Chapter 120 Ancient stone sculptures hunt undead insects!
"Big demon?"
"Toad fishing for demons?"
These words were like a thunderclap that struck several people's hearts.
Rao was the first red girl to arrive here, and she also looked confused.
Her attention was completely attracted by the cave that breathed out strange mist. She never thought that there was a big demon in the cave.
I noticed something strange about a few people.
Chen Yulou did not waste any time and waved to them.
Then holding a wind lantern, we walked straight down the stone bridge formed by fossil trees.
Seeing this, Partridge Whistle dared not delay and handed the toad in his hand to a clerk behind him.
He gestured to Hua Ling with his eyes again.
Let her stay here first.
It was such a weird place, and the water was full of naked female corpses.
For a little girl like her.
The best option is to stay and wait.
Miss Hong hesitated for a moment, but decided to stay with her.
Besides, if they all leave, if things change again, she can still handle it if she stays.
In the swaying lights.
There are only four people, Chen Yulou, Kunlun, Partridge Shao and the old foreigner.
Walking quickly between the stone bridges by the light of the fire.
A few minutes later, the group of people arrived at the entrance of the cave.
If you listen carefully, you can even hear the dull thunderous breathing.
"It's really..."
Partridge Whistle's face sank slightly.
When Chen Yulou talked about the big demon just now, he specially sensed it with Qi.
But found nothing.
But there is always some doubt in my heart.
But at this moment, the sound of breathing was endless, and he could not imagine what kind of astonishing monster was dormant in the cave to make such a terrifying noise.
Not just him.
Kunlun and the old foreigner obviously noticed it.
The two of them subconsciously held the halberd and the long bow, and stared down at them, their expressions full of vigilance.
“This way.”
But Chen Yulou just pointed to the left side.
While talking.
The wind lantern in his hand was also raised forward.
The fire dispelled the darkness, and the three of them saw... a cliff standing in front of them.
Being in a damp and cold environment for too long.
The stone wall looks like it has been dipped in ink.
Even if the light shines on it, it only reflects a black glaze-like color.
"Stone platform?"
Wait for your eyes to follow the lights and circle to the left.
The corners of the three people’s eyes twitched again.
Between the deep cliffs, someone had clearly carved out a stone platform.
You can still vaguely see reliefs one after another, with complex compositions. Just by taking a glance, you will feel an ancient and wild atmosphere.
I saw several people’s eyes light up.
Chen Yulou did not waste any time, jumped up and landed on the stone platform.
“Come and take a look.”
The three of them did not hesitate.
The stone platform is about two or three meters square, and it can easily accommodate a few of them without feeling crowded at all.
However, no one paid any attention to this.
My mind is attracted by those ancient reliefs.
The first thing that catches the eye is a tall figure.
Tall, with a dark face and erect hair. He holds a skull in his mouth and looks majestic.
“Isn’t this the mountain god from the previous temple?”
The old foreigner frowned and almost blurted out.
Previously, in the mountain temple in the valley, there was such a clay statue enshrined on the shrine.
There is no skull except in the mouth.
The rest of the details are almost the same.
“That’s it.”
Chen Yulou nodded and affirmed.
The words just fell.
The suspicious voice of a partridge whistle came from the side.
“It’s still not right, Brother Chen... Look at the weathering of this relief, it’s at least three to four thousand years old. King Xian was born in the era of Emperor Wu, which is only two thousand years at most. This time doesn’t seem to match.”< br>
As the leader of this era.
The antique artifacts that Partridge Whistle has seen are no less than his.
Although he is focused on searching for pearls, his eyesight is many times better than that of those court servants in antique shops.
Lightly touch your finger on the relief mark.
You can determine the approximate era.
I dare not say three thousand or four thousand years, but at least it is a relic of the Spring and Autumn Period.
In between, there are the Warring States and Pre-Qin.
The time span is too big.
"Brother Dao, have you ever thought about it...maybe King Xian is the one who takes over the magpie's nest."
Boom!
A short sentence.
But it was like an enlightenment.
Partridge Whistle was stunned in place.
“You are saying that this stone platform is not owned by King Xian at all, but is a more ancient existence?”
“Most likely.”
Chen Yulou nodded head.
"Brother Dao, do you still remember the inscription on the Zhenling Pu inscription? When there was a dispute in ancient Dian, King Xian took away a group of people who were loyal to him and came to Zhelong Mountain."
"As far as the big mausoleum is concerned, there are ten thousand people who came with him."
"But to build this big mausoleum, more than 100,000 people were used. Brother Taoist never thought that so many people would come with him." Where did the people who came out come from? "
Chen Yulou had a sneer in his eyes.
There is a chilling atmosphere in the words.
"Captives, slaves..."
A partridge whistle will clear the air.
