Going down the Great Rift Valley.
Jin An and the others had to solve a problem first.
How to settle sheep and camels?
The terrain in the Great Rift Valley is complicated. He just stood on a high place and looked down without going down the valley. He had already seen several dangerous places that were difficult for people to pass, let alone those sheep and camels.
This is why the grassland people and Yan Kuan left the camels where they were.
In the end, they decided to hide the sheep and camels as far away from the Rift Valley as possible to reduce the risk of exposure as much as possible.
If those grassland people or Yan Kuan people come out of the Great Rift Valley, and then give them a look back and take away all their camels and water, they will really die in this desert.
In addition, Ayimaimaiti also left several people to take care of the sheep and camels.
But Jin An felt that even this was not enough, so he took out a thrice-sealed Five Thunder Evil Evil Talisman from his body and gave it to Ilham in the three camels for everyone's self-defense.
The uncle and nephew were unreliable, and Ilham, who didn't talk much along the way, was more mature and steady, and would not waste the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman.
There are two Five Thunder Evil-Destroying Talismans on Jin An, one with four seals and one with three seals. Even if one is given away, he still has a Four-Fourth Strike Evil Talisman on him.
When everything was ready, it was almost dark.
It is not advisable to go down into the Great Rift Valley after dark.
They rested on the ground for a good night. In the early morning of the next day, Jin'an, Mr. Yiyun, Ayimaimaiti, Aheqi, and Benny, a total of five people, brought water and food with them into the Great Rift Valley.
As a master, Qi Bo was left on the ground by Master Yiyun and did not go down into the Great Rift Valley with them. This was to prevent someone from looking back and stealing his hometown. Master Yiyun and Jin An always had a tacit understanding of their ideas from time to time.
Originally, Silly Sheep also wanted to come with him. He has a bad temper and always takes revenge when he has a grudge. He wanted to avenge his bald head, but in the end, Jin An stopped him abruptly.
Lower Rift Valley lead sheep.
Are you sure it's not a joke?
Seeing his young master and Jin An walking away side by side, Qi Bo, who was left standing in the wind and sand, looked sad.
"Fourth uncle, Qibo must be worried about Yiyun Appa's safety, right?" The three camels were munching in a low voice as they ate fodder.
Old Sadiq said with great experience and certainty: "It's called the look in the eyes of a Chinese cabbage who has finally grown up and is suddenly kidnapped one day."
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Little Sahav looked shocked: "Fourth uncle, can you read minds? How do you know?"
Old Sadiq: "When I came to marry your aunt before you were born, your aunt and her family looked like this with reluctance."
Little Sahafu looked envious: "Fourth uncle, what does it feel like to get married?"
The old Sadiq, who was grazing with his head down, glanced at his troubled nephew: "Before marriage, we were a couple who loved each other for a hundred days, and after marriage, we were brothers who slept in separate beds."
Little Sahav: "?"
Ilham: "?"
"Hey, why did Qibo run away? Why did he run after Mr. Yiyun? Did Qibo forget to tell Mr. Yiyun something?" Old Sadiq and young Sahafu looked at the man chasing after him in surprise. Chibber.
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The human-faced phoenix that Aheqi has always carried with him has a very hard life and is still alive and well. Aheqi has always stayed by his side. Even when he went down the Great Rift Valley, he continued to carry it in a sack. behind.
Aheqi said that without his protection, he was afraid that the plague bird would not be able to see the moon at night. Others along the way were tortured by Grandma Liu and Grandpa Liu's tongue twisters until they gritted their teeth.
This human-faced phoenix is a rare beast after all. Aheqi said that he wanted to take this plague bird out of the desert. Once outside, he would be able to brag about it for the rest of his life.
Of course, he had another more legitimate reason. The plague bird was extremely sensitive to Yin Qi and Corpse Qi. If there was any danger hidden in the Buddha's bones, it could also warn them.
As soon as Jin An heard that it made sense, he asked Aheqi to continue taking the Guchi people to face the Phoenix.
The passage leading down to the Great Rift Valley is a stone staircase covered with yellow sand that has been exposed to wind and sun for thousands of years. This stone staircase is built straight up and down, and is somewhat steep.
With such steep steps, I don’t know how to get supplies in and out of this Buddhist country. Thinking of this, Jin An inexplicably thought of a profession, husband carrying.
