The moon was high in the sky, and under the rolling clouds and mist, the mountains were pitch black.
Only the archaeological site arranged by Chu Qiguang was filled with braziers, illuminating the surrounding area.
Dozens of Dharma Protector Generals waved their swords, guns and sticks to dig out the rocks layer by layer.
All around, there were soldiers from the Demon Suppression Division carefully cleaning up the sand and transporting the excavated earth away one by one.
At the entrance of the construction site, there is also a two-meter-high gold statue of Xuanyuan Daoist. In front of the statue are placed incense, candles and paper bundles, as well as sacrificial pigs, cattle and sheep.
Whether they are soldiers, cavalry, scholars, or tomb robbers, they will pray to Taoist Xuanyuan before and after they come in and out for peace.
Chu Qiguang stood on the cliff in the distance. From a high position, he could clearly see the conditions of the entire construction site.
His eyes swept across the huge hole in the center of the construction site, where obvious man-made structures were emerging little by little along with the excavation.
Chu Qiguang said casually: "How is the excavation work going? Have you figured out what kind of tomb this is?"
Behind him, the scholar he summoned from a nearby city wiped the sweat from his head and said cautiously:
"We have now opened the first tomb door. Judging from the patterns, there are running deer, sea pomegranates, lotus flowers, peonies and other objects. The painting style is obviously that of Xia Dynasty porcelain."
"The tombs here are extremely high in shape and large in area, and the mountains were carved into tombs. This is the style of thick burials in the early Bactrian period."
Chu Qiguang's eyes moved slightly: "A tomb in the early Daxia period?"
He said: "You must attach great importance to this archaeological work, insist on analyzing history based on objects, and see people through objects."
"Archaeology is not only related to the cognitive study of our human race's history, but also related to the exploration of the origin and development of our human civilization."
"Remember not to damage every stitch in the tomb, so that our descendants can see the cultural treasures left by these ancestors."
"Especially the various materials, documents, and atlases in the tombs must be preserved and there should be no mistakes. If anyone doesn't listen to you, tell me directly and I will kill him."
Several scholars looked at Chu Qiguang in surprise, and what he said was beyond their expectations.
Originally, they thought that the excavation of tombs organized by imperial hawks like Zhenmosi must be for the treasures in the tombs.
But they didn't expect that Chu Qiguang asked them to preserve the things in the tomb and didn't ask about the various burial objects at all.
As if he had guessed what the scholars were thinking, Chu Qiguang said casually: "I am not short of money. The price of the gold, silver, and jade in the tomb is insignificant to me."
"This archaeological activity is mainly to explore ancient culture. You can go ahead and do it without any scruples."
After hearing this, several scholars looked at Chu Qiguang with a hint of respect in their eyes.
Next, the archaeological work continued. During the exploration, the archaeological team gradually discovered various mechanisms such as poisonous gas, quicksand, pits, kerosene, and falling rocks.
However, the archaeological team at this moment has gathered thousands of people, and in front of them is the guardian god general Lie Lei summoned by Chu Qiguang. It can be said that the manpower, logistics, and materials are all sufficient.
These mechanisms of the ancient tomb are only designed for sporadic tomb robbers, and are completely useless in front of such an army.
As the tomb's multiple courtyard walls, front rooms, and funerary rooms were cleared out one by one, more and more information was summarized by scholars and presented to Chu Qiguang.
"Based on the size and shape of the burial objects, the owner of the tomb is probably a senior official of the Xia Dynasty..."
"The paintings inside the tomb describe the achievements of the tomb owner, including killing demons, compiling classics and history, and promoting capable ministers..."
"We found a triangular sacrificial vessel among the funerary objects. It seems to be a sacrificial vessel from the Wuwei Cult. This senior official may have believed in the Wuwei Cult..."
"Although Wuwei Sect is considered a cult in today's Han Dynasty, this was not the case in Daxia. At that time, ministers in the court believed in different sects, which was very common..."
At this moment, the main hall of the tomb was finally opened, but except for the bottomless darkness that even flames could not break through, nothing could be seen inside.
