Chapter 282 Human Body and Animal Head

After making up his mind, Wu Zhongyuan told everyone his thoughts. In fact, everyone was also very curious about the ancient temple in Kunlun Mountain and wanted to go and find out. When he proposed to go, no one would object.

But it's one thing to want to go, but it's another thing to find it. Kunlun Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, and the ancient trees in the mountain are towering. The old blind man is the only one who knows the location of the temple, but he is already blind and cannot find reference objects by himself. , everyone can only tell him about the various scenery below for his recall and reference.

At first, Wu Zhongyuan did the explaining work, but later the second brother enthusiastically took over his place. Everyone set out in the early morning, and Dasha flew for more than an hour. The second brother said that his mouth was dry, and the old blind man could not find any useful reference.

Wu Zhongyuan is not in a hurry. The old blind man is just not sure where everyone is currently. Once he finds the reference object in his memory, even if there is only one place, he can guide everyone to find the abandoned temple.

Kunlun Mountain is also an inaccessible place in modern times. Precisely because it is inaccessible, it has not been damaged by humans, at least not seriously damaged by humans. This makes Kunlun Mountain different from other mountains outside that have been damaged by humans. This makes it The world feels that Kunlun Mountain is very different from other peaks and mountains.

But now most of the area is virgin forest, so the difference between Kunlun Mountain and the peaks outside is not very big. The various beasts and birds living here can also be seen from the outside.

At a quarter past three o'clock, that is, around ten o'clock in the morning, Wu Zhongyuan discovered a strange cave. These caves were located on the sunny side of a mountain peak. They were distributed from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. There were many, densely packed, and different sizes. Low and low There are more caves here, but they are smaller in area. The closer you get to the top of the mountain, the fewer the number of caves and the larger the area.

Not only Wu Zhongyuan saw these caves, but the second child also saw them. When he told the old blind man that he knew, the old blind man nodded slowly, "I have been here before. If you continue to the north, you can reach the temple in four hours."

"Sir, what's going on with these caves?" Wu Zhongyuan asked the old blind man.

"I went down there to visit back then," the old blind man said. "There are a lot of claw marks on the stone walls of every cave, which must have been dug by wild beasts. Many years ago, a herd of beasts must have lived here."

"Are there any living utensils left in the cave?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. The caves are so dense, indicating that the beasts that dug these caves live in groups. In addition, the caves get larger as you go up, which also shows that these beasts have distinct levels. The presence or absence of living utensils can determine the degree of civilization of the beasts who lived here and whether they had higher IQs.

The old blind man shook his head, "There are no living utensils in the caves I visited."

"Do you know what kind of beast it is?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

The old blind man shook his head again, "It's impossible to determine what kind of beast those claw marks belong to. However, the higher you go, the larger the claw prints on the stone walls of the cave are. This shows that these caves were dug by the beasts living inside. There are no Use fake hands on people.”

Since Wu Zhongyuan did not have the divine authority to slow down Dasha, Dasha quickly flew over this mountain full of caves.

"Sir, is there any place similar to this place in the Kunlun Mountains?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

The old blind man nodded, "There are still some ruins of the city, but they have been abandoned for a long time. Due to the wind and rain for thousands of years, only a few ruins of bluestones are left."

Hearing the old blind man's words, Wu Zhongyuan frowned. Kunlun Mountain is different from other places. There are no humans living in the mountains, not even mixed-race humans. The remaining city ruins here can only be built by sane beasts.

Beasts with the ability to build cities would not be easily extinct if they had not encountered war. The great war between Fuxi and Nuwa in the Qingzheng Six Paths took place thousands of years ago. The war that year was probably the reason why these cities were abandoned.

In this way, it also verified his previous guess to a certain extent that Kunlun Mountain was the territory of the Beast King, and the abandoned temple in the mountain was probably a place to worship the Beast King.

At noon, Wu Zhongyuan ordered Dasha to land in a flat area. There was no shelter around this place and it was relatively open. Unexpectedly, he was plotted and attacked. There was also a small stream winding through where he could draw water to cool down.

After a short rest, everyone set out on the road again. The old blind man had previously estimated the approximate time it would take to get to the ruined temple. It gets dark late in the summer, so if we work hard, we should be able to get there before the sun goes down.

In fact, except for the old blind man, Wu Zhongyuan and others all have night vision. There is actually no difference between them during the day and at night. However, the feeling at night is dark and gloomy. That place is inherently evil, so try to It’s better not to go there at night.

It is difficult to balance process and results. If you care too much about the process, you will lose the results. If you care too much about the results, you will lose the process. Wu Zhongyuan was eager to reach his destination as early as possible, so he God instructed Dasha to travel at the fastest speed. In this way, he did not observe the things in the mountains very carefully and just passed by in a hurry.

At about five o'clock in the evening, under the guidance of the old blind man, everyone found the temple surrounded by mountains.

The old blind man had not talked about the specific situation of this temple in detail before. There was a big gap between the actual thing and Wu Zhongyuan's imagination. First of all, the location. This abandoned temple was built on the mountain, but it was different from other temples in that it relied on Not the mountain to the north, but the mountain to the west, with the gate facing east.

Then there is the size. In Wu Zhongyuan's imagination, this temple is not big, at least not very big, but in fact this temple is very large, covering an area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters, if not 10,000 square meters.

