Ghost Talisman Scripture: No Living People Allowed.

Chapter Twelve: The Corpse "In Heat"

Lin Yuxi turned around and saw the "master" sitting in the chair, the same "master" she had seen under the table, dressed in an embroidered brocade robe.

It sat there quietly, dressed in Manchu bannerman attire, with a large banner headdress and winged ornaments. Its face was rosy, its cheeks like peach blossoms, and it seemed alive. But that wasn't the main reason for my fear; it looked like Xiao Qing!

I examined it closely with my flashlight. Who else could it be but Xiao Qing, that ghostly woman?

This terrified me so much I almost fell over.

Xiao Qing's death was a certainty. Why was its coffin here, and why hadn't it decomposed at all, maintaining the same state as when it was alive? This left me terrified and utterly bewildered.

"Why...why is it tied with rope?"

Lin Yuxi's reminder brought my attention to Xiao Qing. It seemed to be bound tightly to the chair, unable to move even when alive, let alone after death.

Who knows the answer to this? Judging from its appearance, it's been dead for over a hundred years. That old blind man actually found me a wife so old! You blind bastard, you're so shameless!

Xiao Qing sat motionless in the chair, her expression blank, neither happy nor sad.

As we looked at it, its pair of lifeless eyes seemed to be staring back at us, sending chills down my spine.

"Whoosh!" In this deathly silence, a sound suddenly rang out. We both shivered and turned to look in the direction of the sound.

Next to the chair on the right, another paper figure stood up. This one was lifelike, just like a man, and looked quite eerie!

"It ran away!"

Lin Yuxi, her voice trembling with tears, grabbed me and ran forward in a panic.

I saw that it seemed to be a passageway leading to the tomb entrance, so I quickly pulled her back, turned around, and saw a door leading to the back. I grabbed her and ran past the male paper figure.

Thankfully, Xiao Qing and the two paper figures didn't chase after us, which put our minds at ease a little.

Behind us was probably the tomb chamber, not very large, about forty or fifty square meters, completely empty except for three coffins in the center.

Lin Yuxi sighed and said, "This should be the true owner of the ancient tomb. Your wife sitting outside was probably kidnapped and brought in."

"My wife? She's your aunt!"

I can't even bear to hear someone call Xiao Qing my wife anymore. It's disgusting. How old is she? She's too old for me, and she's a ghost covered in dead heads.

Lin Yuxi rolled her eyes, ultimately not arguing with me, but tilting her head, she said, "Kidnapping is too outrageous. You said this place is full of dead people, how could you kidnap a living person here?

And how did they manage to maintain such a lifelike state, completely incorruptible?"

"Are you an archaeologist?"

I shone my flashlight over the three coffins, then looked back suspiciously. "Which eye of yours sees me as an archaeologist?"

The girl was angry.

"Then why don't you investigate this matter further, or find a way out?"

"Aren't you also studying the three coffins?

Why don't you go find a way out?"

This question caught me off guard, because I'd heard from Grandpa Chen that ancient tombs often contained valuable burial goods in the coffins. Being used to poverty, I'd become interested in the things inside the coffins.

Lin Yuxi noticed my little scheme, shook me, and put her hand on my shoulder, saying, "After running for a while, my whole body is starting to hurt again; I need to find an exit."

Behind the tomb chamber is the back chamber, where the burial goods were placed. There's no way out from there either. The only way is to find the spot the tomb robbers targeted earlier.

I glanced back at the dark, misty entrance to the front chamber and said, "The tomb robbers came in along the passageway; they probably looted the area before the trapdoor. To find it, we have to go back."

Lin Yuxi's face changed instantly upon hearing this; she absolutely refused to go through the front chamber again. But what she feared most came true. As we were talking, a "crackling" sound came from the front chamber door.

We both felt a chill run down our spines. It was clearly the sound of the paper doll on the floor. The girl, no longer in pain, pulled me into the back chamber.

There had been tomb raiders before, and even if not, Lei Xueting had probably been inside the tomb and wouldn't have left anything valuable.

The back chamber was filled with broken ceramic jars and other miscellaneous items, including even ceramic pigsties and animal figurines, all smashed to pieces. Not a single one was intact.

The back chamber was even smaller, and besides, there was no way out.

We couldn't stay here any longer. I thought to myself, "It's just a paper doll; I should be able to handle it with a silent incantation."

So I hid to one side of the doorway, peering out with a flashlight. This time, I heard not only the crackling sound of the paper figures, but also the creaking and groaning of heavy stone slabs, quite jarring.

The sound piqued Lin Yuxi's curiosity, and she peeked out from behind me.

Whether it was the heavy atmosphere in the tomb or the low battery of the flashlight, the beam of light was swallowed by darkness after only a short distance, and I couldn't see the doorway opposite.

The strange sounds were loud, but I couldn't figure out what was happening.

After waiting patiently for a while, I finally saw two paper figures slowly emerge from the darkness, their hands behind their backs, as if pulling something.

Then we saw clearly that they were pulling Xiao Qing, who was tied to a chair!

In this unfathomable ancient tomb, a pair of paper figures pulling a bound Qing Dynasty figure—the scene was utterly bizarre.

I blinked, realizing that without a talisman, a silent incantation alone probably wouldn't be enough.

Lin Yuxi let out a half-groan, hurriedly covering herself with her hands, and slowly climbed off my back.

I almost cried. This brat, doesn't she know she's not dressed properly? And she's being so affectionate! If it weren't for the imminent threat, she would definitely provoke me. Can she handle the consequences?

"What should we do?"

She's already asking, but she's still pushing me hard, almost pushing me out the door.

This is my chance to shine. I cast a lightning spell with my right hand, waiting for them to get within ten meters before trying my silent incantation.

But unexpectedly, the two paper figures, pulling Xiao Qing who was sitting in the chair, suddenly stopped in front of the three coffins.

At this moment, the middle coffin made a strange noise, a gurgling sound, like a male dog in heat, smelling the scent of a female, unable to stay still inside.

This coffin was slightly larger than the two on either side. Even without Lin Yuxi explaining, I guessed that the middle one was the male owner, and the two on either side were his wife and concubine.

Having multiple wives and concubines was normal in ancient times, but you're already skin and bones, and you still won't let go when you see them. How much of a scoundrel must you have been in life?

Lin Yuxi hid behind, too scared to look, but her curiosity got the better of her, and she kept asking what was happening outside.

After I told her what happened, she perked up and wasn't scared anymore. She climbed onto my back and peeked out again.

Seeing this scene, she laughed and asked, "Do you think zombies can go wild?"

"Go wild my foot!"

Being on my back was making me almost go wild myself.

Just as I was about to throw her off, suddenly there were several clanging sounds. The noise from the middle coffin was so violent that the nails on it snapped off, and the lid was about to burst open.

I suddenly understood something. Without even trying to get Lin Yuxi off, I grabbed her behind me with both hands and said, "Hold me! We have to get out of here!"