Juye County belonged to Heze City, but its specific location was closer to Jining City in the east. It got its name because of the ancient Daye Swamp in its territory. It was very close to Si Shui County, where the Qingqiu Country was located. Only Jining and Qufu were between them.
Based on this, it was logical that the Yellow Emperor killed Chiyou and buried him in Juye.
We were currently at Qufu Airport, which was closer to Sishui. However, since I had promised Liang Tianxin to go to Juye first, I didn't linger. After we left the airport, we took a taxi and headed to Juye.
On the way, the taxi driver recognized Liang Tianxin and Li Mazi's Hong Kong accent. He chatted with them and told us that he was from Giant Savage Town. "Do you want to come to Giant Field to invest or to have fun?"
Liang Tianxin's personality was cold. He sat there without saying a word. But the hunchback old man smiled and talked to the taxi driver in broken Mandarin. He said that they were history scholars from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and specialized in ancient culture. They were here to visit Chiyou's Jianzhu Tomb.
When we talked about Chiyou's Jianzhu Mound, the driver became excited. He patted his thigh and said, "We've come to the right place. Chiyou's Jianzhu Mound is in Juye County. Every year, many people come here to worship it. It's the most orthodox Chiyou Mound."
After saying that, he also complained, "I don't know how this name came about. If it's called the Tomb of Chiyou, then so be it. Why did it have to be written as the Mound of Chiyou? Now Yang Valley also says that their place is the Mound of Chiyou. Don't you think it's infuriating?
The Chiyou's Tomb here was repaired more than ten years ago. I heard that in ancient times, there was also a temple built here. No matter how you look at it, it's the most authentic one here.
Yang Valley probably wants to develop tourism, so they dare to make up all kinds of lies. They even dare to recognize the graves of their ancestors. Aren't they afraid of being criticized? "
Speaking of these things, not only did the taxi driver speak logically, he even knew about the Tomb of Chiyou in Yang Valley. It seemed that the news of the two places fighting over the Tomb of Chiyou had already spread to the common people.
But in reality, what he said did not make sense. Ju Ye and the Tomb of Chiyou were not fake.
The so-called Chiyou's Shoulder Mound was, in fact, the place where Chiyou's body was buried.
The shoulder refers to the shoulder, and the leg refers to the femur, which is the thigh bone. Therefore, the meaning of "shoulder bone" is extended to the body.
It was said that the Yellow Emperor's battle to kill Chiyou was extremely difficult. After he killed Chiyou, he was still worried about his body, so he cut off his head and buried it with his body.
Her body was buried in Juye, and it was called the Jianwei Tomb. Her head was buried in Yang Valley, and it was called the main tomb. However, later generations called it the 'Imperial Aunt Tomb'.
As we chatted along the way, we soon reached Juye's territory. Since Chiyou's Shoulder Mound was in Juye County, we didn't look for a hotel to stay. Instead, we asked the driver to take us to the Chiyou Square in the northeast of Juye County. After we got out of the car, Liang Tianxin and the hunchback old man took us to a nearby hotel. We didn't even check in and directly went to the hotel room. Then, I realized that they had already prepared this place. I guessed they had booked the hotel room all year round.
After a simple meal, Liang Tianxin asked me to give him the Qingzhou cauldron.
This small cauldron was extremely important to me. Now that it was in my hands, there was no reason for me to give it away. However, it wasn't a good time to fall out with him. I told him that as long as the Qingzhou cauldron left my body, the witchcraft energy in it would quickly disappear. I had to keep it close to me and constantly pour my witchcraft energy into it to ensure that it was full of witchcraft energy.
After all, I was the only one who had witchcraft energy. After listening to me, Liang Tianxin frowned, but he didn't insist on asking for the cauldron. He just asked me not to wander around and to stay in the room to continue pouring my witchcraft energy into the cauldron. I had to ensure that the cauldron was full of witchcraft energy and prepare to enter the Chiyou's Tomb tonight.
After that, he asked the hunchback old man to supervise me while he went to the Chiyou Square alone. He said that he wanted to check the situation outside the Chiyou's Tomb one last time to ensure that nothing would go wrong during tonight's operation.
After he left, I had nothing to do, so I chatted with the hunchback old man.
