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Chapter 707 749 Mission: The Feng Shui Deception
The tomb had now become a living hell. Flames raged wildly, fueled by gasoline, and black smoke spiraled upwards like a giant python, pouring out continuously through the opening in the top of the tomb.

The smoke was so thick it was almost tangible, carrying the stench of burning insect carcasses—like rotting flesh mixed with sulfur and some ancient musty smell, making one want to vomit.

Everyone covered their mouths and noses and backed away from the cave entrance. Gao Dongxu watched the billowing black smoke rise into the sky, took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, and said to the person in charge beside him, "Throw down the accelerant, don't let the fire go out—"

"Yes--"

After the person in charge responded, he immediately waved his hand, and ten disciples, each carrying a large bucket of accelerant, stood at the edge of the cave entrance and began to pour it down together.

"boom--"

The flames inside the tomb suddenly shot up, and the rolling shockwaves forced the ten disciples to retreat and dodge.

"Burn it—" Gao Dongxu took a few steps back, lit a cigarette, and thought that two burnings should be enough to wipe out most of the corpse beetle swarm. In that case, as long as security was in place, the safety of the experts and students who were going down into the tomb for archaeology could be basically guaranteed.

As for whether the inside of this mountain has been completely hollowed out, and whether there are other burial chambers, we can only wait for archaeologists to slowly excavate and explore.

The fire inside the tomb was still burning. Gao Dongxu had no interest in continuing to look around. After saying goodbye to the person in charge, he returned to his tent to rest.

The following morning, Gao Dongxu led the three women to the entrance of the cave, where the soil had been scorched and cracked. He covered his mouth and nose with his hands and looked into the dark tomb chamber, which was filled with the smell of gasoline and stench. It was a dark mass of ashes, so clean!

At this point, Gao Dongxu's mission was basically complete, and the rest was left to these people to clean up the mess.

He convened a small meeting with the four responsible persons and archaeological experts, briefly explained the precautions, and then left the Lu Palace with the three women and the 749 people, heading to Linyi Airport by car.

On the way, Gao Dongxu called Director Luo to report the situation. Director Luo was very satisfied with Gao Dongxu's handling of the matter. After praising him a few times, he asked to recall Wang Jianjun and the other eight elites back to the bureau.

Unfortunately, 749 is short-staffed due to its busy schedule.

This doesn't mean that there are paranormal events happening all over the country every day and there aren't enough people to allocate resources. It's mainly because Director Luo is exploiting 749 like a fat sheep.

The elites who remained at 749 were divided into six groups to begin clearing up paranormal events in the Beijing-Tianjin area that had previously been shelved and could not be resolved.

In Director Luo's words, it's about settling old scores.

As a result, the elites who remained at 749 were extremely busy. Many of the cases were two or three decades old, many had changed beyond recognition, and many were not even supernatural events at all.

Of course, there were also a few cases that were genuinely suspicious. The elites of 749 did indeed encounter something strange and even used water guns.

For example, No. 81 Chaonei Road is a building from the early 20th century during the Qing Dynasty, which was given to the British by the Qing emperor at the time to be used as a church.

However, construction of the church was eventually halted due to slow progress and the outbreak of war.

Rumor has it that a five-kilometer-long tunnel lies beneath this church, leading directly to Tuanjiehu Lake, but it was accidentally buried during subway construction.

Afterwards, the building changed hands and was rebuilt many times, but each time an unfortunate event occurred, gradually evolving into the legend of the haunted building.

Then there's the Jinsonglou incident. Every night, as soon as you step into the lobby of that building, you can hear mournful cries echoing around you, and at the same time, you can see flickering will-o'-the-wisps and the hallway lights flashing on and off. These sights are enough to chill anyone to the bone.

As night deepened and everyone slept, the outside was unusually noisy. The sounds of people talking, moving things, arguing, fighting, and children crying could all be clearly heard. But whenever someone opened a door to check, these sounds would abruptly stop.

The legend of the wronged souls at the Huguang Guild Hall in Hufangqiao, and the legends of the China University of Geosciences and Wudaokou...

The elites of 749 solved the problem by simply charging straight ahead, a simple, brutal, and effective approach. They didn't bother to delve into the history or causes of these paranormal events.

Investigate, stumble upon, eliminate, case solved!
Because all the remaining 749 elites were busy cleaning up old cases in Beijing and Tianjin, no one had time to pay attention to events in other places. Just last night, we received a report from the Chang'an Cultural Relics Protection Bureau.

A few days ago, an ancient tomb was discovered underground at a certain city gate in Chang'an. This gate is one of the main city gates of the ancient city of Chang'an, and it has always been a place with a large flow of people. The discovery of an ancient tomb in such a place is truly unusual and must be suspicious.

Sure enough, the so-called ancient tomb was just a burial pit, just big enough to fit a coffin. After inspection, the cultural relics protection bureau confirmed that the black coffin was from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The burial pit was so small that it should be a commoner's tomb. However, strangely, the coffin was placed vertically.

Because construction was in a hurry and it was a commoner's grave, the cultural relics protection bureau didn't pay much attention and simply dug up the coffin and transported it to the museum for storage.

