, Spirit Walker

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Zhang Yuanqing's eyes fell on the top of the corridor door. On the curved wall with three vaults and three ridges, there was a yellow paper talisman with a twisted spell painted in cinnabar. This was not in the illusion.

“Eh…”

Zhang Yuanqing stared at the yellow paper talisman for a moment, and finally decided not to touch it.

He thought to himself that he could not be reckless and had already put away his pistol and gloves.

He did not walk towards the main tomb chamber behind him, but walked towards the tomb passage in the opposite direction.

Just now, he recalled the description in a tomb-robbing novel that in ancient times, nobles would erect a tombstone in the tomb passage after their death, recording the identity, date of birth, and life stories of the tomb owner.

Zhang Yuanqing walked into the tomb passage and explored it. As expected, he saw a groove made of blue bricks beside the tomb passage. In the groove was a stone tablet. The words on the tablet had been worn away over the years and the information was unknown.

Based on the remaining content, Zhang Yuanqing roughly understood the identity of the princess. She was the eldest daughter of a prince in the early Ming Dynasty. Her maiden name was Yin Yao. She was smart and beautiful since childhood, and had a rare talent for spiritual practice.

She once practiced under the guidance of the goddess of Sandao Mountain in Songfu. After becoming a master, she traveled around the world and lived for two centuries. She died in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and never married. Is this princess a disciple of Lao Bangzi? !

"There are so many copies of the Night Wandering God's extraordinary stage. The first time I entered the Sandaoshan Goddess Temple, the second time I entered the tomb of her disciples? Is there some kind of bad fate between me and Lao Bangzi!!"

There is no word that can describe Zhang Yuanqing's mood at this moment. If there must be one, it would be - I'm so fucking stupid! Remember the URL

Zhang Yuanqing left the tomb passage with mixed feelings and returned to the tomb chamber. He passed through the six-meter-long corridor door and entered the main tomb chamber. In the center of the tomb chamber, which was as big as the lobby of a five-star hotel, there was a stone coffin bed with a Sumeru pedestal and a white jade coffin.

There are niches on the east, west and south walls.

Everything was the same as in the illusion, the only difference was that most of the porcelain and pottery were broken, and the two half-person-high black wooden boxes were opened, with the contents scattered all over the floor.

They are all clothes, books, and some items that ancient women would use.

They were not precious. There was not a single piece of gold, silver or jade in large quantities, but there were quite a few small pieces of gold and silver jewelry, such as a gold button as big as a thumbnail. It was obvious that the place had just been looted.

This is more appropriate! Zhang Yuanqing muttered, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into indignation:

"Wang Xiaoer is going too far by stealing the things of a dead person."

...Zhang Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the price of Hou Tu boots had begun.

Honest man!

He took a look at the coffin, but due to the psychological trauma of opening the coffin, he did not dare to touch it. He first checked the objects scattered on the ground. Clothes, bronzes, ceramics, ceremonial objects, gold buttons, and twisted and deformed silver. Zhang Yuanqing touched them one by one, but found no props.

He immediately flipped through the yellowed and brittle books, a few miscellaneous books, a few geographical books, and a book called "The Secret of Breathing for the Night Wandering God".

"They are all things of not much value. Tsk, did Wang Xiaoer just happen to take all the props away? Although those three props look valuable, there are only those three props in the tomb. What a coincidence..." At this time, Zhang Yuanqing said "Huh" and his eyes were fixed on "The Night Wandering God's Breathing Technique". He was not attracted by the book, but saw that there seemed to be something sandwiched in the book.

After picking up the secret method and checking it, he discovered that there was a piece of parchment sandwiched between the books, on which was recorded a certain method of sacrifice. By finding the materials recorded on the parchment and holding a ceremony, he could pray for power from the supreme being in the dark.

After holding the parchment for a few seconds, the item information appeared:

[Name: Mass-produced parchment]

[Type: Leather] [Function: Sacrifice]

[Introduction: Perform sacrifices according to the contents written on the parchment to borrow power from the supreme being in the dark.]

[Note: It has no cost, as long as you can collect the sacrificial materials. ]

What a strange thing! This was the first time Zhang Yuanqing had seen such an item. No, to be more precise, this was the first time he had come across the concept of "offering sacrifice to the Supreme Being". He interpreted this item based on his own understanding:

"Through sacrifice, I get a certain bonus, which is very similar to the skill buff in the game, but I don't know how strong this buff is. When I return to reality, I will collect materials and try it out. There is no cost anyway, at most it will cost a little money, but if the buff is greatly enhanced, it will be another killer bronze."

