Mandalay is the second largest city in Myanmar, located in the north-central part of the interior of Myanmar, not only one of the political, economic and cultural centers of Myanmar, but also a large number of overseas Chinese because of historical reasons. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Mandalay, also known as Wa City, was once the center of Myanmar's jadeite trading before Mon Gong became the new largest jadeite wool trading place. Even now, however, there are several large jadeite wool markets.

And, because it is less than 150 kilometres from Mogok, where red sapphires are abundant, Mandalay is actually the largest ruby sapphire trading place in Myanmar.

Mandalay means "City of Treasures" in Old India, and the entire Mandalay area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so there are plenty of monuments to see.

In particular, Mandalay Mountain in the northeast of the city, although it is only 260 meters above sea level, there are many monasteries, pagodas and monuments on it, and there are winding corridors from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, it is one of the famous Buddhist holy places in Myanmar, and it is also a must-visit tourist attraction for tourists who come to Mandalay.

Li Yi originally had arrangements to go to Mandalay, but not because of these monuments, but because it was much more convenient to go to Mogok from here than Myitkyina.

Mogok is a very small city, but the area of the ruby sapphire mining area alone is more than 400 square kilometers, and the mineralized area is more than 1,000 square kilometers, which not only produces various kinds of red sapphires, but is also the only source of the famous pigeon's blood ruby.

It is said that there is only one secret trail that leads to the Mogok mining area, and the Myanmar government and local ethnic armed forces are very strict about the trail, not only do not allow outsiders to enter the mining area, but even their own people entering and leaving the mining area are also extremely strict.

It's just that Li Yi didn't go to Mogu to go to the mining area, he just wanted to help him find a source for his batch of rubies, although he was also a little curious about the ruby mine.

After Li Yi and the others settled down in Mandalay, Tai Wu contacted the connector over there. After some simple communication, the two sides agreed to start looking at the stones from tomorrow, because the number is indeed relatively large, and Li Yi can be given 10 days there.

"Mr. Li, these 10 days are already the longest number of days we can get, you know, they are not monolithic internally, if you let others know that you were introduced by us, it will be very troublesome, so ......"

Taiwu felt that it was indeed a bit difficult to see 5,000 tons of wool in 10 days, so he deliberately explained, but Li Yi didn't care at all, if he let him go, let alone 10 days, he could do it all in one day!

It's just that this gambling stone is extraordinary, even if he can see through, he also has to consider that he can't make people suspicious, so he must pay attention to the actual performance of the wool shell, so his plan is 3 to 5 days, since the other party has given him 10 days now, he doesn't have to rush so much.

After looking at the time, Li Yi decided to go out for a spin first, you can not go to other places, the world books must be seen.

The World Book is not really a book, but a shocking place of interest.

Looking down from the southeast entrance of Mandalay Mountain, you can see a gray-white stone monument surrounded by a circle of white pagodas, which is the world book with the stone monument as the page.

These steles are all merit steles, a total of 730, the front and back are engraved with dense Burmese texts, of which 729 are engraved with the three Tibetan scriptures, a total of 111 in 5 large volumes of the Vinaya Tibetan scriptures, 208 in 7 large volumes of the Tibetan scriptures, 410 in 5 large volumes of the Tibetan scriptures, and the last one is engraved with historical anecdotes.

These steles were carved in 1871 and took five months, but it took more than four years to complete the previous quarrying, stone transportation, cutting, grinding, tracing, and repeated audits before carving.

It is said that after the successful carving of the stele, the then king of Myanmar, Myinton Tung, gathered 2,400 monks to recite this scripture in a relay manner, and it took 5 months and 3 days to complete this vast book.

Therefore, in people's legends, this stele forest contains a very strong Buddhist wish, if you are a devout believer, praying in the stele forest, it is possible to make your dream come true.

Li Yi is not a Buddhist, but because of the spirit card, he is more interested in those Buddhist resorts, historic sites, and treasures, plus the perspective function of the spirit card is because of the absorption of the cool air in the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon to evolve, so although he does not have any special thoughts about the world books, but since he has the opportunity and time, he does not mind going to go on a trip, the big deal is to travel.

Surrounded by stupas, you can go in and see the world's books up close, but if you want to get in, you have to be barefoot like the Buddhists in Myanmar, and you can't even wear socks, otherwise it will be a blasphemy against the Buddha!

