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

The cave meandered and twisted, and the group continued walking for several hundred meters until a natural cave suddenly appeared before them.

The cave is quite spacious, but the most eye-catching feature is the huge stone coffin in the very center!

The stone coffin is decorated with nine dragon-tigers in relief, some sitting and some lying down, which look very lifelike!

Upon seeing the dragon-tiger stone coffin, both A Ning and the others, including Xiang Ba Tou, had their eyes gleam with excitement.

It's obvious that inside this secluded cave lies a large stone coffin, which must be related to the Earth Immortal Village built inside the Black Sheep Tomb.

In addition, an old man dressed in Ming Dynasty clothing was sitting cross-legged on the ground next to the stone coffin with the dragon and tiger design.

The old man wore a square scarf on his head and a gray-blue Taoist robe. He had a palm-sized gold plaque tied around his waist with the four characters "Guanshan Taibao" engraved on it.

But what surprised everyone even more was that the old man looked as if he were asleep, with a lifelike appearance!

Ah Ning looked surprised. "Is this person... dead or alive?"

Li Changsheng casually confirmed, "He's been dead for hundreds of years."

His black coffin is most sensitive to deathly aura; it can even determine whether a person is dead or alive.

Seeing that A Ning and the others were still skeptical, Li Changsheng said!

"This man is the most orthodox Guanshan Taibao! Guanshan Taibao possesses a secret technique that involves soaking clansmen in a special medicine from a young age. This medicine not only contains potent poison but also masks the life force of the living. Once the clansmen grow up, tomb raiding becomes as simple as eating and drinking. It can scare away all kinds of poisonous insects and also make evil spirits like zombies and ghosts in the tombs completely blind to them!"

"Of course, there are gains and losses in everything. Because he was soaked in secret medicine from childhood, Guanshan Taibao's body is poisonous. Even his closest relatives can be poisoned if they are not careful. Moreover, after a genuine Guanshan Taibao dies, his body will remain incorruptible due to the poison, just like a living dead."

Upon hearing this, everyone was amazed, especially Xiang, whose master had been killed by Guanshan Taibao!

However, our understanding of this secretive sect, Guanshan Taibao, is limited.

Xiang, the head of the group, said, "No wonder Guanshan Taibao can outdo the Mojin Faqiu and other sects. With such secret techniques in hand, they can indeed roam freely in ancient tombs all over the world."

As a tomb raider, few people understand the dangers of tombs better than him.

Putting aside the traps and mechanisms, the real danger inside a tomb is often encountering evil spirits. Soaking in secret medicine can mask the presence of living people, making it an invaluable tool for tomb raiding!

Of course, he was just envious; if he were really turned into a poisoner, he definitely wouldn't want to.

Hearing Li Changsheng's words, A Ning felt a surge of excitement in her heart.

Dixian Village was built by Feng Shigu, the leader of Guanshan Taibao, at the end of the Ming Dynasty. If this person was a member of the Feng family, he would have left clues about Dixian Village!

Thinking of this, Aning quickly pulled out her dagger and carefully walked to the body of Guanshan Taibao on the ground.

Although Li Changsheng had already said that the person was dead, A Ning never completely believed what others said; she only believed that fate was still in her own hands.

When Aning walked up to Guanshan Taibao's body, she found many rusty iron picks and hammers scattered around it.

Looking further back, on the rock wall behind the Chihu stone coffin, there were countless pebbles scattered about, as well as a large, sunken hole.

Ah Ning looked puzzled and was about to speak when she heard Xiang, the foreman, suddenly point to the ground and shout.

"Come quick, look! There's something carved on the ground!"

Ah Ning perked up and quickly looked in the direction Xiang was pointing.

Beneath Guanshan Taibao's body, in the area covered by his clothes, was indeed an inscription of his last words.

Everyone stared intently and quickly understood the cause and effect.

