After I found it, I slowly gave up.
At this moment, Qian Qingfeng suddenly whispered: "What is that?"
I was taken aback, and found that Qian Qingfeng was staring up at a certain place on the nearby mountain wall in a daze.
My third uncle and I also followed Qian Qingfeng's gaze.I saw a stone appearing on the cliff at least three to forty meters above the ground, because the shape of this stone is very close to a cuboid, and it is more eye-catching than other stones.
"It's just a stone..." I think this is just a different stone, and there is nothing to arouse our interest.
"That's right, it's just a stone with different looks. Just like people, there are good-looking and ugly ones everywhere." The third uncle also waved his hand, signaling us to move on.
Qian Qingfeng shook his head, looked at the stone a few more times, and followed us along the canyon road.
The distance of this canyon is really not short. We have been traveling here, and we still can't see the edge at a glance.
"No. This happened again..." Suddenly, Qian Qingfeng, who was walking behind us, shouted again.
My third uncle and I also stopped, and once again followed Qian Qingfeng's gaze, looking up the mountain wall.
Sure enough, this time on the mountain wall, two similar stones appeared at the same time, and they were inlaid horizontally on the mountain wall.
However, the height of these two stones from the ground seems to be lower.
"Mr. Qian, what do you see coming?" Seeing that Qian Qingfeng was very concerned about this, the third uncle stopped and asked.
Qian Qingfeng stared at the two stones with firm eyes, and said, "One such stone can't explain anything, and now there is a second and third one, so I have enough reasons to suspect that these are not ordinary stones, but It's a kind of hanging sarcophagus."
"Hanging sarcophagus?"
Qian Qingfeng nodded: "Yes. The hanging sarcophagus is also a kind of hanging coffin. Have you... heard of hanging coffins?"
"Hanging coffin? I've heard of it, isn't it just a form of burial where the coffin is placed on the mountain wall?" I replied.
I have never eaten pork, but I have always seen pigs running.Although I don't know much about the hanging coffin that Qian Qingfeng mentioned, I have read a lot of it in books, and I still have some impressions of it.
"That's right." Qian Qingfeng kept staring at the rectangular stone on the cliff, and continued: "You are right. Hanging coffin burial is a special way of disposing of the bones of the dead, but in our country it is mainly distributed in In the southern region, especially in some ethnic minority areas. This is a hanging coffin burial with profound cultural connotations. Up to now, there are still many doubts and mysteries that cannot be explained by people today. But speaking of it, Hanging coffin burial is just a kind of burial, which is as common as burial, cremation, water burial, sky burial, etc."
The third uncle also asked: "Mr. Qian, the hanging sarcophagus you are talking about is..."
Qian Qingfeng said: "Hanging coffin burial is a rather peculiar burial method in ancient times. After the deceased passed away, the family members or clansman chose a cliff with a wall of thousands of feet, and used some special methods to place the deceased together with the coffin that was placed in it. The high ground is suspended at an appropriate position halfway up the cliff. According to effective records, the most common method is to drill holes in the cliff wall, use the rafters as piles, and place the ruler coffin in the space expanded by the cliff piles. And we The known hanging coffins are all made of wood. If you look at the one on the mountain wall, if it is really a coffin, then it is a sarcophagus. How did people hang the wooden coffin on the mountain? On the wall, there are all puzzling mysteries. If you use a sarcophagus, it will only be more difficult. Therefore, if this hanging sarcophagus appears here, there will definitely be more mysteries to be solved."
Chapter 1433 Flying Wolf Jumping Mountain
I shook my head and asked questioningly, "Mr. Qian, the stones on it are just similar in shape to the coffin, so we can't be sure it's a sarcophagus, right?"
Qian Qingfeng pointed to the cliff and said: "Look, there are no strange rocks on the cliff, the mountain is extremely uneven, there are only a few rocks, look at the shape, look at the surface, except for man-made carvings. I can't think of any other possibility. Gentlemen, don't take this sarcophagus seriously. As I said, I suspect that the token and the writing on the stele belong to a dynasty that has disappeared. Then since this token and The reappearance of words in the world does not rule out that there are descendants and successors of that dynasty. The hanging sarcophagus appears here, which may be related to the special tomb form of that dynasty. If you break the secret of the hanging sarcophagus, you may find That dynasty, find the source of that token. Isn’t this the mission and task we came here for?”
