I don’t know if Duan Yunyou listened to his words, but he still looked at the carved murals with a torch.
Protector Zuo Gong Ziting waited impatiently for a while, but when there was no response, he couldn't help but call out, "Gang leader."
Duan Yunyou finally responded and said softly, "I didn't say that Kirin ginseng could grow here."
"Uh..." Gong Ziting was stunned, even in disbelief, and said in surprise: "Gang Leader, I couldn't have heard this wrong. You clearly told me that you occupied this place to find Kirin Ginseng."
Duan Yunyou, who was moving the torch to look at the painting, nodded slightly, "That's right."
Gong Ziting's eyes widened. He didn't know what the gang leader meant by his inconsistent words, so he had to remind him again: "Gang leader, this really doesn't look like a place where Kirin ginseng can grow."
Duan Yunyou was silent, and finally raised his chin towards the mural, "There may be clues here. What we dug was not the ginseng, but the carvings in the temple."
Gong Ziting was stunned again, and his eyes finally focused on the carved murals on the wall. However, the traces of the vicissitudes of time on them were too obvious. The years were too long, and the stone carvings were blurred, and it was impossible to see clearly what was said in the murals.
What is.
But he also understood what the gang leader meant, and said in confusion: "Gang leader, you mean, this mural contains clues about Kirin ginseng?"
Duan Yunyou nodded, "Maybe."
Gong Ziting looked suspicious. He felt that the gang leader was not telling the truth and seemed to be hiding something from everyone. He immediately questioned: "Gang Leader, this temple must have been abandoned here for at least thousands of years. Qilin Ginseng is now alive."
How long? It’s only about a hundred years old. How can this mural record something from thousands of years ago?”
Duan Yunyou smiled, "There are no absolutes in this world."
Gong Ziting: "The gang leader doesn't mean to say that Kirin ginseng was just discovered late, but it was actually already alive, right? I feel that no matter how early it is, it will never go anywhere. This kind of spiritual thing that gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, if it has been cultivated for thousands of years,
Nian, I have already conquered the world, and I will not run away in fear when meeting someone."
Duan Yunyou turned around, narrowed his eyes slightly, and stared coldly at the protector in front of him.
Gong Ziting felt a little embarrassed by his look, avoided his gaze and lowered his head slightly.
Duan Yunyou stared at this subordinate for a long time, hesitating whether to tell something or not. He didn't want to say it, at least he didn't want to say it now, but there were some things that he simply couldn't do by himself, and he still needed the help of these subordinates. See you all later.
If there are no benefits, I'm afraid it won't be in vain.
The gangs here in Tianji Mountain are not like those outside gangs, unlike outside gang leaders who can have the final say alone.
He must at least obtain the support of these backbones in the gang. If even these backbones are passive and sabotage, then the people below will naturally be even less able to control him.
After much hesitation, Duan Yunyou handed over the torch in his hand.
Gong Ziting was puzzled, but still took the torch.
Duan Yunyou reached into his clothes and slowly took out an oil paper package. He opened the oil paper and revealed a parchment book. Under the firelight, the cover had the words "Notes on the Drawing of Tianji Mountain" vaguely because the book was dark in color.
, which almost caused the handwriting to be confused.
One look at the style of this thing and I know it must have been from many years ago.
Gong Ziting was puzzled and asked: "Gang Leader, what is this?"
Duan Yunyou: "I got this accidentally a few years ago. It was probably the notes left by cartographers sent by a certain force a long time ago during the field survey in order to make a map of Tianji Mountain. As for what year this was
I don’t know the record left by He Yue. There is no date or month on it, but this thing must have existed for many years.”
Gong Zitingdun's eyes shone, "Could it be that Kirin Ginseng was recorded?"
Duan Yunyou shook his head, opened the parchment, and directly turned to the record on the middle page. He handed it to him, and it was obvious that he wanted to read it himself.
Seeing that the gang leader was so trusting, Gong Ziting bowed respectfully and stood behind him. Holding a torch in one hand, he stretched out his other hand to take the book and read the contents carefully against the light of the fire.
After reading this article, it probably means:
On the eleventh day of an unknown year and month, the person who left the note and a person named "Zhuo" walked into the desert and encountered a strong wind. The wind and sand filled the sky, making it difficult to tell the difference between east, west and north. The two of them enjoyed it.
It's cool, sit back to back, and wait for the wind and sand to stop.
After the whistling wind and sand continued for a while, the two suddenly discovered that there seemed to be an abnormal shadow appearing in the desert. So the two got up to look, only to find that it was an abandoned temple, buried tilted in the sand, which should not be visible normally.
This time it appeared due to strong winds.
There are stone sculptures of Kirin on the left and right outside the abandoned temple, and the plaque on the gate of the temple also reads "Kilin Hall".
The two then entered the temple to take shelter from the wind, and saw the majestic and towering statue of the god as if it was lying down. The four walls of the temple were exquisitely carved, with many bionic pictures of Kirin carved on them, which seemed to record the Kirin's daily life in the fairy world.
The two of them planned to leave when the wind stopped, but it was already dark after the wind stopped, so they planned to spend the night in the temple first.
Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, it actually started raining in this damn desert, with thunder and lightning, and raindrops dripping in the damaged temple.
What the two of them didn't expect was still behind them. Suddenly, a thunderbolt of bright light hit the temple, causing the temple to buzz with vibration.
An astonishing scene also appeared at this time. The hall suddenly burst into hazy light, and a huge and majestic mythical beast appeared in the light, which was Qilin.
