133 Tanah Lot Temple
"Look, we're here. King Kent looked out of the carriage and pointed to a temple a hundred meters away.
When Alan and Moore's gaze followed the direction of King Kent's finger, they were instantly shocked by the vastness of the building.
On the vast glacier, a giant statue standing 50 meters high stands proudly. The head of the statue is entwined with two giant snakes, and the scales on it are lifelike. The neck is inlaid with a ring of purple gold glass, and the long fangs are exposed to the air.
Pitch-black skin covered the surface of the body, and the hideous face was like a night wrath. His left hand was raised upward, and his right hand held a towering halberd, pointing straight to the sky.
The round belly protruded, and a pair of blue-blue armor was half-hidden. A purple-blue gemstone is set in the navel, as if it has become a source of physical strength.
His legs covered with black hair are strong and strong, and he wears a pair of fur crystal shoes on his feet. A pair of animal skin pants, covering the key parts below, is alive and well with a living Hades.
"This is the god of the sea?" Moore said with some confusion as he looked at the statue in front of him.
"yes! what's wrong?" replied, the ice princess Leng Fei'er, seeing Moore's puzzled gaze.
As soon as he heard the voice of Princess Leng Fei'er, Moore immediately coughed and said, "Uh... It's nothing, it's just uncomfortable to look at. ”
"Giggles..."When Leng Fei'er heard Moore say this, she instantly covered her mouth and smiled: "General, don't be strange! Many people who come from the inland will feel uncomfortable when they see it for the first time. Let me tell you both..."
Legend has it that at first Poseidon, the god of the sea, was a handsome and handsome young man. The Most High God created him with great skill. It can be said that he is the first human being.
However, the High God assigned the god of the sea a supreme task - to govern the northern world.
For this mission, Poseidon, the god of the sea, patrols the northern world day and night. It sustains the extent of the northern glaciers and manages the endless sea beasts at the bottom of the northern sea.
Once, Poseidon traveled to the Pole Sea in the Far North. Legend has it that there is an unknown and huge sea beast hidden there, with infinite power and divine power.
Unexpectedly, during that patrol, Poseidon, the god of the sea, encountered an ancient sea beast. After ten days and ten nights of the battle, the sea beast swallowed the sea god Poseidon into its stomach. Three days later, Poseidon, the god of the sea, broke out of his belly and successfully slew the ancient sea beast.
And Poseidon, the god of the sea, has become what it is today......
"Oh..."Moore listened carefully to the Ice Princess Leng Fei'er, and finally understood the reason for the idol.
Alan remembered the Temple of the Goddess Diana in the Rosewood Empire, and really didn't know how many legends of gods there were in the phantom world......
The carriage carrying the royal family and nobles stopped in front of a gate with two stone statues of sea beasts. Looking up, there was a stone plaque hanging from the crystal door, which read: Tanah Lot Temple.
Alan knew in his heart that they had actually arrived at the place.
When King Kent, the Ice Princess Leng Fei'er, Emperor Allen, and the Protector General Moore stepped out of the carriage, the festival-bearers who had come to Tanah Lot stopped, knelt on the ground, and shouted, "Long live the King, long live, long live!"
The costumes of the king and the ice princess have become a topic of conversation among the people of the Frozen Empire. Witnessing the arrival of the two again, I was able to recognize them for the first time.
"Everyone, please get up, please get up!" King Kent smiled and slowly raised his hand, waiving everyone's etiquette, and led Alan and the others towards Tanah Lot.
When Ryder, the abbot of Tanah Lot heard King Kent coming, he hurriedly walked out of Tanah Lot, bent down slightly and said respectfully: "The king is coming to Tanah Lot with great pleasure, it is really the favor of Poseidon the sea god!"
"Abbot Ryder is gracious! It is an honor for me to be able to see the majesty of Poseidon, the god of the sea, once a year. In full view, King Kent was extremely humble.
"These two are..."As the abbot of Tanah Lot, Ryder developed a pair of discerning eyes, and at first glance he saw the difference between Eren and Moore, and asked about his identity.
King Kent hesitated for a moment, then smiled and introduced, "Hehe... Forgot to introduce. This is His Majesty the Emperor of the Aegean Empire, and this is Moore, the protector general of the Aegean Empire. ”
As soon as I heard that it was Emperor Qin of the Aegean Empire, the people who got up from the ground began to talk about it......
"He's the Qin Emperor! as young as the rumors say. ”
"yes, yes, I didn't expect to be so young. ”
"I just don't know if I'm married..."
"You just dismiss the idea! Don't you see that he hasn't looked at Her Royal Highness the Ice Princess seriously..."
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"King and Your Majesty, princess, general, please here!" In the turmoil and public opinion, Ryder, the abbot of Tanah Lot Temple, invited the four of them into Tanah Lot.
As soon as he stepped into Tanah Lot, Alan felt creepy all over his body. A burst of cold air rushed into his skin, and he couldn't help but shiver.
This is the inner courtyard of Tanah Lot, surrounded on all sides by aqua blue ice walls. There are different altars in the courtyard for the pilgrims to offer sacrifices and burn incense.
