endless route.

Chapter 374 14. Tianji Miaoxuan Zhenhai Tower

Several days passed in a flash.

The tropical rainforest was still filled with fog, and Zheng Yun and others' relaxing daily routine was over. Liu Ming, Song Wan, and the others had to follow Professor Zhang on a mission again, and they set off before dawn.

The night we ate fried chicken.

Liu Ming, Huzi and the others still got nothing in the end, but the winner was decided in the game. Huzi performed the worst during the conversation, stumbling and unable to even speak a few words.

In view of this performance, Huzi was ridiculed for two days. He was in a depressed mood and said nothing.

I was out of my mind when I went out.

Song Wan was not normal either. She slept so peacefully and sweetly that night that she couldn't even remember when Zheng Yun carried her into the car and took her back to the dormitory to sleep.

She only remembered that she woke up a few times when she was touched, but when she saw it was Zheng Yun, she slacked off and continued to sleep peacefully. Instead, she was sent back to the dormitory and handed over to a female roommate before she woke up.

Because of this incident, the female colleagues from the archaeological team in her dormitory have also been teasing her in the past two days. Some of the jokes made her blush, but she remained silent and unable to refute.

Zheng Yun also got up early, changed his clothes and went downstairs alone with his backpack, gathered the exploration equipment on an off-road vehicle, and then drove to the main urban area of ​​Nanze Ancient City.

Just arrived in front of the ancient city wall.

Then I heard some noise in the distance.

Rolling down the window and looking sideways, I saw dozens of explorers gathered on the ancient city wall, with three floors inside and three floors outside surrounding one of the areas, as if they were watching something lively.

Zheng Yun glanced at it without taking a closer look.

He took out his cell phone and concentrated on waiting for someone to come out.

"If there is another time, Master Tao will take off your clothes and hang them on the wall, and all these rags will be burned on fire!"

A loud scolding sounded.

Zheng Yun was slightly shocked. Isn't this Jidao's voice? He quickly looked sideways and saw three people pushing aside the watching Western explorers and emerging from the center of the crowd.

Two tall and one fat.

It was Jidao who was leading two ghost generals.

Jidao walked to the edge of the ancient city wall, glanced around and saw Zheng Yun in the off-road vehicle. He quickly jumped off the city wall with the ghost general, ran to the off-road vehicle, opened the door and entered the driveway:

"Master Immortal, let's set off."

Zheng Yun started the engine and stepped on the accelerator. He looked at the explorers standing on the city wall in the rearview mirror and asked, "What happened?"

"It's okay. There is a group of blind people who say they want to collect tolls, and Master Dao is paying for it. How can we easily let them go?" Jidao was still angry when he mentioned this matter.

It’s just a fee to enter the city.

There is actually a charge for going out of the city?

If they don't get this beating, who will get it?
"How is the situation over there at Wuhai? Do you mean that everything will be fine once the rain stops?" Zheng Yun nodded and asked about other things.

"Don't worry, Immortal. I'm 100% sure that the mountain master must be an aquatic monster. The rain on Bianbi Cliff has stopped since last night. I watched the sky at night and the rain stopped for at least half a day."

"It is impossible for Mr. Shan to leave the mountain in this half day, which is enough for us to deal with the Nanze Lighthouse."

Ji Dao nodded and took out an ancient book, which was the construction drawings he took out from Tiangong Sutra Pavilion. Although it was not the drawings of Nanze Lighthouse, the format was exactly the same as Nanze Lighthouse.

"Then hurry up."

Zheng Yun stepped on the accelerator and accelerated.

The off-road vehicle drove straight to the seaside through the light morning fog. On the way, Ji Dao talked about his latest discoveries in the past two days.

There are both Wuhai Xianzhou and Nanze Lighthouse.

The first is Wuhai Xianzhou. The excavator has been repaired and has been excavating the cave in the mountain behind the village. After digging for more than ten meters, a dark room built by the ancients was discovered.

The dark room was filled with stones and there was nothing else. There was a well covered by stone slabs in the middle of the ground. It was about a hundred meters deep and the water was fifty meters deep. There were strange noises coming out constantly.

Jidao and Zhang Ergou checked together.

