After the two studied the notes, Xiao Lu told Lao Lu that the patriarch said at the time that the Inca king would go to the ancient mountain to build a pilgrimage every year.
The ancient mountain is now known as Machu Picchu.
However, many people have explored Machu Picchu and found that there is no Temple of Neptune underground.
But the patriarch also said that all previous kings would go to the ancient mountain to build altars and would also stop at Tianjing Lake.
Sky Mirror Lake is the famous salt lake in Peru - Uyuni Salt Lake.
The salt lake had not dried up to this extent at that time and its area was still quite large.
"The salt lake was formed because the Andes Mountains suddenly formed, which pushed seawater into the basin, right?" Old Lu thought for a moment. "So, it's not surprising to find a 'big fish' in the lake area, right?"
"That's what I thought!" Xiao Lu said. "The lake was several times smaller than it was when the mountain was formed, and the water was very shallow. It's quite normal for the ancient fish to be stranded and eventually fossilized in the drought, appearing halfway up the mountain."
"Yes! Small creatures might be weathered and eroded, but if it's a large aquatic dinosaur that's not susceptible to weathering and looks like a fish, it's very likely the original owner of this giant fish treasure!"
The area near the salt lake is now a large salt mine, so it is definitely not there, because if there was an underground palace, it would have been dug out long ago!
So the most likely place is near the hill facing Machu Picchu on the pilgrimage route.
There are many different opinions about what the pilgrimage to Machu Picchu is about, but Xiao Lu guessed that it might be to the big fish and the heavenly water!
Since they were praying for water from heaven, they were hoping for rain to raise the water level of the salt lake! Therefore, the palace wouldn't be too high.
"The purpose of praying for rain is to flood the Temple of Poseidon and return the fish to the water, right?" Old Lu asked Little Lu.
"That's probably what it means!" Xiao Lu nodded. "Unfortunately, the Peruvian Salt Lake is located in the easterly wind belt, and Machu Picchu is located on an ancient mountain, blocking the flow of water. So praying for rain is almost wishful thinking."
"The mountain range west of the lake is so long, where exactly is it?"
"I don't think the Andean emperor would take a long detour." Xiao Lu drew an arc on the map. "From the palace to Machu Picchu, around the salt lake, it's almost near the junction of this mountain range and the lake area."
"This place?" Old Lu took out a historical exploration map and compared it. "This place is barren and has no roads. No one has ever been there."
"So no one noticed, right?"
"Even if that's the case, it's still dozens of square kilometers in radius. How do we determine its location?"
"I don't know about that! I guess the only way is to use force!"
The so-called hard method is to use the range of space-time holes visible to the naked eye to search for space-time intervals of hundreds of years in each area!
From the air, the hole can be opened to observe changes in half a square kilometer each time. Because the construction of the underground palace took a hundred years, it should be opened every ten years, so the construction site can be seen.
The map was divided into 90 areas, with the two people searching from the middle outwards.
Starting from the year 1000 AD, a one-minute space-time hole will be opened every ten years in each interval, and the search will continue until the year 1500.
In this way, each section will take nearly an hour, and it will take almost a week to complete the scan, right?
The two hoped that they would be lucky and not find it until the next square!
In this way, three days passed and still nothing was found.
"Old Lu, why don't you go for a walk on the street!" Little Lu was a little numb. "I went out for some fresh air. You haven't left the house since you came here."
"Yeah! It's good to take a break!" Old Lu was also a little tired. It was agreed that it would be his turn the next day, but he didn't go in the end. He just stayed in the room to look at the environment.
After going out to the market, Lao Lu wandered around aimlessly, just to get in touch with the local environment and exercise.
At this time, his attention was attracted by a handicraft shop.
"Boss!" Old Lu spoke to the shop owner in perfect Spanish. "Where did you get the inspiration for all this?"
"Oh! These!" the boss said, looking at the colorful sculptures of fish and animals that Lao Lu pointed out. "There are a lot of murals in the lake area. They are made based on the images in the murals."
"Lake District? There are murals in the Lake District?"
"Yes!" the boss said. "Of course you outsiders visiting the scenic area wouldn't know, but my hometown is over there. I used to go out and play when I was a kid. There are lots of cave paintings in the mountains!"
"Where is your hometown?"
The boss told Lao Lu a place name, which seemed unfamiliar to him, so he took out a map and asked the boss to show it to him.
"Thank you, boss! I'll take these two. How much are they?" After buying two handicrafts and paying for them, Lao Lu didn't want to go shopping anymore and went straight back to the cabin.
"Why are you back so early? I was just about to order takeout!" Xiao Lu was a little surprised to see that Lao Lu came back in less than two hours.
"Call someone to help me!" Old Lu washed his hands, sat down, and took out the map in his hand. "This trip to the street was really worth it!"
"What's wrong? What did you gain?"
"Look at this!" Old Lu attached the map to the projection. "Is this area also within our designated area?"
Then he took out two more gadgets: "Here! Is this you?"
Looking at the wooden sculpture of the God of Fire, Xiao Lu laughed: "Hey! Where did you find it? This really looks like what I was wearing back then!"
"You said the clan leader painted a mural for you, right?" Old Lu pointed at the doll in Little Lu's hand and said, "Congratulations! You've successfully become a historical figure!"
"Ah! You saw my mural? I haven't even seen it myself! They won't tell me where it is!"
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