Chapter 428 Human Skin Painting Scroll
What appeared in front of everyone were two huge stone doors that were ajar. There was a doorless stone chamber on the left and right sides of the stone door. On the upper edge of the stone chamber door hole, there were two stone chambers. Two gems, blue and red.
I walked over and looked inside, and found that the two stone chambers were much wider than they looked from the outside. Not only were they very deep, but the domes were also very high. With the help of the burning butter lamps in the corners, I could clearly see what was inside. specific circumstances.
The most eye-catching thing in these two stone chambers is the ghost-headed statue in the depths. Not only is this ghost-headed statue ugly and ferocious, but its material is also very special. It looks the same as the two gems on the outer edge of the doorway.
"This should be the 'Ice Palace' and the 'Fire Palace'." Shirley Yang took out the rubbing again and pointed to one of the dots on the remaining map.
Because the map is incomplete, there is no sign corresponding to the stone door in front of you, but there are signs representing the two stone chambers.
“What does ice and fire mean?” Hu Bayi asked, staring at the two ghost-headed statues.
He felt that the mystery here might lie in the name.
“This should be what you are referring to.” Chen Ziyan turned on the flashlight at some point and said while shining the light on the dome above his head.
Others followed the light of the flashlight and saw that there were many designs of seven-star ladybugs carved on the dome of the stone chamber.
"Dapu Ghost Insect!" Hu Bayi's doubts suddenly disappeared and he said in a deep voice.
He didn't even need to guess, he knew that the patterns of the seven-star ladybugs above referred to the Dap ghost bugs he had encountered before.
"'Ice Palace' and 'Fire Palace' should refer to this. As far as I know, the Dapu Ghost Insect has two completely different forms." Chen Ziyan followed.
Because they did not encounter Neqiong Shenbing on the road ahead, others do not know that the Dapu ghost insect has another form at this moment, so he can only reveal the answer.
The reason why I found the pattern of the Dap ghost bug first was to attract others.
"Another form of the Dapu Ghost Insect?" Hu Bayi looked over after hearing this.
"Dapu ghost bugs have two forms, one is the immeasurable karma fire we encountered before, and the other is the Neqiong Shenbing that can freeze everything." Chen Ziyan said.
He said this not to show off his knowledge, but also to remind others.
No matter which form the Dap Ghost Insect takes, it is not easy to deal with, and you must be careful and vigilant.
Now it seems that we are close to the hinterland of Erluohai City, and we cannot rule out the possibility of Dapu ghost insects taking up residence.
After seeing that the others had listened to his words, Chen Ziyan said nothing more and took the lead in walking towards the door directly in front.
Because the two stone doors were ajar and the gap in between was just big enough for them to pass through, Chen Ziyan and the others did not need to touch the two stone doors.
But the moment he walked to the stone door, Chen Ziyan suddenly felt a chill that penetrated his heart and spleen, spreading throughout his entire body from the soles of his feet.
"His ha——" Wang Kaixuan was following behind Chen Ziyan. He was also agitated by the sudden chill at this moment. He couldn't help but said: "There must be something weird about this place. It's just like his grandma's." "It's cold."
Black Glasses is well-informed. After walking forward to feel it, he warned everyone: "Be careful on the next road. The evil spirit here is too strong, and it is probably more than just... It’s as simple as being weird.”
After finishing speaking, he nodded towards Chen Ziyan, indicating that he could continue walking.
It is one thing to have a strong evil spirit, but it does not mean that you need to shy away from it.
Chen Ziyan understood what he meant, shook his neck slightly, and walked towards the stone gate.
In fact, this evil spirit had no effect on him, because as soon as the coldness spread throughout his body, a warm current spontaneously appeared inside his body, dispelling all the coldness that invaded his body.
Behind the stone gate is a temple full of jewels, but the strange thing is that although there are many lights in the temple, it still gives people a dark feeling, and it is even difficult to see the situation a little further away.
Others also followed in at this time. When they saw Chen Ziyan standing there, staring at the dim temple in front of him, meditating, they did not rush too deep into the temple. They all stood near the stone gate and looked at the temple.
"Master Chen, what did you find?" Hu Bayi approached Chen Ziyan and asked in a low voice.
"There's something wrong with the light here. Don't you think it's too dark?" Chen Ziyan told him what he had discovered.
