It was already dusk, and the thick old tree spread its limbs in the cold wind. The wind was mixed with the hair-raising howls of the distant forest beasts.
As long as it was a normal person, they would feel a chill down their spine when they were in the deep mountains and forests that maintained their natural appearance at this time.
Qin Ying did not even have a single hair on her body. It was not that he was fearless, but that he did not care.
Since he was ten years old, he had been following his dead grandfather through the desolate mountains and wilderness, uncovering the long-forgotten truth of history.
They called themselves explorers, but they also carried another despicable name, grave robbers.
This was an ancient, mysterious, and low-key profession.
And the Qin Clan was the Mountain Moving Daoist who had left endless legends in the Jianghu, but no one had seen his true appearance.
Touch gold to seek wealth and honor, move mountains to seek longevity. Different pursuits led to different ways of tomb raiding.
The Mountain Moving Taoist robbed the tomb just to investigate the mystery of longevity that the emperor had brought into the tomb.
Seeking immortality but asking the dead, this itself was a wonderful irony.
However, who knew that the requirements for cultivation and Dao were huge. In the past dynasties, only the wealthy emperors of the four seas were qualified to pursue immortality. It was already good enough for ordinary people to have a full meal.
In ancient times, Qin Shihuang was the most famous among the emperors who sought immortality. He gave high officials to warlocks, refined pills, asked for divination, spent a lot of money to build ships, and searched for the legendary overseas Sanxian Mountain. Although he did not escape the law of birth, aging, illness, and death in the end, there must be many clues hidden in his tomb.
However, no one had ever dared to disturb his mausoleum. Even the Mountain Moving Daoist, who had a secret technique, avoided it for thousands of miles.
According to historical records, the tomb of the First Emperor of Qin was dug with three springs, and the outer coffin was made of copper. The palace, temple and officials were filled with strange objects and strange things. Mercury is used to make rivers and seas, and the machine is infused with each other. Astronomical records above, geographical records below, with mermaid paste as a candle, estimated that it will not be extinguished for a long time.
Mercury for the Sea emitted a huge poison, which kept all the grave robbers at the door. God knows what other strange and unpredictable things were hidden inside. The ancestors of the Qin Clan had entered and exited the tombs of the past emperors, but they never stole the tomb of the First Emperor and regarded it as a taboo.
This time, Qin Ying targeted the tomb of Emperor Shun.
Who asked the Jiuyi County Annals to have such a record: "The three peaks stand side by side like jade bamboo shoots and corals. There are immortal peach stones, chessboard stones, walking stones, horse stones, and incense burner stones on them. There is a tomb in the middle of the tomb, with copper as a stele, the handwriting is obliterated and unrecognizable, some people suspect that it is Shun's tomb.”
The three peaks recorded in the annals of Jiuyi County were the Three Peaks Stone. It was also the highest peak of Mount Jiuyi, also known as Shun Peak.
In the crevice of the mountain peak, there was a murmuring mountain spring and waterfall. There were light clouds lingering on the peak. Opposite was a deep valley with thousands of hectares of Xiaoxiang Tear Bamboo. It was famous for its green bamboo covered in tears.
Legend has it that when Ehuang and Nvying came to find Emperor Shun, they met an old man who told them that Emperor Shun had killed the evil dragon and died of injuries. He was buried on this peak. The two concubines were so sad that they cried for seven days and seven nights. Their blood and tears left spots on the bamboo.
This was a sad and beautiful legend, but it could not stop Qin Ying's determination to pursue immortality.
At this time, the night had already enveloped the land, and there was a trace of cold air from the Xiang River in the wind. Under the bright moonlight, a thin layer of mist rose around them, making the scenery seem shadowy and bleak.
Qin Ying also felt a chill in her heart. Her gaze swept across the few graves around her that had been dismembered and swayed in the wild grass.
According to Grandpa Dead Man's guess, the Yellow Emperor must have left his shocking knowledge to the later emperors. As one of the Five Emperors, Shun was able to kill the flood dragon at Dongting Lake. He must have inherited the Yellow Emperor's legacy.
Although the old man was very sure of his deductions, none of them came true.
But Qin Ying kept trying to comfort herself that it must be true this time.
Because the incense burner stone under his feet had feet and ears. It was clearly a cauldron.
The Yellow Emperor had to create the first cauldron to ascend to the heavens. From then on, the empress cauldron became the standard for emperors. Therefore, this stone cauldron was definitely not standing on the third peak stone for no reason.
Digging Emperor Shun's tomb made Qin Ying hesitate. But, a moment later, he pulled out the bronze sword from the incense burner, gnashed his teeth and jumped down.
Although he found nothing from the holes, it confirmed his guess that the censer stone was the only clue to open Emperor Shun's tomb.
There was an incense burner here, but no one burned incense to worship. Whether Emperor Shun was willing or not, he had become a lonely ghost.
He walked around the incense burner stone a few times, poking and knocking with the tool in his hand, muttering something.
However, the strange thing was that the seemingly disorderly knocking caused the thick moss on the stone cauldron to fall off piece by piece.
Strange bird seal characters gradually emerged. Although they were very difficult to understand and Qin Ying could only guess, it finally proved one thing. The secret to opening the tomb of Emperor Shun was on this stone cauldron.
The stone cauldron was ten feet tall and nine feet wide. It was strangely ancient in shape and weighed tens of thousands of pounds.
Although the process of opening the tomb was the same every time, and it was very tiring and dusty, the thought of solving the eternal mystery and becoming a living immortal from then on gave Qin Ying layers of courage. Even this 10,000-pound stone cauldron became extremely shiny and cute.
His body was very strong, but he did not have the strength of an Overlord. It was purely wishful thinking to topple this huge stone cauldron.
Besides, this huge and heavy stone cauldron was obviously not left for Emperor Shun's descendants to train their strength.
Qin Ying circled around the Fragrant Stone Cauldron a few times. Suddenly, she raised her bronze sword and stabbed it into a seemingly natural stone crack.
His bronze sword had a unique shape. It was entirely made of bronze. One side was wide and blunt, while the other side had a blade. The tip of the sword was a crescent hook. It looked more like a sword than a knife.
The sword hilt was a cloud magpie with its wings spread. There were no inscriptions on the sword body, so it was impossible to know the name of the sword.
The ancient sword shook the evil aura. This was also the standard of a real grave robber. After the successive generations of Mountain Moving Taoist graduated, the first thing they did was to find an ancient sword with an evil aura.
The reason why Qin Ying carried this ancient sword of unknown origin and name was that he had no choice.
Although there were many famous swords in history, there were only a few that had been passed down. This sword, which looked like it was about to rust, was extremely sharp. He had spent a lot of effort to obtain it from Dongfang Shuo's tomb.
Moreover, Qin Ying had a very absurd but unproven guess. Perhaps this sword was his opportunity.
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