In ancient times, to build mausoleums, in addition to recruiting civilian husbands, most of the others were either prisoners of war or slaves.
The ancient Dian Kingdom was originally a small country.
At the same time as him, there was the ancient Mengmao Kingdom in southern Yunnan.
But the geographical location is too far apart.
Therefore, there is only one possibility left. The slaves who participated in the construction of King Xian's tomb at that time were the Yi people who had lived here for generations.
It was only defeated by King Xian.
Become a captive as a last resort.
If this is the case, then the altar here was left by the ancestors of the Yi people.
“So that’s it…”
Partridge Whistle's thoughts were racing, and he suddenly came back to his senses.
On the contrary, Kunlun and the old foreigners, because they had never seen the Zhenling Pu inscription, felt as if they were listening to a book from heaven.
“Look again to see if there are any other reliefs.”
Hearing this, several people looked down again.
It’s just that the reliefs on several sides are badly worn and extremely disordered, making it difficult to tell the order.
"Shopkeeper, this way."
Kunlun was still sharp-eyed. When the euphorbia in his hand passed through the dust accumulated on the stone platform, he found another relief.
Seeing this, several people took action together.
Remove the heavy sand and gravel soil.
Soon, a picture scroll with a very different style appeared in front of everyone.
I saw a group of bare-chested natives with feathers on their heads, taking a small boat, crossing the big lake, and appearing under the cliff all the way.
Seeing this, several people suddenly understood.
What is happening in the relief is exactly beneath them.
“Keep watching...”
Chen Yulou held the wind lantern and walked to the left.
soon.
A barbarian wearing a horned helmet appeared.
I saw him standing on the stone platform.
Looking at his attire, he should be a leader or a priest.
Command the natives in the water to hunt the toads in the lake, tie them with ropes, and throw them in the cabin.
Not long after.
The group of people arrived at the entrance of the cave by boat.
It is different from what they see now.
Black smoke was billowing out of the cave.
"Black?"
"Shouldn't it be red mist?"
Kunlun looked surprised. When he was crossing the stone bridge just now, the red mist floating up even made him feel like blood was flowing in the air.
"Perhaps the paint has faded and the color has disappeared."
Chen Yulou is not too surprised by this.
Antiquities from thousands of years ago.
That is, hidden in this underground cave.
If it were placed in the outside world, even the traces would have been erased. "They are also fishing for monsters!"
Wait until the next stone carving is cleared.
The situation described in the picture makes people feel shocked.
Under the orders of the priest, the natives used long bamboo poles to carry the hunted toads and carefully went deep into the cave.
“It’s not like fishing for monsters…but I want to hold a mysterious sacrifice!”
Partridge Whistle shook his head.
Point to the next picture.
After an unknown amount of time, the bamboo pole that went deep into the cave was dragged back, but the toad that was still alive and kicking a moment ago has now become like an old tree withered roots.
A pair of eyes stared out, almost falling out.
Lifeless, with a dead look on his face.
"Could it be that...the people living in the cave are the mountain gods worshiped by the Yi people?"
The old foreigner has followed the partridge whistle all over the country for many years.
Although he talks little, almost every sentence is to the point.
At this moment, when his guess came out, Partridge Whistle's deep eyes couldn't help but light up.
“It’s really possible!”
Taking a secret breath, Partridge Whistle subconsciously looked at Chen Yulou.
"If this is really the case, Brother Chen, wouldn't the sound we heard just now come from the mountain god?"
Legend has it that Lu Dongbin attained enlightenment and became an immortal, and he arose and wrote a poem. .
It only mentions that "the eighth hundred autumns of the year of Dedao" are mentioned.
The six-winged centipede in Pingshan has lived for six to seven hundred years, which is incredible to them.
If this is really the case.
What kind of old demon should the mountain god in this cave be?
King Xian asked for some damn fairy, but the ready-made fairy is right here.
Kunlun and the old foreigner had obviously thought of this, but at this moment they were so shocked that they didn't dare to say anything nonsense.
Three or four thousand years.
How could this happen?
Eternal life and immortality are nothing more than that, right?
If a person can live for a hundred years in this world, he is already auspicious and an immortal among men.
"Are you scared?"
Chen Yulou glanced at the three of them and said with a smile.
"It's not that I'm afraid, this...Brother Chen, if it's really the mountain god, wouldn't we be killing the god?"
Partridge Whistle shook his head.
“It’s not right to kill a god. If you want to achieve great things, it doesn’t matter whether he is a god or a demon.”
Chen Yulou smiled.
This is more like talking to myself.
Unlike the three people in front of me, they practiced Taoism, but they themselves followed the path to immortality.
To put it bluntly, in the world of ghosts blowing lanterns, no one who seeks immortality seems to have a good end.
Xian Wang, Feng Shigu...
It even includes Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han and Huang Pizi.
