Chapter Ninety-Four: The Customs of Heavenly Burials, Vultures Lead the Way
The sandstorm had ended, and the sky was still very hazy, and no one was seen more than five meters apart.
We rode our camels through the desert, and because we were some distance away, we looked at each other like gray-and-yellow silhouettes.
White Sidin led Malik's body at the front of the line. Abdul followed, and Qin Lan and I followed at the end, not far away......
When I walked for about ten minutes, I couldn't see the buildings behind me clearly, and everywhere I saw was a long stretch of yellow sand, and it was dusky in all directions.
The wind that blows from time to time quickly buries the footprints we have walked, and although we keep moving forward, we have no real sense of moving.
After walking for a while, Qin Lan leaned closer to me and whispered, "Master, in such bad weather, even I can't discern the direction, that old guy shouldn't be blinding us......"
"No, it won't."
I could sense that the sandalwood was getting farther and farther straight, proving that we weren't going around in circles in the sand.
And as we talked, I could tell from the breath of Bai Xidin that he wasn't lying.
But in the long desert, especially in extreme weather, with my Dao Xing and Qin Lan's soul perception ability, I can't perceive the direction, how does Bai Xiding know?
As I continued to move forward, I kept an eye on the movements of Bai Xiding.
At this time, I noticed that Bai Xiding never deliberately cared about the direction, but leaned on the hump rather lazily, looked up at the sky, and adjusted the direction of the camel's walking from time to time.
What is in heaven?
I looked up at the gray sky and noticed that every once in a while, a vulture would circle over our heads and fly forward.
The position where Bai Xiding adjusts the direction is the direction in which the vulture leaves.
I see......
In this vast desert, anyone can get lost, but vultures do not, because they are the masters of this desert.
Whenever someone dies in Mingsha Town, he will go to Mingsha Mountain to hold a celestial burial ceremony under the leadership of Bai Xiding, who is an elder.
The hungry vultures, while eating the corpses, also remembered the appearance of Bai Xiding.
Therefore, after the wind and sand flooded the road signs, only Bai Xiding could find the location of Mingsha Mountain under the guidance of the vulture......
After traveling in the desert for two hours, a majestic golden stone aura came in front of me, presumably Mingsha Mountain was about to arrive.
Sure enough, after about twenty minutes of marching, there was more water and shrubs in front of them, and the camels, which had already foamed at the corners of their mouths, could finally rest here for a while.
Bai Xidin found a tall bush and stopped, jumped off the camel, and then raised his head and began to pour cold water.
Four hours in the sun was a sin for his age.
"Ahem!"
Choking on cold water, Bai Xiding coughed heavily while holding on to the bush, and spit out two mouthfuls of bloody phlegm.
He skillfully took the cough medicine from his pocket and swallowed it, patted his chest and touched his heart, and tossed for a long time before he could barely breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing this scene, Qin Lan took a few steps back with disdain, for fear that the phlegm would get on him.
After coughing, Bai Xiding took out two milk candies from his pocket, stuffed one into his mouth, and beckoned to Qin Lan with the other.
"Girl, uncle will give you something good to eat."
Qin Lan showed disgust on her face, in order not to break the plan, she did not refuse, but looked at me with a soliciting gaze.
I dragged Qin Lan behind me and looked at Bai Xiding indifferently, "People can give it to you, but you have to wait until after the heavenly burial." ”
"You kid doesn't have any fucking sincerity at all!"
Bai Sidin got up angrily, pulled out a musket from the cloth pocket he was carrying, and aimed the black muzzle of the gun at my head.
"Do you look at my old man and want to eat black!?"
I shook my head calmly, "No. ”
"It's good if not." Bai Xiding loosened the belt of his trousers, pointed to the dense bushes on the side, and said, "Let that little girl come with me, or I will destroy the two of you with one shot!" ”
Unexpectedly, Bai Xiding still had a firearm on his body, and I silently recited the Divine Mantra of Heaven and Earth in my heart, and a special energy field spread out around my body, enveloping my body.
Under the shroud of energy, any firearms and electronic products will be affected and malfunction.
Qin Lan saw that I was stunned in place, and a flash of panic flashed in his beautiful eyes, "Master, do you really plan to let me accompany that old guy......"
