Since the Ghost Fang Sect was already waiting for them, Yue Guanchao and the others did not delay any longer, and followed the craftsman to drive up the mountain.

On the peak, the true face of the Shennong Sheji Temple gradually appeared in front of everyone's eyes, according to Tan Yanqiu's law, this temple has existed since the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and has been continuously repaired by the royal family of the previous dynasties for thousands of years, and it has always been the temple with the highest specifications in Shennongjia.

Generally speaking, a big temple like this is completely different from a single-door temple, and it has undergone several generations of repairs to form a distinctive Gaotai Huadian complex.

The agricultural shrine in front of the temple is divided into three parts: the front gate temple palace, the atrium temple, and the back courtyard fall, like Chaoyuntai, it is located on the rammed earth platform with three levels of drop, and the middle staircase is connected to the highest rammed earth platform from the ground, and the outside is matched with a circular verandah, which is shaped like a courtyard wall and dwells the building, forming a whole.

The three layers of rammed earth platforms are different, and on the closest platform to them, there is the almost trapezoidal Shennong Main Hall.

This temple is slightly different from the temple system they have seen, similar to the trapezoidal main hall, showing a narrow upper and lower wide style, the walls are made of rammed earth, the foundation is surrounded by huge stones, the more you reach the top of the temple, the steeper it is, and the eaves are fanned with a layer of straw-colored roof, and you can clearly see the style of the roof of the grass hut.

The temple is divided into two layers, the upper hall has no door opening, all are windows, the corridor is separated by twelve windows, the lower floor of the palace has five corridor windows on the left and right, the middle three door openings, before the door hole, stand the stone building of the archway, the Shennong flag stands on both sides, the breeze blows, the flag flies.

Skip the Qianmen Temple Palace and you can see the shrine on the second platform!

The style of this temple is already very close to the palace style of later generations, with yellow tiles and red walls, owl kisses and open ridges, colorful decorations, exquisite corridors, and only stronger than the palace of Chaoyuntai, and even, the specifications are a little higher than Chaoyuntai.

Chaoyuntai is just a royal palace courtyard, not a serious palace, this Shennong Temple is indeed the temple that the royal family of all dynasties have to come to worship, it already belongs to the sacrificial temple in terms of specifications, it is the highest specification of the royal building, it is the highest regulation of the heavy eaves of the palace top.

On the left and right sides of the palace, there are also towers and flying corridors, which are shaped like arm bends to connect the courtyard wall, and go straight to the highest platform!

On top of the highest platform, there was the high courtyard they saw!

Normally, such a backyard should be lush with vegetation, but the courtyard they see is only scattered weeds, neither exotic flowers nor ponds and bridges, only a huge head made of stone is placed in the courtyard, surrounded by ancient trees, the huge human head seems to be alive, swaying through the shadows of the trees to spy on the living creatures under the stage.

These three different courtyards do not belong to the same style at all, as if they are mixed together with wild vegetable dumplings, delicacies, and wowotou, which can clearly feel alienated and strange.

Song Siyuan carefully observed the temple and asked: "These three courtyards are very strange, the highest place should be the main hall, but it is a courtyard with a stone head, the middle hall is too luxurious, and it seems that the temple palace at the bottom is very shabby, as if three patches are mixed together, how can there be a Sheji Temple of this nature?" Not all dynasties have repairs, don't you know how to unify the style. ”

As they spoke, the Ghost Fang Sect had already walked over from a distance and explained, "That's because the construction time of these temples does not belong to the same era at all, and after they are built, they cannot be demolished and rebuilt, they can only be repaired, and they are roughly maintained as they are. ”

After a pause, he paused and pointed to the highest platform and said: "Not only is the appearance different, but the building structure is also different, the temple palace at the front belongs to the late Shang and Zhou Dynasty buildings, probably the period when the Shang Dynasty evolved into the Zhou Dynasty." ”

"At that time, the temple building was not so luxurious, everything was mainly simple, but the shape was very close to the palace of later generations, as for the highest courtyard, it was closer to the altar building in ancient times, and the huge head in the middle was probably some kind of sacrificial utensils."

"Only the building in the middle is a little closer to the era we live in, according to the characteristics of the colorful decoration, probably built in the Tang and Song dynasties, although the age is very close, from that time to now, at least a thousand years apart."

Ghost Fang Zong paused and continued: "In ancient times, to build these buildings, it was necessary to consume people's and material resources, in order to achieve the goal of not falling for a thousand years, the strongest materials were used when building, and the built things would definitely not be demolished casually. ”

"Later, the royal family mainly based on the altar, and continued to build the annex building of the Sheji Temple, and the original agricultural temple building continued to play a role, from ancient times to the Shang and Zhou dynasties until the Tang and Song dynasties, the agricultural shrine and the temple were constantly covered and renovated by later generations, which presented what we saw."

After that, the Ghost Fang Sect looked at everyone: "I thought that you would have to wait a few times before you join us." ”

If it weren't for the clue of Ah Xi, they would really have rubbed a little more, Song Siyuan nodded: "Mr. Ghost Fang is really right, we are in a hurry this time, and we have indeed found a new clue." ”

"Do you know Ahshy?" Song Siyuan asked straight to the point.

