genius divination

Chapter 1418 Blue Bird Stone Sculpture
The next morning they continued on the road, up the hill where there was no road at all.

The road is getting harder and steeper, and the temperature is getting colder and colder.Fan Jiannan looked at Long Ge, took his backpack without saying anything. "Let me come, you go to the back of the line. Fatty, take care of the old dragon."

Fatty Zhang nodded. This little fatty is usually laughing and joking, but he is still very reliable when it comes to critical moments.

There are no yellow moss plants on this hillside, and all you can see are stones, all kinds of stones.Stones and stone flakes are everywhere, and the surface is already covered with ice and snow.

"Snow in Tianshan Mountain." Fan Jiannan looked at the snow that had not melted for many years, and murmured, "This place is not at all like the legendary fairyland, but rather like a frozen hell."

They walked for a while, and the wind in front of them was already strong, and the crystalline snow blown down from the mountain hurt a little on the face.

"Let's find a place to rest." Wu Nanming frowned, "We should be on the snow line by now."

The scholar nodded, "Almost, but the good news is that we are not far from our final destination."

"Oh?" Fan Jiannan and Long Ge hurried up to look at the map in his hand.

"GPS shows that there are only more than two kilometers left to the destination you are going to. Although it is a mountain road, no matter what, you should arrive within an hour."

The scholar looked up the route on the map and frowned, "What are you looking for?"

"The fairyland where the Queen Mother of the West lives in the legend." Fan Jiannan shrugged and said, "We are here to seek the elixir of life."

The scholar stared at him in astonishment for a long time, and laughed a lot, "I went to this place where there is no one to write poems, and many people already thought I was a lunatic. I can't think of anyone in this world who is crazier than me."

"One has to pursue something." Fan Jiannan shrugged and sat down with his back against a boulder.

The smile on the scholar's face gradually froze, "You don't mean it, do you?"

"Of course it's fake. How can there be any elixir of life in the world?" Fan Jiannan shook his head and said, "But after arriving at the destination, you can go back."

"I'll go back alone? Aren't you going?" the scholar asked in surprise.

"Yes, we plan to stay here for a while to see the natural scenery. Of course, you don't need to stay with us. We left a lot of marks along the way, and we can go down the mountain by ourselves." Fan Jiannan patted him He said, "Brother, listen to my advice. People should live a more active life. It's okay to escape from reality in this mountain, but it won't solve any problems."

The scholar lowered his head and said, "How do you know what I'm running from?"

"I can tell fortunes." Fan Jiannan smiled and said, "Go down the mountain to find Fang Min. Tell him about our situation, and he will reward you. This Mr. Wu, since he promised to give you a large reward, he will never Go back on your promise. Go down the mountain with confidence, maybe one day we will meet again."

"Send the Buddha to the west. There are still the last two kilometers. I have to send you to the destination no matter what." The scholar nodded and said, "Otherwise, I won't feel at ease getting paid as a guide."

Wu Nanming nodded, "Okay, let's take a break and leave."

Fan Jiannan turned his head and asked Long Ge, "Old Dragon, how do you feel?"

"It's okay." Long Ge nodded as usual.

"Fatty, how are you? Are you tired from the journey?" Fan Jiannan turned to Fatty Zhang and asked.

Fatty Zhang shook his head, "It's not a big deal. Isn't it just a little mountain walk? People like us who practice have long been used to it. In our hometown, Longhu Mountain, didn't I often climb mountains? My grandfather was amazing at that time. , tied two armored horses on his legs, and recited the mantra of shrinking the ground: one step a hundred steps, the ground shrinks itself. Every mountain is flat, every time the water is dry. I will take pictures under the order of Mr. Sanshan Jiuhou! You can travel thousands of miles a day."

"Sorry, sorry, so you are a descendant of Dai Zong, the Supreme Protector of Shenxing, but isn't your surname Zhang?" Fan Jiannan held back a smile.

"No, that's called divine practice." Fatty Zhang said eloquently, "Zhenzong's Taoist secret method."

The scholar frowned, "Is there such a thing?"

