The Persian merchant took Hukehao to a reef by the sea, where the elder lived in a mysterious place that not ordinary people could see. The Persian merchant said, "Here we wait for the elders." Whether you can see him or not depends on your fate. ”

The merchant took out a box of incense powder, and the smell of the sea water was so fragrant that it suppressed the fishy smell of the seawater. The merchant took out a little incense powder, sprinkled it on top of a piece of white paper, and lit it with a torch paper, and the incense powder burned out with the white paper. After a while, the dust was flying in the distance, and I saw an old man riding on an elephant, running with vigor, he was the Persian merchant called Elder Abra. The elder came to the merchant and jumped down from the elephant, and the Persian merchant saluted him.

"Friend, you haven't looked for me for nearly a year, are you busy with business?" Elder Abra asked.

"I'm so sorry, Elder, for not coming to greet you, it's really my sin. His brothers have to support their families, so they will inevitably lead them to wander around doing business. The merchant said.

"I smelled frankincense at home and immediately rode an elephant here. You have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, have you been in any trouble lately? The elder asked.

"I know a friend, he is from Asia, China, he came to Bali with his friends for a tour, unfortunately encountered a storm and fell on an unknown desert island in the Pacific Ocean, the Condor rescued him, but took his friend to Aina Island, he wants to ask you to help find his friend." The merchant said.

"What is your relationship? Ordinary friends? Or boyfriend and girlfriend? The elder asked Hu Kehao.

Hu Kehao didn't know how to answer, and said awkwardly: "We are now travelers." ”

"No matter what kind of friends you are, whether you have donkeys or camels, I advise you not to go to Aina." The elder said.

"In order to find my friend, I am not afraid of any difficulties and dangers, Uncle Elder, you must help me." Hu Kehao pleaded.

"Do you know how far Aina Island is? There are seven canyons, seven seas, and seven mountains between here and Aina, how can you get there? Who will lead the way for you? What transport do you take? The elder asked.

"Are there any passenger ships or helicopters going there? The ticket was not a problem, I helped him pay for it. The Persian merchant said.

"Aina Island is the place where the sea god kingdom rules, it is the holy place of Zoroastrianism, it is very closed, outsiders are not allowed to enter, once they are caught, their lives are lost! The United Nations, international law, and the United States can't help them, they are an independent existence, a theocratic country, where people can do magic, and no one dares to mess with them. The elder said.

According to the elders, Zoroastrianism is also known as Zoroastrianism. Before the birth of Christianity, Zoroastrianism was the most influential religion in the Middle East and was the state religion of the ancient Persian Empire. Legend has it that Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism, lived in the 6th century B.C., which produced the world's great men, and was a contemporary of Confucius in China and Buddha in India. The religion holds that Ahura Mazda is the supreme god, the omniscient and all-powerful creator of the universe, who has the virtues of light, life, and creation, and is the embodiment of heavenly rules, order, and truth. Mazda created the material world as well as fire, the "infinite light", so it was their sacred duty to worship fire.

Mazda here is derived from the car brand called "Mazda", and its founder believes in Zoroastrianism. With the passage of time and the change of political power, the religion had fewer and fewer followers on land, so it developed to the sea, unified some islands, established the sea godhood, and faded out of world history, and they are rarely found in historical geography books.

Listening to the elder's words, Hu Kehao was disappointed, and the Persian merchant also frowned. The elder was also young, he knew the kind of concern between men and women, and he was moved by compassion, and said to Hu Kehao: "Child, I will try to help, may God bless you, cheer up, come with me!" ”

Overjoyed, Hu Kehao cheered up, bid farewell to the Persian merchants, and rode on the elephant with Elder Abra. The elephant walks smoothly, and it is not bumpy at all to sit on it, which is more comfortable than riding in a car. After walking for a few hours, the elder did not go home, but took Hu Kehao to a big mountain.

