Chapter 166 Guardian Spirit 34

"Wait."

Just as Elder Tang was about to leave the mausoleum, Chief Xie called out to him.

Elder Tang turned around and heard Chief Xie say in a gentle voice, "I suggest that Yinian go first."

Everyone's eyes fell on Chief Xie.

With Chief Xie's cunning, even if he disliked Xie Yinian, he would never openly target Xie Yinian, so Chief Xie gave a good reason: "Yinian has the Zhaodan Sword and the Xuanhei Magic Ring to protect him. Even if he encounters the ghost guardian head-on, his life will not be in danger. I know that Elder Tang also has a way to save his life, but your life-saving means are probably one-time, so it's better to save them for critical moments." Elder Tang

frowned.

Chief Xie's words made sense, but Xie Yinian was a junior anyway.

Letting a younger generation go to the front...

He really couldn't do such a thing.

Without waiting for Elder Tang to refuse, Xie Yinian smiled and said, "That's indeed the truth. Let me go to the front."

After that, Xie Yinian passed Elder Tang and came to the front of the team.

Elder Tang thought about it and acquiesced to this arrangement. He stood in the second place and said to Chief Xie, "You stand in the third place."

"Okay." Chief Xie handed an oil lamp to Xie Yinian, "Take it, you walk in the front, and always pay attention to whether the oil lamp is extinguished to prevent hypoxia."

Xie Yinian knew this was the truth, so he put the flashlight in his bag and carried the oil lamp.

The flame in the oil lamp flickered gently, emitting an unknown light.

Yao Rong was the weakest and was placed in the middle.

Entering the mausoleum, the already dim environment became even more depressing. Apart from the footsteps and breathing of the crowd, only the voice of Elder Tang echoed, constantly pointing out the direction for everyone to move forward.

It was no coincidence that Elder Tang was chosen as the person in charge of this operation. The Tang family is a family of heavenly masters, but they were also well-known tomb robbers on the road.

Although after the founding of New China, the Tang family has changed from tomb robbing to archaeology, but the craftsmanship passed down by the ancestors has never been lost. Especially as the head of the family, Elder Tang has inherited the true teachings.

However, after leading everyone inside for a while, Elder Tang couldn't help but stop and carefully inspected the ground, saying: "Something is wrong."

"This tomb has been visited by tomb robbers."

Someone asked: "Can you determine the approximate time?" "

Within 30 years." Elder Tang confirmed, "The excavation tool used by the tomb robbers only appeared around 1990."

A female Taoist priest named Ji said: "Could it be Xie Zhou and his group? They discovered this tomb in the Yinsha Land that year and decided to explore the tomb. As a result, they accidentally awakened a thousand-year-old ghost and died tragically in the Yinsha Land..."

"No, Xie Zhou and his body were found outside." Yao Rong's cold and calm voice came from the middle, "And they came to catch the powerful ghosts, they brought magic weapons, not any grave-robbing tools."

Ji Tianshi nodded: "Then this group of grave-robbers should have entered before the Yinsha Land was formed... Calculating the time, maybe the appearance of the Yinsha Land is related to this group of grave-robbers..."

Everyone agreed with Ji Tianshi's guess, only Xie Zuo glanced at Patriarch Xie without leaving a trace.

He and Patriarch Xie are brothers, and he still has a certain understanding of Patriarch Xie's whereabouts, more than ten years ago...

Patriarch Xie still had a gentle smile on his face, but glanced at Xie Zuo with a slight warning.

Xie Zuo blinked lightly and said nothing.

Elder Tang carefully checked for a long time, but apart from the traces of tomb robbery, he found nothing else.

There was no time to waste, so Elder Tang said, "After we leave here, I will send people to investigate on the road to see if anyone has taken the funerary objects from the Western Zhou Dynasty more than ten years ago. Now let's go deeper."

Elder Tang led everyone to avoid several agencies safely, and went deeper from the periphery of the mausoleum to the center of the mausoleum.

However, until now, the crises encountered by everyone came from the mausoleum itself, not from ghosts.

This feeling of confusion made everyone more cautious.

"The tunnel ahead has become wider." Xie Yinian, who was walking in the front, spoke up.

Walking out of this narrow tunnel that can only accommodate one person, everyone's vision suddenly opened up.

In front of them was a straight and deep road with four rooms on both sides of the road.

The door of the room was several meters high, with complicated patterns on it, as if it was carved into the shape of some kind of exotic beast.

Elder Tang did not choose to go directly deeper, but stood in front of one of the doors and asked Ji Tianshi: "Can you recognize what pattern this is?"

