I know that the "briquettes" have radiation, whether it is the bizarre experience of the same year or the encounter of Liu Xili last month, it made me "see the coal color change", I subconsciously took two steps back, but Xiaowa held the black stick in her hand, and did not seem to have the slightest fear.

I was stunned: Are the people in the village not afraid of the radiation of "briquettes"?

In a daze, I saw Xiaowa holding the stick-shaped "briquette" in both hands very respectfully, and gently put it into the big dustpan.

"You...... What are you doing! ”

I exclaimed, almost subconsciously.

"This is the most important part of the ancestral Gu cultivation technique!" Xiao Wa smiled at me, "We have been trying for hundreds of years, and according to the testament left by our ancestors on the stone tablet - 'The master returns to the throne, the Gu King is born', maybe we can succeed this time!" ”

Thinking of what Ulla said before, the Gu King in their mouth is a half-human, half-beast monster, could it be that the worms in the big dustpan will become humans?

Unable to resist the curiosity in my heart, I walked over to the big dustpan.

When I looked down, I saw dozens of strange palm-sized insects biting at each other.

I was so scared that I took two or three steps back, what the is this! Definitely new variety.

Some resemble shoes, but have more than a dozen legs.

Some resemble centipedes, but have a pair of pincers......

Could it be that the so-called Gu cultivation is not just for Gu worms to fight each other and eat the weak, but in the process of fighting, it will also continue to evolve? It may be that while killing another Gu worm, one Gu worm will also absorb the venom of this Gu worm, and at the same time have the strengths of this Gu worm's body.

It's like the Dafa of absorbing stars.

After waiting for another hour, Xiaowa looked at the night sky, looked down at the Gu worms in the big dustpan a few times, and then reached out and took out the stick-shaped "briquette", stuffed it back into the scepter, and handed it to me.

The next scene made me feel a little creepy.

He took out the dagger, cut his finger, dripped the blood into the dustpan, and then smiled at me: "Gu worm cultivation, it's the last step, the master should also donate some blood!" ”

"Ahh Still need human blood? ”

I was a little scared.

"The Gu worm that has been bred like this has your blood in its body, and it will also regard you as its master."

And what's going on?

Actually, I don't believe much in these nonsense, but here and now, it's not good to refuse in front of so many people, isn't it just a few drops of blood!

I took the dagger, and with a fierce heart, I gritted my teeth and cut my fingers.

When I stretched out my hand to drip blood, I saw that there were only three Gu worms left in the big dustpan, each the size of a basketball, with bulging bodies, each curled up in a corner, and did not move.

Looking at the appearance of the three Gu worms again, I can't tell what kind of animals they look like, if I have to describe them in words, it is a multi-legged, multi-pincer, colorful little monster.

I pinched my left hand in my right hand and had the courage to drip a few drops of blood on each of the little monsters.

Xiaowa turned around and gave a few orders to the few strong men behind her, and the strong men lifted the big dustpan and walked towards the back of the stockade.

During this time, the thin old man had not spoken, and this time he opened his mouth to say something in Miao to the onlookers around him, and then followed behind Xiaowa and walked towards the back of the village.

All the villagers followed to the back of the village.

I couldn't help but ask Xiaowa, "What are you going to do!" ”

"There is still one last step left in the Gu cultivation activity, and we have to send three Gu worms to the cave in the back mountain."

When I think about the experience of that night, I feel a thrill: "Ah! What to do in a cave? ”

"This is also the ancestral ...... If the Gu worm is successfully cultivated, the Gu King will come out of the cave. ”

"Gu King?"

Ula also mentioned the Gu King, the Gu King he described is half human and half beast, similar to the legendary Nuwa, it seems that the legends of various ethnic groups have similarities, probably this is also with the improvement of productivity in the primitive tribal period, the result of cultural collision between different ethnic groups due to intermarriage and mutual communication through other means.

The Gu King will come out of the cave - probably part of the Miao myths and legends!

When I think about it, I don't think so.

When I came to the entrance of the cave in Houshan again, thinking of the experience of that night, especially the tragic death of Han Jianjian, I felt a wave of discomfort in my heart. In order not to let the tears flow, I consciously raised my neck and accidentally saw a pink forest.

It should be a kind of maple tree!

Hey? I remember that day when I came out of the Guwang Temple, walked a few hundred meters, and saw a pink maple forest, I thought the scenery was very beautiful at that time, and I remembered the sentence "Frost leaves are red in February flowers".

Everyone stopped at the entrance of the cave, and several middle-aged and elderly women carried pots, dipped them in leaves, and sprinkled a liquid on everyone's body, and the air was suddenly filled with a pungent smell of Chinese herbal medicine.

"What is this for?"

I whispered to Ullah beside me.

"This is a medicine prepared with wormwood, etc., sprayed with this medicine, which can mask the smell of people on the body, so that after entering the hole, ambergris will not attack......"

I see!

