Chapter 21 Demon Corpse
We all took a deep breath. Fortunately, the owner of the coffin was not so vicious and gave us a chance to correct our mistakes. Otherwise, if the mechanism was triggered, arrows would be fired at us immediately, and we would become hedgehogs even if we had great abilities. Lei Xueting was so pale that she could not speak. Her impulsive behavior almost cost us our lives. She threw the crowbar to the ground and did not dare to mess around again.
The old blind man looked at the arrow on the wall, then raised his head and said with a pair of strange eyes: "If my guess is correct, the cave door on the top of the tower is also sealed, and we can never get out!"
"You...don't scare people." Lei Xueting's voice trembled a little.
The old blind man sighed and said, "There was a sound at the top. What else could it be except blocking the exit? When we opened the coffin, we found the old Zongzi's things. He was merciful and spared our lives for the time being, but he couldn't let us out and tell the secret. So, he wanted us to become his burial objects and be sealed in the tomb forever."
This makes a lot of sense, and I also think that it was the sound of blocking the exit. In frustration, I felt that it would be too unwilling to die like this. From the ghosts calling for lives to the venomous snakes and zombies chasing us, Lin Yuxi and I survived it all. In the end, we had two more helpers, but we were trapped to death in the tomb. How could this be justified?
I thought that since entering the tomb required a secret code to open the mechanism, there must be a way to remove the blockage, perhaps on this steel structure. I looked down at the disc engraved with the spell. This was another strange spell, but it was different from the one on the top of the tower. It was a complete spell. It looked familiar to me. It must be in the Ghost Talisman Sutra, so I tilted my head and thought hard, and suddenly I saw the male corpse open one of his left eyes.
This weird scene almost scared me to death. The corpse opened its eyes, which was a sign of zombie resurrection. Lin Yuxi saw that my face was not right, and looked down along my line of sight. She immediately screamed "Ah" and took a half step back. The old blind man and Lei Xueting heard the cry, turned around in a hurry, and found that the dead body opened its eyes, and their faces changed color.
Lei Xueting seemed quite nervous. She took out a handful of sticky rice from her bag and said, "This kind of coffin that is black on the outside and red on the inside is called a 'ghost coffin'. Generally, the soul will not leave the body and will live in the corpse for a long time, nourishing the corpse with the spirit of the grudge, and eventually it will become a 'demon corpse'! There are many kinds of demon corpses, but none of them are easy to mess with. The weakest one is comparable to a hairy zombie. And this person can open his eyes with a corpse-suppressing talisman on his head. He is no longer comparable to a hairy zombie. At least he is better than a flying corpse and close to a drought demon."
There are many types of zombies recorded in the Ghost Talisman Sutra. There are many kinds of zombies, such as demon zombies, ghost zombies, spirit zombies, and iron zombies. But they are all zombies. Zombies are divided into several levels, such as white zombies, black zombies (hairy zombies), jumping zombies, flying zombies, and demon zombies. The demon zombies are also called Hanba. At the level of Hanba, they are almost like demons and are very difficult to deal with.
Although the demon corpse belongs to the zombie category, it is very special because zombies themselves have no souls, but this kind of thing has souls that do not leave, and uses the soul to nourish the corpse. Once it is cultivated, it is like a devil, and no matter whether it is exorcism or exorcism, no method will work. The Ghost Talisman Sutra records that when encountering such a situation, the only way is to seal it in a cave and burn it with fire. No matter how powerful the demon corpse is , it is afraid of fire. It is best to use Samadhi True Fire or Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire, which can burn the resentful soul to death together.
After listening to Lei Xueting's explanation, I couldn't help but secretly feel shocked, and concluded that this thing was a demon corpse . Because the corpse-suppressing talisman has little effect on suppressing dead ghosts, and for so many years, the corpse has been nurtured with the soul, and the ghost has been fed with the corpse's qi, and both have benefited. Therefore, the corpse and the soul are interdependent, and it is no longer something that can be suppressed by a corpse-suppressing talisman. It was originally sealed in this space, and there was a deep meaning. The stone tower is pointed at the top and wide at the bottom, like a cage, which tightly seals it in. It will not wake up without being stimulated by external anger. The four of us stood by, not only was the anger strong, but the old woman also hit it with an iron rod. It would be strange if this old zongzi didn't wake up.
