dragon hunter

Chapter 76 Faceless Man

"There is a secret room in this hall. We can put these boxes in that secret room." The old monkey shone a flashlight on the sheepskin map.

"The secret room? Is there anything in it marked on the map?" The old boatman was more cautious.

"There is no label. Be careful when we open it." The old monkey walked towards the stone wall.

"Hey, there seem to be reliefs on the stone wall." I followed behind the old monkey, shining the flashlight on the stone wall.

With the dim light of the flashlight, I could clearly see the content of the relief on the stone wall. A group of people in ragged clothes knelt down on the ground. In front of them stood a slender woman wearing a veil. Her bare hands were raised slightly, as if she was carrying out Giving.

"The Holy Maiden of the White Lotus, the Snake Immortal has given birth to her, spreading her blessings widely, and her merits are boundless." I slowly read a line of stone carvings under the relief.

"Come over two people, hold down the four characters of Bai, Snake, En, and De, respectively, and rotate vigorously, and the secret room will open." The old monkey stood aside and said.

"I'm coming!" The old boatman came over, spread his arms, and grabbed the word "White Snake" respectively.

I hung the flashlight on the belt around my waist, reached out and grabbed the other two words, greeted, and began to spin vigorously.

There was a sound from the mechanism behind the stone wall. I didn't know what was in the secret room, so I quickly took two steps back, raising my vigilance.

"Get rich, there are many night pearls on the wall of the secret room." Fatty Wang exclaimed in surprise, and was about to walk over.

The small secret room is shrouded in a layer of fluorescent light, and the surrounding walls are inlaid with small glowing beads, which looks a bit mysterious.

"Don't touch it, it's not a night pearl, it's a fluorite fished out of the sea." The old boatman stretched out his hand to stop Fatty Wang, and said in a deep voice.

"Fluorite?" I was taken aback for a moment. This kind of thing is only found in the sea. It is usually accompanied by corals, and it has the magical effect of calming the nerves and calming the soul.

"Isn't it Ye Mingzhu? You made the fat man happy for nothing." Fatty Wang's dream of getting rich was shattered, and his face was a little depressed.

"Look, there is a person lying on the floor of that secret room." The dwarf said suddenly.

I looked down and saw a figure wearing an ancient robe, lying upright in the middle of the secret room, covered with a thick layer of dust.

"That thing looks evil, won't it cheat the corpse?" Fatty Wang shrank his head and ran behind me.

"Don't be crowed, look first before you talk." I glared at the fat man, and walked towards the body very cautiously.

The fluorite light is not very bright, I walked into the secret room, turned on the flashlight, and shone on the body on the ground, I couldn't help but exclaim.

"What's the matter, did you cheat the corpse?" Fatty Wang was startled, and quickly took a few steps back.

The old monkey jumped aside, took out a rifle from the box, and looked at me warily.

"Don't panic, this body is a bit weird." The old boatman walked in and said in a deep voice.

I didn't expect that an exclamation would cause such a big reaction. At this moment, I was holding a flashlight and staring blankly at the face of the body.

"Faceless man! I thought this kind of burial was only in royal tombs." I stared at the unspeakably weird face and muttered to myself.

The body lying on the ground, with a face as smooth as an egg, without facial features, looks extremely weird.

The Faceless Man represents a cruel funeral ritual.

When the ancient emperors were about to die, they were afraid of being lonely in the underworld, so they would choose loyal guards and ask them to seal their facial features with paraffin, then paste several layers of rice paper, wet them with water, and after seven to forty-nine days, uncover the rice paper. The human face will disappear, smooth as an egg.

"The faceless man needs the willingness of those buried with him. The ability of that white lotus witch to seduce people is really frightening." I felt a slight chill in my heart.

Ancient tombs had strict requirements on the burial and specifications. They were not emperors. If they dared to use a faceless man as a burial, they were found out to punish the Nine Clans. Only the White Lotus Sect, which has no taboos, would not scruple about these things.

"Crack!" The sound of glass shattering came from beside me.

I looked sideways and saw a gossip mirror under the dwarf's feet. It was covered with dust and the mirror surface was cracked.

"No, this thing is about to wake up." My expression changed, and I took out a piece of yellow talisman paper and held it in my hand.

Just now, I was all attracted by the faceless man, and I didn't notice the seven-sided gossip mirrors around his body. Those mirrors are covered with dust. If you don't pay attention, you will be easily overlooked.

At the same time, I have some doubts in my heart. Judging from the position of the gossip mirror, this is the Seven Star Requiem Formation of our Xiangmen. Could it be that grandpa came here back then?
"Hurry up, there are rifles and grenades here, I don't believe you can't kill this deceitful zongzi." Fatty Wang shouted from outside the secret room with a look of panic on his face.

"Don't act rashly, the Faceless Man is very evil, if you attack it rashly, you will be cursed." I was afraid that Fatty Wang would mess up, so I reminded him in a hurried tone.

The level of evilness of the faceless people who have experienced cruel rituals is not comparable to those low-level zongzi.

