Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Five Elements and Three Realms

Take out the climbing rope, tie a big noose, put it down from the position of the head of the coffin, and gently pull back with the rope.The other end got off the trap from the position of the foot, and Cha Wenbin shouted: "It's caught! Pull it up slowly!" As the rope was slowly lifted out of the water, the moment it left the water, a well-preserved corpse appeared.This is an elderly corpse of a male, with wrinkled skin on his face and a goatee beard. The most striking thing is that this person has a pair of huge ears, and his eyeballs protrude severely, which makes people feel very scary. Fortunately, both of them were quite courageous, but they frowned slightly.

This person's figure is very tall even now. He is already over 1.8 meters tall and looks very burly. Apart from the slight swelling of the skin, even the clothes on his body are intact. It is non-destructive, judging from the fabric exposed to the water, Chaozi can tell at a glance that it is silk, and it is still dyed blue silk! Because of his archaeological experience, Chaozi did not let this ancient corpse completely out of the water. The whole body was still soaked in the red liquid, and the entire outline and appearance could be seen very clearly. A thousand-year-old corpse was unearthed in this place. It was so well preserved that it was beyond their expectations.

As a Taoist priest, Cha Wenbin has never been interested in ancient corpses.For him, the dead body does not rot, not only requires excellent feng shui, but also super high anti-corrosion technology and the sealing of the coffin.According to the water level of the ancient well, it should have been soaked in underground river water all year round, but judging from the height of the liquid in the coffin, it has not penetrated even a drop for thousands of years. He couldn't help admiring the funeral techniques of the ancients stand up. "Chaozi, what do you think of this corpse?"

Chaozi was originally full of anger at the owner here, but now, in his eyes, this corpse is a treasure, Chaozi said excitedly: "Archaeologically speaking, this is definitely a miracle, I should be able to put It is called a 'wet corpse', which is somewhat similar to the female corpse of Mawangdui unearthed in Hunan, but it is obvious that this one is better preserved, as if it has just fallen asleep. From the perspective of archaeological value, it is already top-notch It is a national treasure. And this silk, if you just look at the age, it should be the earliest silk fabric discovered so far, and it can be said that everything here is priceless!"

Hearing Chaozi's explanation, Zha Wenbin couldn't help but look into the coffin a few more times, and suddenly felt something was wrong: "Hey, Chaozi, have you noticed a problem? People become stiff after death. It is certain, but, look at this male corpse, we lifted his head and feet and pulled it up from both sides, but why did his middle part sink so much into the water?" When he said this, Chao Zi also felt strange. The position between the chest and abdomen of the male corpse floating in the water did not seem to be supported by any strength, and the clothes he was wearing also sank to the bottom of the water. About to see part of it.

After obtaining Chaozi's consent, Zha Wenbin carefully poked the abdomen of the male corpse lightly with the scabbard, and the clothes immediately sank under the force, and when they reached the bottom of the water, they could no longer be seen. After taking out the scabbard, the two looked at each other, and they both understood one thing: Except for the head and limbs, the torso of this person is empty! Cha Wenbin was puzzled, and said to himself: "Empty? How could it be like this? According to the layout of this formation, there must be a complete corpse here, so that the soul of life can be locked."

Chaozi said: "Could it be rotten? That's not right. Look at the preservation of the limbs and head. The torso will never be completely rotten. Let's pull it up and have a look?" Cha Wenbin carefully extended the scabbard to the bottom of the coffin, and then slowly lifted it up. The moment the clothes left the liquid, a stream of blood rushed to the surroundings, and soon mixed with the surrounding colors.When his gaze shifted to the corpse silkworm that Chaozi was carrying, he finally realized it. Cha Wenbin said to the male corpse in the coffin: "I really never expected that you were so smart all your life, tried your best, calculated all kinds of secrets, and did not hesitate to set up such a large formation in order to live forever, but in the end, an insect took over the place." It’s so cheap, this is probably why people are not as good as heaven. Chaozi, this person’s body is probably in the belly of that corpse silkworm now.”

When Chaozi heard this, his hand shook, and he almost threw the shotgun away. Although he knew that this worm loves to eat meat, it had also eaten dead bodies of thousands of years, so the disgusting feeling was gone. It's not that Cha Wenbin stopped him, but now he's killing it with a knife! "The corpse silkworm king ran here to give birth just to let his son eat such a disgusting thing!" Chaozi pointed at the worm and said viciously: "Your mother is really good to you, she found a millennium If I give you old meat, aren't you afraid that you will have diarrhea if you eat it?"

