The Sacred Ding

Lucheng is located on the eastern edge of the Pinglu Oasis. It is rumored that thousands of years ago this side was also a vast Gobi Desert, with rough gravel everywhere and it is not directly connected to the Pinglu Oasis.

Back then, in the deep ridge of Wushaoling, there was a cultivation god deer. One day, he saw the criminals who had been put down by the mainstream of the ancient Qiang country at the bottom of the mountain in suffering. The steep cliffs with swords like halberds kicked away, causing a stream in the mountains to flow out from the deep mountains and old forests south of Lucheng.

This is the formation of the legendary Lu River; and the Lu River finally did not merge into the Pinglu Sea in the west, from the steep north slope of Wushaoling, the winding north flow hundreds of li or so, because A large amount of river water permeated and lost its flow.

Although the Lu River did not merge into the Pinglu Sea, it was so close to each other that the newly bred oasis on both sides of the Lu River quickly joined the Pinglu Oasis to the west.

In order to commemorate this sacred deer, later generations built a city on the banks of the Luhe River, named Lucheng.

Lucheng is the first city to enter the Pinglu Oasis from the Xixia Corridor. Although it was completely destroyed in the war 20 years ago, in the past 20 years, business travel has become more prosperous. Reborn quickly.

Chen Hai led his horse out of a sand crest, and looked at the black sandstone-like Lucheng like a black giant beast from a distance, lying in front of the gentle slope on the west bank of the Lu River.

Wushaoling North Mountain is higher than the steep slope of Thousand Zhang, like a huge azure black barrier, lying outside Baili or so to the south of Lucheng, Chen Hai has amazing eyesight at this time, and can even see clearly To the situation where the Lu River rushes out from the north mountain cliff of Wuqiaoling…

Wushaoling stretches for ten thousand six-seven thousand li from east to west, connects Tieliuling to the east, Dajin Mountain to the west, and Shangao Road Dangerous, poisonous miasma everywhere. The north slope of Wushaoling Mountain is particularly steep, with ten thousand meters high peaks all over the eyes. The cliffs are high and the rocks are dangerous and the birds are difficult to cross.

Even if the Shixia Mouth of the Luhe River exits Wuqiaoling, it is 2,000-3,000 meters high. Looking at it from a distance, the rushing river water is like several 2,000-3,000 meters long silver chains. Drainage ground between the stone cliffs on the north slope.

Chen Hai did not rush into Lucheng. After crossing the sand crest, he rode a horse along the Luhe towards the northern slope of Wuqiaoling.

Often business travelers would go to Lukai Gorge to watch the spectacular sight of the waterfall overflowing thousands of zhangs. Chen Hai is just an ordinary young man riding a thin horse in front of the guards of Lucheng.

In Zhang Xiongzhu’s father and son Ye Chentian, after the king’s capital was proclaimed himself the lord of the country, although Zhang Clan not at all sent troops to block the road east of Lucheng, the situation was so tense and the business of Pinglu The state will not risk losing people and money and head to Hexi rashly; business travelers in Hexi will not crack a joke with their own heads. At this time, they will cross the Xixia Corridor and enter the Pinglu Oasis.

However, Lucheng, which claimed neutrality in this chaos, is still gathering a large number of business travelers, waiting for the situation to calm down, so that they can embark on the journey again before the winter, in order to save this year The accumulated goods are also sent to Hexi and sold to various warehouses.

Therefore, it is not surprising that one or two young people on a lone ride occasionally haunt near Lucheng.

Chen Hai rode a horse to the bottom of Lukai Gorge. At this time, he saw the Lu River pouring down from the Qianzhang High Gorge, forming a huge pool of thousands of acres at the foot of the mountain, and you can even feel it The magnificence of this hanging river.

Unfortunately, there are shallow stone ridges around the giant lake. The trees are sparse, and deep water overflows from the gorge in the north to form the main channel of the Lu River, but it is a pity that the two sides of the Lu River are not deep. At the bottom of the sand layer, the river with plenty of water only stretched for a hundred li or so and disappeared in the depths of the desert.

