The iron-eating beast swung its little tail and walked out of the stone study room.
Ying Zheng looked at the little Nian beast and asked, "Are you hungry?"
"A little bit," said Little Nian Beast, "but if you want to stay here for a few days, I can save some food."
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "We will take a look at the Queen Mother Temple of the West tomorrow. If nothing happens, we should go back. Even if we want to stay for a few days, Twenty-Seven will not wait that long."
"Then let's all eat something." Little Nian Beast said, "Don't you want to read a book? I'll guard the door for you."
"good."
Ying Zheng took out the raw meat prepared for the little Nian beast from his luggage, and he took out the marinated dried meat and started chewing it.
After eating and drinking, Ying Zheng found an old candlestick, put some lamp oil on it, and began to read the history of this place.
Before coming here, he would never have thought that ancient books such as "Shen Nong Jing", "Yellow Emperor Jing", "Lianshan", "Gui Zang", etc. were actually engraved with tortoise shells and animal bones by King Youchao of the West. above, and then hidden in the guardian places of various mythical beasts.
Because he has always been dealing with dense stones, it was easy for Youchao to carve these things, and during the process of carving, he also gained some insights into the contents.
It can be seen from Youchao's message that Fuxi once told him in detail what kind of world the ancient civilization was like, what kind of advanced technology it had, and those classics that were collected to restart human civilization, What kind of profound theory and deep logic does it have?
Ying Zheng opened the first book, called "Bagua Diagram", which was obviously an interpretation of the classics left by Fu Xi, so he began to study it seriously.
This man and beast have already activated their divinity, and even if they don't sleep, they don't feel too sleepy, so one of them reads ancient books by candlelight, and the other stays by his side and stares at the door.
I don't know how much time passed, but Ying Zheng stretched, yawned, looked at the little Nian beast and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's about Chen time." It replied, "You have stayed up all night, and you must have read a lot."
Ying Zheng nodded: "The content of this ancient book is really insightful. I read it without realizing it, and I didn't feel sleepy at all."
"If you think it's good, then ask the Iron-eating Beast if you can take it away." Xiaonian Beast said, "Wouldn't it be a waste if you leave it here to eat dirt?"
"That's right." Ying Zheng smiled, "I'll ask him later."
The two of them ate some more, drank some water, and then walked out of the study, but they happened to see the iron-eating beast walking towards them from the hall.
"How was your rest?" it asked.
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "The content of this book is indeed rich. I haven't rested yet. I wonder if there are other books in the Xiwang Pavilion?"
"That's all in the Xiwang Pavilion," said the iron-eating beast, "then there are some more in the Temple of the Queen Mother of the West."
Ying Zheng held up his hands and said, "Senior, can I ask if you can take these ancient books away?"
The iron-eating beast blinked the dark-rimmed eyes, scratched the little black ear on the left, and then said: "If you completely repair the dragon veins, then of course you can, but my wife said it's not possible yet. "
Ying Zheng: "..."
Unexpectedly, this guy is still a little henpecked.
"Wherever your wife is, we should pay her respects." said the little Nian beast.
"In the Temple of the Queen Mother of the West." The iron-eating beast said, "If you don't need to rest, you can come with me now."
"No need to rest." Ying Zheng waved his hand, "Let's go."
The iron-eating beast nodded, turned around and led the way.
Ying Zheng followed behind with the little Nian beast, entered the lobby in front, and then walked through a corridor to a stone door.
The stone door was open, similar to the one he walked through when he came in before, except that it was a little larger.
After crossing the stone gate, there is another mountain stream and a ladder to the sky.
It seems that this place is an independent hilltop.
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "Senior, I have some
I wonder why there is a cave at the bottom of Kunlun Mountain, like a small independent world. "
"Because this was originally the bottom of the sea." The iron-eating beast said, "The bottom of the sea was originally quite flat, but the huge topographic changes squeezed the original bottom of the sea into mountains, so a large space was left inside."
"Then how far is this space from the ground?"
"It's almost level." The iron-eating beast said, "If you go down, it's the water source level and the red veins."
Ying Zheng finally understood and followed it up the ladder to heaven.
Touching the steel cables of the ladder, Ying Zheng exclaimed: "This ladder is really ingenious. I don't think my Jing family class may be able to build such a strong suspension bridge. I think Emperor Shennong also had this kind of accomplishment when he built the bridge."
"This is true," said the iron-eating beast, "It is said that Emperor Shennong would come here to ask him questions when he encountered problems that he could not solve. At that time, King Xi was already in his twilight years."
As they chatted, they had crossed the ladder and reached the mountainside on the opposite side.
I saw another secret passage ahead, extending straight into the middle of the mountain in front of me.
"How far is it approximately?" Ying Zheng asked.
"It's not that far." The iron-eating beast said, "This secret passage is connected to a simple maze. After passing through the maze, you will reach the Temple of the West Queen Mother."
Ying Zheng didn't ask any more questions and followed it into the secret passage.
Sure enough, this secret passage is not too long, and at the end is an open stone door.
After entering the stone gate, there was a secret room. When Ying Zheng saw it, he couldn't laugh or cry.
Comparing the structure of this secret room with that of King Wu's Tomb, it seems that the size of the stone gate is different. There are two stone gates on the opposite side. If you go wrong, you will enter the maze.
"Come with me." After saying that, the iron-eating beast walked into the stone door on the left.