Compared to Liang Tianxin, the hunchback old man was much more amiable and talkative. According to his introduction, his name was Qiao Sigui, the descendant of the Xiangxi Corpse Clan. At the beginning of the last century, his parents had settled in Hong Kong and founded the Corpse Clan. He was born and raised in Hong Kong. Although he had the name of the Xiangxi Corpse Clan, he was actually a native of Hong Kong.
Speaking of the Corpse Clan, it wasn't a small sect. There were many movies about it in Hong Kong, and their techniques were mostly related to controlling corpses.
I recalled the techniques of the Corpse Sect I had studied in the Corpse Sect. Since I had nothing to do, I decided to chat with him.
At first, Qiao Sigui wore an indifferent face and casually chatted with me. However, when I mentioned the techniques of the Corpse Sect, such as refining and controlling corpses, his face gradually turned serious. He stared at me for a long time and didn't say anything. Eventually, he viciously asked me, "Where did I learn about the techniques of the Corpse Clan?"
I was bewildered. The techniques of the Corpse Clan and the Corpse Sect were the same?
Could it be that the two of them are related?
I shook my head and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Qiao, I've never been to Hong Kong or Xiangxi before. How would I know the cultivation technique of your corpse herding sect?
I'm talking about the techniques I got by chance in a Corpse Raising Sect in Shanxi. They have nothing to do with your Corpse Clan. "
My words weren't false, but Qiao Sigui still wore a skeptical face. Obviously, he didn't believe me. However, he didn't ask further. He sat cross-legged and didn't say anything else.
Since he didn't want to talk, I didn't take the initiative to talk to him. I also sat down and began to adjust my breathing.
Although I wasn't afraid of Liang Tianxin and Qiao Sigui, I didn't know the situation inside the tomb. I had to be careful.
Not long after that, Liang Tianxin returned. He didn't say anything to me, but he called Qiao Sigui to another room. The two of them were secretly plotting something.
After dinner, the sky was completely dark. There weren't many entertainment activities at night in a small city like Juye. After 11: 00 PM, there was no one outside. At this moment, Liang Tianxin and Qiao Sigui came and called me and Yao Yao. We left the hotel and headed to the Chiyou Square.
The sky was dark, and the lights in the Chiyou Square were turned off. However, with my cultivation base, I could see things at night as well as during the day. When we arrived at the Chiyou Square, I lifted my head and saw a stone that looked like a maple leaf standing at the entrance of the square. There was a pedestal under the stone with four big words: "Chiyou Square."
According to the legend, after Chiyou was killed by the Yellow Emperor, his blood turned into a maple forest. This stone was shaped like a maple leaf. I guessed it was from this story.
After we entered the square, we saw something that looked like an altar in the center. In the middle of the altar was a stone statue of Chiyou's upper body.
There were nine steps at the bottom. When we climbed up the steps, we saw a square platform made of polished marble. The pedestal of the statue was also square and made of mushroom-shaped granite.
The front of the pedestal was carved with the words' Chiyou 'in seal script. On the east side of the pedestal was the' Jiuli Tribe '. According to the legend, Chiyou was a member of the Jiuli tribe in the Eastern Barbarian Tribe.
The painting depicted scenes of primitive life, such as fishing, hunting, farming, smelting, and making fire.
The back of the pedestal depicted Chiyou's life in classical Chinese.
On the pedestal was a large statue of Chiyou. It was around three meters tall, with a sharp face and bright eyes that gazed into the distance.
Besides these, there was only a pile of stones behind the altar that looked like a rock garden. It looked like a tomb.
Chiyou's Shoulder Mound was most likely there.
When I was about to go there, Liang Tianxin stopped by the altar. I didn't know where he got some incense sticks from. He rubbed them and lit them up. Then, he bowed to the statue of Chiyou a few times. Afterward, he inserted the incense sticks into an old incense burner in front of the altar.
After everything was done, he called us. We walked up the steps and came to the statue of Chiyou.
At this point, he and Qiao Sigui stood in front of each other and formed a spell with their hands. Then, they pressed their hands on the base of the statue. With a slight sound, the three-meter-tall statue, along with its base, was moved away by the two of them, revealing a deep cave entrance below.