1068 River of Boiling Water
Inside the platform is a hole that can only be climbed into.
Because Tang Ding was cautious when he climbed down, he was already ten minutes behind Huang Yongjue and the nine-tailed fox.
Tang Ding exercised the dragon sword in his hand, and then bowed down and climbed into the hole.
The entrance to the cave was still very deep, and Tang Ding had to climb at least twenty meters before he reached a place where he could stand up.
Tang Ding looked carefully, although it was a natural formation, but there were also traces of hammering and chisel. The small hole that Tang Ding climbed into was very hidden, and there was a stone slab next to the hole, which was obviously used to cover the hole.
Why is the entrance to the cave covered with stone slabs? for secrecy, of course. Along the way that Tang Ding climbed in, he found that the entrance to the cave was not completely natural, and there were traces of artificial excavation.
What the hell is this place?
Tang Ding couldn't understand it, so he could only move on.
Tang Ding noticed that the cave had been dug by hand, and that there were lanterns lit at intervals on the walls.
Tang Ding's speed was very fast, and his spiritual sense was super strong, so it didn't take him more than a while to keep up with Huang Yongjue and the nine-tailed fox that he had captured.
Tang Ding had guessed before how the nine-tailed fox would be captured by Huang Yongjue, and Tang Ding had an understanding of the nine-tailed fox. With Huang Yongjue's speed, it is basically impossible to catch the nine-tailed fox. Therefore, Huang Yongjue must have used some tricks to capture the nine-tailed fox.
"Nine-tailed fox, how far is it? Don't lie to me, or you will know the consequences. Huang Yongjue asked in a deep voice.
"It's not far away, it's ahead, and this is already a tombway. The nine-tailed fox's voice was the same as what Tang Ding had heard before, "By the way, Brother Jue, don't call someone a nine-tailed fox, someone is called a fairy." ”
"I don't care if you call it a fox fairy or what kind of immortal, in short, it is the most important thing to take me to find the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu quickly. ”
"If you find the tomb of the Nine Heavens Niangniang, can you let me go?" asked the Nine-Tailed Fox Fairy timidly.
"It's not okay to find the tomb, you still have to help me find the Nine Heavens Xuannu Feng Shui diagram. As long as you help me find the feng shui diagram, I can let you go. Huang Yongjue said.
"But didn't you say before that you would let me go if you found the tomb of the Nine Heavens Niangniang?"
"No, you have to help me find the feng shui diagram. ”
When Tang Ding heard Huang Yongjue's Nine Heavens Xuannu Feng Shui diagram, his eyes lit up. The Nine Heavens Xuannu Feng Shui diagram that I have been looking for but can't seek, is there still anyone looking for it?
The Feng Shui diagram of the Nine Heavens Xuannu is the key to finding the Queen Mother of the West, and Tang Ding consulted a lot of information, but still found nothing. I didn't expect to hear the secret of the Nine Heavens Xuannu Feng Shui diagram in this Laoshan Mountain.
Huang Yongjue led the nine-tailed fox to a stone tablet, and the nine-tailed fox pointed to the stone tablet, "Look, this is the tombstone of Jiutian Niangniang." ”
"What's written on this?" asked Huang Yongjue.
"The Tomb of the Nine Heavenly Goddesses. The nine-tailed fox said.
"Really?" asked Huang Yongjue suspiciously. With Huang Yongjue's level, how can he know the oracle bone inscription, let alone the oracle bone inscription, even if it is a book, I am afraid he will not be able to recognize it completely.
However, although Huang Yongjue didn't know the oracle bone inscription, he knew that there were six words written on it, and according to the nine-tailed fox, it was really right, and it was not far-fetched at all.
"Of course it's true, don't you know these words?" the nine-tailed fox looked at Huang Yongjue and asked with a smile.
"Of course I know, stop talking nonsense, hurry up. ”
Huang Yongjue pulled the rope of the nine-tailed fox and pulled it to continue walking.
Tang Ding walked to the stone tablet. This stele is really some years old, fortunately, in this cave, there is no weathering, only the years of immersion, so the words on the stone wall can be preserved for a long time.
With the help of the light of the ever-bright lamp on the stone wall, Tang Ding saw that the text on the stone tablet was an oracle bone inscription, and Tang Ding also had a certain amount of research on the oracle bone inscription, so he knew the words on it, and there were six words engraved on the stone tablet: Nine Heavens Xuanmu Tianzun.
As for the "Tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu" that the nine-tailed fox said, it is obviously nonsense. She didn't know these six words at all, but what she made up was very appropriate. If it weren't for Tang Ding's knowledge of Oracle, then Tang Ding felt that he would also be fooled by it.
The oracle bone inscription is the script of the Yin Shang era, and the oracle bone inscription is considered a relatively mature script, and in the Yellow Emperor era before the Yin Shang dynasty, the script used is a more ancient script than the oracle bone inscription.
According to the legend of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, she was the teacher of the Yellow Emperor, and she also used to be "Xuanniao Shengshang", so the age of the death of the Nine Heavens Xuannu was after the Shang Dynasty, so it is also common sense to use oracle bone inscriptions on the tombstone.
Speaking of this title, the Nine Heavens Xuannu is indeed also known as the Nine Heavens Xuanmu Tianzun.
Could it be that this is really the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu? Tang Ding was ecstatic in his heart, and said in his heart that this is really in response to the proverb: There is no place to find when you step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them.
