A bright light finally appeared in front, and then the light began to shake, and Heng Fa's voice sounded: "Is the elbow coming in?"

Zhou Zhi hurried a few steps and saw Hengfa waiting at the entrance of a fork cave, resting against the stone wall with a large bundle of long ropes hanging on his body.

"Master, how are you doing with your investigation?"

"There are too many side roads in it. We checked two at random, but we still can't get to the bottom of it."

"There is no need to go to the end." Zhou Zhi said: "If the scriptures are really hidden too deep, let alone we can't find them, I guess even if the person who collected the books comes back for the second time, I'm afraid he won't be able to find them."

"What you said seems to make sense." Hengfa said with a smile: "We are not randomly exploring. Look up."

Zhou Zhi raised his head and looked at the dark gap above his head carefully. It took him a while to see the clues: "Yes, people in the past came in with pine torches. In caves that have been explored, there will be pine trees left around the stone gaps.

cigarette."

"So we can rule out the holes without black smoke..." Zhou Zhi said.

"There are also passages that are too small that can be ruled out..." Hengfa said: "There are not many left."

"Okay, let's continue then." Zhou Zhi licked his tongue and raised his fingers in the air: "Hey, it seems..."

Hengfa knew what Zhou Zhi was doing: "It is ventilated here and the miasma cannot be retained."

"Ventilation requires vents." Zhou Zhi said, "Maybe the rumor that this place is connected to Drum Tower Mountain is true!"

"Then the wind tunnel is too long!" Hengfa didn't believe this legend, so he took off the rope from his body and said, "Let's go!"

"How about you give me the rope and I can walk in front?"

"Hehehe... How did you teach Mu Mu a lesson before entering the cave? Forgot?"

There is another huge difference between Danxia Grottoes and caves, that is, they are relatively safe.

Karst caves have been eroded by flowing water all year round. There may be a thin layer under your feet, and a bottomless pit or even an underground river below. Once a person falls into it, the consequences are unimaginable.

Once formed, the Danxia Grottoes are relatively stable and the geology changes very slowly.

Moreover, Zhou Zhi and the others came here not for adventure, but for treasure hunting, and Yuan Xiu would not be stupid by carrying so many scriptures, so the dangerous place itself was not within the scope of the investigation.

The two of them successively explored two more forked caves with smoke marks, and found nothing of particular value except for the writing marks "Uncle So-and-so is here" left by some previous daredevils.

After exiting the cave, Zhou Zhi realized that it was already dusk outside. The surface of the water pool in front of the large cave was covered with dazzling golden light. Schools of groupers were swimming and playing on the surface of the water. The ripples they created reflected the sunlight to the top of the cave.

It's a wonder.

This scenery is also very strange. You can even see the shadows of birds on the pond shuttle in the changing light. Mr. Qiao is lying on the sleeping bag, with his hands behind his head, watching the strange light and shadow drama played by nature.

Looking at the stone wall on the other side, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but smile. "The University" just happened to be continued to "It can be a human but not as good as a bird."

"Brother, you are very comfortable!" Zhou Zhi said with a smile.

"How about it?"

"Same as you."

"Hey, let's eat!"

The taste of the yam porridge was not very good, because the sworn brother only focused on admiring the shadows of the birds and made the bottom of the pot burnt.

Master Hengfa also helped to smooth things over: "Roast rice with water to cure food problems and aid digestion. I have been in the mountains for a few days, so it is good to eat some of this."

"That's right, we need to mix some milk powder into it to make it taste like coffee." Zhou Zhi complained.

Fortunately, canned anchovies are still available. After roasting the naan homemade at Hooji Temple and dipping it in the oil and water in the can, you can eat it. It’s so delicious!

After dinner, the sky became gloomy and mosquitoes were active near the water. Master Hengfa went around and picked some nepeta, calamus and lemongrass, combined with the neem, mountain Qiang and mugwort picked a few days ago, and threw them on the fire.

