Chapter 3: Shock
In the hot summer, before noon, the blazing sun had already sprinkled down, and the dazzling light shone on the black stone, not refracting the slightest luster, as if all the light had been absorbed by the stone.
Mo Lin, who was standing in the crowd, looked at the three monks, although they were wrapped in monks' robes, there was no beads of sweat on their foreheads, which showed that these three monks were indeed not ordinary people.
The sound of conversation in his ears made Mo Lin retract his gaze, and beside him, there was a group of people talking in a low voice at this moment.
"Do you say that what the three monks said is true, this looks like a very ordinary stone, why can't it move?"
One of them wore a straw hat on his head, beads of sweat the size of beans running down his slightly red neck, and kept fanning his face with his hands as he spoke.
"Who knows, but since the three monks said so, there must be a certain truth, you must know that this place used to be a temple a few decades ago, and then someone dug up a clay pot or something here, and now they have dug up such a big stone, it seems that there may really be a treasure in this place. 〞
The other said excitedly as he put his hand over his head.
And the others were talking excitedly as they looked at the black stones in the construction site.
Listening to the words of the villagers, Mo Lin was silent, in his opinion, although the black stone only exposed about half a meter from the surface, the neat cut marks did not look natural, and the black on the surface was not like the one painted later, just like the whole stone should have been this color.
Just when Mo Lin was pondering, a cold snort suddenly reached his ears, and the person in charge of the construction site, who was still talking to the old monk, seemed to have become annoyed, and yelled loudly at the three monks, and then saw that he took out the walkie-talkie he carried with him and said something, and it didn't take long to see that inside the construction site, seven or eight young people with strong bodies and bare shoulders poured out, expelling the three monks.
"Well, some things are destined to be unstoppable, perhaps by providence. 〞
One of the three old monks who had been expelled looked at the black stone not far away, then shook his head and said.
Although the voice was small, Mo Lin still heard the old monk's muttering, only to see him follow the sound and find that the old monk was shaking his head helplessly, looking at the black stone with a serious look in his eyes.
With doubts in his eyes, Mo Lin didn't know why the old man in monk's clothes would say such a thing for no reason, but he didn't go to ask, the more he knew about some things, the more he had to bear.
Not far from this construction site, there is an undulating mountain, when he used to be fine, Mo Lin liked to go to the mountain with his friends to play, and there were many wild fruits on the mountain.
On one of the hills, there was a dilapidated ancient temple, and the three monks seemed to be the people in that temple.
Watching the old monk leave, Mo Lin turned his attention to the unearthed black stone, and at this moment, there was an excavation machine around the stone that made a rumbling sound, it seemed that he wanted to dig out the whole stone.
As the digging deepened, the soil around the stone gradually changed, and the color of the soil, which was still yellow, gradually changed to dark, and there were still sporadic gravel from the soil.
When the black stone was exposed more than two meters high, a line appeared on the black stone, which was the thickness of a finger, and was more than a finger deep in the stone.
And at the edge of the pattern, there are some complex patterns, which are intricately carved and densely lined, and it is impossible to see what they are.
"Brother Tian, what's so nice about this thing, let's go find a restaurant first, this damn weather, I'm a little out of breath when it's hot. 〞
The fat man standing next to Mo Lin, his bloated body at this moment could no longer withstand the hot temperature, and the short sleeves on his body were also soaked with sweat.
I saw that on that huge round face, beads of sweat continued to drip down, and the fan-like palm kept fanning in front of me.
"It's time for your body to exercise, and if you continue like this, sooner or later you'll have some problems because of your weight. 〞
Looking at the fat man beside him helplessly, Mo Lin's eyes glanced at the black stone again, at this moment part of the stone has been dug out, and it can be seen from the unearthed appearance that this is like a stone tablet, but the physique is big and a little scary.
Now the surrounding of the stele has been dug seven or eight meters deep, but it is still not to the end, and I don't know how high the stele is.
The stele is close to the top, there is a font, the font is something Mo Lin has never seen, looking at it from a distance, the font seems to rotate, making people feel dizzy.
The font is coiled like a dragon, and the lines are strong and powerful, even in the ancient books that Mo Lin has read before, there is no such font.
"It can't be a tombstone, my God, who has the courage to erect such a monument to his own tomb. 〞
Wang Ze and the others looked at the taller and taller stone, and they also let out an exclamation, because the shape of the stone was very similar to a tombstone.
