This time, the interior of the corridor was much dry, and the vines, mucus, and mycelium were all burnt to char, or were directly attached to the walls, or simply fell to the ground and turned into ashes, making a creaking sound when you walked on them.
After walking for about half an hour, they walked through the corridor and stood near the exit of the grotto. Going forward, they were already in the belly of the mountain cavity.
Yue Guanchao turned on his flashlight and took a closer look. At the end of the corridor was a spiral-shaped cave. The interior had been hollowed out by erosion. The mountain walls formed spiral upward passages, filled with caves and grooves of different sizes. These caves were densely piled up on each other, and the cave walls were Completely occupied.
At the same time, these grooves are filled with gray and black soil, which are full of corroded corpses with only rotten flesh and bones left. As far as the eye can see, only skeletons and corpses are piled up on top of each other. The white sky is full of terrifying skeletons. Look at the remains of these skeletons. The clothes, except for the Beifu soldiers, were those of the ghosts, and there were also many animal bones, which were scary and scary.
Song Siyuan glanced around: "It seems that we have found the missing Beifu soldiers and Guifang people, but is Tianpu Shen really here?"
So far, they have not encountered the shadow of Tianpu God. The cave in front of them is full of moisture, and they cannot see very far at all. Everything is filled with chaotic mist.
Everyone continued walking inside, and when they approached the center of the spiral cave, they finally saw an ancient building in the shape of a shrine in the mist!
The shape of this building is somewhat similar to a dome-shaped bird cage, with gold tiles on the roof, cylindrical stone walls, and vermilion walls. There are windows all around, and only a doorway is opened on the front. At the same time, the roof and surrounding walls are imitated with mandala flowers. The many triangular eaves that surround the dome look like fish scales cascading around the dome and walls.
"Why does this image look so strange? I seem to have never seen a shrine of this shape before!"
Yue Guanchao looked at the shrine in front of him. Most of the eaves on the wall were staggered from each other, forming fish scale patterns. At the same time, the upper eaves were smaller and the lower eaves were wider, just like a pine cone being placed!
Song Siyuan looked at the giant pine cone shrine in front of her, and finally understood what it was. She explained to the people around her: "This is an imitation pineal shrine. I think I know what it means. Take a closer look, is it right?" Is it the same as the pineal gland totem we met in the backyard of Sheji Temple?"
Everyone observed carefully and found that apart from being three-dimensional, it was indeed the same as a totem, and they all nodded in acquiescence.
"That's right. Beifu soldiers have realized that the power of Tianpu Shen comes from the pineal gland in the brain. Coupled with the totem of the ghost people, they created such a strange shrine. In fact, it is a kind of attack on the giant. The Worship of the Pineal Gland.”
Observe carefully, this giant shrine is built on a wide platform in the center of the cave. Twelve soul-catching bones are evenly distributed around the platform, and there are countless red ropes connected to each other. It looks like a magic circle, between the soul-catching bones. The space is full of vines intertwining with each other. It can be seen that the source of the vines is located in the building.
The God of Heavenly Eyes is probably located in the building!
They carefully walked onto the high platform, came to the door of the building, and carefully stepped into it.
At first, everyone was worried that the God of Heavenly Eyes would attack them, but until they actually saw the giant, this doubt was dispelled. A huge square-shaped blood pool appeared in front of them. The water in the pool was reddish-brown and translucent, and its texture was close to oil. The pool water It bubbles slightly, with many red and white beating brains floating in it.
If you look closely, you will see that these rhizome-like red nerves hanging down from the brain are connected to each other, as if they are still alive, and the hyphae can be seen as swimming tentacles like jellyfish.
In the center of the blood pool was the giant with only his head left!
At this moment, Yue Guanchao and the others also saw clearly what the God of Heavenly Eyes was.
They have already seen the image of Tianpu God in ghost classics. In the classics, Tianpu God seems to have completely peeled off the skin, muscles, fascia, blood vessels and meridians of the human head, leaving only a white skeleton with a top. With a slightly beating brain.
Now it seems that this is also an exaggerated description by Guifang Ren. Yue Guanchao observed carefully that Tiantong God's head is just thin and thin, and it is far from peeling off and turning into a skeleton. However, the facial muscles have indeed shrunk and dried up, just like the face of an old man. The fat is completely gone and almost transparent, with a layer of skin sticking tightly to the bones.
Looking at it this way, the eye sockets are sunken, the facial features are collapsed, the blood is completely gone, and the paleness really looks like a skeleton.
The red and white brain blossoms they saw were just deep wrinkles spreading from the forehead to the skull. Because the skin was too thin, the blood vessels had been exposed, and the red and white state formed a wrinkled and wrinkled structure similar to the brain blossoms. , blood red and pale mixed into wrinkles, the overall appearance is basically the same as what was painted in the classics.
Under this head, there are countless vines wandering in the blood pool. Some vines extend from the windows and tunnels in the pool, connecting to the twelve soul-catching bones outside the shrine.
At this moment, Tiantong Shen was already dying. Even Yue Guanchao and the others walked over and only slightly raised their eyelids, letting them stand on the shore and stare at him without feeling anything at all.
