Wan Li stood up and was about to jump into the pit when Chu Jiu reached out to stop him.
"Master Wanli, do you really know how to drive? Have you ever thought about how those mountain rangers know there is this cave underground here?"
The corner of Wan Li's mouth twitched, but he still stopped, looked at Chu Jiu, snatched the engineering shovel from Chu Jiu's hand, and started digging in the pit next to it.
"Did you see that? This is the basis! I don't know who is stupid?"
Wan Li pointed to another stone tablet that was dug out, and told Chujiu that he had already guessed that there was something underneath the mound.
I smiled and walked over to help turn the stone tablet over. I didn't reveal that Wanli was digging the soil because he was not sure. He was also betting that there was something under the pile of soil.
"Do you recognize what's written on this?"
After cleaning the soil on the stone tablet, Wan Li frowned again and turned to ask Chujiu and me.
The stone tablet is engraved with densely packed small characters, which look more like strange painted patterns. I am sure I have never seen such words before.
Chujiu also shook his head. It didn't look like words or lines in a picture, it felt more like runes. He also said that he had never seen such runes before.
"I won't go in. I'll just go to the cave entrance and take a look. If there's any danger, I should be able to easily avoid it with my skills."
Wan Li took out a strong flashlight from his pocket, loaded the pistol, and insisted on walking into the cave to explore.
Seeing that he couldn't stop Wan Li, Chujiu whispered "Stubborn donkey". When Wanli was about to jump into the pit, Chujiu screamed and stopped Wanli again.
"Chujiu, what are you going to do? You've given me a heart attack."
Chujiu ignored Wan Li's dissatisfaction and picked up the engineering shovel to carefully shovel up the broken soil next to the stone monument.
It was only then that I saw a piece of paper that looked like silver-white silk pressed under the stele. The reason why I was sure it was paper and not silk was because Chujiu said it was talisman paper.
Since I met Chujiu, it was the first time I saw him doing something so carefully. After cleaning the soil above the stone tablet, Chujiu threw the engineer shovel aside and gently cleaned the soil on the talisman paper with his hands.
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Seeing Chujiu like this, Lian Wanli began to breathe more slowly, for fear of affecting Chujiu.
"Oh, hammer, only half of it! You're so stupid, you'll be struck by lightning for such a waste.
When I first looked at the half-cut talisman paper under the stone tablet, I immediately became furious and cursed for several minutes. It wasn't until Wan Li started to ask what the reason was that he stopped cursing.
There are three types of talisman paper. One is the common yellow talisman paper. This kind of talisman paper can carry limited mana, requires high skill from the person who draws the talisman, and has an average success rate.
Blue talisman paper is better than yellow talisman paper. Unfortunately, there are very few talisman makers in the world today who can make this kind of talisman paper.
Blue talismans can carry powerful spells. Here Chujiu specifically emphasizes that they are spells, not mana.
Even an ordinary Taoist boy can have considerable power as long as he can use the spells correctly to release the spells in the blue runes.
According to Chujiu, he has seen a few blue talisman papers since he was so old, and they were only talisman papers that carried auxiliary spells. As for attack spells, Chujiu said that maybe there are only some large Taoist temples in the world today.
Some are used as treasures in the palace.
Even better than blue talisman paper is silver talisman paper. Chujiu has only seen it in book records. The original words on such talisman paper books are close to the methods of gods.
Even when my uncle talked about the silver talisman, he only mentioned that he had only seen it from his master, and the runes on it were just the most common peace talismans.
The master deliberately walked a long way and gave this talisman to an old woman in the countryside. The reason was that the old woman had never done a bad thing in her life, and there was an error in the records in the book of life and death in the underworld. A very capable person entrusted him with this talisman.
Gift this talisman to an old woman to ensure her long life.
The master once told his uncle that if enough materials were collected, there would be a place where people could make silver talismans.
When my uncle asked where it was specifically, the master said it was where he lived.
Another feature of the silver rune paper is that as long as it is not damaged, after the energy on it is consumed, you can continue to draw spells to summon divine spells, and no matter what spells are summoned, the power will definitely be stronger than that of the blue rune paper.
This is the reason why Chujiu is angry. Chujiu suspects that this may be the only silver talisman in the world today.
"Perhaps God doesn't allow such things to exist. You often talk to me about cause and effect. I think it's because you are too shallow in your spiritual practice and that's why you are obsessed with these issues."
After Wan Li finished speaking, he was immediately rebutted by Chu Jiu.
Chujiu simply felt that it was a waste. Even when he encountered the intact silver talisman paper, he could not draw the talisman on it. Such level of talisman paper would require a master-level figure to draw it.
"Tch! Then you are so excited?"
Wan Li really had nothing to do with Chu Jiu, and thinking of his mission, he was ready to jump into the pit again.
"I'm talking about the King of Soldiers, have you ever thought about why there are talismans that only gods can use in this place where birds don't poop?"
"Well…"
After Chujiu finished speaking, Wan Li froze on the spot, not knowing how to answer. This was indeed a big puzzle.