As soon as he heard the weird noise, nothing happened to Ji Dao, but Zhang Ergou suddenly fell ill and collapsed on the ground, with his limbs twitching continuously. The symptoms looked like he was possessed by a ghost.

Jidao diagnosed Zhang Ergou and felt that Zhang Ergou was probably haunted by ghosts, so he returned to the Heavenly Palace to find some yellow paper talismans, soaked them in water and gave him a drink to drive away the evil spirits.

"effective?"

Zheng Yun interrupted and asked.

"It's true. Zhang Ergou is fine now. All symptoms have dissipated. He should be able to fully recover in a few days. That is the evil-suppressing talisman at the bottom of my Tiangong pressure box."

Ji Dao laughed and said proudly.

"..."

Zheng Yun was silent for a moment.

He had seen Zhang Ergou's symptoms through a video. Although he was still far from death, he was indeed frighteningly evil, especially his eyes, which were cloudy and full of bloodshot eyes.

I thought I was going to torture him for a long time.

But I didn't expect that a talisman would cure it.

This was really unpredictable, with unbelievable attacks, unbelievable symptoms, and unbelievable treatments, and finally, Ji Dao was unbelievably cured.

very messy.

There is no logic at all.

I really don’t know whether Zhang Ergou was lucky and bumped into him by mistake, or whether there are really evil spirits in the world, and the talismans in the Tiangong are also real evil treasures.

"But there's one other thing."

Ji Dao stopped his smile and became serious, and told Zheng Yun about another discovery, which had nothing to do with Mr. Shan in the village, but about some strange customs of Wangjing Dusi.

He followed Zheng Yun's suggestion and returned to Tiangong Dungeon to torture the county magistrate and his servants. They did not know the master Shan in the village, but they told a lot about the heavy rain.

Heavy rain in Wuhaixianzhou only happens once a year, but this time it will last for several months, with strong and weak rains intermittently. During this period, it will be difficult for the entire Wuhaixianzhou to see the sky.

The clouds will keep coming.

It has shrouded Wuhaixianzhou for several months.

During the rainy season, the days also become very short, the temperature plummets and becomes cold, so the rainy season is winter, and heavy rain often turns into hail and snow.

Wangjingdusi will close the mountain during the rainy season every year, prohibiting the exchange of mortals. The grain harvested in the autumn will be stored by farmers, and taxes will be collected in the following spring after the entire rainy season.

The county magistrate has been to Wangjingdusi. He said that the side of Wangjing is the same as Wubi Cliff, but every year during the rainy season, the valley there will accumulate rainwater and turn into a large lake, and it will freeze in winter.

That lake is called Mirror Lake.

Also known as Wangjing Fairy Lake.

The area is comparable to an infinite cliff.

The terrain on this side of Wubian Cliff is high, and all the rainwater flows down to Wangjingdusi, overflowing into the valley and surrounding the mountains.

Mirror Lake is not endless.

The terrain there is similar to that of the Infinite Cliff. There are steep mountains everywhere, dotted on the lake, so Jinghu Lake can also be regarded as a large river that winds around and connects with each other.

Xianhai Lake is similar to Tiangong.

But the thirty-six fairy islands dotted in the lake must be enlarged and replaced with hundreds or thousands of high mountains.

In the spring of the next year, on the first night when the clear night sky can be seen after the ice lake melts, the telescope will send a fleet into the depths of the mirror lake to search for stars based on the reflection of the stars in the endless mountains. something.

This habit has continued from ancient times to today, but every year the fleet is bound to disappear in the depths of Mirror Lake.

It has a history of at least two hundred years.

It has been 343 years since the people of Wuhaixianzhou migrated here from the ancient city of Nanze. It is not known when the custom started, but at least more than 200 fleets have been sent out.

Without exception.

All are missing and have not been returned.

"Wait a minute, you said that Jinghu Lake will form a large lake every year during the rainy season. What about after the rainy season? Will Jinghu Lake disappear?"

Zheng Yun grabbed the key question and asked.

The Jidao word is that it is formed every year, but once such a huge lake is formed, how can it suddenly disappear? Since it can store rainwater, it means that the rainwater cannot flow away.

"Yes, this is also strange. The county magistrate is ignorant and doesn't know the details, and the servants and bandits don't understand anything, but they did provide a clue."

