"The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Xishan Jing" says that there is a bird, which looks like a crane, has one leg, is red and green, and has a white beak. It is called Bi Fang. It sings by itself. If you see it, there will be fire in the town.
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Su Ye added: "It is said that this kind of Bi Fang bird will bring fire branches and light people's houses on fire. Therefore, seeing Bi Fang indicates a fire..."
"Isn't that right? This bird will even burn down its own nest, but it still cares about other people's houses!" Bai Zhi asked angrily.
"But... these Bifang birds have been living here for thousands of years, right? The trees here should have been burned clean by them long ago, why are they still burning?" Guapi asked curiously.
"Of course it's because this tree is magical..."
Su Ye explained: "The "Book of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness South Classic" says that there is a country of immortality, A's surname, Ganmu is food... Ganmu is an immortal tree, and those who eat it will not grow old...
"Shu Yi Ji" also records that there is an immortal tree in the south. A fire is made in April and the fire is extinguished in December... After the fire is extinguished, branches will grow and flourish as before, just like the cold and heat in the four seasons... Take this wood as fuel and burn it.
It will never burn...
Translated, it means that this kind of sweet wood will burn from April to August every year. After the fire is completely extinguished, it will sprout and grow again. The burning plant ash should be its fertilizer...
Therefore, when these Bifang birds burn fire trees with their mouths in their mouths, they are actually helping the sweetwood grow so that they can thrive on the sweetwood!"
"Oh...so that's it."
Everyone nodded.
I saw that a group of Bifan birds had flown above everyone's heads and dropped the flaming branches they were holding in their beaks.
"go..."
Everyone ran away quickly, but their hair and eyebrows were still burned...
"Chirp!"
But the Chongming bird on Jiang Zhonglou's shoulder became angry. It flapped its wings and flew into the flock of Bifan birds like lightning. It flapped its wings, scratched its beak and pecked, killing more than a dozen Bifan birds.
Those bifang birds whirled and fell from mid-air to the ground.
"Bifang! Bifang!"
The other Bifan birds were so frightened that they spit out the burning branches in their mouths and fled without a trace.
The Chongming Bird then flew back, landed on Jiang Chonglou's shoulder, and dozed off again.
"Wow! The Chongming Bird has killed many birds for us. Let's roast them and eat them!"
Sanya ran over and picked up several Bifang birds that had been killed by Chongming birds on the ground.
"Uh...okay."
Everyone picked up the bird together, washed it and peeled it by a red river illuminated by the flames, set up the flaming branches thrown by the bird, roasted the bird, and ate it deliciously.
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While everyone was washing and peeling Bi Fangniao, Mo Lian took Jiang Zhonglou around the Lihuo Cave again, and found that there were burning sweetwood everywhere, and there were no organs or portals...
After everyone left Lihuo Cave, they came to the last Bagua Cave that had not been explored yet: Kundi Cave.
There is a wild boar with huge tusks, chicken feet, and a bark like a dog...
Su Ye said that they are ancient beasts called Lili, which represent earth skills...
After these raccoons discovered the crowd, they raised their fangs and rushed towards them...
However, the phoenix of the Chongming bird scared away all these big wild boars weighing four to five hundred pounds.
Sanya also shot and killed a raccoon dog, skinned and cut the meat, took it back to the RV, and made braised pork.
Everyone ate while discussing the next plan.
"We have gone through all eight holes, but found nothing. Where are the treasures of this underground Mo city hidden?" Bai Zhi said depressedly.
"Su Ye's grandfather said that in this underground Mo city, in addition to these eight gates, there are also caves representing the sixty-four hexagrams. How about we explore them one by one?" Mo Lian thought.
"Okay! Anyway, we have the Chongming Bird, so we don't have to worry about anything!"
Sanya seems to have not had enough fun.
"You still have to go to those holes?" Bai Zhi frowned, "I can't climb up and down the vines on those mountain walls!"
"It's okay, we'll pull you with a rope." Guapi said with a smile.
"It seems that we can only explore other caves!"
Jiang Zhonglou also sighed depressedly.
"I think there are no discoveries in these eight gates, and I'm afraid there won't be anything in the other sixty-four caves either..."
Su Ye lowered his head and frowned.
"Then what do you think we should do next?" Jiang Zhonglou asked.
"I don't know either...but, I discovered a strange place..." Su Ye thought.
"What's weird?"
"Have you noticed that there are four kinds of sacred trees in the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest of this underground city..."
"Sacred tree?"
"Yes, hibiscus wood in the east, Ruomu wood in the west, Xunmu wood in the north, and Ganmu wood in the south. These are the four sacred trees that represent the directions recorded in ancient books..." Su Ye said.
"Yes, they are both sacred trees, but what's so strange about this?" Everyone still didn't understand what Su Ye meant.
"Didn't you notice that there is a missing sacred tree?" Su Ye said.
"A kind of sacred tree is missing?"
"That's right! The orientation theory of the ancients is not only the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest, but also the center..."
Su Ye said: "The ancients used ten heavenly stems to represent the five directions and five elements: wood in the east, wood in the east, fire in the south, fire in the south, earth in the center, Wuji in the center, gold in the west, gold in the west, water in the north...
We have found sacred trees in the east, west, south and north, so why haven’t we found the sacred tree that represents this place in the center?”
"What kind of sacred tree represents the central Wuji soil?" Jiang Chonglou asked.
"Jianmu."
"Jianmu? What is it?"
"The original meaning of the word Jian refers to the wooden flags erected by ancient ancestors to guide the direction or use the shadow of the flagpole to time time. Later, it also refers to the direction of the top of the handle of the Big Dipper..."
Su Ye explained: "The legend of Jianmu is that it is a ladder that communicates between heaven, earth, humans and gods. Fuxi, Huangdi and many other gods use this magical ladder to travel up and down between the human world and the heaven...
Ancient wizards used building wood as a tool to perform rituals. It is said that they can communicate with the gods, predict misfortunes and blessings, and receive instructions from the gods."
"Where does this jianmu... grow?" Jiang Zhonglou asked curiously.
"The building wood represents the central Wuji soil, and naturally it grows in the center of the earth, which is the land of Shu!"
"What? Shu land?"
Jiang Zhonglou was surprised.
He had never understood the mysterious civilization of ancient Shu, but he didn't expect that these building trees actually grew in Shu...
"Isn't there five continents and four oceans in the world? How can Shu be considered the center of the earth?" Bai Zhi said.
"The regional theories of the ancients are different from ours. In their system, the Bashu Basin is indeed the center of the earth." Su Ye explained.
"Yes, even from a scientific point of view, the Bashu Basin is the center of the earth..."
Mo Lian analyzed: "According to the generally accepted theory of plate drift, the five continents were originally a single continent that was condensed together. Later, earthquakes caused the continents to drift apart...
In terms of latitude, the Bashu Basin is located at the mysterious 30 degrees north latitude, indeed in the middle of the latitude of the ancient continent...
The starting point of longitude was set by the modern West and has no reference value at all...
Therefore, in ancient times, the Bashu Basin was probably the center of the earth in terms of longitude!"
"this..."
Jiang Zhonglou was completely confused.
He did not expect that Shu was actually the center of the earth.
Then, the civilization of ancient Shu is even more mysterious!
Did the ancient Shu people specifically choose the center of the earth to carry out their mysterious sacrifices?
And Shu is a basin surrounded by mountains, like a huge radar pot!
It's like the mirror reflecting pot of a huge radio telescope!
Could it be that the ancient Shu people relied on this special terrain to transmit or receive signals to alien civilizations?
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