Chapter 25: Longevity and Immortality 4

  Wen Bai Yu lay on the ground for a while, not daring to look at Wan Jie Jing Hou with her eyes. It was simply too embarrassing! In her illusion, she had hugged Wan Jie Jing Hou tightly and refused to let go, but that was just in her imagination, no one knew about it. But just now, she had actually hugged the Wan Jie Jing Hou who was giving her CPR and refused to let go...

  Wen Baiyu felt that he had cleared his name for this lifetime and could now die by smashing his head against the stone pillar. This was a good place, an ancient tomb, and it wouldn't be considered exposing his corpse in the wilderness.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at him lying on the ground, pounding his head and wailing, and said in confusion: "What's wrong, where are you hurt?"

  Wen Baiyu especially wanted to point at his own heart and say, "The area of the wound in my heart is about nine square centimeters..."

  Wen Baiyu comforted herself, but Wan Jingshou didn't react at all. That person was born with a lack of sensitivity to such things, and as long as they were both men, accidentally kissing after mouth-to-mouth resuscitation wasn't a big deal!

  After being knocked down by Wen Baiyu's ear-covering bell, he crawled up from the ground and said, "How did you end up here?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou saw that he was lightly dressed, the tomb was cold and damp, his body was wet and shivering, so he took off his own coat and put it on him.

  Then calmly said: "Well, let's get some things done."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  This is essentially saying nothing at all, it's better off not saying anything!

  Wen Baiyu stood up and looked around, saying: "How are we going to get out of here? I fell from above."

  He had just finished speaking, when he felt an itch on his ankle. He looked down and was startled to see that two water grasses had quietly emerged from the pond and wrapped themselves around Wen Baiyu's ankle.

  "Whoosh!" Another waterweed stretched out from the pond and wrapped itself around Wen Baiyu's pants!

  "Wahhh! Save me... Tentacle system!? This is unbearable! My pants are going to fall off! Wan, Wan Jingtianhou!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou heard his shout, immediately turned around, drew out Wen Bai Yu's dragon scale dagger, "Hiss——" a sound cut off the water grass wrapped around Wen Bai Yu's body.

  "Hiss——"

  Wen Baiyu took a mouthful of cold air, and there was a strand of aquatic grass wrapped around his pants. If Wan Kuang's hand shook slightly, he would not be able to explain himself!

  Wen Baiyu felt that she was already scared stiff and her hands and feet were icy cold.

  The water grass was cut off, and to our surprise, blood gushed out, then slowly retreated, and with a "splash" sound, it dove back into the water, never to resurface again.

  Wen Bai hurriedly squatted down to untie the broken water grass wrapped around his ankle, threw it aside, and was still a bit frightened. "This grave is too terrifying," he said. "Not to mention the coffin's fake resurrection, but even the water grass has become a spirit."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou used his index and middle fingers to wipe away the bloodstains on the dagger, then sheathed it and handed it back to Wen Bai Yu, saying: "This tomb is at least two thousand years old. Buried underground for two thousand years, what happens isn't strange."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, "Two thousand years have passed and you've finally become a spirit!"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou looked around the four walls of the stone room and turned his head to say: "Follow closely."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou had already triggered the mechanism, and the stone walls on all four sides suddenly opened up, revealing four passageways leading in different directions.

  "Which way?" asked Wen Bai Yu in surprise.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "I don't know."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  I thought you were a pro.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Follow me closely."

  He finished speaking and stepped forward, his manner was as if he had casually found a path to a grave.

  Wen Baiyu quickly followed up, and Wan Qi Jinghou turned around and handed him something. Wen Baiyu looked down and saw that it was a flashlight, so he immediately pressed the switch and lit it up.

  Wen Baiyu followed Wan Jinhou forward, and the road was very calm. Wen Baiyu said: "Zhong Kui and Zhong Jian were with me just now, they won't be in trouble now, will they?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "You don't have to worry about them."

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment and said: "This Zhong Kui, is he really...the one who catches ghosts?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded slightly.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a little dizzy, that Zhong Kui was really miserable, he actually went to sell insurance!

