Chapter 103: The Journey of Tuji

() It stands to reason that finding a soil hole should be a very easy task. The eastern part of Tenglong County is densely forested and there are not many fields. As for the western part, because it is occupied by demon beasts, the villages and farmlands are gradually barren, and the places where there are paddy fields and dry fields should be easy to identify, and the land with six grains must have fertile soil.

Based on the experience of Huoyun Cave and Jinge Cave, Jairus guessed that the entrance to Tuji Cave must be hidden, so he ordered the demon beast to find a boulder in the place where the six valleys were located. The efficiency of the demon beast was very high, and it quickly found five places where the six grains were growing, but did not find the boulder.

So Jairus personally went to five places and carefully investigated. There are thousands of acres of fertile land in the five places, and there are rivers, rivers, lakes and other water systems nearby. Four of them are open plains, not to mention boulders, and there are not even a few ordinary large rocks. There was only one place, next to a hill. The terraced fields were cultivated by the people, and there was a small river next to the fields, which provided water for irrigation to the terraces. Jairsa speculated that it was only here that the boulder was most likely to be found.

He soared into the air, overlooking the hill, with its terraced slopes and no boulders to be seen on the tops.

"Could it be that Lu Hailong's speculation is wrong?" he slowly fell, puzzled. But Lu Hailong guessed correctly the first few times, so Jairus has always admired his wisdom.

Looking around, the village is clearly visible in the distance. Suddenly, a house catches Jair's attention.

It was a quaintly decorated courtyard, which, to his surprise, was located at the foot of a hill far from the rest of the village. If we talk about solitary houses, it is not uncommon, and there are many simple huts on the edge of the fields for the temporary residence of the field keepers. But compared to those houses, the decoration of this courtyard is too lavish.

"Could it be ......," Jairus thought of a possibility. He quickly ran to the gate of the courtyard and looked up, and the plaque on the gate of the courtyard clearly wrote the three big characters of "Mountain Temple". It's been a long time since anyone came, and the door was covered with dust.

"Squeak", Jairus gently pushed open the temple door and walked towards the main hall. There is a large incense burner in the courtyard, and you can know by looking at the thick layer of incense ash in it that this mountain temple should have been very lively in the past.

Entering the main hall, a mighty statue is facing the gate, wearing armor and helmets, and a long sword in his hand is on the ground, which is the image of the mountain god. There are also two sculptures of children on the left and right, one on the left and one on the right kneeling on the ground facing the mountain god, the one on the left holding the scabbard in both hands and raising it above his head, and the one on the right holding the hem of the mountain god's cloak.

There is a red pillar on the left and right of the three statues, and a banner is hung vertically on the right pillar, which reads: "The wind and rain fall from the sky and follow the people's will", and the left pillar also hangs a banner that reads: "The earth is full of grain and vegetables". A horizontal plaque hangs from the ceiling above the head of the statue of the mountain god, engraved with the four characters of "The World is Peaceful".

Jairus smiled slightly, it turned out that in the past, the people here often went to the mountain temple to pray for good weather and abundant grains, and it is unknown whether the mountain god is so effective. In his opinion, the land here is fertile, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is a matter of course that the crops are well harvested.

There are also a few small gods enshrined in the two corridors of the main hall, and Jairus doesn't recognize them, so they just look at them casually and walk to the backyard.

The backyard was not big, but there were seven incense burners, and each of them was full of incense ashes, and Jairus was slightly surprised: "Why is the incense so strong here?" he moved his gaze to the back hall. The door to the back hall was tightly closed and locked, which made him even more strange. "The statues of the gods in the temple are originally for the people to worship, and they are the spiritual sustenance of the people, why do you want to lock the back hall?

The scene in the backroom made him stand for a moment, and suddenly burst into a burst of happy laughter: "I see, I see!

In the middle of the house, a huge rock was enclosed with a waist-high fence, and nothing else. There is also a sign hanging on the front of the fence that reads "Mountain God Stone".

It turned out that the boulder that had never been found was here! Presumably, this boulder has been discovered by people a long time ago, and someone must have tried to move or destroy the boulder, but it was bounced off by the prohibition left by the Canghai Sword Immortal. People are sincerely afraid, this mysterious boulder is worshiped as the "mountain god stone", and the incense burns every day, praying for the blessing of the mountain god, and then this mountain temple is built in the place where the boulder is located. "No wonder the back house is locked, and no wonder there is much more incense in the backyard than in the front yard, and the supernatural mountain god stone is always more convincing than the clay mountain god statue. Jairus smiled and muttered to herself.

