Ever since those monkey skeletons appeared, the aura around them had changed. The darkness illuminated by the silver headband no longer concealed secrets, but suddenly there was a strange resentment.
This resentment has no specific form, but everyone can clearly feel its existence.
It was a kind of persistent resentment, very thick and solid in the air, invisible and colorless. It felt like the resentment that had been accumulated for thousands of years was poured out all at once...
"Fat man!",
Chen Zhi carefully put the stone hoop in his hand into the treasure bag, and then shouted to Fat Wei:
"Go check the bones and see how those monkeys died. Are there any external injuries?"
"Okay! Keep it with me~", Fat Wei responded very confidently.
This kind of job has always been the most convenient for him.
Maybe it's because he has been looking at corpses all year round. Whether he was assassinated, poisoned or died from overwork, Fat Wei can always find clues. Even unjust cases 10,000 years ago can be unearthed by him.
He jumped to the bottom of the waterfall in two or three steps, and braved the rushing water to lean in.
That big stone coffin was stable under the wash of the waterfall. It was not easy to move it.
The white monkey skeletons on both sides are all half exposed behind the sarcophagus, looking like a big white flower!
Fat Wei braved the water of the waterfall to get in, rummaged through the monkey bones, picked out two neat skeletons, inspected them carefully from top to bottom, and then dug through the pile of bones.
Finally, he ran out wet and said to Chen Zhi:
"No big deal!
These monkey masters were all killed. All the bones in the front or back of the heart were broken. One knife was fatal, and the blades were all neat~~
It seems that the people who killed them at that time were all Lian Jiazi, and they were quite agile in their attacks.
I just looked through the piles of bones, and there were no weapons left. It seemed that these monkeys had no intention of resisting at that time. They still had Buddhist beads in their hands, and they were killed before they could react.
Judging from the feeling..., it's a bit like inviting a guest in and then suddenly being killed by the guest.
Instant death."
After Fat Wei finished speaking, he looked back at the stone coffin under the waterfall that was soaked with water.
That coffin must be extraordinary. Those monkeys were holding on to the coffin tightly. There must be important things inside.
How about we take a look at what's inside that big stone coffin! Maybe there's also Sun Dasheng's true identity, it's hard to say!"
"That's impossible~~",
Chen Zhi shook his head gently:
"Based on the circumstances at the time, the body of the Victorious Buddha should not have been transported out!
There should be something else in that sarcophagus, something very important!
So much so that these fellows who fought against the victorious Buddha will still protect them together after death!
Maybe that’s…”
When Chen Zhi said this, an idea suddenly came to his mind, but this idea made him shiver involuntarily.
He jumped from the stone into the water and started walking towards the waterfall ahead!
The fruits here are indeed very cold, and the formation of underground waterfalls is still a mystery. Some of them are already in subzero temperatures, but they still do not freeze.
The underground water source here was like this. Chen Zhi felt that his bones were about to freeze, but the water surface was still not frozen.
He endured the cold and walked step by step to the waterfall. As soon as he got close, the rushing water vapor immediately chilled him to the core.
The water flow at the bottom of the waterfall was very fast, and the sarcophagus was placed under the water flow, with a very smooth stone slab underneath it, making it even and stable.
And around the sarcophagus, those snow-white skulls stared at Chen Zhi with their empty eyes, as if they had souls...
"There must be something in this sarcophagus!
A very important thing that can prove something...",
Chen Zhi's mind was racing, and an extremely ominous premonition appeared in his mind.
His intuition kept warning himself:
"Don't open it! Don't open it! It has nothing to do with you. Don't know so much..."
But Chen Zhi still stretched out his hands uncontrollably. At the same time, two thick air streams slowly came out from his middle hands and grabbed the two ends of the sarcophagus, like two strong ropes.
With a "bang", the sarcophagus was pulled out of the waterfall by Chen Zhi's airflow, and then dragged into the pool.
When the sarcophagus was pulled out, there was a layer of spray and everyone's bodies were wet.
And those piles of bones hidden behind the coffin poured out from behind with a "crash~" and fell into the pool, revealing their appearance on the water!
Sure enough, there were obvious scars on those white bones. The knife edges were basically long strips with neat edges. It can be imagined that the long knife was inserted without hesitation, and the knife was fatal.
Because these bones are so old, they have no skin or flesh at all. Theoretically, they are all identical monkey bones and cannot be distinguished at all.
But I don't know why. Even at this time, I can clearly feel that the faces of those skeletons seem to have expressions. Each one is ferocious and resentful, and they all look at him with resentful eyes, as if he has made some mistake.
Chen Zhi looked at the sarcophagus up and down, then touched the surrounding details with his hands and estimated the weight and volume.
This is a normal-sized coffin, about the same size as a human coffin. The stone should be produced locally. The surface is polished smooth and there are not many patterns on it.
However, there are obvious traces of fireworks on the outer skin of the sarcophagus, which are still obvious after being washed away by waterfalls.
It seems that for a long time in the past, this sarcophagus has been regarded as a very sacred object and has been enshrined.
"Help me open this sarcophagus!" Chen Zhi waved his hand to Ghost Sword and Fat Wei.
The two men came over immediately and stood on both sides of the sarcophagus.
Fat Wei skillfully found a fine line on the edge, and then touched it with his hand to confirm that it was active!
Then he took out the crowbar, assembled it, and began to skillfully pry open a gap from each of the four corners of the edge. Then the three of them worked together, and there was a bang~~ sound.
The lid of the sarcophagus was finally lifted and fell heavily into the pool.
After the coffin lid was opened, a strange smell hit their noses, and the contents of the sarcophagus were clearly visible in front of them.
However, when they saw the contents of the sarcophagus, they were astonished beyond words.
What is in the sarcophagus is what Chen Zhi has always suspected, but has been unable to face...