The Lost Tomb Vol. 8

Chapter 33: The Truth of the Mountain

Ghost took us out of the cave without even lighting a torch and we walked up the huge rock.

When Fatty put on his clothes, his neckline was still covered with mud. He was already tired of scolding and gestured to me several times, asking if I wanted to subdue him but I shook my head. Ghost's previous agility and the demeanor of keeping his distance from us gave me a very strong feeling—even if he looked like this, his skill must be above ours.

Just imagine, this person stayed in the mountains for such a long time and didn't leave. Obviously, he was vigilant of his surroundings and it was impossible to fully relax even when he saw an old friend. Although he walked casually, his awareness must be very high, and if Fatty wanted to attack, I didn't think the probability of success was high.

I couldn't talk to Fatty about this and could only ignore him and tell him what happened at that time. Fatty said, "Damn. I tied him tightly, how did he break free? Surprisingly, that guy wasn't a pushover. Is your face all right? "

"Maybe he had a knife on him." I said, "We didn't frisk him, which was clearly a mistake. Time was too short."

"It's bone contraction." Ghost said, turning back to look at us. He was far away from us, but he clearly heard, "Wu Sanxing, don't you even know that?"

I knew that I shouldn't talk anymore, and immediately said, "No, I was on guard, it wasn't bone contraction."

When Ghost didn't speak again, I made a move to Fatty not to say anything else.

After walking for more than ten minutes, a cave appeared in the rock face.

When we walked into it, we saw that it was full of clay pots. Ghost picked up a branch from the side, stretched it into one of the pots, lit it, picked up the other pot filled with water, and poured it on the wall.

I knew what he wanted to do, and immediately went to help. Soon the water seeped into the rocks.

The lighted branch leaned against the rock wall, and we immediately found that the whole rock was full of strange shadows.

After soaking in water, the whole wall presented a translucent texture like jade.

"These are the stone men." Fatty said, "Fuck me, there are so many. If they come out, we're done for."

"Do you know how many of these things are in this stone? Do you know the real origin of them?" Ghost asked Fatty.

Fatty shook his head: "Isn't this the mountain god here?"

Ghost shook his head and looked at me. I didn't show whether I knew or not, just touched the rock wall and looked thoughtful.

"These are all people." He said.

"I'll start with how this demon building was constructed. When we conducted archaeological research on it, we made several speculations." He said, "We believed that there were a large number of underground karst cave systems in this area of Guangxi, and Zhang Jialou probably used one of these systems to develop deeper in the whole underground mountain range. But then we carried out various kinds of exploration on the mountain here, and found that the dark cave system here was too complicated. With the construction scale of the Yangshi Lei drawings, it took too much manpower and material resources to build such a huge building in the cave."

It seemed he was truly a member of the archaeological team, and my guess was close.

"At first we thought it really wasn't feasible. It was just a tomb of the Zhang family's ancient building, not the imperial tomb. Not that financial resources were a problem, because it was really difficult to estimate how much money this kind of tomb raiding family had, but it was mainly a matter of convenience. In that world, as long as it wasn't the emperor, it would be very difficult to carry out such a huge project in secret.