Chapter 44: Secret Stone Box
Chapter 44: Secret Stone Box
"I know where the Zhuchen Pearl is!"
Suddenly, Jiang Hua spoke.
Hearing this, everyone turned and looked at him.
Hu Bayi looked at him with burning eyes, "Brother Jiang, do you really know where it is?
Jiang Hua nodded. "The Zhuochen Pearl was originally called the 'Phoenix Gallbladder'. Legend has it that it was taken from the head of the snake god by the ancestors of the Demon Kingdom. It has the ability to lead to the ghost cave."
"However, the Demon Kingdom's rule was extremely brutal. In order to overthrow the Demon Kingdom's rule, the world's enemy-conquering King Baozhu, also known as the legendary hero King Gesar, joined forces with Guru Padmasambhava to defeat the Demon Kingdom. From then on, the Demon Kingdom completely disappeared into the dust of history."
Hu Bayi and Fatty were stunned after hearing what they heard.
Even Shirley Yang, most people don’t know the story behind it.
"Jiang Hua, please explain it more clearly." Shirley Yang said helplessly, "We don't understand."
"Ok."
Jiang Hua scratched his head. He had forgotten about Lao Hu and the others and didn't know these stories at all.
"To put it simply, there was an ancestor of the Demonic Kingdom who took out the Zhuchen Pearl from the Ghost Cave, and then used the power of the Zhuchen Pearl to create a huge religious theocracy in Xizhou, which was also called the 'Demonic Kingdom'."
"Later, the Demon Kingdom caused dissatisfaction among many people, so many forces began to unite and discuss how to overthrow the Demon Kingdom's rule."
"If we want to overthrow the rule of the Demon Kingdom, then the first thing we need to solve is the Zhuchen Pearl. This artifact can exert a powerful force in the hands of the Demon Kingdom."
"King Gesar sent people to steal this treasure, and the Zhuchen Pearl began to spread to the Central Plains. Without the Zhuchen Pearl, the Demon Kingdom was also defeated by the army led by King Gesar."
"Later, the Zhuchen Pearl fell into the hands of King Wen of Zhou. At that time, the Zhuchen Pearl was still called 'Phoenix Gallbladder', so King Wen of Zhou called it the Zhuchen Pearl. King Wen of Zhou was proficient in the art of divination by the Eight Trigrams, so he made a divination for the Zhuchen Pearl and wrote the result in the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book."
"Later generations speculated that the Dragon Bone Book recorded the usage of the Zhuchen Pearl, but it was a long time ago and many things can no longer be verified."
Shirley Yang frowned, "So you mean that the Zhuchen Pearl is in the tomb of King Wen of Zhou?"
The fat man was also happy and asked: "Where is the tomb of King Wen of Zhou?"
Jiang Hua shook his head. "The Zhuchen Pearl is not in the tomb of King Wen of Zhou. According to ancient records, during the Qin and Han dynasties, the Zhuchen Pearl drifted to a small country in the southwest border, also known as the 'Ancient Dian Kingdom'!"
"Ancient Dian Kingdom?"
"That's right! After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard that the ancient Dian Kingdom had the Zhuchen Pearl, he sent an envoy to ask for it. King Xian was unwilling to give it up, so he brought the Zhuchen Pearl and his men to the vicinity of the Lancang River and established another country."
"After King Xian died, the Zhuchen Pearl was buried with him in the tomb. Few people know about this part of history. I only saw it by chance in an ancient book."
Shirley Yang's eyes showed surprise. Their Zagrama tribe had been pursuing the Zhuchen Pearl for their entire lives, and now they finally had some clues.
"Haha, that's great."
"Then when are we going to the tomb of King Xian?"
The fat man laughed and finally felt relieved.
No one wants to carry a curse for their entire life and have it passed down to their descendants.
That would be a life worse than death.
Now, now that we know the solution.
Then there is no need to worry about this curse.
After all, they are only in their twenties now.
There is still plenty of time before I turn fifty.
The reason why Jiang Hua revealed the whereabouts of the Zhuochen Pearl now.
There is a reason too.
First of all, after he returns from the Jingjue Ancient City, his cultivation level will be able to break through to the third-grade warrior, or even the fourth-grade warrior.
With the addition of the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword and the protection of the Red Dragon Armor, he is able to protect himself even in the extremely dangerous Yunnan Worm Valley.
Secondly, the new tasks issued by the system.
Go to the ghost cave to get the blood of the red dragon.
This mission is absolutely inseparable from the Zhuochen Pearl.
After all, there was no way he could jump down the ghost hole.
That's simply seeking death.
Only the Zhuochen Pearl can open the passage to the ghost cave, allowing him to enter the ghost cave safely.
Therefore, he is determined to obtain the Zhuchen Pearl!
"There is also the Dragon Bone Book..." Jiang Hua pondered in his heart. The Dragon Bone Book contains the method of using the Dust Pearl.
In the original novel, even Hu Bayi did not collect the complete Dragon Bone Book.
The dragon bone book from the Worm Valley fell into the lake and could never be found again.
Therefore, in the original novel, Hu Bayi could only use the Zhuchen Pearl to close the channel of the imaginary space and cut off the curse of the ghost cave.
But he had no way to unleash the power of the Zhuchen Pearl.
The Dragon Bone Book was divided into three parts.
One of them was in Shirley Yang's hand. This saved Jiang Hua a lot of effort.
The second piece is in Gulan County.
As for the third piece of dragon bone book, it is in the Worm Valley.
Jiang Hua pondered in his heart: "Compared with Gulan County and Chonggu, Gulan County is safer. I can go to Gulan County first."
So, facing the fat man’s question.
Jiang Hua shook his head and said, "Fatty, we are not going to the Tomb of the King..."
"Ah?" The fat man was puzzled, "Then where are we going?"
"Gulan County!"
"Gulan County?"
"What is that place?"
Jiang Hua explained: "There is a dragon bone book hidden in Gulan County, and the dragon bone book contains the method of using the Zhuchen Pearl.
"If you want to remove the curse on you, you must obtain the Dragon Bone Book."
The fat man said nonchalantly: "Okay, then I'll listen to you, Brother Jiang."
Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang had no objection either.
"Okay, then our next stop is Gulan County!"
While everyone was talking.
Suddenly the whole cave began to shake.
Rocks kept falling down and the earth was shaking.
"Oh no, this place is going to collapse."
Jiang Hua's face changed, "Let's leave quickly, otherwise we will be buried here."
Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang and others also knew the seriousness of the situation. Without saying a word, they carried Professor Chen on their backs and followed Jiang Hua away.
Everyone walked back step by step along the mountain wall.
But the cave was shaking so violently that huge rocks kept falling down. If they were not careful, they would be hit by the rocks.
This is not fun.
If you are not careful, your head will explode.
At the critical moment, Jiang Hua saw a crack appearing in front of him.
"Hurry, hurry, there is a crack here, let's go in and hide first." This crack is very hidden. If the cave hadn't shaken and created this crack, they really wouldn't have been able to find it.
Entering the crack is a narrow passage.
Jiang Hua and his group walked forward through the crack passage with difficulty.
After walking for about five or six minutes, the view finally opened up.
They came to a secret room.
Strangely, when they arrived here, the shaking around them stopped.
Jiang Hua turned on the flashlight and carefully observed the secret room.
In the middle of the secret room, there is a stone box.
Next to the stone box, there were two mummies sitting cross-legged. Judging from their appearance and clothes, they had been dead for at least two thousand years.
(End of this chapter)