[Grave Raiders Notes bg] Lost Notes 2: Heavy Fate

The last time Nan Xing went to Sichuan was when he went to Blind Tomb in his previous life.

Compared with modern times, Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty is still in line with the sentence "The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky". It is really surrounded by mountains, high mountains and valleys.

The Sichuan Basin does not have enough sunlight all year round, and the area where Mengding Mountain is located is even more cloudy and rainy all year round.If the fat man was present, he probably would have complained about whether the Dragon King here has frequent urination, urgent urination, and he should bring some Qianliekang to honor his old man.

Mengding Mountain is located in the southwest of the Sichuan Basin, stretching for more than ten kilometers, surrounded by five peaks, like a lotus flower.

The foot of the mountain is a typical village in western Sichuan, and the mountainside is a large tea garden. There are several temples in the tea garden, all of which are hidden among piles of green tea trees.

Further up is the forest area, and the towering forest stretches to the entire back mountain.

On the way, Nan Xing carefully read the materials left by Zhang Qiling. The "Eighteen Forms of Dragon Walking" was originally created by an eminent monk in the Northern Song Dynasty when he was repairing a hut in Mengding Mountain. It has been passed down among monks in the past. , It was not until the Qing Dynasty that it began to flow into the people.

The first person to bring this skill to the people was Ye Weiqing, a teahouse owner in Beijing during the Kangxi period. He single-handedly made the teahouse an important activity place in people's lives, and quickly spread all over Beijing.

The Mengding Mountain tea garden is the main source of tea for Ye Weiqing’s many teahouses. He came into contact with the “Eighteen Movements of Dragon Walking” during the purchase of tea in Mengding Mountain.

This tea technique combined with martial arts allowed him to see another business model of the teahouse, so he spent a long time learning it and brought it back to the teahouse. Since then, the business of the teahouse has been booming.

According to records, Ye Weiqing spent his later years in Mengding Mountain, and never left Mengding Mountain since he was 60 years old until his death.

Nan Xing and the others are standing in front of Ye Weiqing's tombstone.

"This is a false entrance." It was one of the 15-year-old girls who spoke, named Zhang Haiqing.

The children of the Zhang family have learned and trained since childhood, including the tomb passage mechanism, Qimen Dunjia.Skilled, sometimes you don't even need to touch it with your hands, you can see if there is a mechanism by observing with the naked eye.

"This is the "land of the four gods" in Feng Shui. Look at the terrain, let alone the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right, but at least there are protections on the left and right, and there are mountains in front and mountains in the back, where the wind gathers energy. This kind of place must be The weather is good." Zhang Haiqing looked at the Emei, Wawu, and Zhougong mountains in the distance, and said: "This Fengshui must have a big tomb underneath."

Nan Xing was noncommittal. The so-called "land of the four gods" is explained from a materialistic point of view. These mountains can block the wind blowing from the north and retain the humid air from the south, making this a good microclimate.

But she agrees with the fact that there is a large tomb underneath. Ye Weiqing stayed in Mengding Mountain in his later years, not as if it was for the convenience of drinking tea. He must have discovered something here, and even after death, he would be buried here.

"This tomb has traces of being stolen. Presumably, other people can see that there is a large tomb underneath. But such an ancient tomb is not something ordinary thieves can steal." Another 15-year-old boy was speaking , named Zhang Haicheng, he said as he glanced at a place where new grass had just grown next to the tombstone.

"We might as well go directly to the big tomb at the bottom. Although this Ye Weiqing is a wealthy businessman, his age is too recent, and the things inside are not suitable for taking back as tokens." Zhang Haicheng suggested.

"Sichuan gets dark late, we have to find the entrance as soon as possible, and maybe start digging holes before dark." Nan Xing looked at the sky and the mountain, "Combined with this feng shui, the tomb sits towards the It is the west, combined with the analysis of the sand shape, the acupoints of this tomb can basically be determined to be surrounded by Tanlang in the northwest and Wuqu Mountain in the northeast."

Zhang Haiqing nodded in agreement, "Then let's pack up our equipment and start."

Tan Lang and Wu Qu were surrounded by the deep forest in the back mountain, and the four carried all their equipment on their backs and moved forward.The deeper you go, the taller and taller the vegetation, covering the sky and the sun, coupled with the fog from the humid air, makes the whole exploration process more and more long.

On the top is a canopy of conifers and broad leaves that almost covers the entire sky. With such a dense vegetation, the sun is almost impenetrable below.

Apart from Nan Xing among the four, Zhang Haicheng also had the blood of a unicorn. Zhang Haiqing and Zhang Yuetong had no choice but to wrap themselves tightly in clothes all the way.

Therefore, the task of opening the way ahead was naturally left to Nan Xing and Zhang Haicheng, who had mosquito-repellent incense physiques.

The body that has been trained in the Zhang family for seven years, in terms of physical strength and muscle explosiveness, is indeed much better than that of the same period in the previous life. Now Nan Xing can cut branches and leaves as easily as cutting fruits.

"We're here." Nan Xing cut off the surrounding branches to create a place to rest.

"The tomb is in this underground area, but we have to figure out where to start digging the hole. If we make a mistake, we won't have a second chance. The time required for this release is very tight." Zhang Haicheng squatted down , touched the dirt on the ground, and then cursed.

Seeing his reaction, Zhang Haiqing leaned over to touch him, frowned and said, "This tomb robber can't do it, we came here in vain."

Zhang Yuetong also squatted down and asked her, "Why can't it be stolen?"

Zhang Haiqing glanced at Zhang Yuetong like an idiot, "Under the soil, there is a whole block of granite as deep as a nine-story building. If we want to dig down the robbery hole, we won't be able to penetrate it in ten years."

"Nan Xing, what should we do now?" Zhang Yuetong also understood the difficulty of the situation, and raised his head to ask Nan Xing.

I saw Nan Xing was looking up at the canopy of trees covering the sky and the sun in a daze, as if he hadn't heard their discussion at all.

"Nan Xing?" Zhang Yuetong called her again.

"Look up." Zhang Nanxing was still staring at the crown above his head.

The other three looked puzzled and raised their heads one after another.

What caught my eye was a jaw-dropping scene.

I saw that the space of the canopy of the big tree covering the sky above the head seemed to be evenly distributed, and a certain distance was kept between the canopy and the canopy, avoiding each other, thus forming a series of zigzag gaps.

Looking up from below, these gaps look like rivers and canals flowing through each other, like a huge jigsaw puzzle.

"Crown Shyness." Nan Xing murmured.

The other three looked at each other, as if to confirm if they had heard wrong.

Finally Zhang Haiqing opened his mouth and asked, "What did you just say?"

"Crown shyness is a natural phenomenon of certain tree species. Even if the space is crowded, the crowns of adjacent trees do not block each other, forming a ditch-like opening. It feels like trees are giving way to each other, each with its own A piece of space."

Nan Xing withdrew his gaze, opened the backpack while talking, took out the paper and pen from inside, and began to draw the gaps in the treetops above his head as quickly as possible, "The four of us will divide the work and record all the gaps here."

The cause of canopy shyness has not been given a unified answer even in modern times a hundred years later.The shy pattern formed by the canopy here is not like a simple random phenomenon, but more like expressing some kind of information.

The four people worked together and quickly drew all the gaps in the whole piece, put the four parts together, and saw that what appeared in front of them was a lifelike unicorn.