This is a huge ancient city, according to the restoration map of Tailing given by Ange, this ancient city is surrounded by city walls on all sides, in the form of a north-south rectangle, and there are corner platforms built at the corners of the four cities, but the vermilion gate in front of him is closed. However, the closed gates did not bother Cadmus, as he had seen too many of them as a former member of the Secret Party Action Team.

Cadmus walked to the vermilion gate, and instead of trying to corrupt the gate with corrosive blood, he stared at the beast-faced ring on the vermilion iron-wrapped gate.

"The beast face ring is ominous" This is the description of the head of the shop, in folklore, the head of the shop is a traditional building door decoration with the meaning of exorcism. And the shop head is not an ordinary beast, according to legend, the shop head is one of the nine sons born to the dragon, high vigilance, so it is decorated on the door.

Therefore, in the Ming and Qing dynasties when the shop was popular, whether it was the palace of the emperor and the general, the mansion, or the small courtyard of the common people, there was generally a courtyard door, and on both sides of the door crack in the center of the two street doors, there was an object similar to the door handle in the place where one person came high, which could be a door knocker, or a diamond-shaped door pendant, and the door knocker or hanging door pendant, the base fixed and inlaid on the door was called the shop, also called the door shop.

However, before the Ming and Qing dynasties, the shop head was not so popular, and generally only the emperor's palace, imperial mausoleum and a few generals' mansions would use these decorations. As the founding monarch of Western Xia in the true sense, Li Yuanhao's Tailing is naturally worthy of such a shop.

However, the head of the shop was not used to ward off evil spirits as rumored in later generations, but was used to strengthen the door and serve as a real way to open the gate, just like the living spirit used to open the door on the bronze city gate of the Lord of Bronze and Fire. Although not every household can afford and have the ability to build it, not only does it cost a lot of money, but also there are alchemists who are willing to build it.

It is not difficult to satisfy the former, but for the latter, it is not easy to ask an alchemy master to build a small alchemy shop, and it is absolutely impossible if it is not for the wealthy nobles, unless there is an alchemy master in their own house. And when the thieves saw that the family could afford to use the shop, they knew that they could not afford to offend, and they did not dare to patronize it even if the door was open.

So some people started to think of other things, they really can't get it, and imitating a fake with copper and iron to confuse thieves can also prevent theft. And ordinary thieves can't tell whether this is a real alchemy shop or a fake, but people with such skills can't be thieves, so the thieves simply give up patronizing the houses that have a shop on the door, so there is a saying that "the beast's face is ominous".

And the shop in front of him is obviously the real alchemy shop.

The Alchemy Shop is extremely difficult to refine, first "killing" the metal and then resurrecting it to become "regenerated metal", then finding the two-headed dragon subspecies, killing them, and then imprisoning their souls in the regenerated metal. The stronger the dragon subspecies is during its lifetime, the stronger its soul will be, and the stronger its protective effect on the door will be, and correspondingly, the greater the difficulty of imprisonment and refining.

The imprisoned souls can only guard the gates they are responsible for according to the will of their masters, otherwise they will be subjected to the impact of the elements that directly act on the soul, and the specific element depends on which element the alchemist is good at using.

The King of Bronze and Fire is best at the fire element, so the living spirits on the gates of the Bronze City use the fire element to imprison and punish those who disobey, and the King of the Sky and Wind naturally uses the wind element.

Cadmus put his ring finger into the mouth of the shop, and a burst of golden light poured out from the golden head of the shop, and the head of the shop seemed to come to life, and the sharp canine teeth opened and closed suddenly, making a "click" crack.

This sound made Cadmus panic for a while, and he almost feared that the canine teeth would directly pierce and destroy his ring finger, but the alchemist's mouth stuck his wrist tightly, and he couldn't escape unless he cut off his wrist. However, it was also out of caution that he chose the ring finger that would not affect his fight.

The canine tooth closed to less than half a centimeter of the ring finger of Cadmus and suddenly stopped, and a wind element gushed out from the sharpness of the canine tooth. It's just that this wind element is too small, like a needle, and Cadmus can't see the operation of this invisible element, but he feels a trace of coolness and a momentary pain on his ring finger, and a bloody wound of less than a centimeter appears on his finger, which is about the same depth as a pencil knife cut.

The sharp teeth of the living wolf fangs were suspected of bluffing, and they stopped by slicing open Cadmus's skin.

