But now that Zhen Mi suddenly said these words, Wu Liang's understanding of "Xi soil" was shaken.

Could it be that the interpretation of "Xi soil" by later generations of archaeological academic circles is wrong. "Xi soil" is not fallow land, but another mysterious thing unknown to future generations?

Especially Zhen Mi Na Tong's description of "Xi soil": "This thing will quickly harden and take shape when it encounters water. Not to mention rock, even gold and iron may not be harder than it..."

In addition, Zhen Mi also said that this huge underground cave without any support was formed by the condensation of "soil".

Wu Liang felt more and more that "breathing soil" was no small matter.

After all, even the reinforced concrete used in infrastructure construction in later generations was definitely not as hard and stable. He had never seen that building or bridge in later generations that did not require the construction of load-bearing columns. Based on this alone, he could already see that

There is a huge difference between the two and there is basically no comparison.

Thinking like this.

Wu Liang suddenly asked a question that concerned him deeply: "Can we still find 'Xi soil' in this world today?"

Of course, he was not talking about this underground cave made of "soil", but "soil" that could be dug out and used directly.

In any era, material is king.

As far as he knew, "pottery knives" made of clay appeared in the ancient Tang and Yu periods.

So if the clay is replaced with "Xi soil" to make weapons, according to what Zhen Mi said, "Xi soil" can quickly harden and shape when exposed to water. It is even harder than gold and iron. It is made of "Xi soil"

Weapons are magic weapons in the true sense. The iron weapons that replaced bronze and lasted for thousands of years may be abandoned.

However, later archaeological circles have never discovered weapons or tools suspected of using "soil" as raw materials.

Therefore, later generations still recognize that the history of human civilization should be based on "stone tools, pottery, bronze tools, and iron tools", and "soil soil" has never appeared.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the sky."

Zhen Mi shook her head and said, "As far as I know, the 'Xi soil' was originally hidden thousands of feet deep underground. It was found in a naturally formed abyss crack during the reign of Emperor Yao. If it weren't for such a special

The environment, with its characteristics of 'soil-breathing', only needs one rain or snowstorm, and there will be no 'soil-breathing' in the world."

"At first, no one took this inconspicuous dry soil seriously. A few months later, someone accidentally discovered the properties of 'Xi soil'. Since then, it has been dug up and stored by Emperor Yao as a kind of sacred object.

Later, Emperor Yao was passed down to Emperor Shun, and 'Xirang' was naturally passed on to Emperor Shun."

"Later, Emperor Yao died of illness in Leize, and Emperor Shun went to attend the funeral for Emperor Yao. Wen Ming's father Gun actually took the opportunity to lead people to smuggle away Xi soil. At the same time, Danzhu also

Taking advantage of the empty guards in the capital, he seized the throne and made Emperor Shun unable to return home."

"It's a pity that Danzhu has no knowledge, skills or moral character. After all, there is no way to convince the various tribes. During the few years of his reign, almost all the tribal leaders went to Emperor Shun to support him in returning to the capital to regain the throne. In the end, Emperor Shun also believed that this

It was the will of the people that the people aspired to, and they could not continue to refuse and tolerate it. Finally, after guarding the tomb of Emperor Yao for three years, he returned to the capital and took charge of the world again."

"But when Emperor Shun opened the warehouse where the 'Xi soil' was stored, he was shocked. All the 'Xi soil' stored in the warehouse was gone."

"After some investigation, Emperor Shun quickly discovered the 'Gun' who secretly transported the 'Xi soil' away."

"When the matter was revealed, 'Gun' insisted that all the 'xi soil' had been used to control floods. However, when Emperor Shun asked him to tell where it had been used and planned to go there to verify it in person, 'Gun' kept silent.

, and even wanted to die. Emperor Shun was extremely disappointed with him, and finally had to send people to kill him."

"Since then, the whereabouts of those 'breathing soils' have become an unsolved mystery. No one has ever seen them again, and over time they have been gradually forgotten by the world."

"Now that I see this underground cave, I suddenly understand."

"It turns out that the 'Xi soil' was smuggled here by 'Gun' and built such a magnificent underground secret realm. However, who built this underground secret realm and what is its purpose?

Anyway, I only know that Wen Ming must know nothing about this secret place, because he has never mentioned it to me and has never been to this place."

Speaking of this, a look of confusion appeared on Zhen Mi's pretty face. Apparently when Yan Lu, Wu Liang, and Zuo Ci talked about the background of this secret realm, her fox servant did not find a chance to eavesdrop.

And her words also closed the biggest loophole about "Xi soil".

Since "breathing soil" will quickly harden and shape when it comes into contact with water, its storage must be a problem. As she said, rain and snow are also water. A rain or snowfall can make "breathing soil"

"The soil" turned into a big lump of something that looked like stone, and the world had no chance of discovering this strange thing.

As for the discovery location in an abyss crack "thousands of feet deep", this matter needs to be studied in depth.

Because an abyss of this magnitude must be no small matter, even after thousands of years of geological changes, it is difficult to change it, and it is difficult not to leave some ruins.

However, as far as Wu Liang knew, there was no grand canyon of such a scale in the territory of later celestial dynasties.

in addition.

Abyssal fissures of such depth.

Although it is still far from reaching the core of the Earth directly, it is possible that some large-scale crustal movements in ancient times may have caused something located in the core of the Earth to emerge.

