The old cat's expression became very serious, and looking at his expression, I knew that what he was thinking of must not be a good thing, but could this matter be related to the mural we just saw?

Just as I waited for the old cat to say something, the expression on his face suddenly changed again, and changed to the expressionless appearance before, as if nothing had happened just now. The old cat's words also continued to talk about the topic just now, that is, the four strange "divine birds".

After talking about the ghost car and the phoenix, the next one is Dapeng. He said that the Roc is also regarded as a kind of totem of the gods in many regions. In Tibetan areas, the Tibetan creation ballad "Song of the Formation of Spa" says: "Heaven and earth are mixed together, and it is Dapeng to separate heaven and earth", and it is believed that Dapeng gave birth to people and became the ancestor of the Tibetan people.

In the Buddhist statues in Tibet, all the Buddha statues of the angry face fly on the top of the head, there are Dapeng golden-winged birds, and many Tibetans will wear the statue badge of the Dapeng gold-winged birds. The Roc feeds on dragons, which are said to incite their huge wings to fan the surface of the sea and peck at the dragon kings of the sea. The unformed dragon, as well as the dragon and so on, are all the food of the Roc.

Dapeng is also a divine bird around Rulai, with infinite lifespan and incomparable mana, behind many enlightened holy monks, there will be Dapeng wings growing.

As the only "popular" bird in the mural, the peacock is indeed a demon bird in ancient legends, because its own cultivation is not enough, so it has turned into a peacock.

The peacock was first defined as a demon bird that snatches people's souls and absorbs people's spirit. The opening of the peacock screen is also a harbinger of the impending catastrophe. Peacocks can fly at first, and they can wave their wings for thousands of miles. Later, the peacock was subdued by the Antarctic fairy because of the cannibalism everywhere, and the peacock was once the son of the mythical bird Phoenix, because he strayed into the demon path and could not attain the Tao, so the Antarctic fairy Weng cut off his wings, so that he could not harm the world in any flight. This is also the reason why the peacock later had wings, but could not get up and fly.

"According to you, peacocks can also be reborn from the fire?" I couldn't wait to ask the old cat. Listening to the old cat and Lin Xihui talking, it is indeed a long insight, I heard for the first time, it turns out that the peacock is still the son of the phoenix.

The old cat nodded silently and replied to me, "Although the peacock cannot become an immortal, it must not be a mortal fetus, it is the son of the phoenix, the king of birds, so it also symbolizes eternal life." In many tribes of the Miao people, the peacock is also regarded as an important totem in the clan. Generally, this kind of tribe is usually what is now called Black Miao, and the orthodox tribe will still use the divine object as a totem. ”

Listening to Lin Xihui and the old cat's explanations in turn, I found that these four strange birds have a common characteristic, that is, they all represent - eternal life!

Whether it is the Divine Bird Phoenix, the Holy Bird Dapeng, the Evil Bird Ghost Che, or the Demon Bird Peacock, although these four birds have good and evil, they all have the ability to live forever. I think it's no coincidence that these four divine birds with immortal abilities appear on the same wall at the same time.

Thinking of the scene I saw in the mural just now, that is, the "Ying Dragon", I later swallowed all the four strange birds. I think it's understandable to swallow a ghost car or a peacock, after all, these two birds are evil birds, and it may be nothing if they are swallowed by Ying Long. But the phoenix and the roc are not ordinary birds, one is the king of birds, and the other is a holy bird that feeds on dragons, and they were actually swallowed alive by a wingless dragon Yinglong, which is a little strange. It's hard to explain, what exactly is this "Ying Long"?

In particular, I clearly remember that in the mural at that time, after the four strange birds were surrounded by the body of "Ying Long", they all looked frightened, as if they were very afraid of the dragon. According to common sense, the phoenix of the king of birds and the holy bird Dapeng should not have that kind of weird expression.

So I asked the old cat in confusion, "I don't understand a little, if Dapeng and Phoenix are both divine birds, that thing that looks like a dragon is not a dragon, a snake is not a snake, and before it has no wings, it should not be regarded as a "Ying Dragon". At most, it's a high-level white-collar worker among monsters, right? According to what you say, this thing that is not a dragon or a snake has swallowed up four birds that can live forever. Where did it come from? Nor can this be explained by any legends or wild histories? ”

The old cat told me that before Jackie Chan, Ying Long's talent with horns was called "dragon", and those without horns became Qiu or catfish. The thing devouring the four birds in the mural does not look like a claw or a catfish, as it does not have the obvious characteristics of a dragon and looks more like a snake.

So even the old cat can't reason in vain to get what this thing is on the mural. However, he still reminds us that the mural is only telling a story, and the information we get from the mural is not necessarily true, and it is very likely that it has been exaggerated and stored in the mural. To get more information, we need other clues.

After he finished speaking, he didn't talk more, and leaned against the stone wall alone, his expression very pleasant.

I also have a general understanding of the content of the mural on the stone wall just now. According to the last few pictures in the mural, it is mainly about how the strange Ying dragon evolved, and in the final analysis, it was like Lin Xihui said, because it ate those four unusual "birds". Thus four wings were born. The four wings on Ying Long's body represent a kind of bird that it devours, so the four wings are different.

The mural should be divided into two parts according to its content. The first part talked about how the entangled dragon and Ji Wei helped each other to achieve the process of freeing themselves from the shackles of their bodies and thus obtaining their own rebirth. And the second part is the origin of Ying Long.

Simply analyzing the content on the screen, there is no doubt that the two parts before and after have a common content, that is, eternal life. No matter how complex the picture is, it always revolves around the theme of eternal life.

I suddenly remembered that the earliest mural on that stone wall was not actually "Ying Long", but the three dragon-headed humanoid weirdos!

The three strange figures are depicted on a stone wall at the same time, indicating that the three dragon-headed humanoid strangers must also have some kind of potential connection to the mural. Could it be that the four-winged dragon finally became a human?

If Ying Long is some kind of totem, humanizing it is also a necessary way of expression. In ancient times, many tribes would combine people and their own totems, so as to identify themselves as the children of that totem, linking people, animals, and gods. This is also the most basic way to maintain the system.

So I speculate that based on what is displayed on the wall, it may not be an important story about "Ying Long", but a statement about how a tribe was formed! An immortal tribe!