Holy Bone

Chapter 415 Black Sun

Since there is an area in the Populus euphratica forest where the air is slightly humid and some desert vegetation can grow, it means that the water source here is abundant.

For reference, there was an ancient river flowing here thousands of years ago.

There must be an underground river underground in Teshisata Village, and this underground river is not small. The ancient river at that time only disappeared on the surface, and this underground river has always existed.

After helping up the old Sadiq and the young Sahafu who were kneeling and breasting him, Jin An took out the water amulet four times from his bosom, and began to explore the underground environment with the help of water vapor.

Relying on the power of the talisman, the spiritual consciousness began to dive all the way. The deeper the well, the heavier the water vapor. Jin'an was like a fish jumping into the sea, and the spiritual consciousness wandered freely in the well.

gurgle--

Under the dry well, there is the sound of groundwater flowing.

The sound was very faint.

Ordinary people can't hear it even if they go down to the bottom of the well.

Only after Jin'an borrowed the power of the God of Water from Erlang Zhenjun's water talisman, and his six senses went deep into the ground, could he hear the slight gurgling sound of water.

The water level of this underground river is a bit deep.

soon.

He found out why the well was dry.

Put away the yellow talisman.

Woke up with eyes closed.

"Has Daoist Jin'an discovered anything?" Yali said respectfully, and now he respects Jin'an more and more.

At this time, even the old Sadiq and the young Sahafu looked at Jin'an expectantly.

They left the village in search of new water sources.

At the beginning, Vulture said it could restore clean water to the wells in the village.

The result was cheated.

The trick is to leave home for two years.

Now there is new hope in front of them again. They are full of expectations, but they are also frustrated and nervous. They have been disappointed once, and they are afraid of being disappointed again.

Jin An didn't try to be tricky, and said straight to the point: "There is indeed running water in this well, but the running water is buried a bit deep. Compared with this, I have found the reason why the well is really dry."

"This well is far from being six or seven feet deep as it appears on the surface." Jin An frowned slightly and shook his head.

"Actually, this well is covered with a thick layer of silt. When this layer of silt is dug out, the true depth of the well water is more than ten feet deep. The thick layer of silt was not formed by the collapse of the well wall, but by the collapse of the well wall. There is a platform of an ancient building under the well. The underground river has scoured the platform for many years. It may have taken hundreds or thousands of years to accumulate a thick layer of sand on the platform of the ancient building under the well. .”

"Because the underground river under this well is relatively large, the sediment layer is wet all year round and cannot be drained. Therefore, when the water level of the underground river is high, the water seeps upwards to form clear well water. When the water level of the underground river drops, it becomes turbid. Yellow muddy water."

Everyone was stunned when they heard it.

Unexpectedly, there are so many ways hidden under a well that looks ordinary.

But after a little thought, there is such a large Populus euphratica forest here, and ancient rivers and ancient civilizations were born here. It is normal that there are some ancient ruins in the well.

"Could it be the ruins of an ancient country buried in yellow sand?" Someone speculated.

Others stood up and retorted: "There is a well here, which means that the terrain here has not changed for thousands of years. How can an ancient country pump water from a well on the surface and build a country underground? Isn't it unnecessary to take off your pants and fart? "

Jin An was amused.

Unexpectedly, there are still people in the desert who understand Xiehouyu.

At this time, other people were still discussing, and Yali was in charge of interpreting.

"If you ask me, this must be a royal tomb or a general's tomb. Only a royal family or a general has the financial resources and manpower to build a magnificent tomb underground."

"Are you really stupid? The well water is for the living to drink. How can there be a well water on the tomb? Is it because the dead are afraid of dying of thirst?"

Seeing that the two were arguing, Yali took out the captain and ordered them to stop, but he couldn't bear his curiosity, and asked Jin'an cautiously: "Master Jin'an, have you seen this well?" What is the ancient building under the water?"

Jin An pondered and said: "Although I don't know what the ancient building under this well is, it should not be difficult to guess. It should be a mausoleum for burying the dead. It may not be impossible to drill well water above the mausoleum. Water is cloudy. , the flowing water in the yin house also represents the vitality. Arrange the living spring or well water in the tomb, which is called to vent the yin energy, bring vitality, and reconcile the yin and yang, lest the yin energy in the tomb is too heavy to breed any unclean things .”

