Chapter 188 Corpse
After hearing the chief engineer’s words, Zuo Chen pondered for a few seconds:
“Have any soldiers disappeared in the north in recent years?”
The chief engineer touched He looked at his bald head and thought hard, and after holding it for a long time, he seemed to have no idea:
"There are many wars in the north, and too many people died. Sometimes the bones can pile up into a hill. How can I remember it? Are there so many missing people?”
The Zi people also gathered together and began to murmur in detail. :
“Did evil things attack the city twenty years ago?”
“I don’t think so. Didn’t all the soldiers die under the fortress when evil things attacked? This may be the investigation team that didn't come back."
"There are a lot of people who haven't come back. Which one are you talking about?"
"Isn't there an army of evil creatures? Well, we were also killed in this plain at that time. Alas, the big kid next door to me died at that time.”
The Zi people calculated carefully, and after checking, they discovered that many people had indeed died in the northern fortress over the years, and many bodies were left in the northern plains and were never brought back.
The chief engineer was a little frightened, so he gathered his courage and approached Zuo Chen, lowering his voice and asking:
"Taoist Master, we know that this is the legacy of the Immortal Family and is the protector of the fortress. A god, but..."
He was careful both inside and outside his words, but his expression revealed his inner thoughts.
Living people will be a little scared when they see corpses.
Zuo Chen also roughly figured out what the chief engineer was thinking, and suddenly smiled:
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist, these people will send the corpses of the soldiers back to their hometowns."
A flash of light flashed above the stone sculpture. The slight light seemed to be much softer.
"Don't worry." Zuo Chen stood up and called to the Zi people: "Find a good car, dig out the soldiers, and send them back to the fortress."
The Zi people looked at each other in confusion. A few smart people had already figured out what was going on, but most of them still looked confused, not knowing what Zuo Chen meant.
A few brave Zi people came out first, took shovels, and carefully began to dig up the bones of these soldiers.
As soon as the shovel went down, there was really no resistance. I felt calm and started working hard.
The chief engineer immediately called the carriages transporting materials to come over and asked them to empty the goods for the time being and prepare to transport the bodies back to the northern fortress.
Not long after, more than twenty corpses were piled up on the nearby plain, and the excavation was not even finished.
"Why are there so many?" The chief engineer wandered around the corpses, counting the number of people, with a strange look on his face.
Caiyi, who was watching the show on the donkey cart, also jumped down and came close to the body. He just glanced at it and saw:
“This is not a group of people.”
"Ah?"
"They died at different times." Caiyi squatted next to the pit : "I met a Taoist who moved mountains, and he taught me how to look at bones."
Caiyi came closer to have a look, stared at it for a while, and then said: "The ones buried above died for a short time, and the longer they are buried, the longer they are." The longer they die, the most likely to be twenty or thirty years.”
The chief engineer planned to ask more questions, but suddenly he heard howling coming from behind.
When I turned around again, I realized that Zi Ren was holding something in his hand, and he knelt down beside the corpse pit unsteadily.
Suddenly burst into tears.
“What’s the matter with you?”
The chief engineer ran over, thinking that Zi Ren had been tricked. When he got to Zi Ren’s side, he saw that he was holding a An iron plate, already rusty.
"This is my dad's famous brand. My dad went to the north to fight and never came back. Why is my dad here?"
The chief engineer was in a panic. He didn't know what to say, so he could only reach out and pat him. He patted Ziren on the shoulder to comfort him, and then looked at Zuo Chen with pleading eyes.
“This Taoist Stone Soldier has been silently protecting the corpses of the soldiers who came here for many years, letting them rest in the ground to avoid being exposed in the wilderness.”
After listening to Zuo Chen’s explanation , Zi Ren, who was holding the iron plate, moved his knees and knelt in front of Shi Bing, and kowtowed respectfully, which also made the people around him sigh.
When I looked at the stone sculptures again, they were full of respect. They bowed where they should and offered incense where they should.
All the corpses of the soldiers were moved to the vehicles, one after another, and transported towards the northern fortress.
At this moment, the soil next to the stone sculpture has finally returned to normal, and there is no longer any meaning of stone.
......
Without disturbing the Zi people any more, after saying goodbye to the chief engineer, Zuo Chen and the others headed towards the ruins of the Xian family.
“Fellow Taoist, have you seen me?”
"Fellow Taoist, do you know the sea of suffering?"
We asked each house one after another, from the Taoist temple to the big tree on the roadside, but we didn't get any useful information.
Asked other immortals whether they had seen him or not, they all had no idea.
When asked about the sea of suffering, some spirit spirits burst out with very strong emotions.
However, Wu Jing can't speak, and their emotions are too complicated, including anger, resentment, and relief. They are really complicated, and Zuo Chen can't understand them.
I wandered like this for most of the morning, and finally, after searching two or three times, I found the last Xianjia ruins on the plain next to it.
That is a well.
The well is extremely wide, with a shelter erected to protect it from the wind and rain. There are three or four buckets placed next to it, as if waiting for people to come to fetch water.
Zuo Chen could tell that there were bursts of spiritual energy in this well, which should have been left by a certain immortal family.
