Episode 6 (The Lost Tomb)

**Episode 6 (The Lost Tomb)** is the sixth episode of the television series The Lost Tomb. It is based on chapters twenty-three through twenty-six of the Daomu Biji novel *Cavern of the Blood Zombies*.

## Synopsis

The group finds a hidden coffin and learns the legend of King Lu Shang.

## Story

The team tried to comfort Ning after she has lost most of her team. Wu Sanxing was able to find some of her team's supplies, including their guns. Wu Xie picked up one of the guns and comfortably examined it. He was quite familiar with guns in general and knew the differences between them. While examining them, he noticed a protrusion on the floor underneath the jade platform. It looked odd and like a button, so Wu Xie pressed it, despite a warning from Pangzi. As he did this, the tree's branches were moving but no one noticed and they stopped whenever the button was pressed. Nothing happened, but then the tomb started to shake.

The button activated a pulley system which pulled away part of the tree's core to reveal a coffin that was pushed out in front. The coffin was a set with an inner and outer coffin. There was some writing on the outer coffin. Wu Xie could read some of it and knew it was the coffin of King Lu Shang. He died around the age of 40 without any children. They started to wonder why the mechanism of the coffin was so weird. Others would hide the coffin so it could not be opened, but this coffin almost seemed like it was meant to be open. There was writing on the back of the coffin as well and Wu Xie was able to read one of the characters that said: "启" (Qi). The rest should be a certain date. Pan Zi thought it could be the time the coffin was supposed to be opened.

Chen Chengcheng and High Shao were still trying to work on contacting Wu Xie. But something was interfering with their signal. High Shao thought there was a weird magnetic field underground.

The group decided to open the outermost layer. Ordinarily, lords of the vassals of the Warring States were buried in two outer layers and three inner layers. If the tree is counted as an outer layer, then they had opened the outer layers. The coffin they were currently looking at was an inner layer. The coffin cover was made of jade and the pattern carved on it signified the hemispheric dome. They removed the jade cover and revealed a wooden coffin with pictures inscribed on the top. The pictures were of King Lu Shang's burial. Wu Sanxing thought he heard a noise coming from within the coffin. He got closer to listen carefully and discovered something was breathing inside.

They still decided to open the layer and Pangzi figured out a way for it to open by itself. When he triggered the switch, the coffin opened revealing a man in armor that immediately sat up. Everyone stepped back in shock but upon inspection, discovered that there was a bar that propped up the corpse. Wu Sanxing recognized the armor the corpse was wearing as Jade Burial Armor. The legend was that any person that wore this type of armor would become young again. Wu Sanxing didn't know if it could be taken off the corpse and figured they would have to carry him out. They went to pick up the corpse with the armor but Ning stopped them. She said that the corpse really was breathing. Pan Zi went to feel the chest of the corpse and shockingly confirmed that the corpse was alive.

Ning went to shoot it thinking there was something wrong with it but Wu Xie stopped her saying that it would be akin to committing murder. Wu Sanxing thought that Wu Xie was being too naive. Any man that lived that long was not right and could be said to be a demon. He probably wasn't human. There was also peeled skin nearby which he shed when he got younger. They moved it to the jade platform to get a better look. Pangzi was able to find a thread that would take the armor off. As he was about to pull at it, a sword came flying in his direction.

Wu Sanxing was able to prevent Pangzi from being hit. They looked to see who threw it to see it was Zhang Qiling. He was without a shirt and was carrying a man over his shoulder. It was a member of Ning's team who also drank the water and suffered from hallucinations. Pangzi wanted an explanation from him on why he was almost killed. He told him that taking the armor off now was too dangerous. The body sheds its skin every 500 years and only during this time can the suit be taken off safely. If it's taken off at any other time, the body will become a blood corpse killing them all. Zhang Qiling looked at the armored man and told him he had lived long enough before crushing his neck.

Everyone became upset at Zhang Qiling for killing the man seemingly unprovoked. He told them there was a small purple jade box inside the painted coffin that would answer their questions. They retrieved the box and opened it to reveal a record of King Lu Shang. It stated that when King Lu Shang was 20, he inherited his official position from his father. He robbed ancient tombs for the army of the state of Lu. One day, he entered a tomb of an unknown dynasty and found a giant serpent lying in a coffin. He killed the snake and opened its belly to find a purple gold box, likely the same one the green-eyed fox corpse was holding. King Lu Shang had a dream about the snake who later wanted to take revenge. King Lu Shang was about to win against the snake again but the snake begged for mercy, it was worried it would not be able to reincarnate. In return, the serpent told King Lu Shang how to open the box and said that the two treasures in the gold box would guarantee him high status. King Lu Shang thought this was a secret no mortal should know and so he killed the serpent. One of the treasures was the Ghost Seal but the other was unknown. King Lu Shang became worried about the secret of the box and killed his subordinates and even their families to keep it unknown. In the next decades, King Lu Shang was victorious in his battles.

In a flashback, King Lu Shang, a military general, saved the Duke of Lu and Yao Guang from a group of rebels. Yao Guang and King Lu Shang were in a previous relationship. They were supposed to marry but King Lu Shang wanted to build his career and stayed away for a long time. She was forced to marry the Duke of Lu because of his absence. He had concealed his identity so that he could rob tombs for the Duke of Lu to pay for the army's provisions while they were at war. The two wanted to run away so they could be together.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Ning
* Wu Sanxing
* Wang Pangzi
* Pan Zi
* High Shao
* Chen Chengcheng
* Liu Tai
* Zhang Qiling
* King Lu Shang (flashback)
* Yao Guang (flashback)
* Duke of Lu (flashback)

## Artifacts

* Jade Burial Armor
* Ghost Seal (mentioned)

## Locations

* Seven Star Palace
* The State of Lu, China (flashback)

## References

1. ↑ A **Blood Corpse** **(血尸)** is a mythical creature that exists in the novel universe. The show never expands on what it is. In the novel, a blood corpse was once human and would become a blood corpse after being poisoned. A Blood Corpse can kill a person with one touch. See Blood Corpse on Novel Wiki.