Three-Five-Four: A tree
The thunderous sound of the water is deafening, and the rickety plank road is even more terrifying.
Weng Shengxi walked very slowly, and every few steps he walked waited for Feng Yiting and Shi Jiuhan, who were following closely behind.
He had instructed them more than once: "Remember, no matter what happens, you must not leave here, because once you get out of the scope of this plank road, you will immediately feel the suction of the whirlpool of the pool of no return, and fall into the pool of no return!"
Although Shi Jiuhan and Feng Yiting said that they would not be sucked into the whirlpool, it was more appropriate to be solemn after all. The two cautiously followed behind Weng Shengxi and walked towards the depths of the plank road step by step.
Feng Yiting looked around, and as far as he felt, he couldn't find the connection between the plank road and the attraction at all.
Because the plank road is built on the half wall of the sighing cliff, from the structure of the cliff, it is completely impossible to see the location of this plank road, and it has nothing to do with avoiding the attraction of the whirlpool in the pool of no return.
Standing on the plank road, looking up at the unfathomable cliffs, it gives people a sense of oppression that borders on despair. Looking down, it is the surging pool of no return, the roar of the torrent and the rush that vigorously hits the cliff, making the plank road tremble.
In such a precipitous place, who would build such a plank road with unknown intentions?
This is the treacherous environment in which the gods live, even if you think about it with your thighs, you also understand the arduousness of building this project at the beginning, and how much it needs to be completed at a huge price, and no one knows what it is used for today!
Weng Shengxi introduced: "I have always been very interested in the plank road, but the first time I stepped on the plank road, I hesitated again and again, and it was the last time I mustered up the courage. I didn't expect to come to the end and be safe and sound. It's just that over the years, I've gone back and forth so many times, and I can't figure out the real reason for its existence, maybe ...... As the legend goes. It's really a secret passage to the Demon Realm, right?"
They had been walking for a long time, and when they turned back, the beginning of the plank road had long been obscured by smoke clouds, and the clouds and mist that rushed in front of them were clearly discernible, and you could no longer see the scene in front of them a few feet away.
The force field of that huge vortex in the depths of the pool of no return is so terrifying that even if you show your divine thoughts, eventually the huge attraction will gradually point your consciousness towards the vortex, giving you an inexplicable thrill.
Looking ahead, it is still far away. I don't know how long it will take to reach the end of the plank road that Weng Shengxi said, where the huge piece of no return is.
It is said that the clouds that surround the cliffs of sighs and the pool of no return are a terrible poisonous miasma.
Fortunately, the cultivation of the three people has reached a state where they don't need to breathe these mountains at all. You have to know what kind of consequences these hazy clouds and mist are mixed with the demon miasma of the green-belt snake in the depths of the whirlpool!
"It's not far off. "Walked for a while. Weng Shengxi introduced the two of them: "The further you go, the thicker the fog becomes, because the visibility is too low. From this there is no point of non-return. But. I know the distance between them, and I will arrive after a while, and the plank road will be repaired until here, and then there will be only cliffs, no plank road. ”
Sure enough, just like Weng Shengxi said, not long after. A huge and protruding rock appeared in front of the plank road, and the plank road was broken when it reached here, and the rock was a cliff and smoke again, hazy again.
It's a huge rock. It's flat on top, about 10 square meters.
The rock is estimated to be very close to the pool of no return, and not only can you feel the sound of the waves more deafening, but you can even feel the mist from the waves, which is cool and refreshing, and more humid than other places.
Weng Shengxi stood on the rock and said to them, "Weng comes here every few days to meditate and collect qi, so he is quite familiar with this place. Sometimes I look around, but I don't find anything out of the ordinary. ”
Feng Yiting and Shi Jiuhan also looked around, just as Weng Shengxi said, except for the extremely strong spiritual power Gang Yuan, nothing unusual was found here.
Everyone looked up and down for a long time, but still didn't find anything meaningful. Feng Yiting walked to the inside of the rock and carefully checked the outer end of the rock, that is, the side that had no plank road with the other side of the rock.
After looking at it, Feng Yiting was stunned for a moment, and he found that not far from the rock, a tree that was not very big grew on the cliff. It is a very old tree, estimated to have grown for at least a few hundred years. Although it is only slightly larger than the mouth of the bowl, it is intertwined and grows on the cliff with difficulty, and the canopy of the trees is strangely pointed in the direction of the entrance of the whirlpool because of the suction of the pool of no return.
The tree was not very tall, about two or three meters long, and the twisted curved disc was about a foot away from the rock.
Feng Yiting came through the plank road and found that the trees growing on the cliff as a whole were extremely scarce. If there are some, they are some small shrubs and some trees that are not too big near the boardwalk.