"What it is, we can only find out if someone digs out the bottom of the blocked well."

He is not being humble.

Zhenjun Erlang's Water Talisman can only perceive that there is something underneath.

What exactly does it look like.

You have to see it with the naked eye to know.

Now Yali and the others have reached the point of blindly worshiping Jin'an.

They believed everything Jin An said.

Even if Jin An said that there was gold in the well, they believed it all.

Yali envied: "Master Jin'an, you really know a lot. You have a lot more knowledge than those of us who see nothing but sand in our eyes."

Jin'an smiled and said, "This is what an old Taoist priest told me. What I understand is not as good as him."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and asked old Sadik if he knew the secret under the well.

Old Sadik shook his head in confusion. He didn't know about it, and he had never heard it from the older generation in the village.

Old Sadik's eyes were shocked when he heard the news for the first time, and it was indeed the first time he had seen it.

Out of curiosity, Jin An took off his Taoist robe, rolled up his sleeves, found a shovel, and planned to go down the well to dig out the silted soil and sand layer. He wanted to see with his own eyes what secrets were hidden in the well?
When he heard that Jin'an was going to go down the well himself, Yali was worried about Jin'an's safety, and worried that the well wall would collapse if it was not strong, so he volunteered to let him go down to dig out the silt.

But was rejected by Jin An.

"Yari, the underground environment is narrow and claustrophobic, and the air is thin. Normal people have the risk of suffocation and coma, not to mention the intense physical exertion to clean up the silt, even if the strong people come, it is useless. Now It’s not that whoever has good physical strength can stay in the well for a longer time, but I have practiced a kung fu similar to the Turtle’s Breathing Kung Fu in the Jianghu, which can hold my breath for a long time without breathing, so I am the most suitable person to go down the well.”

It took Jin An a long time to persuade everyone present and the sheep, and then he grabbed the rope and often descended into the bottom of the well.

He was right.

The well is dark and claustrophobic.

Not only was the air humid and thin, but as he went down to clear the well, the well dug deeper and deeper, and even the torches used for lighting were extinguished because of the thin air.

In the dark and claustrophobic environment, he stepped on a wide wooden plank as a floating board to avoid sinking into the wet mud like a swamp, and then buckets of mud and sand dripping with muddy yellow water were shaken up by the people above .

After digging the well to a depth of about ten feet, a hidden L-shaped turn appeared in the well. In this environment, normal people can hardly breathe, let alone digging the well for a long time.

This also indirectly led to the fact that the secrets in the well have never been discovered.

Not long after Jin An dug down this time, sparks shot out with a ding, and he finally dug to the bottom. The shovel shoveled to a rock platform protruding from the well wall. Strangely speaking, the water level of the underground river happened to drop to the bottom. to level with the rock platform.

The location of this rocky platform is precisely designed. When the underground river dries up and the water level drops, the rocky platform is just exposed, and it is usually hidden under the water so that no one can find it.

Moreover, it is hidden behind the corner, and it is difficult to find this hidden corner without draining the well water.

The silt here is that when the underground river rushes to the corner platform, the water flow is blocked, and the yellow sand settles. Over the years, it accumulates thicker and thicker on the platform, eventually blocking the bottom of the well.

Perhaps because it is covered by mud and sand all year round, the rock platform does not see many small vegetation such as moss.

The rock platform is very slippery, and there is a lot of slippery sand that has not been shoveled.

Seeing that no new sediment had been brought up from the well for a long time, everyone on the well lay their heads on the mouth of the well and called out to Jin'an, but when they were lying on the mouth of the well, everyone heard the sound of gurgling water.

"The sound of water?"

"The water is out!"

"The water is out!"

Everyone cheered and cheered. Some people couldn't wait to find a clean wooden bucket and put it down. When a small bucket of clean water was brought up, old Sadiq and young Sahaf were so excited that they could no longer hold back the tears.

Taoist Master Jin'an really did what he said and helped the village find water!
The more excited performance of the two sheep than people attracted the attention of Yali and the others. They handed the first bowl of well water to the two sheep. This unintentional act moved old Sadik and young Sahaf to tears.

After having enough water, Yali and the others also began to drink water in large gulps, trying to drink back all the hunger and thirst that had lasted for half a month.

"Yari, I'm fine. I've dug to the bottom of the well. I found a passageway in the well. This passageway leads to a deeper place underground. You can use a bucket and bring a torch down."

