Chapter 183: Xuanniao? (Ask for a subscription and ask for a monthly pass)
As a result, no matter what she said, coaxing, inducement, and agitation methods were all used, and the other party showed no signs of showing up.
Instead, Yin Kejing gently pulled her sleeve, attracting Qian Yan's attention, looking at the lines on his rough fingers, it didn't look like a soul in an illusion.
"What's wrong?" She asked softly.
Yin Kejing didn't speak, but quietly pointed to his right under the cover of his sleeve.
Tilt Yan's head didn't move, her eyes slanted in the direction he was pointing.
There was a small recessed place in the wall over there, and inside was a carved shrine, but instead of a statue or a tablet, it was a specimen of a bird.
It's pitch black, some like crows, I don't know what kind of hobby this is, generally speaking, the bird specimens made into ornaments are generally eagles, and crows are really rare.
It's also because of the light, I saw it wrong, maybe it's a more realistic bird.
In this palace, traces of Xuanyao can be seen everywhere, such as the carving on the throne, the decoration of feathers in the copper kettle on the table in front, as well as the furnace and the lampstand.
Therefore, the offering of a bird in this shrine is not so abrupt, but it is very realistic.
Qian Yan looked at it for a while, but didn't find anything strange about the ornament, and retracted her gaze and looked at Yin Kejing with some doubts.
Yin Kejing looked around, didn't know what to say, just pulled her sleeve and took her out.
Qian Yan didn't resist, and walked out with his strength, and followed directly to the outside of the palace, knowing that the other party should have found something and wanted to tell her.
She didn't tell the other party that if the so-called old ancestor had divine sense, as long as they were within the scope of the other party's divine sense, they could hear each other wherever they were hiding and talking.
Anyway, it's useless to say it, she also wants to hear what Yin Kejing has discovered, anyway, they are already here, and now they can know more.
When they reached the periphery of the palace and approached the steps, they stopped, Yin Kejing turned his back to the direction of the palace, and said to Qian Yan almost in a breathed voice: "Miss Yang, just when you were talking, I accidentally discovered that every time you finished speaking, the bird's beak over there would move, as if it was talking......
Qian Yan narrowed her eyes, and instantly seemed to have grasped some key clue.
Every time she finished speaking, it was the so-called old ancestor who answered, if that voice came from that side, could it be that the spirit of the old ancestor was attached to the target of a bird itself?
Before she could figure it out, Yin Kejing continued: "I just listened to what you said, although I didn't understand many things, but I still listened to some of them.
What do you mean when you say that the people in the village are dead people, souls? Does that mean we're not human? Are we all dead, so we can't get out of the village, and if we are far away from the village, we will disappear? ”
Seeing that he could think of so much, Qian Yan didn't hide it from him, and directly told him his guesses, including the conversation with that old ancestor just now.
Yin Keqin: "So, you've been talking to the ancestor just now, but I don't know why I can't hear his voice?" ”
Tilt Yan nodded, "It may be that "he" has some different means, he can control the voice only for me to hear.
You should have heard what I said just now, "he" said that it was five years ago, that is, he pulled my soul back to the time period of five years ago.
I passed by here before, and entered the village to avoid bandits, but at that time, just in time for the village to disappear, I left and went to Yunling County, and was brought over while resting at the inn, which was five years later, and now it is five years ago.
"He" said that Yin Keqin's mother and son and the patriarch were all souls, and they all died in this year, and you were sent in as a sacrifice this year, which was very pleasing to "him", so he was left by his side to serve.
Later, when you want to escape, you are discovered by "him", and he traps you in a fantasy world, making you keep looping the process of being sacrificed, and you can't stop experiencing the panic and pain of being chosen as a sacrifice. ”
Yin Kejing couldn't react for a moment when he heard this, he reached out and looked at his palm, and clenched his fist hard.