Therefore, the essence of "Xi soil" is...

A bold conjecture emerged from Wu Liang's mind: Later scientific circles believed that the earth should be divided into four main parts from the outside to the inside: the crust, the mantle, the outer core and the inner core.

And in the mantle, there are some lithosphere and asthenosphere that are difficult for ordinary people to see.

Just before Wu Liang traveled through, the scope of people's research on the earth only extended to the uppermost layer of the mantle. The existing technology of later generations simply had no way to go deeper. Therefore, there is no way to study the outer core, the inner core, and even most of the mantle.

Nothing is known about the situation, and it is still at the stage of conjecture and speculation.

So could the legendary "breathing soil" be related to the secret of the earth's nature that even later generations are far from exploring?

However, although he had such a guess in his mind, he did not mention it to Zhen Mi. Instead, he took the lead in conveying the information to Zhen Mi that she did not have: "According to Yan Lu, the owner of this underground secret realm is Danzhu. He

He should have mastered some ancient documents found in this secret underground place, so the credibility is very high."

"Danzhu?"

Zhen Mi looked surprised, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "If that's the case, then 'Gun' and Danzhu are probably very closely related. Danzhu took advantage of the situation and took the throne from Emperor Shun, and I'm afraid he had something to do with it."

The relationship... is indeed possible. 'Gun' is an old minister of Emperor Yao, and Danzhu is the eldest son of Emperor Yao. If 'Gun' is loyal to Emperor Yao, it is possible that he will also be loyal to Danzhu."

"You are right."

Wu Liang temporarily kept this incident in mind. This may be the truth of that period of history, but further evidence is still needed to confirm it.

in addition.

Wu Liang felt that "Gun"'s death was actually suspicious.

It is true that stealing "breeding soil" and participating in a coup, just one of these two things, would be enough for "Gun" to withstand the punishment of being cut into pieces in any era, let alone two things put together.

But only when it comes to Emperor Shun does one need to think about it.

Because the most famous one of Emperor Shun's strategies for governing the country is "Xiang uses punishments as punishment, and punishments as punishments include five punishments."

Emperor Shun always implemented a very lenient policy of governing the country. He could be regarded as the first person to oppose the death penalty throughout ancient and modern history at home and abroad. Therefore, he usually replaced corporal punishment with exile.

Faced with the "Four Evils" who committed many evil deeds, he chose to exile them to the wilderness instead of killing them.

Some history books say that the "four evils" are the untalented son Hundun of the Dihong family, the untalented son Qiongqi of the Shaohao family, the untalented son Taotie of the Zhuanxu family, and the untalented Taotie of the Jinyun family.

But some history books say that the "four evils" are Gonggong, Badger Dou, Sanmiao, and Gun.

That is to say, it is possible that Emperor Shun did not send anyone to kill "Gun", but also chose to exile him.

Although Wu Liang has no way to determine the facts of this period of history, personally he is more inclined to the second theory, because since Emperor Shun advocated exile as an alternative to corporal punishment, such a figure must have followed his words.

If you choose to kill Gun, it will be like a slap in the face. Emperors who have reached this status often regard their own face as more important than their life, so how can they easily do something like "vomiting after eating"?

Even if you really want to do this, you can do it secretly. There is no need to make a big fanfare and make it known to the whole world.

And Wu Liang’s analysis is not unfounded.

As the mastermind of this coup, Danzhu was not killed, but was banished to the land of Liu in the Tang Dynasty. Later, he took Guo as his surname and created the Qi surname Liu. Most of the people with the surname Liu after that were his descendants.

Descendants include Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. According to the Han family genealogy, Liu Bang is the 75th grandson of Danzhu.

Think about it this way.

Emperor Shun could even let the mastermind of this coup go, so why would he insist on killing "Gun" to slap in the face his long-held views?

However, Wu Liang had no intention of mentioning these doubts to Zhen Mi.

From what Zhen Mi said just now, Wu Liang knew that Zhen Mi didn't have a deep understanding of the doubts in his heart, and I'm afraid he wouldn't gain much if he continued to inquire.

Rather than that.

It would be better to seize the time and ask Zhen Mi for more information about this formation. You might be able to find the answer when you enter the core of this secret realm.

After all, Zhang Liang and Yan Lu had found some written records in the first half of this secret realm.

Then the real core area should not be empty, and the documents hidden in the core area should be related to the real secrets.

Thinking like this, Wu Liang temporarily put aside the doubts in his mind and asked with some hope: "Let's not talk about this for the moment. You just said that although you don't have a clear understanding of this formation, you still have a clear understanding of this formation.

Seeing that we have fallen into the psychedelic witchcraft in the formation and have been standing still, but your fox servant has not been confused, do you have any way to resist this psychedelic witchcraft?"

If only he could resist this kind of psychedelic magic.

Then he was the only sober person among everyone present. Not only could he easily get rid of Yan Lu, Zuo Ci and others, he was the first to arrive at the stone room in the middle of the secret realm to find out what was going on. He might even be able to get rid of Yan Lu, Zuo Ci and others.

Playing with it in the palm of your hand.

"You are thinking too much."

As a result, Zhen Mi shook her head and said, "So far, I don't even know what kind of formation this is, so how can I know how to resist the psychedelic witchcraft in this formation? As for the reason why my fox servant was not confused, maybe

It's because fox servants are different from people, after all, people set up formations to defend themselves against others."
To be continued...