Chapter 104: Zhurong Altar
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The dancing flames joined together in a circle, forming a huge ring of fire that enclosed the altar opposite the stone beam.
The pony is confronted with a roaring bonfire in a clearing in the middle of the jungle, surrounded by people dressed in animal skins, with fragrant, steaming roasted meat and a variety of delicious wild fruits in front of them.
Before the dinner began, women, children, and old people prayed with their eyes closed, and the young men gathered shirtless, singing and dancing around the bonfire, singing and dancing in praise of their heroes, the gods in their hearts......
The pony blinked, and saw the circle of flames dancing on the opposite side, casting a swaying light and shadow on the three-foot-high stone statue in the middle of the altar, just as the pious people worshipped the gods.
When the fire was lit, everyone looked intently at the altar, where they had to go from life to death.
The scene in front of him shook the hearts of everyone present, and it was even more shocking and unbelievable than when they saw the flint fire tree surrounded by twenty or thirty people.
Under the light of the fire, a huge statue appeared in front of everyone. The statue has smooth lines and magnificent momentum, with no top on the top and no bottom on the bottom, occupying the entire rock wall opposite.
The pony was amazed by the intricate craftsmanship and sheer size of the statue, and couldn't imagine how Zhurong's descendants had completed it. Think that is located in Leshan, Sichuan, can be called the world's largest stone carving Maitreya Buddha of the Leshan Buddha, its height is only more than 20 zhang, the width is less than eight zhang, with the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and it took more than 90 years to complete.
According to the proportions seen in front of you, this statue is at least seventy or eighty zhang high and twenty or thirty zhang wide. The Zhurong clan only has one or two thousand people, and the equipment and materials are far behind the supervision of the Tang Dynasty.
In such a dark cave, with backward equipment and scarce manpower to excavate such a huge statue, the difficulty can be imagined, what kind of perseverance and wisdom do Zhurong's descendants have, and how long will it take to complete such an incredible feat?
Everyone thought in their hearts that this might really be something that could only be achieved with the help of divine power.
The Colossus was kind and kind-eyed, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, holding the altar eight or nine feet wide in his hands, like a treasure.
"There is no doubt that the altar is on the other side, so without further ado, let's hurry up. The Grimace Hall Master urged, and there was irrepressible joy and anxiety in his voice.
When the pony heard this, he looked back and found that the more than 20 members of the Blood Monster Hall had walked to the edge of the stone beam at some point, and their eyes were full of light and ready to move.
The stone beam hung above the abyss, only three feet wide, and at this moment there was a fire on both sides, but there seemed to be an extra barrier, but walking on it was a little less like walking on thin ice.
After passing the stone beams, we entered the altar without any hindrance.
In the altar, a statue of Zhurong more than three feet high is facing the stone beam. The statue is on a double dragon, standing in the wind, soaring clouds and mist, with its right hand held high, and in its hand it holds a stick with a faint red light and carved with various reliefs. Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that the stick and the statue are not one, but inlaid with them. The shape of the stick is exactly the same as what the pony sees in the mural.
The statue's left hand is placed flat on its chest, and when viewed from below, it appears to hold something resembling a box.
The whole statue is majestic and majestic. The pony sensed a sacrosanct power from the distance at the edge of the stone beam.
In front of the statue is a stone table three feet wide and seven feet long, on which a stone-carved incense burner is placed, and a lampstand is placed at each end. Several stone bowls and plates were placed in front of the incense burner, and the pony guessed that they were supposed to be the three animals that served tea and wine during the sacrifice. Most of the various stone tools are carved with simple and atmospheric flame ornaments. Nothing else. What catches the pony's attention is a skeleton in the form of a kneeling bow in front of the stone case. The pony was about to go and see what was going on, but the old man had already taken the lead and flew over. After examining it for a long time, he sighed and said gloomily: "Brother Yiyin, it is us who should bow down and confess, what are your crimes?"
Pony looked at the old man Wuwei's expression, and listened to him call "Yiyin Brother", knowing that the owner of the skeleton should be the patriarch of Taoyuan Village who followed Emperor Hongwu to conquer the north and south with the Red Fox Treasure Crate.
Twenty-three years ago, the Red Fox Twelve Guards were ordered to slaughter Taoyuan Village, escape into the altar, and detonate the mechanism, blowing up the entrance. Thinking about it, he thought about it in the altar, and felt that the disaster of the extermination of the Taoyuan Village was all because he joined the WTO to help Zhu Yuanzhang compete for the world, and he felt ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors, so he knelt here for a long time and apologized for his sin with death.
However, although there is no doubt that this person is hidden, the pony feels somewhat arbitrary to make conclusions based on speculation.
The old man Wuwei seemed to see Xiaoma's doubts, and said: "Brother Yiyin once told me that the number of his teeth is different from that of ordinary people, ordinary people only have twenty-eight teeth, but he has thirty-six. And he broke his left foot when he was young. You see here, the bones are clearly showing signs of breaking. ”
The pony followed the old man's finger and looked at the skeleton's left foot, where there was indeed a trace of an old wound. Seeing the warmth nodding to himself, he said that he did have thirty-six teeth, knowing that he had already counted.
Xiao Ma sighed and said, "So it can be concluded that he must be Yiyin's predecessor, monk ......"
Before the pony finished speaking, the good fate had "pounced" and knelt down, with tears in the tiger's eyes, and said: "Dad, the child is not filial, I have come to see you......" Then he knocked his head to the ground three times, and said: "The child came with the enemy today, not to avenge the blood of destroying the village and destroying the clan, but there is a debtor and a master, and the mastermind behind the scenes is still at large......
"The child wanted to restart the Red Fox Treasure Crate and exterminate the Zhu royal family, but since his father swore to death and did not want to open the treasure crate again, he couldn't bear to cause another disaster in the world and ruin his lives, and the child would definitely not do anything to insult the ancestors and ancestors. Won't let anyone touch it. After finishing speaking, he bowed three times and bowed nine times before getting up.
Pony knows that good fate is strong, and he is a strong man who does what he says, and when he says this, his heart must have gone through fierce struggles and painful choices, which is not easy.
Just as he was about to comfort him for a few words, he heard the grimace hall master laugh a few times, and said: "It turns out that the monk is the descendant of Zhurong, there is such a strong general, why worry about the big thing, hahaha......"
The words of the Grimace Hall Master made Pony frown, and a terrible thought suddenly flashed in his heart, he actually ignored one thing, the mysterious Blood Demon Hall Master in front of him turned out to be him.