Chapter 268: Tomb Beast
Looking at the two strange statues on both sides of the tomb door that Ning Wuxin was pointing to, Mo Fan was a little puzzled.
He looked at the statue carefully, and really couldn't recognize what these two things were, and the four dislike descriptions were not enough to express its strange appearance.
This thing seems to be carved from solid wood, less than a meter high, and looks like a human but not a human, like a beast but not a beast, giving people a hideous and terrifying feeling.
Its face appears to be a deformed dragon face, with large round eyes, but a nose similar to a human nose, but larger, especially the nostrils.
Its lips are human-like, but thick...... Like two sausages, the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned and seem to have a weird smile. The ears on both sides are large, a bit like pig's ears, open, and a little pointed at the top, which looks somewhat majestic.
The other thing is the top of the head, and I saw that there was a single horn on the top of the bare head of this thing. The bottom of the unicorn is very thick, and it gets thinner the higher it goes, and there are obvious spiral lines on the unicorn, a bit like the drill of a bulldozer!
The last thing to mention is the pair of round eyes, pitch black, as if black shiny, extremely weird.
Mo Fanzai carefully looked at these two things for a while, and said, "What is this thing?" ”
Ning Wuxin said solemnly: "This thing existed thousands of years ago, and it is a tomb beast!" ”
"Tomb Beast?" As soon as Mo Fan heard this name, he felt a little familiar.
I have seen it on TV before, saying that the town tomb beast is a common monster in ancient tombs in China. There are animal faces, human faces, antlers, etc., which are set up to suppress ghosts and protect the souls of the dead from intrusion.
And there are many records and legends about the source of this statement. For example, there is a record in "Zhou Li" that says:
There is a monster called the elephant, which eats the liver and brain of the dead; There is also a divine beast called Fang Xiang, which has the ability to expel dragons and elephants.
Therefore, the family often ordered Fang Xiang's family to stand on the side of the tomb to prevent the intrusion of monsters.
Therefore, the custom of using the tomb beast is likely to have evolved from the legend of the Fang Xiang clan. Some people also speculate based on a pair of antlers on the head of the early tomb beast that the tomb beast should be related to evil spirits, spirits, and scholars.
In addition, judging from the archaeological findings, the tomb beast was first seen in the Chu tomb of the Warring States period, and was popular from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties. It has gradually disappeared after the Five Dynasties period.
The production of the tomb beast was wooden, bone, and pottery very little in the early days, and later it was mainly pottery and Tang Sancai. There are also metal and stone objects, although they are extremely rare.
So far, archaeological excavations have found hundreds of wood carving tomb beasts used in the tombs of Chu to ward off evil spirits. The period ranges from the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period to the middle and late Warring States period.
Mo Fan looked at these two tomb beasts, and was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that since the Five Dynasties period, there has been almost no such thing as a tomb beast in anyone's tomb.
Because of the various burials and things that protected the owner of the tomb that were popular later, the tomb beast gradually replaced it.
This tomb is from the Qing Dynasty, only one or two hundred years ago, how can it be placed in the tomb something that was popular thousands of years ago?
Seeing Mo Fan's doubts, Ning Wuxin said: "Actually, there is nothing strange, this demon Dao is not an ordinary person, he knows spells, naturally he understands more than many people." This town tomb beast is the first popular evil thing of the ancestors to protect the tomb owner.
So its existence certainly makes sense, and it turns out to be. I'm alone, and I can't break through these two tomb beasts at all. But if you want to enter the tomb, you have to deal with them! ”
Mo Fan nodded, looked at the two tomb beasts, and said, "Close to the tomb gate, they will attack?" ”
"Yes, if ordinary people get close, they only need to release some evil qi to let them die here and be buried. But we are different, these two things are very spiritual, and they can feel our strength. They won't be underestimated! ”
Hearing Ning Wuxin say this, Mo Fan couldn't help but be more cautious, and then said, "Let's go together!" ”
The two of them approached the tomb gate together, but their attention was locked on a tomb beast. They could feel the evil aura brewing in the two black wood carved monsters.
The two of them got closer and closer to the tomb gate, and the evil aura in the statues of the two tomb beasts became stronger and stronger. Later, the two statues directly shook, and streams of black gas emerged from them, like two fierce beasts about to go berserk!
This was a warning, a warning to Mo Fan that they were not allowed to come any further.
But Mo Fan and Ning Wuxin didn't care, they both raised their feet together and stepped on the stone steps!
At this moment, the two tomb beasts shook violently. The next moment, the two woodcarved tomb beasts surrounded by the eruption of black qi suddenly seemed to be alive, and they both kicked on their hind legs, and their two front legs pounced on the two of them with a stream of black qi.
Mo Fan and Ning Wuxin had been on guard for a long time, and when they saw the tomb beast moving, they both snorted coldly.
The two tomb beasts both had a powerful evil aura on their bodies, which were black, and at the same time as they pounced on the two of them, two black gases also rushed towards them.
Mo Fan could feel the power of these black gases, if they dissipated, ordinary people would inevitably be corroded immediately.
He is a zombie, but after the experience of suffering a small loss on the knife of the dead soldier before, he also knows to be cautious.
The Tomb Beast came in an instant, but it pounced, and its front hooves did not hit Mo Fan, since it stepped on the air, it was about to return after stepping on the air.
But at this moment, Mo Fan suddenly appeared behind it and cut off the back road, and when it was about to go back but hadn't turned back, he quickly kicked out and kicked the tomb beast out.
At the same time, Mo Fan felt a strong force, this town tomb beast stepped in the void, just catching the air and its speed as the focus point, it could actually have such a great power, which surprised Mo Fan.
The tomb beast was kicked and fell on the tomb wall on the side, directly smashing the tomb wall into a depression. Then it swung its hooves and adjusted its position in the air, and then kicked the tomb wall with its hind legs.
The two legs kicked on the tomb wall and stepped directly into two holes, and then the body instantly burst out, shooting at Mo Fan like an ordinary cannonball.
Mo Fan was really surprised, although this thing is only the size of a child, but this power is really big, and it is very fierce!
Looking at the tomb beast that was bubbling with black gas as if it was smashed over, Mo Fan snorted, and then smashed out a punch at the tomb beast.
A stream of blue corpse qi blasted out with Mo Fan's fist, and the black qi smashed by the tomb beast slammed into it, and with a bang, the blue corpse qi and the black evil aura instantly collapsed.
A strong wind swept through the air, Mo Fan took two steps back, and the Tomb Beast flew out again.
"I'll go~ This thing is really a bit difficult to do, and the strength is actually on par with me. And its black qi is actually about as powerful as my corpse qi! ”
Mo Fan rubbed his fists and said, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a bang, and when he looked back, it was Ning Wuxin who flew out upside down and smashed against the wall.
I saw him smile bitterly at Mo Fan and said, "Mistakes, mistakes, ......"
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