The content of the mural is not difficult to recognize. There is only one protagonist in the painting. In order to highlight his greatness, he is taller and more powerful than everyone in the mural, like a god.
Even the man wearing the crown is much shorter in front of him and is protected by him.
The protagonist is none other than Zhao Gong!
The mural records many important moments in his life.
The first one records his birth. A baby is lifted into the air by his hands. Golden light is emitting around the baby, illuminating the entire room to highlight his extraordinary presence.
The second picture records his boyhood, wearing battle armor and riding a precious pony. He looked back at the sun, bent his bow and arrow, and shot a sacred bird flying in the air.
Wang Cheng secretly shook his head. The records on these murals were seriously inconsistent with the facts.
According to historical records, Zhao Gong was the youngest son of King Wen. King Wen was over 200 years old when he was born, and he died within a few years. At that time, the Zhou Dynasty also implemented the system of living burials. When King Wen died, his mother was naturally buried with him.
So the real situation is that among the princes of King Wen, Zhao Gong has the lowest sense of existence. To say that he is a little transparent is to praise him. After his mother was buried, he must have had a very bad life in the palace and was bullied a lot.
Perhaps it was because of this experience in his early years that he developed his perseverance. In the end, it exceeded everyone's expectations and put down the "Chengkang Rebellion".
Knowing that these murals were exaggerated, Wang Cheng quickly skipped historical facts such as the pacification of the Chengkang Rebellion and the formulation of Zhou rites, and focused on the ninth mural.
This mural is the famous painting that has been passed down for thousands of years, "The Picture of Duke Zhao assisting King Kang".
The young emperor Kang Wang was sitting on the throne wearing a crown. Next to him stood the god-like Duke Zhao, and below him crawled a group of ministers and officials like ants.
At this point, Zhao Gong's prestige has reached the peak of his life, and he can replace the young emperor at any time.
Skip this one, the following murals record some of Zhao Gong's deeds after he came to the fiefdom of Wuyuan, such as encouraging mulberry farmers, building water conservancy, spreading education, etc.
Coming to the last few murals, the third to last one shows Duke Zhao lying on the bed, with people kneeling in front of the bed. He has come to the last moment of his life.
The penultimate picture shows Duke Zhao being buried and all the people seeing him off. The procession stretched from the city to the royal tomb.
The last painting is clearly a scene from the underground palace. The huge coffin occupies more than half of the mural.
Suddenly, Wang Cheng's eyes narrowed, staring closely at the bottom of the coffin.
There were nine giant dragons lifting the coffin together and flying towards the red sun.
"Kowloon carries the coffin?"
Wang Cheng's face felt weird. This scene was exactly the same as what some supernatural websites wrote about.
"Duke Zhao wants to ascend to immortality?"
Wang Cheng suddenly thought of something, and after a few flashes, he arrived on the ninth floor.
Looking down at the hill in the underground palace, I finally had some understanding.
The hill that looked like a mound turned out to have a lot of doorways. The bulges on the hillside looked like dragons. After careful counting, there were actually nine of them.
"Nine-story demon tower... Nine dragons carrying coffins..."
Wang Cheng finally understood the layout of this underground palace. It turned out that the purpose of summoning the Duke was to become an immortal.
yes!
From ancient times to the present, I don’t know how many great figures, especially those emperors, are all keen on becoming immortals. Even the first emperor, who is famous throughout the ages, is like this.
It's a pity that in the end, they became a pile of loess and could only carry this wish underground.
"Are there really immortals in this world?"
Wang Cheng has asked himself this question countless times. He chose to embark on the path of spiritual practice in order to become an immortal and to go home and see his parents again.
He has always believed that there really are immortals in this world. Whether it is his master Zhang Xiaosheng or his female rival, they also believe that there are immortals in this world.
However, the layer of coffins on the top of the mountain seemed to be mocking him mercilessly.
Even people like Zhao Gong can only take immortality underground. How can there be any immortals in the world?
Wang Cheng's heart ached, and he had a crazy idea to open the coffin and take a look.
"no!"
He quickly suppressed this evil thought. If it weren't for escaping for his life and catching the gold-eating insect, he wouldn't even enter the underground palace, let alone open the coffin.
Zhao Gong was not only a god-like existence to the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also a person worthy of admiration to him, a foreigner. His heroic spirit could not be disturbed in any case.
He no longer thinks about the question of opening the coffin to verify whether there is an immortal. Sometimes knowing the answer may not be a good thing, but keeping a trace of suspense is just right.
Besides, there are still three floors of this "nine-story demon tower" that he hasn't turned around yet, and he hasn't caught the gold-eating bug yet.
Just like the floors he had searched just now, the ninth floor was also divided into "single rooms".
Wang Cheng turned around and entered a room.
The furnishings in the room are still very simple, with a desk, an oil lamp, and two bookshelves.
There are stacks of books on the empty space of the bookshelf. They are not the silk books on the fifth floor, nor the bamboo slips on the fourth floor, but the paper books that are most commonly used today.
The book is a little yellowed and is naturally very old, but it is very well preserved.
Wang Cheng picked up a book casually. It was a bit heavy. The material was top-notch and not something ordinary people could afford.
