Chapter 316 The Road to the Underground
Early morning.
?Du E yawned and pushed open the door.
?There are no familiar statues or tables in the open space in the center of the village. This is to be expected. The worship of gods in the mornings of the previous two days was just a reward for surviving the pale ghost.
?A slightly fishy fragrance flowed into Du E''s nostrils, making her stomach rumble.
?Several family members who got up early have already started to cook wild vegetable broth. Du E has long been tired of eating this stuff, but it is the only reliable food in the Burial Village. She can''t survive without eating it.
What surprised her a little.
??Lao Tang and several other old people did not hide in the room as usual, but sat happily outside the house, watching everyone busy while enjoying the fresh morning air.
It seems like the attitude of these old people.
The behavior of the family members in the past few days has changed. They no longer regard them as dirty people who need to be tabooed, but as a group of reliable descendants who may change the status quo.
?? Du E glanced behind her and saw that Wu Xian was still sleeping like a dead pig, so she walked to her coffin alone and lay on it as if quietly talking to the things in the coffin.
…
“The night has passed.”
“Everyone should have new ideas about that big pit.”
??Wu Xian started a combat meeting while drinking broth: "We''d better resolve the matter before noon, so let''s discuss it while eating."
?Du E stared at Wu Xian''s strange hairstyle and couldn''t move her eyes away.
?Wu Xian''s slightly curly hair was originally quite handsome, but after arriving at the Blessed Land, he hadn''t taken care of it for several days and it already looked like a chicken coop.
Jian Lingyu rolled her eyes angrily: "You are the one who gets up the latest among us, so you have the nerve to say not to waste time."
?Wu Xian smiled: "I got up late because I thought about it for a long time last night."
Wen Chao ended the useless topic.
They were helpless about the big hole last night, but after thinking about it for a night, everyone more or less had new ideas.
“We don’t know how deep the pit is or what’s inside, and our carrying capacity is limited, so it’s impossible to open the pit in one morning using normal methods.”
“My suggestion is to use fire to burn it, and use wind abilities to replenish oxygen, so that the fire can quickly burn everything inside, including the monsters inside!”
Su Xuan also made suggestions: "As for how to get down... I suggest using Li Juxian''s fishing rod. The fishing line of that fishing rod is very long, and it can reduce the weight of the bundled objects. You can use the fishing rod to easily pull everyone and the coffin urn. Send it down."
Combined the suggestions of Wen Chao and Su Xuan.
It is already very complete, and the problems everyone encountered last night were all solved.
Jian Lingyu originally wanted to say that she could prepare medicine to repel insects, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary.
Others’ suggestions are similar.
If nothing else happens, this is what everyone will do this morning.
But Wu Xian shook his head.
“I thought so at first, but before I fell asleep, I suddenly felt that it was inappropriate to do so.”
?Wen Chaoqi asked: "Why is it inappropriate?"
?Wu Xian drank the last mouthful of broth, put down the pottery bowl, and explained to everyone.
“Today at noon, people from the Immortal City will come from underground and carry away the coffins and urns below with drums and gongs.”
“I don’t know why they did this, but obviously their actions have an internal logic. Just like they carried the coffin to the Burialless Village, it is part of some kind of ritual...”
“Since it is a ceremony, everything must be normal before it can proceed.”
"You said, if this group of people came and saw everything burned, and in the burned place, there were some obviously unreasonable coffins and urns... would they still carry the coffins away? Or even, they would Will he open the coffin and fight with those who destroyed the ceremony?" As soon as Wu Xian finished speaking, everyone''s expressions suddenly changed. This is indeed a question.
??Wei Hengbo couldn''t help but question Wu Xian.
“You mean, we have to go down to the ground with coffins and urns, but we can’t destroy anything and we have to keep it as if nothing happened?”
“How is this possible?”
?Wu Xian smiled.
“No, it’s totally possible!”
“Do you still remember what happened when we killed the water ghost in the well?”
Jian Lingyu suddenly had an idea: "I poisoned the well at that time, and the things in the pit reacted. What do you mean..."
Wu Xian smiled and nodded: "That''s it. Since your poison can poison the things in the big pit, it means that this well is connected to the big pit. We can go down directly from this well without moving. There is nothing in the pit to reach the ground!"
Du E clapped her hands and gave a thumbs up to Wu Xian: "And there is a lot of water in the well. You won''t be hurt if you jump directly. You won''t get hurt if you throw coffins and urns down..."
"Yes!" Wu Xian stood up and walked to the well, "Maybe this is the right path."
??Wu Xian had the same plan as Wen Chao last night.
??But there was a hurdle in the plan that they couldn''t get around. If they wanted to lower the coffin smoothly, they could only rely on Li Juxian''s fishing rod.
??Although there are many dangers in the Blessed Land, there are few difficulties that can be overcome by relying on specific god-worshiping abilities.
??Are they going to be trapped and die here if they don''t get Jiang Taigong''s fishing rod?
So Wu Xian began to think about other ways.
??If the burial method for Aunt Miao had not been chosen wrongly, Aunt Miao might have directly told what she saw underground. Unfortunately, if she missed it, she would have missed it.
Everyone discussed some details.
Let the plan be made.
?In order to ensure that the plan does not go wrong, someone needs to go down to explore the bottom first, and then everyone can go into the water after ensuring safety.
The candidate to explore the bottom was quickly decided.
Jiang Chun cannot swim, Wei Hengbo is too heavy, and Li Juxian must act as a human lift on top...
therefore.
Finally, it was decided to let Wu Xian, Su Xuan and Wei Qinglan go down first to explore the bottom.
Others are waiting ashore.
Wei Hengbo was unwilling to let his sister take risks in every possible way. After being scolded by Wei Qinglan, he reluctantly agreed. Then he kept staring at Wu Su and Wu Su with the look of "I will fight you if anything happens to my sister," which made them speechless for a while.
?After everyone had eaten and drank, the old man and the old lady also finished their meal.
Before going down the well to explore the bottom, there is one more thing that must be done.
Jiang Chun carried the remaining broth to the cemetery where Mr. Li was buried yesterday, and placed the broth in front of the grave. This was what Wu Xian had promised Mr. Li yesterday, and of course he had to honor it.
Wait until Jiang Chun leaves.
The hot smell of the broth began to spiral upward. As the heat dissipated, the broth in the pot quickly cooled down. If anyone stirred inside, they would find that the pieces of meat in the pot were already as loose as sawdust...
After a while.
Beside the tomb, a voice of satisfaction came out of thin air...
(End of this chapter)