Chapter 230: North by Northwest
We just looked at the dead fish on the ground, and we didn't know when Ah Xiang disappeared, but she definitely didn't make any movement to struggle for help, otherwise no one would find out.
But then I looked at the string of footprints, the blood stains were fresh, and there was only one person's footprints, judging from the shape of the bloody footprints, it should be Ah Xiang's, about a dozen steps, and it was not obvious when it came to the place where the dried corpses were piled up.
If she was caught by something, the time will not be too long, now catch up and maybe there is a chance to be rescued, we did not dare to delay for a moment, hurriedly followed the direction of the footprints over the piled up dried corpses, the corpse pile appeared under the bloody footprints, looking around the back of the altar, we took three steps and made two steps to rush over, around the jade mountain, only to see a hole between the crystal layers behind the mountain, I don't know where it leads, a slender figure flashed into the hole.
Although I only saw the figure flashing for a moment, but looking at the shape and color of the body, there is a chance that it is Ah Xiang, there seems to be nothing else around her, she is bleeding so much alone, what do you want to do when you come here? I was suspicious in my heart, and my pace slowed down a little, but Shirley Yang quickened his pace, and hurried up from behind to catch up with Ah Xiang, and Uncle Ming was also shouting Ah Xiang's name.
At the beginning of the cave of this altar, it was separated by clouds and mist, and the strange movement of the thunder mountain made the stone smoke completely dissipate, but we were so tired that we didn't notice that there was a hole behind the altar, and then a faint mist slowly rose in the crystal layer, and the stone smoke was hazy, and there was a silence and misty atmosphere everywhere, which made everything around look unreal, and the gap between the edge of the cave was even more unfathomable, and my intuition told me that this cave was not an ordinary place. The crystal veins in the cave were gradually decreasing, the fluorescence was dim, and there was a faint dangerous aura, but I saw that Shirley Yang had already run in quickly, so I didn't think much about it, and after a little hesitation, I raised the "wolf eye" flashlight and followed her into the cave.
As soon as everyone entered the cave, they didn't chase a few steps, and they had already caught up with the figure they saw before, which was Ah Xiang. But she seemed to be suffering from sleepwalking, her eyes staring straight ahead, her nose dripping blood, and she was unaware of it, and she didn't react to our arrival, just walked deeper into the cavern.
I stretched out my hand to hold her, but Uncle Ming hurriedly stopped: "Don't alarm her, Brother Hu, Ah Xiang really thinks she has soul disorder, soul disorder must let her wake up by herself, once she touches her, her soul can't come back, she didn't have this symptom before, I'm afraid she has been evil?" ”
I didn't dare to move for a while, but Ah Xiang's nose kept dripping blood, and due to excessive blood loss, there was no longer any human color on her face. After that, she took out the "Northern Earth Xuanzhu", and was just about to make a move, when she found that Ah Xiang's hand had a sharp crystal stone fragment at some point, which was slowly stabbing into her own eyes.
Shirley Yang hurriedly wiped the "Beidi Xuanzhu" on Ah Xiang's nose, Ah Xiang coughed violently, and her body fell to the ground as soon as she became soft, Shirley Yang and I hurriedly helped her sit down, raised her head and pressed the upper ear bone to stop the bleeding, thanks to the timely discovery, but what happened to her? Why did you walk into this cave? Why did she want to blind herself? Could it be that there was something in the cave that had lost her mind?
Shirley Yang told me that Ah Xiang definitely couldn't go any further, and it was best to let her rest here for a while. I nodded in agreement, rest for half an hour first, it doesn't matter if I can't walk, the fat man and I have to carry her back. Ah Xiang was lucky, I asked the fat man for a few pieces of the shell of the turtle that had lost the shell and crushed it with a stone, and asked Shirley Yang to feed her. This priceless spirit turtle shell is a miraculous elixir that nourishes blood and nourishes the gods, the fat man is inevitably a little distressed, there is not much in total, all cheap Ah Xiang, now there is a palm-sized piece left, think about it, this account is naturally to be counted on Uncle Ming's head, let him write an IOU, he will have to pay back the money when he goes back, and then go out and drag in two dead strange fish, hungry and red-eyed, he is hungry and hungry, thinking about how many years the murderous ritual has been wasted, this thing may not really suck human blood like its ancestors, Use a knife to scrape off the scales and bake them indiscriminately, which is enough to satisfy hunger.