I nodded: "Mr. Qian, what you said is reasonable. But we are now on the ground, the cliff is so steep, we have no way to climb up to verify the authenticity of the sarcophagus."
The third uncle pointed to the front and said: "Since Mr. Qian has so much confidence in this hanging coffin, let's move on. If this is really a hanging sarcophagus, there must be many more ahead, it's impossible to just these three places."
What Uncle San said made sense, so we continued to walk along the canyon road.
This time, due to the discovery of the hanging sarcophagus, we pay more attention to the situation on both sides of the mountain walls.
Sure enough, as the third uncle said, if you go forward, the so-called hanging sarcophagus will appear every not far away.Those hanging sarcophagi are scattered in height and placed in an extremely irregular manner.But these sarcophagi all have a common feature, that is, there is no support, no pillar support below, no steel cables pulling on the top, and they are just suspended and attached to the mountain wall.
Regarding the appearance of these hanging sarcophagi, my third uncle and I reacted fairly calmly, but for Qian Qingfeng, we were extremely excited.He seems to have forgotten the injury on his leg, and he walks with full power, even more powerful than my third uncle and me.
Looking at his appearance, I can't wait for him to put on a pair of wings and fly to the vicinity of those hanging sarcophagi to see what's going on.
Qian Qingfeng also told my uncle and me from time to time: "Do you know that if the situation of these hanging sarcophagi is true, it will definitely be a big discovery for our country's burial culture. If you continue to study deeply, you may find a Unknown history. No, I have to find a way to climb up to see..."
The more Qian Qingfeng talked, the more excited he became. While talking, he walked towards the mountain wall on one side, and it seemed that he wanted to climb up the mountain.
My third uncle and I quickly grabbed him, and I pointed to the mountain and said, "Mr. Qian, are you crazy? Can't you see how steep this place is? Let alone your bad legs, even I might not be able to climb it." Go. And we don't have any protective measures, how can we go up?"
Qian Qingfeng was also impulsive just now. After being reminded by me, he also calmed down, but he was very annoyed: "It's a pity, this hanging sarcophagus is right in front of me, but I can't see its true face."
The third uncle smiled bitterly and said, "Old Qian, we really can't help you with this. If Lao Jia is here, maybe he can find a solution, but now we can only look at the coffin and sigh."
At this time, I really realized how important the staffing of our team is.Just as Uncle San said, if Chuanshanjia is here, once he enters the mountain, he will be able to use his skills.He will definitely find a way to go up the mountain to see the authenticity of the sarcophagus.It's a pity that our group has dispersed at this time.
The third uncle looked at the canyon road in the distance, and said: "Let's not waste any more time here, I guess the range in this mountain is still very large, let's go further and see, maybe there are other discoveries. "
Although Qian Qingfeng was reluctant, he could only move on.
However, after walking forward for a while, we found that the canyon road under our feet was getting narrower and narrower.
Originally, we thought that we could enter the mountain along this road.But I didn't expect this road, if I go further, there will be a mountain wall blocking the road, and this road will come to an end.If you still want to go forward, you can only look for a mountain road and pass it over the mountain.
The three of us walked all the way to the foot of the mountain. Except for the path we came from, the other three directions were all surrounded by mountains.
I looked up at the top of the mountain, and the mountain seemed to be slanting down. This feeling was like a toad sitting in a well looking at the sky.
I scratched my scalp and said, "We're not going the wrong way, are we?"
The third uncle said: "How is it possible? This is the only way to go back and forth, and it is difficult to go wrong."
I smiled wryly and said, "Since we have come to the end, there is no way to go, and we haven't found any major discoveries, should we leave here?"
The third uncle thought for a while and said, "But there are many mysteries that haven't been solved yet. The figures in the mountain pass, those flying wolves, and these hanging sarcophagi..."
"Look, Flying Wolf, Flying Wolf is over there..." Qian Qingfeng suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted.
My third uncle and I also hurriedly looked up.
I saw that Qian Qingfeng was referring to the sky above a nearby cliff, and on the top of that cliff, small heads appeared one by one.
