"Okay! You first do some exercise to warm up, and let's try other methods first!" Hou Jinfa and Hou Jinhai walked forward as they spoke, and each took out a few things from the bags behind them. Wei Yixian and other cultivators People watching from the side felt a little strange.
I saw Hou Jinfa take out a bundle of short sticks about a foot long, and after tinkering for a while, he quickly assembled them one by one and connected them into a pole that was more than two feet long. There was a claw on the end of the pole. Something that looks like.
Waiting for Hou Jinfa to dip the long pole into the river, he took a dozen steps back, held a handle behind the pole, and started groping in the river with the other end. There is no mechanism in the pole. Under the control of Hou Jinfa, it is like a slender arm, extremely flexible in the water. After exploring an area, he will touch the next area with his "hand", which seems to be Not even a corner has been left behind.
Hou Jinfa held his breath and groped the entire river from beginning to end. He also probed the long pole into the hidden rivers at both ends for a long time. However, he seemed to find nothing.
"The river is full of stones, and there is no abnormality found." Hou Jinfa shook his head and said.
"Let me try!" Hou Jinhai had already taken out a two-foot-long metal cylinder from his luggage. The front end looked like a small crescent-shaped shovel, with a semicircular opening and an arc-shaped shovel blade. It flickers and looks very sharp. The back end is slender and shrinks into a tube shape. There are several thin rods inside, which seem to be some kind of mechanism. The thickness of the back end is similar to the thickness of the long rod in Hou Jinfa's hand.
Hou Jinhai grabbed the other end of Hou Jinfa's long pole, removed the claw-like end, replaced it with his own cylinder, and took out a long tube that looked very soft, and connected one end to In a hole on the handle end of the long pole.
The other end of the long tube was divided into two forks, and two little finger-thick hoses extended out. There were two round holes with holes at the ends of the hoses.
I saw Hou Jinhai stuffing the two round soft balls into his ears, taking out a silk scarf and wrapping it around his head, firmly fixing the two soft balls in his ears, and then started to use the long The pipe was thrust along one end of the river towards various places on the bottom of the river.
Under Hou Jinfa's warning, everyone did not dare to make a sound and stood aside quietly, listening to the muffled knocking sounds coming from the bottom of the river. It seemed that the front end of the long pole hit the stone every time. superior.
Every time Hou Jinhai knocked, he would close his eyes and listen carefully, not daring to miss the slightest abnormality.
However, even after digging through the two-foot-long river, nothing unusual was found underneath.
"Nothing unusual was found." Hou Jinhai shook his head and took off the silk scarf on his head and the stuff in his ears.
"I'll do it!" Hou Jinbo's voice came from a distance, "When it's time to get into the water, you can't escape it no matter how cold it is."
Everyone turned to look back, only to see Hou Jinbo, who had been hiding in the distance just now, had put on a tight-fitting bodysuit and was walking over with a long rope in his arms.
Hou Jinbo tied one end of the long rope to a stone, tied it tightly, and then tied the other end of the rope around his waist. He took out a pot of strong liquor, drank a few sips, and then handed the whole rope to the two brothers. After taking a few deep breaths, he held a luminous pearl in one hand and jumped into the water with a splash.
Hou Jinhai and Hou Jinbo held the rope tightly, and let go little by little as Hou Jinbo went deeper. After a while, the two lights under the water gradually disappeared, leaving only the rope that was still being brought into the water by Hou Jinbo. .
In the blink of an eye, Hou Jinbo had been in the water for almost half the time of burning the incense, and almost all the ropes had been taken down by him, but Hou Jinbo had not yet returned.
Just when everyone started to worry about Hou Jinbo, two light spots suddenly appeared at one end of the river. Then, water surged up, and Hou Jinbo popped his head out of the water with a splash, breathing heavily.
"How is it?" Wei Yixian took two steps forward and asked expectantly.
"There is nothing downstream. The four walls of the underground river are full of rocks. I have swam until I have run out of energy and dare not go any further. Wait until I slowly look upstream!" Hou Jinbo climbed ashore, freezing all over. Shivering, he quickly picked up the wine bottle and took a few sips. Hou Jinhai took out a blanket and wrapped Hou Jinbo in it.
After half an hour, Hou Jinbo regained his composure, moved his hands and feet, and jumped into the water again.
However, this time Hou Jinbo returned to the shore in less than half a stick of incense.
"The water upstream is too fast! The thinnest part of the underground river is less than two feet, so you can't swim across it!" Hou Jinbo said, wrapped in a blanket and breathing heavily.
"It seems that we still have to find a way in this cave." Wei Yixian said in a deep voice, "Everyone, is there any other way to explore the secret? We can no longer hide it at this time!"
"Master Hu Ba, let me give it a try!" Master Hu Ba rolled up his sleeves, took out a compass from his arms, and took out a few candles from his bag, lit them and placed them in several corners of the cave. Then, holding the compass in one hand and counting with the other, he kept walking around while mumbling words, and from time to time he placed a few stones on the ground as markers.