"Here!" Ice Princess Leng Fei'er handed over a plush coat from behind Allen, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty suddenly feels very cold?"
"yes, don't say it, you suddenly feel so cold!" At the Snow Princess's words, Moore hugged his shoulders and kept rubbing, and took a plush coat handed over by Leng Fei'er.
"Well, I think it's much colder than outside. Emperor Allen looked around and saw that there was nothing different, staring at King Kent and the ice princess Leng Fei'er suspiciously.
"Hehe, Emperor Qin doesn't know. Ryder, the abbot of the Tanah Lot Temple, smiled indifferently: "After the sea god killed the ancient sea beast in order to protect his people, his body gradually deteriorated. ”
"Under the influence of extremely cold weather, it gradually declined, and finally fell on the ice and snow. Before leaving, tell the people he is guarding: 'I am going back to the Most High God, and I will always be with you...' And this is the place where he is sacrificed. ”
I see!
Emperor Allen and Moore glanced at each other and understood the reason for the cold.
It's really the world's bigest, and there are no surprises!
"Moreover, the people of the Frozen Empire, in order to preserve the faint breath of the sea god on the ground, shaped the bottom of the sea temple into an ice palace, supplying the hot and cold cycle of the sea temple. King Kent added, explaining the wonder of Tanah Lot.
Suddenly, Alan and Moore looked at their feet at the same time. Looking at the blue surging under the ice, it must be the ice palace in the king's mouth.
"Let's go!" Ryder, the abbot of Tanah Lot, once again invited everyone to walk from the inner courtyard to the temple, through the cold of the inner courtyard, and entered the main hall of Tanah Lot, the Sea Altar.
The Temple of the Sea, which is somewhat different from the Temple of the Goddess Diana. In the center of the temple of Goddess Diana, there is a miniature version of the statue of Goddess Diana, which leans against the colossus statue of Goddess Diana at the back.
And the Sea God Temple, when people enter, there are strange sea beasts erected in all directions, and the walls are painted with the pattern of the sea god vs. the sea beast.
In the center of the Sea God Temple, a long halberd stood proudly. The surrounding area contains abundant magical energy, and it is thought to nourish the life of the halberd.
"Wow~ What a beautiful weapon!" As soon as he entered the Sea God Temple, Moore's eyes were already attracted by the halberd in the center. His hands kept rubbing together, as if he wanted to try it.
'Smack-'
Emperor Allen slapped Moore's eager palm, stared at him sternly, and continued to admire the Temple of the Sea.
Moore glanced at Alan beside him, and lowered his hands with some reluctance, admiring the rest of the Sea Goddess Temple.
"According to legend, the attendants of Tanah Lot made a model of a sea beast. In order to remember the heroic deeds of the sea god back then, the myths are painted on the wall one by one. Ryder, the abbot of Tanah Lot Temple, introduced the situation in the temple as he walked, and his palm guided everyone's footsteps to the right.
"This picture is Poseidon vs. Glass Python. Ryder pointed to the first diagram on the right and said, "It is said that at that time, the glass python was about 100 meters long, and its skin was as hard as a diamond. The sea god slashed thousands of times before he killed it. ”
"This picture is Poseidon vs. Jinling Shark... This is Poseidon, the god of the sea, angrily slashing the bee fire whale... This is Poseidon the god of the sea, and he catches the drigal frog..."
Following in the footsteps of Ryder, the abbot of Tanah Lot, the crowd visited the murals of the entire Tanah Lot. For the king's brothers and sisters, they have already memorized the story backwards.
When the abbot Ryder finished introducing the allusions in the hall, he came to the center of the main hall. His eyes flickered and he said: "This halberd is the personal weapon of the sea god Poseidon..."
"What?" Alan and Moore exclaimed after hearing the introduction of Ryder, the abbot of Tanah Lot.
I thought that the halberd placed in the center was also an imitation of Poseidon to commemorate the god of the sea. Unexpectedly, this halberd turned out to be real.
Ryder, the abbot of Tanah Lot Temple, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with tears in his smile: "When the sea god passed away, the halberd he carried with him kept his spirit for three years. Three years later, it gradually shrunk to its current state. ”
The people he guarded collected all his relics and built this Tanah Lot Temple. And this halberd is protected with magical energy, and the color is still very bright to this day. ”
No way!
How can it be?
Alan stared at the halberd in front of him, deep in his heart. After experiencing the incident at the Temple of Diana, he felt that the existence of the 'gods' was nothing more than a trick of magic. Suddenly, once again, it was said that the relics of 'God' were on earth. So that he would not believe it anyway.
Of course, this is all a legend for posterity. Whether it's the real thing or not, there's no way to know..."The Ice Princess interjected, immediately causing the people around her to look at each other angrily.
"How can the princess say that?" Ryder, the abbot of the Sea Lot, said calmly, "The existence of the Sea God is the belief of our entire Northern Regions. In any case, I believe that the sea god has always lived in our hearts..."
For a while, the atmosphere in the entire Sea God Temple was very tense......