But this is also a kind of deterrence, and this method will give the visitor more awe and humility in their hearts, which can be regarded as ingenious.

Cadmus couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the shop's mouth open wider and wider, and the restraint on his wrist was also lifted, he pulled out his hand, shook it, and watched the changes in the shop, after all, this was the first time he had seen the living spirit on the gate of Huaxia.

You must know that Huaxia, as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, has no one in Europe dared to enter China since the Great Qin swept Liuhe, annexed the Eight Desolations, and established the first great unified dynasty, the Great Qin Empire. No one can stand in front of the Emperor of the Ages, who is known as a tyrant, without permission, even if it is a subgeneration, he can only surrender to become his mount, and truly "lift mountains and rivers inside and outside, all prostrate under his feet".

Alexander the Great, the king of Macedon, who was hailed by later generations as the head of the four major military commanders in the West, could only sigh at the general situation of the Great Qin Empire after finding out the general situation of the Great Qin Empire, and did not dare to have the slightest aggressive heart against the Great Qin Empire.

Since sweeping Liuhe and annexing the Eight Desolations of the tyrant Qin, the strong men who sealed the wolf Juxu and Le Shi Yanran, the Xiong Sui who flourished for a while and was short-lived, the prosperous and short-lived Xiong Sui, the prosperous Tang Dynasty with the great treasures of the heavens and the west, the barbarian Yuan who ran thousands of miles from east to west, the sun and the moon and the Ming Dynasty of all countries, even though there were Shijin, weak Song and Nuqing and the era of division and separation of multiple regimes, Huaxia is still a forbidden place for Western mixed races.

Cadmus was reluctant to miss the slightest opportunity to observe, and the mouth of the head continued to open wide after releasing his wrist, which reminded him of the giant snake that could swallow an elephant in Chinese mythology. And the head of the shop in front of him is like the giant snake that chooses people to devour him.

There was a click, a crisp sound came from the mouth of the shop, and the pitch-black bloody mouth seemed to open to the limit, and began to slowly close, while at the same time, the vermilion door began to slowly open.

Entering the city gate are two quetai, in the form of a square, one east and one west symmetrically arranged, the upper part is adducted, and there is a small pedestal at the top, which is one of the main characteristics of the emperor's tomb that distinguishes it from the accompanying tomb.

Cadmus looked at the magnificent and luxurious buildings, and it was hard to imagine how such a majestic building could be built in a country that occupied only a corner of China more than a thousand years ago. After observing for a while, he remembered the purpose of his first entry.

Following the instructions of the restoration drawing, Cadmus found the machinery responsible for retracting the drawbridge and lowered it. With a bang, the metal suspension bridge fell in front of Ange and the others.

Ange and the others were also relieved, after all, no one knew what traps there were in this ancient city, and they didn't know if Cadmus could open the gate and enter the ancient city to lower the drawbridge.

After entering the ancient city, looking at this majestic ancient city, even Ange, who was accustomed to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but tremble. You know, this is just the outer city of this ancient city.

The group went deep into the ancient city and walked to the gate of the Moon City, which was also a vermilion gate, and it was also a shop with angry eyes and grinning teeth, but this time the pattern was changed to gluttony.

In myths and legends, gluttony is a fierce beast, but when choosing a town beast, people often choose it because of its fierceness. People feel that gluttonous "fierceness" is a powerful protection for them, and the more fierce they are, the greater the well-being. Therefore, it is such a formidable giant beast that has become a "spirit beast, divine beast, and rui beast" that repels evil and blesses one side, and bears people's good wishes for it to drive away demons and evil spirits, avoid disasters and seek blessings, protect the lord and drive away evil, attract wealth and blessings, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, protect safety, and promote financial luck.

Gucadmus put another ring finger into the glutton's mouth, but this time the gluttony did not react. Cadmus frowned, wondering about this.

"Could it be that this is not an alchemy shop, but a cover to confuse people? Why don't I try to break down the door with violence? Zigrud was a little eager to try, but was stopped by Beowulf.

"I don't rule it out, but I think it's ...... Regardless of whether it is the king of the sky and the wind inside, as long as it is a dragon, it will not give up its dignity to play such a little trick. Beowulf took off his leather gloves, revealing a hand as pale as limestone and covered with fine white scales, "Is it possible......?" Is Cadmus' pedigree not enough to open this door? ”

Beowulf's words fell, and Cadmus couldn't help but be stunned.