Cha Wenbin looked at Chaozi's virtue, and came up and said: "Okay, don't be silly, I guess the water here should be colorless, and it was stained red with blood after being bitten by that bug. At the bottom of the coffin, it seems that there are still some things, probably funerary objects, now fish them up and have a look." Chaozi carried a climbing claw on his body, which was used as a fishing tool on the spot. The two groped inside for a while, and finally caught something: it was a bronze disc the size of a washbasin, which looked like a hanging at the entrance of the lower tomb. The miniature version of the giant disc with the iron chain has a large circle on the outside and a solid small circle on the inside. The two circles are connected by five bronze rods, which divide the circle into five evenly.It is very similar to the five-spoke car wheels used by modern people, but it is made very thin, with some small dots engraved on it, with different distances, and each point is connected by lines of different lengths.Finally connected to the small circle in the middle.

Zha Wenbin carefully looked at those points and lines, and arranged them one by one on a plane in his mind, a pattern gradually appeared, this is a star map! Slowly, Zha Wenbin said, "Chaozi, I found the third realm I was looking for." Chaozi was puzzled and asked, "The third realm?" Cha Wenbin pointed to the bronze disc on the ground and said: "If my guess is correct, this thing should be called the sun wheel. Look at the small dots on the disc, they should be planets revolving around the sun. It is measured according to the distance from the sun. The positions of the points are strictly marked and connected with lines. If these points can be moved, we can find that all these points are eventually moving around the small circle in the middle. And this small circle is the sun! The ancients believed that The sun is the representative of the sky, so they made such a thing and put it in the coffin, so that this person is already dead within the three realms! That is to say, he has truly jumped out of the three realms and is not in the five elements!"

