Chapter 818: Tiankeng
Another incident is carved on the stone wall by Yao Guangxiao, and the text says that the black fire swamp that appeared on the Yangjiagou site is likely to be the sacred fire pool mentioned in Manichaean legends.
You may not be familiar with the name Manichaeism, this sect also has a name in the Central Plains - Mingjiao.
In many folk tales, the establishment of the Ming Dynasty and the rise and fall of the Ming Sect are often linked, in fact, in the official history, the only intersection between Zhu Yuanzhang and the Ming Sect is that he carried out a large-scale ban on the Ming Sect and the White Lotus Sect at the suggestion of Li Shanchang.
The classics of the old family say that in the two hundred and seventy-six years from the establishment of the Ming Dynasty to the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties were lurking Mingjiao followers, and these people would neither assist the emperor nor do anything unfavorable to the imperial family and the country, they were more like a group of observers, quietly lurking around the emperor, quietly observing the emperor's every move.
No one knows what they are doing this for.
And the Mingjiao disciple who lurked beside Zhu Di at the beginning was an imperial doctor in the imperial hospital, this person is called Shi Yuxian, the reason why I know him is because he has another identity - Yincha.
Like most of the Yin Mischief, Shi Yuxian was eventually bewitched by the Netherworld Treasure and committed a heinous crime, and was later killed by his fellow practitioners.
I suspect that this so-called holy fire pool is likely to exist only in the underworld in Mingjiao, and the appearance of the underworld comes from the imagination of Yincha, Shi Yuxian is a member of Mingjiao, and the underworld he imagined should be consistent with the underworld depicted by Mingjiao.
The immortals were immortalized by the blood of the candle dragon, and their death led to the appearance of the ghost gate, and when the ghost gate disappeared, the sacred fire pool of the Ming sect legend appeared in the human world.
When all these clues were connected, my mind became more confused.
It took me a long time to read the ghost inscriptions on the stone wall, and during this time, I found that there were many spots on the stone wall that were damaged, and someone must have deliberately chiseled the stone face.
Wu Lin can't read ghost texts, but since just now, he has always been connected to my perception, and what I can read, he can naturally understand.
After reading these ghost texts, I let out a long breath of turbidity, trying to relax my head a little, Wu Lin broke off contact with me, and handed over a bottle of water.
I took a big sip of water, and I heard Wu Lin say on the side: "It doesn't say what is in the immortal tomb." ”
I said, "Having said that, there are ninety-eight yin corpses in the immortal tomb, and Luo Chengji sank the corpses into the ground, that is, to guard those yin corpses." ”
Wu Lin shook his head: "The text doesn't say what is the use of Zhou Shan looking for yin corpses, don't forget, these yin corpses were abandoned by them back then." ”
That's true.
I swept the stone wall again, and now it seemed that the potholes that were thought to have been carved out were particularly eye-catching. I guess Luo Cheng and Yao Guangxiao must have explained the purpose of the Yin corpse on the stone wall, but someone deliberately erased this information.
Now think back to the information that Wu Lin gave me at the beginning, it was said that the people of Buzhou Mountain had escaped from the attack of the ghostback dung beetle, the more I thought about it, the more I felt wrong, just the ability of Zhu Kun and Liu Shuwang, let alone encountering the insect swarm, two or three ghost back dung beetles could kill them, I suspect that among the people who entered the Buzhou Mountain Gate here at that time, it was likely that there were top masters with them, this person could not only save the lives of Zhu Kun and others in the attack of the ghostback dung beetle, but also sneaked in here and chiseled the stone wall.
This person should be like me, and he can recognize the ghost text.
Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a chill in my heart.
In addition to Yincha, is there anyone else in this world who can understand ghost texts? Could it be that the person who came in with the people of Buzhou Mountain Gate is my father?
Wu Lin's voice interrupted my thoughts: "The people of Buzhou Mountain chiseled the stone wall to pieces, they must not want others to know the secrets in the immortal tomb. ”
I couldn't help but laugh when he said that.
I know what Wu Lin's purpose is when he says this, he is afraid that I will turn back halfway, so he tries to lead me to continue to move forward, to be honest, when I read the ghost text just now, I did have the idea of turning back, but this thought only appeared for a short time, when I finished reading the ghost text, I still decided to go into the immortal tomb to see.
There is no other reason, just because this immortal tomb is likely to have some kind of connection with the underworld, perhaps, the junction of the yin and yang worlds is hidden in the depths of the immortal tomb.
I straightened up, patted Wu Lin on the shoulder, and gave him a smile, Wu Lin realized that I had seen through his meaning, and his face became rather unnatural.
Then I turned to Li Huaishan and asked, "How far are we from the black mud puddle?" ”
Li Huaishan pondered for a moment before speaking: "Continue to walk five kilometers southwest and you will reach the bottom of the mud puddle." ”
I nodded, beckoned to the people behind me, and motioned for them to follow.