The boulder has been found, and Jairus uses a secret method to tell the imprisoned cow who is far away in Tiandao Mountain.

The prisoner cow found Lu Hailong and told him the good news. Lu Hailong also used the Spirit Breath Jade to inform the six people who were still looking for the Tuji Cave in the eastern part of Tenglong County to return to the sect quickly.

At this time, it had been nearly a month since Miao Haoshang and the others returned from the Konoye Cave, and the Dragon Clan and the Taiqing Sect were preparing to go to the Zhongdou Tuji Cave again. When he was about to set off, Lu Hailong patted Shi Chongyin on the shoulder and instructed: "Your cultivation is not yet in the late stage of Mahayana, don't be too reckless after entering the cave, take care of the two brothers of the dragon clan, you can get the earth spirit bead as soon as you can, and it doesn't matter if you don't get it." ”

Shi Chongyin nodded vigorously. With his short hair and resolute face, he felt that he was excited, heroic, and excited to go to Tujidong now.

The lovely Liu Yinyin on the side was full of reluctance, gently took Shi Chongyin's hand, and said, "Be careful in everything......

Shi Chongyin looked at Liu Yinyin's face affectionately, his eyes were full of tenderness.

"Heh, don't linger anymore. My fifth brother and sixth brother Baxia have already left for Lingzhou City in Tenglong County, and Brother Shi must rush to Lingzhou to meet him within three days. The prisoner bull said, and stuffed the three-star silk of Zhongdou into Shi Chongyin's arms.

Shi Chongyin smiled at the prisoner cow and relaxed

After opening Liu Yinyin's hand and bowing his hand to everyone, he hurried down the mountain.

"Foxy, domineering...... It's really weird to say that the name of this dragon brother is really weird. I heard that the nine dragon brothers are surnamed Ao, and the names should be Ao Prisoner Niu, Ao Jianwei, and Ao Mock Feng...... Oh, that's so ugly. Shi Chongyin thought as he walked, shook his head and laughed.

The mountain temple found by Jairus is more than 40 miles south of Lingzhou City in Tenglong County. As soon as he entered Lingzhou, Shi Chongyin heard a voice: "Is it Brother Shi? Although he had never been to Lingzhou, the Xueqing Inn in each state city looked similar, and he saw the five-story building in the city at a glance.

Walking into the Xueqing Inn, at a square table at the door, there were two young men in gold clothes. Needless to say, just look at the outfit to know that you are a member of the dragon clan. Seeing Shi Chongyin, both of them stood up, clasped their fists, and said in unison: "Brother Shi." ”

Shi Chongyin also returned the salute: "I have seen the two brothers of the Dragon Clan. I don't know what to call it?"

The young man facing the door, with short brown hair, was somewhat similar to Shi Chongyin. His eyebrows are thick, silkworm-like, his nose is like a gall, his eyes are like stars, his smiling lips, and his broad chin make people feel that he should be a steady and open-minded person. Dressed in gold, his left shoulder is exposed, and his right shoulder is a brown dragon head, and the dragon's body spirals down. He bowed slightly, "I'm a fox." ”

The young man next to him had long blue hair that hung down to his shoulders, parting from the left and right of the two tufts of hair that hung down from his forehead, covering his eyebrows and eyes. With a sharp nose and thin lips, coupled with his thin and fresh and handsome face, Shi Chongyin can't help but think of a sentence: "Like gold and tin, like Gui like bi." Such as cutting, such as learning, such as grinding. Like the other dragons, he was also dressed in a golden robe, and the dragon head on his right shoulder and the dragon body on his clothes were also blue. He nodded slightly and smiled, "I'm a bully." ”

"This trip to the Tuji Cave also depends on the two of you to take care of it. Shi Chongyin said politely, and then took out the three-star silk in his arms and handed it to the eyes of the fox.

After putting away the treasure silk, the three of them left the Xueqing Inn, took off into the air, and swept towards the south.

Within a moment, the three of them saw the mountain temple at the foot of the mountain. From a distance, a red dot was at the entrance of the temple, which was waiting for the three of them.

Shi Chongyin saw Jianwei for the first time, stepped forward and saluted, and said secretly in his heart: "This is what Brother Lu said, Jianwei who killed the two Southern Dipper Star Monarchs in one move...... Looking at his domineering appearance between his gestures, he should be a strong person. Compared to the gentle Prison Cow, how do I think he is more like the eldest brother among the nine brothers of the Dragon Clan......"

