Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Copper Coffin

Wu Qi was taken aback, the previous flurry made him have no time to take care of other things, and he really didn't notice the existence of such an anomaly.Moy found a new boulder, and quickly squeezed another drop of blood onto it. Sure enough, as she said, the blood flowed across the smooth mirror surface, and there was nothing but a shallow trace.Wu Qi and Ghost Wu were quite surprised, and then dripped blood on it, and a white mist quickly appeared on the mirror, and the characters appeared quickly. "It's really like this! How could it be like this?" Wu Qi was stunned by the facts before him, feeling as if the ancient ancestors had played a big joke on him. Could it be that these earth stones really have spirituality, and they only choose it for themselves? Will the appointed person reveal the secret?

At this time, Moy's eyes on the two also changed. It is easy for a person like her who is bound by a prison to worship blindly. The extraordinary behavior of Wu Qi and Ghost Wu has convinced her that they are heaven. Chosen one.But Wu Qi is an educated person, although he has also seen ghosts and ghosts, but as long as there is room for scientific explanation, he will never be partial to the theory of ghosts and gods.In the current situation, he believed that it was Chang Tianjing who had set it up early. "This is arranged by the ancestor god, and you are the ones chosen by the ancestor god!" Moy was a little excited, clasped his hands together and said, "the ancestor god wants to pass on this ancient magic recipe to you, so hurry up and thank you!" bow down.

Wu Qi pulled her back and said: "It's nothing to be surprised about, it's not what you said!" Then he turned his gaze to Ghost Wu, and continued: "I understand a little bit, this may be pre-designed by Chang Tianjing!" Ghost Wu didn't understand Wu Qi's meaning yet, he raised his eyebrows and said, "He is from more than a thousand years ago, does he have such ability?" Wu Qi said with certainty: "I think he has! According to what we know about him, Chang Tianjing is called a ghost doctor in the world not because he has superb medical skills. We can be sure that Chang Tianjing is not only proficient in medical skills, but also has a more important identity of!"

Ghost Wu was startled, looked at Moy, and asked, "What identity?" "Alchemist!" Wu Qi said with certainty: "Chang Tianjing should be a very good alchemist, who has mastered a variety of refining methods for pills. I suspect that the Chenxiang pills we have seen before are made by him. One of the elixirs." It is not surprising that Wu Qi has such a view now, he thinks that the agarwood pills are packed in a very delicate dragon pattern box, which must be used for dedication, and it is most likely to be directly dedicated to emperor. Wu Qi continued to explain: An excellent alchemist in ancient times should also be an excellent chemist. Chang Tianjing is good at refining various elixirs, so he must be a person who is proficient in the properties of various substances.The reaction that appeared on the ground stone mirror surface should be a chemical reaction between certain elements on the mirror surface and the components in the blood, thus showing the characters.In other words, there is a certain element in the blood of Wu Qi and Ghost Wu that Moy and ordinary people do not have. Only certain people have the opportunity to see the secrets in the earth and rocks.

So the most likely scenario is: Chang Tianjing discovered the characters on the ground stones by accident, and finally deciphered them through various efforts. These ground stones became the cornerstone of his success in the future.He felt that such secrets should not be leaked easily, so he used a special method to grind away those characters, only to the extent that they could barely be recognized, and then applied his special protective layer. Only the components in Wu Qi and Ghost Wu's blood reacted with it. Only then can the protective layer be corroded to reveal the characters. And the chemical properties of this protective layer are extremely stable, and it can be preserved for thousands of years without being damaged.Another situation is that people will come in here regularly to continue to smear this kind of thing on the mirror surface of the ground stone, and the people who do this work are naturally the patriarchs and Nuo masters in the village.

Wu Qi's conjecture was impeccable. After listening to Ghost Wu, he nodded slightly, and then frowned and pondered. Moy didn't know anything about words like chemical reaction, and after listening for a long time, he still half understood, and looked at the two in confusion. Ghost Wu suddenly said: "Maybe you are right, our blood is special, because we have all eaten the same thing!" "What?" Wu Qi was startled, trying to recall, he and Ghost Wu lived together for two years, they ate and lived together, and they ate a lot of the same things, and he couldn't remember which ones he ate for a while. Something is abnormal.

