In terms of numbers, including the military guards, they only had twenty people at full strength. Facing a team of nearly a hundred people, they had almost no chance of winning.
In terms of means, if what Higashi Kon said is true, it would be difficult to find the real altar of the shaman god with just a few of them.
In fact, it is possible that Yutōkon still has a backup plan behind his back. Even if they don't care about anything, they may not be able to get out of the canyon safely if they leave the altar.
In a word, Yu Dongjin almost blocked the road. Yue Guanchao was calculating their chances of winning in his mind. Seeing that all roads were not as good as others, he already knew what to do.
"Uncle Wu, now is not the time for us to confront each other head-on. It seems to me that Yu Dongjin has relied on us and has been behind us for so long. He probably won't ask us to leave so easily."
After Yue Guanchao finished speaking, Wu Mifeng stood up and nodded towards Yu Dongyun: "I want to see how you, a homeless dog like you, Yu Dongyun, can do anything with you."
"please."
Yue Guanchao and the others put away the muzzles of their swords and guns, and were led out of the altar by Higashi Kon. They walked and walked along the main path of the Ox Head Temple to the side hall, and did not stop until they reached the Cloud Temple.
Yue Guanchao looked up and saw that the Cloud Temple was located in the northeast of the Ox-headed Temple. It was a set-style courtyard with a front courtyard, a middle hall, and a back building. Together with other surrounding temples, it formed a regular and serious temple layout. It could be seen that the tall ox-headed golden owl covered the turmeric courtyard wall. , the eaves sometimes disappear, and the courtyard walls are too high to reach.
With a creak, they opened the gate tower of the Yun Temple. After Yue Guanchao and the others walked into the courtyard, they saw that the square courtyard was as wide as a square, surrounded by verandas on all sides, with gray stone slabs laid in the middle. It was neat, serious, flat and open. The temple at the end of the courtyard was brightly lit, and it seemed like a blur. Like the palace, some military guards stood outside the temple to protect the safety of the courtyard at all times.
Under the eaves covered bridge, there are piles of firewood and sundries. In the courtyard, there are piles of wooden boxes, carts and horse baskets, as well as numerous clothing, food and utensils. They are all neat and orderly. It is obvious that someone has lived here for a long time.
"Judging from this situation, Yutochin is basically living in the entire altar. These sundries are all daily necessities left by his minions, but what he is doing living here, I don't understand. "
Yue Guanchao had also kept Song Siyuan's question in mind, and lowered his voice and explained: "Perhaps, just to hide from the Jiangwu coalition, this altar building complex is deep in the canyon and wrapped in Fengqiu Forest, so it is easy to find it. In other words, this is the safest place. If I want to avoid the canyon for thirty years, wouldn't this be the most suitable place?"
While they were talking, everyone had been brought into the Cloud God Temple by Higashi Tokin. When they walked into the hall, the hall was spacious and brightly lit. It could be seen that the bronze statue of the Cloud God was as high as two floors, almost supporting the roof of the temple. Temple center.
This sacrificial temple is divided into three parts, with a "dish" shape as the boundary. There is a statue of the god in the middle. The pillars on both sides divide the space. Bronze curtains and gold gauze curtains hang down. Indistinctly, many witches and goddesses can be seen. There is a bronze locust tree, a staircase leading to the second floor, carved railings and painted buildings, exquisite window grilles, and a plaque reading "Senate Hall" hanging high.
Unexpectedly, the second floor is the meeting hall of Yudong Kon, which is specially used to handle the general affairs of the remaining troops.
Further up is the cloister attic that is only accessible to pedestrians, which can directly lead to the carved window terrace outside the temple. Dozens of candles are burning in the bronze phoenix tail lanterns above the head, which burst out with bright firelight and make the surrounding area bright, bright and warm.
After Yue Guanchao became familiar with the layout of the Cloud God Temple, he focused his attention on the bronze statue of the Cloud God, and was quite curious about the statue in front of him.
This statue is divided into two parts, the human body and the object body. The human part has a fair complexion, delicate eyebrows, a broad face, and smooth lines, just like the goddess Wu Xian, wearing a pure white round collar with golden patterns in the appearance of a female god. Wearing a wide robe, black hair shawl and a round corolla, the nine-tree star crown uses branches and stars as elements to weave a beautiful crown. It can be seen that the top of the head is shining with light, making it exceptionally graceful and luxurious.
Starting from the waist, the flowing white gauze skirt is obviously auspicious clouds with smooth lines. Countless naturally curly and cascading cirrus clouds of different sizes accumulate to form her graceful skirt, which curves back like a snake's tail, with a round arc. Support your body.
Look carefully, you can see that the God of Clouds is holding his hands up, holding a beautifully carved gem disc with stars, the sun and the moon, wind, rain, thunder and lightning and many other natural elements on it. His eyes are neither happy nor sad, and he has a sense of compassion for the common people. Although this statue is The bronze statue, with its body outlined in oil paint on the surface, is more vivid than a living person. With the lights shining on it, it seems that it will come to life at any time, which makes people feel magical.
"Yunshen, what kind of god is he?"
When Wu Mi Feng and the others saw Yun Shen, they put their hands on their hearts and saluted. Then he explained: "Among the twelve gods of Wu Xian, Taiyi is the god of heaven, Feng Shen is the god of wind, and Yunu is the god of rain. The god of the gods, Si Ming is the god of reward and punishment, Shaozhong is the god of fertility, Shan Wu is the god of mountains and vegetation, Yang God is the god of light, Spirit God is the moon god, and Hejun is the water god. In addition, there are also Invisible gods of heaven and earth.”