It turns out that this Guanshan Taibao was named Feng Shiqi.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, bandits rose up in various places, and the country was in turmoil.

The Feng family had long lost the power it had in the early Ming Dynasty and was gradually driven out of the center of the court.

The head of the Feng family at that time, the leader of Guanshan Taibao, was named Feng Shigu.

Feng Shigu was exceptionally talented; before the age of thirty, he had mastered all the secret arts of the Guanshan Taibao. But Feng Shigu was not satisfied; he also desired immortality. Therefore, based on legend, he personally entered Coffin Gorge to search for the tomb of the Black Sheep King, and several months later…

Feng Shigu, who emerged from Coffin Gorge, underwent a drastic change in temperament. He claimed to have obtained the supreme secret method left behind by the Black Sheep King, enabling him to cultivate the Great Dao of Earth Immortals. He vowed to create an Earth Immortal Village and lead his entire clan to cultivate into immortal Earth Immortals.

At that time, most of the Feng family members were bewitched by Feng Shigu and were willing to follow him into the Earth Immortal Village.

Only Feng Shigu's younger brother, Feng Shiqi, opposed this, and led a small group of Feng family members to leave the family and go to other places.

Later, after years of preparation, Feng Shigu left Feng Shiqi a letter containing the "Guanshan Zhimi Fu" (Ode to Observing Mountains and Pointing Out the Mysteries), and then led his entire clan into Dixian Village, where they were never heard from again.

Feng Shiqi felt increasingly uneasy, convinced that his elder brother Feng Shigu had not obtained any secret immortal techniques, but rather would become a demon and wreak havoc on the world.

So he led his clansmen back to the Feng family ancestral home and entered Coffin Gorge several times to investigate.

However, Feng Shiqi's abilities were inferior to Feng Shigu's, and despite his best efforts, he was unable to find the entrance to the Earth Immortal Village.

Before his death, Feng Shiqi deduced the solution to the first few lines of the "Guanshan Zhimi Fu" (a poem about understanding the mysteries of mountains), and he also unearthed a stone coffin with nine palaces and a dragon-tiger design inside the mountain.

But even as he lay dying, he was unable to unlock the Nine Palaces Dragon-Tiger Lock on the coffin. He could only leave behind a dying wish: that if any future Feng family members, the Mountain Guardians, had the opportunity to enter the Earth Immortal Village, they must check on Feng Shigu's condition. If he had truly become a demon, they should show no mercy and eliminate this scourge.

This long message stirred the emotions of everyone present.

Xiang Ba Tou sighed softly and said quietly, "This Feng Shigu really dares to dream and act. Not only does he want to attain immortality himself, but he also wants to bring his entire family to immortality with him!"

Gou smiled dismissively, a hint of fanaticism in his eyes.

"This is the true model for us cultivators!"

Xiang glanced sideways at Gou Huo and said emphatically, "There are no gods in this world. They are just a bunch of ambitious people deceiving themselves. Even if they have some secret methods, they are nothing but charlatans."

"Hmph, ignorant! The secret techniques of the Earth Immortals left behind by the King of Black Sheep are far beyond the reach of charlatans. Besides, even if he failed to become a master cultivator, it's simply because he's dull-witted!"

Gou Huo, with a ferocious expression, immediately retorted.

He then ignored Xiang Batou and focused his attention on the Nine Palaces Chihu Stone Coffin behind Feng Shigu.

The key to enter the Earth Immortal Village is hidden in this coffin, but you must first unlock the Nine Palaces Dragon Tiger Lock on the coffin!

Seeing that the Taoist priest was ignoring him, Xiang Batou shrugged helplessly.

Over the years, he has traveled all over the country and experienced the trials of many large tombs. But he firmly believes that although there may be evil creatures, monsters, and all kinds of zombies in this world, there are absolutely no gods.

After all, even though Chinese astronauts have gone to space, they haven't seen any Heavenly Court or Jade Emperor.