With the emergence of these two sentences, the secret here is almost ready to be revealed.

Li Heng looked at the Buddha statue and these two verses on the stone wall in front of him and immediately guessed what organization originally occupied this place.

As a sect that has spread far and wide in history, its spread can be said to have far-reaching influence both in space and time.

A sect known as the "professional rebels" in ancient times - the White Lotus Sect.

The carving on this stone wall should be one of the gods enshrined by the White Lotus Sect - the Wusheng Old Mother.

And it was she who was kneeling before the iron figurine.

Regarding this discovery, Li Heng felt that it was unexpected and reasonable.

As an organization that once spread all over the country and spread all over the world, it even set off a great rebellion that once shocked the Qing court. This sect has left many traces in many places across the country.

Even now, you can find White Lotus Sect ruins or temples in many ancient mountain places, or even places where rebels and soldiers once gathered.

Seeing these things here, Li Heng felt strange and inexplicably reasonable.

Li Heng was a little confused. Except for the statue of the inanimate old mother when he came in, there were no more temples. There were no other statues of Buddhas or elders here. There was no scene like the Juyi Hall and the training ground as he imagined. There were many things on display here.

The things were not consistent with his previous conjectures.

Li Heng casually pushed aside the stone block blocking his way, and at the same time took out the long-lasting light he had always kept on him, and slowly went deep into the dark cave where no daylight could be seen.

"call--"

Out of some wild instinct, it developed an instinctive resistance to this unknown environment, and it felt threatened.

The big cat that had been leading the way before quickly caught up with Li Heng, and soon fell behind him and turned into a cat following the person. After walking a little longer, it stopped immediately.

When you get to the point where you can hit a punch like a bomb exploding, then maybe you can ignore these barriers and walk around the world as you please.

After saying this, there was only a booming sound, and a large number of rocks were shaken away by a strong force, making a sound like a car accident. The big cat was frightened by the huge movement, and its fur stood on end. It stood on the spot and jumped high with a sharp sound.

Therefore, this is a geological structure that becomes wider the further you go, so Li Heng does not need to worry about oxygen for the time being.

Li Heng looked at everything in the darkness calmly, but his brows furrowed as he continued to go deeper.

Then he clapped his hands and said:

"Some people don't want me to come in, but I want to go down and have a look."

"Meow~"

Naturally formed caves and burrows are different from artificially excavated ones. They often cannot be completely sealed. Most of them are connected to the atmosphere, and there are many invisible cracks that serve as ventilation vents.

At this point, he could confirm that this deep cave was not excavated and built by the White Lotus Sect, but was formed naturally. The rock textures inside these mountain walls formed a very standard stress texture, which was slowly formed by long-term geological structures.

He had a guess in his mind.

If that's the case, directional blasting with detonators and explosives must be used, coupled with heavy drilling rigs and excavation vehicles.

He had already walked out of the long and narrow stone path in the one-way cave, and the darkness in front of him suddenly became thicker and deeper. He knew that he had now arrived in a more open space.

Holding the light, he immediately walked deeper. On the way, he saw tools such as rotten shovels, stone picks with rotten wooden handles, wooden shovels broken into half, etc. It didn't take long for him to see some tools that could be used.

Something to verify his conjecture.

It's like something that a group of believers would do. The great rivers in the Qinling Mountains gather in the mountains and forests, swords are sharpened and guns are blasted, and blazing flames are burning in the brazier. Countless priests in white lotus robes chant under the firelight an adaptation of Maitreya Buddha.

and the hymns of the scriptures of the Inanimate Old Mother...

"The shaking in my hand still hurts a lot. Fortunately, these are just fragmentary stone blocks that are simply blocked. If the entire mountain wall collapses and blocks the blockage, I really can't do anything."

Li Heng didn't force it, it was enough to bring him here, and let him explore the rest.

Li Heng smiled and continued going down with the lamp, going deeper.

"Meow~"

And the deeper Li Heng went, the more traces he could see of the White Lotus Sect - religious flags made of bamboo poles and cotton cloth, with the White Lotus Sect's emblem and slogans painted on them, but the years had already faded away here.

It was almost rotten in the damp environment, and there were various rusty sword remnants scattered in the cave. The leaky brazier on the wooden support had been extinguished for a hundred years... There were even a few skeletons that had long since rotted.

Buried among the rocks.

Li Heng squatted down and simply measured it with his fingers. The width of each groove was roughly the same.

Moreover, most areas of the cave are blocked by rubble. These rocks are very irregular and fragmented, and it seems that they were specially blown open to block the entrance of the cave.

The big cat swayed left and right on the ground and moved around a few times, sweeping its tail back and forth on the wet ground. Finally, it turned around and left, turning back and meowing at him when it came out of the cave.

And he also has this capital.

The big cat who had been walking in front looked back at him, which seemed to mean: There is no way, meow.

He saw circular pits about two or three meters wide that were dug into the ground, as well as fire walls built with square stones, and grooves that were deeply carved into the rock walls on the ground.

"It seems you can only go so far."

The cat's tail kept wagging, looking restless, and its meows were not so gentle and cute, with an anxious purring sound.

"Go back and wait for me up there."

The road further back is even more difficult. There is a very hidden downward-sloping cave hidden behind the lush vegetation of the pond. The outer wall of the cave is made of scattered rocks, which are like sharp teeth with uneven layers. They have been exposed to the humid environment for a long time.

Soaked in it, it looks like a sticky, ferocious mouth eating.

The pressure from the earth caused the mountain range that was originally a whole to tear open to form a crack, and this crack originated from the inside of the mountain and extended to the outside little by little, forming the so-called entrance.

Seeing its reaction, Li Heng understood that the big cat must have reached its limit and did not dare to go any deeper.

Thinking of this, Li Heng was very interested and continued walking along the stone wall.

Li Heng walked into the dark and deep cave, pressed his hands on the blocked rocks, and exerted force with his arms to simply test the effect.

They were some wheelbarrows with buckets, and now they were all lying crookedly in a corner of the cave, quietly waiting to rot.

He went up and groped with his fingers again, and found that the width of the wheels of these carts was just about the same as the grooves in the rock walls.

"These are human mine carts..."

Li Heng came to a conclusion after obtaining accurate evidence.

If this is the case, the previous speculation is wrong. Although this place was once the territory of the White Lotus Sect, it is neither a place of worship, nor a gathering hall, nor a training ground.

But a mine!
Chapter completed!