The sun is shining high, and the heaven and earth are completely bright.
On the crystal clear sea, under the direct sunlight, the blue glow shines brightly.
An old object and ancient ship floats quietly on the vast desert sea. The ancient ship is as small as a fallen leaf floating on the water, making gentle ripples.
The desert is a desert where the wind is bone-chilling at night and can freeze people to death, but it is so hot during the day that the sun makes people sweat profusely on their backs and on their foreheads.
Fortunately, the water here is very clean, so a boatload of people and livestock don't have to worry about the difficulty of drinking water in the desert.
The wind was leaking from all sides, and the doors and windows had long since disappeared. As soon as Ari got off the cabin to take care of the camels and sheep, the sun was unbearable to him from the boat to the cabin. Even through a turban, he still felt a headache.
Feeling as hot as if he was on fire, he quickly quickened his pace and ran into the ship building.
After running to a shady place and drinking half a bottle of water, he felt like he was alive again.
Although the distance from the cabin entrance to the ship building is only a few feet, it is so hot in the depths of the desert that the basin becomes like a big steamer placed on a fire.
As soon as Yali entered the boat building, Surti and others' eyes lit up, and then they ran to Yali to whisper a few words, saying that Yali had the best relationship with Taoist Jin An, and asked Yali to ask Taoist Jin An who had kept them where they were.
On call.
"how?"
Although Jin An was closing his eyes to recuperate his energy, his six senses were not closed and he looked over with his eyes closed.
Ari scratched his head in embarrassment. This tanned desert man smiled naively at Jin An and said, "Taoist Master Jin An, they said that I talk to you too much. Let me ask you why we have found Guchi."
National Holy Mountain, why don’t you rush to enter Guchi National Holy Mountain?”
Hearing this, Jin An pursed his lips and smiled.
He asked patiently: "Don't you notice that the water flow is accelerating and it is flowing rapidly towards the Holy Mountain of Guchi Kingdom?"
ah?
Ari and the others shook their heads in confusion, saying that they didn't feel anything unusual.
"The speed of the water is accelerating, rather than being still, which shows that this time the earth is shattering and the water level is falling. The sea surface on the side of the Holy Mountain of Guchi Kingdom will not be very calm. There should be a huge cave or an underground river break there.
Mouth, which way can we suck all the sea water. If we rush over there now, we will most likely be sucked into the water by the whirlpool of the current, and the boat will be destroyed. So after the water there calms down, we can't go there again.
Late."
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Jin An waited for a whole day. At dawn the next day, he ordered the ancient ship to move at full speed in the direction of the dust that he saw yesterday.
A towering and majestic mountain peak suddenly appears at the end of the desert sea. It shines goldenly under the eastern sun, like an isolated island in the vast blue sea. It is magnificent and incredible.
This mountain is so majestic that even the desert sea cannot submerge it. There are still mountain tops above the water. Such a high mountain peak, covered with a layer of sand on the surface, is a large sand dune that is rare in the desert.
"Mountain!"
"Mountain!"
"A majestic mountain appears in the desert. This is a sacred mountain. It turns out that there really is a sacred mountain in the desert!"
"We finally found the Holy Mountain of Guchi Country!"
When they saw the majestic mountains for the first time, many people shouted excitedly, some were shocked, some were horrified, some were stunned and in disbelief.
No wonder they are so excited. Most desert people will never see a mountain once in their lifetime. They can only see various aspects of mountains in the stories of old people or in the murals of some ancestors, not to mention that this is still a mountain.
According to legend, the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom, which has been searched for a thousand years and cannot be found, is full of mystery.
Between the mountains, there is a crack at the entrance of the cave, and a large amount of lake water is pouring into the cave, and it is unknown where it is flowing.
As expected, Jin An was right.
There is a huge cave here.
Fortunately, Jin An acted cautiously and did not rush in rashly from the beginning. With such a large cave whirlpool, before they could see the mountain, the ship would be sucked by the whirlpool current.
Now that the water surface has dropped to almost the same level as the cave, and the water flow has become calm again, Jin An drove the ancient boat and began to slowly sail into the Guchi Kingdom's Holy Mountain Cave.
This cave is very large and can easily accommodate ancient ships. The cave is humid and the rock walls are filled with water vapor. There is a light breeze in the cave. The wind carries the moist water vapor, bringing a rare coolness in the desert. Everyone ran excitedly
on deck.
"It's windy. It seems there is an exit at the other end of the cave." Jin An stood on the bow of the boat, also enjoying the rare cool breeze in high spirits.
It had been three or four months since he had been in the desert, and no one knew how much he missed the cool breeze of Kangding Country.
At this time, someone who saw the mountain for the first time leaned out half of the railing and touched the rock wall with excitement and surprise. The cold and moist touch made him excited for a long time.
