Perhaps in reality, the passage of time is only a blink of an eye, but it seems to me that a century has passed.
When I finally woke up from that strange fear, I was not full of strength like before when the Earth Spirit Pearl revived. Instead, I was extremely weak, my clothes were soaked with sweat, I was constantly breathing heavily, my legs and feet were sore and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow me down, but the Baipi Knife in my hand became particularly heavy, and the talismans carved on the blade with blood became brighter and brighter, as if they were branded with some special material and difficult to wipe off. It was obviously just a one-handed knife, but I had to hold it with both hands. Even so, I was still unable to do it. The only way to relax a little was to keep breathing heavily.
Then, I moved and staggered towards the demon corpse.
At this moment, the opponent was like an indestructible and violent beast, rushing around and smashing the pottery figurines to pieces, so that there was a faint smell of blood all around. Lao Bai and Wan Nianger had no power to fight back at all, and could only dodge everywhere, surrounded by danger.
I was getting closer and closer to it. The strange thing was that the opponent seemed to be unaware of my existence at all. Even when he turned around and faced me, he ignored me directly.
Can't you see it?
I'm not sure, I just know that the Baipi Knife at this time is too strange and difficult to figure out. Holding it in my hand, I can't even run like a normal person. I approached slowly step by step, and every step was extremely difficult. Even when I stood behind it, I had to stop and rest for a while with the knife because I couldn't sustain my physical strength.
At this time, it only needs to turn around and slap me, and I will die here on the spot!
Lao Bai and Wan Niang'er both changed color, and kept winking at me while dodging. Unfortunately, time seemed to have stopped at this moment. I didn't move, and the demon corpse didn't react at all. They didn't know my strange situation at the moment, and they didn't even know the process of my communication with Cang Yao. Perhaps they really couldn't understand this weird scene, and they couldn't sit back and watch me get into trouble. The two of them almost made the same choice at the same time and turned to pounce on the demon corpse.
Aohou!
The demon corpse raised its head and roared, and a lot of white mist sprayed from its mouth and nose, and the stench of corpses filled the air.
Then, I raised the knife and slashed it down.
The roar stopped abruptly.
After a while, the opponent started from the right shoulder to the left waist, and the upper body "slapped" on the ground, but the lower body still stood there.
Everything is so simple!
Only one knife!
Because the opponent was tall, I used all my strength and could only throw the Baipi Knife on his shoulder. Then, just like cutting tofu, the opponent's invulnerable body became as thin and vulnerable as a piece of paper!
The strange talisman on the narrow blade disappeared. At this moment, I felt like I was liberated. I felt my hand lighten and fell to the ground with the knife.
Lao Bai and Wan Nianger had already stood there in a daze. Their expressions were probably more exciting than seeing a ghost. It was not until the Baipi Knife turned into a black stick at a speed visible to the naked eye and fell to the ground with a crisp "ding-dong" sound that the two of them woke up with a start and ran towards me quickly.
"What the hell is going on?"
Lao Bai held me up and said in astonishment: "Where do you get this strength? Could it be that the thing that didn't dissolve bones last time has appeared again? But... you don't look like you're possessed!"
I didn't answer, not because I was arrogant, but because my throat was hoarse and I couldn't say a word. It was as if all the moisture in my body turned into sweat and evaporated from my pores. I just raised my hand subconsciously, and my fingertips kept trembling. Every time I thought of the feeling that the Baipi Knife gave me, my soul was surrounded by boundless fear, and my body also showed a state that only occurs when you have low blood sugar and extreme hunger. Every muscle was trembling constantly, and I was panicking.
"I seem to have grasped something vaguely."
Suddenly, Cang Yao's voice sounded in my heart: "It's a very strange feeling. At that moment, it seemed as if the Heavenly Official Blade and the Earth Spirit Pearl were connected as one. It might be an illusion, or it might be something else. In short, I can't describe that strange feeling, which is particularly evil. However, there is one thing I am very sure of. The reason why the other party can't feel you is because of the earth veins!!!"
According to her, the senses of zombies all come from the earth's energy. It just so happens that the Earth Spirit Pearl is bred by the dragon veins and is the mother of the earth veins. When I was fully awakened, I almost merged with the earth's energy here. This is the best disguise. In the eyes of ghosts, it is almost the same as an invisible person.
In other words, at that time, I was completely transparent in the eyes of the demon corpse!
"However, this method is too evil, try not to use it in the future."
Cang Yao said softly: "To be honest, this may be the secret of your ceremonial officer. I can only see some of the most superficial things, but you lost a lot of blood and essence in just a short moment, and I don't know where it went. There are deeper losses that are invisible, maybe... Damn! Anyway, don't touch this method in the future unless it's the last resort. I feel that you will die after using it a few times!"
After saying this, she thought about it and added: "It doesn't matter if you die, the key is not to implicate me!"
In fact, why should she say it? Even if I am asked to use it again, I guess I won't dare.
That feeling is too terrifying. The knife in my hand seems to be alive, and I have become its nourishment. As long as it is happy, it can come up and take a few bites. If I use it a few more times, I feel that my spirit will collapse!
