He is covered in armor and his feet are on war drums. The six arms all over the body hold golden swords. One head and four sides are all angry.
On both sides of the end of the stairs stood men in bronze armor more than three meters tall, leaning forward in a sword-wielding posture, looking down at the three people at their feet.
The three of them saw the bronze-armored man from afar, and they couldn't help but admire him when they saw him up close.
The man in bronze armor wears a hat that looks like a flying saucer, with hollow eyes and mouth, and looks very scary when he looks up.
The upper body of the man in bronze armor is a body composed of three thick copper rings on a thick main shaft. There are gears in the copper rings that mesh with the main shaft. There are two arms on each ring, holding large swords made of steel, but with a thick layer of gold forged on the blade.
There is also a copper ring with gears in the middle of the war drum at the feet of the man in bronze armor. The ring is cast with the teeth of a steel-bodied golden blade.
At this time, the sun was just behind them, and the sunlight shone on the bronze-armored man, making people feel that there was a fairyland on the ladder to heaven, and that the two of them were the guardians of the heaven.
The three of them determined that the bronze-armored man was a machine-armored man used to resist the demon thorn. Once it rotated, six pairs of golden knives blocked the mountain road, and the demon thorn was cut into several pieces as if it had broken into a crusher. If you try to attack Armored Man, you will be chopped into pieces by the saber teeth on the war drum.
The three of them couldn't wait to see the scene on the top of the mountain, but as soon as they appeared, their eyes stung, and there was a golden light shining on the top of the mountain!
The three people stretched out their hands to cover their eyes, and could barely see a golden temple in the center of the peak through their fingers.
The top of the treasure cover, eight pillars and four doors look like a Taoist temple.
In the open space in front of the Golden Palace, there is a three-story circular stone altar. The altar is made of cloud-white solid stone. In the middle is a round copper tripod, which weighs a thousand kilograms. In the center of the tripod stands a copper pillar about six meters high with a cup-like mouth, and a copper ball as big as a volleyball on the top. Next to this copper pillar stand three copper pillars about three meters high and as thick as a bowl.
Standing at eight positions on the edge of the stone altar is a man in bronze armor with three sides and four arms. He is about two meters tall, with different postures, and the blades are facing outwards.
The formation looked like some kind of grand formation. The brother and sister were excited and just about to step up, they were stopped by Gongsun Zhi.
"Wait a minute. The strong light is not good for us. If there is a mechanism, it will be difficult to detect. The sun will soon set behind the mountain. We will go up then."
The brother and sister agreed and sat on the steps to rest.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, all that was left in the west was a blush. The golden light on the peak faded away and turned into orange-red, which was no longer as dazzling as before.
The three of them remained vigilant and moved forward slowly.
There was no strong light blocking the view, and it was only then that I discovered that most of the stone slabs on the ground were made of copper, and it was almost difficult to find the joints as if they were cast. These copper plates are centered on the stone altar and connected into a network like a spider web, extending to a distance of three feet from the cliff edge. And there are many nodes and breakpoints, the points are either square or circle, evenly arranged, and they are all stone slabs.
Seeing that five or six people could stand on it, the three of them guessed that something had been placed on it, or that it might have been used to stand people and form troops. When I saw that the network connected the bronze armor guarding the mountain and the bronze man beside the stone altar, I felt that the network might be the control joint of the mechanism, and there was a mechanism hidden under the point.
The strange thing is that the bronze tripod on the stone altar is solid, and the copper pillar in the center is integrated with the tripod. The other three have gaps at the bottom and look like they can be pulled out. There are also six round holes on the bronze tripod, corresponding in pairs, with the same caliber as the three copper pillars.
The three of them had no intention of studying it carefully and went straight to the Golden Palace.
The architectural style of the Golden Palace is simple and not very fancy, but it is big enough and bright enough. I don’t know what technology was used, but the copper was not oxidized to green, and remained golden.
The plaque on the door reads "Lingzhen Golden Pavilion", which is worthy of its name.
Although the four doors are closed, you can see the shining golden light in the hall through the window panes, and there is nothing that is not reflective. Even the ground is made like a bronze mirror, which can produce clear reflections.
There are four golden full-body statues in the hall, all more than three meters high.
On the far left is a middle-aged man wearing a plain robe and a turban, holding a bamboo slip. The next one is an old man wearing a long beard and a long sword at his waist. On the right is a middle-aged man wearing clothes like a nightgown, sitting on a chair with disheveled hair, his legs broken at the knee. On the far right is a beautiful and dignified woman wearing Hanfu, with a hair ornament like antlers on her head, holding a Ganoderma lucidum with a long stem in her hands.
On the wall behind the four statues, there is a relief sculpture of a stone bust of an old man. It is so huge that it almost fills the eight-meter-high wall. The texture of the stone statue is delicate, and the whole body is beige without any mottled colors. However, you can still see that it is a kind elder with white hair and a childlike face.
His left hand was spread flat, and a ball of flame floated in the palm of his hand, but a circular plane was carved into the flame, and he didn't know what it meant. The right hand is holding a long beard, and the wide sleeves spread out like flowing clouds, rolled up when approaching the ground, and become the altar for the four statues.
It is obvious that the four statues are the four saints mentioned in the records, and the elders behind them should be their masters.
It was already dark now, but the light in the hall was still bright.
