The Huai Shui God's Cave

Chapter 27

Tang Mei shook his head, unwilling to say more, took the jade seal I handed him, and then led us quietly along a mountain road to the mountain.I looked, shit, it turned out to be the trail on the back wall of the army, could it be that Mingyue Cliff is the place where the Chen brothers died.I should have thought of it earlier, what a fool, I slapped my head.

Sure enough, Tang Mei took us to the cliff, squatted down and carefully checked the situation on the edge of the cliff, then dipped his hands in the grass on the ground, put it on his nose and smelled it, frowned and said: "There is blood here, It seems that there was a fight, and they really went down from here."

Then, he looked up at the sky, where a bright moon shone on the water.He murmured to himself: "The moon and the moon in the sea have tears, but at that time I was at a loss..." After he read it several times, he said to us without looking back: "Come with me!" Then he jumped up , jumped down.

Ma Chuchen and I were dumbfounded, especially Yang Xiaoxie, who exclaimed loudly: "I'm not a juggler, jumping from here will definitely die young."

What he said is right, there is a cliff with layers of mist below, who can guarantee that the body will not be smashed to pieces in one jump.At this moment, I suddenly recalled that I followed blind Yuan with Yang Xiaoxie, and saw him jump from this place with my own eyes. Later, we saw him again at the foot of the mountain.

Thinking of this, I turned around and held Ma Chuchen's hand and said, "Are you afraid? If not, just jump down after me; if you are afraid, just wait for me on top."

Ma Chuchen looked into my eyes, and I could see the trust and affection in her heart from her eyes.She shook her head and said, "I'm not afraid. Let's go down together. If we really fall to our death, we won't be alone on the road to Huangquan."

I nodded, turned around and imitated Tang Mei's posture, and jumped.I knew that Ma Chuchen would soon follow suit.Yang Xiaoxie said that he was afraid, that if we all danced, he would bite the bullet and dance together.

I only heard the whistling wind in my ears, and the process of falling was very fast. I tried my best to stabilize my mood, shook the flashlight a few times, and vaguely saw many caves on the nearby cliff, with some coffins hanging inside.Thinking of the tomb robbers Chen Daudao and his brother once climbed down from here, and then died tragically after being infected by a Gu worm, probably this is the group of hanging coffin holes.

The ancient people chose cliffs as the place of burial, because they firmly believed that "those who are tallest think they are filial, and those who are buried high must be rewarded." The coffin was placed in a natural cave almost perpendicular to the water surface, to show the meaning of seeking good luck and filial piety.The hanging coffins under this cliff are filled with Gu worms, if someone climbs down the cliff rashly, they will be bitten by the Gu worms.

Many thoughts flashed in my mind: I don’t know what is there besides the water, will I drown or fall to my death if I fall, since Tang Mei asked us to jump down with him, is he familiar with the situation below?
At this time, I had fallen to the bottom of the cliff, I smelled heavy water moisture, heard the sound of water hitting the rocks, and then my back hit a clump of soft objects, the clump of objects It was inclined to the mountain, and with the traction of gravity, my body slid sharply to the side of the mountain.

When I reached the bottom of the cliff, there was a faint light on, a big hand grabbed me, and along the way, I turned over and stood up, and I saw Tang Mei's familiar face.

At this time, another heavy object fell behind him, it was Ma Chuchen, and Tang Mei stretched out his hand again to pull her over.After a while, a huge mass of objects fell heavily, crushing the soft objects under him into a big pit. It was Yang Xiaoxie, this guy was not willing to lose weight, he would die of fat sooner or later.

The three of us were a little bit shocked, and took a little breath, only then did we see that the clump of objects was green vines.There are countless vines growing at the bottom of the cliff, connected to the huge rock exposed on the opposite side after the ebb tide, and there are also countless vines growing in the crevices of the rock, and they are still growing and entangled.The two intertwined vines above this water area formed a natural green soft bridge. We fell on it, and then slid to a cave under the cliff and were pulled up by Tang Mei.

