My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

"There is another person named Yang Hua, whose situation is exactly the same as Chen San's. He disappeared after getting the item! His cell phone is turned off and there is no news from him!"

"That village chief, when we went to visit him before, he refused to even open the door!" Dapeng shook his head and sighed.

After hearing this, Chen Wenjin nodded thoughtfully, "Let's go talk to him later. After all, he is the only one who may have some clues now."

Dapeng is not optimistic about this, "I think there is little hope."

"Although the residents of Sanjiashan are keeping their mouths shut, I still heard some rumors. It is said that the village chief behaved abnormally two days ago, as if he was possessed by evil spirits. He even ate a live catfish raw, acting like a mentally ill person."

"He has been closed to visitors these days, probably because of this reason." Dapeng continued, "Also, I heard that he is waiting for a fortune teller to come and treat his illness. Tell me, why are people nowadays so superstitious? When they are sick, they don't go to the hospital, but have to find a fortune teller."

Chen Wenjin frowned after hearing this, feeling that there seemed to be some connection between these things. "The village chief was possessed by evil spirits?" She said to herself, "Don't you think it's strange? After three people went treasure hunting, two disappeared and one was possessed by evil spirits."

Dapeng was stunned after hearing this, and then he said in surprise: "Now that you say that, it is indeed a bit weird. Is there really a big tomb in this place? Those who have been to the tomb have been cursed, so they disappeared or were possessed by evil spirits?"

Chen Wenjin shook his head, saying that they knew too little about the Sanjiashan River Basin and it was difficult to start an investigation. "Forget it, let's go talk to the village chief first. He can't hide from us forever."

"We can tell him that we have a doctor in our team who can treat him. There's no need to wait for that yin-yang master." Chen Wenjin suggested, "Let's set off now and go to Sanjiashan Village!"

Dapeng nodded in agreement, but just as he was about to leave, he suddenly pointed at a fishing boat across the way and shouted, "Wenjin, look at that boat! Isn't the one driving it the village chief?"

Chen Wenjin immediately picked up the telescope on his chest and observed carefully, then confirmed: "Yes, it's him! And, the person standing next to him is the Yin-Yang Master we met when we entered the village before, right?"

Dapeng couldn't help laughing. "This village chief is really interesting. When we went to look for him, he refused to even open the door. But now he personally drives the boat to bring this Yin-Yang master to the river. It seems that this Yin-Yang master has more face than our archaeological team!"

Chen Wenjin thought to herself, she had never really seen the village chief before, but now it seemed that he did not show any signs of being possessed by evil spirits. Could it be that he was really cured by this Yin-Yang master?
"Dapeng, quickly tell the master to get closer to the black-sailed boat. We want to meet this Yin-Yang master and ask the village chief some questions." Chen Wenjin ordered.

Although the two boats could not get too close on the water, they could still communicate after keeping a certain distance. They were on this trip to find the ancient coffin, and according to the news, the village chief had also found a treasure on the river recently. Now that they finally met him, they naturally couldn't miss this opportunity.

At the same time, Zhang Hao and Fatty Wang were observing the river on the Wupeng boat. The village chief suddenly came over and said to them, "Mr. Yin Yang, this is where I found the bracelets last time. Although the exact location is not certain, it is roughly in this river basin."

Zhang Hao nodded slightly to show his understanding. They had felt the strong evil spirit before coming here, so it was reasonable for the village chief to be possessed here. However, what puzzled Zhang Hao was that the evil spirit here was too strong and seemed unusual.

The village chief then continued, "It's a coincidence that this river basin is also where the big coffin was found. I felt something strange when I came here that day, because we often come to this river basin, and when the river stopped flowing before, there was no water here. Many people in our village have also come to check it out."

"The situation at that time was that there was only a very old coffin here, but no remains of tombs or the like were found." The village chief added, "And the coffin was in one piece, and there was no gold, silver or jewelry inside."

At this point, the village chief suddenly took out a bracelet wrapped in cloth from his arms and asked, "Mr. Yin Yang, should I just throw it back?" Zhang Hao nodded slightly in agreement. So the village chief threw the bracelet back into the river, and this time the bracelet did not float to the surface again but sank directly to the bottom of the water.

