Searching for the best path, starting from Renjia Town

Chapter 185 Imperial Mausoleum Underground Palace
"It's great that you're all so determined! I'll reward you handsomely if you can destroy these evil spirits!"

In order to get a share of the profits from General Sun, the others took the initiative to propose to go to Dongling to eliminate the Ghost Queen and other evil spirits to prevent future troubles.

Upon hearing this, Commander Sun was overjoyed and had no choice but to agree.

Immediately dispatch an army to escort all the 'experts' to Dongling!

One is because we are afraid that they will change their minds halfway, and the other is for protection.

I'd heard long ago that the remnants of the Qing dynasty were also gathering men to protect their ghostly master. Without an army escort, they'd be ambushed and killed by assassins before even reaching Dongling. That would be a huge loss.

"Going to Dongling to kill ghosts, what are these people thinking? A bunch of Crouching Dragons and Phoenix Chicks."

In the team, Li Kunshan looked at these "passionate" guys and felt speechless.

As the saying goes, the right time, the right place, and the right people all matter. Ghosts don't come out during the day, so let's not talk about the right time. But even if you don't lure the ghost to the talisman formation, you must at least do it in a place with relatively strong yang energy.

What's the difference between fighting with ghosts in a tomb and swimming with fish in the water?

"Alright."

These people wanted to die, and Li Kunshan did not stop them.

Moreover, even if Li Kunshan tried to stop them, they would probably think that Li Kunshan was afraid that they would steal the credit.

As for why he followed, Li Kunshan didn't want to save anyone, but wanted to take the opportunity to see the situation inside Dongling.

Knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in every battle. Perhaps we'll actually have to fight in Dongling in the end. Having these people help explore the way is indeed a rare opportunity.

"What is he going to do..."

Thinking of this, Li Kunshan glanced at Lei Gang and muttered to himself.

Lei Gang couldn't be so stupid, so why did he go to Dongling as well? Did he have the same idea as Li Kunshan?

From the beginning to now, the purpose of Lei Gang's various actions was completely unclear. Li Kunshan simply remained silent and continued to observe secretly.

The military camp was not very close to the Eastern Tomb. If we walked, we would arrive at dawn. Fortunately, Commander Sun had a military vehicle, so it wouldn't take long to get there.

"Masters, the entrance to the mausoleum is ahead. We brothers will be guarding here until you return from exterminating the demons."

At the Erzhu Gate of Dongling, the army stopped and the leading battalion commander smiled and said a few words to everyone.

"……it is good!"

"let's go!"

Everyone looked at each other, their passion gradually subsided. Now that they had arrived at the place, they couldn't help but feel a little timid, but the arrow had been shot and there was no turning back.

They shouted loudly to give themselves courage and encouragement, and walked forward one by one, holding their magic weapons.

After a while, a cave appeared in front of the mountain.

The mausoleum is where the dead live. After death, people do not need to leave the house, so there is no entrance to the mausoleum. This so-called entrance was actually forcibly blown open by General Sun with explosives.

The collapsed wall was surrounded by a lot of rubble.

"Enter!"

Standing in front of the underground palace gate, everyone hesitated again, gritted their teeth and walked in.

Li Kunshan followed at the end at a leisurely pace, looking relaxed in comparison.

In addition, looking at Lei Gang in the middle of the team, there was no fluctuation on his face.

Yes, their profound skills are their confidence.

"Be careful, everyone."

The imperial mausoleum is divided into surface buildings and underground palaces. The first thing we enter is a corridor, which is the tomb passage leading to the mausoleum.

Holding torches, they sniffed the heavy smell of mold and decay in the tomb, and became more and more nervous.

"It's worthy of being the emperor's mausoleum."

Yin-Yang eyes also have night vision, but in order not to attract attention, Li Kunshan also lit a torch. He walked in and looked around, nodding his head.

The tomb's brick walls were lined with large stone panels several meters long, each carved with exquisite designs. Upon closer inspection, they were all depictions of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Li Kunshan curled his lips, thinking, "There's not even a single Taoist deity here. The tomb deserved to be dug up."

"The front hall should be in front of us. The ghost is probably there. Everyone, be alert!"

After passing the tomb passage, you will see a stone gate, which is the first entrance to this underground palace.

The entire stone gate is made of a single piece of stone, on which is carved an exquisite standing statue of Bodhisattva. The gatehouse is also made of stone, and is fully equipped with beasts and tile ridges.

But unfortunately, when Commander Sun led his men in and used gunpowder to clear a path, the stone gate broke into several pieces.

Looking at the equally broken statue of the Bodhisattva above, Li Kunshan couldn't help but smile. The Bodhisattva probably didn't expect that there would be such a disaster.

