But Tang Chizhou did not dare to tell his father and grandfather the truth, because he knew that once his father and grandfather knew the true purpose of his visit, they would definitely try their best to stop him. Tang Chizhou only told his family that three scholars from the American University School of Medicine came to China for inspection. Chinese herbal medicine, so he wanted to go with them to learn and communicate, and repeatedly emphasized that this was a rare opportunity to learn about medical skills. After saying this, his father and grandfather reluctantly agreed, but they repeatedly told them to pay attention to safety because he went I have been to the United States, which is thousands of miles away, but I have never been to such a remote and backward place in the country.

So, the candidate was selected, and after a brief introduction and a short communication, the professor was very satisfied with this candidate, because Tang Chizhou was educated in the United States and had a good understanding of Western culture and ways of thinking, so communication was very easy. Moreover, Tang Chizhou has a cheerful personality, active thinking, and the courage to take risks, but he is not reckless. His thinking is also very careful and meticulous. He is definitely a very alert and capable young man.

The professor has been teaching for decades and has interviewed countless students. Therefore, he can always get to know a person quickly in a short period of time.

A Western proverb says: "A good beginning is half the success." Choosing such a key role is definitely a good start. Therefore, the professor has doubled his confidence in this expedition. Of course, this is closely related to the great help of the Feng Shui master family. Inseparable, the professor feels that he is extremely lucky to have met such an enthusiastic person as the Feng Shui master during this trip to China.

Because the journey was far away, the four of them did not delay any further. After preparing the necessary adventure equipment in a hurry, they immediately set off by train.

Because there was no railway in our area at that time, they could only take the bus to the provincial capital first, and then after getting off the train, they could only get here on foot. However, it happened to be autumn, and the weather was no longer so hot during the day. The autumn breeze was blowing coolly, and it was already slightly cold at night. It was necessary to cover up with a thin quilt. This kind of climate was very conducive to traveling. Therefore, the time it took the three of them to reach their destination was much shorter than expected.

During the arduous trek in the mountains, they hired two porters and a guide. However, because there was a lot of equipment and our mountains were inaccessible, it was very easy to get lost. Locals who were familiar with the terrain had to lead the way. In the mountains During the march, in order to rush for time, they moved very fast, which made the two porters complain from exhaustion. They stopped working after just two days of walking. Even if they paid more, they were unwilling to stay. They had no choice but to do so. I had no choice but to calculate the completion money and let them go. Moreover, the professor saw that they had really worked hard and gave him a lot more than the originally agreed price. The two porters left with great gratitude. So, the two youngest students became Tang Chizhou also wanted to share some of the burden, but the professor and two students refused, saying that they were already grateful that Tang Chizhou could come with them, so how could they ask him to carry things.

After Tang Chizhou's repeated insistence, the professor agreed to let him carry a lighter weight. But even so, after walking in the mountains for a day, Tang Chizhou felt sore in his limbs and very tired. The two students who carried the most weight were even older. The professor, who was not young but still carried as much stuff as him, didn't notice how tired they were. Tang Chizhou suddenly thought that when he was studying in the United States, a professor once told him: Westerners have good endurance and can carry heavy loads for a long time, which is good. Army soldiers; while Asians are flexible in movement, but not as durable as Westerners, they are good materials for being scouts. I didn't realize this deeply before, but now it seems that what the professor said makes sense.

After finally reaching the foot of the mountain, the four of them did not rush to find the Taoist priest's hiding place. Instead, they spent seven or eight days inspecting the terrain in the mountain to understand the general shape and topography of the mountain, because this was not a Generally speaking, one must have an in-depth understanding of mountains before they can find the hiding place of the Taoist priests.

They also used measuring instruments to draw a simple topographic map of the mountain. Every night, when the two students fell asleep, Tang Chizhou and the professor often looked at the map and discussed it late at night. Especially Tang Chizhou, according to his profound knowledge With the knowledge of meridians, many clues can gradually be seen from these topographic maps.

According to the map drawn, this mountain indeed has obvious meridians, and the similarity between the meridians and the meridians of the human body was a bit shocking to Tang Chizhou. However, because the professor did not know much about this aspect, he faced these complicated meridians. He didn't think there was anything special about the topographic map, but it was the method Tang Chizhou used to find the meridians of this mountain that made him feel special.

Tang Chizhou believes that human meridians are the flow routes of Qi in the body. Similarly, Qi also flows in mountains, and the routes of earth Qi flowing in mountains are the meridians of mountains.

The flow of earth's energy is often closely related to the flow of streams in the mountains. Tang Chizhou would insert pieces of bamboo into the ground near the stream. This kind of bamboo is hollow, with half of it exposed on the ground and half of it inserted in the ground. , half of the bamboo exposed on the ground is filled with the ash of a special kind of grass. The ash of this kind of grass is very sensitive to the earth's air. Only a slight surge of the earth's air can turn the "ash" of this grass into By blowing it out of the bamboo, using this method, Tang Chizhou quickly discovered the direction of the earth's energy, and then followed the clues to find the direction of the mountain's meridians.

