Chapter 31 Chapter 24

The next morning, Liu Ping and others carried light luggage and bid farewell to Tashi Cudton. Under the leadership of Mary, they rode a carriage and rushed towards the Tianshan Mountains under the cold wind.

On the way, through Mary's explanation, Liu Ping and others finally had a general understanding of Tianshan Mountain. The Tianshan Mountains are extremely large, traversing east and west, and divide the entire Xinjiang into two basins, Qaidam and Junggar. People often say that Xinjiang is

The terrain is three mountains and two basins, two of which refer to these two basins, while the three mountains refer to the inevitable Kunlun Mountains, the Altai Mountains on the back, and the Tianshan Mountains in the middle.

In addition, the average altitude of the peaks of the Tianshan Mountains exceeds 5,000 meters, the highest of which is Tomur Peak, which is about 7,400 meters high, and the snow on the top of the mountain does not melt all year round. Therefore, people usually call Tianshan a snow mountain a

Or Baishan.

Most of the areas within the Tianshan Mountains are areas that are difficult for humans to enter, and they are also called the land of death or the residence of gods. Many locals believe that there is a place of snow in the Tianshan Mountains.

The beautiful goddess of ice and snow, everything on Tianshan Mountain is protected by the goddess. Of course, Liu Ping and others do not believe in these things.

It didn't take long for the group to arrive at the foot of Tianshan Mountain in a carriage. This time it was different from the night before. Although they entered Tianshan Mountain together, the scenery they saw during the day and at night was completely different. When they looked up, they saw endless flowing.

The snow peaks emit a faint white light against the sunlight. The mist is everywhere on the snow peaks, and the top of the peaks cannot be seen clearly. It is as if the snow peaks are inserted into the sky, and it really looks like the residence of gods.

Ge Wu looked up at Xuefeng and said in amazement: "What a magnificent mountain range! These peaks seem to have penetrated the sky. No wonder this mountain is called Tianshan!"

Mary laughed and said, "The origin of the word Tianshan is not because the tops of these mountains are close to the sky, but translated from the ancient ethnic dialect that lived around Tianshan. It should actually be called Tenggerita Song!"

"Tengri's brother?" Ge Wu asked curiously after hearing this, "Who is Tengri? Is he a person? This guy is actually Tianshan's younger brother, so it must be very difficult."

After hearing Ge Wu's words, everyone was all haha. Mary said, "It's not his brother, it's the tower of the lighthouse, the singing song! In fact, the song of Tengreta is meaningless, it's just a homonym of local dialect.

Gri means heaven, tower song means mountains, and together they are Tianshan."

"So that's how it is!" Ge Wu suddenly realized, and then he said, "Miss Mary, you know so much."

Mary is still a young girl after all, and she doesn't praise her much. She smiled and said, "We people from the Taxi family have started to study Tianshan since they were born. I know these things are not uncommon. Okay, now

We have arrived at the foot of the mountain, and the carriage is useless. Let's get off and prepare to climb the mountain."

Everyone nodded and then jumped off the carriage. Liu Ping and his group added Mary, a total of seventeen people, brought three carriages. After seeing that everyone got out of the carriage, Mary picked up three horses.

The reins were tied together, and then they said to everyone: "Okay, let's go!"

"Ah?" Seeing that Mary was about to leave, Porong couldn't help asking, "Mary, you only tied three horses together, but didn't brush them in a fixed place. Are you not afraid of them losing?

Is it right?"

Mary smiled and said, "Don't worry, these are all good trained horses. When the owner is away, they will find food on their own and avoid the blizzards on their own. When we come back, they will come and pick us up with just a whistle.

Now.”

After hearing Mary's words, everyone couldn't help but look at the three horses a few more times. Liu Ping exclaimed: "This kind of well-trained good horse is really rare, but... if we stayed in the mountains for a long time,

Even a year or two, will these horses continue to wait?"

Mary shook her head and said, "No, wouldn't that be very unfair to the horses? They will only wait for us for more than ten days. If we don't see us back for a long time, the horses will go home by themselves and continue to stalk for us.

Home service.”

"Oh! So that's how it is." After hearing this, the others nodded repeatedly.

Then, everyone picked up an iron rod specially prepared for them and prepared to climb the mountain. This iron rod is about one meter two or three in length. The low end is very sharp and looks more ordinary.

Everyone must be sharp. One third of the bottom of the stick, there is a curved small hook. According to Mary, this slender iron rod with hooks was invented by the ancestors of their Tashi family.

Call it a rulu stick. The sharp stick can be found in the thick snow, while checking whether there are deadly snow caves under the snow. The small hook is used to prevent slipping in time when it falls in the middle.

Hook the cracks in the rocks to avoid rolling down the mountain.

Then, everyone started climbing with their hands, led by Mary and Xu Yunde side by side. The mountain is not particularly steep, so it is quite easy to climb. During the climbing process, you only need to

Pay attention to your feet, try to avoid areas with thick snow, and choose places where rocks are exposed.

