A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

Upon hearing this, the fat man asked in confusion, "What does this mean? Didn't Lao Bai say that those three things were used to exorcise evil spirits, ward off evil spirits, and exterminate evil spirits respectively? Why is it called 'soul summoning' now?"

This is also the question that others have.

Therefore, everyone present looked at Old Sheepskin with suspicion, hoping he could provide an explanation.

Old Sheepskin had no intention of keeping people in suspense and immediately said, "That's right, it's summoning the soul."

At this point, Old Sheepskin picked up his pipe again, took a few puffs, and continued, "This story goes back to the Yuan Dynasty."

Legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty, a powerful Xianbei witch discovered this place where turtles slept. Surrounded by mountains, with water and food, it was a suitable place to live, so the Xianbei witch developed her power there.

However, the imperial court feared that their power was too great and that they would be out of control, so it launched a campaign to suppress them, which ultimately ended in failure for the Great Xianbei Witches.

However, in the final moment of life and death, the Great Xianbei witch told her people to take the bronze box and leave, and never let the clan's lineage die out. She told them to wait until one day they found her successor, a girl born in the year of Bingxu, the month of Xinchou, and the hour of Xinchou.

They would then use the spirit of Wong Tai Sin to possess them, open the box in the Turtle's Sleeping Place, and summon back the souls of their dead clansmen, allowing them to be resurrected and rebuild their power.

After the witch died, her people scattered to various places. Some of them became bandits and named themselves the Nierhui. Later, the descendants of the Nierhui never gave up searching for the successor of the Great Xianbei witch.

Later, the Japanese also heard this legend and wanted to find a way to summon the souls of the dead soldiers in order to increase their military strength. Unexpectedly, the Japanese were very lucky and soon found this place, which is the Turtle Sleeping Ground.

They also built a research institute here and found members of the Mud Society, saying they could help them revive their power. However, the Japanese broke their promise. After the Mud Society members brought the copper box over, the Japanese went back on their word and killed all the members of the Mud Society.

Then, as I just mentioned, my brother Yang Erdan opened the bronze box and ultimately perished along with the Japanese soldiers.

After saying all this, Old Sheepskin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and appeared much more relaxed.

After listening to Old Sheepskin's words, Bai Jing sighed. He realized something: it seemed that Old Sheepskin didn't know much.

Chapter 73 Sun Qiaoshan Appears

Old Sheepskin was not a descendant of the Xianbei. All he knew was what he heard from the members of the Nier Society after he joined the society.

According to Bai Jing, the earliest known sites in Baiyan Cave and Tuanshanzi, including the Huangpizi Tomb, can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.

The great Xianbei witch was not from the Yuan Dynasty, but was actually the corpse of a person from the Han Dynasty.

According to legend, the Great Xianbei witch was born a semi-mythical figure, and many legends and stories about her circulate in the northern region.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, the "Yuanjiao" appeared in the Xiaobole Mountain area of ​​the Greater Khingan Mountains. For the sake of their faith, the followers of the "Yuanjiao" lied that the Great Xianbei witch was a weasel in disguise, and that she had transformed into human form because of her high level of cultivation.

As a result, the Xianbei people, the strongest ethnic group in the northern region at that time, began to believe in the Yuan religion.

Meanwhile, in order to better spread their faith, the Yuan Cult found the corpse of a very powerful weasel and lied that this weasel was the body of the Great Xianbei witch during her time as a weasel. After becoming the Great Xianbei witch, she shed her animal form and only retained her human form.

After that, the followers of the Yuan Cult put the corpse of the old weasel and the eyeless dragon talisman they had obtained into the soul-summoning bronze box, which is a bronze casket.

Using this as an excuse to play tricks.

Later, the Yuan Sect gradually declined, and its followers gradually became people from all walks of life.

One branch of the descendants must have inadvertently learned some of the details, and formed the Mud Society, wanting to fulfill their ancestors' last wish, open the bronze box for summoning souls, and thus revive their ancestors.

But Bai Jing knew all too well that this was nothing but nonsense.

Of course, it's not that Old Sheepskin was deceiving everyone, but rather that Old Sheepskin himself only knew a limited amount of information.

However, Bai Jing didn't seem inclined to correct the old sheepskin's mistake; what did it have to do with him anyway?

Bai Jing's purpose in coming to the Hundred-Eyed Cave was nothing more than obtaining the Eyeless Dragon Talisman.

Immediately, Bai Jing ignored all the irrelevant chatter and went straight to the point: "Grandpa, from what you're saying, that old man who knocks on the mountain is the same Mr. Tongsuan from the Mud Society you mentioned, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Old Sheepskin.

This is exactly what everyone is thinking.

Old Sheepskin nodded upon hearing this, and then said, "Yes."

Then, Old Sheepskin looked at Thrush and said, "Girl, you should have been born in the year of Bingxu, the month of Xinchou, and the hour of Xinchou, right?"

Upon hearing Old Sheepskin's words, everyone else thought of the reincarnation of the Great Xianbei witch that Old Sheepskin had mentioned earlier.

Upon hearing this, Huamei's gaze also became profound.

Old Sheepskin didn't wait for Thrush's reply, but continued, "That thief who knocked on the mountain suffered a genital injury years ago and is infertile. My sister-in-law got pregnant around that time, so..."

