"Old Hu, don't forget, it was mentioned above that many local barbarians were recruited when building the mausoleum. These are all uncounted." Wang Kaixuan reminded after hearing this.
It can be said that after listening to Chen Ziyan's translation, several people were speechless.
King Xian is so crazy!
If the facts are really as recorded in the mausoleum genealogy, then King Xian did nothing else in his life. He really devoted his whole life to his mausoleum.
The most eye-catching point here is the 'water dragon halo' that has been mentioned many times, which made them curious. This made King Xian devote all his efforts to the Feng Shui pattern. Could it really be possible to transform a person's corpse into an immortal?
However, no one can give an accurate answer to this now. If they want to know whether this 'water dragon halo' is as described, they have to go and see it in person to reveal the answer.
But what makes everyone feel regretful is that the mausoleum of this town records all the processes of building the king's tomb, but the specific description of the underground palace is extremely lacking, and there is not even a clue about its location.
Looking at the whole article, the only thing that helps them is the record about the accompanying tomb and the burial pit. The location they are in is a accompanying tomb, and the high priest who dedicated himself to the king was buried in it.
The description of this high priest is very detailed. It is said that after King Xian was laid to rest, his men first buried the jiao diagram bearing the mausoleum genealogy into the ground, and then planted two specially found banyan trees on it to rewrite the Feng Shui pattern. Finally, Capture the alien giant python named "Blue Dragon", skin it and merge it with the high priest, and then bury it in a banyan tree using a unique method. Special arrangements are made to make its body indestructible, waiting for the day when the opportunity comes. .
When the time is right, the high priest who was buried later will be born first. After he receives the baptism of heaven and earth, the reborn high priest will protect the birth of King Xian.
The following content can no longer be described as mysterious, it can even be said to be fantasy, but with the pseudo-zombie immortal passing through the tribulation just now, they really can't deny it completely.
After all, the resurrection of the high priest has already happened, but it just failed. Who can conclude that the more powerful King Xian will not be revived?
Hu Bayi is very receptive in this regard. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at Chen Ziyan: "Mr. Chen, you said this King Xian..."
Although he didn't say the next words, Chen Ziyan already understood what he meant. After hearing the words and being silent for a while, he gently shook his head: "I don't know either."
If everything has not changed and is still as it is in his memory, then Chen Ziyan may give an exact answer, but with the current situation, what can he give.
He himself didn't believe some of the words he said!
You must know that even in the original plot, there is an inexplicable corpse cave in the tomb of King Xian. Now even the high priest who originally made soy sauce has changed. Chen Ziyan doubts that something will happen to the corpse cave, so this will It’s hard to say much.
However, Wang Kaixuan was in a good mood. Seeing the serious expressions of the two people, he smiled and comforted: "I said you two, don't think so much. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. No matter what is behind it, it must be there." If we really encounter them, even if we can't deal with them, the best we can do is just don't use those treasures. Then we can just take the Muchen Beads and leave. I don't believe they can do anything to defeat us. Without those two or three, we wouldn't dare to go there. Liangshan is not!"
However, what Wang Kaixuan and others did not notice was that when he ran away after saying no, Ding Sitian's eyes flickered slightly.
For Chen Ziyan and the others, it is natural to retreat if they are defeated, but she cannot think like this as she has special responsibilities, so Ding Sitian secretly wondered whether to report what happened here, or at least mobilize People had to be deployed on the perimeter, otherwise she was afraid that she would not be able to control the situation.
No one knows what Ding Sitian is thinking, but even if they know, they can understand it. They are not acting without a license anyway, so it has no impact on them.
And if there are professionals controlling the outside, they can be considered as protecting them from the side.
After temporarily putting aside what he was thinking, Chen Ziyan looked at Hu Bayi and asked: "Lao Hu, can you see anything else now?"
He remembered that the jiaotu had the function of guarding the Feng Shui pattern. Now that the earth energy that had been accumulated for thousands of years had been released, it meant that the earth veins had changed, which would also affect the Feng Shui pattern.
