Chapter 35 Corpse-scented Amorphophallus, the Sacred Tree of Kunlun

Chapter 35 Corpse-scented Amorphophallus, the Sacred Tree of Kunlun

Chapter 35 Corpse-scented Amorphophallus, the Sacred Tree of Kunlun

"Humph, I'm afraid we'll be able to take it but not spend it! Think about it, how many unusual things have we seen since we came to Jingjue Ancient City?"

"I won't talk about anything else. Just the black snake gives me a very creepy feeling. It doesn't seem like something that can exist in the human world at all."

"And Shirley Yang, that jade eyeball can actually emit white light, which is totally inconsistent with scientific principles."

"So, I'm afraid that this damn place, Jingjue Ancient City, may have some kind of curse. And Anliman also said that no one can take anything away from the Black Desert. Anyway, let's not be greedy. Twenty thousand US dollars is enough for us to live comfortably."

When the fat man heard Hu Bayi's words, a look of struggle appeared on his face.

In the end, he chose to believe his brother.

After all, Lao Hu won't harm him.

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"

The fat man looked at the gold, silver and jewels again, with regret and struggle in his eyes.

Professor Chen also became excited.

To be frank, these are cultural relics, and once they are exposed, they will shock the whole world.

Everyone walked down the gold mountain and looked at the mountains of treasures.

The fat man stared with his eyes wide open, forgetting what he said to Hu Bayi, and his hands involuntarily reached out for a jade wine jug.

Hu Bayi quickly grabbed the fat man.

"Why are you talking like a fart? Didn't we agree not to touch anything here?"

The fat man was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and said with an awkward smile: "Old Hu, I don't know what happened just now, my two hands suddenly stopped working."

"Humph, I think you are just greedy for money. Stop making excuses and catch up with the big guys."

In the space where the treasures are piled up, there are stone statues with giant pupils and a statue of the Queen of Jingjue.

Everyone found an entrance in the cave.

After passing through the cave, I found that it was actually a cliff!
Below was a huge, pitch-black hole.

Shirley Yang took out a searchlight and illuminated the surroundings as bright as day.

After seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.

This is an extremely huge hole. It is extremely dark inside and it is impossible to tell how deep it is.

Shirley Yang took out a flare gun and fired a shot, but the light of the flare gun bullet had completely disappeared, and she could not see the depth of this huge cave.

Professor Chen frowned and said, "This must be the holy land of Jingjue Nation!"

"Ghost Cave Clan...Ghost Cave..."

"Could the name of the Ghost Cave Clan come from this cave?"

Jiang Hua glanced down and saw a cold wind blowing in the cave. He felt a chill in his heart and shivered all over!
This is the ghost cave!

The source of all power!

Both the Demonic Kingdom and the Jingjue Kingdom created splendid civilizations with this ghost cave as their center.

Unfortunately, under the passage of time, it has disappeared into the dust of history.

"Isn't this connected to hell? Damn it, I feel dizzy just looking at it." The fat man looked terrified.

Suddenly, Chu Jian said in shock: "Everyone, look up!"

Everyone couldn't help but look up.

The next moment, Jiang Hua's pupils shrank.

I saw that at the top of the cave, there were so many mummies hanging, they were so densely packed, there must be more than 100,000 of them.
This would be a situation where someone with trypophobia came here.

I'm afraid I'll be scared to death the first moment.

Densely packed mummies filled the entire top of the ghost cave. Are these all sacrifices?
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Who is it?

How could he do such a cruel and inhumane thing?

The entire top of the ghost cave is covered with densely packed mummies, and their clothes have been gradually weathered by the years.

Looking up from the bottom, you can vaguely see white bones, even some mummies, and brown old skin.

At this moment, even the knowledgeable Professor Chen was angry.

"What a tragedy!"

“It’s really too cruel!”

The fat man gritted his teeth and said, "This damn Queen of Jingjue is too cruel, isn't she? She actually used so many slaves to bury her in a tomb?"

Shirley Yang said calmly: "Perhaps, these are not just slaves buried alive, but also people from the Jingjue Kingdom."

"You see, some mummies have eyeball-shaped decorations on their bodies. This kind of decoration is the culture of the Jingjue Kingdom."

The fat man was stunned. "She even let her own people be buried with her. Does this Queen of Jingjue still have any humanity?"

Chu Jian suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Look, there seems to be something over there?"

Everyone followed his line of sight and saw a stone beam suspended in the air above the ghost cave. The stone beam was thin and long, extending from the cliff to the center of the ghost cave.

