Chapter 212: Seven-Story Pagoda

Everyone was silent for a long time, standing in front of this final destination, presumably each of them had their own feelings.

I was already very surprised when I faced this mountain and island that suddenly emerged from under the water. Now standing in front of this strange stone tower, I can't calm the excitement in my heart for a long time.

Qin Zhen walked to Yu Dong's side at this time, touched Yu Dong with his arm, and said in a low voice, "Let's go?" Finally got here, pushed open this door, and the answers were all inside. ”

Juntian also smiled faintly at this time: "If we can't find the Eye of Shangri-La here, then we can really only go back and fight to the death first." Now is the last chance, I hope we can all go smoothly. As he spoke, before Yudong could make a move, Juntian walked up the stone steps on his own and stretched out his hand to push towards the heavy stone gate.

When Lao Gu and Jiang Qi saw Juntian's actions, they also hurriedly stepped forward to help. After all, it is a stone tower gate, which is heavy and abnormal. So give Juntian a hand, and they can open this door quickly.

But when they actually put their hands on the door, they realized that it wasn't exactly what they thought. The stone gate opened and closed without much effort.

Several people suppressed their excitement and walked into this magical stone tower. When I stood in the middle of the tower, I could see the inner structure of the entire tower.

This floor of the tower is surrounded by white stone walls with hundreds of recessed niches, all of which are hung with delicate prayer wheels.

In the center is a white base. On all four sides of each platform, steps lead to the higher level of the tower. However, the most wonderful thing is the internal structure of this tower.

The exterior of the tower looks like it is divided into seven layers. Except for the first floor at the top of the tower, and the floor where they were all at the moment, there were still five floors left. Walking up the stairs, they can be regarded as having a thorough view of the strong religious colors displayed by this magical stone tower.

Walk up the stairs to the upper platform, the first floor is a circular structure that represents "water". The round modeling platform is full of momentum, and its meaning symbolizes the roundness and vastness of the universe. The smooth walls are delicately carved with various legendary myths about Shangri-La, and there are even exquisite murals of King Yuexian and Shakyamuni speaking together.

It's really hard to believe. What they saw in front of their eyes. Half an hour ago I was still immersed in the depths of the water!

On the second floor, the overall platform is transformed into a square structure, which represents the "earth". The inside of the tower body is square and has four walls. Huge Buddha eyes are painted on all sides. Call it "discernment". It represents the boundlessness of the Dharma. Everywhere.

Continuing upwards, the third level is a triangular structure that represents "fire". on the walls of this floor. On the basis, many layers are carved in great detail. Zoya said that the metal part in the middle is called the phase wheel, and the layers on the inner wall wall are divided into thirteen layers, which are reduced from wide to narrow, and represent the thirteen golden steps leading to heaven. It is precisely because of such a peculiar symbolic meaning that the inner wall of the tower on the third floor is carved so strangely.

Step on the stone steps and continue upwards to reach the fourth level of the stone tower. From the inner wall to the dome, the fourth floor looks like an umbrella-shaped structure, which represents "qi", and the shape is very similar to a circular canopy. Under the canopy hung a five-colored prayer flag that was pulled to the iron rod at the base of the tower. It's been a long time, but it's still glamorous. It was from these wet prayer flags that they could barely see the traces of the tower sinking in the water.

The iron phase wheel in the middle of the tower is said to have other deeper meanings in addition to being an important part of the tower. From top to bottom, there are orbs, dragon carts, hookahs, nine wheels, flowers, bowls, and dew plates. The middle part of the upper and lower runs through is also called the brake pipe. Of course, the most important part of this is the jewel at the top of the spire, which is said to contain Buddha relics inside.

To say that this stone tower is very strange in itself. Whether it is the appearance or the interior, the structure or the material, there are some more inexplicable magical colors. This seems to be a seven-story pagoda, but after pinching the head and removing the tail, it is actually a five-story pagoda. But from the top down, it seems that there is room deeper underground. Because on the first floor, in addition to the upward stone steps, there is also a downward ......

A few people finally slowly moved up to the fifth layer, which as a whole is like a spiral structure, representing "heaven" and the essence of life.

At this point, the entire stupa is composed of the five elements of earth, water, fire, wind and air, representing all things in the world.

In the process of climbing the tower, Qin Zhen gave full play to the essence of science and engineering, and he subconsciously counted the number of niches on each floor in the process of walking. It turned out that the space was very precisely distributed, with a total of 108 niches on each floor, and each niche contained a stone Buddha statue. Vivid, with a myriad of expressions.

