Chapter Twenty-Six: Tree Spirits
"After going up from that plank road, there is a large meadow outside the city when you came......
"I know this, as long as I get there, I can go back in the dark." I took Dadong's words and asked, "But, how can I get up that plank road?" β
"Now it seems that you can only go from that palace." Dadong said, pointing to the palace on the cliff, "The palace and the plank road are connected, look inside, you can find the way to the other." But ......"
His "but", my heart began to hair.
I said, "Don't say "but" again, I know it's going to be another death. Okay, anyway, we're already miserable like this, no matter how bad it is, it's a dead and dead body, and the head has a big scar, let's see the move.
So saying, I lifted my feet and ran in the direction of the palace.
Very different from the buildings of the ancient city of Xuanyuan, this palace built on the cliff wall has a slight shadow of ancient Chinese architectural style from the outside, and it is no longer those monsters built with stones. I could see the huge logs, the glazed tile roof, the vermilion lacquer gate, and the black plaque hanging from the door...... It's a sight to behold.
When I came to the bottom of the cliff where the palace was located, I looked up and found that half of the palace was actually built in the mountain, and only the palace gate and the tower were exposed on the cliff wall. The bluestone wall panels and heavy eaves roof stretching into the stone cracks are already majestic and majestic, and I don't know how many Qionglou Yuyu will be in it.
I followed Dadong and ran around the cliff for a few hundred meters, when I suddenly saw a rope hanging down from the lush shadows of the trees above, Dadong tugged at it, and turned around to signal me to follow.
As soon as I saw it, I went crazy.
I said, this cliff is forty or fifty meters long, you don't want me to climb up this straw rope? Do you know what my college PE score is? I've never passed, and you're letting me do this?
"You can't get on?"
"Up, up, up."
I nodded, and reached out and tugged at the straw rope, which was the thickness of my wrist and felt quite strong. But it was wet to the touch, and it was very rough, and I don't know where Dadong got it.
Dadong asked me to take out a climbing rope, tie a very special knot, tie me to him, and let me go up first.
I silently recited the phrase "grass your uncle" in my heart, stepped on the cliff, grabbed the grass rope and got up.
Dadong told me that my body should not be at 90 degrees from the cliff, and that my upper body should lean forward, put the rope between my legs, and the speed must be fast, and I must push up with the strength of my feet. I did so, but it didn't take long for me to start feeling soreness and pain in both arms.
The rope was as thick as thorns, and I dragged it so hard that my palms were bloodied, and even my fingernails were turned up. Fortunately, there are many places to settle on the cliff wall, and I stepped on it with one foot and walked and stopped. Dadong poked my ass with the handle of a knife below, and I didn't dare to grind, and the last fifteen meters climbed almost instinctively.
When I knelt down in front of the palace, my first feeling was that I was going to die.
"You waste ......" Dadong stood next to him like jumping beans, and chirped a lot of stinky words, I didn't listen to a word, I felt my limbs sore, my head was confused, my legs were like noodles, and I couldn't stand up.
At this time, I suddenly felt Dadong kicking my back the side.
I was about to die, and I was even more annoyed by the kicking, and I was about to scold him, but he covered my mouth and dragged me into a bush with a hard pull.
"Shhhhh Dadong pressed my head, but he looked at the door of the main hall.
"What's going on?" Dissatisfied, I broke his hand and mouthed him.
Dadong was silent. There was silence all around, except for the occasional sound of the wind and the rustling of trees. I still don't understand, Dadong asked me to listen carefully, I took my breath lightly, and this time I realized that it seemed that something was climbing on the ground, making a "rustling" friction sound, followed by a burst of "woo" crying, flickering away and near, sounding extremely sad......
Someone crying? I was taken aback.
Dadong stared at me and said, "Do you remember when I told you that when we entered the cave, we had Xiao Rong break the roots of a tree. As a result, as soon as I entered the hole, the roots of the tree coiled up on their own as if they were alive? β
I nodded.
"It's the tree that's crying," Dadong said with a grim face, "The tree has become a spirit!" β
With Dadong's words, I looked at the green hidden in front of the palace, and a chill slowly rose above my head. The trunks of the trees there are blackened, and each one requires six or seven people to surround it, which is difficult to see even in the primeval rainforest.
What's even more strange is that, from a distance, the trunks of these trees are covered with huge nodules, some of which are so large that they are crushed into strange shapes and twisted in a deformed manner.
After waiting for a while, the wind gradually became quieter. Seeing that nothing had happened, Dadong urged, "Hurry up, hurry up!" β
With great difficulty, I got up from the ground and followed Daito straight towards the palace.
The palace has three gates, and the wooden panels are decaying. We squeezed sideways through the crack in the door, passed through a dark corridor, and entered the interior of the first main hall.
I walked ahead with a flashlight. Dadong found an iron lantern out of nowhere, in which more than half of the dried wood chips and pine resin remained, and after being lit with fire, the fire shone brightly, and all around it was covered with a dull orange color.
Despite being in the dark, the palace still looks imposing. The long coral window reflects the dark brilliance, and the roof of the temple is made of thick nan wood as a beam, and a huge pearl hangs in the middle. The inner pillars of the main hall are all made of black stone, and each pillar is carved with a whirling and coiled dragon, which is lifelike and spectacular.
At the end of the main hall is a three-step staircase with a landing and a T-shaped corridor behind it, so I don't know where it leads. Two stone statues with human faces and snake bodies stand on both sides of the corridor, with majestic bodies and hideous faces.
Dadong walked briskly towards the T-shaped corridor at the end, seemingly unconcerned about everything in this hall. I took a few quick glances and hurriedly followed. As I passed by the stone statue with a snake face, I couldn't help but look at it, and my hairs stood on end.
I saw that the stone statue was more than two meters high, with a snake's tail coiled on the ground, a male upper body, and extremely long arms. The whole stone sculpture is as if it were alive. In particular, the huge eyeballs carved on the face seem to be some kind of strange gemstones, and when the light shines, the eyeballs will actually rotate with the light.
I was startled and was about to say something by pointing to the statue, when I felt my body tilt and a hand suddenly grabbed my arm and dragged me into the hallway.
"You've got it!" A woman was talking, and when I saw it, it was a girl, "Why is it so slow?" The girl's face was full of gloom. When I looked again, Xiao Rong and the man were also standing not far away. When I looked at them with each other, I realized that my heart suddenly became much more steady.
I've never been a person who likes to rely on people, so I can't explain this feeling, but I just feel that I don't need to say anything at this time, and there seems to be a sense of security all around, which makes people feel very comfortable.
"How dare you all be together?" I looked at the girl and said, "Why am I the only one who fell so far after that door?" I grass, where is the reason? β
"So let you cultivate more and cultivate your character." The girl crossed her hands on her hips and glanced at me, "When we came out of the stone gate, we found ourselves indoors, and we were dumbfounded, so we couldn't send you a flare." And we also searched for a long time before we found the exit, worried that something would happen to you, so we asked Dadong to go directly to you. β
"How's it going, have you found your way to the boardwalk?" Dadong asked the girl.
"Not yet, it's too deep in here," the girl shook her head, "We're afraid of traps, so we don't dare to look for them." But...... Brother Dadong, come and see what this is. β
The girl said, stretching out her right hand and spreading it out in front of Dadong. I was curious, so I also went up to take a look, only to see her white palm, holding a handful of tiny flakes, transparent texture, glowing blue and black color, shining in the light, still shiny.
The girl's palm was covered, and the flakes were scattered all over the ground. My head flashed for a moment, and I remembered what it wasβthe giant hand that killed the female corpse in the forest, covered with these tiny scales.