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

"Many tomb raiders also enjoy studying the Book of Burial! If one can thoroughly understand the Book of Burial, one can basically identify most of the major tombs in the world!"

Ah Ning nodded, thinking about what Gou Daoshi had said.

According to his words, the Book of Burial is indeed powerful.

Mike, the American, rolled his eyes and quickly asked, "Can I learn it? I'll buy a copy of the Book of Burial and study it when I get back..."

Upon hearing Mike's words, Gou Daoshi smiled disdainfully.

"You, a foreigner, want to study the Book of Burial? Let me tell you the truth, out of ten thousand people who have read it, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine are completely lost and can't understand it at all. Guo Pu's Book of Burial has nine volumes, covering a wide range of topics. To understand it, you must first understand the Yin and Yang, Five Elements, Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, the Book of Changes, and Plum Blossom Divination left by our ancestors. As for the tenth volume, the Heavenly Evolution Book of Burial, it's even more beyond the comprehension of ordinary people..."

At this point, Gou Daoshi glanced at Xiang Batou.

"Mr. Xiang, am I correct?"

Xiang Batou gave a wry smile and nodded, saying, "Master Gou is right. The Burial Scripture may seem simple, but its contents are vast and complex. One needs a solid foundation in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams to truly understand its contents."

Li Changsheng listened with great interest as they discussed the inner workings of tomb-raiding sects, and couldn't help but ask, "Old Xiang, what's this about the Great Evolution Burial Scripture you mentioned earlier?"

Xiang Batou said, "Nine volumes of the Burial Classic have been passed down through the ages, but very few people know that Guo Pu actually wrote a tenth volume after completing the nine volumes of the Burial Classic."

"This tenth volume of the Burial Classic is called the Great Expansion Burial Classic. It is a remarkable book written by Guo Pu, combining all his lifelong learning and his insights into the Book of Changes."

"It is said that as long as one masters this Great Derivation Burial Scripture, one can not only go to the great tombs in the world, but also enter those strange and ominous tombs as if they were no one."

Upon hearing this, Li Changsheng couldn't help but think to himself, "Isn't this the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique of the Tomb Raiders? I wonder which of these two extraordinary books is stronger..."

Hu Bayi's skills can only be described as decent, but he is definitely not a master. The reason he was able to escape unscathed from so many dangerous tombs is because of half a scroll of the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique!

After listening to Xiang Batou's words, A Ning asked with some skepticism, "Xiang Batou, if this Heavenly Evolution Burial Scripture is really as powerful as you say, how come you couldn't even find the tomb of the Black Sheep King?"

Xiang, the foreman, gave a helpless, wry smile and waved his hand, saying, "Miss Aning, please let me finish what I have to say."

"When Guo Pu finished writing the Great Derivation Burial Classic, lightning struck down and burned his manuscript. Therefore, the tenth volume of the Great Derivation Burial Classic is also known as the Burial Classic of Heavenly Punishment."

"Later, by chance, my master entered the Western Jin Dynasty tomb, which was built under the supervision of Guo Pu. It's likely that Guo Pu didn't want the Tianyan Burial Classic to be completely lost, so he took advantage of the tomb's feng shui layout to secretly leave the true text on the murals inside!"

"Unfortunately, my master only had time to see a third of it before the tomb was struck by lightning, and the murals were shattered to pieces."

"My master only learned one-third of it, and I am even more foolish, failing to fully understand even that one-third, let alone the Great Derivation Burial Scripture!"

Everyone who heard this felt a deep sense of regret. Not for Xiang Batou, but for the murals destroyed by the heavenly lightning.

However, that's just how the heavens work; anything that goes too far against the heavens will attract natural disasters.

The Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Manual written by Zhang Sanlianzi is like this, as is Guo Pu's Tianyan Burial Classic from the Jin Dynasty.

Li Changsheng was simply curious and asked casually.

After getting the answer, they turned their attention to the ancient corpse from the pre-Qin period in front of them!

The condition of this ancient corpse is actually better than that of the other hanging coffins.

The corpse must have been soaked in special medicine before it died, but after two thousand years, it has only dried into a mummy!

Li Changsheng knew that in the original story, none of the corpses and coffins that Hu Bayi and his companions encountered before entering the tomb had ever come back to life. Only the corpse puppet of the Nine Deaths Shocking Tomb Armor in the Earth Immortal Village and Feng Shigu himself could be considered true zombies.

The rest, like the dried-up corpse before us, and the bodies beside the Nine Palaces Dragon Tiger coffin, are all ordinary corpses and will not rise from the dead...

but!

Li Changsheng turned his head to look at the team, and finally his gaze fell on Xiang Batou.

"Chief Xiang, go and remove the corpse rope from this ancient corpse's head so he can be laid to rest in his coffin."

Upon hearing this, Xiang, the foreman, readily agreed.

He laughed and said, "My senior colleague was not considerate. He disturbed the tomb owner and made him sit in the coffin for over a hundred years."

As he spoke, Xiang took out rubber gloves, put them on, removed the noose from the ancient corpse, and slowly laid the body flat inside the coffin.

Throughout this process, Li Changsheng stared intently at the ancient corpse inside the coffin, eagerly awaiting the system notification.

But even after Xiang closed the coffin lid, he still hadn't received any system notification.

Li Changsheng frowned, gently placed his palm on the black coffin behind him, and then closed his eyes to sense it.

After a moment, he sighed helplessly to himself.

As expected, even the foreman's little red hand couldn't turn this ancient corpse into a zombie.

"Well, this trip was an unexpected bonus. With the Wushan Maiden quest and the final boss Feng Shigu's funeral quest, it's worth it."

Thinking of this, Li Changsheng calmed himself down and pointed to the depths of the cave, saying, "Keep going forward. At the end of the cave, there's a Nine Palaces Dragon-Tiger Coffin. Inside is the key to enter the Earth Immortal Village!"

Upon hearing this, Aning's eyes lit up. She quickly instructed Mike and the others to lead the way.

The cave wasn't very big; it could only accommodate two or three people walking side by side at most.

Moreover, the road is winding and slopes down into the mountainside.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, the group came to a bend in the road. After passing the bend, they discovered that there were some murals on the cave walls.

Judging from their style, these murals are much closer in age to the ancient corpses, probably from the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.

What surprised them even more was that there were still many grappling hooks, grappling hooks and other similar tools scattered along the way.

Xiang, the foreman, squatted down to examine the old-fashioned tools on the ground, most of which were covered in dust, before standing up and saying, "These are all old-style tools from the Ming and Qing dynasties, not modern tools."

Ancient iron smelting techniques were vastly different from modern techniques, and even those used during the Republic of China era, resulting in significant differences in the tools used.

Experienced archaeologists can roughly deduce the dynasty in which an iron artifact was made simply by looking at its rust color, composition, and proportions.

Seeing this, Ah Ning asked with some concern, "Did someone come here hundreds of years ago? Could it be that the key to the Earth Immortal Village has already been taken?"

"We'll know once we go and see..."

Li Changsheng wasn't sure either, but it didn't matter. His real purpose was to bury the Wushan girl inside that stone coffin with the Nine Palaces Chi Tiger design.

It would be better if we could complete more tasks, but if we really couldn't complete any, we could just go home.