Origin Chapter 216: Iron Coffin
Right now, the chasing troops are quickly closing in here from all directions, Wu Di didn't bother to ask any more questions, and followed Wu Zhongyuan to run eastward from the forest.
After a while, Wu Zhongyuan stopped beside a mound and pushed aside a bunch of shrubs on the right side of the mound, revealing a hole about two feet wide.
"Come in." Wu Zhongyuan looked at Wu Di.
"What is this?" Wu Di was perplexed and puzzled.
"I don't know either, it should be a tomb." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Should? You've never been in?" Wu Di asked.
"No, it's too late, get in quickly." Wu Zhongyuan urged eagerly.
At the critical moment, Wu Di didn't have much time for hesitation, so he had to bend down and get into the hole. The tunnel was narrow. Although it was possible to enter, it was not easy to move forward.
"Be careful, there should be a lot of space below, don't fall." Wu Zhongyuan reminded.
Wu Di responded.
"There shouldn't be any big snakes in it, and if there are, it's small." Wu Zhongyuan reminded again.
This time Wu Di didn't answer. He didn't say it earlier, but after he got in, he said that the tunnel was so narrow that he couldn't get out at all. No matter what was in front of him, he could only crawl forward.
After anxious thinking, Wu Zhongyuan also got in. The Niu Clan's target was Wu Di, not him. It was of little significance for him to stay outside and could not divert the enemy's attention.
He used a branch to test the length of the passage before, but the passage was not long. When he got in, Wu Di was no longer in the passage.
"About a zhang from the ground." Wu Di's voice came from below.
Wu Zhongyuan was crawling forward and did not answer. Wu Di's voice was mixed with echoes, indicating that there was indeed a large space below.
A moment later, Wu Zhongyuan fell from the passage. For a warrior, a height of three meters is nothing. When he fell, he adjusted his body and landed smoothly.
Even if you have night vision, it will take some time to get used to it if you suddenly enter a dark area from a brightly lit place.
I closed my eyes for two seconds and reopened to see the surrounding scenery.
The space where the two of them are currently is about four or five hundred square meters, which is quite large as a tomb. The entire tomb is built with bluestone, including the floor and dome.
There is a black coffin in the tomb, which is much larger than ordinary coffins. The four corners of the upper part of the tomb are connected to the coffin by black chains, which hang the coffin in the air.
There is only this coffin in the huge tomb, and there are no other funerary items. There are some fine bones scattered around the tomb, not like human bones, but small animal bones.
While Wu Zhongyuan was observing the environment, Wu Di was doing the same thing. At this time, she was looking at a hole on the left side of the tomb, where several pieces of bluestone had been dug out, and there were still piles of stones nearby. Lots of dirt.
After looking around, Wu Zhongyuan walked towards the left side of the tomb.
Wu Di hurriedly reached out and grabbed him, "Be careful."
"It's alright," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "this place was originally entrenched by a red-crowned snake, but that red-crowned snake has been captured by me."
Wu Zhongyuan walked to the left side of the tomb and tilted his head to look at the hole. The diameter of this hole is also more than 70 cm, which is similar to the width of the tunnel above, but the tunnel is not long, and only two or three meters are dug into it. , At the end of the passage, there is a huge pangolin corpse. This pangolin has been dead for a long time. Because the tomb is very dry, its corpse is in a mummified state.
"It dug out the passage above," Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the pangolin's body and said to Wu Di, "it can't climb up after it falls, so it has to dig a passage again, but there is no food or water here. , it ended up trapped here."
"What's up with the red-crowned snake?" Wu Di asked.
"The predecessors planted the trees and the later generations enjoyed the shade," Wu Zhongyuan said, "The red-crowned snake that was entrenched here before was nearly 20 feet long and could come in and out freely. I chose Maodong because I coveted the warmth here. "
Even if Wu Zhongyuan didn't say it, Wu Di had already noticed that the temperature here was abnormal, and pointed at the black coffin hanging in the air, "The heat here seems to be emitted by the coffin."
Wu Zhongyuan was about to answer when he suddenly heard a faint sound from above. Hearing the movement, it seemed that a beast ran over from above.
Wu Zhongyuan made a silent gesture to Wu Di, and then fixedly looked at the hole above the tomb. At this time, there was an extremely weak light in the hole, which was the light outside through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the bush. If the light changes, someone has touched the bush outside.
There is no second exit here. Once discovered, they can only be captured.
The most dangerous part is the first ten minutes. If someone finds out that the two have come to this area before, they will be able to find it soon. If no one has come over after this period of time, even if the first wave of danger has passed, the reason why it is called the first wave of danger is because the enemy guessed that they might not have escaped, and they will deal with it later. This area is searched in more detail.
I waited nervously for a long time, but they didn't see any change in the light at the entrance of the cave, nor did they hear any abnormal noise around them, so the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Wu Di walked to the west of the tomb to see the passage,
"It's useless," Wu Zhongyuan sat against the wall, "we're not pangolins, we can't dig through."
"You can hide people here." Wu Di said.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "It's useless, we can't restore the stone wall to a tight joint, if they find it, they will definitely find clues."
Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Wu Di was discouraged, turned around, walked back, and sat down beside him.
Wu Zhongyuan also carried the leftover hemp stalk he had eaten before, took out one, wiped it from his sleeve, and handed it to Wu Di.
Wu Di shook her head.
"It's alright, don't worry." Wu Zhongyuan comforted.
"It's me who's implicated you." Wu Di blamed herself.
"Don't be discouraged, it won't be too late to say this until I'm caught and beheaded." Wu Zhongyuan laughed, finished speaking, and delivered it again.
