Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 278 True Identity
At this moment, Zhuan Rui suddenly said something, he said: "Yin-yang fox, also known as ghost fox, haunts the ground, likes to eat the internal organs of humans and animals, and cannot be raised by human power."

Jie'an was a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "You actually know?" Zhuanji had been put on by Jie'an before, so he couldn't swallow this, grabbed Jie'an's gray hair, and sneered: "Old man, don't be with grandpa. Moji here, don’t think of us as those idiots before, we know a lot, and it’s not so easy to fool, since this place was created by a ghost fox, it’s yours, you can definitely drive it, let it go quickly Show it up, or I'll have you alive right now."

He accidentally scolded Gu Wenmin in his words, and waved the dagger in his hand while speaking.What the folks call live scraping is actually Ling Chi's execution. Now, it is equivalent to vivisection, but in comparison, Ling Chi is more painful, the action is fast, and he dies after cutting. Forget it.

Of course, Zhuan Ji's words didn't scare Jie An, so he saw Jie An spit blood and said, "It's easy to go out, let's make a deal first."

Zhuan Rui sneered: "You are worthy of negotiating terms with me now."

"Of course." Jie An showed disdain on his wrinkled face, and said, "Without me, you wouldn't be able to get out of this forest."

Hearing this, Zhuanji turned his head and said to Zhuanrui: "Brother, I think this old boy is really not pleasing to the eye, why don't we stop talking nonsense with him, just end him here, and then find that ghost fox and kill him, it's over. " Zhuan Rui was very calm, and said calmly: "The ghost fox is cunning by nature, it doesn't show up, so we don't want to find it."

Zhuanji was not convinced, and said: "Since the Yashan Palace was also created by this ghost fox, we can get out of the Yashan Palace, why can't we get out of the forest? This old man must be exaggerating."

Jie'an closed his eyes, and he didn't argue with Zhuanji, as if he wanted to kill or cut him, and listened to him.The moment they talked, I already had some calculations in my mind.If the ghost fox really has the ability to create a mirror world, then the Yashan Treasure Palace is probably its masterpiece. Mixed false, people get stuck in it, hard to extricate themselves.Presumably, Grandpa’s group of people have probably followed its way. Fortunately, someone saw through the trick and left the string of instructions on the stone tablet, which saved us from danger.

But now we are in this forest, we can't be as lucky as we are in the Yashan Palace, and we may not be able to get out on our own.

According to Zhuan Rui, this ghost fox needs the internal organs of humans and animals to feed, and it walks underground, which is rare for ordinary people to see in a lifetime. What kind of ability does Jie'an have, that he can tame two ghost foxes?Fortunately, we shot and killed one of them before. If two of them attack at the same time, I am afraid it will only be more dangerous now.

Thinking of this, I knew that things were not as simple as Zhuanji imagined. There were too many mysteries in Jie'an, and I couldn't simply kill him.Thinking of this, I can't help but look at Tofu, he is the only one who can soften Jie'an, can we start with Tofu?Thinking of this, I took advantage of Zhuanji's rage, pulled Tofu aside, and told him my plan.

Tofu was a little skeptical and said, "Can this work? Then what should I do?"

I thought about it, and came up with a plan, so I whispered such and such to Tofu. Tofu nodded to express his understanding, and then rushed to Jie'an and said, "Old man, don't pay attention to that kid, just ignore him." It’s farting when he talks. Didn’t we just talk about it just now? You tell us the truth of the matter. I, Lao Chen, and this police officer Gu will definitely protect you. Those surnamed Zhuan all have long eyes. On the top of the head, they are not down-to-earth at all, let's ignore them, and then say, how do you always raise yin-yang foxes? This is not something ordinary people can have."

After being praised by Tofu's soft words, Jie'an's complexion really improved a lot. He opened his closed eyes and ignored us. He only talked about the whole story to Tofu. Unknown.According to Jie'an, the villagers of Shangyao Village turned out to be the guards of the Yashan Palace.Before, we only knew that the people in Shangyao Village had some ability to tell fortunes and tell fortunes, but we didn't think about where these abilities came from.

Daoism has always been handed down from master to apprentice or from family to family. Even if outsiders follow some crooked books, they can't learn one, two, three. We used to think that it was because the locals believed in Taoism, so we dabbled in metaphysics, but we didn't think of it. layer.And the reason why the villagers in Shangyao Village are familiar with metaphysics of numerology is actually passed down from generation to generation.

Who is this grandparent?
It is none other than the supervisor of the Yashan Palace: Master Wu Yan.

Doufu exclaimed: "Are you descendants of Master Wu Yan? I saw your ancestor's memorial tablet in Yashan Palace, and there is a coffin behind it. Is that your ancestor's coffin?" Jie'an was interrupted by Tofu , very dissatisfied, said: "If you don't want to hear it, you can get out now."

