Chapter 97: The Temple
Guo Yang probed with the power of his divine sense and found that there were very thin spiritual power fluctuations in the stone gate.
"There's no need to investigate, it's because the original magic circle has lasted too long and has collapsed. Tie Xin stepped into the stone gate and said lightly.
Guo Yang smiled and followed into the stone gate.
As soon as they entered the door, Guo Yang and Tie Xin were stunned.
Under a huge pale golden shroud, a building suddenly appeared.
This building is quite tall, scattered, and simple, neither the immortal Daoyu they saw in the Yuntai Sect, nor the stone palace common in the Xuanyin Sect, nor the Buddhist temple.
"It's ...... Temple?" Iron Heart muttered to himself, looking a little confused.
"Temple?" Guo Yang's heart moved when he heard this.
As far as the eye can see, I can see that this building, whether it is the shape or the overall layout, is indeed extraordinary, and it is by no means owned by Middle-earth.
Similarly, it is not a foreign architectural style known to Guo Yang.
Guo Yang has been in retreat in Yuntai Zongsi Cliff Grand Canyon for ten years, and has read a lot of books, including a large number of world geography books, including many works that introduce foreign customs.
What puzzled Guo Yang was that this architectural shape, which Tie Xin called "Temple", had never read about it in the classics!
It seems that all the classic works have consciously chosen to avoid this.
At the heart of the building is a large hall around which eight smaller but also extremely large altars are built.
The main hall is built of huge stones, and hundreds of thick stone pillars up to twenty or thirty zhang high stand upright, supporting a thick dome, which is carved with different forms of birds and beasts.
Most of these birds and beasts have teeth and claws, hideous faces, and even some are more like demonic things, with sharp teeth and claws, and blood is dripping.
There are also human images, but most of them are fierce and vicious, and they look like they choose people to devour, which makes Guo Yang and Tie Xin tremble.
On the eight altars, there are eight groups of statues several feet high. These sculptures are either dragon-shaped, or beast-shaped, or giant birds, or big snakes, or extremely beautiful women's heads, but they are born on the vicious Dharma body with three heads and six arms, in short, Guo Yang has never seen it.
"This is the Eight Heavenly Dragons?" Tie Xin said with a solemn expression and a rather surprised expression.
"What do you mean?" Guo Yang was a little puzzled.
"It is rumored that in the ancient cultivation realm, there was no so-called division between Buddhas and demons and immortals, but the gods and goddesses of heaven and earth were respected. Therefore, all living beings in heaven and earth can practice and attain enlightenment. These eight Heavenly Dragons were actually the collective names of the most powerful cultivators among all living beings at that time. Tie Xin said.
"It's said that it's eight, but in fact, it's just an approximate number. In ancient times, it was the golden age of the cultivation realm, and it is said that at that time, the heaven and earth were full of spiritual energy, and cultivation resources were everywhere, which created the prosperity of all living beings who could cultivate. ”
"It was only later that the human cultivators gradually became stronger and became the rulers of heaven and earth. And these non-human cultivators gradually became vassals of human cultivators. Among them, some of the more powerful non-human cultivators became the Dharma Protector Heavenly Dragon. ”
"This part of the Dharma Protector Heavenly Dragon is the so-called Heavenly Dragon Eight Divisions. Of course, this is just an extraterritorial Buddhist statement. It is rumored that not all the celestial beings and the dragon beings converted to Buddhism at that time, but a large part chose to rebel. ”
Iron Heart carefully observed the sculptures on the altar while talking.
"Are these the part of the Heavenly Beings and Dragons who rebelled as you mentioned?" Guo Yang couldn't help but ask.
"It's not certain yet. After all, this is also an ancient secret, and in the process of word of mouth, it is inevitable to spread falsehoods. However, although the image of the eight divisions of the Heavenly Dragon mentioned by the foreign Buddhism is also vicious, the common worship must be the big man of the Buddhism. Whether it is a rebel or not can only be determined by entering the main hall. Tie Xin said solemnly.