I looked around with a flashlight to look around the terrain, the cave was very narrow, and it was not deep, and we chased to the place where Ah Xiang was nearing the end, and when we raised the "wolf eye", we could see the end in the beam, there was a wall made of boulders, and there were three very low doorways under the wall, and on the heavy wall, there was a totem carved with a bloody eyeball, and the eyes were full of evil.
When everyone saw the bloody eye, they all looked at each other, and they couldn't make a sound for a long time, even in the Bible map stolen by the Portuguese priest from the temple of reincarnation, there is no such place, and all the legends record that the underground altar of the "Evil Luohai City" has only one passage, and where is it behind this wall? What does that bloody eye suggest?
Shirley Yang said that this bleeding eye should correspond to the closed eye in front of the white tunnel, and in many places in the city of Evil Luohai, you can see all kinds of different eye totems, according to my opinion, all the eyeballs on the stone door of the wall play a role in dividing the area or warning, but it is easy to understand with the eyes closed, but there are many possibilities for dripping blood, and the more likely is to serve as a warning, indicating that behind the wall is a forbidden place, a secret forbidden area that is more important than the sacrificial branch.
I went to the stone wall at the end of the cave and looked, there was a fishy smell from the three low doorways below, I wiped it with my hand, and there was a slimy liquid, and there were some fish scale-like chips hanging on the stone, and those things that went to suck blood after the sacrificial activity climbed in from behind the wall, so there may be water behind this wall, and the texture on the stone wall is not coordinated, it seems that it has been broken and then repaired, or it is not a wall but a stone door at the beginning. It's blocked for some reason.
After a while, Ah Xiang regained some senses, her face was frighteningly white, and her body was very weak, and she had some difficulty speaking, Shirley Yang asked her what was going on just now: Do you know what she was doing?
Ah Xiang first shook her head, and then said that when she was under the beam, she suddenly felt very scared, and there was only one thought in her mind, that is, she wanted to leave as soon as possible, and never look at those dried corpses again.
Uncle Ming said: "My goddaughter will drip blood from her nose when she sees something with heavy yin qi, and this time it is like this again, she is too young after all." There are some things she doesn't know how to do or bad, but how many times have we all walked in the wind and waves, naturally we know the stakes, it seems that it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, you listen to me right, let's go back the way is the safest. ”
I thought about it, and if I went back the way I came, I would at most go back to the volcanic island in the middle of the lake. Although there are several underground rivers there, they are basically in a desperate situation, and the underground rivers are so strong that it is impossible to find the way with the wounded, and although there may be danger behind this wall, there is also a certain chance to find the way. In addition, Ah Xiang walked here in a trance, which shows that there must be some secrets hidden underground, and it is always a hidden danger to let it go. Since there is such a place hidden in the cave behind the altar, maybe it will be related to the ghost cave, and the grass needs to be cut and rooted, and if there is no complete end, I am afraid that there will be no peace after I go back.
I looked at the compass on my watch, and the stone wall was not on par with the white tunnel from east to west, but was located north-northwest, and with this defense, I immediately made up my mind. However, I would like to seek the consent of the rest of the members first.
Shirley Yang said, the way was blocked by a lot of falling crystals, it is not easy to go back, there are still two fire detonators left, the explosion is not open, there is another option, is to climb to the top of the cave, with a detonator to break the top, so that the lake above the water poured down, after filling the cave, you can swim back to the underground lake, but many of us have hung the color, soaked in the water for a long time, there is a danger to life.
