"Be not too absolute in your words, old Gong. I have a good memory, that tomb is not just a tomb; there's also a guard tomb outside. The people in the guard tomb keep the gates with ghostly creatures, and they even have a bit of the art of soul burial. The tomb inside has refined the technique of soul burial viewing mountains to perfection, not to mention that it has killed three of the four great masters. People don't even know how many have fallen for it. In the end, guess what?" In just a few words, old Gong described it vividly and colorfully.
"What happened?" Qiu Ji actually couldn't help but be moved by the emotion and asked old Gong.
"Haha, after all this trouble, so many lives lost, the grave inside is still a fake one. The person buried in it is afraid that someone will dig him up. Where is the real grave? It's still unknown." Old Gong was very dissatisfied and said: "The person in the guard tomb wanted to protect his master's bones. He didn't get the true inheritance when he was alive, and he wanted it even after death. Mr. Grandmaster wanted to go in to get that inheritance, but fell into a trap again. Can you say that there are no traitors in Guqiang City?"
"Jùqū Mountain, Sìguī Mountain, even the eight houses couldn't escape. Since ancient times, you can guard against it day and night, but it's hard to guard against family traitors. There is no place that can escape from this custom."
"Even your wife, who sleeps with you every night, can still go and have affairs."
"Once we get out, I will thoroughly investigate it, please old Gong indicate the position of that guard tomb and the fake tomb." Qiu Ji is more serious.
"Let's talk about it later. We haven't figured out the things at home yet." Old Gong didn't give a direct answer.
After a brief rest, we continued our journey.
On the second mountain, we didn't see any ghost creatures.
Only to find that the entire mountain was covered in tiny flowers.
The flowers were vivid and competed with each other under the moonlight, and a faint fragrance filled the air.
This kind of flower is very common and not poisonous.
Qiu Ji, however, repeatedly cautioned that he must follow him closely and absolutely not touch any flowers, nor anything else!
He walked along a small stone path, and although we normally wouldn't notice it, following him meant the path was always under our feet.
Wu Jinluan and the masters carefully examined everything, but in the end, they found nothing.
In fact, it's not just that. Even Old Gong couldn't figure anything out. After descending the mountain, he asked Qiu Ji what kind of dangerous corpses were on this mountain and what secrets the little wildflowers held.
"They're not corpse killers, but toxic ones. The most poisonous corpse in the world. The flowers are normal, but there is something abnormal beneath them. I can't say more. This is a secret of Guqiang City and something we must guard closely." Qiu Ji answered, but it seemed like he didn't answer.
Old Gong felt a bit of the itching in his chest, eager to dig deeper into the secrets.
"This is the last mountain, after passing through here, it is the most important place in my Guqiang City. The core of this mountain range. If that place is damaged, it will lose its suppressing effect. The corpse killers from the previous mountain will escape, and the toxic ones in this mountain will also escape. And those evil people who are inflexible and cannot rot or rot in this last mountain will also escape!" Qiu Ji spoke in a low voice.
"The core is inside, the inside suppresses the corpse killers in the mountains outside, and while the corpse killers are suppressed, they use the effect of Feng Shui to let them guard the graves. This soul burial viewing mountains technique is truly mysterious. I think, the coffin that weaves through the Yin Dragon Water is one of the corpse killers as well, but you guys have controlled him right?" Wu Jinluan's eyes shone brightly.
His words are a bit convoluted, but I still understand them.
Qiu Ji nodded in agreement.
The sky lit up again.
We have been traveling continuously for almost one and a half days. Apart from eating roasted rabbit meat the first day, we haven't eaten anything during the journey, not even sleeping.
Tiredness, exhaustion, hunger, and these feelings were surrounding everyone. By the time everyone was already exhausted.
"Follow me." Qiu Ji led the way again.
After walking for about half an hour, we didn't climb the last mountain. We followed along the foot of the mountain and saw a row of houses.
The houses were made of rocks ground flat and built one after another, small and more inclined to be lonely.
When we got close, Qiu Ji bowed and said, "Greetings to the ancestors."
Liu Yujie actually also gave a slight nod of his hand and called out, "Uncle."
As Liu Ziyu's status is much lower and his generation is even lower, he directly kneeled on the ground.
No response was passed from inside, and the wooden door was not opened either.
Looking up, Qiu Ji slightly let out a breath of relief and gestured for us to go to other rooms.
After the group went over, Qiu Ji opened one of the doors and it turned out to be a kitchen. There were smoked meats, sausages, and stacks of rice bags as well as other dried goods hanging in there.
Qiu Ji went to make a meal.
"The Pure Yang Daoist Temple sends a group of its practitioners to this mountain to refill talismans every so often. This mountain is the only one that hasn't been subjected to the Soul Burial Viewing Mountain Technique." Li Ziyu explained: "Therefore, disciples need to rest and replenish their energy, so they come down the mountain, and continue refilling talismans the next day."
I pondered over it and didn't ask any more questions.
After everyone had eaten and rested for a full day, replenishing our spirits, we then crossed the last mountain.
After climbing up the mountain, walking for a while, we could see a stone tomb. There were numerous talisman cloths hanging on the tomb.
I was puzzled, what people were buried in the tombs? They couldn't pose a single threat, their collective power was certainly not as great as the corpse killers or toxic corpses in the previous two mountains.
But the number is just too numerous...
Finally, as we reached the top of the mountain, from this location, we could see in front of us, there was another mountain!
The mountain is much smaller.
It was exceptionally abstract, hard to understand, yet it was a real presence in our sight.
That mountain was relatively flat, looking like a pot that was turned upside down.
However, its front also extended a bit further, leaning upward in a crooked way, with the top much larger than the rest, covered with plants, lush and green.
Below, on either side of the inverted peak range, there were two mountain bodies extending out.
At a glance, the mountain looked strange and abnormal. But if you squint your eyes and take a closer look, it's actually not that strange, it looks like a turtle!
The overall peak resembled the back of a turtle, with the front being the turtle's neck and legs.
Due to the limitation of our view, we couldn't see the mountain shape further back, but we could roughly guess that there should be two more legs and a tail.
Wu Jinluan and the others were all lost in thought, staring blankly at that mountain.
"Since ancient times, yin-yang arts have determined the number of groups by using tortoises, divination rods, and playing cards. After forming a set of numbers, it becomes a pattern. The old saying goes that numbers are taken from things, and patterns are taken from numbers. If a mountain has an unusual shape, then the tomb of a general would become Mount General. Such pattern supplements itself, this mountain has become an immortal tortoise. The mountain itself contains the pattern of arrangement, and those who live on turtle energy will become immortals."
"Is the core of Guqiang City where the Immortalized Corpse is buried?" Wu Jinluan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, staring blankly at Qiu Ji.
Qiu Ji didn't answer.
Liu Yujie spoke calmly and said, "Indeed, there is such a place, but no one can disturb it. This is the resting place of the elders of past generations, as well as the resting place of our predecessors."
"Eight houses are very eager to get Corpse Dantan. They have a very special use when holding it. Ji Kui, although he is a traitor, has a very high strength. If he gets one, he may be able to break through that step and become a master-level expert. With Feng Shui skills, we will not be able to handle him. There's no time to lose, let's go in!" Wu Jinluan said decisively: "We will definitely not touch the Corpse Dantan inside the Huatian body! Let's enter the mountain!"
