I didn't expect the Great Qing Mantra to be so powerful.
I followed him to He Dana's place.
"Is this Great Qing Mantra so powerful?"
"Yes, that's what the eyes in the cave are like. They are cursed, and no beautiful eyes can escape until the 160 small coffins are full. But what will happen after they are full? It seems that the cave is very evil."
I don't know how I will face this cave in the end.
When he got back to work, the manager said that he felt something was wrong during this period and it might be related to the cave, so he wanted to seal it off completely.
"Don't block it for now. He Dana and I will take a look at it."
I don’t know how to deal with this in the end. If it was the Great Qing Curse that put those beautiful eyes, the soul-enchanting eyes, into the small coffin, then it should be a curse. So, those Qing Dynasty corpses were put into the small house with only a small entrance, and it should also be a curse. I’m sweating. If the bad guys get this Great Qing Curse, then…
I can't imagine how horrible it is.
He Dana directly ordered the cave to be sealed. He no longer entered the cave. The cave was sealed up, and then a fake mountain was built that looked like a real mountain and could not be seen.
This matter has passed. Since He Dana asked for the cave to be sealed, there should be no problem.
When He Dana and I wanted to learn the Great Qing Mantra, he scolded me and said that I could not learn it now. People who have hatred, grudges, and resentment in their hearts cannot learn it. They absolutely cannot learn it.
I knew that if the Great Qing Curse was learned by such a person, the consequences would be unimaginable. I couldn't break the spell, so I could only kill the head of the rich family and make the rich family extinct. I really thought so at the time. I hated the head of the rich family and everything about the rich family.
This hatred is growing.
I went to the Bone Village on my own. He Dana told me that I might be able to find a way to break the hook technique there.
The manager and I asked for a few days off. This time when I go in, I will try to find a way to crack the problem.
I entered the Bone Village and found a house to rest in for the night.
The house was close to the river. There were daily necessities in the room, but nothing special was found.
After I put down my backpack, I sat by the river in a daze. Everything in the Bone Village was weird. I didn’t know why it was weird, and neither did He Dana. Or perhaps no one knew.
The refining furnace was right in front of me, and it was always shiny and never rusted. This was a very strange phenomenon.
I don't know how many weird things the refiners here knew back then, but I know that refiners will encounter many things and slowly become weird people. In society, refiners have always been considered evil, weird, and scary from ancient times to the present.
The sky gradually darkened and I walked into the ditch. When it is dark, strange things start to happen. It is always quiet during the day and only the living people make trouble. The dead make trouble at night. This is exactly the theory of yin and yang.
I entered a ditch, and among these ditches, I chose the one I had not entered before.
The ditch turned three corners before I saw the houses in the ditch. I didn't expect that the houses in this ditch were actually arranged in rows, connected together. They were not staggered, but three very neat rows. From a distance, they looked very beautiful. I really didn't expect that the ditch could be different and weird.
The road curved upwards, and when I got closer, I discovered that the houses were in a row, but they were in the shape of coffins, the kind of old coffins that made me shudder. It was so weird.
I looked at the doors. They were all locked. The locks were rusted. There were no windows, neither in the front nor in the back. I really couldn't figure out what this house was used for. Since there were no windows, it shouldn't be a place where people live. A house where people live can't be without windows.
I walked up the mountain to see these houses more clearly, but I didn't expect that there were windows on the roofs. These were reverse-open windows. With reverse-open windows, the people living inside must be dead people. In ancient times, these were the rooms for the dead, and only dead people would have windows on the ceilings.
I looked for a long time and was about to go into a room to see what kind of dead person lived there. I thought it must be a dead person, no doubt about it.
I found a room, broke the lock with a stone, opened the door, and went in. There was only a large room with two kangs, one east and one west. The kangs for the living were one south and one north. Only the kangs for the dead were one east and one west.
I shone the flashlight and almost fell to the ground. When I stood up, I started sweating. On the kang, there were corpses, covered with quilts, sleeping one next to another, with only their heads exposed. There were two kangs. The strangest thing was that the corpses were all covered with iron covers, almost the same shape. I didn't understand what that meant.
I hesitated, should I go in and take down the iron cover to see who it was? Maybe I couldn't tell who it was at all, because it would be just bones, and that's all I could see.
I still went in and took off an iron mask, and it was indeed made of bones. I didn't touch the rest, so I couldn't tell who it belonged to. I was possessed by some strange magic, and tried to move the iron mask against my face. It was terrible. I couldn't get it off, as if it had grown into my flesh. I screamed and pulled it down, and it hurt. I knew I couldn't get it off. I didn't know how panicked I was at the time, but I was panicked to a certain extent, a degree that I couldn't bear.
I returned to the small house by the river, and slowly I calmed down. What I was thinking about now was that I couldn't take off this iron mask, so how could I go back to Bone Village and see people
I didn't expect this result. Why did I try it out? Maybe I was curious and wanted to see if the iron mask was comfortable to wear.
