In the antique market, there is a category of things called "monsters" by connoisseurs, that is, there is no way to determine which era, which style, which culture belongs to the shape of the artifact, monsters are usually considered to be fakes, even if they are antiquities, they may also be caused by modification and splicing. Unless there is new evidence from cultural research or archaeological excavations, youkai will always be youkai because they cannot be broken and have no "roots".

Yuan Qinghua was once considered a monster, because at the beginning of the last century, a group of people in Yanjing City who were engaged in antique porcelain did not have enough knowledge of the Yuan Dynasty blue and white, and there were not many historical records and clear physical evidence. It was not until the end of the last century, with the in-depth study of the history of Chinese ceramic craftsmanship and the new progress of the excavation of ancient kiln sites in Jingdezhen, that the historical status of Yuan blue and white porcelain was confirmed.

You Fang has seen the same style of carving and ornamentation of these two swords, not only in the Panjiayuan Market, but also in the promotional brochure of Christie's International Auction. But at the time, it was called a yokai because it was difficult to determine what kind of cultural style it was. In Christie's catalogue, it was even speculated to be a cultural relic of the two river basins, and almost no one cared about it, and it was auctioned off by overseas collectors at a very low reserve price. And in Panjiayuan, this kind of thing is almost all fooling foreigners.

It was only today that You Fang woke up to the fact that this kind of thing probably came from the valley behind Feiju Village, Chuyang Township, and belonged to a branch of the ancient Southern Chu culture, among which the artifacts that could be identified from the dynasties were not identified, and those unrecognizable "monsters" also appeared in the past two years. Then my brother-in-law's excavation today is too important, and he has determined the "identity" of a type of artifact and a cultural style, which is the most direct archaeological evidence.

These two swords give You Fang a very special feeling, they have been sealed underground for more than 2,000 years, but after they are unearthed, there is no time hourglass phenomenon, and they still have the same sharp luster as they did back then, as if they have been alive for thousands of years and are waiting for this moment to reappear in the world. Judging from the utensils, this is a standard blade, with a very special spiritual surname, its edge seems to be able to cut into the human primordial spirit, and the spiritual surname between the two swords echoes and attracts each other, in the words of the ancients, it is a male and female double sword.

But after all, they are ancient swords thousands of years ago, if they are really used as blades for fighting methods, You Fang thinks that they are not as good as Qin Yu in their hands, and if they fight each other in combat, they are not as good as Li Dongping's alloy short sword with modern technology, but it is very special as a tool to assist in sword refining or a divine consciousness spirit to cast spells. The most important spiritual surnames of artifacts must be cultivated by the secret masters themselves, and these two swords may have also been cultivated by ancient secret masters for many years.

You Fang is a little strange, although these two swords are good, they are not irreplaceable for secret masters. If it were him, he would not hesitate to buy it at the high price he could afford to buy it at the Panjiayuan antique market, but he would not seek it in this way at this time. The law is one of the reasons, and the price is not worth it, the real masters disdain to do this kind of thing, it seems that Sun Fengbo should mainly come to other things, and the special utensils in the main tomb are enough to make him tempted.

If it was just for the sake of fighting people, You Fang didn't need to get two of these swords. But the spiritual surname of this pair of male and female swords inspired him, he used Qin Yu to refine the sword, and the fist intent also carried the sword intent, in fact, he was equivalent to another sword with Qin Yu, and he found this feeling himself. But the mutual induction between these two swords very intuitively describes this state, which is a kind of inheritance method, which allows You Fang to comprehend it very thoroughly at first sight.

The biggest gain so far is that seeing these two swords is enough for him, and the future sword refining can be very intuitive to enter the real refining state.

There is another question that makes Chi Muduo very puzzled, it is about the dating of these three strangely connected tombs, he preliminarily determined that they are ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty according to the distribution of soil layers, burial systems, tomb bricks, and mural remains, but what he saw on the sword grid of the two bronze swords was the ancient Chu seal of the former Qin.

After Qin Shi Huang unified China, the car with the track, the book with the text, the original six languages were all rewritten small seals, to the Han Dynasty, the strokes are more straight, writing and identification is more convenient Lishu popular, the ancient Chu seal has long disappeared, how can it appear on the utensils of the Han Dynasty?

