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Chapter 156

"I thought that after this wave is over, we can improve our skills and become explorers. It seems that there is no way to go, and we have to go back to the old way of making money." Black Glasses sighed and said, "However, this is not the case. It’s especially easy to handle, if it’s an ancient tomb, there will probably be zongzi in it, it’s very aggressive looking at it, we’re not prepared for the black donkey’s hooves and glutinous rice.”

"What... what do you mean? Boss?" Akang's voice trembled a little, "Is this place an ancient tomb? Are there dead people inside?"

It can be seen that he was very scared to say such a thing. Usually, when we talk, Akang will obediently listen to the side, and will not intervene.

"It's all uncertain, but you don't have to worry, with me and your lady boss covering you, you won't go wrong." The black glasses said with a smile.

Xiao Hua took a look at her black glasses, but she didn't condemn him too much for his behavior of asking for cheap, she just added: "Don't run around, we will guarantee you to get out safely."

Akang nodded in response, and followed quietly beside the black glasses. We continued to move forward and walked a short distance. A bluestone archway appeared in front of the archway. The road in front of the archway was an obvious big downhill. , Simply scan with a flashlight, because of the slope, you can't see the end of the road.

"Going down from here should be the underground palace." Xiaohua said, "When you get to the underground palace, you can study to see if there is any necessary information."

If my guess is correct, the hand rolling noodles should be near the tomb at this time. Maybe he has been spying on us, maybe he has quietly followed in, and there is a little possibility that he is even in front of us, but it should not be like this.

I was also thinking about how it was so difficult for us to get here, how could handmade noodles come here without our attention, but after thinking about it carefully, it is not unreasonable.

He is a player who can enter and leave Yunding Tiangong freely by himself, and his skill will not be inferior to that of his younger brother, and he obviously has a high attainment in cartilage skills. As long as there is no oil bottle around him, he wants to find a place to live alone , shouldn't be a problem.

The target of the hand-rolled noodles is Boyouping, but he has also attacked Ruan Qi, which shows that he is also very interested in the ancient tomb of the Wang family. Therefore, after we all entered the ancient tomb, the risk factor increased significantly. This place Although he probably doesn't understand, but since it is the territory of the Wang family, he will definitely get familiar with it faster than us. For us, it is best to quickly find a way to remove the little brother's poison, and solve it quickly.

"As soon as possible," I said, "the enemy is dark and we are clear, there is no delay."

"Understood." Ruan Qi said.

According to the design of ordinary ancient tombs, the section from Shenlu to the underground palace is the place with the most tomb guards, but the ancient tomb of the Wang family is so hidden, and outsiders must pass through the ancient building of the Wang family if they want to get information. What here adds the possibility of an innocuous disorder.

Of course, we didn't get careless because of this, and we still used the usual formation to go down the ramp until the end, and the space in front suddenly opened up, and we entered the underground palace.

The flashlight shone into the underground palace, and the fat man clicked his tongue: "Interesting."

The underground palace in front of us is not a traditional structure. Strictly speaking, it is like a theater. Our position is the stand on the second floor, and the center of the underground palace is the stage. From where we stand to the center of the underground palace, there is an obvious The sinking, the drop is about two meters.

It should be said that it is easy to jump from this height, but none of us will jump, because there is a mandala on the circular surface with a diameter of about 15 meters in the center of the underground palace.

Mandala is a concept of Esoteric Buddhism. It uses three-dimensional or flat square and circular geometric shapes to paint god statues and instruments, expresses the mandala and palaces of the gods, compares the structure of the Buddhist world, and adds religious symbols to express beliefs. Piety, to put it broadly, many cities in Tibet are constructed of mandalas, and even in the eyes of Tantra, the whole world exists in the form of mandalas.

And to put it in a small way, it is the sand painting mandala in front of my eyes.

Sand painting mandala is a kind of ritual. Monks use colored sand to draw an exquisite mandala within a circular frame. Of course, this is not a realistic city, but uses many different colors to represent snow-capped mountains, holy altars, Palaces, flowers and plants, and outline fine patterns, have the beauty of harmony and symmetry.What is even more astonishing is that the sand painting mandala is not a flat surface. All the city walls, palaces, and temples are all piled up with colored sand to form a three-dimensional shape, and the degree of completion is very high.

The sand-painting mandala during the practice often requires many monks to draw for several days and nights around the clock to complete, but with the completion of the sand painting, it will be destroyed immediately, half of the sand will be given to the devout believers, and the other half will be poured into the river , which symbolizes the moment of the world and the firmness of the spirit.

Of course, such an approach has its significance in Tantric Buddhism, and it is really a waste for a completely pragmatic person like me, but the sand-painted mandala in front of us is not a moment, but has stood in the underground palace for many years. It seems that the Wang family and we have a similar understanding.

"This is a sand painting mandala." Ruan Qi said, "Could it be that the Wang family you are looking for is a believer in Tantra?"

The stuffy oil bottle shook his head.

"It's mostly a matter of doing as Romans do." The fat man said, "Tibetan is very mysterious. If the Wang family really wants to make waves in this place, they must not completely ignore the rules here. At least, if I come to design it, I will design my own tomb in the direction of Tantric Buddhism, so that the local gods can bless me more.”

"But the mandala is something with a strong symbolic meaning." Ruan Qi said, "And it is not like the tomb-suppressing beasts you mentioned before, which can guard peace. Putting the mandala in the ancient tomb, it comes from the body alone. It doesn’t make much sense to say that. Since the builder of this ancient tomb can design such an awesome entrance for it, I don’t think it makes sense for him to simply put an ornament here.”

"If you want to talk about the symbolic meaning, the sand painting mandala symbolizes a glorious moment. The sand painting mandala that should have been destroyed immediately is preserved in the ancient tomb, and the moment becomes eternal. Maybe the Wang family means that they are so powerful. .” I said.

"That's right, I think it also has such a meaning." Ruan Qi said, "But I think it may have a more practical meaning."

"Practical meaning?" I froze for a moment.

"You haven't paid attention to those dossiers, so you don't know much about the way these people record information, but young master, you still remember the picture of ghosts in the fantasy sea. In fact, they quite like to use patterns to hint these location information." Ruan Ruan Qi said.

"You mean the sand-painted mandala actually hints at that?" I said. "Could it be a map of the tomb?"

"Since according to your statement, the descendants of the tomb owner will also come here, then we have every reason to believe that the tomb owner will do so." Ruan Qi nodded.