Lu Feng searched both sides of the platform and discovered a winding staircase going upwards.
This staircase was connected to the stone beam.
“What is that?”
Hu Ba Yi shined his flashlight but in this cave, the distance light could travel was very short. He could only see about ten meters ahead, unable to make out anything clearly.
“Do we even need to think about it? It must be the Queen of Jingjue’s coffin.” Wang Fatty patted his butt and stood up, “Let’s go, let’s go check it out!”
As a result, no one moved.
Wang Fatty suddenly felt awkward.
“Lu Feng, what do you think?” Xue Li Yang said.
“Let’s go up and take a look.” Lu Feng said.
“Everyone be careful, try to stay close to the walls.”
On the way, everyone was silent, just trudging forward.
“Lu Feng——”
Lu Feng stopped and looked back: “Who called me?”
“No one spoke.”
“……”
Lu Feng’s eyelids twitched.
Was he having hallucinations?
“Oh, don’t scare us.” Wang Fatty tightened his grip on his gun, “Could it be there really are monsters here?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Hu Ba Yi scolded him.
“Maybe I’m just too nervous.”
Lu Feng squinted his eyes. There definitely was a voice calling him just now.
He lowered his head and continued walking, arriving at the stone beam.
Hu Ba Yi took a look at the log, feeling extremely surprised, thinking it was somewhat familiar: “This wood is quite strange.”
“That’s the Kunlun Divine Wood.” Lu Feng said.
Hu Ba Yi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: “It’s actually that? I didn’t expect this kind of divine wood to actually exist in this world, unbelievable!”
“What’s the big deal?” Wang Fatty said.
“Generally speaking, the best material for coffins is the heartwood of the Yinchen wood, but there’s a divine wood among the best, and that is the Kunlun Divine Wood.”
“Even if it’s just a section, separated from soil, water sources, and sunlight, it won’t dry out, maintaining its original appearance.”
“So amazing?”
“It gets even more amazing. As long as a corpse is placed in the Kunlun Divine Wood, it can remain incorruptible for ten thousand years!”
“Damn!”
Wang Fatty’s jaw dropped.
“Legend has it that Qin Shi Huang wanted to find Kunlun Divine Wood for his coffin. This Queen of Jingjue is truly amazing, she actually found Kunlun Divine Wood.” Xue Li Yang said.
Chu Jian and Ye Yi Xin couldn’t contain their excitement, wanting to pass Lu Feng and step onto the stone beam, going forward to see the Queen of Jingjue’s coffin.
“I suggest you don’t go over there.” Lu Feng said.
Chu Jian and Ye Yi Xin stopped, the longing in their eyes undiminished.
“Comrade Lu Feng is right.”
Professor Chen excitedly stepped forward and said: “Have you all seen the flower on the coffin? That is an extremely rare plant, there’s probably only this one left in the world.”
“What’s the story behind it?” Wang Fatty asked.
“That flower is called the Corpse Fragrance Lily. It grows in ancient tombs. It is said to keep corpses from decaying and make them emit fragrance.”
“Didn’t the Kunlun Divine Wood do enough? They also planted a Corpse Fragrance Lily? This Queen of Jingjue is really extravagant.” Wang Fatty said.
“Legend says the Corpse Fragrance Lily is inhabited by evil spirits. Once it blooms, living beings should not approach it. So, it’s best not to get close to it.” Professor Chen said.
“Look, there are Ghost Hole characters on the stone beam!” Ye Yi Xin shouted.
“Professor, these characters must be extremely important, I want to go up and copy them down.” Chu Jian said.
“Remember, don’t get close to it!”
Professor Chen said with utmost seriousness.
Seeing this, Lu Feng said again: “Professor Chen, are you not going to stop them?”
“As long as they don’t get close to the Corpse Fragrance Lily, it’s fine. The information revealed by those Ghost Hole characters is really too important.” Professor Chen said.
Hearing this, Lu Feng didn’t say anything anymore.
Chu Jian and Ye Yi Xin put down their backpacks, took out paper and pens, and went to copy the Ghost Hole characters. They originally thought there weren’t many characters, but then they discovered that the entire stone beam was covered with them.
“Great.” Chu Jian said excitedly, “Little Ye, with so many Ghost Hole characters, we’ll definitely make a huge breakthrough when we study them back home.”
There was no response.
Chu Jian felt confused, turned his head to look, and immediately peed his pants. He saw a black snake, half the height of a human, quickly lunging towards him!
“Get away!”
Chu Jian picked up his entrenching tool and slammed it fiercely at the black snake. The snake was knocked dizzy, but it was still determined to attack, relentlessly attacking until it knocked the snake off the stone beam.
“Close call.”
Chu Jian sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.
“Right, where’s Little Ye?”
Chu Jian looked towards Professor Chen, and discovered Ye Yi Xin standing beside Professor Chen, looking at a notebook.
“I need to hurry up and copy this.”
Chu Jian stood up and wanted to continue copying the Ghost Hole characters.
Suddenly!
The Ghost Hole characters seemed to come to life, transforming into a stream of black-eyed strange snakes. They instantly sprang up and bit towards his neck. Chu Jian was terrified and took a step back.
As a result, his foot slipped, and he fell into the bottomless Ghost Hole.
……
……
“What are they doing?”
Wang Fatty pointed at the stone beam and shouted.
On the stone beam, Chu Jian and Ye Yi Xin were fighting. Chu Jian was wielding his entrenching tool and fiercely attacking Ye Yi Xin, eventually kicking Ye Yi Xin into the bottomless Ghost Hole.
“Little Ye!!”
Professor Chen’s eyes turned red.
Before he could grieve, he saw Chu Jian retreating to the edge of the stone beam and falling into the bottomless Ghost Hole.
“Chu Jian!”
Professor Chen rolled his eyes and fainted.
Xue Li Yang, Hu Ba Yi, and Wang Fatty felt a chill run down their spines, their hands holding the guns were sweating, and they were momentarily panicked.
“They’re having hallucinations.” Lu Feng said.
“Hallucinations?”
Hu Ba Yi was confused.
At this moment.
The Corpse Fragrance Lily bloomed.
Purple light illuminated the surroundings.
Hu Ba Yi heard a dense sound of crawling coming from the cliff face. He shone his flashlight down and almost lost his soul.
Hundreds of thousands of black-eyed strange snakes climbed out of the bottomless Ghost Hole, rushing towards them like a tide.
“Damn!”
Wang Fatty was terrified, even with his gun in hand, he felt no sense of security: “It’s over, it’s over. We’re surrounded by snakes, there’s no way to escape now.”
Xue Li Yang was also scared pale. She subconsciously took a step back and suddenly felt something empty behind her. She turned her head to look and discovered a cave.
“There’s a cave here!”
“Take Professor Chen with you!”
“……”
Lu Feng didn’t move.
Those black-eyed strange snakes flashed past him. There were no snakes, only a Corpse Fragrance Lily blooming quietly in the scene.