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128. The Trial of Everyone

128, everyone's trial

The location of Qinxi Bridge is on the national highway leading to Jingyang County in Wanling City. There is a Qinxi Town nearby. Looking for a fork in the bridge to the river is a gravel road. Walking along the river beach is not far away, you can reach Qingao Mountain. Qingao Mountain was called Qingaotai in ancient times, and it is the legendary Qingao Gong's place of practice.

At the foot of the mountain there is a stream formed by springs, flowing into Qinxi along the gravel-covered river beach, and there is also a spring pool carved in ancient times by the cliff. Looking down from the cliff through the water, there is a cave where the spring water flows out from here, and the pores between the rock walls are deep and complex, and I don’t know where to go.

Qingao Mountain is very close to Qinxi. When floods rise, Qinxi can directly submerge the foot of the mountain. There are two monuments beside the river beach under the cliff. One is the "provincial key material protection unit - Qingao Mountain Cliff Carving" established by the Jingyang County Government, and the other is the "Guoqin Fish Origin Protection Area" established by the People's Government of Qinxi Town.

It is the dry season now, and everyone parked their cars on the river beach by the road. The section of the river beach exposed to the water is very wide, with many large stones scattered. After getting off the car, Zhuang Mengzhou said: "There was a bridge here, and you can see the remains of the piers on this section by the river. It seems that it has just been demolished for a few years."

Shang Ni turned around and said, "The stream here is not deep, it is a paved stone bridge, but the water surface is wider, so many piers are set up between the streams, connecting them to the opposite bank with stone slabs. The bridge deck and piers between the two are now invisible, but the stone bridge where we are standing is still preserved intact and has just been demolished not long ago."

Bi Xuecheng asked in a low voice: "Master, is there really a stone bridge like that here?"

Ding Qi smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know. The information about Qin Gaoshan is being investigated. It's the first time I've been here. It doesn't mention that there is a bridge here. There should be some in ancient times, and the remains are still there. Look at the stones on the river beach and the half of the foundation by the river."

Ye Yanxing sighed: "My uncle and uncle are really amazing. They are just a rock. You can see so many things at a glance."

Ding Qi: "You will have such skills in the future, just practice hard."

Meng Huiyu asked nicely: "What kind of fish is zither fish?" She had just seen the monument.

Xian Hao had already come over and explained with a smile: "This is a legendary fish. The reason why it is special is that it is actually a kind of tea for the locals!"

She explained the legend of Qinxi fish, and all three disciples were amazed. Meng Huiyu said regretfully, "Is Qinxi fish almost extinct now? The monument I just saw was erected by the People's Government of Qinxi Town. The signature was October 2012. It has only been six years since then, so it is still too late to protect it!"

Xian Hao looked at Meng Huiyu specifically and nodded and praised: "We just looked at it just now. You can remember the date of the signing of the stone tablet so clearly. Well, I am really considerate."

They were not looking at the scenery of Qinxi. They turned around on the river beach and were Qingao Platform. This high cliff distributed by the water really looked like a high platform from a distance.

The gray-white stone walls are distributed with many cliff carvings of all sizes from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and most of the handwritings are mottled and difficult to distinguish. Everyone saw the stone carving specially drawn in "Fangwai Tu Zhi". The picture is "Qinliu Dan Hall". The handwriting is only as big as a mung bean. When you look at it on the spot, each word is nearly one meter in radius.

Now they can only barely see the three words "Qin... Dan Hall", and the word "Liu" and the signature are no longer recognized. Zhu Jingyi visited various places to record the "Fangwai Tu Zhi", roughly from the Song Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, which shows that the cliff carvings on this side were still very clear at that time. Unfortunately, since modern times, the acid content of rain water has become higher and higher, and the corrosion of the ancient sites has become more and more serious.