"Too dark?" Hu Bayi glanced at the temple and discovered this. After thinking about it, he shined his flashlight towards the temple, but the beam of the flashlight seemed to be affected by some kind of interference. The suppression is the same, but the range is only a few meters.
"What is going on? Is it light-absorbing paint?" When Hu Bayi saw this result, he was a little confused as to what was going on.
"It's not like that." Chen Ziyan shook his head gently.
The effect of light-absorbing paint is not that good, and judging from the wall next to it, it doesn’t look like it has been painted.
After finishing speaking, Chen Ziyan seemed to have thought of something. He turned his palm over and the Muchen Bead appeared in his palm.
The Muchen Bead at this moment looks like an irregularly shaped jade ball. Although the jade material on the outside has been cut and peeled off by skilled craftsmen, they are afraid of damaging the Muchen Bead inside. Therefore, the cutting and peeling are not so clean, and it is difficult to fully restore the view.
Everyone else paid some of their attention to Chen Ziyan. When they saw him suddenly taking out the Muchen Bead, they all looked over.
Chen Ziyan just wanted to explain to everyone his idea of doing this, but before he could say anything, he saw that after being taken out, the remaining jade structure on the surface of the Muchen Bead began to slowly dissolve and disappear. , revealing the entirety of the phoenix guts.
It is as if there is some mysterious substance here that can decompose this jade structure.
When the layer of residue outside the Muchen Bead completely disappeared, the dim lights in the temple suddenly surged, illuminating the entire temple.
It's like this Muchen Bead is the key to unlocking this place.
Seeing such a change, Chen Ziyan took back what he planned to say. The facts had given him the answer. Although it was a little different from what he had imagined, there was no need to waste any more words.
"This is Muchen Bead's true face!" Wang Kaixuan looked at Muchen Bead and marveled.
At this moment, Muchen Bead's appearance completely changed. It suddenly looked like a ball of condensed flames. No wonder it had the name Phoenix Dangers.
"Let's go and see what's inside this temple first." When Chen Ziyan saw others coming over, he immediately put the Muchen Bead away again.
It's not that he doesn't want to let them see it, but it's too precious now. It's related to the curse on several people in the team, so there can't be any mistakes, so after it plays its due role, it's better to put it back with him. The space is safer. What Chen Ziyan didn't know was that the moment Muchen Bead appeared, not only the sinkhole they were in, but also the entire underground world stopped at that moment.
If he continues to carry the Muchen Bead like this, then there will be successive underground creatures coming towards their location.
At this moment, the lights of the temple were brightly lit, and Chen Ziyan and the others were finally able to see clearly the details of the entire temple. The first thing they saw was the human skin scrolls covering almost all the walls. It was roughly estimated that there were at least hundreds of them. .
This made everyone slightly stunned. The murals they had seen before were either painted on the walls or on special masonry, such as this type of painting on human skin in a special way. Yes, this is really the first time I’ve seen it.
Speaking of which, this is the only picture scroll that Chen Ziyan and the others have seen from the Demon Kingdom itself.
These human skin scrolls have pictures and words on them. The pictures are okay, as long as you know how to read the murals, but those ancient symbols and words, even Shirley Yang, who has done the most research in this area, cannot I can only barely understand part of it.
Fortunately, there are corresponding pictures, and by reflecting each other, we can guess some of the contents.
After looking at it carefully for a while, Shirley Yang frowned: "It does record some major events in the Demon Kingdom, but the records in the long poem circulated to the World's Enemy-Conquering Orb King are not There is a huge discrepancy. "
She has mastered a lot of information about the Snow Land, and there is naturally no shortage of poems passed down by the Heavenly Singers, so she also knows some things about the Demon Kingdom.
"This is normal. History is often written by the victors." Chen Ziyan was not surprised.
Ever since he got different opinions from the blue-robed Tibetans, he already knew that the Demon Kingdom was not as extreme as he originally knew.
He does not deny that the Demon Kingdom is the birthplace of the evil art, but this does not mean that mastering the evil art is absolutely evil. In fact, throughout history, the true and extremely pure evil is extremely rare. More often than not, Whether it is evil or not is just a matter of stance.
My hero is his enemy, this is the truth.
Shirley Yang nodded slightly when she heard this. This principle is common to both ancient and modern times, and she can understand it.
