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Chapter 31: The Mysterious Grotto Statue

Zhang Long and Zhang Long leaned against the tree and gasped for breath. They were already exhausted from the fight just now.

On summer nights, the bright moon is in the sky, and the moonlight shines in through the narrow gaps. Adding the mottled tree shadows, it adds a mysterious atmosphere to this small space out of thin air.I don't know when, many grottoes, large and small, appeared on the surrounding rock walls.

The grottoes are divided into upper and lower floors. The precipice grottoes contrast with the protruding rocks around them. The ancient vines hang and the green leaves are hidden, which is a beautiful picture.

Zhang Yifeng was lying on the ground, he suddenly looked up and found the grottoes that suddenly appeared on the rock wall.The grottoes are dug close to the mountains, and the Buddhist niches in the grottoes are densely covered in a honeycomb shape, mainly Sakyamuni and Bodhisattvas. They have different expressions, some are serene, some are gentle, some are kind, with rich and moving expressions Exquisite workmanship, plump shape.

Well, when did this grotto appear? It was obviously not there when it came!This small space is full of strange atmosphere, is there any undiscovered crisis here?

These grottoes are no less than the four major grottoes in China. If they are developed by the country, they will be a witness of history and culture.

Shocked, Zhang Yifeng pushed Long Xiaozong who was lying on the side, and pointed to the grotto on the rock wall.

Long Xiaozong was also very surprised by the sudden appearance of these grottoes. If one person didn't see it, it's okay to say, but both of them didn't see it, so it's very intriguing.The two stood up hurriedly, walked to the rock wall and watched carefully.

There are many vivid grottoes carved on the rocks around this small space. They are divided into upper and lower floors, and the sculptures are exquisite and vivid.

The upper layer is dominated by Sakyamuni, and the lower layer is the eighteen arhats.

Those stone carving crafts are integrated with traditional Chinese painting and sculpture, reflecting the Buddhist thought and economic prosperity of an era.If this is learned by those who study Chinese social history and Buddhism, what kind of academic discussions and defenses will it trigger?

Touching these grottoes, the two felt an unnecessary sense of mystery coming from all directions. It happened that a dark cloud flew over, covering the brilliance of the bright moon, and this small space was immediately covered with a veil of mystery.

Zhang Yifeng suddenly saw that the biggest Sakyamuni Buddha statue in the middle moved a little bit, and his eyes flickered red light.When he rubbed his eyes and looked again, the stone statue didn't move again.When he changed his position to look, the stone statue moved again, so frightened that Zhang Yifeng closed his eyes and didn't dare to look around again.

Grandma, what's the situation, there is evil everywhere here, it's important to leave here quickly, so he called Long Xiaozong to leave here immediately.

Long Xiaozong was stunned for a while, and asked Zhang Yifeng why he left here in a panic.Zhang Yifeng pointed to the Buddha statue on the grotto in the middle for Long Xiaozong to look at. Long Xiaozong took a closer look, and jumped a lot. My dear, this Buddha statue is carved on the rock wall and it can still move. Is there some evil spirit at work?

Long Xiaozong was more courageous, he wanted to find out what happened, so he asked Zhang Yifeng to take a rifle and cover himself below, while he grabbed a hanging vine and climbed up the grotto to find out.

When Long Xiaozong climbed up the grotto and touched the eyes of the Buddha statue with his hand, he discovered the clue.The two eyes of the Buddha statue turned out to be a kind of rare ruby, equipped with an ingeniously designed mechanical hidden weapon device, under a certain situation or driven by a certain object, the two gems would rotate by themselves, The effect is more pronounced in the dark.

Long Xiaozong secretly marveled at the magic of the Creator and the wisdom of ancient people. It not only reflects the culture of an era, but also reflects an important feature of grotto art.

There are four major grottoes in China, which are famous all over the world.They not only reflect the glorious history and peak of ancient China, but also inherit and develop the fine traditions of ancient China in terms of sculpture attainments, and at the same time create a unique artistic style, which are extremely precious materials for the study of sculpture, architecture and religious culture .

In such a small space with beautiful scenery and surrounded by green hills and cliffs, it is a pity that these grottoes are buried here.

On the lower right of Shakyamuni is a statue of Guanyin, who sits on a lotus pot with benevolent brows and kind eyes, with smiling eyes, slightly raised mouth corners, and slightly lowered head, looking down, which is admirable but not fearful.On the left of Sakyamuni are Kasyapa, Ananda and Amitabha Buddha.

The lower row is the statues of eighteen arhats, they have different expressions and are lifelike.No matter which angle you look at it from, they have different poses.

The statues on this rock wall are about 15 meters high and about 20 centimeters small, which can be called exquisite masterpieces.

Just when Long Xiaozong was admiring these miraculous statues, he accidentally clasped a protrusion on the statue of Sakyamuni with his left hand, and saw the statue shaking for a while, accompanied by the sound of "click, click", the statue It even slid to the side, revealing a two-foot-square armrest. There were several statues on the armrest, including a jade-carved Guanyin statue, a golden golden Buddha statue of Sakyamuni, and Kasyapa's statue. A bronze Buddha statue and a brass statue of Maitreya with a big belly.

Obediently, there are several Buddha statues hidden here. These Buddha statues are not only of high value, but also unique in shape. I am afraid that there are few such statues in this world.

In fact, Long Xiaozong really wanted to take these statues as his own, but he had no choice but to protect himself right now. It was hard to say whether he could get out of this canyon, let alone carry these statues. One carelessness might destroy these treasures. It's really not worth the candle.It's better to let them still hide here, and let them see the sky again if there is a chance.

After making up his mind, Long Xiaozong put the statue of Sakyamuni back in place, pulled the vine back to the ground, and told Zhang Yifeng what he saw and heard just now.Zhang Yifeng was also very surprised. Looking at the size of the eyes on the Shakyamuni Buddha statue, he knew the value and preciousness of the two gems, and there were several rare treasures there.

I often hear people say that there are treasures in the mountains. At first, I thought it was only referring to those plants with natural materials and earth treasures. Who would have thought that there are many unknown secrets and rare treasures buried in the mountains.

Zhang Long and Zhang Long had been hungry all day, and now they were even more hungry, so they decided to climb to the top of the mountain along the giant tree.Although the giant tree was tall, there were so many branches to rely on, and it was enough for the two of them to use it to leave this place.

Zhang Long and Zhang Long took out the rope, wrapped it around their bodies for a week, then threw out the flying claws, let the grapples hook the branches on the trunk, and then they climbed up the tree one after the other.It was very difficult to climb at first, the trunk is too thick, if it is not using the grapple hook, it is really difficult to climb up.

When they reached the top of the main trunk, the two found a relatively thick branch and continued to climb up. Zhang Yifeng broke out in a cold sweat as he crawled. At this time, he was already two feet away from the ground. Limbs are weak, but fortunately, he is wearing a safety buckle, otherwise, if he is not careful, he will fall to pieces.

I don't know how long they climbed, but the eyes of the two gradually brightened. They saw a bright moon hanging on the blue sky, dotted with many small blinking stars around them.They were overjoyed and finally came out.

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