Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 423 Going to the Grave
"arrive."

They set off at 8 p.m. and three hours have passed before they finally arrived at their destination.

The reason it's so slow is because the destination is in the mountains.

After driving for a while, the car could no longer go in.

After that, these tomb raiders led Song Feng and his group on foot into the mountain gully. However, before that, Tang Cai was afraid that the tomb raiders might have some improper intentions, so he called two of his bodyguards.

Upon arriving at the destination, the tomb raiders, out of fear, only pointed to one spot in the distance and then stopped.

There was a haystack hidden by grass. If the tomb raider hadn't pointed it out to them, it would have been easy to miss that spot, which was almost indistinguishable from the bushes in the mountains.

"We didn't take anything from the tomb; we've hidden it nearby. When you go down, you can assemble those things."

Upon hearing this, Song Feng took out the blueprints and looked at them.

Tang Cai, standing to the side, frowned slightly.

If it were just about dealing with ghosts and spirits, he wouldn't say a word, but going into tombs is no simple matter.

According to the tomb raider, it was a large tomb.

Large tombs contain great treasures, but they also contain traps and mechanisms.

He had no doubt about Song Feng and Song Bin's methods for dealing with ghosts, but if they encountered traps or mechanisms, that was another story.

If anything happens to Song Feng and Song Bin, that will be his loss!

Therefore, protecting these two people is also protecting his own interests.

Immediately, he stepped forward and looked at the leader of the group of tomb raiders.

"You said there's another tomb down there, what are the specifics?"

"Yes, although that tomb is not connected to this one, you can actually enter another tomb chamber by digging three to five meters into the place I marked for you."

The tomb raider pointed to a mark on the map and said.

Tang Cai said, "You go and lead the way. We don't want the things in the tomb. We only need to deal with the dirty stuff. You can divide the rest among yourselves."

The tomb raider shook his head.

"We can't make that money!"

"One million per person to go down into the tomb."

As soon as Tang Cai spoke, the faces of the tomb raiders were clearly moved.

After struggling for a moment, the leader shook his head.

"We're not getting involved in this. That's it, we're leaving."

Tang Cai's expression was somewhat cold.

"Aren't you afraid that after we enter the tomb, we won't find the main character? After we leave, who do you think those unclean things in the tomb will come after?"

"How many people in this world do you think are capable of solving this kind of problem?"

"If you're not worried, then you can leave."

Tang Cai's words immediately stopped the tomb raiders.

Tang Cai's words were also what they were worried about. After all, a group of people who had never been to a tomb before might not be able to explore the inside thoroughly.

They simply didn't want to think about it before, but now that Tang Cai brought it up, they can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.

The tomb raiders exchanged glances, and finally focused their attention on the one in the lead.

After a half-minute silence, the leading tomb raider turned around and looked at Tang Cai.

"Going down into the tomb is fine, but once we come out, you'll have to stay with us for a whole day and protect us!"

Tang Cai turned to look at Song Feng, and seeing that the other party nodded, he immediately agreed.

Immediately, the tomb raiders headed towards their target location.

On the way, Song Feng and his two companions also learned the name, or rather the code name, of the leader of the tomb raiders.

Big shovel!
Besides Big Shovel, the other three also have very distinctive names: Night Owl, Dog Nose, and Black Bear.

Judging from Hei Xiazi's physique, which is comparable to Tang Cai's bodyguard, these nicknames should all be related to one of their abilities.

However, Song Feng and the others did not ask any further questions.

Upon arrival, the large shovel was used to remove the grass and branches covering the area.

A large hole, at least 1.2 meters in diameter, appeared in front of us.

Generally speaking, the hole won't be drilled this big, because the bigger it is, the more time is wasted.

However, the tomb was located in a desolate mountain wilderness, with no one around, and there was plenty of time, so it was opened up very large.

After that, the bear carried out three more logs with their tops tied together with wire from another place and stuck them into three pits around the tomb.

Then there are pulleys, ropes, and hanging baskets.

The basket was used to transport soil, but it wasn't needed this time, so it was thrown away.

"Night owl and dog nose, you two go first."

Upon hearing this, the two tomb raiders hesitated for a moment, but still stepped forward.

Just then, they heard Song Feng's voice.

"Wait, tie one of these ropes around your bodies."

Song Feng took two ropes off his body and threw them to the two people who were about to go down.

The two men took the rope and their faces lit up with joy.

They had seen this rope before; that ghostly thing was bound by it before Song Feng killed it.

"Sir, are you giving this to us?"

"Night Owl asked."

"I'll give it to you after this is over; you can use it for self-defense."

Song Feng was not stingy; he and Song Bin each had eight ropes tied around their bodies.

