Chapter 44, Thunder Tribulation
It was probably the masked Taoist who noticed that Shen Jinsan's attention was focused on him, so he hurriedly put away the compass in his hand and turned sideways to avoid Shen Jinsan's gaze as much as possible
The water on the ground was discharged, and the sediment at the bottom was swept away, leaving only scattered sewage in the Seven Star Pool.
At this time, the entire Wanfa Sect Altar "ping-pong" sounded chaotically, and suddenly there was a "boom" There was a huge earthquake, and even the sewage in the Seven Star Pool was shocked and splashed like boiling water.
After the earthquake, the sound gradually stopped, and everyone dared to gather around the Seven Star Pool, and the flooded grottoes were in front of them, because they were in the Ten Thousand Law Sect Altar, these grottoes did not need to be fortified, so they were not installed.
Zhao Zhide hugged his fists at everyone: "Fellow Daoists, listen to the words of the poor Dao, the grotto is the wealth accumulated by the Heavenly Master Dao over the generations, or that sentence, the gold and silver treasures can be taken at will, if it is an important token of the Heavenly Master Dao, please exchange it with me." ”
In fact, Zhao Zhide is also very cunning, although the gold and silver treasures are valuable, how much can be taken by just a few people, and it is not to gather the strength of everyone to enter the Ten Thousand Laws Sect.
Indeed, there were several wooden chests piled up in several grottoes, most of which were rotten, and there were many oxidized and blackened silver ingots leaking from them, as well as ancient gold ingots and bars reddened in gold, and even jewelry.
However, most of the grottoes are still stored in a large number of silk and bamboo Taoist ancient books, originally soaked in water and the environment is stable, but now when you see the air, it immediately turns black and deteriorates into a pile of rotten ash, not to mention the paper books bound in thread, which have long been rotten.
At this time, a few greedy people rummaged through the cabinets and fished out a lot of treasures and prepared to return the same way, because so many people had died on this trip, and they were worried that if they continued, they might not be able to save their lives.
But as soon as they remembered that there might be monsters on the top of Tianmen Mountain, they didn't dare to go back, so they put other things back and only carried a few gold bars in their arms.
There are also a few people who have no interest in treasures, including the Three Great Gates, who just want to find Zhang Daoling's grave as soon as possible.
Zhao Zhide sighed: "Hey! ~ These gold and silver were all exchanged for the lives of my ancestors, and they exist here so that they can be used by the people one day. ”
Zhao Zhide's words are not false, in ancient times, it was rare to see Taoist priests shuttling between the markets, of course, there were some who went out to earn some money for a living.
Saving the country and saving the people in troubled times, and hiding in the mountains and forests in prosperous times, this is the criterion of cultivators in ancient times.
Taoist priests are still respected for "wisdom", what is "wisdom", that is, with the sincerity of worrying about the country and the people, knowing the principle of all things, knowing the true meaning of the five elements of yin and yang, attaining the perfection of the Tao, and immortality.
Most of the wise men who have left their names in ancient times are Taoists, Lao Tzu, Guiguzi, Zhuge Kongming, Zhang Liang, Fan Li, etc., too many to mention.
After some searching, as the ugly aunt said, there was no road to Zhang Daoling's grave, and Shen Jinsan stood in a daze at the place of the collapse.
At this time, everyone felt strange, and from time to time there was a "sizzling" sound of electricity in their ears, at first they thought it was an auditory hallucination, but now the sound is becoming more and more frequent, and the hairs on everyone's body are also standing up because of the strong static electricity in the air.
The masked Taoist stopped the same door and picked up the compass: "If you lose this pool of sewage, the trapped dragon will really break free from the stone nails and merge into the main road, it seems that it will suffer!" ”
Another person next to him said: "Then why don't you just retreat to the top first?" ”
Masked Daoist: "It's useless, the dragon qi is trapped in the entire Ten Thousand Law Sect Altar, and the same is true above, in case of an accident halfway back, we will have nowhere to escape." ”
The log above their heads rattled non-stop, and everyone didn't know what to do, so they had to improvise.
Suddenly, the Ten Thousand Laws Sect Altar shook as violently as before, and then a golden lightning bolt pierced through the log on the top and split a big hole, and black smoke rose from the charred log, and the wooden shelves below were about to scatter when they lost their balance.
Zhao Zhide hurriedly roared: "Go and hide in the grotto!" ”
The masked Taoist hurriedly stopped: "No, go back to the stone platform to find cover, there will be more and more lightning down, there is water here, you can't stand it." ”
Before the words fell, a few more thunderbolts struck the Seven Star Pool, and some people hurriedly hid in the grotto, and most of them retreated to the stone platform.
The logs collapsed more and more, with a loud "boom", the entire roof collapsed, thunder and lightning fell unscrupulously, chopping those log fragments flying, and some of them were already burning, and the few people hiding in the grotto were shocked to the point that they foamed at the mouth and convulsed, and it was estimated that they were not far from death.
It's the same on the stone platform, the thunder and lightning didn't let go of it, and they wanted to destroy everything, although the disciples of the three great sects worked together to urge Dafa to erect a barrier, but they were still killed by the thunder and lightning leaking in.
At this time, Zhang Daoling's nine-star formation arranged on the top of the cave revealed his true face, which turned out to be just nine runes handwritten on it, of which eight runes surrounded the eight trigrams corresponding to the eight hexagrams.
