The two snakes on the feet of the ancient ghosts and gods on the mural are one black and one white, and I feel a little familiar with these two snakes. After thinking about it carefully, I immediately reacted that the white one was not the moon snake, and the black one was the black snake that had attacked us in this cave before. It's almost identical, but of course I see that the snakes all look about the same, so I'm not 100% sure.

But after squatting down and looking carefully for a while, I gradually noticed something strange, the paint of these two snakes seems to be newer, but the painting as a whole is complete, so it is not added later. Reaching out and touching the lacquer, it looked very bright, put it under the nose and smelled it, it seemed a little pungent.

I pursed my lips and did a bold thing! I put the Tushan knife on the lacquer surface and slashed it gently, I didn't think that this stroke turned out to be a moth, and the white snake's body actually flowed red liquid, I don't know if it was oozing from the inside of the wall, it looked like blood. I made another stroke at the black snake, and the same thing happened again.

Taking two steps back, the red liquid flowed out and converged on the ground, and the two liquids condensed at one point, reflecting a slender shape, and if you look closely, you will find that this slender shape seems to be a snake!

There were a lot of strange facts today, and I immediately stepped back quickly, and the snake that was gathered of liquid on the ground slowly straightened up, and looked at me from a distance, but did not catch up.

This time, I successfully returned to the pagoda, and Wu Ji saw that I was panicked and asked, "What's wrong?"

"There's a mural in it, and there's a blood snake, and it's very evil anyway. How's your body?"

I asked as I calmed down.

"It's okay, but it's still a little weak...... Thank you ......."

He hesitated for a moment and thanked me.

"Thanks for what?"

I said, waving my hand.

"I saw Ding Wu's death at the time, I was too impulsive for a while, and I got carried away, if you hadn't saved me, maybe I really died with that white monster. So, you saved me again. ”

He said with a forced smile.

"Let's hurry up and find a way to get out, don't waste it here. The road above must have been sealed by the White Giant, and below I estimate that there is a way out, but I don't know where it is hidden. ”

"How can you be so sure?"

He asked curiously.

"Because there's wind, do you feel it? There's wind underground, and it's not blowing down from the top of our heads, it's blowing from the front. It's a pity that there's a blood snake in front of it, and I guess it's also some kind of powerful monster, so it's not easy to deal with. ”

"When I recover, let's go up and deal with it together. It's good to have a baby. By the way, what kind of mural do you see?"

Hearing his question, I roughly described the shape of the mural, but I saw that Wu Yan's face changed slightly, and said solemnly: "This sounds a bit like a bum." ”

"Wow...... What's that?"

I asked, confused.

"Oh...... It's Woobu. This is the ancient god of the Kaoru Horse Clan. The Kavender Horse are an ancient people who have disappeared thousands of years ago. Even if they can be found in some ancient books, there are relatively few clues about them. When I was still studying, I used to follow some scientific expeditions to study China's vanishing ethnic groups. Among them is the Kavender tribe, which at its peak was only 10,000 people, but they were not nomadic people, but mainly agricultural. The appearance is no different from that of the Han Chinese, but they have their own independent culture, simple writing, and even their own independent gods. One of the gods they worship is the oldest ancestor of the Kaobu, who is said to have been a great warrior at the beginning of civilization. Stepping on two sacred snakes, two hammers in his hands can penetrate the mountain, blonde hair and red skin, guarding a heaven and earth. It's amazing......"

Wu Yu is worthy of being an intellectual, this knowledge is profound, I hurriedly nodded and said: "I saw the two snakes on the mural, which look like the snake in the moon and the black snake snake spirit that attacked us, what is going on?"

"Oh, according to legend, when he was walking among the mountains of the world, one day he saw a white shadow flowing through the sky, and it was a great serpent. When the serpent saw him, he did not salute, which made him furious, so he took two war hammers and chased after him, and chased him for nine days and nine nights, until he finally caught up with the serpent. After three days and three nights, he finally surrendered it, and the serpent was willing to follow him. This white shadow is the white snake at his feet, and the black snake is a monster that endangers one side, entrenched near the Kaoru Horse clan, killing many people, and the black snake who knew about it at that time chased and killed the black snake for ten days and ten nights, and finally captured it, and also subdued it, becoming another guard of his own. Since then, all the portraits of the Kavender tribe have been black and white snakes. ”

These ancient myths were a few days and nights, and I scratched my head and said strangely: "You are all myths, and you have also joined our industry, is this god called Woobu real?"

"I don't know, there has been no way to confirm the existence of immortals and the like, so I can't say it. ”

Wu Yu shook his head and said helplessly.

"If the myth you said is true, and the powerful god of Woobu really exists, then that means that the white snake we see is not actually the moon snake. So it's always been our mistake, the white snake that appeared in Taibai Mountain is actually a strange snake in the sky that was subdued by Kubu?"

I disputed it.

"It can't be said that there is no way to verify the true origin of the white snake, but it cannot be ruled out that it is the snake in the moon. After falling from the fairy world, he was subdued by Kubu. ”

There is also some truth in Wu Yu's words.

"According to the tradition of the Kaoru Horse people, they will hold a coming-of-age ceremony when the man reaches adulthood, and the coming-of-age ceremony is to go into the mountains to hunt the beasts, and the person who brings back the strongest beast will be honored. On the contrary, those who run away and are weak will be punished. Therefore, although this nation is an agrarian civilization, it is no worse than the nomads in terms of toughness. According to the limited historical records, this ethnic group has had many clashes with the Han Chinese army, but they often suffered fewer casualties after the battle. ”

Wu Yu continued, but these words seemed to wake me up, and I was stunned for a moment and then asked, "You mean, the brave coming-of-age ceremony?

"I don't know about this, but in some historical sources, the oldest people to attend the coming-of-age ceremony were twenty-year-olds, usually some people who came back after wandering in a foreign country. ”

As soon as these words came out, I immediately slapped my head and shouted: "Damn, I know, why that mural keeps chasing me, why there is a blood snake!"

"What the hell is going on?"

Wu asked strangely.

"I'm twenty years old!" I pointed to myself and said, Wu was stunned, glanced at me and smiled awkwardly and said, "You're only twenty years old?"

"Fuck, am I old?"

In fact, it was supposed to be a young chick, but she always walked around in the mountains and forests, and although her beard was not very long, she was wearing dirty old clothes, often unkempt, and she looked relatively old.

"Haha, then you mean that the portrait you saw has divine powers, so he thinks you are a member of their Xunma clan and came to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony, so he won't let you go. Really?"

Wu asked him.

"That's how it should be. ”

I nodded.

"If that's the case, there's only one solution......," he said after hesitating for a moment, "that is, if you pass the coming-of-age ceremony and get the approval of Cubus, then I guess he will open a way for us to live." ”

"What if it doesn't work?"

The thought of fighting beasts and the like makes my scalp tingle.

"As I said before, according to their Kavender customs, those who fail will be punished. Judging from the current situation, that blood snake is probably your test, and if you can't pass it, I'm afraid you'll die here. Therefore, the road of life and the road of death are the same, you can live if you break through, and if you can't pass through, you will die. ”

Wu Yu reached out and patted me on the shoulder, and said with a solemn expression.

At the age of twenty, I almost forgot that I was standing at the threshold of this boy and man, and I didn't think about throwing myself any adult birthday party, but in the end an ancient god came, doomed...... My 20-year-old rite of passage will no longer be ordinary. “