After hearing what Huang Yixian said, Wen Qingshan asked: "Do you mean that besides Mao Zhan, there was something more powerful at that time?"
Huang Yixian nodded and wanted to say something more. He glanced at me and saw that my eye circles were slightly red, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Let's not talk about it for now. The soldiers are still waiting for us at the ** Rock."
!" He looked around again and said, "I don't know how to get around to ** Rock from here. I think we should go back to the village first and then look for him."
Jianjian immediately echoed: "Yes! Yes! Fatty Niu is most afraid of the dark. Let's go back to find him quickly."
So we immediately got up and rushed towards Qiping Village.
As soon as we returned to the village, we saw a large group of villagers holding torches from afar and seemed to be walking towards us.
I don’t know what happened. Everyone was wondering when they suddenly heard Mr. Qi shouting at the top of his voice: "Yu Yazi, are you back?"
I quickly replied: "Second Master Qi! It's us!"
Second Master Qi laughed and said, "You are finally back. We are about to go to the mountains to find you!"
It turned out that Fatty Niu had returned to the village alone more than an hour ago. He told Mr. Qi that we had never come out since we entered ** Rock and were worried that something would happen to us. Mr. Qi realized that the situation was serious and immediately organized mobilization
A young man from the village was going up the mountain to look for us, but luckily we met him on the road.
Since we were all exhausted, we went to bed early that night after dinner.
The next day, because Wen Qingshan, Hai Huzi and Jianjian were all injured, they stayed in the village to rest. Huang Yixian, Niu Fatty and I went to find Mr. Qi, asking him to find someone to lead the way.
We went to a place where we could have a glimpse of the whole Qipan Valley and took some photos of the whole Qipan Valley. For this purpose, Seabeard specially lent me his beloved SLR camera. His camera was equipped with a huge camera that was nearly a foot long.
The lens is said to be suitable for long-range shots, but it's really not that heavy.
Hearing that we wanted to take pictures of the entire Qipan Valley, Mr. Qi immediately called his third son Bai Sanyuan, who happened to be at home, without asking why, and asked him to take us to Qiyun Peak, the highest mountain behind Qipan Valley. He told us
, standing on the top of Qiyun Peak and looking down, you can clearly see the entire Qipan Valley.
Bai Sanyuan took a woodcutter from the house, specially prepared some rice dumpling leaves, and led us to the back mountain.
What I didn't expect was that Qiyun Peak was not that high, and the mountain road was very steep. We walked for more than three hours until we finally reached the top of Qiyun Peak at noon.
Everyone was exhausted. Fatty Niu lay directly on his back on the ground, breathing heavily. Huang Yixian and I were not much better. Only Bai Sanyuan remained calm and out of breath. If not
He was sweating profusely and looked like he was fine. The foot strength of this mountain man is really beyond our comparison.
After resting for a while, I finally regained my composure and looked around. Suddenly, I discovered that on one side of the peak, there was a building with black tiles and wooden walls. The building seemed to be many years old.
It looked dilapidated, and the entire building had even fallen to one side. One wall was leaning against several large trees half a meter in diameter. If it hadn't been for the support of those large trees, the entire building would have collapsed.
I couldn't help but curiously asked: "Brother Sanyuan, why is there a house there?"
Bai Sanyuan replied: "That house was originally a Taoist temple, named Qiyun Temple, but it has been abandoned long ago!"
"You also have a Taoist temple here?" I was a little surprised. This was the first time I heard about it.
Bai Sanyuan said: "It has been there for a long time. It is said that it has a history of hundreds of years! It was built when our ancestors first moved here! It is said that our ancestors once received the guidance of a wise man and used the chessboard.
The unique topography of the valley created a Feng Shui tactic. In order to retain this Taoist master, our ancestors built such a Taoist temple on the top of Qiyun Peak."
"Then does this accomplished master stay?"
Bai Sanyuan nodded and said: "Stay! And he also set a rule that every thirty years, a child of several years old will be selected from the village to go up the mountain to learn Taoism. When this child grows up,
After he gets older, he will become the new temple owner, so it can be said that all the temple owners of this Taoist temple will be people from our village."
"Since it has been passed down from generation to generation, why did Qiyun Temple become abandoned later?" Huang Yixian asked in confusion.
Bai Sanyuan said: "When the Four Olds were destroyed, the Taoist temple was destroyed. At that time, the person who was studying Taoism in Qiyun Temple was Mr. Hao. Speaking of which, Mr. Hao and my father were cousins, because they were in Qiyun Temple.
I studied Taoism, but I was criticized and beaten miserably, alas!"
"Where is Mr. Hao now?" Huang Yixian asked.
