The appearance of this white tiger stone statue here is very inconsistent.

Although Sichuan is often called the land of Bashu and the land of abundance, Ba and Shu are still two different concepts.

Ba culture has a long history, while Shu culture is more mysterious; by region, Ba culture covers a wide range of areas, including Hubei, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and other provinces and regions, but in Sichuan, Shu culture is more

host.

In particular, this is within the scope of the Black Miao Village and within the Shushan Mountains. The Shu people take silkworms as their name and worship the sun and birds, while the white tiger is the worship totem of the Ba people.

It stands to reason that this is the tomb of the ancient Shu king Cancong. Why is there a totem of the Ba people?

And I have never seen a totem along the way, but what does the appearance of a white tiger totem in the depths of this dense forest mean?

I couldn't figure it out, so I could only go back to the original path and continue to follow the guidance of the thread.

I thought that it was still unknown how many changes would occur in such a strange place. I even doubted whether the path pointed to by this thread was true or not, and whether I would discover what kind of monster was at the end of the thread as I walked.

fishing.

As a result, the road was smooth except for the fog.

Soon I followed the thread out of the valley, and in front of me was still an open space enclosed on all sides.

I've reached a dead end.

It seems that the path that the silk thread pointed to me is not correct, but it is all an open space. So where did this silk thread come from?

I keep walking forward.

The thread seems to have not been broken, which means that I have not reached the end yet, but there is only a wall rammed with soil in front of me. Where is the way?

I stepped hard on the earth wall and found that it was completely different from the rammed earth I saw in Hei Miao Village. It was very solid.

But the silk thread did go across the gap in the earth wall, which means there must be a road behind it, but it's not necessarily something I can get in.

However, the place where the silk thread passes through means that the earth wall here is relatively fragile, and you can try to dig a tunnel from here.

When I took professional courses in the past, professional teachers reminded me countless times that when digging ancient tombs, the top should be uncovered for excavation. In other words, try not to destroy the seal of the tomb, open the seal directly from above, and dig downward.

This ensures the integrity of the tomb.

But after experiencing the Haiyan Dragon Palace and the Shushan Ancient Tombs, I found that not all ancient tombs can be excavated by uncovering the roof. For example, in the Shushan Ancient Tombs, I couldn't even tell whether I was on the ground or underground.

The Haiyan Dragon Palace is a clear example. With seven ancient tombs stacked on top of each other, it is no longer realistic to uncover the tops of the tombs. This is true for the Xuewei No. 1 Tomb in Xinjiang, which is also commonly known as the nine-story demon tower.

However, now I have been included in the red list of the archeology industry. In order to help my friends and myself to get rid of the poison, the rules are no longer so important. Human life is more important than anything else.

I used a saber to poke several holes in the earth wall where the silk thread passed through. I thought it was just ordinary rammed earth and would collapse easily. But every time the tip of the knife poked into the earth wall, it felt like it was poking into a steel plate.

It made me numb from the shock.

I thought about it for a long time.

Suddenly I thought of the white tiger statue, and when I recalled the aspect of that statue, it seemed strange.

If you imagine that the statue is here, then the direction it should be looking at is-right front?

With the attitude of giving it a try, I roughly imagined the orientation of the white tiger statue. I also found a layer of earth wall there, but this layer of earth wall was obviously much more fragile.

I tried to compare the position where the silk thread passed through and groped on this earth wall. Sure enough, I touched a very thin layer of soil.

Just press it lightly and the dirt will fall down.

I used my saber to open a gap in the earth wall, and suddenly I discovered a burglary cave.

The hole is just wide enough for my shoulders, and I can barely get in.

But why is there a robbery hole here? Could it be that the leader of Heimiao dug it?

This surprised me that he was able to survive the Eight Formations of the Ecstasy and the Deep Valley.

Could it be that he left the white tiger statue there intentionally?

I became more and more confused and couldn't figure out what the Miao leader or Tongyuan wanted to do.

I used a flashlight to illuminate the hole and made sure there was nothing strange inside before I dared to get in.

I thought that there would be monsters like the ones I met in the Sea-Eyed Dragon Palace that would attack me in the Robber's Cave, so I was cautious. However, it wasn't until I passed through the Robber's Cave that I realized that I was overthinking it.

Everything was uneventful along the way.

It seemed that after entering the Shushan Ancient Tombs, except for the living corpses, everything was not as dangerous as I imagined. Maybe it was just the experience in the Sea Eye Dragon Palace that left too heavy a psychological shadow.

