Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

The next day, Zhou Jun got up early and came to the courtyard, where he saw Hua Yue practicing his sword.

Abandoning the sword dance taught by Aunt Gongsun, Hua Yue practiced the most basic and simple sword styles in accordance with the master's requirements.

After practicing for a while, Huayue stopped moving, turned around and came to Zhou Jun, and asked with a suspicious face: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Jun was startled: "What?"

Huayue stared at Zhou Jun for a long time, and then said, "The way you look at me today is a little weird."

Zhou Jun: "How could it be? You are too worried."

Huayue: "Really? I always feel a little different from before."

Zhou Jun said something, prevaricated, and felt a little emotional in his heart. Painting the moon and practicing martial arts, if nothing else, made his senses much more sensitive.

After breakfast, Fei Weng found Zhou Jun, who was arranging errands for his subordinates, with his hands behind his back, and said, "Follow me to see Mu Sheikh."...

Zhou Jun: "But we want to go to the Seven Stars Buddha Caves?"

Fionn nodded.

Sun Aying on the side heard it and said to Zhou Jun: "Master, we will go with you too."

Fionn: "The rest of us stay here."

Hua Yue came over and said: "Erlang is not familiar with martial arts, so there must always be someone with him to protect him."

Fei Weng thought for a long time and said: "In that case, you can follow me."

Zhou Jun took Huayue and followed Fei Weng, riding to the west gate of Yanqi Town, and then headed southwest.

After walking for about half an hour, I saw an endless stretch of Buddhist temples and pagodas on a low mountain ridge and slope.

Fei Weng said as he walked: "The Seven Stars Buddha Caves were built five hundred years ago, covering an area of ​​​​1,000 acres. The temple is divided into two parts, the south and the north. It is bounded by the spring ditch in the middle, and is composed of ground temple buildings and cave buildings.

Made up of two parts.”

Hua Yue looked at the Buddhist temple and couldn't help but marvel at its grand scale. Thinking of something, she asked: "This place is far away from the town, and water and transportation are inconvenient. Why did so much construction happen here in the first place?"

Fei Weng said leisurely: "Come with me, you will understand soon."

Hua Yue and Zhou Jun looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.

The three of them continued to move forward.

When I arrived at the main entrance of the Buddhist temple, I saw incense burning, smoke filling the temple, and people coming and going.

The sound of chanting sutras, the sound of wooden fish, and the ringing of bells filled my ears.

Walking into the main entrance, Zhou Jun saw Mu Sheikh wearing a turban, standing among the crowd, staring at the Buddha statue, neither prostrating nor praying, which made him stand out.

Some monks walked past him and looked at him sideways when they saw that he was dressed as a food sect.

Feion came to Mushaykh and said, "Let's go."

Mu Sheikh turned around and saw Hua Yue, frowned, and finally walked forward without saying anything.

After passing the incense field and the Buddhist temple, the group of four people came to the back hill of the south courtyard.

When several monks saw Fei Weng and Mu Sheikh, they first chanted Buddha's name, then went down the stone steps and walked towards the grotto at the bottom of the mountain.

Following the steps, Zhou Jun reached the bottom and looked up again, only to see a rusty iron door locking the entrance to the grotto.

Someone posted Sanskrit scriptures on the iron gate, and there are countless Vajra statues on the walls on both sides of the grotto.

Seeing Zhou Jun looking around, Fei Weng said: "The seven stars include ninety-two places such as pagodas, palaces, and monk's rooms, and eleven caves. Ten of them are open places, but this one is a forbidden place."

Zhou Jun looked at the monks who were struggling to open the door and asked, "Are these people from the Hidden Gate?"

Fei Weng: "Yes, people from the Yin Sect are all over Yanqi. These people are all disciples of the Dharma Hall."

Zhou Jun recalled carefully that Mu Sheikh originally believed in the Great Food Sect and Fei Weng originally believed in Taoism. Now, there is a group of Buddhists who are disciples of the Hidden Sect.

Speaking of which, Yinmen's acceptance of believers is truly inclusive.

Only a harsh creaking sound was heard, and the iron door was slowly opened.

The monks lit torches with fire folds and walked in.

Seeing Fei Weng and Mu Xieh follow him in, Zhou Jun looked back at Hua Yue who was hesitant, and finally gritted his teeth and took her in with him.

As soon as he entered the cave, the cold wind blowing against his face and the strange sounds made Zhou Jun shiver.

Painting the moon is even worse.

Her face was pale, her eyes were closed tightly, and she hugged Zhou Jun tightly, her whole body trembling.

Only then did Zhou Jun remember that Hua Yue was afraid of ghosts and gods, so he said, "You can stay outside the cave and wait for me to come out."

Huayue said nothing, but shook her head vigorously.

Zhou Jun had no choice but to hold her and move forward.

With the faint light of the torch, Zhou Jun looked towards the cave.

The grottoes are dug into the mountain, and the traces of manual polishing and carving are very obvious.

Zhou Jun sighed in his heart, such a huge project, no one knows how many civilians and craftsmen were used in the first place.

