Chapter 21: Overpass Crossing, Feather and Drum Sound
I rushed all the way on the plank road, and finally arrived at the end of the stone steps under the gradually rising temperature. What appeared in front of me was a cramped stone bridge that could accommodate two people. Opposite the stone bridge was the stone platform I saw just now on the hillside.
When you are on the mountainside, your vision is obscured by the space gradually gathering. You think it is a paved floor. At this moment, it seems that a platform of several feet in size protruded from the abyss, connecting with the void on your head, forming a concentric circle. Around the platform is an endless abyss. The narrow, narrow but long span is the only passage to climb the stone platform. From a distance, it looks like a flying bridge built in the air, spanning the center of the bridge on both sides, without any support. This is clearly a flying bridge, which looks very thrilling.
"Is this stone bridge safe?" Luo Han looked at the stone bridge about a ft in front of him and said confused, "I feel very unsafe. What if I can't stand the support in the middle and collapse? Besides, I don't know what kind of product of this stone bridge is, can it withstand our tramplings and tossing?"
The stone bridge in front of us almost exceeded our imagination. Looking in the fire, the bridge was thin and long, like a wooden board, spanning both sides. At this moment, looking down at the bottom of the stone bridge, it was still pitch black. No one knew where the end of the abyss was.
The old monkey said, "Tell me, Lao Luo, I originally thought that the bridge-by-bridge technique passed down by your family was one of the most incredible mathematical techniques among scouts. When your ancestor was coaching the Jinyiwei, in order to hide his own private affairs, he did not teach the most powerful Tianyashi. But when I saw this stone bridge, I began to understand that the bridge-by-bridge technique was simply not worth mentioning compared to the bridge in front of me."
The Luohan was unhappy and looked solemnly. He stared at the stone bridge in front of him and suddenly said, "Can this stone bridge be an overpass?"
"Overpass"
Everyone looked at the Luohan. His expression was solemn and had irresistible majesty, so I was even more confused. Zhuobu Feidao, "According to records, when the Qin army entered Yunnan, the Degongshu built a strange floating bridge that could cross any abyss and ravines without any fulcrum. When the Qin army used the overpass to survive the natural danger, the fierce Yunnan army thought it was a divine weapon from the sky, and its morale declined, so it was impossible for the Qin army to defeat the Qin army." Zhuobufei helped the glasses frame and looked at the stone bridge in front of him, "Is it this bridge?"
"Ah, look." Yini pointed at the underside of the hanging bridge in surprise.
Looking closely, at the end of the stone bridge are the two heads of struggling bulls struggling, and from their huge nose rings, the two ropes are looping around and locking together.
The Luohan laughed and looked at everyone and said, "If this is a bridge, I can also build it."
The white-headed man chuckled and said, "Just be stubborn." He thought the arhat was angry and deliberately angered the old monkey.
"There is nothing magical about this bridge." After experiencing Luohan's bypass surgery, I realized that the so-called bypass technique is just a construction of an emergency bridge with concise tools, so I blurted out, "If I were the person who built this bridge, I only need to use a strong crossbow to shoot out two very strong ropes, let one person attach a rope to the opposite side, find a solid place, rope two ropes, and then place wooden boards on the rope, which is a simple overpass."
The Luohan browsed and laughed, "Brother Cheng is indeed smart."
The little monkey said very unhappy, "Look, the distance between these two sides, even as you said, I don't know how heavy the stone slabs are. What rope can bear so many stone slabs, and it also has to bear the weight of the people who cross the bridge. Are you kidding? Do you understand? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense." The little monkey looked sarcastic, and I was also a little unhappy, but due to everyone, I did not refute.
Baitou Weng remembered something and said, "My girl said, I don't know what kind of science is about abroad. The general idea is: Everything in this world may exist. If it exists, there will be conditions and causes of existence." Baitou Weng looked at Tianqiao again and said, "Will this be to disguise and confuse the enemy and deliberately conceal it into a stone slab?"
