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Chapter 407 17. Iron coffin and linen

Ji Dao hurriedly walked out of the command room, led the ghost corpse into the rain curtain, stepped on the rain-soaked blue bricks, and walked to the side of the courtyard under the eyes of the Yin soldiers holding torches.

Ripples appeared in the shallow puddles.

The firelight reflected on the ground of Guyun Courtyard.

The group of people went straight to the wing where Hanxian was stored. The Taoist guarding the wing immediately unlocked the door and pushed open the door.

A jade lantern is placed on the table.

Wisps of cold immortals dance around the white light.

"Take up the umbrella and let's go."

Ji Dao took the lead, walked into the side room, picked up the jade lantern, and distributed the fragrant sand to avoid Hanxian to everyone. Then he looked back at the door and waved his hand to ask the Yin soldiers behind him to hold an umbrella.

There are two rows of Yin soldiers outside the door.

Qi Qi opened the oil paper umbrella.

Oil-paper umbrellas were connected two by two to create a corridor composed of umbrellas. The black umbrellas had no shine on them, and raindrops splashed everywhere without leaking at all, but they were not held up for the sake of Ji Dao and others.

That was for Han Xian.

Hanxian does not like rain and cannot wade through water. At this moment, it is pouring heavily in Wuhaixianzhou. The raindrops are large and fast. It is harmless to humans, but it may cause Hanxian to suffer.

The Hanxian is too small and may be knocked to the ground by raindrops, but he may not die, but it will be troublesome anyway...

Therefore, the display of these two teams of Yin soldiers holding umbrellas was specially created for Han Xian, and only Han Xian could match it.

"Master Tao, be careful all the way."

Zhang Ergou and the little Taoist priest were at the door of the command room, watching Ji Dao walk into the umbrella corridor carrying a jade lantern. Han Xian Miao followed behind him, and also got into the gloomy team of Yin soldiers.

This is serious.

Immortal magic is no joke.

"Protect the Immortal Lord, especially you Zhang Ergou. If you feel something strange in your body, you can't cause trouble even if you kill yourself."

Ji Dao turned around and warned.

"Don't worry, Taoist Master, even ten of me can't hurt the Immortal Master." Zhang Ergou defended himself with an aggrieved tone.

The main reason why he can stay in the command room with an evil body is that he is the evil soldier of the immortal master. If the immortal master wants to kill him, he only needs to say a soft word.

You can even give orders.

Let him not harm others.

This kind of order seems illusory, but in fact it is very real. Even if he is taken away by a ghost, he must abide by it.

"Be vigilant."

Jidao didn't say much, turned around and led the team towards the outside of the courtyard, walking quickly towards the underground lake in the cave along the winding corridor built on the mountainside. Behind him, the Yin Soldier Parachute Gallery stretched for more than ten meters.

The fairy light is misty under the umbrella gallery.

Han Xian, who was more than ten meters away, followed suit.

From the window of the command room, Niya kept staring at Ji Dao and others, witnessing this strange and bizarre scene, watching the Yin soldiers who walked in unison like puppets escort Han Xian forward.

Until the team disappears from sight.

Nia's thoughts wandered and she looked back.

The Sea Guard Supervisor Xian Si actually deployed the ghosts in this way. The dark soldiers wearing the sea guard official uniforms and black oil paper umbrellas walked into the darkness of the corridor and quietly escaped into the rainy night.

Only the lantern shines.

And the fairy light is lingering.

This group of people is already weird, and there are ghosts and ghosts surrounding the umbrella, as if the jade lantern is a soul-calling bead, leading a fairy ghost dragon, shuttling in the corridor of the cottage under the rain curtain.

View from the monitoring screen.

It's even more weird and terrifying.

It is similar to the spirit summoning in ancient oriental novels. No matter from which angle you look at it, there is an ancient oriental fairy charm.

"Keep an eye on the screen and keep monitoring."

Zheng Yun reminded a few people to keep an eye on him.

Every angle on the screen, from the movements of the five non-human heat sources to the first-person status of the Yin soldiers, all require dedicated personnel to track them to ensure that abnormalities are quickly detected.

There were many people inside and outside the command room.

But except for the Yin soldiers, there are not many people who have the brains to make the distinction. Zhang Ergou and the others also have to share some of the burden.

"Master Dao and the others have arrived."

Zhang Ergou looked at the underground lake monitor and said.

Ji Dao and his party have walked into the brightly lit cave and arrived near the cliff. At their feet are five ancient ships.

They need to get Han Xian down.

This step doesn't take long.

Hanxian is very capable of trekking through dangerous places. He could cross the canyon with just a chain. Now he only needs a rope to climb this kind of cliff, which is faster than Ji Dao and others.

"As long as Han Xian arrives."

"What else is scary here?"

The little Taoist priest raised his head and raised his head and asked in a low voice.

Since they worshiped in the Heavenly Palace, they have not seen the Han Immortal suffer once. Whenever the Han Immortal appears, they are bound to be invincible. No living creature can last more than a few breaths.

There will be some trouble if you are underwater.

