The reason why he had such thoughts was not that he wanted to be blessed by the temple god, but that he felt that the mountain god was a pitiful god and wanted to offer him a bunch of incense as a token of his gratitude.
After sighing with emotion, Hu Bayi explained: "I just think that we are destined to meet here. Since we have entered someone else's temple, there is no need to be stingy about doing things that are easy to do. We should regard it as forming a good relationship. I pray that It’s just a psychological comfort.”
After saying that, he walked towards the fallen statue, trying to right it upright.
However, he didn't ask anyone else to help. There was no need to force anything like this. It was entirely up to one's own free will.
"I think you are just the residue of feudalism. We have overthrown too few wild temples back then. You might as well trust me if you believe in this clay sculpture!" When Wang Kaixuan saw this, although his mouth was full of complaints, his body was very honest and he immediately So I walked over and helped.
"It's just a matter of convenience."
"Come on, I've given you this support, and why are you saying that it's useless? I'd say that people might feel more comfortable lying down. Isn't there a saying that says it's not as delicious as dumplings, and it's better to lie down than to stand."
When he saw the two of them, he helped the statue up, and Chen Ziyan put the raised foot down again.
Wang Kaixuan's help was enough, so there was no need for him to join in the fun.
After Hu Bayi finished his work, the group headed towards the back hall.
This mountain temple was built against the mountain, so only a few are outside and the rest are inside the mountain.
The apse is much narrower than the main hall in the front. There is a green stone screen in the middle, which is also painted with a portrait of the mountain god. It is no different from the clay sculptures outside, but it is slightly blurred.
When they got closer, they found that the stone screen did not look like it was carved artificially, but more like a natural texture.
However, after several people looked at each other, they didn't say anything about it, and walked directly across the stone screen as if they didn't see it.
There is no need to delve into some things, otherwise it will only increase your worries.
After turning around the emerald stone screen, they saw nine giant toad stone statues placed horizontally at the end of the apse.
The postures of these nine toad stone statues are different. In addition to the movable toad mouths, there are stone grooves around them that allow their bodies to rotate around.
After seeing the whole picture of this place, Hu Bayi discovered that the toad stone statues corresponded to the number of 'nine twists and turns', which was what he had deduced before.
However, he himself saw this. This kind of mechanism with Feng Shui as its core is the product of a combination of the two, so without the corresponding Feng Shui attainments, it is difficult to explore the doorway.
After Chen Ziyan looked around, he looked decisively at Hu Bayi and asked: "Old Hu, can you solve it?"
He did not ask Shirley Yang. Although Shirley Yang was also an expert in mechanisms, the mechanism composed of nine toad statues in front of him was dominated by Feng Shui, which was Hu Ba's specialty.
Facing Chen Ziyan's inquiry, Hu Bayi did not answer immediately, but thought for a moment before saying: "It needs to be calculated. If you tamper with it without permission, the machine will be completely locked if it fails three times in a row."
He was confident about cracking the mechanism in front of him, but he needed enough time to calculate the direction.
Of course, it is not impossible to get started directly, but the success rate will definitely be lower.
Chen Ziyan understood the meaning of his words and said directly: "Follow your pace, we are not in a hurry."
He still understands the principle that haste makes waste.
After studying these toad stone statues for a while, Hu Bayi took out his compass and made some calculations, then asked Wang Kaixuan to help move the toads to a specific position.
"Why didn't you respond?"
After all the stone statues were adjusted, Wang Kaixuan, who didn't see any changes, asked in confusion.
"It shouldn't be..." Hu Bayi also frowned. He calculated it several times and there shouldn't be any mistakes.
Chen Ziyan understood what was going on. After glancing in the direction of the door, he reminded: "Maybe the corresponding layout is not here. Let's go out and look for it."
"Yes!" Hu Bayi was awakened and patted his forehead: "Let's go out and have a look."
Everyone immediately walked outside, and when they arrived at the temple gate, they saw the fiery red gourd facing the temple gate. At this time, the second half had split into two, revealing a stone door hidden inside.
