Chapter 22 The Golden Crow
[The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Mu Qingming led his disciples into the dark passage, but after descending the long stone steps, he entered the crooked dark passage. The danger was not encountered, and the mechanism was easily cracked by the dragon lockers. But this dark passage is always high and low, left and right, which can't help but make people dizzy. In the end, he still failed to trap the dragon lockers, and Mu Qingming took all the disciples and went straight to the hinterland. led out Mu Qingming to explain the mystery, but he was suspicious, not knowing how the secret technique of the demon clan could be lost to the central Yunnan region that he had never set foot in. After that, he led his disciples into the doorway and saw the stone room mentioned by the old flower king, and it was indeed the scene after the gold and silver melted and cooled all over the ground. 】
In some cold darkness, Mu Qingming's voice echoed in the dark passage, and it did not disperse for a long time.
One of the purposes of Mu Qingming's trip was to let the disciples who came with him also have a long experience.
Anyway, the dungeon is right in front of you, and you don't have long legs, so you can't run. Mu Qing simply stood still and explained in detail to the disciples the mystery of the way to come and go: "And along the way, we can all sense that there is a faint aura flowing on the wall, which is attached to the wall. We will instinctively think that it is the aura that sustains the formation on the ground. In fact, it is only to maintain the blinding method of the exit of the cave, and the blinding method that we see at the entrance on the ground is also maintained by these aura. ”。
"Master, in fact, this blinding method is the same as what we saw at the entrance, and we don't have to break it, as long as we break in, the scene presented by the blinding method can't stop us, right?" Ah Hong, who listened carefully, thought about it and asked: "But along the way, the scenery is almost the same, and the obstruction in the dark passage is only a wall scene made of stone strips?" ”。
"That's right, this trick is specifically designed to prevent me and other strange people with thaumaturgy." Mu Qingming was deeply pleased with Ah Hong's point, and bowed his head slightly, saying, "Because the blinding method is subtle, it is not easy to detect. It also uses the same aura as the maintenance aura required by the Ecstasy Array on the ground, so it's easy for us to ignore it. ”。
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xiaosheng asked thoughtfully: "In this case, when the master broke the blind eye method when he was on the ground, does it mean that we should remember the movement of the hand trick and the true qi in the meridians, so as to learn the technique of breaking the law?" ”。
After all, Zhang Xiaosheng heard his senior brother Ah Hong say that these blinding methods are just obstacles, and they can't hinder people's progress, so he thought of this layer.
"Of course, why would I do so much superfluous things?" Mu Qingming smiled and said, "In the future, if you encounter a trick, you will use that trick." As for the operation of the True Qi, it was the same as when I broke the Fa before, leaving the dantian and rushing straight into the sea of qi, and then passing through the shoulder well and entering the abyss. ”。
When the two disciples silently wrote it down, Mu Qingming and Mo Han glanced at each other and smiled.
Both of them felt that it was right to bring these two disciples out. How long and long, the two children have grown by leaps and bounds.
"Alright." However, after a while, Mu Qingming put away his smile and said with a solemn face: "The next thing is the real danger." The roads I've traveled before are just little tricks. I don't know what dangers are on the road behind, and once you encounter a danger that threatens your life, you two must flee first, understand? ”。
"This ......" Ah Hong and Zhang Xiaosheng did not rush to obey their orders this time, but stopped talking.
So far, they have all mustered up the courage to come here, and they will never do anything to escape. What's more, for the sake of himself, abandoning the matter of the master and the master, it is impossible for Ah Hong and Zhang Xiaosheng to resolutely agree.
"You're all young, and you're going to have to live no matter what." Mo Han took over and said to the two disciples who hadn't agreed for a long time, "What's more, when you encounter danger, if you are by our side, your master and I will look forward and backward. When you leave safely, we can give it a go, and it will be easy to get out. ”。
I don't know if it's the reason why Jiaoyun was kidnapped before, Mu Qingming and Mo Han are more cautious than before in dealing with the safety of their disciples.
As a master and a master, the couple felt that they still had to be responsible.
"Maybe we can help." Ah Hong thought for a long time, and said so.
He still did not waver, unwilling to leave Mu Qingming and his wife to run away by himself.
"Anyway, I let you escape, you will escape, don't hesitate." Mu Qingming dropped such a sentence, turned around, and took the lead towards the back of the door.
Mo Han and his disciples also followed.
Behind the doorway, there were long stone steps that slowly rose, and sure enough, the long steps they had walked on the way were exactly the same. Even the difference in height between each stone step is exactly the same. The length and width of each stone step are the same.
Even the witch inscriptions and patterns carved on the stone walls on the left and right are the same in size and position, and the points are exactly the same.
