"Wall? Could it be the ghost tomb?" Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi immediately grabbed the fat man's shoulders and looked forward from the side.
With the help of the light from the flashlight in Wang Kaixuan's hand, he saw a rock wall not far ahead standing between the thieves' caves, blocking their way forward.
Wang Kaixuan also felt that this was a possibility and echoed: "It's really possible. Let me tell you, this stone wall didn't exist just now. In the blink of an eye, this thing suddenly appeared in front of me."
It was precisely for this reason that he was startled.
"This is really interesting." Hu Bayi looked at the stone wall not far away and said thoughtfully.
Then, he asked Chen Ziyan at the back of the team: "Mr. Chen, what should we do next?"
He has no experience in dealing with this kind of thing, so he should ask the experts in the team.
Just like Chen Ziyan deliberately erected the label of 'Feng Shui' for Hu Bayi, he also has his own label, which is the field of 'occultism'.
He positions himself in the team as someone who solves supernatural problems.
But he doesn't know what to do now. After all, he is far away from the front of the team and can't even see what it is. In this case, he can't determine what it is.
If you want him to solve the problem, you have to let him go first.
"Wait a minute, I'll be there right away." So, Chen Ziyan replied.
While exchanging positions, Chen Ziyan murmured in his heart that there seemed to be something wrong with this development.
He remembered clearly that there were several holes in the original plot, so he shouldn't have missed it.
Hearing Chen Ziyan's response, the two women in front of him quickly leaned sideways on the cave wall to make way for Chen Ziyan to pass.
Fortunately, the tunnel dug by the thieves was wide enough, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to get to the front.
When Chen Ziyan came to the front of the team, the first thing he saw was Wang Kaixuan, who had blocked most of the thieves' cave even if he turned sideways.
At this time, this guy was holding the black donkey's hoof in one hand and his broken knife in the other, looking warily at the rock wall in front of him.
Chen Ziyan's eyes passed over Wang Kaixuan and also focused on the culprit blocking the hole.
But after seeing this thing at close range, he said with some confusion: "This thing doesn't look like a wall, it looks more like a whole piece of stone."
I saw that the stone wall that completely divided the robbery cave was one piece, smooth and flat, without any gaps.
If it had to be said to be a wall, it should be made of a whole piece of rock.
Hearing Chen Ziyan's words, Wang Kaixuan immediately said: "Master Chen, come closer and take a closer look. This thing looks like a wall, isn't it? It's still the kind of city wall we had in the early days."
While he was talking, he deliberately held his belly in order to let Chen Ziyan go to the nearest place for observation.
However, Chen Ziyan did not respond to him, but looked ahead with a frown, because he found that just after Wang Kaixuan finished speaking, the stone wall he was looking at had changed.
The lower part is still the same as before, like a complete rock, but the lower half has strangely turned into a stone wall, which is exactly the kind of ancient city wall Wang Kaixuan mentioned.
This weird scene happened in front of Chen Ziyan.
After frowning and looking at the weird stone wall in front of the meeting, Chen Ziyan pulled out a short stick, leaned half of his body past Wang Kaixuan, and poked the weird stone wall with the short stick.
He has some guesses about this situation, but it needs to be verified before he can get an accurate answer.
I didn't feel any resistance. It was like there was nothing in front of the short stick, and it just sank straight into the stone wall.
Wang Kaixuan was the closest, so he could see it most clearly. When he saw this, he quickly asked: "Master Chen, what is going on?"
Although he didn't touch it rashly, he had been observing it carefully, so he was very sure that the stone wall in front of him was not fake in any way.
But how could it be like this, being poked with a short stick?
Although the others did not speak, they were obviously waiting for Chen Ziyan's answer.
Chen Ziyan thought for a moment and said slowly: "Remember what I said, there is a ghost tomb underground."
The implication is very simple. This should be the Ghost Tomb in front of us, otherwise there would not be such strange changes.
