Going down the Great Rift Valley.
Jin An and the others have to solve a problem first.
How to settle sheep and camels?
The terrain in the Great Rift Valley is complicated. He just stood on a high place and looked down without going down the valley. He had already seen several dangerous places that were difficult for people to pass, let alone those sheep and camels.
This is also the reason why the grassland people and Yan Kuan left the camels where they were.
In the end, they decided to hide the sheep and camels as far away from the Great Rift Valley as possible to reduce the risk of exposure as much as possible.
If those grassland people or Yankuan people come out of the Great Rift Valley, and then go back and take away all their camels and water, they will really die in this desert.
In addition, Ayimaimaiti also left several people to take care of the sheep and camels.
But Jin An felt that even this was not enough, so he took out a thrice-sealed Five Thunder Evil Evil Talisman from his body and gave it to Ilham among the three camels, for everyone to use for self-defense.
The uncle and nephew were unreliable in their work, and Ilham, who didn't talk much along the way, was more mature and steady, and would not waste the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman.
There are two Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talismans on Jin An, one with four seals and one with three seals. Even if one is given away, he still has a Four-Level Evil-Slaying Talisman on him.
When everything was ready, it was almost dark.
It is not advisable to go down to the Great Rift Valley after dark.
They rested on the ground for a good night, and in the early morning of the next morning, Jin'an, Mr. Yiyun, Ayimaimaiti, Aheqi, and Benny, a total of five people, brought water and food with them into the Great Rift Valley.
As a master, Qi Bo was left on the ground by Master Yiyun and did not go down into the Great Rift Valley with them. This was to prevent someone from looking back and stealing his hometown. Master Yiyun and Jin An always had a tacit understanding of their ideas from time to time.
Originally, Silly Sheep also wanted to come with him. He has a bad temper and always takes revenge when he has a grudge. He wanted to avenge his bald head, but in the end, Jin An stopped him abruptly.
Lower Rift Valley Leading Sheep.
Are you sure it's not a joke?
Seeing his young master and Jin An walking away side by side, Qi Bo, who was left standing in the same place in the wind and sand, looked sad.
"Fourth uncle, Qibo must be worried about Yiyun Appa's safety, right?" The three camels were munching on forage in a low voice.
Old Sadiq said with great experience and certainty: "That's the look in the eyes of a Chinese cabbage who has finally grown up and is suddenly kidnapped one day."
"well?"
Little Sahav looked shocked: "Fourth uncle, can you read minds? How do you know?"
Old Sadiq: "When I came to marry your aunt before you were born, your aunt and her family looked like this with reluctance."
Little Sahafu looked envious: "Fourth uncle, what does it feel like to get married?"
The old Sadiq, who was grazing with his head down, glanced at his nephew who had many problems: "Before marriage, they were a couple who loved each other for a long time, and after marriage, they were brothers who slept in separate beds."
Little Sahav: "?"
Ilham: "?"
"Hey, why did Qibo run away? Why did he run after Mr. Yiyun? Did Qibo forget to tell Mr. Yiyun something?" Old Sadiq and young Sahafu looked at the man chasing after him in surprise.
Chibber.
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The human-faced phoenix that Aheqi has always carried with him has a very hard life and is still alive and well. Aheqi has always stayed by his side. Even when he went down the Great Rift Valley, he continued to carry it in a sack.
behind.
Aheqi said that without his protection, he was afraid that the plague bird would not be able to see the moon at night. Others along the way were tortured by Grandma Liu and Grandpa Liu's tongue twisters until they gritted their teeth.
This human-faced phoenix is ​​a rare beast after all. Ahqi said that he wanted to take this plague bird out of the desert. Once outside, he would be able to brag about it for the rest of his life.
Of course, he had another more legitimate reason. The plague bird was extremely sensitive to Yin Qi and Corpse Qi. If there was any danger hidden in the Buddha's bones, it could also warn them.
As soon as Jin An heard that it made sense, he asked Aheqi to continue taking the Guchi people to face the Phoenix.
The passage down into the Great Rift Valley is a stone staircase covered with yellow sand that has been exposed to wind and sun for thousands of years. This stone staircase is built straight up and down, and is a bit steep.
With such steep steps, I don’t know how to get supplies in and out of this Buddhist country. Thinking of this, Jin An inexplicably thought of a profession, husband carrying.
During the heyday of the Buddhist Kingdom, the husband-carrying industry was probably very popular, right?
The steps are covered with a lot of sand, which is very slippery. Walk along the slippery steps to the end. At the bottom is a plank platform with a huge Buddha statue held in the palm of your hand. There are many thick pillars standing on the platform, and you can still see it on the pillars.
Traces of pulleys and ropeways.
