After going down the entrance of the cave, what appeared in front of us was a huge square hall. The hall was made up of eight golden nanmu trees as the main body. Each pillar was engraved with the swirling and coiling Zhuyin beast with the head of a human and the body of a snake.
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The most shocking thing is that the roof of such a large palace does not have a single beam. It is all made of arc-shaped golden glazed strips, one after another, stuck one layer at a time, restraining and relying on each other.
, forming a whole.
It is really amazing that such a big roof, so heavy, made of so many small pieces of glass, and has survived for thousands of years.
In the center of the roof, there is a Bagua-shaped caisson. A star map is painted on the caisson. The direction of the North Star is inlaid with a huge luminous pearl. The orange light fills the entire room, making people feel a rare warmth.
This hall is about ten meters high. The opening we came down from the tunnel is dug under the eaves, so it is lower than the ground.
"Have you ever smelled a particularly strong fragrance?" Xiangyu asked, "This smell is the same as the fragrance that has been permeating the ancient temple, but the concentration is much higher. It feels like you have come to the source of the fragrance.
Like that.”
"Yes, but this fragrance smells very comfortable and makes people feel relaxed and happy, but you see this room is empty, there seems to be nothing that can emit fragrance?" I took a deep breath into the air,
Then he said.
Suddenly, the stereotyped wrinkles on the old man's face trembled, and then he walked towards the innermost part of the hall, where two huge painted pottery lamps stood.
These two painted pottery lamps are huge in size. They are made up of four upper and lower groups connected together. They can be divided into seven layers. Each layer has painted statues on the edges or outer walls.
The base of the first floor is a huge wooden kite, with many little people surrounding it; the second floor is decorated with natural scenery such as waterfalls and pools; the third, fourth and fifth floors are similar, with figurines of characters from Zhile Baixi above.
There are green god trees of different shapes on the first and seventh floors, and pottery lamps are placed on the treetops extending out to all sides. The top is a disk-shaped shape. The disk is rough and has many pits. It feels like the whole pottery lamp.
The design of the lamp looks out of place.
"The shape of this pottery lamp feels very much like that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the painted statues on it appear for the first time. I don't know what the meaning is." Zhang Jisheng stood in front of the painted pottery lamp and observed attentively.
The old man didn't seem to be very interested in pottery lamps. The three of us were studying the pottery lamps with great interest, but he kept standing in front of the stone wall between the two pottery lamps, frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, the old man seemed to have suddenly figured it out, and the tangled wrinkles on his face suddenly relaxed. He walked up to us and didn't speak. He just stood there and glared at us.
Zhang Jisheng unanimously took a step back and made room for the old man in front of the pottery lamp.
The old man took out the matchbox and lit the pottery lamp. Then he walked to the other side and lit another lamp.
The light of the pottery lamp is very weak under the illumination of the night pearl, and it feels like superfluous.
"Could it be that I thought wrong?" the old man said to himself.
"Sir, what are you talking about?" Zhang Jisheng asked.
The old man didn't answer and stared at the wall.
Suddenly, there was a muffled "bang" sound, and the wall between the two pottery lamps suddenly opened to both sides.
A different kind of air came to my face.
It is particularly refreshing, and it feels like it can wash away all the turbid air in our internal organs, making people involuntarily open their chests and take a deep breath.
The stone wall was completely opened, and the night pearl illuminated the space behind the stone wall brightly.
What appears before our eyes is a huge number of incorruptible women dressed as patriarchs.
We were all stunned, not in fear, but in shock.
Behind the stone wall is a huge semicircular grotto. There are large and small pyramid-shaped caves in the grotto. In each cave, there is a woman with an incorruptible body sitting cross-legged.
The fragrance in the ancient temple was originally emanated from these women whose bodies were incorruptible.
These incorruptible women all have navy blue hair on their heads, raised eyebrows, slanted eyes, and mysterious smiles at the corners of their mouths. Their entire facial shape should have been mysterious and quiet, but for some unknown reason, their eyeballs are pointed forward in an exaggerated way.
At first glance, the protruding eyes may seem ferocious, but upon closer inspection, you will find that it is these eyes that reveal a majestic and majestic look, giving people a strong sense of intimidation.
There is a woman sitting in all the caves in the entire grotto, but the seat at the top of the pyramid is empty.
I don't know why, but I suddenly felt an awkward feeling in my heart.
"Zhou Cang," Xiangyu suddenly called me in a low voice, which startled me.
Her voice was low and a little frightening. In such an environment, everyone probably thought that any noise would disturb them, "Look at their hands."
Xiangyu's words woke up the person in my dream, and I immediately knew that something was wrong with me, it was my hand.
To be precise, it is the skin on the hands of a woman whose flesh is incorruptible.
Although their skin is completely dehydrated and has a bronze color, the skin flakes arranged like fish scales are still clearly visible.
This shape is exactly the same as my snake skin disease.
I don’t know if it was psychological effects, but I suddenly felt that the eyes of my teammates had changed when they looked at me, as if I was classified as the same type as the women in the cave.
No one spoke, and I didn't know what to say.
At this moment, I suddenly felt so tired. I seemed to be close to the so-called truth in the ancient temple? Is this truth that I belong to the same race as this ancient temple?
I vaguely felt that I finally understood what my grandfather said in the study that night, and I seemed to understand why I was involved in this matter.
However, there are still many illogical things in it. For example, is my skin disease caused by acquired diseases rather than congenital? What about grandma’s green cloth wrapped around her hair? And who is behind it?
Behind all this? Who are Xiangyu and Zhang Jisheng? What role did the old man play in this matter? Where is the mysterious Chen Mo?
The source of all the problems seems to be attributed to Black Jade.
I feel that I am slowly getting closer to the truth, and I have an urge to find the black jade and solve all the mysteries.
At this time, a huge sound of running water rushed into our ears. The sound was so loud, it felt like a water cloth suddenly hitting the ground, which shocked all of us.
The sound came from outside the square hall, and a few of us suddenly became alert. We exchanged glances with each other, and moved lightly towards the door.