When they looked around the statue of the deity, they did not pause their pace, and walked down the stone path for about half an hour, and only then stopped to look around when they saw the statue and the funeral butter lamp disappear.

"If nothing else, this is already the end of the stairs, and from here you will be the real altar of the witch god."

Song Siyuan walked to the end of the stairs and turned on the flashlight to look around, the lamp emitted a green light, reflecting the entrance to the altar in front of them.

The altar door hole is similar to the head of a cow, it can be seen that the door hole is as big as a city tower, the huge head of the cow bends upward, constructing a sharp horn full of thorns, under the horn, the ears of the ox are close to the head, the eyes are slender like willow leaves, and the middle is inlaid with blood red ore as an eyeball, as if the head of the bull squints and looks coldly, and looks at all beings.

Further down, it is the altar gate of the same size as the gate of the city tower, the door hole is concave into half a meter, it can be seen that the door panel presents a complex pattern, and there is a door button like a copper basin, which fastens the huge door tightly.

Yue Guanchao walked into the giant door, there was only a rusty chain between the two door buttons, this chain tied the giant door, and there was no lock, but the chain was wrapped in the door button, and the surface was covered with patina and spider silk, because it was rusty for a long time, and it was impossible to untie it.

He simply picked up the machete, clicked a few times to cut the chain, and when the chain fell to the ground, the bronze door was free of the restraint of the chain, and a gap opened open.

"Be careful, be careful of hidden arrows hurting people, don't have any hidden weapons."

Yue Guanchao went to the tomb so many times, and when he saw this kind of heavy altar door or tomb door, the first thing he thought about was whether there would be a mechanism behind the door, so he had to evacuate his companions to both sides of the bronze door first, and slowly pushed open the bronze door with these guards.

This kind of similar structure, he went to the tomb many times is already commonplace, skillfully took out the hemp rope, put on a wooden stick picked up on the side of the road, threw it into the tunnel along the parabola, and waited until the wooden stick was sure to hit the ground, and slowly pulled towards the entrance.

In this way, once it is determined that there is a mechanism inside, it can avoid the danger that comes with it, seeing that the wooden stick is being pulled out of the hole, Yue Guanchao senses that there is no danger inside, and gestures to the surrounding companions, telling them to continue to stand in front of the doorway.

"Let's go!"

Tapping slowly, climbing down the stairs, the stairs were built very steeply, they had to hold on to the wall when they walked, and they barely stabilized their bodies, Xu Xiake casually lit the oil lamp in the alcove, and waited for the dim light to reflect the stairs, and the narrow tunnel was illuminated little by little.

They were also able to see the murals on the left and right walls of the corridor.

Song Siyuan picked up the flashlight and compared the murals divided into different sizes, carefully observed various details, and carefully explained: "The painting introduces the steps of sacrificing to the witch god, first of all, the funeral ghee, and then walking down the stairs, and when you reach the end of the stairs, you will come to the sacrificial river in front of the altar, the three bridges on the river are called the bridge of life and death, and crossing the bridge of life and death is already considered to be officially entering the altar complex, and then, the high priest who performs the sacrifice carries the priesthood of sacrifice and respectfully offers sacrifices to the witch god......

When walking, Song Siyuan introduced the steps of the sacrifice to them clearly, and when they reached the end of the stairs, they really saw a high, deep and wide man-made river in front of them.

As mentioned earlier, this Fengqiu Mountain did not exist before, and this is only an ordinary area in the canyon, which was selected as an altar before it began to be built as a sacrificial community, and then filled in the soil as a mound, so this river has more regular beauty than the naturally formed underground river, just like the Jinshui River in front of the Forbidden City, which has strong man-made characteristics.

Look carefully, the river is 100 meters long, tens of meters wide, and three arch bridges are built on it, and it can be seen that the water under the arch bridge is murmuring, and the river is surging.

After crossing the bridge of life and death, you will come to the altar of the witch god!

Since the unity of the witch god and the witch emperor, the witch god has become the biggest god of the witch god country, his temple and altar must be sacred and atmospheric, completely different from ordinary temples, the altar in front of them is similar to the altar of prudence, it is a sacrificial complex, with many palaces and houses, more cold and majestic than the high medium mother temple of the witch god country.

Yue Guanchao they walked on the arch bridge, standing at the end of the arch bridge to carefully observe the altar of the witch god, the whole building complex is the same as the Shu Emperor Divine Palace, it is a building of a circular city wall, the city wall is about 30 meters high, there are several meters of abutment under it, the blue bricks are built on it, the yellow mud pepper color is applied outside, there are gray tiles fan all over the wall, forming a very conspicuous circular wall.

There are three-story castle towers on all sides of the wall, and it can be seen that there are bronze statues of warriors and guards on the castle towers, guarding the altar of the witch god like a living person.

Outside the city tower on all sides, there is the tower of about ten meters high on the left and right, the left and right are arranged like a warrior standing guard, the stone pillar in front of the tower is towering, the halberd frame surrounds the wall, solemn as the military camp martial field, makes people unapproachable.

With the tall courtyard wall as a shield, many palaces were covered by the wall, and in addition, it was dim and damp, and the eaves of countless palaces were hidden and hidden on the head of the walled city.

Yue Guanchao took Song Siyuan to climb one of the towers, and finally broke through the wall to cover it with the help of the terrain, and saw the true pattern in the altar.