Then more people ran over to touch the slippery rock wall.
Even the four sheep and twenty-odd camels who were staying in the cabin all ran to the deck and looked at the cave ceiling above their heads in shock.
Some camels without hands even leaned out, stretched out their necks and tongues to lick the rock wall, imitating other people's "feeling" the temperature of the rock wall.
Jin An can understand everyone's excitement. After searching for so long and suffering so much, he finally found the Holy Mountain of Guchi Kingdom and was one step closer to finding his disciple to sharpen his sword. Even he was feeling excited at this time.
, but as excited as he was, Jin An still had to remind everyone: "You can't swim, be careful not to fall into the water. The water level here is the same as that of the desert sea outside, which means that there are cracks in the mountain and cliffs of 100 feet under our feet. Here
The water is very deep.”
As soon as they heard that there was a cliff at the foot of the mountain, Ari and the others were so frightened that they all took a few steps back.
The cracks in the mountain were somewhat deep, and the ancient ship bumped forward for a while. The environment was deep, and it felt like it was getting deeper and deeper. Later, Ari and the others began to put torches on the railings of the ancient ship for lighting.
"Taoist Master Jin An, this cave is so deep. Why do I feel like it's getting colder and colder the further I walk in." Ari held a torch and came to Jin An, who was standing on the bow of the boat.
Jin An nodded with a calm expression: "I observed carefully along the way. There are traces of artificial excavation on the rock wall of this cave. It is very likely that it was dug by the Guchi Kingdom."
"Why did Guchi hollow out such a big mountain? Guchi doesn't live in the mountains." Yali said subconsciously.
Looking at the dark cave in front of him, Jin An frowned and pondered: "Holy Mountain, that is the name of the people of the Guchi Kingdom. The Holy Mountain of the Guchi Kingdom has another name in the outside world. Do you know, Yari?"
Ari nodded without thinking: "I know, Hidden Corpse Ridge."
Jin An raised his eyes and looked around: "The name of Corpse Hidden Ridge comes from the fact that Guchi State used it to bury the bodies of ancestors, but we have always ignored a question. Are the dead people of Guchi State buried outside the mountain?
Or inside the mountain?"
Ari was stunned by Jin An's words.
Think about it carefully.
There are indeed very few records about the Holy Mountain of Guchi Kingdom. Outsiders are prohibited from setting foot on the Holy Mountain. Naturally, it is not clear what is going on inside the Holy Mountain and whether the dead are buried outside or in caves.
Jin An stared at the surroundings and continued: "Now it seems that the most important thing about this corpse ridge is the word 'hidden'. The real corpse ridge should be in these artificially widened mountain cracks. If buried in
Outside the mountain, the wind and sand in the desert are so strong that Tibetan Corpse Ridge is buried by wind and sand for eleven months of the year. It is estimated that the people of the Guchi Kingdom want to go up the mountain to worship their ancestors and they can't even find the bones of their ancestors, so why worship their ancestors?
"
"Yari, please ask everyone to pay attention. Don't let down your guard. Draw your weapons and be ready to fight at all times. We are trespassing into the Guchi Cemetery. I'm afraid this mountain won't be clean. We also need to stay away from the railings. The most dangerous thing in the water is
It's easy to hide dangers, so be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship." Jin'an asked Yali to warn everyone to be careful, and at the same time, take all the camels and sheep that ran on the deck back to the cabin. It would be too much of a hindrance to stay here, in case something happens.
There is something that cannot be taken care of for them.
"Taoist Master Jin'an, why do your words sound so scary? Are you saying that there is a big tomb inside this mountain and we are walking in the big tomb?" Ari shuddered and couldn't help but curse in his heart.
It was really too cold in the cave, making his whole body feel uncomfortable. He still felt that the scorching sun in the desert was more suitable for the living habits of desert people like them.
I don’t know that the coldness in the cave is a result of his psychology.
It's still really cold.
The ancient ship continues to sail in the cave. The water here is living water and has been flowing slowly forward.
Maybe Jin An is just too cautious.
It was very peaceful along the way.
No abnormal phenomena were encountered.
Just when everyone was gradually relaxing their vigilance, suddenly, a man's high-pitched scream suddenly sounded in the quiet cave. Such a startled scream suddenly sounded in the already extremely deep and quiet cave, and everyone's heart skipped a beat.
He jumped hard as if he was hit hard by a fist.
"Nanbi, what was your kid's name just now? Don't you know that scaring people can scare them to death!" Both Yali and Sureti deliberately lowered their voices to criticize the man who just screamed.
Nanbi was still jumping and grabbing his body, as if something had crawled into his clothes. After jumping a few times, he finally shook the thing out of his clothes.
That thing was very fast and wanted to run away as soon as it fell to the ground.
To be continued...