The old monkey became serious, slapped his thigh, nodded, "What Lao Bai said makes sense. This is just like the stone tablets we encountered when we came in, and they pretended to be a terrifying person. Not to mention anything else, but looking at the unique skills we passed down from our family, apart from physical strength, it is a trick of opportunism. Only those who are unknown are blinded and cannot understand the key for a while, but for us, it is common."
Zhuo Bufei knew it, stepped forward and stepped on the stone bridge and tried. The stone bridge made a crisp sound. Everyone was shocked and looked at me, confirming the white-headed man's guess.
After years of erosion, I was afraid that the bridge would be unable to bear the load and break if it was stepped on. By then, it would be too late to fall into the abyss.
After measuring the distance, the old monkey gave up his flying claws after the distance of exerting force. The white-headed man took out a ball of rope from his backpack and quickly sorted out a bunch of strange objects of various sizes from his backpack, and quickly arranged them together. A strange ancient crossbow machine appeared in front of him.
He took out a slender feather arrow from the ground, and the arrow was sharp and shining with a dazzling cold light. The upper end of the feather arrow was tied with a bamboo tube as thick as a thumb, and a long fuse appeared on it. At the lower end, there was a strange circle. The white-headed man quickly tied the rope tightly into the circle. After everything was ready, he put the feather arrow into the crossbow machine, looking at the building on the platform on the opposite bank, and found that there was no place to focus. His eyes fell on the center of the round platform, and the pillar that was erected with a vague shadow, lit the fuse, then aimed at the pillar that was looming, and quickly pulled the crossbow machine.
A whistle, a roar. The feather arrow galloped towards the opposite pillar. The constantly burning fuse drew a brilliant arc in the air. The bound ropes were like a flying ribbon, making a whimpering sound of breaking through the air.
When the feather arrow approached the opposite side, it showed exhaustion. The white-headed man's nervous heart almost reached his throat, but at this moment, the fuse burned out and strong firepower was sprayed out from the bamboo tube as thick as his thumb. Wow, the feather arrow shot out from the crossbow again, making a terrifying sound flying towards the pillar.
"Tonglong"
A harsh sound echoed around, from far to near, from end to end.
Looking at the rope that was almost completely gone in the white-headed man's hand, he showed joy and pulled it hard for a few times. He felt that it was not serious. He took out a long iron clip in his backpack and chised it hard on the mountain wall that was about to reach his waist. After a long time, he tied the end of the rope to it and checked it over and over again. After feeling that it was very safe, he said to everyone, "It's OK."
I watched his performance alone in surprise and remembered that maybe this was his secret technique.
"Old Bai, okay, have you not been unfamiliar these years? Instead, the firearm seems to be better. It seems that it has been a lot of hype over the years!" Luo Han said happily, "I think I can just find someone to pass it on. I can't let your girl tinker with the firearm like you, right?" His eyes fell on me and said, "I think Brother Cheng is good. You might as well take him as a disciple. Maybe you can carry forward the firearm technique you passed on from your family."
The little monkey said unhappy, "Isn't this a joke for Uncle Luo? He is not a descendant of the scout, how can he inherit Uncle Bai's mantle?"
"Why can't it be enough? Just let Brother Cheng take Uncle Bai as his teacher?" Yini defended, "My father said that he is not a descendant of the scout, but he can also inherit the scout's mantra. If he does not abandon his opinion, all the secret techniques will be lost one day."
Luo Han suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "I'll protect a matchmaker, Brother Bai, can you just marry your daughter to Brother Cheng? Then Brother Cheng won't become half of your son."
Zhuo Bufei was stunned, but the old monkey shouted, "Yes, isn't Brother Cheng the same person?"
The little monkey also cheered excitedly, and his eyes looked at me a little more friendly.
"What's good?" Yini blurted out, everyone was startled by her sudden voice. After she noticed it, she blushed and said in a panic, "I mean, the Jinghong girl may not agree. After all, she is receiving education from the other side of the ocean. I heard what it is advocated there, by the way, what freedom..."
