"We, every time there is a new grave, we have to pay special attention to it in the last month. We wait until the corpse is almost decomposed before it completely stops."
After that, Lao Ma poked the big monkey a few times with a stick: "Wait a minute, let's hang up the monkey's head. No monkey has dared to provoke this place for half a year. Let's go. Let's go. It's already so late. Everyone." It’s time for you guys to go to bed.”
After a peaceful night, Yue Guanchao and the others packed up their things, took the loaded carriage, and left Hutou Mountain to continue their journey in the early morning of the next day.
After leaving Hutou Mountain, we basically entered the western Lingnan Province. The mountain peaks also changed from the green snails to the karst caves. The caves and sinkholes of various sizes and shapes began to appear in front of everyone.
While walking, Yue Guanchao glanced back unconsciously, and Song Siyuan said slowly: "What's wrong? Do you feel like someone is following us?"
"It's not someone, it seems like there is a pair of eyes following it, that's about it."
Yue Guanchao looked behind him with doubtful eyes. Apart from the caves, mountains and dense bushes, he saw nothing suspicious.
"No matter what, the most important thing is to get on our way first. It's probably some wild animal in the mountains that made some noise in the grass."
Crossing the mountains, approaching Yanshan Mountain.
Yue Guanchao picked up the map and compared it. He found that the appearance of Yanshan Mountain has remained roughly unchanged for thousands of years. However, the shrubs between the pillar peaks have become more lush. The lush shrubs almost cover all the isolated rocks on the pillar peaks, as if distributed under a huge canopy. With countless green velvet fangs, it pierces deeply into the water.
Above the basalt canopy is a denser virgin forest. You can see the clouds lingering on the top of the mountain, like velvet smoke.
When we walked to Yanshan Mountain, it was basically close to noon. The weather has gradually warmed up since spring. Countless wild geese were flying and flapping in the caves of Yanshan Mountain, catching insects and prey. There were also countless strange birds, circling and flying in the forest. Noisy birdsong.
They drove the carriage to the front of Yanshan Mountain. They could see that there was a huge limestone lake in front of the mountain. It was bottomless and strangely shaped. The two banks were intertwined with each other, as if the ground under the Yanshan Mountain was torn apart. It extended directly into the Yanshan Karst Cave. From this lake It flows outward and extends into countless mountain rivers.
"Judging from the shape of the mountain, it is indeed a masterpiece of heaven and earth. This huge dome is like a basalt cover, carrying the spiritual energy on it. There are also several waterfalls falling into the underground river, and the water is alive with life. This can be regarded as a geomantic treasure."
Sun Tianqi looked at Yanshan with extremely excited eyes. To Yue Guanchao, it was more like the greed aroused by finding the ancient tomb.
"I just don't know where the Yan Temple is!"
Yue Guanchao said slowly: "The Yan Temple is in the cave. You can see it when you enter the cave later."
A few people got off the carriage and walked to the lake. There were several roofless canoes tied to the mud platform port on the shore. They looked very old, and their surfaces had been rubbed to a sheen.
"The old lady said that people often come to Yanshan for hunting, and these canoes are used to enter the cave. Let's put the things outside first and make sure we find the tomb. It won't be too late to pick up the things again. Let's go."
After that, they let these chicken-footed Taoists get on the boat, and they also drove another small boat and slid into the cave with the oars.
Wow!
Not long after the canoe slid into the cave, the surroundings had become cooler. The flowing river water continued to bring a cool and humid atmosphere. The breath was filled with the smell of moist grass and water. The water flow washed over the peaks and moistened the water vapor on the blades of grass. , you can see the dewdrops ticking and the water mist rippling.
These underground rivers surge from the inside out, and the water in the rock formations is exceptionally clear. The canoe floating on the water is like gliding in a glass mirror, leaving behind circles of ripples that scatter and ripple outward. If you look up, you can still see them. The top of the cave is also covered with vegetation. Thousands of pillar peaks are reflected in the lake, with emerald green pillars and thousands of peaks blue.
They seemed to be floating in a boat above the clouds on the top of the mountain. For a moment, they felt like they were flying on a boat. It was really strange and different. When you lower your head you see the reflection, and when you raise your head you see the greenery. This inverted peak landscape has never been seen in other places. .
After a while, everyone had drifted into the cave, and they could see a temple with yellow tiles and black walls standing on an isolated island in the distance.
This temple is just a single-room house, about five meters wide. It has a square stone wall that tops the top of the yellow-tiled hill. A long doorway is in the middle. There are circular windows on both sides, with flower and bird sculptures visible. The eaves on both sides have been specially extended. Flying high, there are several clay sculptures of wild geese standing on the ridge.
Behind the wild geese, that is the real entrance to the cave!
Yue Guanchao and the others had no desire for the Yan Temple, so they no longer landed on the isolated island to see the temple. They continued to slide the paddle towards the cave. They slid to the middle of the cave. They could see wild geese nesting among the bushes everywhere. Most of the nests are elliptical and spherical, made of dry straw, feathers, branches, leaves and soil and hung between the cliffs. Tens of thousands of clay goose nests are hung all over the pillar peaks, making it a spectacular sight.
