Yang Huo Deng

Chapter 147

Famous characters in ancient times were all described in mythology as human-faced and beast-body images to reflect their power. For example, Chi You, who is said to have eight legs!The image of the Queen Mother of the West in the Shan Hai Jing is a human body with tiger teeth, very ugly and ugly, the image of a plague god, and has a bad temper, cannibalism at every turn, which matches her face very well.After being beautified by later generations, it became the symbol of the God of the White Tiger. It also changed to a graceful and luxurious face. Gu Ran has a playful temper. Hearing Yuezhou say that the Queen Mother of the West has tiger teeth, he immediately forgot how disgusted the road of bones he had just walked. He also laughed and said: "Hey, the white tiger is my Xiling logo, maybe it's the same one, and I can climb a relative!"

Several other people laughed.

"However..." Yue Zhou was thoughtful: "In the Shan Hai Jing, there is a tribe with a human face and a snake body. That is to say, the least longevity person can live to be [-] years old."

Chen Qiushi couldn't help sighing, "You know Shan Hai Jing very well."

Yuezhou shrugged: "No way, archeology is like this. Sometimes the information brought by unearthed cultural relics is very limited, and it needs to be verified by combining local legends. The Book of Mountains and Seas basically covers all ancient myths, and almost all legends of ghosts are in it. They all have their original forms, and legends are often connected with history. A foreigner once followed the route of Shan Hai Jing and compared the boards before the continent changed, and proved many descriptions in it, so, perhaps, those that have not been proved yet, It’s just that humans haven’t found it. Or, in other words, people today haven’t found it.”

"Then people have found it before?" Gu Ran was curious: "Impossible, now that the technology is so advanced, you can't find things that the ancients have seen?"

"If the contents of this book are all true, at least the author has been found, but the author cannot be tested. Some people guess that Shan Hai Jing is a book co-written by many people, and some people guess that the author is either a god or a monster. Whether it is Written by gods or monsters, this book is a must-read for our archeology students. Ah, but some scholars have carefully studied this book and put forward the hypothesis that Nuwa with a human face and a snake body is a member of the Xuanyuan Kingdom Woolen cloth."

"Eight hundred years old..." Gu Liangwei murmured.Those who don't live are all [-] years old, so how long should the long-lived people live?Gu Liangwei came here for the way of longevity, and now she will pay special attention to any clues about the way of longevity, Yuezhou naturally thought of this, exchanged glances with Gu Liangwei, and continued to look at the next mural: "This The tribe found that the people of this tribe with human face and snake body are very long-lived." After a pause, Yuezhou said: "It seems... this tribe should indeed belong to Xuanyuan Kingdom."

No one refuted it, but everyone was in a complicated mood for a while. The content of the mural was consistent with the description in the Shan Hai Jing. Could it be... there really were tribes with human faces and snake bodies in ancient times?In other words, the legends about the Queen Mother of the West with a human face and tiger teeth, Chi You with multiple legs, and Nuwa with a human face and a snake body are also true? !This is too creepy!The reason why legends are legends is precisely because they are not real, and they carry people's fantasies. If they are not fantasies but really exist... I dare not think deeply!

"They attacked this small country in order to obtain Xuanyuan Country's longevity method to make their clansmen live longer. Later, the leader of their tribe gave birth to a child with a woman from Xuanyuan Country, and was regarded as a saint by the clan. This saint has no snake tail and ordinary There is no difference between people, so there is no longevity gene that continues to Xuanyuan Kingdom, so the tribal leader prayed to the heavens, asking for a...prophet?" Yue Zhou said with some hesitation.

On the mural, what the leader asked to come down from the sky was a wizard, dressed in grand and complicated costumes, holding a long staff with a ball at the top, Gu Ran took a closer look, and said with a smile: "What kind of prophet, I think it looks like It's a great dancer!"

Indeed, the wizard on the screen wears a ghost mask and exaggerated costumes. Gu Ran described him as a shaman-like wizard. Yuezhou looked helplessly at Gu Ran who interjected, and simply changed his words and said, "This wizard casts spells on you. The saint's unique ability allows her to eat people from the Xuanyuan Kingdom to prolong her life, and the more people she eats, the more beautiful she will be. In exchange, every time the saint eats a person from the Xuanyuan Kingdom, she will sacrifice that person's eyes to the wizard , under the rule of this saint, this tribe continued to attack other tribes and grew stronger because of her longevity and beauty, and was worshiped by many emperors. Later... the entire tribe of Xuanyuan Kingdom was eaten by the saint!"

Several people felt creepy and cold all over, as if they were back on the road of bones!In order to live longer, this saint actually ate a tribe!

"After the people of Xuanyuan Kingdom eat, the life of the saint can no longer be extended, so she ordered the wizard to build a mirror..." Yuezhou didn't go on, but everyone else understood the content on the mural.

According to the mural, the person caught by the mirror becomes a skeleton, and when the mirror shines on the saint again, the shadow behind the saint is lengthened, which should mean that her lifespan has been extended.

Yuezhou and Gu Liangwei looked at each other, both of them were startled for a moment.

Isn't this the function of folding sunglasses? !

Could it be that the mirrors on the murals are actually sun mirrors? !But the appearance is slightly different. The Zheyang mirror and Zheyin mirror that Gu Liangwei has come into contact with are both in the shape of eight trigrams, but the mirror on the mural in front of him is a beautifully decorated round mirror.