"The water level of Mirror Lake will start to drop every year after the fleet sails. In half a month, it will basically drain away and only a few large rivers will remain. I guess there is a large sluice somewhere in the mountains."

Ji Dao nodded and continued. Zheng Yun did not answer the call and began to think carefully about this information. They had never bothered to ask about this information before, but now they can confirm their guess, that is, whether there is a sea in Wuhaixianzhou.

There may be no sea in Wuhaixianzhou, but it must have a sea of ​​mist, otherwise the ancients would not have been able to reach Wuhaixianzhou.

The previous speculation was that for some reason, the ancients buried the Sea of ​​Mist in Wuhaixianzhou, making it impossible to enter or exit, completely cutting off the eastern route of the Endless Route here.

Now that seems to be the case.

Wuhai Xianzhou is E-10.

The rise and fall of the water in Jinghu Lake and the large sluices were a means for the ancients to cut off the endless shipping routes. Through exquisite design and large-scale engineering, the Sea of ​​Mist was 'filled in'.

The specific method should not be to bury it.

Instead, we choose to control water according to local conditions.

The terrain of Wuhaixianzhou is special. There are only big lakes and rivers but no sea. The Mist Sea can only be built in the big lakes.

The water source of this foggy sea comes from the mountains and river valleys in all directions. If the upper river valleys are cut off, the river leading to the foggy sea can be diverted.

There is no water in the foggy sea.

If there is no water, the Immortal Gate will fail.

The endless route will also be broken due to this.

The ancients fully had this ability. They carried out large-scale construction projects to change the course of the river. They did not need to completely cut off the river. As long as it bypassed the scope of the Sea of ​​Mist, it didn't matter where the river flowed after crossing the Sea of ​​Mist.

Boundless cliffs, thousands of miles of mountains, rivers criss-crossing like a chessboard, and mountains standing like chess pieces. The ancients had a clever plan to get an overview of the panoramic view. They only had to fill in the valleys and change the routes at key locations.

This is indeed a good idea.

It is much less troublesome than reclamation.

A chess formation of mountains and rivers blocked the navigation route. The ancestor was so powerful that he cut off the navigation route abruptly.

But it is also inseparable from the special terrain of Wuhaixianzhou. I am afraid that from East Route E-01 to E-10, only Wuhaixianzhou can completely control the foggy sea.

if so.

The behavior of Wangjing Dusi sending out fleets every year is probably not a good thing. They are probably looking for the location of the Sea of ​​Mist, trying to find the Immortal Sea and leave here.

Because while Wangjing Dusi sent out the fleet, he might also be releasing water, releasing all the water in Mirror Lake.

The water in the Mirror Lake was saved by them and released all at once. If it exceeds the capacity designed by the ancients, some of it may be poured into the valley where the Sea of ​​Mist is located.

The fleet sees the fog.

You will find the Sea of ​​Mist.

However, this move must be extremely dangerous. The telescope has been trying every year for two hundred years, but it has never been found to this day.

It's pitiful to say the least.

When the people of Wuhaixianzhou were moved here, they probably had no idea that this place would be completely isolated. Looking at the entire timeline, this can be vaguely seen.

Triton said nothing.

Even the location of the Misty Sea was hidden from Observatory, so that Observatory is still looking for it to this day.

The ancestors are really cruel.

The naming of Mirror Lake may also be related to this. Haiwei may have left a message before leaving, asking the people of Xianzhou to watch Mirror Lake. When fog forms in the middle of the lake, the Ming Dynasty will return here.

But this should be impossible.

Maybe when the ancient city of Nanze suffered a disaster, Wuhaixianzhou would have been isolated, and only one immortal gate was left to maintain the operation of the mountain and river chess formation. Relocating the people would be a helpless move.

The exact truth is unknown.

The timing seems a little off.

I'm afraid we won't be able to see the truth until later.

"These are the ones on Wuhaixianzhou, and the other is the Nanze Lighthouse. When I returned to Tiangong to check the ancient books, I found that this lighthouse is not called Nanze, but has another name."

Noriichi changed the subject and continued.

