Chapter 491: Temujin's army marches toward the Land of Eternal Life

This popular science from Professor Liu was very authoritative, making the tone of the entire story become increasingly bizarre.

Many people were even inexplicably excited!

Because some people had already realized the key point.

If the place Half-a-Li raided this time was really Genghis Khan's mausoleum, then they were the first group of people to witness the truth being revealed!

This boast could be bragged about for a whole year!

More importantly, if the content about Genghis Khan's tomb in the story was true,

then perhaps it could become something truly instructive, like the Western Zhou tomb and the current undersea tomb, allowing the Xia archaeological team to follow the clues in the story to find Genghis Khan's tomb!

This would undoubtedly become a major discovery in Xia's archaeological history and would immediately shock the whole world!

The excitement of the crowd was written on their faces; Professor Liu, after finishing the popular science, showed a look of regret.

He continued: "Although from Mr. Zhang's storytelling, we can know that Chale'gai can speak the lost Borjigin Mongol language, it's a pity that this alone is not enough!"

"If one wants to excavate an ancient tomb, the most important thing is location information, followed by structural information!"

"If Half-a-Li didn't find out any information of these two types during this process, then this story can only be a story and will be of no help to us in excavating this imperial mausoleum."

Hearing this, many people became nervous!

Because they couldn't be sure whether Half-a-Li could understand what Chale'gai said.

The language of the Borjigin clan had already been lost; if one wanted to learn it, it would inevitably be very difficult!

Looking at Half-a-Li, everyone couldn't be sure if, with his aptitude, he could learn such a complex language in such a short time?

So after Professor Liu's words, not to mention the audience on the scene and the netizens on the whole network, their hearts were in their throats.

Even Mr. Zhou in the mysterious room had a serious face!

The outside world's worries couldn't cause any impact on Zhang Lin.

Seeing that Professor Liu had finished the popular science, after expressing his gratitude, he said slowly: "Everyone, don't worry; as the saying goes, there is a way when the car reaches the mountain!"

"Half-a-Li was able to sit in the chair of the Upper Three Sects; do you all think he could have no extraordinary points?"

"Although he didn't learn the practical technical work of tomb raiding quickly, Half-a-Li had extreme talent for language-related things!"

"This team of people Chale'gai recruited in the Central Plains followed him across the Xia-Mongol border and had already been walking for nearly half a month."

"But among these people, only a very small number could understand the basic terms of the Mongol language; they definitely couldn't understand coherent sentences!"

"Half-a-Li was different; in half a month, not only could he understand the common Mongol language, but he could also understand a small part of the Borjigin language that Chale'gai spoke!"

Hearing Zhang Lin say this, many people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

They sighed one after another about the importance of learning a foreign language, which could play a decisive role at critical moments!

Just look at Half-a-Li; if even he didn't understand the Mongol language,

then this tomb-raiding trip of his would basically be like a blind man covering his ears, unable to hear or see; how he went was how he would return, and no changes would happen!

At this time, they heard Zhang Lin continue: "This group of people, mixed in Chale'gai's trade caravan, were unobstructed all the way."

"Half-a-Li also slowly discovered that this old guide Chale'gai hired was very experienced."

"Traveling across the grasslands is very particular; choosing the location to set up camp is extremely important."

"This guide named Old Mi never made a mistake in his choices every time!"

"Besides Chale'gai, Half-a-Li's fellow apprentices in the team also trusted this person more and more."

"Because the location they were walking in now was already very remote!"

"At that time, Half-a-Li didn't have the concept of a world map in his head, so he didn't know which places he had walked through."

"It was only after escaping death that Half-a-Li re-examined this tomb-raiding trip and discovered that the location they walked through was approximately at the southern foot of the Tangliang Mountains."

"That area had countless lakes, big and small rivers, and continuous mountains, all intertwined and complex!"

"It was all wasteland with complex terrain, rarely visited by people; except for merchants greedy for huge profits, no one would go to such a place."

"Moreover, this place had at least two hundred days of freezing weather a year; when strong snowstorms rolled over, even the yellow sheep on the grassland could hardly survive; it was absolutely not suitable for human life."

"Since entering the mountainous area, Half-a-Li learned from Chale'gai and wrapped himself in furs; only in this way could he resist the cold wind on the grassland that drilled into the seams of his bones."

"That day, after passing a mountain pass and walking thirty miles along the river, it got dark, and Half-a-Li and the others immediately began to find a place to camp."

"The night is absolutely not suitable for traveling on the grassland; if one accidentally steps into a ground hole, a person is gone in an instant."

"It was also on this night, lighting a bonfire and sharing the wine Old Mi brought, that Chale'gai drank a bit too much and, borrowing the strength of the wine, began to sing folk songs toward the valley in the distance."

"Chale'gai's voice was thick and deep; as soon as a few syllables came out, everyone heard that he was singing in Mongol."

"The people in the team basically didn't understand Mongol and soon fell into a deep sleep amidst Chale'gai's singing."

"Only Half-a-Li, who was listening to this folk song carelessly at first, felt that the lyrics were a bit wrong as he listened."

"What Chale'gai was singing seemed to be a narrative poem, which was a very ethnically characteristic art form; Half-a-Li knew as soon as he heard the content that it seemed to hide a big secret!"

The crowd listening to the story below had no special reaction when they heard this.

Only Professor Liu widened his eyes, appearing very excited!

Because only he, an expert, knew what the narrative poems of ethnic minorities meant!

That was not a poem at all, but living history books!

Among ethnic minorities, Mongols and Tibetans were very accustomed to compiling things that praised kings and heavenly gods into narrative poems to be sung.

This unique culture had further divergence among the Mongols!

Ancient Mongols were accustomed to using singing to replace speaking.

Even when conveying orders from above in the army, they had to use long singing to convey a large piece of orders!

What was even more interesting was that when two armies faced each other and scolded each other, they also sang to scold!

Most of the Mongol Secret History was also preserved through the way of singing.

So Professor Liu was even more glad at this moment that Half-a-Li could understand the Borjigin language; he must have had a big discovery in the narrative poem.

Sure enough, before Professor Liu could anxiously start asking,

Zhang Lin continued: "Half-a-Li heard clearly that the narrative poem Chale'gai was singing seemed to be a poem of praise."

"Half-a-Li only understood half of most of the content."

"But because there were a few words Chale'gai had mentioned frequently during this period, combined with the context, Half-a-Li actually understood the meaning of two sentences."

"What Chale'gai sang in the Borjigin language was: Temujin's army is invincible; they are marching toward the Land of Eternal Life, and all who block the way will die!"

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