"He still lives in the village, but his temperament is very withdrawn and he almost never interacts with other people." When Bai Sanyuan said this, he suddenly thought of something: "However, Bai Xiaowu seems to have been getting along quite well with him in the past two years.
close."
"Bai Xiaowu!?" Huang Yixian and I almost shouted in unison.
"Yeah! Actually, I'm a little confused when it comes to it, and I don't know how they got together. But my dad thinks this is fine. Mr. Hao has no children, and he stays in the house behind closed doors every day.
If he doesn't go out, Bai Xiaowu often goes to see him, which can be regarded as taking care of him."
After listening to Bai Sanyuan's words, I not only fell into deep thought. Is there any connection between Qiyun Temple and Dashun Treasure? Bai Xiaowu once said that the Bai clan is to protect the Dashun Treasure.
They just took root in Qipan Valley, but in fact, the people in the village know nothing about the treasure. This is really unreasonable, but if Qiyun Temple is related to Dashun Treasure, it seems to be explained.
Okay. Maybe the secret about the Dashun treasure is hidden in Qiyun Temple. Qiyun Temple selects a successor from Qiping Village every thirty years. In fact, the purpose is to pass on this secret from generation to generation!
Thinking of this, I got up and walked towards the abandoned Taoist temple.
Seeing this, Bai Sanyuan asked in confusion: "Shi Yu, why are you going?"
I said without looking back: "I'll go to the Taoist temple and have a look!"
"What's so interesting about a ruined Taoist temple! Be careful, the beams and columns inside are already a bit rotten, don't get hit!"
"Don't worry, I'll just take a look!"
The Taoist temple is only a dozen meters away from us. Perhaps because it has been abandoned for many years, the surrounding area has long been covered with thorns and weeds. In this summer, I wonder if there are poisonous snakes lurking in the grass. Okay.
I just picked a wooden stick to use as a crutch because I was too tired from walking on the road, and it comes in handy now.
As the saying goes, to scare away the snakes, I took a wooden stick and hacked at the thorns and weeds. After confirming that there were no poisonous snakes lurking, I cautiously walked to the door of the Taoist temple.
The two doors of the Taoist temple have long since disappeared, leaving only a door frame covered with green moss. Above the door frame, a plaque with a large piece missing hangs diagonally. The words on the plaque are incomplete. I After looking at it for a long time, I finally recognized the three characters "Qiyun Temple".
I was about to step into the Taoist temple when someone suddenly tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw that it was Huang Yixian.
"You brat, do you think this Taoist temple is related to the treasure?" Huang Yixian said in a low voice.
"Uncle Master, do you think so too?"
Huang Yixian turned his head and glanced at Bai Sanyuan, who was chatting with Fatty Niu. He put his index finger in front of his mouth, made a "shush" sound, and lowered his voice and said: "Keep your voice down, don't let him hear it! Come on, let's go in and take a look. .”
We raised our legs and crossed the half-foot-high threshold and walked into Qiyun Temple.
Looking around, the temple was in a mess, half of the roof had collapsed, tiles and broken wood were everywhere, and the floor was even covered with weeds.
I glanced inside the temple, and suddenly, a statue thrown in the corner caught my attention.
Out of curiosity, I walked forward and picked up the statue. It was a black clay statue. In fact, strictly speaking, it could not be considered a statue because only a head and half of the upper body were left. It must have been * *It was smashed by someone during the period.
The statue looked quite special. It had a fierce look. It was not like the statues of the founders of the Sanqing Dynasty that are common in ordinary Taoist temples. I wiped off the thick layer of dust on the statue and held it in my hand for a closer look. I feel like I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't remember it.
Huang Yixian came over, took a look at the statue in my hand, and said in confusion: "Why is there such an ugly statue? It doesn't look like Tao, but more like a demon."
After hearing what Huang Yixian said, my mind suddenly flashed and I thought of where I had seen a similar statue before, in the old house in Ma Tou Town! After subduing the hunchback guarding the old house, we walked in Wen Qingshan thought that it might be the totem god of the Black Evil Cult - the Black Evil God. If this is true, then this statue Zuo Qiyun Temple is very likely to be related to the Heisha Ghost Sect! Furthermore, considering that Li Zicheng may also believe in the Heisha Ghost Sect, this confirms that there is indeed some connection between Qiyun Temple and the Dashun Treasure.
Thinking of this, I felt excited, and without saying a word, I immediately put it into my satchel.
Huang Yixian asked in confusion: "You brat, why did you pack such a mutilated statue in your bag? Do you think this is still an antique!"
I told Huang Yixian what I had discovered. After hearing this, he was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time.
The two of us searched inside the temple again, but found nothing else. At this time, Bai Sanyuan shouted from outside: "Huang Daozhang! Shi Yu! Have you finished reading?" I quickly replied: "Finished! We are here Just come out!"