Daomu Biji

Chapter 5 Four Eyes and Nine Heavens Empress

What Third Uncle said, the gods with human heads and bird bodies on the stone walls have appeared in the myths and legends of various ethnic groups. I believe they should be the same as the strange birds we saw in Yunding Heavenly Palace. kind of creature.

I later checked and found out that this kind of god was called ba in ancient Egypt. He represents the immortal soul of human beings. In other words, if you are in ancient Egypt, then all their ghosts are of this virtue. In India, it is more standardized. This kind of god is called "Kaling Binga". Legend has it that it is a sacred bird on the snow-capped mountains and sings for the Buddha's Paradise World.

In China, this kind of bird is more famous than the previous two. It has the head of a human and the body of a bird. It is the Chinese "Nine Heavenly Mysterious Lady". It seems to be in the "Book of Songs" or "Dragon Fish River Picture" or other ancient books ( I really can't remember), it was this master who gave Huangdi the "Dragon Armor Divine Chapter" containing Qimen Dunjia.

There are many other legends. One legend says that the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Girl" is the Queen Mother of the West, but most of the legends are confusing and cannot be investigated. During the Six Dynasties, Taoism even had a large number of records of "Xuan Nu" teaching the skills in the Huangdi's room. I don't know if this Xuannv was the other Xuannv. Otherwise, it would not be the same to be taught the skills in the room by such a thing. A pleasant thing, if it were me, I would rather die.

So what did the third uncle think of when he looked at the four eyes of the relief?

His speculation at the time was as follows:

There are four depressions on the forehead of the relief. It should obviously be inlaid with four pebbles. Now there are only two. Those two have obviously been taken away. It is impossible for people to come to the ancient tomb often. Whoever took away those two pebbles, In all likelihood, he is the uncle from back then.

These are simple and can be thought of by everyone, so I won’t explain them here.

The important key is. Why are the remaining two still in their original positions?

Tufuzi don't pay attention to "If you don't take it once, it will never end in the future." Since my uncle was interested in pebbles, why didn't he take down all the pebbles and leave two?

The third uncle recalled his conclusion just now: the accident that made the second uncle become like that must have happened in this secret room.

But there's nothing strange about this place, it's just a space sealed on all sides.

The only strange thing is that two of the four pebbles have been removed. It makes no sense that the second uncle deliberately left two pebbles. If he didn't leave them on purpose, could it be that the accident that happened to him happened when he was taking out the pebbles? After he took out the two pebbles, he had no time due to something that happened suddenly. Go get the remaining land?

The third uncle thought of this. My heart suddenly brightened, Pebbles' hypothesis and the whole thing were seamlessly connected together. He hurriedly moved over and took a closer look at the strange black stone.

The pebbles are deeply embedded in the relief, and the entire relief looks like a whole. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to tell that it is two parts of the stone wall. The reason why Uncle San noticed it right away was because two of them had already been dug out. When all four of them were present at the time, it would have been impossible to spot them without considerable attention. It seemed that the uncle back then was not a simple person.

So, what will happen if you pry out these pebbles? There are definitely no traps behind the stone wall. Are the pebbles poisonous? Nope. I just touched it.

The third uncle hesitated for a moment, and an uncontrollable impulse emerged from his heart. He decided to pry one off and take a look.

The third uncle took out the machete,

He rubbed it twice against the wall on one side and leaned forward tremblingly. He touched one of them with his tip. Then he inserted the knife into the gap on one side, then pried it, and there was a "click". One of them fell into the palm of the third uncle's hand.

As soon as the pebble falls. The third uncle immediately took a step back and looked around cautiously. I'm afraid that some secret mechanism will suddenly activate.

However, nothing happened. The pebble fell into his hand, cold and motionless. There is no movement around, the reliefs are still reliefs, and the walls are still walls.

The third uncle waited for a while, and then he was relieved after confirming that nothing was wrong. He wondered again, could his assumption just now be wrong, or maybe the accident at that time could only be triggered once, but now it can't be triggered no matter how many times it is pried?