The body lying on the ground moved its fingers, and there was a strange sound from its body, as if all the bones in its body were moving.

My heart was pounding nervously, I bit my finger, drew a peace talisman on the yellow talisman paper, and bent down to stick it on the face of the faceless man.

The bones of the faceless man's whole body made a sudden stop, but it didn't take long before he raised his arm.

"What should I do? This guy is about to get up." Fatty Wang's mouth was bubbling anxiously, and his voice trembled a little.

The dwarf looked nervous. He was good at dealing with snakes, but he was inexperienced with such evil things as the Faceless Man.

The old boatman's face was quite calm, but the tense back betrayed his inner emotions.

The old monkey stood behind Fatty Wang with a disturbed expression on his face, holding a rifle in his hand, and was a bit suspicious.

"There is also a six-sided gossip mirror on the ground. If you adjust the position, it can still play some effects." My brain was spinning rapidly, recalling the records in the Broken Physiognomy.

"How to adjust it, tell me quickly, and I will help you." The old boat worker said hurriedly.

"In the six positions of Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Dui, and Lei, each place a gossip mirror." I answered in a hurry, and hurriedly adjusted the position of the gossip mirror.

As soon as I adjusted the positions of the three mirrors, the faceless man jumped up like a fish and grabbed my neck with both hands.

I was lowering my head to adjust the position of the fourth mirror. When I was negligent, the faceless man grabbed my neck with both hands. I felt that there was an iron hoop around my neck, and I couldn't breathe.

"Be careful!" Fatty Wang's reminder came long after.

"Grandpa, leave me alone, hurry up and set the positions of the remaining mirrors." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the old boatman, who was about to rush towards this side as soon as his figure moved, reminding me hoarsely.

"Don't stand still, hurry up and help." The old boatman gritted his teeth, shouted, and continued to lower his head to adjust the position of the gossip mirror.

I firmly grasped the Faceless Man's wrist with both hands, and pulled it to both sides, but this guy was surprisingly strong, and I couldn't pull his arm away at all.

My eyes turned black for a while, I opened my mouth and gasped for breath, but I still felt like I couldn't breathe, my face was burning like a fire, it was so hot.

"Hold on, Master Fatty is here to help you." Fatty Wang yelled, and rushed over like a giant elephant, hugged the Faceless Man's arm with both hands, and pulled it out forcefully.

"Old monkey, come quickly and help." The dwarf ran over and grabbed the other arm of the faceless man, but he was too small and weak to pull it at all.

The old monkey dropped his rifle, rushed over, hugged an arm with the dwarf, gritted his teeth, and pulled it hard.

"What kind of monster is this? It's so strong that it can't be pulled." Fatty Wang shouted with all his strength, his face flushed, and his nostrils breathing heavily.

I felt the hands on my neck loosen slightly, and I gasped for breath quickly, and my blurred vision recovered a little.

"Persist for a while, and there will be the last mirror left." The old boatman's voice was a little anxious.

"Old monkey, don't press me down, pull it out hard." The dwarf was too small, and was squeezed by the old monkey behind him, so he couldn't breathe.

The veins in my hands were exposed, and I pulled them out hard, my arms trembled slightly, looking at the face so close, I felt a little chill in my heart, the face without facial features was really weird.

"The mirrors are all set up, what should I do next?" The old boatman ran over and asked anxiously.

I didn't answer, took a few breaths, let go of my arm, stretched out my bitten finger, and pointed it between the faceless man's eyebrows, silently reciting the soothing mantra in my heart.

"Hurry up, this guy's arm is a little looser." Fatty Wang shouted in surprise.

After reciting the calming mantra for the third time, the faceless man softened and lay down like a piece of noodles. The people around him turned into rolling gourds due to excessive force.

I got up in a hurry, arranged the figure of the faceless man, and lay down in the middle of the six-sided gossip mirror, with lingering fear in my heart, breathing heavily the dull air in the underground palace.

"It's dangerous, this guy is too difficult to deal with." Fatty Wang got up covered in dust.

"Don't waste time, let's bring the box in quickly." The old boatman urged in a deep voice.

Since there are a group of strangers in the underground palace, we cannot let these dangerous weapons fall into the hands of the other party.

We divided into two groups, and carried those wooden boxes into the small secret room.

The boxes were all stacked together, and some Japanese characters were printed on the outside. These were the weapons left by the Japanese back then.

"Fatty is exhausted, give me a sip of water." Fatty Wang was sweating profusely, bent over panting, and reached out to me for a water bottle.

My mouth was dry, I gulped down a few mouthfuls of water, handed the water bottle to Fatty Wang, and played with a grenade in my hand.

"Do you want to bring some weapons with you?" I looked at the guns and ammunition in the box, a little greedy.

"These things are contaminated with the smell of figurine snakes. It's best not to carry them on your body, otherwise they may attract snakes." The dwarf lowered his head and sniffed in the box.

I thought of the densely packed and colorful snakes that night, and I felt chills, so I hurriedly put the grenade into the box.

"It's a pity, what a good weapon." Fatty Wang looked regretful.

(End of this chapter)