When you get here, there is no way to go any further. It seems that the top spire is not intended to be climbed at all, and the top may only be dedicated to Buddha relics.

The whole tower went through, and finally turned around twice on the last floor, Lao Gu finally couldn't hold his breath, he crossed his waist, and asked angrily: "I said young master, you should tell me, we have already visited this strange stone tower, but in addition to the structure of each layer is very strange, let alone what kind of sapphire, I haven't even seen a stone slag!" Are we in the wrong place again? ”

At this time, Yu Dong looked down at the metal phase wheel in the middle that ran through the entire tower. It was completely dark at the bottom, and nothing could be seen, as if it were nothingness.

Yu Dong beckoned Qin Zhen to come to his side, and then pointed down and asked Qin Zhen, "How can you feel if you focus all your attention on the darkness at the bottom?" ”

"Feelings? The feeling is ...... Scared, mad ......" Qin Zhen replied very truthfully.

"Nope. Does it feel familiar? Yudong asked again.

Qin Zhen looked at it for a long time, the black and bottomless nothingness...... It's like an abyss.

That's right, the abyss!

Qin Zhen immediately raised his head and said to Yudong: "Yes, yes, this is like an abyss!" Like the abyss where the night north disappeared...... Do you know? Darkness and nothingness are two different things, and under the normal cliff may be pitch black, darkness that cannot be seen at a glance. But there...... There was a void, a void. Qin Zhen said as he vaguely recalled the abyss of Lhotse Peak.

Juntian listened to the conversation between Yu Dong and Qin Zhen, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ask Xiang Yu Dong: "Do you think that what we are looking for is below?" ”

"The axis of the earth...... Yu Dong thought to himself, and at the same time made a decisive decision and said: "Let's go, let's go down." If it's nothing, you'll find out if you go down. With that, he walked down quickly.

Everyone looked at Yu Dong's behavior and looked at each other, but they still believed in all the judgments and choices he made as always. So after "visiting" the whole stone tower, they began to hurry down again.

When passing through the floor of the tower, Qin Zhen subconsciously looked back at the outside of the tower. The wind is calm, and there seems to be no uneasiness or turmoil. But at this moment, all of them felt nervous like never before, whether they were uneasy about the emptiness below, or worried that the tower would sink into the water again at any time, along with the mountain.

As Hato spun down the steps, the daylight began to diminish until it could no longer shine in. At first, the eyes could still adapt, but when the light was completely swallowed up by the darkness, everyone couldn't help but start to get nervous.

People are easily anxious and restless in the dark, and the most important thing is that people's imagination is unusually rich in the dark. I can't help but imagine what kind of murderous monster is hidden in the void darkness around me, or whether I will fall into the bottomless abyss if I take another step forward.

Fortunately, just when everyone was getting more and more panicked as they walked down, Yudong, who was walking in the front, suddenly said softly: "Don't panic, there seems to be light down there." ”

It was pitch black in front of me, and I couldn't see anything, and I didn't know how far I had walked from the stone tower. At this time, the eyes seem to be blind, who will have such good sensory ability as Yudong? So when everyone heard Yu Dong say this, they all hurriedly blinked their eyes vigorously, in a vain attempt to see a trace of the light that Yu Dong said from this complete darkness.

Finally, after adapting to it for a long time, Qin Zhen saw in a trance that he didn't know how far away it was below, and there seemed to be a faint blue flame flickering. They can't see because it's not because it's too dark, but because it's too far away......

"So, that's the Shangri-La Eye??" Qin Zhen said in surprise.

"It's hard to say."

Although he couldn't hear any emotion from Yudong's words, it could be seen from his faster and faster pace that he was also a little impatient.

Everyone was a little excited, and Zoya was no exception. Obviously, this girl, who is the guardian of Shangri-La, has never seen the Eye of Shangri-La, the axis of the earth.

The dazzling blue brilliance is full of shadows, fluttering and flickering. It's hard to see if it's a single one, or if it's an ethereal piece. Again, it's too far away......

But walking towards that blue light doesn't seem like a good idea. The further they went, the more they went down, the more they went, and if they continued to do so, it wouldn't be long before they were below the water level.

Lao Gu also felt that this kind of sign was not right at this time, so he muttered softly: "Dong Shao! Jun Xiaoge! Are you going to stop and think about it for the long haul? How do I feel that if we continue like this, it won't be long before we are in the water? Really, you might be able to see the water in a moment......"

Unexpectedly, Yu Dong turned his head slightly after hearing this, and replied lightly: "We can already see the water." (To be continued......)