Xu Jianguo calmed himself down, slowly walked into the tree hole, and began to observe the skeleton carefully.
The posture of this skeleton was very strange. There was a dagger stuck in his chest. He was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, with his left fingertips pointing up and his right fingertips pointing down. His clothes were already tattered, but you could still vaguely see that they were Taoist robes.
"Taoist robe?!" Xu Jianguo was shocked. For some reason, he had a hunch that this skeleton might be related to Qingyun Temple.
Who killed this man? What was his relationship with Qingyun Temple? Xu Jianguo thought about it for a long time, but he still had no clue.
He stood up and stopped looking at the skeleton. Instead, he looked around the entire tree hole. He found that the space here was quite large, and there were quite a few daily necessities in the tree hole.
There was a stove made of stones and yellow mud, various pottery pots, and even a bed made of branches and vines, with stones underneath and some hay on top.
Xu Jianguo continued to observe, and suddenly, on one of the wooden walls of the tree hole, he found a portrait of the Three Pure Ones carved with a hard object. Although the carving skills were not very good, it was still clear that this was the Three Pure Ones of Taoism. Below the Three Pure Ones, there was also a sentence engraved, but the handwriting was very sloppy and messy, and coupled with the erosion of time, it had become blurred. However, Xu Jianguo, with the pupil of time and space, could still barely recognize it: "Catastrophe is coming, darkness is coming, the spirit child has appeared in the world, the mystery of immortality is sought but cannot be found, destroy Taoism and Buddhism, protect it well, Taoism and Buddhism will last forever... I am here waiting for the protector of Taoism by the order of Master Xuanyuan. I was attacked by a mysterious person and my life will not be long. Take the spirit child away quickly. Qingyun Temple Mingkong's final words!"
Qingyun Temple? Mingkong? The protector?
When Xu Jianguo saw these words, although he had a premonition, he still couldn't help but feel nervous, thinking that it was indeed related to Qingyun Temple!
"But who is this Mingkong?" He thought in his heart, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and his eyes widened.
Xu Jianguo clearly remembered the scene when he first met the old Taoist priest and Fu Niu. At that time, the old Taoist priest said that his name seemed to be Xuanyuan, so Mingkong's identity was obvious.
Mingkong was the disciple of the old Taoist priest Xuanyuan, and Funiu was also a disciple of the old Taoist priest, her Taoist name being Mingzhen. Mingkong! Mingzhen! Judging by their age, this Mingkong must be Funiu's senior apprentice.
"It seems that I am the protector of the Tao that Mingkong mentioned!" Xu Jianguo thought to himself. Before in the stone chamber, the mysterious voice asked him to protect the Taoist spirit boy. Now with Mingkong's words, this matter can basically be confirmed to be true.
Xu Jianguo sighed. He now had a feeling that he and Funiu were being dragged into the quagmire by a pair of invisible hands.
Exhaling a breath of foul air, Xu Jianguo shook his head, throwing away those messy thoughts. He thought to himself: "Anyway, no matter what, Funiu is my sister. No matter whether I am the so-called protector or not, whoever dares to touch my sister, I will fight to the death. There is no need to get entangled!"
Xu Jianguo, who had figured it out, took out a dagger and destroyed the words carved by Mingkong. Suddenly, he found an incense burner made of clay on the ground below the statue of the Three Pure Ones, with three straight, slender branches inserted in the incense burner.
Xu Jianguo thought for a moment, took out three incense sticks from the space supermarket, lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner. He then bowed respectfully towards the statue of the Three Pure Ones.
When he came to Mingkong's skeleton, Xu Jianguo put it into the space with a thought.
I could have ignored it before when I didn't know, but now that I know that this man is Funiu's senior brother, I have to bury him in peace no matter what.
Flashing into the space, Xu Jianguo used his mind to dig a deep pit near the jujube tree, then pulled out the dagger that was stuck in Mingkong's skeleton, and then put the skeleton into the pit. After thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he brought in the cushion outside and prepared to use it under Mingkong's body.
However, just as he picked up the mat and was about to put it into the pit, a rolled-up piece of leather fell out of the mat.
Xu Jianguo was stunned and quickly picked it up. When he opened it, he found a map drawn on the leather. After looking at it for a long time, he still couldn't figure out where the map was, so he had to put it away and study it later.
After arranging the futon and placing Mingkong's body on it, Xu Jianguo understood his intention when he saw his strange gestures. The fingertips of his left hand were pointing upwards to the dagger on his chest, and the fingertips of his right hand were pointing downwards to the map in the futon. It seemed that these two things were the clues left by Mingkong.
The grave was soon completed after being buried with a heap of soil. Xu Jianguo found a piece of wood and carved the four big characters "Mingkong's Tomb" with a knife. He placed it in front of the grave and then took out three incense sticks, lit them, and stuck them into the soil in front of the grave. After bowing, he left the space and walked towards the cave where Grandpa Zhang and the others were.
Finally, before dark, Xu Jianguo returned to the cave.
When Mr. Zhang saw Xu Jianguo coming back, he asked, "Jianguo, did you find any herbs?"
Xu Jianguo shook his head and said, "No, they are just some common herbs, they are everywhere around the village."
"It's okay. Precious herbs aren't easy to find. Take your time!"
"Well, okay old man, I got it!"
"Okay, let's eat quickly, and then rest early to recharge your energy. We have a long day up the mountain tomorrow."
"Okay!" Xu Jianguo agreed, walked to the fire, picked up the two steamed buns left for him, and started eating them with a piece of roasted rabbit meat.
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