Zhang Hao then explained, "The jewelry you've seen is likely from corpse evil spirits. Those who drowned here, if not discovered and disposed of in time, would either be eaten by fish and shrimp or become corpse evil spirits." He further explained, "There is a difference between evil spirits and corpse evil spirits. Evil spirits are derived from corpse evil spirits and are intangible things that attach to people, as you've seen; while the combination of corpse and evil spirits forms corpse evil spirits with corpses, resentment, hatred, and unwillingness, and they won't rot in the water."

Zhang Hao not only speculated that there were evil spirits below, he even thought that there were quite a few of them. This also explained why the evil spirit here was so strong. After all, the Yangtze River has witnessed thousands of years of history, and countless people have drowned when passing through this place.

"Mr. Yin and Yang, is there something wrong with that coffin?" The village chief asked with a worried look on his face.

"I remember when the Yangtze River stopped flowing, we witnessed ten bodies in the coffin. It was a very horrifying sight." The village chief tried hard to recall the scene.

Zhang Hao turned his head to look at the village chief, then cast his gaze toward the river, and fell into deep thought.

Ten people, is this a coincidence or fate?

Could the "Ten Corpses to Fish Out" mentioned in the mission be referring to the ten bodies in the coffin?
If that's the case, then we're making good progress.

However, even though Wang Pang had described the coffin in detail, Zhang Hao still found it a little unbelievable.

"Village chief, is that coffin really cast in one piece?" Zhang Hao asked curiously.

The village chief nodded affirmatively and continued to describe: "The coffin was extremely gorgeous and made of golden nanmu wood, but the strange thing was that it was like a solid boulder, and the top was transparent, allowing us to clearly see the remains inside."

"We tried to remove the body from the coffin, but the material was so hard that it didn't budge even when we hit it with a hammer."

"Did you give up later?" Zhang Hao asked.

The village chief shook his head. "The situation was quite strange at the time. The Yangtze River only stopped flowing for two hours."

“Before we found a solution, the Yangtze River bed began to surge rapidly.”

"We had no choice but to evacuate, otherwise we might drown there."

"Afterwards, some people, who thought they were good swimmers, tried to find out what was going on, but they all drowned without exception."

Zhang Hao nodded slightly after hearing this. He squatted at the bow, frowning and staring at the water. Suddenly, he noticed something seemed to be wriggling in the water. It was a transparent creature similar to a jellyfish.

If it hadn't moved just now, Zhang Hao would probably have had difficulty detecting its existence.

Fatty Wang also squatted down and asked curiously, "Brother Zhang Hao, did you find anything?"

Zhang Hao nodded and pointed to a hard-to-see spot in the water. "This is a corpse sting. It's recorded in the Records of Strange Beasts that it feeds on corpses in the water."

"This creature lurks at the bottom of the water for years and only feeds on the bodies of drowned creatures."

"It will wander through rivers following the smell of corpses."

"Because its body is almost transparent, it is difficult for ordinary people to detect it. But when it is extremely hungry, it will lure small animals or lone pedestrians into the water." "More importantly, this creature can release neurotoxins in the water. Once the toxin penetrates the skin or drinks the water containing the toxin, it will paralyze the nerves and cause inconvenience in movement."

"Without professional protection, those who enter the water will inevitably drown."

The village chief was shocked when he heard this. He stared at the water and seemed to really see those transparent creatures swimming. "It turned out that this thing was causing trouble!"

“No wonder so many people drowned inexplicably after entering the water!”

“So this kind of creature is hiding in this river basin!”

"But why have we never caught this kind of sting before?" asked the village chief puzzledly.

Zhang Hao picked up a shell from the boat and gently threw it into the water.

After ripples appeared on the water surface, the stings quickly disappeared into the deep water.

"They are very timid and our ships docked here have not attracted their attention yet."

"If there is any disturbance, they will quickly flee back to the deep water, so it is difficult for you to catch them."

“But the frequent drowning incidents here are not just caused by stings from corpses.”

"The appearance of corpse stings is due to the presence of a corpse, and the appearance of the corpse is probably closely related to the coffin."

After saying this, Zhang Hao's pupils suddenly changed, from black to gray, and his eyes became deep and cold, as if he could see through everything.

"Oh my God!" Fatty Wang exclaimed, mistakenly thinking that Zhang Hao was blind.

"Boss, are you from the island and can you open the Sharingan?" he said half-jokingly.

Then he seemed to understand something, "Could this be the Yin-Yang eyes you mentioned?"

