The cliff is about two hundred meters high, and the cave is located one-third of the cliff above the ground, about fifty or sixty meters high. Such a height coupled with the steep rock wall makes it impossible for anyone to climb up if they want to.
Ning Tao stood under the cliff, looked at the vertical and steep cliff, and asked: "Madam, this cliff is so steep, the cave is so high, and you were so young back then. Why did you climb up there? Aren't you afraid of falling?"
"I climbed up to play because I wasn't afraid when I was little, but when I grew up I didn't dare to climb up." Kunlun Yu said.
People are like this, they are fearless when they are young, but the older they get, the more they are afraid of death.
"I'll go up and take a look first." Ning Tao left these words, jumped up, and lifted his body up to a height of more than ten meters. When his body was about to fall, he touched his feet a little on the cliff, and his body jumped up again. He got up, pedaled a few times to gain strength, and in a blink of an eye he reached the entrance of the cave on the cliff.
"Brother-in-law!" Black Jade Chong's voice came from under the cliff, "You must teach me this Qinggong!"
"Okay!" Ning Tao responded and walked into the cave. His eyes and nose also entered the state of seeing and hearing.
Given the location and height of this cave, the person who can carve patterns and symbols here cannot be an ordinary person, not to mention the existence of spiritual energy here.
The entrance of the cave is a crack in a rock on the cliff, in the shape of a "human". Entering the cave, the space inside suddenly opens up, but it is still a crack between rock plates. There are rocks hanging overhead, giving people a feeling that they may fall at any time.
The cave extends forward, and the light becomes darker as it goes forward, but this has no impact on Ning Tao. He didn't go far before he saw the patterns and symbols that Black Jade Chong and Kunlun Yu mentioned.
When Kunlun Yu talked about the patterns and symbols in this cave, he had a natural guess in his mind, that it might be the runes and patterns of the Tian family, or it might be left by the ancient god who guarded the Zhaoye clan. , information related to Zhaoye Tianshu. However, what appeared before his eyes were some specious things, some looked like square characters, some looked like animals, and some were simply meaningless lines.
After seeing more patterns and symbols, Ning Tao felt more and more like the "Red Rock Book of Heaven" in Anshun, Guizhou. However, the patterns and symbols here are not red, but black, as if they were etched on the rock wall with thick ink.
These patterns and symbols are definitely not naturally formed, because the source of the spiritual energy that permeates the cave is these patterns and symbols.
"Could it be that ethnic minority cultivators in ancient times carved it here? They used spiritual materials and pigments similar to the incense in front of the Buddha?" Ning Tao had a guess in his mind. He stretched out his hand to touch a rune-like existence and followed it. Its half-finger-deep lines move the finger.
Suddenly, something flashed through his mind.
At that moment, it felt as if some information was transmitted to his mind through this touch, such as a sound or an image. But when he wanted to see the impact clearly and hear the sound clearly, something in his mind There is nothing in it.
Until he passed all the lines of the rune with his fingertips, the weird feeling just now did not appear again.
He then moved on to another pattern that looked like a seahorse, tracing the lines with his fingers. Soon, the feeling as if a sound or an image flashed through his head appeared again, and it was fleeting, too fast for him to capture.
"This..." Ning Tao was surprised and confused. This was the first time he encountered such a strange thing. There was clearly a sound or image flashing through his mind, but he couldn't catch anything.
In fact, with the current reaction speed of his brain, even if there are hundreds of insects chirping, and one insect chirps a different sound, he can instantly recognize it. Even if a bullet flies past his eyes, he can see it and remember the image. Unfortunately, he couldn't remember anything about the sound and image that had entered his brain.
He touched the third rune-like symbol again, with the same result.
He frowned, should he ask Chong Er to come out
"Husband." Kunlun Jade's voice came from the entrance of the cave.
Ning Tao put away his thoughts and looked away. Kunlun Jade and Black Jade were walking towards this side from the entrance of the cave. Black Jade Chong also held a fire folder in his hand, illuminating his sight with a small dark fire.
The siblings are also very skilled, but they can't compare with him.
"Brother-in-law, this place is not bad, it's just right for you to teach me my peerless martial arts." Hei Yuchong said cheerfully.
Ning Tao said: "It's good, but we can't come to this place again."
"Why?" Hei Yuchong had a strange expression on his face, "Are those old men really telling you that this is an ominous place?"
Ning Tao said: "I won't let you come, not because this place is an ominous place, but because these symbols and patterns are carved by people, which is a bit evil. Your abilities are limited. What if you touch something or are contaminated?" Whatever happens is not a good thing for you.”
Black Jade nodded, looking like he had been taught something.
