Chapter 160 - legend

Bodhisattva grass is a strange life form born in the alchemy furnace. It is rumored to be related to the Qin Dynasty's collection of weapons and copper smelting people. Its existence is extremely special. It is not a complete life form, but is more similar to a "skill" and "tool" The collection can be traced back to the period of Qi practitioners in ancient Qin.

According to the records in Erye's handwritten notes, Bodhisattva grass is rarely seen even in ancient books outside the country. Erye has searched for decades and only found two unofficial records.

The first one was in more than 260 BC. At that time, Qin general Bai Qi led his army to attack Zhao. He trapped more than 400,000 Zhao troops in the narrow Pingchuan in the west of Changping. Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao army, suddenly died in battle, leaving the Zhao soldiers without a leader. , surrender, Bai Qi killed the surrendered soldiers.

According to unofficial records, Bai Qi followed the advice of a mysterious sergeant in the tent and forced the Zhao army into Changping. Zhao Kuo, who was desperate, planned to dig underground to break out, but when he penetrated the valley wall, he accidentally fell into an underground building. On an empty stomach. Just when everyone was about to leave, the earth was turned upside down at the bottom of the valley. The unofficial history records that "in an instant, the earth dragon broke through the clouds, the snakes broke through the fog, and tens of thousands of Zhao troops returned to dust." When Bai Qi led his army, the Zhao people were defeated, and most of them were killed and wounded. Qin Deep in the collapsed valley, Jun saw countless shadows of Zhao Jun in armor gradually disappearing into the rock wall.

No one could explain what happened. In order to boost the morale of the army, Bai Qi claimed that they had killed tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers. The story during this period must have been more twists and turns, otherwise even a hundred thousand pigs scattered over the mountains would not have been killed by the Qin army in one day.

At that time, no one knew about the changes in the valley. Some people in the army only rumored that there was an earth dragon sleeping under the valley, which would make them angry. Only a few good people recorded it and passed it down to future generations.

The second legend is even more bizarre. It happened in the Tang Dynasty when the Li family was king. There was a talented man in Shandong who had been a monk and a Taoist priest. He is a native master who walks in the mountains and looks at caves.

This man travels all over the world, and one day he accidentally reveals his tricks on the street, and is targeted by the government. After spending a lot of money to catch him, someone comes to him in prison and tells him that he hopes he can help him go to a certain place to get a fortune. After getting the thing, let him go free, otherwise he will be killed immediately.

After this man reluctantly agreed, he went on the road with several other experts. In order not to attract attention, he dressed up as a monk and arrived at the destination after many twists and turns. Based on his experience of the place for many years, he could tell at a glance that it was a deserted place. , to escape a narrow escape from death.

However, at that moment, people were being cut off and others were being treated as fish meat. If they didn't go, they would die, so they went down hard. The last few people came to the tomb and found a sarcophagus. The sarcophagus was seamless and natural, with one hundred and eight simple stone symbols on it.

He sensed the great danger in the coffin, and knew in his heart that the time had come. He felt desperate, so he told the people around him to open the coffin and see the Bodhisattva. It means ascending to heaven. Unexpectedly, the people around him didn't understand his original intention. He had already used his special skills, and was still a few feet away from the sarcophagus, chanting the coffin-opening curse.

This is a secret technique he learned from his ancestors. He uses curses to drive away corpses. When in danger, people will not approach the coffin, curse the corpse, lift up the coffin, and then let others catch the corpse with a rope to restrain it, and take this opportunity to obtain the coffin. Inner treasure.

Unexpectedly, the all-conquering coffin-opening curse did not take effect today. Just when he was puzzled and thought that he had misjudged the danger inside the coffin, the sarcophagus suddenly opened, and a crimson branch rolled into him. Several people around him were shocked, and saw the coffin. There were countless people inside, like purgatory. Several people had liver and gallbladder splitting, and immediately fled away. From this, the evil name of Bodhisattva grass was born.

The second master speculated that the origin of this kind of Bodhisattva grass is probably a very weird and bloody secret anti-theft technique. Whether it is in the valley of Changping or in the dangerous places where capable people of the Tang Dynasty went, they are all places where corpses are buried. Someone put the Bodhisattva into it. The grass was buried underneath, especially the counselors around Bai Qi. Seeing this, they deliberately drove Zhao Jun in.

This kind of Bodhisattva grass is attached to the mountain. Over time, it becomes like a disease in the bone marrow and integrates into the entire mountain. It can assimilate everything it touches and secrete a "jade stain" to replace the original mountain rocks. Over the years, Bodhisattva grass It continues to spread underground, and sooner or later it will devour everything around it.

The second master speculated that there was probably Bodhisattva grass buried under Qin Shihuang's tomb, which, along with the dragon's aura, became the last dangerous barrier to defend the emperor's mausoleum. In the end, the second master also speculated that although it is invulnerable to water and fire, there must be some kind of natural enemy to restrain it, otherwise the mausoleum will be assimilated sooner or later. Most of these natural enemies are in the mausoleum.

I told everyone everything I knew, and then looked at Datou: "This ancient secret technique originated from the pre-Qin period has been lost. Even in the past, it could not be found in ordinary tombs. We have always wondered about the little devil. What has been dug up, we can now confirm that there must be an ancient tomb in the mountain. You are right, those coffins were the burial pits."

"I want to know what to do next?" Maitreya stared at me.

Now that things have happened, I am no longer concerned about the threat of the other party. I shrugged and said, "No one has encountered Bodhisattva grass in the past thousand years. Naturally, there is no way to crack it. The second master only guessed that there is something antagonistic in the tomb, but look around. , it looks like there is a mausoleum, the Japanese may not have dug out the mausoleum at that time, but it was swallowed up by the Buddha grass."

I didn't lie to him. This was almost my inference. The performance on the previous journey and our initial guesses were confirmed after encountering Bodhisattva Grass again. Why the impregnable defense line suddenly collapsed at that time is probably inseparable from the fact that Little Japan excavated this underground mausoleum.

There is no question whether the kid dug into the tomb or not. Even if he did, I'm afraid we won't have time to look for it anymore. The Bodhisattva grass moves when it touches the blood. I am afraid that it would have been startled by the movement along the way. If someone who does not know this thing comes in, he may die without knowing what he has encountered.

The inexplicable sounds we heard in the tunnel and the crimson color we saw in the Robber's Cave are the best proof that the Bodhisattva Grass has awakened and will swallow it all before long.

What I am most concerned about now is whether the local master who helped the little devils dig out this place was intentional or unintentional, and whether he is dead or alive.

I suddenly wanted to laugh. I would be buried here forever, still thinking about the life and death of others.

Those people looked at the deep figures in the surrounding walls in horror, and finally began to show panic. A cold light flashed in Maitreya's eyes, I felt bad, this grandson wouldn't want to kill us before he died. Just listen to him say: "Get us out of here."

I looked at him and said, "I also want to live, but I have told you all the facts. Only by finding the location of the tomb can we possibly leave alive."

"There is still a way." Datou, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. He threw away the cigarette butt and said to me, "Maybe there is a chance."