But why did Huang Yongjue look for the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu? Who wrote the letter at his bedside? It seems that this tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu is not only Huang Yongjue is looking for, but the person who wrote to him seems to know more. So what is this person looking for the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu?
The questions in Tang Ding's heart flooded one layer after another.
Tang Ding originally followed Huang Yongjue, originally wanting to rescue the nine-tailed fox as soon as possible, but after seeing the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, he changed his mind and wanted to follow in to have a look.
This Nine Heavens Xuannu Feng Shui diagram is more important than the Nine-Tailed Fox, because the Nine Heavens Xuannu Feng Shui diagram is related to the whereabouts of her biological parents, which is much more important than finding a partner for Candle Jiuyin.
"Brother Jue, forgive my sister for one more word, why are you looking for the Nine Heavens Niangniang Feng Shui diagram, this Nine Heavens Niangniang is known as Feng Shui Shut up, her tomb must be full of organs. ”
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, just take me to the grave. Although Huang Yongjue did not answer the words of the nine-tailed fox, his attitude changed a lot unconsciously, perhaps because he found the tombstone of the Nine Heavens Xuannu and the tomb was close at hand.
Although Huang Yongjue lived for forty or fifty years, he was not young, but this nine-tailed fox lived for at least a few hundred years, but he called Huang Yongjue his brother, which made Tang Ding almost laugh off his big teeth.
But although Huang Yongjue did not answer the nine-tailed fox's question, it was obvious that Huang Yongjue was very affected by this trick and his attitude eased a little.
"This is where the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu is, but why is it so hot here?" Huang Yongjue asked, grabbing the rope around the neck of the nine-tailed fox.
"Down here, there's a river of boiling water, and the river boils to boil eggs. ”
"Boiling River?"
"Yes, Boiling River, I've been here once before, and it almost killed me. ”
It can be seen from the stone path taken by Huang Yongjue and the nine-tailed fox that the stone path is gradually descending, and according to the height at which they go down, it is very likely that this place is close to the sea level.
But close to sea level, there can be a boiling water river, which is also beyond Huang Yongjue's guess.
Huang Yongjue has also entered many tombs, and there are many tombs regulated by emperors, but things like the boiling water river that accompany the tombs have never been encountered.
Tang Ding also felt hotter and hotter, but it was bearable.
"How far is it?"
"It's almost time to the Boiling Water River, and after the Boiling Water River, it is the tomb of the Nine Heavens Niangniang. ”
"Let's go!"
Tang Ding also followed behind and quickened his pace.
After turning a corner, Tang Ding saw Huang Yongjue and the nine-tailed fox standing by a river more than ten meters wide. The mist rises above the river, and the mist is continuous.
The water bubbles and bursts, and you can feel the temperature of the river even if you don't have to go near it.
In the dense steam, a stone gate can be faintly seen on the other side of the river, which should be where the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu is located. And this boiling water river is the heavenly gulf that enters the tomb of the Nine Heavens Xuannu.
There were no boats and no aids along the river, so how to cross the river was a difficult problem.
Huang Yongjue looked at the nine-tailed fox, "How is this river going to cross?"
The nine-tailed fox was also at a loss, "I don't know how to live." This hot water can boil eggs. ”
"Have you cooked it?"
"I've cooked, I've stolen chicken, and sometimes I've brought it to eat, but here I can eat cooked chicken, and cooked meat is much better than raw meat. Occasionally, I would steal a few eggs, so I would come over and cook them. When the nine-tailed fox said this, his mouth licked a little, as if he was drooling from what he said.
However, Tang Ding saw that when the nine-tailed fox was talking, his eyes were rolling slightly, and it seemed to glance inadvertently at the place where he was standing, although Tang Ding retracted his head in time, but Tang Ding still had an intuition that the nine-tailed fox was likely to have discovered himself.
Tang Ding felt that he was very careful with every step, and when he walked, the soles of his feet were arched, no less than a cat's claws with meat pads, and he would not make a sound when he walked, but this nine-tailed fox somehow found himself.
And Tang Ding can be sure that Huang Yongjue must not have discovered himself, otherwise Tang Ding must have realized something.
As for the nine-tailed fox's statement, Tang Ding didn't believe it at all. The nine-tailed fox has been here for sure, as for boiling eggs and boiling chickens in hot water, it is pure nonsense.
However, Huang Yongjue obviously believed the words of the nine-tailed fox.
With the skill of the nine-tailed fox, if you can steal a live chicken, you can steal a roast chicken, how good is the taste of roast chicken, not much better than the taste of chicken boiled in clear water?
So the question is, why did the nine-tailed fox lie? Its purpose in lying must have been to deceive Huang Yongjue.
Why did Huang Yongjue believe in the nine-tailed fox? Tang Ding can also understand it. Because of this way, the nine-tailed fox was very cooperative, there was one to say one, and there was two to say two, it gave Huang Yongjue a feeling that he knew everything and said everything, so it caused Huang Yongjue to have an impression in his heart that the nine-tailed fox did not lie to himself.
Okay, then according to this, and then the reverse reasoning, the nine-tailed fox lied in order to deceive Huang Yongjue, so what did it say? The nine-tailed fox said that the boiling water river can boil eggs and boil chickens, so this is fake.
This river of boiling water will definitely not be able to cook the eggs, nor will it be able to cook the chicken.
Moreover, Tang Ding also noticed that the three words of the boiling water river came from the mouth of the nine-tailed fox, and it seems that this name does give people a preconceived understanding, thinking that this river is really a boiling water river.