"This..." Hu Bayi was reminded by him and figured out the joints inside.
However, he did not give a direct reply. Instead, he took out the compass and looked at it for a while, and then slowly said: "Through the layout here, we can deduce some things. If we use the compass to locate the position later, even if we don't rely on the Snake River, We can also find the goal of this trip.”
When talking about the latter part, Hu Bayi's tone couldn't help but bring a hint of joy, which was good news for them.
Not only Hu Bayi was happy about this, but everyone else was the same after hearing this, which meant that they no longer needed to wander around like headless flies.
With the accurate guidance of the compass, they can go straight to their destination, thus saving a lot of unnecessary distance.
At this moment, Wang Kaixuan suddenly said: "Huh? You see, there seems to be something painted on the back of this stone tablet?"
At some point this guy had already reached the other side of the short stele and scraped away some of the mud covering it, revealing the relief on the stele.
After Chen Ziyan and others ducked to his side, they saw that the back of the short stele was actually engraved with reliefs all over the face.
At the highest point is a palace that looks magnificent, with a moon city, turrets, inner city, stele, tower, sacred wall, stele pavilion, sacrificial hall, spiritual platform and other buildings.
Behind the palace, you can vaguely see the hazy distant scenery of mountains and rivers, but there are no hill foundations below. Instead, there are several rays of light and rainbow shadows drawn, making the palace look like it is standing in the sky, giving it an otherworldly and divine scene.
Moving his eyes down to the Shinto, he could see the steep mountains stretching on both sides, and the towering peaks that set off the majesty of the palace.
Although Wang Kaixuan was not good at interpreting reliefs and murals, he could still read simple pictures. He said, "Looking at this palace, could it be that Mr. Xian Wang built his own tomb in the sky?"
Hearing his words, Chen Ziyan couldn't help laughing and ridiculing: "This is just King Xian's imagination. Even the Heavenly Palace of the Jade Emperor is probably nothing more than this. How can he sleep in such an immortal palace forever?"
Although the Tomb of King Xian is indeed very impressive, it is impossible to reach the level of this mural.
Shirley Yang said: "At present, all the clues point to the 'Water Dragon Halo', but no matter how amazing this unique Feng Shui bureau is, it is impossible to create such a majestic celestial palace. I guess it is mostly artistic processing." .”
Seeing that the topic turned to his area of expertise, Hu Bayi followed suit and explained:
"The so-called water dragon in ancient times mostly refers to a waterfall with a large flow, and 'halo' refers to the neon that appears when water vapor evaporates. Because this neon is tangible and intangible, it was considered by the ancients to be an immortal bridge, but it is a false thing. It is an illusion after all, and there is no way to build buildings on it.”
"Judging from the palace style in this relief, I think this is not a royal tomb, but more like a ground-level sacrificial setting for a royal tomb, which is often called a bright tower in the industry."
"If the mural on this mural is a sacrificial building, wouldn't it mean that after the death of King Xian, people would come to worship at regular intervals, but according to the information we collected, this place has a poisonous miasma that prevents people from entering. , is there a way to avoid the poisonous miasma?" Shirley Yang suddenly asked.
She has never forgotten the poisonous miasma. Compared with the tangible threat, this invisible obstacle is more deadly.
Hu Bayi said with some uncertainty: "This is really not impossible."
He couldn't tell now whether there was such a way. After all, the mural in front of him was too artistically processed, and he couldn't tell how real it was.
Chen Ziyan took the words and said: "It is difficult to leave a road. There are no more than two reasons for the occurrence of valley miasma. One is because of the special topography, which makes the air circulation in deep mountains and valleys inconvenient, coupled with the humid climate and siltation and decay. Animals and plants naturally produce poisonous miasmas.”
"The other method involves more human factors. After the tomb of King Xian is completed, the low terrain here should be used to plant special poisonous plants in the depths, so that a miasma barrier can be artificially created. "
"Of course, you can also use these two methods together at the same time, but it is difficult to operate. However, no matter which method is used, there is no way to deliberately leave a path, because miasma is an unbound gas."