"Thank you, sir."

Night Owl immediately wrapped the rope around his waist, then without saying a word, pulled on the rope on the pulley and let Black Bear lower him down.

Seeing that Night Owl and Dog Nose both had ropes, Big Shovel, standing nearby, shamelessly asked, "Sir, could I have one?"

Song Feng looked at the large shovel.

"Are you going to play? If you do, I'll give it to you."

"Down!"

Song Feng nodded, took out two sticks, gave one to Da Chanzi and the other to Tang Cai.

"Brother Tang, you can stay up there and keep watch for a while. Here's a spare rope for you."

Tang Cai took it without saying anything, but he felt relieved.

If Song Feng tells him to step down, he will definitely step down.

But if it can be kept from raining, then it's best if it doesn't rain.

Ultimately, he was just an ordinary person. Although he exercised regularly, he was still a little afraid of things like going into tombs.

After Song Feng finished speaking, he looked at the somewhat silent Black Bear and said, "Brother, we don't have many ropes. We won't give you any more until we come out of the tomb."

Black Bear nodded silently.

Two minutes after the night owl went down, they heard a cooing sound coming from the cave.

"Okay, you can log off now."

The shovel gestured to Song Feng and Song Bin. Without hesitation, Song Feng grabbed the rope and was lowered down by Hei Xiazi.

During the process, Song Feng turned on the headlamp they had given him, along with the large shovel.

After descending about ten meters, he saw that the surroundings had become open. He turned his head and looked around, discovering that it was a tomb chamber of about forty or fifty square meters.

The whole structure is hemispherical, with the top and ground covered with blue bricks.

The spot where he came down had a crack in the blue bricks.

He looked down at the coffin below.

Although Song Feng didn't know these things, a normal coffin should be made of wood, but this coffin was made of stone.

One corner of the coffin was opened, suggesting that the tomb raiders had already emptied it out.

Before landing, Song Feng took out the net sieve and put it on his face.

After looking around, he was startled!
There were three places in the entire tomb chamber that were filled with ghostly fluctuations, one of which was inside the stone coffin.

Even though Song Feng had made some preparations before coming, he was still taken aback by the sheer number.

This is just one tomb chamber. If he were to look through all the other tomb chambers and then take a trip to that large tomb that the tomb raider hasn't visited yet, he even believed that he could create a Yin-Shu-level talisman!
Most importantly, the yin energy inside the tomb was three to five times stronger than that outside!
Song Feng didn't know if all the tombs were like this, or if this one was special.

Upon landing, Night Owl and Dog Nose came up and untied his ropes, then let people continue to be lowered from above.

After the two turned around, they saw that Song Feng had already pulled a skeleton out of the stone coffin with a rope!

"Sir! What's going on?"

The night owl was startled. They, as tomb raiders, also had their rules: they would take what they needed, but they would never damage the remains.

But now, Song Feng has just come in and he's already like this?
Song Feng ignored the two men and took another look inside the coffin with Luo Wangshai, thinking to himself, "Just as I thought!"

He had just felt that the yin energy fluctuations in this coffin were stronger than in the other two places, but logically speaking, if ghosts or spirits were to be born, they should all be of the same level.

As long as they don't kill anyone, they can only slowly advance by absorbing yin energy.

Why is this stone coffin special?
Upon closer inspection, a problem was indeed found.

He reached halfway in again and threw the other rope in his hand towards a corner of the coffin.

Whoosh!
The rope wrapped itself around the thing after it touched it.

Song Feng got up and asked Night Owl to take the contents out of the box.

At this moment, Night Owl seemed to understand something, and its gaze towards the skeleton became somewhat evasive.

Quickly entering the stone coffin, Night Owl took out a pair of embroidered shoes.

At this moment, the embroidered shoes were tightly bound by a rope.

The night owl could see clearly that the rope was not knotted, yet it was tied very tightly.

He immediately and carefully placed the shoes and the skeleton together.

After he put it down, he discovered that Song Feng had tied ropes around the two stone blocks again.

The night owl watched all this, her throat getting a little dry.

"Sir, are these... are all of these?"

Song Feng turned to the Night Owls: "You guys are pretty lucky."

The night owl was taken aback.

"lucky?"

Is this luck?
Several people have died!

Song Feng chuckled.

"Of course you were lucky. There were four ghosts in just this one tomb chamber, and you only managed to take two out. Tell me, weren't you lucky?"

The night owl was almost scared to death.

So all the ghosts I've collected from tomb raiding over the years are in this tomb?

As they were talking, Song Bin came downstairs.

After hearing what Song Feng said, Song Bin was also taken aback.