Yuezhou continued to look at the murals below and said: "Later, because the gods were furious because of too many murders made by the saint, this mirror became invalid. When she was about to die, the saint ordered people to enshrine Xuanyuan Kingdom as the big snake of the god. Killed, amputated her lower body from the snake's upper body, and then connected her waist and abdomen to the snake's tail, allowing herself to fall into the hibernation state of a cold-blooded animal when she was about to die. She was sleeping in the coffin, waiting for the sun mirror When it works next time, it will be revived again."

Several people were covered in cold sweat.

Gu Liangwei first asked: "So, is this saint still alive?"

Gu Ran rubbed goosebumps: "This is too scary, connecting yourself with a cold snake, is this something a human can do?"

Chen Qiushi was also speechless: "Even now, technology has not developed to that point, not to mention that snakes are cold-blooded animals and people have a rejection reaction, how can animal blood and human blood fuse together? The parasites in snake blood can be compared to cannibals." The disease is much more terrifying."

"I don't know," Yuezhou shook her head. What she was talking about was only the content of the murals, and she was not responsible for the authenticity.The murals in ancient tombs are often exaggerated and have a mythical color, and it is difficult to distinguish whether they are true or false, but she whispered to Gu Liangwei: "However, if the content on the murals is true, then her sun mirror is the other side." , not the gossip folding sun mirror you saw in the tomb of the imperial concubine. You said that the gossip folding sun mirror in the tomb of the noble concubine will crack every time it is used. It is not as good as the one on the mural. It should be an imitation Rigid."

Gu Liangwei didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Is there a counterfeit version?"

Yue Zhou didn't think it was funny, and said calmly: "I hope the content on the mural is true, because if it is true, it means that the way of longevity really exists."

Gu Liangwei nodded heavily.The two of them were whispering, and Gu Ran stared at the coffin of the saint on the mural and greeted them: "Sister and sister-in-law, come and see, there are still people in this world who put coffins on trees. It's weird enough in the water!"

Gu Liangwei and Yue Zhou listened, and went to look at the mural. Gu Ran was right. The coffin of the saint in the last mural was very strange. Her coffin was hollowed out from a huge luxuriant tree trunk. The roots of the tree are very thick, so it can be seen that it is very old. There are fallen flowers all over the tree, and it is a bit romantic. Several people studied it for a while, but they couldn't tell what kind of tree it was. Yuezhou looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it. Where did she see it? She didn't know much about trees. Where did she see it... Just thinking about it, someone suddenly interrupted behind them and said, "This is a Kunlun tree."

When they turned around, they saw those members of the Golden Eagles walking towards them, all wearing specially-provided dust masks.

Kunlun tree? !Yuezhou and Gu Liangwei looked at each other, and they both thought of Gu Liangwei's Kunlun wooden black copper broken sword!Yuezhou still vaguely remembers that Xu Guangchuan said that the Kunlun tree is endless, even if it is broken, it is still growing. The Kunlun tree should be part of the branches of the Kunlun tree, right?

Yuezhou let out a low 'ah'.

"What's wrong!" Gu Liangwei asked nervously.

"I remembered, this tree is very similar to the tree in the picture of the white jade flower tree!" Yuezhou said immediately.The people from the Academy of Sciences have never figured out what kind of tree is in the picture of the white jade flower tree. She has seen the photos of the white jade flower tree picture for countless times, and she can remember clearly how many flowers fell on it. At this time, she recalled the white jade flower The appearance of the tree map is compared with the mural in front of you, that's right!It is indeed similar to the Kunlun tree with the saint's coffin on the mural!

"You just figured it out, and you're not too stupid," Xie Chun took off his mask, with a half-smile, and thoroughly admitted that the white jade flower tree picture was just an introduction for the Golden Eagles to lure the archaeological team to the Yin Tomb.

Gu Liangwei's expression was strange.

The Golden Eagles are obsessed with the way of longevity and will not do useless work. They used the white jade flower tree map to lead the archaeological team to the Yin Tomb. It must be because the Kunlun tree on the white jade flower tree map is related to the clue of longevity. She still remembers, Xu Guangchuan As I said, the Kunlun wood is connected to the half of the black copper broken sword. At the joint invisible to the naked eye, the Kunlun wood cells have penetrated into the broken part of the black copper broken sword. Then... Is it possible for the Kunlun wood cells to penetrate into the human body?It sounds absurd to connect the half body of a human with the half body of a snake, but what if Kunlun wood is used as a joint point?Just like penetrating the broken part of the black copper broken sword to connect the Kunlun wood and the black copper broken sword tightly, is it possible to connect the human body and the snake body?This idea was too absurd, so Gu Liangwei just thought about it.

"Kunlun wood is a popular term. To be precise, this sacred tree should be called 'Big Chun'." Xie Chun continued to speak, somewhat pointing out the meaning of these people, but Xiangyuan thought that these people were about to die. Brother Han didn't care if people listened to a few more words, she deserved to die or she was going to die, so no one stopped her from continuing.

Yue Zhou frowned and thought, there was no mention of this kind of tree in the Shan Hai Jing.

Instead, Chen Qiushi said in a low voice: "There is a record in "Zhuangzi Xiaoyaoyou": In ancient times, there was a big toon, and the spring was [-] years old, and the autumn was [-] years old."

It sounds like a tree that means longevity.

Xie Chun nodded: "That's right, it's the big toon tree, but in fact the big toon tree doesn't have such a good meaning. 'When the big toon flower blooms, all things return to their roots', it means to nourish oneself with other things, just like vampires are constantly devouring the lives of other creatures."

In this way, the behavior of the Great Chun Sacred Tree is no different from that of the saints in Xuanyuan Kingdom. They all prolong their own lifespan by devouring others. Although the Vine Snake Tree is different from the Great Toon Snake Tree, it is true that it will devour creatures that pass by the Vine Snake Tree!