It turned into a mosquito-repellent incense, and the effect turned out to be pretty good.

A pot of herbal tea was boiled, and it was time to chat again.

"Elbow, do we still have a chance to find the Dragon Tibetan Sutra?" Mr. Qiao held the marching cup and looked at the cigarettes coming out of the fire in trance.

"Whether you can find it or not, once you have an idea, you have to confirm it before you feel at ease." In fact, Zhou Zhi basically didn't give much hope.

There is only one Bodhisattva Cave in Lianhua Peak that has not yet been explored, and these two places have only appeared in the county annals, and when I asked the surrounding villagers, there was no mention at all.

But Zhou Zhi did not give up, and after carefully comparing the names of surrounding places, he discovered that there was a place marked on the Jiachuan map called Linfa Mountain, and not far from there, there was a place called Paosha Cave.

Zhou Zhi, who is familiar with Cantonese, immediately thought that Lin Fa might be the Cantonese pronunciation of lotus, and Paosha might be close to the Cantonese pronunciation of Bodhisattva.

It's a coincidence that one pronunciation is similar, but if both are similar, it has to be said to be too much of a coincidence.

After studying the travels of Dongfang Zen Master, we found that he once stayed at Liurong Temple in Guangdong Province. When he came east, there are records saying that he began to have two more disciples, civil and military, in front of him.

In other words, the Paosha Cave in Linfa Mountain is actually probably the Lotus Peak Bodhisattva Cave mentioned by Brother Yuanyin Yuanxiu. However, one is calligraphy and the other is the Cantonese dialect of two people, which were recorded in local chronicles and the surrounding villagers' records respectively.

Passed on by word of mouth.

"Place of origin, accent, place name, these are three coincidences. Although the speculation is still a bit far-fetched, it is also vaguely exciting. It's hard to give up without finding out, isn't it?"

"You have to try your luck." Hengfa agreed with Zhou Zhi: "If the scriptures in our temple are really recovered, it will be a great merit."

"Is that road easy to walk?" Zhou Zhi is more concerned about this question.

"It's a bit difficult to walk..." Hengfa said: "But I've visited you for ninety-nine miles, can't I get rid of my shivers by the time I reach the mountain gate?"

"That makes sense!" Zhou Zhi didn't so much agree with Heng Fa's statement as cheering himself up: "I won't tell any stories today. Go to bed early and recharge your batteries for the last shiver tomorrow!"

There was no talking all night, and as soon as it dawned the next morning, the three of them packed their bags and set off again.

Hengfa walked more cautiously than in the past few days, because he had never been to this place before.

However, there are "animal roads" in the mountains, which are roads made by large beasts in the forest. Compared with digging your own roads, such roads are indeed much easier to walk. There is only one problem...be careful of crashing.

After Heng Fa's guidance, Zhou Zhi and Master Qiao even learned to distinguish wild boar excrement from black bear excrement...

This is not just a road with twists and turns, full of thorns, and even dangers.

Fortunately, there were no dangers along the way. At noon, Heng Fayou led them to a small basin in the mountains.

Zhou Zhi was extremely tired. During this trip, he spent a lot of time rolling and crawling in the bushes, walking forward with his back bent, which consumed much more energy than the previous few days.

He didn't know how Heng Fa reached the point marked on the map, but Heng Fa said he had arrived.

"That's wrong..." Zhou Zhi looked at the terrain and was a little confused. Whether it was Lotus Peak or Linfa Mountain, this should be a mountain peak, or at least a hill. But why is it a small basin in the mountains?

Hengfa was still trying to explain: "Does this basin look like a lotus?"

"Should it be called a lotus seat or a lotus basin?" Mr. Qiao was also puzzled: "Master Hengfa, are you sure this is where it is?"

"I'm sure... right?" The veteran pharmacist for many years was confused.

"Then let's check separately to see if there is a cave." Zhou Zhi said, "Blow the whistle if you find anything."

(End of chapter)


Chapter completed!