"Not an ordinary zombie? Drought demon?" Datou guessed.
"It's very possible." Changsheng nodded and then drew another corpse-fixing talisman, and put it back into the talisman box together with the two he had drawn before, for emergencies.
Not far in front of everyone were two rows of stone statues. Changsheng stepped forward and looked around. There were three stone statues in these two rows, six on each side. They were different from the stone statues placed on the left and right sides of the imperial mausoleum. The sizes are not the same. The largest one is more than one foot tall, and the smallest one is only five feet in size. Only two of the six stone statues are in human form. The remaining four are a giant bear with a human head, a tiger with a human head, a woman with a snake head and a woman with a snake head. A mandrill with a ferocious face.
Without exception, these six stone statues are all in a sitting position, all wearing armor, and holding various weapons in their hands.
While Changsheng was looking around, Datou and others followed up from behind. Shi Xuanming stepped forward to inspect each one and quickly came to the conclusion, "They are all carved from bluestone and are solid inside. There are no hidden mechanisms."
"My lord, are these six monsters Fei Lian's subordinates?" Datou asked casually.
"Probably." Changsheng nodded.
"Did they originally look like this, or did the carver deliberately carve them like this?" Datou asked.
Changsheng looked at these stone statues again and then said, "These stone statues are of different sizes and shapes. Two of them are human-shaped, and two have human heads and animal bodies. The remaining two are A woman with a snake head and a spirited mandrill. Look at this mandrill. Although it is much larger than the mandrills outside, its appearance is very similar to those mandrills outside. Therefore, I suspect that these six stone statues are not fictitious. Exaggerated, but carved according to their true appearance during life."
"No way," Da Tou looked up, "The one holding the mace is over one foot tall when he is sitting. For being so tall and strong, he must weigh more than two thousand kilograms. And those two are clearly a bear and a tiger. It has a body, but it has a human head. The most frightening thing is that this snake has a pretty good figure, but it has a big snake head with grinning teeth."
Changsheng said through the interface, "In the prehistoric period, humans and gods lived together. It is not uncommon to have mixed descendants of humans and aliens. There are also many mixed descendants of humans and gods."
While Da Tou and Chang Sheng were talking, Yang Kai and others had been on alert. Although they were protected by spiritual talismans, no one had ever seen a legendary monster like the Drought Demon, and they did not know its true details.
Changsheng was not in a hurry to move forward, but looked nearby. There were only scattered copper coins on the ground but no corpses. This meant that there were no ordinary zombies in the cave except for the Drought Demon. Although the Money Sword could not deal with the Drought Demon, It can still deal with ordinary zombies.
After a moment, Changsheng withdrew his sight and continued walking through the corridor between the stone statues. He soon arrived at the center of the cave. Since there was mist lingering in the deepest part of the cave, he could not see the scene inside, but he could already feel the mist from here. There is a weird aura that is both yin and yang. As the saying goes, things must be reversed when they are extreme. Zombies are originally yin things, but the transformed Drought Demon is the ultimate yang thing. The strange aura that is both yin and yang in the mist undoubtedly comes from that Drought Demon. The aura is still It also means that the drought demon is still alive.
"My lord, there seems to be a mural on the stone wall." Yang Kai reminded in a low voice.
After Changsheng nodded, he turned and walked towards the stone wall on the right, and Datou and others hurriedly followed.
The cave has a radius of more than ten feet, with three steps equaling one foot. The entire cave is about fifty steps, neither too small nor too big. Everyone quickly came to the stone wall on the right. As Yang Kai said, there were indeed things carved on the stone wall. , but it is not a mural, but a very ancient oracle bone inscription. Because the oracle bone inscriptions have many strokes and resemble graphics, Yang Kai misunderstood it.
Only Chang Sheng could barely understand this kind of ancient writing. No one could help, so they could only look around and wait patiently.
Seeing that Changsheng was silent for a long time, Datou couldn't help but ask, "My lord, what is engraved on it? Is it a magic secret?"
Changsheng shook his head, "It seems not."
"What is that?" Datou asked.
Before Changsheng could speak, Yu Yi asked, "But it records Fei Lian's life?"
"It's a bit like, wait a minute, I'll start from the beginning." Changsheng said casually.
The writing order of oracle bone inscriptions is from top to bottom, from right to left, which is the same as the writing method of Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties. Changsheng walked more than ten steps east, found the beginning of the volume and started to read it again.
Because the text was too old, Chang Sheng had a hard time reading it, but he did not lose patience because of this, because compared to ancient artifacts, ancient texts are more precious. Through these texts, we can clearly know what happened thousands of years ago. whats the matter.
The Hanbao hidden in the mist has not moved. As time goes by, everyone gradually relaxes their vigilance. Moving earth and rocks was a lot of work before, so everyone sat facing east and took a rest.
After waiting for half an hour, Chang Sheng finally finished reading the words on the stone wall and turned around to return.
Seeing Changsheng's return, everyone hurriedly stood up. Datou was the first to greet him, "Your Majesty, what is written on it?"
"There are seven generals under Fei Lian. In addition to the six stone statues, there is another one," Changsheng said. "The writing on the stone wall was left by this person, the stone statues were carved by him, and the Hanbao in the cave was also this person. .”
Changsheng said here and took a few sips of the water bag handed over by Datou, then continued, "This man's name is Lu Chu. When Fei Lian led his people out of the mountain, he was responsible for staying behind. As a result, Fei Lian and others left. Never came back.”
"What are Feilian and the others doing?" Datou asked.
