The Taoist priest with a grimace believed that the beast in the painting might be some kind of large and extinct animal that looked like a mouse. After all, there had been ghost-headed beasts, Lanzhu beasts and other little-known beasts in the valley. God knows what other animals would have survived in the past. What the hell.
The grim-faced Taoist priest was too lazy to worry about the details, so he moved to the second stone tablet and continued to look at it.
The next pattern is the process of building a city. Taoist Ghostface has always been interested in this. Now that he sees the complete mining-construction process, his doubts are finally solved.
The Yemu clan's method of mining stone is very strange, using the "drainage shrinkage and expansion method". Of course, this name was coined by the Taoist priest with a grimace, but it is very vivid. The method is to first lead a lava flow to cover the boulders at the bottom of the valley, so that the hot magma will continue to heat the boulders, causing the boulders to expand to a certain extent. At this time, the Yamishi will cut off the lava flow and divert a dark river. The cool river water will immediately cool the boulders. As they rise and shrink, the boulders will crack and create gaps. Then, you can use a chisel to follow the cracks to collect materials on the spot. .
After the mining, the transportation of the stone seemed very simple. According to the depiction in the painting, the transportation and construction of the Yami clan relied entirely on manual labor. Some of the imagined ingenious means did not appear. They were able to build the city and the temple with time. It was ground out little by little.
The third and fourth stone tablets record the stories after the temples were built. This is similar to what Li Tianwen said. The Yemu clan has been completely controlled by the divine power. From this time on, those groups of ghosts were also controlled by the Yemu clan. The offerings were made into the temple.
During this period, the Yami clan became obviously crazy. Not only did they build statues of Kitoudan everywhere in the valley, they even used themselves as sacrifices to the guardians of the gods - that is, Kitoudan. One of the patterns depicts the scene of many tribesmen lining up in a long line to walk into the city. They were all excited and dancing, but they never thought that they would end up with zombies hanging upside down from the beams.
It was also from this time on that the clan leader who frequently appeared on the scene could no longer be seen. He Siniang suspected that the theocratic power had grown stronger and had replaced the clan leader. The Yemu clan should have become a sacrificial institution like most theocratic organizations at this time. The pattern of power.
The Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head and said: "It's unlikely. You and I have also seen the sarcophagus on the altar. It is said to be the coffin of the patriarchs of the past generations, but it is not said to be for sacrifice. Moreover, the stone tablet pattern is very detailed. Those ghost-headed coffins are They are just guardians of gods. As for what ‘gods’ are, they have not made it clear from the beginning to the end.”
"The Taoist priest means that the 'god' is actually the clan leader?"
"Well, it is very likely that the clan leader has molded himself into a god in order to stabilize his rule. Only with the huge religious fanaticism, the Yemu clan would be willing to spend hundreds or thousands of years to build these cities and temples of Laushizi."
"Yes, this can also explain why the patriarch has not shown up. In order to remain mysterious, he must have to live in isolation."
"This can be regarded as the prototype of the 'divine right of kings'. I didn't expect that this civilization, hidden deep in the ground, would actually follow the same path as those idiots on the ground in terms of class rule."
"Taoist Priest, please don't overestimate it. There are some things that we just want to complain about but are not qualified to do so. You'd better come and take a look at the last stone tablet. I don't understand many of the scenes on it."
The fifth stone tablet clearly depicts the beginning and end of the decline of the Yemu clan.
This tribe is deeply infringed by the wire bugs and is extremely religious. It is not surprising that they will eventually perish. The number of people in the pattern changes from large to small, which vividly reflects this. But what surprised the two ghost-faced Taoist priests the most was the last picture, which showed a team holding torches, heading in the opposite direction to the city, giving the impression that a group of people were fleeing.
"Does this symbolize the final split of the Yemu clan?" The Taoist priest with a grimace asked: "This team is obviously going in the opposite direction to the temple, and it is still going uphill. Is it possible that a group of Yemu clan members escaped from the deep valley?"
"You can't talk about 'escape', right?" He Siniang pointed to the leader of the team and said: "What is painted here is that the leader is looking back. There is no panic in his expression, but there is a feeling of reluctance. Taoist Master, what do you think of them? Could it be that he was driven away?"
"It is possible that in the process of racial reproduction, other forces will inevitably appear. It is common to have differences with the ruler and be driven out of the ethnic group, but this leader... hiss..." The Taoist Priest with a grimace approached the stone tablet and said, "Isn't that right? Are the paintings a little different?"
"Does the Taoist mean his forehead? Those two arcs should represent the eyes, right?"
"No, look at his shirtless back. There are also some small patterns."
"It's true...but the pattern is too small. Taoist priest, can you see clearly what it is?"
"It seems... it looks like a dragon! Do you think this looks like a dragon's head?"
"Yes! Here are the dragon claws...could it be that there was a dragon drawn behind him? But it seems that he didn't have any tattoos at that time, right?"
"Who knows, tattoos evolved from pre-Qin tattoos. It was much later than here. However, the Yemu culture developed independently. It is definitely not appropriate to use the process of our Chinese civilization to describe it. Maybe it is When he has nothing to do underground, he likes to tinker with his body, and he might develop this technology by accident."
"But there are many shirtless people, but he is the only one with tattoos. It seems that this person has an unusual identity. He is most likely an elder or something."
"Well, only the teams that become the most popular ones will be expelled from the tribe. If the number is too small, the problem will basically be solved by violence."
"Is this a clue?" He Siniang looked at the grim-faced Taoist priest: "Assuming these people successfully escaped and survived, does that mean there is a solution to the iron wire problem?"
The grim-faced Taoist priest was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "What are you talking about that the poor Taoist has been deceived by? The stone tablet has been engraved here and it is gone. How do you know whether they escaped or survived?"
"We can look for it after we get out. As long as there is a family with a dragon tattoo on its back, isn't it a clue?"
"Oh, let me go! Why are you talking nonsense again, Si Niang? Do you know how many people there are in the world? You still want to go door to door to find them, why don't you let Liu Ziye do the census?"
"I only said it was a clue, but I didn't say how high the hope would be. How come you are so weird?!"
"Okay, Pindao, I don't dare anymore, but after you said that, some information suddenly popped up in Pindao's mind."
"what's the message?"
"We happen to have met one of the families behind the Anti-Dragon, and we have a close relationship with each other. We are both from the Mushroom Sect Lao Hai (travelling in the world), do you remember?"
He Siniang thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up: "Qinglong Bazi!"
