Shennong Town goes southwest through the former site of the Burial Village, and then crosses the wild forest, and it is already at the edge of Shennongjia.
Miliyang led them walking in the forest and said casually: "The Shennong Peak where the Nong Sheji Temple is located is the highest among all the peaks, and it is not very far from the current location. It can be regarded as the gate of Shennongjia. This mountain gate is also the gate for hunters. The farthest place that can be reached, after passing Shennong Peak, is a deep mountain, and no one will go there easily."
"Brother Li Yang, is it true that when hunters go into the mountains, they need to tie up cotton threads?"
Yue Erpao recalled the experiences of Sun Daqiao and Tan Yanqiu and asked curiously.
Miliyang nodded: "Yes, decades ago, hunters would tie cotton thread when entering the mountains to avoid getting lost in the forest, but it is different now. Few hunters use cotton thread now."
Yue Guanchao asked: "What's the use? Aren't the hunters in Shennongjia afraid of getting lost?"
Miliyang waved his hand: "It's not that they are not afraid of getting lost, it's just that we have newer things that can ensure that they don't get lost. Of course, cumbersome and cumbersome things like string reels will be eliminated."
Mentioning this point, Miliyang took out something from his pocket. Everyone observed carefully. The thing in his hand looked like a brass compass, with a red pointer and many traditional Chinese scales in the middle. It looked very delicate. As Rao moved, The red pointer always moves in a certain direction.
"Is this a compass?"
This structure is very similar to a compass. Song Siyuan took out her compass and saw the pointer shaking and rotating irregularly. She immediately understood that the thing in Miliyang's hand was probably not a compass. Her eyes lit up: "No, our compass reaches Shennongjia." The inside is completely useless, Boss Tan also mentioned this, the pointer will indeed fail."
"Then the thing in your hand is probably not a compass."
Miliyang nodded: "This thing is called the Wayfinding Pan. It is the same thing as the Sinan Compass, but it cannot be used to indicate the direction or location. As long as it indicates the way in and out, you can find it by following the direction of the arrow. The way in and out, even if there is no cotton thread, you will not get lost, it is much more convenient than a cotton thread wheel."
Yue Guanchao listened to Miliyang's explanation and became curious: "Then how does this thing work? The cotton thread can go in and out smoothly because there are traces of pedestrians walking on it. How can you guarantee that this thing of yours has no thread or anything?" The red pointer will definitely point to the right path."
He was really curious about this. The space in Shennongjia was probably randomly disrupted and reorganized. It was like a huge maze. Without cotton thread to guide their direction, they were destined to get lost.
"You'll understand later."
While the carriage was walking, it had already passed through the wild forest to the mountain pass, far away from the cover of forest vegetation. When everyone got off the carriage, they saw the Shennongjia peaks hidden in the mist, spreading before their eyes like a landscape scroll, endless and endless.
Miliyang picked up a stone table near the mountain pass on the Wayfinding Plate. The pattern on it was almost the same as the pattern on the plate, but it was magnified countless times in the same proportion, making it look like a washbasin.
The style of this stone watch is just like an old-style large pendulum clock. It is about a head taller than a person. It has a bell-shaped body and square bases. The surface is a dial with etched metal patterns. There are several very strange spells around it, as if A sundial stands under the sun.
After Miliyang approached the stone watch, the hands suddenly started spinning, and the red arrow finally stopped and pointed in other directions.
He snapped his fingers: "From this position, go in the direction of the arrow, and you can find the next section of the road."
Everything that happened just now was seen by everyone. The disk was already pointing in other directions just by being close to the stone surface, making them very curious.
Miliyang coughed a few times and said, "This path-finding disk can guide the route by relying on these stone tables. From where we are to Shennong Peak, there are probably dozens of stone tables standing at different locations, and each stone table has its own meaning." It can be regarded as a road sign and a post sign, just like an ancient post station. When the pointer of the route guide is close to the stone watch, it will continue to rotate to indicate the direction, making it easier for people on the road to find the next stone watch, and so on. Of course, it can also Easy entry and exit without getting lost.”
Judging from the situation just now, what Miliyang said is true, but everyone still doesn't know how this effect is achieved. If these are just simple stone watches and brass pointer plates, it is probably impossible to have this magical effect. Effect.
Yue Guanchao continued to inquire: "Brother Liyang, how come this thing looks like a magic weapon? Which old god made it?"
Miliyang explained: "This is not an old fairy, it comes from the famous Luban craftsman in Xingshan County."
"Craftsman Luban?"
When Yue Guanchao heard the news, he looked at Ban Shu. As long as it involved Luban craftsmen, it was probably related to Luban's secret skills. Ban Shu knew this very well.
"Then, have you seen this Luban craftsman?" Ban Shu asked.
