Many times, although it is said that life is above all else and personal rights cannot be infringed upon, the real world is that if there are greater interests, then the interests of a small number of people can be sacrificed.
Shengmiao Village is a terrifying force. If such a force can be controlled, it will definitely be more important to Department A than the safety of a few people.
Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. This sentence has been true for those in power throughout the ages.
In Lao K's mind, if the village leaders of these eighteen villages are willing, they can find a large number of suitable village master candidates and send them to the Sky Burial Mountain. Even if nine out of ten die in the Sky Burial Mountain,
As long as one person becomes the leader of the village, it will be considered a success.
As for the nine people who died, Old K will naturally arrange for people to secretly provide some compensation to the relatives of these nine people. This is the real reality.
Fang Ming did not think about the little thoughts of Lao K and the others. Ling Wei was sent to the Sky Burial Mountain for his own reasons, so no matter how dangerous the Sky Burial Mountain was, he would go in and bring Ling Wei out, even if
Knowing clearly that this is Duobao Ghost Master's conspiracy.
"Director K, I would like to ask where is the Sky Burial Mountain?"
Hearing Fang Ming's inquiry, Old K had a wry smile on his face. He knew that Fang Ming would not give up so easily. Based on their department's research on Fang Ming, he knew that Fang Ming's character was like this, otherwise he would not have interacted with Mu in the first place.
Family feud.
"The Sky Burial Mountain is the holy land in the hearts of the Eighteen Villages. It is located at the deepest part of the Shiwan Mountains in southern Xinjiang. Because the Shiwan Mountains are full of poisonous miasma and poisonous insects, even we don't know the specific location of the Tianzhan Mountain."
Old K shook his head. The Sky Burial Mountain is not only a holy place but also an extremely mysterious place in the hearts of the Miao people in the Eighteenth Village. Even the people in the Miao Village, except for the ghost master and the village owner, have never been to other Miao people.
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Fang Ming understood that if he wanted to know the location of the Sky Burial Mountain, he would have to learn it from Taoist Duobao. Since this conspiracy was against him, Taoist Duobao would definitely tell him the location of the Sky Burial Mountain.
Instead of continuing to communicate with Old K, Fang Ming withdrew from the medicinal powder circle and walked back to the temple. Duobao Ghost Master was obviously not surprised by Fang Ming's return, and instead looked at him with a proud look in his old eyes.
"Where is the Sky Burial Mountain?" Fang Ming asked directly without any hesitation.
"Celestial Burial Mountain is my holy place to give birth to seedlings, how could I tell you?" Duobao Ghost Master replied with a sneer.
"Open the skylight and speak frankly. Your target is me. Don't you just want to lure me to the Sky Burial Mountain?"
Fang Ming's words made Ling Chuchu and others on the side look puzzled. They didn't understand why this matter was related to Fang Ming?
"hehe……"
Ghost Master Duobao smiled with a smile on his face, and his old eyes showed a scary light, "Since you want to die, then I will help you. Outsiders can only go to the Sky Burial Mountain if they meet one condition, which is to get permission from the gods."
Miao villages have their own beliefs. They believe that all things are animistic, so they believe in thirty-six gods and seventy-two ghosts. Different villages believe in different gods, and the totems they believe in are also different.
"You come with me."
Ghost Master Duobao didn't say anything else, and walked towards the ancestral temple. Finally, he patted a certain position on the wall. The sound of the gears turning was heard, and a hole appeared on the ground, followed by a row of steps going down.
Appear inside the cave entrance.
"Bazaar's forbidden area, anyone who steps in will be shot without mercy."
After Duobao Ghost Master said this with a serious expression, he walked into the cave entrance. Fang Ming also followed in. However, when Ling Chuchu and others wanted to go in, they were stopped by Old K because just now Duobao Ghost Master
This sentence is a warning.
The higher-ups respect the Miao people's rules. Since Duobao Ghost Master has said so, if they step into this cave, even if Duobao Ghost Master kills everyone, the higher-ups will not be able to stand up for them.
"Miss Ling, please be patient. This matter is no longer something we can handle. Let's leave it to Mr. Fang."
Old K stopped Ling Chuchu. All they can do now is wait here, but in his heart, Old K still hopes that Fang Ming will not go to the Sky Burial Mountain.
The Celestial Burial Mountain is too mysterious, and the dangers inside can be imagined. Old K doesn’t think that Fang Ming can escape unharmed after entering. Although Department A is responsible for dealing with the cultivation world, to be honest, its status in the cultivation world is very embarrassing.
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To the cultivation world, they are like eagle claws. Those famous sects simply ignore them. Only some casual cultivators will choose to get close to them, but the strength of the casual cultivators can be imagined. Joining them is just a matter of
In order to obtain resources.
But Fang Ming is different. He is the number one genius of the Fang family, and is even now called a peerless genius that is rare to see in a hundred years in the cultivation world. He has a background and talent, and most importantly, it is said that he has a good relationship with his superiors. Such a person
If they grow up in the world of cultivation, it will be a good thing for them in Department A.
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Not to mention Lao K's responsible heart, the Duobao ghost master who walked into the cave at this moment walked towards the bottom of the steps without saying a word. Fang Ming also followed behind silently. With the current strength of the two of them, this
Darkness is nothing to them.