"Wood, when we went home to get married, my mother-in-law also told me about the ladder in that holy place, and said that this kind of stone was soaked in secret medicine, so different locations will present different visual scenes. But this is the secret art of the demon race after all, and aren't all secret techniques secret? Mo Han followed Mu Qingming forward closely, and secretly asked Mu Qingming with his mind transmission: "And my mother-in-law also said that the demon clan has never set foot in central Yunnan and the southeast coastal area, how can there be a formation and this kind of passage arranged by the demon clan's secret art in central Yunnan." ”。
"I don't know." Mu Qingming frowned at the echo of his footsteps, and Mo Han's question was also the question that he had been hovering in his heart since he entered this place.
"Still." After a pause, Mu Qing's mind was transmitted to Mo Han: "Maybe we can find the answer here today." ”。
The transmission of the thought was transmitted to Mo Han, and Mu Qingming stopped at the end of the stone steps. He found himself in a restrained and soft golden light.
The other dragon lockers who followed up stood still beside Mu Qingming, the four of them lined up, and when they looked forward, they saw a wide square stone room in front of them.
The circular vault is like the sky, and one hundred and eight large and small night pearls are dotted on it, arranged according to the position of the stars. The soft fluorescent light emitted from the beads illuminated every corner of the stone room, and also made the gold and silver nuggets flowing on the ground in front of Mu Qingming and the four of them, after the gold and silver melted and cooled all over the ground.
After the gold and silver water cooled everywhere, it can be seen that the old flower king did not have a green underworld. Once upon a time, there were indeed mountains of gold and silver treasures piled up here.
Looking at the gold and silver that flowed everywhere like a stream of water, there was a tall and thick bronze door.
On the door, Mu Qingming saw the jade in the hands of the old flower king.
The jade dotted on the bronze gate is connected into a line, and it is not difficult to find that on closer inspection, they form a pattern that spreads all over the two doors. It was a one-eyed serpent that coiled its lower body, raised its neck and raised its head, and opened its mouth to spit out a letter.
There is also a place on the door, where a piece of jade is missing, which is the place where the old Huazi King picked off the jade, leaving only a shallow round pit. Both the edges and the inside of the pit are polished smooth.
However, the absence of a piece does not affect the pattern on the door. There is a piece of jade missing, but it can still be seen that the pattern composed of jade on the door is the golden crow of the snake spitting snake.
"Golden Crow." Mo Han stared at the door and blurted out.
"Well, yes." After Mu Qingming nodded calmly, he looked around and said, "The situation here is the same as what the old flower king described, especially the scene of the melting of gold and silver all over the ground, and the traces of flame burning. ”。
Speaking of this, Mu Qingming raised his head and looked at the top of his head. On the dome, which is like a firmament, there are many scorch marks that have been burned by the flames, which are clearly visible.
Those scorch marks were the scorching flames of the flames, baked out in an instant.
The only thing that is different from what Lao Huazi Wang said is the closed gate and the bright murals on the surrounding walls.
All this, Lao Huazi Wang did not mention.
The mural may have been noticed by the old flower king, or there was another mystery. The gate may have been closed after the old flower king left, because the mechanism was closed.
However, there is not much difference, and it is basically certain that this stone chamber is where the old flower king has come.
"Master." Zhang Xiaosheng also looked around the surrounding environment, pointed to a warped wall tile on the wall next to him, and said, "Look, that's a flap." ”。
Mu Qingming looked in the direction of his finger and saw that there was indeed a stone slab in the corner of the mural that had been turned up and not flattened.
Lao Huazi King once mentioned that the stone slabs on the wall shrank and turned, and there were hidden arrows that shot quickly, almost leaving him with holes.
But the flap that Diao Zhang Xiaosheng found now seems to be a shadow of an old mechanism that has not been fully restored.
"Master, what are these murals painted on?" Ah Hong took advantage of the soft light of the luminous beads to look at the murals that were still brightly colored on all sides.
Because there are no words, only patterns, even if the drawings are very detailed and lifelike, Ah Hong can't tell what kind of story is being told.
You can only see what you want to express by separating the contents of the mural.
The others also burst out with expectant gazes and landed on Mu Qingming.
Mu Qing saw that there was no danger in the surrounding area, so he simply calmed down and carefully observed the murals.
After a long time, he paced slowly, looking at it as he walked, and the surprise in his eyes gradually appeared, and at the same time he said to the others who followed him: "This mural depicts the story of the Longmu clan. It is said that in ancient times, after Dayu governed the flood, a group of humanoid monsters crawled out of the mud in the Death Valley of the Western Kunlun Hell. They had horns on their heads, hideous faces, and black bodies, and their countenances were terrifying. ”。
Mu Qingming stopped, and on the screen he stared at, he drew a scene of mud everywhere after the flood water receded, flooding the valley and rocks. And the dragon wood clan is crawling out of the mud on the painting.