Ghost Wu said solemnly: "A kind of red pill, the kind of pill you swallowed as a teacher after you failed in the fight with Master!" Wu Qi suddenly woke up, and asked Ghost Wu: "Did you also take that kind of pill? Master said back then that you must take that kind of pill before you vote for him. You will definitely not break this rule. You must also take that kind of pill." Already!" When it comes to swallowing the pill, Wu Qi still feels dumbfounded. The pill is really unpalatable, and the bitterness in the mouth is so bitter that people want to tear off the whole tongue.If it wasn't for Ghost Wu to force Wu Qi to swallow this thing, he really wouldn't have the courage to swallow it.That smell left a deep impression on Wu Qi, thinking of it, he suddenly remembered the blood-like liquid oozing from the big meaty mushroom that wrapped the bronze figure.He clearly felt that the taste of the liquid was very similar to the red pill he took, but it was much lighter. Now he had reason to believe that the pill might be made from the bodily fluid of Rouzhi.

Ghost Wu nodded, staring sharply at the ground and said, "If that's the case, then what are these things?" There were drops of blood stains on the ground, stretching intermittently to the unknown depths, the blood stains had dried up, and from the location, it was definitely not left by them.Ghost Wu frowned, and walked along the blood stains for a while, until the blood stains on the ground disappeared, and there were still a few sporadic drops on the trunk of a thick locust tree opposite. He looked up subconsciously, and suddenly saw a blurry black night lying on the branches of the locust tree, twisting his body and lying on his stomach in a strange posture, curled up on the branches of the locust tree, motionless, as if staring at them , the position of that thing is extremely high, and it is impossible to see its appearance clearly under the darkness of night, but from the outline, it looks like a wild beast preparing to ambush its prey in the dark night.

As soon as Ghost Wu made a gesture, the group of people quickly hid in the ground and rocks beside them, carefully observing the movement of that thing.For a long time, the thing didn't respond at all. Wu Qi suspected that it was a dead thing, but he clearly made some movements before seeing this thing. Could it be that he was delusional?As he thought about it, he stood up on the spot, and carefully approached the torch. He had to be on guard against this weird tree. "Don't move around, I'll go up and have a look, and I'll let you know what's going on!" Ghost Wu said, before Wu Qi had time to say "Be careful", he was already holding a torch in his right hand, and his left hand with the sleeve quiver tied was clung to the tree trunk. With a "whoosh" it rushed up, and soon only a cluster of flames flickered and flickered on the top.

The bottom of the desolate abyss was originally quiet and scary, but now there was one person missing, and an inexplicable sense of oppression could not help but surge up.Walking under those pagoda trees, Wu Qi felt that those branches were like tentacles, which might grab them and tear them apart at any time. At a glance, every tree had an indescribable strangeness. At this moment, the cluster of flames on the top of the tree flickered twice, and then Ghost Wu's voice came: "Come up quickly, there is something here!" The two people below didn't dare to be negligent when they heard this, and hurriedly climbed up the tree trunk. Climbing a tree is a hard job for the two of them, and they were too tired to breathe by the time they managed to climb to the position.Ghost Wu has already cleared a large space, and tied the torch to a branch. He is hugging someone himself, sniffing his breath carefully. It seems that he is an injured person.It turned out that the strange figure that was discovered before was actually a person, Wu Qi was very surprised, besides a few of himself who were desperate, who else would come to such a place?

