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

The stone door inside the cave is not large, and there is a relief carving of a black sheep on the door.

Ah Ning tried pushing it, and easily opened the stone door.

Behind the stone door was pitch black. Mike tried shining his flashlight, but the light only illuminated a short distance before being swallowed up by the cave.

At this moment, Xiang, the foreman with extensive experience in tomb raiding, placed his hand in front of the stone door, sensed it for a moment, and said, "This cave is open; there is airflow passing through it."

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning tried it herself and found that she could indeed feel a faint breeze passing by.

As you approach the stone gate, you can faintly hear the sound of the wind.

This indicates that the cave is not sealed off and has an exit on the other side.

Ah Ning decisively said, "Let's go in and take a look! Even if there are no clues inside, it will save time and we won't have to go through mountains and valleys."

Without a word, everyone quickly tidied their backpacks and entered the cave one by one.

The cave passage was initially cramped, requiring one to bend over and lower their head. It only gradually widened after a dozen or so steps, allowing one to walk upright.

There are obvious signs of artificial excavation on both sides of the passage, as well as many relief murals.

These murals are similar to those on the cliffs of the canyon in front, all depicting various floods and landslides.

After walking a few hundred meters, the passage became wider, more than ten meters wide, and could even accommodate several trucks passing side by side.

The team was now located inside the mountainside.

Gradually, the passageway became filled with animal bones, the most numerous of which were those of apes.

Judging from the bones, it is almost the same species as the Wushan ape that Aning and the others caught.

"With so many Wushan apes here, could this be a monkey tomb?"

Tiger muttered something under his breath, but then he saw Mike and the other mercenaries who were walking at the front stop.

"Miss Aning, we've made a discovery!"

Everyone perked up and quickened their pace to get to the front.

At the end of the passage, the rock walls on both sides were white, and in the very center was a long stone table about seven or eight meters long!

Above and around the stone table, there were piles of skulls like small mountains.

The vast majority of these skulls are from wild boars and apes, with a few human skulls occasionally mixed in.

Most of the people present dealt with the dead all day long, so no one screamed when they saw the mountain of bones.

Foreman Xiang even had the mind to joke: "This stone chopping board looks like it was specially used for slaughtering pigs."

Hei Xiazi could see both day and night, so he had discovered the stone table long ago.

Hearing what Xiang Batou said, Hei Xiazi pointed to the rock wall behind the stone table and nodded, saying, "Maybe it really is a place where pigs are slaughtered. Look at the murals on the rock wall behind it."

Upon hearing Hei Xiazi's words, someone immediately shone a flashlight onto the rock face.

Two bright red wild boar heads were painted on the rock face!

Seeing this, Xiang was stunned.

He examined it closely for a few moments, then said with a hint of uncertainty, "Have you noticed that the wild boar in the mural looks a lot like the black sheep stone carving?"

A few days ago, the group saw many stone carvings of black sheep in the Feng family's old house in Qingxi Town.

The stone carvings depict the black sheep as majestic and imposing, incorporating features from many other animals.

But now, seeing these murals of wild boar heads, everyone realized that the head of the Wuyang stone carving was indeed based on a wild boar head.

Among the crowd, the Taoist priest Gou suddenly said, "In my hometown, wild boars are called 'black sheep.' They also believe that wild boars are unclean sheep, degenerate sheep, so no one eats wild boar meat. At the time, I was wondering if the so-called black sheep referred to wild boars, but when I saw those black sheep stone carvings, they didn't look like wild boars, so I didn't take it to heart."

Xiang Ba Tou was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "So, the Black Sheep King is a wild boar spirit? And those Wushan monkeys?"

Upon hearing this, Tiger had a sudden flash of inspiration.

"I understand now. The Black Sheep King is a descendant of Pigsy, and those Wushan monkeys are descendants of Monkey. The two brothers fell out after returning from their pilgrimage, and their descendants have been harming each other ever since."

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning rolled her eyes.

In any case, knowing that "black sheep" refers to wild boar is at least another clue.

Ah Ning glanced at the stone chopping board, then stepped over the pile of bones and squeezed through the narrow gap in the middle.

Seeing this, everyone quickly followed!

Behind the pile of bones is a passage; a few steps later you enter a natural stalactite cave.

The cave is relatively flat, and the ceiling is more than ten meters above the ground.

Aning took a cold-lighted cigarette out of her backpack, lit it, and threw it away.

Moments later, the red light illuminated the entire cave.

Everyone saw a large blue stone lying horizontally in the center of the cave, with a jade figure sitting on top of it!

The jade figure sat on a white platform, with stone figures and figurines kneeling on either side.

Upon seeing this, Aning's eyes lit up, and she immediately ordered Mike and the others to go and check it out.

Mike and Cai Song carefully picked up the hunting crossbow hanging on the backpack, strung it, aimed it at the beauty, and slowly walked forward.

The two worked in perfect harmony, advancing in a crisscross pattern according to tactical maneuvers.

A short while later, they arrived near the large blue stone and, after a thorough search to ensure there were no traps, turned back and nodded to Aning.

Ah Ning quickly followed and came to the beautiful woman.

This jade figure is nearly two meters tall and is made entirely of Xiuyan jade.

On his head was a bronze mask.

At this moment, Mike reminded him, "Boss, the platform beneath the beautiful woman is made of corpses!"

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning paused for a moment and turned to look at the platform.

Upon closer inspection, these white platforms were discovered to be not rocks at all, but rather three pairs of female corpses.

The female corpses knelt in two rows on the bluestone, their faces mostly turned to the side or looking at the bluestone.

Moreover, even after countless years, the female corpse remained lifelike.

Ah Ning frowned slightly, but showed no fear.

She pulled the dagger from her boot and gently lifted the woman's head.

After observing for a while, he said softly, "After they died, their internal organs were removed, they were soaked in a special medicinal solution, and filled with cinnabar to ensure they wouldn't decompose."

Soaking in a special medicinal solution is for sterilization, while filling with cinnabar is to prevent insect infestation.

Only by taking a two-pronged approach can we ensure that the food does not rot or decay in such a well-ventilated environment.

The foreman seemed to know the purpose of these female corpses, and said in a slightly somber tone, "These are human benches!"

"It is said that one particularly cruel practice in the ancient custom of funerary sacrifice was to find six virgin girls born in the yin year and yin month, poison them, and then make them into human benches for burial..."

Ah Ning pursed her lips and looked up at the jade-like woman's head.

The jade figure had a bronze mask on its head, which completely covered its head from all angles.

After thinking for a moment, Aning told Mike to try to take off his mask.

Unexpectedly, Mike reached out and gently pulled, and the beauty's head was pulled off.