I did not respond immediately, but sweat began to bead on my forehead.
This coffin matches the coffin in my dream.
Wasn't that the previously hanging item the marriage certificate on the coffin in my dream?
In the previous dreams, every time I approached the marriage certificate, wanting to flip it open, the dream would fall apart...
Keeping repeating the same scene, the scene must be closely related to me.
Now, the coffin in that scene is right in front of me...
The marriage certificate was also physically in front of me just the moment before...
This corporeal immortal, how can it be related to me?!
What kind of connection do we have!
"Manifestation of divinity?" Mochi-ying gently touched my arm.
I twitched.
"What have you discovered?" Mochi-ying asked me again, and she didn't suspect anything.
Basically, I have told Mochi-ying about the things I encountered.
The secret of plague immunity.
And this dream, I didn't think it was a big deal before, so I haven't mentioned it.
"Find the marriage certificate first," I whispered.
"Marriage certificate?" Mochi-ying's eyes were slightly shocked.
I then whispered an explanation, saying that I had been having frequent dreams, dreams in which there was this coffin, and a marriage certificate hanging from it.
Mochi-ying only realized what I meant just then.
However, her forehead also beaded with sweat, and the unease in her eyes had become much more intense.
I swept my gaze around the coffin.
The bamboo pavilion was actually very empty, it was clear to see with a glance, there was no marriage certificate.
The white mist outside the bamboo pavilion continued to surge, forming a crowded humanoid shape again, abstract and terrifying.
"Not... could it be a hallucination? No... it's not a hallucination... it's a projection of the evil spirit..." Mochi-ying murmured, "The marriage certificate must be inside this bamboo pavilion."
Her demeanor and tone seemed very firm and serious.
However, her eyes still showed confusion and unease.
The bamboo pavilion isn't that big; where else could the marriage certificate be hidden?
I even crawled on the ground, reaching out to touch the bottom of the coffin.
The bottom of the coffin and the ground didn't have any gaps.
Looking up to check the bottom of the bamboo pavilion above, there was no hidden marriage certificate there either.
Frustrated with my unsuccessful search, I could only hope for help from Lao Gong.
"Lao Gong, have you seen the marriage certificate from before?" I asked in a low, hoarse voice.
Lao Gong turned his head slightly in a full circle, and I knew he was scanning the area, but the motion was somewhat comical.
Suddenly, Lao Gong's head bounced once and landed with a loud thud on the red coffin.
His head bowed, his tongue licked the coffin.
Lao Gong's eyes moved very quickly, and his dry face suddenly looked confused.
"Master..."
Confusion turned into panic, and Lao Gong's lips trembled again, speaking in a deep tone: "In the coffin..."
"Bang!"
Lao Gong's head exploded!
The gray mist that sprayed out wildly struggled and twisted, but it couldn't immediately coalesce!
This startled Mochi-ying.
But for me, it's already common.
Lao Gong's soul would always explode whenever he sensed something very ominous.
Only, there were more sweat beads on my forehead, and my backbone was drenched in cold sweat.
Is the marriage certificate in the coffin?
But there's definitely more than just the marriage certificate in the coffin, right?
The phantom of the corporeal immortal has formed a dreadful prison in the dream, and as long as he remains asleep, the prison will exist.
If he wakes up, the dread prison should dissipate?
Mochi-ying analyzed that the marriage certificate is the key to solving the dreadful prison...
In reality, it means that we might awaken the corporeal immortal just by touching the marriage certificate?
The thoughts raced, but the concern in my heart grew more intense.
That's so close to the corporeal immortal... The danger is too great...
"We need to open the coffin," Mochi-ying focused on the coffin, said cautiously: "If anything happens later, you should hide behind me."
It's obvious that what I'm worried about has also occurred to Mochi-ying.
She seems to be prepared to use her trump cards in case of danger.
I took a deep breath and put away my worries.
Now that we've come this far, there is no turning back.
Open the coffin, Xiao Shu and the others still have a chance.
If we don't open the coffin, they will certainly die, and the intensity of the mist makes me feel...