The Dharma Protector entered it and soon lost contact.
Some animals were tied up with ropes and sent into it. After being dragged out, they were already unconscious, but they seemed to be fine on the surface.
Then several more tomb robbers were sent into it, and they were dragged out with ropes and fell into coma. After they were woken up, none of them remembered what happened.
'Is this a ghost realm? But it looks like this tomb ghost is not too fierce.'
According to the information of the Demon Suppressing Division, tomb ghosts are the most powerful among many ghosts, and they are also the ghosts that Chu Qiguang can transcend only after entering the fourth chapter of "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts".
After a series of experiments, Chu Qiguang decided to go in personally to see the situation.
But before going in, he first used the technique of 'spirit summoning' to attract Lin Lan.
As a gloomy wind rolled in and poured into his body, Chu Qiguang's muscles trembled instinctively, just like an ordinary person being blown by a cold wind.
Lin Lan's voice rang out, turning into a chill that spread all over Chu Qiguang's body: "I can come and go with a wave, who do you think I am?"
Chu Qiguang comforted him: "Xiaolan, why don't I want us to stay together forever? As long as I deal with this ghost in front of me, my cultivation will be further improved, and then we can be together day and night."
Lin Lan snorted proudly, looked at the ghost realm of the main hall in front of him, and frowned: "What a powerful guy, I can't see through him."
But the next moment she laughed again: "But he doesn't seem to wake up yet. This is a good opportunity."
"Don't act rashly after you go in. It's best to find out what magical powers he has first."
After receiving Lin Lan's reminder, Chu Qiguang first screened away everyone in front of and behind the main hall, then opened the door to the Buddhist world and brought in several workers.
Tie a hemp rope around your waist and hand the hemp rope to the workers behind the gate of the Buddha Realm.
Chu Qiguang pointed to the incense burner on the ground and said, "If I can't come out after the incense is burned, just ask the laborers to pull me out."
Zhou Yujiao's voice came from the darkness of the Buddhist world: "I know, I will pull you out after the incense is burned."
After giving the instructions, Chu Qiguang took a deep breath and stepped out into the endless darkness of the main hall.
The next moment, it was like pouring a large bowl of oil into the brazier.
The darkness in front of me shook violently, like layers of clouds rolling in crazily.
Lin Lan said coldly: "Be careful, he wakes up..."
But before Lin Lan could continue speaking, Chu Qiguang had been completely swallowed by darkness.
Light and shadow flowed, and when Chu Qiguang came to his senses again, he had appeared in a huge library.
In front of me are rows after rows of bookshelves as far as the eye can see.
"Is this the inside of the tomb?"
"The space has been changed?"
"Xiaolan..."
"Xiaolan?"
Chu Qiguang rubbed his eyebrows, feeling that he was in some trouble.
He clasped his hands together and showed no response.
‘Can’t the Buddha Realm be opened?’
But at the same time, he could feel the burning heat like a volcanic eruption coming from his chest.
At this moment, an old voice sounded behind him: "Chun Yi... help me get the "Unmovable Scroll"."
Chu Qiguang was slightly startled, and was about to turn around to see who the old man who called him was.
But just the thought of turning back suddenly caused a chill to rise in his heart.
Then he turned his head slightly, only to catch a vague black shadow in his peripheral vision, and the chill spread all over his body in an instant.
'If I turn around completely and see the old man... something very bad will happen.'
With such an idea popping up in his mind, Chu Qiguang simply stayed where he was and gave up his intention of checking on the old man.
Behind Chu Qiguang, it seemed that he didn't feel Chu Qiguang's reaction. The old man said again: "Chun Yi? Didn't you hear what I said?"
"Hurry and get the Immovable Scroll."
Following the old man's urging, a chill suddenly rose from the soles of his feet.
Even with Chu Qiguang's strong Qi and blood, he still felt like he was about to freeze.
'This old guy... is stronger than Lin Lan.'
'Is he the ghost of this tomb?'
'You can't confront him head-on. You must first understand what his abilities are.'
Chu Qiguang immediately returned: "I heard it, I'll go get it right away."