A strange sound came. Looking up, he found that the fire altar and the lights on the plank road suddenly went out. The white-headed man looked at the beautiful lady and his face changed. He seemed to remember something, and finally interrupted vaguely, "Let's go quickly, I don't want to stay here for a moment." He looked at me and the little monkey, as if he was afraid of abruptness just now, so he deliberately said, "There are only you two young people here, you two explore the way first this time."
I hesitated for a while, but the little monkey made a strange move and said, "Recipe the order." Now that things have come to this, I can only bite the bullet and go forward.
He stepped onto the floating bridge in fear, and a creaking sound was made under his feet. He listened to the sound and thought to himself, "Will you go to the middle and collapse suddenly?" So he became more careful when he was acting.
The little monkey saw my fear, and while walking, he deliberately stepped on the bridge deck. It was strange that the bridge deck did not shake like an imagination. He just approached and saw the almost deformed bridge deck. The terrifying wormhole appeared. Perhaps with an inadvertent kick, you might fall into the abyss! I subconsciously grabbed the rope that was crossing in front of me. This was the rope that the white-headed man had just shot out, to protect everyone's safety.
In my heart, I cursed the people who built this bridge why they built a stone bridge here. In such a ghost place, I really don’t know what purpose they were for. At this moment, except for their heartbeat, they almost dare not think about anything else. In the face of potential crises, everyone will become cautious in their instinct.
"Brother Cheng, I think you should know that the girl Yini and I grew up together." When we reached the middle, the little monkey suddenly said, "My wish since childhood is to marry her." He looked at me, with a warning in his eyes.
I lowered my head and stared at the bridge deck that was constantly falling under my feet. He thought for no reason and replied casually, "Yes."
The little monkey was very angry at my indifference and snorted coldly, "I know you saved Uncle Zhuo, but you have to know, that doesn't mean anything? Don't worry, I will repay you in the future."
"Repay?" I looked at the little monkey in surprise, not knowing what he meant. At this time, the little monkey made a cracking sound, stepped on the air, the bridge deck collapsed, turned into pieces, and fell to the bottom of the valley. The little monkey reacted very quickly, grabbed the rope in his hand and leap forward with force. The next moment, he had already stepped on the intact bridge deck. The bridge deck was under the force and began to shake. I kept shaking with the bridge body, nervously even forgot my doubts.
Behind him, everyone's concerning reminder, "Be careful."
The little monkey waved his hand to tell everyone that it was fine, and his eyes fell on me again.
The collapsed area in front of me is very terrifying. I even became melancholy. At this moment, the little monkey handed me his hand.
I stared at his friendly eyes, hesitated in my heart. Along the way, the little monkey was full of hostility towards me. When I climbed up the stone avatar, I almost fell down. If I trusted him at this moment, and he suddenly let go while I jumped over the collapsed bridge deck, I would be dead.
But if I don’t do this, will it be a stalemate here? I looked at the bridge deck under my feet again, and there were cracks that might break like before.
"What? Don't you dare?" The little monkey smiled, and on his round face, it looked harmless.
His words aroused his competitive spirit, so he reached over. He took a deep breath. When he turned around, I saw Yini's worried eyes and looked at the little monkey again. He couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and he felt a little more suspicious. He felt regretful for his rash decision, but it was obviously too late.
The bridge deck that was trampled by the little monkey was about one person wide. The little monkey took my hand, took a breath, and pulled it hard, and I actually crossed.
Fortunately, as I was doubtful, after I crossed the collapsed area, the little monkey said seriously, "I said I will repay you well for Yan Ni." His friendly smile made me feel ridiculed.
I was always unwilling to worry about what he was saying. When I was free to do it, he gestured to the crowd opposite him, and his consciousness was to tell them that everything was safe. However, at this moment, all the layouts on the stone platform appeared in front of us.
The little monkey jumped onto the stone platform first, and I followed it up, and finally felt down to earth. At this moment, I looked at the vast round platform carefully and realized that it was far more empty than what was speculated, but what surprised me the most was the pillar that stood in the center.