Zhang Yuanqing tried to put the parchment into his inventory and was delighted to find that it could be put away.

"Just this piece of parchment is a profit!" he thought with a guilty look on his face.

He also became a tomb robber.

He walked to the jade coffin, pressed the lid with both hands, and was about to push it open when the item information suddenly popped up in his field of vision: [Name: Thousand-year Jade Coffin]

【Type: Coffin】

【Function: Warming up the body】

[Introduction: The props left by the Sandashan Goddess were originally used to store her body. After the Sandashan Goddess died, her lay disciples ordered people to build a stone coffin to replace the jade coffin.]

[Note: This is a touching relationship between a teacher and a student.]

“Puff~”

Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but laughed out loud.

The old man was indeed lying in a stone coffin, which he had pushed open with his own hands.

Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, no wonder when I opened the coffin for Lao Bangzi, her lips were pale, her skin was dull, and she looked like she was in a state of poor maintenance.

"No, no, how can I laugh? I shouldn't gloat over such things... Speaking of which, when Old Taozi woke up and found himself lying in a sarcophagus, I don't know what his mood was at the time. I must ask him when I have a chance. Well, at least I have to wait until I reach the Domination Realm."

"No, no, you can't expose other people's scars."

Muttering to himself, he silently exerted force with both palms and pushed open the coffin lid little by little.

There is also a jade coffin in the coffin box.

Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath and carefully opened the lid of the jade coffin.

In the coffin, there lay a Taoist priest in a green robe, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and ruddy complexion, as if he was asleep. Zhang Yuanqing silently closed the coffin lid, then closed the coffin cover again, and swore in his heart that he would never open the coffin again in his life.

The wandering Taoist priest was in the coffin. He was unexpectedly here. He was indeed here. Zhang Yuanqing's mind was full of complaints. The wandering Taoist priest appeared here. It was unexpected but reasonable.

According to Wang Xiaoer's description, the wandering Taoist priest was looking for the princess' tomb because his deadline was approaching and he wanted to make one last attempt. Regardless of whether he had obtained the secret of immortality, the jade coffin that could nourish the body was an irresistible temptation for the Taoist priest.

What does it mean that the end is near? It means that the physical body is decaying and heading towards death.

This coffin warms the body and, to some extent, does have the effect of prolonging life.

After seeing the Taoist priest in the coffin, Zhang Yuanqing figured out a lot of things based on the copy introduction and Wang Xiaoer's description.

This is what should have happened:

After finding the ancient tomb, the Taoist was delighted to discover that camphor in the coffin could slow down the decay of the body, so he wanted to occupy the tomb, but he was afraid of the princess in the coffin.

So, while the vengeful spirits in the props were sleeping during the day, he instigated Wang Xiaoer to steal the props in the tomb. In this way, the princess who found that the props were stolen would angrily chase the thief. On the other hand, the props were equivalent to guardian spirits, and he dared not live in the tomb for a long time without getting rid of the "three" terrible vengeful spirits.

As soon as the princess left, he immediately entered the ancient tomb and occupied the coffin.

"But there is a fatal flaw in this speculation. After the princess found out that Gaodi had been stolen, why didn't she fight back? Instead, she didn't dare to enter the tomb again..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing had an idea and left the main tomb chamber and returned to the front room.

He stood under the three-vaulted arc-shaped corridor door, raised his head, and examined the yellow paper talisman pasted on the wall. In the illusion created by the bronze mirror, the yellow paper talisman did not exist.

In other words, this thing only appeared after the bronze mirror left the tomb. The bronze mirror did not know the existence of the paper talisman, so it did not appear in the illusion.

It is obvious who put the yellow paper talisman there.

It was pasted there after the bronze mirror was stolen and the princess left the ancient tomb.

Zhang Yuanqing climbed up little by little along the steep brick wall, holding onto the gaps between the bricks with his fingers. All his strength was supported by a few fingers. Ordinary people could never do such an exaggerated operation.

Climbing to the top of the arc, Zhang Yuanqing pinched the gap of the drill block with two fingers, and stretched out his other hand. He did not dare to tear it off directly, and his fingers touched the yellow paper talisman. The item information emerged:

[Name: Flame Talisman]

[Type: Talisman] [Function: House Guarding]

[Introduction: A talisman drawn with blood containing the power of the sun, which can suppress evil spirits and protect the home.]