At the end of the stone beam, there seemed to be something placed.

"Is that... a piece of wood?"

Chu Jian said uncertainly.

Hu Bayi observed carefully, "It is indeed a piece of wood, and there is a flower growing next to the wood."

From everyone's perspective, they could see that the piece of wood on the stone beam was about two meters long, and there were more than a dozen large iron chains on it, fixing the wood firmly on the stone beam.

Jiang Hua narrowed his eyes slightly, "This is the Kunlun sacred tree!"

"Kunlun sacred tree?" the fat man asked, "What is this? Is it a treasure?"

"The Kunlun sacred tree is the best material for making coffins in ancient legends. Even if only a trunk is left, it can remain immortal for thousands of years."

"So this property is particularly suitable for building coffins. Coffins built with Kunlun sacred wood can ensure that the corpse will not decay for ten thousand years. Of course, this is just an exaggerated record in ancient books. No one knows what its specific effect is."

Jiang Hua said in a deep voice: "If I'm not mistaken, this is the coffin of the Queen of Jingjue, and inside it is the Queen of Jingjue's body!"

The fat man's eyes lit up, "Is this Kunlun sacred tree precious?"

"It is dozens of times more valuable than an equal amount of gold!"

Hearing Jiang Hua's words, the fat man's eyes suddenly lit up and his heart started beating fast.

If he could take this coffin out...

Wouldn’t that mean you’ve gotten rich?

Shirley Yang's voice also trembled a little.

"Kunlun sacred tree? I've seen it in ancient books. Legend has it that Qin Shihuang wanted to find this kind of Kunlun sacred tree as his coffin. I didn't expect that the Queen of Jingjue actually has a Kunlun sacred tree!"

When everyone heard this, they were immediately excited and wanted to go over and investigate carefully.

"Wait a moment."

Jiang Hua reached out to stop them.

"Xiao Jiang, what's wrong?" Professor Chen asked.

"Teacher, you only saw the coffin of the Queen of Jingjue, but didn't you notice the flower next to the coffin?"

"Flower? Do you mean the big taro?" The fat man pointed at the flower next to the coffin.

"It's correct to say it's taro. The scientific name of this flower is Amorphophallus vulgaris, and it can only grow in ancient tombs with a strong yin energy." Jiang Hua smiled.

"Is there anything curious about it?"

"The Corpse Amorphophallus originally grew in the Houyuetian Kingdom in the Western Regions. It once flowed into the Middle Earth through the Silk Road. It is said to be able to keep corpses from decaying and immortality, and it can emit a fragrance that has a very strong hallucinogenic effect on the human body."

"In some ancient legends, the corpse arum is possessed by evil spirits. Once it grows, living people cannot get close to it, otherwise terrible things will happen."

The fat man snorted, "Who cares what it is? If all else fails, just shoot it a few times and smash it to pieces. I don't believe it can do anything else."

Professor Chen quickly said, "No, since this corpse-scented konjac is so precious, we must not destroy it."

The fat man seemed to want to say something but said nothing.

Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Since this corpse-scented konjac can release a hallucinogenic smell, why don't we just put on gas masks?"

"Brother Jiang, your idea is good!" Hu Bayi showed his joy.

"Xiao Jiang, you are really smart." Professor Chen also nodded in agreement.

Shirley Yang took out a gas mask from her backpack, put it on everyone, and walked along the stone beam towards the mountain wall.

The mountain wall is circular, surrounding the entire ghost cave.

The stone beam was built at the highest point.

Everyone came to the junction of the stone beam and the stone wall, where they could already see the coffin of the Queen of Jingjue.

A huge piece of wood lies across the end of the stone beam.

A flower that looks like a taro is blooming beautifully. In this eerie ghost cave, Hu Bayi and others feel a little weird.

hum!
Everyone's eyes blurred and they suddenly felt that they appeared in an unfamiliar space.

Jiang Hua's face looked a little solemn. He had been very careful. Not only did he wear a gas mask, he also used his true energy to stimulate his whole body, trying to resist the hallucinations of the corpse-scented konjac.

Unexpectedly, they still fell into the trap.

This is a sunny world, and a fairyland-like city appears before everyone's eyes.

There are palaces in the center of the city.

Even the residential houses were extremely luxurious and noble. The whole city was shrouded in a layer of golden light, looking magnificent.

"Where is this place?" The fat man was stunned for a moment and asked while looking around.

Hu Bayi said in a deep voice: "We have fallen into an illusion. It was caused by that corpse arum!"

(End of this chapter)