It is necessary to know that the growth environment on the cliff of sighing in the road is too poor, which may be the reason why the attraction of the pond is too strong, and the cliff is too steep and the stone wall is too little soil. The growing shrubs and those small trees are also confined to about three meters near the boardwalk.
These trees of various shapes and sizes grow near the boardwalk, large and small. Therefore, if you don't pay attention, you will obviously ignore this inconspicuous little tree.
But Feng Yiting noticed that the location where the tree grows, and the environment in which it grows, are quite strange compared to other trees.
Even if such a small tree grows on this kind of cliff, it will undoubtedly need a certain special environment, such as the gap between the stone crevices and boulders. Only in this way will it be able to obtain enough soil and other elements for it to grow healthily.
At least in the right conditions for its growth, there should be space for its roots to grow.
But after careful observation, Feng Yiting found that the place where this tree grew happened to be the edge of a large stone wall, although its roots extended to the edge of the stone wall, and plunged into the gravel and soil, but according to its crown, this should only be its auxiliary root, and its taproot should be in this stone wall.
The Brahma Realm is a different realm where the environment and conditions are not much different from the earth, and the attributes of plants are not much different from the earth, so Feng Yiting can determine the growth state of this tree, which is no different from his own judgment.
This is a strange phenomenon, because it is impossible for a tree's seeds to grow on a large stone slab, unless there is at least a small hole in the stone wall where the tree grows.
If you have a good stone wall, why will there be a hole in it? Could it be artificially dug out?
Feng Yiting silently looked at the ancient tree, and immediately found that the location of this piece of the plank road terminated, like the plank road on the other side, is also in a not wide range, growing many small shrubs and small trees, does this mean that this cliff without a plank road is a space that can meet the construction of the plank road, enough to continue to build a plank road for people to pass?
To lay a plank road on the stone wall, there must be a load-bearing object underneath that can bear the planks of the plank.
The plank road on the cliff of sighs, which plays the role of cushion underneath are some strong and sturdy long stone beams, one end of which is stuffed into the stone hole carved out of the cliff, and the other end is stretched outward, protruding into a load-bearing beam that can pave the plank planks and supports.
It is conceivable that the stone beam is the key part of the whole plank road, and only by digging the stone hole first to make the stone beam bear it, can there be subsequent plank road paving, and chain handrails and other follow-up settings.
Suppose the boardwalk continues to extend forward, which is exactly the location of the stone bar jack at the lower end of the boardwalk, the skid.
His heart moved, and then a bold thought came to him: "If this plank road continues through the rock, then the location of this tree is the jack where the skids are set up, and it grows right in the hole." In this way, perhaps the hole where this tree grows was dug out by the ancients to insert the load-bearing stone beam, does this mean that the ancient people who built the plank road once built this plank road over the rock and led to the place in front of it?
Feng Yiting was suddenly a little excited, if his assumption was true, then there had been a plank road here before?
If there is a plank road, where will it eventually lead?
Feng Yiting looked at it silently, and then asked Weng Shengxi: "Senior Weng, how much do you know about the plank road?"
Weng Shengxi was stunned for a moment, and then responded: "I don't know much, because all the people in the Brahma realm don't know much about it. Even if the Brahma temple where the legend built this plank road is legendary, there is no specific and credible case file, and there is a corresponding record of the plank road. As far as I know, there is no dossier that describes this more, and I guess this is also the mystery of this ancient plank road. ”
Feng Yiting was disappointed when he heard this, so he heard Weng Shengxi ask, "My lord, what's your problem?"
Feng Yiting hesitated for a moment, because there was not enough evidence, he didn't express his doubts, but said casually: "I want to get more information about the plank road, this will help us, maybe we can find a breakthrough and find a way to enter the demon realm." ”
Weng Shengxi thought for a while and said, "There should be some ancient materials in the Brahma Temple, and as an adult, you should be able to negotiate with the temple and see if you can find information related to this." ”
Feng Yiting nodded, he was muttering, Weng Shengxi looked around, and then said: "Lord Troubadour, it's not too early, let's go back to the shore first." The Cliff of Sighs and the Pool of No Return are a sinister place, and the conditions here become harsher as the sun sets. The so-called Dao Demon Destroyer, no one understands what incredible things will happen. Therefore, it is better for us to leave during the day when the yang energy is strong and the power of yin and evil is still suppressed. ”
Feng Yiting nodded, and then discussed with Shi Jiuhan: "Brother Shi, why don't we go back to the shore first, go back to the temple and see if we can find some useful information, and then analyze it further?"
Shi Jiuhan nodded, and the three of them returned the same way without mentioning it. (To be continued......)