People in Zong Tomb, Jieling Pirates

Chapter 308 Worm Valley

No one knows what Ding Sitian is thinking, but even if they know, they can understand. They are not acting without a license anyway.

Moreover, they are only on guard at the periphery, so they will not hinder their movements, which can be regarded as a guarantee for them.

After putting aside what he was thinking, Chen Ziyan looked at Hu Bayi and asked: "Lao Hu, can you see anything else now?"

He remembered that the layout here has the function of guarding the Feng Shui pattern. Now that the earth energy that has been accumulated here for thousands of years has been released, it means that the earth veins have changed. It is obvious that the Feng Shui pattern has also been affected, so there is such a situation.

Just ask.

"This..." Hu Bayi was reminded by him and thought of this. He took out the compass and looked at it for a while before giving a positive reply: "Through the layout here, we can deduce the overall wind and rain layout.

, then you only need to use the compass to locate it, and even if you cannot find the Snake River, you can still find the goal of this trip."

When talking about the latter part, Hu Bayi's tone couldn't help but bring out a bit of joy, which was good news for them.

Not only Hu Bayi felt happy, but others also felt the same after hearing this, which meant that they no longer needed to wander around like headless flies.

With a compass for guidance, you can go straight to your final destination, thus saving a lot of unnecessary travel.

At this moment, Wang Kaixuan suddenly said: "Huh? Look at the back of this monument, what is it painted on?"

Unexpectedly, this guy had already run behind the short stele and scraped away the mud layer attached to it, revealing the relief on the stele.

Chen Ziyan and others ducked behind the monument and saw that the back of the short monument was covered with relief carvings, with an extremely magnificent Yunding Tiangong carved on it.

At the highest point is a palace that looks like the word "magnificent" is written on it. Inside, there are the moon city, turrets, inner city, stele, tower, sacred wall, stele pavilion, sacrificial hall, spiritual platform and other buildings.

Everything.

There is a hazy distant view of the mountains and rivers behind it. There are no hill foundations under the palace, but several rays of light and rainbow shadows are drawn, surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, giving it an otherworldly and fairy-like pavilion.

Below is the Shinto of Xuan Palace. On both sides of the Shinto are steep mountains, and the towering peaks set off the majesty of the sky.

Although Wang Kaixuan was not good at interpreting the reliefs, he could still read the pictures, so he asked: "Look at the clouds below, could it be that Mr. Xian Wang built his own tomb in the sky?"

Hearing his words, Chen Ziyan smiled and said: "This is just the imagination of King Xian. The Jade Emperor's heavenly palace is probably nothing more than this."

Although the Tomb of King Xian is indeed impressive, it is not as impressive as the murals in front of you.

Shirley Yang said: "At present, all the clues point to the water dragon halo, but I feel that no matter how magical the water dragon halo is, it is impossible to create such a majestic celestial palace. Most of it has been artistically processed."

Seeing that this knowledge point in his field of expertise was mentioned, Hu Bayi explained it in detail: "In ancient times, the so-called water dragons mostly referred to waterfalls with large flows, while halo refers to the neon lights that appear when water vapor evaporates.

, this neon sign is tangible and intangible, so it was considered by the ancients to be a fairy bridge, and there was no way to build buildings on it."

"I think the palace in this relief is probably not the king's tomb, but more like the ground-level sacrificial setting of the king's tomb, which is often called the Ming Tower. According to the specifications of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Ming Tower was generally built on top of the underground palace, with two

There must be at least ten feet of distance between them."

"If this is the Sacrifice Tower, wouldn't it mean that after King Xian's death, someone would have to hold a ceremony of worship at a specific time? But according to the information we have received, this place has barriers that prevent people from entering.

"Poisonous miasma, is there any other way through the poisonous miasma?" Shirley Yang suddenly asked.

She has never forgotten the poisonous miasma. Compared with some tangible threats, this invisible obstacle can sometimes be more deadly.