Jin An looked at these details and thought: "In the past, this should be a place for unloading and transporting goods. The porters unloaded the goods here, and then the people of the Buddhist Kingdom used these ropeway devices to transport daily necessities deep into the Buddhist Kingdom.
and tea, silk and other luxuries. However, after so many years, this place has been abandoned for so long, and the once prosperous scene has long turned into a dilapidated wasteland."
The left and right sides of the plank road platform are accessible, leading to the left and right cliff corridors respectively. Those cliff corridors are manually carved out of the solid mountain and are deeply embedded in the cliff walls. They have the exotic style of the Guojia Village cliff corridors.
taste.
The five people traveled lightly and traveled very quickly, passing one big Buddha statue after another. When they looked down from a high place before, they thought these big Buddha statues were very majestic and majestic.
When walking at the feet of these big Buddha statues, sometimes even passing through the body of the big Buddha statues, and facing the big Buddha statues not far away from the opposite side at close range, the huge pressure and the majesty of historical deposits,
The atmosphere is welcoming and awe-inspiring.
It feels like you are really walking in a divine kingdom full of Buddhas. Those Buddhas are condescending, looking down at the sufferings of the world, and want to save the world from suffering and reach the other side without disasters and hunger.
This is a very magical experience.
People are influenced by their subconscious mind every moment and want to take refuge in me, the Buddha.
Fortunately, the people who have made it this far are not of mediocre strength, so the impact of this little will can be maintained.
Not long after, they came to the first building in the Buddhist Kingdom. The buildings in the Buddhist Kingdom were like cliff paths, dug deep into the cliff.
This is a Buddhist temple building, but the strange thing is that the rest of the temple is very neat, but the Buddha statue is missing.
"There are new shoe prints left in the Buddhist hall. It seems that we are looking in the right direction. Those who enter the Buddhist kingdom always take this cliff path." Before entering the Buddhist hall, Mr. Yiyun first discovered the Buddha.
There were someone's shoe prints in the hall.
There is a thick layer of dust in the Buddhist hall, thicker than the dust in the Guchi Kingdom ruins and the Desert Ear Temple.
It shows that these subordinate countries of the Kingdom of the Undead are gradually dying from the inside out, and the closer they get to the Kingdom of the Undead, the more crazy they become.
They roughly searched the Buddhist hall, but did not find any useful clues in the temple. If there were any clues, they would probably have been caught first by the two waves of people in front.
There are many Buddhist temple buildings in this Buddhist country, but we found several Buddhist temples, and all the Buddha statues enshrined in them were missing.
"Although this place is called the Kingdom of Buddhism, and there are many majestic and majestic Buddha statues carved on the cliffs, all the Buddha statues in the Buddhist hall are missing. Do you know what this is called?"
Mr. Yiyun frowned: "This is called being in name only."
"It's also called existence in name only."
"This is a Buddhist country abandoned by gods. What happened here that even the Buddha abandoned this Buddhist country?"
Jin An nodded thoughtfully: "If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not smooth, the things will not be accomplished."
"Be careful next, I think there may be a big terror in this Buddhist kingdom!" Jin An finally reminded with a slightly solemn expression.
The three people in Ayimaimaiti, who had been following the two of them, looking around like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, were confused by the Chinese idioms.
If you don’t understand, ask: “What is in name but in name only? What is in name only?”
Mr. Yiyun: "It means that although there are many Buddha statues carved on the cliff here, it is still called the Buddhist Kingdom in name. In fact, this Buddhist Kingdom no longer exists, and even the Buddha has left them."
Aheqi, who was carrying a human-faced phoenix on his back, said: "This Buddhist country has already been destroyed. It is normal for the Buddha to leave."
Mr. Yiyun shook his head: "When I say death, I don't mean destruction, but the death of the Buddha's mind and the death of the Buddha's nature."
The three of them nodded thoughtfully, somewhat vaguely understanding.
Next, the five people and one bird continued to walk along the cliff path. Along the way, they saw many plants and ancient vines hanging down from the cliff. The further in, the greener vegetation became more lush and full of vitality.
"Why can't you see even a single bird here? Not a single one that moves, not one that can move, run, or fly." Ayimaimaiti said curiously.
Jin An: "Ferocious birds and beasts are constantly fighting against danger and are subject to natural selection, so their perception of danger is more sensitive than humans. For example, ants can sense earthquakes earlier than humans and all run out of the ground; birds can sense big earthquakes in advance.
Storms can cause whole families to move; for example, tigers, pigs, and leopards can sense in advance that a flash flood is coming, and they all run out of the mountains..."
"So all those who can run are gone, leaving only these who cannot run."
What Jin An said was a bit mysterious, and these people from the Western Regions were stunned for a moment.
To be continued...