"Let's go, when this thing is all dug up, let's take a look, maybe it's really the tomb of a big man." 〞
Looking at the black stele, Mo Lin said thoughtfully.
"Let's go, we can finally get out of this damn place. 〞
With a cheer, the fat man and the others immediately walked towards the outside of the construction site, and the excited appearance was as if they had seen a baby, after all, it was uncomfortable for anyone to be exposed to the sun for a long time in this hot season.
When the sun sets, the blazing heat that has raged all day gradually falls, and the evening mountain breeze brings a slight coolness, bringing a touch of refreshment to the town, and the golden afterglow spills on the earth, and the mountains in the distance are also covered with a golden veil at this moment.
At this moment, Mo Lin's head was a little drowsy, the meal at noon, especially the several brothers who went into battle one after another, even if he drank well, he couldn't resist it, if there was no previous experience, I am afraid he would have been drunk and unconscious at this moment.
Standing on the windowsill, his eyes fell on the construction site not far from his home, and after a whole day of excavation, the stele must have been dug up at this moment.
I don't know why, since he saw the stone tablet in the morning, he had a little throbbing in his heart, and he always felt that something unusual was going to happen.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of his master.
It was less than a year when he left home, and because he was young, he ran into walls everywhere outside, and in desperation, he had to work as a waiter in a small restaurant.
When he went out, he found that life outside was so difficult, countless nights, every time he looked up at the sky, he would think of his home, that warm place.
It's just because of the stubbornness in his heart, although it was difficult, he didn't go back, so he kept working in the small restaurant until one day he met a down-and-out old man, which made Mo Lin change.
Under some temptation, the old man took Mo Lin to a dilapidated Taoist temple, and said that he was the successor of this Taoist temple and wanted to go down the mountain to accept a disciple.
This Taoist temple is located in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by several mountains, and what makes Mo Lin even more angry is that this old man actually handed over everything to him to wash his clothes, and he also said that he would exercise Mo Lin's heart and prepare for future cultivation.
Mo Lin also tried to escape, but once after escaping and being caught, the old man actually hung him upside down on a big tree, and he didn't know where to attract a few wolves under the tree.
However, Mo Lin was short-tempered and hard-tempered at the beginning, and he refused to let go, and was hung on the tree all night before he was put down.
I remember that at that time, he once asked the old man why he chose himself, and the old man only said one sentence and asked Mo Lin to settle down and follow the mysterious old man to learn the so-called skills.
"Because you have a different life than others, follow me, and I will send you out in three years. 〞
At that time, he couldn't beat him, and he couldn't run away, since the old man promised that he could go back in three years, then he also agreed to the old man's conditions under compulsion.
Although the old man no longer asked Mo Lin to wash and cook, the old man began to let Mo Lin practice the so-called footwork in a forest full of green bamboos.
Although this footwork is a few simple steps, the old man requires Mo Lin's body not to touch anything, not even a bamboo leaf.
When he practiced for the first time, Mo Lin didn't say that according to the old man's request, he walked through the bamboo forest normally, and the bamboo leaves around him would be rustled. And I don't know what the old man did on the bamboo, but it grew slender spikes.
When Mo Lin walked out of the bamboo forest for the first time, the clothes on his body were already in tatters. And there were also scars all over the body.
No matter what the old man said in the future, Mo Lin would never go to the bamboo forest again, until the old man walked in person, Mo Lin's heart was completely calm, and he followed the old man to learn the Tao with peace of mind.
In this way, for three years, Mo Lin studied with the old man every morning, and practiced the kung fu taught by the old man in the afternoon, until he left the place.
As for the black stone tablet he saw today, Mo Lin had never seen it in ancient books, let alone the font on the tablet, thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of his old man's master.
"If the master is here, he may know what the stele is. 〞
With a low voice, Mo Lin rubbed his somewhat dizzy head, turned around and walked downstairs.
Night fell, the noisy construction site began to quiet down, the black stele excavated during the day has been exposed to the ground about fifteen or sixteen meters at the moment, but still no bottom of the stele has been seen.
On the huge stele, finger-thick scratches filled the entire surface of the stele, and three incomparably complicated fonts were revealed on the stele at the moment, and no one could understand it.
At the bottom of the stele, it was no longer dirt, but a black glass-like object, and there were scratches on it, which looked like they had been cut by a blunt object.