Uncle Ming hesitated again at this time, and strongly advocated going back from the underground lake, he was a superstitious person, of course, he refused to go to a place with heavy yin qi, and said to me: "Is there a mistake, Brother Hu, didn't your senior brother say that we met the water this time and got the middle way?" I think this is too correct, but we don't know if there is water behind this wall, so how can we ignore the guidance of the masters? ”
I secretly scolded the old port farmer in my heart for dragging his feet again, but what can I do with him? If you want to follow me, I will leave him alone, but Shirley Yang's kind of person who believes in God will definitely not agree to do this, if he takes Uncle Ming, although he has recovered a little mental state now, but it is difficult to guarantee when he will be suspicious of when he will commit it again, I thought to myself, people like Uncle Ming also have weaknesses, that is, excessive superstition, why don't I take advantage of him to make him believe that this is a way to live?
Thinking of this, I said to Uncle Ming, of course it is right to meet water and get the middle way, let's come all the way, we didn't meet a desperate situation, all looking for water to solve difficulties, but the water in the five elements of the I Ching gossip does not necessarily refer to the water flowing in the lake, it also alludes to the direction, in the five elements the north represents water, the number of aquatic is one, the number is six, and the north is water.
But this obviously can't convince Uncle Ming, because he can't understand it at all, in fact, I don't understand it either, but I study the secret art of feng shui, and naturally I can't do without easy techniques such as the Five Elements Bagua, although I won't study the machine like Zhang Yingchuan, but I still know some of the principles of the Five Elements Shengke, of course, some of them were heard by Zhang Yingchuan when he met him, so he gave Uncle Ming a call: "The number of the five elements of the gossip comes from the river map, what is the river map?" When Fuxi was the king of the world, when Fuxi was the leader, he was worried, worried every day, you think about it, the old cadres at that time, how could there be such a thing as corruption, they all had a special sense of responsibility, and they were worried about the country and the people all day long, and one day he sat under an apple tree by the river and thought about national affairs......"
The fat man was lighting a fire and grilling fish, sucking me at this, and couldn't help but interject: "Old Hu, I also know about this, did you drop an apple, which happened to hit his head, and smashed it so that Venus appeared in front of him, and he comprehended the Bagua Taiji diagram." ”
I said to the fat man, you don't know, can you not mix blindly? It was Newton who had smashed the apple on the head, and Fuxi was worried under an apple tree by the river, thinking about the fate of his subjects. In that primitive flood era, there were many disasters, the people were living in dire straits, and at that time, human beings had a very limited understanding of the natural universe, so Fuxi prayed to the river, hoping to get some instructions on how to let the people avoid disasters and live and work in peace and contentment.
At this time, a dragon horse jumped out of the river, carrying a picture on his back, so Fu Xi painted gossip with its pattern, and some people said that it was the dragon horse who was burdened, it was a huge turtle shell, maybe the dragon horse itself was an old turtle, and the carapace had a wonderful texture formed naturally, no matter what the legend was. In short, this is the river map, Fu Xi drew the gossip according to the shape of the map, this is the earliest understanding of the universe of the world, the way of heaven is all in it, according to records, the texture pattern of the negative map of the dragon and horse, there is a white dot, six black dots in the back near the tail. Seven black dots and two white dots are on the back near the head...... There are a total of fifty-five black and white spots in the river chart, twenty-five for the white ones, which are called the number of days, and thirty for the black ones, as the number of places, and white for the yang. All are singular numbers, one, three, five, seven, nine, the black dots are even numbers, two, four, six, eight, ten, representing yin, called the number of places. At the same time, the river chart also regards one, two, three, four, and five as the number of births, and six, seven, eight, nine, and ten are called the number of each other, and there is a relationship between them, and each of the five directions has an odd and an even, all of which are matched with each other with two symbolic numbers, which are used to indicate that all things in the world are made of yin and yang. There is the meaning of Tai Chi poor heaven and earth, if it is not born in the earth, it is born in the earth.
That's why it is said that the north is the place where yang energy is born, and the number of births is one, and the number of six is called the heaven and the earth, and the laws of all things in nature are in this, so I said that if you go to the north, you will definitely be able to meet the water and get the middle way.
