Chapter 20 12
A bright light shot out from inside, carrying a strong smell of mold.
After a long time, when the mold was almost dissipated, Chu Tian led Fang Qing and the others to surround him. There was actually a stone staircase under the door. The flashing light was constantly jumping. Zuo Qing and Zuo Lan did not pause at all, and stepped on the stone staircase regardless of the danger.
Chu Tian followed them in, it seemed like a basement.
On the arch of the interior, Chu Tian was surprised to find that a bright light was casting a faint light, and the niches on the surrounding walls were also lit up. The lamps were covered by exquisite covers. The entire basement was like daytime, and the brothers of the army patrolled around curiously.
Fang Qing shouted excitedly: "These lamps are eternal lights!"
Zuo Qing and Zuo Lan changed color slightly, and a trace of fear flashed in their eyes. The eternal light is the least willing to see tomb robbers. It is said that the tomb robbers who encounter eternal light will be subject to the most vicious curse. The mystery of eternal light has been passed down to this day, but no one has actual evidence to solve this mystery.
Some tomb robbers try every means to steal gold, silver and jewelry from ancient tombs. The ancient tombs are often isolated from the world, and the treasures are still preserved in good condition for thousands of years. In this ancient tomb that has never seen the sun all year round, tomb robbers usually think that they should be unable to see their hands.
But sometimes they were frightened to find that in some ancient tombs, an eternal lamp was casting a faint light. People who had encountered these eternal lamps were either accidental or fate, but they would die in less than three years, and no one could escape the fate of this time.
Chu Tian knew very little about archaeology and did not understand why they were shocked.
Isn't it just a lamp, what's so fuss about? But after he thought about it carefully, he discovered the strangeness of the lamp. The door was sealed with a spell, and it was impossible for ordinary people to come in. Moreover, when they came in, these lamps had already been lit. Who lit them?
"Oh my God! Look, this stone wall has been charred!"
What surprised Chu Tian was that Fang Qing looked at the dark stone wall with many fine holes on the Evergreen Lantern, and screamed in shock. When the brothers of the Supervisory Army looked at each other and looked strange, they said two sentences: "These lamps have been burning for at least half a century!"
At least half a century, it is possible to have a hundred years.
In short, without more than fifty years of hard work, it is impossible to charcoal the stones on the walls with the heat of this eternal lamp. What is even more amazing is that the eternal lamp does not use any fuel and has been quietly lit up for at least fifty years, which is really puzzling.
Chu Tian smiled bitterly and said, "Is this the fire on the Flame Mountain?"
Journey to the West tells the story of Sun Wukong's fire in the Flame Mountain when he passed by the Flame Mountain. Even the Thunder God, Lei Po, and the God of Rain, Feng Shen were helpless. Everyone was still afraid of the weirdness of the eternal light, but after hearing Chu Tian's joke, they became relaxed and the atmosphere was not that heavy.
Chu Tian counted carefully and found that there were actually as many as seven eternal lamps in this basement.
Chu Tian took a step forward and wanted to take a lamp to see it. Zuo Qing and Zuo Lan held her quickly with their eyes and hands. They had been silent since they came in and now, and they smiled bitterly, with a hint of fear in their eyebrows. Then they told Chu Tian some curses about the eternal lamp and stopped him from getting the lamp.
Archaeological records show that this phenomenon of ancient temple lighting or ancient tomb lighting has been found all over the world, such as India, China, Egypt, Greece, South America and many other countries and regions with ancient civilizations, even Italy, Britain, Ireland, France and other places.
But it is strange that anyone who touches the eternal lamp with his own hands either dies unexpectedly, or suffers from serious illness or dies suddenly. The most strange thing is that these dead people all have a characteristic, that is, their eyes turn into a tuft of black water, which is highly corrosive.
If not dealt with in time, the entire head will be corrupted.
This is the origin of the "Black Curse" about the eternal lamp. How could Zuo Qing and Zuo Lan not know about such a circulating? Usually they just treat it as a joke or a prank, but when they face the same thing themselves, their hearts were trembling.
"Young Marshal, don't move!"
"These are all minor details, we should look for valuable things!"
Zuo Lan and Zuo Qing's words deflected to attract Chu Tian's attention so that he would not cause trouble when he really touched the eternal lamp. Chu Tian also knew their thoughts well, so he smiled and then replied indifferently: "Okay! Let's just go shopping here to see if there is anything priceless!"
Although the tomb is large, the sight is empty.
Without thinking too much, this tomb must have an inner room, so Chu Tian asked everyone to scatter and look for it. Not long after, a brother pushed open a stone door and a bad smell came to his face. He hurriedly called Chu Tian and others to come over. Zuo Qing rushed over first and fired a flashlight to shine.