Upon opening the coffin, archaeologists were astonished to find a Ming Dynasty warrior inside, dressed in the typical long-armored suit of Ming military equipment, standing with a large sword in hand. There were no other burial objects. Centuries had passed, and the body inside the armor had long since decomposed, leaving only skeletal remains. However, the warrior's body had not collapsed. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the entire body, from head to toe, was bound with copper wire and secured with steel nails, making it remarkably sturdy.

This is why, even when buried upside down or upright, they can still maintain a dignified standing posture.

The people who opened the coffin reported that although it was just a skeleton wearing armor, it still exuded a powerful aura, especially when looking at the helmet, they felt as if there were eyes watching them.

After discussing it, everyone decided to handle it according to usual practice and temporarily store it in the museum.

However, a strange thing happened that night. When the security guards were on patrol, they heard the sound of armor rubbing against each other coming from the room where the coffin was kept. The two men mustered up their courage and opened the door to check. They saw that the coffin was shaking constantly, as if the Ming Dynasty skeleton warrior inside was trying to break free of its restraints and come out of the coffin.

The two were immediately terrified, turned and ran, and called to report the incident, alarming many people.

Sensing that the museum staff were also frightened by the scene, they ordered someone to tie the coffin tightly with ropes until dawn, at which point the coffin stopped moving.

After listening to Director Luo's retelling, Gao Dongxu frowned slightly. Having read many books on feng shui, he was no stranger to vertical burial, as it had been depicted in Hong Kong zombie films. Indeed, vertical burial is usually done because of the "dragonfly skimming the water" burial site.

The descendants of the imperial envoy will be as light as a dragonfly skimming the water, and will surely have abundant wealth, a smooth official career, and will be able to escape danger and turn peril into safety.

However, at that time, it was located underground near the city gate, without mountains or water, and it did not fit the structure of a dragonfly skimming water cave, so it was clearly not the case.

Since it's not a simple burial site and the grave is vertical with the head facing down, it must be harmful.

Since it was an evil spirit, Gao Dongxu didn't hesitate and agreed to Director Luo's request, sending Wang Jianjun with five people to Chang'an while he kept two elites by his side.

Thus, after arriving at Linyi Airport, Gao Dongxu and his group split into two groups: Gao Dongxu and his group returned to Shanghai, while Wang Jianjun led his men to Chang'an.

Six ghost-slaying water spears—let alone Ming Dynasty ghost soldiers, even ghost generals would be blasted to smithereens by them.

Gao Dongxu, sitting in first class, wanted to close his eyes and take a nap, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter what he did. His mind was filled with what Director Luo had just said about the vertical coffin.

His self-taught feng shui skills were indeed no match for those who were taught by masters with real expertise.

Fortunately, he had collected a lot of ancient books on feng shui and geomancy. He hadn't put in the effort to study them seriously before because many parts were difficult to understand. Now it seemed that he had to spend some time and energy to learn them.

You don't need to be an expert, but you must understand!
Thinking of this, he opened his eyes, stopped sleeping, took out several ancient books on feng shui from his spatial storage, and began to search for information about vertical burial.

Try cramming at the last minute; see if it works!
Believe it or not, he actually found a second use for vertical burial, which is to locate acupoints and guide the veins, but the veins guided are dragon veins, which can make the dragon veins even stronger.

This city gate is definitely not a dragon's lair.

Gao Dongxu closed the ancient book, frowned, and fell into deep thought, finding it increasingly interesting.

"Vertical burial should be with the head up and the feet down, but the black coffin that was found was the opposite, with the head down and the feet up... the opposite of what is expected!"

Gao Dongxu muttered to himself, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth turned up in a smile. 'What a brilliant contrarian approach!'

A proper vertical burial can acupoint the vein and strengthen the dragon vein, while a reversed vertical burial will naturally harm the dragon vein and destroy its fortune.

"..." Thinking about this, Gao Dongxu roughly guessed the reason.

The coffin contained Ming Dynasty soldiers, so it couldn't possibly be meant to destroy the Ming Dynasty's fortune. Therefore, there's only one explanation: when the Ming Dynasty fell, someone wanted to destroy the Qing Dynasty's fortune in order to gain an advantage in the fight against the Qing and the restoration of the Ming. Perhaps that city gate wasn't a dragon's lair, but the Qing army must have entered the city through that gate back then.

It seems that these were anti-Qing organizations from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties who, unable to defeat the Qing army on the front lines, had no choice but to turn to feng shui and metaphysics.

After thinking it through, Gao Dongxu couldn't help but sigh. This Ming Dynasty soldier was truly loyal. He was buried alive, using his own pain and resentment to dispel the Qing Dynasty's fortune. Apart from loyalty, there was probably no other reason that could give a person such courage and conviction.

Thinking of this, Gao Dongxu knew he couldn't just destroy it like this. After all, this vertical burial method was already considered unorthodox.

But they actually succeeded. If the Ming Dynasty soldier were turned over and buried upright normally, he would not become an evil spirit, but rather a guardian spirit.

(End of this chapter)