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

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing and the others who came from the capital were unfazed, but Zhenzi asked in surprise, "Is it still possible to transplant it?"

Upon hearing this, the fat man immediately sneered, "How novel! Medicine is so advanced now, and it will only get more advanced in the future. Let alone transplants, what can't be transplanted: heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, or any other organ?"

Upon hearing this, Hazelnut was quite shocked.

Bai Jing continued, "The other types of eyes are not worth mentioning, as they are not closely related to this. You should understand the general idea: even if the people in the murals are unearthed, they will definitely be useful."

Everyone else who heard this expressed their understanding.

If the people depicted in these murals truly had powerful uses, it wouldn't be hard to understand why they were unearthed.

The group then returned to the side of the enormous coffin.

The murals contained too little information to be of much help in identifying the tomb's occupant, so the group prepared to open the coffin to see what treasures the tomb's occupant had brought with him.

Bai Jing immediately took out a candle from his bag and lit it with a torch.

Immediately afterward, Bai Jing determined the location of the southeast corner of the tomb chamber and lit the candles.

Even Bai Qi was puzzled by Bai Jing's actions.

Bai Qi had not received any professional training, nor was he a member of the tomb raiding or excavation lineage, so naturally he did not follow the custom of lighting candles in the southeast corner of the tomb.

Bai Jing immediately said, "Since I have entered this profession, I must abide by its rules. Since I have been appointed as the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders, I must abide by the rules of the Tomb Raiders lineage."

As the saying goes, "Don't touch the gold after the rooster crows and the lamp goes out." The rooster crowing signifies the approaching dawn, and the "extinguishing of the lamp" refers to the candle. If the candle goes out, nothing in the tomb should be taken.

This is a rule set by the founding master, a thousand-year-old contract between the living and the dead.

Chapter 101 Opening the Coffin

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, the fat man became somewhat puzzled. Just as he was about to ask something, Bai Qi stopped him.

The fat man looked at the white flag with some confusion.

White Flag simply shook his head at the fat man, then gestured to Lu Jun and Jian Guo.

The fat man then realized what was happening.

The fat man's family and Bai Jing's family were old friends, so they naturally knew about the business Bai Jing's family had done before the founding of the People's Republic of China, but others didn't.

To avoid misunderstandings, it's best not to explain too clearly.

After Bai Jing lit the candle, he slowly got up, then took out the Fa Qiu Seal from his bosom, held it between his index and middle fingers, and then pressed it onto the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the giant coffin.

The others watched Bai Jing's actions and didn't dare to breathe.

The seal of the tomb raider, as a talisman, can be used to cover a coffin to suppress any evil spirits or corpses.

Even if the corpse in the coffin does indeed undergo a transformation, as long as Bai Jing does not violate the rules, the transformed corpse cannot harm Bai Jing.

This is the benefit of inheritance.

A moment later, Bai Jing put away the Tomb Raider Seal and then looked at everyone and said, "Alright, the foreplay is done, now it's time for the main event."

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, the group stood around the coffin. Bai Jing drew his short hunting knife from his waist and cut the sealing wax between the coffin lid and the coffin. Now, the coffin lid could finally be moved.

Then everyone worked together to push the coffin lid open.

The coffin is so huge, the lid must be quite heavy as well.

Even with Bai Jing, who possesses a strength of nearly a thousand jin, it took several people working together a great deal of effort to push open the coffin lid.

As the coffin lid was fully opened, everyone could see what was inside.

Inside the giant coffin was a nested coffin.

That's normal; a coffin and a casket are actually two different things.

The word "棺" refers to a coffin, while "椁" refers to an outer coffin that covers the main coffin.

The Book of Rites, Tan Gong I, states: "The coffin of the Son of Heaven has four layers: a coffin made of water rhinoceros hide, which is three inches thick; one other coffin; and two coffins made of catalpa wood."

The Book of Changes, Appendix III, also states: "In ancient times, people buried their dead in the open fields, without mounds or trees, and the mourning period was indefinite. Later sages changed this to using coffins and outer coffins, which was derived from the concept of 'great error'."

The meaning is clear: not everyone can have a coffin; ordinary people can only have a coffin, not a casket.

Looking inside this enormous coffin, there are four young girls who were buried alive with the deceased in the gap between the outer coffin and the inner coffin.

There was one on top of the coffin lid, one on each side, and one at the feet. All four girls were dressed as palace maids.

The four girls, except for the one at the feet, each held something in their hands.

The two maidens on either side hold a bronze mirror and a bronze sword, while the maiden on the coffin lid holds a posthumous title plaque.

Bai Jing glanced at it, then leaped up, placing his feet on either side of the coffin. He then leaned down and used the Fa Qiu Seal to press it onto the inner coffin again, following the same procedure as before.

After doing all this, Bai Jing said, "Bring me a rope."

Hearing this, the fat man finally snapped out of his daze and hurriedly took out his backpack.

