Walking down the stone staircase, you reach the bottom in more than thirty steps, and you are greeted by another horizontal stone corridor. Oil lamps were lit on the stone walls on both sides of the corridor, and large clusters of lights extended forward, filling the corridor with dim lights.
After walking about two hundred steps forward, we arrived at the end of the corridor. Oncoming was another large palace-style stone gate. The stone gate on the right was engraved with the character "明", and the stone gate on the left was engraved with the character "冢".
Ning Tao said: "Ming Tomb? Is this a tomb?"
Yin Molan nodded.
"Whose grave?" Ning Tao asked.
Yin Molan's voice was slightly heavy, "The Ming Dynasty." After a pause, he said: "This was once a base for the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty, but it ultimately failed. There are weapons, armor, and the remains of Zhu Hongyu, the daughter of the third prince Zhu. ”
Ning Tao suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. He has always had good grades in history, and he also has a certain understanding of the events in the late Ming Dynasty. The third prince Zhu mentioned by Yin Molan was the fifth son of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His real name was Zhu Cihuan. After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they killed all the members of the Ming Dynasty royal family. Only Zhu Cihuan survived. He was taken in by an official named Wang and renamed Wang Tuyuan. He lived until he was over seventy years old before he was discovered by the Qing court. His whole family was killed by the Qing court. . He had a daughter named Zhu Hongyu, and folklore also said that she had a love affair with Yongzheng. There is also a rumor that she was the daughter of Yang Qilong, a martyr who resisted the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. She later hanged herself in front of the grave of the real Prince Zhu. These are all legends and stories in folk history, and it is impossible to study them now. Unexpectedly, the remains of the legendary Zhu Hongyu were actually here.
Yin Molan pushed open the stone door.
Behind the stone gate is a natural cave, which is at least the same size as the front. There are many large and small holes on the cave wall. There are no lights inside and it is dark, so it is difficult to see what is inside. There are all kinds of strange stalactites hanging on the cave tripod above the head. The sound of ticking echoed in the quiet space.
There is a spring in the middle of the cave, gurgling with air-conditioning. This cave is also chilly because of its existence, the temperature is almost zero.
The cold spring pool is obviously not an ordinary mountain spring.
Ning Tao suddenly remembered the first time he came to Dawan Village. The location of the spiritual soil he detected with the earth-finding inkstone was underground. With a thought in his heart, he quietly awakened the state of sight and hearing in his eyes and nose. As a result, he saw that the cold air coming out of the cold spring contained spiritual energy. The spiritual soil detected by the earth-seeking inkstone was indeed there. In the spring pool where cold springs gather.
Yin Molan said: "The remains of the red jade girl are in that spring pool. I won't hide it from you. There is spiritual soil under the spring, and the spring water is also a natural cold spring. The remains of the red jade girl have been stored in it for hundreds of years and have not decayed. "
"Can I go and have a look?" Ning Tao could no longer control his curiosity. The remains of a Ming Dynasty woman have been preserved to this day. If this were spread, it would definitely be news that shocked the world!
Yin Molan said: "Of course, come with me."
Ning Tao and Qing Zhui followed Yin Molan to the cold spring pool. Zou Yulin knelt on the ground with his legs bent. Ning Tao was stunned for a moment. Although he did not kneel down, he bowed deeply. Just when he was bending down, his eyes moved to the cold Lingling Spring, which was full of air-conditioning. As a result, a large piece of his back was numb at the sight.
A person's brain tissue was soaked in the crystal clear spring pool, along with a pale eyeball and a palm-sized skull. Those pale eyes seemed to be staring at the people on the shore, as if they could turn at any time, how scary they were!
In Ning Tao's imagination, there should be a stunning beauty lying in the spring pool. Although she was dead, the body did not rot due to the aura of the spiritual soil and the freezing effect of the cold spring. The one in the movie turned out to be such a "character beauty".
Qing Zhui was obviously disgusted too. She only glanced at him and backed away, not even bowing.
Ning Tao endured the feeling of nausea and looked away from Zhu Hongyu's brain tissue. Then he saw a piece of spiritual soil at the bottom of the spring pool. It was irregular in shape and larger in volume than the spiritual soil he obtained from the small island in the river. Almost half as small. But even this small piece of spiritual soil is a cultivation resource that makes people jealous. In this world where spiritual energy is scarce, this small piece of spiritual soil is undoubtedly as valuable as a pot of water in the desert to a cultivator.
After looking at the spiritual soil, Ning Tao also stepped away and said a polite word, "Miss Hongyu, I'm sorry to bother you, please rest in peace."
He moved his eyes and looked elsewhere. He saw some large wooden boxes containing armors, as well as dozens of weapon racks with knives, swords, bows and other weapons placed on them. However, those well-preserved weapons and armors have not escaped the erosion of time. Each weapon is rusty, the bow string is broken, and the armor is decayed and cannot be used at all.
He also saw a cardboard box with the word "ice cream" printed on it in the corner, and the previous mystery about where the ice cream came from was solved.
