I was just feeling strange, when suddenly with the sound of water, the piece of dead wood sank into the lake on its own, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only a huge wave on the lake.
Everyone was surprised.
Jianjian exclaimed: "Holy crap, what was that thing just now? It couldn't be a water monster, right?"
Wen Qingshan stared at the lake, frowned and pondered for a moment, then turned to Professor Dong and asked: "Professor Dong, didn't you say that the salt content in this lake is too heavy and is not suitable for any living creatures to survive? How could there be anything in the lake?" Something made such a big splash,"
Professor Dong was also stunned. He said in a daze: "When we inspected Chishui Lake more than ten years ago, except for some aquatic insects and microorganisms that can adapt to the high-salt environment, we did not find any other organisms. Could it be that Now the salinity of the water has been reduced to a level suitable for fish survival,"
Without saying anything, Wen Qingshan suddenly took a few steps to the lake, stretched out his hands, picked up a lake of water, and directly put his mouth to it. Seeing this, Professor Dong quickly stopped him and said: "Brother Wen, please drink this water." No, poisonous,"
Wen Qingshan turned his head and said with a smile: "Haha, don't worry, I don't want to drink the lake water, I just want to test the salinity of the lake water." After saying that, he ignored Professor Dong's obstruction and put the water in his hand The lake water was put into his mouth.
He just rinsed his mouth with lake water and spit it out. Then he spit out two more mouthfuls, raised his head and said to everyone: "This lake water is salty and astringent, and it also has a strange smell. It must contain a very high salt content. It is absolutely not suitable for fish to survive,"
As soon as he finished speaking, another wave of waves suddenly appeared on the lake.
It seems that there is indeed something in the lake, and the size of this thing should be quite big. If it is not a fish, what could it be? Could it be that it is like what Jianjian said, it is some kind of unknown water monster, but what is it? The water monster is actually able to survive in lake water with extremely high salinity.
Everyone was feeling puzzled when the herdsman who accompanied us suddenly knelt down on his knees and kowtowed in the direction of the waves on the lake. While kowtowing, he was mumbling something. It seemed that It seems to be some kind of simple worship ceremony.
Everyone didn't know what he was doing, and they were all stunned for a moment. They didn't dare to interrupt him, so they could only watch from the sidelines.
After a full ten minutes, the "sacrifice ceremony" was completed. The herdsman stood up. When I saw his forehead, blood was already bleeding, which was enough to show his piety.
Everyone agreed that the herdsman might know what was in the lake. In order to find out, Seabeard said to Basang: "Basang, ask this brother what he was doing just now."
Basang chatted a few words with the herdsmen in Tibetan, then turned to everyone and said: "He said that the lake god of Chishui Lake appeared just now. He was praying to the lake god to surrender the evil spirits and eliminate the disaster."
"Damn it, why did another lake god appear here?" Jianjian yelled.
Wen Qingshan thought for a moment and said to Basang: "Brother Basang, ask him again when this lake god appeared."
Basang chatted with the herdsmen again in Tibetan and told everyone: "There were rumors before that there was a lake god in Chishui Lake, but no one had ever seen it, and no one knew what the lake god looked like. After the collapse of Ma Temple, the lake god appeared frequently,"
After hearing this, Wen Qingshan frowned slightly and said, "According to this, the monster in Chishui Lake appeared at the same time as the snow monster."
"Could it be that the monster in Chishui Lake is actually a snow monster?" Seabeard asked.
I immediately said: "This is impossible. Everyone has seen it just now. The part of the monster above the water is several meters long. It must be a huge monster. There is no way the snow monster can be that big. The problem is that this thing comes from Where did it come from?"
Wen Qingshan pondered for a while, then turned to ask Professor Dong: "Have you ever measured the depth of this lake?"
"We have measured it, but we were limited by technical means and were unable to obtain accurate data,"
Wen Qingshan was slightly startled: "You mean, this lake is very deep."
Professor Dong nodded: "It can be said that it is unfathomable. You see, this lake is long and narrow. If we go to the Doma Temple on the mountain later and look down from the mountain, we will find that the entire lake is like a big crack. , so we speculate that an earthquake thousands of years ago caused ground fissures, thus forming the current Chishui Lake. The depth in the center of the lake exceeds fifty meters, which is rare in plateau areas,"
After listening to what Professor Dong said, Wen Qingshan seemed to have thought of something, and murmured: "The lake formed by the cracking of the earth...could it be...that the bottom of the lake leads to somewhere?"
Sea Beard immediately understood what Wen Qingshan meant: "Brother Wen San, you mean that the monsters in this lake come from underground,"
Wen Qingshan said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. In short, this matter is a bit strange. Let's go to Doma Temple first to see if we can find more clues."
