usatvline Chapter 240 The Insidious Iron-Faced Scholar
Chapter 240 The Insidious Iron-Faced Scholar
Yang Xueli had previously studied the Warring States silk manuscripts with Cheng Feng, so she recognized most of the characters on this silk manuscript.
Even if she doesn't recognize a character, she can make a reasonable guess based on the context.
She quickly recounted a complete story.
The above records indicate that the person who usurped the throne was King Shang of Lu during the Warring States period.
He was originally a minor warlord in the State of Lu. He was raising funds for his army by robbing a tomb.
They unexpectedly encountered a giant python, killed it, and retrieved a purple-gold treasure box from its belly.
There is a jade seal inside the box.
At this point, the women looked at the wooden box in Cheng Feng's hand.
Then Yang Xueli continued:
"This jade seal can communicate between the Yin and Yang realms. King Lu Shang used the jade seal to summon a large number of immortal Yin soldiers."
Even with his ghostly soldiers, he remained a powerful regional lord, winning every battle.
He was eventually enfeoffed as King Shang of Lu by the Duke of Lu.
Hearing this, Chen Wenjin looked at the jade seal in Cheng Feng's hand and said:
"It can summon ghost soldiers; calling this thing the Ghost Seal would be more appropriate."
Cheng Feng took it out of the wooden box and examined it in his hand.
After a while, Huo Ling asked curiously:
"Master, does this thing really have the ability to summon ghost soldiers?"
"Yes, this is a contingency plan left by the Queen Mother of the West for King Mu of Zhou, but the Yin soldiers are too weak, so it's a bit of a waste."
As he spoke, Cheng Feng handed the Ghost Seal to the curious Huo Ling.
She held it in her hand and played with it for a while, then seemed to sense its chilling nature and returned it to Cheng Feng.
At this point, Yang Xueli continued translating the contents of the silk manuscript.
Then things took a turn.
At the height of King Lu Shang's power, his beloved woman, Yao Guang, died.
King Lu Shang, who loved this woman to the extreme, desperately searched for a way to revive Yao Guang.
At this moment, an important figure appeared.
He wore a bronze mask on his face and called himself Iron-Faced Man.
Knowing that King Lu Shang was searching for a way to resurrect his wife, he offered himself up, saying that he had a way to help King Lu Shang resurrect his beloved concubine.
Finally, under the guidance of Tie Miansheng, King Lu Shang mobilized his troops to dig out King Mu of Zhou.
They then removed the jade figurine from King Mu of Zhou.
The last part of the silk manuscript reads:
Because Tie Miansheng inadvertently revealed that the jade figurine could grant immortality, King Lu Shang suddenly changed his mind.
He killed Iron-Faced Man with his own hands, and then lay down inside the jade terracotta warrior.
"That King Lu Shang, he made me feel so moved for nothing. In the end, he still couldn't resist the temptation of immortality."
He completely forgot about the matter of resurrecting his queen.
Huo Ling glanced disdainfully at the corpse of 'King Lu Shang'.
Cheng Feng took the silk book back from Yang Xueli, glanced at it a few times, then rubbed a flame and burned it to ashes.
"That bastard is shameless! How could he have the nerve to write this silk scroll!"
Cheng Feng's words resonated with the girls, who assumed he was condemning King Lu Shang.
But they soon realized they had misunderstood.
"The one lying in here is not King Lu Shang, but the so-called strategist Tie Mian Sheng."
Look at those two corpses over there. The woman is King Lu Shang's deceased wife.
If the person inside is indeed King Lu Shang, even if he changes his mind...
How could he possibly allow his queen to lie with another man?
After Cheng Feng explained, they also realized something was wrong.
If the person wearing the bronze mask next to the queen is Tie Miansheng, then King Lu Shang must have some special hobby.
Otherwise, how could he let his wife lie next to someone else?
"If the one inside is Iron-Faced Scholar, then could the one outside be King Lu Shang?"
Chen Wenjin looked at the two corpses on the platform next to him and guessed.