On this side of the cliff carvings, everyone saw the hole we were looking for. The hole was not directly opposite the river bank, but facing a gap between the mountain walls, revealing a half-covered outline, and there was no way to see how deep it was inside. Tan Hanchuan pointed with his hand and said, "The place we are going is there."

Ye Yanxing frowned and said, "This mountain is so steep and high, I won't go at all!"

Tan Hanchuan: "I'll put a rope down first. Don't worry, you guys will be holding you up from behind. If it really doesn't work, I'll drag you away one by one."

The reason why many ancient ruins can be preserved is that they are in places that ordinary people cannot access. Although places like Qingao Mountain are not remote, there are few people who come here because they are not well-known. As for the entrance to Qingao Gong's cave, it is even more steep and more than 20 meters above the ground, and ordinary people don't go there at all.

Tan Hanchuan climbed first with a rope on his back, and his hands climbed the cliff with an extremely flexible figure. Meng Huiyu looked nervously below, for fear that he would fall down, but Zhu Shanxian and others looked relaxed.

Tan Hanchuan soon arrived at the entrance of the cave and disappeared. After a while, he poked his head out and made a gesture, meaning that there was a place inside and everyone could come. If he found the wrong cave and the space inside was very small, so many people wouldn't be able to squeeze in.

Meng Huiyu first put on gloves and grabbed the rope, and stepped on the cliff to climb. Xian Hao followed behind, and if there was an unexpected situation, he held it. Next was Ye Yanxing, Zhu Shanxian, and then Bi Xuecheng and Ding Qi followed. These three disciples have a foundation in their practice skills. They crawled away by themselves, and did not ask their elders to help.

Then he pulled all the big bags and small packages brought with him with the car with a rope, and then Shang Ni climbed into the cave. Finally, it was Zhuang Mengzhou. Instead of climbing by himself, he wrapped the rope head around his waist and pulled it away by Tan Hanchuan. This was the most labor-saving.

The entrance of the cave looks not big below, but it is not small, enough for a person to stand up and walk in. There are also many cliff carvings left by ancient people on the walls of the cave. Because they are located in the cave, the preservation is much better outside. They are obviously not the first wave of people visiting the ruins of Qin Gaogong. Many people have been here since ancient times.

Walking into the depths of the mountain through the curved cave, Tan Hanchuan explored the way in front with a strong flashlight, and Zhuang Mengzhou broke the back. Everyone carried a bag. Bi Xuecheng, Ye Yanxing, and Meng Huiyu carried an ordinary big mountaineering bag, and the things inside were filled with stuff, but the bags of others were obviously smaller, which was only about the same size as Zhuang Mengzhou's bag.

Ding Qi carried a specially made narrow and long bag. A man's body was wider, with the lower end hanging to his knees, the top end was almost level with the top of his head, and a camping tent was stuffed inside, and everything weighed 100 pounds. He held a stick in his left hand and a strong flashlight in his right hand, following Bi Xuecheng.

Tan Hanchuan and Zhu Shanxian brought only a lot of things Ding Qi, while Xian Hao and Shangni brought about the same things Ding Qi. Since they didn't know what kind of outside world they were going to and what would happen inside, they were well prepared.

When the cave walks inside, there is a fork. Each fork is actually not deep. It seems that there is a stone chamber at the end, and there is a larger space next to the main cave. Tan Hanchuan walked on the most spacious passage. He walked about two or three hundred meters and finally reached the end. This is a cave hall in a mountain with an area of ​​about six or seven meters. Looking up, he can see that it is five or six meters high.

I don't know how many people have seen such a cave hall. Its end is a hemispherical dome, and it is very smooth like a man-made manuscript. It is actually formed naturally. The floor of the cave hall is very flat, with several tables, seats, and bed-shaped stones. It reminds people of the ancient immortal cave.

There is a cliff carving at the end of the cave hall, but there is no handwriting. It is a stone tablet that is chiseled out. It looks like someone is going to erect a monument here, but after chiseling out the outline, there is no time to carve the picture. But everyone came to explore the outside world. When they saw it, they realized that this might be the gateway.

