Chapter 1133 Open Sesame
Master Li thought for a moment, "During the Julu Kingdom era, our founder, when he was a teenager, followed the army into Baimao Mountain to hunt bears, and shot and blinded one of the White Bear King's eyes. This is recorded in the sect's classics."
"What happened later?" He Lingchuan asked, "What was the fate of the White Bear King? Was he killed by the army, or did he escape?"
"I don't think there is any record of this." Master Li was cautious, "Let me check the sect's classics."
He Lingchuan asked the key point: "In other words, the White Bear King didn't come out to hurt people after that?"
"It's hard to say, but at least after my sect was established, there is no record of the White Bear King hurting people." Master Li affirmed, "The time when the big monster appeared in Baimao Mountain was around the time of Julu Kingdom."
That is to say, after being severely damaged by the Julu Kingdom army, the White Bear King never made trouble again?
He Lingchuan thanked Master Li and proposed to buy two zircons.
Baimao Mountain does not produce this kind of ore, but disciples use it occasionally when refining tools and shops at the foot of the mountain make jewelry. Master Li ordered people to search the warehouse and quickly picked out four or five zircons and handed them to He Lingchuan.
Mostly light green, two of which are of very good quality and look like diamonds.
Dong Rui was a little confused: "What do you want this for?"
Zircon is not a precious gemstone, and it cannot be used as the main material for making jewelry.
"Give it to someone."
"Give it to someone?" Dong Rui clicked his tongue twice, "That person's taste is really bad."
He Lingchuan was too lazy to argue with him: "Let's go, into the mountain."
What's the point of looking in the Panlong world? He wants to find treasure in reality.
The villages and roads in front of Baimao Mountain are completely different from more than a hundred years ago.
Only the distant mountains remain unchanged, and the outline is as clear as in He Lingchuan's memory.
Once you enter the mountain, He Lingchuan will lead the way.
"This place has nice scenery, but you are not here for sightseeing, are you?" Dong Rui was more and more confused as he walked. "Hey, why do you seem to be familiar with this place?"
He Lingchuan walked with confidence. Sometimes there was no way ahead, but he still drew his sword and cut the grass. Dong Rui thought he was going to hit a wall, but he didn't know that there was always another way.
How can people who have never been here know where to go?
He Lingchuan answered seriously: "I have been here in my dreams."
Dong Rui rolled his eyes.
Forget it, which man doesn't have his own little secrets?
But He Lingchuan's words were confirmed immediately:
He went the wrong way four or five times in a row, and had to turn back and find the way again.
It's really not his fault. The vegetation on Baimao Mountain 150 or 60 years ago was different from what it is now. For example, the large area of pink grass in front of him must not have existed at that time.
He Lingchuan looked around, looking for signs everywhere.
Soon, several towering trees came into view.
Giant sequoia!
He had also played hammock on these big trees.
So many years have passed, and things have changed.
He Lingchuan murmured: "It should be not far from here."
These giant fir trees have not changed much, they are still so tall, but the waist circumference has become a little thicker. However, the plants under the trees have been replaced countless times.
He Lingchuan stroked the big tree and climbed up in no time.
It is better to see far when you are high.
Dong Rui was under the tree and saw him looking around with his hands on the pergola, as if looking for something.
That's right, this guy must have been to Baimao Mountain before!
After a while, He Lingchuan slipped down the tree, raised his knife and pointed east: "Follow me."
The two passed through dense forests again.
There was no human trace here, and the weeds were as dense as a wall. Dong Rui followed He Lingchuan and felt that his feet had changed. He looked down and saw pieces of pebbles.
This kind of stone usually appears on the river beach. It seems that there was a stream flowing through the place they set foot on.
This time, He Lingchuan's direction was very clear, which was the waterfall.
As the two walked, Dong Rui suddenly whispered: "Hey, we've been followed all the way, you know that, right?"
He Lingchuan hummed. When leaving Xiaoyao Sect and entering Baimao Mountain, Jingjing had already reminded him: there are spies in the sky.
"Don't worry about it."
This feeling of being looked down upon by the air began at Julu Port. They and Jin Bai originally thought that it was the brown crows sent by the court of the Kingdom of Bian to follow them.
It seems that it's not just brown crows.
Half a quarter of an hour later, they arrived.
He Lingchuan looked up a few times and couldn't help but sigh.
The waterfall is gone, he found it at the top of the giant sequoia.
There is only a bare cliff here.
The pool where the white bear once disappeared is now a forest, and the corners where the sun can't shine are full of ferns and red and white mushrooms.
Only a hundred years later, the world has changed dramatically.
He Lingchuan approached the former waterfall, brushed aside the plants hanging above, and there was indeed a concave stone trough behind it. It was just that the trumpet creepers outside were too dense and too gorgeous, covering up the otherworldly world inside.
It was hit by the water in the past, but now it is covered with moss and ferns.
Only the stone wall has not changed.
That's right, He Lingchuan came here for the White Bear King.
Sect Leader Li said that no news of it was heard in later generations, and only people in the Julu Kingdom era talked about it with fear. Such a big monster would either quietly leave Baimao Mountain after recovering from its injuries and disappear, or...
