This is an extremely large cave. Judging from its scale, it is absolutely impossible to be dug manually. Jiang Shuo can't help but think of Maoshan Jijin Cave, but this cave is shaped like an overturned bowl without a single pillar.
The part where the base of the bowl is connected to the ground is covered with holes of all sizes. When you look closely, you can see water flowing out of the holes. There is no water overflowing in the hole. There must be pores flowing out. There are holes all around the cave. Surrounded by water, Jiang Shuo took a closer look at the blind fish swimming in the water. It was obvious that this was living water, and the air penetrated through some holes.
Looking up, the rocks on the top wall were mixed with unknown minerals. Under the illumination of the torch, they emitted dots of light like stars. As the torch was waved, the rocks on the top began to glow.
The "starlight" follows the flow, the brilliance flows, and the colors are brilliant. The floor of the cave has obviously been artificially processed and is extremely smooth. The entire cave has an unobstructed view. There is only a stone platform in the center and no other objects.
Dugu Xiang couldn't help but said disappointedly: "I thought this was a treasure room, but I didn't expect there was nothing." Duan Jianwei held the torch close to the ground and shined it for a long time, and said: "The ground is very solid, there should be no mechanisms." He added : "Be careful, there is water flowing through the ground." Jiang Shuo nodded, thinking that this Duan Lang was also an old man in the world of martial arts, and he was cautious and somewhat similar to Ge Ruliang.
The three of them slowly approached the central stone platform and walked about a hundred steps. During the process, they crossed a water channel and arrived in front of the stone platform. They discovered that it was a huge stone tripod two to three feet wide. Under the light of the torch, the stone tripod It has a translucent luster, and there is also brilliance flowing inside. The texture is half jade and half stone.
The tripod was covered with a cover made of the same jade. There were ears on the tripod cover, and there were traces of rope friction in the ear holes. It seemed that someone had opened it in the past. Jiang Shuo and Duan Jianwei looked at each other, and one of them held one ear of the cover, pointing upwards. First of all, the lid of the cauldron was very heavy, but the internal strength of Jiang Shuo and Duan Jianwei was beyond the reach of ordinary people. With a little luck, the two of them lifted the lid of the cauldron and placed it on the ground.
Dugu Xiang wrinkled his nose and asked, "What's so smelly?" Duan Jianwei said, "It's sulfur, and this cauldron is used to ignite fire." Dugu Xiang said, "Great, it can be used for lighting! "As he spoke, he raised his hand and threw the torch into the cauldron. Jiang Shuo was too late to stop it. Blue flames immediately rose from the cauldron. Dugu Xiang and Jiang Shuo looked at each other in horror and said in unison: "Bright salt?" Jiang Shuo hurriedly pulled Dugu Xiang and Duan Jianwei back and flew back several feet away.
In just this moment, Duan Jianwei already felt dizzy. He didn't know the power of bright salt, he only thought it was a powerful poison. He was about to use his energy and breath to force out the poisonous gas, but Jiang Shuo stopped him and said: "Never use your power!" The poison of this bright salt is very specific. The more powerful the person is, the more poisonous it will be.
After Jiang Shuo practiced the Jade Secret Art and reached the eighth heaven, he was no longer afraid of the poison of bright salt among the hundreds of corpses. After setting foot on the ninth heaven, he could control the inner breath of others to move according to his own will, and he could naturally help others heal. Poisoned.
Bright salt relies on the gas that evaporates after burning, and people who inhale it will be poisoned. However, this cave is not closed and the air flow is smooth, so the range of influence of bright salt is not large. After Jiang Shuo dragged the two to a safe distance, he The poisonous energy was forced out of the two of them, and soon they both recovered as before.
