Sword-testing stone?
This is really a sword-testing stone!
We stared in disbelief. However, there are so many "masters" in history who have used swords to chop huge rocks, such as Lu Su's sword-testing stone in Anqing, Anhui, Liu Bang's sword-testing stone in Xuzhou, Yang Bamei's sword-testing stone in Yong'an, and Zhu Yuanzhang's sword-testing stone in Huangshan. There are so many, we have no idea who used this sword-testing stone.
But it doesn't matter anymore. We're all here now, and I've cut the sword-testing stone in half. Its only use is to transport it out and sell it as a "cultural relic," even if it's damaged.
However, only Zhang Haitao and I knew that there was a sword-testing stone in this tomb, and I had no intention of taking the sword-testing stone, so there was no doubt that Zhang Haitao and the others had already started to think about taking the sword-testing stone.
"Since Xiaofei doesn't want it, let's transport this sword-testing stone out before we go out. Maybe we can sell it for a high price!" Lao Sha said with shining eyes.
"Then you have to be able to transport it out, right?" The madam looked at the sword-testing stone that was cut in half. However, even if it had been cut in half, the weight was probably beyond human power. Without a tool like an excavator or a crane, it really could not be moved.
But Zhang Haitao said, "Put the stone aside for now. Let's go inside and take a look."
I nodded in agreement. Stones and such don't matter to me. I have to find the exit to Guigu Cave quickly. Su Xiaonu is waiting for me!
Since Zhang Haitao said so, the brothel owner and Lao Sha naturally had no objection. So, we put down the sword-testing stone for the time being and continued to move deeper into the tomb.
From the outside, the tomb looked unassuming and rather small, but once inside, we discovered it wasn't what we'd imagined. Zhang Haitao, the other two, and I walked for an indeterminate amount of time in this vast, seemingly endless underground palace, until we were exhausted and thirsty, when a faint, dark red light slowly emerged from the distance.
We exchanged glances, swallowed, and slowly approached. As we drew closer to the dark red glow, a nauseating, bloody smell suddenly overwhelmed us. Zhang Haitao and the others covered their mouths, their faces livid. I wasn't feeling much better either. The smell was damn awful. My stomach was churning, and I felt like I was about to vomit...
Fortunately, I didn't eat much today, and even if I did, I'd already digested it. Now I'm tired, thirsty, and hungry, so how could I vomit anything? But where did this unpleasant smell of blood come from? It made us extremely curious.
"Lao Sha." Zhang Haitao covered his mouth and winked at Lao Sha.
Lao Sha nodded, casually pulled out his mask and put it on. He then took out his gloves and put them on, then moved even closer to the dark red light so close ahead. Zhang Haitao, the brothel owner, and I stood behind him, watching Lao Sha slowly walk away. The air around us seemed to hold its breath, and there was no sound at all, as no one dared to speak.
"Ah! This is it!" Suddenly, Lao Sha screamed, "A land of blood and corpses!"
A land of blood and corpses?
"What? Here?" Zhang Haitao seemed unable to believe it, and followed suit, putting on a mask and walking up.
The madam handed me a mask and told me to put it on. I put it on without asking, then walked over to Zhang Haitao and Lao Sha and glanced at the blood-soaked patch of ground ahead, which looked like a pool of blood. It was a square hole, about 100 square meters in size, like a small lake, but inside it was a pool of deep red blood, and a gruesome corpse half submerged in the blood. The sight of it was terrifying, making the hair stand on end and making me want to vomit.
This is the place where blood and corpses are piled up!
The blood had accumulated into a lake, and what was even more terrifying was that the corpses were soaked in blood with no signs of decay. They had maintained the miserable appearance and helpless posture of waiting to die. However, their bodies were covered with maggots, which kept wriggling in their nostrils, ear holes, mouths and other places, which was a bit creepy.
But the strange thing was that the maggots seemed to only use the corpses as their habitats and didn't seem to be eating them. Otherwise, even if the corpses hadn't decayed after being on the bloody ground for so long, they would have been eaten by the maggots long ago. Yet, the corpses remained perfectly still, soaked in blood, their flesh completely intact, as if this bloody ground could magically maintain its eternal youth.
Zhang Haitao said in shock, "If the bloody corpse field appears here, then it goes without saying that the coffin of the Ming Dynasty prince must be here too!"
Lao Sha said happily: "A big deal?"
The madam nodded and smiled, "Perhaps."
Zhang Haitao shook his head and said, "But we can't let our guard down. Putting aside the question of where its coffin is, we should look for it. The most important thing is that the prince not only brought the sword-testing stone to block the way, but also used 999 living people to create a bloody corpse field to fake a reverse wind. I think even if we find its coffin, we might still run into some tricky problems."
The so-called trouble is not...
I swallowed and remembered that after I got rid of the mechanical white tiger, I took out the silver talisman from the black box. On the note attached, Su Xiaoniu gave me a hint, saying that I might encounter big trouble after going down the tomb. Most magic tools, talismans, paper props and other items have no effect. Only the silver talisman has a fatal effect. She asked me to seize the opportunity to use the silver talisman.
Thinking of this, coupled with my current situation, my nerves tensed. I secretly took out two silver talismans and held them in my left palm. With my right hand, I held the Seven Star Sword upside down and peered deep into the pitch-black tomb. I had to act quickly before that so-called "big trouble" got close to me, or the consequences would be dire.
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