He took out the rope and handed it to Bai Jing.

After securing the rope in place, Bai Jing looked at the candle in the southeast corner of the tomb chamber and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that it was burning quite well.

Bai Jing then threw the rope that secured the coffin lid to Fatty and Bai Qi, and then, acting as a support, slowly pulled up the lid of the inner coffin.

As the coffin lid was fully pulled up and placed on the ground, Bai Jing finally looked into the inner coffin.

Inside the inner coffin, the body was wrapped in several layers of brocade quilts, and square-holed coins were strung all over the brocade quilts. The body of the deceased was located under the brocade quilts.

Bai Jing glanced at the corpse of the deceased and then said, "Jian Guo, keep an eye on the candle in the southeast corner. Call me immediately if it goes out!"

Upon hearing this, Jian Guo immediately agreed and then stared intently at the candle in the southeast corner.

Bai Jing's senses were extremely sharp. Ever since the large coffin lid was opened, he could feel the presence of yin energy in the tomb chamber, and after the inner coffin lid was opened, he felt that the yin energy became even stronger.

However, Bai Jing was not afraid of this. Anyone who was in the business of tomb raiding either did not believe in ghosts and gods at all, or had the means to deal with ghosts and monsters. What Bai Jing was curious about now was what kind of face the Empress Dowager in the Liao tomb had.

Is it true, as depicted in the murals, that the Empress Dowager is actually a nine-tailed fox in disguise?

The tomb owner wore a golden crown and rested on a jade pillow shaped like a mermaid with a human face and a fish body. Around his neck were three golden jade hoops, and on his face was a golden fox mask.

This fox mask is decorated with thousands of gold beads of varying sizes, and there is an emerald in the center of the mask, which is somewhat dazzling.

Seeing this, Bai Jing held the Fa Qiu seal in one hand and slowly reached for the mask with the other.

Beneath the mask was a golden hook and jade belt, which held securely on the face of the tomb's occupant. Bai Jing used a special technique to remove the golden hook and jade belt from the tomb's occupant's face without causing any damage.

Finally, the mask of the tomb's occupant was removed.

This was a face with withered and dry skin, covered in green hair, with its mouth wide open, but almost all of its teeth had fallen out. Apart from that, its features were no longer recognizable.

Seeing this, Bai Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

The tomb's occupant had clearly already undergone a reanimation process, but it's likely that a sorcerer took precautions during the burial to prevent such a situation from occurring, and the body has been suppressed.

If it were a fully-fledged green-haired zombie, Bai Jing would probably have to be careful.

Although this is also a zombie, zombies don't even have teeth, so there's no need to worry about it too much.

Then, Bai Jing looked at the burial objects beside the tomb owner. It must be said that this was indeed the tomb of the Liao Dynasty empress dowager, which was no less impressive than the tombs of emperors. There were quite a few good things in the coffin. The brocade shroud and jade pillow were filled with gold and jade funerary objects.

These gold and jade funerary objects are obviously very valuable. In fact, Bai Jing believes that many of them could easily be rated as first-class cultural relics or even national treasures in the future.

Seeing this, Bai Jing also stood up.

Seeing Bai Jing's actions, Bai Qi and the others immediately looked at Bai Jing with some anticipation. Lu Jun immediately asked, "Second Brother Bai, how is it? Are there many treasures inside?"

Bai Jing smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, a lot. Taking them all out will be enough for at least a few of you to join the army."

That's absolutely true. Any one of these items would be worth tens of millions if placed in the 2020s.

With so many people, it's enough to earn a few people the merit of joining the army.

Chapter 102 Green Gecko

After Bai Jing finished speaking, he looked into the coffin again, but he did not find the 'eyeballs' on the mural at all.

Just as Bai Jing was searching for the 'eyeballs', he noticed that the tomb owner's mouth had opened at some point.

At that moment, Bai Jing felt a sudden pang of heart palpitation.

Without hesitation, Bai Jing leaped up and drew the Kangxi sword from behind, slashing it in the direction from which the feeling of palpitation came.

Immediately afterwards, a green object moving at incredible speed rushed toward Bai Jing and collided with Kangxi's treasured sword.

Emperor Kangxi's precious sword could cut through iron like mud, let alone this thing that suddenly appeared, which was clearly an animal.

The next moment, something five or six centimeters long fell onto the body of the tomb owner.

At this moment, Bai Jing finally saw the true nature of this thing.

This looks like some kind of small reptile.

The next moment, Bai Jing noticed that this was not the end, and several more small animals crawled out.

It was only then that Bai Jing realized that it was something resembling a gecko.

This little gecko is green from head to tail, but its eyes are scarlet, making it look extremely terrifying.

According to Bai Jing, the more vibrant the color of an animal in nature, the more toxic it is.

This green gecko looks incredibly venomous, and Bai Jing dares not underestimate it.