Slowly, we walked out of the Six Ding Liujia Formation composed of bronze cauldrons, and came to the place where Corpse Wolf and the others encountered the sacred beasts guarding the altar. The scene on the ground made us feel really shocking. There were splashes all over the ground.
There were blood stains everywhere, and the body parts of people who seemed to have been torn apart by wild beasts were everywhere. Many of the bronze cauldrons on the edges were swaying, and some of the bronze cauldrons were even damaged.
At this time, the sacred beast guarding the altar has disappeared. Lu Yisong asked us to wait, then squatted down and inspected the body fragments of those people, and then said to us with a worried face: "There are no clothes or body fragments of the corpse wolf.
This person should have escaped the attack of the mythical beast. Everyone, be careful! This person is really unfathomable. We might be able to fight him head-on, but if he is in the dark, it's hard to tell.
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Instructor Shui nodded and said: "Jiao Yiming, Pang Xiaotai, you two are at the back of the team and are on guard. Others should also pay attention to the surrounding situation at all times. Let's continue moving forward."
Jiao Yiming and Pang Xiaotai responded and retreated behind our group. Others were also wary of each other and continued to move towards the altar.
Gradually, I felt that the road in front of me was sloping upward, as if I was walking on a slope. As I walked, the little clerk suddenly asked: "Mr. Lu, after the sacred beast guarding the altar attacked the corpse wolf and those people, what happened?
Where are you now? Will you show up again to attack us?"
Lu Yisong chuckled a few times and said: "The mythical beast is probably chasing the corpse wolf. Once the mythical beast guarding the altar is awakened from its thousands of years of sleep by someone who breaks into the altar area, it will definitely kill all the intruders.
It will give up. Therefore, as long as the corpse wolf is not dead, it will definitely chase it. If we encounter it, I think I still have a way to restrain it, so everyone can rest assured."
To be honest, I have been worried about this issue. Now that I heard Lu Yisong say this, I feel a lot more relieved.
While we were talking, we had already walked up a steep slope, and the sight in front of us made us exclaim in surprise again! What appeared directly in front of us was a square platform with a very thick black color, surrounded by an unknown number of wide steps.
There are steps, and then there is a three-dimensional triangular building that looks very simple and powerful. The area of each floor is smaller than the floor, and there are seven floors. The whole shape is like an Egyptian pyramid. I think this is how grand it is.
The center of the eight-part temple is the altar.
The entire altar is about five hundred meters away from us. When several powerful military flashlights were shined on it, we could clearly see that the entire altar was a black marble structure. The bottom platform was about one and a half meters above the ground. The sides were long.
About ten meters.
When we let go of our admiration and slowly approached it, we felt even more excited. It was so wonderful and majestic. I believe that when we actually stood in front of the altar, our feelings at that time were truly indescribable.
The bottom of the altar is surrounded by thirteen steps, with strips of bluestone. The altar is made of gold and bricks, and its area is estimated to be thousands of square meters. The pyramid-shaped altar pierces toward the darkness.
The dome of the sky makes us feel as if it is as high as the sky. To be honest, at that time, I really felt like I wanted to kneel down and worship.
Slowly, we set foot on the wide steps and climbed up step by step. The whole view of the altar platform was gradually revealed in front of us. When we went up the steps, we stood on the platform of the vast golden bricks.
On the stairs, I saw the oval mahogany arch on the first floor of the altar. There were two sculptures of mythical beasts standing beside the door. When everyone walked over and saw the shapes of these two mythical beasts, they all felt very strange. It seemed that these mythical beasts
It is very similar to the auspicious ancient beast Qilin, but it is very different from Qilin. The face is similar to Qilin, but the hair on the head and face is all painted golden yellow with gold paint. The first horn is light blue and the top of the horn is slightly curved. The two sides of the face are
The ears on the side are prominent and erect, and the auricles are upward. The eyebrows on both sides of the forehead are curled, the eyes are vertical, the eyes are protruding, the nose is flat and wide, the mouth is open, there are two fangs on each side of the upper and lower sides, curved inward. The hair on the body
It is light blue, with occasional plum-shaped golden spots.
The bases of the sculptures of these two mythical beasts are very strange. They are not square bases. Instead, they are stepping on a strange golden snake painted with gold paint with their four claws. The strange snakes are coiled in a circle, with their heads pointing upward and their mouths.
The strange thing is that the snake's head is golden with a hint of black, and its eyes have white eyebrows.
At this time, Lu Yisong stroked the long beard on his chin with his hand and asked Jiao Yiming with a smile: "Nephew Jiao Xian, you are Brother Bi Dao's disciple, can you see what this mythical beast is?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Jiao Yiming's face to see if he could tell the name and origin of this mythical beast.