However, the ancient ship floats on the water, and the locations of several non-human heat sources are also very far away from the water. Hanxian can float in the ancient ship and kill any living creature.

This is the confidence in Hanxian.

The heat source means that the opponent is a living creature, a thing with flesh and blood. How can it still avoid the attack of Han Xian?

"Don't underestimate the enemy."

Zheng Yun took a deep breath and said.

The more I see, the more I understand what is the restraint relationship between the methods of gods and ghosts. Hanxian is by no means invincible, and he is also helpless when facing other immortal arts.

For example, Qili Guimeng.

That kind of magic is invisible and impermanent, and it can control people's minds without even knowing it. Even the cold immortal is unable to use it.

There are many similar situations.

Among the many immortal arts seen in the strange dreams of the ancient battlefield, at least half of them were unable to be restrained by the Han Immortal, and could even kill the Han Immortal in turn, such as the Immortal Jade Figurines.

When several people are talking.

Ji Dao and others had already begun to descend along the rope. The ghost general Xian Zhi jumped off the cliff first, while Ji Dao led Han Xian with a lantern and slowly descended along the rope to the deck of the ancient ship.

The moment your feet hit the deck.

Ji Dao led the team towards the center of the cabin.

Zheng Yun gave Ji Dao directions through the walkie-talkie and asked them to quickly go to the location of the first non-human heat source. Not long after, Ji Dao had already seen the Yin soldiers.

Nobuyoshi also wears an action camera that transmits his first-person view to the screen in the command room.

"Let the Yin soldiers enter first."

"You wait in the distance."

"If something happens, do it."

Zheng Yun gave orders to Jidao and others.

At the same time, he looked at the Yin soldiers' first-person view and asked the Yin soldiers to start to open the wooden door of the cabin.

The wooden door fits tightly.

There are some grooves on it.

Several Yin soldiers clicked the groove and pushed open the wooden door with all their strength. With a creaking noise, the wooden door was pushed open a gap, and the environment inside the cabin could be glimpsed.

The searchlight immediately followed.

Take a picture of what's going on inside.

The interior of the cabin was dark and silent, without any sound or movement. Everything was covered with a layer of darkness, and only the outlines of objects on the floor could be seen dimly.

"Still nothing unusual."

When Zheng Yun was about to ask, Niya took the initiative to give an answer. The non-human heat source on the thermal imaging did not move and was still lying in the 'shell'.

"It seems like it really can't move?"

Zhang Ergou stared at the outline of the thermal image. This object seemed to have no perception. It didn't even know that the Yin soldiers opened the door and came in. It didn't react at all. It looked like a dead object. "Enter."

Zheng Yun raised his hand and ordered.

The Yin soldiers increased their strength and pushed the wooden door completely open, broke into it with a searchlight, and stood in the cabin personally.

The perspective suddenly became clear.

The environment is unobstructed.

There were a lot of debris piled on the floor of the cabin, including ancient swords and simple weapons tied to wooden sticks, bottles and cans all over the floor, some wooden boards, and many curved iron tools.

There is no doubt that Thursday did it.

Only Zhou Jiu could do the ancient sword binding with wooden sticks. No one else could do such a thing except him.

This represents.

Saturday did come.

Looking up and observing carefully, apart from these traces left by Zhou Jiu, the most conspicuous thing is an ordinary and inconspicuous box placed in the center of the cabin.

Not a solid wood buckle box.

It is an iron box similar to a coffin, without any copper bolts that can be pulled. It is one piece from beginning to end, and even the gaps cannot be seen. The surface is covered with a thick layer of iron.

It's actually an iron coffin.

No grainy engraving.

It's like a special one made by the Ghost Suppression Department.

The Yin soldiers circled the iron box and observed.

As soon as they were halfway around, they discovered that one edge of the back of the iron box had been pried open, revealing a rectangular hole that could barely fit an arm in. The iron on the edge was sharp and ferocious.

"This was done on Saturday."

Zhang Ergou exclaimed.

There must be a connection between this ferocious cave entrance and the curved iron tools on the ground. It was Zhou Jiu who used iron tools to pry the iron coffin and cut out a hole for more than ten years.

"Enlarge the picture of the hole."

Zheng Yun frowned slightly and said to Nia.

Nia quickly started to enlarge the details of the picture, and adjusted the brightness and contrast to make the picture clearer.

The breach was not formed recently, and the bent iron next to it was also very old. The rust stains on it could prove this. The thick rust must have accumulated for at least a hundred or two hundred years.

This hole was not dug in the past eighteen years, but had already appeared in the eighteenth year. It had already been dug out by the ancients even when Zhou Jiu was the master of the village.

consistent with previously obtained clues.

This iron coffin may be the source of the evil.

When Zhou Jiu was the boss of Shanzhai, he had already discovered the ancient ship in the cave in the back mountain. He explored the ancient ship several times and discovered the iron coffin deep underground and made contact with it.

After he found a breach.

The moment of contact with the living things inside the coffin.

It was when he was possessed by some weird evil spirit, his face suddenly changed and his eyes were full of death, and his mind gradually became stupid.