"Rest assured. With me, no one can hurt you. ”
As the words fell, I strode forward and approached where Bai Xiding was.
Until his head was about to hit the barrel of the gun, Bai Xiding didn't dare to shoot, but took a step back: "You're really fucking not afraid of death!?" ”
I didn't answer, but carefully observed Bai Xiding's complexion before saying, "The sides of your cheeks are blue and purple, your breath is vain, and there is a blockage in your abdomen when you breathe, which should be traumatic bruising and accumulation in your chest and lungs. ”
Bai Xiding glanced up at me, "You kid can also heal?" ”
I asked in a deep voice: "Since the night of a week ago, you will cough non-stop as soon as you reach 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and you will start coughing up blood three days ago, and you have to take medicine to suppress it, am I right?" ”
When he landed, Bai Xiding's cloudy old eyes widened, "You...... How do you know!? ”
"I also know that if this situation is not suppressed, five days at the earliest, seven days at the latest, you will cough up blood and die."
Bai Xiding's face changed greatly, and he asked in a hurry, "I...... What am I going to do!? ”
"Easy to do. Take off your shirt and I'll find a solution for you. ”
His life was at stake, Bai Xiding could no longer care about the evil thoughts, so he hurriedly took off his coat and handed me the white linen base coat.
After taking the gown, I bit my fingertips and quickly sketched the masculine mantra on it.
When the rune outline was over, I threw the coat to Bai Xiding, "Put it on and try it." ”
After putting on the gown, Bai Xiding's face suddenly flushed, coughed violently and coughed out a few mouthfuls of old phlegm with black blood, and then gasped and stroked his chest, and said with a satisfied face: "It's so comfortable." ”
I said calmly, "The blood in your body belongs to the Yin. I rebelled against yin and yang, and used your eight-character mantra on my underwear, just enough to break out of this yin qi. ”
"You wear this garment three times in a row, and you will heal yourself."
Bai Xiding's face turned red with excitement, "Little brother, you saved my life, I have written down this kindness!" ”
"Just do as you say, and then give me someone after you have visited the celestial burial. In fact...... I'm not in a hurry either. ”
Bai Xiding said this, but there was still some unwillingness in his eyes when he looked at Qin Lan.
Instead of answering, I said, "It's not too early, let's go." ”
……
Mingsha Mountain is not far from us, along the green land forward ten miles, the grass and trees in front of it gradually flourish, there are more than 1,000 meters of high mountains rising from the ground, towering majestically not far ahead.
There are greenery here, and there are puddles everywhere, and the air visibility is much higher.
Qin Lan took off the thick scarf wrapped around his nose, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, his pretty face was full of satisfaction.
"Master, why is this place called Mingsha Mountain?"
I asked, "You have been here with Qin Yin once before, why don't you know?" ”
"Shangcong's mother came with a scientific expedition team alone, and I helped her check the literature at home, but I didn't follow."
Bai Xiding leaned forward, "Little girl, the reason why this place is called Mingsha Mountain is because half of it is soil and the other half is sand. ”
"The yellow sand that floats in the sky during the day will be attached to the mountain wall by moist water vapor, and when the wind blows at night, the sound of the sand falling is like countless songworms."
"Day after day, the fame of Mingsha Mountain spread......"
Bai Xiding was still chattering about the introduction, but Qin Lan stepped on the camel with a gloomy face and continued to march towards the mountain.
The resentment in Bai Xiding's cloudy old eyes flashed away, but he followed with a smile......
Although Mingsha Mountain is high, it is not steep, and it is climbed up in less than an hour by riding a camel up the mountain.
By the time I reached the top, the sun had set in the west.
As Bai Xiding said, the left half of Mingsha Mountain is a long stretch of yellow sand, and the right side is a lush forest, and the polarization is particularly neat.
As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong, I tried to break through the delusion with my eyes, staring straight at the mountains and rivers and the leylines.
But this mountain is far from as simple as it seems.
A pillar of light burst out from the temple at the top of the mountain, with the temple as the center, covering the airspace within a radius of fifty miles.
Because of this barrier, the deceased must go to the temple to complete the ritual for the soul to be transcendent.
This is also the reason why every family, after a dead person goes, will come to Bai Xiding for a sky burial.
Because Rahman died in the wilderness, his body was not sent to heaven in time for burial, so he became an earthbound spirit.