The years of reselling the haunted house

This ancient talisman that I got by accident, no one knows when it came from, and from whom it was handed down.Even if Chu Liuyan brought this ancient talisman to visit an expert and learned the secrets about the ancient seven-path talisman, he still had no way of knowing the usage of this ancient talisman and some details during its use.

In other words, Chu Liuyan was also unable to give me any guidance on the use of ancient runes.Because he doesn't know what will happen during use, and how the user should control it.

He also told me that in the future, I will have to explore and comprehend everything about how to better use the ancient runes.

When I really used the Fire Talisman today, my body also changed accordingly.This kind of change cannot be experienced without personal use.

With this discovery, I am a little ecstatic.In order to verify my judgment, I raised my palm and faced the jade figurine whose body was on fire.

I tried to use the inner strength mental method I had practiced before to control the qi that wandered in my body.

Although the qi has been wandering in the body, it also slowly oozes out from the palm of my tiger's mouth, but it is very scattered and difficult to gather.

It took me a lot of effort and my head was sweating to concentrate the qi.

I pointed my palm at the jade terracotta warrior and exhaled my anger.

As a result, even though it was a small burst of anger, there was a big movement.

The imaginary fire on the jade figurine's body suddenly burned up to a high level.Envelope the entire jade warriors.

"Oh, oh...don't burn it, it's a pity that the dress..." Qu Kangcheng watched from the side, beating his chest and feet, and sighing incessantly.

He still felt sorry for the golden jade robe, completely forgetting that we were cornered by this jade figurine just now.

In front of life, everything is insignificant.

I urged the virtual fire to continue to burn, and after about half a stick of incense, the qi in my body gradually failed to survive, and I also felt a sense of energy exhaustion.

Finally, my body softened and I sat down on the ground.And the virtual fire on the jade figurine was instantly extinguished.

After the fire, there was no smell of burning, nor any smoke.

This proves that the fire we see exists only in vision.It is also possible to speak of it as an illusion that we see.

It's the first time I use this fire talisman, and I don't know how effective it is, although the jade figurine has been lying still after being burned.I didn't dare to go over to see it for the first time.

Qu Kangcheng wanted to go over to have a look, but seeing that Liang Yue and I hadn't moved, he tried to take two steps, then backed away.

And after urging the fire talisman, I suddenly felt heavy in my body, as if all the Qi in my body had been removed at once.

Liang Yue saw my discomfort, and hurriedly said in a low voice, "Quickly meditate and adjust your breath."

I nodded, and with Liang Yue's help, I worked hard to adjust my breathing, and readjusted the disordered Qi in my body.After about ten minutes, the situation improved significantly.

I let out a sigh of relief, it seems that with my current skills, I really can't use this ancient rune too frequently, otherwise, as Chu Liuyan said, I will be hurt by the shock of this rune.The more powerful the rune, the greater the damage of the shock.

The thunder and fire talisman that I can currently control is the second of the seven talismans, the town character.This is also the most accessible rune among the ancient runes.

According to Chu Liuyan, I can only practice the other six talismans after I can easily control this character.

Because only at that time, it means that I can control the qi in my body.

Chapter 1060 Collecting Blood Jade

And this kind of ancient talisman is mainly activated by the breath in the body.

It turned out that when I heard Chu Liuyan talk about these things, I still felt a little illusory.Only now that I have personally experienced it, I understand this talisman more and more.

This thunder fire talisman, although I haven't reached the fire yet, it has already shown its power.The previous thunder talisman and the current fire talisman have obvious effects.This also gave me more motivation and confidence. Thinking about it, if I can use the six talismans in my hand as I like, then my Taoism and rune skills will inevitably rise to a big level. Uncle and Chu Liuyan couldn't reach a height.

Although I was not keen on learning Taoism before, but when you are in it, you will feel the importance of the level of Taoism.

Just like today's matter, if I don't use this fire talisman, it's hard to say whether I can still be alive now.

After a short pranayama, my body recovered quickly.

And the jade figurine, lying on the ground without moving, should have been injured by the fire talisman.

Qu Kangcheng lit a torch, and Liang Yue and I each held wooden swords and slowly approached the jade figurine.

