Chapter 240: Responding to the Tribulation (I)
The old pig fairy said with an uncomfortable face: "If Martingale Lingzhi and Gu Tan come in and don't find anything, then don't we have to follow in their footsteps?" "Hearing this, I was also stunned, yes, Martingale Lingzhi and Gu Tan don't know where to look for it, since they haven't found it, how can I and the old pig fairy find it? It's just, it's just that since I'm here, I still have to go and see it in person, maybe by chance, I found it?
"Old Pig Fairy, if you don't think there's any hope of finding it near the altar, then where should we look for it?" I asked casually, glancing around.
The upper and lower circles of this underground palace are the principle of the sky and the round place, and the huge palace where we are located is similar to the court of the ancients, but we are not very interested in this place, and there is a side door in front of it, which is also burning a brazier, about a foot away from a hanging place, the fire is reflected, and the surrounding area is as spacious and bright as in the outside world. It's just that there are a lot of debris piled up on the ground, especially the scattered boulders, which lie sideways halfway, which is shocking.
Being here, I don't know when there will be another big shock, I secretly glanced at the old pig fairy, hoping that he calculated accurately, otherwise the two of us will probably have to explain here! In the side of the door, there was a slightly narrow passage, but it was not very long, and after a few moments we saw a small cave not far away, and a tall stone platform in the cave.
When I came to the stone platform, I was horrified to see the white bones piled up on it, and the stone troughs that appeared around it, and on both sides of these stone troughs, were carved with simple runes. I hurriedly asked the old pig fairy, "Can you understand what this rune means?" ”
The old pig fairy frowned, but he looked around at a loss, and said, "This is the first time I've seen this kind of sacrifice, but these runes are obviously underworld." But there are several kinds of scriptures, the earliest appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and then with the change of dynasties, the beliefs of the world are also diverse, such as nature worship, all things in heaven and earth are worshiped by the world, but the things worshiped in each place are different, there are worship of the sun, moon and stars, there is worship of some kind of beast, there is worship of mountains, rivers and plants, of course, there are also worship of souls. People in the world die evil and live well, ancient and modern, so the communication with ghosts and gods has an origin very early. ”
"Then this text is also a way to communicate with the soul?" I asked, dumbfounded.
The old pig fairy nodded and said: "In fact, the earliest people in the world did not have the concept of reincarnation, and there was no such saying. This is the return to the earth, after the rise of Taoism and Buddhism, there is gradually the theory of reincarnation, but before the Qin and Han dynasties, there was no such culture, the world revered the soul, sacrificed to the soul, there are also special ways, such as proclamation of the underworld, praying that those who died will become gods who protect the world. The types of scripts are in line with the different scripts of ancient times, and there are many ways to do this. ”
"Since we can't read this text for the time being, and we don't know what kind of sacrifice it is, what should we do?" I looked at the old pig fairy helplessly, and thought that the old pig fairy could really make achievements when he came here, but I didn't expect that he couldn't even understand the scriptures. Instead, I pointed to the passage on the other side and said, "Old Pig Fairy, there is another passage over there, shall we go and see it?" ”
The old pig fairy waved his hand and said: "You don't need to ask over there to know that it is a sleeping palace, this is a trick that those princes like to play in ancient times, burying their own mausoleums after death, and arranging them exactly like the palace outside." Maybe he continued to dream of being an emperor after death, but it's actually ridiculous to say. We're running out of time, we have to look around this altar, if there is any mechanism, it stands to reason that this place shouldn't be so simple, there must be something else! ”
Hearing the words of the old pig fairy, I hurriedly circled around this altar a few times, this altar has nine floors up and down, each layer, like a steep and steep stone staircase, but when I reach the top, there is nothing. But on these stone steps, there are still so many white bones attached to them, what happened to this altar in the first place? Why would anyone rush to die? Most of the people who were sacrificed were going to die, but after thinking about it for a long time, I still didn't understand why those white bones were in an upward climbing posture, and what did this mean?
