At this point, we have only walked less than half of this thousand-meter bridge!
Everyone looked forward, backward, left and right. There was no human oil in front of them, and it was still chaotic and blurry. The smoke pipe behind them had dispersed, and it could be seen that the gray fog was gradually thickening, constantly covering the bridge. There were river valleys and abyss on the left and right, and it was impossible to look directly at it. Now, they were like a floating boat trapped in the black fog, unable to find any support in front or behind, and a strange and terrifying thought gradually enveloped everyone's minds.
Everyone seemed to have really entered the exit of the underworld and were floating on the Black Sea of Evil!
Song Siyuan told Yue Guanchao the legend of Ren Peacock, which undoubtedly deepened everyone's fear. No matter how she explained it, at least the fact that the river turned black could not be concealed.
Yue Guanchao looked under the bridge with his flashlight, chewed his teeth and said, "Isn't it just black water? Song Qianjin, how about you explain it from a scientific point of view?"
"Yue Guanchao, there is something in your words!" Song Siyuan knew what this vulgar and reckless man meant, and teased: "No matter how scientific the conclusion is, it must be supported by facts. Now we are on the bridge and there is no way to get close to the black water. Who knows? The reason for the black water.”
"Did you two encounter any special circumstances when you went to the front?"
Yue Guanchao walked nearly a hundred meters further than them. After the two teams met, they must exchange information first to avoid missing any important clues.
"The gray fog in front is a bit lighter. I feel that the fog becomes denser towards the middle and becomes much lighter towards the corners. There is a plank road with wooden planks hanging on the grotto opposite, which seems to lead directly to the river. .”
Yue Guanchao recalled the plank roads they first saw. Most of these plank roads were mainly stone platforms. There were multiple steps built under the stone platforms, and only simple handrails were made of wood. A maximum of two people could pass. Countless stone platforms were marked with " "The glyphs hang on the cliff and lead to the vicinity of the river.
"Tell me, could it be that the people from the Soul Cultivation Palace left a plank road for easy access to water or something?"
Xu Xiake's words made Song Siyuan keep shaking her head. She was obviously not optimistic about this idea: "No, from Sister Ren's description, people from the Chu Dynasty came here during the Spring and Autumn Period and Pre-Qin Dynasty. They came here after seeing black water in the river. He would describe this place as the Evil Luo Underworld Sea, which shows that the state of this underground valley has existed for thousands of years.”
After finishing speaking, she looked at everyone and explained in a mysterious tone: "The Tang Dynasty was only more than a thousand years ago. No matter what the cause of the black water is, it cannot be a relic of the Soul Cultivation Palace period. Such traces of man-made construction , probably dates back to the Shang, Zhou and Pre-Qin periods, and is something left by the ancestors of ancient Chu.”
"Based on the fact that Qin Shihuang destroyed the three Chu states, the Shang and Zhou pre-Qin periods happened to be the most active era for the ancestors of ancient Chu."
"Am I right? Sister Ren."
Song Siyuan looked at Ren Peacock. Only Sister Ren was familiar with Xianchu culture.
What Ren Peacock admires the most is Song Siyuan's talk. Seeing that she has guessed the era when the ancestors of ancient Chu lived, his eyes are filled with admiration: "Yao Mei is right. Since Qin Shihuang destroyed the Chu Kingdom, what Emperor Qin values is For them, the culture of the Eight Great Gods of Qilu and these shamanic sacrifice cultures belong to the Southern Barbarian Ghost Sacrifice and are not worth mentioning. They have been suppressed and excluded during the Qin Dynasty, and the ancestors of the Three Chu were forced to disperse throughout the country."
"I heard the old man mention when he was setting up the Dragon Gate Formation that the ancestors of ancient Chu lived in an era from the Shang and Tuesday Dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They were not seen much after the Qin Dynasty."
Seeing that her guess was true, Song Siyuan looked at everyone with an excited tone: "Then this is completely correct. The witch sacrificial culture of ancient Chu is a product of the same period as the witch sacrificial rituals of the Xia and Shang Dynasties. There are still traces of ancient tribal witches and gods. Traces, these ancestors probably came here thousands of years ago, not only found black water here, but also built certain palaces."
"After that, the legend of the River Styx and Youdu deep in the Gate of Ghosts began to spread in the ancient Chu culture."
"Then according to your opinion, isn't the old Li family just a dove occupying a magpie's nest?"
Yue Guanchao's words were unreasonable. Judging from the meaning of Song Siyuan's words, the ancestors of ancient Chu had been to this place a long time ago, and they might even have built some buildings. The Li family also built the Soul Palace here. It was clearly a form of bullying. There is no one left in Chu State.
Song Siyuan pinched her chin and looked at Yue Guanchao: "You must understand it this way. Both Lao Xi and Uncle Tang mentioned that the Li Tang Family Soul Palace was built here because of the weird and mysterious geographical environment. Once they found out that the ancestors were here, If there is a palace cast here, it means you have found the right place - this is probably really the secluded capital of the ghost gate, and the soul palace is built here to maintain stability for eternity."
"What I'm more curious about is, what did the ancestors of ancient Chu build here?"
Song Siyuan's words caused a strange color to flash in Ren Kongque's eyes: "Yao Mei, the old man and I also heard a similar saying when we were setting up the Dragon Gate Formation. The old god of Qinling is called a guardian but actually monitors the gate of the earth. I thought carefully about it several times in my mind. Could it be that the thing he is monitoring is in the palace of the ancient Chu ancestors!"
These words gave Song Siyuan an inspiration. Thinking of this, her mind exploded with fireworks:
"By the way, in the ancient Chu mythology, the old gods of Qinling guarding the gate of the earth have a surveillance function, which also means that there must be some old gods who have made mistakes imprisoned in the gate of the earth."
"In the field of mythology research, mythological stories often reflect certain historical events. I wonder if during the ancient Chu period, these ancestors built palaces to imprison those who made mistakes in their race, leaving behind a terrifying palace in this abyss. The palace and the Blackwater River Styx, in the later period, in order to prevent anyone from finding this place, the myth of Blackwater, the capital of darkness, came into being!"
"Essentially, they may be afraid that others will discover the secrets here, so they make up myths to persuade living people to stay away from this ominous place!"
