Chapter 23 Chapter 22 Blood Sacrifice Spiritual Palace

When I woke up, I found myself lying on the cold stone ground. When I opened my eyes, I saw a huge centipede coiled on the roof beam directly above me. Me, it seemed as if I was going to pounce on me. I was so shocked that I didn't even have time to get up, so I rolled on the spot.Unexpectedly, this action was too hasty, and he didn't look around at all. This roll directly hit a cold rock, his eyes stared with stars, his head hurt almost to split, his body was still limp and powerless. At this time, someone stepped forward to help me sit up, and said to me: "Fake, why are you so nervous about the statue!" I raised my eyes and almost knocked my chin to the ground in shock. The other person was the guide A Dong who was lost after falling into the water in the Shepan River.

No way?In such a rushing river, this kid not only retreated completely, but also rushed to appear here before us.impossible!It must be a hallucination, or maybe I'm still dreaming.I pinched my face so hard that I grinned in pain, only then was I sure it was real. I was about to open my mouth to ask, but A Dong said first: "Don't say anything now, adjust your breathing first, and try to spit it out if you can!" I didn't understand what he meant, but when I turned my head, I saw several other people were leaning against the mountain wall beside them, holding their chests and panting, even Ying Ge was among them.

Sanpao coughed, and said to me with a smile: "Our fate is hard. If it weren't for this one who killed us halfway, we might have become dried bacon like those corpses!" Sanpao said a little bit With lingering fear in his heart, he opened his mouth and took a few deep breaths to the side. I recalled a series of uncomfortable reactions in my body before, and I understood it immediately, and asked in surprise: "Are we all poisoned?" Master Feng frowned and said: "Yes, I didn't expect the fog in the rift to be poisonous. We were too careless at the time. This poisonous gas is colorless and odorless, and you don't feel anything when you inhale it. When you feel uncomfortable It's too late, soon your respiratory system and nervous system will be destroyed, and if you don't get medical treatment, you will be close to death!"

I frowned when I heard this, Master Feng continued: "Fortunately, we have been in contact with that thing for a short time, and the poisoning is not deep. If we breathe in fresh air to wash our lungs, there will be no big problems." I know from Mr. Feng's statement that Ying Ge, who came down first, developed symptoms of poisoning not long after he came down. Thanks to A Dong who showed up in time, he dragged him into the cave and saved his life.And our situation is roughly the same, Adong appeared here at the right time, otherwise we few martyrs this time will be sure. A Dong grinned and said: "You bosses in the city don't know how bad the miasma is in this mountain, but luckily you're all fine now!"

Apart from being lucky, I really have no other thoughts at the moment, including why A Dong appeared here, and it is inconvenient for me to ask, so I can simply regard it as a coincidence, although in my impression this person has a criminal record. Ying Ge said: "I have fought in the jungles of Vietnam, and the miasmas I have seen are not like this. Where did these poisonous gases come from? Can such a large miasma be produced under this rift valley?" Master Feng said: "This is an area densely covered with volcanoes. The bottom of the rift may be connected to the crater. A large amount of gas is volatilized from those extinct volcanoes. It's just..."

Master Feng got stuck in the middle of his words, but I understood what he meant: most of the gases volatilized from volcanoes are sulfides, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide all have a strong smell, and the colorless and odorless nitric oxide, But what we saw was a light blue mist, and we were all poisoned unconsciously. We are now in a relatively spacious cave, and there are gusts of fresh wind pouring in from time to time. I also took a few deep breaths, quite comfortable. It seems that there is a passage leading to the outside world, and those corpses can also prove this It is unlikely that they got there from the cliff path like us. They should have reached the cliff path through this cave from the side of the mountain, and they were poisoned by the ghost fog.The possibility of this situation is still quite high. According to this inference, as long as we follow the wind direction, it will not be difficult to find the exit.

A Dong lit a torch, and the surrounding area immediately became much brighter, with a dazzling scarlet. Only then did I realize that the place we were in was not a cave at all, but a relatively spacious sloping corridor. There were many places on the inner wall of the corridor. It has collapsed, exposing a section of hollow tube, like a densely covered water pipe.The surface of the entire inner wall is reddish-brown, and it looks a little black at the moment. The floor of the corridor is stone steps that go straight up, and there are two shallow gutters on both sides. The corridor is very long, and you can’t see the end by the light of the fire. From the direction of the wind blowing the torch, the direction of the exit is there. We must go through this corridor and go straight up.

