Chapter 207 Black Tiger Profound Altar
"Evil Luohai City" is also known as "Ten Cities of Terror and Powerful Power". It and "Gate of Disasters" are both place names that only exist in ancient legends of Kunlun Mountain. They have never been recorded in history. It is just that the legend is hidden in the deepest part of Kunlun Mountain. Have they really existed? The ancient city in the mural of "The Tomb of King Xian" may depict "Evil Luohai City", but what is the connection between this nest of the northern demons and the "bottomless ghost cave" deep in the sandy sea in Xinjiang? Can we find a huge "eyeball" altar there? We are not very sure yet.
Even the worst plan is to be made. In legend, the ancient and evil "Evil Luohai City" is like the "Jingjue Ancient City". One night, the mysterious suddenly disappeared, so the powerful "Demon Kingdom" was in a slump. What disasters or changes happened there are still unknown.
I suddenly remembered what Zhang Yingchuan said: "There will be a beginning in the end, and you will get the middle way when you encounter water." The middle way refers to the doctrine of the mean. The right way can also be understood as a safe and secure road. It is avalanche and is trapped in a desperate situation, but it is also bright and bright. I discovered a more mysterious passage. This long and narrow slope leads to the deepest part of the Longding Glacier. There should be lakes or rivers. If there is water, there must be roads. Thinking of this, I immediately added some confidence.
Everyone rested on this gentle slope for about half an hour. Because they were worried that the near-demon tower was unsafe, they set off and continued to go down. The frozen soil tunnel with earth steps was built, which was well-connected underground and as dense as a spider web. We did not dare to go forth in the road, but only followed the main road in the middle. From time to time, we could see some talismans and marks, including some "eyeball" patterns.
Shirley Yang said to me: "If the Sang Reincarnation Sect only wants to dig the door of disaster, there is no need to dig the tunnel into the nine-story demon building all the time. It is not built in the same period. It may have been hundreds or even thousands of years. This may be related to their belief that the abyss is the source of power, but have you ever thought about why the people in the Sang Reincarnation Sect dug up the demon tower?"
I thought about it and said, "This is indeed strange. The demon tower that worships the evil gods cannot be violated. Could it be that the Reincarnation Sect wants to take out something important from it? Apart from the glacier crystal corpse, what else will be in the tower?"
We discussed while walking, but we never figured out the reason, so we had to do it. After extending obliquely downward for a while, we connected with the vertical ice abyss. Although the ice wall was slightly inclined, in our eyes, this angle was no different from being straight up and down, and there was no way to go.
You can already see the bottom of the ice abyss here. Countless light blue fluorescences in the deepest part gathered into a river with twinkling light, winding under the glacier. Because the ice wall is slightly inclined, when we were tracking "Snow Maitreya", everyone looked down at the entrance of the frozen tunnel, as if looking up at the Tianhe River, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful, just like the Milky Way."
There may be crystals below, or there may be phosphors such as jellyfish in the river, so such a dreamy wonder appears.
There are some ruins of broken wood at the entrance of the tunnel. Hundreds of years ago, there were probably wooden bridges that could lead to the bottom, but over time, they collapsed and the wood probably fell into the river below. I looked at the height. This was already the bottom of the glacier, and it was about 30 meters away from the fluorescent river. This height can be directly dropped with a long rope.
I told everyone that since there is live water, there will inevitably be a way out, and we can use a mountaineering rope to go down...
Uncle Ming raised an objection. The ice wall is smoother than the mirror surface. Although it is not high for more than 30 meters, it can even break people if it falls. It is too dangerous to slide down the ice wall with a rope.
The fat man looked down and felt dizzy. He quickly agreed with Uncle Ming, be careful of the ten thousand-year-old ship. There are so many branches and routes in the tunnel behind him, and there must be other exits. Of course, I don’t care about Fat Master. Even if I fall flat, I will be a hero again twenty years later. But now we have to care about Uncle Ming and the others’ safety.
I reminded the fat man, Commander Wang, don’t stand in the wrong team. Put a shortcut and don’t go. You have to drill the tunnels. What should I do if I get lost in it? We don’t need to worry about Uncle Ming and the others. Anyway, according to the previous agreement, the nine-story demon tower has been dug out and the glacier crystal corpse has been found. We will go our separate ways in the future. If we can stay alive, after returning to Beijing, we will settle the account issues. Uncle Ming, you will prepare your antique toys after you go home. We will be welcome at that time.
I said this just to scare Uncle Ming. Uncle Ming was indeed worried that we would leave him and A Xiang here without caring. After thinking about it, we could only go out of the glacier with three lieutenants. Moreover, this operation suffered losses and lost all our money. Perhaps in the "Gate of Disaster" below, we could find something more valuable. Of course, these things must be subject to survival, so we should never separate, so that the chance of surviving in the disaster will increase.
Seeing that Uncle Ming was done, I prepared the ropes and used a long rope to match the mountaineering pickaxe to descend first. There were many scattered black rotten wood around the valley below the ice abyss. There were a large number of iceberg crystal stone ore veins on the banks of the river, which flashed with the light blue fluorescence in the river. There was no need to use any light source and there would be a certain range of visibility.
I looked around and saw that there was no danger, so I sent a signal to let the people above follow me. When the fat man slid down with a last shout, it had been delayed a lot of time. From digging the wooden tower and fighting with the wolves, until we came to the depths of the ice abyss, everyone had only rested for less than half an hour, and they were inevitably hungry and hungry.