At this time, Lao Bai probably finally saw the problem with my body. He took out a piece of chocolate that was so sweet that it was greasy and stuffed it into my mouth. He also poured a lot of water into my mouth without saying anything. When my throat was wet, I even felt like crying.
Lao Bai asked me what happened, but it was a pity that even I and Cang Yao hadn't figured it out, so how could we tell the whole story?
"Come and have a look!"
Brother Yaozi's voice came from behind: "Old Diaoye is dying..."
Lao Bai helped me up and rushed over immediately. In just a short while, Old Diaoye's condition was completely different from before. His face showed a strange black and blue color. He no longer had the strength to cover the wound on his stomach. His hands drooped on both sides. I could see clearly that his stomach was cut open with a hole of more than ten centimeters, and his intestines were flowing out. The surrounding skin and flesh were even black and exuded a foul smell.
This is clearly corpse poison!
Presumably, he was entangled with the demon corpse during the process of falling down, and his belly was cut open by the other party!
Brother Yaozi had a special liking for this old birthday boy. Maybe the other party was also a tough guy, the same kind of person as him, and there was a sense of mutual appreciation. At this time, he didn't say a word, but just kept stuffing his intestines back silently, but he couldn't succeed. Obviously, he was a very thin old man, and he was definitely not worthy of the four words "full of fat intestines", but after the belly was broken, it seemed to become very crowded inside, and the intestines would soon slide out after being stuffed in.
This is definitely a scene that challenges people's nerves.
I felt a little bit unbearable to watch, but the old man was very calm, with his head slightly raised, patting Brother Yaozi's hand, telling him not to do useless work.
I gently shook off Lao Bai's arm that was supporting me, squatted down, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Grandpa, I'm afraid I'm sorry for you. I can't bury you like I buried Qi Ye and Xiao Zhe..."
"No, baby, I feel at ease lying here..."
Lao Diaoye shook his head, breathing heavily, coughed twice, and muttered to himself as if he was in his last moments.
He said that he had offended a wealthy family in the mountains and ran here, where he fell down from hunger on the grassland. In the chaotic years of war and disaster, when he fell down in an unfamiliar place, the outcome was basically doomed, but he was lucky and was saved by a herdsman in the pastoral area with a bowl of goat milk. If you really want to count, the remaining hundred years of his life were all in vain. He came from Guandong and relied on his own two arms and a heart of blood to make a living. He lived a clean life. This was the only thing he owed in his life. Now he has finally settled the account and is at ease. He does not need that thin-skinned coffin to seek peace of mind. He has his own peace of mind.
After saying that, his eyes became unfocused. I don't know if he saw the eagle flying over the grassland or smelled the fragrance of Shandong scallion pancakes. Anyway, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Just as he said, he had his own peace of mind and didn't need this pile of yellow soil and thin coffin. When he closed his eyes, he just said a sentence intermittently-baby, go down and save people!
"Burn it!"
I sighed, wiped the corner of my mouth, and gently covered his half-open eyes.
Lao Bai and Zhang Xinya were probably in the best condition among us. Naturally, this matter fell on them. The two carried the old man away and burned the body in the corner soon after.
We rested here for a long time and set off again.
However, my condition was getting worse and worse. Even if I was full and drunk, my body was still shaking, sweating constantly, and shaking from time to time. I only felt that the temperature around me was constantly dropping and getting colder and colder.
Cang Yao said that this was probably a sequelae, but I was already doing very well. When the last heavenly official did this, he seemed to be dying and spoke weakly.
Brother Yaozi helped me analyze it and thought that it might be that my vitality was damaged. After returning to the Zhenwu Temple, I asked my master to prescribe a prescription and warm up for a while.
Seeing that my life was safe, I was completely relieved and followed them to climb the altar again.
Except for the two statues, there was nothing else here, and there was nothing strange.
But it was this lack of strangeness that became the biggest strangeness in my eyes!
All the pottery figurines worshiped here. There was no way to the tomb after reaching here, which was enough to explain something!
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any way for a while. Lao Bai was impatient and walked around here with a crowbar, knocking and hitting everywhere, using a clumsy method.
Brother Yaozi laughed at him, saying that such a great deal of hard work had gone into this place, and if it could be knocked out casually, it would be unworthy of the amount of work.
As a result, perhaps it was a blind cat that caught a dead mouse, Lao Bai really found an unusual place. Right below the statue of the great god Panshe, there was an obvious echo on the ground when he knocked with a crowbar!
In other words, there was a secret passage there!!
Lao Bai was overjoyed, and gave Brother Yaozi a look that showed that he had experienced it. He swung the sledgehammer and smashed it there. After a few hammers, the stone slabs around were completely destroyed, revealing a black metal color underneath. In fact, it was a piece of iron plate, but the thickness was very amazing, much more terrifying than the tomb door.
I went up and touched it. There was an obvious gap on the iron plate. I found a thin and light object and tried it through the gap. I'm afraid that this iron thing is at least half a meter thick!
Such a big thing blocking the secret passage is obviously not something that can be pried open by human power. It must be controlled by a machine.
Considering that this tomb also has things like the old fox coming in and out at any time, this means that this mechanism must be a live mechanism that can be controlled at any time.
But where is the switch?
I looked at the two tall statues silently and fell into silence...