Needless to say, Liu Ping and others' skills are more of a master of mountaineering. In addition, the weather is very good, the sun is bright, and the wind is small and there is no snow, so everyone climbs very fast, and it takes less than half a day.

Arrived on the snow peak.

This mountain is about 5,000 meters above the many peaks of the Snow Mountain. Although it is not as high as the peak, after reaching the top, everyone's vision is still much wider. Standing on the edge of the cliff, looking at the continuous ups and downs in the distance in the distance

Ge Wu couldn't help but shout at the peaks!

Seeing this, Mary hurriedly stopped her. She said, "Don't shout, this is a snow peak. If it causes a snow disaster, it will be bad. Although we are not at the top of the mountain now, for the foot of the mountain,

But it is a huge disaster. If passers-by passers-by passers-by, we will kill them!"

When Ge Wu heard this, he nodded quickly and said, "Sorry, I have never seen such a magnificent mountain view before, and I couldn't hold it back for a while..."

At this time, Wang Changgui, who was not far away, suddenly exclaimed: "What a dragon entering the cloud!"

When Xu Yunde heard this, he became interested. He walked to Wang Changgui and looked at his eyes. After a while, he said happily: "Yes! I really didn't expect that the Tianshan Mountains would actually be

It is a rare giant dragon vein. Not only that, it is also the dragon that enters the clouds without a thousand miles away! Old Taoist, would the site selection of the ancient temple be related to this dragon vein?"

Before Wang Changgui could reply, he heard Mary say, "No, in fact, our Taxi family had discovered this dragon vein hundreds of years ago, but for hundreds of years, whether it was the dragon head or the dragon tail, we all

After searching, we did not find the ruins of the ancient temple, so we denied this possibility."

Wang Changgui nodded and said, "The temple is not a tomb, so there is still a big difference between the two in terms of site selection. What we are looking for is an ancient temple, not an ancient tomb, so our subconscious mind

It needs to be corrected."

Xu Yunde sighed and said, "Yes, temples are not as good as tombs... But I only know how to find dragons and point acupoints, so how can I find dragons and point a temple? This time I have no choice. It seems that everyone really has to look for them one by one!"

Unexpectedly, Liu Ping shook her head and said, "That may not be necessary. I always feel that the dream I had yesterday was not accidental. But under the ancient temple in my dream, isn't there an ancient tomb?

There is also a beautiful female corpse in the tomb. I think the real purpose of the ancients to build a temple is to calm this ancient corpse?"

When Xu Yunde heard this, his eyes lit up and then said, "This is not impossible. I wonder if the White Snake Empress under the Leifeng Pagoda is also suppressed? Maybe the ancient temple we are looking for is also for the demon town.

Built by the devil.”

Wang Changgui said: "After that being said, hasn't the Zhaxi family already checked the dragon head, the dragon tail and even the entire dragon vein? No trace of the ancient temple was found."

After Wang Changgui said this, Liu Ping and others were stunned, while Mari was indifferent. It seemed that she had been numb to find the ancient temple. She said, "After climbing a mountain for a day, everyone should eat some first.

Let's have something, otherwise I won't have the energy to go down the mountain later."

Everyone nodded, then took out the jerky meat from their backpacks and started eating. Mary laid a mat on the thick snow, sat down, and told everyone not to sweep it away.

The snow was covered, and if a blood clot slipped down, it would definitely cause an avalanche. After hearing this, everyone imitated her, spread a mat on the snow and sat down.

Mary said: "According to my guess, the ancient temple should not be built at the top of a certain mountain, but should be built in a certain valley or on a gentle mountainside."

Liu Ping asked in confusion: "Why do you think so?"

Marie said: "Because we have searched all the peaks in the Tianshan Mountains, there are no traces left by the ancients on the mountain. Instead, there are some valleys, valleys, and terrain, and they are surrounded by smooth and steep cliffs.

, It is difficult to enter there, and in the past few hundred years, our Taxi family has not been able to search all of them, so I guess the ancient temple is likely to be hidden in that kind of place."

I have to say that although Mary is not old, she is still very scheming. Her analysis is very reasonable. The top of the mountain is highly hypoxia and the strong winds are constantly coming all year round. The possibility of building a temple in such a place is very small.

It is the sheltering valley under the snow line. On the one hand, the terrain is flat and the people are rarely visited, and on the other hand, there is enough space. It is perfect to build an ancient temple here, and it is also the kind of temple with shocking secrets.

Liu Ping said thoughtfully: "In the dream, the ancient temple I went to seemed to have no snow. Although I couldn't see the scene outside the temple, the roof of the temple building was clean.

So it is very likely that the ancient temple is built under the snow line. Maybe we will focus on those valleys."

After hearing this, Mary said with a heavy face: "It is more difficult to enter those rarely visited valleys than to reach the top of the snow peak. Moreover, the locals even circulated that there are cruel snowmen living in those valleys, no matter who it is.
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