Duan Jianwei looked at the blue flames rising in the cauldron, exhaled a long breath and said: "What kind of strange poison is this? I just felt dizzy for a moment, and my limbs were weak, as if I couldn't lift up all the strength in my body." Dugu Xiang said: "Bright salt is a strange poison of the devil's religion. It can dissolve the internal strength of people who practice martial arts. Duan Lang is very lucky. Except for Brother Shuo, no one in this world can cure this poison without using an antidote." Duan Jianwei Jiang Shuo hurriedly thanked Jiang Shuo, who waved his hand and said: "It's a small effort... But how come there is an altar of the Demon Cult in the cave under the island in the Western Sea?" When Dugu Xiang was puzzled, he looked up at the sky and suddenly Shouted: "Wow... this is so beautiful!" Jiang Shuo and Duan Jianwei then raised their heads and saw that under the bright salt blue flames, the huge cave dome was filled with dots of brilliance. As if the sky was filled with stars on a summer night, all three of them had the illusion of walking out of the cave and into the wild.
At this moment, the bright salt was no longer harmful to the three of them. The three of them looked up at the starry sky in the cave for a long time. This dome was definitely beyond human power, but those who discovered the starry sky could skillfully use the light of fire to create the effect of the starry sky. , it can also be said to be unique and ingenious.
The three of them looked at it for a long time. When they looked down again, they saw that the water from the underground river on the ground outlined two zigzag flows. The two flows were on both sides of the giant cauldron, and one was in the shape of a giant cauldron.
In the shape of "ji", the other curve is much gentler, but it is connected with five small pools. Jiang Shuo said: "These are rivers and rivers." Dugu Xiang said: "Aren't the five pools connected under the river the 'Five Lakes'?" Jiang Shuo agreed: "This cave is imitated in the Central Plains. The landscape of mountains and rivers, the two currents are rivers and rivers, and the fire tripod in the middle is either Chang'an or Luoyang. In short, it means the world. It is said that the five lakes cannot be seen at this scale, but five small pools are specially made on the ground. It seems that it is indeed related to the Jianghu Alliance, but...how could the Jianghu Alliance be related to the Manichaeism?" Dugu Xiang asked: "Could it be that the leader of the Jianghu Alliance was actually the leader of the Demon Cult?" Jiang Shuo shook his head and said: "Impossible. Manichaeism comes from Persia in the Western Regions. The so-called 'leader' is actually the Eastern Great Mucha of Manichaeism. The previous leaders of the Jianghu Alliance were all heroes from the Central Plains, but I have never heard of anyone from the Western Regions taking the position. Moreover, Manichaeism was only introduced to the Central Plains for a short period of time. One hundred and fifty years, and the seal carvings on this jade tripod look very primitive, and it doesn't look like it has a history of only a hundred years." At this point, Jiang Shuo also felt that he had no clue, and could not explain the strange scene in front of him. This is why.
At this moment, the fire cauldron illuminated the entire cave brightly, and the holes at the base of the dome were very narrow, and it seemed that no one could pass through.
Dugu Xiang said: "It seems that there is really nothing here..." Duan Jianwei said: "I think the terrain of this cave is the same as that of the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty. It is also where the rivers originate high and where they merge into the sea are low. At this moment, it is not visible underground. Things, but it is probably the same as the real geography on the ground." He pointed to the left hand side and said: "That is the west, which is the source of the river." Jiang Shuo said with enlightenment: "The source of the river is also where we are. , the place where the river meanders." Duan Jianwei nodded and said: "If there are other entrances and exits in this cave, then that is the most likely direction." The three of them walked to the left side of the cave, and there was indeed water flowing from the small hole. The three of them knocked on the rock wall everywhere, but they were all solid. They did not find any hidden secret door. Jiang Shuo hesitated and asked: "Did we guess wrong?" Duan Jianwei said: "The terrain here is high. Yu Zhongyuan, could it be..." Both Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang understood immediately, and looked up together. They saw the ores in the rock formations above their heads emitting dots of starlight under the firelight. It seemed to be no different from other places, but Jiang Shuo's His eyesight was different from ordinary people, and he pointed to a certain area above and said: "The starry sky here is a little different." Dugu Xiang said curiously: "Brother Shuo, what are you talking about? Unless the thousands of stars in the sky are embedded one by one by humans. , otherwise how could it correspond to the real starry sky in the sky?" She glanced at the dome of the cave again. She practiced Star Walking and naturally remembered the stars contained in "Bu Tian Ge" very clearly. At this moment, the dome on the dome
"Starlight" looks messy and does not correspond to the star map at all. Jiang Shuo said: "Xian'er, you are right. The emergence of the 'starry sky' in this cave is just a coincidence. It is normal that it is different from the star map. But you see there is a figure on the top here that is exactly the same as the stars. Like this What seems like a coincidence is actually problematic." Jiang Shuo reached out to Dugu Xiang and said, "Xiang'er, give me the gold tooth dagger." Dugu Xiang untied the dagger and handed it to Jiang Shuo, and Jiang Shuo flew up. It can barely reach a height of about ten feet, but this height is still far away from the dome.