While thinking, he followed the crowd through the stone gate and arrived at the front hall of the underground palace.

"so big."

Although it is an underground palace, its grandeur is no less than that of a palace where living people live.

Come to think of it, it is an imperial mausoleum after all, how can it be compared to that of ordinary people?

In addition to its size, the carved beams and painted buildings are extremely exquisite. There are still large murals carved on the walls, which are still all Buddha statues. There are Five Buddhas on the top and Four Heavenly Kings around them.

In addition, there were originally many furnishings here, but they were all looted by Commander Sun. The hall is now in a mess, and there are even signs of water seepage in some places.

"No."

At the same time, Li Kunshan looked around and shook his head slightly.

Standing in the hall, one can feel the damp and cold wind blowing from all directions, but no evil spirits appear.

It seems that the Ghost Queen is not in the front hall.

In other words, she is waiting for an opportunity somewhere else.

As the owner, how could he not notice that so many people including Li Kunshan had entered the underground palace?

If that's the case, but he hasn't shown up, he must be up to something.

"Don't be careless! The evil spirits may appear at any time!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone continued to move forward.

In addition to the three main halls in the front, middle and back, there are also various small side halls. After leaving the front hall, everyone went to search the side halls. After more than an hour, no evil spirits were seen.

"Damn, they're more professional than bandits. They robbed really cleanly."

As time went by, everyone gradually adapted.

Many people stared at their feet and murmured to themselves.

As an imperial mausoleum, any burial object inside was priceless, and they wondered if Commander Sun had missed something, which they could have found. But alas, after wandering around for so long, they found nothing but broken bricks.

In fact, there are some calligraphy and paintings, but they have been trampled by people or soaked in water, and have long been tattered and indistinguishable from waste paper.

"The ghost hasn't appeared yet. Maybe it's scared!"

"Of course they're scared! With us being ghost hunters, any evil spirit will have to retreat!"

At the same time, everyone's vigilance became increasingly relaxed.

Even when chatting, his words were full of confidence and pride.

Li Kunshan followed behind and shook his head secretly. He might not be afraid of them, but he was afraid that they were preparing something.

And the lack of movement actually made him even more uneasy.

Obviously, Lei Gang also felt the pressure, and he didn't know when the magic weapon was already in his hand.

"This is the middle hall."

As they were talking, everyone came to the central hall, which was also the largest hall in the underground palace.

Apart from being larger and more imposing, its structure and layout are similar to those of the front hall.

"Huh? No..."

As soon as he walked into the central hall, Li Kunshan shuddered, his back felt cold and his hair stood on end.

He looked around, his expression extremely solemn.

There is such a strong yin energy in this central hall!
Of course the yin energy in the underground palace is heavy, but it is too heavy here. Compared with the front hall and other places, it is more than ten times heavier!
This is definitely not normal.

Then, Li Kunshan looked around and saw that there were also murals carved on the walls, but they were not Buddha statues, but various ghosts and monsters!

Each one of them was lifelike with bared fangs and claws, especially their eyes, which seemed alive, staring at everyone in the hall.

Looking up at the top of the head, in addition to some strange patterns, there are also various spells engraved on it, with a faint green light, like a poisonous snake choosing its prey.

"not good!"

Li Kunshan suddenly woke up. This was not just a palace, but more like a magic circle.

A magic circle specifically designed to target living people and enhance evil spirits.

"Everyone be careful! The evil spirit is coming!"

At this moment, Lei Gang suddenly shouted a reminder.

Obviously, he had also seen the problem.

"Evil ghost?"

"Where are the evil spirits?"

"That's right. We've been walking for so long and haven't even seen a ghost. If there's any evil..."

The others were startled, then all looked unconcerned, some even joking.

But at this moment, low roars suddenly sounded from all directions.

Then I looked again, and saw that every entrance was filled with pale faces.

"This is... a ghost!"

"The evil spirit is really coming!"

Seeing this, everyone was immediately in a panic.

"Don't be afraid!"

"There are so many of us, what are we afraid of?"

"Just kill them!"

"That's right! We're here to catch ghosts!"

After all, they were all cultivators, and they had some skills. After a moment of panic, they quickly calmed down and shouted.

But judging from the sound, it seems to give me some courage.

Ta Ta Ta ~!

As he was speaking, these evil spirits jumped in.

"Ok?"

Looking at these evil spirits, Li Kunshan frowned again.

This jumping thing looks more like a zombie than a ghost.

That’s right, these are physical entities, not simply evil spirits, but corpses.

Of course there are corpses in the mausoleum, but the number is too much. Moreover, this is the imperial mausoleum, but these zombies are just ordinary court officials and soldiers in terms of their dress and other aspects.