"Yes." He responded softly, and the old man's attention seemed to be focused on the book in front of him again.
Chu Qiguang felt the chill in his body gradually dissipate, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
But when he looked at the endless bookshelves in front of him, he couldn't help but wonder: "Where is this "Fudo Volume"?"
At the same time, the burning heat from the Ring of Foolishness in his chest grew stronger.
Even when facing so many ancient books on the second floor of the big library or in the Tianyi Pavilion of the Han royal family, Chu Qiguang didn't feel that excited by the Ring of Foolishness at that time.
He looked at the rows of books on the bookshelf and thought to himself: "Is there anything special about the books here?"
"The Ring of Fools is so excited?"
His eyes swept across the bookshelf, and after scanning a few rows, he could vaguely see some titles on the spines on the sides of these books:
"The Ten Powers of Tathagata", "Nine Heavens Demonic Thunder Technique", "The Mighty Sutra of Zhengyimeng", "Explanation from Beyond the Heaven", "Buddha's Unthinkable Theory of Dharma", "The Invisible Heart Sword of Demonic Thoughts in Heaven and Earth", "Thirty Years of the Holy Spirit"
"The Law of Six Swords", "Ten Thousand Miles of Rainbow"...
‘You look so powerful no matter what.’
Chu Qiguang looked at the rows of book titles and felt that each one was more bluffing than the next. He subconsciously wanted to pick out one and read it.
But the old man's voice sounded again, urging: "Chun Yi! What are you waiting for? Hurry up!"
With the old man's urging, an even stronger chill rose from the soles of his feet.
But this time, even if Chu Qiguang agreed to go immediately, the chill did not dissipate immediately. Instead, it entangled from the soles of the feet to the ankles and never dissipated.
Chu Qiguang felt a flash of realization in his heart: 'It seems that every urging will intensify the chill in my body...'
As for what will happen in the end when the chill spreads all over his body, although Chu Qiguang doesn't know, he can feel that it is definitely not a good thing.
'But there are so many books, how can I find the "Unmovable Volume?"'
Chu Qiguang's eyes quickly scanned the rows of bookshelves in front of him, and the titles of the books jumped into his mind one by one.
As the old man urged again, the chill had spread to his knees.
While Chu Qiguang was thinking rapidly, a flash of realization flashed in his eyes: 'The bookshelf here seems to be sorted according to pronunciation.'
Because when Chu Qiguang was studying and writing at Hanxue University, he had never been exposed to phonetic notations and phonetic symbols similar to pinyin.
So he originally thought that there was no such thing in the world, and when he looked at the bookshelves in front of him, he didn't think of it for the first time.
But at this moment, comparing the titles of the books on the bookshelf, he could feel that they were arranged in a certain pattern according to the pronunciation of the titles.
The next moment, Chu Qiguang started running quickly, his eyes scanning the bookshelf like lightning. The old man's urging came again and again, and the chill gradually spread to his waist and abdomen.
At this moment, Chu Qiguang stretched out his hand and finally pulled out a book with "The Immovable Scroll" written on it.
Chu Qiguang hurriedly sent the book over. He did not dare to look at the old man's face along the way, so he could only run up to the old man with his head lowered and handed the book over.
Taking the "Unmovable Scroll" from him with one hand, Chu Qiguang felt a smooth and moist feeling when he touched it slightly.
Then the old man's voice came again: "Yes, I got it right."
The chill that had spread to his waist gradually dissipated, and Chu Qiguang breathed a sigh of relief.
He asked tentatively: "Can I see the books on the shelf?"
There was silence.
Just when Chu Qiguang thought he had failed or triggered something bad, the old man's voice rang out again: "Chun Yi, go read "Wuwei Questions and Answers". I will test you soon."
Chu Qiguang frowned slightly, and he didn't know whether it was his conversation just now that triggered this reaction, or whether the old man had originally planned to say this.
He turned around and left. When passing by a row of bookshelves, he tried to touch a copy of "The Invisible Heart Knife of Demonic Thoughts of Heaven and Earth".