"There is a light breeze in this corridor, and there is fresh wind pouring in here. There should be ventilation holes in the corridor."

Jin An's response came from the well.

Not long after, Yali and three others went down to the bottom of the well and brought a torch to Jin'an. At the same time, they all looked at the novel world in front of them curiously.

Su Reti did not follow, Yali left Su Reti on top to manage the team and was responsible for the response.

"Why did you come down?" Jin An looked at the four people who went down the well, but he didn't have any other intentions. He just asked curiously casually, and then held up a burning torch to shine a light into the corridor.

After Yali and the four of them lit a torch each, Yali said that he was worried about any mechanism or danger down here, so he came down to protect Jin'an.

"Be careful where you step, the ground here is soaked in water all the year round, so it's very slippery." Jin'an reminded Yali and the others, and then began to walk along the corridor.

Yali was afraid that there would be some poisoned arrows in the tunnel, so he volunteered to let them take the lead.

Jin'an was stubborn but Yali insisted, so the five of them moved forward together.

The corridor is not too deep, and it will go to the end soon. At the end is a puddle, and there is no other way out.After a few people discussed for a while, Jin'an took the lead and went down to see what was going on, and then came back to inform Yali and the others.

Yali wanted to insist that he take the lead. This time, Jin'an refused to say anything and insisted that he take the lead. If Yali didn't listen to him in the well, he could go back now. What danger, his chances of escaping are greater than that of Li and the others.

Seeing Jin An's serious expression, Yali nodded reluctantly, and watched Jin An jump into the pool worriedly.

Jin An left in a hurry and came back quickly.

Then they took Yali and jumped into the pool one by one.

It turns out that there is another cave behind this pool.

This water pool is connected to the underground river. After they swam for a certain distance holding their breath, the five people went ashore from the water pool of a mausoleum.

This mausoleum is not big.

In the Central Plains, the tomb of any fourth-rank official or fifth-rank official is more luxurious than others.

Due to the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the water pool, the environment in the mausoleum is dry and has not been flooded by underground river water, so the mausoleum is well preserved.

After Jin An dried the torch with Heishan internal energy, he lit the torch again. The air here is fresh, and there is a vent to connect with the outside world.

The mausoleum is divided into a simple structure of three floors.

The first floor is arranged according to the former residence of the owner of the tomb.

On the second floor are some burial pits for camels, sheep, and cattle, as well as some pottery pots, silk brocades, tea, etc. as funerary objects.

But so many years have passed, the bones of cattle, horses and sheep, and silk have long been rotten to pieces.

The third floor is the main tomb.

There is a sarcophagus in the center of the main tomb.

"Don't touch the coffin, don't disturb the tomb owner's sleep." Jin An's words made Yali and the others respect Jin An again.

Yali and the others scattered around the main tomb with torches in their hands. With the novelty of going to the tomb for the first time, they curiously looked at the ancient tomb in front of them.

The main tomb is very simple, without too many complicated patterns and arrangements, and there are no precious funeral objects. There is really no clue about the identity of the owner of the tomb. The group of five people finally returned to the coffin in the center of the tomb.

The only thing that needs to be said to be exquisite in the main tomb is the coffin in front of me.

"Daoist Jin'an, the engravings on the coffin seem to mention the identity of the owner of the tomb... The country of the owner of the tomb seems to be from the desert guardian family..." Yali said in surprise.

Jin An also leaned over to look at the carved patterns on the coffin. Perhaps because of cultural differences, he found it obscure after reading it for a while, so he asked Yali to help him interpret it.

Yali kept Jin'an's words in mind, don't touch the coffin and don't disturb the sleep of the tomb owner, he squatted down with difficulty to interpret the content on the coffin with a torch in his hand: "The coffin mentioned that two suns appeared on the desert, and one sun is above our heads. The sun in the sky represents life... a black sun represents death, and is buried in the deepest part of the desert... These desert guardian clans established desert countries along the rivers, extending to the deepest part of the desert... Daoist Jin'an, it seems that this The ancient country that died together with the ancient river is one of the inheritances of the guardian clan."

"In the deepest part of the desert... there is a huge basin... the black sun representing death is buried somewhere in the desert basin..."

Yali squatted and walked forward, continuing to interpret the contents of the coffin...

(End of this chapter)