Hu Bayi looked at the two.
He voiced his insights.
"I won't go into the general description of the Big Dipper. The three constellations I'm referring to are Tian Ji, Yu Heng, and Yao Guang."
"In ancient times, Taoism considered Tian Ji to be the Star Lord Lucun, who controlled wealth. Yu Heng was Lian Zhen Xing Jun, known as the 'Killing Star' and 'Imprisoning Star'."
Hu Bayi took a breath and continued.
"The seventh star is called Yao Guang, commonly known as the 'Ruinous Army Star.' This star possesses immense destructive power and can overthrow other celestial bodies."
As Hu Bayi spoke, Zhang Tian seemed to understand something.
"If that's the case, then these seven monsters are not monsters at all, but rather people, powerful rulers."
Zhang Tian said, and Hu Bayi nodded.
"In ancient times, there were many corrupt officials, those who seized wealth, those who abused power and deliberately framed people, imprisoning them, and those who wielded great power capable of overthrowing dynasties."
"I believe the Taoists of that era, who were perhaps the emperor, suppressed these forces and created the Seven Star Coffin."
As he spoke, Zhang Tian silently gave Hu Bayi a thumbs-up.
Hu Bayi's abilities once again gave Zhang Tian a new level of understanding.
"What are you talking about? Fatty didn't understand a single word."
"Let's hurry up, the door is already open."
Fatty pointed to the large door not far away.
Zhang Tian grunted in agreement.
"Close the coffin, and let's go."
After Zhang Tian finished speaking, Fatty and Hu Bayi followed Zhang Tian and closed the coffin again.
As the coffin was closed, the door began to shut.
Without hesitation, Zhang Tian and the others rushed in.
The large door closed, and the three stood behind it.
"This is incredible, it's an automatic door."
Fatty patted the door, breathing heavily.
Meanwhile, after Zhang Tian and the others entered.
At the previous altar, several men in black walked in.
A Ning looked around, her brow furrowed slightly.
"A Ning, it seems this place has been ransacked."
A burly man said, his voice tinged with surprise.
A Ning also frowned.
"Impossible. We were the ones who discovered this place first, and our speed is definitely faster than anyone else's. How could anyone have gotten here?"
A Ning was skeptical. She led her men further inside.
Soon, several people arrived at an altar.
"Look, there's treasure on the altar!"
A thin man exclaimed, his voice filled with excitement.
Before A Ning could say anything, he had already rushed in.
"Haha, treasures, all the treasures are ours."
The man seemed to have gone mad, grabbing gold and silver, and frantically stuffing gold into his pockets.
At that moment, suddenly, from the coffin not far away, black smoke billowed out.
Almost before A Ning and her team could react.
The black smoke had already surrounded the man.
The next moment, the man turned into a bloody figure.
His entire body had rotted, and an aura of decay emanated from him.
"Ah..."
A scream echoed.
The man's face contorted in extreme pain.
"This..."
For a moment, all the team members were shocked.
"Ah."
Another scream, and the man charged into the inner tomb.
"Follow me quickly."
A Ning said, and the others quickly followed the bloody figure.
No one knew where the bloody figure was going.
Soon, in the main tomb chamber, the statues of the Four Heavenly Kings appeared before them.
A Ning and her team looked at the coffin, then at the disappeared bloody figure.
They each felt a sense of unease.
"What do we do? One of us died as soon as we got down here. This..."
A man spoke.
"No, he's not dead, just injured."
A Ning refused to admit it, speaking sternly.
The others didn't say much more.
They looked at the coffin, their brows furrowed.
"The coffin has been opened. Who was it that was faster than us?"
A Ning asked, her voice filled with doubt as she looked at the coffin lid.
"Sister, if someone else has been in here, how did they get past that coffin just now?"
"Did someone die there too?"
A man asked, and A Ning's heart trembled.
"This time, we might have encountered a master."
"Look, let's be careful. We won't open this coffin. Since someone else has already opened it, there's likely nothing left inside."
A Ning said, not wanting another one of her people to die.
The others nodded in agreement. They looked around the area.
"I understand some feng shui structures. This is probably not the main tomb chamber. We need to go back."
