Chapter 64: An Altar Carved in the Belly of the Mountain
To test my thoughts, I pulled out Kun and cut off a mask from the stone wall next to me, and walked through it all over again. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info sure enough, it didn't take long for me to see the mask again.
Hey, what a clever fool for a while, such a simple trick actually delayed me for half an hour.
I cursed myself, and stopped looking at the masks, walking on my own, but soon back to where I was. I broke out in a cold sweat, did I misjudge? Did I miss something?
I leaned against the stone wall and thought to myself, could this be a dead end? But I always feel that something is wrong, what about the motivation? Why go to such great lengths to build a dead end? Is it just for the sake of displaying these masks? It's weird.
Forget it, for the time being, when it's a dead end, go back first, don't let you leave in a hurry.
With that in mind, I walked back. But when I got to what was supposed to be a fork in the road, I found that the fork in the road was gone, replaced by a stone wall that was tightly knit.
Oh my God, what's going on? When did you close it, and why didn't you hear a sound at all? Am I deaf?
I tore open my throat and shouted twice, and I felt like my throat was about to burst, but I didn't hear a sound. I can't be deaf and dumb, right?
I suddenly remembered that when I cut the bronze mask just now, the broken part of the mask fell to the ground without making any sound, it was really dull, why didn't I pay attention at that time?
In frustration, I raised my hand and slammed my fist on the stone wall, not wanting to empty my feet, and my mouth fell before I could open it.
There is a tubular slide with a steep slope below. As soon as I fell in, I slid down the chute uncontrollably.
It's getting faster and faster, and your ears can finally hear it! It was the sound of the wind that I was all too familiar with as my body cut through the air during a rapid march!
I yelled, I heard, I heard my own voice, and it was great!
The excitement of regaining it made me want to jump up from the slide and call the world: I'm not deaf or dumb! I can still talk and I can hear the wonderful sounds of nature, which is simply amazing!
People are like this, when they have some things, they are accustomed to them and do not feel precious. When I lost it, I realized that it was so important and indispensable. How lucky I am to have and cherish it.
Although it dawned on me in an instant that I had not been deaf or dumb in the closed tunnel, but rather the material of the rocks, I was still overjoyed and had a feeling of being reborn.
The slope gradually slowed down, the speed gradually slowed down, and I didn't get shot out. Instead, it landed steadily.
When I looked up, I saw an altar-like building in front of me, which was very open, atmospheric, and magnificent.
Under the huge rock dome, there is a huge circular platform with a radius of more than 20 zhang carved out of the steps in a circular shape. I counted it, and there were nine levels in total. The façade of each platform is carved with moire. And from where I had settled, a straight road was built all the way to the top.
The outermost circle is equidistant with nine identical bronze masks.
Each mask was huge, shoulder-high. The length of the masks is not much different from the ones seen in the corridor, but the strangest thing is that their eyes, protruding from their sockets like two sticks, stand outside.
It's too exaggerated, whose eyes can look like this?
On the steps of the third floor stood nine bronze figures with solemn expressions, each holding a giant ivory in both hands.
In the top circle, nine bronze giants knelt at equal distances, each holding a large bronze bird with a hooked beak, and a wheel-shaped disc on the top of the bird's head.
I jumped up curiously to see that it was full of grease, and it turned out to be a lamp.
Climb the stairs and see that there is a giant stone coffin about 5 zhang long, wide and 3 zhang high in the center of the platform. The shape of this coffin is extremely simple, flat top, complete doors and windows, painted line carving, very exquisite.
If you look closely, you can't see that there is not even a gap at the bottom of this stone coffin, and it is one with the platform at all!
That is to say, the stone coffin is not carved and placed from elsewhere, but itself and the platform are a big stone, carved out of life!
As I have just observed on the lowest step, the step is one with the rock wall.
In other words, this whole cave is really a hole dug out of the belly of this mountain.
Oh my God, it's just ingenious! What kind of craftsman does this have to be, to be able to achieve such accurate positioning? Is there a craftsman in this world who is more divine than Luban?
A handful fell on the door of the stone coffin, which was very familiar.
When I walked over, I saw that the lock was covered with beautiful green rust flowers, carved with cloud dragon patterns, and the shape was simple and made of bronze.
Hey? How does this lock look the same as the lock in the Scripture Pavilion?
I was playing with the lock, and I thought, hey, I've found his relatives, but I didn't expect them to be mass-produced.
I love these bronze objects the most, and I don't know how the craftsmen of the time were so clever enough to make them so fine.
Touching it, I suddenly remembered that I was in a hurry to go down the mountain, and I forgot to give the key to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to the abbot, and I was afraid that I would lose it and keep it close to my neck. Why don't you try it and see if you can open the lock.
I hurriedly took out the key and inserted it into the lock, and I actually got in. With a twist of the backhand, there was a "click", and the big lock was opened.
I held the lock in my hand and played with it for a while, how I liked it, I couldn't put it down. I want it to look at this broken door in this big grotto, and there is no one to appreciate it, so it's better to let me accept it and hurt it.
With a smile in his heart, he put the lock in his pocket.
Pull the bronze deadbolt aside, reach for it, huh? It's quite heavy, and it hasn't moved at all. When he started again, he added telekinesis, and sure enough, the door was pushed open with a creak as if it had been enchanted.
When I walked in, I saw a huge sarcophagus about 2 zhang long, 1 zhang wide and 1 zhang high parked in the middle of it.
This sarcophagus, like the coffin outside, is also integrated with the rocky ground below. In other words, the space inside the coffin was also carved out of a large stone.
How precise the process and technology can be done! Once again, I was impressed by the wisdom of our ancestors.
The sarcophagus is very finely made, and it is carved with colorful paintings, which is very exquisite.
I looked closely and found that these patterns were all narrative. A long face is engraved with mountains and rivers, there are small holes in the mountains, and a group of people come out of the holes, hand over the left side, and the bun is also on the left side.
Strange, why are these people dressed in the same way as the people in the village under the mountain? Could it be that it is their ancestors who are lying inside?