Guo Yang nodded silently when he heard this, and then walked towards the hall vigilantly.
It may have been too long, and in the entire building, the spiritual power fluctuations left by the ancient magic circle were extremely weak, and Guo Yang and Tie Xin easily entered the main hall.
The main hall is supported by hundreds of thick and tall stone pillars. The huge dome is filled with tens of thousands of images of fierce beasts and ghosts.
These fierce beasts and demons were bathed in a golden fire, and they actually showed an indescribable solemn appearance, which was really strange.
In the depths of the main hall, on the bluestone altar several feet high, a lotus throne decorated with golden flame patterns enshrines a double statue.
The lower body of the statue is a fierce flame, and above the waist, there is a fierce male god and a female god with kind eyes.
Two diametrically opposed gods, coexist and coexist, and they are natural, giving people an incomparable beauty of harmony.
"The Heavenly Demon King and the Holy Mother of Xuanshen!" Tie Xin looked up at the tall statue, whispered, and slowly knelt down.
Guo Yang looked at Tiexin's appearance, and couldn't help but bow down.
"Who are the Heavenly Evil King and the Holy Mother of the Mysterious Darkness?" Guo Yang asked in a low voice.
Tie Xin knelt down seriously, then straightened up and whispered, "It should be the gods of those who resisted." ”
Guo Yang seemed to have an understanding, and looked up at this double statue of the same root.
The image of the King of Tiansha is by no means human, with three heads and six arms, a dragon-faced dragon's eyes, two horns on his forehead, white teeth, and bloody corners of his mouth, which is extremely vicious.
The Holy Mother of the Mysterious Shadow is completely human, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and her appearance is extremely beautiful.
Guo Yang looked at the King of Tiansha Daming, and then at the Holy Mother of Xuanxuan, and felt a little incredible. He knew almost nothing about the secrets of the ancients, and he didn't know what the special meaning of these two gods was, so he wasn't very solemn in his heart.
However, thinking that the temple here was dedicated to the rebels of ancient times, he couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Guo Yang has been fighting at the bottom since he was a child, cultivating all the way, doing business, killing people and grabbing treasures, to a large extent, it is actually a kind of resistance. He looked at the tall images of the Heavenly Demon King and the Holy Mother of Xuanming, and in a trance, he suddenly felt an inexplicable compassion.
Suddenly, Guo Yang's eyes were full of tears.
Especially when he looked at the kind and beautiful face of the Holy Mother of Xuanyin, he gave birth to a child's attachment to his elderly mother.
Guo Yang knelt on the ground again for a long time.
When Guo Yang straightened up, Tie Xin was surprised to find that he actually looked sad and burst into tears!
"Guo Yang......" Tie Xin hesitated, and stopped talking.
"It's fine. Guo Yang wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve and said lightly.
"The ruins here should have survived after the Great War of the Ancient World. But for some reason, it was deserted. Tie Xin knelt on the ground and whispered.
"The Great War of the Ancient Worlds, to put it bluntly, is the process of strong suppression of human cultivators against the cultivators of all other living beings. It was also that great war that shattered the earth that was originally full of spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy dissipated, and it was no longer possible to cultivate everywhere. And the most important result is the birth of the three major schools of cultivation. Iron Heart continued.
"The three major cultivation sects?" Guo Yang asked in surprise.
"According to legend, at that time, an unknown exercise was suddenly born in the cultivation realm, which contained cultivation methods, spells, magic circles, talismans, witchcraft, alchemy, refining tools, etc., all of which were shocking and powerful. ”
As soon as this exercise was born, it immediately aroused the competition of all cultivators, and after several battles, a large number of monks of various ethnic groups were killed and injured. And this practice eventually fell into the hands of an ancient human power. This ancient power of the human race has been studying for hundreds of years, but he has doubts about some of the cultivation methods and finds it difficult to understand. In desperation, he summoned his 3,000 disciples to consult together. ”
Unexpectedly, it was this unintentional move that triggered a great war. Tie Xin said.