As he spoke, the others remembered the coffin and hesitated for a moment.
A Ning, however, was not afraid. She waved her hand, and the group walked further inside.
Meanwhile, above, in a small village.
Wu Xie and the others were sitting in the courtyard, food laid out on their table.
"Chen Chengcheng, why are you here?"
Wu Xie looked at the girl, who had gone missing days earlier, with surprise in his eyes.
"That day, I discovered a group of tomb raiders and followed them all the way here. I didn't expect you to be here too. Hey, what's wrong with Han Shao?"
She finished speaking.
Her gaze fell on Han Shao.
Although the snake venom was suppressed, it still remained in Han Shao's body.
It flared up periodically.
Without the Qilin's blood, his death would only be a matter of time.
After all, no one would be kind enough to give him blood every day.
"Han Shao has been poisoned. We need to enter the tomb as soon as possible to find the antidote."
Wu Xie's expression was serious.
He looked somewhat dejected.
This was his first time tomb raiding, and they had already faced such a challenge. If Han Shao died, Wu Xie would surely blame himself.
"Wu Xie, it's not your fault. It's all my fault for being incompetent."
Han Shao looked self-reproaching. If he had remained calmer at the time, perhaps the situation wouldn't be like this.
"Let's not talk about that. Our priority now is to find the antidote quickly."
Third Uncle said from the side.
"Little girl, you came here, do you know where the tomb is?"
Pan Zi looked at her, his voice low.
He asked with a hint of doubt.
"I do. I heard the villagers say earlier that there was a large tomb on the mountain, but it was buried a few days ago due to a landslide."
As she spoke, several people stood up.
"Let's go, we need to enter the tomb quickly."
"It's getting late."
Third Uncle was decisive and spoke directly.
Everyone agreed enthusiastically.
They descended into the tomb.
Soon, they arrived at the burial site.
Pan Zi dug up some bloody mud with his shovel.
He determined it to be a blood tomb.
Then, they dug downwards, following the Little Brother, and soon arrived inside the tomb.
They had arrived at the same altar that Zhang Tian had visited earlier.
"This is an altar?"
Wu Xie frowned slightly.
The Little Brother, however, looked at the side door not far away, his expression contemplative.
He seemed to be lost in thought.
"This tripod is very strange."
Wu Xie said, touching the tripod.
The next moment, the coffin shook.
An aura of death surged out.
"Thump."
The Little Brother knelt directly on the ground. The others also hastily knelt. After the Little Brother uttered a series of corpse language, the coffin finally stopped shaking.
"What happened?"
Third Uncle's forehead was covered in cold sweat.
Wu Xie stared at the coffin in shock.
"Leave here before dark."
"Also, someone has already been here, be careful, follow me."
The Little Brother said, leading the way.
The others exchanged glances. Wu Xie took a few photos of the inscriptions before following.
Soon, they arrived at a large tomb chamber.
"This is the Coffin of the Zhenshi, and the Four Heavenly Kings!"
Seeing the stone carvings before them, Third Uncle's complexion changed drastically.
He shivered, his body trembling slightly.
Even the Little Brother's expression showed a flicker of surprise.
"This coffin shows signs of being pried open. That means someone has already plundered the coffin!"
"Who dares to steal an evil coffin? Do they not want to live?"
Third Uncle exclaimed in shock.
His face was filled with disbelief.
"Third Uncle, what is an evil coffin?"
Wu Xie looked at the coffin, finding nothing particularly unusual about it.
"An evil coffin is one that contains immense resentment from the deceased. Furthermore, once opened, the curse is broken, and the opener, as well as the entire tomb, will suffer!"
"Look at the surrounding stone statues, even the Four Heavenly Kings are here to guard this coffin. The one inside is not to be underestimated."
Third Uncle said, looking at the pry marks.
He spoke with even greater shock, his voice trembling slightly.
"There is no blood on the ground now, which clearly indicates that the person who opened the coffin did not die. This..."
Third Uncle's heart was racing.
After so many years, this was the first time he had witnessed such a scene.
Someone had actually managed to break open an evil coffin and leave unharmed. This had shattered Third Uncle's understanding of the world.