The group got on their horses and continued walking in the direction of Doma Temple.
After walking around for about half an hour, we came to a temple that looked a little dilapidated. This temple was built on a steep hillside, and a long stone staircase extended upwards directly to the temple gate.
Professor Dong said that this was the Doma Temple, because it was blasphemous to enter the temple on horseback, so the group had to get off the horse and walk up the stone steps.
As we were approaching the temple gate, a monk wearing cassocks came out of the gate, saluted us, and said something in Tibetan.
Basang hurriedly walked forward and after chatting with him for a few words, the monk took us into the temple.
Perhaps due to the limitations of the terrain, the area inside the Doma Temple is not large. There are only six or seven houses in total, which are distributed with low front and high back. A building on the left side of the temple is under construction. Many monks and local Tibetans Everyone is busy, needless to say, this should be the side hall that collapsed half a month ago.
Before coming up, Professor Dong had already warned that after entering the temple, you must be careful not to make loud noises, not to walk too fast, and to show a pious attitude. Therefore, everyone seemed very careful and did not even dare to say anything. .
The monk led us up the stone steps, bypassing the front and back halls, and then passed through a door wall to the mountain behind the temple.
The back mountain is a steep stone wall about 20 to 30 meters high, with an inclination of 60 or 70 degrees. On top of the stone wall, there is a stone house protruding outward. The stone house seems to be embedded in the stone wall, and it feels like it will fall down at any time. Just like falling down.
There is a staircase cut out of the stone wall that leads directly to the stone house. However, the staircase is very narrow and has no handrails. It is located on such a steep stone wall, giving people an extremely dangerous feeling. If you are afraid of heights, I probably wouldn't dare climb up at all.
The monk said a few words to us in Tibetan, turned around and left. Haibeard hurriedly asked Basang: "Brother, what did he say?"
Pasang replied: "He said Master Dolma is waiting for us up there,"
"Wait for us," Wen Qingshan was slightly startled, turned to look at Professor Dong, and said doubtfully: "Could this master Zhuoma know how to calculate and know that we are coming?"
Professor Dong said: "Perhaps someone has already informed Master Dolma,"
Wen Qingshan didn't say anything more. He looked up at the stone house above the stone wall and said, "Why does Master Zhuoma live up here?"
Professor Dong explained: "It is the place where Master Dolma practiced, called Tongtian Pavilion. Bon believers believe that the eagle is a divine bird, and the cliff where the eagle lives is the place closest to heaven, so they believe that the cliff is carved on the cliff. If you practice in the house, you can get the blessing and guidance of the gods.”
"Then we have to climb up the stairs, right?" Jianjian looked a little uneasy. This guy has been a little afraid of heights since he was a child. It's okay to climb a tree or a wall, but it's so steep to climb. The cliff is probably a bit difficult for him.
Professor Dong replied: "This staircase, also known as the Heavenly Ladder, is the only way to Tongten Pavilion."
When Jianjian heard this, her face changed slightly, and she immediately waved her hand and said, "Then...then I won't go up. I...I'll just wait for you down here,"
Professor Dong smiled and said: "The space up there is relatively small and can't accommodate too many people, so we don't need to all go up. In my opinion, just me, Brother Wen, and Brother Shi Yu can go up, right?" , and Brother Pasang, Master Dolma can’t understand Mandarin, so when we communicate with Master Dolma later, we have to ask Brother Pasang to help translate,”
Just as Jianbian was getting what he wanted, he immediately agreed. Dong Xiaodan said worriedly: "Dad, this staircase is narrow and steep. Can you climb it?"
Professor Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry, this won't be a problem for your father and me." After he said that, he took the lead to walk up the stairs, and Wen Qingshan, Basang and I quickly followed.
I have been good at climbing since I was a child. It is not difficult for me to climb these steep stone steps, but after all, it is 20 to 30 meters high and it is in a plateau area with thin oxygen, so I dare not climb too fast. , to keep your breathing as steady as possible, otherwise if you can't catch your breath halfway up the climb, your head will feel dizzy, which will be a disaster.
The four of us climbed along the stone steps on the steep stone wall for five minutes before finally reaching the end of the stone steps.
A stone house with only six or seven square meters appeared in front of us.
There is only one square window in the stone house, with a side less than a foot long. The light is a bit dim, and the decoration is also very simple. There is almost no furniture, only a desk, and a three-foot-long statue is placed on the desk. There is a tall Buddha statue and some Buddhist instruments. A thin monk wearing a dark red cassock is sitting at the desk, seemingly meditating. Needless to say, this monk must be the Dolma we are looking for on this trip. guru,