Tomb Raiding: The Bloodline of Dragons and Snakes, Starting from the Kunlun Divine Palace

The other item in the purple jade box may be related to the Ghost Seal.

Perhaps the young man got both treasures.

Or perhaps that treasure has not yet appeared.

Wu Tianjiao looked at Wu Xie.

"Alright, Wu Xie, let's continue reading. Maybe the answer will come later." Wu Xie nodded and then continued reading.

"For the next seven or eight years, King Lu Shang was invincible with those two treasures, repeatedly achieving great feats on the battlefield. He was soon granted a title by the King of Lu, but it was also around that time that his conflict with the King of Lu began to gradually emerge. King Lu Shang had a childhood sweetheart named Yao Guang. Although King Lu Shang loved her very much, he never married her."

Because she was originally just the leader of a clandestine tomb raiding gang.

The reason why King Lu Shang fought so hard on the battlefield was largely due to Yao Guang.

Because she wanted to give Yaoguang a bright future.

But when he returned home in glory, Yao Guang had already become someone else's wife.

In fact, he had long anticipated that Yao Guang would get married, after all, he had been away for far too long.

He had long been prepared, even though Yao Guang was already married and he wanted to marry her.

They would even resort to robbery if necessary.

But what she never expected was that Yao Guang's husband was actually her superior, the King of Lu. King Lu Shang was furious, saying, "I helped you conquer the world, and you're trying to steal my woman."

King Lu Shang had a capable lieutenant named Tie Miansheng, who was skilled in both literature and martial arts, and especially knowledgeable in feng shui. He enjoyed King Lu Shang's great trust.

Under his instigation, King Lu Shang rebelled.

Thus, the pitiful Yao Guang became a sacrificial pawn in the struggle between the two men, ultimately meeting her end at the hands of the King of Lu. Tie Mian Sheng then offered King Shang of Lu another idea.

It is said that there is a treasure in this world called the Jade Figurine, which can bring people back to life.

King Lu Shang then ordered Tie Miansheng to find the jade terracotta warrior at all costs.

At the same time, his health began to decline day by day.

The scars left on the battlefield, coupled with the accumulated corpse energy from years of tomb raiding, were bringing him to the brink of his demise.

One day, King Lu Shang dreamed of the giant serpent again. The serpent said that his death was coming and that it was waiting for him underground.

King Lu Shang was terrified. He no longer cared about plotting a rebellion and focused on finding the jade terracotta warrior.

However, this Iron-Faced Man was quite remarkable; he actually knew how to subdue the Blood Corpse.

Whether or not Yao Guang is resurrected is no longer the most important thing; the most important thing is that he has to live.

Several months later, after tireless efforts, he and Tie Miansheng finally found a tomb that was very likely to contain jade figurines.

This is the tomb where Wu Xie and Wu Tianjiao are located; it is the tomb of King Mu of Zhou, the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Finally, they found the jade burial suit, which was actually a jade terracotta warrior.

The person lying inside the jade figurine sheds their skin every five hundred years. Only during this molting process can the person emerge from the jade figurine. If the person is forcibly removed during this time, they will turn into a blood corpse.

After removing the male corpse from the jade figurine, they sealed King Mu of Zhou's body in a stone coffin in the secondary burial chamber. However, King Shang of Lu feared that he might suffer the same fate as King Mu of Zhou.

So he staged his death outside.

Then, walking on top of the original ancient tomb, he built a fan-shaped ancient tomb. Because he was familiar with various tomb raiding techniques, he set up a trap around the tomb, leaving behind seven fake coffins, while he himself lay in the ancient tree of the Western Zhou tomb.

Before he entered the coffin, he used the exact same method as eight years ago to kill all those who knew the truth.

The fat man frowned. "Where's Iron-Faced Man? Where did he go? Could he have been killed as a sacrifice?"

Wu Xie shared the same question as Fatty.

The person who offered advice from beginning to end was this stern-faced man, yet in the end, he was never mentioned again.

Could it be that King Lu Shang spared him in the end because he remembered his past merits?

But King Lu Shang, who wouldn't even spare the person who taught him the treasure, wouldn't possibly take a mere strategist seriously.

Wu Xie was very suspicious of where he had gone in the end, and his eyes involuntarily turned to Wu Tianjiao.

Wu Tianjiao smiled.

“A person like Tie Miansheng, who can plan before acting, is very smart. He should have expected that King Lu Shang would kill him to silence him. He shouldn’t be so foolish as to be buried with him.”

"Of course he wouldn't."

At this moment, Zhang Qiling, who had been sitting quietly on the ground without saying a word, suddenly spoke.

"Because in the end, the one lying in the jade terracotta warrior was no longer King Lu Shang, but himself."

Wu Xie was somewhat surprised, "How could he do it himself?"

Zhang Qiling looked at Wu Tianjiao and said, "Brother Tian is right. This person plans things carefully before acting and considers all aspects of everything."