He cautiously stepped forward, wanting to see who it was, and also took a look at the person's injuries by the way.The flame was shaking, according to the person's clothes and appearance, Wu Qi suddenly realized that this person was very familiar, and when he took a closer look, his scalp suddenly became hot, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. "Isn't this Zhao Guai? How could it be him!" Wu Qi said in surprise, "Why is he here?" It's really this old fox. I haven't seen him for a few days, but now I meet him here again!However, his condition at this time is obviously very bad. His hair is disheveled, his body is dirty, and his body is covered with scrapes and scratches. When he breathed out, Wu Qi only felt that his breath was weak. Consummated on this tree. Zhao Guai was obviously still conscious, he opened his eyes slightly, and when he recognized Wu Qi and the others, his originally dim pupils immediately became bright, and he didn't know where the strength came from, Zhao Guai suddenly sat up, Grabbing Wu Qi's collar and moving his mouth forward, he shouted with difficulty: "Thirteen! Thirteen...!" Wu Qi was taken aback, thinking what thirteen?Zhao Guai still held onto him tightly, and said with even more effort: "Medicine! Thirteen...! Medicine! Thirteen!" Pointing behind Ghost Wu while speaking, he coughed suddenly, out of breath Get angry. Ghost Wu pointed to the red snake vines that looked like severed hands and said: "When I first found him, he was so entangled with ghost blood snake vines that he couldn't move, and some of them got into his mouth. , if we don't come, he will definitely be trapped here to death!" Zhao Guai breathed a sigh of relief, still pointing behind Ghost Wu, trying to speak, but he was so injured that he couldn't catch his breath, and passed out when he got excited. "What medicine? What thirteen?" Wu Qi pinched him and asked, then raised his head and said to Ghost Wu: "He seems to be pointing behind you!" After hearing this, Ghost Wu turned around, waved off a few branches and leaves, and then stretched out his hand to probe inside. His face darkened, and he backed away in horror.Seeing this, Moy knew something was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong? Did you encounter something? If it's a beehive, don't worry, my flute can deal with golden ghost bees!" Wu Qi was very sensitive to realize that the problem might be even more strange than the golden ghost. If it was really those strange bees, the ghost Wu would not have to be afraid. Besides, he had checked around and found no beehive hanging like a lantern. Ghost Wu waved at them, signaling them to back off, while he carefully pushed aside the covered branches and leaves. Wu Qi stretched the torch forward, and saw a smooth thing in the branches and leaves, which was shiny and vaguely reflected. Figures of several people.After Ghost Wu carefully cleaned up all the surrounding branches and leaves, the thing was completely exposed, and several people were shocked when they saw it: it turned out to be a huge copper box! The copper box was in the shape of a cuboid, tightly stuck to the branches of the pagoda tree, surrounded by several circles of red snake vines, probably due to the weight, the branches were deformed and twisted into It grows abnormally.Wu Qi felt that something was wrong. After getting close to the copper box and seeing its appearance clearly at a close distance, he suddenly realized that he couldn't help shivering again. "This is a coffin!" Wu Qi said to Ghost Wu with both surprise and certainty: "It's this kind of coffin made of copper, which is used to suppress corpses and deal with certain corpse changes!" This strange burial system left a deep impression on him, and seeing it again in such a place, and it was still on a tree, made him terrified and overwhelmed at this moment. Moy said: "It's nothing strange. Our people are buried in wooden coffins and buried on trees after death. The patriarch ordered that this must be done, because some people cannot be buried in the ground!" "Then why use a copper coffin?" Wu Qi asked. Moy replied: "I haven't seen the copper coffin used by the clansman, but in our legend, the copper coffin can only be used by people with high status, and as you said, its function is to deal with corpses." Change!" Wu Qi heard sweat on his forehead. He has seen strange diseases, strange insects and snakes, but he has never experienced the transformation of corpses. Who knows what will happen in this weird coffin! What was even more frightening was that the copper coffin was not airtight, the coffin lid was lifted towards his side, and shifted to the left, obviously it had been opened by someone.Wu Qi knew that this was probably Zhao Guai's masterpiece, so he secretly wondered if this old guy had committed an old problem again?Get rid of the others and come here to open the coffin just for yourself!But for him to be in such a situation now, something must have happened when the coffin was opened. Ghost Wu followed the gap where the copper coffin lid was opened, and gently pulled it aside, pulling the coffin lid to the half-open position. They carefully poked their heads out to look inside the coffin. The female corpse of the woman suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. Just seeing this face, Wu Qi frowned.Judging from her whole body attire, it is indeed a