Chen Ziyan took her words and said: "There are no more than two reasons for the occurrence of valley miasma. One is due to the special terrain. The air circulation in deep mountains and valleys is inconvenient. The humid climate and rotting animals and plants will naturally produce toxic gases.

The miasma.”

"The other is to use the low terrain here to plant special poisonous plants in the depths after the completion of King Xian's Tomb, so as to provide an artificial miasma barrier."

Hu Bayi added helpfully: "In fact, it is not necessarily a poisonous plant. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was already a very mature mercury refining technology. Just place a large amount of mercury nearby, and poisonous gas will gradually form in the air. However, this method

The craftsmanship and site requirements are strict, and it is not easy to implement.”

The reason why he made the supplement was that he felt that the terrain here met the requirements.

"Look here, you guys." Ding Sitian found something in the relief and quickly pointed it out.

Several people looked along where he pointed and discovered that there was a strange-looking toad carved on the relief of the Shinto, which was probably a place in the valley.

Looking in the direction the toad was facing, they found a symmetrical toad on the other side.

The appearance of these two toads is not big, and it is easy to miss them if you don't look carefully, so they didn't notice them at all just now.

"This is not in the information." Hu Bayi immediately frowned.

He knew what similar biological reliefs probably represented, but the meaning would be difficult to understand for a while, so he was worried that something might happen as a result.

"Are these two toads those totems?" Wang Kaixuan asked.

He heard from Big Gold Tooth that the older the tomb, the more representative totems would appear.

Thinking that the tomb of King Xian was still a product of the Qin and Han Dynasties, he thought it was probably a totem of King Xian or the Dian Kingdom.

Anyway, their side is either voodoo or evil, so it’s not surprising that they believe in toads.

"Perhaps..." Chen Ziyan recalled for a moment and said, "But what I think is more likely is that these two symmetrical toads represent a secret passage."

His fingers drew an imaginary line between the two toads, and then said: "If the open mouth of the toad is regarded as the entrance of a hole, then this line is most likely an underground passage, maybe like what Shirley just said

In that case, this is the secret passage left for the worshipers to cross the poisonous miasma."

Hu Bayi looked at it carefully, nodded in agreement, and then pointed to the toad closer to the Tiangong and said: "This one should be located near the tomb of King Xian, so I think Chen Ziyan's speculation

It makes sense.”

Wang Kaixuan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Doesn't that mean that as long as you find this toad in the Worm Valley, you can use the secret passage to enter the tomb of King Xian?"

Chen Ziyan gave an affirmative answer: "That's right."

Although there are many dangers in this secret passage, compared to traveling directly from the ground, Chen Ziyan feels that it is more appropriate to take this 'old' road. At least he can be prepared in advance.

After continuing to study for a while, a few people simply covered the jade coffin, marked it, and left.

They haven't had a good rest since they came in, so they need to take a solid rest now.

Especially in the future, there will be fewer detours, which can save enough rest time.

Time flew by and the next day arrived. Chen Ziyan and the others were exhausted, so they all fell asleep when they returned to the temporary camp. When they woke up, it was already afternoon, so they simply did not set off.

After all, in a place like this, traveling at night is not a wise choice, and they also wanted to continue studying the route, so they simply stayed one more night.

After simply eating something, the group of people followed the agreed route. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they chose to go on the slopes close to the mountains.

In this area where mountains and forests meet, the plants are much sparser, and there is neither the usual sweltering heat and humidity nor the coldness of the mountains, making it a very pleasant climate.

After traveling so easily for four or five hours, a large field of flowering trees as thick as a bowl appeared in front of them, and not far away there was a large stream flowing.

After seeing this stream, Hu Badun's eyes suddenly lit up: "This should be the Snake River that the locals call the Snake River. The Snake River water system is concentrated underground in this section. It is estimated that this is the only thing left on the surface."

A single seedling.”

Then he followed the direction of the stream, looked at a deep valley in the distance, and said again: "If I guessed correctly, that should be the entrance to the Worm Valley!"

After hearing this, everyone else looked towards the valley, but unfortunately it was impossible to see clearly what was going on in the valley from here.