There was nothing on the cover. After opening it, Wang Cheng was shocked by the first column of words on the first page of the book.
"The 259th year of Muzong..."
Wang Cheng recited it silently again, shook his head and said: "No! There has been no Mu Zong for two hundred and fifty-nine years!"
Mu Zong is the reign name of King Mu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Mu Zong is also the longest reigning Zhou king, which lasted for 249 years. In the 259th year of Mu Zong, it has been ten years since Mu Zong died!
"Did anyone come in?"
This is not impossible. Even he can follow the gold-eating insect to dig through the stone wall and enter here. It is not impossible for others to enter through other ways.
"wrong!"
Wang Cheng immediately rejected the idea. If an outsider really came in, it would be impossible to write the time wrong.
He continued to read down, and the more he read, the more he could not understand because the content of the book was too messy.
Sometimes I talk about my bad mood today, sometimes I talk about things that happened a long time ago, and sometimes I add a few poems on it, much like a diary.
Then he read the other piles of books on the bookshelf, and his head almost exploded.
"Who could have written this?"
Wang Cheng was puzzled, but he was certain that the person who wrote it lived in a very long time.
Because the fonts in the book still use ancient characters before King Xuan unified the world, combined with the sentence "Mu Zong's two hundred and fifty-nine years", it is at least 800 years ago.
Arriving in the next room, an alchemy furnace nearly three meters high came into view.
Wang Cheng compared what he was carrying in his hand and then looked at what was in the room. The gap was too big!
This alchemy furnace, both in shape and size, is very similar to Taishang Laojun's Bagua furnace in the 1986 edition of "Journey to the West". It is almost carved from the same mold.
Wang Cheng habitually used his mind power to investigate, but when his mind power touched the alchemy furnace, it was swallowed up.
He quickly withdrew his telekinesis, not daring to investigate easily, and couldn't help but say "Baby"!
He walked forward and reached out to touch the furnace wall. The smoothness and coldness coming from above confirmed his guess.
The best alchemy furnace he had ever used was the one Shen Yuanyuan found later. Its appearance was similar to the one in his hand. Although Shen Yuanyuan never mentioned the grade of that alchemy furnace, it could refine quasi-divine pills. "Nirvana Pill" must be a spiritual weapon.
It's a pity that when he was refining the "Nirvana Pill", he was hit by three thunderbolts in succession and was somewhat damaged. It happened that his elder brother Hu Zhe had some knowledge about refining weapons, so he stayed in Bai Mansion and never took him with him. around.
It is actually easy to distinguish a high-grade alchemy furnace. The most direct way is the appearance, whether the furnace wall is flat and smooth, whether there is any noise after being knocked, whether it will deform or have rust after being used for a long time, etc.
There is no doubt that this alchemy furnace is the best Wang Cheng has ever seen. It has been in the world for thousands of years and can still be sold like this. Its material is absolutely extraordinary.
Wang Cheng exerted force on his hand, and to his surprise, the alchemy furnace did not move at all.
"ha!"
His energy and blood surged into his palms, and he exerted force again, finally lifting the alchemy furnace.
After a while, he put down the alchemy furnace again, his face flushed, and he sighed: "Damn! It's so heavy!"
After breaking through the blood stain limit, he couldn't even tell how much strength he could unleash now, but he could barely move the alchemy furnace.
"Can we just leave it here?"
Wang Cheng refused to give up and suddenly remembered something. He squeezed out a few drops of blood from the wound and wiped it on the alchemy furnace.
As far as he knew, some treasures required a drop of blood to identify their owner. Would this be the same for this alchemy furnace?
However, these few drops of blood slipped off the furnace wall when they touched it, which completely refreshed Wang Cheng's understanding.
Even if the furnace wall is as clean as a sword, it shouldn't be so clean and neat, not stained at all.
"It seems that this alchemy furnace really has no connection with me!"
Wang Cheng shook his head, thinking that he had no choice but to give up. Fortunately, he still had another alchemy furnace in his hand.
When I came to the next room, it was empty, but the surrounding walls were filled with densely written words, and there were some portraits next to some of the words.
"What is blood? Blood is born from the marrow and originates from the heart. When the heart beats, the blood moves. When the blood moves, the qi moves. When qi and blood move, force is generated. If qi and blood are not exhausted, the force will be endless..."
Wang Cheng opened his mouth and said: "Nine Dragons Controlling the Heavens, this is the Nine Dragons Controlling the Heavens!"
A storm surged in his heart. How could there be "Nine Dragons Controlling the Heaven" in Duke Zhao's tomb?
Even if there is, it cannot be written on the wall. Such an important thing should be brought into the coffin!
Wang Cheng suppressed the surprise in his heart and remembered everything written on the three walls.
What surprised him was that in addition to the "Qi and Blood Scroll", the "Nine Dragons Controlling the Heaven" written on the three walls also included the "Zhou Tian Scroll", which was the technique that needed to be practiced in the martial arts realm.
Suddenly, his heart was shocked. He looked at the words on the wall and muttered to himself: "Diary, Alchemy Room, Enlightenment..."
The chaotic thoughts in his mind suddenly seemed to be cleared up, and he blurted out: "Is it possible that Duke Zhao is not dead?"
"good!"
