Chapter 061: Earthfire Molten City (29)
"Do you mean ......?"
Professor Liu Kai'an said in a suspicious tone: "This will be the bottom of the 'Great Xianbei Mountain'?" ”
Just as Professor Liu was talking to himself, a magnificent and shocking scene appeared in the depths of the giant cave.
In the astonished eyes of Wei Zede and the others, they saw a trace of red light lit up in the depths of the bottomless giant cave......
Immediately after, the red light spread out in all directions!
After a few breaths, the entire bottom of the cavern turned red!
A scorching breath rose from the bottom of the cave, which made everyone's mouths dry!
"This is the place of the ...... It was still cloudy and windy and cold just now! Why is it so hot that people can't stand it in the blink of an eye?? ”
Li Daoyi wiped a handful of sweat and shouted loudly.
"Prophecy!"
Professor Liu Kai'an cried out in horror: "This is the prophecy ......"
"Huh? What prophecy? ”
Liu Ru didn't react, her face was confused.
And Wei Zede's face became very ugly after hearing Professor Liu's prompt.
"Prophecy? That's right! Isn't this exactly the picture described in the eleventh pattern on the 'White Jade Shadow Wall'? Volcanic eruptions!! ”
Li Daoyi also thought about it, and he exclaimed: "Where is this bottomless giant hole......
"This is a volcanic crater!"
"The entire 'Lost City' is sitting on top of an active volcano!!"
Although Wei Zede had already guessed this matter in his heart, the expected extinct volcano had become the current active volcano, but it was something he did not expect!
"Look, wizard! That winding mountain path...... It ends right in the middle of the magma! ”
Li Daoyi, who took out a telescope out of nowhere, suddenly said loudly: "There is a small stone platform there...... Above, there is a seal on the top of the stone platform! ”
"It must be the 'core' of the mission!!"
"Seal? ...... put it this way."
Wei Zede frowned and thought, "I have to take a risk to go down and take out this seal!" ”
Li Daoyi's words were also heard by Liu Kai'an and Liu Ru's father and daughter, but the two of them were surprisingly silent.
After pondering for a moment, Wei Zede spoke: "Let's pick out the treasures with higher value first...... Everyone carries a part, and it is better not to interfere with their actions. ”
"After that's done, we'll think about how to get the seal!"
At Weised's suggestion, several people began to collect the various "treasures" that had been piled up on the platform.
This work is mainly selected by Professor Liu and Liu Ru, while the others are used as free coolies, responsible for sorting and classifying the selected cultural relics.
"Xiao Li, put down the gold brick in your hand and hand me the wine glass-shaped bronze next to it!"
Professor Liu, who is conducting the work, is very busy.
Li Daoyi muttered unhappily: "What's so good about this broken thing? It's still a gold brick! ”
"You know what?"
After getting acquainted with each other, Professor Liu said unceremoniously: "That gold brick weighs only five catties, and it is worth more than 800,000 RMB at most!" And this bronze of the Western Zhou Dynasty is exquisitely styled and engraved with blessings...... It's worth at least a million too! ”
After hearing Professor Liu's explanation, Lee Daoyi's eyes turned into a "¥" shape!
"It's still Professor Liu's knowledge! Know what is the most valuable ......"
What Li Daoyi said made Professor Liu cry and laugh.
An hour later, Professor Liu and Liu Ru had already selected relatively high-value cultural relics from this mountain-like treasure, and everyone packed them one by one.
"It's a pity...... If there were more people, more artifacts would be taken away! ”
Professor Liu reluctantly touched a huge bronze tripod and said.
Then, he instructed Liu Ru to take pictures and make archaeological records.
"Xiao Ning, shouldn't we think of a way to get that seal from the bottom of the cave! This is probably the ultimate goal of our mission......"
Professor Liu, who spoke, had a sad face, because he also knew that if he wanted to retrieve the seal, he had to put life and death aside!
"Hmm!"
Wei Zede nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "Then let me go down with Li Daoyi!" ”
After repeated investigation and confirmation, Wei Zede and Li Daoyi came to the side of the stone steps that meandered downward.
Suddenly, Wei Zede saw a stone tablet engraved with strange words!
"Strange? Why didn't I see this stele before! ”
The puzzled Wei Zede couldn't help but stop.
"Wizard, what's wrong? What do you see? ”
Li Daoyi asked, and came to Wei Zede's side, and he also saw the stone tablet.
"Huh? There's still something here! Professor Liu, Liu Ru, come and see, what are the words written on this? Like a ghost drawing! ”
Liu Kai'an's father and daughter stepped forward to the stone monument and looked at it carefully.
"This text is called 'Golden Script.'"
Professor Liu explained, "In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the characters were basically cast and engraved on bronze objects, and they were mostly found in Zhong Ding, so the writing of that period was also called 'Zhong Ding Wen'. However, bells and tripods cannot include all inscribed bronzes, so in modern times, more precise names have been adopted, usually called 'bronze inscriptions', or 'golden inscriptions' for short. ”
“…… Let me see what is written on it......"
After repeated discussions between Professor Liu's father and daughter, they came up with a more definite answer.
Professor Liu looked at the "golden inscription" on the stone tablet and read to us: "The name of the cave is Chixuan, one of the blessed lands; Hidden through the ages, suppress the ...... under it"
“…… The small print beyond that is too blurry to be recognizable! ”
Liu Ru said: "The meaning of these words is that the giant cave in front of you is called Chixuan Cave, which is a 'blessed land'? And under this hole, there is also a suppression of secrecy! ”
"Secret? Repression? ”
Speaking of this, Liu Ru said suspiciously: "Could it be a translation error?" How can secrecy be described as repression? ”
"You can't go wrong with translation!"
Professor Liu affirmed: "As for why the inscription on the stone tablet is written like this...... I think it's only possible to get an answer if you go down to the bottom of the cave. ”
At this time, Li Daoyi opened his mouth and asked, "Blessed land?" Does it refer to the seventy-two blessed lands mentioned by Taoists? ”
Professor Liu retorted, "Impossible! Taoism is Lao Tzu who began in the late Spring and Autumn Period, but there was no such name as Taoism in the Qin period. The word "Dao" is used to summarize the school of thought founded by Lao Tzu from the early Han Dynasty...... It can be deduced from this that the seventy-two blessed lands of Taoism should have been summed up by people after the Han Dynasty! ”
"It doesn't have to be......"
Wei Zede shook his head and said, "As far as I know, the seventy-two blessed lands of Taoism actually only record seventy-one locations!" ”
"There is also a vacant ......"
After a pause, Wei Zede continued to explain: "According to some classic records, as early as the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the Nine Streams and Ten Families have been formed! It's just that it was carried forward during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period! ”
"Therefore, this 'Chixuan Cave' may really be the vacant one of the seventy-two blessed lands......