When Qu Wuming saw this, he didn't know what Master Hu Ba was thinking. He couldn't help but look at Wei Yixian quietly, and saw that Wei Yixian also seemed to have a confused look on his face.
The three Chen Yulou brothers on the side looked at Hu Baye's operation, looked at each other, and secretly shook their heads.
After a while, Hu Baye put the compass in his arms, walked in front of everyone, took a deep breath, and was silent for a moment.
"What? What did you find?" Han Linger asked curiously.
Hu Baye raised his hand and scratched his head, then spread his hand and said, "Sorry, I haven't figured out anything... However, I can basically confirm that this secret has nothing to do with the tomb..."
Wei Yixian had seen Hu Baye's operation and was expecting him to announce some good news. When he heard this, the muscles on his face twitched with anger, and he wanted to go up and give Hu Baye a few slaps.
At this time, Chen Yulou said: "Next, let us three brothers try it!"
As he said that, Chen Yulou and the other three took out some special yellow paper and bottles and cans from their respective bags. There were dozens of them.
Chen Baolou found a relatively spacious and flat place, spread a thin blanket on the ground, and then placed the bottles and cans neatly on both sides of the blanket. Then, he took a piece of yellow talisman paper about the size of a foot and placed it in the middle. He pressed it with four paperweights and stepped aside.
After Chen Baolou finished decorating, Chen Yulou opened a wooden box about a foot long and took out a dark red writing brush from it. Holding a bowl of water in one hand, and a pen in the other hand, he dipped the colorful things in the bottles and jars, and began to write and draw on the talisman paper in the middle. Every time a material is changed, the brush will be rinsed in clean water first. When the water in the bowl becomes turbid, Chen Baolou will quickly replace it with a bowl of clean water.
Not only Wei Yixian, Qu Wuming and others didn't know what Chen Yulou was painting, but even Hu Baye and the three Hou brothers had never seen it before. They stood by and watched in rapt attention, but also looked confused.
Chen Baolou seemed to have noticed everyone's confusion, and explained to everyone with a smile: "What my eldest brother is drawing is an ancient talisman. If we trace its origin, it can be traced back to the ancient Wei Dynasty!"
"According to legend, King Wei of the ancient Wei Kingdom used troops and fought in all directions for many years. Later, in order to supplement military expenditures, he formed a special army with military ranks such as Faqiu Zhonglang General and Mojin Xiaowei. This army did not fight. In fact, what they do is digging ancient tombs and stealing people's treasures.
"Everyone knows that the Immortal Way in ancient times was far better than today. Moreover, at that time, the line of forbidden magic had not been cut off. Some cultivators had forbidden magic formations inside and outside their tombs. Once those who wanted to rob the tomb entered the forbidden magic formation, they would be in trouble. Within the scope, none of the mana can be used - just like Mr. Qu and your current situation in this lawless land.
"The presence of those forbidden magic formations will not only make it difficult for people to find out where the tomb is, but it will also limit the performance of the monks after entering the tomb - the defensive restrictions in those tombs are not restricted by the forbidden magic formations. Their defensive role can be maximized - therefore, when those first generals such as Faqiu Zhonglang and Mojin Xiaowei stole monks' tombs, they often suffered heavy casualties.
"In order to solve this problem, some powerful people later referred to more ancient sorcery techniques, and finally developed some ancient talismans, which can be used specifically for similar occasions without being restricted by the forbidden magic array."
Chen Baolou pointed to the bottles and jars on the ground and said: "The things used in these ancient witchcraft are often very weird. Do you know what is in those bottles and jars? Haha, there is toad blood in them , antelope horn, golden scorpion poison, Schisandra chinensis powder, honey, ghost grass, black dog blood, red turtle eggs, dragon bone powder, mithril juice, dragon scale grass juice, sunflower water, peacock gall, etc., many of them are related to Taoism. It's irrelevant, and most of it doesn't contain any spiritual power.
"But after being drawn into a talisman according to the ancient method, it will become a talisman that ordinary people like us can use. However, this kind of talisman can only be used as soon as possible after it is drawn, unlike the talismans in the hands of you ascetics today. That way you can save it for a long time after drawing and activate it again when you use it."
"It's so miraculous!" Ding Xian sighed after hearing this, "Thank you brother for clarifying my doubts. I have never heard of such methods."
"The wisdom of the ancients does not belong to today's people!" Mo Heng also praised from the side.
Qu Wuming also nodded when he heard the words, and thought to himself: "Sure enough, there is no end to the Tao. If I hadn't seen it today, who would have known that these ordinary things can also be used as materials for drawing talismans? I really don't know how many unknown things there are in this world. Waiting for us to explore. Or, even if one spends one's life, I'm afraid we may not be able to get a glimpse of one or two of the great ways!"
Everyone was watching and sighing, but Chen Yulou's painting gradually reached a critical moment...
