"How come this corpse was separated into two coffins? Part of it was mixed with other corpses and spliced together to form a complete corpse?" Hu Bayi asked puzzled.
The current situation was indeed beyond his understanding. Throughout the ages, burials in separate coffins, such as half-cut corpses, were really the first time he put together corpses of different origins.
Once met.
"If the lower body of the corpse in this ghost coffin comes from the bronze coffin, does that mean the other parts come from the other two coffins?" Shirley Yang made this guess after thinking of the three coffins in the tomb above. p>
The corpse in the ghost coffin is composed of three different body parts, and there are three coffins of different shapes in the tomb above. With the same numbers in front of you, it is difficult not to connect them together.<
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"Now all the evidence points to this point. Unsurprisingly, this is the fact." Chen Ziyan nodded in agreement.
"Then let's go up quickly and open the remaining two coffins. We won't know whether this is what happened then." Wang Kaixuan glanced at the half golden skeleton and urged.
He understood what Shirley Yang and Chen Ziyan said. If it was really what they said, wouldn't it mean that one of the two coffins above still had half a golden skeleton inside?<
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Hu Bayi had a different opinion. He just heard him say: "There is no need. Since the upper body in the bronze coffin can correspond to the lower body in the ghost coffin, then basically there is no problem. There is no need to open the remaining parts."
The two coffins were destroyed."
Chen Ziyan also said: "I agree with Lao Hu's idea. Now that I think about it carefully, the ghost coffin in this wooden coffin tomb should exist as a shadow bone."
"Shadow bone? What is that?" Wang Kaixuan asked in confusion.
This is a bit beyond his knowledge.
Chen Ziyan simply organized his language and gave an overview of the information he knew:
"Shadow bones... you can think of them as stand-ins for corpses. Unsurprisingly, the three corpses in this ghost coffin all come from ancient nobles who were sentenced to death, so King Xian thought they were his previous lives. In this tomb
The meaning is to serve as proof that he has gone through three prisons."
"Since ancient times, immortality has been rare and cannot be obtained easily. Therefore, if you want to be reborn and rank among the immortals, you must go through several major catastrophes. However, these catastrophes cannot be obtained by force, so some Taoist people
So he used the art of divination to find the bones of his previous three lives as substitutes, and buried them in the Yin cave as shadow bones, in order to prove to heaven and earth that he had successfully survived the three hells and was completely reborn."
Obviously, the wooden coffin tomb located under the tomb is the ‘underworld’ built by King Xian to store his shadow bones.
"If you put it this way, then each layer of the tomb here has a different symbolic meaning. The upper layer of the tomb represents the human world, and the layer we are on now means the emptiness of the netherworld. Doesn't it mean that it should also
Is there a tomb that represents the immortal world?" Hu Bayi said thoughtfully.
"Although the layout of King Xian's tomb is strange, it is difficult to escape from its origins after all changes. Some basic layouts cannot be easily modified. Since there are shadow bones here, there must be a corresponding fairy world.
"Chen Ziyan nodded, and then asked: "What's more, do you think that according to King Xian's character, he will be allowed to be buried in the 'human world'?"
"That's really not true. Even though King Xian is not a good person, he is very high-spirited." Wang Kaixuan nodded in agreement.
He felt that there was nothing wrong with Chen Ziyan's question. According to the character shown by King Xian, how could he be buried in the world after his death?
And more importantly... this guy doesn't seem to think that he is dying.
Through the murals in Naming Tower, we can see that King Xian always viewed his own death as a ritual of transformation.
"So the king's coffin we are looking for was placed in the last tomb chamber?" Shirley Yang asked.
She keenly grasped the key point in Chen Ziyan's words. Now the situation is very clear. The king's coffin is not in the tomb that they have discovered, so it will only be in the last tomb that represents the 'fairy world'.
"Without further delay, let's quickly take care of the corpses here and find out the true identity of Mr. Xian Wang." Wang Kaixuan said excitedly.
He is now looking forward to the coffin of King Xian. He has seen too many treasures along the way, but who doesn't know that the real treasures of the tomb owner are kept close to him, so the funerary objects in the coffin of King Xian must be priceless.