The trees on the mountain are lush and green, and there is a semicircular red stone at the bottom of the mountain, which looks like the entrance to a tunnel through the mountain from a distance. There is a cave in the stone, and an iron gate is closed in front of the cave. Elder Abra jumped down from the elephant, came to the door of the cave, and knocked on the door with his hand. The door of the cave creaked open, and out came a servant, with a bright head, like a devil in the underworld, looking terrifying, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. The slaves were ordered to guard the cave and fight at the slightest disturbance.

When the slave saw that it was Elder Abra, he relieved himself and saluted him. The elder pulled Hu Kehao and entered the cave together. The servant closed the door and followed them. There is a long corridor in the cave that does not see the end, and it is very spacious. Every once in a while, there is a light in the corridor, which illuminates the cave, just like what you see in a car in a tunnel, but not as spectacular as a tunnel under modern technology. They walked along the promenade for almost a kilometer until they came to a more spacious place with two brass doors in the corners.

The elder opened a bronze door, walked in, and said to Hu Kehao, "You sit here and wait for me, and I will come when I go." ”

The slave guarded Hu Kehao, and Hu Kehao was curious and wanted to ask him about the secret of the cave, but the slave stared at him and did not answer. Hu Kehao knew that he had to keep it a secret and no longer asked.

After a while, the elder came out of the door, led a horse with a full saddle, and asked Hu Kehao, "If you want to go to Aina Island, will you ride a horse?" ”

Hu Kehao shook his head, and the elder instructed the slave to teach Hu Kehao to ride a horse. To learn to ride a horse, you have to practice in the wild. The servant said, "Sit down first and experience what it's like to ride a horse." ”

Hu Kehao sat on the horse's back, and the slave led the horse slowly back to the cave he had just entered. The horse did not run in the corridor of the cave, and Hu Kehao was safe on horseback. Once a horse is running, it takes experience and skill, and if you are not careful, you will fall off the horse's back, and you will be injured and crippled at least and die at worst.

The servant said, "If you want to ride a horse, you must first love it." Horses, like people, are emotional, and don't think of them as animals to be enslaved. The slave carefully brushed the horse with a comb, and the horse, feeling the benefits of his whole body, turned his head and gazed at the slave tenderly. The slave also taught Hu Kehao how to clean the horse's hooves, saying: "Just as a man has to cut his nails and wash his feet, a horse also needs to clean his horse's hooves, but be careful, the horse will kick people." The slave then taught Hu Kehao how to put on the horse's hooves and belly belt.

After the preparations were completed, under the guidance of the slave, Hu Kehao held the reins with his left hand, turned the stirrup to face him, put his left foot into the stirrup, grabbed the saddle, stepped on the stirrup and bounced it gently, put his right foot on the horse's back, and then adjusted his body and sat firmly on the saddle. Hu Kehao remembered learning to ride a bicycle when he was a child, holding the faucet with both hands, stepping on the pedal with his left foot, lifting his right foot up, twisting and adjusting his butt a few times, and then sitting firmly on the cushion, the action was somewhat similar to riding a horse. After riding the horse, the slave taught Hu Kehao the essentials of the horse's movements, which he learned in half a day. Riding a horse galloping on the island, Hu Kehao really wanted to roar: "Yanren Zhang Yide is here, who dares to fight me to the death?" ”

The slave got acquainted with Hu Kehao and told him some stories of his own. He said that his family lived by the sea, and his family was very poor, and one year when the tsunami destroyed everything in his house, many people died in the village. He was swept into the sea by the tsunami, but fortunately he did not die, and was blown to the beach by the waves, and the elder saved his life, and since then he has been a slave of the elders.

In the evening, the elders, the servants, and Hu Kehao ate together, eating a variety of seafood and a variety of delicious wild vegetables. Hu Kehao saw that their eating method was too monotonous, and according to the Chinese cooking method, he made them a few Chinese dishes, they didn't expect that they could make delicious dishes like this, and they admired Hu Kehao. After dinner, Hu Kehao slept alone in a room, and the elder told him not to move around. The building in the cave is unique, the room is similar to the basement, and you don't know where the air outlet is. The room was very dark, and there was an oil lamp, and Hu Kehao felt panicked when he lived in it.