General of the Heavens

Chapter 43 The Origins of Tomb Raiding

Ning Chen kicked the director away.

"Don't talk nonsense. Your zombie is wearing a black robe, a black hat, and boots? Would a Yuan Dynasty zombie dress like that?"

Lack of education is truly terrifying; if you add superstition to it, it's even worse. After some explanation, the crowd was no longer afraid.

Chen Yulou flicked his folding fan, pointed at the strange man, and asked, "Third brother, you're saying it's him? He looks like an ancient person from hundreds of years ago. How could he be related to your lineage of tomb raiders?"

"Hmph, Second Brother, this guy is no ordinary person. People only know that tomb raiding is divided into four schools: Faqiu, Mojin, Banshan, and Xieling. However, there is another force whose tomb raiding skills are no less than those four schools. Do you know what it is?"

Ning Chen did not answer Chen Yulou's question directly, but instead posed a question that made all the Unloading Ridge Warriors silently shake their heads.

Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle were both well-informed and experienced men. Upon hearing Ning Chen's question, they both answered simultaneously without hesitation, "The Grand Protector of the Great Ming Dynasty?"

Ning Chen nodded, stepped forward and lifted the lid. Sure enough, everyone saw a black-robed male corpse. The body was not only not decomposed, but also looked lifelike.

The man sat cross-legged, making a hand seal. He was dressed in the attire of a ghost that had been stagnant for hundreds of years. Now that the gate had been breached, the corpse had begun to decompose.

The group was initially startled by the guide's nonsensical talk about zombies, but now that they saw it was just an ordinary corpse, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

They love corpses the most in the tomb.

Some even cursed, "You damned bastard, dressed like that, you almost scared your old man out of his wits..."

A group of grown men were cursing at a corpse, which Ning Chen found amusing. Perhaps men's happiness is just that simple.

Ning Chen picked out a gold plaque from the corpse's waist. It was inscribed with characters, which Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle recognized as four strong and vigorous ancient seal characters.

That is: Guanshan Taibao.

Chen Yulou sighed and said, "The matter of Guanshan is shrouded in mystery. I used to think it was just a legend or anecdote. I never imagined that there really was a Guanshan Taibao in the world."

"Everything exists for a reason. The reason why Guanshan Taibao is so elusive is simply because they have used various means to completely absolve themselves of historical responsibility!"

Ning Chen said with considerable disdain.

"Oh, is there some connection between them?"

Ning Chen said, "This is a long story. Guanshan Taibao once sided with the imperial court, which is why he was able to clear himself of any wrongdoing."

Chen Yulou nodded; he had heard about these things before. Then he asked Ning Chen, "Third brother, can you tell me now what grudges the Faqiu lineage has against them?"

Ning Chen sneered: "Not only the tomb raiders, but even the grave robbers have a huge grudge against these rats."

As you all know, the Faqiu Seal was destroyed during the Ming Dynasty. To be honest, the destroyed seal was a fake; the real seal was switched by my ancestors and has survived to this day.

Ning Chen was spouting nonsense with a straight face. He had no choice but to come up with a plausible reason for Fa Qiu Yin, so he started by targeting Guan Shan Tai Bao.

"In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen to calculate how many years the Zhu family would prosper. Liu Bowen said that according to the divination, it would not even be three hundred years."

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, but what he was most concerned about was that after the Yuan dynasty destroyed the Southern Song dynasty, all the imperial tombs of the Song dynasty had been looted by the Hu people.

"Oh, by the way, the Unloading Ridge faction did quite a few raids on imperial tombs back then." Ning Chen said, making a cross, which made the Unloading Ridge warriors quite proud.

At this moment, Ning Chen said again, "What kind of person is Zhu Yuanzhang? He wanted Liu Bowen to build him an imperial mausoleum that could not be robbed."

Liu Bowen naturally didn't want to take on this mess, so he devised a plan to have the Guanshan Taibao do the work. Do you all know what those bastards did?