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"That's okay." Chen Ziyan nodded and agreed.
The only valuable things here are the two corpses that have been seen. Whether they are bronze coffins or ghost coffins, there are no burial objects inside, so there is no value in continuing to stay.
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"If we calculate it this way, the Tianmen and Dihu in the Xuan Palace mean that the dragon is lurking, so there must be a 'goldfish eye' in the tomb above, which can lead to the third floor." Hu Bayi analyzed.
Tao.
"Then Lao Hu and I will go up and look for this 'goldfish eye' first. Shirley, you guys can handle these two corpses." Chen Ziyan said after hearing this.
The only thing that poses a threat to them here now is the half-cut corpse that was restrained by the ancient Legalist mirror, so there is no problem in leaving it to them.
However, Chen Ziyan did not forget to tell them to remember to bring the ancient Legalist mirror when they go back after burning the corpses here.
After a simple arrangement, Chen Ziyan and Hu Bayi left the wooden coffin tomb and returned to the tomb above.
"Master Chen, according to the structure of the tomb, the goldfish eye is undoubtedly above the tomb where we are." Hu Bayi glanced around and then raised his head and said.
"I think so too." Chen Ziyan nodded in agreement.
With the help of the flashlight, we can see that there is a broken copper beam on the top of the tomb, which should be used to fix the bronze coffin, but something went wrong when the bronze coffin fell.
Then the two of them saw something white at the break of the copper beam. At a rough glance, it looked like gray quartz similar to the wall outside. To know more specifically, you need to get close to it.
Chen Ziyan made a comparison and found that the position of this white flower flower was just above the shadow bone. It was obvious that they had the purpose of taking care of each other.
"It's possible to go up from this copper beam. I'll go up and take a look first." Chen Ziyan looked at the situation on the top of the tomb, then took out his flying tiger claw, hooked the edge of the copper beam and climbed up.
Grasping the edge of the copper beam with one hand, Chen Ziyan truly saw the whole of the white rock layer. It was not a blocked flat layer, but a narrow and long olive-shaped hole.
Feeling the cold air coming from the cave, Chen Ziyan took a flashlight and took a look at it. He found that there was a circular hollow above. It looked similar to the funnel shape at the pool on the outside, but it was much smaller in size. The diameter was estimated
It was only about ten meters away, and there was a spiral rocky slope inside that was winding upwards. Any further away would be beyond the lighting range of his flashlight, and all he could see was pitch black, and nothing else could be seen at all.
After Chen Ziyan told Hu Bayi what he saw, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that King Xian's obsession with power and immortality has reached the bottom of perversion. Even if he dies, he will put himself at the highest point in the underworld."
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Chen Ziyan tied the rope on the copper beam, returned to the ground of the tomb, and said softly: "Emperors have not always been like this since ancient times. Even if they die, they will not want to be inferior to others."
"That's true." Hu Ba nodded.
At this moment, a burst of fire came from below the cave, and it was obvious that other people inside had already taken action.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Shirley Yang and the others to climb up from below.
Wang Kaixuan was holding an ancient Legalist mirror in his hand. He came up and said, "Old Hu, do you think it's strange? The two corpses below simply caught fire. They didn't even use the wood to give them the rice dumplings."
Burnt to ashes."
Hu Bayi guessed: "Maybe King Xian did something."
He didn't know the reason behind this, not to mention that the corpses were now burned to ashes, so even if he wanted to explore, there was no chance.
Chen Ziyan glanced around and couldn't help but wonder: "Huh? Where is the half golden skeleton?"
He found that Wang Kaixuan only had the ancient Legalist mirror in his hand, which was a bit beyond his expectation.
According to this fat man’s character, how could he let go of that half golden skeleton?
"Hehe!" Wang Kaixuan smiled mischievously upon hearing this, turned around and revealed his bulging backpack: "Here it is!"
How could he let go of such a treasure? He had dismantled it before igniting it.
Because this half golden skeleton is not as big as expected, it is not difficult to pack them for mountain climbing.