In addition, what I find very strange is that although there is a robbery hole here, the robbery hole is opened in a certain tomb passage.

Generally, tomb robbers will open the burrow in the main tomb chamber, and if they are less skilled, they will choose the ear chamber.

It is unheard of to open such a hole in the tomb passage impartially. Either the leader of the Miao people was too careful. It is more likely that he deliberately opened the robbery hole at the entrance of the tomb passage.

Is there some reason why the robbery hole cannot be drilled in the main tomb?

I turned on the flashlight, held the saber in one hand and walked along the tomb passage to the ancient tomb.

Soon I encountered a familiar problem.

My way was blocked by an underground river, and by chance, there were many boat coffins here.

When I looked at these ship coffins, I felt not only uneasy but also confused.

Why are there two underground rivers in the same underground tomb? This is unreasonable in Feng Shui. There is a river in front of the hall called Jinshui, which means wealth.

But if there are two rivers, yin and yang water will appear. Scientifically speaking, the two underground rivers mean that the moisture in the tomb is too heavy, which is not suitable for preserving the objects buried in the soil, and will be corrupted.

If the feng shui is bad, then the burial in the ancient tomb will not be safe. What if Shang Qingyun is not here, what if I am besieged again?

I thought for a moment and decided to think of another way.

Just as I was about to turn around and walk back, I saw a shadow in the light.

All the hairs on my body suddenly stood up. The black figure had obviously noticed me and was approaching me step by step.

I held my breath and held the saber tightly in my hand. Every time it took a step closer, I took a step back. Finally, I had retreated to the edge of the underground river, with no way to escape.

The black figure seemed to notice this and stopped.

After a while, the other party lit up a fire, and the fire fold illuminated his face.

It's Shang Qingyun!

I immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "I was scared to death, Qingyun. You can catch me!"

Shang Qingyun nodded: "It's great that Brother Yu can come here."

"Ah haha, thank you for the compliment..." I replied involuntarily, thinking that you don't know how frightened I was when I came here.

He used a fire stick to illuminate the surrounding ship coffins, looked at them one by one, and finally said: "It doesn't matter, they are all real coffins."

It meant that he wouldn’t fake the corpse. I breathed a sigh of relief and asked him: "Why are there two underground rivers here? This is unreasonable in Feng Shui, right?"

"It's the same one."

"The same river?" I was stunned, but no matter how I looked at this place, it was the upper reaches of a certain river, and the river was gentle.

"The source of the Wangchuan River." Shang Qingyun told me, "Brother Yu broke through the eight spells of ecstasy letters, but he didn't understand the true meaning.

The route you took before was the lower reaches of the Forgotten River, but the ecstasy letter gave you the illusion that it was the upper reaches."

"I see." I roughly understood.

Shang Qingyun pushed one of the boat coffins into the water and sat on the bow of the boat with me. We once again went down the Wangchuan River.

It's just that this time I found that the path we took was different from the previous one. The boat coffin drifted down the current and docked on a shore.

After we got off the boat and walked a few steps, we saw a stone bridge.

"Naihe Bridge."

No need for Shang Qingyun to tell me, I can actually guess it.

We just floated down again from the Wangchuan River, and we must have arrived at the lower reaches, and when it comes to the stone bridges on the lower reaches of the Wangchuan River, I can only think of the Naihe Bridge.

"I'm a little confused." I clarified my thoughts as I walked. "That means the ancient tomb is indeed under the altar, but to get to the real downstream tomb, we have to start from the upstream? But we are already downstream.

, so we have to walk back to the upper reaches of the Wangchuan River?"

It sounds convoluted.

But it's like when you participate in a track and field race, you must start from .asxs. to the finish line. If you are at the finish line from the beginning, then the competition is invalid.

So you have to go back to .asxs. Start again and run back to the finish line.

This coincides with the "cause and effect" advocated by Buddhism and Taoism.

Where there is a cause, there is an effect.

"Um."

"So the real role of the Eight Formation Ecstasy Letter is not just to prevent tomb robbers, but is it actually the only way for us to reach the real Shushan Ancient Tomb?"

Shang Qingyun continued to nod.

I didn't expect that by some strange combination of circumstances, I would find the real path.

Shang Qingyun led me onto the Naihe Bridge. When I reached the middle of the bridge, I could see the rushing river under the bridge.
To be continued...