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But after seeing such a scene, Hu Bayi's brows furrowed even deeper.
He first thought that this door would appear in the back hall, and later thought it would be in the main hall, but he never thought that it would appear outside the temple gate.
Because in this case, it means that the passage is not in the mountain, but underground in the Worm Valley.
Due to the poisonous miasma underground in the Worm Valley, it is much more dangerous than in the mountains.
Chen Ziyan saw Hu Bayi's hesitation, and after understanding the problem, he took the lead and walked towards the stone door in the gourd.
The next road has already appeared in front of us, how can we stop moving forward?
And he knows better than anyone else that the danger here is not caused by poisonous miasma.
When the others saw Chen Ziyan moving, they subconsciously followed him.
This is a similarly fiery red stone door. Its overall shape is like a toad's face, which can be said to be both flat and round.
When they came closer, several people also discovered that the stone door seemed to be upright, but in fact it was in a tilted state.
Shirley Yang looked at the stone door and said, "The design of this mechanism is really exquisite. I'm afraid no one would have thought that the door opened by the mechanism would be outside."
Wang Kaixuan said curiously: "This door is really weird. I don't know what magic is hidden in it."
Then he looked at Hu Bayi and asked: "Old Hu, is there really a secret passage leading to the main tomb?"
Hu Bayi is quite certain about this: "If the mark on the mausoleum is correct, there will be an exit at the end, and the Ming Tower should be located outside."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go."
When Wang Kaixuan heard this, he immediately became energetic and immediately pushed past Chen Ziyan and pushed the stone door open.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After the stone door was pushed open, he peeked inside, and after confirming that there was no danger, he walked in directly.
Seeing this, the others also followed behind.
When they walked into the door, they saw many shadowy silhouettes appearing in front of them.
Wang Kaixuan, who was walking at the front, was hit by a flare without even thinking about it.
As the pale white light of the flare lit up, they saw countless huge bones and ivory erected not far away. It was obvious that this was a large-scale burial pit.
When the flare reached its highest point, the entire scene of the burial pit appeared in front of them. The complete elephant bones stood on both sides of the main road, just like a dense forest of bones.
"These ancient feudal rulers are really hateful!" Wang Kaixuan came to the nearest elephant bone, cursed fiercely, picked up a thick ivory, turned around and asked, "By the way,
What’s the quality of the ivory here?”
The meaning of the words is obvious, that is, he is asking about the value of the ivory in front of him.
However, Wang Kaixuan is somewhat restrained now, so he didn't ask too openly.
After Chen Ziyan picked up an ivory and looked at it, he said with some regret: "The ivory here is not worth a lot of money. Although it is still intact, the essence inside has long passed away with the years."
Then he carefully observed the elephant bones here, only to find that the bones here were all superficial, and the essence contained in them had long since drained away, leaving only an empty frame here.
"It's a pity." Wang Kaixuan said with regret.
He thought they would be worth some money, but he didn't expect such a result.
"It's not a pity. If a burial pit for King Xian has such a configuration, how can his real mausoleum be any worse?" Chen Ziyan said to him.
That's how it is when you see it.
"Yeah, I almost forgot about this!" Wang Kaixuan instantly became energetic and became eager to try again.
Looking at it like that, I guess I can’t wait to go to King Xian’s Tomb right away.
After checking the elephant bone forest, the group quickly arrived at the end of the burial pit without staying here too long.
At the end of the burial pit...or rather the burial trench, there is a fast-flowing stream.
The terrain here is a bit strange. Except for the stream that suddenly emerges from the ground in front of it, there is not even a little extra ground on both sides.
Obviously, if they want to continue walking, they can only take the waterway in front of them.
After looking around, Hu Bayi looked at Chen Ziyan: "Mr. Chen, we have to take the water route next."
"Then let's go." Chen Ziyan said.
He also saw the specific situation and knew that he couldn't even think about leaving now.
Since there is no other choice, just take a big step forward!