"Husband, what do these symbols and patterns say?" Kunlun Jade asked, his eyes full of expectation.
Ning Tao shook his head: "I don't know yet, I have to think about it."
Kunlun Yu said in surprise: "You don't even know?"
Ning Tao smiled: "I'm not an omnipotent god. Of course there are things I don't know. Also, the universe is infinitely big, and even gods can't know everything."
Kunlun Yu was stunned, seeming to be pondering Ning Tao's words.
Ning Tao continued to move forward, touching symbols and patterns that he had never touched before. This time, his fingers carried a little spiritual power. But it was of no use. The feeling of sounds and images suddenly appearing in his mind was the same. It was fleeting and he couldn't recall anything.
"Is there any magic circle seal?" Another guess came to his mind.
"Husband, what are you doing?" Kunlun Yu asked curiously.
Ning Tao kept walking, touching and talking as he walked: "Madam, how many years has this cave existed? Who first discovered it?"
Kunlun Yu said: "My father said that this stone mountain has been around forever and is older than the history of our Zhaoye clan. There is no way of knowing who discovered it, but I think it must be the ancestor of our Zhaoye clan."
Ning Tao walked to the other side of the cave and continued to touch the patterns and symbols on it. Even if it is fleeting information that cannot be retained, he must have access to all of it. Although he can't figure out what's going on now, it doesn't mean that he won't have a chance in the future. He had a vague feeling that the patterns and symbols in this cave might be related to the Zhaoye Tianshu. A small ethnic minority in the Western Regions has two extraordinary things appearing at the same time. Is this a coincidence or some other reason? This was something he wanted to figure out.
After touching the last rune-like symbol, Ning Tao counted in his mind, a total of forty-nine symbols and patterns. Finally, he saw a shell fossil next to the symbol, embedded in the rock, very clear.
This place used to be the sea.
The history of this cave is indeed much older than that of the Zhaoye Clan, and it is impossible for the Zhaoye Clan to evolve directly from the sea.
Ning Tao returned to Kunlun Jade and Black Jade Chong and asked, "Have you ever touched these symbols and patterns?"
"Of course I have touched it." Kunlun Jade said.
Hei Yuchong simply touched a beast-like pattern next to him and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, why don't I touch it? I touched it when I was a child, but I didn't receive any curse."
He clearly didn't believe this was an ominous place.
Ning Tao asked again: "Then have you ever...when you touched these patterns and symbols, did you hear any sounds or have any images flash in your mind?"
Black Jade shook his head.
Kunlun Jade had a strange expression on his face: "Husband, what you asked is so strange. Did you hear any sounds when you touched these symbols and patterns?"
Ning Tao said: "Yes."
"What did you hear?" Kunlun Yu suddenly became excited.
Ning Tao said: "I heard the mountains shouting, who is the most beautiful woman of the Zhaoye tribe? I heard the desert responding, it's Kunlun Jade, it's Kunlun Jade."
Kunlun Jade: "..."
Black Jade Chong had a confused expression on his face: "Brother-in-law, this is amazing. Is this really what the mountains and deserts say?"
Ning Tao: "..."
Kunlun Yu slapped Hei Yu Chong on the back of the head: "You believe this, what's in your head is really sand!"
Black Jade glared at Kunlun Jade: "You hit me again! Brother-in-law, don't you care?"
Ning Tao smiled and said, "Let's go, it's time for us to go back."
Back at the Zhaoye Tribe, Ning Tao taught Black Yu Chong two moves of Cat Claw Fist, while Black Yu Chong went to practice boxing in the jujube forest behind the house. Kunlun Yu went to cook, and Ning Tao stayed in her room, using his memory to draw the symbols and patterns on the cave wall.
I've drawn it, looked at it, and pondered it, but I still have no clue.
Ning Tao took the Zhaoye Heavenly Book and compared it with the Heavenly Family runes inside to the symbols and patterns he drew. His wish was to find clues to solve the problem, but after working for a while, he couldn't even find a clue. The symbols and patterns on the cave walls were not Tianjia runes at all, and he would have been able to tell at that time.
Even though he had no clue, he ultimately did not invite Chong Er to help him solve the problem. He even endured Zhaoye Tianshu and didn't invite Chong Er to come out, so there was no need to invite that guy to come out with these symbols and patterns.
Afterwards, he put away the Zhaoye Tianshu and the symbols and patterns he drew, and left the house: "Madam, I will go for a walk by the Black Pool."
"Don't go too far. It won't take long for me to start dinner here." Kunlun Yu's voice came from the kitchen.
"Okay, I'll just take a walk." Ning Tao walked toward the Black Pool alone.