Chapter 18 Black Lotus Messenger
Chapter 18 Black Lotus Messenger
Return to the yard where you live.
Lin Shan couldn't wait to open the information about the Yelang ancient tomb, and the records given by Nightingale were indeed detailed.
It records that thousands of years ago, the ancient country of Yelang was destroyed overnight by an unknown force, blood flowed for thousands of miles, and no grass grew. Except for the Yelang people who were from foreign countries, all the local people were slaughtered.
Later, the Yelang people returned to their homeland and built the Yelang Ancient Tombs, and the ancient Yelang Kingdom gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
A month ago, a total of three waves of unknown forces entered the ancient tomb. The first wave were all ordinary people, the second wave included acquired warriors, and the third wave was even led by a top-notch master.
But all three waves of people were defeated and no one escaped.
Lin Shan took a deep breath when he saw this. A top-notch master died in there!
He had heard the story from Mr. Wu's younger brother before and thought that the zombies in the tomb were similar to the ones in the movies of his previous life, those artificially mutated viruses with strong infectiousness. Ordinary people couldn't beat them, so could warriors?
But now the data clearly records that none of the top masters came out alive, and Lin Shan was really scared.
There is more information behind the information Nightingale gave, after all, it is an ancient killer organization. Nightingale's intelligence personnel also suspected that there was a corpse in the tomb, and specially prepared some records about the corpse for the killer.
"Seven hundred years ago, an earthquake struck Longnan, and a green-haired corpse appeared in the mountains. Local villagers beat it to death with shovels."
"Five hundred years ago, there was a flood in Weinan, and a corpse appeared in the Yellow River. The corpse broke free from the fishermen's fishing nets, and they were tied up with iron nets and beaten to death."
"Two hundred and eighty years ago, Jingxi suffered from a severe drought for three years. A drought corpse appeared in the cracked ground of Akita, biting dozens of villagers to death. None of the local heroes could stop it, so they asked a master of innate powers to kill it."
"One hundred and twenty years ago, an ancient tomb in Zangke broke open, and dozens of bronze-skinned and iron-clad corpses escaped. The King of the Southern Barbarians mobilized tens of thousands of troops to suppress the rebellion, but more than half of the troops were killed or wounded."
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Lin Shan frowned after reading it, and was even more frightened. Ordinary zombies in this place can be easily killed by villagers, while the stronger zombies have iron skin and bones, and are invulnerable to swords and guns. Even a large army would have more than half of them killed or injured to suppress them!
As we get to know more, we find out that a hundred years ago, zombies escaped from the ancient tombs in Qiangke County. Now, zombies have also appeared in the Yelang Tomb. They are all corpses in the tombs.
This can't be the same thing!
The more Lin Shan thought about it, the more he felt that there was a close connection. Otherwise, why would a top-notch expert go in and disappear without even making a splash?
calm down!
Lin Shan forced himself to calm down and secretly warned himself.
"I will just go to the secret passage of the ancient tomb and pick up the burial objects left by the tomb robbers. I will leave if I find anything I can find. I will never go deep into the secret room and will not provoke the ancient corpses in the tomb. By then, I will have an explanation for the Nightingale mission, and Gu Yun may also gain something."
"And once we have ancient charm, our strength and financial resources will be improved, and we will have hope of winning the Golden Bell Award."
"Once the Golden Bell was acquired, the ancient rhyme skyrocketed and it has been on the rise ever since."
Lin Shan's eyes glowed with a different spirit. He was secretly calculating, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this trip was not hopeless. As long as he was careful, there was still a certain chance of success.
Fortune and wealth are achieved through risk, so do it!
"Without further delay, let's set off immediately."
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Three days later, Lin Shan arrived at Taoyuan Village, 300 miles away from Zangke City. In front of him was an endless mountain range, Yelang Mountain.
Taoyuan Village is located at the foot of Yelang Mountain, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it looks like a paradise.
It was still daylight when Lin Shan entered the village. Village houses were lined up on both sides of the bluestone street, with blacksmith shops and pharmacies. The farmers were returning from the fields, and smoke was rising from each household.
Lin Shan went door to door asking if he could find a place to stay, but he was turned down repeatedly.
