Qin Bukong pointed to the seven long stone bricks on the pillars at the center of the formation and said, the number of bricks here is seven. Do you think it is the Qisha Pass you mentioned? Listening to Qin Bukong's words, although he felt as frustrated as me, he still wanted to continue.
Jiang Xuerou walked to the pillar. Due to his limited height, he could only touch three long bricks close to the ground. He stretched out his hand and rubbed the bricks for a while. Because they had been in the ground all year round, they had been covered with a thick layer of dust and mud. Jiang Xuerou actually touched them and a lot of them fell.
After he reached out and touched it a few times, he turned to Qin Bukong and me and said, "Come and look, there are words on this brick!" So Qin Bukong and I both moved forward, and Qin Bukong directly placed the kerosene lamp next to the brick. Jiang Xuerou spat on the palm of her hand, and then began to rub it hard on the brick surface. Soon the dust turned into mud lumps due to the saliva, and fell to the ground one after another. After rubbing it for dozens of times, the word "魍" was clearly written on the brick surface.
This is the third stone brick counting from the ground up. If it is true as Jiang Xuerou said, then the first two bricks should have the words "魑, enchantment" written on them respectively, and their style should be outstanding. Qin Bukong and I both regretted that when we found the center of the formation, we didn't carefully examine the stone bricks with different shapes, thus missing such an important clue.
So Qin Bukong and I began to imitate Jiang Xuerou, spitting on our hands and wiping off the dust on the two bricks in front. The piece I wiped out actually had the word "Charm" written on it. The writing was blurry, but it could still be distinguished. After all, it has been a thousand years, but fortunately it has been underground, otherwise the damage would have been even more serious. The strange thing is that the brick I wiped out was a little loose after being knocked with my fist, just like a drawer, and it seemed that it could be taken out.
So I stretched out my hand to pull out the bricks, but was stopped by Qin Bukong. He said that we are completely unprepared now. Everything we found today is a new discovery. If you open it so rashly, what if? What should I do if there is any danger? I thought so, so I stopped taking action.
The handwriting on the brick surface was engraved using the Wei stele font. In addition to being severely weathered, the handwriting is also strong and strong. Now Jiang Xuerou's statement can basically be confirmed. These seven stone bricks are engraved with seven characters next to the character "鬼". At this time, Qin Bukong suddenly said, come and see, under my character "魑" , and a row of small characters! We hurried over and took a look, and found that the handwriting was even more blurry than the big characters. After careful identification, we recognized the words "Ying Youwu" engraved on it.
Both Jiang Xuerou and I felt a little surprised, so we went back to the stone tiles we had wiped before, and began to wipe hard again according to the position where Qin Bukong had wiped out the small characters. Under my word "Charming", there was also written The four small characters read "Dayu controlled the floods". I turned around to see what Jiang Xuerou had rubbed out under the character "魍". It was still the four small characters "Sixty Years".
At this moment, the three of us were completely confused, including Jiang Xuerou, whom we had just met. He probably guessed that there was a Qisha Pass here, but he didn't understand what the Qisha Pass meant. So we secretly wrote down these clues, and then began to wipe the remaining four stone bricks. This process lasted about more than an hour, because it was indeed very time-consuming to identify the handwriting.
However, in the end, we discovered that under the character "鉉", it says "Surangama Sutra"; under the character "魭", it says "It's hard to find a close friend"; Under the last character "Kui", it says "Guan Gong Xiju".
All of this made my mind a mess and I had no clue at all. I could only write down these words in a hurry. I knew they would be of great use, but I didn't know what to use them for. Qin Bukong also frowned and kept stroking his beard with his hands.
Being deep underground for a long time, there is no concept of time at all. It wasn't until a long time passed and the kerosene lamp was almost extinguished that I suggested that we go home and study it slowly. When Jiang Xuerou heard about it, she asked, "Why, have you always lived underground?" I ignored him, but Qin Bukong said, "You brat, let's go, come and sit with us at home?"
After the past few hours, Qin Bukong and I's hostility towards Jiang Xuerou has weakened a lot. If he had not deliberately deceived, he would never have told such a big lie to us in such a short period of time. So personally, I still believe everything he said today. But Jiang Xuerou seemed a little reluctant to go back with us. He hesitated and said, "You are so fierce, will you hurt me? I don't want to go."
Qin Bukong glanced at Jiang Xuerou, then turned to look at Gan Mu, then turned to look at Jiang Xuerou, and then asked, are you sure you don't want to go?
