Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 415
"Come on, kid, come here." Guo Huaxing, who was sitting on the base of the statue, waved to Chen Ziyang.

Knowing that this was Guo Huaxing's last words, Chen Ziyang walked up to him, holding back his tears.Although he hadn't been in contact with Guo Huaxing for a long time, the two of them got along very happily. Coupled with the exaggerated atmosphere at this time, Chen Ziyang was really moved.

"I've always wanted to accept you as an apprentice, but you don't agree. Now it's time. Can you satisfy my wish?"

Chen Ziyang nodded and called Master.A smile appeared on Guo Huaxing's face, and he continued: "It's a pity, I don't have the opportunity to teach you anything anymore, you take this astrolabe, it's my most precious thing, I'll give it to you, you Just keep it as a thought."

Seeing Chen Ziyang reaching out to wipe away the tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, Guo Huaxing still smiled and said: "Don't cry, it's a very happy thing, this is my destiny, just look at it. "

After waving his hand to let Chen Ziyang go away, Guo Huaxing looked at Zhang Linfu who was sitting at his feet and was crying bitterly from the corner of his eye.

"Old man, don't cry anymore, you are so old, you are crying, and you are not afraid of these young people's jokes. You take them and go on, tell Mr. Chen, I tried my best, and I am sorry for what he has done to me all these years Take care. After finding so many ancient books of Taoism, I am also worthy of my ancestors.

I'm leaving. "

After saying this, Guo Huaxing slowly closed his eyes.Chen Ziyang, who had opened his yin and yang eyes, saw faint traces of soul threads appearing above Guo Huaxing's head.

These soul threads slowly floated out from the top of Guo Huaxing's head, and were sucked into the stone lotus above his head. With the influx of these souls, a little light appeared on the stone lotus, a mung bean-sized Flames appeared in the center of the stone lotus.

Guo Huaxing's face became paler and paler, until the last ray of soul floated out of his body, his whole body went limp, and he slid down the base of the sculpture, only to be caught by Zhang Linfu, who had been standing beside him for a long time. .At this time, the flame emerging from the lotus has grown to more than one finger long.

The flame was very strange, it turned out to be green.Moreover, the finger-thick flame did not shake at all when burning, and the flame was always straight upward.

As the soul lamp was ignited, the Yao Yaoguang star directly above the soul lamp slowly lit up.Afterwards, the flame in the soul lamp gradually became smaller, and when Guo Huaxing's soul was completely burned and the flame in the soul lamp was extinguished, Yao Guangxing had already emitted a dazzling light.

Not only the Yaoguang star, but the remaining six stars are shining with the Yaoguang star. Now the pattern of the Big Dipper is so conspicuous in this dark space.

"Boom..." A dull sound came from the stone wall, and the stone wall in front of everyone slowly moved to the left and right, opening a gap, and a gust of wind rushed in from this gap instantly.

This gust of wind was mixed with a lot of dust, and everyone in the room couldn't open their eyes. The whole room was instantly filled with the smell of dust, and a lot of sand and dust filled the room.

After a long time, the gust of wind finally decreased, but it didn't stop.Chen Ziyang rubbed the sand in his eyes, and suddenly realized that something was very wrong.Although the gust of wind is very strong, the wind is very warm.

Since everyone entered this city of underground imperial tombs, low temperature has been a big problem that has plagued everyone. Every night when they sleep, they need to pile up a bonfire to keep warm.The reason for the low temperature is that it is underground and there is no sunshine all year round.

But why is the wind blowing in warm?Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang lifted his nose and sniffed carefully.In addition to the very strong smell of dust, there is even a hint of grassy fragrance mixed in this warm wind.

"Here...is connected to the outside world!" Chen Ziyang felt a little worried when he thought of this.

The opening of this door is at the cost of Guo Huaxing's life. If it is really connected to the outside world, it means that the city of the underground imperial tomb has come to an end.But until now, there is no trace of the iron book. Could it be that Guo Huaxing died in vain?