The reason was that an ancient tomb had been discovered in the Yelang Mountain next door, and a large number of tomb robbers passed by the village. The villagers were superstitious and thought that it was all the fault of these outsiders who dug up the ancient tombs indiscriminately, disturbing the gods in the mountain, and therefore punished the tomb robbers one after another.
So no one wanted to accept him.
There was no other way, Lin Shan had to use his ancestral secret weapon, "money ability".
The next family immediately welcomed Lin Shan in with a smile. This trick really works every time, no matter which world it is in.
It’s not that I betrayed everyone, it’s just that he gave too much!
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At night, after dinner, Lin Shan stood in the courtyard of the village and counted the days. He accidentally saw a black lotus Buddha statue in a small house next to the courtyard!
He immediately thought of the antique street. The stall owner had told him that there were many black lotus Buddha statues in Taoyuan Village.
When I walked into the house, I found that the space was not big, with only a cushion, a table, a Buddha statue, and candles. It seemed that the incense had been cut off long ago.
He went forward and touched the one-foot-long Buddha statue. It didn't have any ancient charm, which was not unexpected. After all, the Buddha statues collected by the stall owner didn't have any ancient charm. They seemed to be fakes.
When he turned around, he saw the owner of the house passing by, so he quickly stopped him and asked, "Father-in-law, what is this that you worship at home?" Then he pointed to the Black Lotus Buddha statue.
"Oh, you mean the Black Lotus Sect? That's the statue of the Black Lotus Sect's guardian saint. Most people in the village believe in him. I'm just a shallow believer, so I just put it there for fun."
Lin Shan: "."
Are the elders in the village so open-minded now? Maybe this old man is the only outlier in the village? I just bumped into him?
But as it was related to ancient charm, Lin Shan still shamelessly pestered his father-in-law: "Does every household in our village have this Buddha statue? How long have they been worshipping it?"
Old Liu answered casually, "Almost every household provides it, and it should have started hundreds of years ago."
Lin Shan's heart moved. Doesn't it mean that some people have black lotus Buddha statues that are hundreds of years old passed down in their homes?
"But every twenty years, a Black Lotus messenger would come down from Yelang Mountain and take away the Buddha statues that everyone was worshipping, and at the same time give every household a new one. Everyone has gotten used to it."
What the hell!
Lin Shan was so angry that he was shaking all over! Someone actually got there first?
Damn Black Lotus Messenger, I will never forgive you!
Old Liu looked at the twitching young man in front of him in confusion, shook his head and went back to the house.
"Black Lotus Cult, Black Lotus Emissary."
Lin Shan looked at Yelang Mountain in the distance with a dim gaze. There was one more clue that seemed to be of ancient charm. It seemed that he had to go there.
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At three o'clock in the morning, the moon is dim and the stars are sparse.
Lin Shan was fully armed, with a ring-handled sword on his back, a newly bought dagger hanging on his waist, hidden arrows in his sleeves, and a tinderbox, sulfur, a grappling hook, and a gourd of black dog blood in his bag.
He was holding a cage with a rooster in it that he had just bought from the village.
The tomb passage was full of dangers, so living creatures were needed to explore the way. The rooster was tied up, its beak was tied with cloth strips, and it was shivering in the cage!
In order to achieve his goal in one go, Lin Shan spent almost all his savings!
“Hope everything goes well.”
……
Taking advantage of the twilight, Lin Shan stepped into Yelang Mountain.
The mountain road is rugged, but the information provided by Nightingale naturally contains a map, and the Yelang Ancient Tomb is just halfway up the mountain on the back.
Carefully avoiding wild animal feces along the way, Lin Shan followed the map and safely crossed the mountain.
It was already five o'clock in the morning, and demons were dancing wildly in the woods, with wolves howling and ghosts screaming.
Lin Shan was indifferent with a sharp weapon at his side. He stood on the mountain, looked at the direction, felt his way to the mountainside, and stopped in front of a cave.
……
"Is this the fucking tunnel dug by Mr. Wu's five minions?"
Lin Shan looked at the cave in front of him that was two people tall. If it wasn’t marked on the map, he would have suspected that it was the lair of some ferocious beast!
No wonder they were able to send out the giant Buddha statue and the golden bell. It seems a pity that I cannot use such a talent.
Although he was sighing, Lin Shan took a deep breath, opened the fire starter, and blew hard!
Slowly enter the cave
(End of this chapter)