Could this be...
Shu Guan's heart skipped a beat when he saw the statue of the God Huan in the Huan Temple.
This Huanshen is not a human race, but it is not a demon race either. It seems to be the kind of witch race that I have seen in a book in the Daozang Pavilion in Guanli before.
This race called "Witch" is said to be the dominant race of creatures in the world during the first three Yuanhui eras, which is equivalent to the human race today.
It's just that this race was almost completely extinct at the end of the Fourth Yuanhui's Conferred Gods.
So if the original "擓" god was really an extraordinary person from the Wu clan, the history of this city would not be more than ten thousand years, and I am afraid it would have to be pushed forward many years.
Shu Guan stood at the statue for a while.
The Huan Shen back then was naturally a very powerful creature. If the legend was true and could make the flood recede with the wave of his hand, the power of the Huan Shen must be above that of the fairyland.
However, what was in front of him at this time was just a very ordinary clay statue. The paint on the statue looked very new, and it had not peeled off at all.
So Shuguan didn't stand for long, and then walked to the wall of the main hall.
There are many murals painted on the walls of the main hall. The contents of the murals are naturally about the legend of the god Huan coming to make the flood recede. The paintings are quite exquisite, but the craftsmanship is also very high, so Shu Guan can only look at them briefly. After a moment, he walked out of the main hall.
Then he came to a room on the side of the main hall. There were many manuscripts here, which were compiled by local literati in the past dynasties of Huan City about the deeds of the God Huan. Of course, all of them were manuscripts, and they were specially placed here. , for pilgrims or visitors here to watch.
[In view of the general environment,
Shu Guan spent half an hour flipping through the manuscripts. Compared with the few records in the Huancheng County Chronicle, these manuscripts contained much more stories about the God of Huan.
According to records in some manuscripts, the Huan God stayed here after letting the flood subside, and lived in the hill where the Huan Temple is located.
Regarding this point, there are many manuscripts that record the later deeds of the God Huan appearing in front of people and displaying incredible magical powers.
Of course, regarding these records, from the perspective of practitioners, it is obvious at a glance that some of them are fabricated by later generations, but for a few of them, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
And one thing is that these legends about the appearance of the God Huan are basically concentrated in a time span of about a thousand years. After the Kuikui era, there are no longer any legends about the appearance of the God Huan. .
As for the Kuikui era, it was before the establishment of the Great China Dynasty. It was a primitive tribal era in the ancient period of Great China. Due to the rebellion of the Divine Monkey Army, countless historical materials and classics were destroyed, so before the establishment of the Great China Dynasty, The existence of those prehistoric eras has always been a controversial matter in the Chinese history circle. Many historians even classify prehistoric eras into the category of myths and legends.
But Shu Guan knew that the prehistoric era did exist. There is a book in the Taoist Pavilion of Shanjiguan, which records the evolution of the prehistoric era of the human race in detail. In fact, before the establishment of the Great China Dynasty, the same thing happened in the history of the human race. There are many powerful regimes, but they have not unified the entire land of Great China like the Great China.
The Kuikui era was an era that was nearly ten thousand years older than the founding of the Great China Dynasty. It existed at the end of the Fourth Yuanhui's Conferred Gods Era. At that time, even the Heavenly Court had not yet appeared.
If it is the end of the Age of Conferred Gods, then it is really possible that there are still some witch clans existing.
Shu Guan thought this, then turned and left the room where the manuscripts were stored.
The deeds of Huan Shen recorded in these manuscripts are so mixed that it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the false.
But there is one rather miraculous thing that is certain, that is, since the legend of Huan Shen coming here, in the era of recorded history, there has never been a flood in Huan City. .
For a waterway located on the edge of a large river and surrounded by large rivers
For a city with a huge gradient, this is an incredible thing.
So in Huancheng, although the legend of Huan Shen is more like a fairy tale to ordinary people, most of the people in Huan City have always believed that Huan Shen is real.
