Chapter 36: The Cave of the Horse
"Sister Wenwen, this is too bragging, isn't it?" Zhang Yue complained as she sat in the guest room, "This story is different from all other places now." Jingxian also said that we are coexisting with mountain gods, strange animals and all things, and prosper together, the story of this Bancheng actually says that there are any 'heavenly people' before us?"
"Celestial ...... Heaven...... Yueyue, do you think what he said is somewhat similar to something in "Haishan Lu"?" Zhang Wen pondered.
"You mean, Queen Mother of the West...... Those psychic animals?"
"Yes, I've heard that they don't think of themselves as humans, and although they don't mind being called strange animals, they don't seem to think of themselves as strange animals either. Zhang Wen thought back to what his father had taught.
Zhang Cheng once taught both his sister and brother that strange animals can clearly distinguish between high and low. There is a class of strange animals, they are very few in number, and they are rarely even seen. This strange animal is different from the collared beard and the elephant snake, and they all have the same ability to think and communicate as humans, and are even more intelligent than humans. This kind of strange animal is called - psychic strange animal. The "Haishan Lu" also records many of these strange animals, and even records that there was once a generation of emperors of the Shanhai Dynasty who drove a car to visit these psychic animals one by one, trying to seek refuge and protection.
"Yueyue, have you ever wondered why there are strange animals in this world?"
"The god of Yangshan seems to have told me...... No, she said that the mountain god was a consciousness condensed by the gathering of vitality, but she didn't say how the strange beast came about. Zhang Yue was stopped by this question. Since he was born, his father has been a collector, and strange animals have always existed in the mountains and forests, so he has been accustomed to it, and has never thought about why there is such a thing as a strange animal.
"Haha, don't worry about this kind of fruitless thing. Zhang Wen watched Zhang Yue fall into deep thought when he was asked his own question, so he helped him explain, "Aren't we going to Bancheng, let's go to the mountains together to see, isn't it good if there are really traces left by the 'heavenly man'?"
was asked by Zhang Wen like this, Zhang Yue really surged a lot of interest from the bottom of her heart, "Yes, I haven't really gone up the mountain with my father, this Bancheng boundary is calm, unlike Yangshan in Yixian County, just like I will learn from you." ”
"Then it's decided!"
There was nothing to say all night, and on the second day, Zhang Wen and Zhang Yue's sisters and brothers got up very early to prepare to go to Ma Chengshan to explore, compared to Zhang Yue's interest that was aroused, Zhang Wen's curiosity about "celestial people" was even more difficult to suppress.
Both of them had a hunch that they would find something here.
"Yueyue, this is the foot of the mountain. Zhang Wen and the others came all the way to the foot of Ma Chengshan. Looking at Ma Chengshan, Zhang Wen was ready to teach Zhang Yue his own thaumaturgy. "Brother, would you like to learn my geography?"
"Can I learn it? I thought it was thaumaturgy that only you could do. Zhang Yue was indeed very envious of Zhang Wen for having such a convenient thaumaturgy.
"It's true that in terms of surveying and reconnaissance, even my father can't compare to me, but this thaumaturgy is a must-learn for collectors, otherwise it's easy to get lost in the mountains. Zhang Yue began to explain the mysteries of geography. "Yueyue, do you remember the diagramming technique I gave you?"
Of course, I remember that as long as I concentrate on the "Haishan Lu" in my mind, the very real maps and texts will appear at the top of the book and in the blank pages. ”
"That's right, the feeling when you perform geography is the same in your mind as when you browse the "Sea and Mountain Records" in Sour and Valley. Zhang Wen explained in detail, while raising his hands and demonstrating.
"First of all, you have to focus your mind completely on the land in front of you. ”
I saw Zhang Wen close his eyes, and his outstretched hands began to glow slightly with earthy brown. After that, slowly radiate your anger, or your life force, from your hands, but don't let them spread out, but gather them in your hands. ”
Zhang Yue had already sensed what Zhang Wen was talking about, which was probably the collector's innate sensitivity. With this feeling, the light of Zhang Wen's hands gradually formed a ball, wrapping his palms.
"After that, the most important step, and the one that tests your mastery the most, is to launch them quickly. As soon as the words fell, two rays of light shot out in both directions, and the speed was so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"After that, just wait for the two of them to come back. Zhang Wen opened his eyes and said to Zhang Yue with a smile, "Isn't it very simple?
In the eyes, the difficulty is in the hands. "This ...... I feel like I may not be able to do it!" Zhang Yueguang already felt that the difficulty of this thaumaturgy exceeded his ability, "This is geography?
"That's right!" Zhang Wen was about to explain in detail when the two balls of light had already returned. She reacted quickly, catching two survey orbs with her arms crossed.
"It's so fast!" Zhang Yue sighed, "I can't have my sister's strength in my life, and sure enough, you still have the talent of geography, but I don't." ”
"Forget it, I don't have time for you to try, look at this!" Zhang Wen's excited tone hinted that she must have discovered something.
Zhang Wen's palms opened to the sky, and the outline of a mountain slowly emerged on his palms. This mountain is incredible, as if there are ants digging holes in it, and the criss-crossing caves are scattered inside Macheng Mountain.
However, there seems to be some pattern among them, with thin caves spiraling around the thick caves, and several wide caves stretching all the way to the underground in the center of Ma Cheng Mountain.
"This is!" Zhang Yue was also shocked by the map in front of him, such a complex cave was definitely not a natural formation, this kind of circling and intersecting cave was very much like a man-made cave.
"Come on, I can't detect what is in the cave in particular detail from the outside, I can only get a rough idea of the general direction, we have to go down and have a look! I feel something waiting for us at the bottom of the cave."
Zhang Yue was still pondering in place after reading the map, and Zhang Wen's voice had already come from the front. "Okay, don't worry, I'll be here soon. He had to catch up with Zhang Wen.