Chapter 16 The Black Dog Skin

Surrounding the stone coffin, everyone noticed that the lid wasn't fully closed, leaving a finger-width gap. Shang Zuo explained that they had left in a hurry.

"After taking the burial goods, you people still remember to help the tomb owner seal the coffin?" Zi Gui asked without mincing words.

Hearing this, Shang Zuo's face turned ashen. He awkwardly explained that thieves never leave empty-handed, and leaving the tomb sealed was a rule passed down from ancient times. Even if they were daring and reckless, they still had to abide by the rules of their ancestors, or they would suffer retribution sooner or later.

After saying this, Shang Zuo recalled that when he last came here, there were more than 20 of them. Now, he was the only one left, and still… still alive in this way. He couldn't help but feel sorrow welling up inside him.

If it weren't for his own greed, his parents wouldn't have died so tragically.

Shang Zuo bit his lip, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the stone coffin. No matter what, he had to reseal the Hungry Ghost and avenge his parents.

Fatty, being closest to the stone coffin, felt it most intensely. An indescribable icy aura seeped out from the unsealed gap in the lid, chilling him to the bone.

At this moment, Shang Zuo had already taken off his shirt, revealing the Saintess's head wrapped in golden-yellow cloth. Han Juanjuan glanced at the head from the corner of her eye, her breathing becoming rapid.

"What's going on?" Shang Zuo said慌张ly, "Why is the Saintess's head still growing on my body? Why… why won't it let me go? The stone coffin is right in front of me!"

Han Juanjuan swallowed and said, "Could it be that you've wrapped it too tightly? Try loosening the cloth."

Stroking the stone coffin, Zi Gui shook his head. "It shouldn't be related to the cloth. It's this stone coffin. Perhaps we need to open the stone coffin first before the Saintess's head will let him go."

Fatty echoed Zi Gui's words, his gaze shifting to the tunnel they came from. He added, "Perhaps the Saintess's head senses some kind of danger. Only when the danger is eliminated will it return to the stone coffin."

Hearing Fatty's words, everyone's previously relaxed hearts were lifted again. The only thing in this snowy mountain that could make the Saintess feel danger was that Hungry Ghost.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We haven't encountered anything along the way. If we were discovered by the Hungry Ghost, how could we not have been attacked?" Han Juanjuan clenched her fists, staring at Fatty angrily. "You keep saying you care about your friends, but if it's any later, they'll be killed by the Hungry Ghost!"

"Juanjuan," Zi Gui interrupted him, "It's not that we haven't encountered anything, it's just that we avoided it. There's something wrong with those snowmen. Wang and I both encountered it."

"You guys are too nervous!" Han Juanjuan said loudly. "You need to know, it's not that I'm impatient, but the situation is really urgent now. The other team, and Lu Yu, they're all waiting for us!"

"Lu Yu is injured. How long can she hold on alone? Have you guys thought about her?!" Han Juanjuan became weaker and weaker as she spoke, her eyes finally reddening, her voice tinged with sobs.

"This brother is right!" Shang Zuo also became agitated, walking towards the stone coffin, placing both hands on the coffin lid, looking like he was about to open it. But his foot kicked something hard, making a "thud" sound.

The tomb chamber was relatively large. Using the phone flashlight for illumination, there were bound to be blind spots. Shang Zuo shone the phone at his feet, discovering that he had kicked a stone.

And similar stones surrounded the stone coffin in a circle. All the stones were flat and standing upright. This one had just been knocked over by him.

"Did you guys do this too?" Fatty asked curiously.

A look of doubt appeared on Shang Zuo's face. After a moment, he said, somewhat慌张ly, "No, it wasn't us. Before leaving, I led people to seal the coffin. There were definitely no stone blocks on the ground at that time!"

"Then what's going on?" Zi Gui couldn't help but become vigilant.

Fatty shone the phone flashlight on the ground, carefully observing it, and discovered that the placement of the stones was very particular. The overall shape resembled an arrow.

In the direction pointed by the arrow, everyone found a square object wrapped in black animal hide.

This thing was inconspicuous in the dim tomb chamber. If it weren't for the guidance of the arrow, no one would have noticed it.

But clearly, this thing wasn't simple.

The thing used to wrap this object was an entire black dog skin. The dog's dried-up head was still attached to the skin, and its empty eye sockets looked even more eerie in the environment of the tomb chamber.

After opening it, inside the dog skin was a black wooden box.

Inside the box was a very exquisite prayer wheel, inlaid with gold and various gems.

At the same time as seeing the prayer wheel, Fatty suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu.

That's right!

The monk who gave them the mission on the bus was holding such a luxurious prayer wheel. Other than the size being different, the rest was almost identical!

At the same time, Fatty also thought of the things that happened in the village at the foot of the mountain.

The doctor and the others, after taking a circle around, said they saw a Mani stone pile on the side of the road, as well as a wooden box containing a prayer wheel.

More importantly, the doctor later mentioned that placing a prayer wheel in that kind of place was to prevent something from disguising itself as a human and taking advantage of the crowd to join the sacrificial procession.

Could it be… Fatty's eyes paused, but before he could speak to remind them, he heard a strange sound coming from the tunnel they entered, as if something was crawling inside.

The speed was very fast.

Han Juanjuan's expression changed, and he immediately urged, "It's too late, the Hungry Ghost is chasing us. Let's quickly open the coffin and complete the mission!"

However, he only said it, and had no intention of going to open the coffin, as if he was waiting for others to act.

"Don't rush!" Fatty picked up the prayer wheel and immediately said, "Let's each take the prayer wheel and spin it a few times. After we finish spinning, we'll open the coffin."

Fatty clearly remembered that Jiang Cheng specifically mentioned when telling this story that the prayer wheel must be rotated clockwise, but those things couldn't do it. If they picked up the prayer wheel, it would only rotate counterclockwise.

Listening to the crawling sound coming from outside, everyone could imagine the huge Hungry Ghost being unable to stand in the tunnel, crawling towards them on all fours.

Fatty was the first to pick up the prayer wheel, "Everyone must spin it clockwise." After he finished spinning, he handed it to Zi Gui next to him. Zi Gui didn't hesitate, spinning it clockwise a few times before handing it to Shang Zuo.

At this time, Fatty and Zi Gui's hearts were raised, worried that if this guy who had followed them all the way was a ghost, it would be terrible.

But after seeing Shang Zuo spin it clockwise a few times with his own eyes, the two's hearts were slightly relieved.

"It's your turn." Shang Zuo shoved the prayer wheel into Han Juanjuan's hand as if it were a hot potato. His attention was all on the tunnel, worried that the Hungry Ghost would burst out in the next second and kill them all.