From the scene of constant incense burning in the Huan Temple every day, we can clearly feel the status of the Huan God in the hearts of the people in Huancheng.
Even many merchants who came and went, after hearing the legend of Huan Shen, would come to the Huan Temple to burn a stick of incense in order to pray for smooth sailing for their ships.
After coming out of the room where the manuscripts were stored, Shu Guan left the Huan Temple directly.
However, he did not go down the hill. Instead, he came to a mountain forest not far from the Temple of Fan Temple. He found a large leafy tree, jumped up, and sat on the trunk. Then he took out a parchment from his arms and began to read it seriously.
The sheepskin scroll in his hand is the "Jade Ruler and Stick Book" among the six volumes of the secret book of Zoumamen Taoism.
Since leaving Jingcheng, Shu Guan has been practicing these Taoist secret books of Zoumamen. Now he has completed the two secret books of "Qing Sang Jing" and "Zou Ma Men's Acupoint Exploration Technique". Tian was practicing the "Jade Ruler Inverted Staff Technique", so he naturally carried this "Jade Ruler Inverted Staff Technique" with him.
And then he will really use some of the methods in the "Jade Ruler and Inverted Staff Technique" right away.
At this time, there is also some sense of improvising.
While Shu Guan was reading the "Jade Ruler and Inverted Staff Technique", he would take out the black compass every two to recalibrate the surrounding atmosphere.
The energy of the earth's veins is constantly changing twelve hours a day, and by constantly observing the changes in the energy of the earth's veins, he can find his target step by step.
Yes, Shu Guan still stayed here at this time, naturally because he discovered some secrets in the Yan Temple.
Shu Guan was not sure whether the original Huan God really existed, but he was certain that this seemingly ordinary Huan Temple was actually an extraordinary place.
Regarding this, Shu Guan had already determined this before entering the Huan Temple.
Before he stepped into the Huan Temple in the morning, he used the method of observing the situation in the second chapter of the Qingnang Sutra to take a look at the Feng Shui terrain. The place where the Huan Temple is located, the mountains on the left and the lake on the right, the river in front and the cliffs behind, in the Feng Shui In Kanyu art, it is called the bird's cave.
There must be something foreign in the bird's cave.
However, this kind of terrain is generally not formed naturally, but has been artificially arranged. Especially the small crescent-shaped lake in the basin on the right side of the hill. Shu Guan knew at a glance that it was specially created by a former great supernatural power user using magical means. came out to contain some of the leaked breath.
This is because the bird's cave is often specially opened by practitioners with great supernatural powers to place some treasures.
Just now, when I was looking outside the temple gate to observe the situation, I also took a look at the Qi, and found that the Qi of the surrounding earth veins would undergo some very unnatural changes when flowing through the Huan Temple.
Therefore, in addition to the mutton-fat white jade bottle that was picked up by Qingqing and the others, there should be some abnormal things in this Huan Temple.
It was just that during the day, there were too many pilgrims and tourists in the Fan Temple, making it inconvenient to explore carefully, so Shu Guan went to the mountain forest outside the Le Temple, planning to wait until night before entering the Fan Temple to investigate carefully.
It finally got dark.
The number of pilgrims in front of the Huan Temple became increasingly sparse. When the last pilgrim walked out of the Huan Temple, the priest of the Huan Temple closed the temple door and returned to his residence behind the main hall. rest.
In the forest, Shu Guan also slowly stood up from the branches and took a step forward. However, he did not fall directly to the ground. Instead, he was walking in the air like a fallen leaf blown far away by the wind. .
Shu Guan Zaikong sometimes moved forward, sometimes retreated, sometimes went higher and higher, or walked under the hill, walked around the crescent-shaped small lake, and then climbed to the top of the mountain again.
At this moment, Shu Guan is walking on Feng Shui.
This is the art of walking horse and yin and yang, looking for dragons and exploring caves. The most unique thing about walking around the door is the sky.
This is the only secret technique among all Feng Shui schools.