Shirley Yang couldn't help but admire after hearing this: "I didn't expect you to know so many messy things, I used to think that in addition to looking at feng shui, you would only count money." ”
I heard even Shirley Yang say that I am knowledgeable, and I am naturally proud in my heart, and I am almost out of the door, but I still said modestly, in fact, I know a lot of things, but you usually don't give me a chance to say, now everyone can rest assured, all the theories in the world are based on objective existing facts, so I dare to say that the north must be a living door, because there is a very important reason, the captain of the gold school has an ancient rule, into the ancient mound to touch the gold, must first light up in the southeast corner, Because the southeast is the direction of disasters and things, disasters are disasters, things are things to do work, as soon as the lamp comes, there will be disasters, the northwest corner is the way to live, the northwest, northeast and north, is the opening, rest, and birth of three gates, only these three of the eight stations are Jimen, which even Si Qian has said, he said, "The people who do things are mostly in the east and west, and the people who receive merit are often in the northwest." "Also in the eyes of the person who is proficient in yin and yang feng shui, it has always been that things are born in the south and the achievements are in the north, and from the strategic position, the north, the northwest, and the northeast occupy an absolute strategic advantage.
Uncle Ming was convinced, and it was definitely right to go north, if you want to get out alive, this is the way it is feasible, so everyone rested a little, and then got into the low hole at the end, and before leaving, I stared at the bloody eyeballs on the stone wall again, will this totem have anything to do with Ah Xiang's dazzling actions? I was a little nervous in my heart, in fact, the words of the main water in the north were all used to perfunctory Uncle Ming, I don't have much confidence in myself, but it is no longer feasible to take another road, I hope this is a way to live.
As soon as I got out of the low doorway, the eyes suddenly opened up, a magnificent underground canyon appeared in front of me, the cliffs on both sides were like cutting lifeless, and the nearby could also take advantage of the glimmer of this ore to see a general outline, and the high distance was dark and could not see the end, walked forward for dozens of meters, and found that the canyon was criss-crossed, full of huge creature skeleton fossils, the nearest one of a triangular skull, the size of which was not a few circles smaller than a private house, * near the edge of the canyon, countless bone fossils have grown into one with the rock, Only the long spine indicates that the stones were once alive.
The fat man carried the groggy Ah Xiang on his back and said to us: Didn't you say that the people of the demon country are willing to offer snakes? There are so many bones of a big snake here, I think we need to be careful, maybe there are still alive
Shinley Yang said that the bones in this underground canyon do not resemble snakes, but resemble dragon whales and the like, and they have been dead for millions of years, to say the least. I also agree with Shinley's opinion, that's right, how can a snake have such big ribs, it's almost catching up with the ship's bones, all the bones are fossils, there are no modern bones, so don't worry about anything, but we don't know what the Evil Luohai people have done here, and we still have to be wary of this.
We were trying to go over to explore the way, this is Ah Xiang suddenly said to me, there is something behind the side, so that her head hurts, we hurriedly turned back to see, at a glance, we can't help but sigh, surprised and surprised, no one expected, just where we came out, another like the Leshan Giant Buddha, embedded in the mountain black colossus, the sporadic fluorescence on the mountain, set off its dark outline, like a hideous shadow, the world is facing away from us, and the most peculiar thing, take a huge statue of dozens of meters high, Leaning forward, his face and both arms sunk into the interior of the mountain, his posture as if leaning over to peer into the mountain, his craftsmanship is not as elaborate as that of a Buddha statue, with only a silhouette without any ornamentation or texture.
Everyone has a question, is this the true image of the Great Black Sky Thunder Mountain? What exactly is this place? We immediately found that the Colossus had a face on both sides, and its body was the same before and after, without the distinction between the front and back, and there were only two arms, but no feet, and the place where the Colossus was connected to the ground, there was a doorway that was a little high, and there seemed to be some space in it, and there were several collapsed stone pillars in front of the door.
The fat man said that there was finally a well-preserved building, so it was better to go in and explore, find something valuable, and go back, or we would really lose money on this trip.
I also wanted to go in and have a look, I raised my head and only looked at the high colossus, and almost tripped over something under my feet, it turned out that there were many similar stone pillars in the canyon, and one of us fell under our feet, most of them were submerged in the soil, Shinley Yang looked at the stone pillars under his feet, and suddenly said that he knew what place this was, but he didn't say it directly, but said to Ah Xiang: Can you let me take a closer look at your eyes?