  Wen Baiyu said, "Do you know the origin of this tomb? When I came, there was an old man who said that there is a phoenix coffin in this tomb. He said that if you eat the heart of a child from the coffin, you can come back to life after dying. Is this true or false? This is also too disgusting, what kind of dark cuisine."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's footsteps paused for a moment, and he said, "Perhaps it's true."

  "What is 'perhaps'?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "I once saw an inscription in another tomb, telling a legendary story of the Western Han Dynasty. The legend mentioned the Phoenix Coffin. This tomb looks at least two thousand years old. If the inscription is true, then the Phoenix Coffin should be in the main chamber."

  "What kind of story is it?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't seem to mind the trouble, his voice was very calm, and he said: "The inscription on the stele records that during the Western Han Dynasty, there was a Guangchuan King Liu who loved to travel and hunt. Within the territory of his kingdom, wherever he went, everything was dug up."

  Wen Baiyu opened her big eyes and said: "He is a grave robber?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded and said, "In the fief of Guangchuan King, there are many ancient tombs from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Guangchuan King likes to excavate tombs and often takes away all the gold, silver, and jewels inside. However, the ancient tombs are usually full of mechanisms, so Guangchuan King widely recruits talented people and wizards."

  Among the gate guests of King Guang, there was a 20-year-old man with exceptional abilities. He had a slender build and a face as beautiful as a woman's, and his voice was moving. It is said that he understood the language of ghosts and could talk to the dead.

  Guangchuan Wang highly valued this man and petitioned Emperor Wu of Han, who enfeoffed the man as Marquis Huayu.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The inscription on the stele records that Huai Yu Hou is well-versed in the mechanisms of ancient tombs, can break through any mechanism-heavy ancient tomb, and he is good at observing the soil, able to easily discover the deeply buried hundred-meter-deep tomb..."

  The Huaguang King had Hualyu Hou dig up countless treasures, but the Huaguang King was naturally suspicious and feared that Hualyu Hou would embezzle, so he secretly planted a mole by Hualyu Hou's side, under the guise of being his deputy.

  This deputy is also a rare talent, although he doesn't have the natural ability of Huashuo Hou, but he learns quickly and has followed Huashuo Hou to explore big and small ancient tombs.

  When Hou Yuhou was at the tomb of Wei Wang's son, Mò Qú, he discovered an incredible divine artifact. At that time, everyone walked down to the main chamber and found a huge coffin. The coffin was transparent, like an ice block, and you could see things inside it. There were no inscriptions on the outside of the coffin, but it was carved with a phoenix that raised its head, stretched its neck, and flapped its wings as if it were about to fly!

  Inside the giant coffin, a jade bed was inlaid, six feet wide and one zhang high, also transparent. On it lay a man and a woman, both with perfect looks, smooth skin, no signs of decay, even their eyelashes were vividly lifelike.

  This is the Phoenix Coffin...

  Guangchuan Wang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and ordered people to throw out the male and female corpses from the coffin. He instructed people to lift the entire Feng Huang coffin out of the tomb and place it in the palace, locking it in the palace hall.

  Guangwang King, because of this matter, valued Huayu Hou even more. He heard his strategist mention a Spring and Autumn period's powerful minister's tomb, which had strange treasures and rare jewels inside, and he was very moved. He then ordered Huayu Hou to go dig up the Spring and Autumn tomb again.

  When the ancient tomb was excavated, it was very strange. One foot below the gate of the tomb was all white soil. When the white soil was dug again, it was a shocking corpse group. The complex corpses were pressing against each other, but there was no sign of decay at all. Each one was intact and the entire corpse group consisted of women only. Hou said that this was to increase the yin energy in the tomb.

  Inside the main tomb chamber was a coffin, and when the coffin was opened, there was a well-preserved male corpse inside. On top of the male corpse was perched a white fox!

  The fox, startled, jumped out of the coffin. The soldiers saw it and went to stab the fox. The fox was injured in its right foot and escaped. The Marquis of Huaiyin asked the soldier, "Without orders, why did you go and stab the fox?" The soldier replied, "It's the king's order; anything that moves is to be killed."

