Cultivation small day

Chapter 706 Stone Mountain Stone Beast
"I didn't expect that the old master turned out to be the old party secretary of Shicun. Now we have found the right person." Hearing Shiliang's introduction, Kuang Ji was secretly happy.

He was about to inquire about the Stone Forest Cave in Shicun, who could know better than the branch secretary of Shicun?
"It turned out that my friend was going to come with us. He encountered some things temporarily and couldn't make it through for the time being. And we didn't know the place well, so we were worried that we couldn't find a fun place! Shi Zhishu pointed out the direction for us. It was really great. Thank you." Kuang Ji made up a reason to be grateful.

"Hehe, where, even if I don't tell you, you can just ask anyone on the street and you will know. It is also because of our fate that we just bumped into each other." Shi Liang said with a smile.

Kuang Ji said a few more polite words to Shi Liang, briefly introduced himself and his two daughters, and then asked about the Shilin Grotto.

Shiliang's original intention was to attract Kuangji and the others. Even if they didn't go there, he hoped to spread Shicun's reputation through their mouths. So when he heard Kuangji's inquiry, he began to introduce it in detail.

"The scenery of our stone village is very unique. In front of the village is a big river, which connects an area of ​​hundreds of kilometers around. Behind the village are two big mountains. One is lush with trees and grass, rich in animal and plant resources, and the environment is quiet, very suitable for summer vacation. , and the other mountain is lined with strange rocks and numerous lakes, which is another scene." Shi Liang suddenly added a sentence: "The stone forest caves you know are at the foot of this mountain lined with strange rocks."

Kuang Ji just heard Shi Liang's introduction and didn't realize that something was wrong, when he suddenly thought of something Pan Lingjun told him, he realized that there seemed to be some discrepancies between what the two said.

"Secretary Shi, I heard from my friend that the stone forest cave was discovered because of the drought in the stone village, so the villagers pumped out the water from the stone lake to irrigate. But I heard you said that the stone village is adjacent to a big river, so how could there be a drought?" Kuangji asked suspiciously. road.

Shi Liang seemed to have guessed that Kuang Ji would have such doubts, and explained with a smile: "The cultivated land in our Shi Village is close to the stone mountain, but it is far away from the big river, so it cannot be irrigated with river water at all. There will also be droughts in previous years. Relying on the many lakes on Shishan can also solve the drought, but this year, for some reason, the water level of the lakes on Shishan has dropped so much that it is completely unable to cope with the drought. Shihu is the largest lake in Shishan, and we pump water from Shihu to irrigate the farmland. "

Speaking of this, Shi Liang paused for a while, took a sip of the hookah, and then continued: "I have never drained the water in the stone lake before, but I didn't expect to find many tall stone pillars at the bottom of the lake after draining it this time. There was also an unfathomable cave. The villagers thought it was a treasure cave, but in fact there was nothing in it. If the experts and scholars hadn’t come to investigate and said that it was a place to stay that was dug out manually, who would have thought of it? The place where the ancients lived will be submerged in the bottom of the water!"

When those experts and scholars came to investigate, Shi Liang also participated in it, so he knew the situation of the Stone Forest Grotto well.

"Shi Zhishu, I heard that there is a stone tablet full of ghostly symbols in the cave. Didn't those experts come to a conclusion?" Kuang Ji asked.

"You are talking about the stone slab in the deepest part of the cave, right? It is indeed engraved with ghost symbols. If the experts hadn't told me that it was ancient characters, I would have thought that slate was used to ward off evil spirits! Those experts just discovered the stone slab. They were very excited at the time, and they wanted to translate the ghostly symbols on it. Who would have thought that they didn't know a single word, and the stone slab was connected to the whole cave, and it was impossible for them to move it away for research, so, then A stone slab is still in the cave!" Shi Liang introduced in detail.

Although Kuang Ji had already learned about the situation of the Stone Forest Grotto from Pan Lingjun, but after a period of time, he was afraid of any accidents, so he asked Shi Liang about the specific situation. After listening to Shi Liang's words, his heart finally relax.

Since Shicun can become an important place to seal the extraterritorial space of the orcs, it must have its unique features. In the morning, Kuang Ji only took a cursory look at Shicun, and did not investigate it at all. Now that there is a know-it-all like Shiliang in front of him, he Taking advantage of the situation, I asked about the legend about the stone village.

"Secretary Shi, it is reasonable to say that the stone village is adjacent to a big river, so there should be no drought. Just now you said that the stone village often suffers from drought. Is there something special about the stone village?" Kuangji asked.

The weather was hottest at noon, and it was the best time to rest after dinner. Shiliang was not in a hurry to return, so he simply told Kuangji various stories about Shicun.

"The history of the establishment of our stone village is beyond investigation, but according to legend, there were only a few households in the stone village in the earliest days, and they all settled around the stone lake. It is said that there used to be a lot of fish in the stone lake, and the stone mountain is not what it is now. Then At that time, the villagers had no worries about food and clothing, and lived a prosperous life, all relying on gifts from stone mountains and stone lakes."

"However, there were unexpected events. According to legend, on the night of a full moon, a monster suddenly sprang out of the rocky mountain and destroyed a good mountain into a barren mountain. Nothing. Fortunately, an expert passed by the stone village, defeated the monster, turned it into a stone beast and suppressed it under the stone mountain. The villagers who survived the catastrophe moved to Lishi Mountain and Stone Lake in order to prevent the monster from attacking again. A little further away, the current stone village is formed."

Shi Liang was old, but when he told the story, he was cadenced and sonorous, which made Fu Yuqing and Ou Xin obsessed with it unconsciously.

Kuang Ji also listened carefully, but he didn't listen to Shi Liang's story as a story.It may not be without reason. The things that can be passed down from the distant years may have really happened at that time. After all, Kuang Ji is a true monk. Some things may be nonsense in the eyes of others, but in his eyes It is possible.

Seeing that the three of them listened carefully, Shi Liang continued on the spur of the moment, "I heard from the old people in the village that Shi Village didn't seem to have had too many droughts before, but one year Shi Lake suddenly dried up, and then in a short period of time. It was filled with water. Since then, our stone village seems to be short of water, and droughts often occur. Fortunately, the stone beast was suppressed under the stone mountain, and there are many lakes on the stone mountain, so it will not cause too much trouble. Great drought."

After listening to Shi Liang's words, Kuang Ji asked suddenly: "Secretary Shi Zhi, have you ever seen that stone beast? The legend is well established, and there must be some basis for it!"

Kuang Ji's question stunned Shi Liang for a moment, but he soon came back to his senses and replied with a smile: "The story of the stone beast is just a legend, so it can't be taken as true. But since you asked, you must be very curious." , let me tell you!" After saying this, Shi Liang explained in detail.

"There is indeed a big stone that looks like a stone beast at the foot of the stone mountain, just beside the stone lake. This time the stone lake dries up, and the appearance of the stone beast is completely exposed. It looks like a tiger with a one-horned head. Then The stone does not have any traces of artificial carving, it is completely formed naturally, which is in line with the legend in the village, so it has attracted many people to watch it." Shi Liang said.

Kuang Ji guessed in his heart that the stone beast should have been sealed by some expert with great magic power, but Kuang Ji was not sure whether he was dead or not. He heard that many people were visiting the stone beast, and he became a little impatient.

(End of this chapter)