As Old Sheepskin spoke, Thrush realized something, and her face turned extremely ugly. Before Thrush could speak, Old Sheepskin said again in a deep voice, "Knocking on the mountain is not your father at all. Your real father is my brother, Sheep Erdan."

Upon hearing this, the thrush reacted strongly, immediately shaking its head repeatedly in denial, saying, "That's impossible, don't say that."

Old Sheepskin got anxious when he saw that Thrush didn't believe him.

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"By the Eternal Heaven above, if I utter even half a lie, may I meet a terrible end."

Old Sheepskin's voice was very excited when he said this.

The thrush couldn't accept this fact for a moment, and just kept muttering, "Impossible, impossible."

Seeing this, Hu Bayi glanced at Old Sheepskin, then came to Huamei's side and comforted her, "Comrade Huamei, don't think too much about it. When we get back, we can just ask Old Man Qiaoshan and he'll know everything."

Others also came over to comfort Huamei.

Bai Jing remained silent throughout, only glancing in one direction unconsciously.

Seeing that Huamei seemed to have recovered somewhat, Ding Sitian suggested, "Let's leave here now; it's not a good place to stay."

The fat man also felt a bit unsafe here, with the brocade python, the giant corpse ginseng, the huge money string, and those enormous cockroaches.

Although Bai Jing has dealt with all of these things, who knows if there are any other dangers behind them?

Immediately, the fat man chimed in, "I think Xiao Ding is right. We've already gotten the bronze box, so we've fulfilled our agreement with that weasel. Let's hurry up and leave this godforsaken place."

But at that moment, a sudden sound rang out.

"You think you can just leave like that? You've turned the underworld upside down. Do you think the King of Hell will let you off so easily?"

Then, it was discovered that the lights in the storage room had been turned on at some point.

Immediately afterwards, a figure walked in from the entrance.

Upon hearing this sound, everyone tensed up instantly, and six out of the seven men pointed their guns in the direction from which the sound came.

With the help of the lamplight, everyone was able to see who had come.

Isn't that the thieving Sun Qiaoshan?

After recognizing the newcomer, the fat man immediately mocked, "Oh, the coward has finally shown himself."

He now roughly knew Sun Qiaoshan's true colors, so naturally he wouldn't hold back.

Although Fatty has many bad qualities—greed, recklessness, and cowardice—he can always step up when it matters.

Most importantly, when faced with matters of principle, the fat man can distinguish right from wrong and will not do anything that would compromise his conscience for money.

It is because of this that both Bai Jing and Hu Bayi became good friends with him.

Yanzi, her face cold, asked, "Old thief, what are you up to now?"

Sun Qiaoshan ignored everyone's reactions, looked around at everyone, and finally stared at Huamei, saying, "Are you being soft-hearted or just being lenient? Why do you have to keep these troublesome guys around?"

Hu Bayi laughed upon hearing this.

"Haha, old man, are you out of your mind? There are so many guns pointed at you, and you still dare to spout nonsense here?"

Bai Jing remained silent. He felt a sense of unease emanating from Sun Qiaoshan, even though he was certain that Sun Qiaoshan posed no threat to him and was no match for him.

But Bai Jing was certain that the danger was indeed coming from Sun Qiaoshan.

Hu Bayi spoke up again: "Old man, digging for gold back then was just a pretext, wasn't it? You just wanted to use us to find the Ghost Government Office and get the bronze box, but you didn't expect that the bronze box had already been taken away."

"Then, you found out the bronze box might be in the Hundred-Eyed Cave, but you couldn't find its location, so you plotted against us to get us to lead the way, right?"

Chapter 74 Contest

When Sun Qiaoshan heard Hu Bayi's words, he simply nodded, his expression smug, but he didn't say anything.

Hu Bayi continued, "They say the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; it turns out you are the oriole behind it all."

At this point, Sun Qiaoshan's expression became even more smug, and he added, "No, I'm a professional sparrow hunter."

Bai Jing seemed to remember something at that moment and asked, "You were the one who released the horses from the horse farm, weren't you?"

Hearing Bai Jing's words, Sun Qiaoshan seemed even more smug, but he also explained, "Hmph, this is just one part of the plan."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi thought of something more and said directly, "You opened the gates of the horse farm and released the horses so that we would go find them, and then help you find the location of the Hundred-Eyed Cave, right? But what I don't understand is, how could you be so sure that we would definitely go find the horses?"

Sun Qiaoshan didn't explain, but Hu Bayi seemed to have thought of something at this moment and looked at Huamei.

That's right, the key is definitely drawing the eyebrows.

Sun Qiaoshan left early, and soon after, the horses started to scatter, which was something these educated youths loved to do.

Moreover, even if they don't join in the fun, the thrushes will find a way to get them to.

That explains everything.

But what Hu Bayi couldn't understand was why Sun Qiaoshan wasn't afraid now that so many guns were pointed at him.

Following closely behind, Sun Qiaoshan's actions revealed the source of his confidence to everyone.

Then Sun Qiaoshan took out a backpack from behind him. The moment Sun Qiaoshan opened the backpack, everyone could see what was inside: it was full of bright orange bullets and grenades.