Tan Hanchuan lit up a solar-charged emergency light and looked at the stone wall, turned around and asked, "Teacher Ding, do you think it's here?"

Ding Qi did not take out the Jingshi. Now the Jingshi is with him, and can be activated whether he holds it in his hand. He stood in front of the stone wall and looked at it intently. The stone wall seemed to have disappeared, and there was a mountain forest and valley outside. This feeling was very different. He was standing at the door leading to the mountain forest and valley, as if this cave had penetrated the mountain and they walked to the other side.

But this is not the case, because the cave is dark and requires lighting equipment to see clearly, and the daylight outside cannot be shining in at all. Ding Qi nodded and said, "This is the portal, I have seen the scene inside."

Zhu Shanxian: "You can let the three of them try."

Xian Hao: "Meng Huiyu, come first, use the stone to express your mind and use the method that your master teaches you."

Meng Huiyu held Jing Shi in her hand and stood in front of the stone wall. Her eyes seemed not to be looking at the stone wall, but to look far away through the stone wall, and exclaimed: "You can go out here, there are mountains and fields outside!" Then she realized that this sentence was wrong, and lowered her voice and murmured: "It's so amazing, how could this be the case? It's obviously just a stone wall!"

Ding Qi: "What you see is the Qin Gaotai in the Fangwai World, this is the gateway to it... Okay, let's change to the graduation school."

Bi Xuecheng stood at Meng Huiyu's position just now, and then shouted: "Oh my God, what did I see? It's winter now, but there are birds singing and flowers singing over there!"

Tan Hanchuan frowned and said, "The season is indeed wrong. This is the first time we have encountered this situation." Of course, he had already seen the scene on the other side of the portal, and now he was just asking the three disciples to verify Fangwai's secret techniques.

Ding Qi: "It's not that exaggerating. There are indeed mountain flowers blooming, but I haven't seen or heard birds crying. Don't use idioms indiscriminately."

Bi Xuecheng: "I heard the birds cry!"

Ye Yanxing: "Senior Brother Bi will listen to the birds later, let me change it first... Oh, it's really a mountain flower full of flowers. It's simply incredible. That's indeed another world."

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Where can you get the secret method of the outside world without the outside world? You have learned these from your master! Let's sigh slowly after you go in, let's discuss how to get in first."

Shang Ni: "This is not simple, just walk in."

Zhuang Mengzhou: "We don't understand the outside world of this prescription. At present, we only know that the seasons are different. In order to prevent accidents, it's better to be cautious. We can go in directly. As for the three of them, I suggest using the method again. Anyway, what should be confirmed has been confirmed."

He is an elder of Jingmen, and what he said makes sense, and everyone agreed. Before the three disciples could come back to their senses, Ding Qi said, "You all stand by my side, carry your backpack, and put the stones on for the time being. Is this backpack heavy? It will become lighter now, and you will feel that the pressure on your shoulders will slowly disappear..."

When the three disciples came to their senses, they found themselves standing on a hillside, next to them with a towering tree that was thick with several people. There were two ridges like arms in the distance, surrounded by a valley with lush vegetation on both sides. Looking back, there was no shadow of the cave or the stone wall.

Bi Xuecheng said in surprise: "Master, are we in?"

Ding Qi nodded and said, "Yes, we have arrived at the Qin Gaotai in the Fangwai World."

Ye Yanxing said excitedly: "Oh my God! Such a magical thing will happen. I believe there are gods in the world!"

Meng Huiyu: "I believe it too. Master is a god!" He suddenly frowned and looked at Ding Qi and whispered, "Master, what's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with you?"

Ding Qi was not in a good mood. He had realized that he might be in trouble, but in order to avoid panic among the disciples, he tried not to show it as much as possible. However, Meng Huiyu still keenly noticed Ding Qi's subtle emotional changes.