Shirley Yang said to me: "We must find a safe place to rest overnight so that Uncle Ming and A Xiang can restore their strength, otherwise if we continue, we will be exhausted."
I nodded and agreed, so everyone looked for a place to camp nearby. First, they went down to the edge of the underground river. The river water here was very smooth and the water quality was very clear. There were many fresh water jellyfish in the water, and the light blue fluorescence was emitted by them. However, although this creature looked beautiful, it was actually very dangerous. If it gathered in large quantities, the bioelectricity it emitted could instantly paralyze large animals. Shirley Yang warned everyone to stay away from the riverside as much as possible and be sure not to touch the river.
The valley seemed to have no end, and walked along the direction of the water flow. Soon after, a cave was discovered under the cliff covered with crystal stones. Since it was deep underground, if something fell on it, no one could stand it. The cave at the bottom of the cliff naturally became the most ideal place to camp.
The entrance of the cave is relatively spacious and neat, like a trace of artificial heaving. However, it is old and difficult to confirm. When you use a flashlight and look out from the outside of the cave, crystal lights flash. There are a large number of transparent crystals in the cave, just like outside, but it seems that it is extremely tortuous and deep. Standing outside, you can't see the depth inside clearly.
This cave does not look like a place where wild animals appear, but for safety reasons, I took the fat man to reconnaise first. After less than five or six steps deep into the cave, it was just a turn. The space behind it was about a room size of about twenty square meters. If there was no danger, it was really suitable for camping.
The fat man and I held up the "wolf eyes" and shone randomly in the cave. There were some old stone platforms on the ground, and some white cow heads were piled in the corners. There were black human-shaped wooden figures more than one foot high on the stone platform. I felt that this place was probably the place where the reincarnation sect was sacrificed. This black little wooden man, in this form, seemed to be the same as the "Black Tiger Xuantan" mentioned by the Iron Rod Lama.
I asked the fat man to call A Xiang and others in, and let A Xiang see if there is anything unclean in the cave. A Xiang went into the cave and looked at it. No, no dead or alive, and there was nothing black little wooden man.
Since everything is safe and everyone is already very tired, looking forward may not be a suitable place than here, so I rested in the cave and raised a fire to heat up the food.
There are also some natural small holes on the innermost stone wall of this crystal cave, the size of a fist, but even children cannot get in. It should be safer to use stones to block all the holes to prevent snakes from drilling in.
Everyone gathered around the fire to eat, but Uncle Ming sighed and couldn't swallow it. He asked A Xiang to take out his ancestral "Thirteen-bearded flower porcelain cat", shook his head constantly, picked up a stone, and smashed the porcelain cat into pieces.
The fat man looked at him again and said to Uncle Ming: "If you don't want it, give it to me. This big cat has a history of hundreds of years, right? It's so bad that it's a thing. It's a pity to smash things. When I smashed the four old things, I smashed more than you, but now, don't you regret it?"
I said to Uncle Ming: "I remember you worshipped this flower porcelain cat not long ago. It is said that this thing is very effective and its beard has not broken. But why did we break so many people's hands in the demon tower? Could it be that I didn't look at the almanac and made a fuss?"
Uncle Ming sighed and told the truth: "People like me who have been running on the boat for so many years believe in these things and are most afraid of those unlucky signs. The older they are, the less courage they are. In order to get a lottery, this porcelain cat passed down from my ancestors has stuck to their beards to death by glue, and they can't break them." The more they say, the more angry they become, as if they can't get along with themselves, and waved their hands to push the broken porcelain cat to the wall.
It was a coincidence that the porcelain cat's body was broken, but the cat's head was still intact. It rolled to the wall and was facing Uncle Ming. Under the flames, the cat's eyes were bright and bright, as if they had become alive. This made Uncle Ming even more uncomfortable and murmured: "The old porcelain cat is almost becoming a sperm, I let you glare at me." As he said that, he picked up the stone again, trying to walk over and smash the Huaci Cat's head.
I want to stop Uncle Ming, why bother? Can I get angry with an object? But before I could speak, Uncle Ming's body suddenly froze and stood there motionless.
He turned his back to us, I didn't know what he saw, and with my wave, the fat man had already loaded the gun, Shirley Yang pulled Axiang into a corner a little further away.
I stood up and stared at the cat's head with my eyes curled up, and then asked Uncle Ming what was going on. Uncle Ming said tremblingly: "Brother Hu, there is a snake there, look over there." Uncle Ming was bitten by a poisonous snake when he was in Southeast Asia, so he was very afraid of the poisonous snake.
I thought I had checked it just now, and there would be snakes. Besides, what's the point of snakes? I looked in the direction that Uncle Ming pointed out and found that there was a hole next to the head of the porcelain cat that I had previously blocked with stones. The stone swayed slightly, as if something was about to arch out of it.
I protected Uncle Ming behind me and pulled out the engineer. Whether it was a snake or a mouse that came out of it, I slapped it with a shovel and then slapped it down. Shirley and Yang and others also raised their flashlights and shone them here from behind.
The stone moved a few more times and finally fell to the ground. I took the engineer shovel and slapped it, but halfway it stopped. It was not a snake, but a green plant branch, and a red flower the size of a sea bowl bloomed in an instant.
How could flowers grow here? I haven't figured out what's going on, but I heard A Xiang screaming suddenly behind me. I was concentrating on seeing what happened. I was so scared that I almost threw the engineer on the ground by her scream. I never thought that if a woman was extremely scared, she would make such a noise.
Chapter completed!