21 The secret passage under the sacrificial platform is revealed, and the relief frescoes are known back then
The flares were maintained for a limited time, so Mu Chen could not see the building too much. He focused his energy and tried to remember the location and spacing of each tree in the middle clearly.
Leng Ye beat the blood-repelling spirit vine and kicked a dead baby away again, "Is the exit there?"
"It's very likely!" Mu Chen was a little lucky. Fortunately, he was a modern person. If the ancient tomb robber came, even if the thief god was alive, he would probably have to be broken into this tomb. Just by not being able to ignite the fire, he could almost stop everyone.
After going down, Mu Chen pointed the way, everyone opened the way, and tried hard to move towards the middle area.
With Mu Chen's excellent memory, he didn't go around in circles this time. However, the closer he got to the middle, the more dead babies and blood spirit vines there were. Fortunately, the people present were not ordinary people, and their minds, abilities and coordination were excellent. Only then did he finally step into the middle area when he was exhausted.
There should be something in this circle that restrains both, so neither the Dead Infant nor the Blood Spirit Vine came in. Everyone was exhausted. Seeing that it was temporarily safe, they sat down and gasped.
As soon as Mu Chen sat down, Leng Ye shouted again, "Damn!", and raised everyone's hearts that had just been relieved.
"What's wrong?" Mu Chen quickly got up and looked back. After seeing this, he almost shouted out.
There is a small palace behind it, which seems to be used for sacrificial purposes, but this is not the point. The point is that the palace is actually built on the roots of a tree! The tall building I saw before was actually a huge tree root!
"This is the tree that was burned by us, right?" Leng Ye looked disbelief, "My God, I have never seen such a big tree in my life! By the way, this is not a locust tree, why is that little bit above so similar to a locust tree?"
"This should be the legendary wood ghost!" Mr. Qin looked at it and said, "It's a locust, not a locust! This tree has a spirit, and it will harm one side when it appears!"
"This wood ghost should be the ancestor of these demon trees, or the trees here are actually their roots. The thick roots grow on the ground, which are the demon trees, and the small ones lurk on the ground, nourished by human flesh and blood, and turned into blood spirit vines. The so-called Qinglong Resentment Spirit Array is actually not done by human power, but is evolved by this wood ghost itself."
"······" Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that a tree would have such great ability.
"Wood Ghost! This thing really exists!" Mu Chen murmured. He saw this word in ancient legends. He thought it was a monster made up by people, but he didn't expect that it actually exists in the world. It is said that this thing is very evil. The deformity rate of babies in this small country is so high, maybe it is affected by it.
Yan'er was in a hurry to go to Guo Pu's tomb, so she went directly to observe the palace and wanted to find the exit as soon as possible. Mu Chen was not very tired at first, so he simply didn't stop and went in with Yan'er.
This palace was dug out directly from the roots of the tree and slightly modified. The overall style is very strange and is very different from the Han architecture. I don’t know if this country likes incomplete beauty. All the reliefs look incomplete, and the left and right buildings are asymmetrical, which makes it awkward no matter how you look at it.
There is an altar in the palace, and a strangely shaped container is placed in front of the altar, with a thick layer of blood stains inside. I don’t know if it is human blood or livestock blood.
On the sacrificial platform is a large centipede with pure white body. I don’t know what stone it was carved, and it looks particularly textured. This craftsman is definitely a master. Not only is the carving lifelike, but he also doesn’t miss any details, which is exactly the same as if it is really.
The shape is still strange. The statues of Wugong Temple and the stone tablets in front of the village were all erected, looking fierce, but this one was lying on the ground, just like a kitten sleeping in a nest, showing a bit of docile and cuteness.
The palace is not big, there is nothing else except these. The two of them walked around and didn't see the exit, so they came out. They looked for the agency to secretly tell me about this kind of thing, so let Mr. Qin and the others come.
As soon as Mu Chen went out, he saw Leng Ye jumping down from above. "Are you?"
"Oh, I'll see if I can climb out along the tree!"
"······" Mu Chen was startled by his brilliant brain circuit. Since there was an altar, there was a sacrifice, and the sacrifice was coming in and out. The people in this country were not monkeys, so how could they climb trees back and forth!
"But there is no exit on top. What about inside? Is there any?"
Mu Chen shook his head. "It should be a secret passage."
Miss Qin came out shortly after entering, "I have found it and I secretly said that it is under the sacrificial platform. My brother went down to explore the way first. If there is no problem later, we will go down together."
Everyone waited with peace of mind, but unexpectedly, ten minutes passed and Mr. Qin had not come back yet. Mu Chen was a little anxious. Although he knew that the passage below would definitely be very long, there was no end to this situation. If you can walk for a while, shouldn't you come back?
At this time, Miss Qin came over and said, "Brother Mu Chen, have you just entered, haven't you been scared by the centipede?"
