Holy Bone

Chapter 579 A trip to the Kunlun Mountains, arriving at the ancient Xiangxiong Kingdom, the white yak that looks like a sheep

Kunlun Mountains,

Also known as Kunlun Xu,

the ancestor of Wanshan,

land of gods,

It is the ancestor and place of origin of the three major dragon veins.

There are many ancient myths here, such as the Queen Mother of the West who is the lord of Yaochi, the Yuxu Palace of Yuanshi Tianzun who is the leader of Chanjiao, the Nine Heavens, the Nine Heavens Xuannv and many other myths that opened up the world. , is a Taoist holy land.

The Kunlun Mountains are majestic and towering mountains, which are covered by heavy snow all year round. It is difficult to enter the Kunlun Mountains. Among them, the most people go through the ancient tea-horse road, pass the ruins of the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom, and then pass through desert areas, plateau snow-capped mountains, and overturned mountains. Mountains and mountains to the Kunlun Mountains.

Another route is to enter Shugu from Xizhoufu, enter Tubo, detour through the ruins of the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom, and then pass through the desert and no-man's land, the plateau snow-capped mountains, and head to the Kunlun Mountains.

No matter which way you enter Tubo and go to the Kunlun Mountains, it is difficult for ordinary people to complete the heavenly road.

And Jin'an and his party headed westward, from the Western Regions to Tubo, and they took the most difficult road to heaven. This road leads to the highest heaven, but if they are not careful, they will fall into the abyss of hell that will never be restored. Crossing deserts, snowy mountains, barren meadows, plateau desert Gobi, permafrost... They bypassed the desert basin, then went west to Zhujubo, crossed the thin air of snowy mountains, crossed the plateau desert Gobi ancient road, and formally entered the ancient elephant Xiongguo Ruins.

This ancient Zhang Zhung kingdom has a long history. It once gave birth to the glorious plateau snow-covered civilization and plateau Gobi civilization. It used to have a large population, a strong military force, and controlled a large area of ​​land. It was later destroyed by Tubo and became the land in the far west of Tubo.The terrain and environment here are complex, consisting of plateau desert Gobi, plateau snow-capped mountains, plateau barren meadows, and the largest number of lakes in the world. It is extremely hot during the day and extremely cold at night. The weather is more volatile than the desert, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Hell is also too close.

That's why this celestial journey into Tubo is called the most difficult celestial journey.

When Jin'an, Mr. Yiyun, Qi Bo, and Sha Yang walked through the deserted Gobi ancient road and successfully entered the territory of the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom, it was already several months later.

At this time, it is April and May, and some places are slowly entering the rainy season.

But in the territory of the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom, it is still the snow season at this time.

Although there are the largest number of lakes in the world, the climate here is mainly dominated by arid Gobi. Most of the lakes here are stagnant water formed after melting snow.Don't look at the lake here as clear as blue, like blue brocade, as if you have come to the holy land of Yaochi where the Queen Mother of the West lives, beautiful like a fairyland, but most of these blue lakes are salt lakes, heavy with salt and alkali accumulated over thousands of years, humans and animals are undrinkable.

It is precisely because the living environment here is too harsh, and with the demise of the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom, this land in the far west of Tubo has become a barren and uninhabited place. It is no exaggeration to say that there are more Tibetan foxes living here than people .

Those tea merchants who did business along the ancient tea-horse road, merchants from the Western Regions, all went directly to Tianzhu and Dashi after crossing the Galakunlun Mountain Pass, and would not pass through the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom without water, food supply stations, or food supply stations.

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This is an ancient city ruins surrounded by mountains on three sides. In a deserted ruins, there are still a few earth and stone buildings that can shelter from the wind and sand near the earth hills.

The ancient city ruins here are somewhat similar to the architectural style of the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom. Even if it is not the town buildings left over from the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom, it is some small countries that have been influenced by the culture of the ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom in history.

It is in such a place with harsh conditions that there is a lively noise of people shouting and neighing from the ruins of the ancient city on the mountain.

This is the closest place to Jiuchongtian. The Milky Way hangs upside down above the head, and the night sky is as clear as washing. It seems that the stars and the moon can be picked by the tentacles. After nightfall, several piles of raging bonfires are ignited in the ruins of the ancient city to drive away the wild beasts attacking the horses and yaks.

Although this plateau desert Gobi is a no-man's land with harsh conditions, there is no shortage of wild animals such as wild donkeys, antelopes, brown bears, pikas, wild yaks, desert cats, and Tibetan foxes.