The steps were very long, and it took me a full quarter of an hour to reach the end. When I reached the end of the steps, the oil lamp in Duobao Ghost Master's hand suddenly lit up. With the light of the oil lamp, a huge altar appeared in front of Fang Ming.
In front of him, and around the altar, there were about a dozen fire altars that lit up, completely lighting up the entire basement.
Various statues stand around the altar, some in the shape of the sun, moon and stars, wind, fire and thunder, ranging from mountains and forests to plains, dragons, tigers, cows and dogs...
Just looking at these statues, Fang Ming knew that these should be the thirty-six halls of gods and seventy-two halls of ghosts believed by the Miao people.
But what Fang Ming was a little curious about was who was being worshiped on this altar? It was actually ranked above the thirty-six gods and the seventy-two ghosts.
"What is enshrined here is the god believed in by Basha Ancient Village. When you see the oil lamp placed on the altar, as long as you go up and tell the god your purpose, if the oil lamp will light up automatically, it means
The gods allow you to go to the Sky Burial Mountain."
Fang Ming saw the oil lamp, which was exactly the same as the one in Duobao Ghost Master's hand. In front of the oil lamp was a statue, but the statue was covered with red cloth, so Fang Ming couldn't see it.
See the appearance of the gods believed in in this ancient Basha village.
After looking at Duobao Ghost Master, Fang Ming did not hesitate and walked directly towards the altar. After walking more than a dozen steps, he finally came to the oil lamp and faced the red man who was looking down at him.
Cloth statue.
Precisely because he turned around, Fang Ming did not see the expression on Duobao Ghost Master's face under the firelight. It was an extremely complicated expression, which seemed to be full of hope but also unwillingness.
The oil lamp was very primitive and did not even have lamp oil. An ordinary person would definitely think that Ghost Master Duobao was deliberately making things difficult for others, but Fang Ming did not think so. With the Miao people's belief in the gods, it was absolutely impossible to make fun of the gods.
Fang Ming put his hand on the oil lamp and rubbed it. The surface of the oil lamp was very smooth, which was caused by being held for a long time. It was like an ancient jade that had been played with for a long time, and was lubricated with pulp.
Just when Fang Ming fumbled with the oil lamp for a while and was about to take back his hand, the fire altar around the altar suddenly went out, and the entire altar returned to darkness. But at this moment, a sound floated from a distance. The sound was extremely
It was so vague that Fang Ming didn't hear the content of the voice clearly until a few seconds later.
This is singing, but the singing is not in Chinese and is somewhat different from Miao. It seems to have traveled through endless years and time.
However, when the song emerged, Duobao Ghost Master below became extremely excited. He had also heard such a song before. When he became a ghost master, this song had also sounded. At that time, he did not know
What does this ballad mean? The previous ghost master told him that it was an ancestral ballad, a ballad left by their Miao ancestors.
This is the Ancestral Miao language, the language of their Miao ancestors. It has become extinct long ago, so even the previous ghost master did not know what this song was about.
Fang Ming couldn't see Duobao Ghost Master's excited expression, and Duobao Ghost Master couldn't see Fang Ming's shocked look at this moment.
This ballad... Fang Ming had heard it before. Among the wizard inheritance he received, there was a ballad like this, and he also understood the meaning of the repeated sentence in the ballad.
"Who lived the earliest, and who is the oldest?"
This is what this song means.
Fang Ming began to recite according to the ballad passed down by the wizard: "Jiang Yang is the oldest? Is Jiang Yang the oldest?"
It was also in Zu Miao language, but Duobao Ghost Master below was completely stunned, because even he couldn't answer the song at first, but he just remembered this sentence firmly, not only him, but also his superior
Even all the ghost masters in Basha Ancient Village did not answer.
"He must be thinking randomly. How could he know the Ancestral Miao language of our clan?" Duobao Ghost Master muttered to himself, although Fang Ming's voice sounded so imaginary to the Ancestral Miao language.
However, when the singing came again, Ghost Master Duobao was trembling with excitement, because this time the singing had changed, something he had never heard before. What did this mean? It meant that Fang Ming's answer was correct.
, only in this way can this ancestral ballad enter the next sentence.
"Jiang Yang is the oldest? Jiang Yang is the oldest? Jiang Yang is born late, but Jiang Yang is not considered early."
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Every time Fang Ming answered one sentence, the song would be passed on to the next sentence, while Taoist Duobao tried his best to remember the content of the ancestral song. It was not until the oil lamp suddenly turned on that the sound of the song suddenly disappeared.
The oil lamp turned on, and Fang Ming turned back to look at Ghost Master Duobao. He ignored the excitement on Ghost Master Duobao's face and asked, "Who is Jiang Yang?"
Ghost Master Duobao was stunned for a moment before replying: "Jiang Yang is the ancestor of our Miao people. He created the Miao people."
Hearing Duobao Ghost Master's answer, Fang Ming frowned. If you want to put it this way, Jiang Yang is quite the Nuwa who created humans among the Han people. But according to the meaning of the song, she still existed before Jiang Yang.
ps: In order to write about the Miao people well, I checked all the customs and myths of the Miao people.