Chapter 312: Knowing the Little Things
The reason why he had such thoughts was not that he wanted to be blessed by the god in the temple, but that he felt that the mountain god was also a pitiful god and wanted to offer him a bunch of incense. Just a thought.
After sighing with emotion, Hu Bayi explained: "I just think that we are destined to meet here. Since we have entered someone else's temple, there is no need to be stingy with some casual things. We should treat it as a knot. It’s just a good deed and some psychological comfort.”
After that, he walked towards the fallen statue, trying to right it.
However, he did not ask anyone else to help. There is no need to force anything like this. Whether you are willing or not is entirely up to your own free will.
"I think you are just the remnants of feudalism. We have overturned many wild temples in the past. You might as well trust me if you believe in this clay sculpture!" When Wang Kaixuan saw this, although his mouth was full of complaints, his body was very honest and he immediately I walked over and helped.
“It’s just a matter of convenience.”
“Come on, I’ve got this support, and why are you saying that it’s useless? If you ask me, people might find it more comfortable to lie down, right? Is there a saying that says it’s better to lie down than to eat better than dumplings?”
When he saw the two of them, he helped the statue up, and Chen Ziyan put the raised feet down again.
Wang Kaixuan's help is enough, there is no need for him to join in the fun.
After Hu Bayi finished his work, the group headed towards the back hall.
This mountain temple is built on the mountain, so only a few are outside and the rest are inside the mountain.
The back hall is much narrower than the main hall in the front. There is a emerald stone screen in the middle, which is also painted with a portrait of the mountain god. It is no different from the clay sculptures outside, but it is slightly blurred.
When they got closer, they found that the stone screen did not look like it was artificially carved, but more like a natural texture.
However, after several people glanced at each other, they did not express any opinions on this, and they walked directly across the stone screen as if they did not see it.
There is no need to delve into some things, otherwise it will only increase worries.
After turning around the emerald stone screen, they saw nine giant toad statues placed horizontally at the end of the apse.
The postures of these nine toad stone statues are different. In addition to the different movable toad mouths, there are stone grooves around them that allow their bodies to rotate around.
After seeing the whole picture of this place, Hu Bayi discovered that the toad stone statues corresponded to the number of 'nine twists and turns', which was what he had deduced before.
However, he himself saw this. This kind of mechanism with Feng Shui as its core is the product of a combination of the two. Therefore, without the corresponding Feng Shui attainments, it is difficult to explore the doorway.
After looking around, Chen Ziyan looked decisively at Hu Bayi and asked, "Old Hu, can you solve it?"
He did not ask Shirley Yang, although Shirley Yang was also a master of institutions. But the structure composed of nine toad statues in front of them is mainly based on Feng Shui, which is Hu Bayi's specialty.
Faced with Chen Ziyan's inquiry, Hu Bayi did not answer immediately, but thought for a moment before saying: "It needs to be calculated. If you move without authorization, the machine will be completely locked if it fails three times in a row. . ”
He is confident about cracking the mechanism in front of him, but he needs enough time to calculate the direction.
Of course, it is not impossible to get started directly, but the success rate will definitely be lower.
Chen Ziyan understood the meaning of his words and said directly: "Follow your pace, we are not in a hurry."
Haste makes waste, he still understands.
After studying these toad stone statues for a while, Hu Bayi took out his compass and made some calculations, then asked Wang Kaixuan to help move the toads to a specific position.
“Why is there no response?”
After adjusting all the stone statues, Wang Kaixuan, who did not see any changes, asked in confusion.
"It shouldn't be..." Hu Bayi also frowned. He thought over it several times and there shouldn't be any mistakes.
Chen Ziyan understood what was going on. After glancing in the direction of the door, he reminded: "Maybe the corresponding layout is not here. Let's go out and look for it."
"Yes! Hu Bayi was awakened and patted his forehead: "Let's go out and take a look."
Immediately, everyone walked outside, and when they arrived at the entrance of the temple, they saw the temple opposite. The second half of the flaming gourd holding the temple door had split into two, revealing a stone door hidden inside.
