I dug the grave of the God of War

Chapter 18 Shadow
The excavation and protection work of the ancient tombs went smoothly as planned. After another seven working days, all the unearthed ancient cultural relics were safely transferred to the municipal museum for collection. The leader of the archaeological team, Dean Xu Xing, announced the scientific research activities of the ancient tomb archeology on the spot. Finished perfectly.

Relevant personnel from the local cultural heritage management department were present and the two parties made a detailed handover. Next, scientific restoration methods will be adopted to repair the ancient tomb, and long-term protection and management work will be done.

In accordance with the repeated pleas of the families of the three deceased, Master Wu Leiting was kind and agreed to stay and make the final transition for the three deceased souls.

The sun was still bright in the morning, but the sky turned dark in the afternoon, as if it was going to snow at any time.The virgin forest is densely wooded and blocks out the sun all year round, making the entire opaque forest even more eerie.

The three family members of the deceased cried and howled, and their sad cries echoed in the forest.Master Wu Leiting walked in front, performing the rituals and chanting the Sutra of Merit and Virtue. Wu Luoyang helped, and from time to time he scattered the paper money in his hand into the sky.

Shasha~
A small sound came into my ears, and the next second, something quickly passed by the woods behind me.

Wu Luoyang was inexplicably shocked.

I caught a glimpse of a dark shadow out of the corner of my eye...

She hissed and turned her head to look, only to find that there was nothing behind her, not even a small insect could be seen.

strange!
Wu Luoyang recited silently.

Ever since she came here, she had always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. It seemed like something had been watching their every move. Every time she entered the ancient tombs to participate in the excavation work, the feeling was particularly strong. However, , looked around carefully and found nothing strange.

Wu Luoyang also tried to summon Xiao Diao to come out and ask for clarification.

However, since entering the ancient tombs, Xiao Diao seemed to have become sleepy, and there was no response to her calls.

Wu Luoyang looked around, and his eyes finally rested on the thousand-year-old banyan tree with lush branches next to the ancient tomb.

This ancient banyan tree is located directly above the main tomb chamber of the ancient tombs. It has stood in the deep mountains and wild forests for nearly a thousand years. It has a huge crown and dark green leaves that are slightly darker than those around it.

A few days ago, Wu Luoyang climbed to the main peak of Jiuxian Mountain alone and looked at this place. Looking from top to bottom, the crown of the banyan tree looked like a person lying lazily on the right side, with his hand on his cheek and one leg naturally vertical. One leg was slightly curled up, and I always felt an indescribable feeling.

Could it be that the local rumors are true?
This thousand-year-old banyan tree lives in a... tree god? !

Wu Luoyang frowned slightly.

A cold mountain wind blew over, and the surrounding branches and leaves rustled, as if someone was hiding somewhere and crying softly, making the dimly lit forest a bit weirder.

The sky gradually darkened.

In the blink of an eye, heavy snow like goose feathers fell from the sky.

Seeing Wu Luoyang stopped in place, Wu Leiting frowned slightly, and without calling out his name, he just said: "Follow me."

Hearing this, Wu Luoyang withdrew his gaze.

She threw a handful of paper money into the sky and quickly followed.

At this time, the lush branches and leaves of the ancient banyan tree slowly turned into the shape of a big human face, swaying as the wind blew through the treetops. Two big black eyes cast a cold gaze without any emotion, watching silently. The mourning crowd at the ancient tomb...

In a moment, it turned into a trace of black energy and disappeared into the mayor's wife who was parked on the roadside and waiting for everyone in her car.

An hour later, the Chaodu Dojo was completed, everyone packed up their things and left together.

The group returned to the road. Wu Luoyang, who was walking at the back of the crowd, turned around unconsciously and looked at the thousand-year-old banyan tree. The wind blew through the leaves and swayed gently, as if he was waving his hands to say "goodbye" to her. It was extremely strange.

"what happened?"

