Chapter 53: The Stone Statue
Five spirit crystals can't be considered too much for the current Shen Shi, but it can't be considered too little, at least not to the point of carelessness. was deceived by this inexplicable Xiangshi into five spirit crystals, saying that it was not annoying that it was false, but Shen Shi didn't have much intention of going out to forcibly get it back, perhaps because the Xiangshi still saw that his parents were incomplete, and although he said it casually, he still pointed out Shen Tai's current location.
Of course, it is impossible to find the father by this, but on the other hand, it seems to prove that the father should at least be alive in the world. This news or hope made Shen Shi's concern for many years a little comforted, and he didn't have the heart to entangle with this scholar again.
After leaving the Xiangshi with Xiao Hei, Shen Shi marched all the way to Gaoling Mountain, hurried slowly, and arrived at the deep mountain valley where it is now rumored to be the birth of the tomb three days later.
The past three days have been quite smooth, and there have been no accidents, of course, this is also Shen Shi carefully avoided the crowd, in this barren mountain and wild place, it has always been a lawless place, when the monks meet, although it will not reach the point where they will start to fight and loot when they meet, but the danger is indeed everywhere, if possible, all the monks will subconsciously keep a distance from strangers.
The number of monks who coveted the treasure of the Great Tomb and entered the Gaoling Mountain Range this time should be quite large, but in the vast mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, this number seems very small, at least in the few days of this hurry, Shen Shi did not encounter the scene of monks gathering, only occasionally encountered several waves of monks, some alone, some in groups, but at a long distance, both sides were staggered intentionally or unintentionally.
As for the day he first entered the mountain, he met the Xiangshi and the group of people from the Xu family, including the monks from the Mountain Bear Hall who came over later, Shen Shi had never met again, Gaoling Mountain was so huge, maybe it would not be surprising that they would not meet each other. It's just that Shen Shi occasionally thinks of the girl's exclamation that suddenly came from behind the mountain road when they parted that day, and he didn't know what happened behind him, but Shen Shi didn't bother to bother with that matter.
It is rumored that the valley where the tomb is hidden is under a towering peak in the depths of the Gaoling Mountains, which is a natural valley, and the only narrow mountain road leading to the outside world is tightly blocked by several boulders.
When Shen Shi approached the entrance of the nameless valley, he could still see the boulders that had fallen on the side of the mountain road, and there were even a lot of grass roots on the stone face, showing that this place was originally covered by grass and trees, but the sudden earthquake half a year ago changed everything here, and this secret valley that had been sealed for many years reappeared in the world.
When they arrived at the Nameless Valley, the number of monks increased significantly, although there were occasional disputes and conflicts, but Shen Shi walked all the way, and most of the scenes he saw were still peaceful, after all, the main purpose of everyone coming here was to hunt for treasures, and the treasure was not seen before they were now fighting outside this big tomb, wouldn't it be a bad brain?
In these years, how many monks who can have a body of Taoism in their bodies and cultivate Xiaocheng and yearn for the Immortal Dao will be simple-minded fools?
The path leading to the valley was not very wide, and was flanked by hard, towering rock walls that had been rolled out of the rocks, and the rubble was everywhere, and there were still obvious cracks on the ground and the stone walls on both sides, showing the destructive power of the earthquake.
Shen Shi cautiously walked towards the depths of the valley, there were monks in front and behind, but everyone still kept some distance from each other. When he walked to the middle of the mountain road, the top of his head darkened, Shen Shi looked up, and found that in a narrow place between the rock walls on both sides above, there was actually a boulder hanging in the rock wall like this, caught by the stone walls on both sides, but when the mountain wind blew, the boulder actually shook the rope, it looked very thrilling, I really don't know when it will fall down again.
Shen Shi frowned, subconsciously quickened his pace, and walked under this suspended boulder.
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After passing this mountain road, which is almost dozens of zhang long, Shen Shi entered the deep valley, only to feel that there was a sudden light in front of him, and a very wide valley was displayed in front of him.
At a glance, this valley is about 500 acres in size, in addition to the surrounding circle around the mountain peak rock wall, most places in the middle of the valley bottom are flat, there are hundreds of tall stone carvings of different sizes erected in it, the image is different, the rough look includes many auspicious beasts, such as the dragon and phoenix unicorn, etc., there are also all kinds of strange beasts that are unclear in the legend, just what Shen Shi knows, there are gluttonous and fierce and so on, and even there are many stone sculptures like the appearance, which he can not recognize the history.
Looking at these stone statues, most of them are dilapidated, and traces of wind and rain erosion can be seen everywhere, and I don't know how many years have been spent in this valley, and what are they guarding?
In addition to these statues, there are also some towering ancient trees growing in the valley, and the dense and lush canopy of the trees is like a pair of giant hands covering the heads of these stone statues, which also adds a bit of tranquility to the valley.
From the entrance of the mountain road, from time to time, monks entered this valley, and after a hurried observation of the surrounding situation, most of them rushed to the front of the valley in a hurry. Shen Shi hesitated, walked to a stone statue with the little black pig, looked up, and saw that the stone statue dragon head and deer body seemed to be a little like a divine beast unicorn, but there was a little difference when you looked closely, Shen Shi shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and then squatted down and whispered to the little black pig:
"This is it, can you smell the smell of those people who were waiting for their home outside Gaoling City that day?"
