Volume 1 Corpse Mountain Ghost Grass Chapter 27 The Valley of Hellfire
Hua Bo said: "This place does not see the light of day all year round, and there are more than 100 corpses hidden, the yin is too heavy, the stone wall is naturally cold to the bone, everyone try not to touch, Da Zhuang, if it is too cold, drink a few sips of ginger juice, you can drive away the cold and generate yang." ”
Da Zhuang suddenly said: "Yes, I'm all frozen and confused, how can I forget this stubble!" As he spoke, he opened the ginger sac, "Goo dong goo dong!" I poured a few big mouthfuls.
Junko took the time to ask me what the "chain stilts" I was talking about. I told him that it was a very simple gravity mechanism, and that the coffin of King Qiangtuo must have formed some kind of balance with the floating force of the water, and when the weight of the coffin changed, such as when a large piece of gold was dropped and then stepped on, it would cause it to lose its balance and cause an internal mechanism, and the stone slab on the top would be reversed, and the gravel and stone grinder would fall one after another. The principle of this mechanism is very simple, it was originally used for hunting, and I only heard my father say that I just saw the coffin sinking down, and there was rubble falling, and I suddenly realized. However, although this mechanism is simple, it is very practical to put it here, if it were not for the cracking of the cave wall for a long time, we would definitely not be able to escape the catastrophe, and now I think about it, I am still afraid......
As I was talking, a little light suddenly flashed not far ahead, it was a creepy green light, and I shouted, "Ghost wolf! ”
Everyone else saw the green light and pulled out their guys to prepare for battle. However, this gap is too narrow, and if you really fight that beast here, I'm afraid it will be more than lucky! But if I went back, it would take longer, so I turned my heart sideways, pulled out the dagger, and instead of retreating, I moved forward, and quickened my pace forward.
Everyone knew that they had a chance of winning by breaking through the cracks in the stone as soon as possible and fighting the beast, so they followed.
When we broke out of the cracks in the stone, the sight in front of us instantly froze everyone's expressions. We were on a natural stone platform embedded in the cliff, and in front of us was a huge canyon, the opposite cliff was thirty feet away from us, and the sides stretched out with no end in sight. The top of the canyon is thirty or forty feet away from us, and the higher we go, the denser the vegetation becomes, blocking the sky in a small crevice; It is also about 30 feet from the bottom of the valley, and the most incredible thing is that it is actually a large cemetery.
This mass grave is a big place, not to mention the scattered graves, and more people are afraid that they will not have time to bury them after death, and the ground is full of their scattered bones. And the green light I saw just now is not a ghost wolf, but a dense ghost fire floating in the valley, although the ghost fire is thinner and thinner the higher it goes, but this is enough to illuminate the entire valley brightly, although it is not a ghost wolf, but it is not relieved at all, it is too weird here, I think the breath is frozen, how can there be such a place in the world, it is clearly the legendary Hades!
Everyone really stood there for a while, and Da Zhuang made the mistake of talking too much, and now he muttered that if he hadn't poured a few mouthfuls of ginger juice, he would have to be frozen hard by the stone cracks.
Hua Bo checked Junzi's injuries, but fortunately, only a large piece of skin and flesh was rubbed off, and no bones were injured. It's still the old way, "blood charcoal", cut off a lock of hair and burned it to ashes, apply it to his wound, and then bandage him again.
At this time, I heard Zhiguang say: "There is a road here, it seems to lead to the bottom of the valley." ”
I went over to take a look, sure enough, at the edge of this stone platform, there is a very simple plank road, spiraling down, leading to the bottom of the valley, this plank road is only two feet wide, there is not even a place to hold hands, it is estimated that no one has walked for hundreds of years, and I don't know whether it is solid or not, the key is that it is covered with moss, wet and slippery.
Anyway, we don't have any other choice now, it's still the old way, take out a rope to connect everyone together, this method is a double-edged sword, if one of us slips, grabbing the rope will save lives, but it may also wipe everyone out, Zhiguang Zhi calms his mind without distractions, his feet sink steadily, and he leads the way at the front, Da Zhuang can only be at the back of the palace because it is too heavy......
Slowly stepping on the plank road, reminding each other to pay attention to their feet, everyone's minds were focused on every step taken, and the mental tension was to the limit. After a while, I heard a "chirping" sound overhead, from far and near.
I peeked up and saw more than a dozen white-haired faces hanging from the rock wall overhead, blood-red eyes staring at us.
It is a group of Kunlun snow apes, but now we are outnumbered, not to mention that we can't play on the plank road, but this group of beasts climb on the rock wall like walking on the ground, Zhiguang is right, this thing holds grudges, and is very smart, not sooner or later, just when we are at the most disadvantaged to seek revenge, it must be that the comer is not good, and hard work is definitely not the way.
