest on his face.
He thought for a moment and said:
"How should I explain it to you...
“Everything in the world is alive, every flower and tree has its own vitality.
"You and I are born as human beings, with our own thoughts and ideas, and coupled with vigorous vitality, we can walk freely in the world.
"The grass and trees are in autumn, although they can't walk, they can't leave the ground.
“But there is also life inside.
"And this corpse... is an existence that has no thoughts and cannot leave this place, but has vitality inside.
"It's like a flower or a tree..."
"Are you saying that this corpse is made of plants and trees!?"
Ruan Yuqing obviously has his own understanding.
"..."
Jiang Ran shook his head:
"I think he was originally supposed to be a normal person, but somehow he became what he is now.
"His breathing is not real breathing, it is just like the lush vegetation with its own rules.
"This corpse's chest rises and falls, this is its pattern..."
When he said this, he looked at the beads in the corpse's hand.
After pondering slightly, he took out a piece of cotton cloth from his arms, covered the bead, and wiped it gently.
Said to Ruan Yuqing:
"Do you think this bead is the key to his body not decaying? After I took away this bead, he turned into fly ash?"
"How would I know……"
Ruan Yuqing saw Jiang Ran messing with the corpse for a long time, but the corpse didn't jump up and give him two big ears, so he felt a little bolder.
Slowly walked towards Jiang Ran, stared at the bead, and frowned:
"I seem to have seen this bead somewhere..."
"oh?"
Jiang Ran was stunned: "Where have you seen it?"
Ruan Yuqing did not speak. He stared at the bead carefully for a moment and then spoke softly:
“Hide the stars in your heart and accept the brightness in the dust.
"This...I've seen this in a book.
"There is a record in the [Record of Strange Treasures] that when the Jin Chan Dynasty was founded, strange rocks once fell from the sky.
"It fell where the capital is today...an alchemist opened the stone and took out a bead.
"This bead contains stars, as if the stars in the sky have fallen into dust.
“That’s why it’s named ‘Luo Xingzhu’!
"There was an illustration in the book, and this one looks very similar to the Falling Star Bead in the illustration...
"But the Falling Star Bead has always been collected by Qin Tianjian, so there is no reason why it would appear here."
"What if someone from Qintian Prison brought it?"
Jiang Ran said softly:
"You said that the official who died here back then was someone from Qintian Prison?
"And when they came here...is it possible that they just wanted to find this man's tomb?"
This speculation seems to be somewhat far-fetched.
However, if this is indeed the Falling Star Pearl, then this speculation may not be unfounded.
Ruan Yuqing nodded slightly and saw that Jiang Ran had reached out and pulled out the bead.
"Eh? Aren't you afraid that the body will turn into ashes?"
Ruan Yuqing was stunned.
Jiang Ran shook his head:
"If this is really the Falling Star Bead that was brought here seven or eight years ago, it means that the method of preserving the body from decay has nothing to do with it..."
Ruan Yuqing looked at the beads in Jiang Ran's hand, and then at the corpse. Sure enough, there was no change at all, and then nodded:
"It really has nothing to do with it, and in this way, it can be further confirmed that this object is the Falling Star Pearl."
Jiang Ran held the bead:
"What's the use of this thing?"
"If it is the Falling Star Bead...it is said that this thing has miraculous effects. Putting it in drinking water can make ordinary water have detoxification effect.
"If someone uses this object to stimulate their internal energy, it will greatly benefit the treatment of injuries.
“Wearing this all year round can also prolong your life.
"However, people in the Qintian Prison use this object to observe the stars at night. They believe that no matter how good the objects from the sky are, they should not be placed next to the emperor. After all, it is unpredictable. Who knows whether the benefits today will be the benefits of tomorrow.
poison?"
Ruan Yuqing was knowledgeable and spoke eloquently. Although he may not be able to explain all the circumstances of the Luo Xing Bead, he still explained everything.
After Jiang Ran wiped the object clean with cotton cloth, he looked at the corpse again.
Finally, he reached out and took the coffin lid aside and placed it on the ground.
Then look at the child in the coffin who looks to be only seven or eight years old.
I saw that his face was black and blue, his limbs were smaller in proportion, but his head was large, which was very uncoordinated.
"This is a deformity..."
Jiang Ran frowned slightly and stretched out his hand to pick up the body.
Ruan Yuqing also followed suit and looked around.
However, at this moment, Ruan Yuqing's eyes suddenly widened:
"Open your eyes!!"
"kindness?"
Jiang Ran lowered his head and took a look. Sure enough, the body in the coffin opened its eyes.
His eyes were full of blood, and he stretched out his hands to grab Jiang Ran's wrist.
"presumptuous!"
Jiang Ran snorted coldly, and with a turn of the Great Brahma Vajra Technique, a stream of light flickered between the palms of his fingers.