The little black pig's head turned around, and his nose sniffed for a while, but soon his mouth grunted twice, but he shook his head.
Shen Shi showed a hint of disappointment on his face, but this kind of thing is indeed a little hopeless, and he could be regarded as having expected it in his heart, so he smiled bitterly at the moment, and didn't say anything, just patted the little pig's head lightly, and said, "Okay, then we can just walk around and see if we can meet a good luck." ”
Without the hope of following the Hou family, who is said to have a secret shortcut, Shen Shi is almost dead to this so-called tomb treasure, but since they have all come here, of course, they will not turn around immediately. He walked with the little black stroll, wandering among the stone statues, his eyes looking aimlessly.
These more than 100 tall stone statues are basically erected in the middle of the valley, Shen Shi walked and walked, and faintly felt that these stone statues of different shapes seemed to be surrounded by several layers of circles, but because there were those thick trees blocking part of the view, he was not too sure. In the distance of the stone statue, you can see a majestic peak, under the steep cliff, there are dozens of black cave openings on the mountain wall, and those monks who came here after seeing the valley terrain, most of them finally entered these mysterious caves.
Could it be that these caves are the entrances to the tomb?
Shen Shi groaned for a while, and from a distance, the rock walls at the entrances of those caves were smooth, obviously they were originally excavated here, not the newly opened entrances of the latecomers, but if it was the entrance, the entrance of the cave was inevitably too much.
Shen Shi calculated in his heart, and found that under the vast mountain wall, there were as many as thirty-six caves of almost the same size, lined up, occupying nearly half of the length of the valley stone wall.
Pick one of the thirty-six cave entrances? This requires a lot of luck...... Shen Shi smiled bitterly, thinking that this was the case outside, if the inside of the cave was indeed where the tomb was located, it seemed that such a labyrinth even had a place where the mechanism was prohibited, I was afraid that it would be encountered.
For a moment, he began to hesitate whether he should rush into these caves to explore. Frowning, he walked slowly around the stone statues, thinking as he went, and unconsciously came to a place near the center of the stone statues.
The little black pig has been quietly following Shen Shi's feet, but when they walked past a statue, the little black pig's eyes inadvertently swept over the stone statue, and suddenly paused, glanced at the stone statue twice, and then "coaxed" a few times.
Hearing the movement behind him, Shen Shi turned to look at it and said, "What's wrong?"
The little black pig just looked at the stone statue with a little curiosity.
Shen Shi walked under the stone statue and took a few looks, only to see that this stone statue was carved with a strange beast, with high mountains and floating clouds under him, a snake body and dragon horns, and sharp fangs came out suddenly, like a heavenly dragon like a heavenly dragon in the clouds, with an extraordinary momentum, revealing a sense of looking at the world and the world, but he couldn't recognize what it was for a while.
Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly Shen Shi only heard a sound of footsteps behind him, and then a clear laugh came, and said, "Hey, is it you, son, we meet again." ”
Listening to the voice, it was a little familiar, Shen Shi raised his eyebrows and turned to look, and sure enough, he saw that it was the Dao Bone Immortal Wind Appearance who was outstanding a few days ago, and I saw that he was still in a Taoist robe at the moment, and Shi Shiran walked over all the way, glanced at this stone statue, and then smiled,
"What, is Childe interested in this 'Yin Dragon' stone carving?"
"Yin Dragon?" Shen Shi asked rhetorically.
The Xiangshi nodded with a smile, looked at the dragon-shaped stone carving, stroked his beard and said: "Legend has it that in the ancient times, there was an ancestral dragon born from the essence of heaven and earth, and he comprehended the creation of heaven and earth for hundreds of millions of years and attained the Tao. The ancestral dragon gave birth to three sons, known as the ancestor of the dragon family, also known as the three ancient dragons, which are the heavenly dragon, the black dragon, and the yin dragon. ”
Stopping at these words, Shen Shi was quite impressed by this Xiangshi, such a rare legend, even he had never seen it in so many books in the past, and he didn't expect this Xiangshi to recognize it at a glance. It's just that the world is exhausted, and the ten heavenly realms have long been ethereal legends, except for the Hongmeng main realm, whether the other nine heavenly realms exist or not is still a question, and it has always been debated. As for the Yin Dragon, which obviously belongs to the flow of legends, Shen Shi can only listen to it as a mythical story.
However, his impression of this Xiangshi was a little better, and he nodded to him with a smile, but then remembered the five spirit crystals that were deceived by this person a few days ago, and suddenly became cautious again, and he didn't want to say more to this person, so he said hello to the little black pig and prepared to walk away.
It's just that when he turned around, his gaze inadvertently swept over the head of the Yin Dragon, and for a moment, his body suddenly shook slightly, and then his eyes showed a bit of incredible surprise.
I saw that the stone statue of the Yin Dragon was carved vividly, meticulously, obviously it was the handwriting of the master craftsmen many years ago, especially in the head of the dragon, which was vivid, and the momentum of the ancient dragon that looked down on the world was fully revealed. It's just that at this moment, Shen Shi's attention didn't see this, but looked at the pair of dragon eyes of the Yin Dragon in a daze.
In the blue-gray stone dragon's eyes, the left eye is gray, like a vast and silent sky, but the right eye has a ring, like a wheel of light, as if it is like a whirlpool absorbing endless things.