The surname Ji was the surname of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The Ji family, one of the ten major families, is a descendant of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

After confirming that this mausoleum belonged to the Western Zhou Dynasty, Ji Tianshi was sent to City D by the Tianshi League.

Ji Tianshi approached and carefully examined the patterns on it. Others gathered around them, holding magic tools and guarding all around.

After a long while, Master Ji Tian said, "This kind of pattern is a sacrificial rune commonly used by ancient witches. Look, does it look like a Qilin?"

"Indeed, it is a Qilin." Elder Tang was surprised, "Qilin is a symbol of good fortune. Could this door be a room for placing funeral objects?"

"No, you can't go in." Master Ji Tian shook his head, his expression solemn, "The function of this rune is to seal. In ancient times, there were demons and ghosts causing chaos. In order to deal with the demons and ghosts, the witch created sealing runes based on the four sacred beasts. Although I don't know what is in the room specifically, there is no doubt that the things sealed inside are all very ferocious."

"Ferocious things!?" A shadow was cast over everyone's heart.

The ghost guardian and the ghost den alone made them exhausted. How terrible was this fierce creature that had been sealed by the ancient witch for more than 2,000 years?

"Our goal is to deal with the ghost guardian and the ghost den, so don't make any more trouble for the time being." Elder Tang made a prompt decision and asked Master Ji Tian, ​​"In other words, we can only continue to go deeper along this road now?"

Master Ji Tian nodded.

"Let's go!" As soon as Elder Tang said, everyone continued to move forward according to the previous team.

But an hour later, everyone returned to the original place.

Looking at the identical doors in front of him, Elder Tang had a headache and said, "Could it be a ghost wall?"

They were not the kind of people who could not recognize a ghost wall. Ji Tianshi said, "No. This passage is a circular passage. No matter how far we go, we will only return to the starting point."

After hearing Ji Tianshi's explanation, Elder Tang had a headache.

He would rather encounter a ghost wall.

At present, this passage could not be taken. If they wanted to continue to go deeper into the mausoleum, they could only push open the doors engraved with sealing runes.

The others obviously thought of this, and for a moment, the atmosphere stagnated.

Patriarch Xie had nothing to do, so he simply held up a flashlight and patrolled the ground.

"Huh..." Patriarch Xie suddenly squatted down and touched the soil in front of the door on the far left, "Come and look, there seems to be old bloodstains here."

"Yes, bloodstains, they are quite old." Elder Tang said, "Could these bloodstains be left by that group of tomb robbers?"

Patriarch Xie said, "Probably."

Elder Tang regained his spirits and asked Master Ji Tian to check these doors again to see if there were any signs that the seals had been damaged.

Ji Tianshi checked more and more patiently. After about half an hour, she said, "The seals of the other three doors have not been broken, but the seal on the door with blood stains is indeed incomplete."

Elder Tang said happily, "It seems that the tomb robbers entered this room."

Patriarch Xie also smiled, "It must be that group of people who broke the seal rune, causing the ghost guardian sealed inside to be released."

Ji Tianshi said, "Now that we have found the hiding place of the ghost guardian, let's go in."

"Okay." Several of the most experienced Tianshi reached a consensus.

Xie Yinian turned around and looked at Yao Rong. Seeing that Yao Rong's expression was normal, he stretched out his hand and tried to push open the door of the room.

Behind the door was a passage.

Everyone walked forward along this passage and unexpectedly came to the main tomb.

On both sides of the main tomb, long-burning lamps burned dimly, illuminating the four directions and welcoming these uninvited guests.

The red coffin stood quietly on the stone steps, and all the gorgeous funeral objects symbolized the status and power of the tomb owner.

People are born with inequality, and the same is true after death.

Just as Xie Yinian was holding the oil lamp and was about to walk up the steps to check the funeral objects, his vision suddenly fell into darkness.

A fishy and violent breath rushed over, and countless miserable screams almost pierced Xie Yinian's eardrums, and even his soul was shaken. The black magic ring automatically activated the protective shield, buying Xie Yinian the most critical time.

The Zhaodan Sword was unsheathed in an instant.

Xie Yinian couldn't see the ghosts, but it didn't stop him from swinging his sword forward.

Wherever the Zhaodan Sword passed, the miserable screams turned into wails before death.

When Xie Yinian's sight returned to the light, he looked back and saw that everyone was in a tough battle.

The weakest of the powerful ghosts fighting with them was only at the level of a ghost servant, and no one knew where the ghost guardian was hiding.