Hu Bayi added helpfully: "In fact, it is not necessarily a poisonous plant. The Qin and Han Dynasties already had very mature mercury refining technology. Compared with plants, mercury is undoubtedly more stable and long-lasting, and the poisonous gas formed is not at all powerful. It will be inferior to the former.”
The reason why he added this was because he didn't want everyone to ignore the possibility of going underground.
Hearing what Hu Bayi said, not only Shirley Yang fell silent, but even Chen Ziyan didn't speak again.
At this moment, Ding Sixian, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly pointed to a part of the mural and said, "Look here!"
Several people subconsciously looked in the direction she pointed, and discovered that a strange-looking toad was carved in the Shinto of the mural, somewhere in the Worm Valley.
Not far away from this toad, there is another identical toad.
The two toads facing each other from a distance are not very big. If you don't look carefully, you will easily miss them. This is why they didn't notice them before.
"This toad symbol has never been seen in the data." Hu Bayi frowned slightly when he saw this.
He knew very well that similar biological graphics would never appear here for no reason. They probably represented some unique meaning.
"Are these two toads those totems?" Wang Kaixuan asked.
He had heard Big Gold Tooth say it twice before and knew that the older the tomb, the more likely it was that such a unique symbolic totem would appear.
This tomb of King Xian was a product of the Han Dynasty, so he seriously suspected that this thing was the totem of King Xian.
Anyway, they are either voodoo or evil spirits here, so it's not surprising that they believe in this poison.
"Maybe..." Chen Ziyan recalled for a moment and said, "But I think it is more likely that these two opposite toads represent other meanings."
"Look at where they are. One is in the central area of the Worm Valley, and the other is in the core area of the Worm Valley." His finger first clicked on the two toads, and then drew a virtual line between the two. : "If the open mouth of this toad is regarded as the entrance of a cave, then there is most likely a secret passage hidden in the middle that can avoid the poisonous miasma."
"Perhaps, as Shirley guessed, it was a secret passage specially left by King Xian for future generations to worship."
Hu Bayi looked at it carefully and said, "Mr. Chen, what you said makes sense, but if there is mercury buried underground, then there is no way to enter even if there is a secret passage."
He had not forgotten what he had just said, so even though Chen Ziyan's inference was reasonable, he did not completely accept his statement.
"Look at where this toad is outside." Chen Ziyan said calmly.
Hu Bayi looked at the toad again. He immediately noticed something was wrong and couldn't help but said: "Walking through the mountain!"
He was busy thinking about the underground, but he forgot that there were mountain walls in the Worm Valley that he could use.
The toads outside are obviously close to the rock wall, so it is more possible to travel through the rock wall than to pass underground.
Wang Kaixuan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Doesn't this mean that as long as we find this toad, we can directly kill King Xian's lair through the secret passage?"
Chen Ziyan gave an affirmative answer: "That's right."
He has now basically determined that this is the path that appeared in the original plot.
Although this road also has many dangers, compared to walking directly through the ground, Chen Ziyan feels that it is more appropriate to take this 'old' road, so that he can at least be prepared in advance.
After continuing to study for a while and confirming that there was no other content on the short stele, a few people simply covered the jade coffin, then marked it and left.
They haven't had a good rest since they came in. The most important thing now is not to continue on the road, but to take a solid rest.
Especially in the future, you can avoid a lot of detours and save a lot of time.
After returning to the camp, everyone, who was already exhausted, placed the spoils of the day and went back to their tents to sleep.
When they woke up one after another, it was already the afternoon of the next day, and it would get dark soon, so they simply did not set off and planned to stay one more night.
This means that we can't go very far if we set out now, and the next route forward has not been worked out.
Although it was freed from the restrictions of the Snake River, it still had to be decided on how to proceed.
Otherwise, even with a compass in hand, Hu Bayi would not be able to just open his mouth and would have to spend a period of time performing deductions.
After all...you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!
(End of chapter)