He Lingchuan came here this time to bet on the latter possibility.
It's been more than a hundred years, so it's okay to give it a try, right?
Dong Rui stroked the stone wall with a puzzled look on his face: "What's here?"
"Good stuff." He Lingchuan said seriously, "There may be a cave hidden here!"
If he had only speculated before, he was sure now.
Because, the God Bone Necklace became hot as soon as it approached the stone wall, and it trembled several times!
Since He Lingchuan traveled across the ocean to the Yangshan Islands, this thing has only heated up twice. The first time was at the Platinum Island Sale, when He Lingchuan bought the thing and fed it to it on the spot; the other time was when he met Nangong Yan.
The rest of the time, it was quiet, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.
Regarding the God Bone Necklace and the Dafang Pot, He Lingchuan had no one to discuss it with, so he could only figure it out by himself. He inferred that the God Bone Necklace might become more and more picky. After swallowing all kinds of treasures, such as Naluotian's clone, ordinary things no longer attracted its interest.
But this time was different.
He Lingchuan could feel the eagerness of the God Bone Necklace. The last time it was so greedy was when it felt the breath of the Dafang Pot lid under the steps of the Tiangong Zhaixing Tower.
So, the small world that the White Bear King entered might have something that he particularly wanted to eat?
"Really?" Dong Rui's legs were no longer sore and his mouth was no longer thirsty when he heard that this was an adventure treasure hunt mission. He took a few steps back and looked at the stone wall, "Are you sure it's here?"
He didn't want to ask He Lingchuan how he knew, because this guy had too many secrets.
"Sure, definitely, definitely." He Lingchuan said seriously, "But I don't know how to get in."
"Is this small world owned by someone?"
"Originally, it did." He Lingchuan took out tools and began to clear the weeds around the stone wall. "The White Bear King of the Julu Kingdom fled into this cave to avoid being hunted by humans."
"No wonder you asked Master Li about this monster!" Dong Rui suddenly realized, "Some caves have unique ways to open. If you don't know, you will never be able to enter."
"When the White Bear King rushed here, he disappeared in a blink of an eye, so it didn't open a very complicated formation. It could also be a password, a code or a token. At that time, an eyewitness saw that there was a bloody claw mark on the stone wall, right at-" He Lingchuan stretched out his hand and pressed on the stone wall, "This position! So it is also possible that the mechanism was pressed."
"I also heard another saying that this cave is guarded by the Golden Spirit. If you want to get in, you have to bribe it with zircon." After that, He Lingchuan took out the zircon.
Dong Rui suddenly realized: "So the person you are giving the gift to is not a human."
Where should it be placed? He Lingchuan casually threw the zircon into the groove on the stone wall.
As expected, nothing happened.
He knew it wouldn't be that easy.
"I'll do it!" Dong Rui pushed him away, "You don't know anything and you're blocking the way. You stay at the back!"
He Lingchuan raised his hands and quietly stepped back. Formation mechanisms are not his specialty, so he can only step down and let others take over.
Seeing Dong Rui touching and knocking in front of the stone wall, He Lingchuan asked with his hands together: "How did you break into the tomb of the gods?"
Yes, if Dong Rui was not good at stealing holes, how could he sneak into the tomb of the gods and steal the bones and blood of the gods?
Suddenly being asked about the secret, Dong Rui paused and said: "I got in accidentally."
"If that place was easy to find, it wouldn't be your turn." He Lingchuan smiled, "Ancient tombs can be stolen, but caves can't be stolen?"
What is the essential difference between the two?
Dong Rui finally understood He Lingchuan's intention of bringing him into the mountain, and said angrily: "There are two types of caves. One is a naturally formed small world that can grow on its own without human intervention; the second type is artificially opened up with foundation stones, and after opening up, very few small worlds can grow on their own, but most of them need to be maintained by manpower."
"What about this?"
"I haven't been in yet, so I can't be sure." Dong Rui knocked a few times near the stone trough, "but I tend to think it should be the first type."
He Lingchuan wanted to ask more, and Dong Rui shushed him: "Shut up!"
He put his ear against the stone wall, knocked a few more times, listened carefully for a while, then stuffed a small piece of zircon into the groove and whispered to the stone wall.
There was a sudden thump from the stone wall, which was particularly dull.
So Dong Rui stuffed in the second piece of zircon.
He Lingchuan saw the stone wall slowly collapse inward, revealing a hole, which was pitch black inside.
"It's done?" Did he always underestimate Dong Rui before? "What did you just shout?"
Open Sesame?
Dong Rui leaned against the wall and smiled: "This is called throwing a stone to test the water."
"How did you do it?"
"It's very simple. Since the gold spirit is guarding the door, the key is to lure it over." Dong Rui pointed his thumb at the stone wall, "White Hair Mountain is so big, you don't think it only stays in this stone wall?"
"Then?"
"Then you can go in." Dong Rui chuckled twice, "It all depends on experience. I tell you, will you understand it?"
This kid also has areas he is not good at! Finally seeing him suffer a setback, cool, really cool!