But after seeing such a scene, Hu Bayi's brows furrowed even deeper.
He first thought that this door would appear in the back hall, and later thought it would be in the main hall, but he never thought that it would appear outside the temple gate.
Because this means that the passage is not in the mountain, but underground in the Worm Valley.
The underground of Worm Valley is much more dangerous than the mountain due to the poisonous miasma.
Chen Ziyan saw Hu Bayi's hesitation, and after understanding the joint, he took the lead in walking towards the stone door in the gourd.
The next road has already appeared in front of us, how can we stand still.
And he knows better than anyone else that the danger here is not caused by poisonous miasma.
When the others saw Chen Ziyan moving, they subconsciously followed him.
This is a similarly fiery red stone door. The overall shape is like a toad's face, which can be described as flat and round.
When they came closer, several people also discovered that the stone door seemed to be upright, but in fact it was in a tilted state.
Shirley Yang looked at the stone door and said: "The design of this mechanism is really exquisite. I'm afraid no one would have thought that the door opened by the mechanism would be outside."
Wang Kaixuan said curiously: "This door is really weird, and I don't know what is hidden inside."
Then he looked at Hu Bayi and asked: "Old Hu, there is really a way to the door here." Is it a secret passage to the main tomb?"
Hu Bayi is quite sure about this: "If the mark on the mausoleum is correct, there will be an exit at the end, and the Ming Tower should be outside. . ”
“What are you waiting for? Let’s go.”
Wang Kaixuan immediately became energetic when he heard this, and immediately pushed past Chen Ziyan and pushed the stone door open.
After the stone door was pushed open, he peeked inside, and after making sure there was no danger, he walked in directly.
Seeing this, the others followed behind.
When they walked into the door, they saw many shadowy silhouettes in front of them.
Wang Kaixuan, who was walking at the front, was hit by a flare without even thinking about it.
As the pale white light of the flare lit up, they saw countless huge bones and tusks standing not far away. It was obvious that this was a large-scale burial pit.
When the flare reached its highest point, the entire scene of the burial pit appeared in front of them. The complete elephant bones stood on both sides of the main road, just like a dense forest of bones. "These ancient feudal rulers are really hateful!" Wang Kaixuan came to the nearest elephant bone, cursed fiercely, picked up a thick ivory, turned around and asked, "By the way, What’s the quality of the ivory here?”
The meaning of the words is obvious, that is, he is asking about the value of the ivory in front of him.
However, Wang Kaixuan is more restrained now, so he doesn't ask too openly.
After Chen Ziyan picked up an ivory and looked at it, he said with some pity: "The ivory here is not worth a lot of money. Although it is still intact, the essence inside has long passed away with the years. ”
Then he carefully observed the elephant bones here, only to find that the bones here were all superficial, and the essence contained in them had long since drained away, leaving only an empty frame here.
"This is a bit of a pity." Wang Kaixuan said with a look of regret.
He thought these would be worth some money, but he didn't expect such a result.
"It's nothing to regret. If a burial pit for King Xian can be equipped like this, how can his real mausoleum be any worse?" Chen Ziyan said to him.
That’s how it works.
"Yeah, I almost forgot about this!" Wang Kaixuan instantly became energetic and became eager to try again.
Looking at it like that, I guess I can’t wait to go to King Xian’s Tomb right away.
After checking the elephant bone forest, the group did not stay here too long and soon came to the end of the burial pit.
At the end of the burial pit...or burial trench, there is a fast-flowing stream.
The terrain here is a bit strange. Except for the stream that suddenly emerges from the ground in front of it, there is not even a little extra ground on both sides.
Obviously, if they want to continue walking, they can only go through the waterway in front of them.
After looking around, Hu Bayi looked at Chen Ziyan: "Master Chen, we have to take the water route next."
"Let's go then." Chen Ziyan said.
He also saw the specific situation and knew that he couldn't even think about leaving now.
Since there is no other choice, just take a big step forward!