Cadmus's bloodline has surpassed the super A level, although it has not yet reached the S level, but it should not be an exaggeration to say that it is quasi-S, but such a bloodline is not enough

If the person who said this was not Beowulf but someone else, then Cadmus might have picked up a spear and fought with it, which was an insult to the bloodline of the Cadmus family. But Beowulf was by no means such a person, so he fell into deep thought at the same time as Sigurud and St. George.?

As the crowd fell silent, Ange spoke.

"It's very likely." Ange looked at Cadmus, who was a little unkind, and explained, "You know, the Chinese people call themselves the descendants of the dragon and use the dragon as the national totem, that is because they have a large number of half-bloods and a strong bloodline. In the West, the Roman Empire also had countless powerful hybrids, such as the Pope and the Templar Order, who shook Fenrir, the king of the earth and the mountain. For those of us descendants, the super A-level may already be a very strong bloodline, but for those ancestors, those ancestors who have defeated the four great monarchs again and again, our bloodline is ...... Maybe it's really just a humble ......."

Beowulf nodded, stood in front of the gluttonous living spirit, and reached into the hand that was reflecting a faint white light. The moment his hand reached in, it was bitten by gluttony, and his wrist was firmly stuck there, and a wind element drilled out of the sharp canine teeth, as if with great eagerness, he sucked in a wisp of Beowulf's blood.

The gluttony, who had inhaled a wisp of Beowulf's blood, seemed to feel satisfied and full, and the originally gilded gluttony suddenly turned blood-red, and the gate of Moon City opened.

But the moment the gate opened, there was a vermilion gate in front of everyone, although they already knew that there was still the gate of the inner city inside, although they had already known that there was a gate of the inner city inside, but after all, they had a feeling of being fooled by nesting dolls. Moreover, this time, on the gate, there was no longer a shop, but a red bird, with its wings outstretched, bathed in flames.

"This is a phoenix?" Beowulf was stunned and asked.

Ange shook his head: "No, it should be Suzaku." In Chinese history, there are also imperial palaces that have used the four holy beasts Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu as the head. ”

St. George looked at the Suzaku that seemed to be about to rush out of the bunk in the next moment, and took a closer look.

"I heard that Suzaku is a descendant of the phoenix, so it stands to reason that the emperor should use a more noble phoenix as the head of the shop, right?"

"Many Chinese people have the same idea as you, but in fact it is the opposite." Ange pointed to the Vermilion Bird and said with a smile, "Many online articles regard the Vermilion Bird as the descendant of the Phoenix, in fact, according to the myths and legends of China since ancient times, the Phoenix is the descendant of the Vermilion Bird." In ancient times, the Vermilion Bird was called the Vermilion Bird, which was the prototype of the Phoenix in later generations, and in the culture of the Zhou Dynasty, people took the Vermilion Bird as the authentic of the Phoenix. ”

St. George covered his head and shook his head: "Oh, Chinese culture is really broad and profound, too complicated, this kind of thing will be left to you to consider in the future." ”

Beowulf also sighed, Huaxia has a written history of 5,000 years, and the culture has never been broken, which is also an important reason why the dragons that appear in Huaxia are generally handled by Huaxia itself and the secret party cannot intervene.

Beowulf sighed and plunged his hand into Suzaku's beak again, but this time, as Cadmus had done before, he didn't react to the gluttonous bunker.

"It seems that even you, who have reached the S-level bloodline, can't meet the conditions for opening the door." Ange sighed, unbuttoned his cuffs, lifted his sleeves, and inserted his arm into the bird's beak.

Feeling the entry of Ange's arm, a burst of fire welled up in Suzaku's eyes, and the brilliant golden golden pupils that danced like flames made the rest of them feel their shoulders sink, and some invisible force was pressing on their shoulders, beating their knees, forcing them to crawl on the ground.

However, in this case, it just shows that my trip is ...... You've come right. ”

Ange smiled lightly, but hidden in that smile was a sea of corpses and blood.

After absorbing enough blood, Suzaku actually flew out of the bunk. Its whole body burned with crimson flames, flapping its red wings and flying towards the inner sanctum, as if to find its master.

And with the departure of Suzaku, the amazing coercion also disappeared.

But from the dark inner sanctum, there were two more oppressive coercion......

Li Wuyue...... I finally ...... Finally...... Found you! ”

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