Because the Burmese people believe that barefoot means sincerity, the upper can know the sky, and the lower can know the earth, I am honest and honest, and I worship the Buddha wholeheartedly. This is also the main reason why Burmese people wear slippers a lot of times.

When he was in the Shwedagon Pagoda, because Li Yi didn't enter it, he didn't know this rule. This time, if it wasn't for Taiwu's advance warning, they would probably have caused trouble because of it.

Leaving his shoes and socks outside, Li Yi took Gu Feng and stepped barefoot on the cold stone slab into the forest of steles, which is known as the world's books.

In fact, compared with the Chang'an Stele Forest, the stele here is not the same in terms of history or culture, nationality or inheritance, but as soon as he entered it, inexplicably, Li Yi just felt that there seemed to be an indescribable feeling here, or, this is what they call the pious wish of those monks?

Fingertips swiped across the cold stone tablet, and Li Yi's mind conjured up the spectacular scene of 2,400 monks relaying sutras. And just as he was feeling why these people were so pious, suddenly, a majestic and empty hall broke into his mind without warning, and then before he could react, it suddenly disappeared and disappeared without a trace!

What the heck?

Li Yi was stunned on the spot, as if he had turned over the river and the sea in his heart, and he was inexplicably surprised!

Just now, although the flash of the main hall was very sudden and disappeared faster, he still saw something inside, and that thing was like an incomparably powerful bomb, blowing up his entire thoughts, and he was completely overwhelmed!

Because, what he just saw was a huge stone tablet about ten meters high and more than 3 meters wide located in the middle of the main hall!

But if it's just a stone tablet, it's nothing, but there is a pattern on that stone tablet that he will never forget, that is, the villain in the shape of "Jie" engraved on the spirit card when he just got the spirit card!

The human figure on the stele turned out to be almost exactly the same as the one on the spirit identification card, but it was magnified countless times!

"I wipe ......"

After a while, Li Yi finally recovered from the shock, but immediately, a huge doubt occupied all his mind, what does this mean? What is this telling him? What is this trying to tell him?

Could it be that there is still some huge secret hidden in the spirit identification card, which he has never discovered, but now he is touched by these stone tablets in front of him?

Although the hall was fleeting, faster than he could blink an eye, he didn't think it was an illusion. Because, even if he dreamed before, he had never dreamed of anything related to the spirit card, but this time, the great hall suddenly broke into his mind when he was fully awake!

His gaze slowly swept over the stone tablet in front of him, and Li Yi's brows became tighter and tighter. Because he suddenly found that the hall and the stele that were still clearly imprinted in his mind just now slowly began to become blurred, and the process was getting faster and faster, and it was just a time to take a breath, and when he remembered it again, not to mention the stele, even the outline of the main hall became blurred.

"Brother Yi, what's wrong with you?"

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Gu Feng was stunned for a moment, scratched his scalp, leaned closer and looked at the stone tablet that Li Yi's fingertips were still touching, and then said with a confused face:

"You've been touching this stele just now, and you've been standing for more than ten minutes......"

He could see very clearly that the moment Li Yi touched this stone tablet just now, there was an expression of extreme shock on his face, but soon, this expression turned into confusion again, and then it turned into a frowning and contemplative look......

And the most important thing is that he stood here motionless for more than ten minutes!

"Touching this stone monument and standing for more than ten minutes? Impossible, right? ”

Li Yi's face showed an expression of disbelief, and at this moment, the image of the hall that appeared in his mind just now had been completely erased, no matter how he recalled, he could only remember that it seemed that what had happened just now, but whether it had happened or not, and what had happened, he became more and more uncertain.

"What just happened?"

After a few words, Li Yi has forgotten everything he has just seen and experienced!

Gu Feng frowned, looked at Li Yi carefully, and with his understanding of Li Yi, he could see that he was not pretending, so what happened just now made him so shocked? Or was he dazzled?

But his sister's, even if he was dazzled, Li Yi stood silently in front of this stone tablet for more than ten minutes, this is always real, right?

"Brother Yi, you really don't feel anything abnormal?"

Li Yi shook his head,

"No, except that when I first came in, it felt like there was an inexplicable, indescribable atmosphere here, nothing else......"

Hearing this, Gu Feng shuddered, and grabbed Li Yi's sleeve,

"Let's go, Brother Yi, there seems to be some weird ...... here" (To be continued.) )