You Fang saw the two swords, carefully investigated their surnames with his divine sense, and solved his brother-in-law's doubts, the age of the tomb is correct, about the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the two swords are not from the Han Dynasty, but pre-Qin antiquities. Of course, he didn't explain anything to his brother-in-law, but he just explained a very simple truth, not only contemporary antiques, but also ancient antiques.

Those two swords may have been circulating in the tribal lineage until the Eastern Han Dynasty, when they were brought into the tomb by those two men. The ancients guarded the contents of the main tomb through a special ritual, what is it?

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With a hiking rope around his waist, a flashlight tied to his shoulders and left wrist, and a brush, bamboo stick, mud shovel, knife, tweezers and other archaeological tools in his satchel, he slowly slid into the tomb from the big hole in the ground that had been dug and blown up. Archaeologists are usually worried not so much about the legendary ambush, but as trying to avoid damaging the monument due to their own entry, and they must be careful when landing in this way.

Chi Mu Duo was still very careful to let You Fang wear a gas mask and go down, You Fang looked down with his left hand, saw the solid brick floor, stepped on the stone and shook the rope, and shouted upward: "Sister, there is no problem here, it will not collapse, you don't have to worry about me, go and drink chicken soup by yourself, I'm afraid I will have to stay down for a while." ”

You Chengyuan shouted: "I'll stay on top, and send me a signal if there is any movement." ”

When he came down, he had already released his divine sense to sweep it, and the tomb was not in danger of collapsing, and he needed to investigate the contents alone. For archaeology, this is a very detailed work, and some ruins may be damaged if you are not careful, such as the traces of ancient silk fabrics found by Ikemu Duo in the funerary tomb, which really requires concentration and not distraction.

You Fang felt very surprised when he landed, there was not the slightest yin qi in this tomb, and the vitality of the whole valley was also full of it, where did it look like an ancient tomb?

When he took off his gas mask on the ground, You Fang just lowered his head and looked at him, and he was stunned for a moment, and the whole person seemed to be petrified. There was really something in it, and it was about two feet tall when it came to him, and it was almost face-to-face with him, but he didn't feel it at all with his divine sense just now, and he could see it clearly when the light lit up.

Don't get me wrong, that thing is not a ghost or a zombie, otherwise You Fang would only be frightened, instead of being deeply shocked by the soul like now, completely fixed there, almost entering the realm of selflessness and etherealism.

This is a seven-foot-tall "tree", if Chi Mu Duo comes down, he will probably be stunned on the spot at first sight, and his first thought will be the bronze sacred tree unearthed in Sanxingdui. You Fang's first thought was similar, he couldn't help but think of the ancient legend of "Jianmu".

"Huainanzi" recorded: "Jianmu is in the capital, and the emperors are from top to bottom. "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" recorded: "In the south of the white people, under the building wood, there is no shadow in the middle, there is no sound in the voice, and it covers the heaven and the earth." "The Classic of Mountains and Seas - The Book of the Sea" recorded: "Jianmu, a hundred thousand branches, there are nine branches, there are nine wolf, in fact, such as hemp, its leaves are like mangs, the Great Flame has passed, the Yellow Emperor did." And there is another paragraph in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas - The South of the Sea": "There is a wood, its shape is like a cow, and it has a skin, such as a tassel and a yellow snake." Its leaves are like Luo, in fact, such as the wood, its wood is like a tree, and its name is Jianmu. ”

In many ancient myths and legends, the so-called Tohiro no Ye is said to be the center of heaven and earth, and Jianmu is a bridge that communicates heaven, earth, man and god, and ancient emperors such as Fuxi and Yellow Emperor are ladders to and from heaven and earth.

The "tree" that you see is made of bronze, a straight main rod, stretching out ninety-nine bronze branches at the top, very abstract and freehand curved long sheets, covered with various inlaid gold ornaments, there are like-shaped branches and leaves, mountains and rivers, birds and beasts, flowers and fruits, moon and stars, at the end of each branch, there is a gold-inlaid ancient Chu seal.