Xie Yinian did not go to help others, but took two steps at a time and quickly came to the top of the platform to carefully examine the burial objects.

Most of the burial objects were utensils. Xie Yinian also saw several sets of armor and a row of weapons, but strangely, next to the red coffin there was a dressing table that had been immortal for two thousand years.

The owner of this mausoleum is obviously a man, so why would he choose a dressing table as his burial object?

Xie Yinian became alert and walked forward gently with the sword in his hand.

Finally, with the dim light of the oil lamp, he saw the mirror clearly.

In the mirror that was polished to be extremely smooth, there was a woman in a wedding dress, looking at him tearfully.

The next moment, the woman in the wedding dress walked out of the mirror.

She was barefoot, her aura was rising, and the bells on her ankles rang with every step.

The rapid sound of the bells seemed to be the key to open the gates of hell. Countless wronged souls sleeping in the burial objects were awakened, and rushed to Xie Yinian from all directions, surrounding him.

Xie Yinian's face suddenly changed.

Tang Tianshi, who was struggling with the ghost servant, looked towards the stairs in horror. He was so shocked that his arm was almost torn.

Ji Tianshi cut off the ghost servant in front of him with a sword, and trembled slightly: "How is it possible..."

The elder of the Xie family covered his chest and spat out a mouthful of black blood. He didn't care about his own injuries and said in surprise: "How could this ghost be promoted from a ghost guardian to a ghost king in such a short time!?"

Xie Zuo was worried and subconsciously called out "Big Brother", but got no response.

At this moment, a red wedding dress fell into everyone's eyes.

"Is it the ghost bride!?"

"Damn it, this ghost guardian must be the bride of the tomb owner."

As the bride of the tomb owner, this female ghost is naturally the owner of the tomb, and all the powerful ghosts in the tomb are under her control.

Although the power of this female ghost is only that of a guardian, as long as she is in the tomb, she can use this to increase her power to the level of a ghost king.

After figuring this out, Elder Tang and the others all felt it was difficult.

Xie Yinian, who was surrounded by ghosts and facing the ghost bride, did not even have time to think at this moment. He held up the Zhaodan sword, and almost every swing of the sword was subconscious.

He swung the sword faster and faster, but fatigue spread to him like a tide.

In a trance, Xie Yinian saw the ghost bride's lips move.

With the ghost's screams filling his ears, Xie Yinian could only barely make out what she was talking about from her lips. It seemed that she was talking about...

a hairpin?

Xie Yinian rushed to the dressing table and searched through everything on the dressing table despite the ghost bride's sudden and intensified attack.

He had everything except the hairpin.

What did this hairpin mean to her?

Who took her hairpin again! The

ghost

bride was enraged by Xie Yinian's actions.

Her long hair that reached down to her waist grew longer rapidly, and the bells at her ankles rang more and more urgently, like a death warrant: "Give me back my hairpin!"

Her hair entangled Xie Yinian's ankles and brought him to the ground. The oil lamp broke, and the kerosene inside soaked Xie Yinian's sleeves.

Xie Yinian propped himself up with his right hand, and subconsciously tried to stand up, but a thin thread pierced his finger.

He looked down.

How could there be a gold thread in the oil lamp?

Xie Yinian only had time to put the thin thread into his arms, rolled on the ground, and chopped at his hair.

The hair was extremely tough, and even the gallbladder sword could not cut it in one go. Instead, Xie Yinian himself was shocked by the force and his blood surged.

Xie Yinian simply bit his arm and splashed the blood on the sword, and finally succeeded in escaping.

Before he could stand firm, he was pushed down from the stairs.

The Ghost Bride came flying with the powerful ghosts she summoned.

The Heavenly Masters who were still able to hold on were instantly caught in a tough fight. Even though Xie Yinian was the main opponent of the Ghost Bride, they were still a little overwhelmed when she attacked them occasionally.

"We can't go on like this." Chief Xie shouted, "If we continue to stay here, we will die when our spiritual power is exhausted. Let's retreat!"

Elder Tang also wanted to retreat. He shouted to everyone, "Retreat quickly!"

Everyone played their cards and retreated.

Elder Tang was responsible for the rear guard.

Seeing that most people had retreated, Xie Yinian was still struggling with the Ghost Bride. Elder Tang shouted, "Xie Yinian, retreat quickly!"

Xie Yinian smiled bitterly.

He wanted to withdraw, but for some reason, the ghost bride had set her sights on him.