Of course, it is precisely because the Luhe and Pinglu Lakes are slightly higher, and there are a lot of rivers and lakes infiltrating the ground, the slightly lower Black Mountain will pass through the underground river, and there will be a lot of gushing Spring generation.

Unfortunately, it is not a simple matter to accurately survey the underground river veins. Otherwise, it is possible to artificially cultivate an oasis between Black Mountain and Pinglu Oasis by drilling a deep well. Come through the corridor instead of letting Black Mountain hang alone outside the Pinglu Oasis.

The landscape of the hanging waterfall in Luheyuan is too magnificent. Before Chen Hai, there were many people who went out of the city to view the scenery here, and some even tried to climb the cliff to see the wonders at Shixiakou. .

From Lukai Gorge, it is roughly divided into three sections of stone cliffs, each of which is 700-800 meters high, with waterfalls splashing, and the stone cliffs wet and slippery. Although you have the background in the middle and late stages of the Tongxuan Realm, you can try to climb such a high stone cliff, but the terrain at this time is tangled and complicated, and there is a whirlwind of extremely strong wind from time to time. At this time, Spirit Realm must be installed. The cultivation base can withstand such a strong whirlwind and be firmly attached to the stone wall.

Should unfortunately be rushed by the whirlwind, the Wu Xiu who created Spirit Realm will most likely fall to pieces.

Therefore, the overwhelming majority ran to the bottom of the cliff and saw the waterfall and the stone pond. Only if there are not many cultivation bases in the spiritual realm or above, will they be in the waterfall. The wind rose from the front and flew to the mouth of the gorge to see the wonders within the deer gorge.

At this time, there are three young people who are climbing on the moss-covered stone wall beside the waterfall, cautiously avoiding the water column swept by the cyclone, using their hands and feet together to climb to the estuary, and seeing their cultivation base is also The appearance of the Tongxuan Realm in the middle and late stages.

“These boys are really newcomers who are not afraid of tigers. They don’t know how to stop if they don’t fall their arms or legs.” Several travelers under the cliff saw this scene and couldn’t help shaking their heads.

Chen Hai smiled slightly, thinking that it was him, even if he only had the cultivation base of the Tongxuan Realm, he could not help but climb up to see the magnificent scenery like this.

Chen Hai took the black and thin Old Ma that was finally picked out from Black Mountain to a Poplar Tree by the lake, and moved the awkward-looking suitcase to the back, also by The stone pits stepped on by the predecessors step by step to the 3000-meter-high Lukai Gorge.

This scene has caused many visitors under the waterfall to shake their heads. It seems that Chen Hai is another hairless brat with overestimate one’s capabilities. You will not easily challenge this gutter if you have to suffer. Natural risk.

Chen Hai did not want to expose the cultivation base. Even without using the slightest True Yuan mana, climbing the 2,000-3,000 meters cliff is a matter of with no difficulty. Following the three young men, step by step, soon He climbed up to Lukai Gorge; but in the eyes of others, there were a few more thrilling, but he was lucky enough to avoid the past without danger.

Exactly as Chen Hai thought, on the other side of Lukaixia, there is a hanging lake with a radius of 4000-5000 mu.

The weather in the Pinglu Oasis is colder than that in the interior of Yanzhou. The grass and trees will wither after autumn. The terrain of Lukaixia is more than 3,000 meters higher than the flat land, and the weather is even colder. The distant mountains are covered with ice and snow that has not melted over the years, and the snow line has begun to move slowly halfway towards the top of the mountain. For about a month or so, Lukai Gorge will also be covered by ice and snow.

When the time comes, this is another scene.

Chen Hai climbed Lukai Gorge alone, but he did not make a special trip to enjoy the scenery.

The conditions for the formation of placer lake mud are very special. First of all, there must be a large number of shallow metal veins upstream.