Miliyang shook his head: "That's not true. This old craftsman is usually very elusive, and we can't see him at all. He came to Xingshan County in the early years and made farm tools and saddles in the area of the city gate tower. I only heard about the old craftsman. Rao was so good at his craftsmanship that even a piece of rotten wood could make him make a mechanism, which looked like he was alive. Seeing that it was inconvenient for people to enter the mountains, the old craftsman used the mechanism technique to build a stone watch. Stone watches can guide the direction, and they have been around since about twenty or thirty years ago."
"At first, the people didn't believe that the brass plate could really point the way. It wasn't until fewer and fewer people got lost that the people realized that brass was really useful. After that, more and more people went fishing and hunting in the mountains. Asking an old craftsman to make copper plates can be regarded as his personal livelihood, and he will have no worries about food and drink for the rest of his life."
Ban Shu asked again: "Brother Li Yang, what is in this copper plate? Aren't you curious about the magic?"
Banshu himself is the leader of Luban craftsmen, and he still has a little understanding of Luban craftsmanship. Ordinary organs and equipment, no matter how exquisite they are, are still dead objects. What can move is probably due to the application of some secret technique or the addition of some curse. A Luban craftsman rarely The skill has been perfected to this point, and I have probably learned all of the next volume.
Miliyang retorted: "What's so curious about this? It just works. Besides, since this thing is made by an old craftsman, can we open it? Some people have already tried it and can't open it at all. "
When he mentioned this, his face became mysterious: "This copper plate is so useful, some craftsmen want to open the copper plate to figure out the skill, so as to steal the business. They also tried to open the copper plate, but it's a pity that this thing It can't be opened at all, it's almost perfectly made, except for the rotating hands, everything else is sealed."
"If you really want to destroy the cauldron, you can smash it open with a hammer. However, the copper plate was broken open by random force. As soon as you opened it, the parts inside immediately looked like dandelions, scattered everywhere, and you couldn't even try to fight them. Get up, if there is someone who opens it and you can't fight it, doesn't that mean you can't steal it from the master? After a while, no one has come up with this idea. Anyway, the old craftsman's skills are definitely not something that ordinary people can steal."
"Can you let me see it?"
Miliyang nodded tacitly, took out another copper plate from his pocket and handed it to Ban Shu.
He carefully observed the surface of the copper plate. It looked like a whole piece of copper, but it was actually made up of extremely fine copper wires accumulated on top of each other to form a structure similar to a lid. Each copper wire was about half a centimeter wide and flat. The style and pattern are similar to cages and bamboo baskets. The copper wires are intertwined and woven together, making them extremely delicate and strong.
The red pointer is located between the upper and lower copper covers. There is a thin round shaft fixed in the middle of the copper plate, and the pointer can rotate freely.
"How is it? How was this thing made?" Yue Guanchao walked to Ban Shu's side.
Ban Shu picked up the copper plate and explained: "Judging from Brother Li Yang's description, the copper wires on the way-knowing plate are probably spliced together. As long as someone destroys the structure from the outside, the copper wires will be loose and cannot be restored. , should be a variant of the Luban lock. The middle pointer is connected to the circular shaft. What really works is the thing under the circular shaft. That thing can probably sense the mechanism on the stone watch, and then rotate the bearing to drive the pointer to rotate. "
"This is probably the secret of the copper plate guiding the way."
Ban Shu paused and continued: "To be able to create such a thing, this Luban craftsman really has some skills, which are not comparable to ordinary craftsmen."
Yue Guanchao guessed: "Could it be someone from the Guifang family?"
Banshu was very sure of this and retorted: "Impossible, I am already the best in Luban's secret skills. Apart from me, Luban craftsmen can't find anyone else who is proficient in Luban's style. This craftsman is not It's most likely that it came from a Luban craftsman, or maybe he was just an old man who was familiar with Luban's secret techniques."
Miliyang looked at them: "Let's go, I have to take you to Shennong Peak. There are already caravans there repairing the Shennong Temple."
Everyone got in the car and followed the route guided by the copper plate. Although the road was rugged and difficult, they really didn't get lost. By noon, they had arrived at the foot of Shennong Peak.
After getting off the bus, Yue Guanchao and the others could already see the Shennong Peak in front of them. On the top of the mountain, the Sheji Temple was backed by the sea of clouds and located on a dangerous mountain. It is not only the mountain gate that protects Shennongjia, but also the boundary monument that imprisons Shennongjia. It involves the nearby peaks and forms the entrance and exit of Shennongjia. The barrier in the mountains is like a stone tablet standing for thousands of years.
"Brother Li Yang, you can go back when you get here. We can go up the mountain by ourselves."
Yue Guanchao thought that he couldn't let Mil Liyang follow them. After all, they were still looking for the entrance to the ghost world here, and it was not convenient for him to know these things.
"Okay, I'll leave you with a road guide, and then I'll take them back first."
Miliyang left a copper plate and took them back to the courtyard where they came from. When they were far away, a craftsman had already walked past the mountain gate.
"You are finally here. Mr. Kigata is waiting for you on the mountain."