Pingshan ruins can be traced back to the pre-Qin Dynasty.
Send alchemists into the mountains to bake the elixir of immortality.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard that the ancient Dian country had phoenix courage that could make people immortal and immortal, so he sent people to ask for it.
As for that yellow-skinned boy.
He desperately wants to become a demon fairy.
Unfortunately... no one can do it.
They all turned into withered bones in the barren grave.
Although he has practiced the Qingmu Longevity Technique, it is equally difficult to take that step.
"This..."
Even if Chen Yulou said these words to himself.
But it still fell into the ears of the three people clearly.
Including the partridge whistle, their expressions changed.
“Today I know Brother Chen’s ambition.”
“Yang admires me!”
After a long time, Partridge Whistle sighed secretly, clasped his fists in admiration.
Because even he never thought that this person would be so determined to seek immortality.
The original intention of his practicing Taoism was to expel ghost curses from his body.
I haven’t thought much about it other than that.
“That Taoist brother?”
Chen Yulou also came to his senses.
Looked at them with a smile.
"Since Brother Chen ordered me, even if it is a sea of swords and fire, Yang is willing to take the plunge."
Partridge Whistle gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
He just finished speaking.
Kunlun and the old foreigner on the side also nodded heavily.
See this.
Chen Yulou could not help but feel relieved.
The scene in the stone carving has ended here.
Since those barbarians thousands of years ago could use toads to sacrifice undead insects.
If you use it to catch it today, it shouldn't be a big problem.
"In this case, let's not waste time and go back to the stone bridge to prepare."
"Okay!"
The group quickly turned back.
He briefly explained the situation in the cave to the waiter on the stone bridge.
However, the paragraph about the mountain god is deliberately vague.
I just said I wanted to hunt monsters.
After all, these days, people don’t feel much about corpses. After all, they are eating the food of the dead, but the gods, ghosts and ghosts are afraid from the bottom of their hearts.
Hearing this, the thieves did not hesitate at all.
On the contrary, everyone was extremely excited.
After all, the scene of killing a python and dividing its meat in the lake a few days ago is still vivid in my mind.
This mother-in-law Yunnan and his party have come to the right place.
Following the shopkeeper is a pleasure.
If we stay in the mountains, we will never see those legendary mountain spirits and water monsters in our lifetime.
Not to mention hunting the big monster.
The group of people cleaned their guns and sharpened their knives, waiting to fish out the big monster from the cave and kill it.
Maybe you can even taste monster meat.
To be on the safe side, Kunlun and the old foreigner made a special trip to the lake and caught three or four toads.
Wait until everything is ready.
The stone bridge has been hung with wind lanterns, illuminating the surrounding area as brightly as daylight, and also reflecting the excited and unspeakable faces.
soon.
A bamboo raft floated slowly across the lake.
Kunlun stood at the front of the row holding a bamboo pennant, his face was calm, and his eyes could not hide the murderous look.
A calf-like toad hung on Penny's head.
It seems to be aware of its own fate.
His mouth was open, his expression looking extremely frightened.
It was struggling desperately in mid-air, but unfortunately, in order to prevent it from escaping, its whole body had already been tied into a rice dumpling.
Wait until the bamboo raft approaches the entrance of the cave.
Kunlun looked back at Chen Yulou, who nodded silently.
Aware of the shopkeeper's thoughts, he no longer hesitated. He raised the bamboo pole with both hands and stretched the toad into the hole bit by bit.
See this scene.
Everyone on the stone bridge subconsciously opened their eyes and did not even dare to breathe loudly, for fear of missing any scene and fear of alarming the big monster in the cave.
Crash——
Only a moment later.
In the cave, which was quite quiet at first.
It was like a landslide.
The rumbling noise continued.
"Coming..."
"Kunlun, hold on!"
Although the weird red mist can isolate spiritual consciousness to a certain extent.
But Chen Yulou has amazing ears.
I could tell immediately that the undead insect in the cave was obviously awakened by the toad's breath.
“Pull back!”
He ordered word by word.
Kunlun is also a ruthless person, with no trace of fear on his face.
Even as the thundering sound got closer and closer.
Not long after.
The sound turned into a clang of iron armor, mixed with a burst of heavy breathing.
It seemed as if... there was a snake, python or elephant covered in armor, rushing out of the cave.
The red mist at the entrance of the cave became thicker and thicker with the sound.
Light and dark flicker.
"Kunlun, come up!"
Until the sound of the crisscrossing of iron armor reached its peak.
Chen Yulou swung the sky-piercing rope in his hand, and Kunlun did not hesitate. He dropped the pennant, grabbed the hook rope with his backhand, and jumped up.
Boom!
Almost at the moment he left the bamboo raft.
A ferocious giant face wearing a golden mask surged out of the red mist!
(End of this chapter)