After years of weathering, the superficial rock layer of the vein is crushed into gravel, which is transported by streams and rivers, and then intercepted and enriched by special terrains, and only then will a lake rich in metal placers be formed mud.

In Jin Yan prefectures, shallow metal veins are very rare; this kind of special river topography that is located downstream of shallow metal veins and is advantageous for intercepting and enriching placers is rare; even more rare It is even more rare that such a special river needs to be stable for thousands of years or even tens of thousands of years does not change frequently.

The Tianxuan Lake in the upper reaches of the Luhe River is very similar to Juquanling in many aspects; and whether this Shixia is like the legend, let a head after successfully cultivating it. The demon kicked his hoof away, but it can be inferred from many existing legends that this hanging lake has existed stably for more than six thousand years.

In the past six thousand years, the hanging lake has not been filled up by a large amount of upstream alluvial deposits. It can only show that this side of the hanging lake was a very deep crack six-seven thousand years ago. Valley.

It’s just whether this Tianxuan Lake is like Juquanling. There are many weathered shallow metal veins on both sides of the upstream river. Chen Hai has not been able to organize manpower to conduct one after another survey, but As long as he dives into the bottom of the lake, he can still easily verify it.

There is nothing to see from the shallow silt at the bottom of the lake. The density of the gold-quenched placer is extremely high. Even if it accumulates at the bottom of the hanging lake, you need to dig two more 300 metres from the bottom of the lake. It may be found.

Chen Hai came here alone, just to verify this.

Yip’s is eager to restore the country and does not want time to continue to delay.

Ye Qinglin worried that once Zhang Xiong, Kong Peng and other rebels were allowed to fully control all the cities in the Pinglu Oasis, even if they had the support of the Dong Clan of Hexi, it would be even more difficult to restore the country. He hoped that Jingjue Duhufu could join forces as soon as possible, even if it was occupying one or two cities on the edge of the Pinglu Oasis and forming a stalemate with the rebels, it would also prevent all the clan of the West Qiang State from investing in Zhang Xiong, Kong Peng and other dog thieves.

Ye Qinglin has reason to think so. Chen Hai promised that the Jingjue Army could send troops to occupy a city on the edge of the Pinglu Oasis to contain the rebels. However, he required the occupied city as a condition. In the future, it needs to be placed under the jurisdiction of Jingjue Prefecture.

Black Mountain is too barren. Without the strong support of Hexi, it is impossible to raise tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Chen Hai hopes to occupy one more city on the edge of the Pinglu Oasis. There are more than 40 cities in the Pinglu Oasis. In order to restore the country as soon as possible, so as to avoid long nights and dreams, Ye Qinglin agreed to come down.

However, whether the first city captured by the Jing Jue army is Lucheng or not, Chen Hai needs to visit this Tianxuan Lake in person to confirm.

They can segregate a city on the edge of the Pinglu Oasis, which is already the limit that Ye Qinglin and Ye’s can agree, and this city cannot be chosen.

Chen Hai untied the suitcase with a few valuable clothes and the old gray burqa he was wearing outside, stuffed it into a cliff, and wore a short-breasted coat next to him. Prepare to dive into the bottom of the lake to find out.

“This brother, although everyone has the urge to swim in the Xuanhu Lake this day, although the Xuanhu Lake is connected to the stream in the depths of Wushaoling, who I don’t know if there are any powerful water beasts dormant, but please think twice before you act!” Seeing Chen Hai jump into the lake, three young people who boarded Lukai Gorge before him, one of them had a full face The man with beard shouted, kindly reminding Chen Hai not to dive into the lake easily.

Chen Hai smiled in his heart, turning his ears to pretend to be silly, pretending to hear what the opposite guy was saying.

This day by the lakeside, even in the dead of night, there will be tourists coming to enjoy the scenery, and these three young people are untying the luggage they brought with them, taking out the wine and meat and putting them on the ground, who knows How long do they want to play by the lake, Chen Hai doesn’t have that many leisure time, wait to avoid everyone’s eyes and eyes, and then dive into the bottom of the lake to find out.