Chapter 47 Desperate Situation

The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.

The meaning of this statement is simple. The most important things for the country are sacrifices and conquests.

We, the ceremonial officers, have no control over battles, but when it comes to sacrifices, this is our ceremonial officer's profession.

This sacrifice is not only a sacrifice to heaven, but also a kind of ritual and a rule of ancient society.

The ominous ritual is naturally the most important part, and when it comes to the ominous ritual, one has to mention the most terrifying human sacrifice in ancient times.

When those ancient dignitaries closed their eyes, they would not only die themselves, but also take away a large number of people. These people buried with them were divided into many types, and some were the people they loved during their lifetime, such as wives, concubines, and loved ones.

Wait, these people died more beautifully, basically similar to euthanasia, very decent. Of course, some tough men stood on the grave in excitement and shouted "Lord, I'm here", and then wiped their necks with a knife. That's not impossible, after all, this part

When a person dies, our ceremonial officials who are responsible for the rites of death generally do not interfere.

There are only two types of death for those who intervene in the ceremony, one is called in vain, and the other is called hatred!

The word "waste" is actually what we dare to say in private. On the surface, it means that we don't take the lives of the whole family seriously. The so-called "waste", as the name suggests, means a lot of unlucky people.

Those who died in vain were basically slaves. They were tied tightly and pressed to the edge of the burial pit and beheaded with a knife. Of course, there were also craftsmen. They were more miserable. They were basically sealed alive in the tomb and left alone. This was one of the anti-grave robbing techniques.

First, although it is cruel, it is simple and practical. After all, the mouth of a dead person is more reliable.

As for the enemy, this is worth talking about.

All the enemies are buried among the people who the dignitaries hated the most during their lives, so they should take them with them when they die.

In order to allow these dignitaries to die comfortably and heartily, the courtesy officers, as loyal henchmen, would of course do everything possible to kill their enemies, and the methods were cruel and cruel beyond imagination.

Mercury is the most vicious type of hater, it is even more perverted than cutting someone's basket and sending a hundred stunning beauties to serve him every day!

In our concept of ritual officials, there is only one thing, which is the human body. This is a kind of terrible resentment. It is probably some corpses with great resentment, and some beasts who cultivate immortality, or resentful ghosts, etc. have got into it.

This powerful corpse is used like armor. The combination of the two makes it extremely difficult to deal with.

Mercury corpses are such resentful corpses. They were drunk to death by mercury during their lifetime. The mercury entered their abdomens, which not only poisoned them, but also kept sinking, causing their internal organs to split. The death process was quite painful, and they were extremely resentful after death.

Naturally, Li Guan did not create this thing to give him the power to take revenge. Therefore, after creating the human body, he would not give those beasts or lonely ghosts a chance to take possession of it, but directly seal the souls of the murdered people in it.

Inside the corpse, the mutilated person knows that he is dead, but cannot be reincarnated. Moreover, the corpse will be rubbed with realgar and sealed with wax to prevent the realgar from dispersing. Realgar is supposed to restrain ghosts, so doing so is equivalent to wearing a ghost on it.

A layer of red-hot iron clothing, after eighteen hundred years of torture, the soul is in a state of confusion, suffering all the time.

After all, this mercury armor is to make the deceased never reincarnate and torture the other person!

Because this method is too cruel and dangerous, even the ceremonial officials rarely use it. I guess the last heavenly official probably hated those Jie people to do this.

Looking at the endless amount of mercury in front of me, my scalp went numb. I have never heard of any ritual officer who would make so much mercury at one time. I couldn't help but think about what my master said, about the so-called balance, about the so-called balance.

Regardless of the secular world, etc., maybe he is right, the world has its own way of life, and there will be no good consequences if you interfere too much. The tragedy of the ritual officials for thousands of years may be related to this.

I couldn't think too much about these things. I felt like I was covered in hair when I thought about them too much, as if there was a pair of eyes staring at me from somewhere. I could only push a series of random thoughts to the back of my mind. Those things were too far away.

But the mercury in front of me is really troublesome.

This thing is used to torture and kill people, but in principle, it can also be regarded as a kind of human body!!

It's just that what is imprisoned in these corpses that have been filled with mercury for thousands of years is his own soul, which is imprisoned by his body. After thousands of years of torture, the soul is now in a state of confusion and spends most of the time in a state of slumber.

That's why they didn't jump up and attack us. If we wake up, those crazy souls will kill me when they see me, a descendant of the ceremony official?

This is by no means a good place, it’s better to leave early!

I couldn't help but pull up Zhang Xinya and ran towards the place where we came in as if running away.