As the "meridians" of the mountain were slowly drawn, Tang Chizhou felt that the "meridians" of the mountain were more and more like human beings. This made him feel shocked and interesting. As the saying goes, "Everything has a spirit." Tang Chizhou didn't have a deep understanding of this sentence before, but through this exploration of the mountain's meridians, he had a deeper understanding of this sentence. It turns out that there are many seemingly unrelated things in the world. There is such a subtle similarity.

Because it is very similar to the meridians of the human body, Tang Chizhou quickly deduced the direction of the meridians of the mountain based on his profound knowledge of meridians without having to measure each location. This is really twice the result with half the effort.

The key to finding the Taoist priest's hiding place is to find the place with the heaviest yin energy in the mountain. This is called guessing with the help of the knowledge of meridians. Tang Chizhou quickly guessed the mountain based on the distribution map of the mountain's meridians. The place with the heaviest Yin Qi is the cave with a weird entrance shape in the valley.

When the four people finally entered the valley and saw the cave entrance, they were shocked. They had never seen a cave entrance that looked so much like a woman's organ. It was so wonderful.

What surprised Tang Chizhou even more was a herb that grew at the entrance of the cave. This herb was very unique. The shape of its leaves was very much like a fetus hanging upside down in the vagina. Generally speaking, the leaves of this herb It is very small, only as big as a copper coin, but the leaves of this grass at the entrance of the cave are as big as the mouth of a bowl. This herb has miraculous effects in treating female infertility, but because it only grows in inaccessible mountains, it is smaller than ginseng and Cordyceps is several times more difficult to find, so it is extremely precious. Historical records record that Zhao Feiyan of the Han Dynasty and Yang Guifei of the Tang Dynasty, two women who were extremely favored by the emperor but could not have children, used countless financial and manpower to find this cordyceps. Planting grass, but ultimately nothing, if two women can find this kind of grass and give birth to a son, then Chinese history may be rewritten.

Tang Chizhou did not hide his discovery, but frankly told the professor, teacher and students. When they heard that there was such a wonderful plant, they were so surprised that they came over to observe the plant carefully.

If you look at the leaves at first glance, you just feel that the shape of the leaves is a bit strange, but they don't particularly feel like a baby in pregnancy. However, when the three professors saw the shadow of the leaves of this plant projected on the ground, they were surprised. I was stunned, it looked so similar to the shape of a fetus.

And when Tang Chizhou said that this herb had such miraculous effects, he was even more excited. Just discovering this plant would not be in vain. If they take the leaves of this plant back and analyze them in the laboratory Ingredients, maybe there will be a discovery that will shock the whole world. One student even added excitedly: "Maybe we can even win the Nobel Prize."

The four people excitedly surrounded this strange plant. One student took out a pair of small scissors, hoping to cut off the leaves and take them back. When he cut the petiole of this plant, he discovered that the petiole was very thick, with a diameter as large as a copper coin. The diameter was about the same, and it seemed to be very hard. When the student cut it hard with scissors, it did not cut. No matter how hard he tried, there was still no reaction at all. Several people were surprised. Is this a plant stem or a steel wire? Although this pair of specimen scissors is small, it is extremely sharp. When cutting ordinary leaves, ordinary rhizomes will be easily cut off with just a slight force. But I have never seen such hard petioles of this plant.

Since scissors don't work, let's switch to other tools.

Another student took out a pair of pliers from his bag. These pliers are specially designed to cut steel wires and iron wires. When camping in the wild and fixing the tent with steel wires, these pliers are needed to cut and twist the steel wires.

I saw him clamping the petiole of the leaf with pliers, then closing his eyes, gritting his teeth, and exerting force, only to hear a squeaking sound, and the leaf was finally cut off, but at the same time, they suddenly seemed to hear a shrill cry. , the sound seemed to come from the cave, or from deep inside the mountain. In short, it was a scream mixed with a dull rumble, and the mountain seemed to be shaking, like an earthquake. What surprised them even more was, What came out of the cut leaf stems was not the green or white juice of ordinary plants, but a red liquid, which was just like blood and more viscous than blood.

Tang Chizhou suddenly shouted loudly: "Run away, Stones!" Before he finished speaking, stones rolled down from the mountain above the entrance of the cave, and the three of them hurriedly ran towards the middle of the valley.

Fortunately, the stones that rolled down were not too big or too many. A few people ran to a place far away from the cave entrance and listened to the rumbling sound from the mountain in shock. They were so scared that they didn't know that they were falling. Where should they hide to be safer? They just stared blankly at the rocks rolling down. Fortunately, it seemed that only the rocks above the entrance of the cave were rolling down, and none of the rocks on the mountain in other directions fell down. Come.

Another thing that surprised them was that the hole slowly shrank amidst the rumbling sound, and finally shrank to one-third of its original size before slowly stopping.
Chapter completed!