“Mr. Yin and Yang, you are so amazing…” The village chief was also amazed. Although he didn’t understand why, he was even more in awe of Zhang Hao.

At this time, Zhang Hao's sight had penetrated the turbid water surface and reached the coffin at the bottom of the river. Just as the village chief said, it was a golden nanmu coffin, and the transparent part clearly showed the remains inside.

The coffin was huge, even bigger than the Wupeng boat they were riding in. The body was in an extremely distorted posture, as if it had been forced into the coffin.

As for the transparent and hard substance in the coffin, Zhang Hao speculated that it was not an ordinary mineral, but condensed corpse wax.

These corpse waxes are unusual, they come from the Ten Corpse Evils.

Inside that coffin were the Ten Corpse Evils that Zhang Hao had been searching for!
After a while, Zhang Hao felt a stinging pain in his eyes, so he closed his eyes tightly, and sighed in his heart that the Yin-Yang Eyes should not be used for a long time, otherwise his body would not be able to bear it.

He shook his head and stood up. The village chief couldn't wait to ask, "Mr. Yin and Yang, do you think this coffin can be salvaged?" The village chief asked Zhang Hao with some curiosity.

Zhang Hao glanced at the village chief and chuckled, "Are you kidding? This coffin is bigger than your boat. How can I fish it out by myself? Even if I know how to fish out corpses, I don't have enough strength. This is not a scene from a fairy tale."

"What's more, this coffin cannot be moved." Zhang Hao added seriously.

As soon as he finished speaking, a clear female voice came from a distance, "Hi, village chief!" It turned out to be Chen Wenjin shouting.

Zhang Hao, Fatty Wang and the village chief looked at the same time and saw Chen Wenjin, Dapeng and other archaeological team members standing on the big boat.

The village chief looked at them with a confused expression on his face, because he had never seen these people before, "Who are you?"

Dapeng quickly replied, "Village Chief, we are from the Kyoto Archaeological Team. We visited you before. Do you remember?"

The village chief was stunned for a moment, then he recalled that there was indeed a group of people claiming to be an archaeological team who came to see him, but because of Aunt Liu's concerns, they did not meet at that time.

The village chief nodded and turned to Zhang Hao, "Mr. Yin Yang, we have already visited the general area. Do you think we need to visit other river basins?"

Zhang Hao shook his head. "No need. We've seen everything we need to see. Let's go back."

The village chief responded, and then shouted to Chen Wenjin and others on the big boat: "Let's go ashore first!"

Soon after, the archaeological team's large ship and Zhang Hao's black-sailed boat both came to the shore. Chen Wenjin and others walked towards Zhang Hao and his party as soon as they got off the boat.

"Hello, village chief. I'm Chen Wenjin from the Kyoto Archaeological Team. I asked you about the situation in the river before." After saying that, she looked at Zhang Hao and smiled, "Is this Mr. Yin Yang? When we came out of the village chief's house, we saw you coming over. We heard someone introduce you and heard that the village chief was waiting for you, so we looked at you a few more times. I hope you don't mind."

Zhang Hao smiled back, "Next time you watch it, remember to let me know so I can charge you."

The village chief looked at the archaeological team. Although he had never seen them before, he had heard villagers talk about them a lot in the past few days. After the two of them finished greeting each other, he asked, "Ask whatever you want to ask. I don't necessarily know more than you do. After all, you have asked a lot in the village these two days."

Chen Wenjin and Dapeng looked at each other and heard the complaint in the village chief's words.

Chen Wenjin smiled and said, "Village Chief, don't mind. We are from the national archaeological team. We heard that cultural relics were unearthed here, and we also heard that there is an ancient coffin at the bottom of the river. We want to see if there is an ancient tomb of the Dragon Kingdom here. If there is, we need to protect it as soon as possible to prevent tomb robbers from stealing national wealth. But we don't know much about this place, and we haven't found any clues since we came here. We can only ask for help. Please forgive me if I have offended you."

The village chief waved his hand and said, "We live here, but we don't know when there was an ancient tomb. The ancient coffin you mentioned should be the one that suppresses the river eye, right? We only found it when the Yangtze River stopped flowing four years ago. A Feng Shui master said that the coffin was used to suppress the river eye, and moving it would affect the Feng Shui of the village, so no one has ever thought of moving it. As for the gold, silver and jewelry you mentioned..." (End of this chapter)