The old pig fairy on the other side was holding his chin with his hand, not knowing what he was pondering, and after a long time, he muttered to himself: "I think the reason why Martingale Lingzhi and Gu Tan came here but didn't find anything, maybe they also stopped in front of this strange sacrificial platform." In my opinion, unless you crack the mystery of this altar, you won't be able to find the treasure buried inside! ”
"Old Pig Fairy, do you mean that the treasures are buried under this altar?" I was stunned. Hurriedly leaned over the stone trough, carefully looked at these inscriptions, and stroked them with his hand, suddenly, I only felt a trace of cold and piercing breath, penetrating through the cracks of the words, piercing my fingers painfully. I hurriedly withdrew my hand, Huo Di got up and said, "Old pig fairy, these scriptures are strange! ”
"What's weird?" The old pig fairy also squatted down and reached out to touch those dark texts, but I reached out and grabbed his arm, the old pig fairy frowned, and asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?" Why are you stopping me?! ”
I said anxiously: "There seems to be something hidden in this script, and the pricked finger hurts, you, you should be careful!" ”
"Oh?" The old pig fairy looked at me in astonishment, but he ignored my reminder and reached out again to touch the scriptures, and suddenly, I saw the surrounding texts slowly twisting, and I was so frightened that I retreated. At this moment, the old pig fairy also said with a shocked face: "Ergou, quickly hide away, this inscription is really strange, but now, it seems, I seem to have found a way to open the sacrificial table, I want to try!" ”
As he spoke, the old pig fairy gritted his teeth and pressed his palm on the underworld, who knew that the stone carvings of the underworld around the sacrificial platform turned abruptly, and all the strokes from under the old pig fairy's hands were with a misty breath of blood and water, I opened my eyes wide and asked blankly: "Old pig fairy, you, are you using your own blood?!" ”
I didn't expect these stone carvings to be able to turn, and the trajectory of the rotation was obviously a yin and yang diagram, and soon, as the blood of the old pig fairy penetrated into the dark stone carvings little by little, all the dark stone carvings were pushed back and forth, pulled, and made a dull turning sound, twisting back and forth, and there were seven or eight lines of dark text inside and outside, as if looking for the correct position.
After a while, I suddenly found that the stone troughs surrounded by the underworld, suddenly a touch of white mist appeared, the mist was very light, I couldn't help but take two steps forward, the probe took a look, it was okay not to look, this look, it was like a glimpse of the Nine Hells, only to see that under the stone trough, the flames were rolling, and the magma was overflowing. Frightened, I hurriedly stepped back again, and it turned out that the white mist was not any mist, but white smoke evaporated from the flames inside!
What kind of ghost sacrifice is this?
"Old pig fairy? How are you, old pig fairy? I looked at the old pig fairy in horror and asked with a worried face: "Your face is ugly, why don't you stop, let's find another way to open this sacrificial platform!" Old Pig Fairy! But seeing that the old pig fairy didn't listen to my words at all, before my words fell, he suddenly slapped his other hand the stone carving, and then gritted his teeth and stared at the sacrificial platform in front of him.
At this moment, I seemed to notice that the sacrificial platform in front of me had undergone a strange change, and the nine stone steps seemed to be rotating and shrinking in their own way. No, the stone steps seemed to be turning underground, and I cried out in astonishment: "Aren't these stone steps a sacrificial platform that rises up, but a passage that leads below?" I, I seem to get it! ”
Hearing my words, the old pig fairy smiled bitterly and said, "Silly boy, I only understand now, it seems a little late!" Quick, hurry up the stone steps, it is the passage to the real sacrificial platform......" At the same time as he said this, the old pig fairy's face had turned the color of pig liver, and his clenched teeth kept oozing blood, which made me tremble, I knew that the old pig fairy's current situation was very bad, but since he had done it, and the passage of the sacrificial platform was about to open, I, I couldn't stop him.
Perhaps, maybe this is the place where the master should be robbed, if anyone wants to enter the place of sacrifice, they must open the passage in this way, although I don't know the consequences of doing this, but I think it must be life-threatening!
"Hurry!" The old pig fairy's eyes also became blood-red, his lips, nostrils, and ears were almost gradually bloodshot, I was shocked, nodded a little overwhelmed, and jumped up the stone steps, and now the stone steps gradually shrank into four, three, or even two layers. Seeing that I gradually entered the inside of the passage, I hurriedly shouted to the old pig fairy outside: "Old pig fairy, you, what are you going to do?" Come with me! ”
The old pig fairy trembled and shouted, "No...... If I let go of my hand now, this passage will definitely be closed again, and someone must block this mechanism, maybe this is the calamity, I really hope I have blocked a life and death calamity for your master...... If that's the case, then I, then I have no regrets......" said, the old pig fairy's face showed a relieved smile, at this moment, my tears couldn't help but burst out of my eyes, maybe I never felt that the old pig fairy's smile was so kind, so sad......
"Old pig fairy! You can't be fine! "I gritted my teeth and reached out to catch the old pig fairy, but my arm couldn't catch him at all. I just watched him leave my sight little by little...... But at the last moment, I suddenly saw a familiar figure, which appeared behind the old pig fairy like lightning, and my heart was instantly pinched!