"Buried alive!"

Then, Li Kunshan suddenly remembered.

These corpses are probably from human sacrifices!
The emperor owns the world and enjoys supreme power. Who would be willing to give it up?

Therefore, many emperors practiced alchemy and sought Taoism in the hope of achieving immortality.

But immortality is unrealistic after all, and many emperors focused their attention on after death, hoping that this power could continue even after death.

Therefore, not only were the tombs built like imperial palaces, some would also bury many living people as their subjects after death.

These zombies should be the victims buried alive in Dongling.

"It's not that simple."

However, compared to ordinary zombies, these are much more flexible, and from their eyes, one can see their extremely high intelligence.

Judging from the situation, most of the creatures here are just green zombies.

Someone at this level shouldn't have such a high IQ.

"ghost!"

Li Kunshan's Yin-Yang eyes can see clearly that there is actually an evil ghost attached to the body of every zombie!
The ghost is possessing the corpse!

Li Kunshan was secretly shocked. This was really a vicious move on top of viciousness.

Roar~!

While he was thinking, a green zombie pounced towards Li Kunshan with a roar.

Bang~!

Li Kunshan had no expression on his face and raised his hand to hit him away.

But then, under the manipulation of the evil ghost, the zombie stood up again and pounced on Li Kunshan again.

Pa~!

Li Kunshan thought about it and threw out a soul-calming talisman.

Roar~!

But who knew that the zombie would growl and tear off the talisman paper directly.

The soul-soothing talisman can kill ghosts, but it is ineffective against zombies.

This evil ghost hides in the body of a zombie, so it is not afraid of the soul-calming talisman.

"In this case."

Li Kunshan did not hesitate and threw out another corpse-suppressing talisman.

The mere green zombie was instantly frozen motionless under the sixth-level corpse-suppressing talisman.

Hurrah~!

But before Li Kunshan could be happy, a green flame emerged and directly burned the corpse-suppressing talisman.

Roar~!

Without the talisman paper, the zombie growled and rushed forward again.

"Oh, that's how you play it, huh?"

Use the soul-soothing talisman, zombies won't be afraid of it, use the corpse-soothing talisman, evil spirits can be dealt with, there is a bug here.

Li Kunshan snorted coldly and threw out another talisman.

It is about 70% similar to the corpse-suppressing talisman and the soul-suppressing talisman, but more complicated. It was created by Li Kunshan by combining the two types of talisman paper.

"Ah~!"

When the talisman was pasted on the zombie, the evil ghost let out a scream and fell out of the zombie's body.

"by……"

Li Kunshan was about to kill the evil ghost, but a flash of light appeared and the evil ghost was sucked away by a talisman.

Looking around, Li Kunshan frowned. The magic circle was protecting these evil spirits.

"Ah~! Help!"

"Run!"

Just as Li Kunshan was thinking, screams were heard all around him.

In addition to him, everyone else was also attacked by zombies and evil spirits.

The ghost has taken over the corpse, and even these gangsters with less skills are no match for it.

In a short time, people were injured and killed.

Seeing that they were no match for their opponent, everyone wanted to flee, but there were zombies and evil spirits everywhere, so where could they run to?

"It's really great."

Li Kunshan looked at the surrounding magic circle again and pondered in his heart.

In addition to being able to absorb dangerous evil spirits, this formation also has a significant amplifying effect on both evil spirits and zombies.

Even ordinary green zombies are almost as bad as hairy zombies.

really.

Seeing this, Li Kunshan shook his head secretly. Running into the mausoleum to catch ghosts was indeed the most unwise choice.

"Everyone follow me!"

At this time, a loud shout was heard, it was Lei Gang.

Lei Gang used his skills to repel the evil ghosts and zombies blocking his way, and forcibly created a way to survive.

He led everyone out of the central hall and ran towards the entrance of the underground palace.

"Sure enough, there are some tricks."

Li Kunshan still followed behind, watching Lei Gang perform his actions and secretly memorizing his methods in his mind.

"Is it still effective?"

At the same time, he was a little surprised to see the evil zombies chasing him from behind.

Although the strength of these evil ghost zombies had declined after leaving the central hall, it was still far beyond normal levels. Li Kunshan speculated that the formation in the central hall might cover the entire underground palace.

However, the central nave, as the core, has the strongest effect.

"Finally got out."

More than ten minutes later, under the leadership of Lei Gang, the group finally escaped from the underground palace.

After surviving the disaster, they all collapsed on the ground, their faces still filled with fear.

After counting, it was found that about seven or eight people failed to escape.

"It's worthy of being an imperial mausoleum."

Li Kunshan looked back at the underground palace and snorted.

(End of this chapter)