Everyone shook their heads in unison. Ning Chen continued, "At that time, the Guanshan Taibao Feng Wangli told Zhu Yuanzhang that among the common people who raided tombs, there were not only those who used the methods of Faqiu and Mojin, but also those who used the methods of Banshan and Xieling."

The Mountain Moving lineage is most skilled in the art of mutual generation and restraint. They are secretive and as long as the imperial tomb does not contain any elixir or cauldron, the Mountain Moving Taoists will never have the idea of ​​robbing the imperial tomb, so they are not a concern.

The bandits of the Unloading Ridge were mostly bandits who would gather and disperse at will, digging up mountains and tombs, making them extremely difficult to guard against. Moreover, they often harbored rebellious intentions. The best course of action was to send a large contingent of government troops to wipe them out completely, eradicating them from the root and cutting off their lineage.

As for the two schools of "Faqiu" and "Mojin", they are actually of the same lineage, both being experts in feng shui and the art of finding dragon veins. The leader of "Mojin" is the "Faqiu Heavenly Official", also known as the "Faqiu General".

This thief carried the seal and inscription of the Later Han Dynasty, which was cast with the Heavenly Official's Blessing, granting him freedom from all taboos. He was skilled in divination and geomancy, committing all sorts of evil deeds, but he did observe certain rules.

As long as we destroy the tomb raiding seal and the tomb raiding talisman, they will stop their tomb raiding activities. Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to strictly investigate those who raid tombs and burial sites.

Until the Yongle era, my ancestors devised a plan to have this group of Guanshan Taibao destroy the fake hair molds prepared by the Faqiu lineage.

The ancestors thought that once the Tomb Raider Seal was destroyed, the Mountain Guardians would have given up, but they were not satisfied and destroyed the seven Tomb Raider Talismans as well.

"How pitiful! Now only the Seal of the Tomb Raiders and three missing Tomb Raider Talismans remain in the world. The Tomb Raider tradition was almost wiped out by this group of Mountain Guardians!"

When Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle heard Ning Chen talk about the secrets, they both widened their eyes in surprise. They never expected that Guanshan Taibao would be so outrageous!

Originally, tomb raiders have been cracked down on throughout history, which is a normal thing. In peacetime, most tomb raiders also keep a low profile.

However, the lineage of the Guanshan Taibao has broken a taboo. Although they were also tomb raiders, their choice to join the imperial court is none of anyone else's business.

But you turn around and start suppressing your competitors, that's just not right!

How wicked must someone be to do something like this? Chen Yulou had originally wanted to bury this guy, but now he thinks Ning Chen's suggestion is quite good.

Let's scatter this guy's ashes!

Ning Chen's words were nine parts truth and one part falsehood, and no one could see the problem. However, what Ning Chen said about Guanshan Taibao Qian was all true.

These people weren't good people to begin with. Feng Shigu even built the Earth Immortal Village and had over ten thousand people buried with him in order to seek immortality.

People in the same industry don't speak ill of each other, but Guan Shan Taibao really did something unethical. He can't just turn around and abandon his benefactor after he's made it big, can he?

Chen Yulou was also seething with anger. He asked, "Third brother, is there any succession of the Guanshan Taibao in the world? Let's go all the way and give them a good beating! Let's make them disappear completely!"

Ning Chen thought for a moment. Professor Sun was probably researching the Earth Immortal Village right now. That old guy wasn't a good person either; he'd cheated a lot of people.

"Should we get rid of him?" Ning Chen stroked his chin, ultimately deciding to ignore him for now, as this person would probably still come in handy.

Moreover, Ning Chen had a premonition that after the tomb raiding at Ping Mountain ended, this world might not end just like that, and he might even have a chance to see the three tomb raiders again.

However, by then, according to seniority, they will all have to call Ning Chen Grandpa!

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