I don’t know how deep underground there is in the eastern mountains of the Kunlun Mountains. There is an artificially mined passage on the side of the underground river that is said to be the source of the Yellow River! ?
Before coming, Ying Zheng had not thought that he might encounter some traces left by his ancestors, but he did not expect that this passage would be so well preserved.
If this passage was created by Nuwa, it would have been tens of thousands of years ago.
The road in front of me is quite smooth, but the joints are slightly loose. There is no moss or grass on the semicircular wall. Although it is not smooth, it is very regular.
After walking a certain distance, Ying Zheng stopped, squatted down, drew out the Xuanyuan Sword, and with a little force, poked the tip of the sword on the side wall.
There was only a mark on the stone wall, but it was not cracked or punctured.
"Is it a secret stone?" Ying Zheng murmured to himself, "I didn't expect that this passage was actually made of a secret stone."
Even this passage is made of dense stones, so there might be some major discoveries ahead!
However, there were outstanding people helping the Three Emperors in that era?
With doubts, Ying Zheng stood up and continued to move forward slowly.
As he walked, he carefully observed the walls and ground, but found nothing unusual.
As I walked, I suddenly felt that there seemed to be some faint light flickering in front of me.
"Master, there is a pool of water in front of you." Little Nian Beast whispered, "I can smell it."
"Chip water?" Ying Zheng asked doubtfully, "Let's go over and have a look."
After walking for a while, I saw that at the end of the secret passage was a pool of water more than ten feet wide. The other end of the pool was already a stone wall, and there was nothing else except the pool in front of me.
Ying Zheng leaned down and brought the torch close to the water, but saw that the water was covered with moss, and he couldn't see what was going on below.
He used the lower end of the torch to push aside the moss in front of him, but he saw that the water in the pool was also green, and he still couldn't see clearly what was under the water.
"It seems there is something fishy in this water." Ying Zheng said to the little Nian beast, "This secret passage obviously leads to a place. No one can spend so much effort to build that secret passage just for this pool."
The little Nian beast tentatively plucked the moss in front of its eyes with its front paws, then put it back to the tip of its nose to smell.
"Master, this water is not ordinary water, but the water of the Five Elements."
Ying Zheng frowned: "Water of the Five Elements? Why is water divided into five elements?"
Little Nian Beast nodded and said: "According to my earliest memory, it is said that the process of converting seawater into fresh water is not a simple step, but through at least five processes, it is converted into the water of the five elements and finally formed. Drinkable fresh water. The green one in front of you is the first type of water of the five elements - wood water."
"Wood water..." This was the first time Ying Zheng heard this statement, and he couldn't help but ask, "Does that mean that sea water can finally become fresh water after experiencing the changes of fire water, earth water, and gold water?"
"In that part of my ancient memory, this is indeed the case." Xiao Nian Beast replied.
Ying Zheng asked in confusion: "Then why is there no record of this in the inheritance classics of Tiancheng lineage?"
Xiao Nian Beast explained: "Master, you also know that after the natural source power was damaged, the two energies that dominated the blue vein and the red vein were damaged. The translocation of the mountains and seas of Jiuyou and Jiuxiao further intensified the influence of this power. Leaked.”
"So after the messengers of the Gods rescued the survivors of your human race, they immediately sent the Jingwei to repair the power that dominates the blue veins. The energy that dominates the red veins needs to be repaired slowly, so this task was given to Fuxi. All the way to your hands."
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Ying Zheng had long heard from Ji Fa that Jingwei was Kuafu's assistant when the world-destroying disaster occurred. Later, Kuafu took the survivors and fled south, and then handed over the task of restoring the power of the ocean to him. Jingwei, this is how the legend came about.
"I see." Ying Zheng said, "In that case, the water of the Five Elements should exist at the core of the natural source of power. Why does it appear here?"
"I'm not sure." Little Nian Beast shook his head, "But there should be some mechanisms under the water. I'll go down and have a look."
"You can't see how deep the water is. What's hidden in it? It's better not to go there." Ying Zheng said cautiously. Little Nian Beast chuckled: "Have you forgotten that what I am best at is diving? What's more, after being resurrected by the water nirvana bead, I am closer to the water element. Even if I stay at the bottom of the sea for a few days, I will be fine. What's more, this Small pool.”
Ying Zheng thought the same thing, and there was no other good solution at the moment, so he nodded in agreement.
The little Nian beast gently paddled into the water, tested it, and then got into the bottom.
Ying Zheng stared at the swaying water waves and listened attentively.
The little Nian seemed to swim around the edge of the pool before diving down.
Ying Zheng was left alone in the secret passage, feeling eerie and somewhat cautious.
He looked back and saw that there was nothing unusual in the direction of the entrance, and then he turned his gaze back to the water.
Not long after, the little Nian beast popped up with its head on top of a piece of green algae. It looked quite funny and cute.
"How's it going? How about next?" Ying Zheng asked anxiously.
"It's not too deep." Little Nian Beast said, "There seems to be a stone gate directly in front of the water, but I can't see where the mechanism is."
"Shimen?" Ying Zheng asked doubtfully, "Is it the entrance to the front?"
He stood up and looked carefully at the stone walls on both sides. There seemed to be nothing unusual.
"It's probably in the water." Little Nian Beast said, "I'll go down and have a look."
Before Ying Zheng could say anything, the little Nian beast dived down again.
Ying Zheng began to worry. The organs here were not easy to touch casually. Some traps might be triggered by accident.
Just as I was worried, I noticed a string of bubbles popping up from the bottom of the water.
This is definitely not the breath exhaled by Little Nian Beast. It can hold its breath in the water. Could it be that the mechanism has really been triggered?