Jairus led them to the back hall of the mountain temple and left.

Seeing the boulder that had been enshrined by the people, the three of them couldn't help but shake their heads and smile. Who would have thought that the boulder would be in a small temple, and if it weren't for the whims of Jianwei, I don't know when I would be able to find the Tuji Cave.

Neither the fox nor the overlord had spiritual power, so they got out of the way left and right, and made a "please" gesture to Shi Chongyin. Shi Chongyin stepped forward, put his palms on the boulder, and suddenly, the dazzling brown light bursting from the surface of the boulder illuminated the dim room, and both the fierce and the tyrant looked at the wonderful scene in front of them in amazement, and suddenly, the ground "rumbled" and trembled, making people stand unsteadily, and calm was restored in an instant.

Withdrawing his palms, Shi Chongyin exhaled lightly. The Fox and the Baxia approached, and the three of them carefully examined the surface of the boulder together.

At the top of the boulder is a large three-star picture of the middle bucket, and in the middle is a four-line poem, which reads:

"The path of cultivating immortals is clear and bitter,

Whether it's success or failure or can be seen.

Perseverance and tenacity are valuable,

It belongs to the Chinese side. ”

The lower right paragraph "Canghai Yuan Siming".

"Tut-tut......" sighed, "It's amazing." ”

Baxia said: "However, where is the mouth of the Tuji Cave?"

Thinking of the inexplicable shaking just now, Shi Chongyin said: "I'm afraid the entrance of the cave is underground." You see, except for the floor inside the fence, the rest of this room is paved with tiles, and the vibration just now is probably caused by the opening of the hole under the bricks. ”

"It's as simple as listening to the sound and you'll know where the entrance is. "Suspicious. So, the three of them walked back and forth in the room, listening carefully to the sound of footsteps.

"Here!" said suddenly. He took a step back, stomped his foot heavily, and with a "click", the ground cracked crisply, followed by a "crackling" sound, and the floor tiles where he had just stood cracked and scattered, revealing a hole that sloped downward.

The first one of the tyrants got in, followed by Foxy and Shi Chongyin.

The passage was very long, at first it sloped downward, and after walking for a few miles, the direction of the cave gradually flattened, but the direction remained the same, until it headed towards the hill behind the mountain temple. The cave was pitch black, but Baxia revealed a special ability, and his eyes lit up. After entering the cave, he gently brushed away the hair that covered his eyes, closed his eyes tightly, and after a moment, he suddenly opened again, and two dazzling blue lights shot out from the eyes of the tyrant, illuminating the road ahead for the three of them.

After walking for several more miles along the leveling passage, I finally came to a relatively wide place. There is a stone tablet erected on the side of the wall, with the three big characters of "Tuji Cave" written, which are also the handwriting of Yuan Siming, the sword immortal of Canghai. There is also a line of words on the wall next to it: "If you have a three-star picture of Zhongdou, you can bring two people in." Three people can enter the cave only if they hold it together. ”

The meaning was already very clear, and the three of them took out the three-star silk of Zhongdou, and the three of them held it together, and walked towards the depths of the Tuji Cave together.

The earth is no different from the passage, it is still a straight path, but there are many more patterns and carvings on the cave wall

Baxia touched the cave wall: "This is no longer a dirt wall, but a rock wall." ”

He was looking left and right at the carvings on the cave wall: "I heard that Canghai Sword Immortal Yuan Siming is good at carving, it seems that this is really the case." ”

At first, Shi Chongyin didn't care about those reliefs, and when he heard that he said that it was carved by the Canghai Sword Immortal, he also observed it with great interest.

On the left wall of the cave, Luo Ruhua, green capsule flower, Ruisheng flower, healing flower, wooden pen flower, tulip flower, frangipani flower...... Meticulously crafted and vivid.

On the right wall of the cave, Lingxiao flower, festival flower, begonia flower, acacia flower, Yingyuan flower, impatiens flower, treasure phase flower...... Ingenious and lifelike.

The two walls are carved with exquisite flowers, although there is no gorgeous color of purple and red, and the proud fragrance of the faint overflow, but the beautiful charm makes people feel as if they are in a boundless sea of flowers.

"Canghai Sword Immortal, Yuan Siming...... What a romantic person. His Majesty exclaimed.

The long cave suddenly became interesting, and the three of them could not bear to glance at these beautiful and exquisite flower carvings, so they slowly and gradually walked forward, carefully admiring them one by one.

