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  I told you, what's your age now, still learning from the 90s. The fatty leaned against the mountain wall and looked up at the black hole above his head, saying: "We should unite now, don't talk nonsense, you go first, I'll support you from behind."

  There was a fatty below me, and I climbed more easily. With my body relaxed, it didn't take long to climb up that inclined cave entrance. The fatty was behind me, dissatisfied with my slow pace, constantly using his hands to push my feet, saying: "Tian Zhen, you should hurry up."

  The entrance to the cave was narrow, with a diameter of only half a meter. The wider parts were less than one meter, so Fatso had a hard time crawling through it. His heavy breathing could be heard throughout the entire cave.

  The cave was pitch black, and although the entrance was inclined at an angle of almost 60-70 degrees, it wasn't easy to climb up. I and Fatso climbed for dozens of meters, but the entrance still loomed straight above us, and I started to feel exhausted, so I stopped and said: "Let's take a break."

  The fat man was also panting heavily, not making a sound, exhaling loudly. The light source in our hands was limited, and the only flashlight had to be used sparingly. I was just about to turn off the flashlight when I suddenly discovered that on the dark, damp stone wall, there seemed to be some kind of pattern carved into it.

  I quickly called Fatso to follow up, saying that there was a discovery. After crawling more than ten meters, I finally reached the place and found that in front of us, two forks had split out again. The pattern I saw was carved on the right path. I shone my flashlight into the cave, and inside it was still pitch black.

  The path on the left is slowly sloping downwards, and that pattern is actually a dragon flying phoenix seal character, which looks like it was carved with a knife.

  I looked at the deciphered character and said to Fatty, "It should be Xiaohua's note left for me, they went into this path." Fatty said, "No one has ever been here before, the place they went to isn't necessarily correct."

  Fatso also made sense, I held the flashlight and compared the two channels. Xiaohua and the others chose the one that was still inclined upwards, while the left one was downwards. This channel is very rough and it's unknown what it's used for, but since it exists, it must have its own reason. Moreover, Xiaohua and the others never looked back, which means this channel must have an exit.

  In my mind, the overall structure of the Heavenly Tomb has taken shape: Judging from the current situation, the giant ice coffin surrounded by glaciers should be the stele of the entire Heavenly Tomb. As the saying goes, "the mansion has a name and the grave has a stele." That massive ice coffin might just be the stele of the entire Heavenly Tomb. The entrance to the tomb is on the mountain wall, crossing through it with a bronze gate. The entire mountain body is hollowed out, with the bottom being the burial pit and the ghost path. The ghost path passes through that impossible staircase, which has actually been leading us unknowingly upwards. Then, we pass through the ear chamber and the tomb passage to reach the massive burial chamber of the bronze coffin.

  Looking at the entire layout, this heavenly coffin should be inside a whole mountain body. According to the ancient burial pattern, there is a three-palace theory. That is, after the main tomb door opens, it is one palace, corresponding to the owner's front hall in his lifetime, which is now the living room. The front hall should be the place with the most buried objects, used to show the owner's wealth and nobility. Then there is the second palace, that is, the east palace. The east palace is opposite to the third palace, one south and one north, with a grand layout. The third palace is actually the real main tomb chamber.

  Generally, ancient tombs are inseparable from this layout. The ancients had the concept of a "yin zhai" (a dwelling for the dead) very early on, so no matter how the times changed or how the structure of the tomb changed, the three palaces have existed since ancient times to the present. We've already walked through the East Palace at the beginning, and where the fire dragon is should be the main hall of the tomb chamber, so where is the third palace?

  Logically, the third hall should be after the main hall. If for other reasons, the position of the third hall is changed, then with the idea of later generations being superior to their ancestors, the location of the main tomb should be built above the main hall.

  On the way to the Seven Star Ru Wang Palace, my third uncle once told me that there is a type of ancient tomb layout called "Dragon Lifts Its Head". This is a very high-spec ancient tomb layout. Unlike most ancient tombs which are built underground and paved flat, following the same logic as ground-level buildings, the "Dragon Lifts Its Head" layout is like building a house - the first floor is the living room, the second floor is the bedroom, and the entire tomb is erected vertically, with each layer stacked on top of the other. Not only is the project enormous, but also slightly careless, the mountain body will collapse, so this type of tomb is rarely seen, even if there is one, the scale is extremely small.

  It was named Long Tai Tou because the entire tomb was pressed down layer by layer, and only the dragon head could be lifted up. This dragon head must be in the highest place, which is where the main tomb is located.

  But what I see now, the heavenly coffin, happens to match San Shu's statement. The burial pit is at the very bottom, above it is the East Palace, and above the East Palace is the main hall. So, could the real main tomb chamber be right above our heads?

  Is this where the dragon raises its head?

  Is Xiaohua also thinking of this level, so she chose the upward path?

  I shared my thoughts with Fatty, and he suddenly slapped his forehead, saying: "That's what they say, one sentence wakes up the dreamer! I've heard people talk about this dragon head in Beijing too. It's said to be a kind of feng shui layout from the Northern School, divided into the dragon head and dragon body. It's a grave that combines great auspiciousness and great inauspiciousness. In the dragon body section, there are many crises, often accompanied by a large number of buried corpses. The corpse energy condenses, and it becomes a fierce and malevolent spirit, forming a "zongzi" tomb. It can be said that it's a life-or-death situation, a great inauspicious layout. Those who are buried in the dragon body for eternity cannot transcend even in death. But on the contrary, the place at the dragon head is an auspicious grave."