"Yes." Wu Nanming said affirmatively, "Dai Zong from the Song Dynasty in Water Margin, Song Li is slightly shorter than Hua Li, one Song Li is less than one Hua Li, and 800 Song Li is equivalent to about 768 Hua Li. Four armors are tied to Dai Zong's legs. Horses, start at five o'clock, stop at sunset, eat lunch while walking, can cover 12 miles in 768 hours, and the average walking speed is 64 miles per hour. This kind of magical walking is just a kind of Taoism, and it is a side branch road.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, there were still people who knew this technique.However, his speed is no longer comparable to the experts who are really proficient in this way. "

"Isn't that faster than the race walking champion?" The scholar was dumbfounded.

"Almost. But in the final analysis, this kind of technique still consumes a lot of physical strength and must be supported by medicine. Moreover, after walking this distance, the whole person will collapse, and it will take a long time to recover, so ordinary cultivators rarely use it. Such an extreme way. Later it gradually declined, and now it is almost lost." Wu Nanming nodded.

"Old Man Wu is so right. My grandfather didn't pass down this unique skill, and my dad wouldn't know it. He actually saw it, but it's a pity it wasn't passed down." Fatty Zhang said seriously.

The scholar shook his head and obviously didn't believe in these strange theories.After a short rest, they were ready to move on.But as soon as he got up, Fan Jiannan grabbed Fatty Zhang and frowned, "Where were you sitting just now? Why is there a blue color on your butt?"

"Blue?" Fatty Zhang was puzzled.

Looking down, I found that the place where I sat just now seemed to be blue.The stones on the ground showed a very strange blue color.He was startled, and quickly slapped his butt, "What the hell is this?"

"Don't move!" Long Ge frowned, walked over and brushed away the floating dirt on the ground with his hands, a little bit of that blue powder was stained on his fingers.He frowned and sniffed, "It's blue iron ore powder."

"Blue iron ore?" Fan Jiannan frowned, "What is it, some kind of iron ore?"

Long Ge shook his head and said, "It's just a water-containing iron phosphate mineral, a secondary mineral that commonly appears in many geological environments. It is colorless when fresh, and dark blue or blue-black after oxidation."

"I was taken aback. It turned out that when I sat down on this buttock, I was actually sitting on a vein of mine." Fatty Zhang said in amazement.

"No, the rock here doesn't seem to be a place where blue iron ore can be produced." Long Ge frowned, "and this kind of blue iron ore is very fine, it is definitely not naturally generated. Because most of the naturally generated iron ore is crystals, it will not It is such a fine powder. This thing is not uncommon, but the most beautiful blue iron ore is a dark blue-green transparent plate crystal, and a small piece of it can be sold for tens of dollars in the international market. These blue iron ore powders should be It's man-made."

Fan Jiannan asked strangely, "This is above the snow line of Bogda Peak. Who would sprinkle blue iron ore powder here? What's the point?"

"I'm not very clear. But it is said that blue iron ore powder was used in some witchcraft rituals in ancient times." Long Ge thought for a while. "However, that kind of witchcraft appeared in a very early period, and it should be related to the natural beliefs at that time. People pray to enter heaven after death, and nature can find blue iron ore as the closest color to the sky. So some ancient minority wizards would Dyed the bones of the dead with blue iron and offered them."

Fatty Zhang's face changed, "Oh my god, I didn't sit on some dead body just now, did I?"

"It's nothing. If the era he mentioned reaches the present, all the bones will be decayed, and there won't even be ash left." Wu Nanming shook his head and said.

"That's good. I thought I was really sitting on something. It's been a little cold on my butt." Fatty Zhang looked scared.

"You fat man, this place is full of permafrost. If you sit on the ground and melt a little bit of permafrost, won't there be water? You're still a little cold, are you an idiot? If you're like this, you won't be frozen to death." Come back." Feng Yuan stared at him.

"Also..." Fatty Zhang smiled sarcastically.

"Remember next time, don't just sit on the ground casually, take something to cushion. You are not afraid of catching cold." Feng Yuan scolded fiercely, but in fact he still took good care of this little fat man.

"But why is there blue iron ore powder here?" Fan Jiannan frowned.

"I can't figure it out either. However, I think we should continue to move forward, maybe we will find some clues ahead." Long Ge thought for a while.

Wu Nanming nodded, "That's what I mean too."

Several people continued to walk along the route obtained by Tianchi. Although the road was windy, it became more and more open and flat.It took them only half an hour to reach the end of the scheduled route.

Fan Jiannan looked around, it looked like an open space, with messy boulders everywhere.

