Chapter 272: Mountain Cracks
Looking at the calves and soles of my feet that were stuck on the ground like ice sculptures, I didn't react at once, and I was about to exert myself harder, but I heard the red carp say in a deep voice: "If you don't want one of your legs to stay here forever, I advise you not to move." ”
With a shake of his wrists as he spoke, two swarthy daggers with scarlet glow fell from his cuffs into his palms, bent down and looked at the ice on his legs with low eyebrows, frowned, and asked, "Do you have any sensation in your legs?" ”
I tried to move it again and said, "Yes, but faintly." ”
"Whew."
The red carp breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard this, and with the movement of his hand, the ice chips in front of him were splashed, and the thick ice covering his legs and feet was quickly shaved off like chopping melons and vegetables.
After moving my legs and feet, and finding that there was no other abnormality except for my cold feet, I let out a long breath, but then I looked around vigilantly, and said with a sneer: "It seems that Jinpeng's hospitality is far from being as friendly as we thought." ”
At this moment, the sky is slightly bright, the light of the morning sun has not yet dispelled the night, everything seems hazy, especially the one in front of you can only see the snow on the top, the whole mountain is completely buried in the dark, as if floating in the night sky out of thin air, it seems so unreal.
"It should be the imprint that Jinpeng's people left at the foot of the mountain to prevent outsiders from entering, it is estimated that they have already noticed it, don't take the main road, go to the mountain."
The red carp said and held the dagger in his hand, and suddenly went into the forest on the side.
The trees that grow in this area are mostly broad-leaved needle pines, the vitality is very tenacious, spread throughout the Tibetan plateau, undefeated after a long time, and the tip of the leaves is very sharp, the peak teeth that grow in the leaf circle scrape on the human body just like a chainsaw, a careless body is full of injuries, but it is also unavoidable, after all, no one has set foot here all the year round, there is not even a road, Rao is the skill of the red carp, and the speed has slowed down a lot.
The two of them have been walking in the dense forest along the direction of the mountain road, cautious and cautious along the way, but the whole mountain is too quiet, walking for a long time without even surprising a bird, even the sound of insects has disappeared without a trace, as if the whole world is only left with me and the red carp, but I can faintly feel that there seems to be a pair of eyes watching from the high mountain, and every move is exposed in the eyes, so that people have nowhere to hide.
This feeling is so strange, it can even be said to be depressing, so I can't help but say calmly: "I remember when I was in Changbai Mountain, I heard Liu Sanshou say, "Hunting Sutra" has a saying: trees are frightened birds do not fly, people are not ghosts, it is estimated that the whereabouts of the two of us into the mountain have already been discovered, so we simply go out directly, and the face-to-face competition with them is more pleasant." ”
"Jin Peng's subordinates are all alien beasts brought down from Kunlun, they are very sensitive to the definition of territory, and the animals of the entire mountain are estimated to have been frightened out by them, be careful everywhere when entering the enemy's realm, don't be careless."
Red carp's words made my heart sink, and at the same time a little embarrassed, seeing that it had gone deep into the mountainside, I relieved the doom that was pinned behind me, clenched it tightly in my hand, and stopped at the same time, and began to explore the surrounding environment.
When we arrived here, we could basically see the half-ice, half-green trees that I had heard from the mouth of the red carp before, and the road under our feet began to become a strange road of glacier on the left foot and black soil on the right foot, but the sun still did not rise, even though we climbed to the top of the tree and looked down on the entire mountainous area, it was as if we had entered an endless sea, and the mountains and deep forests shrouded in darkness as far as the eye could see, and there was no sign of temple buildings.
"Wrong?"
I muttered, turned my head to look at the red carp, and saw that her face was not good-looking, and she frowned and squinted, and then said, "Go and see the river ahead." ”
River?
I was stunned for a moment, but the red carp had already rolled over and fell from under the tree.
I didn't dare to hesitate, and walked tightly, bending around the trees in the dense forest, and after a short time, I remembered a sparse pull, like the gentle sound of a stream.
I couldn't help but look at the red carp in amazement, and I couldn't help but be stunned when the two of them followed the sound to the river.
It was a river sandwiched in a crack in the mountain, the whole mountain seemed to be split in half by a sharp blade, the straight wall stretched from the foot to the ground, the canyon was completely invaded by darkness, there was not the slightest light, but the echo of the water could be faintly heard, but judging by the sound alone, its water potential was by no means a small stream, and it could even be said to be a large river flowing in the canyon.
The two squatted on the edge of the gap and still didn't say anything, the red carp was silent for a long time, reached out on the ground and grabbed a stone and threw it into the gap, but after waiting for a long time, they still didn't hear the echo of the stone falling to the ground.
"Damn, this is too fucking deep."
I subconsciously muttered, but at this time, I suddenly heard the intermittent cry of a woman in my ears.
Doe!
