Chapter 273: Lop Nur
"Why are you so much in case? What if the day of the sacrifice is only once a year? What if there are other treasures inside? Why don't you want to think about the good? ”。
Xiao Hua was also speechless to Huang Ming, and he hadn't found out that Huang Ming was deliberately provoking him.
"I'd like to think on the bright side, but it's too unlikely that I'll take too much risk."
"Damn, I said Huang Ming, the more dangerous the place, the more likely there are treasures, hey, I have it, I'm too lazy to tell you, I'll go with you, you go to find your compound stone, I'll find other treasures", Xiao Hua was impatient.
"Hey, that's what you said, I didn't force you to come with me!".
Huang Ming smiled proudly.
"Cut, can you force me if I don't want to go? Hey, wait, you just deliberately provoked me? ”。
Xiao Hua reacted at this time, he fell for Huang Ming's agitation method.
"I said Huang Ming, you are really boring, you directly said that you need my help, it will be over, you think I am like you, I am going around, I was almost so angry that I vomited blood."
Xiao Hua glanced at Huang Ming again.
"Hehe, you don't understand this, please don't want to be excited, if I tell you clearly, you will definitely not go, at least you will embarrass me, hehe, okay, since you have decided to go together, then you say, when to leave."
Huang Ming was very proud.
"Well...... this kind of thing must be as soon as possible, only by refining the natal magic weapon can you continue to practice the exercises in the future, and there is one more powerful magic weapon, then, then I will go tomorrow."
"Okay, then I'll book a ticket now."
Huang Ming was very excited, if he could really find the Fusion Stone, then he would be able to subdue the red sword full of spirituality, and he would no longer have to worry about not having a magic weapon.
So the next day, Huang Ming and Xiao Hua came to Urumqi by plane.
According to the records in the jade slips, the ancient temple that Huang Ming was looking for that contained the "Compound Stone" was sealed by Gu Xiu in Lop Nur in the eastern part of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin.
It is said that this temple sealed by Gu Xiu is a cultivation and sacrifice holy place for witch cultivation in the ancient world, which not only has various demon insects and monsters that existed in ancient times, but also a humanoid demon cultivator called trolls.
It is said that these ancient trolls were martial arts and magicians, and were born with a penchant for collecting all kinds of spiritual stones.
The compound stone that Huang Ming needed was regarded as a treasure by these ancient trolls because of its special effect of connecting the spirits of other treasures, and it was enshrined in the altar of the temple for a long time.
Huang Ming and Xiao Hua drove from Urumqi to Qiangruo, from where they could walk east to Lop Nur, and the temple they were looking for was said to be hundreds of miles north of the center of the lake in Lop Nur.
Lop Nur, located at the lowest point of the Tarim Basin, was once the second largest saltwater lake in China, and was also known as the "ear of the earth" because of its shape like a human ear.
When Lop Nur was at its largest, it once exceeded 20,000 square kilometers, and the Tarim River, Peacock River, Cherchen River, Shule River and so on in the west all converged here.
However, due to climate change and the impact of human water conservancy projects, the water supply in the upper reaches of Lop Nur has been decreasing, and the area has been shrinking, and Lop Nur has dried up around the 70s of the last century.
After Lop Nur dried up, the surrounding ecological environment underwent great changes, all the herbaceous plants died, and the poplar forest, the guardian of sand control, also died in patches, and the nearby Taklamakan Desert advanced to Lop Nur at a rate of three to five meters per year.
Not long after Lop Nur became a place where no grass grows, it received a new name: the "Sea of Death".
Because there were many bizarre and strange events in this area long before Lop Nur dried up, so after Lop Nur dried up, many explorers wanted to lift the veil.
However, the final result is to add more unsolved secrets to this Lop Nur, the most famous of which is the "Pisces Jade Pendant". and the "mystery of Pengamu's disappearance", which is still unsolved.
The ancient temple that Huang Ming and Xiao Hua were looking for was originally sealed at the bottom of the lake in Lop Nur by Gu Xiu, but because Lop Nur had dried up, the original entrance was gone, and they had to find it again.
Taking advantage of the moonlight, the two of them flew to the center of the lake in Lop Nur with the magic weapon first, and took a photo in front of the monument in the center of the lake before turning around and flying north.
This is Huang Ming's request, he said that he came here all the time, and he was a little sorry for himself if he didn't take a photo and make a card, Xiao Hua said that he couldn't help Huang Ming's mortal thinking, so he had to accompany him helplessly.
More than an hour later, Huang Ming and Xiao Hua came to a small canyon located about two hundred and sixty kilometers north of the center of Lop Nur Lake, where they sensed a trace of mana fluctuations similar to an enchantment seal.
In fact, this is not a canyon, but a deep ditch at the bottom of the original Lop Nur Lake.
On a certain rock wall of this deep ravine, they found a mountain crack that could be entered sideways, and the mana fluctuations of the sealing enchantment came from this mountain crack.
After about five or six minutes of entering the rift, they came to a square stone chamber that resembled an ancient burial chamber.
On the wall facing the crack, there is a double-opening stone door more than three meters high, the stone door has been broken, and you can see a black passage behind the stone door.
The two did not hesitate, Xiao Hua took out a moonstone from the storage bracelet and held it above his head, and entered the passage first, and Huang Ming also took out one and followed.
The passage was wide and long, and of course, it was dark, and through the light of the moonstone, Xiao Hua and Huang Ming found that both sides of the passage were full of murals.
The fresco depicts what appears to be a tusked blue humanoid creature performing some sort of ritual in an altar in a square, and their sacrifice is a stone.
"Bright eggs, how can I have the feeling that we are tomb robbers?".
Huang Ming muttered.
"Steal a hair, we immortal cultivators are here to hunt for treasures, you just stay in the hot pot restaurant and don't know how big the world is, you have to go to those sealed secret realms to open your eyes."
Xiao Hua scolded Huang Ming.
"Your sister, am I not curious? Why do you talk so much nonsense? ”。
Huang Ming was not happy.
"Gotta get it, don't talk about you, let's take a look at the mural first."
Xiao Hua no longer paid attention to Huang Ming.
After looking at it for a while, Xiao Hua touched his bald head.
"Hey, how do I feel like this sealed temple is a small city-state? Huang Ming, you come here to see."
Xiao Hua beckoned to Huang Ming, and Huang Ming walked over.
"You see, from these frescoes, the altar is on the edge of this square in the center of the temple, and if we want to get to the square, we have to go through this main street after entering the gate, and then through this passage on the left side of the end of the main street."
"The entrance and exit of this temple don't seem to be the same, and we have to go through the passage on the other side of the square to get to the temple exit."
Xiao Hua pointed to the mural and explained to Huang Ming.
"What? Are we going through the whole temple? ”。
Huang Ming was a little nervous again.
If this temple is really a small city-state, and you have to go through the square in the center of the temple to get out, then the chance of encountering demon beasts will increase greatly, and maybe you will really encounter infant demon cultivators.