female corpse, but this person's face is too strange. Wu Qi heard Zhao Guai describe this strange appearance, but seeing her pale face and heavy makeup, it seems that she can play bombs. Her hair was coiled up, and she was dressed more like a Japanese geisha. The female corpse closed her eyes peacefully, and a strange smile appeared on her lips. What was even more bizarre was that there were several finger-length beards growing on her left and right cheeks. , the whole face looks like a cat face. Zhao Guai had encountered this kind of thing once before, and it almost cost him his life. This time, it is an anecdote. How could he be so obsessed, and be hunted down by this ghost every time!Perhaps, Zhao Guai was looking for this kind of thing on purpose, and it had a strong purpose in itself.At this time, he suddenly remembered what Zhao Guai said just now, and he was even more sure that he was here to search for something.He heard clearly that what Zhao Guai was talking about was medicine. Wu Qi had heard from Zhao Guai before that Zhao Guai had been forced to take pills by those strange monkeys. Could it be that he came here to find some antidote? Moy was shocked when he saw it: "The cat scared the corpse? It's impossible. How could this kind of thing be here?" Seeing that Wu Qi and the two of them didn't know anything about it, Moy explained to them that this kind of thing is called a cat-shocking corpse. Like the blood letter red, it is an extremely evil thing that can bring disasters to the village, so they are all expelled and eradicated by the village. Object, the cat scared corpse is formed by some kind of corpse transformation. As soon as Wu Qi heard this, he was immediately confused again. Didn't he say that this high-standard copper coffin is just to deal with the corpse change? How could the corpse turn into this thing!Did the users have some problems while using it, or did they purposely use this airtight copper coffin to seal up the product of the corpse change? Ghost Wu asked softly: "What did Zhao Guai tell you?" Wu Qi replied truthfully: "He said medicine, what else is thirteen!" "Thirteen?" Ghost Wu was startled when he heard this, and immediately turned his gaze to the coffin again. "Are you sure he said thirteen?" Wu Qi nodded. Ghost Wu's reaction was beyond his expectation. He didn't understand the significance of the number that Third Uncle said before his death reappeared at this moment.He only knew that this would never be a coincidence! Ghost Wu winked at them, motioning them to back off, approaching the face of the female corpse, stretched out his hand gently, and pressed on the bun of the female corpse, pressing and groping for something carefully.Suddenly, Ghost Wu's hand froze, as if he had touched something, he clamped it between his two fingers, and pulled his hand suddenly, when he retracted, there was a hairpin-like thing between the index finger and middle finger of his left hand . That thing is also made of copper, about ten centimeters long, and its appearance is fairly fine. One end of it is flat, and the other end is pointed like an iron nail. It looks like a cylindrical sword with a hilt. .Wu Qi suspected it was a hairpin, but hairpins belonged to accessories, like other accessories, generally gold, silver and jade were the most common, and almost no copper.Moreover, this cheap ornament does not match the identity of the coffin owner. Ghost Wu continued to search through her hair, and took out those things one by one. When the last one was taken out, Wu Qi counted it in surprise, and found that it was exactly thirteen. He was horrified immediately. Could it be these things that Zhao Guai came looking for? These hairpin-like metal sticks have the same shape, but vary in length, much like ornaments on the hair.Moy opened his eyes wide again when he saw it, and said in panic: "How could it be this? These are the thirteen soul needles that the patriarch said! Only the saints of the clan can have them. Could it be that the ones inside are also...?" Mo Yi Yi untied her hairpin while talking, and took out thirteen pieces from her hair that were exactly the same as those metal sticks, except that Moy's were made of jade. Ghost Wu said: "The thirteen soul needles are worthy of the name. I pulled these things out from her head! This kind of nails are the things that really play a role in suppressing corpses!" When Moy heard this, she touched her scalp subconsciously. When she thought that this kind of thing was directly stuck in a person's brain, she couldn't help but trembled, and she didn't dare to put the things in her hands back on. Wu Qi grinned, glanced at the female corpse with a strange cat face in the coffin, and said in astonishment: "Relying on this thing to penetrate into the human brain to suppress the corpse? This method is a bit...!" Before finishing speaking, Wu Qi There was a thump in my heart, and a strange feeling came to my heart. wrong!Something seems wrong!Wu Qi turned his head tremblingly, glanced at the female corpse again, his forehead suddenly felt hot, his heart jumped into his throat and blocked his breath: Damn it!The appearance of the female corpse seems to have changed. She was obviously lying flat with her eyes closed, but now, her eyes are opened, and the corners of her mouth are also grinning, and she is staring at a pair of faint green eyes. , staring straight at Wu Qi.