Among the countless precipitous peaks, what they saw the most were the corpses of various birds and even the rotting corpses of some animals. The corpses were mostly covered with claw peck marks, as if their internal organs had been hollowed out by something. The body remains.
"It seems that our guess is correct. The wild geese here do eat meat. They are even very likely to attack animals that intrude here."
As the canoe slid forward, human corpses began to appear among the geese's nests. Most of these people were still intact. After being pecked, their skin was no longer intact. They were covered with dense wounds and bloody holes. Some of the corpses had even left The mountains are full of bones.
"It's strange, since geese can't catch living people, why are there so many corpses here."
Yue Guanchao was quite puzzled by this.
"Could it be that these corpses were found by Da Mahou?"
Song Siyuan's words made people around her curious. Yue Guanchao shook her head and said, "This is unlikely. Could it be that the giant monkey dug out the body to feed the geese?"
"Then, is it possible that the geese are hunting living people? These people don't have any clothes on them. Could it be that the geese can also take off their clothes? If you think about the shrouds worn by the giant monkeys, all this will be clear."
After Song Siyuan finished speaking, although Yue Guanchao was a little suspicious about the giant monkey feeding the geese, after careful consideration, it was indeed similar to what she said.
The corpses in front of them, regardless of whether they were men, women, old or young, were all naked. If the clothes had been pecked off, the clothes should have been visible here. However, at this moment, there was no trace of the clothes at all. It can be seen that the clothes were indeed taken away. , and then thinking about the thinking of the big horse monkey, everything seems to be somewhat connected.
"Then, the question arises. If the Damascus monkeys really brought the carcasses to feed the geese, what is their purpose? Or, what is the purpose of doing this? You can't say that the Damascus monkeys have good intentions and insist on feeding these geese. Are the wild geese fat and strong?"
Yue Guanchao's words shocked many people. People around him didn't understand the question and were all stunned.
Any behavior has its own purpose. Even if the monkey is a beast, everything it does has an internal logic. Just like they wear clothes to confuse people, capture people alive for meat, and feed geese, there must be some. its purpose.
"I think it's to extract the blood goose marrow."
Sun Tianqi's words made everyone curious.
"What is blood goose marrow?"
Everyone was puzzled and asked in confusion.
Sun Tianqi explained: "The wild geese can fly north and south. In the eyes of the ancients, they are auspicious birds, and their auspicious intentions can be compared with the cranes. According to legend, the cranes have red crowns, and the wild geese have blood goose marrow."
"Blood goose marrow does not occur naturally. It is difficult for a normal goose to produce blood goose marrow. Only if it is deliberately raised with certain things can it produce bloody goose marrow. This kind of thing is called human flesh."
Wild geese drink human blood and eat human flesh, and a lot of blood-red flesh will accumulate in their bodies. When the blood-red flesh clumps in the wild geese's bodies grow larger, their bodies will be unable to support the weight and fall downwards.
Whenever the wild geese cannot fly, it means that the bloody fleshy masses in their bodies can no longer grow, and their abdomens are cut open and their bodies are taken out. When these fleshy masses are first taken out of their bodies, they are like melted red wax, soft and translucent. , it was full of bloodshot eyes.
After drying, the water in the meat ball will evaporate quickly, and it will become as hard as stone. Because it is full of oil and translucent, like red agate, it is also called carnelian wild goose treasure.
"Taoist Priest, what is this thing for?"
Yue Guanchao knew that Sun Tianqi knew that most of these had been seen before. If he was a Taoist with chicken feet, it would add a touch of liveliness.
"It nourishes yin and replenishes the body, warms the body and strengthens the body, replenishes qi and strengthens the bones. It is a great thing to replenish qi and blood for women. It is the same kind as donkey-hide gelatin and bird's nest. However, donkey-hide gelatin is donkey skin, bird's nest is swallow saliva, and this wild goose treasure is a wild goose. Meatballs."
According to Sun Tianqi's statement, they had never thought that if the wild geese here were really extracted from the wild goose treasure, it would mean that it was not done by the giant monkeys, but probably by a living person.
"This kind of wild goose treasure is mostly eaten by women who have been infertile for many years. It helps to conceive."
After Sun Tianqi finished speaking, Yue Guanchao's heart skipped a beat. If someone really made wild goose treasures here, it was probably for women's business. This also meant that there must be a living person nearby, and this person could control the big horse monkey. Otherwise, Damascus monkeys wouldn't be so eager to steal a corpse.
As for who this person is, they have no idea at all!
While everyone was talking, their hands were not resting. At this moment, they had already reached the end of the cave and were swimming forward in the direction of the underground water. Countless wild geese could be seen circling in front of them with flapping wings. The nests of these wild geese became more dense. Completely block the narrow cave, forming an impenetrable barrier.
Countless swallows have completely blocked the underground river in order to court their mates. Everyone can only see tens of thousands of wild geese flying in front of the cave. It is difficult to swim forward. On the swallow's nest that is covered with the cave, corpses and corpses can be seen everywhere. The white bones were like a wall of rotting corpses, keeping everyone out.
Sun Tianqi looked at the horrifying scene and explained: "Spring is the breeding season of wild geese. It is not surprising that they build nests here. If you want to continue going in, you must blow up this place. Otherwise, these wild geese nests will have been destroyed." If the cave is blocked, we can’t go any further.”
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