After walking nearly two kilometers along this tunnel that extends to the southwest, we found a snake statue in the tunnel, this statue still depicts a candle dragon, but there is no Zhong Shan, most of the snake body of the candle dragon is coiled on the ground, only the neck is upright, it faces northeast, its eyes are slightly narrowed, although after years of corrosion, the lines of the stone statue's face are not so clear, but you can still feel a strong sense of majesty from this face.
It is no exaggeration to say that standing in front of this statue will give you a sense of humility.
As a token of respect, a group of seven of us made a simple bow in front of the stone statue and laid down a small amount of food as an offering.
After passing the stone statue, you can hear the sound of the wind coming from the front, and the sound of the wind whimpering, like crying, reaches the ears and makes people feel uncomfortable.
The strange thing is that after walking for a while, I slowly adapted to such a wind, and even vaguely felt that it was a little pleasant, at first I thought that my state of mind was affected, but I sensed my soul, the three souls and seven spirits are very stable, and the inner breath is also long and heavy, obviously the mood is peaceful, and the six wisdoms are fixed.
To be honest, even in normal times, I can't achieve such a state without relying on the blessings of meditation.
On the other hand, looking at the others, except for Wu Lin, Qing Yazi, and Zhang Donghai, Li Huaishan's expression has become very irritable now.
I was worried that a few of them might not be able to hold on soon, so I was going to stop and rest, but at this moment, Huang Yuzhong raised his hand and pointed ahead, and shouted impatiently: "It's almost time to get to the exit!" ”
Sun Luyuan probably thought that Huang Yuzhong's tone of speech was not very good, and he said, "What are you yelling about?" ”
Li Huaishan also interjected: "Aren't people just talking louder, what's your business!" ”
The three of them were mentally unstable, and I was afraid that they were going to quarrel now, so I immediately turned around, opened my eyelids and glared at them: "Be quiet!" ”
The three of them finally didn't continue arguing, but the smell of gunpowder still filled the air.
Ten minutes later, we finally left the tunnel, at this time, what caught our eyes was a huge bottomless hole, I roughly estimated, the diameter of this hole is at least about 100 meters, standing on the edge of the hole, I feel that the big black hole in front of me is like a big mouth, as long as the person standing next to the hole is not careful, it will be swallowed by it.
Wu Lin took a flashlight to the entrance of the cave, and found that there was a circle of stone steps on the cave wall that spiraled downward, and in addition, there were often slimy black mud falling above our heads, and they fell straight into the abyss and then there was no news, and we stood on the edge of the cave and listened hard, but we could not hear the sound of mud spots falling to the ground.
I asked Li Huaishan, there should be a black mud puddle above our heads, right? Li Huaishan's face was extremely irritable at that time, but he still nodded at me.
In this way, directly below the abyss, there is the tomb of the immortals.
I ordered Wu Lin and Zhang Donghai to go down with me, and asked Qingyazi to take Li Huaishan and them back the same way, and wait for us at the corpse guarding tree.
Qingyazi asked me, "How long will I be waiting for you?" ”
I said, "If you eat everything you can eat and the three of us haven't come out yet, you should hurry up and go out and find the second master to save us." ”
Qing Yazi nodded, and beckoned Li Huaishan and the three of them to retreat into the tunnel.
When entering the tunnel, whether it was Li Huaishan, Huang Yuzhong, or Sun Luyuan, the faces of the three of them were very ugly, but although they felt uncomfortable, they could only obediently follow Qingyazi.
Now none of them can stabilize their minds, and when they enter the abyss, God knows what will happen.
Now the only thing they can do is to leave as soon as possible and stop dragging me down.
But I don't know why, watching the backs of the three of them gradually disappear in the tunnel, I feel an inexplicable guilt in my heart.
Wu Lin patted me on the shoulder: "Now is not the time to be sentimental. ”
I didn't say anything, just took out my flashlight again and lit up the stone steps below the entrance to the cave.
There is also a strong fragrance on these stone steps, which should have been created five thousand years ago, and the wind in the abyss is very strong, and I am worried that the stone steps may be severely eroded by the wind in such a long time, so I dare not go down rashly.
However, I repeatedly used a flashlight to shine on the stone steps, but I found that after so many years, the edges and corners of these stone steps have not been polished by the wind, and there are no cracks in the most vulnerable parts of the stone steps.
"Lanterns!"
Just as I was concentrating on checking the stone steps, Zhang Donghai suddenly shouted, and I quickly looked up, and saw that Zhang Donghai had already hit the flashlight at a depth of 100 meters into the hole.
Under the light, I saw an old man carrying a red lantern and pacing slowly on the stone steps.
But he only appeared for a short moment, and I was about to take a closer look at him when he disappeared without a trace.
When he appeared, the light only illuminated his shoulders and back, and I could not see his face, only that the man was clumsy, his messy hair was half an inch gray, and the clothes he was wearing were actually a black long-sleeved vest - the kind of shroud that the dead often wear.
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