In the ghost bride's den, he had no way to leave unless the ghost bride let him leave.

"Give me back my hairpin!" The ghost bride repeated this sentence again.

Xie Yinian had a splitting headache, and while he was holding his chest and spitting blood, he touched the hard gold thread again.

An idea flashed in his mind -

hairpin... gold thread... oil lamp...

Could it be that this gold thread was taken out of the hairpin, so the ghost bride set her sights on him! ?

The gold thread was hidden in the oil lamp, and the oil lamp was given to him by Patriarch Xie, and it was Patriarch Xie who suggested that he be the first one.

Is this a coincidence?

No, rather than a coincidence, he was more inclined to believe that Chief Xie did it on purpose.

Chief Xie hid the gold thread in the oil lamp, and Chief Xie knew the ghost bride's obsession with this hairpin.

But how could he know?

Unless he was related to that gang of grave robbers!

It was even possible that he and that gang of grave robbers had entered this mausoleum together!

Xie Yinian felt that he had discovered the truth of that year.

The best way to escape the ghost bride's pursuit was to throw away this gold thread.

But once the gold thread was lost, how could he prove that Chief Xie deliberately framed him?

Moreover, he had long been stained with the aura of the gold thread, and it would be difficult for this ghost bride to let him go.

So...

Xie Yinian shouted: "Mom!"

Mom, if you don't do anything, I can't stand it!

Elder Tang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He could see that Xie Yinian didn't want to leave, but was entangled by the ghost bride.

Elder Tang gritted his teeth, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and rushed towards Xie Yinian.

However, Yao Rong was faster than him.

"No——"

Elder Tang roared, almost thinking that Yao Rong was going to die at the hands of the ghost bride, but the next moment, Elder Tang's eyes widened in shock.

The black long sword that appeared out of thin air in Yao Rong's hand seemed a little familiar.

Before Elder Tang could recall, he saw Yao Rong raised the tip of the sword and chopped down the ghost bride.

Then, just like Xie Yinian was chased and rolled all over the ground, the ghost bride rolled out all of a sudden.

Elder Tang: Oops, my memory is too good, I suddenly remembered what to do!

On the other side, after Patriarch Xie and his group of heavenly masters withdrew from the main tomb, they were not immediately safe.

Fierce ghosts poured out of the passage and chased them.

The group of heavenly masters fought and retreated, and finally successfully withdrew from the mausoleum.

The yin energy covered the sky and the sun, successfully blocking their sense of direction. Everyone had no time to find the direction, so they randomly chose a direction to run, the farther away from the mausoleum, the better.

After running for a full ten minutes, everyone stopped and formed a formation to kill the ghosts that chased them.

After escaping from death, everyone was tired and dizzy.

Master Ji looked around: "Is Elder Tang still not out?"

Someone else said: "Yao Rong and Xie Yinian haven't come out either."

Master Ji looked worried.

Clan leader Xie looked puzzled: "Xie Yinian has the Zhaodan Sword, so he is the most likely person to escape from the Ghost King."

Master Ji sighed: "I hope they can escape, and Xie Yinian can seriously injure the Ghost Bride and stop the ghost den from expanding."

Xie Zuo suddenly said: "Wait, what do you see in front of you?"

Everyone looked in the direction Xie Zuo pointed.

There were shadows in front, and it seemed that there were many wooden boards standing.

"It seems to be... a tombstone?"

The tombstone was not far away from everyone, so they simply walked forward and looked carefully at the name engraved on the tombstone.

"The Tomb of Xie Jian, the Tomb of Xie Lin, the Tomb of Xie Bin..."

"These are the names of the Xie family members who died in the evil land."

"These should have been built by Yao Rong. She collected the remains of the Xie family members, buried them here, and erected tombstones for them."

Everyone pieced together the truth in a few words.

"Wait--" Someone's teeth suddenly began to tremble, "Look, whose tomb is in the middle?"

Ji Tianshi walked over to take a look and rolled his eyes at the other party: "Doesn't it say here, this is..."

Halfway through his words, Ji Tianshi's face turned pale.

There was a line of vertical characters engraved on the tombstone in the middle--

[Xie Zhou and Yao Rong’s joint tomb]

“How is this possible!”

“Yao Rong…is dead!?”

“If this is Yao Rong’s tomb, then who is the Yao Rong who has been with us before?”

Their profession means they deal with ghosts all year round, but at this moment, everyone can’t help but have a thought in their mind: They spend

all day hunting hawks but get pecked in the eye by hawks, help, they are seeing ghosts!!!