Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 243 7 White Candles, Time is Running Out for You

As soon as the thought came to my mind that the wizard was me, I shuddered involuntarily.

How could I be the wizard who was performing the sacrifice?

Even though we look like we have the same build, there's no way I'm that wizard!

Everything you see is fake!

It's unreal!

Just now, Taoist Priest Zhang spoke in a strange tone, and then I vaguely saw the sacrificial scene. I must have been bewitched by him!

Now it is certain that he is definitely Ma Si!

I just don’t know if I am the only one who can see this sacrificial scene, or if Cui Hao can see it too.

What is the meaning of Ma Si letting me watch this sacrificial scene?

The strangest thing is why the wizard has the exact same body shape as me.

Is Ma Si hinting at something?

By the way, it was previously speculated that he was going to replicate a certain scene.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will be this sacrificial scene that will be reproduced.

Su Sheng corresponds exactly to the human-snake entwined on the altar.

I have the psychic mask, psychic cards, and psychic horn, which correspond exactly to that wizard.

And Cui Hao and the others...maybe they are the human sacrifices on the altar.

Ma Si is really good at calculating.

Count all of us in.

But why did he reveal his plan in advance?

The person pretending to be Taoist Zhang but having his identity exposed can be explained by the fact that the reenactment of the scene requires the step of exposing the identity.

But revealing the identities we play in the sacrifice is a bit weird.

This is equivalent to showing your cards in advance when playing cards, and putting all the cards in your hand in front of us for us to see.

Either he has absolute confidence and can control us to act according to his design.

Or, he leaked problematic information and wanted to mislead us into making a wrong judgment.

Thinking about it, I have been led by Ma Si all the way.

I think it's probably because he's overconfident...

While his mind was racing, the wizard on the altar began to chant.

He kept making humming sounds from his mouth.

The chants are single syllables such as "ah", "oh" and "ang".

Although the syllables are simple, the chanting tone has a unique charm.

It feels a bit like listening to operas like Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera.

The chant was repeated twice, and the melody seemed to be engraved in my mind.

When the wizard chanted for the third time, I somehow started humming along with the tune.

He actually followed the tune without any stumbling.

After humming, I felt that I could repeat the chant independently.

"Brother! Wake up!" Cui Hao's voice suddenly came.

"Wake up!"

"What's wrong with you now?!"

Then I felt my body shaking violently.

The sacrificial scene before my eyes began to dissipate as my body shook.

I opened my eyes dazedly... No, weren't I keeping my eyes open the whole time?!

But just now, my eyes were indeed opened!

How is this going?

I shuddered all over and my dizzy brain immediately became clear.

Immediately afterwards, I saw a pair of eyes filled with concern and anxiety.

Those were Cui Hao's eyes.

I don't know when I was lying on the ground, with my upper body held in Cui Hao's arms.

Seeing me open my eyes, Cui Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, you suddenly fainted and almost scared me to death."

"I thought the curse on you had broken out."

"If you don't wake up..."

Cui Hao kept talking, obviously trying to release the pressure in his heart with words.

Some people talk more when they are nervous.

I raised my head and looked in the direction of Taoist Master Zhang.

He had already lit seven white candles.

The seven white candles were arranged on the ground in the shape of the Big Dipper.

Is this... a formation?

I've heard people talk about formations before.

For example, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang used the Bagua Formation to kill the enemy, and finally wanted to use the Seven Star Lamp to prolong his life.

Wait, Seven Star Lantern?!

The white candles arranged by Taoist Master Zhang in front of him were exactly in the shape of seven stars.

Could it be a simplified version of the Seven Star Lantern?

According to legend, the Southern Dipper is responsible for life, while the Northern Dipper is responsible for death.

Zhuge Liang lit the Seven-Star Lamp in order to extend his life from the Big Dipper, which controls death.

But the Taoist priest Zhang, disguised as Ma Si, used white candles to form a seven-star formation. Could it be that he also wanted to prolong his life?

I am full of doubts about Ma Si's behavior.

It always feels too abnormal.

Ever since Su Sheng pointed out that he was Ma Si, everything that happened was very abnormal!

Taoist Master Zhang straightened up after placing the last candle.

He looked at me with a smile: "I know you have a lot of doubts."

"Wait a little longer, and once you open the God's Tomb, you will understand everything."

"Young people usually don't want to listen to the elderly. I guess you are a disobedient person and you are probably thinking of doing the opposite."

"But you don't have much time left."

"After entering the cave, the Gu insect behind you is attracted by the Qi and has begun to change."

"If you don't believe me, you two can look at each other."

My heart tightened and I looked at Cui Hao.

"Mouse, turn around and let me see!"

Cui Hao immediately turned around and lifted up his clothes.

Just now, in order to protect me, he was scratched by the red-blood bat on his back, leaving two cuts.

Both cuts were as long as a palm.

Fortunately, the wound was not deep and only injured the skin and flesh, not the bones.

Scabbing has begun to form at the edges of the wound.

Apply some medicine and bandage it later, and you will recover soon.

I picked up the emergency light and shone it on Cui Hao's back to take a closer look at the changes in the curse.

The light shone on his back.

Just as my eyes were about to glance over the wound on his back, I suddenly saw something unusual.

I saw red worms like silk threads wriggling under the skin at the edge of the wound on my back.

Those bugs are crawling under the skin!

Every time it moves, a small bulge will appear on the skin.

And the direction in which those crimson nematodes were wriggling was clearly the direction of the curse!

Could this crimson silk nematode be one of the Three Corpses and Nine Insects?

My memory was instantly pulled back to the tomb of the King of Bi State.

Similar nematodes were also found in that tomb, but the color was slightly different.

Do not!

These nematodes should be related to Ma Si!

He just said that the curse would change, it must be related to the nematodes!

He wants to control us with nematodes!

Swish!

I suddenly looked up and stared at Taoist Master Zhang... When I looked at him, I was stunned again.

He had changed without knowing when.

It's back to how it should be.

"Ma! Si!" I gritted my teeth, squeezing out every word from between my teeth.

"What did you do to Taoist Master Zhang?!"

"What are those red nematodes on the rat's back?!"

My eyes were full of anger.

I wish I could eat Ma Si alive.

"Hahaha." Ma Si laughed proudly with his head raised.

"You are really kindhearted. Instead of asking for yourself first, you ask others."

"Master Zhang is doing very well."

"He just went deeper into the cave before you."

"Calculating the time, he should have found the God's Tomb."

"If you rush over now, you can still save his life."

"As for the one next to you..."

Ma Si pointed at Cui Hao with contempt.

He said slowly: "If you want to save him, you have to dig up the tomb and find the altar!"