Sanpao poked his head out to take a look, and said, "What is this, a bloody straight tube, why does it look like intestines to me!" I think the description of San Pao is quite appropriate. At this time, it feels like entering a bloody intestine, which is really disgusting.Ying Ge scraped the shallow groove with a dagger, got some powder and crushed it in his hands, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, his face changed: "It's really blood, this is a fucking blood groove!" Blood drain?When I saw the width of the shallow trough, I was taken aback. The size of this thing is almost enough to be used as a water trough. Why do you need such a big blood trough?

At this time, Master Feng suddenly said "Oh" and said: "I understand, so this is the kind of blood sacrifice, and this is the place for the sacrifice we saw on the murals before!" I was startled, and immediately understood. Young Master Long looked around and nodded, apparently also understood.Master Feng said again: "The tentacles of the centipede dragon painted on the mural are full of people, and the blood is dripping. It is through this blood groove that the blood leads to the jade bead contained in the centipede dragon's mouth. The jade bead must be some kind of special kind. Matter, and blood can have a certain reaction."

When I realized that this weird design was for killing people, and the purpose of killing blood was to summon some horrible things from the bottom of the valley, I immediately felt shuddering. Looking at the scarlet corridor, I seemed to see the blood from many years ago still in the blood. wanton flow. Master Feng said: "It seems that this is the place where Nanling held blood sacrifices. This kind of sacrifice was very sacred at that time. If we can find the exit, it must be an unusual place. Maybe the people of Nanling will build the underground palace of the mausoleum directly nearby."

Whether this possibility exists is unknown, but as Master Feng said, some peoples in ancient times valued sacrifices higher than the sky. Even if what we found was not an underground palace, it was an extremely important place in Nanling. A Dong also spoke at this time, and said: "Boss Feng is right. In fact, this is the blood sacrifice of Nanling. According to legend, there are evil spirits under the rift valley. They may be the ancestors of Nanling people, or they may be the ancestors of Nanling people. Their souls, because many people say that the Nanling people climbed up from the bottom!" In fact, this is not the first time I have heard of such a similar legend. Although I feel that A Dong is a bit alarmist at this time, but in the current atmosphere, it really makes people feel quite depressing.At the moment, no one wants to stay here for too long, just go into the tunnel and explore. The corridor has been slanting upwards, and the angle is quite stable, probably to ensure that the blood can flow down relatively slowly, and it will not dry up and condense due to a long time.Walking at such an inclination is not strenuous. After walking about fifty or sixty meters, the corridor is gone, and the surrounding area has become a more open cave. Although the place where we are now is a cave, a hall-like building with horizontal eaves and flying beams is firmly stuck in the cave. This is a hall built using natural caves. Probably because it was built in the middle of the mountain, it looks extremely cold and damp, so except for the beams at the top, the wooden pillars supporting the main hall are basically replaced by stone pillars, because we are already in the main hall. So it's impossible to see the whole picture.Compared with the main hall we saw before, there are many decorative elements here, and it looks a lot more luxurious. The top surface is criss-crossed wooden beams, made of glazed tiles into a snake-like pattern, surrounding a huge circular area in the center, much like the "@" logo of Long Shao's company, and the center of the circular area is The two square translucent glass-like objects showed a faint yellow-purple color under the dim light. The main hall is filled with images of centipede dragons. Apart from the exquisite figure reliefs, there are all centipede carvings on the walls. The light received by the corners of the walls is relatively low. At first glance, it looks like countless centipedes lying on the wall.On the eight thick stone pillars in the main hall that three people can encircle, eight huge centipede dragons hover upwards. The dragon's body is as thick as a bucket, and its jaws are wide open, revealing sharp edges. It is lifelike and shocking.Because it was built in the mountains, the ground of the main hall looked rough and uneven, and the black marble ground vaguely reflected the shadows of centipedes and dragons, which looked strange and abnormal. "What is this place?" Ying Ge asked. Master Feng said: "It was the place of the blood sacrifice just now. This should be the spiritual palace, where the statues of the gods they enshrine or their totem worship are placed!"