I've been wandering around in Bone Village for four days wearing an iron mask, but nothing has happened. It seems I have to go out and find He Dana.
It was dark, I left the Bone Village and went straight to He Dana's place. I knocked on the door, and He Dana opened the door. When he saw me, he yelled and jumped more than three meters away.
"Godfather, it's me."
I went in and locked the door.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to scare me again?"
"Godfather, no, I went to the Bone Village. This iron mask..."
I told him what happened, and He Dana was stunned for a moment and said.
"I've told you so many times not to be curious about anything. Yun Zheng will teach you, but you always do this. Will something go wrong?"
"Don't talk about this for now, just take it down for me."
"Take it off? Wear it for the rest of your life, you."
I was so dumbfounded at the time. Wear it for life? Are you kidding
I sat down, sweat pouring down my face.
"You don't know history, about the history of western Liaoning, or the unofficial history. There used to be a nation here called the Iron-faced Tribe. Their warriors would wear masks that penetrated into their flesh after the age of eighteen. They could not take them off for their entire lives. They were iron warriors, warriors who protected the nation. They were brave and selfless, but their treatment was also quite high. This tribe had a thousand such warriors, no more, no less. If one died, another would be added. They never added more. They were an invincible legion with strict military discipline."
I really don't know about the history of Greater Liaoxi. These histories are all unofficial histories and have not been included in the official history. But that does not hinder its authenticity, which is absolutely true.
I never thought there would be such a nation.
"They were in Bone Village. I saw them. They died there."
"I don't know why there are Iron Warriors in Bone Village, but one thing is certain, they are Iron Warriors, that's for sure."
"I need help getting this off me."
"It's an honor to wear this."
"He Dana..."
I got angry and stood up.
"Are you angry, you little bastard? If you are angry, then you have the ability to take it down yourself. Why are you so arrogant when I ask you to do something for me?"
I have never wanted to strangle He Dana to death as much as I do now.
"Alright, let's go to Bone Village tomorrow. You will go to the place where you caused the trouble. You must return the things you borrowed, but I can't say whether I can return them or not."
I was very uncomfortable this night.
The next day when we went to Bone Village, I took He Dana directly into the room. He took a look and then bowed.
“This is my hero.”
He Dana looked around and said.
"You disturbed them. These houses are full of Iron Warriors. It is recorded in unofficial history that the Iron Warriors disappeared overnight, and all of that nation was killed. No one was left. As for how the Iron Warriors disappeared, there is no record. Maybe something strange happened at that time."
"Betrayal, perhaps?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Iron Warriors are loyal. There is no such thing as betrayal."
I don't want to argue about anything anymore. After all, that is history, it is in the past. No matter how much you argue, it will be useless.
Let’s come out, said He Dana.
"These iron warriors have not had anyone visit them for a long time. They are lonely and have left their hometowns. They are homesick."
"What should we do then?"
"They want you to go back to their hometown on their behalf. When you come back, you can tell them what happened and other situations, and then they can take it off."
"Where is their hometown?"
"There is a poem in the unofficial history I read: Looking north to Xichuan, it is a desolate place. I have a father and a mother, but I feel anxious."
"Where is Xichuan?"
"Yes, it is Xichuan. Xichuan is the northwest part of present-day Qingyuan. There is a big lake to the north of Xichuan. That is the hometown of the Iron Warriors."
"Have you been there?"
"I don't have it. I just saw it in an unofficial history. I have no idea whether it's true or not, but it seems to be quite credible. Why don't we go and take a look?"
I have to go no matter what. I can't wear this thing anymore.
That day, we went directly to Qingyuan and then walked northwest. We didn’t see any big lake until dark.
I can’t walk any further. I need to rest and walk again tomorrow morning.
The next day, we walked for half a day again, and I saw swans in groups. That was Daze. It was really beautiful here, a kind of beauty that I did not expect.
We got closer, and in the middle of the swamp, I saw stone houses, all collapsed. I thought this was the hometown of the Iron Warriors.
"This is the hometown of the Iron Warriors. It seems that it still exists."
We can't get through because it's surrounded by a big swamp.
"What happened back then?"
"I don't know. There is no record in the unofficial history books, so we can only guess. Maybe it was a war or some strange incident that caused all these iron warriors who protected their people to leave their hometown and die in a foreign land."
We went back to the Bone Village, and I stood in that room, talking about what I saw, everything...
After I finished speaking, I stopped and the iron mask fell off. I picked it up and immediately put it on the iron warrior.
He Dana and I went back, and he told me that I should never have such curiosity again, as it can kill people. Many people have died from this.
When I got home, Gujuan told me that Xiaozhe was sick, and she took him to the hospital.
Xiaozhe never comes close to me, but he talks to me and smiles at me.
I don't know whether I should marry Gujuan. She is a princess. There is nothing wrong with marrying her, especially since my father left her behind.
However, I have been in mourning for three years.
I looked at Xiaozhe and thought, nothing can happen again, I can’t afford it. (To be continued)