The child's hand could only stop three inches in front of Jiang Ran's wrist, and could no longer move forward!
Knowing that he couldn't capture Jiang Ran, he suddenly stretched out his hand and patted the coffin, and he was about to get out of the coffin.
How could Jiang Ran allow him to leave?
When his eyes were closed just now, Jiang Ran still couldn't figure out whether he was dead or alive.
Now that he dared to attack himself when he opened his eyes, Jiang Ran could clearly see that this person was not dead at all, but a living person!
All the strange things happening here are absolutely inseparable from this person.
Immediately, he searched with five fingers, reaching straight to the front of his heart, wanting to hold it in his palm.
But at this moment, Jiang Ran frowned slightly. Although the sound of the wind was weak, he could still hear it clearly.
There was the sound of breaking wind lingering around.
There seemed to be something in the air, carried by the wind.
"It's the line!"
Jiang Ran's heart moved, and he pulled Ruan Yuqing, who was about to draw his sword, to his side. In a flash, he was already flying into the air.
The two feet stepped on each other one after another, and a stream of strong energy rose into the sky, forming a dharma image.
The figure fell steadily into the air, and what he stepped on was a thin line with an almost indistinct trace.
Looking up, he saw the child rushing to the edge of the high platform, and someone was stepping over there.
He stretched out his hand to hold the child in his arms and asked repeatedly:
"Tou'er, Tou'er, are you okay?"
The child tilted his head and looked at the person in front of him, then lay in his arms and cried loudly.
The sound was shrill and tragic, like all ghosts wailing.
Jiang Ran glanced at the visitor thoughtfully and sighed softly:
"Old man, it is indeed you."
The visitor was naturally no one else, it was the rickety old man.
But he turned a blind eye to Jiang Ran, gently patted the back of the child in his arms, and whispered comfort:
"It's okay, it's okay, daddy is here, daddy is here, you don't have to be afraid of anything.
"No one can hurt you anymore..."
"The beads were stolen."
The child raised his head at this time and said in a rough and cracked voice:
"Been...robbed!"
When the rickety old man heard this, he immediately looked at Jiang Ran, his eyes full of sternness:
"Return my son's Falling Star Bead!!"
"This thing is really the Falling Star Pearl?"
Jiang Ran raised the beads on his hand and chuckled:
"So, the people who died here were really from Qintian Prison?"
"What does this have to do with you?"
The rickety old man looked at Jiang Ran and gritted his teeth:
"You shouldn't come here... I had no ill intentions towards you.
"You rushed in and disturbed our father and son. It's obviously your fault...
"Why are you trying to snatch my son's Falling Star Bead?
"He, he can only survive by relying on this!
"Hand over the Luo Xing Bead, otherwise, I will refine you two into 'Sorrow'!"
"sad?"
Jiang Ran's expression was a little strange:
"What is sorrow? The greatest sorrow in all time?"
"sad……"
The ricket old man's eyes seemed to be in a trance. After being stunned for a moment, he said:
“Sorrow, sadness is medicine!!
"It can detoxify and prolong life. The most tragic thing in the world is the best medicine in the world!
"This medicine can help you live forever!!"
When he said this, he didn't give Jiang Ran a chance to react, and just laughed wildly:
"Jin Chan's dog emperor is dying soon and wants this elixir of immortality.
"My wife and I...my wife...in order to save my son, we surrendered to the imperial court.
"They borrowed our secret technique of Kanyu to look for the dragon's acupoints, hoping to find the treasured medicine of the demon sect in the past.
"We, we also tried our best to help them find...
"But they didn't keep their promise!
"They say that we are shady ground rats, and being able to serve the Tian Family is already a sign of our ancestors' merit.
"Wanting to get the Falling Star Pearl is a way to die.
"They... they cut off my wife's flesh and blood piece by piece and took her life in front of me.
"They want to kill my son!
"Toss, toss...!"
When the rickety old man said this, he hugged the child tightly in his arms.
It seemed that only in this way could he feel at ease. He breathed a long sigh of relief and suddenly looked at Jiang Ran:
"Hand over the Luo Xingzhu, and you and I will not interfere with the river.
"You can go wherever you want, how about I take my son?"
"If you feel it's not enough, I can also help you with things...I, I'm good at killing people.
"There is a Thousand Bells and Ten Thousand Ren formation I have set up outside. As many people come as they come, they will die!
"As long as you promise me to return the Falling Star Pearl to my son, I will kill as many people as you want me to kill for you!!"
His words were confused and confused, and his narration was somewhat confusing.
However, Jiang Ran and Ruan Yuqing looked at each other and understood.
The Demonic Cult has a precious medicine that can lead to immortality if you take it.