After the large shovel came down, the two men were led to see the other tomb chambers.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked, because once I did, I discovered that there was at least one ghost in every tomb chamber!

If Song Feng and Song Bin hadn't brought so many reeds, there probably wouldn't have been enough!
Nevertheless, the two of them only had one reed left to use. In the entire tomb, they discovered a total of nine wandering ghosts!
After inspecting the tomb, Big Shovel and the others were relieved that the ghosts were all fixed, worthless items in the tomb; otherwise, they might have taken them all.

"Big shovel, the ghosts here have been brought under control. Now go and dig out the tomb passage leading to the next tomb. I reckon there are quite a few over there too."

Song Feng's words sent a chill down the spines of the three men, including Da Chanzi.

But at this moment, none of the three hesitated.

If Song Feng doesn't get rid of the evil spirits here this time, they won't be able to sleep peacefully when they get back!

Immediately, Big Shovel, along with Night Owl and his companion, took their tools and went to a side room.

After the three left, Song Feng said to Song Bin, "The nine ghosts' true forms have been controlled by Wei Jiao, so nothing will happen. But I don't plan to let Wei Jiao destroy these ghosts. I have an idea. What do you think?"

“Go ahead,” Song Bin said.

"Here's the thing, I don't know if you've seen the item called 'Netherworld Fox Figurine' in the exchange list? That item is specifically designed to ward off graves."

"My idea is to exchange that talisman for something, and then have it collect all these ghosts! Given the situation in this tomb, when we enter another tomb later, I think the Netherworld Fox Figurine might directly advance to the level of a Yin General!"

"The reason we need to do this is because I think we should have a specialized talisman! If this talisman is something that everyone has, like reeds, then it will be difficult for us to catch up with those old underworld officials. So we have to take a different approach!"

"If the Netherworld Fox Puppet works well this time, I plan to specifically deal with ghosts related to tombs in the future! Because I found that almost no one in the camp talks about the Netherworld Fox Puppet as a talisman, which means that no one is competing with us for ghosts related to tombs."

"In that case, the two of us will very likely soon obtain multiple Netherworld General-level Netherworld Fox Figurines, or even a Netherworld Division-level Netherworld Fox Figurine!"

"You also saw the Mirage Pavilion. Both are Soul Sealing Altars, but the Yin Si level ones can achieve such a level! I think the difference between a Yin Si level and a Yin Shuai level artifact is much greater than the difference between a Yin Shuai level artifact and a Yin Cha level artifact! Once we obtain the Yin Si level Netherworld Fox Figurine, no one will be our match in dealing with tomb ghosts!"

"Moreover, once we raise the Netherworld Fox Puppet, we can use the Yin Virtue Points obtained from it to upgrade other Town-Protecting Objects. That will definitely be much faster than upgrading other Town-Protecting Objects individually!"

After listening, Song Bin nodded.

“I agree with what you said, but the problem is, we only found out about this tomb because of the Wen family. If we bet everything on the ghostly clown, and then can’t find any more haunted tombs, won’t that be a real problem?”

Song Feng laughed and said, "You're right. So in the mortal world, I plan to have Brother Tang and the Wen family keep an eye on this for us. In the underworld, we can also issue a mission to purchase underworld areas that exist in tombs!"

"If we can find a dark area with many graves, we won't have to worry about this problem!"

"Of course, there is another entity in the mortal world that can help us, and that is the Bureau of Investigation! Judging from the Wen family's case, the Bureau of Investigation must have accumulated a lot of paranormal events, and there must be quite a few involving graves."

"So there's no need to worry about not finding these kinds of ghosts; it's just a matter of time. It might take a little longer in the early stages, but once we succeed, our takeoff speed will be incredibly fast!"

Song Bin looked at Song Feng.

Ever since their last encounter, he had noticed that his childhood friend had changed.

He's become...very driven!
"Okay, I'll do as you say!"

Song Feng nodded, went to the side room, and after checking on their progress, called out Da Chanzi and the others, telling them that they didn't have enough supplies tonight and would come back tomorrow.

He then took the reeds from all the ghostly bodies and left with Big Shovel and the others.

After returning to the village where Big Shovel and the others lived, Song Feng summoned the cloth dog and exchanged it for the crafting method of the Netherworld Fox Figurine.

Because the method of making the talisman could not be revealed, Song Feng could only ask Tang Cai to help find a craftsman. Then, Song Feng and Song Bin worked with the craftsman to make two ghost fox figurines.

For this reason, they postponed their trip, which was originally planned for the next day, by another day.

To Song Feng's surprise, when he led the two Netherworld Fox figurines and the others to the cemetery, the situation there had already changed.

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(End of this chapter)