We also won't be able to leave the range of the bamboo pavilion...
In that case, even if Lao Qin's coffin is right next to us, I won't be able to go over there.
My thoughts settled, I whispered the same words to Mochi-ying: If anything happens later, she should hide behind me.
Mochi-ying pursed her lips, but said nothing more.
I reached into my clothes and found a metal pick that was about palm-sized, with a slightly curved tip at the front and a handle at the back.
The pointed end was inserted into the gap of the lid, holding the handle tightly, I gave a hard tug!
A faint creaking sound could be heard, and the coffin lid slightly opened a crack.
Without hesitation, I chiseled around the coffin, making the lid looser.
Following that, I stood behind the coffin and pushed the lid forward with all my might!
In the muffled sound, the lid opened to about a quarter.
What I saw before me was a piece of fresh red fabric.
The fabric was raised in the middle, as if someone were underneath.
In the middle of it, in the area below the coffin, there was a red marriage certificate lying quietly.
Under the fabric, it's probably the corporeal immortal!
Evidently, he is deeply immersed in his dream of terror at this moment, otherwise how could he not wake up when I have opened the coffin in this way?
Mochi-ying reacted faster.
A black shadow fell into the coffin!
It turned out to be a dark, black rush mouse.
The rush mouse quickly approached the marriage certificate, picked it up, and rushed towards me and Mochi-ying.
My pupils contracted, my instinctive reaction was to retreat, leaving the coffin two or three steps away. I was about to retreat into the range of the white mist.
The rush mouse carried out the marriage certificate, avoiding us to directly reach out and touch it.
The rush mouse is heavily yin, and we humans have strong yang. Once touched, there would inevitably be an impact.
Open the marriage certificate further away from the coffin. If the Dreadful prison disperses, we can still escape immediately!
Of course, I retreated, without forgetting to pull Mochi-ying's arm.
In the next second, the rush mouse suddenly leaped out of the coffin.
But at this moment.
An abrupt change occurred!
A soft thud.
The rush mouse's body emitted a large amount of gray mist again.
The mouse body, originally black and resembling a living mouse, instantly turned back into bamboo weaving!
The marriage certificate fell to the ground with a sound.
It should have fallen back into the coffin.
But the mistake happened, and it fell on the edge of the coffin instead.
After a slight shake, it fell onto the ground outside...
Quiet...
Even the already quiet bamboo pavilion became even quieter... You could even hear your own heartbeat and breathing...
Mochi-ying's palm moved again, and a bamboo mouse with a sharp beak and blood on it fell to the ground.
Instantaneously, it turned into a black rush mouse and leaped towards the marriage certificate on the edge of the coffin!
But it hasn't gotten close enough to the marriage certificate yet.
There was another soft thud in the air.
The rush mouse on the bamboo mouse's body emitted a burst of gray mist, and it instantly turned back into a bamboo mouse.
"It's an intimidation..."
Mochi-ying's face turned increasingly uneasy. She tightly bit her lower lip and said, "The dreadful corpse alarms the evil ghosts. Lao Gong was frightened and dispersed, and the wandering souls in the rush mouse were also frightened and dispersed..."
"He hasn't woken up... but it seems like he knows what we are doing..."
My pupils contracted again.
He's still asleep, but why would he know what we are doing?
What kind of logic is this?
After a brief internal struggle, I suddenly took two steps forward, bent down, and with my hands cupped, I quickly picked up the marriage certificate.
The texture of the marriage certificate is very cool.
The moment I grabbed it, it felt as if I was holding a block of ice.
Mochi-ying didn't have time to stop me, but her expression was extremely tense, her eyes continually urging me to quickly move away from the coffin.
I was about to retreat.
But a gust of cold wind suddenly appeared from above my head and poured into my collar!
The coldness spread throughout my limbs and bones instantly.
My legs suddenly exerted more strength, and I retreated quickly behind the coffin.
But my body felt as if it was being clamped by an invisible force!
A pale, delicate arm suddenly emerged from the coffin!
The slender, delicate fingers grabbed my throat!