"Hmm?" Mu Chen was a little surprised. The centipede was not scary. What's more, Miss Qin's courage was definitely not comparable to an ordinary woman, so how could she be scared?
"When I was looking for the mechanism, I always felt that the centipede was staring at me. Its eyes were so scary, just like the real one, as if it would pounce on me in the next second!" Miss Qin still felt scared when she thought about it.
Hearing this, Mu Chen's scalp suddenly numb and his whole body seemed to be on. The centipede was obviously shrinking into a ball, with his head facing inward, so how could he stare at her? Unless...
Mu Chen and Yan'er looked at each other, jumped up and ran inside at the same time, and saw that the sacrificial platform was empty and the white centipede had long disappeared. After a look around, both of them were locked in the entrance of the cave under the sacrificial platform. The centipede did not go out and could not be found everywhere, so they could only go down. You know, Mr. Qin is still below!
Lin Shuang's tragic situation before is still vivid in my mind. Everyone has seen how toxic the centipede in Wugong Mountain is. Although Mr. Qin is very skilled in martial arts, he may be afraid that he will be in danger of facing the big centipede that he has lived for many years alone.
Time is tight, Yan'er and Leng Ye chase after him to help Mr. Qin, and Mu Chen and others follow behind.
Mu Chen was very guilty now. He should have seen that the centipede was not right, so he could not have the carving method of heading inward. However, everything here is very strange in shape, so he didn't think much about it. Now he can only pray that Mr. Qin would not have any trouble, otherwise he would have to blame himself to death.
This passage is different from what you have walked before. It contains many reliefs and murals, all in the style of this country. There is a lot of content on reliefs and murals, but now it is urgent, so there is no time to look closely, so I can only scan my eyes and pass by.
Mu Chen showed that although this country uses the demon tree as its totem, they really worship centipedes! Could it be that the villagers in Wugong Village are not tombkeepers, but to the remnants of this ancient country? Then why is the stone tablet in front of the village from the Jin Dynasty?
After watching it all the way, Mu Chen also learned some information. Influenced by the wood ghost, there are many babies in this small tribe that are deformed, so everyone is used to it and does not discriminate against deformed children.
One day, a baby with many hands and feet came to the world with a vision, and was able to speak when he was born. When he grew up, he was extremely powerful and brave, and became the leader. It was he who established this country and became the guardian saint of everyone. Because he was many hands and feet, he was very similar to a centipede, so after his death, people respected him as the centipede immortal, worshipped him, and used centipede as the totem.
At that time, the centipedes here were still normal. Later, because of the tying of centipedes and wooden ghosts to sacrifice, they gradually mutated into today's highly poisonous transparent centipedes.
In addition, the mural also tells a lot of the customs of this country and the scenes of war. What impressed Mu Chen the most was a battle, and looking at the clothing should be a conflict between this country and the people of the Central Plains.
The people in the Central Plains were introduced into the Qinglong Resentful Spirit Formation and were brave enough to fight against the Blood Spirit Vine and the Dead Baby. Suddenly, many transparent centipedes crawled out of the woods. Because of their color, these centipedes were difficult to detect. They slowly crawled into the crowd, and then the army turned into blood and became fertilizer for the demon tree.
Looking at this scene, Lin Shuang's face that was constantly falling from the flesh appeared in Mu Chen's mind, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.
Later on, there is a picture of people from this country invading the enemy country. If you want to maintain the magic tree and not be backfired, you must always provide nourishment for it. Therefore, people from this country can only continue to provoke wars and lure other countries to attack themselves.
Several small countries around were deceived at first, but later they discovered the weakness of the Demon Tree, so they united and closed their countries, strictly prohibiting people from entering, and ignored their provocations and clamors.
The king had no choice but to sacrifice with his own people. However, how could such sporadic sacrifices be compared with war? The demon tree is becoming less and less satisfied and the backlash is even more powerful.
The king called everyone to a meeting and wanted to eliminate the demon tree, but unexpectedly, the demon tree was too powerful. Everyone worked hard and ended up destroying the country. Most of the corpses under the tree also came from this battle between man and tree.
Mu Chen sighed, "Heavenly committed evil deeds can still be forgiven, but he can't live without his own evil deeds. This country can only be said to be worthy of such a fate."
After sighing, Mu Chen suddenly realized that he was the only one left around him! It should be because he was so fascinated by what he just saw, so he gradually widened the distance between him and finally fell behind.
Just as he was about to chase everyone with all his strength, Mu Chen suddenly heard a rustling sound, which should be left by the insect's tiny claws crawling over the ground. However, this sound should be made, a large number of insects should be acting together.
After listening carefully for a few seconds, Mu Chen suddenly realized that it was the centipede catching up with him?
Chapter completed!