'The man of God has been humiliated more and more, and he has killed indiscriminately. In order to gain an inch of land to live in, and to avoid annihilation of his race, the Lord responded to the invitation of the Red Emperor and led Xiang Zhen, Xiong Kui, Xiong Lei, Hu Xin, Snake Xin, and Monkey Zhen to come out of the mountain and refuse to respond. . Changsheng paused briefly here, then continued, "The Red Emperor it spoke of is most likely the Chi You that later generations will call. Chi You is not called Chi You, his real name is Li Tan."
Yang Kai said, "Is their opponent the Yellow Emperor?"
Changsheng nodded, "There are more than a thousand words on the stone wall, which mainly records the life and achievements of Fei Lian and others. It also contains dissatisfaction with the despicable behavior of the clan of gods led by Huangdi, as well as the dissatisfaction with Fei Lian and others. In remembrance and longing. These words contain a lot of important information. According to Lu Quan, there were three races in the early prehistoric times, namely the gods, humans and beasts. The leader of the gods was Huangdi, the leader of the humans was Yandi, and the leader of the beasts That is the Red Emperor, who is also Chi You. The gods have magic, and the beasts know witchcraft. In comparison, although the human race has the largest number, it is the weakest. In the late prehistoric period, the human race merged into the gods and beasts, demigods and demigods. Orcs also began to appear in large numbers since then. Of course, humans still account for the vast majority. Pure-blood gods, pure-blood orcs, demigods and half-orcs combined are less than one-third of the total number of humans. become."
Seeing everyone looking at each other in shock, Changsheng changed his explanation, "It can also be understood that the gods and beasts rule the human race."
"My lord, do you think what this guy said is reliable?" Big Head asked with a frown.
"There is no way to verify what happened thousands of years ago," Chang Sheng shook his head and said, "But it is consistent with the legend. It is said that the Yellow Emperor won the victory with the help of gods when he fought against Chi You. In the legend, Chi You and his Those brothers can also transform into beast bodies."
Without waiting for anyone to answer, Changsheng said again, "The Battle of Zhuolu ended with Chi You's defeat. Since then, the Orcs have been in decline, and the Gods have completely taken control of the world."
After a moment of reaction, Datou asked, "It's hard to deal with the immortals in heaven now. Is it because the immortals are the descendants of the original god race, and the gods are the original descendants of the beast race?"
"There are not enough clues to make a conclusion," Changsheng shook his head, "But the black bear spirit who gave you the talisman must be a descendant of the beast tribe."
"This matter doesn't seem to have much to do with us." Yang Kai said.
After Yang Kai finished speaking, Yu Yi said, "Why didn't Fei Lian and others come back after they left?"
"The six men who accompanied Fei Lian on the expedition must have all died in the battle," Chang Sheng said. "Fei Lian himself may have died in the battle, because Fei Lian is probably the same as Huang Di and Yan Di. He is not a person, but an official rank or position. The name, just like the prince, could be me, Li Bao, or the county princes Li Maozhen and Long Haotian. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, Fei Lian was defeated and surrendered to the enemy, and had no face to see Jiangdong's father again. But this possibility should be unlikely.”
"Lu Ku is also stubborn. I'm just waiting here. If I can't wait for you, I will definitely go out and look for you." Shi Xuanming said.
"Speak softly, don't let anyone hear you." Big Tou pointed to the east.
Changsheng waved his hand and said, "It is still sleeping now. As long as it does not try to enter the cave inside the cave, it will not wake up. Furthermore, the language in the prehistoric period is very different from the language we use now. Even if it hears our words, Don’t know what we are talking about.”
"Is there a cave inside the cave?" Big Tou looked eastward.
"Yes, the mist is diffused from the cave inside," Changsheng said. "There is a sentence on the stone wall, 'You will never leave even an inch in life, and you will live up to your trust even in death.' From this sentence, it is not difficult to see that this Luqi stayed here. He is guarding something, and the reason why it became a zombie was because he did it intentionally, and its purpose is to continue to fulfill the promise he made to Fei Lian after death."
Everyone was shocked when they heard Changsheng's words. Shi Xuanming and Yu Yi chanted the Buddha's name in unison.
Seeing everyone's silence, Batulu, who had not interrupted until now, finally waited for the opportunity to speak, "Lao Wu, can you defeat that zombie?"
"We all have spiritual talismans to protect us. It must not be our opponent." Changsheng replied casually.
"Oh." Batulu was relieved.
"What do you think?" Changsheng asked for everyone's opinions.
Datou was the first to speak, "There must be good things in it, but we don't know if this good thing is useful to us."
"Amitabha, this person is so loyal, isn't it inappropriate for us to attack him?" Shi Xuanming couldn't bear it.
"Amitabha." Yu Yi indirectly agreed.
Seeing Chang Sheng turning to look at him, Yang Kai said, "Our whereabouts cannot be kept secret. If there is a magic weapon hidden inside, and we don't take it, but someone else takes it, we will be passive."
"Probably not," Shi Xuanming said, "They went out to fight back then. If they really had a powerful magic weapon, why not take it with them?"
"This, this, can I say something?" Batulu said cautiously.
Seeing that Batulu was so cautious, Changsheng couldn't bear it, "It's okay, senior brother, if you have anything to say in the future, just say it. No matter what you say is right or wrong, I will not send you back."
After receiving the gold medal for immunity from expulsion, Batulu immediately lost all worries, "There are so many of us, we can work separately. We will hold down the zombie. You can just go in and take a look..."