Jiao Yiming bowed his head respectfully to Lu Yisong, and then said: "Mr. Lu, if my guess is correct, the animal-shaped base at the bottom of the altar should be the base of the entire altar, and the beasts in it should be convenient.
It is the famous "mythical beast under the altar". Looking at the shape of this mythical beast, it is very dynamic. Their eyes are vertical. I think its name should be "Jiaoduan". Like Qilin, it is a mythical beast in ancient times.
Sima Xiangru, a native of Chengdu during the Han Dynasty, wrote in "Shanglin Fu": "The mythical beasts include Qilin and Jiaoduan." It is said that Jiaoduan traveled thousands of miles a day and knew the languages of the barbarians; no matter in the world could be hidden from it.
The monks in the temple often keep them in captivity to guard the temple gates. They are kind to people and specialize in eating jackals, tigers and leopards. Mr. Lu, do you think I am right?"
Hearing Jiao Yiming's judgment, Lu Yisong laughed, patted Jiao Yiming's shoulder affectionately, nodded and said: "You are right, these two mythical beasts are at the end of the horns. The one below
Do you know what a snake is?"
Jiao Yiming shook his head and said he didn't know. We all also looked at Lu Yisong questioningly.
Lu Yisong pondered for a moment, touched his long beard, and said to us: "This snake has been the most poisonous thing in the world since the beginning of written records. It is called "Taipan Snake" and is native to the ninth continent of China.
There are not many snakes like this in the world now. They can still be found only in some deserts and dry river beds in Australia and New Guinea. Taipan snakes are fast-moving mammal killers.
It is active day and night and is highly toxic. It can release neurotoxins and cardiotoxins. The venom excreted at one time is enough to kill 500,000 mice. It is almost as lethal as a nuclear weapon. It is the most venomous snake in the world along with the hook-nosed sea snake.
It is 100 times more venomous than the King Cobra. However, it is currently mainly distributed in the inaccessible deserts of northern Australia and New Guinea, so there are currently no records of people dying from this venomous snake."
When we all heard Lu Yisong's description, we all felt very strange. Everything in the world is really magical in its own way. Such a snake is simply too terrifying!
After Lu Yisong told the origin of this snake, he looked solemn and said: "Let's not waste time. The altar is already standing in front of us. Now the corpse wolf's life and death are unknown. We must seize the time to enter the altar and find out the last one."
The entrance to the seventh level is also where the dragon veins of this seventh level dragon cave are located. Only in this way can we put an end to the corpse wolf's conspiracy."
After saying this, we walked past the sculptures of mythical beasts and stood at the red door on the first floor of the altar. The rest of us quickly followed and prepared to enter the altar.
At this time, Pang Xiaotai saw Lu Yisong reaching out to push open the door on the first floor of the altar, and couldn't help but said hurriedly: "Mr. Lu, be careful about the danger behind this door!"
Lu Yisong smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to push open the door, and walked in. The people behind him also filed in. As the door opened, we first smelled a strange aroma, which seemed to be sandalwood.
Smell. Then through the illumination of five or six flashlights, we found that the space on the first floor of the altar was not very large, and there were no facilities inside. Except for an old altar table directly opposite, with several incense burners placed on it.
Things. The walls and ground of the first-floor internal building are all made of very wide rectangular bluestones. The walls look very thick. On our left hand side, there is a white stone step leading to the second floor.
layer.
The steps seem to be made of white marble, but I always feel that the white stone steps are very inconsistent with the bluestone first-story building, which is a bit eye-catching.
Jiao Yiming and Lu Yisong went straight to the simple altar table in the front and observed the small incense burners on the altar table. Then the two chatted for a few words, and Lu Yisong patted Jiao Yisong.
Ming's shoulder, then turned around and said to everyone: "We don't need to look at the first floor anymore, we can go directly to the second floor."
So Jiao Yiming and Lu Yisong walked in front, and the rest of us followed behind, walking towards the white steps on the left.
When we climbed up the white steps, I discovered that the steps seemed to be in a spiral shape. After going up about twenty or thirty steps, there would be a roundabout and continue to go up. I don’t know why the ancient designers designed it like this. And the stone steps
The space is very narrow, and can only accommodate two people walking side by side. The same is true above the head. The top wall is only about two meters high. In addition, I also feel that the higher I go, the stronger the smell of sandalwood.
I don't know what is on it that emits such a strong aroma.
Lu Yisong and Jiao Yiming were leading us up slowly, and we passed the second roundabout unknowingly. Probably due to the narrow space, I felt that everyone's breathing began to quicken, and our footsteps
"Tata" made a hollow sound when stepping on the steps.
Looking at the dazzling white steps in front of me, and looking at the third roundabout getting closer and closer, I suddenly had a very strange feeling. Under the flash of flashlight, the shadows of each of us were projected on the wall.
It was short and long, like ghosts, and I had an indescribable feeling in my heart.