"Because where they climbed out, there was a dragon tree." Mu Qingming looked at the mural with a tree with a hard quality, a dragon-shaped filamentous pattern, almost no annual rings, and branches that were extremely difficult to break, and saw at a glance that it was the legendary dragon wood: "That is the place where Fuxi made a dragon map, so these monsters that crawled out were given the name of dragon wood." ”。
Most of this history was not known to Mu Qingming after the mural was presented. In the past, he knew more or less about the history of the Dragonwood clan.
"In the tree, there was a one-eyed serpent entrenched by the name of the Golden Crow. The hard scale armor on its body shone with golden light, so that the Dragonwood clan saw it, and bathed in the golden light emitted from its body, they opened their minds. Mu Qingming looked at the mural and continued: "Their Longmu clan also began to worship the Golden Crow, and regarded it as a high creator god. ”。
Everyone looked at the mural as far as his eyes could see, and the dragon wood clan on it was surrounding the golden crow, constantly kowtowing and worshipping.
"In this way, the Golden Crow became the god of the Dragonwood clan, and took them to settle near the Valley of Hell Death and live." Mu Qingming took a step to the side, glanced at the mural, pondered for a moment, and continued: "The Golden Crow Clan is responsible for teaching the dragonwood clan evil arts, and the dragonwood clan is responsible for offering sacrifices to it. At first it was just some animals, and slowly it began to be a living sacrifice. ”。
As he spoke, the mural that Mu Qingming looked at changed scenes one after another.
In the previous painting, in the golden light emanating from the golden crow's body, the dragon wood clan sat cross-legged and entered into general practice.
There are also dragonwood clans, so they can summon underground black qi, gather qi and transform into fierce demons, and so on.
There were dark clouds in the air, and there were signs of lightning and thunder in the darkness.
It's very similar to the spreading evil art that Mu Qingming said.
Immediately after that, there is the sacrificial pattern.
The Longmu clan sacrificed the animals they had hunted near the Kunlun Mountains to the golden crows who were feasting and eating flesh and blood.
And among the sacrifices that were offered, there were many human beings.
The human beings are painted on the murals full of despair and pathos, and the helpless eyes are particularly conspicuous.
After all, they are about to be reduced to the food of the golden crow, and the ancient humans in these murals are of course helpless and desperate.
"This golden crow is really an evil thing, specializing in eating people for fun!" Zhang Xiaosheng saw that the root of his teeth was itching, snorted angrily, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "If I had been born early and thousands of years, I would definitely not have been able to spare it." ”。
"Huh." Mu Qingming smiled, stepped to the side, and looked at another mural.
The mural depicts the golden crow with a full meal and drink, coiled on the white bones, with a red light in his eyes, and the earthly earth suddenly has a legless undead, rising from the ground and floating into the air like the wind and clouds.
"And the well-fed and well-fed Golden Crow, through the one-eyed on his forehead, can connect the world with the netherworld." Mu Qingming looked at the Longmu clan worshipping outside the red light on the mural, and said: "The Longmu clan worships the Golden Crow once again, and believes that the Golden Crow can bring them back from the dead and is the god of immortality. ”。
When Mu Qingming explained, he also saw a mural painting of several dragons and wood clans with severed heads, holding their heads and walking into the red light.
One of the Dragonwood clansmen was connecting his broken arm to the wound. And the wound on his arm, in the red light, did not shed the slightest blood.
It can be seen that what this mural wants to show is the eyes of the golden crow, which has the effect of reviving the dead and saving people.
It's no wonder why the records left by the predecessors of the Immortal Dao claim that the worship of the Dragon Wood clan to the Golden Crow is due to the belief that the Golden Crow can bring them immortality.
"In the long years, the Golden Crow not only taught the dragon wood clan the art of yin and evil, but also kneaded the soul from the netherworld into a thing, which is no different from a human form." Mu Qingming, who was watching while walking, continued to explain to others: "This soul that has been reshaped with tens of millions of souls also has the ability to transfer life along with the netherworld. And this soul resembles a human woman, so she became the holy daughter of the Longmu clan, and she is the one who announced the decision on behalf of the Golden Crow. ”。
"Isn't this the Emperor Mother of the Pear?" Mo Han, who was standing beside Mu Qingming, suddenly said.
What is the relationship between the Emperor Mother of the Pear and the Golden Crow? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.