So Jiang Xuerou followed us obediently.
Back at Qin Bukong's house, it was completely dawn. I looked at the time and saw that we had stayed in the cave for five hours. Jiang Xuerou was afraid that Qin Bukong would command Gan Mu to hurt him, so from the moment he sat down in the room, he sat upright and behaved, which looked particularly funny. After a long time, he said to Qin Bukong, "Senior, I'm thirsty, can you let me drink some water?"
Qin Bukong said to Jiang Xuerou like an old gangster, "Drink some water?" Why don't you drink snot? After saying that, he burst into laughter, but to scare him, he still poured a glass of water for Jiang Xuerou. After drinking the water, Jiang Xuerou asked, "I don't know how long you two want to keep me here. I have been out for a long time. Now that I have found this place, I should go back and report to the teacher, but Judging from the looks of both of you, it seems like you have no intention of letting me go back, right?
His last words were actually spoken with trepidation, as if he was a child who had done something wrong and was trying to escape punishment by being clever. So I just smiled and said nothing, but Qin Bukong said, that's not possible. What you and your master are looking for happens to be what I am looking for. So who do you think it belongs to if you find it?
Jiang Xuerou asked Qin Bukong, "Senior, what is the use of that thing you are looking for?" Qin Bukong said that he didn't know yet, maybe he just wanted to see it, but what was certain was that this thing would definitely not reappear in the world, otherwise it would definitely cause disaster. Jiang Xuerou said, my master's intention is actually to move this thing to another place to seal it, so as not to damage the seal here in the future and bring harm to the people. My master is on a mountain, which is rarely visited on weekdays. It is also a treasure place with great aura. , and we are not specialized in academic law. Apart from sealing, this thing has no other use. Otherwise, would you, senior, be willing to find it and leave it to us to deal with?
I laughed out loud, and then said to him, little brother, I’m afraid you don’t understand the character of the old man in front of you. What he is looking for will be found by any means necessary, and he will find it somewhere and then give it to him. What's your point? The more I think about it, the more funny I find it. Although this person looks young, he is still only a few years younger than me. Why does he speak so innocently and harmlessly, with a pedantic sense of being otherworldly?
When Jiang Xuerou heard what I said, she started to get a little anxious. Then he asked Qin Bukong, "Senior, it doesn't matter if you don't want to give it to me, but you must seal this thing properly, otherwise it will harm others. Even a very capable person cannot bear this cause and effect!"
Qin Bukong had obviously thought about this issue a long time ago, so after listening to Jiang Xuerou's words, he was silent for a while and said, although we caught you today, it was also thanks to you. If it hadn't been for your reminder, we wouldn't have known about the existence of Qisha Pass at all. We might have bumped into it head-on for no reason, and ended up killing ourselves. So for this reason, I, Qin Bukong, am not an ungrateful person. Although you helped me unintentionally, you did it after all. I will not make things difficult for you.
Qin Bukong went on to say, I invite you to come and sit at home. On the one hand, I hope you can also tell us frankly. Since your sect does not have to have this thing, I, Lao Qin, will accept it without mercy. If Your faction is willing to cooperate with us. I certainly welcome it.
I nodded secretly in my heart. Although Qin Bukong still did things without any rules, went his own way, and was domineering, I have to say that since he established a master-disciple relationship with me, he has obviously restrained his temper a lot. At least It’s not like before, where oil and salt are completely gone.
Qin Bukong pointed at me and said to Jiang Xuerou, this is a member of your Taoist sect, and he is a little older than you. Since your sect sent you to visit here, I will also ask this little brother to return to the sect with you. It's a courtesy exchange, a face-to-face meeting. I would also like to ask your master's intention by the way, to see if you want to cooperate with me, or if you are here to rob me overtly or covertly.
In the last sentence, Qin Bukong became arrogant and domineering again, as if he didn't pay attention to the other party and his master at all. The implication was that even if you come to rob me, I won't be afraid, there are many ways. Get rid of you. He seemed to have completely forgotten that the thing did not belong to him. What he and I were doing now was actually no different from robbing it.
I thought this was not bad. After being locked up here for such a long time, I really wanted to go out and walk around, visit the other party's school, and maybe meet a few experts. Why not. So I happily agreed. Jiang Xuerou seemed to be a careless child, and everyone said so, so I agreed.
So that night Qin Bukong ordered me to follow Jiang Xuerou to the guest house where he was currently staying, and stayed in a new room for one night, planning to take a boat ride early the next morning.