There is a lotus candlestick on each side of each statue, but instead of a candle, a tube protrudes from the mouth of the tube and a slender flame shoots out. Every time the flames sway, the golden petals sparkle, which is very eye-catching.
The three of them wanted to go in and take a closer look, but all four doors were bolted.
This was not a problem for the three of them. Qin Zhaoyun used a dagger to lift the door bolt, and the three of them entered the palace.
You can see through the main hall at a glance, and there are no more palaces. Gongsun Zhi turned around and found that there were steps leading to the ground on both sides of the altar, but the passage collapsed and it was impossible to enter. However, Jiang Jinjiu was not found. He felt very bad and lost the mood to visit the Golden Palace.
Qin Zhaoyun came to the statue to study the candlestick. He reached out to pick it up but couldn't pick it up. Only then did he realize that the candlestick was fixed on the stone platform. He also found that half of the flame was blue, and smelled a pungent smell. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "A cow flies on a plane, it's awesome! It's very capable of using natural gas as a permanent lamp."
After bowing, Qinxuan jumped onto the altar. He originally guessed that there were words or something behind the statue, but there was nothing there and he was very disappointed.
Suddenly there was a whooshing sound outside the palace. At first they thought it was the sound of wind, but gradually it was mixed with the sound of broken wood and rolling stones. The three of them felt something strange, so they went out to take a look.
But as soon as he walked out of the door, he heard a thud and the door closed by itself. Before the three of them could react, several double-edged steel rulers and golden forged blades were drilled out of the outer door frames of the four doors. Some of the blades were forged into jagged shapes and were inserted into the door frames on the left and right to form a sharp door barrier.
"Hey! There's an ambush!"
Qin Xuan blurted out, turned around and took out his fan to put on the defensive. Gongsun Zhi and Qin Zhaoyun also took out their weapons and stood with their backs to Qin Xuan, alert to their surroundings.
Suddenly there was a loud noise, and a brown object fell from the sky on the stone altar, which was as big as a van. Its hair is very long and curly. I don't know if it's because of the difference in coat color or because there's dirt on the coat, but there seems to be a pair of eyes on the top, and no nose or mouth can be seen below, but there is a white beard.
The three of them guessed what it was, and it suddenly started to twist, as if it was ogling. Unexpectedly, the next moment a head popped out of its body, and its body became taller. It turned out to be a sheep!
It is said to be a sheep because it has a sheep's head and a pair of spiral horns. But what kind of sheep is a sheep as big as a van? ? Moreover, the head is not proportional to the body, and it looks like a sheep's head is placed on a cow's body.
When it turned its head, the three of them were even more surprised. It was actually wearing a golden mask! Even the front end of the horn is wrapped in gold and polished to a sharp edge, making it look like a sacred beast protecting a mountain.
At this moment, it stepped on a copper pillar with its front hooves and looked up at the sky. The copper pillar it stepped on was one of the round tripods, and it was inserted into the round hole on the round tripod at some point.
Gongsun Zhi felt uneasy when he saw that it was too huge. I also murmured in my heart. The giant sheep should know their existence but ignore them. What does it mean?
No matter what, safety comes first right now. It was obviously not safe on the flat ground, so he walked to the side of the golden palace and found that although the wall was high, there were many edges and corners that could be climbed, so he called the brothers and sisters to climb up to the room together.
In a matter of seconds, the three of them were on the roof. I was a little puzzled when I saw that there were no decorations or statues on the main spine, but there was a top-like metal object fixed at both ends. It was as big as a basketball and neatly set with a circle of copper rings.
The three of them also saw the full view of the peak. There was also an identical stone altar and corresponding objects behind the temple. There was also a giant sheep standing next to the round tripod, with its head raised.
The giant sheep at the back of the palace faces east, with its two ears constantly swinging towards the east. The three of them looked along its head. Some trees in the dense forest far down the mountain were shaking constantly, and there were intermittent sounds like breaking wood and rolling stones.
The three of them understood that the giant sheep was waiting for the arrival of an enemy, probably a demon thorn.
Gongsun Zhi whispered, "The situation is unclear now. The purpose of the black shadow that led us up the mountain before is not simple. Maybe it wants us to interfere with these two giant sheep to create a gap. It's best for us to stay calm now."
Qinxuan whispered, "But senior brother, I feel that the roof is not safe. You see, these tiles are all made of copper and cannot be separated. Isn't this obviously a protective shell? There are many scratches on it. "
Gongsun Zhi said, "I understand, but now we can only choose here."
Qin Zhaoyun said, "I think it's safest inside the house, otherwise we wouldn't have sealed the house when we came out."
Qin Xuan said, "I want to say it too, but there is no way to go in now."
Gongsun Zhi thought for a while and said, "No, these mechanisms cannot be made by giant sheep. People will leave themselves a backup plan. Even if they seal the house, they will leave a secret door for their own people to enter and exit... In this way, if there is a fight, Zhaoyun, take advantage of the chaos and go down to find the secret door."
Qin Zhaoyun nodded, "Leave it to me."
At this time, more and more trees were swaying in the dense forest, and the noises became more frequent, but when it got dark, no foreign objects appeared.
Looking at the watch, it's almost eight o'clock, and there is only a faint residual light in the west.
The top of the peak was dark, and through the light from the Golden Palace, one could barely see the outline of things in the front hall. The apse was completely dark and could not be seen clearly.