Shu Guan followed the Feng Shui leyline energy here and finally arrived in front of the Huan Temple again, because all the Feng Shui leyline energy here ended up somewhere in the Huan Temple.
Shu Guan walked into the Huan Temple from above the wall.
The energy of Feng Shui earth veins has been cut off since then.
This is a very abnormal thing in Feng Shui, and it is also the reason why Shu observed in the morning that there is a secret in this Huan temple.
Because the Feng Shui and Earth Vein Qi in a place is a self-contained cyclic whole and will never be cut off without reason. Once it is cut off, it means that the Feng Shui and Earth Meridian Qi here will completely dissipate.
However, in the area where the Huan Temple is located, the Feng Shui earth energy has not dissipated. Therefore, the Feng Shui earth energy here should not be truly cut off, but has entered a hidden place that is difficult to detect with ordinary methods. Reappear somewhere else and start the cycle again.
But that secret place, where exactly is it and how to enter it?
Shu Guan stood outside the main hall and pulled out a dragon-seeking ruler from his sleeve.
These feng shui objects were all obtained from Jiang Yun's residence in Jingcheng. Because he happened to be practicing the jade ruler inverted stick technique these days, Shu Guan always carried this dragon-seeking ruler with him.
Xunlong ruler is a curved ruler with one end in the shape of a pointed cone and one end like a handle with a pointer on the end of the handle.
This kind of dragon-seeking ruler is a magic weapon refined by Feng Shui practitioners using secret techniques. It can detect certain special breaths extremely keenly and is used to explore some hidden places that cannot be detected by the naked eye or even the practitioner's spiritual consciousness. Place.
Shu Guan inserted the sharp end of the Xunlong Ruler into the ground under the steps outside the main hall.
The pointer on the other end of the handle suddenly turned, but after a quarter of a turn, it stopped again.
Shu Guan raised his head and looked around again, then pulled up the dragon-seeking ruler, walked to the other end of Gongde Court, and inserted the dragon-seeking ruler into the ground.
This time, the handle of the Xunlong Ruler suddenly stood up, and at the same time, the pointer also started to rotate rapidly, and it made a full ten turns before stopping.
Shu Guan raised his eyebrows and a smile appeared on his lips. This was the first time he used the jade ruler inverted staff technique, and being able to find a pulse node on the second staff gave him a sense of accomplishment.
Then he pulled out the dragon-seeking ruler and walked ten steps forward in the direction of the pointer. The sharp section of the dragon-seeking ruler dragged along the ground, drawing a straight line on the ground. Then he moved the dragon-seeking ruler again. Insert into the ground.
This time, the handle of the Xunlong Ruler still trembled, and the pointer began to rotate again.
After finding a node, the next thing will be much simpler.
This time, the hands rotated eight times.
So Shuguan walked eight steps in the direction of the pointer and stood on the second node. At the same time, he drew a line on the ground with the Xunlong Ruler.
After doing this for a total of five times, Shu Guan once again reached the first node where he had just started.
On the ground, the five straight lines drawn by the Xunlong Ruler formed an irregular five-square shape with an area of about ten square meters.
The secret place in the Huan Temple is under the ground of more than ten square meters, but Shu Guan did not notice anything special under the ground at first.
This is the mystery of Feng Shui Kanyu. There are some secrets in the world. No matter how high your level of cultivation is, it will be difficult to discover without the aid of Feng Shui Kanyu.
However, Shu Guan did not directly check the situation under the ground. Instead, he went to the houses behind the main hall. The temple priests were already asleep, but Shu Guan still posted a calming note for each of them. symbol.
He didn't know what was under the ground, and he didn't know what kind of noise he would make later. It would be more troublesome if he woke up these temple priests.
Then Shu Guan returned to the outside of the main hall again, came to the pentagon on the ground, and used the dragon-seeking ruler to draw a straight line from the five nodes to the middle.
Five straight lines in an irregular pentagon
intersected at a certain point within.
Shu Guan stepped up and stood at that point.