Fortunately, they brought the matching hovercraft over when they left the ship, so there was no need to find temporary transportation.
With professional tools in hand, the process of inflating the hovercraft couldn't be smoother, so Chen Ziyan and others soon took the boat and went downstream.
The flow of the stream is very fast, and they are going downstream, which means that they only need to follow the current for a short period of time.
There are many huge natural stone pillars in this stream, with thousands of branches and branches shaped like corals at the bottom of the water.
However, since it is pitch dark inside the cave and the lighting range is limited, it is impossible to see everything clearly, and it is difficult to distinguish what they all look like.
As the hovercraft advances, the roof of the cave becomes lower, which gives people a particularly depressing feeling.
That is to say, the psychological quality of several people is good, otherwise morale will inevitably be affected.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan suddenly felt something strange on the top of his head. He raised the flashlight and looked at it, and found that there were many plant roots on the top of the cave.
This made him completely sure that his current location was underground in the Worm Valley and had not entered the mountain.
After driving like this for a while, the distance between the cave roof and the horizontal surface gradually widened, which made the depression in the hearts of several people slowly recede, and even their breathing became much smoother.
But as the space becomes wider, plant roots and strange coral stones become increasingly dense.
At the same time, there are more and more signs of life, and sometimes small fish can be seen swimming in the water.
But what is touching and reassuring is that the fish here are ordinary fish, not the saber-toothed viperfish we encountered before.
As the stream gradually expanded, Chen Ziyan and the others finally saw clearly what those coral rocks were.
It turns out that these are the fossils left by trees in ancient times.
Most of the common fossils are animal fossils. This is because the bones and teeth of animals contain a lot of inorganic matter. Therefore, after being buried in the sand, the decay rate will slow down, and then they will be washed away by the slowly flowing groundwater in the gaps in the sand. , precipitating excess minerals to form crystals, so the probability of eventually forming fossils is much higher than that of plants.
After looking at the fossil forest beside him for a while, Chen Ziyan said: "Zhelong Mountain may have been a volcano a long time ago, and only in this way can so many fossil trees appear by chance."
No matter from which angle you look at it, this kind of situation is a rare one.
Shirley Yang also said after hearing this: "Although our journey this time was not smooth, we also saw many things along the way that ordinary people would never see in their lives, and we have gained a lot."< br>
Because she learned from the Zhenling genealogy that the Muchen Bead was in the hands of King Xian, Shirley Yang was now in an unusually relaxed state of mind, otherwise she might not have been in the mood to echo such a topic.
"Yes, if I don't have something important at hand, I would really like to observe more here." Chen Ziyan nodded and said.
The rugged and unique shape of the fossil trees here fits his aesthetic perfectly.
Wang Kaixuan was completely indifferent to this, so after hearing what they said, he couldn't help but said: "Let's see what meaning these stones have. After we touch the artifact, we will directly have someone move back a few pieces." , then you can watch whatever you want."
Chen Ziyan said nothing. He felt that he and the fat man were not on the same channel, and he was not interested in arguing about such boring topics.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan, who turned his head inadvertently, suddenly saw a white figure rising slowly in the water not far from the hovercraft.
This discovery shocked him, and he immediately thought of what it was, and quickly said to Hu Bayi at the helm: "Old Hu, hurry up and speed up!"
We are not facing this thing yet. time, so strategic avoidance is the most appropriate choice.
Although Hu Bayi was a little confused, he still obeyed and sped up.
But before he had gone far, he knew the reason why Chen Ziyan asked him to speed up.
Because soon all of them saw fluorescent white figures looming in the water around the hovercraft.
These white figures ranged from far to near, and the faces of the nearest ones could even be seen. They were clearly female corpses.
These female corpses are covered with a faint layer of blue light, which is a kind of luster without any temperature, symbolizing death and coldness. Just looking at it makes people feel chilled to the bone.
Almost as soon as they saw the specific condition of the female corpse, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Although it is not clear what happened to these female corpses, their subconscious has begun to warn them.
(End of this chapter)