【Note: It can only be used once. 】

"Sure enough, it was this talisman that blocked the princess. She couldn't return to the tomb and could only wander around the village. Fortunately, I didn't tear it off just now..." Zhang Yuanqing withdrew his hand and jumped down from the wall.

"It seems that the princess can't come back. Then I just need to stay in the ancient tomb until ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and I can pass through the Aphasia Village and return to reality."

At this point, the Aphasia Village dungeon has been completely conquered. It's so tiring. I almost died three times in one night. This is ten thousand times more thrilling than playing in a ring match. Why am I so unlucky that I always encounter a dungeon in hell mode? Zhang Yuanqing was in a bad mood.

But soon, he felt even worse, because he remembered that the copy he entered was most likely the copy that the Demon Lord had experienced.

And based on the Demon Lord’s hidden score, there will be many more copies of the Hell mode in the future.

It’s all the Demon Lord’s fault!

Wait... Zhang Yuanqing frowned. If he could pass the level by hiding in the tomb, then according to normal logic, the dungeon would end when the princess's appearance time ended, which was the end of the fourth watch, and he should end the dungeon.

Since all bosses have been defeated, there is no point in staying.

But the main mission of the dungeon is 24 hours, and after dawn, I have to stay in the dungeon for another ten hours.

"These ten hours are completely meaningless. It's too exaggerated. Is it a bug? If it's not a bug, according to my experience, this copy also has hidden tasks, so these ten hours are reserved for the Spirit Realm Walker to do the hidden tasks..."

"The survival copy is a copy that the Spirit Realm does not give any hints about. You have to guess whether it is a hidden task or not. It is unlike Yin Yang Town. Once a hidden task is triggered, the Spirit Realm will give a hint."

What are the hidden tasks?

The prop that will fall asleep during the day, the princess who has a home but cannot return home

Zhang Yuanqing understood.

The hidden task is to help the princess retrieve the items and return to the ancient tomb.

Therefore, the setting of props sleeping during the day is to allow the spiritual realm walkers to focus on finding props. "It seems that finding props is also a difficult task, but it doesn't matter, I have Xiao Doubi!" Zhang Yuanqing became more and more confident as he thought about it, his eyes shining.

Moreover, this is consistent with his enthusiastic and honest style.

After making up his mind, Zhang Yuanqing sat down in the corner of the outer room, leaning against the brick wall, closing his eyes and mumbling.

Three hours later, Zhang Yuanqing woke up from his light sleep, put on his red dancing shoes, walked along the steep brick wall, entered the entrance of the tunnel above, and then crawled out of the ground through the tunnel.

It was already daybreak outside.

The valley is lush and green, with mountains and dense forests on both sides.

Zhang Yuanqing made full use of the wearing time of the red dancing shoes. He walked out of the mountains and danced with them outside the village before entering the village.

Just like when I came in yesterday, the depressed and dilapidated village was quiet, with no human voices, but no danger either.

Zhang Yuanqing spit out the little dude and told him to go treasure hunting.

The funny little boy crawled to his owner's feet, opened his stubby little arms, hugged Zhang Yuanqing's calves, and rubbed his round face against them to show his affection.

After experiencing the crisis last night, he has become more intelligent and has learned to be grateful.

Xiao Doubi moved his limbs and crawled in front to lead the way. Zhang Yuanqing followed slowly. Soon, they found the deceased No. 1 in an alley.

The deceased No. 1 lay stiffly on the ground, like a frozen corpse. There were no obvious external injuries on his body, but Zhang Yuanqing's face was full of grief.

The spirit inside the Yin corpse was destroyed.

When refining a Yin corpse, the first step is to make the remaining spirit body of the corpse reunite with the physical body. The spirit body is the foundation and core of the Yin corpse.

Without the broken spirit, the corpse is just a shell, which is equivalent to being scrapped.

Zhang Yuanqing fell to his knees beside the corpse and kowtowed vigorously:

"Brother, you died for me. I will never forget this kindness. I can only repay you in my next life. Goodbye!"

After bowing, Zhang Yuanqing felt something was wrong, but being an honest man, he did not think too much about it and instead picked up the human-shaped membrane next to the corpse.

The perfect human skin was still there and had not been taken away by the princess. It had shed from the corpse on its own.

