Book 3: Chapter 54: Into the Coffin?


    Naturally, it was because of Shen Qianjue''s narrative that we thought this Corpse Countrys banquet hall was the underground pce itself. Plus, it was very normal to have murals on every wall of this underground pce.


    But Fatty was saying that this was all an illusion and we werent actually in the underground pce at all. In fact, three of the four walls around us werent walls but the sides of three huge outer coffins.


    It was because these outer coffins were too big that they looked like walls. The three coffins were ced ording to the positional rtionship of the "goods" and the edges were joined together seamlessly to create an enclosed space, which was the Corpse Countrys banquet hall where we were currently located.


    And at the apex of these goods was the area where we and this food box coffin were located. There was a mural behind us, or rather, a huge outer coffin wall with a big hole in it. We could even see rubble on the ground from where it had fallen out from the inside. It was obvious that something hade out of the outer coffin.


    "Whats your theory?" I asked Fatty. Truthfully, when I looked at the murals here, I couldnt tell that the walls were actually the sides of huge painted coffins.


    "You know that some of the outer coffins inrge tombs can weigh up to a thousand tons, right? Although these outer coffins are big, its not unusual," Fatty said. "And something obviously crawled out from the inside and took a bite of this Wanshi Meat. Have you ever heard of a wall burial? As far as I know, theres no such burial system. So, the only reasonable exnation I can think of is that this wall is actually a coffin and a transformed corpse came from inside of it."


    I looked at the hole and then up at the height of this banquet hall. If this really was an outer coffin, then it mustve beenposed of severalyers of wood and mud.


    When did this holee into being? Was it after Shen Qianjue left or after we entered this ce?


    I couldnt tell because Shen Qianjue didn''t say too much at that time.


    Fatty looked at the hole and then turned around and asked me, What should we do? Do you think A Hua is inside?"


    <em>Definitely not</em>, I said to myself. <em>I doubt even Xiao Hua knew that this underground pce is actually made from three giant coffins</em>. But at this time, there werent any clues as to why there were three huge outer coffins in this mountain. Who was buried here?


    I had always secretly thought that there would be a demon monk''s corpse in this underground pce. But these outer coffin walls seemed to indicate that this wasnt the case at all. It would be impossible for a demon monk to be interred in such arge outer coffin.


    "Is anyone there?" Fatty yelled at the hole. He illuminated it with his shlight and then lit a re and threw it inside.


    We could see that this outer coffin had been built usingyer afteryer of wooden frames, which had all been ripped apart. It clearly wasnt easy for the thing inside toe out.


    "I know its a bad idea, but I still have to go in and have a look," Fatty turned back and said to us. Such a big coffin was usually filled with funerary objects, so I knew he couldnt resist taking a peek.


    "I think there may be another one inside. Maybe youll be forced to marry it when you go in, I said, not wanting to rock the boat. If we didnt find any clues, I was going to try and dance like the others to see what would happen.


    But at this time, I suddenly noticed that the soles of my shoes were wet.


    I looked down with my shlight and saw that the ground was covered in water. Fatty sighed, The food box is leaking. It''s a pity to see this Wanshi Soup go to waste.


    But I didnt think that was right, because the volume of the coffin liquid in the food box didn''t drop and there was also a ripple.


    The three of us immediately realized that there was water falling from the ceiling and looked up.


    The first thing I saw was that the giant Buddha statuewhich had been hanging high in the airhade down. Its mouth was wide open and it was looking at me with a strange smile while drooling.


    No, it wasnt a Buddha statue at all but a humanoid thing crawling on the Buddha statue. That thing was dressed very simr to the Buddha statue, but its ancient clothes were rotten and ckened and its face was covered in white hair.


    It was drooling so much that there was no doubt that the water on the ground was its saliva. Fatty looked between it and me and mouthed, Mr. Nave, you smell so good that it''sing for you.


    "Do something!" I mouthed back.


    At this time, the thing suddenly opened its mouth, revealing a row of teeth that had bits of cloth and hair stuck in them.


    <em>So, you really did eat the fish head.</em>


    As I backed away from the mouth, I saw that there were two human heads near this things ears.


    They looked just like two fins.