Chapter 35: The Origin of Qi
Through the Saladin Pass, there is the endless Great Desert of Gori, where the winds are raging. Fortunately, Hig was accompanied by Zartai and five others, and Zartai sent a hundred nomadic cavalry to follow, and the five chiefs each led thirty men, a total of more than 200 people.
"Higg, do you really want to go deep into the heart of the desert? It's dangerous, and we've been here for many years, but we haven't dared to really go to the center. Zartai asked?
"What, you regret coming with me?" Higg asked rhetorically.
"It's just that why did you secretly ask me to take you out?" "Why didn't you let your friends Daniel and Nicole, and those mercenaries, come along?" ”
Higg smiled and said, "I don't want them to die!" ”
"Are you willing to let me die?"
"You nomadic cavalry are known as the kings of the desert, so you can't be frightened by this difficulty, right?" Higg continued to laugh and whispered, "Besides, I'm also helping you find the poisoned traitor!" Hehe, are you so sure that the person who poisoned is among the five of them? ”
"Only the five of them have the ability to poison on such a large scale, so I asked the shaman to tell them that it was God's will for us to go deep into the desert to find the remains of God," Zartai said.
"If you don't let them come with you, you are afraid of danger, and second, they are still treating your people." Higg chuckled.
"I have arranged for Sinkma to move immediately in ten days, and I suspect that someone is colluding with other nomadic tribes to disadvantage us, so we must beware of the traitor being exposed, and he will take care of your friend." Zartai said.
"Hopefully things are as simple as you think!" Higg raised his wine bag and took a long sip of wine to warm up, and said, "Your clan's things are not very good, but this strong wine is really useful, how much did you bring this time?" ”
"This wine is the secret of our Harlandor clan, without this wine, we would have frozen to death in this ghost place!" Zartaihaha said, "Don't worry, the wine pipe is enough, save effort, and catch up with the team!" After saying that, he shook his horsewhip and hurried forward.
The central hinterland of the Gori Desert is more than 300 kilometers from the Saladin Pass, and Hig and Zartai have been walking for a few days, and there are sand dunes here, and sand dunes are raging winds. There aren't many times when you can actually travel, because the wind blows people and animals around. When they could not travel in the face of strong winds, the camel city of thousands of camels became their only shelter, and the tent was useless here, only a luxury to test the strength of the wind. The night rest is also to sleep with the camels, this kind of cold and thirsty camels in the northern desert, really give a lot of help to the nomads, and most importantly, this big guy will not get lost in the desert.
But in such extremely cold and windy weather, he could only travel no more than forty kilometers a day, and horses were not practical as animals, and he was only able to travel at first when he still had forage, and over time the horses became food, and in the end the whole army of camels remained.
In fact, Higg didn't know where his destination was, and Saiya only told him that he would encounter the greatest chance of comprehending the origin of the qi system here, but he had no other perception than the experience of being abused by the cold and wind of the desert.
Zartai also wanted to observe the behavior of the leaders after leaving the camp, so as to determine whether the traitor was among the five. This price is too great, but for the life and death of the whole clan, he has to pay.
"Ruins! Relic! Relics of the gods! The nomadic horsemen cheered, and one by one they fell to their knees, folded their hands over the top, and bowed down.
I saw several huge buildings in the distance towering in the desert, all of which were made of huge stones, some of which were even as thick as two meters and as high as more than ten meters.
"What, are there really ruins?" Hig and Zartai exclaimed at the same time, they just asked the shaman to trick the five leaders into coming here, and they didn't expect that there were really ruins.
After a simple worship ceremony, the crowd flew on their camels and ran clumsily towards the ruins.
Hig and Zartai looked at the crazy and uncontrolled crowd, and reluctantly mounted their camels and ran towards the ruins. Finally, I saw a different scenery, which was much better than the boring sand dunes and desert all the way.
The closer they got to the ruins, the stronger the wind grew, but the people couldn't take care of it, and they had to abandon their camels and move forward with their feet blown away, and the noble faith was so deep in their bones that no one could stop them from witnessing the place where their god once lived.
Hig and Zartai were better, Sig had magical aids, and Zartai was physically strong, not as embarrassed as the nomadic cavalry when approaching the ruins, but also exhausted.
The tall and majestic buildings were made of boulders, some of which had collapsed, but most of them were still standing, and the boulders had been violently struck by the wind and sand, leaving a trail of knives on the boulders. The strong wind carried the yellow sand, making it impossible to see the buildings in the distance.
The people cheered and Zartai joined in the rejoicing of the people, but Higg looked at the ruin in confusion. How could it be so coincidental that it was said by a shaman?
Higg looked at the boulder building that looked like a knife and axe, and was puzzled. This ruin is at least a few hundred years old, and it is incredible that it can stand for hundreds of years in such a sand and strong wind. Does God really live here, and why would God choose such a desolate place? The architecture here is simple and rough, simply chiseled out the grooves of the boulders, and simply piled up, but it has such a magnificent appearance, which makes the most primitive beauty burst out in the depths of people's hearts, just like a person standing naked in place, showing his developed muscles, the beauty of the muscles does not need any clothing modification, no need to smear anything, which makes people feel refreshed.