When talking about this matter, Jidao took out his mobile phone and pulled out a photo, which was the original text of an ancient book taken from Tiangong Sutra Pavilion.

Zheng Yun didn't have time to look carefully while driving, so he asked Jidao to briefly describe the meaning, and Jidao gave Zheng Yun a rough explanation.

The cities and ports established by the Ming Dynasty on the Endless Sea Route all have their own names, and these names also have their own allusions and origins. For example, Fu'en City was called Xian'en City in ancient times.

Most of the names of ancient cities built in the early Ming Dynasty have something to do with immortals and gods. Basically, they all have the word "仙", which means "immortal grace" or "immortal gift", which means to thank the immortal gods for their gifts.

There are also some other ancient cities that are related to local immortals, gods, demons and ghosts. For example, there are local rumors that there are three immortals on the sea, so this ancient coastal city is called the City of Three Immortals.

But after this period.

Things gradually changed.

The names of the ancient cities built during this period basically did not include gods or gods, nor did they mention any rewards from gods and gods. Instead, they were named based entirely on the local environment and characteristics.

The ancient city of Nanze is an example.

They have been exploring the ancient city of Nanze for a long time and are quite familiar with it. Nanze refers to the swamp in the south. The name is completely related to the environmental characteristics.

The same goes for the Hongwu Ancient City behind the Immortal Gate of Jixiandong. Ancient books call it Hongying Dusi. It is speculated that it represents that there is a red ocean near the ancient city.

This period lasted into modern times.

Not only the name of the ancient city, but also the name of the continent and the name of the lighthouse are the same. The three are basically the same. The place where the ancient city of Nanze is located is called Nanze Xianzhou, and the lighthouse is called Nanze Lighthouse.

Place names in the Ming Dynasty followed this pattern.

But there are also some special periods in history that will cause some strange changes in this law, resulting in some very special names that are difficult to figure out the meaning.

Ji Dao gave an example casually.

It says that in a place called Nankun Xianzhou, there is an ancient city called Yum. The name of this ancient city has nothing to do with the environment, but is probably related to a hundred victories.

This situation often overlaps, with multiple names for a place and place names changing over time.

Ji Dao's biggest headache is this matter. Ancient books record different times, and the place names of the same place are also different, which creates a lot of obstacles for him to investigate the data.

The crux of the problem also lies here.

When Noriichi was investigating the Nanze Lighthouse, he accidentally discovered that the Nanze Lighthouse seemed to have other names. He found a lighthouse in the same location as the Nanze Lighthouse, but it was not called Nanze.

This lighthouse is actually called Tianji.

Full name:
Tianji Miaoxuan Zhenhai Tower.

Ji Dao then followed the clues and continued to investigate. In the tattered ancient books in the corners, he found a series of lighthouses with the same type of names, from Tiankui, Tiangang, Tianji, Tianxian, Tianyong, Tianmeng, until the last Tianbao, Tiancry and Tianqiao.

A total of thirty-six lighthouses.

Corresponds to the thirty-six Tiangang stars in the sky.

This is very strange. Why were these lighthouses named this way? What happened in the historical period when the name "Thirty-six Celestial Beings and Thirty-six Lighthouses" was chosen?
And even weirder.

The ancient city of Nanze was not affected. Jidao could not find the so-called Tianji Ancient City. There was no such city in history.

Only the lighthouse has another name.

The ancient city not far away has nothing to do with it.

In other words, the Nanze Lighthouse they are about to visit is very special and has played other roles in history.

"..."

Zheng Yun held the steering wheel and remained silent.

Thirty-six Tiangang is a Taoist saying, which is Ji Dao's specialty, and he actually vaguely expressed his guess.

These thirty-six Zhenhai Towers are named after Tiangang. It is likely that the ancients selected these thirty-six lighthouses for a certain purpose at a certain period and formed a certain array.

Ji Dao did not find a nautical chart and did not know the location and order of these lighthouses, but he guessed that if the lighthouses were connected on the nautical chart, it would be possible to draw a complete straight line.

Nanze Lighthouse ranks third.

Probably third in position.

The subsequent lighthouses are all in the abandoned place...

But what exactly the purpose of this array is, what it is used for, and what enemies it is listed for are unknown. We can only wait and see after they enter.

(End of this chapter)