  After the fox ran away, people found that the dead man's hand was holding a pearl-sized bead, which shone brightly like a pearl, but more dazzling than a pearl.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but curiously interrupt and ask: "What treasure is this pearl?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This is a spiritual elixir that benefits longevity and prolongs years. Placing it on a corpse can fumigate the corpse, making it not..."

  That night, Guangchuan Wang had a dream. In the dream, there was an old man with white hair who asked loudly why he let someone stab his leg. He immediately took out a cane and hit Guangchuan Wang's leg, saying that three days later, Guangchuan Wang would definitely die suddenly.

  Guang Chuan Wang woke up from a nightmare and found his legs were really crippled.

  Guangchuan Wang was frightened to death, fearing that the old man's words would come true. At this time, the strategist said: "I heard that Huaiyu Hou brought out the elixir of longevity from the Spring and Autumn tomb, plus the phoenix coffin of Mochou, which can certainly make one live forever, even revive the dead!"

  Guangchuan Wang was delighted to hear this, but his advisor said that the Lingdan is a treasure and feared that Huayu Hou would embezzle it. Huayu Hou had been secretly in contact with Guangchuan Wang for a long time, and it was possible that this white-haired old man who claimed to have divine powers was actually sent by Huayu Hou to harm Guangchuan Wang using his magical language. The advisor suggested taking advantage of the opportunity to eliminate Huayu Hou.

  Guangchuan Wang was afraid of death and deeply believed in it. He invited the deputy who was placed next to Heshuo Hou, gave him a bribe, and learned that Heshuo Hou trusted him. Then he let him put poison in Heshuo Hou's water and took back the Lingdan. All the soldiers around Heshuo Hou were buried and killed without exception.

  Wen Baiyu said with a tongue click: "This Guangchuan King is not only muddle-headed but also hateful."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The inscription on the monument records that the deputy did not poison the water of He Yu Hou, but instead ground the spiritual elixir into powder and put it in the water. He Yu Hou drank the water and from then on would never grow old again. The deputy left a letter for He Yu Hou, saying he could not bear to kill him and the soldiers who had gone through life and death with him, so he let He Yu Hou lead the troops to escape from the sealed land overnight, while the deputy returned alone to report back."

  "What about the other hand?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said calmly: "The Guangchuan King was born with a violent temper, and his deputy had provoked the Guangchuan King. The Guangchuan King ordered someone to throw the deputy into the sea of fire, burning him alive, scattering the ashes, and crushing his bones."

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but shudder.

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "Three days later, the Guangchuan King suddenly died violently, and his whole body hair turned white overnight, and his face also became a fox's face. The son of the Guangchuan King wanted to bury him in the Phoenix Coffin, but when he opened the palace gate, the palace was empty, the Phoenix Coffin flew away without wings, and there was only a huge hole in the palace."

  Wen Baiyu said: "I know, it must be that Hou let people dig the tunnel and steal the Phoenix Coffin."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Later, Huo Yu Hou led his troops to disappear in one night, and the people at that time were all talking about it. They said that Huo Yu Hou was actually an immortal, and his troops were actually ghost soldiers... A hundred years later, a wild legend recorded that he had seen Huo Yu Hou in the ancient tomb group, still with a face like jade, like a beautiful woman. Huo Yu Hou led his troops to come and go among the tombs, wanting to find the elixir of immortality to revive his deputy general with the phoenix coffin."

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect that the Marquis of Huaxu was still a man of great affection and righteousness. However, his deputy general was crushed to ashes, not even leaving behind a corpse. How can he be revived?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "I don't know."

  Two people kept walking forward, Wen Baiyu followed closely behind him, and he heard Wan Qi Jinghou's words were a bit unclear, saying: "Do you have a cold? Why is your speech unclear?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou gave him a glance, which made Wen Bai Yu feel his back go numb, as if an electric current had passed through it, feeling strange!

  Wan Qi Jing Hou withdrew his gaze and continued walking forward, saying lightly: "Just now by the water pool, you bit my tongue."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Damn it...

  Wen Baiyu's heart was utterly shattered at this moment...