After thinking for a while, Chen Ziyang decided to take a look first.Although he hoped that the iron book was still ahead, he felt that this possibility was very small, how could the iron book be placed outside the tomb.

Maybe the iron book is hidden in other places. After all, there are many places that everyone has not searched, such as the countless rooms with hidden organs on the left and right of the long corridor, or the places that everyone walked through before. In that room with three doors, one of the doors has not been opened. There are too many possibilities. Now Chen Ziyang feels a little uneasy.

"Old man, come, come, let's go forward together, I want to see what's behind the door you opened." Zhang Linfu put Guo Huaxing on his back, and refused any advice. With the help of others, a person staggered forward with Guo Huaxing's body on his back, towards the gap between the opened stone walls.

The back defense of the stone wall is still dark. Seeing this darkness, Chen Ziyang is actually a little happy. As long as there is no light behind the stone wall, it proves that this place is still within the scope of the mausoleum. If you want to find the iron book, you still have to wait. Given the opportunity, Guo Huaxing's life was not in vain.

Behind the stone wall is a short corridor, and there seems to be a room behind the corridor. When he quickly entered this room, Chen Ziyang shouted "It's over" in his heart.

Although he didn't enter this room, Chen Ziyang already knew that what he was most worried about happened.The temperature in the corridor is very high, and the air is very fresh. Even if you think about it with your heels, you can tell that the space behind the corridor is directly connected to the outside.

Before Chen Ziyang, who had passed through the corridor, had time to worry, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.The same was true for the others, the people in the team walked into the room one by one, their eyes widened one by one.

The size of this room is very large, and it is surrounded by stone walls. Large reliefs are carved on the stone walls. These reliefs are very gorgeous and exquisitely carved.There are various patterns on the stone carvings, most of which are figures.

On the wall directly opposite to the crowd is a large relief sculpture, on which more than 100 life-size fairies are carved and fly to a heavenly palace.Every fairy is holding a silk ribbon in her hand, and these silk ribbons are all connected to a sedan chair, and an old woman with a kind face is sitting in the sedan chair.

From the content of these pictures and the layout of the entire room, Chen Ziyang judged that this should be the main tomb of the entire underground palace, which is the place where Wu Zetian was to be buried before.

Although the entire room is large in scale and imposing, revealing the air of an emperor faintly, what really surprised everyone was not the size of the room, but the things in the room.

Countless human bones covered the room, as if the room was covered with a carpet made of human bones.These human bones are stacked on top of each other, so densely packed that it is impossible to count how many. There are even four or five layers of bones stacked together at the thickest place where the bones are piled up, which looks like a hill.

Shocked, Chen Ziyang looked up to the top of the room.A wide crack divides the top of the room and a side wall into two. Through this wide crack, Chen Ziyang saw the long-lost blue sky.

In the center of the entire room there is a stone platform more than one meter high.Through the style of the stone platform and the steps surrounding the edge of the stone platform, Chen Ziyang estimated that this stone platform should be the place designed to place the coffin.This stone platform is also the only place in the entire room where no bones are piled up.

A large box was placed on the stone platform. The lid of the box was opened, and the top of the box was covered with a thick layer of dust. Obviously, it had been placed here for many years.On the side of the box facing the crowd, a pattern of four dragons converging is engraved.

Although the carving of this pattern is still not very good, it is much better than the pattern carved on the stone gate before.Seeing this pattern, Chen Ziyang was relieved at first, but then his heart ached again.

The reason why he was relieved was because this box was supposed to be the place where the iron book was placed, but the box was opened, and even if he didn't have to go there, Chen Ziyang knew that the iron book was not in it at all.

Liu Cong, who rushed to the stone platform in a few steps, stared at the opened box and was stunned. There was nothing in the box except a thick layer of dust.He lifted the box upside down with both hands, shaking it desperately, allowing a lot of dust to fall all over him, but he didn't care about it.