Bang!
The flashlight in her hand fell to the ground, and she was stunned.
The handsome brother turned his head and looked at it, and was in a daze. Chu Tian and the others saw the strangeness of the two, so they rushed to the door as quickly as possible. Although there was still a musty smell inside, it was no longer pitch black. Zuo Qing's flashlight illuminated the entire inner room, and the things inside were clearly visible.
"Good!"
Chu Tian was also stunned: "So many treasures!"
Under the flashlights of the crowd, a dazzling golden light reflected back. Everyone was dazzled and held their breath. They all opened their mouths wide and couldn't close. It turned out that there was a 500-square-meter tomb inside, with stone racks on all sides full of gold bricks and silver pieces, pearls and gems, countless.
Everyone looked at the gold, silver and jewelry, and couldn't speak for a long time, and the cave was silent for a moment.
Chu Tian is not a rich master. His current wealth is enough to create countless treasures of this size, but they are just a series of cold numbers. Now there is a pile of real gold and silver in front of him. How could he not be shocked? It can be said that he was blinding his dog's eyes.
Zuo Qing and Zuo Lan were also stunned. They had dug up the tombs of many royal relatives, but had never seen so many pearls and gems. With their professional eyes, they knew that taking anything out would be enough for ordinary people to live a stable life, let alone thousands of them here.
After adapting to indoor light and adjusting mentality, Chu Tian discovered the clues of pearls and gems.
Although they are all valuable, they are placed in a mess. The jewelry on the stone shelves around them are uneven, as if the placer throws it up. Chu Tian also saw two glowing beads scattered in the corner. Obviously, they were also pearls that rolled down and were not put back.
If it was really the tomb of the royal relatives, how could these things be everywhere?
A trace of doubt flashed through Chu Tian's mind, and then he found a coffin in the middle, casting stones. Everyone's eyes were attracted by the pearls and gems on the stone rack, so they selectively ignored the sarcophagus placed indoors. Now that he was relieved, Chu Tian also became curious about it.
Who is the person in the coffin?
When Chu Tian had thoughts, he also walked over. Fang Qing and the others shouted almost at the same time: "Young Marshal, be careful!" Apart from being electrocuted by the stone at the door, he did not encounter any dangerous mechanisms, so everyone subconsciously thought that killing must be at the end.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, sharp arrows shot from both walls.
Chu Tian flashed out the Minghong sword in an instant, twisted his wrist and all the sharp arrows fell, but before he could close the knife, the wind was blowing loudly above his head. Another rain of arrows fell from the sky, and with a stone slab, Chu Tian slashed off the sharp arrow with a fierce murderous aura, and then quickly retreated.
As soon as he stood firm, the stone slabs slammed heavily on the ground.
"Fashion the net!"
Several generals hurriedly pulled out an incomprehensible iron net and stood in front of everyone. The next second, the mechanism caused by the stone slab hit the ground was activated, and countless rains of arrows shot from all directions, left and right, front and back, above the head, and on the stone frame, crossing the nine astronomy networks indoors, which was frightening.
It took two minutes for the arrow rain to stop.
This kind of high-intensity shooting is hard to avoid even the best in the skills, which shows that the designer is vicious.
Chu Tian glanced at him: Good, there are thousands of branches, and they are all silver. It is probably worth a lot of money to sell them. Zuo Qing and Zuo Lan looked at the iron net in surprise. This kind of thing is specially used for the defense of arrows like these top tomb robbers. How could Chu Tian think of it?
They looked at each other and exchanged content.
At this time, Chu Tian had already swept away the sharp arrows on the ground, and walked to the sarcophagus with great strides. He tossed and slashed four or five symbolic short arrows, dissipating the rising poisonous gas. Chu Tian could see the things in the coffin, with no corpses or bones inside!
Only a full coffin treasure!
Pearls, corals, jaspers, agate, jade, gems, cat eyes, emeralds, and all kinds of rare things are available. Although the ones that are thrown away are messy, the value of these things still shocked Chu Tian again.
At this time, Zuo Qing lit a special candle, and the flames were smooth and dazzling.
The entire tomb chamber was completely bright, and various pearls and gems also reflected light.
One of them made Chu Tian squint his eyes. He curiously reached out his hand to pick it up, and then he recognized it after a little searching. A "Quran" made of pure gold, dazzled! This thing is valuable, enough to kill half a treasure in seconds.
Not to mention its historical value, the production process alone is unique.
The excited Chu Tian took a deep breath and smelled a scent of smoke!
Chapter completed!