This statement is actually a bit far-fetched, but it can be said to be true, so the question before a few people now becomes whether to try to pass through this weird-looking stone wall.
Hu Bayi glanced at the stone wall that had taken out the short stick and said, "It seems that this stone wall... should be said to be a ghost tomb, something between illusion and reality. Why don't we go back first?"
Find a living creature to explore the way."
Because someone had already entered before, and they had been active underground these days, they did not bring any living creatures to test the air.
But we haven’t gone very far now, so it won’t be much trouble to go back and find a chicken or duck.
Wang Kaixuan immediately agreed: "I think this is a good idea. I have quick legs and feet, so I went to the bottom of the mountain to buy two live chickens from a fellow villager. When I get there, I can roast them inside and use them as a toothpaste."
This coveted tone makes people very suspicious of this fat man's purpose. Perhaps getting two chickens and ducks to sacrifice to the Temple of the Five Internal Organs is the real purpose of this guy.
However, this was not a guess. They were on alert these days, so they ate all the fast food they had with them. Wang Kaixuan had long wanted to have some meat.
Now that I have the opportunity, I naturally want to fight for it.
Anyway, the mission of these chickens and ducks is to explore the path, and after the exploration is completed, they will be useless.
I have to say that this proposal is very tempting. You only need to wait for a short while to avoid risking yourself. There is no reason not to do it.
But this assumes that they are indeed facing a ghost tomb.
In fact, what Chen Ziyan didn't say was that he had another guess, but the test needed to be kept secret, so he didn't say it out.
Thinking of this, he pretended to be surprised and said: "Look, this stone wall seems to move with the line of sight?"
"What?" After hearing this, the other people quickly looked towards the stone wall.
Hu Bayi's movements were the fastest. As soon as others looked over, he had already completed an attempt.
It turns out that Chen Ziyan said a lot, and the stone wall blocking the road in front of him will indeed move with his sight.
"Why do I feel like this thing is alive and is specifically here to block our way?" Wang Kaixuan quietly took a step back, put the broken knife in front of him, and said in a strange tone.
He just tried a few more times, but every time he looked where he looked, the stone wall would move slightly.
Shirley Yang turned her head and expressed her discovery: "If you turn your head, the stone wall will not change."
In short, if their eyes move, the stone wall seems to follow them, but if their bodies move, nothing will change.
It's like being stationary and just changing your line of sight is the key to change.
After some attempts, everyone came to the conclusion that there was something really wrong with this stone wall.
Extraordinarily strange!
"There are so many wonders in this world. I have heard of animals turning into spirits, but I never expected to see a wall turning into spirits today." Wang Kaixuan grumbled.
"It stands to reason that it shouldn't be." Hu Bayi frowned tightly and said, "Although I don't know much about the Ghost Tomb, I have seen some in an article. It is said that it belongs to some kind of scientific incomprehension.
It’s a strange phenomenon to explain, not something like becoming a spirit.”
"The ghost tomb cannot be a living thing, so is there a possibility that the thing in front of us is not a ghost tomb at all!" Hu Bayi expressed his guess, and then looked at Chen Ziyan to see what he would say. Chen Ziyan did not rush to answer, but started to popularize science: "Whether it is a ghost tomb, a similar ghost ship, or a ghost building, its essence is not something that actually exists. To be more precise, these things are what they once were.
It existed before, but when it appeared again, its substantial form had disappeared, so it was given the title of ghost."
"The seniors of Xiling once made an inference, that is, the so-called ghosts, their properties are likely to be similar to treasures, and they are all products of heaven and earth."
"Take treasures with more information as an example. The most basic thing that wants to become a treasure is 'spirit'. This so-called spirit is not intelligence but spirituality. It may come from the hard work of the craftsman who created it, or it may
It comes from the companionship of a certain master day and night."
"An artifact with a 'spirit' will become a treasure after being nurtured in the world after falling into a certain geomantic treasure land by chance."