As a result, just as his hand was about to touch it, the old man's hoarse voice rang out: "Chun Yi! I asked you to read "The Questions and Answers of Wuwei", don't take it by mistake."
Following the old man's reminder, Chu Qiguang felt the chill begin to spread from his feet again.
He could only immediately give up his plan to touch the book and instead found the "Questions and Answers on Wuwei".
When Chu Qiguang picked up "Questions and Answers on Wuwei", he felt a burning heat coming from the Ring of Foolishness, and immediately understood that the knowledge contained in it was exactly what the Ring of Foolishness longed for.
Next, he opened the book and read it carefully, and saw that it read: The Holy Emperor "Ji" unified the world, ended the troubled times of demons, and established the Han Dynasty.
After the Han Dynasty, there was the Zhou Dynasty.
The Tianshi Mansion was rebuilt by the Zhou Dynasty to explore the mystery of the operation of heaven...
After Chu Qiguang read it carefully, he discovered that this book was actually about exploring the origin of Wuwei teaching.
Lines of writing came from the seeker's eyes.
"Q&A on Wuwei."
"Books written by historians during the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"Records the origin of Wuwei religion and the mystery of ascension."
"Since ancient times, ascending to immortality has been one of the long-cherished wishes of seekers."
"But the enlightened ones in the Wuwei Sect understand that the essence of ascension is not to go, but to escape."
Chu Qiguang still remembered that the Tianshi Mansion was originally supposed to be exploring the mystery of immortality for the Holy Emperor's 'Ji' during the Han Dynasty.
But with the outbreak of the disaster called Immortality, and the Holy Emperor being assassinated by the Tianjian Sect, the Han Dynasty fell apart and the Tianshi Mansion disappeared.
Now according to what this book says, in the Zhou Dynasty after the Han Dynasty, the royal family helped rebuild the Tianshi Mansion.
The Tianshi Mansion specializes in helping the royal family study Taoism.
'Could he also be studying the mystery of immortality?'
'But I remember that this Tianshi Mansion seems to be the predecessor of the Tianshi Sect. In the Han Dynasty, the immortal way was split due to the research on immortality.'
Chu Qiguang continued reading and found that the author of this book had actually found some literary and historical materials left by the Great Zhou Tianshi Mansion.
…
The royal family wanted to know how the original Han Dynasty failed.
But some secrets are secrets for a reason.
Humanity has paid a huge price to turn secrets into secrets again.
Now it has been unlocked again.
Maybe the so-called creatures are just so ungrateful.
…
The cat tribe was the first to discover it.
The Dragon Clan was the first to know.
Buddha was the first to make contact.
Tao Zun was the first to communicate.
But according to the last words left by the Holy Emperor, they all failed.
What about us?
…
I saw it, is that the big man’s opponent?
Words can no longer describe that thing.
No words can describe the depth that is full of roars and ancient madness.
That terrifying thing went against all things, spiritual energy and the order of heaven.
…
Knowledge is like poison that destroys our body and mind.
But this may be the luckiest thing about us.
As long as life maintains this small body and weak brain, it will never be able to truly understand the way of heaven.
Only by protecting yourself in the darkness of ignorance and ignorance can you avoid... avoid their gaze.
But in the near future, they will eventually come, horrific scenes will fill the entire field, and all creatures in the world will usher in an inevitable doom.
At that time, we will either completely turn into monsters, or we will escape and escape into a new darkness, looking for a new refuge in ignorance and ignorance.
…
Just when Chu Qiguang was reading books.
In the Buddhist world, workers vigorously dragged the rope out.
But in the end, all they could see was a broken hemp rope, and Chu Qiguang at the other end of the hemp rope had disappeared.
Zhou Yujiao was slightly startled when she saw this scene: "What are you doing?"
"Where's my brother?"
"What about the older Chu Qiguang?"
…
Chaoyao Mountain on the other side.
Lin Lan suddenly raised his head.
The gatekeeper on the side asked cautiously: "What's wrong, Xiaolan?"
Lin Lan frowned, thoughts fluctuating in his mind.
After a long time, she shook her head and said strangely: "I really want to forget something."