Lin Yuxi asked in surprise: "What should I do, Aunt Ting?"
The old woman raised her eyebrows and said ruthlessly, "Before the demon corpse wakes up completely, stuff glutinous rice into its mouth, cut off its head and burn it with fire, and everything will be fine."
I thought to myself, bullshit, even though it just opened one eye, it doesn't mean it hasn't fully awakened. The safest way to do it now is to nail the coffin lid back on, use the ink line to draw dense lines on the coffin, then stick two talismans to suppress corpses and ghosts, and then burn them with the Samadhi True Fire. I was about to speak, but suddenly my heart moved, and I remembered Lei Xueting's lie just now. Is this old woman testing me again? She is currently thinking the same thing as the old blind man, and she will not be happy until I tell her about the Ghost Talisman Sutra.
Thinking of this, she opened her mouth and closed it again, thinking to herself, you old woman, do whatever you want. Anyway, I won’t be the only one to die if something happens, and you can’t escape either.
The old blind man held her hand, shook his head and said, "Don't do anything rash." After saying this, he looked at me with his one eye and asked, "Xiao Yu, do you think this is okay?"
As soon as I saw this, I knew it clearly in my heart. The two old guys were now on the same side and were testing my ability. I really wanted to slap them in the face, but I suppressed my anger and said, "Uncle, why are you so confused? I don't understand this, why are you asking me?"
"Oh, yes, I always thought that you often listen to Lao Chen's stories, so you must know something about this. Oh, what should we do? Lei Xueting, I don't think your idea is a good one. If we trigger the mechanism again, we will be dead without a burial place." The old blind man was still pretending, which made me so angry that my teeth were itching.
Lei Xueting gritted her teeth and said, "What's good or bad? Anyway, I can't get out . It's the same whether I die early or late. If you are a coward who is afraid of death, you'd better get out of here." Then she shook off the old blind man's hand, took out a sharp knife about a foot long, and said to Lin Yuxi, "Xiao Xi, pry open the zombie's mouth."
"Why me?" Lin Yuxi jumped back in fright and then looked at me for help.
I pretended not to see it and thought to myself, old woman, don't play tricks on me. I won't be fooled.
Lei Xueting shook her head and said, "You come here, old blind man!"
The old blind man's wrinkled face twitched twice and he said, "I want to live a little longer. You can have fun however you like."
"You are useless." Lei Xueting cursed angrily, biting the sharp knife in her mouth and using her hands to pry open the old zongzi's mouth. But at this time, the old zongzi's other right eye also opened strangely, which scared her. She quickly retracted her hand and took off the sharp knife, and shouted to the old blind man: "Didn't we agree to open only the left eye? If both eyes are open, then he will be resurrected! What's going on? It's all fucked up now!"
The old blind man also panicked, took a step back and said, "What's the use of telling me that? It was you who patted your chest and said that at most one eye would be opened and there would be no danger. Now that you messed up, who can you blame?"
"Bullshit, we came up with the idea together , so how come you have nothing to do with it?" Lei Xueting didn't care about her status at all and started swearing. She looked shocked and angry, as if she wanted to rush up and bite the old blind man.
I watched them quarreling coldly, and I understood more clearly in my heart. It turned out that everything was planned by the two of them. They set a trap for me. They forced me all the way into the stone tower and forced me to take out what they wanted. The strange spells in the Ghost Talisman Sutra told me how to open the mechanism on the demon corpse. They couldn't find the secret in the Ghost Talisman Sutra, so they worked on me. Thinking of this, I was suddenly shocked. Could it be that the old blind man raised me for this moment?