"He seems to have something to say?"
Song Siyuan picked up the flashlight and shined a light on Tiantongshen's mouth. Her lips were slightly opened, but no sound came out.
Old Mrs. Wei looked at the giant and guessed: "The God of Heavenly Eyes has lived for at least four to five thousand years. He is too old and has no strength to speak. If there is someone who can communicate with his consciousness, maybe he can communicate with him. He communicates.”
Ban Nu stepped forward: "Let me do it, maybe I can try."
Then, Tian Tong Shen seemed to understand Ban Nu's words. A vine appeared in Ban Nu's hand. As his eyelids continued to tremble, Ban Nu seemed to take a long breath and slowly closed his eyes: "He said , his eating organs have been blown up by you, and he can no longer hunt prey to maintain nutrition. This kind of mental perception cannot last long. If there is someone who can become his conscious child, maybe he can speak on his behalf. .”
"It's just that this person must have the blood of Guifang, otherwise, he won't be able to use Tianpu to capture them and become new children."
After saying that, Ban Nu opened his eyes suddenly.
Tiantong God's proposal was in their ears, and everyone was really in trouble, not only because they wanted to make a person a new puppet, but also because they couldn't be sure whether what Tiantong God said was true or false, in case it was false, That would be equivalent to sacrificing living people to him, wouldn't it be exactly what he wanted!
Yue Guanchao retorted: "This? I'm afraid it won't work. If he manipulates that person to do something again, we won't be able to deal with it, and maybe something bad will happen."
He asked: "Is there any other way?"
Ban Nu shook his head: "The giant doesn't want to communicate anymore. I think only by doing what he says will he be willing to continue communicating with us."
At the moment, everyone is in trouble. Tiantong Shen has this proposal, and they don't know what they are holding back. They are not sure who to let go.
"How about you just let me go? I'm a ghost after all?"
Mrs. Wei suggested.
Gui Fangzong stopped him and said, "No, your Celestial Eye has been destroyed. It won't be of much use if you go there. As for Ban Shu, the same is probably true. His Celestial Eye comes from Axi, so it probably doesn't count. I’m afraid the only one who can really go is Ban Nu.”
After Yue Guanchao heard what the old ghost said, he immediately figured out what his plan was. Both the old ghost and Ban Shu were from the ghost side whose Tiantong was abolished. He didn't want to become a puppet himself. The only one who could instigate him was probably Ban Nu was in trouble, he definitely couldn't let this person succeed.
He said calmly: "However, Senior Ban has already tried it just now. If Senior Ban is really suitable, Tiantong Shen would have turned her into a puppet. Besides, the person the giant wants to choose must have ghost powers." Bloodline, Ban Qianqi’s bloodline may not be pure. If Banshu’s bloodline is not counted, I’m afraid only your bloodline is closer to the Guifang people. The bloodline of the Guifang family has been purified for dozens of generations, and it will always be purer than that of senior Ban!”
"Aren't you going to take away the Twelve Soul-Capturing Bones? Maybe you can ask Tianpu God to teach you how to use these Soul-Capturing Bones. If you let others do it for you, what they say may not be true, and they will fool you. It’s troublesome, why don’t you go and ask Tiantong God yourself.”
Beat the snake seven inches. What Gui Fangzong wants is the twelve Soul-Capturing Bones and the Fish Talisman. If anything happens to him, the most regrettable thing will probably be this old man. Yue Guanchao doesn't need to threaten him, as long as he gives up the hidden dangers of the Soul-Capturing Bones. When he brought it up, Gui Fangzong already realized that this matter could not be left to others, and nodded to him: "Okay, I'll do it. If there is any trouble, remember to rescue me."
After that, Gui Fangzong stepped forward. Tiantong Shen seemed to know that he was going to take the initiative to become a puppet. His eyelids were slightly raised. Then, countless plush hyphae emerged from the pool and climbed directly up his back and spine. , eventually, these nerve-like hyphae penetrated into the back of the head, forming a convex spine between the back of the head and the spine. It looked like a squirming snake lying from the back of the head to the tailbone!
Wow!
After the mycelium penetrated into the back of Gui Fangzong's head, his face seemed to shake uncontrollably, and he finally closed his eyes as if he fainted. Then, these mycelium lifted him up and dragged him directly to Tiantong God's body. In the center of his head, more hyphae stretched out directly from the pool, imprisoning his limbs and head, as if he was fixed on the brain flower, unable to move any further.
"Ah!"
With an exhale, Gui Fangzong gradually woke up from the state of closing his eyes. Although his appearance did not change, his expression was completely different from before. He used to be a cunning and shrewd old man, but now, he has a look of fatigue and vicissitudes of life. , looking at everyone below with tired eyes.
Yue Guanchao took a step forward and asked: "Are you the Ghost Fang Sect or the Tiantong God now?"
Gui Fangzong nodded: "He is already my puppet, and I am the one who makes the decision about this body."
Seeing that Gui Fangzong's tone had changed, Yue Guanchao believed that this person had indeed been controlled by Tianpu Shen, and asked cautiously: "Now that you have a body that can make sounds, what are you going to tell us?"