Chaozi looked at the quaint bronze disc on the ground. From his professional point of view, whether it is material or shape, especially in ancient times when there were no precision instruments, it is not necessary to divide a circle evenly into four or eight parts. Difficult, but it is very difficult to divide into five parts. According to Cha Wenbin's analysis, there is a sun in the middle, and the five rods should represent five rays of the sun. Why did they make such a thing? It looks very simple, but what about the extremely complicated utensils?At present, the only explanation that can be explained is probably Zha Wenbin's theory of heaven, which is regarded as the sun. "You mean, this man placed four coffins above the village: Human Realm; four underground coffins: Earth Realm; and the middle one: Heaven Realm. There are three coffins in total to declare his death, but he didn't really die. The power of my three souls and seven souls is scattered in ten bronze coffins, and then wait until the day of real resurrection?" Cha Wenbin said: "That's right, that's it. This corpse has existed here as a suspended animation for thousands of years." "Contains the power of the three worlds of heaven, earth, man, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, together with the power of the twenty-seven constellations and some special potions to ensure that the body will not rot. Separation will not be separated, with this life soul as the eye, one day, if someone can collect all these three souls and seven souls into one soul, I am afraid that this person will really be able to live again! This kind of ghost art is really unprecedented. There is no one to come, today is an eye-opener for me. Fortunately, the corpse silkworm king coveted the power contained in this corpse, took advantage of the water level drop, sent his offspring in, and shared this delicious meal together. We were not Did you feel a bit distended when you saw it go down? It probably ate a lot, and was afraid that its son would not have enough to eat, so it planned to keep the two of us here for burial. It's down a well that no one knows about." The bronze sun wheel was put away by Cha Wenbin and put in his bag. As long as he moved this piece, the situation would be completely broken. If he didn't clean it up, the remaining souls would naturally be wiped out. He glanced at the messy tomb and said, "Chaozi, let's go." Chaozi put down the corpse and let it sink to the bottom of the water again. It had been destroyed by the corpse silkworms, and the corpse would melt into a pool of blood before long. The two carried the young corpse silkworm back to the ground along the rope. Zhuo Xiong, who was below, was about to go crazy after waiting for so long. When he saw the thing in Chaozi's hand, he wondered if you were crazy. Just climb up to catch a bug?However, he saw bloodstains and traces of fighting on both of them, and a series of questions were thrown: "Brother Wenbin, isn't that corpse silkworm that Chaozi is carrying? And what did you find on it? What smelled so fragrant just now? And what's with the sound of fighting? I saw a silkworm outside just now. The corpse silkworm wanted to go in, so it fired a shot." Chaozi waved the corpse silkworm in his hand and said with a smile: "Hey, blind man, there are your ancestors on it, but it's a pity that this corpse silkworm was used as a snack. I'm not here to avenge you, I caught it and gave it to you." You deal with it, here, take it." Then he handed the corpse silkworm in his hand to Zhuo Xiong. Cha Wenbin glanced over and said: "Stop messing around, watch what you have in hand, it will depend on it if you want to go out in a while, Brother Zhuo Xiong, let's talk about the above things after we go out, it's important to find a way out now, or you will starve to death Here it is." As he took the shotgun in Chaozi's hand, the corpse silkworm below began to wriggle restlessly. If it wasn't for going out, Cha Wenbin would not be willing to bring such a disgusting and vicious s things. Zha Wenbin took a look at Leng Yiran and Lao Wang. Their complexions had obviously improved. It was said that there was the fragrance of returning souls just now, and they should have woken up, but why did they seem to be asleep all the time?It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. They packed up their equipment, and Cha Wenbin walked in front carrying the bug, followed by two people carrying the wounded and sick on their backs. The original mouth of the ancient well could not go out, and now they can only take one step forward. Well, according to the air flow direction of this dark river, there may be other exits ahead, let's go up along the river first. This trip, I thought it was a simple investigation, and the equipment and food were not well prepared. Right now, they only have two days’ worth of food left, and the batteries needed for the spotlights are not many. Use it as economically as possible, and let the person who leads the way turn on a light, but in this cold, damp and dark underground cave, this light can only be barely seen. Everyone was not in the mood to continue talking and laughing, and only hoped to go out early, except for the sound of footsteps, there was nothing else.There are countless pairs of eyes staring at them in the darkness, but they don't know it yet. After walking for about an hour, the cave began to become narrower and narrower. The slippery ground was not so easy to walk on, and another huge boulder appeared in front of it, blocking the way. When I looked up, it seemed that there was no other way to go besides climbing up. The only way is to take a ladder.Cha Wenbin climbed up immediately, and when he was about to let go of the rope, he turned his head inadvertently, and a corpse silkworm appeared in his sight. The closest to it was Chaozi, who was carrying Leng Yiran on his back. Just five meters away, he immediately shouted: "Chaozi, be careful, there is a corpse silkworm behind you!" Hearing the warning, Chaozi's first reaction was to pull out his dagger, turn on his spotlight and turn around, good guy, there's more than one corpse silkworm!White dots appeared one after another in the pile of rubble, and there were hundreds of them in the vast expanse of whiteness. This matter really made Cha Wenbin right. After all, these bugs still didn’t intend to let them go. . Zhuo Xiong raised his shotgun and was about to shoot, even though they only had the only bullet left, he didn't show any cowardice, this is a soldier, fearless in the face of danger! "Don't shoot!" Cha Wenbin shouted, and then he lifted the yellow corpse silkworm in his hand into the air, shook it vigorously, pulled out the Seven Star Sword and placed it next to the corpse silkworm, making a cut Actions. There was a gust of "huh", mixed with the sound of "crackling" rocks, a huge golden corpse silkworm jumped out, it was the leading corpse silkworm king just now! Its appearance made the other corpse silkworms start to retreat one after another, keeping a certain distance from it, not daring to make any further moves. The Corpse Silkworm King held his head high, staring at his offspring in the hands of Cha Wenbin. A pair of huge pincers danced non-stop. A ball of black silk thread was shot out, and with a "snap", it stuck to the stone wall. Everyone saw that there was a large piece of moss there, but now it immediately turned black and withered quickly.Cha Wenbin took a deep breath. Judging from the distance, it can completely attack the five