Chapter 134 Meeting the True King in the True King's Tomb
Chapter 134 Meeting the True King in the True King's Tomb
Chen Shi turned his head to look at the stone men, only to see that stone chips and dust were constantly falling off their surfaces. Their armor was gradually getting rid of its petrified state, emitting a metallic luster, and their pupils were slowly regaining clarity and agility.
All stone men are like this!
At this time, the light in the river was like dusk, coming from the front, so it was not very clear. However, Chen Shi looked forward along the river and estimated that there were at least thousands of stone men here!
"Thousands of stone men are being resurrected!"
His scalp tingled when he thought about it. These stone men were not stone statues!
Stone statues and tomb guardian beasts are stone statues worshiped as gods to give them extraordinary powers and magic, so that they can guard tombs and prevent people from disturbing them.
"These stone men should be the soldiers from the era of the True King! They were ordered to guard the True King's tomb. They should have been petrified by the True King using the Stone Head!"
Chen Shi suddenly thought of a possibility and said in a lost voice, "Tianqing, Heiguo, the True King has also practiced the Water and Fire Refining Technique! Who said that the True King must die?"
Li Tianqing was shocked both physically and mentally, and immediately understood what he meant.
The Water and Fire Refining Technique is the supreme method for cultivating the corpse-reincarnation immortal. After mastering this method, one can use real fire and real water to recreate the physical body after death, thus getting rid of death and living freely and at ease!
Chen Shi is a living example!
Grandpa Chen Yindu broke into the tomb of King Zhen and stole the Water and Fire Refining Technique. He used this technique to temper Chen Shi's body to ensure that his body would not decay. Then he went to the underworld to snatch back his soul and resurrect this child scholar who ranked first in the fifty provinces!
"This is the tomb of the true king!"
Li Tianqing looked around, somewhat incredulous, and murmured, "We should be in the tomb of the True King. This scene should be the soldiers buried with the True King, welcoming the resurrection of the True King..."
Chen Shi also thought of this and felt uneasy. The True King had been resurrected, and so many soldiers had been resurrected with him. He was afraid that the True King would soon reign over Xiniu Island again!
Is it a good thing or a bad thing for them to be involved in this?
Suddenly, he felt something scorching hot in his sleeve, burning his skin, and was startled: "The Jade Seal of the Western King!"
The Jade Seal of the King of the West, which he had hidden in his sleeve pocket in case of emergency, seemed to be burning at this moment!
He hurriedly took out the jade seal from his sleeve pocket. As soon as the Western King's Jade Seal came out of his sleeve pocket, a dazzling light came, illuminating the river in an instant!
Li Tianqing was also startled. The light was so dazzling that the two men and the dog covered their eyes involuntarily. It took them a while to adapt.
The Western King's Jade Seal became scorching hot and Chen Shi could hardly hold it, but he endured and held on to the seal forcefully.
This is almost the only thing that can save their lives!
"I hope what Mr. Zhu said is true!"
Chen Shi clenched his teeth, and suddenly a random thought popped up in his mind, "Why haven't Li Xiaozheng, the two old men, and the Red and Green, caught up yet? Logically speaking, they should have chased us to the deck long ago. If I hold the Western King's Jade Seal, can I mobilize the Ming soldiers to kill all these bastards? What true king is resurrected? I am the true king!"
He was young at heart and wanted to put his hands on his hips, but when he thought about the imminent resurrection of the True King, his desire to become the True King was not so strong.
One by one, the stone men regained their flesh and blood and walked down from the stone walls on both sides.
No one knew what secret technique they were practicing, but their bodies were much taller than normal people, about 15 or 16 feet tall. When they walked up to Chen Shi and Li Tianqing, they were like giants.
Golden light shone from their armor, their bodies seemed to be made of gold, and their exposed skin also radiated golden light.
"The Buddha's six-foot golden body!"
Li Tianqing exclaimed in a low voice, "This secret Buddhist method has long been lost. It is the legendary supreme golden body method!"
His eyes widened as he murmured, "Xiao Shi, if you learn this technique, you can kill your way through Xijing..."
He couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the brutal scenes during Chen Shi's battle.
King Zhen's soldiers ignored Chen Shi and went about their business.
There was the sound of chains rustling in the air, and a coffin fell from the sky, hitting the deck with a thud. The six-foot-tall soldiers lifted the coffin and brought it into the cabin.
At first, the distance was quite far, so Chen Shi and the others thought the coffin was not big. But when they got closer, they were surprised to find that the coffin was like a small house.
Even for a Ming Dynasty soldier with a golden body of 10 feet tall, it took the combined efforts of four people to lift the coffin.
The chains kept sliding, and coffins were brought in one after another and fell on the deck one after another.
These coffins are extremely luxurious, and the wood used is not produced in Xiniu Xinzhou, but golden nanmu shipped from Shenzhou.