Then the fat man asked: "Mr. Chen, have you discovered anything here? Have you found the location of Xian Wang's old rice dumpling?"
Chen Ziyan gestured to him with the rope in his hand, and said with a smile: "I found it, there is a hole above us, where the tortoise sacrifice achievement is."
"That's great!" Wang Kaixuan immediately became excited.
Although everyone had been in the Xuan Palace for some time and had exhausted their physical strength, energy, etc., they were obviously not at their limits, so they did not stay much longer and climbed directly to the top of the tomb along the ropes, drilling in one by one.
The olive-shaped hole.
He didn't know it when he looked down just now, but when he actually entered it, Chen Ziyan discovered that the passage was much longer than he thought. The group of them crawled for several minutes in the cave, which was made of quartzite without any bricks or wood materials.
Only then did he arrive at the hole he had seen before.
After drilling out of the tunnel, the first thing that caught Chen Ziyan's eyes was the large-scale painted murals covering all the surrounding walls.
These murals are a mixture of Han and Yi style and religious colors. The majesty and tyranny of the king coexist with the elegance and illusion of the immortal way. It is a painting style that has never been spread in the world.
Especially when viewed at such a close distance, it is even more shocking. I just feel that these murals are carefully laid out and rigorously intended, which is breathtaking.
"With these murals, we should have arrived at the door of the main tomb chamber." Chen Ziyan said with emotion.
"It is estimated that this is probably already the core of Xuan Palace, otherwise it would not have expended so much energy." Hu Bayi also said.
Then they looked at these murals, and they all had a hunch that this might solve some of their doubts.
The tops of these murals are painted with angry-looking gods, whose body proportions are almost the same as those of ordinary people. They are all gazing down, as if they are watching the coming generations of them!
Chen Ziyan also noticed that the eyes of these glaring gods are all made of three layers of crystal, which are simply brilliant under the light.
The lower part of the mural depicts King Xian and some major events in the ancient Dian Kingdom. Many of the contents overlap with what they saw in Minglou before, but some of them have never been seen before.
After looking around the unseen murals, Chen Ziyan fixed his gaze on one of the pictures.
The background of this picture is a series of mountain peaks, with many small figures drawn on it. They appear to be soldiers under King Xian. These soldiers kept searching in the mountains, and finally found a coffin from three mountains, and then transported them all.
Arrive at the insect valley where King Xian’s tomb is located.
Without even guessing, he knew that these must be the three coffins previously placed in the middle tomb.
The fact did not go beyond Chen Ziyan's expectation, because in the mural at the back, he found a depiction of King Xian handling the three coffins. It was exactly as they had guessed before that King Xian had the corpses in the three coffins cannoned into
He killed his own shadow and bones to replace the evidence that he had gone through three prisons.
Chen Ziyan even saw the scene of the coffin owner raising his body in the bronze coffin from above, but he was easily subdued by King Xian.
At this moment, Hu Bayi suddenly said: "I remembered!"
Chen Ziyan looked over subconsciously, but before he could ask, Wang Kaixuan had already taken the lead and asked: "Old Hu, what did you remember?"
When Wang Kaixuan asked, his expression was not only curious, but also unabashedly concerned.
Because he could clearly see that Hu Bayi's face didn't look very good when he shouted these words.
Hu Bayi took a deep breath, and then said: "I remember seeing those weird bronze statues somewhere!"
"Are you talking about the bronze statues inside the Minglou Baoding?" Chen Ziyan asked.
"That's right." Hu Bayi nodded slightly: "I felt weird when I just saw those bronze statues, but at that time I just thought there was something wrong with the position and shape of those bronze statues, but now the murals here remind me,
I have seen similar bronze statues before."
"Where?" Chen Ziyan asked thoughtfully.
He felt like he knew something, but he was a little unsure, so he wanted to make sure again.
Hu Bayi said quietly: "It's Qingpu of Kangba, where the snow is flying under the Kunlun Mountains..."
When he said this, Hu Ba looked at Ding Sitian.
After Ding Sitian heard the name, she also looked at Hu Bayi.
They will never forget this place, after all, they had an extremely unforgettable experience there!