Looking at the dreamlike scene in front of him, Hu Bayi woke up first.
Glancing at Song Xing and seeing him calmly turning the Qingyang Sword into a sword pill and putting it away, Hu Bayi couldn't help but sigh: "Master Song, are you really not Zongzi?"
Impressed by Song Xing's miraculous methods again and again, Hu Bayi could no longer remain calm.
Song Xing glanced at Hu Bayi strangely, smiled, and said, "You are so powerful and powerful."
Hu Bayi smiled bitterly and said: "But since coming to Yunnan, everything you have shown has almost subverted my understanding of the world."
Hundreds of monsters were wiped out with a single blow from an ordinary-looking ancient sword.
Why can normal human beings do such near-god deeds?
Fatty Wang woke up from his daze and wiped his eyes vigorously, wondering if he had seen it wrong.
"Do you recognize the strange insect just now?" Song Xing asked Hu Bayi.
Hu Bayi recalled the appearance of the strange insect and said: "The appearance of this insect is very similar to the mantis long insect, also known as the Huo's undead insect. This insect is between invertebrate and semi-vertebrate, and has something like a "sun goddess" "It has a protective shell like a snail. No wonder bullets couldn't penetrate it before."
"In nature, there are no natural enemies. Unless it can be eaten whole and completely digested with gastric juice, it can still survive as long as part of its nerve network is left. But this ancient bug, due to the oxygen content in the atmosphere, Jump-off-the-floor change should have become extinct.”
Song Xing looked at the surrounding environment and said, "Maybe it's because of the closed environment here that this insect survived and grew to such a big size."
Seeing that there were no obstacles in front of him, Song Xing stood up and walked forward: "Hurry up and follow. It should not be far from the main tomb of King Xian."
After crossing the river, they came to a cliff again. There was a suspended ancient plank road hanging alone on the cliff wall, and the remaining part was submerged in the mist in the distance.
Walking along this plank road with some trepidation, Fatty Wang walked through the fog, and the sight in front of him shocked him again.
Above the clouds in the distance, there is a palace embedded in the cliff. Looking closely, not only is the palace magnificent, but its shape also resembles a mausoleum. On the cliffs around the palace, countless plank roads are built around the mountain.
"The palace was built above the clouds. How many people died in order to complete the tomb of King Xian?"
Looking at the splendid palace in front of her, Shirley Yang felt sad. She could imagine how many bones were buried under this palace.
The four of them climbed along the stone plank road to the gate of the Tiangong. After climbing the steep steps, a palace with layers of Qin bricks and Han tiles, and purple and golden beams appeared in front of their eyes.
Outside the palace, it is magnificent, with carved railings and painted buildings, exquisite and meticulous, magnificent and extravagant.
The rumored Lingyun Heavenly Palace is indeed jaw-dropping in its level of luxury. From every angle, it resembles a secret Feng Shui realm isolated from the world. It is really hard to imagine that this place could be the tomb of a little king from the frontier.
"Good guy, how much money and manpower does it cost to build such a majestic palace?" Fatty Wang was dumbfounded.
The four of them came to the main entrance of the palace. A huge stone door blocked the entrance to the palace.
Fatty Wang looked at Song Xing expectantly: "Master Song, can you still open this stone door?"
Song Xing pointed to Hu Bayi's backpack and said: "Take out the dragon and tiger stick that I found in the blood jade coffin and try it out."
Hu Bayi took out the short staff of dragon and tiger, studied it carefully, split it in two, then looked at the stone door and found two holes. He inserted the short staff into the stone keyhole and within a moment, the thick stone door opened on its own.
Several people came to the main hall of the Tiangong. There were huge stone statues arrayed on both sides, with strange shapes, much like they were from ancient gods.
The temperature in the main hall dropped significantly, and the further you walked in, the colder it became. A bronze tripod was placed in the middle, which aroused Song Xing's interest.
This bronze tripod is made of red copper, tin and other metals. It is not the turquoise color it has been buried in the ground for a long time, but its original golden color, which shines brightly in the hall.
As symbols of political and economic power in ancient ritual-governed societies, tripods and guis made by kings and marquises were also regarded as the source of the legitimacy of state power.
It is said that Dayu "collected the gold from Jiu Mu, cast nine tripods, and cast the tripods at the foot of Jingshan Mountain, each of which resembled objects from Jiuzhou." This was a symbol of the founding of the Xia Dynasty, which ruled the Central Plains as a group of princes.
And "If the Xia Hou clan loses it, the Yin people will receive it; if the Yin people lose it, the Zhou people will receive it." This shows that every time the dynasty rises, the "Nine Tripods" will change hands accordingly.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Zhuang of Chu asked the envoys of King Ding of Zhou to "ask for the size and importance of the throne." This made the term "asking for the throne" a classic expression for coveting national power or generally referring to trying to gain dominance.
The transfer of bronze ritual vessels placed in the royal family or ancestral temple is essentially a transfer of political power brought about by the redistribution of power and wealth. As the symbol of the central power, "Nine Tripods" will control the whole country. the highest political power.
Nobles at all levels have strict regulations on the type and quantity of ritual vessels used. The type and quantity directly represent the level of the nobility.
The so-called "bells ringing and cauldrons eating" refers to a huge scene where the family is prosperous and there are many servants, and it becomes a symbol of the nobles' noble status.
The bronze tripod in front of Song Xing is tall and straight, with a thick body. It has a round belly and a slightly rounded bottom. The mouth is introverted, folded along the square lip, slightly tilted inward, the belly is bulging, and there are a pair of slightly outward openings on the mouth rim. of erect ears.
The lower part of the ear extends into the belly of the organ. The lower part of the three-column foot is slightly inward. There are three deep holes in the inner bottom corresponding to the foot. The outer side of the ear is decorated with two grooves. The neck has six short ridges and is decorated with six groups of animal mask patterns. There are two types in each group, one with a body and one without a body. The upper part of the feet is decorated with a goat-horned animal face, and the horns protrude from the surface of the vessel. Both are filled with cloud and thunder patterns on the bottom.
Song Xing guessed that this bronze cauldron was built by King Xian in order to imitate the Central Plains emperor's desire to unify the world. It was used to cook corpses and offer sacrifices to heaven during sacrificial rituals.
Looking beyond the cauldron, there are some murals carved on the palace walls.
The deeds that happened in the ancient Dian Kingdom can be inferred from the murals. There are also many sacrificial activities related to divination and witchcraft.
There are murals to the left and right of the throne in the main hall. As for the general meaning of the ancient seal script carved on the murals, it introduces the origin of the Muchen Pearl.
Looking at the red stone on the top of King Xian's crown in the mural, Hu Bayi felt a little excited: "Great, it seems that this is the Muchen Bead, and the Muchen Bead is indeed in the tomb of King Xian."
Fatty Wang turned his head and looked at the magnificent palace, feeling excited in his heart: "Is this the tomb of King Xian?"
Song Xing shook his head and said: "The presence of the bronze tripod means that this is the place where the king was sacrificed to the gods. It was probably built on the cliff to be closer to the gods. This is probably not the tomb of the king."
Shirley Yang and Hu Bayi also thought that what Song Xing said made sense, but Fatty Wang was the only one who didn't give up and started searching the palace.
Song Xing reached out and threw out a few copper coins again. The coins rolled on the ground and finally stayed in the five directions of east, west, north, and south.
(End of chapter)
