Tomb raiding: Carrying a coffin during a funeral procession, rewarded with the Dragon Elephant Prajn

"Brother, please take me in. I'll be your little brother."

Me too.

Li Changsheng stopped in his tracks when he saw Wu Xie and Fatty Wang, the two clowns.

"Brother, have some water."

Wu Xie had a keen eye and quickly took out a bottle of mineral water from his backpack.

This greatly annoyed Fatty Wang, who cursed himself for being a step too slow.

But at that moment, Li Changsheng suddenly punched Wu Xie.

Before Wu Xie could react, Li Changsheng's fist had already passed over his head, directly blasting away a corpse beetle the size of a washbasin.

The corpse beetle fell from above the tomb passage. If Li Changsheng hadn't intervened, it would probably have landed on Wu Xie's head by now.

"Holy crap!"

Wu Xie was startled and quickly took a few steps back.

The corpse beetle on the ground struggled twice before completely losing its life.

Wu Xie, still shaken, asked, "Why are there corpse beetles here too?"

Fatty Wang replied, "It's not just that; a few days ago, there was a swarm of corpse beetles in the tomb. These giant corpse beetles were everywhere. Those foreigners were killed by these corpse beetles."

"Fatty, are you alright?"

"That's because I, Fatty, was quick-witted. When I sensed something was wrong, I slipped into a small side room and escaped. I waited in the side room for several days, until I was starving. That's when I came out to find a way out, and who knew I'd run into Brother Immortal as soon as I came out."

Wu Xie suddenly realized why the fat man looked like a starving ghost when they first met; he had actually been starving for several days.

However, Wu Xie was more curious about the identities of those foreigners, so he asked them a question.

"Hey, I don't know the specifics of this group's background. They just said they were an expedition team from Germany who gave Fatty a deposit of 100,000 yuan, saying they wanted me to help them divide the gold and locate the burial site."

"Locating burial sites... Oh, you're a tomb raider, aren't you?"

"I'm the real deal, Fatty!"

As Fatty Wang spoke, he pulled out a talisman hanging around his neck.

The "Tomb Raider Talisman" is made from the claws of a pangolin using a secret method.

Wu Xie glanced at it and immediately confirmed that it was genuine.

"You're a disgrace to your sect, even though you're a tomb raider, and you're doing so poorly..."

"Hey, I have such a bad temper..."

Seeing the two arguing, Li Changsheng shook his head and said, "If you don't leave now, don't blame me for not warning you if you lose your lives."

Wu Xie shrank back and chuckled sheepishly, "Brother Li, it's all thanks to you!"

"I'm not your father."

Li Changsheng replied casually, and then headed straight into the depths of the tomb passage.

Wu Xie was speechless upon hearing this.

Fatty Wang, on the other hand, gloated and burst into laughter.

"Stunned now? You're sharp-tongued, but Master Li is even more so."

Wu Xie helplessly shrugged, watching Li Changsheng's figure gradually disappear into the tomb passage, he could only stop and wait for his third uncle.

the other side.

Inside the tomb passage, Li Changsheng moved with ease, finding the right direction almost without even looking at the path.

The system in his mind was like a marshal's map, constantly providing him with routes to his goal.

A few dozen steps further ahead lies the underground palace leading to the true main burial chamber.

However, the underground palace not only contains fox corpses that bewitch people's minds, but also nine-headed cypress trees and tens of thousands of corpse beetles.

Before long, Li Changsheng arrived at a secluded side room.

Inside this side chamber was a bronze cauldron, which even contained carbonized elixir residue.

This is clearly the elixir room in the tomb.

This Warring States period tomb was originally the imperial mausoleum of King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man.

King Mu of Zhou's life was nothing short of legendary.

He was the longest-lived emperor in history, ascending the throne in his fifties and dying peacefully at the age of one hundred and five.

It's important to understand that in the ancient Shang and Zhou dynasties, when the average lifespan was only around thirty years, living to 105 years old was incredibly impressive.

More importantly, his profession was that of an emperor!

Throughout history, emperors have all died young, and very few have lived past eighty. King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man, lived to the age of one hundred and five, a remarkable age that set him apart from all others!

Upon seeing the bronze cauldron, Li Changsheng immediately stepped forward and lifted it up with one hand.

The bronze tripod, weighing over a thousand kilograms, felt as light as a feather in his hands.

After he moved the bronze cauldron aside, he indeed saw a deep underground staircase revealed underneath.

Li Changsheng stepped down the steps, and after walking about a hundred steps, he finally arrived at a cliff.

Below the cliff is an underground cave space, which is slightly larger than a football field.

In the very center of the cave stands a cypress tree over ten meters tall, its branches swaying and fluttering in the air like venomous snakes.

This cypress tree is the legendary Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress!

The nine-headed cypress is similar to a man-eating plant; it does not grow through photosynthesis but by feeding on flesh and carrion.

Aside from the corpse beetle, any living creature that gets close to the nine-headed cypress will be attacked by it.

The only thing that can restrain the Hydra Cypress is the Heavenly Heart Stone.

In addition, many corpses were found hanging deep within the branches of the Hydra cypress.

Judging from the degree of dehydration of these corpses and the clothing on their bodies, they are from different eras.

Li Changsheng also saw ancient corpses from the Ming and Qing dynasties!

These ancient corpses were either locals who had wandered into this area by mistake, or they were tomb raiders.

The most recent of them were those foreigners who died in the grave just a few days ago.

Some of these foreigners had both legs gnawed off, while others had half their bodies gnawed off. Numerous tiny carrion beetles, no bigger than a fingernail, were crawling all over their corpses.

Li Changsheng felt nauseous at the sight!

These corpse beetles have developed a symbiotic relationship with the nine-headed cypress. The corpse beetles are responsible for hunting various animals or tomb raiders who enter the tomb, while the nine-headed cypress provides a nesting ground for the corpse beetles to lay their eggs.

"Business comes first!"

Li Changsheng shook his head, searched for a while, and soon saw the stone platform not far from the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress.

The stone platform was made of the Heavenly Heart Stone, which was used to subdue the Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress, and on it were placed the corpses of a man and a woman.

Besides the corpse, there was also a small, square gold box.

The box likely contains the Ghost Seal and the Snake-Eyebrow Bronze Fish.

The Ghost Seal should have been taken away by Zhang Qiling long ago, leaving only the Snake-Eyebrow Bronze Fish.

Li Changsheng was not interested in the snake-browed bronze fish, so he skipped over the stone platform.

He thought for a moment, glanced at the height of the cliff, and then jumped off.

At a height of eight or nine meters, with rocks below, an ordinary person jumping down would be severely injured, if not killed.

But Li Changsheng was unharmed. He dusted off his clothes and walked straight toward the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress.

As expected, he had just approached the Hydra Cypress.

Countless corpse beetles immediately became agitated!

Looking at the corpse beetles swarming in from all directions like a tide, and the restless nine-headed cypress, Li Changsheng did not use the black coffin's abilities. Instead, he took a deep breath and muttered incantations.

"The profound origin of heaven and earth, the root of all energies... My body is enveloped in golden light!"

boom!

In an instant, a dazzling golden light burst forth from Li Changsheng's body.

Whether it's the corpse beetle or the branches of the nine-headed cypress, as long as they are illuminated by this golden light, they all melt into ashes in an instant, just like snow meeting the scorching sun.