He put away this pebble and pried another one. He followed the same steps and inserted the knife into the gap on one side. At this time, he was calmer and used more strength. With one pry, "pop" With a sound, the pebbles moved and popped out.

The third uncle hurriedly went to pick it up, but the pebbles bounced too fast and he couldn't react in time. They fell to the ground with a "pop" sound, like a ball of sand hitting the cement floor. They fell into powder and the black pebbles fluttered into bronze. A layer of dust suddenly scattered in the air.

The third uncle was smart and didn't know what to say. He coughed and fanned, feeling that his mouth was filled with a spicy taste. When he thought of the color of the bloody corpse outside, he subconsciously felt that the dust might be poisonous. He quickly covered his mouth and nose with his clothes and stepped back.

After taking a few steps back, I immediately went to look at the place where the pebbles fell. I saw where the pebbles on the ground were broken, and among the bronze powder, a small red insect crawled out, curled up into a ball, and let out a The sound of "squeak".

As soon as the third uncle saw the insect, his head suddenly buzzed, and he took a step back involuntarily.

Because he recognized this insect at a glance. It was a corpse cricket, and it was not an ordinary species. The red corpse cricket, I heard from the old man at home, is extremely poisonous. It is an evil insect that seals its throat when it sees blood. It will be poisoned at the slightest touch.

But this kind of red corpse cricket is said to only live in the bodies of ancient corpses. It is almost impossible to catch it. How could it be wrapped in a pebble? Inlaid here again? The most outrageous thing is, how come the bug wrapped in the stone is still alive?

The third uncle felt it was very bizarre, but he immediately realized that he had no time to think about it anymore. On the ground, the red bug turned a few times, gradually stretched out, began to shake its wings, and crawled , seems to be flying.

The third uncle had never seen the King Bug before, and he didn't know if it was really so poisonous, but he knew that if it was true, then in such a small space, if such a bug flew, it would be equivalent to announcing his death. .

He cautiously took a few steps back and raised his machete. I wanted to kill him before he could fly. But before he pressed it, he suddenly heard a "cluck, cluck" sound coming from under the machete, and then a red shadow jumped out and flew onto the third uncle's shoulder.

The red light was so fast that the third uncle had no time to hide. He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. The knife in his hand instinctively flicked back and hit him on the shoulder. The king of crickets was startled, flew up again, and stopped on the wall on the side.

At this time, King Ciao was completely awake, inflated his wings, and kept making a "cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, clack, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck' out there at this moment. It is constantly emanating from it.

The third uncle thought about it and said, no, this thing is fucking harder to deal with than a bloody corpse. If you stay here, you will definitely die. Thirty-six strategies. The best thing to do is to sneak away. Thinking about shrinking back, he carefully retreated towards the entrance of the secret passage.

The secret passage did not allow him to turn around at all, so he could only crawl backwards. I rolled and crawled back to the entrance of the secret passage. Fortunately, I looked back and saw that the bloody insect did not follow closely.

The third uncle calmed down and went to touch the secret door's pin, but he was a little panicked and his hands were shaking badly. Almost out of control.

After finally "touching" the machine pin and pushing open the secret door, the third uncle breathed a sigh of relief just now. Suddenly, a red light flew out of the darkness of the secret passage at lightning speed. The speed was so fast that it almost As if teleporting, he came straight to the third uncle's face. Just in the blink of an eye. That thing is already here.

The third uncle screamed "no" in his heart, and it was already too late to hide. A critical moment. In his haste, he suddenly drew his neck back, and then gave the insect a hard blow.

The lung capacity that the third uncle had developed while blowing on the stove was quite impressive and he was very strong. All of a sudden, the corpse changed its direction due to the blow, turned somersault, and hit the wall.

The third uncle took advantage of this opportunity, raised his hand, turned over and rolled out of the secret passage, and crushed the secret door with his backhand.