Every once in a while in the cave, there is a huge pillar cave.

The plan of the pillar caves is mostly square, with a central pillar cut out of the ground and directly connected to the top of the cave.

On the main wall of the main room, there are pedestals of different sizes, on which the Buddha is placed. On the upper ends of the two side walls of the main room, there are countless inward grooves, with small holes embedded in them, where statues of Buddha and Lotte are placed.

At the bottom of the two side walls, there are pictures of Buddha's biography. On the Nirvana platform on the back wall, there is also a clay sculpture of Buddha's Nirvana.

The further you go inward, the more Buddha statues there are.

Moreover, most of the original Buddha faces had kind eyebrows and kind eyes, but the farther inside, the more ferocious his face became.

Countless Sanskrit characters carved on the stone walls are densely covered throughout the cave, making the atmosphere of the entire cave increasingly weird.

Finally, the monk in front stopped.

Zhou Jun vaguely heard the monks talking - "If we go further, we will reach the Devil's Cave, and we can't accompany them any longer."

With doubts, Zhou Jun came to the front. Before he could speak, he was startled by the things in the cave.

I saw that the cave passage ahead was densely covered with bones, and the relics of the deceased were everywhere.

Feon nodded to the monks and said, "Okay, you go out first."

Watching the monks walking away along the way they came, Zhou Jun asked Fei Weng: "Why do we come here?"

Before Fei Weng could answer, Mu Sheikh said: "Someone saw the owner of the Hidden Gate, who last appeared here."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhou Jun was surprised: "In other words, the owner of the Hidden Sect may have disappeared here?"

Fei Weng: "Yes... the Hidden Sect is currently in civil strife. Only by finding the sect master can the overall situation be stabilized."

Zhou Jun asked again: "Then why did you bring me here?"

Mu Sheikh: "This place was mentioned in the prophecy, and you were also mentioned. Perhaps only you can unlock the mechanism in front of it."

Zhou Jun: "Government?"

Fei Weng: "Let's go, don't waste time."

The group of people continued to walk forward.

After walking for more than ten meters, Zhou Jun finally saw a heavy stone door at the end of the corridor.

There is another strange compass above the stone gate.

Huayue shook Zhou Jun's arm and motioned him to look at the walls on both sides.

The latter looked towards the wall and saw many thumb-sized holes hidden in the cracks in the rock. This might be the mechanism mentioned just now.

Fion took out some linen cloth from his arms, wetted it with water, and handed it into the hands of others.

After doing all this, he pointed to the mechanism on the stone door and said: "If you make a mistake in solving this mechanism, poisonous gas will erupt from the wall. Cover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth and you can survive, but it won't last long."

Zhou Jun put the wet cloth on his face and said: "In other words, I only have one chance. If I fail, I must leave immediately and start over again next time?"

Fionn nodded.

Zhou Jun took a deep breath, approached the stone door, and looked at the compass.

I saw that the compass was the size of a palm, could be rotated left and right, pushed and pulled up and down, and was divided into six equal parts.

The rotating partitions are marked with many radicals, such as "氵", "倀", "木", "灬", etc. The push-pull partitions are marked with many radicals, such as "尀", "

"Er", "青" and so on.

Zhou Jun was a little dumbfounded.

Is it possible to rotate and push the compass to form six characters?

Seeing Zhou Jun's confused expression, Fei Weng said: "No one can solve this mechanism, whether it is a knowledgeable sage or a clever scholar."

Zhou Jun looked towards the middle of the compass and saw two small characters - Six Dynasties - carved in the center.

Six Dynasties?

Zhou Jun read these two words in a low voice.

Mu Sheikh on the side said: "There are several versions of the Six Dynasties. One of them refers to the six dynasties from the Three Kingdoms to the Southern Dynasties, which are Sun Wu, Eastern Jin, Southern Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, and Southern Chen. If it is simplified as

The six characters are Wu, Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen."

Zhou Jun turned around and asked, "Have you tried these six words?"

Mu Sheikh sighed and said, "I tried it, but many people died."

Zhou Jun: "What about other explanations?"

Mu Sheikh: “I’ve tried them all, but none of them are right.”

Hearing this, Zhou Jun also sighed.

Six dynasties, which six dynasties do you refer to?

Suddenly, Zhou Jun had a flash of inspiration. He froze in place, his body couldn't stop shaking, and he kept chanting: "Impossible, impossible."

Huayue noticed something was wrong with Zhou Jun and quickly asked: "Erlang, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Jun stretched out his trembling hand, grabbed the compass, and after some twisting and pushing, he formed six characters.

Only a loud bang was heard, the stone door slowly moved to the side, and the road ahead was finally open.

Fei Weng, who looked surprised, quickly moved over and looked at the compass.

I saw only six characters on the compass, namely Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing.

Zhou Jun, who was in despair, was the first to walk into the stone gate, followed closely by Hua Yue, who also followed in.

Only Feiong and Mu Sheikh were left looking at each other, confused.

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