I got up from the ground and stared nervously at the surrounding forest, but the cry disappeared once and then disappeared completely, and after waiting for a long time, I did not see any sign of a third person in this area.
"It's weird."
But this time, before my words could land, the woman's cry appeared again.
The voice was poignant, vague, and sounded like it wasn't just a person crying.
I was stupid all of a sudden, turned my head to look at the red carp, and saw her lying on the ground, her ears were close to the ground, her brows were twisted, and when the voice fell, she didn't look at me and shouted: "Xiao Yi!" ”
This sound almost didn't call out my soul, and before I could have a seizure, I heard the cry from the crack into my ears, like the howl of the people, and like the sorrowful cry of birds and beasts, miserable, continuous, and instantly cast a strange, panicked, and sad atmosphere on the whole mountain forest.
I stared at the crack in front of me in amazement, and quickly learned from the red carp to lie on my stomach, and yelled inside: "Hey! ”
The cry started again, the momentum was huge, like thunder rolling, as if a giant dragon was crying, I heard a panic in my heart, quickly stood up from the ground, looked at the red carp and said in shock: "What kind of place is this?" ”
The red carp also stood up at this time, and shook his head suspiciously: "I don't know, but I feel that the real Gongga Temple may be down here." ”
I looked at the crack again in disbelief, and found a relatively large rock on the ground, lifted it and threw it inside, and waited for a long time, but there was still no movement.
"Even if it's here, we can't go down to this depth."
"Not necessarily, I don't believe they can all fly, look ahead, maybe there will be an entrance."
The red carp began to walk forward as she spoke, and although I followed behind me without speaking, I had the same thoughts as her in my heart.
Jinpeng will definitely not choose to install the nest in this mountain for no reason, there must be something unusual in the mountain, and those cries, I don't know if it is an illusion, I always feel as if I have heard it somewhere......
Just as he was in his thoughts, he saw the red carp walking in front of him suddenly quicken his pace, as if he had discovered something.
Shocked, he hurriedly followed forward, but found that the red carp had stopped next to an ancient tree, touched the trunk with his hand, and whispered: "Horse chestnut." ”
Walking to her side, looking at the leaves in front of her who were only a few feet high, but the leaves were surprisingly good, the branches were luxuriant, and the back was shady, especially a tree trunk, which was straight and strong, without even a trace of bending, as if artificially cultivated, and couldn't help but be amazed: "What horse chestnut?" ”
"One of the four sacred trees of Buddhism, it is as famous as the previous Buddha tree at the former site of Youquan Prison, but the legend says that the Buddha Shakyamuni Nirvana tree is the tree of Nirvana, and the horse chestnut tree is the place where he first gathered his disciples."
After listening to the explanation of the red carp, I couldn't help but look at the horse chestnut tree in front of me again, and found that it was much more ordinary than the horse chestnut tree in appearance, but when I looked down along the trunk, I found that the crack that had been moving in a straight line was actually like deliberately avoiding the tree, and it turned a small corner, formed an arc around the trunk, and continued to go down the mountain.
And when I got closer, I found that on the straight trunk of the horse chestnut tree, there was still a line of words.
Heaven and the world, I am the only one;
Before and after people, only good exists;
Yunnan Yunbei, only faith is the only tree;
Things are left and right, and only the root is the only one.
Whispering the poem on the trunk, the red carp also walked up to him suspiciously, staring at the words on it and wondering, "Can you explain what it means?" ”
I shook my head, and said in my heart that I, a fake college student who graduated from high school, can see what is famous, if the talented woman Wei Junyao is talking, there may be no problem.
"Look at the poem and read the words, what do you read together in the last two words of the last two sentences of the poem?"
Evil Thirteen?
I was slightly stunned when I heard its voice, and at the same time my eyes fell on the place it was pointing, and murmured, "Roots." ”
Staring at the roots of the horse chestnut tree buried deep in the soil, I tentatively dug in the ground, but at this time, I saw the red carp look at me in surprise, and at the same time pronounce the word "root" in my mouth, I ran straight towards the crack, and then shouted anxiously: "Xiao Yi, come quickly!" ”
I paused for a moment, hurriedly raised my sword and rushed over, seeing her staring at the crack in surprise, I couldn't help but poke my head out, and found that in this crack under my feet, densely entrenched like a beard, the roots filled the entire crack space, and the roots were as thick as a dragon, extending towards the bottom, and I couldn't see the end at a glance.
"Up and down, front and back, north and south, left and right, only the roots of the tree are the mystery of this poem, and it is estimated that the Gongga Temple you want is below here."
Evil Thirteen said lightly in his mind.
"What did you do before?"
I subconsciously asked, but Evil Thirteen fell silent again, ignoring me.
When I raised my head, I saw that the red carp had already turned over and descended to the gap at this time, and began to go all the way down with the roots in my hand, so I didn't hesitate, wrapped Du Er around my back again, and raised my heels to go down.