During the heyday of the Buddhist Kingdom, the husband-carrying industry was probably very popular, right?
The steps are covered with a lot of sand, which is very slippery. Walk along the slippery steps to the end. At the bottom is a plank platform held by a huge Buddha statue. There are many thick pillars standing on the platform, and you can still see it on the pillars. Traces of pulleys and ropeways.
Jin An looked at these details and thought: "In the past, this should be a place for unloading and transporting goods. The porters unloaded the goods here, and then the people of the Buddhist Kingdom used these ropeway devices to transport daily necessities deep into the Buddhist Kingdom. and tea, silk and other luxury goods. However, after so many years, this place has been abandoned for so long, and the once prosperous scene has long turned into a dilapidated wasteland."
The left and right sides of the plank road platform are accessible, leading to the left and right cliff corridors respectively. Those cliff corridors are artificially carved out of the solid mountain and are deeply embedded in the cliff walls. They have the exotic style of the Guojia Village cliff corridors. taste.
The five people traveled lightly and traveled very quickly, passing one big Buddha statue after another. When they looked down from a high place before, they thought these big Buddha statues were very majestic and majestic.
When walking at the feet of these big Buddha statues, sometimes passing through the body of the big Buddha statues, and facing the big Buddha statues not far away from the opposite side at close range, I feel the huge pressure and the majestic and historical sedimentation. The atmosphere is welcoming and awe-inspiring.
It feels like you are really walking in a divine kingdom full of Buddhas. Those Buddhas are condescending, looking down at the sufferings of the world, and want to save the world from suffering and reach the other side without disasters and hunger.
It's a magical experience.
People are influenced by their subconscious mind every moment and want to take refuge in our Buddha.
Fortunately, the people who have made it this far are not of mediocre strength, so the impact of this little will can be maintained.
Not long after, they came to the first building in the Buddhist Kingdom. The buildings in the Buddhist Kingdom were dug deep into the cliff like cliff paths.
This is a Buddhist temple building, but the strange thing is that the rest of the temple is very neat, except for the Buddha statue.
"There are new shoe prints left in the Buddhist hall. It seems that we are looking in the right direction. Those who enter the Buddhist kingdom always take this cliff path." Before entering the Buddhist hall, Mr. Yiyun first discovered the Buddha. There were someone's shoe prints in the hall.
There is a thick layer of dust accumulated in the Buddhist hall, thicker than the dust at the Guchi Kingdom ruins and the Desert Ear Temple.
This shows that these subordinate countries of the Kingdom of the Undead are gradually dying from the inside out, and the closer they are to the Kingdom of the Undead, the more crazy they become.
They roughly searched the Buddhist hall, but did not find any useful clues in the Buddhist hall. If there were any clues, they would probably have been caught first by the two waves of people in front.
There are many Buddhist temple buildings in this Buddhist country, but I found several more Buddhist temples, and all the Buddha statues enshrined in them were missing.
"Although this place is called the Kingdom of Buddha, and there are many majestic and majestic Buddha statues carved on the cliffs, all the Buddha statues in the Buddhist hall are missing. Do you know what this is called?"
Mr. Yiyun frowned: "This is called being in name only."
"It's also called existence in name only."
"This is a Buddhist country abandoned by gods. What happened here that even the Buddha gave up on this Buddhist country?"
Jin An nodded thoughtfully: "If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, the things will not be accomplished."
"Be careful next time, I think there may be a big terror in this Buddhist kingdom!" Jin An finally reminded with a solemn expression.
The three people in Ayimaimaiti, who had been following the two of them, looking around like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, were confused by the Chinese idioms.
If you don’t understand, ask: “What is it in name only? What is it in name only?”
Mr. Yiyun: "It means that although there are many Buddha statues carved on the cliff here, it is still called the Buddhist Kingdom in name. In fact, this Buddhist Kingdom no longer exists, and even the Buddha has left them."
Aheqi, who was carrying the human-faced phoenix on his back, said: "This Buddhist country has already perished. It is normal for the Buddha to leave."
Mr. Yiyun shook his head: "When I say death, I don't mean destruction, but the death of the Buddha's mind and the death of the Buddha's nature."
The three of them nodded thoughtfully, somewhat vaguely understanding.