"Chujiu, stop being so secretive and tell me quickly. I know you must have something in mind."
Hearing what I said, Chujiu grinned and said, "I can't hide anything from Guo Guo. I do have some guesses."
Chujiu believed that the function of the stone chess piece and this silver talisman should be to seal it. There should have been existences sealed in this cave that even gods could not do anything about.
The mountain ranger may have seen the stone stele accidentally, or he may have had an idea about what was under the stone stele and thought there was something valuable inside.
The four people made some preparations and dug out the stone monument. A pit of this depth could not be dug out in a short time.
Even if four people take turns digging, it will take a lot of time, not to mention that there should be someone in the wooden house in the forest farm to watch, or to be precise, a lookout.
Finally, they dug out the chess stone pier that sealed the cave, and casually tore off the talisman paper on it, causing the contents to escape, killing four people and a yak.
"Chujiu, it's really a waste if you don't go to the reconnaissance company! How about I ask Mr. Xu to find a way to get you into the army. How can you analyze so many results from half a piece of talisman paper?"
Wan Liman was shocked. Although he had some guesses, they were not as comprehensive as Chujiu's reasoning. After all, Wan Li knew very little about Taoism.
"Bold assumptions, careful verification. Isn't this what you taught me when you were in Anhui?"
Chujiu once again felt like a lump in Wanli's throat. He opened his mouth without speaking and glared at Chujiu fiercely. In order to ease the embarrassment, Wanli turned to ask for my opinion.
"At present, the result of Chujiu's reasoning is most consistent with the motive of the case. What I can add is that this cave is not a tomb."
Facing the questioning looks from Wan Li and Chujiu, I could only explain it to them in detail.
The location of this cave is very special and violates almost all funeral requirements from ancient times to the present.
Just from the fact that it is almost surrounded by sunshine, this location is extremely difficult to find. You cannot find such a place in most mountain ranges, so this is a deliberate decision by the people who built the underground palace.
It is completely impossible for ordinary people to accidentally find this place by chance.
Of course, the possibility of the tomb cannot be ruled out. The owner of the tomb has a sworn hatred with Master Kanyu, and Master Kanyu may give up the price of his life in the next life, leaving the owner of the tomb with no children or grandchildren.
"You have said so much, but you have not mentioned the key point. Is there any danger now? Is it an underground palace or a tomb? If we go down and have a look, we will know?"
Wan Li felt dizzy after hearing this, and once again thought of going down to investigate.
"Danger is a hammer. If there is danger, can you stay here safely for a few days and nothing will happen?"
Chujiu did not forget to mock Wan Li, stretched out his hand to push Wan Li away, and prepared to jump down first. Wan Li understood Chujiu's thoughts early, smiled, and jumped down.
"You still want to fool me with this little trick? Maybe you thought there might be danger before, but now you have probably ruled out the possibility of danger? You still want to grab the starting lineup in front of my brother, you are still young, I'm in!"
Wan Li looked at Chujiu with bulging cheeks on the pit. He proudly turned on his flashlight and looked at the hole for a while. He said, "I didn't expect it to be quite big inside" and jumped in.
"I won't compete with you, I'll give you the second position."
Chujiu seemed to be used to competing with Wan Li everywhere. Seeing Wan Li jump into the hole first, she curled her lips unhappily and seemed to have no desire to jump down anymore.
"Guo Guo, let's carry the stone pillar down and block the entrance of the cave. I'll see how he comes out!"
Chujiu was talking angrily when two dull gunshots came from the cave. When I sat up, Chujiu had already picked up the engineer shovel and jumped down into the pit.
"Holy crap! There's a ghost inside, and you didn't even notice?"
An arm holding a flashlight stretched out from the hole, followed by Wanli's voice.
Chujiu pulled Wan Li out, took out a piece of talisman, and stared at the entrance of the cave with a solemn expression.
"Where's the ghost? Are you so timid that you were frightened into being stupid?"
A few minutes later, Chujiu held onto the earthen wall with both hands and stuck his head into the hole to look at it for a while. When he came out, he started to laugh at Wan Li.
"Didn't you hear any strange noises?"
Wan Li looked puzzled and told us that there was a corridor as high as one person, about seven or eight meters deep, and there were some murals on the wall at the entrance.
When Wan Li was staring at the mural, a woman's laughter came from the corridor three or four meters away from him. The flashlight illuminated a ball of long black hair, floating in the air, and Wan Li fired two shots casually.
As he retreated towards the entrance of the cave, he happened to meet Chujiu who came to help him.
"You didn't hear any strange sounds. Are you hallucinating? It's normal for people to hallucinate when the visual environment changes rapidly."
This is what my grandfather told me when I was training me when I was a child.
In the yard of my home, there is an earth cellar, about two meters deep, where vegetables such as potatoes and cabbage are stored in winter to prevent them from freezing in the cold weather.
Grandpa tied a rope around my waist, hoisted me into the cellar, and then closed the wooden board at the door of the cellar. The cellar instantly became pitch black, and then I heard all kinds of weird noises, and I was so scared that I cried and wet my pants.