Chapter 180 Damn it, I heard the treasure calling me master!
The people from the Psychic Bureau were dealing with these members of the Saba tribe. Sangjie was a little afraid of them, so he kept his younger brother Sangyu behind him to protect him.
Jiang Nanxi originally wanted to go into the Temple of Heaven to check again, but then he saw this scene.
She thought about how Sang Yu had been sent to the Temple of Heaven as a sacrifice by his tribe members a long time ago, but everyone else was made into human lanterns, so why wasn't he made into a lantern?
The people who were made into lamps were dead, with only their souls left, because making a lamp not only required cutting off a leg and an arm, but also shaving off a large piece of the skull to light the lamp.
But Sang Yu's skull was intact.
Jiang Nanxi stared at the two brothers for a while, then waved to Sang Yu, "Xiaoyu, come here."
Sang Yu jumped towards her.
Although the distance was far, Sang Yu was very fast. He jumped twice and turned into a shadow and arrived in front of her.
Jiang Nanxi asked him, "Why didn't they make you into a lantern, but let you be a little monkey?"
Sang Yu swung his tail and said, "Xiao Yu... Xiao Yu has a tail, sizzling... like a monkey, and also like the inverted-footed fairy. The inverted-footed fairy is the Five-Power God."
Jiang Nanxi was surprised, "What is Wutong Shen?"
Sang Yu tilted his head, a puzzled look in his eyes, "Xiao Yu... I don't know, they say that the Five-Power God can transport gold ingots!"
After hearing this, Jiang Nanxi had some thoughts.
Liu Qingyan also heard it and walked over to say, "The Five-Directional God refers to a spirit that has the Five-Directional Technique. Legend has it that the Inverted Foot Immortal is good at seducing souls and is also proficient in the Five-Directional Technique. He can drive the five ghosts to move money, and therefore is often worshipped by people to pray for wealth."
This technique of the five supernatural powers is also called the Five Ghosts Bringing Wealth. It is not only practiced by the immortals, but also by some Xuanmen masters who are proficient in spells. It is to summon five little ghosts to sneak into other people's homes without opening the doors and steal their property.
However, most of the masters would not use the Five Powers Technique easily. After all, it is hard to say whether the five little ghosts summoned can be controlled.
If it backfires, Master Xuan will also die.
"Little Monkey, Inverted Foot Fairy, Five-Power God..."
Jiang Nanxi felt a little confused. "I used to think that the Fallen Foot Fairy and the Saba God were both disguised as the soul of the Ailao King, with the purpose of obtaining a living sacrifice. But now it seems that things are not that simple."
Liu Qingyan nodded and said, "Back then, the Ailao King was a local tyrant here, plundering the people's wealth and becoming extremely wealthy. There's a rumor going around Ailao Mountain that before the Ailao King was executed, he had his subordinates, the Foot-Dead Immortals, carry away a lot of his wealth and hide it, leaving it for future generations."
"Could it be that he stayed in Sangyu to train him into a foot-turning immortal and let him go and retrieve the treasure?"
Jiang Nanxi frowned and said, "I have another question. The Saba tribe wasn't where King Ailao died, nor was it where he was buried. Why is his soul here?"
Liu Qingyan said, "His soul is sealed. It really shouldn't be here. It should be underground in the Tusi Mansion. The people who released him might be those who broke into the Tusi Mansion.
As for why he left the Tusi Mansion and came to the Saba tribe, but…"
Having said that, Liu Qingyan paused and looked at Jiang Nanxi.
Suddenly, the two of them ran towards the Temple of the Gods in perfect tacit understanding.
"There are so many human lanterns in the Temple of the Gods, and the vengeful spirits of the human lanterns are still there, not being eaten. This means that King Ailao doesn't intend to use these sacrifices to increase his strength, so they must be used for other purposes!"
Jiang Nanxi spoke quickly, and then she started looking for something in the empty hall. She also took a shovel and shoveled away all the floor tiles in the hall.
