Hearing what Long Jiu said, I couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, and asked: "Master Jiu, what do you mean by this?"
"Haha, have you forgotten those copper bells in your hand?" Long Jiu asked with a smile.
I couldn't help but be surprised: "Master Jiu, are you saying that those five copper bells are actually the key to opening the seal!?"
"I can't make a conclusion yet, I just speculate that it is possible! Because the seal at the entrance of the cave seems to be related to the five elements, and the five copper bells may just symbolize metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Based on this, I think there may be something in it.
There is some kind of connection.”
After listening to what Long Jiu said, I couldn't help but feel a little excited, and immediately said: "It's not too late, let's go down and take a look now!"
Long Jiu nodded, turned to Ah Bao and said, "Ah Bao, you stay outside and don't let anyone get close to here!"
Abao immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Master Jiu, as long as I'm here, people from the cult will never break in!"
"Anyway, don't take it lightly. Although we have temporarily got rid of the people in the cult, the location of the construction site is actually known to the people from the Dragon Shield Bureau. If Ouyang Yi has really colluded with the people in the cult, I think it won't take long for him to
They will check here, so you must be prepared to deal with it." After Long Jiu said this, he turned to Long Jiansheng, who was standing behind him and remained silent, and said: "Jiansheng, you open the way in front.
Go down."
After receiving Long Jiu's instructions, Long Jiansheng immediately got into the bottomless earth hole without saying a word. Wen Qingshan, Long Jiu, and I followed Long Jiansheng and got in one after another.
Only then did I realize that although the entrance of the cave was not small, the space inside seemed a bit narrow because the tunnel extended deep into the ground at an oblique angle of 50 to 60 degrees, so I had to bend down and walk along.
The angle of fifty or sixty degrees is actually very steep. Fortunately, there is a long rope ladder in the cave. We can walk down on the rope ladder. Although we cannot walk too fast, at least this way we can avoid slipping under our feet.
Get out.
Electric lights are also installed in the cave, so we can see clearly the surrounding conditions without the need for flashlights. As we gradually went deeper, I found that the cave walls changed from soft soil to hard rock.
The stone wall is not smooth, with uneven edges and sharp edges, and water seeps out from the gaps in the stone wall, so the cave is very humid. In some places, traces of repairs with concrete are clearly visible.
Long Jiu explained that the geology in this area is mainly composed of feldspar greywacke. Because this rock is brittle, it is not suitable for drilling holes. When drilling this hole, local fault collapses and water seepage occurred many times.
After listening to what Long Jiu said, my heart suddenly jumped up, fearing that the entire cave would suddenly collapse, which would be a disaster for the rest of us.
Fortunately, my worries were unnecessary. We walked all the way to the end of the cave, and the cave did not collapse. However, the water seepage became more serious. Some low-lying areas had even accumulated deep water. We had to
The water flows over.
Wen Qingshan asked Long Jiu: "Master Jiu, where we are now should be under the Yellow River, right?"
Long Jiu nodded: "Yes, we are now directly below the Yellow River channel at a depth of about twelve or three meters."
When I heard this, I said worriedly: "The water from the Yellow River will not suddenly pour in and flood this place, right?"
Long Jiu smiled and said: "You don't have to worry. I have had people conduct a comprehensive inspection before and reinforced the entire cave. Unless there is an earthquake of magnitude 7 or above, it is impossible for it to collapse. As long as it does not collapse, the water of the Yellow River will
It won’t pour in. Some water seeping between the cracks in the rocks is normal and is nothing to be alarmed about.”
After listening to what Long Jiu said, I felt a little more at ease.
We continued to move forward, and the terrain inside the cave gradually became more balanced, and there seemed to be no slope. Moreover, I found that the way ahead seemed to be blocked by a dark blue stone wall.
Long Jiu raised his finger and pointed at the stone wall, and said to Wen Qingshan and me: "That is part of the dragon body rock."
As soon as I heard this, I immediately quickened my pace and soon arrived in front of the stone wall. Only then did I realize that the stone wall was covered with dark blue moss. Moreover, the structure of this stone wall was obviously different from other stone walls in the cave. The overall structure was relatively smooth.
Obviously it is not the same rock structure as feldspar greywacke.
Just as Long Jiu said, the stone wall is seamless and has no flaws at all. I reached out and touched the moss on the stone wall, and it felt the same as ordinary moss.
I looked around and found a cave extending along the stone wall. Since there were no electric lights installed in this cave, it was dark in the depths.
I thought that this cave was dug by Long Jiu, so I turned to him and asked, "Master Jiu, where does this cave lead to?"