Ding Qi tried to say in a relaxed tone: "There is a little problem. Have you seen Master Zhuang Master Uncle?"

The three of them looked around and said, "No, haven't they come in yet?"

Ding Qi shook his head and said, "They should have all come in, but they have arrived at different places."

Ding Qi just hypnotized all three disciples, and when Feng Ni said, "Then I'll go in first."

Zhuang Mengzhou also said: "The thing I am carrying is so heavy, please help me."

The two of them had already entered the Qingao Platform at that time, and Ding Qi was hypnotizing three disciples, so he didn't pay attention. Bi Xuecheng and the other three were already in a state of deep hypnosis, and they turned a blind eye to all this. However, after Ding Qi came in, he did not see Shang Ni and Zhuang Mengzhou.

The vision in this area is very wide. They will not go very far, and they only have a few seconds. Under normal circumstances, Zhuang Mengzhou and Shangni should also stand in place and wait for others. So the first judgment Ding Qi made was that this portal is different from Xiaojing Lake and Da Chi Mountain. After entering, they will randomly arrive at different places in the outside world.

It's nothing. At worst, just look for everyone, but another discovery almost made him sweat. Looking back, he didn't find the door to leave the world. Ding Qi had already taken out Jing Shi when he spoke, and there was nothing behind him.

He can still remember where he came in. If the portal is invisible, it can also be displayed with spiritual sense locking. However, no matter how Ding Qi held the Stone in his hand and expanded his spiritual sense, he could not detect any portal. Since he could enter, there should be a way to get out. But if everyone arrived at a different place, then the location of the portal was unknown.

This is the biggest trouble. If you can’t find the portal here, it means they can’t go back!

At this time, Bi Xuecheng exclaimed again: "Wow, it turns out to be random teleportation!" He obviously didn't realize what kind of big trouble he encountered, and seemed very excited. Anyway, with a master leading the way, there was no need to worry about anything.

Ding Qi felt very distressed, but he couldn't let the three disciples feel this anxiety, so he had to calm down and said: "It's indeed a random teleportation. We need to find other people as soon as possible and then determine the portal location here... Bi Xuecheng, did you really hear the birds screaming just now?"

Bi Xuecheng finally had the opportunity to explain in detail, so he nodded quickly and said, "I really heard the birds' chirping, and I also saw the birds on the branches. Their feathers are so beautiful!"

Ye Yanxing: "Where is the bird? Which branch is it?"

Bi Xuecheng: "Not here, what I saw before was not this place."

Ding Qi asked again: "Ye Yanxing, you just said that you saw the flowers blooming in the mountains. Although there are flowers here, it is not called "Lianman" in the valley in front of you. You are not talking about this place, right?"

Ye Yanxing nodded and said, "Yes, what I saw is not here either."

Bi Xuecheng slapped his thigh and said, "I understand that the door is a random portal. Everyone sees different scenes outside the door. Wherever they see, they will be teleported to where they see."

Bi Xuecheng understood, and Ding Qi sighed in his heart. He had just realized why the descriptions of the three disciples in the cave were different. It turned out that everyone saw different scenes. At this time, Meng Huiyu asked, "Then why did the four of us come to the same place?"

Ding Qi tried his best to make his expression relaxed, and asked with a smile: "What did you say?"

Meng Huiyu: "Oh, I understand too, because we were brought in by our master, not by ourselves!"

Ding Qi: "The world outside is the mysterious unknown of this world, and exploration is a test. Now it is time to test you. Tell me, what should you do at the first step?" His words diverted the attention of these three disciples first.

Bi Xuecheng: "Of course, we must find someone else first."

Ding Qi: "Of course, but how do you find it? We don't know the situation here, nor do we know where they are. What should we do?"

Ye Yanxing: "I can't see many wilderness survival programs, so I should first find a source of water."

Ding Qi: "Well, this idea makes sense. In the unfamiliar wilderness, you should first ensure survival, and then try to find companions."
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