Seeing Wu Luoyang falling behind the team, Master Wu Leiting took two steps back and came to her side.

"Master, I always feel that there is something wrong with it. I can't explain where the problem lies."

Wu Luoyang frowned.

Following Wu Luoyang's line of sight, Wu Leiting stretched out his hand to stroke his white beard, and slowly opened his mouth to explain her confusion, "It is a tradition to plant trees in cemeteries to drive away monsters, but they are basically pine and cypress trees. This banyan tree likes light, It's the Sun Tree. If the tree is planted behind the tomb, it means it has a backing, but it happened to be pressed above the main chamber of the ancient tomb, just like a person being pressed by a big tree... Apparently, someone wanted to use it at that time. Conquer the ghosts in the tomb."

That's it!

"Master." Wu Luoyang asked again, "Local rumors say that a tree god lives in this tree, but I have been inspecting this big banyan tree in the past few days and found nothing strange."

"Ah."

Looking at the thousand-year-old banyan tree with a huge canopy, Wu Leiting stroked his white beard. Since he fell that day, the hospital in the town said he had a slight concussion. He seemed not to be in good spirits: "Absorbing the essence of the sun and moon for thousands of years." , it is not impossible to cultivate and become a spirit. There are so many people in the world these days and it is possible that it has hidden itself. As long as it does not do evil and cause harm to the world, it is not harmful."

After a moment, Wu Leiting withdrew his gaze, raised his finger and pointed at the team in front, and said, "Let's go too."

Wu Luoyang took steps to follow.

After coming down from the mountain, it was already past five o'clock in the evening when we returned to the B&B in the town.

The mayor had already set up a few tables at a nearby restaurant, saying it was a practice for them.During the banquet, the mayor and his wife went to the table to toast. Wu Luoyang's eyes fell on the mayor's wife, and he saw traces of black evil energy lingering around her.

A big living person actually has evil aura!

The mayor's wife glanced at Wu Luoyang, immediately lowered her head to avoid it, picked up the wine on the table, added a glass, and followed the mayor to the next table to toast.

After the meal, everyone was invited by the mayor to make tea.

Xu Xing and Wu Leiting, as well as the archaeological team members and the mayor, were chatting politely. Wu Luoyang felt bored, so she went to the door to get some fresh air. Unexpectedly, she heard someone calling her as soon as she walked out.

"Your name is Luoyang."

When Wu Luoyang heard the sound, he looked over and saw that the person approaching turned out to be the mayor's wife.

"Mayor's wife, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Does the food tonight taste good?"

"Thank you for your hospitality."

"Don't be so polite. Come and play often when you have time."

Wu Luoyang only regarded the mayor's wife as a kind word and did not take it seriously.

Over there, the mayor called the mayor's wife, and she nodded slightly and left.

He left a sentence: "Luoyang, we will meet again."

Wu Luoyang squinted his eyes, unable to understand the meaning of the mayor's wife's words.

Just now, when the mayor's wife approached, Wu Luoyang saw that her body was filled with wood-attribute Yuan Qi, and the traces of black evil energy on her body were actually the same as the evil energy remaining on the cultural relics unearthed from the ancient tomb.

Thinking of the scene when he got the twelve constellation necklace, Wu Luoyang seemed to understand what was going on.

Half an hour later, the bus from the city's research institute arrived.

Staying in the mountain for half a month digging and organizing was quite tiring. Everyone immediately relaxed when they got on the bus back to the city. Not long after, they tilted their heads and fell asleep.

Master Wu Leiting is no exception.

The car quickly left Chishui Town and got onto the highway.

Wu Luoyang also closed his eyes, holding the twelve constellation necklace in his palm, and entered his own conscious state of mind.

"Little Marten, come out."

"Here I am."

Wu Luoyang's conscious state of mind was a place shrouded in fire energy around the black void. Xiao Diao heard her call and immediately appeared in her conscious state of mind.

(End of this chapter)