Long Jiu replied: "The entire dragon body rock does not fit perfectly with the surrounding rocks. There is a cave of about one meter in between. We can follow this cave to reach the location of the dragon's mouth. Enter the dragon body
The entrance should be right there.”
After Long Jiu finished speaking, he took out a flashlight and walked forward along the cave passage, and the rest of us hurriedly followed.
The group of people walked forward for about a hundred meters. Long Jiu stopped, turned around and said to everyone: "We are already here!"
I stopped and looked around, but I didn't see where the dragon head mentioned by Long Jiu was. The so-called dragon body rock was still very smooth, and I couldn't see any connection with the dragon.
I couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Master Jiu, you said that this rock was transformed from the body of a giant dragon, but why can't I see it at all? And where is the dragon's head?"
Long Jiu said with a smile: "You don't know something. After the dragon body is petrified, the whole body will secrete a strange substance to completely wrap the body, just like a cocoon. Therefore, this substance is also called a stone cocoon.
This layer of stone cocoon is very strong, which can not only protect the dragon body from damage, but also prevent the dragon body from being discovered."
"What, this is a layer of cocoon!?" I turned around and looked at the stone wall covered with dark green moss, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised. I didn't expect that it was just a layer of cocoon, but it was a little too hard.
"It's just a layer of cocoon. Isn't there any way to force it open?" Wen Qingshan didn't seem to believe in evil. He walked forward and knocked hard on the stone wall, but there was no response from the stone wall.
Long Jiu said with a smile: "If Brother Wen San doesn't believe it, just try it with an iron drill." Long Jiu said, picking up an iron drill from the ground and handing it over.
Wen Qingshan took the iron drill and poked it hard at the stone wall. The iron drill hit the thick moss and made a muffled sound. The stone wall was still unscathed, and even the moss on the stone wall seemed to be gone.
What is the impact?
Wen Qingshan was not willing to give in, and with his luck in mind, he clenched the iron drill in his hand and stabbed the stone wall several times, but still failed to leave any trace on the stone wall.
Long Jiu said with a smile: "Brother Wen San now knows that this layer of stone cocoon is unbreakable."
Wen Qingshan put down the iron drill in his hand, frowned and said: "This layer of stone cocoon is indeed not that hard, but I found that the moss on it seems to have a strong buffering effect. Every time I dig in, it is obvious that
I used a lot of strength, but after touching the stone wall, the strength seemed to be dissolved all of a sudden."
Long Jiu nodded: "You are right. The moss here looks like ordinary moss, but in fact it is completely different. This kind of moss is very special and can absorb strong impact. Even using explosives will not help.
.”
After listening to what Long Jiu said, I immediately said: "In that case, shouldn't we just shovel all the moss away?"
"Haha, how can it be so easy! These moss are completely different from ordinary moss. It seems to have been integrated with the shell of the stone cocoon and cannot be eradicated at all. And even if some are barely eradicated, new moss will soon grow out, replacing
Cover the exposed part of the stone cocoon shell."
"So amazing!?" I couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Long Jiu nodded and said: "In short, I have thought of all the ways I can think of, but I still can't break this stone cocoon. The only clue now is a strange mark."
When I heard this, I quickly asked: "Where is the mark?"
"Look there, you two!" After Long Jiu said that, he turned around and shined the flashlight in his hand to the side.
I had been focusing on the moss-covered stone wall before, but now I noticed that there was a strange-shaped black stone about five or six meters away from where Long Jiu said the dragon's mouth was.
This completely black stone is about half a meter high. The upper layer is relatively flat. It looks like a natural stone table. It is unknown what material the stone is made of. When Long Jiu shines a flashlight on the stone
, can actually reflect light back. It can be seen that its surface is very smooth, thus it has certain mirror characteristics.
Wen Qingshan frowned slightly and said: "This stone seems to be neither made of feldspathic greywacke nor limestone, so why does it appear here?"
After he said this, he wanted to step forward to see what was going on, but was stopped by Long Jiu.
"Brother Wen San had better not get close to that stone!" Long Jiu said.
Wen Qingshan asked with some confusion: "Why can't we get closer? Is there any danger?"
Long Jiu did not answer, but asked: "Do you know what kind of stone this is?"
Wen Qingshan shook his head and said: "The distance is a bit far, I can't tell it yet."
Long Jiu stared at the black stone and said slowly: "That's a soul stone!"
"What!? Soul stone!" Long Jiu's words shocked me. The first time I came into contact with a soul stone was the soul stone coffin I saw in Shao Yuanjie's tomb. At that time, Huang Yixian didn't even dare to get close to it because of the soul stone.
It will absorb yin and yang spiritual energy. If ordinary people come close to it, the true energy in the body will be greatly damaged.