"Where's the iron book? Where's the iron book? Find it! Find it!" At this moment, Liu Cong's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was full of anger.

Under Liu Cong's scolding, the others got busy.One after another, the bones were turned over, and a large amount of dust was raised, and the room that had been silent for an unknown number of years jumped up in an instant.

"Hahahahaha..." Zhang Linfu laughed wildly, and slowly put Guo Huaxing's body on the ground, his laughter was full of desolation.

"After so many years of preparation, we folded a Fangzheng, discarded a Jinhuang, and hired Zhang Linfu, but in the end it was all for naught. Someone has already been there first. You don't need to look for it, the iron book is no longer here."

After venting the depression in his heart, Zhang Linfu ignored everyone in the room.He rolled up the sleeves of the wide Taoist robe with his hands, and slowly wiped the dust that fell on Guo Huaxing's face.

"You old man, if you knew this earlier, I would have stopped you just now, why bother, what trouble..."

Seven or eight people ransacked the room, and Chen Ziyang did not join the search team.After looking up at the crack in the mountain leading directly to the outside world, he guessed that the person who took the iron book came in through this crack.

This is really God's will.Everyone has gone through many hardships and paid a high price, step by step, step by step, and come here after going through untold hardships, but it is not as good as others who just walked through the back door.

Shuai Sanshi pursed his lips, found a place to sit down, stared at the hysterical Liu Cong, and his mood was not very beautiful.No one would be in a good mood at this time, all the hard work for so many days was in vain.

Yang Lei searched diligently among the pile of bones.Chen Ziyang knew that this kid was not looking for iron books for Liu Cong, but was looking to see if there was anything valuable to take away.

Chen Ziyang stared at the bones all over the floor carefully, wanting to see if he could find clues to determine the identities of these bones.

All the bones are very weathered because they are directly exposed to the air.The clothes on the skeleton were all in tatters, not even a piece of slightly larger rags, only strands of narrow strips remained, which could not provide useful clues at all.

In addition to the bones on the ground, there are many tools scattered on the ground. These tools include worn picks, broken shovel heads, some rusted iron crowbars and other messy broken tools.

"Why don't these tools look like tools from the Tang Dynasty? They look like modern things." Chen Ziyang, who came up with this idea, turned his attention to these bones.

Almost all the bones were incomplete, especially the ribs of these bones. The ribs of the bones Chen Ziyang saw were all badly damaged.After picking up a few broken ribs from the ground, he stared at the broken ribs and scratched his head.

These ribs were obviously broken by a very large external force. Could it be that these people were all killed?But looking at the way the bones were piled up, it doesn't look like these people were used for burial, and the age seems to be wrong.

At this moment, something slid close to the ground and fell to Chen Ziyang's feet.Seeing this thing, Chen Ziyang's eyes widened fiercely, he quickly reached out, grabbed the thing and stuffed it into his arms.

Even though this thing only appeared in Chen Ziyang's eyes for a moment, he immediately saw that the thing thrown over was a compass of the Du family. There is no outer plate inlaid with wood. I don’t know if this compass is like this, or the wood used as the outer plate has rotted away.

Seeing Yang Lei who was nodding slightly to him not far away, Chen Ziyang knew that he had found the compass.The reason why Yang Lei kicked the compass over quietly was probably because he was afraid of being discovered by Liu Cong.

Chen Ziyang had told Yang Lei and San Shishuai about the Du family before, so Yang Lei knew it was better not to let Liu Cong see this compass, lest Liu Cong, who was about to lose his temper, would really lose his temper.

"Why is there a compass of the Du family here?" A series of questions appeared in Chen Ziyang's mind instantly, and his breathing became short of breath.

"Is it a coincidence? Maybe this compass is just similar to the Du family's compass. Or did the Du family come here and die here?"

Just when he was thinking wildly, Liu Cong, who was hit hard, finally regained his senses and issued a very correct order.

"Sorting out objects and bones, looking for clues."

(End of this chapter)