Yin Molan suddenly reached into the spring pool and picked up the palm-sized skull.
Ning Tao was curious about why Yin Molan picked up the skull, but he didn't ask.
Yin Molan handed the skull to Ning Tao and said, "The recipe for Xun Zu Dan is on this skull. Take a look."
Ning Tao felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he still reached out and took the skull. When I took the skull into my hands, I felt a cold feeling immediately, but that was because it was soaked in Leng Lingquan. It was just an ordinary skull.
There was nothing on the front of the skull, so Ning Tao turned it over.
There are small blue words on the back of the skull: All things have roots, and you can find the way by searching for your roots and asking your ancestors. There are spirits in heaven and earth, and those who refine spirits can become immortals. The root is born in the soil, so the ancestor-seeking elixir uses spiritual soil as the elixir base, adds 50 qian of thousand-year ginseng, 60 qian of the withered bones of a century-old woman, and 12 strands of virgin white hair...
There are a total of twenty-seven kinds of medicinal and spiritual materials on the skull, but not all of them.
Ning Tao was surprised and confused, and secretly said in his heart: "All things have roots, and you can find the way by searching for the roots and asking your ancestors. This sentence can be understood to mean that there is a connection between all things, and some specific information will be passed down among all things. The mystery of the origin is hidden in it. From a scientific perspective, there are important secrets hidden in the gene chain, including the secrets of the origin of humans and other species. Unraveling those secrets can reveal the truth of heaven and earth. Spirits, those who refine spirits can become immortals. Can this sentence be understood as... people who succeed in searching for their ancestors and attaining the Tao can use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to become immortals?"
These are all thoughts inspired by a skull.
"Brother Ning, do you remember?" Yin Molan asked. As a blood ally, his name for Ning Tao also changed.
Ning Tao put away his thoughts, "Senior Yin, I'm afraid I'll miss out on so much content. I want to copy it down, is that okay?"
"Okay." Yin Molan said.
Ning Tao opened the small medicine box, took out a pen and an ordinary prescription book, and then began to copy the contents on the skull.
"I gave Lin Qinghua half of the contents of the elixir, and he made some supplements from a biological perspective. There were some breakthroughs, but they were still far from my expectations." Yin Molan said.
Ning Tao asked casually: "How much content does the prescription you gave Liang Keming contain?"
Yin Molan said: "It's still half, but I changed some spiritual materials and medicines. Liang Keming has the research foundation left by Lin Qinghua, and his starting point is higher than Lin Qinghua. He is also an outstanding scientist in biology, but he will I don’t know what the research will lead to.”
After Ning Tao finished copying, he handed the skull back to Yin Molan.
Yin Molan held the skull in both hands and carefully placed it back into the Leng Lingquan.
Ning Tao asked tentatively: "How come Miss Hongyu only has this little left?"
Yin Molan knelt and kowtowed three times before standing up and talking to Ning Tao, "History books say she hanged herself, but that's not true. She was..."
"What is she?" Ning Tao asked.
Yin Molan stopped talking, "I will tell you naturally after you refine the Xunzu Pill."
Ning Tao said: "Well, you can talk to me after I refine it. Now, I want to know about the situation of Tang Clan from you. Is this okay?"
Yin Molan said: "Of course there is no problem, but you have to be mentally prepared, because what you have to deal with is not an ancient martial arts sect, but a huge interest group. Some people in the Tang Sect have entered politics and become officials, and some have joined the army. The world has become a military officer, and there are still people doing business and starting companies. A family has accumulated hundreds of years of accumulation. Can you imagine what kind of interest group it is? "
Ning Tao smiled lightly, he didn't care.
Yin Mo seemed to have seen through Ning Tao's thoughts, "Okay, let me give you some information. The Tang Sect has a secret lair in Daba Mountain. You can understand it as the Tang Sect's ancestral home. The current Tang Sect's The headquarters is in Shancheng, Jiangbei High-tech Zone, Tang Group, Dingtian Building.”
"This is indeed valuable information. Thank you, Senior Yin." Ning Tao said, "In addition, I would like to ask Senior Yin to do me a favor."
"what do you want to do?"
"Help me find a guy named Huai Kebing. He is in Shancheng. He is Tang Huaiyu's son."
"Tang Huaiyu's son is Tang Shoucheng's nephew. Okay, no problem. Give me two days and I will find him." After a pause, Yin Molan added, "What happens after he is found?"
Ning Tao smiled slightly, "Just tell me, and I will do the rest. I just need you to help me with my punches when I fight against that old guy Tang Tianren."
"Then he must die, and there must be no further trouble." A cold light flashed in Yin Molan's eyes.
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Ning Tao's mouth, "Cut the grass and get rid of the root."
"You go back and wait for my news, and keep the secrets here." Yin Molan said.
Ning Tao nodded, then left with Qing Zhui.
Along the way, Ning Tao couldn't help but think about the pale brain tissue, pale eyes and that skull...
So the Ancestor-Xun Pill can really trace the roots and inquire about the ancestors, and achieve enlightenment and immortality
Isn’t this too mysterious