"The cloud god represents the sky."
"Isn't God the sky?"
Yue Guanchao didn't quite understand why there was a separate Cloud God since the God of Heaven was established.
"Of course it is necessary. Do you know why the gods of heaven and earth don't have specific images?"
Wu Xuanyu's words made Yue Guanchao become curious and twitched his eyebrows: "I would like to hear your opinions."
She looked at the statues and slowly explained: "All the gods of the Wu Clan are based on nature gods. They can be like the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, etc., but they can be transformed into specific images. It's just that the heaven and earth are special."
"They are not like the sun, moon and stars, which have their own shapes, nor like the mountains, rivers, which have their own purposes. In the eyes of the shamans, the heaven and earth are just like the air that always accompanies people. They do not show specific images to people, allowing the shamans to toss around the sky and the earth at will. , if they have to be compared to something, Wu people prefer to compare heaven and earth to eggshells. Heaven and earth are eggshells. The sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, flowers, plants, trees, birds, insects, and fish are all located in the eggshells, and humans are also inside the eggs. It thrives in its shell.”
"However, eggshells are just eggshells and do not exert any influence on people."
"Isn't it right? The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the moon causes the tides to rise and fall. Isn't that the influence that the sky exerts on people?"
Song Siyuan retorted.
Seeing that they still didn't understand, Wu Xuanyu continued to explain: "Yes, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the moon causes the tides to rise and fall, and the stars hang all over the sky. These things are just things that exist in eggshells. This is not what heaven and earth do to them. Influence, this is the influence of everything in the world on them. The shamans only know that they have their heads in the sky and their feet on the ground. They live between heaven and earth."
"Heaven and earth are not benevolent and treat all things as stupid dogs. The shamans' concept of heaven and earth is similar to this sentence."
After Song Siyuan heard Wu Xuanyu's words, an ancient saying immediately popped into her mind. This sentence means that the heaven and earth give birth to all things, but they allow all things to grow naturally. They are not particularly good to anyone, and they are not particularly bad to anyone. Everything develops naturally. .
Her words were obviously right, and the little witch nodded with a twinkle in her eye: "Well, yes, it means that heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs. In this case, heaven and earth do not have a concrete image and are only accepted as gods of heaven and earth. Worship, but according to the concept of the witch clan, the heaven and earth have high and low levels, and people also have an order of honor and inferiority, so the gods also have main gods and supporting gods."
"The God's counterpart is the God of Clouds!"
The little witch coughed a few times and continued to explain: "Witch people believe that the most numerous things in the sky are clouds. The sun and moon are hidden in the clouds, stars are dotted in the clouds, wind, rain, thunder and lightning are generated from the clouds. Even the clouds can affect the light. Clouds are like the wife of the sky, taking care of everything in the sky.”
"Under this kind of thinking, the shamans understood the cloud as the wife of heaven, and the belief in the cloud god was born. In the eyes of the shamans, the cloud god is the god of the sky, the mother of celestial phenomena, and the god of all phenomena, whether it is the rotation of day and night or The movement of stars, clouds, mist and rain are all under the control of the Cloud God.”
"Similar!"
Wu Xuanyu looked at everyone: "The god of earth is the mountain witch. The mountain witch is the god of mountains, rivers, and vegetation. And because rivers originate from mountains and rivers, they are also regarded as the mother of rivers. Whether they are mountains, rivers, vegetation, rivers, or lakes, there are many It is caused by the accumulation of water in the mountains. All of this depends on the earth god, and the mountain witch is responsible for managing everything the earth carries."
"That's what their relationship is."
Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of clapping from behind. Yu Dongjin clapped his hands and said, "It's true that he is a child of the Wu family. He is smarter than your uncle. The banquet has been prepared. Everyone, please take your seats."
Yudong clapped his hands close, and the military guards began to file in from outside the palace. They were all holding tables in their hands. The dishes on them were rich and beautifully displayed. In just a moment, they had already set up a "concave" in front of the statue. After all the curtains were opened, the banquet officially began.
Yu Dongjin sat down at the main seat and raised a glass of wine. Afterwards, Wu Wei seemed to have received a signal and opened all the dishes on the table.
Cang, the lid hits the edge of the pot and makes a crisp sound.
The lids of the pots in front of them were lifted one after another, and the things cooked in the pot were still bubbling, rising and falling in the hot oil of the boiling soup. The rich aroma of meat hit their noses along with the delicious taste of the soup, making their mouths water with greed.
Since everyone entered the canyon, they could only eat the dry food they brought with them. Even in Lao Mo's tribe, they didn't even have serious cooking utensils, and they ate only simple meals. The sudden smell of meat was really refreshing.
Yue Guanchao picked up the spoon and was about to see what was cooking in the pot. After the hot soup bubbled, it automatically started to stir up the contents in the pot. When the thing surfaced, one of them was boiled until the flesh fell off, revealing The baby's head, with its half-skeletal face, faced his eyes.
The brains had already boiled out of the black eye sockets, and the eyeballs hung near the eyelids and swayed back and forth, smelling of oil and meat!
"Ah~, this is a baby's head."
Wu Xuanyu and the others took the baby's head out of the pot and were so frightened that they threw the spoon several meters away. The hairs on their backs grew and they wanted to throw out their wrists.
Seeing this scene, Yue Guanchao was about to pick up the shotgun, but the military guard behind him held the shotgun to his head, so he had to give up.
"Don't worry, this isn't a human head!"
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