The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 338: This Buddha statue was blown into pieces. Can it still be found?

Shen Le carried, held, and scooped up the Shiji Niangniang, crossing mountains and ridges. He walked around for four or five hours under the sun, from afternoon to evening.

If it wasn’t for the fact that it gets dark early in the mountains and the valley is completely dark just as the sun sets, he could have continued circling:
[This is not...]

[This isn’t the case either…]

[It’s very close. It should be nearby. I remember it was nearby…]

【Take me back to the original position, let me feel it again...】

In other words, Niangniang Shiji has become smaller, and Shen Le has gained considerable mobility through the Five Animal Exercises, so he can climb mountains and run around like this.

However, even so, at six o'clock in the afternoon, the driver Xiao Guo tried his best to stop him:
"Let's go back! Come back tomorrow! You're not in a hurry for a day or two, right?
It's late now, and it's very dangerous to go up and down the mountain. If you miss a step... You don't want your spirit to fall and get hurt, right?"

God has mercy on him. One of the two people he was with was a monster, and the other was a human, but his physical fitness was not that of a human. Only he, although he had undergone rigorous training, was exhausted.

Even if Alloy Boss is willing to carry him on his back, it would be difficult for him to enjoy the care of others all the time... Besides, Alloy Boss is too rude!

When passing through the woods, didn't he consider whether a poor ordinary human like him would be scratched into shreds by the branches?
Shen Le looked at his dusty face and felt genuine sympathy for him. He stopped on the ridge, lowered his head, and asked for the advice of Shiji Niangniang:

"How about...we look for it tomorrow?"

[Can you keep looking? Can you try harder and find it today? ]

In the palm of my hand, a crystal jade as big as a goose egg was spinning, emitting thousands of rays of light:
[I haven’t felt it for so long... I’m really worried that something might happen to it...]

Although, you have been disconnected for decades or even a hundred years, so one or two days shouldn't make a difference. Shen Le sighed and looked at Peregrine for advice:
"Lao You, why don't you take it with you to look for it? You can fly anyway, and you move fast..."

"Boss, let me reiterate, I'm a peregrine falcon, not an owl! Flying at night to find things is really not my specialty!"

Lao You refused to work the night shift and refused to increase his salary even when offered 1.5 times the wage, and Shen Le couldn't do anything about it.

A group of people (? ? ) returned to the parking lot and drove another 30 kilometers to Dai County for accommodation - there was not even a reliable hotel in the Yanmen Pass Scenic Area, so they could not just stay in the village.

After going back and forth like this, at noon on the third day, they finally found half of the Buddha statue's body in a ravine on the edge of a small village.

It was stuck in the soil at an angle, covered with moss, and even a nest of ants.

A bunch of orchids grew on the lotus seat, with leaves swaying and hanging down to the soil. Although it is not the flowering season now, the white and green leaves look fresh and lovely.

Shiji Niangniang didn't find the grass cute at all. It was put down by Shen Le, and it fell on the body of the Buddha and spun around, looking very sad:
【What happened to you? 】

[This part of your body is completely dead! ]

[No spirituality at all...]

The jade rubbed against the rough sandstone, and white marks immediately appeared, just like a piece of jade that had been roughly scratched by the stone. Shen Le felt a little distressed when he saw it, and went over to pick it up:
"Don't be sad. Now that we've found the lower half, the upper half should be nearby. I'll take you to look for it again. Maybe we can find it then?"

[I can’t find it... I can’t feel it... Maybe it’s really dead...]

Niangniang Shiji was very upset and almost wanted to turn around and leave - although she couldn't walk at all and could only roll.

Next to him, driver Xiao Guo squatted down to check the half-broken Buddha statue. He brushed away the moss and pulled away the weeds, but he made a different discovery:

"This stone statue... should have been blown off?"

"What?"

"What?"

Shen Le and Alloy Boss leaned over to look. Driver Xiao Guo pointed at the cross section of the statue and explained to them:

"Look, that's it, there's no mistake. This place must have been hit by a cannonball. Only a cannonball can have such a strong destructive power - so, this stone statue should be regarded as a fortification?"

Shen Le and the Alloy Boss looked at each other, and at the same time, they took out their phones and started looking up information.

Yes, there were indeed battles here, more than once. The largest battle was the ambush at Yanmen Pass, where more than 500 Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded in two battles, and more than 30 vehicles were destroyed.

As for the other sporadic battles, it is hard to say. Even if there are records in military history, probably, perhaps, or possibly, they can only be found in a specialized research laboratory?

[It would be even worse if it was blown off... For a little demon like us, being exposed to such high temperatures and explosions would cause too much spiritual damage... It must have died...]

Niangniang Shiji was extremely sad. But Shen Le did not give up. He held the copper piece in his right palm, placed it on the half stone Buddha, and pressed the paper tube outside the scroll with his left hand:

"Help me sense it... sense where the upper half of the stone Buddha is... Please help me with the scroll. I've given you the map of the surrounding area. Remember to mark the way to go?"