Wang Kaixuan said positively: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go there quickly and we'll find out if we have a look."

Chen Ziyan stopped him with a voice, and then looked at an open space next to him: "The valley is right there and you can't run away. We have been walking for a long time now. We need to take a rest at least. Besides, no one knows what is going on in the valley, so we still can't run away."

No rush."

"That's right, let's take a rest first." When Wang Kaixuan heard about the break, he immediately agreed.

They walked from breakfast to now without stopping for four or five hours. Although they didn't feel very tired, it was indeed time to take a rest.

There is no need to rush for many things, so he readily agreed.

Since they were just taking a short rest, they directly found a few clean stones to use as chairs. They had no intention of boiling water for cooking, and simply ate some instant food.

After resting for about an hour, a few people set off again, heading towards the valley along the stream.

The terrain in this section was getting lower and lower. When the gradually lowering terrain stopped, they had arrived at a ruins.

Although the overgrown weeds on the ground covered most of the brick fragments, the remaining buildings could not be covered.

Seeing such a scene in front of them, everyone's spirits were lifted.

Because this means that they finally reached the Worm Valley.

After they passed through the ruins, they saw two bare stone mountains.

These two stone mountains are said to be mountains, but they are actually two huge rocks, with an eye painted on each with black paint.

However, this time the eyes are not those of the Ghost Cave Clan, but a pair of human eyes. Although the composition is simple and rough, the deep majesty is portrayed extremely vividly.

It gives people a very strange feeling, as if they are really being watched.

When they walked to the rock, Shirley Yang suddenly said: "This should be a meteorite split into two. All the accidents nearby should be related to it."

Hu Bayi said in confusion: "Although these two stones are stuck here, there shouldn't be anything special about the rocks themselves. If they are really meteorites, there should be craters nearby."

Shirley Yang directly showed her watch: "You can also look at your watch. It should no longer display the time now. There is some unique element on this meteorite that will affect electronic circuit transistors and radio equipment.

, as long as it enters the range of its radiation, all electronic instruments will malfunction. It can be said that this is the Bermuda Triangle of Yunnan."

Hearing what she said, everyone else hurriedly raised their wrists, but as Shirley Yang said, there was nothing on the watch at this time and it had entered a malfunctioning state.

Wang Kaixuan looked at the two meteorites strangely and asked: "This thing is really strange. I don't know how much it can be sold for internationally."

Although he said so, he was very honest with his hands and feet this time and had no intention of knocking any bit off.

This surprised Hu Bayi next to him. He thought this guy was going to take it down, but he was already prepared to stop it.

But who would have thought that this guy would actually change his surname? He really just looked at it without doing anything.

Maybe Hu Bayi's performance was too obvious, so Wang Kaixuan guessed his thoughts. The fat man raised his eyebrows at Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, what's your look like?"

Wang Kaixuan said that he had been insulted, and this matter was not as unfair as ten meals of boiled mutton.

Hu Bayi naturally had nothing to be polite to him, so he asked directly: "I'm just curious why you didn't take action this time?"

Wang Kaixuan said nonchalantly: "What's the use of doing it? It's not like you don't know the function of this thing. Do you think this thing can be sold? Labor and management don't want to be stabbed in the back in the future, so it's better to let Xiao Ding's

Let your colleagues handle it."

This is the real reason why Wang Kaixuan did not take action.

At first, he thought about bringing back some specimens and asking Big Gold Tooth to find someone to inquire about the price, but then he gave up the idea when he thought about the role that this kind of meteorite could play in the military.

Instead of working hard on this, he might as well find two more bright weapons.

Hu Bayi really didn't expect this to be the reason, and immediately gave Wang Kaixuan a thumbs up: "Okay, Fatty, I didn't expect you to have such a high level of ideological consciousness now. My hard work and teachings for so many years have really not been wasted!"

But something doesn't sound right when I say this.

Wang Kaixuan spat fiercely: "Bah, you're just going to put money on your face!"

(End of chapter)