The location of the mountain temple in Daqing Mountain is not very high. You can walk along the mountain road from the foot of the mountain for a few minutes, then turn onto a trail and you will arrive quickly.

Considering that no one has worshiped the mountain god for many years, the path is probably overgrown with weeds, so Lao Chen specially brought a sickle to clear the weeds along the way.

But when he turned into the trail, the situation on the road made him a little surprised.

"People usually come to worship the mountain gods?" Lao Chen looked at the well-maintained trail in disbelief and said.

Chen Jing nodded when he heard this and said: "Brother Dashan said he would come over, but I didn't expect that he would clear up all the weeds."

When he heard that it was Chen Dashan who came to pay homage, Lao Chen was not surprised anymore and said with a smile: "This seems like something that kid would do."

Chen Dashan has a pure mind and maintains a very simple belief in the mountain god. In this era when people generally do not believe in ghosts and gods, perhaps he is the only one who not only comes to worship the mountain god, but also clears the path leading to the mountain god.

Come along the trail.

"Xiao Jing, you used to believe in the mountain god of Daqing Mountain?" Professor Chen suddenly asked.

Chen Jing responded: "Well, in the past, everyone had to rely on the mountains to make a living, so they would come to worship the mountain gods and pray for safety on the mountains."

Professor Chen said: "It's like fishermen going out to sea to worship Mazu."

"Well, almost."

Chatting all the way, the three of them soon arrived at the Daqingshan Mountain Temple located in front of a mountain wall.

The mountain temple is not a wooden building, but a part of the mountain wall is hollowed out to form a concave shape, and then the mountain temple is artificially built. The whole temple is indeed not big, only about twenty square meters at most.

Unsurprisingly, the mountain temple is also very clean, and there are some incense candles on the altar in front of the door. This should be where Chen Dashan came to worship.

Looking inside the altar, you can see at a glance a stone statue of a mountain god about half a meter high. It has the body of a tiger and a tiger under its feet. Although the overall carving is not exquisite, it still shows some inexplicable majesty in its roughness.

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It is not strange to have a human body and a tiger head, because in some areas, it is believed that the tiger in the mountain forest is the incarnation of the mountain god, and some say it is the sacred beast under the mountain god. However, the view here in Kushan is the former, so the tiger is also called the tiger.

, the mountain god is also the tiger king.

"Xiao Jing, look at the architectural style, this mountain temple is quite old." Professor Chen said after taking a closer look.

Chen Jing really didn't know much about the styles of ancient architecture. Hearing this, he asked curiously: "Master, when was this mountain temple probably built?"

Professor Chen walked in for a moment, took a closer look at the stone statue of the mountain god, and then said: "It should have been built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties."

"That's hundreds of years ago." Chen Jing said.

Next to him, Lao Chen took out some incense candles and said: "This mountain temple was there when your grandparents were young. It would be strange if it doesn't have a history of hundreds of years."

Chen Jing walked over to help, and at the same time looked at the altar. Except for the traces of incense and candles that Chen Dashan had come to worship, it was clean, just like the scene when he was a child when the altar was full of incense and candles.

It's a world of difference.

Looking at this scene, Chen Jing somehow suddenly remembered a sentence he had seen before.

God is born in the human heart and dies in human nature.

This sentence has some truth at least in China. When people need the inner sustenance of gods, various gods are born. With the development of the times and the changes in their own situations, when people no longer

When you no longer need or don't believe in some kind of inner sustenance, the gods will die.

So in the end, all people can rely on is their own strong heart. No matter what difficulties and setbacks they encounter, as long as their heart is strong enough, they don't need any inner sustenance.

Of course, Chen Jing thought so in his heart, so he lit the incense candle and respectfully placed it in the altar. He also prayed for the health and safety of his family and friends, and that he could successfully find the Chixiao Sword Yunyun.

It’s still the same sentence. If you don’t believe it, you can’t be disrespectful.

Even Professor Chen came over to offer incense and candles when he saw this, but he didn't pray for anything, he just simply expressed respect.

The most important thing is that they may have to check carefully later to see if there is a cave inside the temple down the mountain. This has to be "shown" after all.

After finishing the incense candles, the three of them walked into the small mountain temple.

"Xiao Jing, it doesn't look like there's a cave in the world." Lao Chen looked around and then spoke.

Chen Jing stretched out his hand and carefully touched the surrounding walls little by little, and said, "Dad, look at the ground to see if there is any hollow part."

Lao Chen said hello and began to stamp on the ground step by step, using the sound he made to judge whether the ground was hollow or not.

Professor Chen, on the other hand, focused his attention on the stone statue of the mountain god, with a thoughtful look on his old face.

The internal area of ​​the mountain temple is not large, so Chen Jing and Lao Chen quickly checked the walls and floors, and did not find any hollow parts or secret doors.

In this way, there are only two results left. Either Chen Jing's speculation is wrong and there is no connection between this mountain temple and the Daqingshan Ancient Tombs, or...

Chen Jing also set his sights on the stone statues of mountain gods carved from stone biscuits.

"Master, have you discovered anything?" Chen Jing asked simply, thinking that his master had been staring at the mountain god stone statue since just now.

After hearing this, Professor Chen came back from his thoughts and said: "Xiao Jing, try moving the mountain god stone statue."

Hearing this, Old Chen next to him said, "Brother Chen, this mountain god stone statue was carved against the mountain wall and is connected to the mountain. How can it be moved?"

Chen Jing thought of something. He bowed to the stone statue of the mountain god first and said, "Don't be weird." After offering incense another day, he carefully walked to the stone statue of the mountain god, stretched out his hand to hold one corner, and pushed with all his strength.

No response.

"Change to the other side." Professor Chen said seriously.

Chen Jing immediately changed sides and pushed with all his strength again.

And this time, squeak...

With Chen Jing's exertion, there was a harsh sound of heavy objects moving. In Lao Chen's surprised eyes, he saw the stone statue of the mountain god slowly turning, and finally moved directly, revealing a half-meter figure behind it.

The high, dark entrance.

"Sure enough, there is something special!" Professor Chen couldn't help but say excitedly at this moment.

Chen Jing was the same and asked curiously: "Master, how did you know that this mountain god stone statue can move?"

Professor Chen raised his finger and pointed at the bottom of the mountain god stone statue and said: "Because the base of this statue is round, it does not conform to the carving style of the base of the statue in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Moreover, the round base is too round and looks more like

It’s a mechanism like a millstone that’s easy to move.”

When Chen Jing heard this, he lowered his head and saw that it was indeed what happened. He couldn't help but praise: "As expected of Master." Jiang was indeed very old. If Chen Jing had to come alone, he might be able to find the entrance to the cave in the end, but he would definitely have to use elimination.

method, rather than relying on visual observation like Professor Chen.
Chapter completed!