"Actually, from the moment he instigated King Lu Shang to rebel, he was playing a long game." Wu Xie seemed to understand the meaning behind Zhang Qiling's words.

Zhang Qiling meant that Tie Miansheng had been using Lu Shangwang and his power from the beginning to achieve his goal of immortality.

In other words, in the end, it was not Tie Miansheng who was killed to silence him, but King Lu Shang himself.

But how did these young men know this? There was no record of it in the book of gold silk.

Wu Xie looked up at Zhang Qiling, his eyes full of suspicion.

Zhang Qiling noticed Wu Xie's suspicion and, unusually, offered an explanation.

"A few years ago, I visited an ancient tomb from the Song Dynasty. Inside, there was a complete set of Warring States period silk manuscripts, which was actually Tie Miansheng's own autobiography."

"The preceding content is roughly the same as what Wu Xie recounted, but he had already anticipated that King Lu Shang would kill him to silence him, so he took the initiative and set fire to his own house, burning down his house and his entire family. His double was also burned to death at the same time."

King Lu Shang suspected something was amiss, but there was nothing he could do. Finally, after King Lu Shang was buried, the classic "mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind" scenario unfolded.

"The reason why King Lu Shang built so many traps in this tomb was because he was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, King Mu of Zhou."

But to his utter surprise, in the end he might not have fared as well as King Mu of Zhou; all his painstaking efforts had ultimately benefited someone else.

Upon hearing Zhang Qiling's words, Wu Xie instantly became wary.

"Brother Tian, ​​you both just said that if a corpse is dragged out of the jade terracotta warrior, it will turn into a blood corpse. So, isn't there another blood corpse in this tomb? And where is King Lu Shang's blood corpse?"

"I don't know. He didn't write about this in the book. It's just an autobiography. He only mentioned these things briefly. It's impossible for him to record them in such detail."

Zhang Qiling said.

He looked noticeably uncomfortable while speaking.

Wu Xie felt as if Zhang Qiling was speaking.

At this moment, Wu Tianjiao hurriedly tried to smooth things over for the young man.

"Wu Xie, it's normal that there wasn't a second blood corpse, after all, King Lu Shang was pulled out by Tie Mian Sheng not long after he lay down inside."

Chapter 127: The Nine-Headed Cypress, Countless Corpse Beetles

"The time was too short to turn him into a blood corpse. Also, based on the autobiographies of King Lu Shang that you read, we can infer that King Lu Shang was not dead before he lay down in the jade terracotta warrior, including when he entered the jade terracotta warrior. He was just on the verge of death. Then, in a short period of time, he was taken out of the jade terracotta warrior by Tie Miansheng."

"Therefore, a person who is not dead, even if taken out of the jade terracotta warrior, will most likely not become a blood corpse."

The young man knew all this most likely through other channels.

Wu Xie nodded. He could deny that there was some truth to what Wu Tianjiao said, but he still had one question.

That's the Song Dynasty tomb that Zhang Qiling mentioned.

How could Tie Miansheng's autobiography possibly have been found in a Song Dynasty tomb?

It's just an autobiography, not some precious artifact. Even if it had archaeological value, it's impossible for it to be taken into a tomb after death.

Since the person lying in the jade figurine is Tie Miansheng, why didn't he keep his autobiography with him?

It's worth noting that autobiographies are typically only found in the tombs of the people who write them.

Therefore, the autobiography of the Iron-Faced Scholar that the young man just mentioned was found in the Song Dynasty tomb is very likely just a fabrication.

Wu Xie couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Mysterious, this guy is just too mysterious.

The mystery surrounding Xiao Ge is somewhat different from that surrounding Tian Ge.

Brother Tian's mystery lies in the fact that he is somewhat unfathomable and can bring surprises at any time.

The guy's mystery is that no one knows what he's up to.

He doesn't seem like a bad person, but he also has too many secrets...

It makes people suspicious.

After Zhang Qiling finished telling the story of Tie Miansheng, he seemed to have completed his mission and returned to his previous indifference and expressionless demeanor.

"It's getting dark, we should go out."

"Go out? We haven't found the Ghost Seal yet, how can we go out? Besides, look at all these good things here, wouldn't it be a waste not to take them with us?"

Just as Wu Xie was about to speak, he suddenly noticed that Zhang Qiling's gaze towards the fat man was gradually turning cold, as if he were somewhat hostile towards him.

The fat man was somewhat intimidated.

"Alright, alright, we won't take anything else, but we absolutely have to take this jade figurine. It's a rare cultural relic, and there's probably only one of its kind in the whole world. If we don't take it, wouldn't that be a loss not only for us personally but also for the country? Don't you think so, Wu Xie?"

Wu Xie slapped Fatty's butt. "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and finish this quickly. Little Brother doesn't mean we can't take anything from the tomb, but we have to leave before dawn."

The fat man nodded. "Alright, just you wait and see. I'll get right to it."