The moment he stepped onto that point, Shu Guan's heart suddenly jumped.
An inexplicable mysterious feeling enveloped his whole body at this moment.
This mysterious feeling faintly penetrated from the ground where he stood.
Sure enough, this is it.
If he could walk past this point during the day, he might be able to detect something strange, but the probability is too small.
After calming down, Shu Guan raised his hand and made a Taoist secret. The soil under his feet began to rise automatically and piled up around him.
Earth control.
And Shu Guan used the soil control technique for more than half a minute. When the soil that surged up from the ground was about to fill the entire meritorious courtyard, it was more than 20 meters deep into the ground where he originally stood. , something very unusual finally appeared.
Although the stars and moon are sparse today, and they are more than twenty meters underground, it is difficult for the light of the stars and moon to shine in.
But Shu Guan still saw clearly what was buried deep in the darkness underground.
That's an iron cover.
The iron cover is by no means an unusual thing, but the problem is that the appearance of such an iron cover at a depth of more than 20 meters underground is very abnormal.
Shu Guan jumped down from above and landed on the iron cover.
After taking a closer look, he discovered that this was by no means an ordinary iron cover. It looked like iron, but it was actually a very special metal object. The texture on it was as fine and smooth as suet, and when he touched it with his fingers, It feels like ice.
...This seems to be Xuanbingtie...
Shu Guan remembered that he seemed to have seen records of this strange metal in the Taoist Pavilion of Shanjiguan.
Xuanbingtie, in the previous Yuanhui eras, was considered a kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure. It was an excellent material for refining magic weapons and flying swords.
It's just that this kind of black ice iron is usually found in the deepest parts of iron ore veins. It is almost impossible for mortals to mine it. Even practitioners have to rely on luck to occasionally find some.
Only such treasures of heaven and earth, buried under the soil for countless years, still show no trace of corrosion. If it were an ordinary iron tool, it would naturally start to rot within a few months. It would take hundreds of years. , there will be no trace of the Nordic corroding earth left.
Shu Guan's hands slid over the extremely smooth cover, and came to the edge of the cover made of black ice iron. Then he inserted his fingers deeply into the hard rock on the edge, and then suddenly used force to pull the entire iron cover away. Lifted up.
Really heavy!
This piece of black ice iron cover with a radius of about one meter and a thickness of about seven or eight centimeters probably weighs a ton. Considering the strength of the current body, it would be a bit difficult to lift it directly like this.
The moment the iron cover was lifted, a strange scent like musk and orchid immediately penetrated Shu Guan's nose.
Shu Guan's heart beat violently again.
Because he rang during the day, in the house on the side of the main hall, among the manuscripts of the previous generations, there was an ancient manuscript that recorded that every time the Huan God appeared, there were people around him. Everywhere in the surrounding area will be enveloped by a strange aroma, just like the best musk, which makes people intoxicated.
At that time, Shu Guan thought that this was just a compliment from mortals to the gods they worshiped.
But now after he lifted the black ice iron cover, he really smelled that musk.
Could it be that the Huan Shen is somewhere under the black ice iron cover at this time?
Shuguan calmed his heartbeat for a moment, then looked down.
Under the black ice iron cover, there is a dark cave entrance, and below it is a straight cave with a circumference of about five meters. The cave is very deep, and the light here is so dark that even Shu Guan's eyesight cannot see. Find out how deep this cave is.
Shu Guan was silent for a while, and also hesitated and thought for a while.
Then he put the black ice iron cover aside and opened the dirt room next to it.
, and then pulled out the sharp knife from the belt under his clothes and held it in his hand.
Then, Shu Guan jumped into the cave.
Perhaps, in this cave, he will encounter some unpredictable dangers.
But since he was already standing here, Shu Guan couldn't do it if he wanted to turn around and leave.
Because this was originally one of the purposes of his trip, to see the more real appearance of this world, to explore the secrets buried deep in the long river of time.
If you are worried about danger, you will never see the truth of heaven and earth.