【no problem! 】

Huajuan answered happily. Shen Le closed his eyes slightly, immersed his mind in meditation, and sensed the faint breath of the stone Buddha.

The spirituality of the stone that grew from nature, the human emotions that were condensed through the incense and worship, the time and time again being ignored, then worshipped, then ignored, then worshipped again...

The determination and sacrifice condensed in the battle...

This half-broken Buddha statue had been left in the ravine for decades, and its breath had become very weak.

However, it can still be felt, especially the faith in the battle, which is extremely weak but extremely condensed. Even after being buried deep in the Buddha statue for decades, there is still a trace of it that has not disappeared!
It was so condensed that when Shen Le came over, he could still evoke a little resonance from it, a weak resonance, but it still existed... "I found it!"

He suddenly opened his eyes. Beside him, a map was projected on the scroll, with undulating mountains and roads connected like a net. A red line stretched straight from where Shen Le and the others were standing to the distance!

"found it?"

"Really found it?"

"where is it?"

"Let's go!"

Shen Le took out his mobile phone, took a photo, opened Gaode Map, searched, compared and located.

Next to him, Alloy Boss did the same thing, but he used Baidu Maps. The two of them stood back to back, struggling for a long time, but to no avail...

Obviously, the map projected by the scroll is still a little far from reflecting reality.

Although it can mark the destination, it cannot provide the way to travel by car, bus, bicycle or walking like Amap...

"How about...I should fly over first?"

Lao You asked tentatively. Holding Niangniang Shiji in one claw and the scroll in the other, he could probably still do it.

As for whether the boss is confident in him doing this, and whether he is willing to let him fly dozens of kilometers with the fragile painting, that is another matter...

"found it!"

Driver Xiao Guo was also taking pictures of the map, sending messages, and searching for directions.

The information team behind him was obviously much more reliable than Shen Le and Alloy Boss who simply relied on Amap. They found the calibration point in a short while:
"Let's go back to the parking lot and I'll drive you there!"

Thanks to the large-scale infrastructure and the village-to-village roads, wherever there is a village, there is a place where cars can drive to.

As for the problem of Shiji Niangniang being afraid of the small oil lamp, Shen Le temporarily found a metal biscuit box and put it in it as a Faraday cage, which calmed her fear very well...

The vehicle goes down the mountain, turns, exits the scenic area, goes onto the provincial road, turns onto the lower-level road from the provincial road, and then turns onto the village road.

After driving around in circles, they finally drove into a small village. The Warrior car drove to the big locust tree at the entrance of the village and could not go any further. They could only get out of the car and walk, looking around as they walked:

Brick and tile houses are built next to each other. Most of the courtyards outside are made of stones, but many are made of rammed earth bricks. They are crooked and often have gaps.

In the entire village, there are almost no young and middle-aged people. Most of the people are elderly, with only a few children running around.

There were some people who kept dogs, but when they saw them from a distance, they would run away with their tails between their legs, not daring to even bark.

"Is it here?"

Driver Xiao Guo looked left and right, feeling a bit ominous:

"The upper half of the Buddha statue must have been smashed and used as construction material, right? If that's the case, we won't be able to recover it..."

Shen Le didn't dare to guarantee that there was nothing. The resonance was very weak, and it was estimated that the Buddha statue was not in good condition.

At least, leave a Buddha head, right?

In the end, they found that the Buddha head had been exported overseas. Do they have to travel abroad again?
He followed the path indicated by the scroll and the compass, winding his way through the village. The roads in the village were wide and narrow, some wide enough for an oxcart to pass through, and some narrow enough for only one person to pass through, probably the alley between two houses.

They walked from the beginning of the village to the end, and then from the end of the village up the mountain. As they walked, they suddenly stopped.

"A graveyard?"

"It seems so... The villagers here seem to be buried in this area after they die..."

"Then we have to be careful and not offend them... Walk carefully and don't step on the graves..."

The graves on the top of the hill are not arranged in regular order like a cemetery. Instead, there is one grave in the east, one in the west, one cluster on the left, and one cluster on the right. It is probably based on some principle of "feng shui".

Shen Le had no intention of finding a way inside. When he got here, his feeling became stronger and stronger:

just in front!

It's just ahead!
Backed by mountains and facing water, it is the best place and the most comfortable location!
There it is!

He walked forward without hesitation. It was not around the Qingming Festival, and the cemetery was overgrown with weeds, almost covering the graves.

However, the best spot was exceptionally clean, surrounded by a circle of pines and cypresses, the weeds on the grave had been pulled clean, and the bluestone tombstone stood majestically.

"The Martyrs' Tomb..."

Shen Le stopped far away, staring at the tombstone and the spiritual induction coming from the tombstone. In his pocket, Niangniang Shiji jumped into his hand with all her might:
"It's here! It's right here! I can feel it! It's different now... I've fallen asleep and woken up again... but it's still there! It's still there..."

(End of this chapter)