  "Our ancestors said that when yin and yang meet, extreme yin must produce yang, and extreme yang must produce yin. The dragon's body has accumulated evil spirits and corpse energy, and the righteous energy around it gathers at the dragon's head to suppress them. Righteousness and evilness counteract each other, and yin and yang interact with each other. This is the law of heaven and earth. Therefore, when the righteous energy of heaven and earth gathers at the dragon's head, the tomb owner can place their body here, and after a long time, they can absorb it and revive their soul, or even ascend to immortality."

  I was stunned, Third Uncle had mentioned the dragon's head to me before, but Fatso was exaggerating too much. I said: "Alright, stop bragging, this tomb is at least over 3,000 years old, how did it become your Northern School's feng shui layout? You can't just make things up."

  The fat man's nose was crooked, and he said, "If you don't understand, then don't make a fuss. I'm asking you, when were the two factions of tomb raiders in the south and north established?" This origin is well-known to those who have turned against the world. Even if they are just starting out, they can talk about it clearly. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao excavated tombs to obtain military expenses, setting up the positions of Fachu Zhonglang Jiang and Mogin Xuewei, thus forming the two factions of tomb raiders: the Mogin faction, which is good at observing feng shui and identifying air holes, and the Fachu faction, which can identify graves by smelling the soil and determine the location of treasures. This has a history of over 1,800 years.

  But Fatso said that the dragon raising its head is a kind of feng shui pattern in the Northern School, which seems to be somewhat incongruous. This tomb has at least two or three thousand years of history, and it's at least from the Western Zhou Dynasty. How could it possibly have anything to do with the Northern School?

  I retorted to Pangzi, "Although you're not good at your job as a Golden Armor Captain, there's no need to find face on me and fool me. Does it make sense? I'm not someone who just met you for the first time, so stop pretending."

  Fatso shook his head and said, "Comrade Chén, you've made another crucial mistake. No matter when, we must always be vigilant, humble and prudent. We should treat our enemies with the ruthlessness of a severe winter, and our comrades with the warmth of spring. Now, I ask you, didn't people before the Three Kingdoms period bury their dead?"

  I was asked by him and also had a lingering aftertaste.

  Although the Northern and Southern sects were established in the Three Kingdoms period, there were already rumors of grave robbers before that. Various Feng Shui patterns had also been circulating in the world for a long time. It wasn't until the systematic establishment of the tomb raiding school that they were compiled together. Looking at it this way, the appearance of the Mó Jīn Pài's Dragon Head in this 3,000-year-old ancient tomb isn't anything unusual. In fact, we can say that the tomb before our eyes is the ancestor of all Dragon Heads.

  Fatso saw me with a look of sudden realization, and then patted my leg, saying: "You've gained some insight again, haven't you?"

  I saw him with a smug face, his tail almost reaching the sky, and I couldn't help but want to strike him down. Just as I was about to speak, I suddenly remembered something - that German guy. I quickly asked Fatty: "You said... can the Dragon Head Tomb bring people back to life?"

  Fatso said: "What's more, when I heard those people boasting, they also said that it's possible to have white bones and flesh, and even rebirth."

  "I couldn't help but curse: 'You've been fooled by rumors for half a day!'"

  The fatty chuckled and said, "Let's not pursue this matter any further. What's important is to find the dragon head quickly. I'm guessing correctly, right? This is a divine artifact fight, and all the good stuff is on the tomb owner's body."

  I couldn't help but shake my head, this fatty brings up Ming Que and forgets everything else. He chose a small flower path for the two of us to walk on, and followed it upwards. Along the way, I kept thinking about that German's matter - the zongzi in the tomb that had been dead for at least several decades was exactly the same as the zongzi the German had, who was it?

  Isn't it... him, the German?

  I don't know why I suddenly came up with this idea, because I think that even if they are twins, it's rare for them to look exactly the same. That German and the dumpling were too suspicious. If we say that the German had already died in the pot sixty years ago, then who was the German who followed me all along?

  At that moment, I first thought of Lao Yang, and then I thought of Long Tai Tou. In this world, even such a bizarre thing as materialization can occur, what is impossible?

  Wasn't that German already dead sixty years ago?

  He reached the Dragon Head, then revived his soul, reborn in a new body, but his memories were lost.

  As I crawled through the tunnel, I couldn't help but think that this was all getting a bit surreal. Was my imagination just not up to par or was the world really this crazy? I had always thought of myself as an ordinary person, worrying about making a good impression on dates with girls and buying lottery tickets in hopes of hitting the jackpot so I could show off to my uncle. I had always believed that this was a materialistic world.

  But everything that happened later, the living dead of Qi Xing Lu Wang Palace, the materialized old itch, the ageless Wen Jin and the dumb oil bottle, all of these things completely overturned my imagination. If someone told me now that I'm an alien, I'm afraid I would really go to verify it

  Fatso is a man who can't keep his mouth shut, after being silent for a short while, he couldn't hold it in anymore and started chatting with me about everything under the sun. He said: "Hey, innocent comrade, are you itching? Dammit, these bugs are too abnormal, they even dare to bite Fatso's precious, it's so itchy it's killing me."

  I almost got suffocated by him, just wanted to tease him a couple of sentences, but the flashlight shone on the end.

  There is no road ahead.