Fortunately, they brought the matching hovercraft with them when they left the ship, so they didn't need to find temporary transportation.
With professional tools in hand, the process of inflating the hovercraft couldn't be smoother, so Chen Ziyan and others soon took the boat and went downstream.
The stream flows very fast, and since they are going downstream, they only need to follow the current for a short period of time.
There are many huge natural stone pillars in this stream, with thousands of branches shaped like corals at the bottom of the water.
However, due to the darkness inside the cave and the limited illumination range of the lights, it is impossible to see everything clearly, and it is difficult to distinguish what they all look like.
As the hovercraft advances, the roof of the cave becomes lower, which gives people a particularly depressing feeling.
That is to say, the psychological quality of several people is good, otherwise morale will inevitably be affected.
At this time, Chen Ziyan suddenly felt something strange on the top of his head. He raised his flashlight and looked at it, and found that there were many plant roots growing on the top of the cave.
This made him completely sure that the location he was at at this moment was underground in the Worm Valley and had not entered the mountain.
After driving like this for a while, the distance between the cave roof and the horizontal surface gradually widened, which made the depression in several people's hearts slowly recede, and even their breathing became much smoother.
But as the space becomes wider, the plant roots and strange coral stones here become more and more dense.
At the same time, there are more and more signs of life, and sometimes small fish can be seen swimming in the water.
But what is touching and reassuring is that the fish here are ordinary fish, not the saber-toothed viperfish we encountered before.
As the stream gradually expanded, Chen Ziyan and the others finally saw clearly what those coral rocks were.
It turns out that these are fossils left behind by trees from ancient times.
Most of the common fossils are animal fossils. This is because animal bones and teeth contain more inorganic matter. Therefore, after being buried in sand, the rate of decay will slow down, and then they will be washed away by the slowly flowing groundwater in the gaps in the sand.
, precipitating excess minerals to form crystals, so the probability of eventually forming fossils is much higher than that of plants.
After looking at the fossil forest beside him for a while, Chen Ziyan said: "Zhelong Mountain may have been a volcano a long time ago, and only in this way can so many fossil trees appear by chance."
No matter from which angle you look at it, this kind of situation is a rare one.
Shirley Yang also said after hearing this: "Although our journey this time was not smooth, we also saw many things along the way that ordinary people would never see in their lives, and we have gained a lot."
Because she learned from the Zhenling genealogy that the Muchen Bead was in the hands of King Xian, Shirley Yang was now in an unusually relaxed state of mind, otherwise she might not have been in the mood to echo such a topic.
"Yes, if I don't have something important at hand, I would really like to observe more here." Chen Ziyan nodded and said.
The rugged and unique shape of the fossil trees here fits his aesthetics very well.
Wang Kaixuan was completely indifferent to this, so after hearing what they said, he couldn't help but said: "Let's see what the meaning of these stones is. After we touch the artifact, we will have people move back a few pieces and see what we want to see then."
Just look at it.”
Chen Ziyan didn't speak. He felt that he and the fat man were not on the same page, and he had no interest in arguing about such boring topics.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan, who turned his head inadvertently, suddenly saw a white figure rising slowly in the water not far from the hovercraft.
This discovery shocked him, and he immediately thought of what it was, and quickly said to Hu Bayi at the helm: "Old Hu, speed up!"
Now is not the time to confront this thing, so strategic avoidance is the most appropriate choice.
Although Hu Bayi was a little confused, he still obeyed and sped up.
However, he didn't go far before he understood the reason why Chen Ziyan asked him to speed up.
Because soon all of them saw fluorescent white figures looming in the water around the hovercraft.
These white figures range from far to near, and the faces of the closest ones can even be seen, and they are clearly female corpses.
These female corpses are covered in a faint blue light, which is a kind of luster without any temperature, symbolizing death and coldness. Just looking at it makes people feel chilled to the bone.
Almost as soon as they saw the specific condition of the female corpse, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Although it is not clear what happened to these female corpses, their subconscious minds have begun to warn them.