With the light of the fire, I suddenly discovered that the face of the ancient corpse had changed a lot.

It turned out that his complexion was pale. Although he did not look like a stranger, he looked like someone who had just passed away.Not at all the look of a corpse that has been dead for 200 years.

But now his face is dry, completely looking like a mummified corpse.

It's just that the golden-haired jade coat on his body was still tightly attached to his body, and it didn't fall off as he turned into a mummy.

Qu Kangcheng kept shaking his head, and said, "How did the jade clothes grow together with his body? It looks like it needs to be stripped off professionally."

I was amused in my heart, this old man was still on the verge of life and death just like us, and just out of danger, he started to care about the golden jade dress again.

The jade figurine had turned into a mummy again, and there were only dry holes left in the two eyes, and only blood stains remained in the corners of the eyes, which showed that he was still a mighty jade figurine just now.

This situation shows that this mummy has no lethality, and it seems that we have passed another difficulty.

At this moment, I suddenly found that there was a flash of red light next to the head of the mummy, illuminated by the fire.

I squatted down, picked up something from the ground and put it in the palm of my hand.

It was the piece of ruby ​​originally held in the mouth of the ancient corpse.

For this piece of ruby, Meng Daqing lost two fingers, and even lost a piece of his arm.

Although the jade figurine has turned into a mummy, this piece of ruby ​​still glows blood-colored in my palm.The red jade is crystal clear, bloody from the inside to the outside.

It is more appropriate to call it a piece of ruby ​​than a piece of blood jade.

I still don't know the purpose of this blood jade being contained by that ancient corpse.I just felt that this thing was unusual, so I put the blood jade on me.

Of course I wouldn't give it to Meng Baolu and the others. Their logic about the ownership of the treasure below is nonsense.

The blood jade was icy cold, and after holding it in his hand for a long time, he couldn't hold it anymore.I put it in my close-fitting pocket, and it was extremely cold at the beginning, but it quickly matched the temperature of my body, making you unaware of its existence.

The temperature of this blood jade can also change according to the change of body temperature. From this point of view, it should be regarded as a good thing.

Since the blood jade fell out of the ancient corpse's mouth, I couldn't figure out whether the jade figurine turned into a mummy because it was burned by my fire talisman, or because the blood jade fell out.

But this is not important now.Even if the blood jade is stuffed into the mouth of the mummy again, it may not be able to recover again.

We are not in the world of mythology. I am afraid that there is no such magical thing in the world that can bring the dead back to life and rejuvenate the old.There is nothing that can restore a mummy to the way it was in life.

If there is, I am afraid that it will not be so troublesome for the archaeological community to restore the appearance of the mummy.

Seeing that the jade figurine posed no threat to us, I was completely relieved, and turned around to ask Liang Yue and Qu Kangcheng, "Are you all right? Are you injured?"

They all shook their heads, which was also the most fortunate thing.Except for Meng Daqing who lost an arm, the rest of us were quite frightened, but luckily they didn't suffer any injuries.

Seeing that Qu Kangcheng was still holding the ruler tightly, I asked, "Old Qu, I didn't see it, I have some family background. Where did you get this thing? It seems to be a very useful magic weapon... "

Qu Kangcheng looked down, then subconsciously let go of his hand, showed me the ruler, and said, "This...do you know what it's used for?"

I shrugged my shoulders: "Why didn't I ask you? Why did you ask me instead? I don't know what you use to measure? Cloth? Clothes?"

I looked at the ruler and touched it with my hand.I didn't know until I got my hands on it. I always thought that the ruler was made of steel, because it had a metallic luster on it.It turned out that the ruler was not metal, but wooden.I don't know how to get the metallic luster on it.Moreover, there are not only length scales on the ruler, but also many other scales, and the scales are marked with marks such as Tiangang, Disha, Tiangan, Dizhi, and Five Elements.

Qu Kangcheng smiled and told me, "This ruler is for measuring corpses."

I didn't feel very surprised by this. I could see that this ruler must have its special features. No matter what it is for measuring, it must not be as simple as measuring clothes.

On the contrary, Liang Yue was very puzzled and asked curiously: "Old Qu, you said this ruler is used to measure corpses? Do you still use corpses?"