of them from the current position. At this speed, if it was facing people just now, they may all have ended up in the same fate as that moss. It seems that this move is the bug warning them! Zha Wenbin did not show any weakness, took the seven-star sword, and lightly slashed across the body of the little corpse silkworm, leaving a gash, and the black juice flowed out quickly, causing the corpse silkworm to writhe and twist on the rope in pain. moving. Seeing that his child was scratched, the big worm let out a "squeak" and swept its huge tail, causing the stones beside it to scatter in all directions, as if venting the anger in its heart. Zha Wenbin turned his sword and pointed at the Corpse Silkworm King in front of him, not afraid of its provocation!Looking at the guy holding his child in front of him, the Corpse Silkworm King slowly lowered his raised head, lying on the ground without moving. While staring at the situation ahead, Cha Wenbin dropped the climbing rope and said, "Hurry up, you two, this guy should have followed us all the way, as long as he has this little one in his hand, that old one shouldn't dare to act rashly .” The two of them didn't care about what was behind, they climbed up the rope one after another, turned around and saw a large area of ​​water in front, it should be this huge rock stuck here, forming a small dam, with many washed down trees, It was piled up here in all directions. Zhuo Xiong picked up a stone and threw it to the front. There was a "boom" and he said, "It seems that the water here is not shallow. We have no way. What should we do?" There is no way ahead, there are chasing soldiers behind, and there are two unconscious wounded and sick. Cha Wenbin thought to himself, is he really going to put himself here? Looking at the endless waterway, Chaozi was also worried there. He was really not sure how to swim through such icy water. When his eyes noticed the piled up layers of wood, he had a flash of inspiration: "There is Now, blind man, we can make a raft, look at so many logs, pick a few, build a raft, let's paddle over and try!" As soon as they said it, Chaozi and Zhuoxiong fished some relatively straight and uniform wood to the dam. This military dagger has an advantage, that is, it is multi-purpose, can be cut and stabbed, and can also be sawed on the back.The two turned into carpenters now, cut off the branches, straightened them one by one, entangled the pile of wood with climbing ropes, and reinforced the front and back sides with horizontal wood. Two hours later, a simple The raft is really finished.During this period, Cha Wenbin kept holding the small corpse silkworm and continued to confront the army of corpse silkworms behind, neither of them moved.His arms were sore, but he didn't dare to put down the sword on the little corpse silkworm for a moment, for fear of being attacked by surprise. "Brother Wenbin, the raft is ready, let's retreat!" The two took off their coats first, spread them on the wet raft, and then lifted the two unconscious people up first. Cha Wenbin sat in the middle holding a small corpse silkworm, Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong each held a long The wooden sticks were used as oars at the head and tail, and with a push, the raft began to slowly float forward. Chaozi laughed and said, "There is no limit to the road. We have the wisdom of the great working people. Combined with genius-like creativity, can this little thing stump us?" Cha Wenbin stared at the boulder, and sure enough, just a moment after they left, a huge yellow figure jumped up, and when it rushed to the surface of the water, it stopped, looking at the raft that was getting further and further away, The Corpse Silkworm King flicked his tail anxiously, and hit the wood next to him. The wood was smashed to pieces, which showed his strength. The three of them looked back at the scene, lamenting the power of this bug. If it hits a person, it would kill him immediately. Chaozi had to admire Cha Wenbin again, if he didn't stop him, I'm afraid this little one has been slaughtered by him long ago, so now, he should also become the snack in that big belly. Zhuo Xiong watched the corpse silkworm king keep beating the wood and rocks, and said: "It seems that the corpse silkworm can't swim, otherwise it would have chased him long ago." Cha Wenbin held up the little corpse silkworm in his hand and shook his head, "No, this underground cave is soaked in water all year round, and there is no dry place where they can hide. I don't think it's afraid of water, I'm afraid..." Before the words were finished, there was a sudden "splash" on the surface of the water, and a huge tongue stuck out at such a speed that people couldn't react. When he came back to his senses, the little corpse silkworm in Zha Wenbin's hand was gone. , leaving only a bare hemp rope hanging from the shotgun. Before everyone could react, they saw the golden corpse silkworm king on the bank screaming, raised its neck, bent down suddenly, and jumped into the water. Suddenly, the water surface was divided into two splashes. The corpse silkworm king They chased after the raft like arrows. When the people on the boat saw it, they were shocked. They had no "hostages" in their hands. What should they do now?Seeing that the Corpse Silkworm King was about to approach, Zhuo Xiong hurriedly raised his shotgun, "Bang!" A gunshot resounded throughout the cave, this shot was aimed at its head, with Zhuo Xiong's marksmanship, this point No matter what the distance is, it will not be missed. Sure enough, the Corpse Silkworm King lowered himself into the water and disappeared.Under the illumination of the spotlights, a mass of black blood began to spread out on the originally somewhat turbid water surface, emitting an extremely unpleasant stench. Chaozi held the wooden stick that served as an oar and said, "It hit." Zhuo Xiong looked at the shotgun in his hand and the bloodstains floating on the water. Although he had lingering fears, he still had confidence in this kind of deer bullet that was specially designed to kill large animals. "At such a short distance, a bison weighing 800 jin can be brought down with one shot, let alone a bug." Looking at the calm and foul-smelling water, but unable to easily relax his vigilant heart, Zha Wenbin squeezed the weapon in his hand and watched every move in the water nervously. The time for a cigarette passed, except for the occasional slap From the sound of the waves on the raft, the whole cave was peaceful.Thinking of the huge tongue just now, there must be unknown things hidden under the water. At this moment, Zha Wenbin just wanted to get out of here quickly, and urged: "Go forward quickly, don't make too much noise." Zhuo Xiong inserted the wooden stick that was used as an oar into the water, and pulled it back. When he was about to lift it up, he found that he couldn't pull it up. He thought it was stuck by debris at the bottom of the water, so he pushed it up As soon as he mentioned it, there was a loud "crash", and as the paddle in his hand left the water, a huge head was also lifted up. With a "click", the stick broke. "Ah! It's not dead yet!" Cha Wenbin and Chaozi turned their heads to see, yes, the silkworm king is not dead!There are several wounds on its skull that are oozing black blood. Under the illumination of the spotlight, the gleaming golden corpse silkworm raised its head backwards, and its huge pincers had already opened. In just a second, it Zhuo Xiong's attack can kill Zhuo Xiong immediately.