latelenovela Chapter 381 The Zhang Family's Skin
Chapter 381 The Zhang Family's Skin
After burning off the filth on his body, Cheng Feng waved to Chen Wenjin and the others.
The four women immediately led their group to Cheng Feng's location.
"Honey, are you alright?"
As Huo Ling spoke, she reached out and helped Cheng Feng straighten his slightly disheveled clothes.
Cheng Feng shook his head to indicate that he was fine, and then said:
"Now that we've finished dealing with things here, let's find a place to set up camp and get ourselves back in shape before heading to the Second Great Mausoleum in the World."
Seeing the tired Unloading Ridge disciples resting, the four women nodded in agreement.
On the dance floor in the center of the banquet, the disciples of the Unloading Ridge Sect moved several terracotta dancer figurines that were in the way to the side.
Then they set up the tent in this flat, open area.
Seeing this, the others also silently began to find places to rest, even though they had been unconscious for a long time.
However, the physical fatigue did not improve. After all, he had been dragged from such a far place by the python corpse, so it was no wonder he couldn't get proper rest.
The tomb was pitch black, and the people could only use watches to tell the passage of time.
Five hours later, the disciples of the Unloading Ridge Sect and Cheng Feng finally woke up. After a good night's sleep, everyone felt refreshed and began preparing food.
The commotion caused by this also woke up the others one after another, and soon the aroma of food truly filled the banquet of the corpse kingdom.
During the meal, Chen Wenjin asked Cheng Feng where the entrance was.
Under the women's warning gazes, Cheng Feng swallowed his words of suspense and helplessly pointed to the ground beneath his feet, telling them that the entrance was right where they were camping.
Everyone was slightly surprised; they had thought the entrance would be inside the coffins of the three monsters.
After eating and drinking their fill, Cheng Feng and the others rested for a while before leisurely starting to pack up the tents and supplies.
Seeing this, the others forgot about the meal they had only eaten halfway through and quickly started packing up their things.
None of them dared to tell Cheng Feng to let them have dinner before setting off.
Before long, everyone had finished packing their equipment and gathered around Cheng Feng and the others.
"Be quiet, everyone. Don't make a sound."
Cheng Feng gave a brief instruction, and the group immediately fell silent, with everyone's breathing slowing down considerably.
In the quiet environment, Cheng Feng squatted down and tapped the ground with his finger. After hearing a faint sound from below,
Cheng Feng then began to tap the ground in a certain rhythm, the sound of his hand hitting the ground sounding like someone was hitting the ground with a hammer.
Thump thump thump...click.
As the sound of the mechanism starting up rang out, Cheng Feng looked up ahead.
In an instant, the entire staircase flipped down, revealing an entrance leading downwards.
Everyone was excited and smiled. Although they had lost many men, they had at least found the entrance to the Second Great Tomb in the World.
"Send some men down to scout ahead."
After Cheng Feng spoke, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared, and they looked at the others to see if anyone would step forward to take on this important task.
Unfortunately, the fools were eliminated along the way; those who have survived to this day are all shrewd and capable.
At this moment, Jude Kao stepped forward and had the hired Wang family squad lead the charge for the group.
On the one hand, he was doing Cheng Feng a favor by supporting him, and on the other hand, he was using mercenaries, so he wouldn't care even if they all died.
Soon, the eight-person Wang family team was the first to enter the secret passage.
Cheng Feng waited for two minutes before setting off. With this distance, even if the traps ahead were triggered, it wouldn't have much of an impact on Cheng Feng.
After entering the secret passage, Cheng Feng could see lights dozens of meters ahead.
Maintaining this distance, the group officially began its march toward the Second Mausoleum Under Heaven.
After walking several hundred meters along the narrow secret passage, the space ahead opened up, and the group noticed that the guiding lights had stopped.
"Should we wait a bit?"
Chen Wenjin asked softly.
Cheng Feng: "No need, there's something there, let's go and take a look."
When Cheng Feng and the others approached the scouting team, they found that they were surrounding a terracotta warrior that was more than two meters tall.
It had a human skin draped over its shoulder, with a dark red Qilin pattern on it, which looked like a tattoo.
Upon seeing this, Hei Xiazi couldn't help but turn to look at Zhang Qiling.
But then Zhang Qiling's expression turned solemn as he stared intently at the human skin covering the terracotta warrior.
"Old Zhang, this human skin with the Qilin tattoo should belong to your family, right?"
Hei Xiazi asked softly.
Zhang Qiling nodded slightly, his gaze unwavering.
Then Zhang Qiling suddenly stepped towards the terracotta figure covered in human skin.
Upon seeing this, the Wang family members quickly made way for Zhang Qiling. Under everyone's watchful eyes, Zhang Qiling raised his hand and gently touched the Qilin pattern on the human skin.
The next second, the red Qilin slowly disappeared from the human skin, and the human skin returned to its normal appearance.
"This is?"
Huo Ling nudged Cheng Feng's shoulder and asked in a low voice.
"The Zhang family's unique method of performing rituals for the deceased involves tattoos that represent the souls of the Zhang family members."
When the tattoo disappears from the skin, it signifies that the Zhang family member has passed away and truly vanished.
As soon as Cheng Feng finished speaking, Zhang Qiling silently walked back to the group, without touching the human skin on the terracotta figurine.
"Let's keep going. There's nothing special about this terracotta figurine."
After Cheng Feng spoke, the Wang family did not hesitate and continued to act as pioneers in front of everyone.
After a while, Cheng Feng and the others finally started walking, with some stopping to observe the terracotta figures.
The final conclusion was that the terracotta figurine bore a resemblance to the face on the statue of the corpse in the banquet.
"The Wang family must have suffered greatly under this emperor."
The pitch-black python-like corpses and the human skin on the terracotta figurines along the way almost all came from the Zhang family.
The tomb owner completely treated the Zhang family as expendable resources, skinning some and turning others into monsters.
Who could have imagined that the Zhang family, with its thousands of years of history, would have such a tragic moment?
Zhang Qiling's face showed no emotion; he could not empathize with the plight of his ancestors.
The Zhang family was a large clan, and as far as he knew, many of its members had died tragically in the wilderness.
Zhang Qiling remained calm, but several people began to break down.
Zhang Haike and the others, disguised and in the group, gritted their teeth, wishing they could drag the tomb owner out and whip his corpse.
They deliberately slowed their pace and walked at the back of the group. After everyone had passed the terracotta figures, Zhang Haike personally stepped forward and carefully removed the human skin.
Actually, some people noticed their actions, but since they were holding human skin, not some treasure, no one said anything.
After carefully putting the human skin into his backpack, Zhang Haike led the remaining five people to catch up with the group ahead.
The secret passage is unexpectedly long, which shows how magnificent this second-best mausoleum in the world is.
The corpse banquet alone is comparable to that of a typical imperial tomb.