Daomu Biji: Restart

Book 4: Chapter 3: Strange Corpse 1

Although it had always been called the worlds second most valuable tomb, it was still inconclusive as to who was actually buried in it. I only knew that it was an emperor from the Yuan Dynasty, but I had come up with a very bold theory during our journey here. If this black spot was the Five Mountain Dragon Gods and the black lines in the rock were dragon veins that stemmed from the Kunlun Mountains, then the mountains here must not have existed before. The person who built this tomb must have used special corpses to attract the dragon veins to this place.

The oldest techniques used strange corpses to lure dragons to a place, and then groups of corpses were used to raise the dragons. Although we had seen too many strange corpses along the way, those things had basically just been cheap decorations that were used to build this tomb as a dwelling place for the gods. At best, it could be considered self-entertainment.

None of those corpses could attract this dragon vein, and it wasnt like an emperor's body could be regarded as a strange corpse. Otherwise, there would always be tall mountains wherever they were buried, which would negate the need to search for the dragon vein. So, there had to be a special corpse that was used to lure the dragon.

At present, a giant coffin had risen up from the bottom of the stone temple and appeared before the black spot. In such a strange and frantic situation, I couldnt help but wonder if this was where the strange corpse was. Did we trigger something? Whats going to happen next?

At this time, Fatty suddenly shouted from below, "Mr. Nave, pop quiz: What the hell is up with the corpse in there? This black spot is standing here and looking at it, so is the corpse really attractive?"

"Dragon veins tend to have some relation to the stars, I shouted back. Is it a star?"

I was considered highly educated, so even I couldnt believe the words that had just come out of my mouth. If a star fell out of the sky, then the earth would be wiped out.

"You said that dragons follow pearls, so maybe its a dragon pearl?"

The dragon pearl was actually the moon, and the double dragons playing with the pearl was really just a single evolution of the moving planetary chart in Chinese astronomy.⁽¹⁾

Just as I was thinking this, Fatty suddenly shouted, "Look, look, look! Here it comes!"

I glanced up and saw that the coffins lid had moved an inch.

At this time, the flare went out again, and I shouted to Fatty, "Fire another one!"

"Shit, do you think Im a wholesaler? Fatty shot back. There arent any more."

With that said, a flashlight suddenly appeared from Fattys position and pointed towards the top of the sarcophagus on the stone temple. From this angle, the light just barely revealed the vague outline of it, but I could see that a slender object appeared to be sticking out of the huge sarcophagus. I didnt know if it was an arm, or if the corpse itself was elongated like that.

But Fatty didnt give up at all. Just like those jerks who catcalled and pointed their flashlights at couples making out in the bushes at school, his flashlight didn't waver and just kept pointing in that direction.

Unfortunately, the light was really weak. I watched the thing coming out of the coffin grow longer and longer and realized that the corpse wasnt human at all. But what exactly was it?

At this time, my hand was aching badly from the severe pain and a huge burning sensation was spreading from the joints to my forearm. I adjusted my posture and told myself that I had to find a way to pull my hand out. But at this time, I suddenly heard a human voice coming from the coffin across the way.

I was stunned for a moment. The voice wasnt quiet, and as I listened attentively, I found that it was Xiao Huas satellite recording again.

I put my ear up against the black spot again and found that the sound was no longer coming from inside.

Whats going on?

After thinking about it, I felt that the satellite recording equipment had been taken out from inside the black spot and placed in front of the coffin.

Could the underside of the coffin be connected to the inside of the black spot?

I stared at the coffin and found that the thing sticking out seemed to be an especially slender, strange corpse that stood at least four meters high. The sound from Xiao Hua's satellite recording seemed to be coming from its body. As Fatty's flashlight swept past, I noticed that the strange corpse seemed to be following the movement of the light.

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TN Notes:

(1) The pearl (or ball) you often see Chinese dragons with is said to be associated with spiritual energy, wisdom, prosperity, power, immortality, thunder, or the moon. The double dragons playing with the pearl is a manifestation of two dragons playing (or snatching) a fire ball/pearl. Its origin comes from the planetary diagram in Chinese astronomy, and the fire ball is said to have evolved from the moon. I only found stuff on baidu because I kept getting the Dragon Ball manga/anime when I tried searching in English.

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