Next, the five people and one bird continued to walk along the cliff path. Along the way, they saw many plants and ancient vines hanging down from the cliff. The further in, the greener vegetation became more lush and full of vitality.
"Why can't you see even a single bird here? Not even one that can move, run, or fly." Ayimaimaiti said curiously.
Jin An: "Ferocious birds and beasts are constantly fighting against danger and are naturally selected, so their perception of danger is more sensitive than humans. For example, ants can sense earthquakes earlier than humans and all run out of the ground; birds can sense big earthquakes in advance. Storms can cause whole families to move; for example, tigers, pigs and leopards can sense in advance that a flash flood is coming, and they all run out of the mountains..."
"So all those who can run are gone, and only these who can't run are left."
What Jin An said was a bit mysterious, and these people from the Western Regions were stunned for a moment.
Aheqi, who was carrying a sack on his back, had an expression of enlightenment: "I understand, just like the camel is a desert beast that can bring us hope of life in death, the camel can find water sources in the endless desert! "
"It's almost the same truth." Jin An nodded.
"Actually, Taoist Master Jin'an missed a point in his observation." At this time, Young Master Yiyun stood on the edge of the cliff path, holding the hanging ancient vines and flowers with his fingers.
oh?
Mr. Yiyun looked at these flowers and plants while continuing: "In my spare time, I have studied the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Death", and "Qian Jin Yao Prescription". I found that there are not only There is something wrong with the Buddhist temple, even the flowers, plants and trees on the roadside are not ordinary vegetation."
Everyone stopped and listened carefully to Master Yiyun's words, and no one interrupted.
Mr. Yiyun frowned slightly and said: "This is called Euphorbia, which is recorded in the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". The roots can be used as medicine to reduce swelling and dissipate knots. It likes yin, tastes bitter, is cold in nature, and is poisonous. Use with caution."
"This grass is called xanthophylla. It likes both dark and humid places as well as sunny places. It has strong adaptability and can be seen in many places. It mostly grows in valleys, ditches, and deep mountains and old forests with thick trees." It is recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" that the tubers of xanthate can be used as medicine, which can clear away heat and detoxify. It tastes bitter and is slightly toxic, so use it with caution."
She recognized several more plants one after another. All of these plants had one characteristic: they all liked dark and humid environments, and they were either highly or slightly poisonous.
So, learn one more skill and travel all over the world.
Jin'an suffered a loss because he didn't have enough skills.
Jin An was surprised and said: "With so many shade-loving plants, could this be an extremely yin place? Even if it is not an extremely yin place, it is still a place where yin gathers."
"Is this a country of demonic Buddhas who have fallen for themselves? Or is there a Buddhist monk named Sakyamuni who deliberately built a Buddhist country here in an attempt to use his Buddha nature to transcend the yin energy here, but failed to achieve salvation and ended up dragging himself into it instead?"
Natural Selection.
The yin energy is strong and the yang energy is weak.
Even the seemingly motionless plants under the Great Rift Valley are carrying out the cruel side of the jungle.
In the end, the devil was one foot taller.
These shade-loving plants are full of vitality and grow taller and taller. Those sun-loving plants cannot compete with the nutrients and moisture in the soil, and are eventually covered by cold-shade plants, completely losing their vitality.
This Buddhist country is really full of doubts.
Before they got very far, they discovered so many doubts along the way.
At this time, the cliff road environment changed. In front of us was a world densely populated with plank roads. The plank roads connected the cliffs on both sides. They were scattered at different heights and extended in all directions. People who came here for the first time would definitely get lost after seeing so many plank roads crisscrossing the cliffs.
This time they seemed to have come to the living area of Buddhist people. The living area was filled with layers of buildings. They checked seven or eight houses and found that these houses all had one characteristic. All the valuables in the houses were still there, but Things in the house were knocked over and messed up, and there were many marks of cuts and axes, indicating that the Buddhist kingdom was destroyed suddenly, and the people of the Buddhist kingdom died in a war or riot before they even had time to clean up their treasures. among.
At this time, there was a banging on the door from the corner of the room, and Jin An and others walked out of another room.
Jin An asked: "What's wrong?"
The one who was banging on the door was Benny: "Taoist Master Jin An, I found that there is a locked door here, and I didn't have the key, so I tried to break the door open, but it turned out that the door was quite strong."
