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

Wu Xie slapped his forehead, looking helpless, and said, "Be careful!"

Ma Liang picked up the bronze mirror from the ground and casually placed it on top of the coffin lid.

The bronze mirror was about the size of a washbasin, and the carvings on it were not the common cloud patterns or animal patterns, but a special Bagua (Eight Trigrams) pattern.

Upon seeing this, Wu Xie let out a soft exclamation and quickly stepped forward to pick up the bronze mirror, examining it carefully.

"Wu Xie, is something wrong?"

"This mirror should be an ancient Bagua coffin-suppressing mirror, which Taoist masters used to suppress evil spirits in coffins."

Upon hearing this, Ma Liang immediately tensed up.

The previous sunken coffin contained skeletons that had become spirits. Now, the bronze coffin, which is as famous as the sunken coffin and even more so, what kind of ominous creature will be hidden inside?

Not only Ma Liang, but Wu Xie also had his heart in his throat, his face extremely solemn.

The two of them worked together to slowly pry open the lid of the third coffin.

After the coffin was opened, the two immediately took a few steps back and waited for several seconds to make sure there was no other movement inside before daring to step forward and shine their flashlights into the coffin.

only!

To their surprise, the bronze coffin was empty; there was nothing inside.

Wu Xie and Ma Liang looked at each other, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

"Why is it empty?"

Wu Xie couldn't understand the reason behind this, so he could only turn his gaze to Li Changsheng, who was not far away.

"Brother, this bronze coffin is empty!"

Empty?

Sun Xiaomei looked surprised and subconsciously whispered, "Wasn't it said that this was the third incarnation of the Prince Xian? Why isn't there a final substitute?"

Professor Sun was equally baffled by this question and could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Li Changsheng, of course, knew the reason, so he simply told Wu Xie and the others the answer directly.

"Go inside the coffin and look for the mechanism."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie and Ma Liang realized what was happening and quickly climbed into the bronze coffin, searching inch by inch along the inner wall.

Before long, the two found a protruding device in the corner of the inner wall of the coffin!

Ma Liang was impatient, and before Wu Xie could speak, he tried to press it down.

The next second, the bottom of the bronze coffin suddenly split open on both sides, and Ma Liang, caught off guard, fell straight down.

Fortunately, Wu Xie reacted quickly and braced himself against the coffin wall with both hands just as the bottom of the coffin was opened, preventing him from falling into the pit.

Wu Xie quickly grabbed the edge of the coffin, then shone his flashlight downwards, calling out anxiously, "Ma Liang, are you alright?"

"Cough cough cough, it's alright, it's alright, it's not deep down there."

Ma Liang's voice came from below, and Wu Xie could also see clearly that there was actually a dark room under the bronze coffin.

He thought for a moment and then jumped down as well.

The dark chamber was indeed not very deep from the Yin Palace above, and directly below the bronze coffin was an extremely luxurious jade coffin. The jade coffin was inlaid with gold and silver, and the coffin curtain on top was made of hundreds of huge South China Sea pearls strung together.

When Ma Liang saw the pearl curtain, he was immediately captivated. He couldn't help but touch the round and lustrous pearls and cautiously asked Wu Xie a question.

"This thing must be incredibly valuable, right?"

Wu Xie nodded and explained, "Pearls themselves aren't valuable. With the improvement of pearl farming technology in recent years, pearls are no longer considered rare treasures. However, this pearl curtain is from the Han Dynasty, so it's valuable as an antique."

Wu Xie estimated that it couldn't possibly be cheaper than the Golden Chest he sold in Yizhou. Its value was probably similar to the jade figurines in the Lu King's Palace, and it could easily sell for several million.

Ma Liang's eyes darted around, and he quickly whispered, "Then why don't we..."

"Don't even think about it. All the treasures in the tomb belong to our eldest brother. Only what our eldest brother gives us is truly ours."

Hearing this, Ma Liang was greatly disappointed.

However, he was just mentioning it casually. Ma Liang was a public servant and came from a family with a long history in medicine. Although he couldn't be considered a rich second generation, he was at least well-off and didn't have a strong desire to make a lot of money.

Seeing that Wu Xie disagreed, he gave up the idea.

Just then, Sun Xiaomei, her father, and Li Changsheng also fell into the dark room one after another.

Once everyone had arrived, Wu Xie and Ma Liang, without being urged by Li Changsheng, tactfully opened the jade coffin.

Inside the jade coffin was the skeleton of a child.

Seeing this, Ma Liang said thoughtfully, "Look at the skeletons in these three coffins, there are men, women, the elderly and children all here."

Professor Sun nodded slightly and, supported by his daughter, walked to the jade coffin. He gently stroked the coffin and explained, "The three lives refer to the past, present, and future lives. Women represent the past life, the elderly represent the present life, and children represent the future life!"

Upon hearing Professor Sun's words, Wu Xie examined the child's remains inside the jade coffin and discovered marks on the skull indicating that it had been pierced by a sharp weapon.

He immediately realized that the child must have been sacrificed, killed by a sword piercing his head.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "King Xian has harmed countless people for his own selfish desires..."

Sun Xiaomei agreed with Wu Xie's words, but knowing that her father still regarded the Prince of Xian as his hope, she changed the subject, saying, "The Three-Generation Coffin has been found, but where is the Prince of Xian's own coffin?"

The underground palace that the group entered was not actually very large. Apart from the tomb entrance, the passageway, and the Yin Palace, there were no other buildings, and it was quite easy to see everything at a glance.

Although a small, dark room has been discovered, the coffin of the King of Xian has not yet been found.

Li Changsheng pointed to a spot not far away and gestured, "This secret room has a mechanism that leads to other places. Look for it."

In fact, the underground palace of the Xianwang Tomb is divided into two layers. The upper layer is the Yin Palace of the Tomb Gate, and the lower layer is where the real main tomb chamber of Xianwang is located.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie and Ma Liang immediately began searching around the secret room.

The dark room wasn't large, only a dozen square meters in total, so the two quickly discovered the mechanism on one of the walls.

This is a movable wall, still depicting murals of the Heavenly Palace.

After opening the movable wall, the group entered a tomb passage.

After walking along the tomb passage for most of the day, I was surprised to find that I had returned to the same place.

"Holy crap, are we stuck in a maze?"

Wu Xie scratched his head and retorted, "It's not a ghost wall. I memorized every turn. This tomb passage is shaped like the Chinese character '回' (hui), so no matter which way you go, you'll end up back where you started."

"The character '回'? Doesn't the King of Xian fear getting lost?"

Ma Liang muttered a complaint and plopped down on the ground, feeling that he really couldn't walk anymore.

After thinking carefully for a moment, Sun Xiaomei whispered, "The main burial chamber of King Xian should be on this tomb passage, but we need to observe it more closely."

Wu Xie agreed with Sun Xiaomei's words. Usually, the traps and mechanisms in ancient tombs are only located outside the tomb passage or inside the coffin of the tomb owner.

If tomb raiders have already entered the tomb, there are actually not many traps or mechanisms inside. At most, there might be one last trap inside the coffin of the tomb's occupant.