Qu Kangcheng nodded: "This ruler was given to me by a friend. He is a corpse measurer. This magic weapon has been with him for decades. I heard that I have to catch up with this errand, so I gave it to me. , said to let me defend myself when necessary. I didn’t understand at the time, how can an ordinary ruler be self-defense? Looking at it now, it’s thanks to the ruler he gave me.”

"Corpse measurer?" I heard a profession that I had never heard of before. Since I entered Taoism with my third uncle, I have seen and experienced all kinds of special professions.These special occupations have their distinctive occupational characteristics and unique occupational methods.What kind of character is the corpse measurer I heard about this time?

Seeing that Liang Yue and I were curious, Qu Kangcheng simply explained to us: "Actually, my friend has been in this business for decades. At the beginning, I didn't know what he was doing for a living. His family just had a As a shroud shop, I thought he was selling shrouds. It was only later that I found out that his real occupation was a cadaver.”

Chapter 1061 Discovering Gong Zhiming

I nodded: "Oh, the body measurer is to make shrouds for the dead. After measuring the size, I will give it to the tailor."

Regarding my understanding, Qu Kangcheng shook his head: "You are wrong. I also thought that was the case at first, but later my friend told me that he only measures the dead body, not the tailor. In addition, what he measures is not the dead body, but the dead body. A corpse that died violently. In other words, it is the person who died badly, so he will measure the corpse. They can see many ways from this kind of corpse, such as cold corpse warm, long corpse short and so on. The details will herald some changes, and it will herald some omens for future generations and the family house. Therefore, many people have asked him to measure the corpse at a high price. This ruler is what he used to measure the corpse, because the dead are bigger, and the dead are bigger. My God, this corpse ruler doesn't sound good, so they all call this kind of ruler the Heaven Ruler. That's all I know."

I know there must be a lot more about this corpse-measuring man and this measuring ruler.Qu Kangcheng didn't study this, what he knew was only the superficial things.And today I heard about the profession of mortician, which also opened my eyes.The power of this measuring ruler is no less than the Dragon Subduing Wooden Sword in my hand, even stronger.So I also have a strong interest in the profession of cadaver measurer.I don't know if I will have the opportunity to meet this kind of person in the future.

"Li Yang, if you're interested, I'll give you this ruler. It won't be able to play its role in my hands." Qu Kangcheng saw that I paid more attention to the measuring ruler, so he handed over the ruler.

I quickly waved my hand and said: "Old Qu, this is a gift from your friend. This magic weapon is very precious, which shows that your friend has a deep friendship with you. I can't take away people's love. This measuring ruler is right in this underground palace. It can work. It’s good for you to hold it for self-defense. Just remember, it’s best not to see blood easily, and after retreating once, don’t use it lightly, it also needs a certain amount of time to recover.”

Seeing that I didn't accept it, Qu Kangcheng nodded and put the measuring ruler back on his body.

"Oh...too bad, where's Meng Daqing?" Liang Yue blurted out suddenly.

"Ah?" We just realized that we were forced by the situation just now, and kept paying attention to the ancient corpse.But there is a fourth person in this stone cauldron, we have temporarily forgotten him.

We went to the place where Meng Daqing fell. I remember that he must have been in a coma at the time, so I didn't get any response from him when I shouted a few words.When we were fighting the jade figurines, Meng Daqing remained silent.

As a result, when we remembered him and went to look for him again, we found that Meng Daqing had disappeared.

And his severed arm is gone.

Liang Yue stomped her feet and cursed angrily: "This Meng Daqing is really a white-eyed wolf with no conscience. We rescued him, but he left us and ran away."

I waved my hand: "It doesn't matter, since he can leave here, it means that there is indeed a passage leading to the outside. Let's look carefully, and we should be able to find clues."

Although Meng Daqing disappeared from the stone tripod inexplicably, it gave us a lot of confidence.

The three of us jumped from above to avoid those fire silkworms.But Meng Daqing was not, he seemed to appear in this stone cauldron suddenly like a divine soldier descending from the sky.

