The next day at daybreak, the group went along the riverbank to search for the source of the incident.
This river is neither wide nor narrow, but it is very deep.
I heard from my childhood that many people had died along this riverbank, and their bodies had never been found.
The group followed the river upstream for about two hours until they reached the bottom of a large canyon.
The canyon is about several hundred meters high, and the water comes down from the top of the canyon.
Just as the group was preparing to find a place to climb up and investigate, a series of splashing sounds suddenly came from the river.
The group focused their attention on the area where bubbles were rising on the water's surface.
About two seconds later, a large number of coffins appeared on the dark water, numbering over a hundred.
These coffins were of various ages and colors.
Most of the coffins were rotten and even exposed the corpses inside, but some were still undamaged, with the paint still on them.
After all the coffins floated to the surface, the previously flowing water suddenly stopped.
This situation is the same as what Shen Ye and Bai Xuan saw yesterday.
What exactly happened?
Before they could even catch their breath, blood began to flow from the coffins, quickly turning the river red!
"I knew there was something strange about the river, but I never expected it to be this bizarre!" Master Huang muttered to himself.
"Master, what should we do?" Xiao Shi asked, taking out a talisman and a peach wood sword.
At a time like this, one should be on high alert, but unexpectedly, Master Huang said, "Let's go watch the show in seclusion!"
Watching a play? What kind of play?
There are only coffins here, what kind of show is there to watch?
In the blink of an eye, Master Huang had already walked behind a large rock.
Bai Xuan also pulled Shen Ye along, hiding behind another large rock and sticking their heads out to stare at the river.
Before long, the river, which had been as calm as a stagnant pool, began to boil, as if the water were boiling.
The coffins in the river kept bumping against each other due to the ripples in the water, and the corpses in some of the highly decomposed coffins were even knocked out and fell into the water.
In less than three minutes, wisps of mist rose from the river surface.
The coffins that were colliding with each other seemed to be attracted by a magnet, and all of them squeezed towards the most conspicuous golden coffin in the middle.
Soon, the golden coffin was pushed up on top of all the other coffins, and at the same time, the water surface became still again, and all the coffins stopped crowding towards the center.
Shen Ye and the others stared intently at the golden coffin above, not daring to blink.
The sound of fingernails scratching the wooden planks came from inside the coffin. Then, the lid of the golden coffin suddenly flew far away, and a woman dressed in ancient attire sat up inside.
The woman looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, with her phoenix hairpin and phoenix robe being the most eye-catching features.
If it weren't for its terrifyingly pale face, Shen Ye would have thought it was a living person.
The female corpse stood up, and even her wide phoenix robe could not conceal her protruding belly.
"Oh no, we've stumbled upon the Empress's Tomb!" Master Huang exclaimed, slapping his thigh. His expression was also rather grim.
Upon hearing this, the three of them looked at Master Huang, as if waiting for him to continue.
After several seconds of silence, Master Huang sighed and continued, "Encountering the golden coffin, the 'Manjianghong' poem, the Empress's tomb, in the water..."
The three were completely confused. Master Huang continued, "This female corpse was an empress in life. She was locked in a golden coffin and suffocated to death when she was seven months pregnant. See those coffins? They were buried with the female corpse."
Judging from the highly decayed parts of the coffins, this formation had been in preparation for at least a long time.
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