Several ancient city buildings close to Tushan are brightly lit, especially in a tall building like a temple, there is a lot of people's voices, the sound of wine glasses colliding, the sound of punching and eating meat, and the loud noise of people, one after another, it is very lively.

This is a plateau desert and no man's land, but now a tea merchant horse team passed by. This is not unusual, but it can be explained by accidentally getting lost.It can be seen that the excitement here is far more than a tea merchant caravan, at least dozens of people gathered. Seeing the chatter and laughter of drinking and eating meat, it does not have the depressed mood of a lost caravan.

Tea merchants who have been walking along the ancient tea-horse road all year round often hear some weird legends.

Every year, many tea merchants freeze to death in the heavy snow, or fall to their deaths in the valley. Almost every tea merchant has experienced some strange things more or less.

For example, when you are driving at night, you will encounter some caravans that pop up out of nowhere. If you look back, everyone in the caravan will disappear strangely at dawn the next day.

Another example is that when passing through some valleys, people will hear people calling for help. At this time, the yaks in the team will panic and refuse to enter the valley no matter how urged. The caravan must take a detour. If they insist on entering the valley, no one will come out. .The yak is the spiritual beast of the snow mountain, the spirit of all things raised by the holy mountain and the holy lake, and can foresee some dangerous omens. The place where the yak refuses to go is a forbidden place for living people.

Some people said that these tea merchants were unwilling to die in other countries, and they were trying to find a substitute to leave the snow-capped mountains.

In addition to evil and strange things, there are still many living people imitating ghosts and gods playing ghosts on the ancient tea-horse road.

In short, Tubo is vast and sparsely populated, and it is not peaceful at all, especially the Han people living here, in the eyes of the locals, they are bulging money bags, and many people have disappeared all year round. The death rate of these tea merchants is higher than that of merchants from the Western Regions.

Tonight's strange things happened one after another. This place is too close to Jiutian. At night, the weather is cold and the wind and snow are heavy. Driving in such weather is not only easy to die, but also more likely to lose your way. taboo.

It happened that in such a snowstorm, a team of yaks drove the night road with their heads down under the cold wind and snow. The team of yaks drove hard in the snow.

If it weren't for the front of the yak team, a goat as big as a cow and strong and strong was responsible for breaking the wind and wading through the snow, the yak team might have been buried by the plateau wind and snow.

Riding on the back of the goat is a Taoist priest wearing a five-color Taoist robe.

The taoist priest's Taoist robe was torn by the cold wind, and he sat on the back of the sheep as steadily as a rock, and together with the goat, he stood as the vanguard of the team behind him.

"Bah!"

Looking at the vast white snow in front of him, the goat let out a cry, exhaling hot air from its mouth and nose, as if dissatisfied with the night journey.

Jin An patted the goat's head, knowing that it was not easy for the silly sheep to break through the wind and consume a lot of physical strength, then he took out the pill bottle from his arms, poured out a 300-year-old blood-enriching medicine, and fed it to the goat sitting down.

The silly sheep swallowed a pill, rekindled its vigorous energy and blood, and protected it from the cold wind outside. It continued to drive the night road with its head bowed in the snow and the Taoist priest on its back.

Jin An looked back at the team behind him.

The yaks behind them carried their survival supplies on the snowy field, and they must not lose anything.

Fortunately, Mr. Yiyun and Qibo riding on the back of the yak were in charge of looking after them, and there was no trouble in the team behind them.

But even if he and the goats were responsible for breaking the wind, the yaks were exhausted and moved more and more slowly. The temperature difference between day and night here is very large after nightfall, and April and May are still snow seasons. The road is still very difficult for these snowy spirit beasts.

At this time, he couldn't speak in the snowstorm at all. The howling wind in his ears could easily drown out human voices, and the team couldn't stop. Stopping in such a heavy snowstorm would easily be buried by the snow. Can only continue to move forward silently.

After walking hard for about half an hour in the wind and snow, they finally arrived at the ruins of the ancient city that they saw on the top of the mountain before dark.

However, when he saw the lights on in the ruins of the ancient city and heard the loud chatter and laughter of many people at night, Jin An frowned.

According to the way he asked the locals a month ago, except for a few ancient city ruins and some wild animals, this road should be a no-man's land along the way.

He was eager to find a sheltered place to spend the night, without thinking too much, he continued to lead the team towards the ruins of the ancient city.

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In the ruins of the ancient city, the lights are still on, and the noise of people in the largest temple is still there.