Yang Xiaoxie shouted: "It looks like a natural hammock, it's probably good to sleep here in summer to enjoy the cool."

Not in the mood to tease him, I asked Tang Mei: "What is this place, how can such a strange plant grow?"

Tang Mei replied lightly: "Mingyue Cliff. These two vines are called Acacia vines. The one at the bottom of the cliff is the female vine, and the one in the gap between the stones is the male vine. They were originally a very common female vine growing side by side. Thousands of years ago, it became a unique acacia vine in the world because it was stained with the blood of two lovers. Over the years, the stone under the vine tree was broken into two sections by the sea water, and the vine tree was divided into two. The sea area is constantly widening, but the two acacia vines keep getting closer and entangled every night of the full moon. When the time passes, the male vines will wither and die after being soaked in sea water. Wait until the next full moon In the night of ebb tide, it will continue to grow and entangle death."

When he said this, his expression was very sad, as if the two vine trees had touched a dusty past somewhere in his heart.

Hearing Tang Mei mention the Acacia vine, I remembered that Professor Han said that he saw such a thing in the handwriting of a Tang Dynasty magician in the city museum. The place where the mountains and rivers intersect with the prosperous Taiji dragon veins.

Could it be that this is where the mountains and rivers of the Taiji Dragon Vessel, which is rare to see in a thousand years, intersect?Where is the wishing bug on the acacia vine?Ma Chuchen and I hurriedly looked for them with flashlights.Under the cliff, beside the lake, the night is cool, but there are no snakes, mice, rats and ants, let alone wishing insects.

Tang Mei shook his head and said: "The wish worm is just something in the legend. To get one requires not only luck, but also fate!"

I was dejected, could it be that I really had no fate with this divine insect, and had to end up being devoured by the blood gu and died?But Ma Chuchen took my hand and said: "Wu You, don't be discouraged. If you can't find the wish worm, maybe you can find the solution in this Feixian Cave. Doesn't it mean that you can meet gods here? Since she has The spell of immortality can definitely save you."

I nodded, and the four of them walked towards the cave at the bottom of the cliff together.I saw it clearly with a flashlight. It was a semi-circular cave. We walked straight in. It was a long straight cave. This cave was later expanded artificially.

We moved forward and soon entered an open space that looked like a hall. As far as the eye could see, there was a corridor blocked by granite on the right side of the hall, which looked very familiar.I looked carefully for a while, and suddenly remembered that I had seen it with Professor Han in the tomb of King Xiang of Chu. At that time, we entered a corridor blocked by granite and had to retreat.

Professor Han once said that the tomb of King Xiang of Chu is a dragon vein for two dragons to draw water. The two dragon heads should be connected. It seems that this is the passage, but it is tightly blocked by granite.In this way, this is also the dragon head of a dragon vein, and it is also a Taiji dragon vein where mountains and rivers intersect.

The walls of the entire space are steep and obviously artificially modified. We held up a flashlight and looked around, and some of the murals on it had fallen off in disrepair. One of them was vaguely seen as a boy smashing medicine. At a certain distance, there is a concave hole dug on the cliff. There are bronze lamp figurines in those concave holes, and there should be lamp oil in them.Tang Mei threw a torch on it casually, and it lit up with a whoosh.

Tang Mei said: "The lamp oil here is made of shark's fish oil. It is known as a ten thousand year lamp. It can be burned for several months with just one drop. It was used as an everlasting lamp in the tombs of ancient emperors."

With the light, we found a huge bronze alchemy furnace in the hall, with mottled copper rust, and many inscriptions on bird scripts, which can be seen as ancient objects from the Warring States Period.There are also many bottles and jars, rotten and moldy medicinal Ganoderma lucidum, and a pile of black jade on the ground.The black jade is very similar to the material of the jade clothes in the Clothes Tomb. The black meteorite was an important material for refining the immortality pill back then, and this place should also be the alchemy room of King Chuxiang back then.

The emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to immortality and immortality, and refining the elixir of immortality was their top priority.The art of alchemy is very miraculous, and there are countless methods in it.Most of the ancient warlocks used sulfur and mercury as raw materials, plus some precious herbs, to refine various names of elixirs.

Most warlocks and mages are accustomed to deceiving people, pretending to make a living.However, there are also figures such as Qiu Chuji and Sun Simiao, who indeed have history to follow and classics to check, so they have to be believed.

When the warlocks were unable to extract the immortality elixir from the known elements on the earth, they thought of finding a breakthrough opportunity from meteorites. This was most likely the method taught by the Xiyao witch.

In fact, in the ancient West, there was also a very famous person who was deeply obsessed with alchemy. He was Newton.Many people know that Newton is a great scientist. He has a famous saying that is selectively forgotten by the world: My whole life has been working to prove the existence of God.He always believed in God, the existence of what we Chinese call immortals.

Newton had conducted a large number of alchemy experiments, including referring to the method in Valentine's "The Triumph of Antimony", and successfully produced a beautiful crystal called "star antimony", and believed that this crystal was not valuable. to contain the Philosopher's Stone, but hidden within it are wonderful medicines.His so-called Philosopher's Stone is probably the black meteorite we see now.

Observing the movement of matter in the alchemy crucible, he got inspiration from alchemy, and believed that the reason why celestial bodies have the wonderful property of gravity is because our universe is in the huge and wonderful crucible of God. Alchemy is The fundamental power that drives our world.In other words, without Newton's research on alchemy, there would be no theory of universal gravitation, and it can even be said that Newton's scientific achievements were just by-products of his research on alchemy.

In fact, in many cases, mythology and science are just a step away, and there is a great relationship between the two.It's just that we can't find the answer to the mystery for the time being.

After the Warring States period, Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to search for immortals on the sea, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also very keen on immortals and immortality pills, not without reason.

In addition to the alchemy stove, there are several small side rooms such as the alchemy room and the medicine pavilion beside the hall. Most of the things in it have been rotten, and the original appearance cannot be seen clearly.Going forward, there is another corridor, the specification here is roughly like the word "Xuan" in the seal script.There is a cloud in the Book of Changes: "Tianxuan Dihuang." From the meaning of the word, "Xuan" is the time of the sky, and the movement of celestial phenomena symbolizes the change of time. The weather is invisible and unpredictable. Looking up at astronomy and looking down at geography, the ancients focused on using The yin and yang theory of Yi Li, combined with the natural landscape as the basis, uses the feng shui view of the unity of man and nature to play and praise the cultivation of heaven and earth, so as to achieve the balance and harmony of the yin house and the purpose of blessing future generations.Especially in the places of alchemy and world cultivation, more attention is paid to these.

Going forward, we saw a large pit, about three to four meters long and wide, with piles of human bones piled up inside, and the soil at the bottom of the pit was red and dried up long ago.This scene was chilling to watch, goosebumps all over my body, and I felt very uncomfortable, as if there was an invisible cold atmosphere enveloped around us.

Ma Chuchen said: "I don't know what these corpses are used for. I feel that after their deaths, their resentment was deep, and their souls lingered here and refused to leave."

Tang Mei said: "These people are slaves. When they were alive, they peeled off the whole human skin, and then put the corpse into this pool. Those human skins are dried through special concoctions, so they can not rot or rot, and are also flexible. Incomparable, using human skin to seal the bronze door can prevent wind and moisture. The most important thing is that the wizard believes that the human soul is closest to the gods, and can lead the world to become immortals."

After he said that, we looked up and turned our eyes to the pile of human bones, and we saw a bronze door on the wall behind, and at this time, the human skin at the crack of the bronze door had been cut to pieces with sharp tools. When it fell, a big gap opened in the doorway, and the flashlight shone through, and was immediately absorbed by the endless darkness inside.It seems that this door has been opened by someone, if it is expected, it should be Qingfeng and Yuan Xiazi.