But Jiang Shuo's purpose was not to touch the top. He swung the gold tooth dagger in his hand and carved four lines on the rock wall, forming a diagonal square pattern. Sure enough, the four lines he picked out were
The "star" is extremely bright, shining with a pure blue coquettish light. Duguxiang looked at it and blurted out: "This is Murojuku!" Murojuku is also known as
"Qing Temple",
"Xuan Palace" is named after its shape that resembles a house or a palace.
"Room" means a house is a place of residence and a person's needs, so it is considered auspicious to see a room. The square pattern drawn by Jiang Shuo at this moment looks very similar to Roomu, but Roomu belongs to the sixth star among the seven stars in the north and should not appear in the western sky. If it is said that the ancients deliberately placed it in the messy starry sky Carving some real star patterns will never end with the stars in the north being carved in the west.
Dugu Xiang said: "Brother Shuo, how do you know that we should connect like this? I think the stars in the sky are all the same. Could it be that you are far-fetched?" Jiang Shuo said: "Xian'er, you will know after you go up and take a look. This The four stars are not reflected from the rock wall, but four blue gems embedded in the rock wall." Duan Jianwei looked up at the
The figure of "Room Stay" asked: "Is this also a secret door?" Jiang Shuo said: "You will know once you try it!" He jumped up again and struck the center of the pattern with both palms.
After the "bang" sound, only some stone powder fell, and no secret door opened, but the three of them heard it.
"Empty" echo, apparently
There is nothing behind the "Murojuku" pattern! Jiang Shuo fell back to the ground, held the gold tooth dagger and flew up again, pierced the sharp blade into the rock wall, hung himself in mid-air, then stretched out his hand to pat around the figure, and finally found a slit. He dug open a slit with force, revealing A stone slab comes.
Jiang Shuo heard the sound of iron chains shaking in his ears, and he couldn't help but become energetic. Qi penetrated his fingers, and his four fingers actually inserted into the side of the stone slab like tofu. With this grip, he could use his strength to exert his strength. Breaking open the stone slab, it turned out that it was a top-hung flap door. This stone slab door was much thinner than the previous one, only three inches, so Jiang Shuo could open it alone.
At this time, an iron chain was exposed in the stone door. Dugu Xiang threw out the white rope from his waist and shouted: "Brother Shuo, catch it!" Jiang Shuo caught the white rope, Jiang Shuo wrapped the white rope around the iron chain and pulled out the stone slab. The gold tooth dagger stuck in it pulled the white rope and fell down, and the iron chain made a burst of sound.
With a "crash" sound, the stone door finally opened. Jiang Shuo jumped up again and entered the stone door. Dugu Xiang and Duan Jianwei did not have such dexterity, so Jiang Shuo used a white rope to pull them up. .
Going up to the top, there was a small stone chamber. With the firelight below, Dugu Xiang saw a lamp on the cave wall. He hit it with a fire sickle and it actually burned. It turned out that there was condensed grease inside. Although it had not been used for many years, it could still be ignited. Duan Jian Wei also found other lamps and lit them one by one. The cave suddenly became bright. Only then did the three of them see clearly that this stone chamber was similar to the large cave below. It was also a small dome-shaped chamber, but the traces of artificial ax chiseling here were obvious. .
There is a wheel at the entrance of the stone chamber that is used to twist the iron chain to open and close the stone door. There is also a rope ladder made of iron chains placed aside. It seems that someone used to enter and exit through this iron ladder. The stone chamber is still empty, with only a bulge in the middle. , Jiang Shuo walked in and saw that this time it was really a small platform with a golden cabinet on it.
