Led by the young man, the two arrived at a cliff.
However, what made Zhang Bei feel puzzled was that there were a large number of coffins on top of the cliff.
These coffins didn't look like they were buried here, but rather like they were being sucked onto the cliff.
“Above is the ancestral tomb of the Ma family. We need to go out from here, and this is the only way out.
Once someone comes down from above, it will trigger the mechanism here.
They will be sucked down, and the result will only be a fall to their death.”
The young man pointed at the cliff above.
The cliff was very steep, and ordinary people couldn't climb up it at all.
But for the two of them, it was naturally not a problem.
“Let’s go!” the young man said.
Zhang Bei nodded in agreement and followed the young man to climb the mountain.
The two were agile, using the coffins that were being sucked on to climb up.
“What kind of mechanism is this? How could it suck all these coffins?” Zhang Bei asked.
The young man said: “It's a defensive mechanism set up by the old patriarch.”
Zhang Bei shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know much about the art of mechanisms.
But he knew that the Zhang family was very proficient in mechanisms.
As Zhang Bei and the young man continued to climb up, they felt a sense of pressure.
It was as if something was forcibly pulling them.
But this pulling force was not strong. Zhang Bei was puzzled and tried to walk down a little to see.
But as Zhang Bei climbed down, the pulling force suddenly became terrifying.
“Hold on!”
The young man hurriedly said to Zhang Bei.
As Zhang Bei continued to walk upwards, the pulling force decreased.
Such a bizarre scene finally made Zhang Bei understand why the young man said that they could only go out from here, but not enter from here.
If they came down from above, it would undoubtedly be like suicide by jumping off a cliff.
“This mechanism seems to be related to the earth’s energy. This place is originally a dragon vein.
Therefore, the earth’s energy is abundant. The old patriarch used this to set up the mechanism.”
The young man explained to Zhang Bei again.
“Don't worry, I won't do anything reckless.”
Zhang Bei knew what the young man meant and said.
The young man nodded and climbed upwards again. Zhang Bei followed closely behind.
This cliff was at least a hundred meters high, and it took the two of them some time to climb up.
“Huh! Why is there a new coffin here?” Zhang Bei pointed to the side and asked.
The young man looked up and said: “Above is the ancestral tomb of the Ma family, I guess it's the coffin from the Ma family's ancestral tomb.”
“No way! That means the old Ma family’s ancestor also fell down?” Zhang Bei was stunned.
The young man said: “Now that there has been such a huge tremor, the poison has already spread.
I'm afraid it has already affected the surface. If we want to continue, we can only seal the earth's crust here.
Control the poison within a certain range, otherwise we won't be able to continue.
We need to find the Ma family and ask them for help, otherwise those four won’t last until we go to rescue them.”
Zhang Bei actually didn’t want to go rescue those people. Zhang Bei somewhat disliked those four.
However, the young man would definitely be the patriarch in the future, and as the patriarch, every member of the clan was his family.
So, Zhang Bei didn’t object, but he thought that getting the Ma family to cooperate might not be easy.
“Then shall we take the Ma family's ancestor away?” Zhang Bei asked.
The young man asked with confusion: “Why?”
“You're asking for a favor from someone, you need to have some sincerity, right? The world is not just about fighting and killing, there are also social customs.”
Zhang Bei said helplessly.
Zhang Bei naturally knew more about this than the young man.
“We can't take it away.” The young man said truthfully.
Zhang Bei thought about it and agreed. The Ma family was a big family, and the coffin used for their ancestor was very heavy.
It was naturally not light, and ordinary people couldn't move it at all, and they still had to continue climbing upwards.
“I have a way.” Zhang Bei said.
After finishing speaking, Zhang Bei walked towards the Ma family’s ancestor.
“Luckily I have system space.” Zhang Bei muttered to himself.
Then, Zhang Bei directly put the coffin away.
The young man saw the coffin disappear and didn’t say a word.
The two continued to climb up the cliff, and soon they came to a place covered with soil.
“Huh! Why is there a collapsed place?” Zhang Bei asked.
The young man said: “It might be the tremor just now.”
“Alright, let's go quickly.” Zhang Bei said.
The young man nodded and led Zhang Bei through a stone crevice, and soon they arrived at a place that looked like a cave.
After coming out of the cave, the sky was already bright.
This was also the back mountain of Ma An Village, not far from the Ma family's ancestral tomb, but it had been dug up.
It's just that the vegetation around it had withered, causing Zhang Bei to tremble.
“I didn't expect that poison to be so terrifying. Even the vegetation was poisoned to death.” Zhang Bei said.
The young man said: “If it's not controlled, the plants within a hundred miles will be poisoned to death.”
“The situation is serious, let's go to the Ma family immediately.” Zhang Bei said.
The young man nodded and immediately went into the withered forest.
There were dried-up plants everywhere. The poison was really terrifying.
From time to time, they could also see some animal carcasses, which had been poisoned to death.
However, without the lush back mountain, their speed was much faster.
Soon, they arrived near the Ma family’s manor, but it was heavily guarded.
It was even more heavily guarded than when they saw it before.
Moreover, the guards all had guns in their hands, and they were all loaded.
“They probably discovered that their ancestral tomb is gone.” the young man said.
Zhang Bei nodded. He saw that the Zhang family’s ancestral tomb was dug up.
They should have noticed that the nearby plants suddenly withered, so they anticipated that something big had happened.
Therefore, they wanted to move the ancestral tomb, but who knew that the ancestral tomb had disappeared?
“Go!” Zhang Bei said.
The two passed through the heavily guarded guards.
These guards were ordinary people, and they presented no challenge to the two of them.
Soon, they climbed onto the roof and found a large group of Ma family members gathering together.
Among them, a middle-aged man in brocade clothes was pacing back and forth in the courtyard.
“Master, could it be that our Ma family has provoked something unclean?” a man who looked like a steward asked.
The middle-aged man cursed: “What kind of crap is that? I, Ma Pingchuan, don't believe in that stuff.
And didn’t the feng shui master say that we are on a dragon vein? Dragon vein, do you understand?”
Ma Pingchuan, the head of the Ma family, was the wealthy landowner who had gathered the surrounding thugs.
He had formed a large force that ordinary people dared not to provoke.
“Then, how come our ancestor suddenly disappeared?” the steward said with a wry smile.
At this time, the young man suddenly spoke: “I know where your ancestor is.”
The young man was also bold and daring, directly floating down from the roof.
The Ma family members immediately surrounded the young man.
“Little ghost? Do you know what you're talking about?”
Ma Pingchuan stared at the young man and said in a deep voice.
His eyes were full of mockery and distrust.
After all, the young man was only thirteen years old, still a little kid.
“He's telling the truth.” Zhang Bei also spoke up.
Ma Pingchuan looked at Zhang Bei and then at the young man. They didn't know how these two broke in.
It was clear that these two weren't ordinary people.
“You better give us the Ma family an explanation.” Ma Pingchuan said coldly.
He had many subordinates, and even if these two were powerful, he didn't believe that they could control him.
“Come on, go to the back mountain, you'll know.” the young man said.
He led the group directly to the back mountain.
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