As more and more bubbles pop up, the water surface visible to the naked eye is also slowly falling.
At this time, the little Nian beast once again showed its head at the edge of the pool. It put its two front paws on the edge of the pool and jumped back to Ying Zheng's side.
Ying Zheng quickly took out a hand towel and wiped its body.
"There is a buckle underneath, and you can turn a knob after moving it." Xiao Nian said, "I tried it, and bubbles came out of the gap at the bottom of the water, and I came up."
Because of the construction of the royal tomb, Ying Zheng also learned something from Ji Fa and Jing Fan in the past few years. He understood that the mechanism should control the underwater partition, and there was probably a closed one under the partition. The space is filled with air. If the partition is opened, the air below will rise and the water above will flow down.
"When the water dries up, I'll go down and take a look." Ying Zheng wiped the moss off the little Nian beast's body vigorously.
"Wait for me for a while." The little Nian beast walked back a short distance, stood on the open ground and shook the dirt on his body vigorously, and most of the moss on his body was removed.
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At this time, the water level had dropped by nearly half. Ying Zheng lit the torch again and dried the water stains for the little Nian beast while observing the movement on the water surface.
In less than half an hour, the water in the pool finally drained away, leaving only a patch of moss spread on the bottom of the pool, and a stone gate really appeared on the wall directly opposite.
Ying Zheng tore the handkerchief into two pieces, wrapped each of his feet, and then jumped down.
It's not that he likes to be clean, it's mainly because there's really no place to change his shoes if they get dirty here, and you know there's still a long way to go.
He walked quietly to the stone door, and sure enough he saw a mechanism next to it just like what Little Nian Beast had said.
Ying Zheng opened the buckle and turned the knob. He heard a "click" and a noise from the door.
The gap in the middle of the stone door has also become wider.
Ying Zheng gently pushed the handle of the stone door, but saw no movement.
After pushing harder, the stone door creaked, revealing a gap.
It looks like it can be opened!
At this time, Little Nian Beast also jumped down again and helped Ying Zheng push the stone door on the other side.
The stone door was finally pushed open with a creak, but it was dark inside, nothing could be seen, and the air was a little dirty.
Ying Zheng took the little Nian beast back a few steps, then relit the torch and looked inside.
Inside the stone gate, there was another secret passage!
Could it be that there is a pool at the end of this secret passage?
Ying Zheng patted the little Nian beast on the head and said softly: "Keep walking, maybe there are four pools ahead."
Little Nian Beast nodded and followed Ying Zheng into the secret passage ahead.
Different from the straight secret passage just now, this second secret passage has several corners. Based on the direction, it seems to have turned around.
At the end of the second passage, a second pool actually appeared. The difference was that this pool was round.
The water in this pool is even more weird. It is like blood and is red in color, which makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
"Sure enough, there is fire and water in this pool." Xiaonian Beast tested it with its front paws again, making sure that it would do no harm to itself, and then jumped in again.
Ying Zheng was a little curious, so he stretched out his hand and touched the red water. He felt that the water temperature was not too low, slightly higher than the temperature of the first wooden water just now.
Not long after, Little Nian Beast poked his head out and said, "Master, there are no mechanisms in this pool."
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "The mechanism may not necessarily be placed on the four walls, it may also be at the bottom of the pool."
"Oh, then I'll go down and have a look."
Sure enough, not long after it went down, bubbles appeared in the middle of the pool.
The little Nian beast popped up, jumped up again, and then went directly to the open space to shake off the water drops.
"It's so turbid in here, can you see clearly?" Ying Zheng asked.
Little Nian Beast said: "This water surface is just like the algae just now. It covers the surface. The bottom of the water is not so red."
After waiting for a while, the red water had drained away, leaving only a layer of red algae at the bottom of the pool, like a red carpet spread on the ground.
When I came to the center of the pool, I saw a circular pit.
"I just stepped on this." Xiao Nian Beast said.
The water in the pool is gone, but how can the stone door be opened?
Ying Zheng knelt down and looked at the pit carefully, only to see that the center seemed to have a different color than the outside.
So he stretched out his right foot and stepped on it.
I saw that the center of the pit had sunk in again.
With a creak, the ring-shaped stone gate directly opposite opened a gap.
Ying Zheng stepped forward slowly and pushed open the stone door.
"There is no difference in the structure." Little Nian Beast said.
"What, you want to challenge something difficult?" Ying Zheng's eyes were a little strange.
"It's something else." Little Nian Beast said, "If it's more difficult, my IQ won't be enough."
Ying Zheng laughed and took it into the third secret passage.
Interestingly, this third secret passage is very similar to the pool just now, extending downward in a circular shape.
The man and the beast were familiar with each other, and they came directly to the third pool.
This third pool has a trapezoidal structure, and the water surface is also dark brown, looking like ink.
Little Nian Beast was about to jump in, but was stopped by Ying Zheng.
"Aren't you afraid of getting dirty?"
Little Nian Beast said: "Isn't it dirty now? I've been in two pools, and I don't care about this one."
It was about to jump down, but was stopped again.
"The water in this pool is so dark, you can't see it even if you go down." Ying Zheng said.
"What should we do?"
Ying Zheng pointed to it and said, "Look there."
I saw an iron rope hanging from the lower edge of the ceiling with an iron ring.
"If your guess is correct, then the hanging ring is the mechanism."
Before he finished speaking, the little Nian beast was seen jumping up high and stretching its claws towards the iron ring.
However……
Plop!
The iron ring didn't catch, and the little Nian fell into the dark brown soil and water, causing a huge splash.