After walking for half an hour, I finally came to the end of the relief rock wall, next to the last flower on the left wall, there are four big characters engraved from top to bottom: "Wanfang Long Wall", and the corresponding position on the right wall is engraved: "There is no cave." ”

"Whew......" Shi Chongyin sighed with satisfaction, "Beautiful, wonderful." Such a gorgeous Wanfang long wall has been hidden in this unique place for a long time, and we are fortunate to witness it with our own eyes, and this trip is worthwhile. It's a pity that the world doesn't have the opportunity to appreciate it, and I really feel sorry for them, a pity. ”

"Is it worth the trip?" said with a slight smile, "It's too early to say. ”

After the three of them turned a corner, the scenery of the cave suddenly changed, and a barren field appeared in front of the three of them.

"The phantom array has arrived. The fox seemed very calm.

Baxia looked around, the cave behind him was gone, and the four fields were vast, there were no mountains or water, only an endless land. "Do you want to fight?" He suddenly remembered the scene of the Nandou Fire Cloud Cave described by the second brother Jianwei, which was also a vast wilderness, and the six Star Monarchs of the Nandou suddenly fell from the sky, and then there was a big battle. The current scene is quite similar to Jairus's description.

Shi Chongyin was also a little nervous, took out the fairy sword and clenched it in his hand, and watched the situation around him vigilantly.

After a long time, there was no movement.

"It seems that the Canghai Sword Immortal doesn't want us to fight. Shi Chongyin inserted the fairy sword back into the sword sleeve, "What now?"

"You can't stop here all the time. Let's just go in the direction of the sun. "Suspicious.

So, the three of them walked forward briskly, but after walking for a long time, they didn't notice any change in the surrounding scenery at all, and they were still in the wild.

"It doesn't seem right......" Baxia just said suspiciously, when suddenly a thunderclap sounded in the clear sky, startling the three of them. When I looked up, the clear sky that had been cloudless just now was suddenly covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder.

Accompanied by rolling thunder and Huohuo's lightning, the rain fell with a bang, and the three of them were drenched in soup before they could figure out what was happening.

Fox felt inexplicable: "What's going on with this sudden heavy rain?"

Baxia looked up to the sky: "Isn't this a test?"

"Whatever he is, we'll keep walking ours. Fortunately, the weather has changed, and it is stronger than it has always been the same. Shi Chongyin said.

The persistence of this heavy rain surprised the three of them, one hour, two hours, half a day, one day...... Fortunately, there is an alternation of day and night in the phantom array, so that it is not even unclear how long it has been walking.

Day after day, the three of them walked in one direction for a full month, and it rained heavily for a whole month. Strangely, the momentum of the heavy rain has not diminished for a moment in the past 30 days. Raindrops the size of beans fell on the heads of the three of them all the time, but the ground beneath their feet did not become muddy at all.

In the space of a month, the mentality of all three people has changed. At first they chatted with each other, but then they all became reticent. Everyone is a little anxious in their hearts, this boundless field, this pouring rain, when is the end.

On the thirty-first day, the rain suddenly stopped without warning. He breathed a sigh of relief and said to his two companions, "I thought this heavy rain was going to fall to the end of the world. But why haven't I seen the three Star Monarchs in Zhongdou for so long?"

The Overlord raised his eyes with his glowing eyes, and the cyan light in his eyes was better than when he lit the cave, and although it was the middle of the night and the surroundings were pitch black, it had no effect on the Tyrant's vision in the slightest. He didn't know how many times he had done this, but every time he was disappointed. The horizon, the endless horizon, the vast world merge in infinitely distant places, where can there be an end?

"Have you noticed that it seems to have become cold all of a sudden? Shi Chongyin said.

"Don't say it, it's true." Today's midnight is much colder than the previous days. ”

However, cold doesn't pose any problem to the three of them at all, one is the realm of cultivating immortals in the middle of the Mahayana period, and the other two have superb skills comparable to the late stage of the Tribulation, if they are afraid of cold, it is really a big joke.

In the early morning, when the east is white, the snowflakes fall gently from the sky, and the fall is bigger and bigger, at first like petals, then like goose feathers, and finally the snow the size of a leaf falls in large chunks, and soon a thick layer is piled up.

The snow did not affect the speed of the trio. The dragon's head on the right shoulder of the fox and the tyrant has been covered by the snow, and the exposed left shoulder melts the snow, emitting bursts of water vapor, which looks like smoke from a distance. Shi Chongyin also kept patting the snowflakes that fell on his body, and the three of them still marched forward unswervingly.