When you see this person-tall bronze ancient tree, why did you think of the building trees in myths and legends at the first thought? Because Guo Pu, the originator of feng shui, wrote a note for Jianmu in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas": "There is no sound under it, and there is no shadow." And "Lü's Spring and Autumn" also mentions that "there is no shadow in the middle, and there is no sound in the breath".

What kind of sacred tree, standing below without making a sound or shadow, is it not impossible to see or feel at all? You Fang suddenly woke up to the description that the ancients attached to the myth, if he could verify it with his own eyes in reality, what was it describing? And what does Guo Pu, the originator of feng shui, mean?

The tree could be seen so clearly that even the nose could smell the peculiar smell of bronze, and the skin could feel the cold air emanating from the bronze leaves, but the divine consciousness did not have the slightest sense, as if it was silent, shadowless, formless, and non-existent. According to what he saw in his eyes, You Fang finally activated his divine sense to lock on to the tree, and then what Yuan Shen saw suddenly entered a strange world.

Why can't the divine sense sense this tree? It's not because it doesn't exist, because its spiritual surname is completely integrated with this piece of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, and it seems to stand up to the sky and the earth, and You Fang can lock a tree with his divine sense, but he definitely doesn't have such deep skills to lock all the huge paradises surrounded by the surrounding mountains, and no one can have such great ability!

This is where the earth qi spirit center is located two thousand years ago, and this tree is the spirit guide, which stimulates the vitality of the entire mountain and river as the divine consciousness, and the wandering party cannot lock it with his own divine consciousness, and in the realm of ethereal self-forgetfulness, the original god merges with it. This feeling is like a heart coil, he not only clearly "sees" every inch of land and vegetation in this valley, but also "sees" the original appearance of mountains and rivers more than 2,000 years ago.

If he hadn't taken the initiative to activate the heart disc, his heart discography technique would not have been so profound, and it would have been impossible for him to sense it so clearly!

What is the power that inspires this spirit to be seen by people 2,000 years from now? You Fang vaguely sensed that there were corridors on the left and right of this tomb, and the movement of yin and yang stimulated the spiritual guidance, so that the earth qi spirit center resonated with the entire mountain and river. Could it be the strange ritual of the ancients, a man and a woman who burned their souls and let the strange power attach to this bronze tree to tell future generations?

When the burial chamber is opened, the power of ritual is finally touched, and it is a secret method that was performed 2,000 years ago and is not effective until today.

A large hole had been blown out of the dome above the burial chamber, but the tree was not in the center, but had leaned some distance into it, so that the falling earth and rocks did not touch. There are also remnants of frescoes around the tomb, similar to the ornamentation on bronze leaves, but with many more figures.

With the operation of the strange "heart plate", the remaining murals seem to come to life, and the Yuan Shen of You Fang knows everything inexplicably.

This is a certain branch of the Southern Chu people for generations to live in the paradise, their family originated here, and out of the mountains to make contributions, no matter who ruled, they can be rewarded from generation to generation, from the pre-Qin to the two Han Dynasty, here is its ancestral source. In the troubled times, this place can retreat to protect itself and multiply, so that the lineage is endless. And based on this, the power extends to the surrounding hundreds of miles, and in peacetime they are rewarded for their own respect, and when they are in war, they loot everywhere and enrich themselves, and no one can do anything about them.

They are the thousand-year-old local powerhouse, calling for wind and rain here, and they are also a prominent aristocratic lineage, accumulating prestige through the ages. But more than 2,000 years ago, a mountain tremor and thunderous rainstorm that had not been seen in a thousand years destroyed the valley, and the collapse of the mountain and the mud washed down by the torrent completely buried this paradise.

And at this time, the patriarch of the feudal marquis was also convicted by the emperor of the Han family, and the whole clan was implicated and exiled, and this time he could no longer rely on God's protection. Before they were forced to relocate, the remnants of the clan held a ritual to leave the sacred relics that had been handed down through the ages forever, this bronze sacred tree, symbolizing the protection of the gods of heaven and earth for thousands of years.

It is difficult to understand exactly how they were in their state of mind at that time, whether they were grateful or resentful of God, but in short, this ceremony left information about everything that happened to future generations. More than 2,000 years later, no one could have imagined that the power of the ritual would be stimulated by the tomb robbers blowing up the tomb and the bronze sacred tree feeling the vitality and agility again.