The scholar looked at the map and said with a sigh of relief, "Okay, here it is. Although I don't know what you are here for, I finally brought you here. My mission is completed, you really don't need me to stay Come down with you?"

Wu Nanming looked around and said, "No need. You'd better go back early. If you go down and see Fang Min, tell him our location. He will reward you."

The scholar nodded, "Okay."

After seeing off the scholar, Fan Jiannan looked back and forth at this place and frowned, "Is this the end of the map? Where is the twelfth floor of the five cities? I haven't even seen a single hair."

Long Ge also frowned and said, "I don't see what it means either."

"I..." Feng Yuan looked around, and said with some embarrassment, "I think this open space here is a bit like Stonehenge."

"Stonehenge?" Fan Jiannan asked in astonishment. "Stonehenge in England?"

Long Ge looked around and said with a frown, "The Salisbury Stone Circle in the UK is also called the Ring Stone Circle and the Stoken Standing Stone Circle. It is a famous cultural temple site in prehistoric times in Europe. It is located in Wiltshire, England. On the Salisbury Plain, some towering boulders stand in a ring. It is said to have been built around 4000-2000 BC. But there don’t seem to be so many huge standing stones here.”

"I just said this casually, because there is an open space in the middle and there are so many stones around it, although it doesn't look very round." Feng Yuan said a little at a loss.

"No!" Wu Nanming suddenly frowned, "What you said is very interesting. You should pay attention to see that most of the surrounding stones have collapsed and are severely weathered, but the overall shape is still round. Even if some places are irregular, it is It was caused by the collapse of the original stone. Perhaps in ancient times, this place was indeed an open space surrounded by boulders."

"But what's the point? Who would come here to pile rocks when they are full and have nothing to do?" Fan Jiannan said in amazement.

Long Ge suddenly said in a low voice, "Come and see, there are traces of artificial carving on this stone."

Fan Jiannan and Feng Yuan rushed over, what Long Ge found was a huge stone, but it looked like it was broken into pieces.The upper part has already been severely weathered and eroded, but at the bottom close to the ground, some traces of lines can indeed be seen clearly.

"What the hell is this?" Fatty Zhang asked in surprise.

"It looks like carvings, but it's very old and primitive. These scale-like carvings may be broken from another larger stone." Fan Jiannan frowned. unusual."

"Scales? Could it be that this carving was originally a fish or a dragon?" Fatty Zhang frowned.

Wu Nanming looked around, looked up suddenly, and said in a low voice, "This is not a dragon, nor a fish. Even these carvings are not scales, but feathers!"

"Feather? So this stone sculpture was originally a bird?" Fan Jiannan said in surprise.

"Yes, this is the blue bird. In myths and legends, it is the divine bird that feeds and conveys messages to the Queen Mother of the West. It is also the messenger in legends that guides mortals into Kunlun Mountain." Wu Nanming said slowly, ""Shan Hai Jing · Xi Shan Jing": Also 220 miles west, it is called the Mountain of Sanwei, where the Sanqing Bird lives. Guo Pu's commentary reads: "The Sanqing Bird is the main feeder for the Queen Mother of the West, so don't inhabit this mountain."

"Blue Bird, Blue Bird, the usher?" Fan Jiannan pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "We're looking around, maybe we can find something."

Feng Yuan asked strangely, "What are you looking for?"

"Blue iron ore, there should be blue iron ore near here. The so-called blue bird is carved out of a huge stone, so why is it called blue iron ore? Maybe it's because the ancients painted it with blue iron ore powder. That's why there is artificial grinding nearby There will be ancient and broken bird statues here." Fan Jiannan said loudly, "We have found the right place. The legendary blue bird is the messenger who guides mortals into the sacred mountain, so there must be a way to The path of the legendary Kunlun Mountain.”

Wu Nanming pointed up and said, "You don't need to look for it, the way is right there."

Fan Jiannan followed his hand and looked up. There was still half a broken bird statue on the mountain wall. The whole body protruded from the cliff, and one of the statue's wings had been broken.Back then, the statue protruded out of the cliff like a soaring giant bird, so it should be very majestic.But today, there are only ruins that have been dilapidated over the years.

But even so, everyone was still overwhelmed by the momentum of the giant bird statue soaring into the sky.

(End of this chapter)