Sigg circled around the ruins twice, and he suddenly noticed that the knives and axes on the huge rocks on the buildings here were very regular, and the damage of the boulders blown by the wind in each area was basically the same, and the direction of the stripes in the local area was also the same, but the direction was different between the regions. For example, the boulder stripes on the south side of the ruins are from east to west, while the boulder stripes on the east side of the ruins are from north to south. It stands to reason that the marks of the buildings here being chiseled by knives and axes should be parallel to the direction of the main wind, so why are the boulder stripes here in different directions? Factitious? It is impossible, even if there are artificial carving stripes on the surface of the boulder, they will be blown clean by the wind over the years and new stripes will reappear.
Higg began to fall into thought, and gradually entered a meditative state.
Since it can't be artificial, how can there be stripes in different directions? No matter how chaotic the wind blows, it is impossible to cause such a regular chaos.
What is air and what is wind? Qi exists between heaven and earth, does qi belong to heaven or earth? Heaven or earth? Wind is a form of qi, so what other forms of qi exist?
It can be understood that qi should not belong to heaven nor earth, but is the medium between heaven and earth; Then qi can also belong to heaven and earth, the weather and the earth qi combined, interacted, and produced the form of wind, but the wind changed the boulder and blew the sand into a dune, which is the natural change caused by qi in the form of wind, which is the power of qi.
Then the combination of weather and earth qi also produces thunder, lightning, clouds, and rain, which should also be qi, which is another form of existence of qi. This form of qi also leads to changes in the natural world, including mountains, rivers, oceans, land, etc., all of which are constantly changing and moving due to the existence of qi. Forests, grasslands, lakes and swamps are formed in places with more water vapor, Gobi Desert wastelands are formed in places with less water vapor, glaciers and snow fields are formed in places where cold air is abundant, and places where thunder and lightning prevail are often accompanied by fires, etc., and everywhere in the world is changing due to the existence of qi.
Higg fell into a long period of meditation, completely oblivious to the wind around him and the already darkening sky. Instead of bothering him, Zartai and the others directed the camels to set up camp and prepare for camping.
The origin of qi is change, which creates the diversity of the world, and what an infinite power it is. Higg deeply understands the role and principle of the power of various gaseous forms such as wind, rain, thunder, clouds, and electricity in changing nature.
No, even if the origin of qi is change, and wind is a form of power of qi, it is impossible to create this phenomenon of different directions of the streaks of the boulder. The boulder stripes can only be in one direction, that is, parallel to the wind, since the stripes are not in the same direction, it means that the direction of the wind is not the same, how is this possible? Is it possible that there will be winds in different directions for a long time in such a small area?
The long hours of meditation seemed to give Higg something to gain, but he couldn't help but appreciate the magical power of nature.
Zartai woke up early and found that Higg was still in the same state as yesterday, and couldn't help but be surprised, afraid that Higg would go crazy, so he walked up to Higg and said softly: "We have to leave this morning, looking at the weather, it is estimated that a tornado is coming." ”
"Tornado?" Higg muttered to himself, suddenly shouting loudly, "Tornado? It's a tornado! Hahaha! ”
Zartai was stunned and saw that Higg had no more to meditate, but he was running around the entire ruins in the wind.
"I see, it's a tornado, and the direction of the tornado is in a different direction, haha!" Higg burst out laughing, then abruptly stopped, and muttered to himself frantically: "Although a tornado has an eye of the wind, and although the wind blows around the eye of the wind, the eye of the wind moves, and there can be no tornado with the eye of the wind not moving." ”
What kind of force holds the eye of a tornado in place? So, where is the eye of this tornado?
This is not difficult to find, Higg analyzed the direction of the boulder stripes, and finally concluded that the eye of the wind turned out to be a large boulder pillar where he had stood after meditating for a night. The stripes of this boulder are arranged in a circle along the perimeter, and the stripes are clear and distinct. What kind of pillar is this, allowing the wind energy to rotate around him?
Higg began to observe the pillar, and faintly felt the wind revolving around the pillar, and could feel that the pillar really seemed to contain a huge amount of energy. Since the origin of qi is the eye of change and immutability, doesn't that subvert the origin that you have just comprehended, is it wrong?
Higg felt the power of the wind around him, and felt the power of the pillars. Gradually, he could not feel the existence of the wind, he could not feel the existence of qi, he only felt that time was changing, the world was changing, and without the existence of qi, there was only change and change.
Higg gradually raised his right hand, and the calcium stone fire flashed in his hand, and suddenly his right hand slashed a bolt of lightning towards the boulder pillar, only to hear a loud bang, and the boulder pillar shattered in response.
"What are you going to do, are you going to destroy the relics of God?" The nomadic cavalry stopped doing it, and shouted angrily and surrounded them, but could not get closer.
Zartai shouted, "Hig, what the hell is going on? ”