The locked room was on the northwest side, and the door was locked with an iron chain. However, after so long, even if the iron chain hadn't broken through the wooden shaft of the door, it would have been already broken, so Benny didn't hit it a few times. Knocked the door open.
Bang, the door hit the ground hard, and dust flew everywhere.
Everyone quickly opened all the doors and windows to ventilate the air. After waiting for a while, the flying dust in the room gradually dissipated, and then people came in one after another, covering their mouths and noses.
The layout of this room is very simple, with a bed, a table, and a wardrobe. When you open the wardrobe, there are children's clothes inside.
"It looks like this is the sleeping room for the owner's child?"
Ayimaimaiti, Aheqi, and Benny spread out to search the room to see if they could find any useful clues.
"But that's not right. Since it is the owner's child's room, why should it be locked with a big chain?"
"Didn't you listen to what Taoist Master Jin'an said? This Buddhist country is filled with evil spirits. At first glance, the child of the owner of the house was entangled by the devil, and then the child's Ataapa locked the child in the house and prevented him from going out to harm others. But later, I don’t know why, but the entire Buddhist kingdom was destroyed immediately. Maybe the devil was so powerful that even the Buddha couldn’t fight him.”
"Aheqi, be careful that your tongue is like the tongue of the plague bird, which will bring you disaster. Be careful that you dare to say anything casually. You should be grateful that none of us believe in Buddhism. "Ayimaimaiti glared at Aheqi fiercely and told him to be careful what he said.
While the three of them were arguing, they turned around and noticed Jin An and Mr. Yiyun standing motionless in a corner of the house. They couldn't help but walk up with suspicious expressions.
As I got closer, I realized that the two of them were staring at something.
"Taoist Master Jin An, what kind of furniture is this? Why doesn't the cabinet look like a cabinet? The furniture doesn't look like furniture?" Benny pointed to the cabinet in front of him that looked like a small attic and asked Jin An curiously.
Jin An: "This is called a shrine. It is used to worship gods or ancestors. Placing it at home can protect the house and ward off evil spirits."
"I didn't expect to see shrines in the Western Regions. This is quite strange."
Benny groaned and wanted to reach out to touch the shrine, but Jin An stopped him.
Jin An explained: "Once a god is invited to live in a shrine, it is best not to offend future generations. If the shrine is inhabited by a righteous god, it is okay. It is an unintentional mistake. Don't mind. If the shrine is inhabited by an evil god who is petty-minded and loves to hold grudges, If you clash with the evil god, you will be easily retaliated against."
Benny: "This is the Kingdom of Buddhism. The Buddha is enshrined in this shrine. It shouldn't be an evil god, right?"
Jin An: "This room itself is very unusual. Have you ever seen a god or ancestor's tablet placed in a child's room?"
Benny thought about it seriously, then shook his head.
"So, it is unusual for this shrine to be placed here." After Jin An finished speaking, he refused to let others open the shrine, but he took the initiative to open the door of the shrine.
"Huh?" Benny's eyes widened in shock.
Pfft, Young Master Yiyun on the side chuckled.
"Don't worry about him. An old Taoist priest once told his fortune. His fortune is very hard."
After listening to Mr. Yiyun's explanation, these people from the Western Regions all nodded in sympathy. Along the way, they had never seen Taoist Priest Jin'an fearing anyone. Even the mourning birds in Guchi Kingdom avoided him when they saw him.
Well.
Except for Mr. Yiyun.
Jin An pushed open the door of the shrine pavilion, Huh? He was surprised.
"Why is he a little monk without clothes!" This time the exclamation came from the three people of Ayimaimaiti.
How could they not be surprised.
They had always guessed that the shrine enshrined in this shrine would not be the righteous god. As a result, not only the monk was enshrined in the shrine, but also a naked little clay monk.
The little monk was small, fat, and a child monk who ate well.
This little monk is too young to tell whether he is a boy or a girl, but there are only men among the monks, right? Jin An thought about it seriously.
"Taoist Master Jin An, you have seen a lot along the way. Look, what kind of Buddha is this naked Buddha?" Ai Maimaiti and the others looked at Jin An nervously.
Jin An coughed dryly: "Although I am a Taoist priest and do not have deep research on Sakyamuni, I can give it a try."
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ps: There will be an update of 5k words later, it will be a bit late, it will be updated at about 2 or 3 in the morning~