Ghost Fang Sect shook his head: "I don't know, if it is related to the search for the Ghost Fang Otherworld this time, then you might as well go straight." ”

Song Siyuan coughed a few times and told the story of Ah Xi to the Ghost Fang Sect, and also told him the clues that the white-haired animals were looking for certain animals.

"Really?"

Ghost Fangzong looked at Ban Wan and saw that she also shook his head, so he believed Song Siyuan's words.

The ghost old man nodded at Zhongru: "Yes, when I picked up Banshu back then, it was indeed not far from Shennong Peak, and I had seen this woman." ”

"And this woman was still alive at the time?"

Ban Shu pondered the words of the Ghost Fang Sect, and basically determined that the woman was Ah Xi.

Ghost Fang Zong shook his head: "At that time, when I found you, this woman named Ah Xian had already died several times, only the umbilical cord was left to connect with the baby, and the last nutrients of the mother's body were used to provide nutrients for the child. ”

He paused, then continued, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the location." ”

After that, Ghost Fangzong took Yue Guanchao and them into Sheji Temple, and followed the courtyard verandah to the highest courtyard.

Yue Guanchao roughly estimated, the courtyard on the platform is about seven or eight courtyard houses, the rectangular shape just relies on the Shennong Peak cliff, looking forward is the towering building complex, looking back is the undulating cliff and the boundless sea of clouds, it is very strange.

Walking into it, in addition to the ancient ginseng trees around the courtyard, only the huge stone in the center of the courtyard is the most conspicuous, just now they are far away from the courtyard, and they can't really see it, but now they are standing in front of the huge stone, and some of the original vague details are gradually enriched.

This human head is about five meters high and three meters wide, almost the size of the main house of ordinary people's main halls, the eyes, ears, mouth and nose are carved roughly, and the eyes are like squinted Danfeng eyes are stretched slender.

The ears of this stone head are large and sharp, as if the ears of the elves are slightly stretched, the lips are thin and slender, as if they are not open, the nose is very three-dimensional, the bridge of the nose is high and protruding, and the forehead, cheeks, nose tip, and chin have five-color pigments, which are carved into the surface of the stone, and after thousands of years, there are only slight cracks, and there is no fading at all.

The strangest thing is the crown on the top of the head!

The crown looks like a bull's horn, but it is more angular than the horn, it looks like the eaves of a building, propped upside down on the top of the head, like a cow's horn on the forehead and head, and further down, only the neck can be seen under the cover of grass and trees, most of which are buried deep in the earth and cannot be traced.

Yue Guanchao retreated a few meters and looked at the eyes of the stone, these eyes are particularly three-dimensional, the eyeballs are completely different from the material of the stone, a little close to light brown amber, but also a little like brown agate, and the reflection can be seen in the natural light.

The light and the flickering are like stone statues resurrecting, greedily staring at the eyes of the living, trying to see through all the thoughts in their hearts, and the feeling of being watched in the vicinity probably comes from the reflected eyes of the stone statues.

Yue Guanchao looked around, this stone statue head is located in the center of the courtyard, surrounded by ancient ginseng trees, thousands of years of age make them grow very large and prosperous, like a suspended green island in the courtyard, the branches are luxuriant, the vines are fluttering, even the crown on the top of the stone statue's head is inevitably entangled by vines, hanging down countless withered yellow rattans.

From this point of view, judging from the growth position of the surrounding thousand-year-old trees, this stone statue has indeed not been moved for thousands of years, and is almost surrounded by the canopy.

Song Siyuan browsed around and asked, "Mr. Ghost Fang, the place where Ah Xi died, wouldn't it be here?" ”

She hadn't thought about it yet, and let the Ghost Fang Sect bring them up.

"No, it's under this cliff."

Ghost Fang Zong walked through the trees and came to the courtyard near the wall of the cliff, and pointed to Lin Haidao on the back of the cliff: "At that time, I was trapped here, I heard the cry of a baby, and realized that there might be a child under the cliff, and then I found Ah Xi and Banshu. ”

"Under the cliff?"

Yue Guanchao leaned on the railing to observe below, their location is located at the top of the highest peak, although the back slope cliff is steep, but it is not straight up and down, the undulating mountains cover the forest sea, the vast and mysterious mist is ethereal, if you find a fine here, you have to go over.

It's just that they can't rush down to the bottom of the cliff, in case it is the Ghost Fang Sect deliberately setting up a trap to frame them, it will be troublesome, but they can't go down easily.

He glanced back at Song Siyuan, and the two of them looked down for a moment, and said slowly: "Mr. Ghost Fang, we are not familiar with the life of Shennong Peak, since you have found Ah Xi before, why don't you take us down to have a look, and we can also see if your woman is Ah Xi." ”

"Cheng, I'll take you to see, I don't have anything to hide from this thing."

After the Ghost Fang Sect signaled, the people around him took out the climbing rope and tied it to the surrounding ancient trees, the old man fell the rope, and after making sure that it was strong, he walked down the cliff along the rope and landed in the steep forest sea under the cliff.