After entering the circular wall, the whole altar is rebuilt in the round wall a slightly lower square wall, and the majestic Ox Head Palace is built in the middle, and the left and right sides are divided into Taiyi, Fengshen, Rain Girl, Si Ming, Shaozhong, Mountain Witch, Yang God, Cloud God, Spirit God, River King and other gods in turn, and the priest branch hall of the ten gods of the Wu clan is formed around the main shrine.

These temples are mainly square courtyards, the high hall is in the middle, the corridor is circumambulated, the gray tiles are cocked, the horns of the ox are kissed, there is a straight road extending from the cow head temple, just the major halls are completely connected, and the "m" shaped mandala is formed in the wall.

The tallest building is the Ox Head Temple in the middle.

This temple occupies a quarter of the area of the altar, the eight-sided abutment is built on the foundation, and there are cinnabar red walls around the abutment to build the palace wall, until the red wall is ten meters high, there is a tower-type "Pin" zigzag platform, and the eight sides of the platform are connected to each other, and together they surround the huge platform built in the air.

From the front, each side of the tower is a deformed bull's head, sharp horns stand upward, like sixteen relief pillars, from the tip of the horns implicated rope connected to the platform, forming a stable platform of the cable, supporting the huge shrine in the center of the platform!

After that, because it was too far to see really, after the two of them went down the tower, they recalled the distraction temple they saw, and they couldn't help but have questions, Song Siyuan asked Wu Mifeng: "Uncle, Taiyi, Fengshen, Rain Girl, Si Ming, Shaozhong, Mountain Witch, Yang God, Cloud God, Spirit God, and Hejun only have ten gods, and the temple here seems to have only ten sub-gods in addition to the Ox Head Temple in the middle, why don't the other two gods have a temple?" ”

Wu Mifeng pondered for a moment and explained: "The two missing ones are the gods of heaven and earth, not only the Han people believe in sacrificing heaven and earth, but the witch god country also worships heaven and earth, but our heaven and earth belong to the category of nature, and they are not embodied as Haotian and Houtu like Han mythology." ”

"You guys were standing on the tower just now, and you should be able to see that the outer wall is round and the inner wall is square, right?"

Yue Song and the others nodded: "Indeed, isn't this to better divide the courtyard of the temple?" ”

Seeing that they didn't quite understand, Umiphon shook his head and retorted: "What you said is only one of the factors, the inner and outer circles of the two city walls, which are actually similar to your concept of the heaven and the round place, the circle represents the sky on the outside, and the square represents the earth on the inside. ”

"The ten gods in these two city walls are the natural gods produced between heaven and earth, and the concept of the altar is similar to the Ming Hall in the Han Dynasty, which is actually the Ming Hall of the Witch God Kingdom."

As they spoke, they had already walked into the gatehouse and walked along one of the wide roads to the vicinity of the Niushou Temple, Song Siyuan took advantage of everyone walking in front, pulled Yue Guanchao behind, and said in a low voice: "Do you think that this road is too smooth?" ”

"You mean it's less difficult?"

Yue Guanchao's face was full of confusion, for him, this was the first time he walked well, without the mechanism and monsters, he walked like walking on the ground.

"It's not that there are fewer difficulties, but it's too smooth."

Song Siyuan's expression became mysterious, and she continued to prompt him with the question: "Think about it, since we entered the canyon, it seems that we have been led by the nose all the time, I have never had this feeling, even if it is the occasion of the Ancestral Vein Soul Palace, there is not such a strong sense of pushing back." ”

"What do you mean?"

Yue Guanchao glanced at Lao Mo in the crowd.

"You mean there's something wrong with Lao Mo?"

Yue Guanchao woke up like a dream, thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the case, after entering the canyon, the first thing they noticed was Lao Mo, who was cooking on the fire, and then gave up exploring the canyon, first went to Lao Mo's wooden building to investigate the truth, and then was told the danger of the forest by Lao Mo.

After that, they really lost their way in the Lost Forest, and had to rely on Lao Mo's wooden building to determine their direction, and in the end, they even had to be led by Lao Mo to the river valley in order to cross the canyon smoothly.

One thing is a coincidence, if everything is a coincidence, it already means that there is a problem, and his eyes flashed with a hint of color: "You mean, we were led by Lao Mo the whole time." ”

"Yes!"

Song Siyuan paused and continued to ask: "There is something even stranger, don't you think Lao Mo is too familiar with the recent affairs of pregnancy?" ”

"He knew that he had built a walled city in the river valley in the eastern part of the country, that there was infighting in the walled city, that he had also been killed, and that he even knew how he crossed the lost forest, and he knew these things in such detail that it was difficult to attribute the reason to the mountain people who attacked Ren Dongjin."

When Song Siyuan said this, her eyes were like torches and she said a question that puzzled her for a long time: "He knows so much about Pregnant Dongjin, and even knows that Pregnant Dongjin has fed poison on the treasure, but he has a vague memory on the whereabouts of the treasure, if the news of the treasure is really what the mountain people told him, then he must also know the whereabouts of the treasure." ”

"Anyway, we have to be a little more vigilant, I always feel that Lao Mo is not as simple as it seems."

Song Siyuan's words successfully aroused Yue Guanchao's already relaxed spirit, and he nodded: "What you said is indeed possible, but Lao Mo is a crazy old man, and he doesn't even have an accomplice, what can he do?" ”

Some people died, but not completely......