The Ming treasure ship was moving along the dock. Soldiers from both sides of the river kept jumping onto the ship and were busy with their own tasks. Some were adjusting the sails, some were redrawing wind symbols, some were checking bows and crossbows, and some were coming to the muzzles of the second floor to check the huge red cannons.
——The muzzles of those huge cannons could fit several people, and they were much thicker than the red cannon in Chen Dawang Village!
On the deck, Chen Shi, Li Tianqing and the dog carrying the bellyband doll kept moving to avoid the moving Ming soldiers. These soldiers were so tall that it was like they were walking through a dense forest, except that the trees were moving.
The Ming treasure ship was still moving forward, and the dock seemed to pass through an entire mountain range. Stone men kept coming back to life and jumping onto the ship from both sides of the river.
The coffins also kept falling onto the deck, making a loud bang.
Li Tianqing noticed something was wrong and whispered, "Something is wrong. There are too many coffins!"
Seeing Chen Shi's confusion, he immediately explained, "Not everyone can use coffins. Only princes, nobles, dukes, and important figures in the royal family can use them. Even if they are qualified, the specifications are different. There are so many coffins. Doesn't it mean that there are too many princes, nobles, dukes, and royal family buried in the True King's Tomb? According to common sense, the True King's Tomb is for the True King and his wife, as well as some funeral companions, but how can it be used to bury so many important figures?"
After he said this, Chen Shi understood.
When the True King was buried, too many important people died. It was unreasonable!
"Why can the soldiers be resurrected, but these big shots are not resurrected?" Chen Shi asked puzzled.
Even the knowledgeable Li Tianqing could not answer this question.
The treasure ship was moving slowly forward, and the soldiers were still transporting coffins into the ship. Chen Shi roughly counted and found that during this period of time, more than 160 coffins had fallen from the sky onto the ship.
Even if it was a large clan, basically all the important figures had died.
Even if it was an imperial court, all the civil and military officials would probably have been destroyed.
However, coffins continued to fall.
Chen Shi and Li Tianqing looked solemn, even Gou Zi had a serious face at this moment.
Seeing their serious expressions, the red bellyband doll also became serious.
The atmosphere was somewhat depressing.
When 217 coffins fell down, the chains finally stopped sliding and the disturbing rattling sound also stopped.
It seemed noisy just now, but now that the noise stopped, it became surprisingly quiet.
The soldiers who had been working hard just now suddenly stopped their work, stood in place, knelt on one knee, and lowered their heads, as if they were welcoming some important person.
Chen Shi, Li Tianqing and Gouzi came to the bow and looked forward. Gouzi was short, so he quickly put his front paws on the side of the boat and tried to look forward.
The treasure ship was still moving forward slowly. The river ahead became narrower. A palace was split in the middle by divine power, and separated into two sides. It was extremely magnificent and luxurious.
On the left and right sides are stone statues of civil and military officials.
These stone statues are real stone statues and have not been resurrected.
And right in front, the white jade steps of the hall were not split, and on the white jade steps was the emperor's throne.
Sitting on the throne was a man wearing an imperial crown and a dragon robe, with an aura as deep and unfathomable.
He is lifelike, as if he is still sitting on the throne of Xijing, guarding the vast land of Xiniu Xinzhou and suppressing all evil spirits and disasters.
He is the King of the West, the king of Xiniu Island, and the ruler of the Ming Dynasty in Xiniu Island.
The true king of the Ming Dynasty.
The treasure ship moved even slower as it reached this point, and the clattering sound of the chains could be heard again. The True King and his throne slowly sank down and landed on the Daming treasure ship.
Chen Shi immediately turned around and ran towards the throne of the True King.
"Xiao Shi, come back!" Li Tianqing called.
Chen Shi did not stop and continued to move towards the throne of the True King. Li Tianqing gritted his teeth and followed him.
Chen Shi came to one side of the throne and looked at the throne of the True King. He saw that the True King had a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a heroic appearance, and a tall stature. He looked like a human king.
Although the view was blocked by the pearls on the emperor's crown, Chen Shi still saw that there was a thin golden thread around his neck, which was the result of a skilled craftsman stitching up the corpse!
The true king had his head chopped off!
Chen Shi's ears were buzzing.
Even if you have mastered the Water and Fire Refining Technique, you will still die if your head is chopped off!
The Water and Fire Refining Technique is just a method to cultivate the corpse-transmigration immortality. After the corpse-transmigration, one can recreate the physical body and ascend to become an immortal.
But what if one is killed after mastering the Water and Fire Refining Technique? Can one be resurrected?
The Water and Fire Refiner can only bring the dead back to life seven hundred and forty years after the end of the normal life span, but the corpse must be intact.
The true king obviously cannot be resurrected.
Li Tianqing came to his side and saw this scene. His heart was beating violently. He quickly pulled Chen Shi's hand and whispered, "Let's find a way to leave here!"
Just as he said this, the Jade Seal of the King of the West in Chen Shi's hand suddenly flew up for no reason, emitting a tremendous light that was so bright that they could not open their eyes.