There is a large flat area around the temple. The so-called flat area only means relatively flat. It is already summer and the grass and trees have grown taller. Among the lush vegetation, there seem to be some piles of stones that are higher than the ground similar to city walls.

Judging from the surrounding terrain, there should have been a large city here back then. However, this city no longer exists, and even the ruins can hardly be found. Only the lonely temple at the foot of the Western Mountain remains.

The reason why that temple was able to withstand thousands of years of wind and rain without falling is because the stones used to build the temple were very huge. Calculating its weight based on the size and density of the stone, each stone should be within five tons or more.

The shape of the temple is somewhat similar to the palaces of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. In front of the main building there is a stone staircase that is as long as the palace and about two feet wide. The stone steps are relatively intact, and there are no tall trees growing on them. There is a small amount of grass growing in the gaps between the rocks.

There is a kind of hemp plant that is more than five feet tall growing around the temple. It is very similar to the jute grown by various tribes for weaving linen cloth. It must be the God of War grass that the old blind man said.

What the old blind man said was true. There were a large number of white bones piled up around the temple, and the God of War grass grew on top of the dense white bones. Because it was far away and covered by vegetation, I couldn't see clearly, but I took a rough look and it didn't seem to be human bones.

Everyone came from the south. They were on the top of the mountain south of the temple. Since they were facing the temple, they could not see the soul-fixing stone inlaid on the lintel that the old blind man said.

"You guys wait for me from here, I'll go down and take a look." Wu Zhongyuan said to Jiang Nan and others.

"Don't act rashly without knowing the details." The old blind man said.

Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the north, "Those bones are concentrated within a hundred steps of the temple, with clear boundaries. I won't go close, I will only look beyond the bones from a distance."

"I'll go with you." Jiang Nan said.

"Brother, I'll go with you too." The second brother took the opportunity to express his loyalty.

Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head and looked at the second child, "You stay here to protect Mr.

After saying that, he suddenly found that the old man had grabbed a few sticks of Ganoderma lucidum grass in his hand, so he took one casually. It looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

"Where did it come from?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

The second child pointed eastward and said, "Here, there is a large area there."

Wu Zhongyuan casually returned the Ganoderma lucidum grass to Lao Er, and after exchanging glances with Jiang Nan, he cast his body skills and swept north.

There must always be some room left in everything. Although the boundary between the bones is very obvious, Wu Zhongyuan did not stick to the boundary formed by the accumulation of bones. Instead, he stepped back a few feet to ensure that he did not cross the thunder pool.

After landing, the first thing I saw was the two soul-fixing stones inlaid on the lintel of the temple. As the old blind man said, the two soul-fixing stones were about the size of eggs, one black and one white, on the two doors of the temple. What is carved is a huge animal head, and the position where the soul-fixing stone is inlaid is exactly the eye area of ​​the animal head.

The animal head carved on the door does not belong to any known beast, but a ferocious image similar to Taotie.

Only the left door of the temple is opened, and the opening is not very large. From where the two of them stand, they can see a purple statue in the west of the temple. It is about ten feet high and nearly five feet wide. The head has disappeared, but the body is still there. If you look closely, you will see that the statue is covered with, or rather carved with, strange armor, similar to the armor of the bird tribe warriors, but the protective parts are not very tight.

Although it is wearing armor and has lost its head, its gender can still be determined based on the body of the statue, because the two breastplates on the statue are raised, which shows that this amethyst statue is a female figure.

Just as Wu Zhongyuan was looking at the statue intently, Jiang Nan walked a few feet south and said, "There is more than one statue in the hall, and there are also two on both sides."

After hearing what Jiang Nan said, Wu Zhongyuan walked to where Jiang Nan was standing and tilted his head to look at the north side of the temple. As Jiang Nan said, there was also a statue there. The statue was white. Because the distance was too far and the light was dark, he looked at it. The specific image of those statues is unclear.

Due to the limited viewing angle, he could not see the situation on the south side. He could only see a total of six statues standing on the north side.

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan had been squinting, Jiang Nan knew that he could not see clearly what was going on inside, so he pulled out an arrow, took out a bamboo tube from his waist, applied the yellow liquid inside to the arrow, and then struck it with a flint to ignite it. , then draw the bow and shoot.

The rocket flew into the temple and landed near the statues. By the light of the fire, Wu Zhongyuan could see clearly the true faces of the six statues. These six statues were all human and animal heads, with different styles of armor carved on their bodies. From west to east, They are elephant head, rhinoceros head, tiger head, leopard head, wolf head and dog head.

These six statues are all carved with men wearing armor, holding various weapons, majestic, brave and high-spirited.

When he moved his eyes to the last statue, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly frowned. The dog head on the statue was not an ordinary dog ​​head, but the giant hyena that attacked the two of them not long ago.

At this moment, Jiang Nan suddenly raised his hand and pointed, "There are living things inside!"

Wu Zhongyuan was originally turning his head to look at Jiang Nan. Hearing this, he quickly moved his gaze back to the temple. At this time, the rocket he shot before happened to go out, and darkness returned to the temple.

"What is it?" Wu Zhongyuan squinted and looked into the distance. He could only vaguely see a small black shadow.

"Looks like a little fox..."