He looked up and said, "How can I be illusory, this is obviously real, I still remember that I followed Brother Keqin and them to the town to sell prey three days ago, and I still remember the people I met in the town." ”
Qian Yan is actually a little puzzled about this, although she has not seen what the real soul body is like, but she has seen it many times on TV, and she has also read it in books, it is said that if you live a soul, you can't leave the body for too long and too far, otherwise you won't be able to go back, and your body will die.
Dead souls are ghosts, afraid of sunlight, afraid of chickens and dogs, afraid of everything that is masculine, and there is a translucent illusory state, and it is impossible to have the feeling of such an entity.
And when she was eating, drinking or washing in the past two days, the touch was very real, so she felt that what "he" said was not necessarily true.
After hearing Yin Kejing say that there was something wrong with the bird that was suspected of being an ornament, she felt that she could take a good look at it, and maybe she would find it.
"I'll go in and see that thing, maybe there's a breakthrough, you wait for me outside, I'll just go in myself."
After speaking, Qian Yan also looked around, they all spoke like this, and they didn't deliberately lower their voices just now, I believe that the old ancestor should be able to hear it, but the other party didn't make a sound, could it be that she guessed wrong, the other party has no divine sense?
No matter, let's go and see first.
She was about to go inside.
Yin Kejing hurriedly followed and whispered: "I'll go in with you, no matter how I say I'm also a man, how can I hide behind you a little woman, I'll go in with you, and I can help you take a look around, and I can also give you a wake-up call if something happens." ”
Qian Yan nodded approvingly, one more person does have more strength, like just now she only cared about talking to that guy, and didn't take care of the surroundings, if Yin Kejing hadn't discovered the abnormality of that bird, she wouldn't have found it herself.
The two of them stepped into the palace again, and they didn't hide it, and went directly towards the shrine with a clear goal.
As she walked, she raised her head and shouted around, "Ancestor of the Yin family, are you still there?" If you are here, I have something to ask you. ”
The other party did not answer, and there was silence except for the footsteps of the two of them.
Tilt Yan frowned, glanced around, and then fixed her eyes on the shrine.
When they were only four or five paces away from the shrine, the blackbird suddenly came to life and flew up!
This change frightened both Qian Yan and Yin Kejing, but they didn't expect this to be a living bird!
Looking at the bird that flew out, it was indeed black, and its upper body looked almost exactly the same as that of a crow, with a black beak and feathers, but the tail feathers behind it were a little different, much longer than the crow's tail, and longer than the front body.
Of course, the overall size is larger than that of a crow, and the tail is almost three feet long, so I don't know what kind of bird it is.
The two looked up and watched as the bird flew higher and higher, and finally landed on the high wooden beams on the roof of the palace.
"Were you talking to me just now? What kind of spirit are you? Raven spirits? ”
Tilt Yan said deliberately, trying to provoke the other party to open his mouth again.
The results were not answered.
The other party didn't say anything, so he had to look at the shrine to see if there was anything else inside.
I saw that the shrine was a horizontal rectangle, made of wood, and it was carved with auspicious ruyi patterns and emperors, generals, heroes, Taoist gods, and splendor.
This look is the shrine of the gods and Buddhas, if it is the ancestral shrine, it should be a vertical rectangle, with a shrine door.
Could it be that this is the Xuanniao that the Yin Shang royal family believed in? Didn't you say that the Xuanniao was actually a black phoenix? Although this bird has a long tail, there are still many differences from the phoenix, at least the legendary phoenix should have a crown, the feathers on its back are like fish scales, and the tail is even longer.
The birds had nothing in common except that they were pitch black.
Of course, the theory of the dark phoenix is just a rumor, maybe people believe in this kind of bird.
I don't know what kind of wood the wood of this shrine is, and it is also black, but it can be seen that it is wooden, and it does not make people look at other materials.
The figures carved on it are also lifelike, and even very smart, which shows that the carver is skilled and not an ordinary person.
There is also a small base in this shrine, and Qian Yan looks a little awkward, and the bird is a little cramped when he just stands in it, and this base is completely redundant.
