In addition to the patterns on the rubbings, there are also some mysterious runes. According to Professor Sun, these are the dragon seals of the Xia Dynasty. According to his deciphering over the years, he has translated them into seventy-seven or eighty-eight.
The human figure with horns on its head was Shennong in ancient times, and this disc-shaped object, named "Tianhuan", is the key to the abyss of the earth's core.
Song Xing was a little surprised: "Shennong? The Shennong who tasted hundreds of herbs?"
Professor Sun said: "The description in "Shu Yi Ji" is that Shen Nong has horns on his head, his belly is like a water mirror, and he can see his intestines and stomach. No matter what he eats, he can see it directly outside, so he can taste herbs and distinguish grains. .”
"But Shennong here, I think, should be a geographical coordinate. The location is probably at the bottom of a big mountain. It is said that the highest point of Laojun Mountain is "Shennongjia", with steep cliffs and velvet trees. It has been inaccessible since ancient times. This place is at the east end of the remaining mountains of Daba Mountain. According to legend, Shennong The family built a wooden nest here, hence the name "Shennongjia"."
Song Xing looked at those strange lines and felt a little strange: "Why do you think this is a landmark?"
Professor Sun has been carefully studying this rubbing all the time over the years, and has become extremely familiar with every plant and tree on it.
He pointed to the undulating terrain above and asked, "What do you think this looks like?"
Fatty Wang said inexplicably: "That seems to be a giant python that lives underground. It is so big that it can swallow mountains. What does it have to do with the terrain?"
Song Xing looked at the rubbings and found that if it was a strange underground python, it only had an outline and could not tell the head and tail of the python.
Professor Sun said with a smile: "Actually, it is a tunnel in the heart of the mountain. The rock formations inside are black and green in color, resembling the intestines pulled out of a dead body. It has to be like a python. Anyway, it is a natural coil in the deep mountains. The cave was called Shichang Cave in ancient times.
The mountain shape above is also very special, with a lot of fossils contained in the strata. This rare mountain topography can only be found in the primeval forests of Shennongjia.
According to what the old men said in the early days, the cave of corpse intestines is bottomless, and the end of it probably leads to the Yinshan Mountain that locks ghosts. "
Song Xing suddenly understood: "Zhuangzi has a saying - the pearl of a thousand gold must be in the abyss of the nine layers, under the chin of Lilong. So you judge that the abyss under this earth vein contains what the green grave is looking for?"
"That's right," Professor Sun pointed to a corner of the rubbing and said: "The dragon seal here says that although there are good candlelighters, they are not allowed to shine in the Nine Layers of the Abyss. This means that the people of the Fire Kingdom thousands of years ago, You know that there are things under the abyss of the earth that cannot be spied upon."
Song Xing sighed: "The Nine Layers of the Abyss seems to be the place the Green Tomb is looking for. No wonder they want to kill you."
Having said this, Professor Sun looked at the rubbings in confusion: "Although I have deciphered most of the words above, I still haven't fully understood the real mystery of this rubbing. The patterns in the rubbings are ancient artifacts buried underground thousands of years ago. , what exactly is the Tianhuan who represents the civilization of that era."
"Heavenly Man is called in ancient books, an object that measures the heaven and earth, and can move on its own. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was still deep in the Shennongjia Tunnel. There are also related images in the tomb murals and bamboo slips of the ancient Chu State unearthed in recent years. It is recorded, but the content is so bizarre and mysterious that many people today cannot understand it.”
According to the ancient seal records left in the ground by the Fire Extinguishing Kingdom, Tianchao is the passage to the abyss. This is also the most important clue that Professor Sun has deciphered over the years.
Fatty Wang said at this time: "The Shennongjia is covered with vast mountains and lofty mountains, and there are many steep cliffs. How can we guarantee that we can find the entrance to the abyss with your vague rubbings?"
Shennongjia is located in the hinterland of western Hubei. Traffic is blocked in the deep mountains and there is no railway at all. When there is no road, a few people go on foot.
Fatty Wang and Lu Ziye also obtained a lot of weapons and kerosene through Dajinya. With the confidence given to them by Song Xing, a group of people rushed into Dashenongjia.
Shennongjia is a high mountain with an altitude of two to three thousand meters. It is majestic and densely forested. This place is known as the roof of Central China. The road into the mountain is very rugged.
When we get deeper into it, the surrounding peaks are towering, the pines and cedars are prosperous, and they are all dangerous cliffs covered by the virgin forest. There is no longer a conventional road.
"These snake worshipers can't live on the ground, so why do they have to dig holes and live underground."
Fatty Wang once again used the machete in his hand to cut through the thorns and find a way out. Fatty Wang couldn't help but complain.
Professor Sun looked at the dense forest in front of him and had a headache. "Primitive humans lived in caves, which could resist natural disasters and wild beasts. They were much safer than on the surface. Now when we look at the traces of civilization before the Shang Dynasty, many of them are left in the caves." In underground caves. This is also the reason why the outside world knows very little about the civilization before the Shang Dynasty, so much so that the foreign archaeological community only admits that our civilization traces its earliest origins to the Shang Dynasty, and even suspects that the Xia Dynasty never existed at all."
Professor Sun stepped on the rotten leaves, took a breath and continued: "According to the documents I examined, the Tocharian people lived underground, partly out of nature, and partly because Dayu used them as slaves after he controlled the floods and locked them up. Underground.”
According to Professor Sun, these Tocharians carved a large number of mysterious and bizarre legends on the stone walls underground. It was roughly that Yu the Great sank the "Monument of King Yu's Flood Control" into the underground abyss, and never came out again. The Huoluo people have been dreaming of finding it, but the sky is extremely high, the earth is extremely deep, and the abyss is incomprehensible to mortals.
According to the records they left behind, if you want to find the "Monument of King Yu's Flood Control" in the abyss, you must first find the object called "Tianji".
This strange and unknown artifact has probably been around since the Shennong era. After research by Professor Sun, the last person who saw it may have been King Chu You during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Since then, more than two thousand years later, this artifact has become more ancient than ever. An even older mystery has been sleeping in Shennongjia.
"King Chu You again? Did that golden corpse from before also fall into the hands of this King Chu You?" Fatty Wang was a little surprised.
Professor Sun shook his head: "The golden corpse should have been introduced to the Central Plains during the Great Flood. I have consulted a lot of historical data, but I can never find any trace of it.
"It's just that in a text recorded in the Chu Kingdom, it is speculated that the ancient people who first discovered the golden corpse should be the Shennong family."
According to Professor Sun, a thousand years later, the golden corpse was in the hands of King Chu You during the Warring States Period. King Chu You's favorite daughter committed suicide. In grief, King Chu You killed tens of thousands of people to bury his daughter.
Because the killing karma was so heavy, as long as King Chu You closed his eyes at night, he would see the ghosts of those who had died asking for their lives.
This made King Chu You sleepless and uneasy. After the wizard made a divination, he told King Chu You that only by sealing the gate of ghosts and trapping the ghosts in the underworld and unable to come to the human world can they not be disturbed by the ghosts.
Therefore, King Chu You ordered the wizard to carry rare treasures to the underground world of Shennongjia to seal the gate of ghosts.
Fatty Wang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "So, there are still golden corpses and countless treasures underground?"
Professor Sun nodded: "Theoretically, that's true, provided you can find it."
(End of chapter)