Tofu quickly covered his mouth in fright, showing a look of listening attentively, and Jie An then continued.

When I hear this, I actually have a doubt, that is, what is there in the Yashan treasure hall that needs to be guarded for generations?But at this moment, Jie'an just let go, I can't speak at this juncture, so I endured the doubts, and prepared to figure it out when I have a chance.

However, Master Wu Yan was a master of Fengshui in the Ming Dynasty. When the emperor built a fine gold statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and was digging mines in various places, Master Wu Yan came here and was responsible for excavating a vein here.Unexpectedly, during the excavation process, a weird and evil thing was dug up.

What is that thing?
When we heard this, we couldn't help pricking up our ears, but at this moment, the old man turned the conversation around and asked Tofu, "Do you know the Kunlun Shenmu?"

Tofu and I were both surprised when he mentioned this, not only have we heard it, but we have also seen it.Isn't the coffin of Princess Gegeer made of Kunlun sacred wood?
About the origin of the Kunlun Shenmu, Zhuanrui told us at that time. It is said that it is a tree that grows upside down. It grows in the thousand-year-old ice layer deep in Kunlun Mountains. The roots of the tree are on the top and the trunk is facing down. It is only one inch long, and has absorbed the eternal cold air of Kunlun Mountain. Its wood is like ice crystals, and it is used to restrain corpses.The lifelike body of Princess Gegeer is precisely because it was placed in a coffin made of Kunlun Shenmu.

Why did Jiean bring this up?Could it be that Master Wu Yan dug out the Kunlun Shenmu?
This is unlikely. First, this place is not Kunlun Mountain, so there cannot be any Kunlun sacred tree. Second, even if there is, there is no need to build a palace for that tree, right?Jiean said so, there must be other meanings.Tofu was very smart at the moment, and immediately asked: "What does this have to do with the Kunlun Shenmu?"

Jie'an smiled mysteriously, and said: "Because he also dug out a huge tree that grew upside down, but it was not a Kunlun sacred tree, it was a tree that grew into the underworld, after digging up, yellow spring water came out, and the crowd The ghosts came out of their nests, so the Yashan Palace was built to suppress them. This hall set up ten extremely dark places with the method of double corpses, and used them as the eyes of the earth to suppress the underworld tree under the hall. And we have guarded this place for generations to prevent outsiders from approaching. Once these ten earth eyes are destroyed, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Tofu was dumbfounded and said, "No way, don't make up stories to amuse me."

Jie An said lightly: "Did I make up a story? The people behind you know very well." The people behind us?Isn't it the three of Zhuan Rui?My heart skipped a beat, and when I looked back, I saw that Zhuan Rui's expression was a little strange, not as calm as usual.

Damn it, could it be that this Zhuan is hiding something?
Obviously, even Zhuanji didn't know, so his expression changed, he looked at Zhuanrui, and said in a low voice, "Brother, what's going on?"

Zhuan Rui didn't speak, but squinted his eyes, looked at Jie An, and said, "It seems that you know more than I imagined."

Jie An chuckled and said, "Then you should know that threats are useless to me. If we want to live in peace, we can talk about a deal." I don't know what Zhuan Rui is hiding. There was a slight change in attitude, and he said meaningfully: "What deal, let's talk about it."

Jie An said bluntly, "I'll go with you."

The meaning is obvious, he does not intend to stop us, but wants to enter Yashan treasure hall with us.

What does this old boy mean?
Our doubts turned into doubts, but Zhuan Rui obviously understood Jie An's thoughts, squinted his eyes, and said after a while, "I promise you." Immediately after he winked at Zhong Gong, Zhong Gong immediately took it out of his equipment bag. Seeing this, Jie An breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Old man, I'll take a rest first, and I'll talk about something when I wake up."

On this side, Zhong Gong was treating Jie'an's injury, using the best medicine, and the strategy I had thought up before, because of the change of the situation, made the tofu useless.At this moment, everyone surrounded Zhuan Rui, and Tofu said politely: "Lord, you have played us all, you are really capable."

Zhuanji took a look at us, guessing that we were outsiders, so he pulled Zhuanrui aside, and didn't know what to say. Judging by his expression, he was probably asking about the situation, but Zhuanrui shook his head and didn't answer him directly. , but walked to our side, and said in a calm manner: "Since this is the case, I will tell you the truth. I have kept one thing from you, but this is my family business."

My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly understood, "Could it be related to your uncle?"

Zhuan Rui was quite surprised, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Your intuition is very keen, yes, it has something to do with him."

(End of this chapter)