This golden pillar with red stains emits a feeling of discomfort. The inscription on the pillar appears, engraved with terrifying patterns, and is a Taotie pattern with invisible pressure. It is a breath of sensation and makes people feel solemn and respectful, just like a devout believer appears in front of the Buddha's niche.
The little monkey ran towards the pillar excitedly. He saw the several bronze drums distributed around him at a glance. However, before he entered the bronze drum area, he heard a strange howling sound coming from around him, which shocked his vision and felt a harsh pain. The little monkey stopped and looked around in horror, but found no abnormality.
I watched the rest of the people slowly coming over the bridge, and suddenly was disturbed by the strange howling sound, stopped my staggering steps, and looked around in surprise.
"What's the sound?" Luo Han asked in surprise, "Is this sound so familiar?"
The old monkey said, "Yes."
"It's the cry of the ox." Zhuo Bufei reminded him, looking around strangely, but he didn't find anything strange. He didn't understand why there was a cry of the ox here.
"Dad, look quickly." Yini pointed to the sky and saw a bright moon appearing in the sky, but we are in the deep hinterland, how could we see the moon in the sky?
But at this moment, a bright moon did appear above the sky above my head, and the light paved down along the plank road. Suddenly, a hurricane blew. With the moonlight, everyone saw clearly that a layer of fog appeared on the plank road.
The silver moonlight cast on the round platform, coating the huge round platform with a layer of silver and strange light, and the entire round platform looked very mysterious.
The little monkey panicked and took a few steps back, but found strange shadows constantly flashing in the hidden darkness on the plank road, jumping and flickering.
Suddenly, the full moon suddenly disappeared, as if it was blocked by something, and a lunar eclipse appeared. A bright moon appeared in the sky, and around it became darker. The originally jumping shadow continued to appear. Only then did they see clearly that this was a human figure. They were stepping on a hurry, like dancing on foot, and then another howling sound of a cow.
There were dozens of people who flashed out, mixed with men and women, all naked, with various accessories hanging around their necks, gradually slowly down from the stone path and towards the stone bridge.
"Ah, they are here." Yini moved forward in horror, took out a gun from her arms, and said angrily at the naked man who came first, "Stop, or I will shoot."
The naked man who stepped on his footsteps, the bird feather hat on his head was shaking in the wind, and his cheeks were covered with colorful colors. He stepped on cheerful steps and ignored the beautiful warnings.
He danced the spear in his hand, and the ring snake accessories made a clanging sound. He walked towards the bridge with cheerful steps. In the blink of an eye, he was about to reach the place where he had collapsed just now, and was about to step down from the collapsed hollow. Yan Ni exclaimed and closed her eyes. Strangely, those people walked over the collapsed bridge deck as if they were walking on flat ground. Everyone held their breath. In this strange place, they actually saw the Tu people, but from their accessories and their barbaric temperament, they were incompatible with the style of the current people. Could it be that they have been living underground? Everyone dared not imagine it.
Those people went from the stone bridge to the round platform one after another. After stepping onto the stone platform, they actually passed through the bodies of Yini, Zhuo Bufei and others who crossed the way.
Yini touched her body in horror and found that it was not serious. These people passed through their bodies alive and did not care about their intrusion at all.
"What kind of monster is this?" Yini shouted.
"Boy, get out of here." The old monkey saw those people dancing around the copper pillar. The little monkey was in a state of energy. At this moment, he saw these women who were exposed, and his eyes were completely fascinated. He didn't hear the old monkey shouting at all.
The little monkey looked at the women dancing around him with a blushing face and his heartbeat increased.
"Dad, look." The beautiful voice pointed at the mountain road in horror, and saw many people appearing on the mountain road. However, the number of people this time shocked him. Those people slowly went down and escorted many people who were also naked but tied with iron chains, walking from the mountain road towards the stone platform.