I don’t know whether this is true or not, but the emperor of the Jin Chan Dynasty believed it.
But it is obviously not easy to find this precious medicine.
The people of Qintian Prison spend all their resources on this, but they can’t get it...
In order to save his son, the rickety old man in front of him surrendered to the imperial court with his wife, and used the secret technique of Kanyu to find medicine for the late emperor.
The reason why he is the former emperor is because the current emperor ascended the throne five years ago.
Judging from the year, it was the late emperor who was looking for this treasure at that time.
And they did gain something.
Maybe they have found this location now.
According to the requirements, what they want is most likely the Luo Xing Bead from Qin Tian Jian.
But he didn't expect that when things came to a head, Luo Xingzhu wouldn't give it to him, and even killed his wife.
In his anger, he realized what happened seven or eight years ago.
It's just... there are still a few things here that are elusive.
For example, if the late emperor was looking for treasure medicine, how could he give up on Qiuciyi so easily?
What happened back then that ultimately led to today’s results?
These things are difficult to catch up with as time passes, and the rickety old man in front of him has already had mental problems. Reality and illusion are confused, and it is not so easy to figure it out.
But what is certain at present is that this place is indeed the work of the Demon Cult.
And that so-called treasure medicine...
Jiang Ran's eyes fell on the body on the coffin lid on one side.
I sighed in my heart.
It is indeed the most tragic thing in all time!
"It turns out that it's not a martial art at all... but a cruel technique in the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Record.
"You can make medicine out of a living person!"
Ruan Yuqing also understood the key and showed compassion:
"The Demon Cult really does everything possible."
"But if this is really the case..."
Jiang Ran's voice came: "Why didn't he come to save his son?"
Ruan Yuqing was stunned and couldn't answer for a while.
Judging from the arrangement of the old man, although this so-called 'treasure medicine' may not be able to lead to immortality, it obviously has some special abilities.
Otherwise, why seal the Falling Star Pearl in the mouth of 'Bao Yao'?
The liquid on the bead they had seen before was probably the key to the child's survival.
While the thoughts in his mind were spinning, he heard Jiang Ran speak softly:
"Is your wife...really killed by them?"
His voice was not loud, but the moment he said it, Ruan Yuqing's whole brain roared loudly.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the old man in front of him.
He saw fear on his face, and suddenly raised his right hand, and sporadic sounds suddenly came from the void.
Jiang Ran didn't move a muscle, no matter how shrouded the threads were, none of them could cut into his body-protecting form.
The rickety old man frowned slightly. He knew from this fight that it was absolutely impossible to defeat Jiang Ran with his own abilities.
He immediately hugged his son, turned around and left.
"Now that you've come, make peace with yourself. Where are you going, father-in-law?"
Buzz!
The sound of breaking wind suddenly came out in the void, and the threads that were wrapped around Jiang Ran and had never been cut into pieces suddenly turned against each other.
The old man rolled over, stood up, and suddenly looked up at Jiang Ran.
When their eyes met, they saw a flash of blood in the old man's eyes.
Ruan Yuqing also saw these eyes, and for a moment she felt as if she had stepped into the path of Shura.
What he could see was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. A big hand slowly stretched out from the sea of blood, covering it between his five fingers.
At the same time, the old man's figure had arrived in front of Jiang Ran and Ruan Yuqing.
With five fingers searching, he was going to get the Falling Star Bead in Jiang Ran's palm.
But unexpectedly, at the moment when they were about to touch it, Jiang Ran suddenly flipped his hand, and the Falling Star Bead disappeared immediately.
Then a palm came out.
Bang!
The old man's body was immediately knocked upside down and flew away. Jiang Ran pulled Ruan Yuqing and stepped forward to capture him.
The child, which had been held in the old man's arms, suddenly jumped out and gave Jiang Ran a bite.
He had a strange phenomenon, his teeth were as sharp as saws, and when the steel teeth were sharpened, he could bite off the palm of his hand.
Jiang Ran frowned slightly, his sleeves flew up, and with a buzz, the child was immediately knocked away.
His figure turned around in mid-air, but suddenly fell down to the old man's shoulder:
“Didn’t get it!!”
"let's go!"
Since he is not his opponent and cannot get back the Fallen Star Bead, he naturally leaves as soon as possible.
Although the child didn't know, the old man knew that the people outside were about to catch up.
However, it was already too late to leave at this time.
Continuous footsteps and figures appeared in this underground space.
The leader was Dao Wuming, and the other was naturally Tang Huayi.
Tang Huayi looked up and saw Jiang Ran holding Ruan Yuqing, and was furious:
"We were fighting to the death outside, but I didn't expect you to actually have a secret meeting with Ruan Yuqing here!!"
After hearing this, everyone looked at her and thought to themselves, how could she have a private meeting in such a ghost place?