"Isn't this a boundary stone?" The grim-faced Taoist priest looked around, and then asked doubtfully: "Look at the location, it is on the northeast side of the lake, and it is close to the mountain behind it. Who is the boundary stone erected here for? watch?"
"Let's not talk about who to show it to, Taoist priest, don't you think the words on the monument are weirder? This place is obviously just a lake, why is it called "Buddha Sea"?"
"The meaning of "sea" cannot be generalized. Some large lakes can also be called seas, such as this one..." The grim-faced Taoist priest said as he looked at the lake in front of him and found that although its area was not small, it was definitely not large enough to be called a sea. It's not like "sea", so I can only change my words: "This damn lake isn't that big, so calling it the sea is a bit too exaggerated, right?"
"Is it possible that it is deliberately exaggerated?" He Siniang smiled: "In the sect, exaggerated narratives are a common method."
"That makes sense."
"What are you two talking about?" Zhao Ermu interrupted: "It seems that this place was indeed Pianhaizi a long time ago."
"Really? Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I only remembered it after hearing you two say that this place is called Fohai. Since it is called Fohai, then it must be true that there were temples on the island in the past, right?"
The grimace Taoist nodded.
"So I feel that the legend of Haizi may be true, but it's just that it's so old that few people remember it."
"Tell me what's going on."
"That is to say, there was a large lake here a long time ago. The locals called it "Yundian Haizi". Later, it was said that an earthquake caused the mountains to change their shape, so the lake was destroyed. As for the lake in front of me, I don’t know whether Fohai is related to Yun Dian Haizi at that time.”
"Yundian Haizi... Listening to the name, it must be that the lake is also on top of the mountains."
"Yes, some people even say that the nearby Daohu Lake and Tianhu Lake were formed by the splitting of the sea."
"That's it." The grim-faced Taoist priest nodded: "It seems that there is a lot of reason behind the word "Buddha Sea". Let's take a look while we walk. Maybe we will uncover an extraordinary past event along the way."
Leaving the boundary stone, the three of them quickly came to the lake.
The Taoist priest with a grimace casually picked up a stone and threw it into the lake. There was a "boom" sound and the splash was as high as a person. It seemed that the water on the shore of the lake was more than ten feet deep.
Seeing this, He Siniang said: "This lake looks quite shallow. What should I do? Swim across it?"
"There are no roads around, so we have to swim."
"Don't worry, you two! Look over there." Zhao Ermu stopped the two of them, and then pointed to the west. At the end of the sparkling lake, there was a long dragon faintly crossing it.
"Then...what is that?!"
"The road." Zhao Ermu explained: "I only heard that there is a long embankment on the south side of the lake that connects to the island in the middle of the lake. I didn't expect that when I looked around, I found that there is also one on the north side."
"Wouldn't that mean that the north and south sides are connected, but separated by an island in the middle of the lake?"
"Yeah, let's go over and take a look. If people can walk along that long embankment, it means that the entire lake is divided into two halves."
"Okay, let's go."
The three of them immediately started walking westward along the lake shore again. This time it took a lot of time, and finally they came to the long embankment that crossed the lake.
The embankment is made of piled stones, about one foot above the water surface, and the upper part is one foot wide. Three people can walk abreast without any problem.
The Taoist priest with a grimace looked along the long embankment toward the center of the lake. Although the distance was quickly swallowed up by darkness, judging from the direction, there was no doubt that the long embankment led to the island in the middle of the lake.
Since there was a road, the three of them didn't waste any time. The Taoist priest with the grimace was still in front and walked quickly up the embankment.
The embankment was built very roughly, with only some gravel used to fill the gaps between the stones. The uneven road was even tingling when walking on it, but despite this, the grimace Taoist still found a deep rut in the middle of the road.
It seemed like there used to be wheelbarrows moving up here.
The grim-faced Taoist priest fell into deep thought: I thought the original intention of building the dike was just for simple passage, but now I am afraid it is not the case. Most of the temples on the island in the middle of the lake will use stone materials, and this place is backed by the mountain behind, so will it be a dike? Its actual function is to transport stone?
But that temple was so big that it actually had to build a long (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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Embankment to transport stone? I'm afraid the amount of work on this long embankment alone is not small, right?
Thinking of this, the Taoist priest with a grimace couldn't help but blurted out: "Brother Zhao, do you know how big that Xianjia Temple is?"
Zhao Ermu was stunned by the address from the grim-faced Taoist priest, and asked curiously: "Why are you so close to Leng Buding? Do you have anything else to ask of me?"
"Can you be any more narrow-minded? Apart from the blood of the blue dragon, I have nothing else to ask you for."
"As long as we can get out in one piece, Qinglong blood is a trivial matter. How can I go about my life without bleeding a little? It's worth calling me Brother Zhao to scare me."
"Yes, you like to hear Zhao Laoer, who happens to be a poor man, shout fluently."
"But why do you ask how big the Xianjia Temple is? I've never been to that damn place, so I don't know how big it is."
"I'm just curious. Since you don't know, I can only go and see with my own eyes later."
"Look! Just don't let the skin lure away the soul." Zhao Ermu said and glanced at He Siniang behind him: "This is even more outrageous. He even wore the robe of a hanged ghost."
"Why are you so mouthy! I'm walking behind and I'm in your way!"
"Maybe walking in front won't scare me. OK, OK, I won't say anything."
"Don't say it as soon as possible.".br>
The team immediately fell silent, and there were only three figures walking silently on the entire causeway. Looking at the eastern sky, the night sky had turned from black to dark blue. The long night was running out, and it was estimated that it would be less than an hour later. It's going to be daybreak.
As the causeway went farther and farther, the outline of the island in the center of the lake gradually became clearer. It was more appropriate to say that the island in the center of the lake was not so much an island, but a huge mountain inserted in the lake. Although the three of them were There is still some distance from the island in the middle of the lake, but I can already feel the pressure brought by the towering mountains. Seeing this, He Siniang couldn't help but gasped and sighed: "It's such a high mountain. The Xianjia Temple will not be built on the mountain." Bar?"
"That's not possible." Zhao Ermu replied: "Look, there seems to be nothing in front except mountains."
"Not necessarily, after all, we can only see the north side of the mountain now." The Taoist Priest with a grimace said: "We still pray that it won't be built on the top of the mountain. The damn cliff is as steep as a knife. If it were on the top of the mountain, it would be terrible. How to climb!"
"Hey! You're the one who made the noise to come. Now you're still scared. Let's go. We'll see if there's a way up there."
The grim-faced Taoist priest stepped up his pace after hearing this, and soon the three of them reached the end of the long causeway. In addition to the steep rock wall, there was actually a ferry, or a wooden platform embedded in the rock wall.
The platform is not big, about one foot square, but there are three wooden pillars inserted diagonally into the mountain for support. It looks very solid. But what surprised the three of them the most was that there was a plank road connected to the east side of the platform. The plank road was about two feet above the water. It was built close to the rock wall and wound around the mountain to nowhere.
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