Thinking of Han Jianli being eaten by ambergris, I felt that it was a pity.

"That's right! Are there many mangroves near the stockade? ”

Ulla glared at me and looked at me suspiciously: "Master, what is a mangrove?" ”

I pointed to the red patch at the top of the mountain: "It's the kind of tree with pink leaves!" ”

"Oh! The master is talking about Gu Fenglin! There is a nearby one, and this kind of tree grows very slowly, and it takes twenty or thirty years to grow to the thickness of a bowl. "Home

"Just one piece? So the Gu King Temple is on this mountain? ”

Ulla nodded: "That's right! It's just that the village doesn't have a direct road to the Gu King Temple, so from the village to the Gu King Temple, you need to make a big circle. ”

I first felt a tingling in my scalp, and I thought of what Ulla had said about the Gu King Temple before.

He said that there was a small hole in the ground in front of the statue of the Gu King and the Ancient Mother God in the Gu King Temple, and every time they worshiped the Gu King, they would pour a large amount of blood into the small hole.

This kind of sacrificial ritual is also so strange!

The worship method of the Han nationality is generally to put tribute, which is nothing more than a variety of fruits, cooked meat, and various snacks, all of which are assumed that the gods or ancestors can enjoy the tribute.

What is the purpose of the people of Miao Village to sacrifice with blood?

According to the purpose of the sacrifice, the purpose of this should be to let the Gu King enjoy the blood...... I shuddered again, and my eyes swept into the cave.

I glanced at the cave and looked up at the maple leaf, imagining that if the cave was two thousand meters long, was it under the Gu King Temple?

Immediately I had an idea.

Does the blood of the Gu God who is sacrificed every year go straight to this hole?

Truth be told, it's a chilling thought - it can't be fed with blood!

The chilling sensation lingered in my mind again.

The thin old man shouted a Miao language, which instantly brought my thoughts back to reality.

When I came back to my senses, I happened to see a few strong men carrying large dustpans into the cave, flanked by seven or eight old men with torches.

Hey?

What about the lads in the village?

I remembered that when I had a wedding event in the square that night, there were at least forty or fifty strong men.

Walking along the cave, when he reached the three forks, the thin old man did not hesitate and strode into the middle cave.

Originally, I had been following the nest, but when I walked further inside, her speed slowed down significantly. The cave could accommodate two people in parallel, so I walked in parallel with her.

As I walked, I noticed that the rock walls on both sides had obvious traces of artificial excavation, and various patterns and strange symbols could be vaguely engraved.

I inadvertently glanced at Xiaowa's face and saw that she was also looking at me with a strange expression, her eyes still blinking, as if to mean something.

I was about to ask her, but she put her middle finger to her lips, as if to signal me not to speak.

What's the situation?

I winked at her too, and she nodded at me, then her mouth moved twice.

This is?

I stared at her cherry lips, watching her lips move, probably trying to convey something to me, but not wanting anyone else to hear it - maybe it was lip language? Grandma's, it's a pity I don't know lip language!

I took a deep breath and stared at Xiaowa's mouth for half a minute, she always looked nervous, her lips repeating two movements, it should be two words.

I tried it with the look of her lips, and the first word seemed to be "bubble" and the second word was "outside".

"Outside the bubble"?

What does it mean?

Even if I looked at it again, maybe the second word is not "outside", but "fast".

"Bubble fast"?

There doesn't seem to be this word in the Han dictionary! Is it a person's name? Toponym? Or the name of some kind of Gu worm?

I silently muttered two words in my mouth, and after repeating them twice, suddenly a lightning bolt crossed my head.

"Bubble fast?"

"That's not right! It's like 'run'! ”

Why do you want me to run? Xiaowa actually asked me to run, what does this mean?

Before I could understand what Xiaowa meant, the team had stopped, and I saw a hall the size of a basketball court in front of me, and the surrounding stone walls were polished very smooth, and if I looked closely, there were many symbols carved crookedly on the stone walls.

In the middle of the hall is a huge bronze coffin, which is engraved with the lace totem of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, which should be bronze, rusty on it, and dark green as a whole.

I forgot to hear Professor Li or Mr. Wu say that this thing is called a coffin, not a coffin, and there are several layers in the coffin of the ancient emperors, and the innermost layer is the coffin where the corpse is placed.

Why is there a huge bronze coffin in the depths of the cave?

The point is that this coffin is almost the same as the one we saw in the cave in the underground space of the Yellow River that day.

This shows that there must be a close connection between the two places.

The thin old man coughed lightly twice, shouted a few Miao words, and several men put the big dustpan on the small stone platform on the side of the huge bronze coffin, and then each pulled out a dagger with cold light from his waist.

Kindness?

I'm a little confused, what are you doing with a dagger!

I was about to ask Xiaowa beside me what was going on, but the scene that happened next shocked me.

Without hesitation, the four men stabbed the dagger into their necks, blood burst out, and then, with their last breath, pounced on the huge bronze coffin.