"This is why most treasures come from ancient tombs. Firstly, objects used by ancient heroes are more likely to produce 'spirits'. Secondly, only ancient tombs are more likely to meet the characteristics of Fengshui treasures."
"The same is true for things like ghost tombs. They mostly appear in some areas with unique Feng Shui, so they can be regarded as an intangible treasure."
"The one thing these two have in common is that they both exert their abilities according to certain laws. In short, they are inanimate objects, not ghosts who have become spirits."
In fact, Chen Ziyan had long had the idea of letting Hu Bayi and the others come into contact with the concept of treasures, but there had never been a suitable opportunity. When he encountered this incident, he just happened to speak out.
Hu Bayi knew only a little about what Chen Ziyan said. He had vaguely heard some of them, but they all regarded them as stories.
But Wang Kaixuan and Shirley Yang just didn't understand it at all. They had never heard of similar concepts and had no idea that there were such magical things in the world.
Ding Sitian acted very calmly, but considering the department she was in and the Eyeless Dragon Talisman on her body, this was a common reaction.
After all, you can't let someone who knows this show a surprised attitude.
Hu Bayi did not hesitate on this question, and quickly clarified his thoughts and asked: "So Mr. Chen, what do you mean, this stone wall is indeed not a ghost tomb?"
Chen Ziyan did not show off and nodded lightly: "Yes, this is not a ghost tomb."
In fact, he had two guesses in his mind at the very beginning, and the previous attempt also verified his ideas.
If it were a ghost tomb, there shouldn't be such weird changes.
As he just said, the Ghost Tomb is still essentially a tomb, it may be a part or the entire tomb, but its manifestation form will not change, it just changes from illusion to substance.
Before Hu Bayi and the others could continue asking questions, Chen Ziyan took the initiative to ask a question: "Don't you think we forgot something?"
"Forgot something?"
Hu Ba immediately counted the number of people, then looked at everyone's backpacks, and said with some confusion: "It must be useless, right?"
There are a lot of people here, and everyone is carrying things on their backs, so what else can we forget?
Chen Ziyan casually took out a pack of masks from his backpack and said, "We forgot to wear masks!"
Because of his foresight, he himself ignored this matter, otherwise he would not have fallen into the trap so easily.
Wang Kaixuan didn't understand what this meant, and asked suspiciously: "Is it possible that the mask has any special function?"
While speaking, he tightened the black donkey's hoof and the broken knife in his hands. Compared with masks, he was more willing to trust his two old friends.
"The mask has no special effect, but it can prevent us from some dirty tricks, and at the worst it can block one or two." Chen Ziyan slowly said the answer.
Hu Ba reacted instantly: "Did we fall into someone else's trick?"
Chen Ziyan nodded: "Yes, if I guess correctly, we should still be under some kind of illusion."
This is why he regretted forgetting the mask. Illusion is indeed powerful, but it is not inevitable.
There are only a few illegal entities in the world such as Baoxianghua and Corpse Fragrance Konjac, and they are usually implemented through the medium of light or secret medicine.
The cave was dark inside, and there was no other light source except their flashlights, so he guessed that the illusion here was probably performed with the help of some kind of secret medicine.
If they had worn masks before, even if they could not completely isolate them, they would have reduced the amount of inhalation.
But Chen Ziyan subconsciously ignored one thing, that is, he now has ancient bloodline, but he can resist even corpse-scented konjac. There is no reason why he can't stop the hallucinogenic secret medicine here.
But he didn't think about it now, and he didn't have time to think about it, because all of Chen Ziyan's attention at this time was attracted by what Ding Sitian took out.
After they said they were in an illusion, Ding Sitian took out a small, exquisite porcelain vase from her pocket.
After the porcelain bottle was opened, a wisp of bluish smoke slowly floated out from inside, and spread to cover all of them.
When being enveloped in this blue smoke, everyone felt their minds refreshed, as if the long-accumulated dust had been swept away.
At the same time as they felt refreshed, they saw the stone wall in front of them slowly breaking apart, revealing the dark cave behind.