Seeing this, Junko hurriedly took off his bow and arrows, preparing to come hard. This is obviously not a wise move, firstly, the snow ape is extremely flexible and difficult to shoot, and even if the arrow is clever enough to get rid of one or two, it will not help, but it will anger the other snow apes, and the hatred will be even greater.
So, I hurriedly shouted, "Don't let the arrows go, be strong, and throw the dried lamb to them." ”
Da Zhuang immediately understood, took out a piece of dried mutton and threw it on the ground, and then continued to walk forward. These snow apes were extremely spiritual, and they were not moved at first, but after all, they were animal minds, and they stared at the piece of meat for a long time, and finally they couldn't resist the temptation of deliciousness, and one of them jumped down first, picked up the mutton, stuffed it into his mouth, and munched it.
Seeing the effect, Da Zhuang took out another piece and threw it on the ground, this time, all the snow apes jumped down together to fight for food, how could one or two pieces of meat satisfy them, they could only repeat it repeatedly, taking the opportunity to speed up their pace, and walking to the bottom of the valley, but soon the dried mutton was lost.
At this time, we are still more than ten feet high from the bottom, and if we fall down at this time, although we can't fall to our death, we will have to break both legs.
I saw that the two snow apes had grabbed Da Zhuang's collar, Da Zhuang's face was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and the rest of the snow apes also flocked to it, and it seemed that they had eaten meat and didn't forget to take revenge. Chirping! After two screams, all the snow apes stopped, and then in an instant they climbed upwards and disappeared into the valley without looking back.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief again, secretly shouting that it was dangerous, I always felt that something was wrong, those snow apes were obviously about to take revenge, why did they suddenly withdraw en masse? The others were also puzzled, and Da Zhuang said in horror that these little beasts, probably because they saw him brave and invincible, they were so frightened that they fled.
I think he can still talk nonsense, it shouldn't be a big deal, so I don't think about it anymore, in short, it's a big deal to reach the bottom safely and soundly. We walked another stick of incense, and we reached the bottom.
The scene in front of me is much more terrifying than what you see on the cliff, everywhere there are desolate graves full of dry bones, countless ghost fires lingering, the bloody wind hits, and the ears seem to hear the howls of ten thousand people, which is extremely miserable.
Zhiguang said to everyone: "There is such a saying in the local area, a person's bones are its essence, if a person is still nostalgic for things in the world after death, and does not want to enter reincarnation, the soul will hide in the second and third lumbar vertebrae, peeking at the people or things that cannot be separated in life. So when we walk, try not to touch these bones and disturb their souls, and Zhijing and I will recite the Jizo Bodhisattva Sutra and the Mantra of Passing Away in the back for the deceased in front of us, so that those who have hatred and resentment can let go of attachment, enter samsara early, get out of the sea of suffering, Amitabha. ”
After listening to Zhiguang's words, I felt uncomfortable, as if there were countless eyes staring at us, and I was very uneasy, and I just wanted to get out of here quickly.
I looked at the compass, this valley is also in a north-south direction, the same as the stone path where the gloomy wooden coffin is placed, we must continue to the south, otherwise we will walk back, determine the direction, me and Da Zhuang bear the brunt, he muttered as he walked: "Each ...... Predecessors and ancestors, contemptible people pass through this place, and there is never... Talkative... Disturb, and please forgive the sin. Amitabha, Amitabha......"
I poked him with my hand, then pointed to the ground and said, "Don't talk about those useless things, the most important thing is to be careful with your feet, don't kick any of your ancestors, kick anyone to wake up, it's enough for you to drink a pot." ”
He was about to reply, when he heard Hua Bo behind him say: "You see, these bones are of different sizes, many of them are children, although they are too old, but in addition to the normal corruption and damage, the skull of each corpse is very badly damaged. ”
Hearing what Waber said, I also took a closer look at several skeletons around me, and sure enough, these skeletons had a narrow crack in their heads and necks.
Junko asked, "Does that mean that the men, women, and children here are cursed by the ghost mother, and they have some kind of headache or something?" ”
I glared at him and said, "Where did the ghost mother come from, Hua Bo meant, they were killed here, and the murderers who killed them must be numerous, armed with sharp weapons, and very skilled in killing people, and hit the vital point with one blow." ”
In the past, I only heard about the slaughter of the city, but I didn't expect that there was really such a cruel tragedy in the world, and Junko was also surprised: "Ah! Killed so many civilians, a large number of people, armed with sharp weapons, and killed, is it difficult for officials and soldiers? ”
Da Zhuang slapped his thigh, "That's right, Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu's army ......"
Just as I was imagining the horrific slaughter of hundreds of years ago, I heard "Ah! With a scream, I turned around suddenly, only to see a green fire burning on the chest of Zhiguang at the end of the team, and it was fast to say it, and in an instant, several more ghost fires pounced on Zhiguang's body, and the ghost fires gathered more and more, and ignited instantly. Before anyone could react, Zhiguang had already turned into a large green fireball, and there were still ghost fires rushing towards him.