The house was full of people's voices, but outside the house, the wind and snow continued to violently hit the door and the earthen wall. Suddenly, there were several abnormal noises in the sound of the wind and snow.

knock.

knock knock.

Everyone in the room was alerted immediately, Hulala drew out their weapons, swords, swords and swords were all in vain, and they all stared at the door vigilantly.

"What was that sound just now?" A big man put down his wine bowl and stared towards the door with a full face.

"It seems like someone is knocking on the door?" A potbellied tea merchant at the next table, whose skin was rough and tanned by the plateau sun all year round, said with some hesitation on his face.

Immediately, the lively atmosphere in the building seemed to be poured out by a basin of ice water. Everyone held their breath, each body muscle was tensed, and they stared at the door vigilantly without blinking.

At this moment, the wind and snow were still outside, banging on the door, but in the ears of the people in this room, it was extremely quiet under the extreme movement, as if they didn't hear it, and all focused on the direction of the door.

It is rare to encounter people driving at night in the no-man's land on the plateau, let alone driving at night in this kind of snowy weather, almost everyone thinks of the legend about the snowman in the snow mountain.

knock.

knock knock.

There was another rhythmic sound outside the door. This time everyone could hear clearly that there was indeed someone knocking on the door.

The knock on the door in the wind and snow was still ringing persistently. Finally, some courageous people walked towards the door cautiously with swords and axes in their hands.

As they opened the door carefully, hoo, the wind and snow suddenly poured in outside the door, the torches in the room shook violently, the fire was dim, and almost went out several times.

boom.

With the sound of slamming the door, the wind and snow disappeared, and the torches in the house were rekindled with bright flames.

Just after a stick of incense passed, there was another knock on the door. When the door opened again, there was a Taoist priest standing outside this time. Behind the Taoist priest stood an old man and a young man. The old man looked like a servant, standing respectfully. Behind a sword-wielding Confucian scholar with red lips and white teeth, the hair and clothes of the three of them were covered with snow.

And behind the three of them, there is a team of snow-capped yaks.

The few people who opened the door were all attracted by a white yak in the yak team. Their eyes were first surprised and stunned, and then greed was concealed deeply.

"Snow mountain beast white yak!"

Snow mountain yaks are divided into two types, one is common yak and the other is white yak.

In the eyes of Tibetans and Tibetans, this white yak is a sacred animal mounted by a god. It is rare and precious. In order to protect the sacred animal in their eyes, Tibetans and Tibetans are willing to spend a lot of money to buy the sacred animal and keep it in the palace or temple. Here, it not only protects the beasts but also serves as a status symbol.

Especially the most valuable in Tianzhu!

However, when they looked at the snow-capped beast in front of them, they always felt that something was wrong. This white yak looks like a goat from the Central Plains?
God damn it looks like a white yak from the Central Plains goat!
They must be wrong!

How can a sheep grow as strong as a cow!
"What? There are white yaks?"

"Where are the white yaks?"

"Where is the beast? This is a rare thing!"

The other people sitting in the seats gathered around to watch the excitement when they heard that there was a rare snow-capped mountain animal outside the door.

"It really is a white yak!"

"Is this the white yak? It's the first time I've seen a snow mountain beast, but why does this snow mountain beast look so...a sheep?"

Someone said hesitantly.

"Nonsense, what does it mean to look like a sheep? This is a cow! I was lucky enough to see a snow mountain beast 20 years ago, although that time I saw a white yak wrapped in a khata from a long distance, and it carried a Juem over the dumb It’s been a long time since I remembered it, but I’m definitely not mistaken, that’s what snow-capped beasts look like.” A middle-aged Han man with tanned plateau red cheeks retorted loudly, speaking with a nose and eyes, and swore frankly.

Juemu means the female venerable.

Tubo Buddhism belongs to the lineage of Tantric Buddhism. Tantric monks are divided into men and women. The male monk is honored as Lama, and the female monk is Juemu. Juemu has another meaning, which refers to the upper class among women.

The voice just fell, baa!

A sheep blew over the noise of the whole room, and the collective eyes were dull!
The sound of the sheep seems to be very dissatisfied, and the nostrils are whistling, whistling, as if complaining that you are a cow, and your whole family is a cow!

The plateau red middle-aged Han who had sworn frankly that he had seen Juemu ride a white bull before stammered like hell, "Really...really...sheep?"

This goat looks like a white yak!
Everyone was in a mess in the wind and snow. What's wrong with this world? Even sheep can grow as strong as yaks. At this time, they turned their attention to the young Han Taoist priest standing at the door with a gentle face.

(End of this chapter)