When the light faded, the Jade Seal of the King of the West slowly fell into the palm of the True King!
Suddenly, the True King moved his hand and grasped the seal that symbolized the supreme kingship of Xiniuzhou.
"The true king is alive?!"
Their hearts were pounding, and they didn't know what to do.
The corpse of the True King slowly raised his hand and looked at the jade seal. There seemed to be a divine light flowing under his eyes, as if he was still alive.
He slowly stretched out his palm, and the Jade Seal of the King of the West slowly floated up, emitting a soft light, no longer as intense and dazzling as before.
The Western King's Jade Seal flew forward, and Chen Shi quickly turned around and took steps to chase after the seal.
"Soldiers, let's go home."
A deep and majestic voice seemed to come from behind him, carrying with it the longing for his hometown. Chen Shi was stunned and turned back to look at the throne of the True King. There was deathly silence there.
The Ming soldiers who were kneeling on one knee on the deck stood up one after another, with eager light in their eyes.
"Go home!" they whispered.
Their thoughts converged into a stream, connected together, and with unity, they turned into an obsession that supported them.
I have been away from my hometown for many years.
They have been fighting outside. Since they came to Xiniu Xinzhou, they have been fighting against those evil spirits to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty.
I haven't been home for a long time.
The true king is dead, the court is gone.
Their true king wanted to take them back to his hometown with him with his last obsession before his death.
Go home, return to your hometown, and look again at that land and the people on that land.
These soldiers became busy again, and the speed of the Ming treasure ship was gradually increasing.
Chen Shi no longer hesitated and immediately turned around to chase after the Western King's Jade Seal.
The Ming treasure ship was getting faster and faster. Chen Shi shuttled between the legs of these hard-working soldiers. Looking up, he saw the Western King's Jade Seal flying higher and higher, gradually illuminating the sky over the True King's Tomb.
The interior of this mountain has been hollowed out, and there is a magnificent pattern painted on the sky. That is the geographical map of the fifty provinces of Xiniu Xinzhou in the Ming Dynasty!
Xinxiang!
Quanzhou!
Bath city!
Binhai! Beimeng! Juzhou! Pangu! Lanhua! Beilai! Qingzhou! Liuzhou! Lingzhou! Jinzhou! Yinzhou! Tingzhou! Xianzhou! Youzhou!
……
The maps of mountains and rivers lit up one by one. Suddenly, rolls of maps were rolled up like scrolls, forming a painting scroll.
The geographical map of Xinxiang Province disappeared into the Jade Seal of the King of the West with a whoosh.
Chen Shi leaped up, stepped on the Tianxuan Star, soared upwards, and grabbed the Jade Seal of the King of the West in the air.
"Shhhhhh!"
Rays of light sank into the jade seal one after another, and in an instant, the geographical maps of fifty provinces were all included in the jade seal!
Chen Shi reached out and grabbed the jade seal, but his upward momentum was exhausted and he fell down.
The Seven Refinements of the Big Dipper in the Three Lights and Righteousness Art certainly allowed him to stay in the air, but he could only stay in the air for a short time. It was extremely rare for him to soar so high.
Below, the Ming treasure ship had sailed dozens of feet away. Just as he was about to fall into the dark river, suddenly an invisible jade wheel of true energy flew over and landed at his feet.
Six Yin Jade Wheel!
This jade wheel was extremely sharp and was the Li family's unique killing skill, but it just happened to trip him up.
Chen Shi used the force to fly into the air and rushed forward. When he was about to fall, another Six Yin Jade Wheel flew over and landed right at his feet.
Chen Shi ran forward with all his might, and the Six Yin Jade Wheel always flew to his feet just right.
He chased all the way and finally caught up with the Ming treasure ship in front.
He had just landed on the boat when he suddenly heard the roar of water. The Ming treasure ship roared out from under a huge waterfall and sailed out of the mountains in violent turbulence!
The light of the sky came into their sight. Chen Shi looked around hastily, only to see that the treasure ship had already rushed out of the Qianyang Mountains and was sailing on the wide Dejiang River.
Huge wind-trigger wooden boards were erected, blowing the sails.
This treasure ship is setting sail and its speed is getting faster and faster!
There was a roar behind them, and Chen Shi looked back and saw that the cracked mountain was closing together.
"Come on!"
Li Tianqing jumped out of the ship and shouted, "If we don't leave now, we will be taken to the dark sea by this ship!"
The treasure ship was traveling so fast that the villages and forests on both sides flashed by like fleeting shadows. The moment Li Tianqing jumped out of the boat, he crashed heavily into the river, tumbling and rolling on the water.
After finally standing firm, I saw the treasure ship ahead breaking through the waves!
Just as he was about to give chase, he saw a figure riding a dog leap out from the treasure ship. Both the man and the dog fell to the surface of the river, tumbling endlessly!
(End of this chapter)