"Get closer to the cave entrance and take a look."

Zheng Yun took a deep breath and gave orders to the Yin soldiers.

Any speculation at this moment is meaningless. Only by seeing it with your own eyes can you know what the living things in the coffin are.

Yin Bing did not hesitate.

He immediately attached himself and pointed the camera at the hole, followed closely by the searchlight, filling the rectangular hole completely.

The picture appears immediately.

But the content is extremely weird.

The first thing that came into sight was a layer of black 'linen cloth', which was exactly the same as the dripping linen cloth hanging on the ship's upper deck, as if 'covering' the living creatures in the coffin.

"Is it really a shroud?"

Zhang Ergou exclaimed.

He personally came into contact with this kind of linen cloth. He not only pulled it up from the bottom of the well, but also opened it with his hands. After rummaging inside for a long time, he finally found that there was only a large amount of black water in the linen cloth.

"not necessarily."

Zheng Yun's eyes changed.

There is a difference between the linen outside and the linen inside the coffin. The temperature of the linen outside is very low, the same as the ambient temperature, but the layer of linen in the picture is obviously warm.

The key here is.

How do the creatures in the coffin live forever?

Any immortal thing needs food. The ghosts in the Hades Pavilion will have countless bugs to eat, the immortal fairy Li Huawan will have sea monsters to eat, and even the ghost figurines in the floating city in the deep sea will have ghost algae to eat.

Previously, the black-haired sarcophagus in the ancient city of Nanze also had a complete ecosystem to support the living people in the coffin.

But this iron coffin in front of me.

But there is no support system in sight.

There are no living creatures near the iron coffin, no algae plants can be seen, and there is no source of nutrition. So what does the living creature in the iron coffin rely on to survive to this moment?
Is there something abnormal about the base of the iron coffin? The feeding device is hidden in the base? At this moment, they did not dare to lift the iron coffin rashly, and could only make guesses based on the clues in front of them.

Then it can only be related to this linen cloth.

Earlier, Zheng Yun and others had speculated that Zhou Jiu might have become a slave of Master Shan, and a large amount of mountain goods were needed to 'sacrifice' Master Shan, but they did not know the specific method of sacrifice.

Is there a possibility.

Is this linen a way to offer sacrifices?

Is it also a means of supporting living creatures?
In addition to the bottles and jars filled with black water, there are also a large number of beast bones on the ground in the boat building hung with linen.

What is the connection between the two?
"Master Immortal, how is the situation?"

Ji Dao asked quickly while listening to the discussion.

He was only a few dozen meters away from the cabin where the heat source was located. A group of people were squatting in the narrow corridor. From ghost generals to immortal corpses, as well as cold immortals, they were all waiting quietly.

"Send me a photo to show you."

Zheng Yun couldn't figure out what was going on inside the iron coffin, so he asked Jidao to take out his tablet and send him a photo.

It doesn’t matter if it takes some time.

The key is not to act rashly.

What can be determined at this moment is that the source of evil spirits in the entire village, as well as the legend of Master Shan, are all related to the living creature in the iron coffin, and this thing is extremely dangerous.

Perhaps the linen cloth was the shroud.

Wrap the living things layer by layer.

But at the moment, they don't have enough clues to determine the identity of the living creature, and they don't dare to open the coffin or lift the linen cloth.

"Master Immortal, I have never heard of this thing. This linen cloth is so dark that I can't see any details clearly."

Ji Dao had no clue after seeing the photo.

Iron coffin, broken hole, linen, there are only these few clues at the moment, who can deduce the truth?

"If this linen cloth is the same as the linen cloth in the ship building above, it means that Zhou Jiu reached into the iron coffin and grabbed those linen cloths directly from inside."

"And Zhou Jiu's limbs are intact, and his hands and feet are sound, which means that he will not be cut off if he reaches in."

Zhang Ergou spoke tentatively.

At least these clues can prove that the iron coffin has the ability to charm people, but it cannot physically destroy the enemy.

Otherwise, when Zhou Jiu reaches in for the first time, his hand will be cut off by the living thing in the coffin.

"It makes sense, Master Xian. Why don't you let Yin Bing give it a try, reach in and grab a handful, and see how it goes?" Jidao was somewhat moved and suggested.

"Yes, but you have to retreat to a safe distance." Zheng Yun nodded in agreement. The Yin soldiers can be lost, but Ji Dao and others can't get into trouble. Then he said to Zhang Ergou:
"Go to the secret realm and bring a cutting machine."

"If you can't study it carefully from the outside, let all the Ji Dao ghosts exit the ancient ship, and let the Yin soldiers use cutting machines to disassemble the iron coffin to see directly what is hidden inside the iron coffin."

Hear this.

Everyone was silent.

Master Xian is really quick and resolute. If he wants to do it, he will do it directly, and he will cut it with a cutting machine.

Zheng Yun did not explain.

As long as there are other ways, he is unwilling to do it rashly. Even if he wants to cut the iron coffin, he must be fully prepared, and even plan to abandon the entire mountain stronghold and the valley.

(End of this chapter)