At this time, the sky was clear and bright. Although the top of the cliff was far away from us, because the mountains here were all bald and there were no trees to cover them, we could see those heads very clearly.
In fact, from our distance, we can only see that they are the heads of some animals, because they are still moving, and we can't tell whether they are wolf heads or what.
But since we entered the mountain pass, the only animal we saw was the flying wolf.After this kind of flying wolf appeared, it disappeared for a while, but our hearts were still hanging, so when Qian Qingfeng saw the heads on the top of the mountain, he called out flying wolf directly.
Immediately afterwards, as if to test Qian Qingfeng's judgment, when we looked up, something flew out of the cliff.
The thing flew in the air, stretched its limbs, the webs between the limbs were torn apart, gliding down from the top of the mountain, and began to hover in the air.
Now it is confirmed, is it a flying wolf or something?
After the flying wolf flew down, the other flying wolves also jumped down one after another.We looked up and saw the movements of these flying wolves.It can be seen that the flying of these flying wolves is not real flying, but relying on the special leather webs growing on their bodies to glide by the wind.Because they don't have real wings, they shouldn't have the ability to fly upwards.
Chapter 1434 Footprints in the Cave
However, these flying wolves used the skill of gliding to the extreme.They are very good at using the wind, relying on themselves to constantly change the direction of their fins, and can glide freely in the air, looking very leisurely.
Flying wolves flew down from the cliff continuously, their skin webs made flapping sounds in the air, and they all danced in the air collectively, which looked very spectacular.
When we saw this wonderful scene, we temporarily forgot to study whether to stay or evacuate here.
The fins on flying wolves are powerful enough to keep them in the air for a long time.
At this moment, a sound similar to a horn suddenly came from nowhere.The voice sounded very dull, but it was very steady, and there were bursts of echoes in the valley.
With the sound of the horn, those flying wolves that were flying in the air suddenly accelerated their downward speed.They fell from the sky one after another, and fell straight to the bottom of the cliff where they jumped off.
The third uncle had an idea, pointed to the cliff and said: "I see, that cliff should be the one where people danced and jumped off the cliff yesterday. Mr. Qian, do you want to find out the secret here? Let's go and have a look?"
Qian Qingfeng smiled wryly and said, "There's no way here either? The mountain wall blocks the way, and we can't fly, how can we get there?"
The third uncle waved his hand: "Intuition tells me that there must be a passage leading to that mountain."
With that said, Third Uncle raised his legs and ran towards the direction where the flying wolves fell.
But we can look up and see those flying wolves, all because they fly higher.After they fell, our view was completely blocked by the mountain.Our way is also blocked by mountains.As Qian Qingfeng said, we can't fly, and it's not easy to cross that mountain.
So Uncle San insisted on saying that there is a passage there, but Qian Qingfeng and I were indifferent.
But when the third uncle ran to the foot of the mountain and found something, he suddenly waved to us: "Come here, there is a cave here."
When Qian Qingfeng and I heard Third Uncle's shout, we hurried over and saw a deep cave at the foot of the mountain.There is a pile of rocks next to the cave, and it is these rocks that completely cover the cave and also block our sight.If you don't run to the front, you won't find that there is a cave here.
There was no light in the cave, so I took out my flashlight to shine a light inside, and as a result, there was nothing except some stones where the beam of light shone.
Qian Qingfeng asked: "According to Dongbin's logic, could this cave be connected to the other side? If you pass through this cave, will you reach the other side of the mountain?"
The third uncle waved his hand: "Never mind him, let's take a look inside first."
"Wait first." I picked up a stone from the ground and threw it towards the entrance of the cave.
The stone rolled in the cave, making a loud noise, until the sound of the stone disappeared, and there was no other movement inside.
The purpose of doing this is to scare the snake away. If there is any animal hidden in it, it will definitely make a noise after doing this.
Since there was no movement inside, the few of us looked at each other. The third uncle still lit the torch, and Qian Qingfeng and I each held a flashlight, and got into the cave along the entrance.
In fact, at this point, we no longer know what the purpose of coming to this mountain is.
Is it to find someone, to find the lost Liang Yue, Chuan Shanjia and others?Still want to figure out the secret of those four tokens?Or do you want to figure out the strange mantra sound and the woman's weird dance?And those flying wolves, after hearing the sound of the horn, what was the reason for sliding down from mid-air?
