The Book of Heaven

Chapter 342 What a Big Pot
Ma Zheng didn't know where the word "timely" came from, and the seventh uncle kept looking at him with a smile on his face.

"We younger generations naturally remember the rules of the church. The autumnal equinox will be in a few days, and the church will be closed." Ma Daoming never mentioned this to Ma Zheng on the way here. It turned out that the church was still open. There is such a rule that every year when the autumnal equinox comes, the door of the church will be closed and no outside guests will be accepted.

If you want to send someone into the sanctuary for assessment, then it will be a few days at the latest. After this opportunity, you have to wait until the spring equinox sanctuary opens next year.

In fact, the reason why the Holy Church established such a rule is because on the one hand, it is because most people in the Holy Church still focus on martial arts practice, and they should be cleansed for half a year, and on the other hand, it is because of the location of the Holy Church. It's at the top of Daxue Mountain. Although arriving here is a test in itself, if it leads to death, it will also go against the original intention of the church.

"You are Ma Zheng?"

Seventh Uncle looks very kind, Ma Zheng feels completely different from the guards outside. As for Seventh Uncle's martial arts level, so far Ma Zheng has no clear feeling, but at least he should not lose to Lin Gao of Zhuge's family. In other words, Uncle Qi must be in the realm of martial arts.

Not only Uncle Seven, but the aura emanating from the old men on the left and right sides of Uncle Seven is not far from Uncle Seven, and should be in the realm of Martial Gods.

The strength of the entire church can be seen.

After following Uncle Qi through the arch made of big stones and actually entering the building, Ma Zheng saw many real people, but most of them looked like they were over fifty years old. The real age of a warrior may not be judged by his appearance, but it is certain that these people are not young, and all of them have advanced martial arts. When they see Uncle Qi, they will stop and say hello to Uncle Qi, or say goodbye. a gift.

From this, it can be seen that Qi Shu's status in the church should not be low, but what surprised Ma Zheng was that Qi Shu didn't have any title, so many people in the church showed courtesy to him, or it might be because of Qi Shu's Age, after all, in a place that pays attention to tradition in China, if it must be described in words, maybe Ma Zheng can say that a pot appeared in his sight, a pot with a diameter of more than 500 meters, along the
Respect for the elderly is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Actually, these places are not considered holy churches. They are just the residences of those who study and learn in the holy church, because they exist closely around the holy church. Hundreds of years have created this area and will also be the real holy place. The church is surrounded. Ma Zheng, look, this is the real church."

In fact, Ma Zheng has already discovered that whether it is from the perspective of architecture or the overall environment, those messy buildings have nothing to do with the word "Holy Church". If someone tells Ma Zheng That is the Holy Church, which undoubtedly desecrated the image of the Holy Church in Ma Zheng's heart.

However, Ma Zheng still didn't expect that in the most central area of ​​the building, the sanctuary mentioned by Uncle Qi would be a deeply sunken place.Along the gradually sinking wall of the pot, there is a circle of downward stairs. These stairs are carved directly on the stone wall by hand. Because of the influence of the terrain, it looks very steep.

"Going down from here is the church?"

Ma Zheng asked while turning his head to look at Ma Daoming, as if he was asking Ma Daoming why he didn't tell him in advance.

"You don't need to ask him now. After you leave the church, you can't tell anyone who hasn't been to the church. This is the church's secret and its rules." Uncle Qi seemed to be explaining to Ma Daoming , but at the same time, it is also announcing the rules to Ma Zheng. Needless to say, there are too many rules in the Jianghu, one time is enough, those who should obey will naturally obey, and those who do not obey will pay the price, bloody price.

At the entrance of the steps into the "pot", there are two people Ma Zheng is "familiar with" standing. In fact, Ma Zheng doesn't know them, just because of their attire. The guards are exactly the same, and even the cold smell exuded by the whole person is exactly the same.

Of course Ma Zheng would not greet the two guards out of boredom, he also found that the actions of the three uncles were almost exactly the same as his, the only difference was that Ma Daoming stopped and did not move forward.

"I can only send you here. In the next five days, I will find a room outside and wait for you. If"

"If you don't pass the test, you will come out within five days. If you pass the test, he will leave after five days." Uncle Qi picked up Ma Daoming's words with a smile, explained to Ma Zheng, and pointed The spiraling stairs said: "Let's go, our time is precious."

"En." Ma Zheng nodded at Ma Daoming, then turned around and walked down the first stone steps without hesitation.

The stone steps are narrow and steep, and Ma Zheng is surprised that the places outside are covered with thick white snow, why can't there be any snow on the stone steps? If someone cleans it, Ma Zheng also I didn't see people going up and down, but the bottom of the whole cauldron could still see lush green.

That is definitely not a tall plant that can grow in the ice and snow climate on the top of the mountain. Why these plants exist, Ma Zheng is really curious.

"You'll find out soon enough."

I don't know if Uncle Seven had received too many people who arrived at the church for the first time, so even what Ma Zheng was thinking at this time, he guessed so accurately.

"Oh?"

The four people's martial arts realm is extremely advanced, so the speed is very fast, and they walked up the ten steps for three stops in a blink of an eye, and Ma Zheng also discovered at this time that the original cold and dryness on the top of the mountain was gradually changing.

The further you go down, the more warm and humid you feel. This temperature may still not be comparable to that at the foot of the mountain, but it is much better than the low temperature at the top of the mountain. This makes Ma Zheng involuntarily speculate Does the green color at the bottom of the pot indicate that the temperature at the bottom of the pot has returned to the normal level outside?

As we continued down, Ma Zheng's speculation was confirmed. The warming temperature made Ma Zheng no longer need to wear a mask, and he couldn't even see the misty white mist while breathing. It felt like the temperature here was already zero. It's on, so I can't see any ice and snow when I look around.

No wonder there was no need to clean the steps and there was no snow on the steps. It was obviously melted by this "high temperature", and the melted snow penetrated into the soil and moistened the plants growing below.

It took almost an hour, and Ma Zheng finally walked up the steps that circled the pot wall almost five times.In front of him was a lush forest, and on the edge of the forest, there was even a small field that had been reclaimed, and someone had grown vegetables in it.

"Everything on the mountain is hard-won. The vegetables grown in places like the Tianci Forest are particularly delicious, but the quantity is rare. Even I rarely eat it once."

Uncle Qi seemed to be explaining to Ma Zheng, but Ma Zheng just glanced at the trees and vegetables, and then looked up at the sky.Although his current position is not the center of the bottom of the pot, when standing here and looking up, Ma Zheng finally knows where he is standing now.

(End of this chapter)