Liu Qingyan borrowed a shovel from the Psychic Bureau and helped her dig, saying, "Actually, after King Ailao died, the Inverted Foot Fairy was also eliminated. Now that King Ailao's soul has escaped, he himself doesn't know where his treasure is hidden, so he can only use special means to obtain information."
With a click.
Jiang Nanxi's shovel hit a piece of iron in the soil, making a harsh sound.
She quickly shoveled away all the dirt nearby, then dug out a square iron box from the ground.
The box was also locked with a large rusty lock.
Jiang Nanxi raised his hand and smashed the big lock with one punch, then easily opened the iron box, which contained an exquisite wooden carved shrine.
There was a statue in the shrine. The statue was the same as the one Jiang Nanxi had seen before, with the appearance of a fairy with inverted feet, but there were some differences in the details.
This statue is not made of clay, it looks like it is made of beeswax. As soon as Jiang Nanxi got it, he smelled a faint pine scent unique to beeswax.
There is also a cotton thread on the head of the inverted-footed immortal statue, which looks a bit like a candle wick.
"This is……"
Jiang Nanxi tugged at the cotton thread to make sure that this thing could be ignited through the cotton thread.
"Could this be the lamp that George Cheng is looking for?"
Liu Qingyan looked at the thing in her hand, but a look of reminiscence flashed through his eyes, and he suddenly said, "This thing looks so familiar."
Jiang Nanxi asked, "Have you seen it?"
Liu Qingyan explained, "This seems to be a beeswax lamp made by a sorcerer in the late Qing Dynasty. There's something special added to it, and it can control spirits when it's lit.
Legend has it that the King of Ailao not only monopolized the business of the Ancient Tea-Horse Road and plundered the people's wealth, but also manipulated the Immortal Daojiao to use the Five Gods to transport countless treasures for him, making him extremely wealthy and enjoying endless wealth and glory.
If the army had not surrounded and executed him in Ailao Mountain, his wealth would have made him a famous figure throughout the country.
Regardless of their level of cultivation, mountain spirits are accustomed to freedom and generally refuse to be controlled. It's said that the King of Ailao was able to control the Falling Foot Fairy to help him because of this beeswax lamp.
"I see."
Jiang Nanxi suddenly understood, "No wonder Cheng George said he was looking for a lamp. It seems that he is looking for this lamp that can control the inverted foot fairy."
She stared at the lamp and asked Liu Qingyan, "Does the Ailao King's treasure really exist?"
"It doesn't matter if it exists or not. Excessive greed is not a good thing and will only bring disaster."
Jiang Nanxi: "God damn it, I heard the Ailao King's treasure calling me master! Damn robber, I recognized it as my money at first sight! I have to get it back quickly!"
Liu Qingyan:?
Jiang Nanxi stared at Liu Qingyan and said, "Twenty-eight."
Liu Qingyan chuckled, "Who do you think I am? I absolutely cannot possibly go along with you!"
Jiang Nanxi gritted her teeth and said, "37!"
Liu Qingyan: "Fifty-five."
Jiang Nanxi: "No, the light is here with me!"
Liu Qingyan said distressedly, "I can only accept 46 at most!"
"make a deal!"
Just as the two finished talking, a head popped in from outside the Temple of Heaven and said, "When are we leaving?"
This head belongs to Song Shixing.
Jiang Nanxi put away the beeswax lamp and said, "We can set off now. Leave the matters here to the Psychic Bureau."
"Then let's hurry up and get to the next shelter before dark, otherwise it will be a bit dangerous at night."
"Um."
The four of them continued on their journey, with the program crew's drone following them. Jiang Nanxi also used a bunch of snacks to coax Sang Yu into setting off with them.
The Ailao King must have had some use for this boy, perhaps related to the beeswax lamp. She wanted to find the Ailao King's treasure during the challenge, and bringing Sang Yu with her might be helpful.
But not long after they left the Saba village, they met a strange man on a hillside.
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