The king of dragons below followed him out almost at the same time, but this time it was a step too late, and the secret door was already blocked. It hit the stone slab with a "bang" and fell in again, making a series of "cluck, cluck, cluck" sounds.

The third uncle only felt that his scalp was numb and his whole body was weak. He suddenly collapsed next to the coffin, only to find that his whole body was soaked in sweat. It took him a long time to regain his strength.

(I knew very well how powerful King Chu was, so I broke out in a cold sweat and told him to keep the story short. There was no need to speak so vividly.)

After that, the third uncle realized that it was not easy to stay here for a long time, and he had no other ideas. He packed up his things, dug holes, and crawled out of the ancient tomb with the remains of several ancestors.

He chose a secluded place to incinerate the body, and then walked back to the county town on the mountain road at night. In his own words, when he reached the top of the mountain, it was when the sun was peeking out. He looked at the sun and felt for the first time how beautiful it was on the ground.

After returning to Changsha, the third uncle did not tell anyone about this matter, including his grandfather, but he became very interested in the silk books of the Warring States Period and began to study them secretly. But the friends that Third Uncle had at that time were either gangsters or hooligans, none of them came to the forefront, and the treatment did not produce any results for more than half a year. Many seniors have looked at the black pebbles brought out from the secret passage, but none of them can explain why.

The third uncle was disheartened and gradually lost interest. It was not until he arrived at Xisha that things suddenly turned around by chance.

At that time, one of his friends fell ill and died, and he invited an old man Niubi to do the ritual. At that time, Niubi worked part-time. When he put on his Taoist robe, he was a Taoist priest. When he took it off, he could be anyone. It didn’t matter. After doing the ritual, a group of people would While drinking, the third uncle himself forgot what happened at that time. It seemed that he was bragging when he was drunk, so he took out the pebbles to show off.

Unexpectedly, when Niubi saw the thing, his expression changed. He smelled it again and suddenly said that it was not a stone.

The third uncle didn't take this man seriously and asked him a little mockingly: "If it's not a stone, what is it?"

Niubi told him seriously: "This should be a pill."

What Niubi said was true, but the third uncle didn't think it was nonsense. He thought he had met an expert, so he took him to a place where no one was around and wanted him to explain in detail. However, Niubi was also half a bucket of water and only knew This thing is a pill, but I don’t know its origin and details. And the reason why he knew this thing was an elixir was because the Taoist temple where they lived was very old. It was said that it had been around since the Wu Huan Hua period. There were many antiques in the Taoist temple, and they had been given to him for generations. Yes, there are many alchemy tools among them. He has seen and smelled this stone-like elixir among them, so he can be so sure.

The third uncle couldn't help but be disappointed, but he finally saw the light again. Later, he found a few people who were engaged in epigraphy and stone research, and they also confirmed this statement. This thing was indeed a 'elixir'.

Ancient alchemy is also known as golden elixir, alchemy, golden touch, and yellow and white art. Its content is very complex, and its central goal is to use artificial methods to make people "immortal" and to use the golden elixir to convert ordinary metals such as copper and iron into gold and silver.

However, elixirs belong to metaphysics and are very personal. Almost every alchemist has his own method of refining elixirs. Without the examination of ancient characters, nothing can be seen on an elixir. But that Niubi told him that since it was found in an ancient tomb, it must be the elixir of immortality that the ancients believed, because only this kind of elixir would be used in burials.

The third uncle felt very confused after hearing this, because he knew that the elixir contained the king of dragons. The elixir was usually taken internally. If you eat this thing, you will definitely die, and the death will be miserable. , and he’s still immortal.

Even if it's not a cockroach, it's just a cockroach. It's not a pleasant thing to eat.

I was puzzled and struggled for more than half a year. I tried almost every channel, but still made no progress. Just when the third uncle was about to give up completely and throw the elixir down the toilet, something unexpected happened.