After thinking about it again, this redundant setting may be some important clue.
Qian Yan reached in and touched it, and then a sharp cry suddenly appeared in her head, "What are you going to do!" ”
Qian Yan was startled by the scream that almost pierced her eardrums, not only did her eardrums tingle, but her head was buzzing.
Shaking his head, he turned to the bird and shouted, "Are you talking?" What are you? Is it really a crow spirit? ”
She said this on purpose, just to provoke the other party, if it was really this guy, she would pluck out its hair when it came down!
The bird finally couldn't help it, and jumped on the beam and shouted, "You are presumptuous! I am a bird, how can I be compared with that mortal bird! I'm a bird, a bird! ”
Looking at the little black bird jumping on his feet, Qian Yan sneered and said, "What? Don't pretend to be other ancestors? Don't you tell me that Yin Shang is really your descendant, how did you give birth to a person who laid eggs? Reproductive isolation to find out. ”
Blackbird ignored her words, still jumping to his feet, "What kind of attitude do you have?" Is this the attitude of the Divine Bird-sama? Bow down to me and show your faithfulness, or I will punish you!" ”
Qian Yan smiled and said: "You still don't brag there, and show loyalty to you, you don't really think that you are a black bird, right?" Look at your appearance, except that the color is the same and the tail is a little longer, which point is similar to the Xuanniao on the totem? You don't think that you can pretend to be a Xuanniao if you are dressed in black, do you?
Since you are a divine bird, you must have divine power, so you use your divine power to let us see, what's the use of just shouting there, thinking that loud voices are true? ”
Blackbird was choked by what she said, and became even more angry.
"If I wasn't sealed here, how could I allow you to be arrogant here, and you can turn you into ashes by just flapping your wings!"
Tilt Yan raised her eyebrows, oh open! It turns out that he stayed here and was sealed.,It seems that this guy was suppressed by someone here and can't leave.。
It's not right, since its divine power has been sealed, how did it get her from Yunling County?
This is not something that can be done without ability, this is more than 20 miles away from Yunling County, and it takes half a day to walk, not to mention getting her here.
So, if it's not lying, it's also controlled, whether it's true or not, as it says, it can turn her into ashes with a flick of its wings, anyway, Tilt Yan doesn't believe it very much.
Even if it really could, it wouldn't be able to be used now anyway, so it would be treated as if it didn't work.
Now the question is, how did the other party get themselves? Whether it's this phantom array or that formation that can hide a village, this kind of strength, but now it doesn't do anything, what's going on?
Or is there a bigger boss in the back? This bird is just a small minion, and the really powerful one hasn't appeared yet?
Only, then Qian Yan tried for a long time, and the other party turned over and over these words, either talking about her previous great achievements, or telling her current grievances, and then asking her if she agreed to exchange souls with it.
Of course, Qian Yan couldn't give the other party a satisfactory answer, but the other party became angry, and shouted angrily with his wings: "Didn't you just say that you would consider it if I answered your question?" How can you talk without words! ”
Qian Yan said with a natural face: "Yes, I said I would consider it, but I didn't say that I would definitely agree, I thought about it, but the result was that I didn't agree, is there anything wrong with this?" ”
"You...... Humans are cunning! ”
Perhaps it was the first time he had encountered such a scoundrel, and the blackbird almost fell off the beam of the house, but he still waved his wings to stabilize his body.
"Forget it, I won't play tricks on you, now I'll tell you, since you're here now, you can't go if you don't agree, and if you change with me, there is still a way to live, otherwise I'll trap you here! Even if the outside world is slower than the time inside, and the time is long, you are still a death! ”
Seeing that the other party was already in a hurry, but still didn't do anything to herself, she determined that the other party had no way to force herself at all, only with her own consent.
It seems that he has something to make the other party fearful, at least for now, safety is safe.
Tilt Yan rolled her eyes, and quickly reached out and buckled the base in the shrine!
By the time the screams in her ears returned, she already had a flat box the size of a palm in her hand......