Ying Zheng responded and followed, taking out the Black Iron Compass as he walked.
Black iron snails also work here.
It seems that both the secret room built with dense stones and the origin of the black iron snail can be traced back to Xiwang Youchao.
After traveling through about a dozen secret rooms, we finally came to a secret passage. After passing through the stone door in front of this secret passage, we found another relatively spacious space.
In this space, there are five pools. Their positions and shapes are basically the same as before, but they are nearly twice the size.
"Is this the real source of the Five Elements?" Ying Zheng asked.
"That's right." The iron-eating beast said, "This is the real source. Five sources gather in one place to form turbid water, which is then squeezed again and flows outside."
"That's the mother river of China. It sounds so friendly."
Bypassing this space, passing through another stone gate, you entered the Temple of the West Queen Mother.
As soon as I crossed the threshold, I heard a voice coming from inside: "Husband, is this the descendant of the Western King you mentioned?"
Ying Zheng looked toward the voice and saw another iron-eating beast guarding one side, followed by two small iron-eating beasts.
This is undoubtedly their family.
Ying Zheng smiled and cupped his hands and said, "This is your wife and two children, right?"
"Hehe, yes, yes," said the iron-eating beast, "They usually stay here."
"What do you like to eat? I will bring more for you next time I come back." Ying Zheng looked at the wife of the iron-eating beast and said, "I heard that food is very scarce here, so I will bring you cattle and sheep. Come here with the meat."
After saying that, Ying Zheng took out the beef prepared for the little Nian beast and handed it to the two little guys.
The female iron-eating beast said: "I accept the guest's wishes, but in the claustrophobic space, there is no source of meat, so we have changed to a vegetarian diet."
Vegetarian?
The iron-eating beast added: "Yeah, don't talk about us. Even our parents and even our ancestors have not known the taste of meat for a long time. If King Qin is willing, just bring some bamboo shoots."
Although Ying Zheng was surprised, he nodded and said, "Okay, then I will bring some good strains of bamboo shoots next time and plant some here at your place."
"Thank you very much," said the iron-eating beast, "I will take you into the temple, and you can worship the empress."
"good."
Since this place is called the Temple of the Queen Mother of the West, its actual function is to worship the Queen Mother of the West. Although it is not certain whether the Empress Nuwa is buried here, it must have been built by the King of the West because he missed his mother.
After entering the big stone gate, the dim light suddenly became brighter, and the light also had a faint blue halo, as if the sky was sinking and falling around us.
Looking at it, this place does not look like a temple, but more like the lobby of a palace. Perhaps the word temple comes from this.
There are nine stone pillars on both sides of the lobby, supporting the weight of the roof beam. The stone pillars on both sides are of the same style, and there seems to be something hanging on the capital.
Ying Zheng raised his head and looked at the top of the first pillar beside him, and couldn't help but be surprised.
The head hanging on the pillar is clearly the head of the nine guardian beasts - the Prisoner Ox!
Looking at the other eight pillars, there are eight other guardian beasts.
Ying Zheng looked at the iron-eating beasts and asked, "How come their nine totems are here?"
The iron-eating beast said: "We, the iron-eating beasts, have the same responsibilities as their nine divine beasts. What if they come here for something and we don't recognize them? So the King of the West cast their totems and hung them up It’s there.”
"I see." Ying Zheng said, "Not to mention, it is quite majestic to do it like this. If I decorate the court again in the future, I will do it like this."
Little Nian Beast said: "You are indeed domineering, how about you cast one for me too?"
Ying Zheng rolled his eyes at it and thought: This is your old habit again. If you hadn't had to compete with "my weapon" before, would you have been reborn?
"During the Chinese New Year, your portrait is posted in every house. Aren't you satisfied?"
Little Nian Beast stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "Content is contentment, but I have never seen it before."
"That's not easy to handle. When I get back, I'll fill the cave with your portraits," Ying Zheng said.
Little Nian Beast knew that his words were a bit rash, so he said nothing more.
Continuing forward, there is a set of nine steps, also made of dense stone.
Ying Zheng followed the iron-eating beast up the stairs and came to the high platform above. He saw a square stone platform on the high platform, with a round yin-yang fish disk placed in the center of the stone platform.
In front of the disk is an exquisite stone tablet with the words "The Queen Mother of the West" written on it.
Ying Zheng was about to kowtow, but was stopped by the iron-eating beast.
"The King of the West has a destiny, and he cannot be worshiped unless he is of the blood of Nuwa. You need to drip your blood into the eyes of the Yangyu to prove your bloodline."
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This is another blood-shed recognition."
So he drew out the Xuanyuan Sword, cut the thumb of his left hand, walked in front of the Yin Yang fish, and dripped the blood into the Yang fish's eyes.
Perhaps because it had been covered in dust for too long, the Yin-Yang fish didn't react at first. Ying Zheng thought that the drops of blood were not enough, so he simply added a few more drops.
I heard a crisp sound from the bottom of the Yin Yang Fish, and then it turned half a circle.
"Okay." The iron-eating beast said.
Ying Zheng put down the Xuanyuan Sword and his luggage, dusted himself off, then knelt down, kowtowed, and muttered something.
I don't know whether Nuwa Empress has a spirit in the sky or something, but the stone tablet made a crisp sound and turned half a circle, revealing a groove.
What is unexpected is that the groove is faintly emitting colorful divine light!