This shows that in addition to the upper mouth, there must be other passages.This is what I have always wanted to ask Meng Daqing.But then it happened so suddenly that I never asked about it.

Fortunately, in this stone tripod, apart from the ancient corpse in this sarcophagus, there is nothing else that can threaten us.It's pretty safe now.

Holding a torch, Qu Kangcheng approached the sarcophagus, looking at the back from the front, and the front from the back very carefully.

Liang Yue and I didn't care about him, we each held up torches and began to check along the inside of the stone tripod.

The scope of this stone tripod is very large, we went around for a long time, but we didn't find any hidden doors or the like.

Liang Yue and I were a little confused by this result. This is really a mess. That Meng Daqing, at first glance, is a brainless master. There is only one possibility for him to leave here without a sound, and that is him. Know the hidden door and know where the passage is.

We must not have searched carefully enough. The reason why this secret door is called a secret door must be hidden relatively deep.

"Look again." I waved my hand, ready to inspect the inside of the stone tripod again, this time to check more carefully.

But Liang Yue pulled my clothes and motioned me to look at the sarcophagus.

I was rather puzzled, turned around and found that Qu Kangcheng was poking his butt, lighting a torch, and looking at the outer coffin of the sarcophagus.

When Liang Yue and I were patrolling around, Lao Qu had been observing the coffin without moving a bit.

Looking at him like this, he must have discovered something to be so serious.

I had an idea, this is the only coffin inside the stone cauldron, so the secret door is not related to this coffin, is it?

Thinking of this, I didn't look for any secret doors any more, but moved closer to the sarcophagus with Liang Yue.

Qu Kangcheng lit the torch on the outer wall of the coffin while muttering non-stop.Upon closer inspection, the outside of the coffin was not smooth, but engraved with words.

Although I don't know much about ancient tomb culture, I also know that the coffins in ancient tombs are generally recorded.This kind of stone inscription containing the biography of the deceased stored in the tomb is called epitaph.

Some epitaphs are engraved on inscriptions, and some are directly engraved on the sarcophagus.Epitaphs are generally composed of two parts: Zhi and Ming.Most of the annals are written in prose, describing the name, place of origin, biography of the deceased, etc., while the inscription summarizes the whole article in rhyme, mainly evaluating the life of the deceased.Lao Qu looked so carefully, did he discover the epitaph of that ancient corpse?

Although this underground palace and this stone tripod are not ancient tombs, they are also underground like ancient tombs. There are also corpses here. Could it be that there is a similar palace or tripod inscription here?

I leaned my body up and asked in a low voice, "Old Qu, it says..."

I wanted to ask him what was written on it, but before I finished speaking, Lao Qu waved his hand directly, motioning me not to continue.

His attitude was very focused, obviously he was afraid that what I said would affect him.

He was still reading and reading word by word.It seemed that what was written on it was exactly what he was interested in.

Liang Yue and I didn't bother him any more, just stood by and helped him light up with a torch, hoping that he could finish reading these words as soon as possible.I hope he can find some clues to help us find the secret door and get out of here.

Chapter 1062

Now that Meng Daqing has also left here, I am very worried about Lao Ma and Pang Dahai.Looking at it now, they and Meng Daqing are not together. Could it be that their group has also dispersed?

There were more and more questions and worries in my heart, but I had to wait patiently for Qu Kangcheng.

I wanted to go up to see what was written in those words, but found that those engraved words were all in Manchu, and I didn't even know half a word.

We can only wait for Qu Kangcheng to read those words.

The outer area of ​​the coffin was not small, and densely packed words were engraved on it. Only two torches in Lao Qu's hand had been replaced.I took a peek and saw that Qu Kangcheng's expression was very calm, and I couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad.

In the end, Liang Yue and I simply sat on the ground and waited for him.At the beginning, I was very anxious, but later, I suddenly felt that maybe the words engraved on the coffin might be related to this underground palace.

The reason why we risk our lives to explore this underground palace is not to understand the secrets of this underground palace, and then what is the mysterious mission to find the ancestors of the Huang family?There is also the Qianlong Tongbao's five emperors' coins that we have been looking for, but there is no clue so far. Maybe we will find some clues from the epitaph on the coffin?