Wu Di tilted her head to look at Wu Zhongyuan, who took the opportunity to stuff Maji into her hand.
The two ran all night and were already exhausted. The tomb was dry and warm. After the tension subsided, both of them were a little sleepy.
When Wu Zhongyuan woke up, he found that Wu Di had woken up, and was standing in the middle of the tomb, looking at the coffin hanging in the air.
"Don't stand under that, what if the chain breaks and hits you." Wu Zhongyuan yawned.
"No, these chains are not corroded," Wu Di said.
"Why are you looking at it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.
"Have you ever wondered why it gets hot?" Wu Di asked rhetorically.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer. I was nervous to patronize before, and I didn't really think about why the coffin was hot.
"This is an iron coffin," Wu Di said. "Iron is evil gold and can block yin and yang. There must be something sealed inside."
Everyone has curiosity. Hearing Wu Di's words, Wu Zhongyuan also became curious about the coffin. He stood up and walked over to look up.
"What do you think will be in here?" Wu Di asked.
"Maybe it's a zombie," Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand and pointed. "The iron shield blocks the yin and yang, and can block the corpse's qi. It was hanged in the air again, probably to prevent the things inside from feeling the earth's qi after the iron coffin was corroded."
"Zombies are femininity, how can they get hot?" Wu Di questioned.
"Maybe it's just a drought." Wu Zhongyuan guessed, "As the saying goes, the drought is the yin in the yin, and the cathode must be yang. It is said that this thing can be red for thousands of miles, and it is normal for the iron coffin to heat up."
Wu Di didn't think Wu Zhongyuan's judgment was correct, but for a while he couldn't think of any reason to refute him.
Wu Zhongyuan was in a rush to urinate, so he walked to the corner to urinate, and when he tied the waist rope, Wu Di said, "Have you ever thought, if it is really a drought, why didn't those who restrained it kill it, but instead Is it sealed here?"
Wu Zhongyuan was speechless, he really hadn't thought about it.
"The age of this tomb is a long time ago," Wu Di pointed to the few bluestones dug up by pangolins, "Look at these stones, the size and shape are very neat, and the entire tomb is made of this kind of stone. Yes, only the royal family and nobles can build such a tomb.”
"This is supposed to be the bear clan's territory, maybe..." Wu Zhongyuan didn't continue talking halfway through his speech. He wanted to say that maybe a member of the royal family had become a scorpion, and everyone couldn't kill him. He would be sealed up, but suddenly he thought that this thing would have to be buried in the ground for at least a few hundred years before it could take shape. It must not be what I guessed.
"Forget it, let's not guess, let's open it up and take a look." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Don't be reckless, be more cautious." Wu Di waved his hands again and again.
"You don't want to know what's inside?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
Wu Di did not answer.
Wu Zhongyuan jumped up and jumped onto the coffin.
"Hey." Wu Di looked up nervously.
Wu Zhongyuan waved at Wu Di, indicating that she should not be nervous, and then reached out and touched the iron coffin, which was very warm, but not hot.
Looking around the iron coffin, there were no patterns on the iron coffin, and the lid and body were not fused together.
Everyone has curiosity, and Wu Zhongyuan is no exception. At this time, he also developed a strong curiosity about the contents of the coffin. Although the coffin is heavy, it should not be very difficult to lift the lid.
To be cautious, he didn't immediately try to lift the coffin lid, but swayed the iron coffin with two ropes.
The iron coffin was hung in the air, and as he continued to increase his strength, the shaking became larger and larger. In addition to the creaking of the iron chain, there seemed to be the sound of metal rubbing against metal inside the coffin.
Lying on the coffin and listening carefully, it was indeed the sound produced by the friction between metal and metal.
"There seems to be no living thing inside." Wu Zhongyuan said to Wu Di.
"What is that?" Wu Di was also very curious.
When the coffin stopped shaking, Wu Zhongyuan grabbed the iron chain with one hand and tried to lift it with the other, but he had nowhere to use force in mid-air, so he could only tilt it, but could not move it away.
Seeing this, Wu Di lifted her breath and jumped up to help.
"Be careful, move a gap to see the situation first, and run away if you see something wrong." Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the hole above.
Wu Di nodded.
The two were separated from each other, and at the same time, they finally lifted the lid of the coffin and moved an inch to the left.
The gap was on Wu Zhongyuan's side, and Wu Zhongyuan was the first to tilt his head to look at the things in the coffin.
"What's inside?" Wu Di was both nervous and curious.
"It looks like an iron dragon." Wu Zhongyuan said casually.
Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Wu Di carefully moved over and tilted her head to look through the gap. She was puzzled at first, but after a while, she suddenly took a breath, thinking that she was thinking of something.
"Do you recognize this thing?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"I've never seen it before, I've only heard of legends about this thing." Wu Diyu has a vibrato.
"What legend?" Wu Zhongyuan asked eagerly.
"During the prehistoric period, the universe was chaotic, the six realms were indistinguishable, and Fuxi and Nuwa were pacified..."
"Don't go that far, just tell me what this is." Wu Zhongyuan interrupted Wu Di.
Wu Di said, "In order to make the three clans restrict each other and coexist peacefully, Fuxi Nuwa gave gifts to the three clans, leaving the bear clan with the Yellow Dragon Art, which is the magic practiced by the wizards and the royal clan. It is a white dragon pill for the cattle. According to legend, as long as the inner pill of the white dragon is contained, one can transform into a giant dragon. What is left to the bird is a set of indestructible blue dragon armor."
"Blue dragon armor?" Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head to look at the object in the coffin, "It's not blue either, what's so special about this thing?"
"The guardian of the blue dragon, according to legend, as long as you wear the blue dragon armor, you will have an immortal golden body..."
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