Chapter 68: The Center of the World

At the foot of the mountain in the center of the world, pilgrims from all over the world, and even more from Nepal and India, pray around the sacred mountain in their hearts, and the Tibetans who believe in Buddhism firmly believe that the pilgrimage will cleanse the sins of past and present lives, increase infinite merits, and finally get out of samsara and attain bliss. Therefore, there are always countless Tibetans who prostrate their heads between heaven and earth in a unique way of prostrating their heads, and trekking towards the holy land like a strong magnetic field. Without flesh and blood, there would be no pilgrimage, no pilgrimage, no pilgrimage, no devotion of the soul without going through a thousand hardships and crossing the real time and space. For a believer, the pilgrimage is a sacred act that can be taken seriously for a lifetime. It can even be said that a pilgrimage beyond the meaning of "asceticism" is the only way to take the journey of an individual life to the extreme!

Gang Rinpo Qifeng is the birthplace of Bon, the full name of Bon is Yongzhong Bon, believing in the gods of all things, before the Tubo Dynasty, the Zhangzhung Kingdom called itself the king of Xzang, and accepted the Quartet to come to the dynasty, because the appointment of the king must also be crowned by the Bon deacon, so that Bon has become the real king of X.

In the seventh century, the rise of the Tibetan Dynasty and the assassination of the king of the Zhangzhung Kingdom, the Tibetan occupied its territory, but Songtsen Gampo was angry about the energy of Bon, and the clever Songtsen Gampo did not directly order the strangulation of Bon, but ordered people to make Tibetan, introduced Indian Buddhism, built Buddhist monasteries, promoted Buddhism, and organized Buddhist monks and Bon believers to debate the scriptures and won a great victory, and absorbed the original teachings and rituals of Bon, forming a unique Tibetan Buddhism, thus replacing Bon in Tibet, As a result, Bon faded out of the sight of the believers, and almost no one knew about it. As the birthplace of Bon, the civilization created by the people living here in Ali District has gradually passed away, not only disappearing from the ground, but also gradually becoming a historical mystery because there is no written record of its own.

Li Hao and the others walked along the wrong path of Ma Panyong, and found no trace of the old man who pierced the mountain, so they decided to continue to march to the depths of Ali. An area here, known as the closest place to the sun, is the x-hide of the x-treasures. Beyond the altitude and the beautiful scenery, there is the unpredictable weather, the temperature difference between day and night changes dramatically, sometimes emptying thousands of miles, but thunder and lightning, and then heavy snow, and maybe hail before long.

Under such harsh natural conditions, people are reluctant to live here, when Li Hao and the area they are about to enter has become a barren and uninhabited area, so everyone decided to purchase some food before entering the no-man's land, and after asking around, they found a place where herdsmen gathered, and purchased a lot of yak jerky to bring with them, and the rest of the food was not consumed.

The herdsmen were very enthusiastic, and Li Hao and several people gave a lot of money, so they all came together to chat, and Li Hao also wanted to take this opportunity to inquire about Ali's situation, but no matter how he asked, no one knew about the situation inside, just said things like danger. When one of them learned that Li Hao and the others wanted to enter Ali's interior, he said in broken Chinese: "Do you want to find a guide too?" ”

Hadron was very sensitive to the key and asked the herdsman: "What, is there anyone else looking for it?" After asking Qiangzi, he directly asked Zhou Yuanhang to translate, he didn't want to miss the information because everyone was not familiar with the language.

"Yes, someone came yesterday to look for a guide, and a backpacker and a yak." Zhou Yuanhang translated the herdsmen's words word for word.

"Who is it? Where are they looking for people to go? How many people did you find? Hadron then asked.

They hired six people to help carry the heavy loads and guides, and they also rented four yaks to carry the goods. Said he was going to the Dome Silver City. ”

Li Hao immediately said: "Who knows which Dome Silver City will go, we are also going, and we want to find someone to lead the way." ”

Several Tibetans looked at each other and shook their heads, and the one who knew Chinese said, "There are very few people who know the way, and they have all been asked to leave, and we will stay and take care of the cattle and sheep." ”

Li Hao originally wanted to persuade a few more words, even if the price was raised, but he was pulled by the strong son on the side, and turned to see the strong son looking at the two people in the distance, one of whom was the person who was chatting with Lao Lan in Shigatse that day.

Li Hao saw it and asked the Tibetans, "Are those people looking for a guide?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's them." Tibetans said enthusiastically.

Li Hao thought to himself that God really helped me, and said to the enthusiastic Tibetans: "Thank you, I will go directly to those people to see if we can be together, thank you very much." After speaking, Luo Daxi and the fat man glanced at each other, and several people left the herdsmen's gathering area and followed far behind.

didn't go far, the two people in front of them got on the waiting car and galloped away, Qiangzi hurriedly went back to drive his Hummer, and let Daxi and the fat man wait here, while Li Hao and the little wolf used their speed and the little wolf's keen sense of smell to follow them, using the stones all over the ground to mark the way for the strongman.

The car continued to drive forward for less than ten kilometers without a road, blocked by a towering mountain peak, the car slowly slowed down, drove into a narrow mountain crevice and stopped, there were already five cars parked inside, it seemed that the old man and his gang had converged here.

Li Hao didn't dare to get too close, and saw more than a dozen people packing up their equipment in the cracks of the mountain, and it was estimated that the group would not set off for a while, so he retreated and walked back along the road he came, and didn't go far before he saw the Humvee car coming with the mark.

When the car drove close to the front and squeaked to a stop, Qiangzi and Luo Daxi jumped down from the car and asked, "How is it, have you followed?" ”

Li Hao nodded, pointed to a bare mountain not far behind him, and said: "Just below that mountain, there is a canyon-like crack, there is no road ahead, they all parked their cars there, it seems that they are ready to hike further." ”

Qiangzi nodded and said, "It's good to follow, then let's find a place to put the car and keep up!" After saying that, the strong man climbed to the roof of the car, stood on it and looked around, trying to find a hidden place to park, Li Hao said: "I just observed, there is a canyon not far from the left, between the two mountains, generally no one will go there, just park the car there." ”

Qiangzi observed in the direction Li Hao said and said, "It's okay, you put down your luggage, and I'll park the car and come over to meet you." ”

After speaking, the four of them immediately started to pack their luggage, due to the large temperature difference in the weather, most of the luggage was clothes and food, in order to take care of Zhou Yuanhang, the fat man, put the light clothes and oxygen bags in his backpack, and the heavy ones such as food weapons were placed in Li Hao and Qiangzi's backpacks.

After the strong son parked the car, he came over to join Li Hao, and several people put their bags on their backs and walked quickly towards the group of old people who were crossing the mountain, originally worried that Zhou Yuanhang's physical strength was not good, but he didn't expect this guy to be abnormal after adapting to altitude sickness, and he didn't lag behind at all when he walked, and he didn't have to worry about physical fitness at all.

At this time, it was not early, this was in Ali District, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, like the evening in the eastern region, after walking this downhill road to the assembly area, at this moment you can already vaguely see a few cars parked there in the crack of the mountain, and the people have disappeared.