I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 576: The Thousand-Year Female Corpse Under the Thousand-Year Tree_1

Chapter 576: Chapter 576: The Thousand-Year Female Corpse Under the Thousand-Year Tree_1

"Wow—"

As they turned the corner, the view suddenly opened up before them, and even the crazy woman standing beside you couldn’t help but let out an exclamation of surprise.

The three of you gradually lifted your gaze from straight ahead to higher and higher up!

At this moment, it was like standing on a street corner in the city, craning your necks to look up at a towering skyscraper!

In your line of sight, there appeared a dozen or so Fragrant Torreya trees, arranged in a specific geometric pattern. From a bird’s-eye view, if you were to connect these trees with dots and lines, it would form a bizarre character.

And this character was unlike anything you had seen before; its significance unknown to you.

In the center of these dozen or so Fragrant Torreya trees was one that stood as tall as a ten-story building at least!

The main trunk of the central Fragrant Torreya tree had completely exceeded the normal comprehension of what a Fragrant Torreya tree should look like, and its shape was different from those around it. Typically, Fragrant Torreya trees have a single trunk and then branch out; however, this central tree had a massive trunk, so thick that it would take at least a dozen people to encircle it, and at about five meters above the ground, it split into five thick branches, which from a distance, resembled a person’s five outstretched fingers.

What was even more peculiar was that these five thick branches varied in height and thickness, closely resembling a human’s fingers.

"Why does this tree look so awkward?"

Xian Qianling said something out of the blue.

"This tree is not simple," you said, looking at the oddly-shaped Fragrant Torreya tree before you and stepping forward.

Approaching the Fragrant Torreya tree, you reached out to touch its trunk, slowly closing your eyes.

When you opened your eyes again, Xian Qianling hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is it the one?"

Without speaking, you touched a few more Fragrant Torreya trees nearby, and then looked up at the one in front of you, laden with ripe fruit, "The age of this tree is roughly around three thousand years, but what’s odd is that the age of these surrounding trees is only around two thousand five hundred years."

"What’s so strange about that? Isn’t it just a five hundred year difference?"

"For trees of great age, five hundred years might not seem much, but for humans, it’s a different story."

Xian Qianling turned to look at you, realizing, "I thought so. You couldn’t possibly be wandering around the deep mountains with Zhao’er without a care, harboring some secret. Can you tell me now? If you share it, I might be able to provide some analysis."

Ignoring the crazy woman, you took out your phone, drew the bizarre character formed by the Fragrant Torreya trees using a drawing tool on your phone, and sent it to Du Xishan.

About ten minutes later, you called Du Xishan, "Lao Du, can you find out the origin of that character?"

"That character, I felt it looked familiar the moment I saw it. After having it checked, it turns out that character appeared on the coffin of the owner of an ancient tomb in Haining; it is the family emblem of a major clan."

"Which era did the owner of that ancient tomb belong to?"

"The Spring and Autumn Period, around 600 BC."

"600 BC." you murmured softly, immediately furrowing your brows.

"Where are you now, and where did you see this character?"

"I’m in a deep mountain area on Mt. Kuaiji, where there is an ancient village. About a hundred meters away from the village, I found a relatively flat area planted with more than a dozen Fragrant Torreya trees, and it’s these trees that have formed such a character."

After a moment of silence, Du Xishan continued to ask, "How old are the trees?"

"Aside from the central Fragrant Torreya tree, the rest are all about the same age, around two thousand five hundred years."

"Two thousand five hundred years? By that time calculation, that’s the late Spring and Autumn Period, during the reign of King Jing of Zhou; and considering the geography, Mt. Kuaiji was the heartland of the Yue Kingdom. But the place where you are is deep in the mountains—hiss—could it be that that place used to be the ancestral home of that major family?"

Hearing Du Xishan’s analysis, you couldn’t help but nod and say, "That’s very possible. The age of the central Fragrant Torreya tree is around three thousand years, and although the terrain is flat around it, there are no other Fragrant Torreya trees. It’s clear that these dozen or so trees hold a very special significance."

"The family with this character has the surname Ya, and the Ya family had a high status and influence in the Yue Kingdom at that time. I’m afraid it’s impossible to separate them from King Goujian of Yue."

"This glazed stone, I found it under the Fragrant Torreya tree, and I believe there must be something underneath the tree."

"Hmm, maybe there’s an ancient tomb underneath. Alright, I’ll send a team over immediately and apply for excavation permission at the same time."

"Wait a minute, let me take a quick look to see what exactly is hidden underneath."

With that, you hung up the phone. You lowered your head and once again closed your eyes.

"All Forms of Sen Luo, Heaven’s Eye!"

The moment you opened your eyes, two Sen Luo Curse Marks flashed and began to slowly rotate, as your consciousness rapidly descended.

However, contrary to your expectations, there was no so-called ancient tomb or Underground Palace under the three-thousand-year-old Fragrant Torreya tree, just a cuboid stone chamber with four pillars, no more than two meters high and one meter wide, just enough to accommodate a stone coffin. Around the stone coffin were some broken tiles and objects, and nothing worth searching for.

Your gaze pierced through the stone coffin, only to discover that there was actually a female corpse lying inside!

A female corpse that, even after more than two thousand years, still had a lovely face!

The clothes on the female corpse had disappeared due to the passage of time, her skin surface was somewhat desiccated, but it was much better than those so-called undecomposed mummies. However, compared to Zhao’er from Qian Ling’s Underground Palace, she was far off.

Out of respect for the ancestors, you only briefly explored before retracting your gaze.

Just as you retracted your gaze, Du Xishan’s call came once more, "I just asked a friend from the history department, and he said that King Goujian of Yue’s Princess Consort had the surname Ya...."

"Is her name Ya Yu?" you added.

"Yes, how did you know?"

"I just saw it, under the tree there seems to be a palace, and in the palace there is a stone chamber, with a stone coffin inside, where there lies a female corpse whose features are still discernible. Judging by her appearance, she was probably between thirty to forty years old."

"So, she is King Goujian’s Princess Consort, Ya Yu?"

"Yes," you nodded, "but there’s something I can’t figure out. Weren’t King Goujian and his Princess Consort brought to the Wu State as servants, serving King Wu Fu Chai for three years? It is said that their relationship was extremely good. So why would she, a Princess Consort of the Yue Kingdom, lie alone in the ruins of a palace? What about Goujian? What about their vow of living and being buried together?"