Chapter 41. fiesta
The whole cave is shaped like a bowl, and the roof of the cave is also round. The whole body of the stone wall is gray-white, smooth and shiny, without a trace of marks, similar to beautiful jade.
The altar is seated with a dark gray boulder, there are steps on all sides, seven layers up and down, there are seven huge pillars on the altar, divided into seven colors, each one is dozens of zhang high, and it takes three people to surround it, and ordinary people look as small as ants on this altar. There is a thing carved on the top of the stele, neither a bird nor a beast, entrenched on it, with wings and eyes, the shape is vicious, and the expression is like life.
Cheng Yubai could already determine that this was the temple he was looking for, because he had already seen that in the center of the altar in the cave room, there was an ancient coffin with an ancient form, and Cheng Yubai recognized it, it was the green coffin that had been hanging around the cat's neck.
The priest stood in the center of the altar with his scepter in his hands, as if he were holding a holy fire, and a dozen or so women waited around him, each holding a black bone in his hand—the bones seemed to be thicker and thicker than ordinary human bones, with a nearly solid middle and a uniform layer of phosphorescence on the surface. The priest put the fire from the chief's scepter on the bones that each woman held in their hands, and one end of the bone was lit with it, and a light came out that could also penetrate the fog, and the ghostly light floated on the top of the bones, not like fire, but more like an illusion.
Rays of pale cyan light swirled out from between the priest's closed fingers, and the ghostly light merged into a fist-sized transparent ball of light along the pale cyan light. When a spell-like pattern appeared in the ball of light, which could not be said to be in shape or gesture, the priest flipped his right palm and pressed the ball down to a height of less than half a foot from the ground.
"That's a cat, I'm going to save her!!"
"I said you're going to just go over like that?" Jia Ye was taken aback by him, he was really speechless, and stopped the young man who rushed forward excitedly with one hand, does this kid think that he is a god, and he kills him single-handedly, so that others can't see it, won't he stop him?
There is another group of people here who have not left yet, and he doesn't want others to take advantage of them, they want to be fishermen, but he doesn't want to be bait.
Kaya lowered her voice, "Shhh......hh
"What are you waiting for!! Who knows what they will do in the next second, and how long a cat and a girl can last?!! Do you want to repent, report to them, and deliberately bring me here, there are all your people here, do you still want to take me down in one fell swoop?"
The outstretched hand stopped in the air a little embarrassed, and after a while, it was withdrawn, Jia Ye lowered his head and looked at the hand that was thrown away by Cheng Yubai, suddenly raised his head and looked at him deeply, was silent for a long time, and said calmly, "No." If I really want to get my hands dirty, I've had many chances along the way. "
"That's because you're not 100% sure you'll be able to restrain me, and you're afraid I'll escape...... "And, you...... I'm afraid of pain, I'm afraid of seeing blood, although I've been hiding it well.
Looking at Cheng Yubai's suspicious expression, Jia Ye sighed, and a trace of bitterness flashed in his eyes, "That's how you think of me?" I promise, she'll be fine, don't be impulsive, calm down, take a closer look at the side first......"
Cheng Yubai turned his head and looked in the direction of her fingers, he couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp, goosebumps all over his body, and the black spots that he saw in the tunnel turned out to be dense corpses, and those corpses were stored in the caves of the mountain, each of those holes was nearly one zhang high and two zhang wide, one by one, occupying the mountain wall, and in these holes, there were many corpses stacked.
The corpses at the bottom were dressed in green clothes, their complexions were black and rotten, their skin was stiff, their eyes were closed, the higher they went, the better the corpses were dressed, and they looked more and more vibrant, and the corpses at the top were wearing dark robes, their skin was just a little paler, and their black hair was erected with hostas, and their eyes were closed.
The more Cheng Yubai looked at it, the more solemn his expression became, and he asked in a low voice: "You said before that someone took the lead, that's what you mean?" Those who came first were demons? These...... It's all done by demons?"
Kaya turned his face and frowned slightly at his stunned expression.
Without waiting for Kaya to answer, the priest suddenly turned around as if he had heard the movement, and shouted coldly, "Who is ?!!?" At the same time, the women also turned their heads, aiming their black bones at this side.
"Suffered...... Seeing that the situation was not good, Kaya took out the feather whistle around his neck, blew out a strange note, and then said hurriedly, "You hide first, act when you see the opportunity, and I will divert their attention." You must remember that in case you are discovered, I am your hostage. Without waiting for Cheng Yubai to speak again, Jia Ye walked out, leaving Cheng Yubai looking at her back, her lips moving slightly, and her brows locked together.
"Dorlon, it's me."
"Lord Priest Kaya, you are here to ......" Doron was still looking left and right as he spoke, and he seemed to hear the voices of two people talking earlier.
Jia Ye took two steps forward, intentionally or unintentionally covering the stone pillar where Cheng Yubai was hiding: "I'll come over to see how your progress is, how is it, is it still going well?"
Duolong quickly shifted his attention, didn't have time to think about this question again, and seized the opportunity to explain: "That's right, there was a little accident before, and a group of small mice came in, so it was delayed a little time. Rest assured, though, we've got you covered. In the future, we will send more people to guard the temple and speed up the progress, so that we will never miss the auspicious time when the Beast Tablet appears, which affects the success rate of the Holy Spirit's incarnation and delays the plans of the demon world......"
Jia Ye waved his hand: "Okay, I didn't come here today to hear you report this, what's going on with those corpses outside?"
"Ah, that." Doron clapped his hands, and immediately someone stepped forward and dragged out a corpse. "I've investigated, they're all puppets, powered by magic source crystals, with a very strong demonic aura."
"Demonic energy?" Kaya frowned as he looked at a corpse dragged out by the guards, with wisps of black light wrapped around it, with a sinister aura.
He was familiar with demonic energy, but there was something more to it that disgusted him.
Duolong nodded: "That's right, I think it should be the demons who want to destroy the festival." But I think they're all good, especially the top ones. So I'll put it here for now, and let Solo send someone to Master Ino to see if he can purify and transform it. "
"I see...... "But is it really that simple? You must know that puppets can blow themselves up, and the most wrong thing Doron did was to be too greedy.
Kaya nodded in a look of sudden realization, and inadvertently took a few steps back, and the sound of a violent explosion of "bang" and "bang" shook their eardrums.
"Enemy attack!"