Getting off the donkey, Zuo Chen went to the well and saluted.
"Fellow Taoist, I want to ask something."
There was some sound of water flowing from the well, as if in response to Zuo Chen.
“Let me ask if my friend has seen me before?”
Listening to Zuo Chen’s words, Shuijing didn’t react at all, as if he had never seen Zuo Chen. "Does fellow Taoist know anything about the Sea of Suffering?"
The well water was boiling and spurting out, scaring Mr. Donkey who was eating grass. He shouted "Mom" and avoided it.
Zuo Chen still couldn't understand, and could only feel Shuijing's indignation.
What a pity.
Zuo Chen sighed in his heart.
I guess there is nothing to gain.
But just when Zuo Chen was about to say thank you and leave, the well suddenly made a splash, and a spray of water floated out from the mouth of the well.
The water splashed in the air and turned into a butterfly made of water. It flew twice above Zuo Chen's head, as if to greet Zuo Chen to come over.
Zuo Chen also had a thought, and directly greeted Mr. Donkey, and followed the butterfly's guidance and walked towards a certain direction on the plain.
After walking on this plain for a long time, we finally reached the mountain peaks on the side.
These peaks are not naturally formed. The entire cliff looks like it has been cut with a knife. Some adjustments should have been made specifically to withstand the sea of suffering.
When it came here, the butterfly fell directly to the ground, turned into water droplets, and disappeared into thin air.
Zuo Chen looked towards the gable.
Clearly I saw a cave on the wall.
The cave is very neat, and it was obviously dug out by immortals.
After careful inspection, there was no sign of injury or death inside the cave, so he took Mr. Lu and Caiyi in.
The cave was not too deep, and it didn't take much time after entering. The two of them arrived at the end of the cave with a donkey.
Look up.
The huge sunken door stands at the end of the cave, as if it is alone in the world.
......
Liu Quande looked up and down the stone door, scratching his head and ears.
"This is indeed the art of heavenly craftsmanship." After looking at it for a while, Liu Quande simply squatted on the ground, took out the white paper and carbon rods from his arms, and started to calligraphy and painting on the spot: "You have to wait for me to study it."< br>
At this moment, a lot of people have gathered in the cave. The people outside the cave are all craftsmen, who are studying whether they can build a few houses nearby to live in. Most of the people inside the cave look like alchemists, looking at the door. The runes on it scream.
“I really didn’t expect that there is such a place in the north.” Several alchemists were also full of excitement: “The workmanship of heaven is ingenious, it is really magical!”
“These should all belong to Liu Xian. Disciple?" Mr. Donkey asked in a low voice.
"Liu Xian did teach some heavenly craftsmanship to the alchemists in Youzhou, probably these are the ones."
The alchemists looked similar to Hu Wen's eager look, and they all looked enthusiastic about the art of heavenly crafts.
Zuo Chen has no doubt that as long as someone delivers food, they will definitely live here and study the gate in front of them day and night.
"Taoist Priest, can't you push this gate open?"
Cai Yi stared at the pattern above the gate for a few seconds and felt dizzy, so she stopped looking and turned around. Then he looked at Zuo Chen and asked doubtfully.
Zuo Chen can move mountains and fill seas, so there is no way he can't open this door.
"It's really not difficult to push it open simply by brute force, but there is a treasure-protecting magic above this door. If we open the door directly, the entire cave will explode on the spot." Zuo Chen said helplessly: "If the explosion is too powerful, I will But it may not be able to protect the various objects in the cave."
Cai Yi nodded, finally understanding why Zuo Chen needed to go back to the northern fortress to find someone.
Liu Quande wrote for a long time, but it seemed that he couldn't find a suitable opening, so he came close to Zuo Chen and scratched his head:
"Taoist priest, I'm afraid this gate will have to be opened again. It will take a while to open"
"How long will it take?"
"If it's fast, it will take three to four months. If it's slow, it will take about a year and a half."
Liu Quande calculated.
This speed is fast enough for analytical techniques.
“Sorry to trouble you, Liu Xian.”
“What’s the trouble?” Liu Quande smiled and said, “I can’t find such a precious place even if I want to look for it.”
He turned his head to look at the door again, his eyes full of longing:
"It was a creation of heaven in ancient times, what could be hidden behind it?"
Zuo Chen also looked at the door.
Under the influence of Guan Qi, he could see threads escaping from the top of the gate and spreading towards the underground of the fortress.
It was in the same direction as the underground direction of the fortress that he had seen in the fortress before.
It is estimated that as long as you follow this door, you can reach the underground of the northern fortress.
What is it that is placed underground in the northern fortress and occupies such a large piece of the Xian family’s heritage for energy use?
Although he was curious about what was behind the door, Zuo Chen was not in a hurry and entrusted the entire matter to Liu Quande, and he returned to the northern fortress along the way.
Entering the gate of Prince Wei's mansion, he suddenly found two familiar figures sitting inside.
Seeing them, Zuo Chen also rarely laughed.
It was Zhu Laoba and Guan Gou Du who came.
Asking for monthly tickets
(End of this chapter)