At this time, I suddenly found some handwriting on the bronze door. Those fonts were very strange. I had never seen them before. They looked like the calligraphy and painting of a three-year-old urchin, but they looked like some kind of strange characters.Yang Xiaoxie asked: "What is that character? It looks so strange. It doesn't look like an ancient character, but it looks like it was written with a brush dipped in ink."

I carefully crossed over from the place where there were few corpses, trying to get a better look at them. Those bones were already old, and they made rattling noises under my feet, which was extremely ear-piercing.

At this time, I saw a person curled up in a corner by the door, with a thin figure, wearing a familiar green gown, wearing sunglasses, motionless, who else could it be but Blind Yuan?
I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt uncomfortable. Blind Yuan seemed to be dead. He had saved my life several times, and this time he went to Taoist Qinglan to help me, but he was kidnapped here by Qingfeng.I stood there blankly for a while, thinking that I should help him collect the body. Just as I took a step forward, I suddenly noticed that one of his fingers was lifted, and a small transparent bottle slipped from his hand. Inside was a faintly shining blue bottle. thing.

Tang Mei said: "He's still alive!" We quickly stepped forward to help Blind Yuan up, only to see him pointing to the bottle, moving his lips with difficulty and saying: "Wishing bug... hurry, it's dangerous here..." Then passed out again.

I couldn't help but feel sad for a while. If someone is still thinking about the life and death of others when his own life is at stake, isn't it very great?Yang Xiaoxie saw that something was wrong, pulled my clothes and said quietly: "Dude, there are so many dead bones here, it looks scary, why don't we remove it."

I shook my head, this Blind Yuan is not related to me, but he gave up his life to save me. At this time, no matter what, I will not leave him alone.

I won't leave here, I want to go in and find Qingfeng, and stop him from doing evil.Tang Mei will not leave either, because he seems to be looking for an answer all the time, and the answer may be in the bronze gate under the Mingyue Cliff.

I handed the bottle of the wish worm to Ma Chuchen, picked up Blind Yuan and put it on my back, ready to move on.At this time, Tang Mei stopped and looked at the bronze door and said: "There is something wrong with these words, they can move."

My heart skipped a beat, and I stared intently at those strange characters. Sure enough, they were slowly changing their shape, as if they were alive. I shone a flashlight on them, and the characters changed even more, as if they were shaking violently. , and finally the strokes were separated, scattered into black powder, and then gathered together again, like a huge black shadow, slowly moving towards us.

I shivered. Could it be that there is a ghost in the bronze door, and it just happened to be released at this moment?Thinking of this, I felt chills all over my body, no matter how bold I was, I still couldn't help shivering.

Yang Xiaoxie simply said "Oh my god", and couldn't help stepping back.At this time, blind Yuan on my back coughed suddenly, and said in a weak voice: "Wu Wa, turn off the flashlight, they are corpses, and the light source can attract them..." At this point, blind Yuan was exhausted Passed out again.

Ma Chuchen whispered: "Corpse mole is a very low-level rotting corpse Gu insect. It is usually attracted by the resentment of the deceased before death. The deeper the resentment, the more corpse mole."

I quickly turned off the light, and it was pitch black all around.I said: "These human skins are used to seal the bronze gate. It doesn't look simple. It is estimated that a certain amount of witchcraft was applied. These corpses swallowed human skin, and they must have been poisoned by witchcraft. We must not be deceived." It bites."

Everyone nodded, Tang Mei threw a few cold fireworks to the side, and the shadow accumulated by the corpses immediately moved closer to the cold fireworks.

Taking advantage of this spare moment, I carried Yuan Xiazi behind my back, Ma Chuchen and Yang Xiaoxie were in the middle, and Tang Mei Palace was behind, and the few of us hurried in through the bronze door and closed the door tightly.

(End of this chapter)