This process can last for one or two days, and it just so happens that during this period, You Fang, who controls the divine sense, comes in, and clearly senses the information left by the ancients, if Sun Fengbo comes in, the experience is estimated to be the same as that of You Fang.

But if an ordinary person comes in, such as Ikemu Duo, he can only deduce from the remaining murals around him, or he only has a hazy intuition as if he had a dream, but he can't tell what is going on. - Archaeological excavations have seen some similar mysterious phenomena that remain unexplained.

At the foot of this mountain, it is the burial place of important people in this tribe for generations, and the "ancient tomb" that you enter is not a tomb at all, but an altar dedicated to the bronze god tree, and it is also the last relic they left. Why did they go to such lengths to leave such a message? Modern people need to understand the mentality of the ancients.

In the concept of the ancients in this land, death is like life. It can be described in a popular sentence: "How you want to live, then what kind of final destination you should pursue." "Life is a fleeting experience, while death is a return, the beginning of another cycle, the conclusion of life in this world. This involves not only the importance of tombs, but also the belief in social evaluation, when the ancients commented on a person, what they paid attention to was a summary of everything he did in this life.

If this is the case in a person's life, how can the extinction of a tribal lineage be meaningless? So they want to hold such a ceremony, seal it all underground, and leave it to future generations to sigh and comment.

At this moment, You Fang's waist was tightened and almost lifted, and he heard someone shouting above his head: "Are you okay, what are you doing down there?" ”

You Chengyuan shone with a flashlight above, and he could see the situation below, and after seeing You Fang landing, he stood there stupidly, not moving or speaking for a long time, worried that something was going on, and shouted at him with the rope in his hand.

Fortunately, she pulled a handful and shouted again, waking You Fang up from thousands of years of soul dream, if he left You Fang here, he might be in a coma for a few days and nights, and no matter how good his body was, he would be seriously ill, and it would take a long time to recover after losing his skills. This situation is similar to the situation You Fang once saw the "Divine Tiger Devouring Female Snake" in the ancient tomb of Luoyang, and he was trapped in the painting without paying attention, but fortunately the mother and daughter of the Xie family passed by and woke him up.

You Fang later created a picture scroll, in addition to the Realm Refining Mind Method taught by his master, he was also inspired by that experience.

But today's encounter is even more bizarre, You Fang can still be self-alert in the Luoyang Ancient Tomb, but the injured Yuan Shen can't break free by himself, and at this moment he can't wake up at all, he is taking the initiative to integrate his divine consciousness into it in the realm of ethereal self-forgetfulness, which is equivalent to participating in this ritual two thousand years later: on the one hand, the qi machine resonates with the sleeping vitality of the entire mountain and river; On the other hand, the original spirit is also integrated with the information preserved in history; At the same time, he is also operating his divine consciousness to stimulate spiritual guidance.

Thinking back then, the couple of men and women completed this ritual at the cost of burning their souls and paying for their vitality, how could You Fang afford to consume it? It's just that his ability is too big, and he has reached the realm of transferring the corpse, so he can't help but do this, and if a master of the same realm as him comes in, I'm afraid it will be the same reaction. Unless he is a contemporary earth master, Liu Li can be self-alert, because he has already realized the mystery of the operation of this "heart plate".

Or an ordinary person like Chi Mu Duo, who will only suddenly feel like a dream, but there is nothing wrong with being mentally exhausted afterwards. There are gains and losses in the cultivation of secret methods, and there are some special situations that require extra care.

You Fang came back to his senses, and secretly said that he was lucky, and after a while, the power of his divine sense, which had just recovered little, was almost exhausted, and he raised his head and shouted: "I'm fine!" There are findings here that need to be cleaned up, give me two hours and try not to bother. …… There's nowhere to settle down below, so don't come down again. ”

Why did you stay here alone after waking up? Although the scene just now is thrilling, it is an excellent opportunity for practitioners of secret methods, and they can feel too many unknown realms and experiences, even if they understand some of the mysteries, it is impossible to perform them in person, and it is extremely difficult to have the opportunity to witness.

You Fang also felt that after his own touch, this ancient ritual was almost over, and when he looked at the time, it happened to enter the son of heaven and earth and one yang.

(To be continued)