Under the horrified eyes of everyone, the people who were escorted crossed the stone bridge and came to the round platform and knelt around the iron pillar. The woman behind her carried the sacrifice case and placed it in front of the stone pillar, with dry cow heads filled with various holy objects. Zhuo Bufei could not recognize some things.
The woman surrounded the copper pillars, and the man also surrounded the whole circle. Those tied up seemed to be slaves, and were under the supervision of the great man holding a bronze axe.
Walking out of a man wearing colorful clothes and wearing a mask, the mask on his face was a grimace mask that appeared in our sight several times. We looked at each other, looked at the vision in front of us, and our heartbeat increased.
The men and women surrounding the copper pillars kept bowing from four directions, muttering words in their mouths, but we heard no sound when they were chanting something. Four great men appeared in front of the bronze drums on all sides, picked up the golden drumsticks, and began to beat the bronze drums. A decent sound echoed out and floated around. How could this be, the shadows like dreams actually had a drum sound.
Dongdong, Dongdongdong... The sound of drums appeared around and superimposed, jumping into everyone's ears.
Only then did you see clearly that the beast patterns carved on the copper pillar turned out to be nine gloomy snake bodies, which were exactly the same as the green snake bodies that you saw at the entrance of the cave. The heads of the nine snakes carved strangely extended on the ground, raised upwards, and opened their bloody mouths, as if waiting for something.
The howling cow cries kept echoing, entangling each other with the sound of the bronze drum. My body shook, and the Buddhist beads on my neck emitted coldness, and a chill surged throughout my body. Unconsciously, a slight sensation followed, and as the chill spread to my whole body, I couldn't help but tremble and tried my best to cover my ears.
Turning around and looking, at some point, Zhuo Bufei and others had already stepped onto the roundabout.
On the round platform, the man holding an axe separated the people tied with ropes and tied them to the copper pillars. Only then did he see clearly that these people tied up were all girls.
The sound of the bronze drum became more and more rapid. The devout men and women looked up at the nine girls tied on the bronze pillar. The burly man holding an axe stared at the women on the bronze pillar with expressionless eyes. These women should be the sacrificial items he chose.
Suddenly, the sound of the bronze drum stopped abruptly, and the man holding an axe roared at the stone pillar Ulaura, as if it was some kind of sacred summoning. Then he raised the axe and chopped the women mercilessly on the heads.
"ah."
Yini exclaimed. Blood flowed down the women's foreheads, and the brain splashed, placing a layer of blood on the copper pillar behind her. Those women whose bodies and heads were different and whose lives were gone, their heads were tilted weakly and their breath was broken.
The burly man pulled out a sharp bronze dagger from his waist and quickly cut open the women's chests. His huge palm quickly reached into the woman's chest. He searched for it and took off a bright red heart. Looking at the beating heart, he smiled and turned around and placed it on the bronze sacrificial table. The blood that kept dripping wrapped around his brain and flowed down the copper pillar, placing a layer of strange charm on the copper pillar.
Blood spread down the beast patterns, ticking and falling into the open snake's mouth, making a crisp sound, echoing around, making a creepy sound, and I didn't dare to breathe. Suddenly, the sound of the bronze drum stopped abruptly. The dead women were untied by several big men and threw them into the abyss beside me. With the falling corpse, I actually saw the huge head stretched out from the stone platform abyss, swallowing the corpse in one bite, and then disappeared into the darkness of the abyss.
Four ghost-faced men worshipped the copper pillar, moved around the copper pillar, trembling all over. The rings on their bodies made a crisp sound, and the feathers on the top of them shook rapidly, making people dizzy in their eyes. The blood stained on the copper pillar had now all fallen into Shekou. On the bronze sacrificial table, the bright red hearts slowly rose and fell, and the blood dripped along the bronze sacrificial table, dripping on the ground like a broken line, making people feel nervous. Looking at the crowds in the sacrificial table, their faces were solemn and dignified, and they had long been used to it. Everything here was no longer ordinary in their eyes, as if nothing had ever happened.
Chapter completed!