Chen Zhi took the golden piece of pure gold and exchanged it for the quilt. He looked at it repeatedly and stroked the dense text patterns on it with his hands, as if he was touching that unknown history.
The pattern on this buckle is very strange, and the shape is very simple. It seems to be a text evolved based on the Chinese characters of the Tang Dynasty, and the radicals and strokes are not particular. It should be a text used in a small area and not widely circulated.
"Master Danxuan...",
Chen Zhi looked at the glittering quilt and said softly:
"Have you ever thought that maybe... all our previous speculations were all wrong..."
"What do you mean by that?" Danxuan suddenly trembled all over, frowning and looking at Chen Zhi.
"Mr. Chen!" Professor Liao's eldest disciple suddenly shouted, interrupting the conversation between Chen Zhi and Dan Xuan,
"Mr. Chen, we are done!
We have completely extracted the DNA factors from this skeleton and prepared color-changing films. After taking them back to the laboratory, we can draw conclusions within 48 hours.
We can go now!"
The eldest disciple's voice was urgent, and it was obvious that he didn't want to stay in this damn place for a minute.
Chen Zhi looked back at them and realized that their faces were all livid.
Sure enough, this 1,000-year-old Tianling Cap skull looks very ordinary if it doesn't shine.
And against the backdrop of this silent midnight, this skull covered with crystals looked even more eerie and terrifying.
They were hanging high on the top of the mountain, with the cold wind howling and crackling against the glazed window walls. The mountains below were like pitch-black abyss, staring deeply at them.
In this kind of atmosphere, everything around me seems ghostly. After staying in this place for a long time, it would be a lie to say that I am not afraid.
Especially these staff who have not experienced much of the world have little ability to bear it and are already trying their best to calm down.
"Let's go first!
If you have anything to do, we’ll talk about it when we get back...",
Chen Zhi patted Danxuan on the shoulder, then turned around and gestured to the staff, indicating that everyone could leave.
Danxuan didn't say much, but he seemed reluctant to part with the relic in front of him and kept looking at it.
Finally, he cautiously took a few steps forward, stopped only seven or eight meters away from the relic, solemnly clasped his hands together, and bowed deeply.
"Amitabha!"
Chen Zhi could clearly see from behind that when Danxuan was bowing, the beads in his hand were shaking all the time, and inside his large monk robe, his whole body was shaking with excitement...
They followed the original route back to the bottom of the tower. This originally very flat sapphire staircase seemed much more dangerous at this time.
Maybe it was used to prevent theft? The sapphire stone steps were very slippery when going down, so they had to be very careful every step they took.
And there are no handrails on the edge, so if you slip and fall, it’s no joke!
After walking hard for a while, they finally reached the first section of the stupa, where was the gate.
But the scene here is frightening. I don’t know since when, those blind monks were like a group of crazy beasts, blocking the door of this stupa tightly.
Although it is impossible to tell whether these monks are alive or dead, most of them must have turned into zombies, and some even have hair on their bodies.
Due to the stimulation of living flesh and blood in the tower, these zombies revealed their true colors.
Their purple skin, sharp teeth, and sharp claws were all exposed, and they were clawing and biting wildly outside the gate, wanting to tear Chen Zhi and the others into pieces.
However, for some unknown reason, they did not dare to enter the stupa. They did not even dare to approach within one meter of the gate, and they did not dare to throw away the prayer beads in their hands, as if it was their only life-saving talisman.
These guys have been gathering outside for a long time and refused to leave, seeming to be waiting for Chen Zhi and others to come out.
These scientific researchers had never seen such a scene before, and they were almost scared out of their wits.
However, Dan Xuan acted very calmly, put his hands together on his chest, closed his eyes, and slowly twisted the beads.
Chen Zhi glanced towards the corner of the sky and saw that the sky there had begun to glow dimly.
"Wait a moment!",
Chen Zhi said softly to the staff,
"Don't worry, everyone, we will be out safely soon!"
Chen Zhi then stopped talking and just stared at the clouds that were gradually brightening in the corner of the sky.
It was already past four o'clock in the morning, and the sun's rise was unstoppable.
Soon, the clouds on the horizon began to gradually brighten, and a ray of warm sunshine shone over.
And when the sunlight shines in, the glazed tiles on the top of the stupa begin to sparkle.
These blindfolded rice dumplings seemed to be burned by fire. They covered their heads with their arms and quickly fled into the meditation rooms one after another. Even though they fled in such a hurry, they still did not dare to throw away the beads in their hands.
After a while, the open space outside became clean.
"let's go!",
Chen Zhi said something to the person behind him and began to lead the way towards the yard.
The scientific researchers were relieved and followed Chen Zhi quickly onto the road, wishing they could fly out of the courtyard in one step.
When they walked into the yard, they discovered that there were actually living people in the yard.
There are some people chained up in some meditation rooms. Those people are in ragged clothes and breathing heavily. Their eyes are covered with cloth and their feet are shackled.
There are some feeding bowls outside, which are filled with bird droppings and mud, and are very dirty.
Taking advantage of the newly rising sunlight, when I looked carefully at the entire courtyard, I realized that it was really terrible inside.
But the yard was full of excrement, broken utensils, bird droppings, and some rotten and stinky things that I don’t know what they were.
It's simply not a place for people to stay.
Just when Chen Zhi and the others were about to walk towards the door, Dan Xuan held on and whispered from behind,
"Donor, you go ahead. I'll stay and clean the courtyard before I leave!"