Or a combination of these reasons prompted us to drill into this cave without hesitation, although we don't know where the cave will lead.
After entering the cave, the feeling of darkness and damp that is often found in caves hits the face.
There are also many broken stones scattered on the ground, making it difficult to move forward.
This makes me wonder if this cave is not what we imagined, and there is no exit in front of it.
And the third uncle walked in front with a torch, and suddenly shouted: "Footprints, here are footprints."
Qian Qingfeng and I walked over and shone the light on the ground with a flashlight.
Sure enough, an unclear footprint appeared between the two stones on the ground.When I saw the footprints, I recognized them immediately, not unlike the ones we saw around the camp.
Qian Qingfeng looked at it and said: "This footprint, that's right, it's this footprint. After Hailang and I were unconscious, when we woke up, this kind of footprints also appeared around us."
Seeing the presence of footprints here, we all looked around subconsciously.
At this time, there was nothing unusual in the surrounding area. The area of the cave was not large, and there were some jagged rocks around it. It looked like a naturally formed cave.
There were footprints, which didn't make us understand anything, but gave us a reason to keep going.
But walking into this cave, I feel like the three of us have completely hidden ourselves.We are looking for Liang Yue and the others, and Bao Buqi is also looking for us.Then we hid in this cave, no matter how capable they are, I am afraid they will not be able to find our whereabouts.
Things have come to this point, we can't take too much into account, we just hope that we can find something in this cave, or after passing through the cave.
We played with flashlights and gradually went deeper with torches in our hands.But after entering this cave, it got deeper and deeper.And it's not straight, there are many curved passages in the middle.
So that after walking a certain distance, when I turned around again, I could no longer see the light coming in from the hole.
And the front of the cave is even more twists and turns, and you can't see the end at a glance.
Although I don't know if there is another exit from this cave, at least it is certain that the scope of this cave is very large, and it may take us a lot of work and time.
But after walking a certain distance into the cave, there were not so many gravels on the ground.The ground is also relatively flat.
It can be seen from this that the gravel at the entrance of the cave may have rolled into the cave after sliding down the mountain.
Moreover, the space inside the cave is getting bigger and bigger, and the surrounding area is getting wider. When we got there, the light from the torch that the third uncle lit was no longer enough to illuminate the space we were in.
Before entering this cave, until I reached the depths of the cave, my heart was actually hanging.Because in such a cave, it is easy to have other situations.
What I'm most afraid of is encountering some creatures that can attack people here again. It should be extremely normal for this kind of situation to appear here.
Chapter 1435 The Water Curtain Cave
What's more, we have seen golden thread toads and flying wolves before.
Now I also understand why it is necessary to equip the team with a master who is familiar with biology, such as a biology professor like Ma Su.Because when entering this environment, the creatures that appear may be things that we have never seen before.If you haven't seen it, you don't know the other party's habits and characteristics, so you will be helpless against those creatures.
If we had a Ma Di in our team, maybe we would not have been so embarrassed when we dealt with the golden thread toad and those wolf-toothed vines before.
Of course, there is only one Ma Su in the world.We don't need to blame others for this, but it is still necessary to maintain full vigilance.
But as we walked deeper and deeper, I found that this worry seemed unnecessary.Because apart from the change in the environment of the cave, all other abnormalities have not yet appeared.
Everything was normal, so we continued to move forward. According to the estimated time, we have already walked in this cave for nearly an hour.
Although we are moving at a relatively slow speed, if the cave really runs through, we should have almost reached the exit.
And if the cave is penetrating, it must be on the basis of natural formation, plus the necessary artificial work.And we did see that there are traces of manual excavation in many places on the wall at the back of the cave.
At this moment, the third uncle who was walking in front suddenly stopped.
I was at the end, and I also stopped and asked, "Third Uncle, why don't you leave? What did you find?"
The torch in Uncle San's hand had already been replaced halfway.This torch has just been lit for a short time, and the flame is still very strong.
The third uncle stared at the flames on the torch and said, "Look at the flames."
Qian Qingfeng and I got closer and found that the flame on the torch was flickering in one direction.
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