In fact, as she studied the snowy culture in depth, she had already had such an idea, but she had never been able to confirm it.
After researching for a while, Shirley Yang told everyone her findings.
From these human skin scrolls, we can know that the main city of the Demon Kingdom is indeed Evil Luohai City, and as the blue-robed Tibetans said, at its peak, the Demon Kingdom's rule covered the entire Kunlun region.
The Demon Kingdom is a country different from other countries. There is no king in their political system. The rulers of the entire country are ghost mothers of all generations. All major decisions are based on divination.
“Using divination for all decisions? Why does this sound so unreliable?” After hearing this, Wang Kaixuan couldn’t help but complain.
Although he, Wang, didn’t read much, he knew he couldn’t do things like this.
"Shirley, is there any description about the ghost mother?" Chen Ziyan did not make a conclusion so early, but asked such a question.
He felt that there might be something wrong here. He knew the selection ceremony of the Ghost Mother behind the Demon Kingdom, so he did not believe that the nobles who had the power would really trust the Ghost Mother.
Thinking of that cruel and bloody ritual, he felt that it would be an absolute lie if the ghost mothers of the past generations did not hate those in power.
If it were him, he would not trust the ghost mother to have the power of life and death.
After all, the following ghost mothers are different from the first generation of ghost mothers, they are existences that have truly mastered extraordinary power.
After hearing from the Tibetan people in blue robes that the ability of the first generation of ghost mothers was to plunder snake gods and that they died accidentally, Chen Ziyan had doubts about the abilities of subsequent ghost mothers.
He felt that the ghost mothers behind the Demon Kingdom were probably puppets that had been pushed out.
"Yes." Shirley Yang nodded, and then said: "It says that every generation of ghost mothers is reincarnated in the world, so they never show their true colors to others, and their faces are always covered because their eyes It is a demonic eye that can rival the 'Buddha's Eye'. However, because of accidents in reincarnation, not every generation of ghost mothers has this ability. The more common ability of ghost mothers is to control a kind of thing called 'Jing Jian A'. Han's giant-eyed snake ”
Sure enough!
Hearing this, Chen Ziyan was finally convinced that his idea was not wrong.
The ghost mothers of the following dynasties were actually puppets that were pushed out. This kind of thing was not uncommon in ancient times, especially in this kind of alternative regime.
"By the way, the snake god was mentioned above, saying that he respected the snake god as the highest god, and the first generation of ghost mothers were the children of the snake god. Because of this, the ghost mother was able to master the magic eye and the pure sight of Agama. That comes from the power of the snake god," Shirley Yang added with a strange expression.
This latter part is different from what they know, or to be more precise, it is different from what the blue-robed Tibetan said.
"This is a normal thing. The source of power of many ancient clans will have similar descriptions." The blue-robed Tibetan said softly.
At this time, he had no choice but to remain silent. After all, the matter about the first-generation ghost mother came from him.
"Speaking of this, I am very curious as to why such a thing happened. I can understand that the Demon Kingdom is here to strengthen their faith, but there is no need for other ancient clans to do this, right?" Chen Ziyan asked curiously.
It's not that he is embarrassing the blue-robed Tibetan, but he is really curious about this issue.
“No matter what type of regime it is, the essence of rule is the same, and people are more willing to believe in what they can accept.” The blue-robed Tibetan said quietly.
"In other words...many of the so-called gods in history were in similar situations?" Chen Ziyan asked.
"Yes, the last time our Kangbalo had contact with the outside world was in the early Ming Dynasty. Something happened at that time. I think you have all heard of it." The blue-robed Tibetan sold out slightly A hurdle passed.
"What do we know? Or in the early Ming Dynasty?" Chen Ziyan thought for a while, and he really couldn't think of what it was.
The beginning of every dynasty is magnificent, and there are countless events that happened. As a graduate of the archeology major, he is not only familiar with these, but he also knows about them.
But sometimes when you know more, you have to face more choices. Just like now, his brain has been running at its fastest, but he cannot filter out the answer in the first time.
While Chen Ziyan was thinking hard, Hu Bayi's eyes suddenly lit up and he exclaimed: "Liu Bowen killed the dragon?"
Hearing Hu Bayi's words, Chen Ziyan was also shocked. His eyes lit up, and he focused on historical events from the beginning. He really didn't expect this.
(End of this chapter)