The majesty of the divine beast blessed by the radiance is really terrifying. The neck whiskers move automatically without wind. With a glance, the cold aura of being aloof and contemptuous of all living beings scared the two of them to death.
The two of them thought their lives were at risk, but when the Qilin kicked up its hooves and roared to the sky, as if it was going to fight against the thunder, they realized that something was wrong.
It looks good when it looks up to the sky and roars, and its momentum is amazing, but the roar has no sound.
After calming down, the two people discovered that the sacred beast Qilin was actually standing at an angle, and the angle of inclination was the same as the inclination of the temple.
The two suddenly realized that it was an illusion of light and shadow.
The two tried to reach out and touch it, and found that it was indeed empty and empty. At this moment, the light and shadow dimmed, and the image of the unicorn disappeared together.
Later, the two wanted to find out why such a fantastic scene appeared in this temple. Unexpectedly, they stayed for one more day because the temple was buried again by the wind and sand. Due to the circumstances, the two had to leave first and prepare.
Will explore again later.
The records about the temple seemed to end here. There was no follow-up content. Gong Ziting flipped through it again and found that the pages at the back were all blank.
He couldn't help but look around and saw the tall, reclining statue that matched the record in his notes. However, it was already mottled beyond recognition and had lost its majesty. It could only be seen that it was a standing statue, seemingly holding a hand.
Bowl.
There are also sculptures scattered throughout the hall, none of which are exquisite at all, they are all blurred.
In addition, the so-called Qilin Hall plaque in the records has long since disappeared, and the two Qilin stone sculptures outside the hall are also missing, and have disappeared over the years.
But one thing is for sure, this should be the place mentioned in the note.
Reluctantly flipping through the notes, he raised his head and asked, "Does the notes end here?"
Duan Yunyou nodded, "It should be."
Gong Ziting looked at the blank page at the back, and felt that it was not a fake, and he didn't see any signs of being torn off. He was quite surprised and said: "How come the record is missing here? Isn't it necessary to survey the topography of Tianji Mountain?
"
Duan Yunyou shook his head, "I have also thought about this matter. I don't know what exactly happened to cause the notebook to stop. It is difficult for future generations to figure out what happened endless years ago. I am afraid that only the person involved knows best."
After he finished speaking, he reached out to take the note back, wrapped it in oil paper again, and kept it in his arms.
Gong Ziting watched eagerly. He actually wanted to see what was recorded in the front of the note, but he was embarrassed to ask for it and it was inconvenient to ask for it. However, he remembered something and said as if he finally understood: "No wonder the gang leader created Feiying."
After the gang, I like to explore the desert, and it turns out that I want to find this temple."
Duan Yunyou snorted as if he was self-deprecating, "I always thought this temple was still buried under the desert, but I didn't expect it to have been exposed a long time ago and became the home of the Scorpion Gang. It's such a profound change that cannot be done by manpower but by God.
"
Gong Ziting asked strangely: "Didn't the notes record the route along the way?"
What he meant was that by deducing everything from the records, it should be easy to locate the general location, and there would be no need to search around randomly like before.
Duan Yunyou: "There is a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west. There is no route at all. The person who left this note probably just wrote down what he thought should be written down."
Gong Ziting nodded slightly, and he could understand that he might have recorded some things that he found meaningful or interesting, but he still frowned and tried to ask: "Gang Leader, I read the whole article, but I didn't see the difference between this and finding the Kirin Ginseng."
It doesn’t matter, are we taking this kind of trouble to take a chance?”
In his opinion, it was all in vain.
Now that the secret has been revealed, Duan Yunyou no longer concealed it from him, and reminded him lightly: "The elves of plants and trees turned into humans, and they naturally became humane because they were close to people. Suddenly, a unicorn, a magical beast, appeared.
Of the way, where do you think it can get close to the divine beast Qilin? I’ve thought about it, but I can’t think of anywhere else it can go to get in touch with it, except here, unless it comes down from the fairy world.”
After saying this, Gong Ziting probably understood, "So you want to find clues from the murals?"
Duan Yunyou nodded: "Since the records say that there are carved bionic pictures here, we should be able to determine a little bit about Qilin's living habits based on the carvings. The carvings on the top are blurred, but the ones buried below may not be. Clear away the accumulated sand and have a good look.
one time."
Gong Ziting now fully understood, but he still had doubts. He looked around and said, "If you can access the path of Qilin here, it must grow here. But let alone ginseng, any plant is not suitable to grow here."
At this moment, two people broke in urgently from outside the hall. Right Protector An Tianyin came in with a man wearing Scorpion Gang clothes.
If Yu Qing saw him, he would recognize him as one of the people left behind by the Scorpion Gang.
The two of them also flew to Xianbi, and An Tianyin reported urgently: "Gang leader, Brother Tong has brought an emergency, saying that Xu Fengji has come with fifty or sixty men to prepare for a sneak attack on us."
The man wearing the Scorpion Gang costume is named Tong Zaitian.
Duan Yunyou frowned slightly and asked him, "Aren't there only about twenty people left? Where did the fifty or sixty people appear?"
Tong Zaitian said: "Cao Dingkun went to Kuailei City and recruited a group of new people in the name of looking for Kirin Ginseng."
"Qilin Ginseng?" Duan Yunyou and Gong Ziting both lost their voices.
Tong Zaitian: "He didn't know any clues about Kirin Ginseng. He just made it up to trick people into joining the gang."
Duan Yunyou and Gong Ziting looked at each other, feeling speechless.