The last one is written in the center of the gossip, from where thunder and lightning are transmitted, and every time a thunderbolt falls, the rune will flash a colorful five-colored light.
This is Zhang Daoling's intention, once the Seven Star Pool loses its effect and causes the anger in the Wanfa Sect to be uncontrollable, the rune will sense the change in the encircled gossip, and immediately release thunder and lightning to destroy everything, it seems that it is the use of Qimen Dunjia's technique to attract thunder and lightning.
Seeing that the thunder and lightning were becoming more and more frequent and dense, and everyone was about to turn into ashes, Shen Jinsan had an idea, and he suddenly thought that since there were all tomb robbers here, he must have ** on his body.
Shen Jinsan roared: "Which of you has **? ”
"I have!" Several people shouted at the same time.
Guo Fatzi: "What do you want to do?" ”
Shen Jinsan: "Blow up a hole in the pillar behind you, let's hide in from there and avoid it first!" ”
Masked Taoist: "Good idea! ”
Guo Fatzi hugged his head: "Then be sharp, Lao Tzu has never done anything hurtful to the heavens and reason, and I don't want to be killed by lightning in this broken place!" ”
Ge Zhengqing: "Everything has its own certainty, God doesn't want you to die, even if you go to the middle of the thunder and lightning, you won't be split, Xiao Guo, you can give it a try." ”
Guo Fatzi smiled bitterly: "I said Uncle Ge, don't make fun of me at this time!" According to what you said, we don't have to hide, who does God like to criticize? ”
A few people next to him also felt that what Guo Fatzi said was indeed right, how could anyone find Lei Split by himself.
Unfortunately, the person who was struck by lightning just a few steps out of the barrier, and the ** in his hand also exploded, and the whole person became a fragmented charred flesh.
A group of people were knocked to the ground, but fortunately, the power was not great, and part of it was absorbed by the person during the explosion, and only a few people nearby were scratched by the flying stones.
This person was walking against the pillar, so the pillar was still blown open, and the bronze alchemy furnace on it shook a few times before slamming down.
Thunderbolt was instantly attracted by this big metal lump, and soon the alchemy furnace was split full of cracks and was about to burst open.
Finally, God helped and gave everyone a way to live, and after getting up, everyone saw the charred corpse in their hearts, because this person also sacrificed himself for everyone.
"Hurry, hurry! Don't look at it, look at it again, it's the same as him, if you have a conscience, you will give him a few sticks of incense when you get out alive! Guo Fatzi pushed the person in front of him: "Uncle Ge, I'll carry you." ”
"You are carrying Uncle Wu on your back!" In fact, Shen Jinsan had already carried Ge Zhengqing on his back: "After entering, are we going up or down?" ”
The masked man: "It's not much better up there, down!" ”
Shen Jinsan was stunned, at this time, the masked Taoist did not speak in a fake voice, just like his father Shen Guozhong's voice.
The masked Taoist was also stunned, and hurriedly cleared his throat and changed to a false voice and said: "I just saw the thunder and lightning penetrate the roof of the cave, it seems that this place will not be destroyed, this thunder and lightning cannot be stopped." ”
When they got into the pillar, they couldn't believe their eyes, which were densely covered with stone flowers, which resembled crystals, but gave people the illusion that the flowers were delicate and delicate, so that people knew that they were alive and not minerals.
Although this stone flower is beautiful, the top is as sharp as a thorn, and everyone is miserable, and there are many cuts on their bodies, especially Shen Jinsan and Guo Fatzi are still carrying two people on their backs, and it is even more difficult to act.
The pillar became more and more spacious the further down it went, and I don't know how deep it was, anyway, the spotlight couldn't reach the end at all, and someone knocked on the stone and threw it without hearing the echo.
I don't know how long I climbed, a very deep hole suddenly appeared on one side, everyone couldn't hold on for a long time, Shen Jinsan and Guo Fatzi were even more overjoyed, no matter what was inside, in short, go first to rest.
Turned over into the big hole, all around is also covered with stone flowers, people stepped on the click, look down, the ground was trampled stone flowers all the way to the dark place to form a road, indicating that someone here has been here for a long time.
After a short rest, everyone decided to go in and explore, in case a Dao Mausoleum buried himself here, it was not impossible.
The cave turned around and went deeper and deeper, and there seemed to be no end, and suddenly a flickering light could be seen in the distance, and a strange smell came, everyone walked cautiously, and when they reached the light, the scene in front of them was really unbelievable.
This is the end, a large cauldron is set up, under the pot is a small tripod filled with grease, in the pot is a very thick wick is burning, and in the pot there is a large turtle with only half of the body left, and the strangest thing is that there is an old Taoist priest sitting cross-legged against the wall nearby.
The old Taoist priest's face was wrinkled and old, his weathered Taoist robe was full of holes, and his white and transparent skin was so weird, only creatures that grew in the cave and never saw the light would be like this, the rough and thick white hair could only be stacked on the ground, and the eyebrows and beard had also fallen to the ground, it seemed that this person had been in this cave for a long time.
The masked Taoist blurted out: "Heavenly Daoist!" ”
Zhao Zhide was so frightened that he almost fell to his knees, could it be that this Tianji Daoist was mentioned to Shen Jinsan by the ugly aunt, and the Zhang Tianshi who disappeared in the Yuan Dynasty was also a person with all five elements.
At this time, the old Taoist's originally slightly closed eyes suddenly opened slowly, and everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly took a few steps back, almost knocking over the pot.