It was a tunnel that sloped downward, leading directly to the mercury burial site. The water flowing here had become very small, like a gurgling stream.

When we rushed to the entrance and saw the situation clearly, we were immediately dumbfounded.

"Why is it blocked?"

Zhang Xinya's face turned pale: "It was obviously fine before!!"

However, they saw that in the one meter square narrow corridor, a stone gate had fallen down, blocking the road, and only a small amount of water poured in through the gap.

I asked why the water ran out so quickly. Although the small pool in the water burial tomb on the upper floor was not big, it stored a lot of red water. It was impossible to pour it all down in a short time.

It turns out that the mechanism was blocking it!

"Maybe it's a mechanism to prevent the quicksilver beasts here from escaping."

I smiled bitterly and said: "It's just that these mechanisms have been around for too long and are a bit malfunctioning. It is supposed to have been triggered when we passed by, but it took a long time to fall down. It happened that we all fell into the urn. This is considered necessary.

Catch us all in one fell swoop.”

Except for a Tianguan Blade and a string of wind chimes, almost everything else on my body was lost, including the water and dry food we carried with us, which were lost somewhere while being carried by the current.

Not only me, but also Zhang Xinya, who only had a flashlight on her body.

The situation couldn't get any worse. It's almost a desperate situation. If we were really locked up here, even if these quicksilver armors didn't jump up and kill us two, we would starve to death here.

"Try not to make too much noise. Let's walk around here first. Maybe there are other ways!"

I forced myself to calm down: "The structure of this tomb is complex, and the tomb passages are winding and winding. It is a bit like a maze, and more like a prison. When these Jie people were buried, because of the cruel methods, these people will definitely appear after death."

Yao Mozi, there is a way to build such a tomb to prevent them from getting out. With a tomb structure like this, there is no way there will be a dead end. If we search patiently, we will find something!"

This place is extremely vast, and we don’t know how the last heavenly official excavated such an underground ruins by himself. Along the way, we saw thousands of mercury armors. The scale was shocking.

These mercury armors also have different postures, sitting or lying down, and some even have smiles on their faces. All kinds of signs tell me that these Jie people must have been made into mercury armors without knowing it.

Moreover, without exception, they are all soldiers armed with swords.

This should be an army of the Jie tribe thousands of years ago, and was buried here collectively.

"Zhizhi..."

Suddenly, a mournful sound came, like the barking of a dog whose tail had been stepped on.

This was a dead silent world, except for dead people. When such a sound suddenly appeared, Zhang Xinya was startled.

"what?"

She immediately stretched her neck, looked around, and then pointed forward: "The sound seems to be coming from that place!"

I immediately thought of the black-haired monster under the water, and I screamed in my heart, "Oh no, don't let this thing disturb the quicksilver armor here." With the Tianguan Blade in one hand, I hurried over following the sound, and soon I saw it. The real master, isn’t he exactly that monster?!

It was washed to the end of the burial ground, where there was a stone tomb door, and I don't know where it leads.

The monster ran aground on the steps in front of the tomb door. It was very ferocious in the water, but once it ran aground, it was like a tiger falling flat. It was thin and small, with wet fur, almost all of its hair stuck to its back, and its limbs were weak. He tried to stand up several times but could not succeed. The steps were covered with moss and were very slippery. Every time he stood up straight, he immediately slipped and fell to the ground, making him extremely embarrassed.

"This is a water monkey!"

Maybe after seeing the road, Zhang Xinya was in a good mood and could still laugh: "Some people who drowned in the water accidentally formed it. They are very powerful in the water, but once they get to the land, their limbs are weak, and they are not as threatening as a small dog." Where’s Bada, don’t worry!”

The water monkey also noticed us at this time. It ignored Zhang Xinya at all and looked directly at me, its white and transparent pupils flashing with gloom and hatred, as if it was blaming me and thinking that if it weren't for me, , it will not come to this!

As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

It blamed me, and I still blamed it. I took the Tianguan Blade and rushed towards it...

"Together... die..."

The water monkey didn't panic or run away. Instead, he leaned against the steps and sat there paralyzed, spitting out three hard words.

The water monkey is almost like a wild beast. Although this thing is a water ghost formed by a drowned person, it has a physical body and no consciousness. I have never heard of a water monkey that can talk.

Regardless of why it is so special, just the fact that it can speak is enough to prove that it has an almost human-like thinking ability!

My heart went cold, I had a bad premonition, and I moved faster than ever before, but it was three minutes too late. Before I arrived, the water monkey raised its head and shouted "Wow"...

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Chapter completed!