"It was you who made me decide to sacrifice my brothers. You are a nuisance. I will sell you out when the copy comes out." Zhang Yuanqing took it back to the inventory with great sorrow, then went to the courtyard where Mr. Xu lived and took away the silver rouge box on the desk.

Next is to look for the ghost doll and bronze mirror.

The funny boy took Zhang Yuanqing for a wander in the dilapidated mountain village, and finally returned to the path outside the yard of Wang Xiaoer's residence, where the old man's headless body was lying.

Looking at the infant spirit that crawled into the yard without hesitation, Zhang Yuanqing raised his eyebrows and was about to catch up quickly when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the old man's body.

For no reason, I felt a surge of guilt and sadness in my heart.

He walked to the old man's body, knelt down, and kowtowed three times to express his apology.

Then he got up and chased after the little funny guy and entered the inner room where the coffin was placed. The little baby spirit was lying under the coffin, patting the compacted ground with his little hands and making a childish cry of "Aba Aba" from his mouth.

Zhang Yuanqing's heart moved, and he took out the bloodthirsty blade, and used the sharp tip of the blade to dig through the hard soil. After digging more than ten centimeters deep, the tip of the blade suddenly made a "ding" sound, as if it had pierced something hard.

Zhang Yuanqing reached out and wiped away the broken mud, revealing an iron box lid in the pit. He continued to chisel the soil, and as the area of ​​the pit expanded, he finally dug out the iron box.

The iron box is half a meter long, twenty centimeters wide, thirty centimeters high, and has a copper lock on it.

Zhang Yuanqing easily cut the padlock and opened the lid of the box. Inside was a box full of gold, silver and jade articles. On the outermost surface was a black and translucent sculpture of a girl with a pair of protruding ears.

The girl doll has her mouth open, but there is no tongue in it.

Next to the sculpture is a round bronze mirror the size of a palm. It is gray in color and has a phoenix engraved on the back. The phoenix's eyes are two red gems.

Zhang Yuanqing turned the bronze mirror over and looked at himself, but his face did not appear in the mirror.

This is a mirror that reflects no one.

Holding the two items, I waited for a moment, and the item information appeared:

【Name: Yin Jade Doll】

【Type: Crafts】

【Function: Possession】

[Introduction: It was originally a piece of Yin jade that had been nurtured for a hundred years in an extremely Yin land. It was accidentally obtained by a lonely little girl. The girl carried the Yin jade for a long time, and gradually the Yin Qi entered her body, and she died soon. Her spirit merged with the Yin jade and turned into a sculpture.]

[Note 1: The spirit in the Yin Jade longs to play games. Anyone who does not play games with her will be possessed. This possession cannot be avoided or stopped, and the spirit cannot be completely eliminated.]

[Note 2: Let’s play a game. I want to be the third person, hehe~]

Zhang Yuanqing was dumbfounded and muttered: "Rules, rule-based props"

In the item properties, any props with descriptions such as "cannot xx" or "cannot xx" are rule-based props.

Because only rule-based props are so overbearing, because rules are rules and cannot be changed.

The function of the ghost doll is very simple, but it is indeed a rule-based prop.

In fact, when Zhang Yuanqing learned that three people must get together to avoid the crisis of the ghost doll, he had a premonition in his heart that this was similar to the rules of the red dancing shoes.

- You must dance to break the rules and avoid being chased.

Instinctively, subconsciously, and contrary to his honest character, Zhang Yuanqing wanted to put the ghost doll into his inventory and claim it as his own.

[Ding! This item cannot be collected. ]

This thing belongs to the princess. I can't have it. Zhang Yuanqing felt ashamed for a few seconds and looked at the item information of the second item: [Name: Ghost Mirror] [Type: Mirror]

[Function: Charm, Ghost Illumination]

[Introduction: Everything in this world can be reflected, but the human heart is hard to understand. The ghost mirror is a tool that Princess Yin Yao refined after traveling around the world for two decades, experiencing vicissitudes, and seeing all the world's affairs. It can record what it sees and hears, and create an illusion that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.] [Note: From the moment you use it, you are a great sage]

Great Sage? Is this also a price?

Because he did not become the owner of the prop, Zhang Yuanqing was unable to experience the specific meaning of the price of the "Great Sage".

But these are not important. What is more important is to return the props to the poor princess.

He found a bamboo basket in the outer hall to put the three props in, carried the basket and left Wang Xiaoer's stone house and walked towards the back.

It's time to complete the hidden quest and end the dungeon.