But Cheng Feng still shook his head, indicating that it was wrong.
"It's possible that King Lu Shang's corpse was fed to corpse beetles by Iron-Faced Man."
The male corpse on the platform had a fox-like face, and oh yes, it had something good on it.
As he spoke, Cheng Feng walked to the masked corpse and rummaged around its waist for a moment.
He took out a brown object from behind his belt.
"what is this?"
Amidst the curious gazes of the girls, Cheng Feng placed it in his palm and said:
"This is a thousand-year-old Qilin blood, which can cure all poisons. After consuming it, the blood will have a restraining effect on insects."
"Just like the effect of your blood?"
Hearing this, Chen Wenjin was somewhat tempted. Even if they didn't go into the tomb, it would be great to avoid mosquitoes in the summer.
"How could that be? This thing's insect-repelling effect is less than a spit from me. Even comparing it to my spit is giving it too much credit."
Hearing Cheng Feng say that, the girls immediately lost interest.
If it works well, they might grit their teeth and give it a try.
Now, it's simply unbearable to ask them to eat something that's been sitting on a corpse for who knows how long, just for a little bit of deworming effect.
"You don't want it? This is a genuine thousand-year-old Qilin Blood, you can hardly find it anywhere else."
Cheng Feng asked again.
The girls shook their heads in unison, saying that eating this stuff was not as good as kissing Cheng Feng.
"If you don't want it, then I'll keep it and sell it when I have the chance to get some money for your pocket money."
After speaking, Cheng Feng opened the Boundless Demon Eye and put away the Ghost Seal, the Qilin Blood, and the Jade Figurine.
After putting these items away, Cheng Feng looked at the platform where the princess and the fox-faced corpse were placed.
Beside the fox-faced corpse lay a treasure box; Cheng Feng knew it contained the Snake-Eyebrow Bronze Fish.
Wang Zanghai came here specifically to put this thing.
"Let's leave this box here."
None of the women objected to Cheng Feng's decision.
In their view, the contents of the box must be of little value.
Otherwise, given Cheng Feng's exploitative nature, he certainly wouldn't have stayed.
"Since there's nothing good left, let's just leave. There are too many insects in this tomb."
Yang Xueli looked up at the cliff exit above.
Cheng Feng's inextinguishable dragon fire burned the original natural steps of the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress to ashes.
So if they wanted to leave, they had to climb up the cliff themselves.
Cheng Feng wanted to use his ability to control the wind to send the group up, but for safety reasons, he didn't bring it up.
"I'll go up first. You guys keep the Tomb Raider Seal safe and watch out for bugs."
After the girls agreed, Cheng Feng took out a rope from his backpack and slung it over his shoulder.
Then, he ran to the edge of the cliff in a few steps, and with his superhuman agility, he leaped up high in a few bounds.
Even monkeys would be ashamed compared to Cheng Feng.
Once on the cliff face, Cheng Feng casually tossed one end of the rope below.
"Hold on tight to the rope, or tie it to your bodies. I'll pull you all up together."
After hearing Cheng Feng's words, Chen Wenjin first tied a safety rope around Ah Xiang's body.
Then Ah Xiang grabbed the rope from behind.
Yang Xueli and Huo Ling followed closely behind. After they were ready, Cheng Feng slowly pulled up the rope.
On the way down the mountain, Yang Xueli and Cheng Feng walked together and chatted:
"That female corpse is not simple either. It was just exposed there, and after so many years it still looks like she has just fallen asleep."
Huo Ling, standing behind him, nodded in agreement.
"Yes, if her complexion hadn't been normal, I would have thought she had used mercury."
"The reason her body has remained intact for a thousand years is because someone placed a meteorite in her throat."
At this point, Cheng Feng looked at Chen Wenjin.
Without his intervention, this key would ultimately have become Wu Sansheng's bargaining chip in his scheme against Chen Pi Asi.
This is the reason why Chen Pi Asi took Wu Xie and the others to the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top.