Ancient Sword II: The Tracking of the Fierce Mountain

Chapter 120 Six: Three-Layer Space

"Boom—" The forest that had already been spread by the fire made a loud noise again.In the depths of the fire, something exploded and sparks shot out.The scorching temperature was even worse, as if even the ground was boiling.

Shen Ye didn't want to stay for a long time, and aimed at the liquid under the rock with a sword.There was only a "pop", and the palm-shaped liquid broke off, and what was exposed was the inside that was no different from wood.

However, there was still a black liquid that melted and flowed out.

Like human blood, it still has an unspeakable special taste, but it is made of wood.

It looks like a person but not a person, like a tree but not a tree.

It was also rare for Xie Yi to see: "What is this..."

The skin was already aching, and there was no time to stay, Shen Ye said concisely: "Go!" If they don't go, it will be useless to their bodies.

After taking a last look at the black liquid, the four of them immediately climbed up the mountain path.

When I came to a high place, the temperature was still scorching hot, and my face was tingling.But looking at the feet, the fire has not weakened, but it is a sea of ​​​​flames in a moment.

"Gah--!"The four saw something curling up and rolling in the red flames. Its huge body toppled the surrounding trees, but it was a flame that could not dissipate itself. Afterwards, its body shrank and became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into ashes and dissipated.

Le Wuyi shaded the sun with one hand while looking into the distance: "Meow meow, if the fire continues like this, won't the whole mountain burn up?"

At that time, the four of them will really become birds in a cage, unable to fly.

No, it should be roasted bird.

Shen Ye said lightly: "It has nothing to do with us."

There is no grass on the cliff here, and you can only see greenery when you go higher up, so you don't have to worry about the fire spreading.And the same is true below, this ghost mountain really has distinct layers, every time there are platforms and cliffs to block the upper and lower layers.

"Keep going."

Instead of looking at the fire under their feet, the four walked up the smooth stone path.When approaching the greenery, just after turning a corner, the shadows enveloped the four of them.

Looking up, Le Wuyi was startled: "Meow, why are there so many stone balls!"

Isn't the one that is connected to the cliff and hanging in the air the same huge rock that was chasing after Le Wuyi before?The stone balls are closely connected one by one, and they are densely packed along the stone wall like a row of gourds.I don't know how they stick to the mountain wall, but I always feel that a gust of wind can easily blow them down.

The shadow cast by the stone ball just covered the entire stone path, and by the way, also enveloped the four people below.

It's not a good feeling to have a sharp sword hanging over your head.Le Wuyi watched and felt the sense of urgency of being hunted down just now returned.

Xia Yi squinted and said, "It seems to be a little different."

Shen Ye and Xie Yi also saw the boulder before, and immediately said: "The size is wrong."

Le Wuyi was worried that if they fell one by one, they would definitely kill them, but after hearing Xie Yi's words, he also realized the difference.

The stone ball that was chasing him earlier was as high as two stories, but these suspended stones were only two meters wide.Although it is still deadly, compared to before, it is indeed insignificant.

Is it just decoration?

Naturally not.

When everyone continued along the mountain path, they found that these stones stretched endlessly. The higher they went, the smaller the size of the stone balls they saw.When the greenery of the plants appeared again, the last stone ball on the mountain wall was only the size of a basketball.

But even though they were not bothered by the boulder attack, after Xie Yi and Le Wuyi peeled off a stone ball and watched it roll down the stone path, their interest in this stone ball also came.

Looking at these gradually smaller stones, no, it should be said that they are stones that become larger as they go down. How can they not understand that these stone balls must be able to grow.It grows bigger as it goes down, and when it reaches a certain level, it will fall off and roll down the stone path to the second floor.

"It seems that my luck is not bad," Le Wuyi instantly forgot the embarrassment of being chased before, and said happily, "I also saw two mature stones."

Xie Yi smiled and nodded: "Indeed."

This stone, which is quite similar to plants, is indeed interesting.

"Master..." Le Wuyi looked at the last stone and eagerly said, "How about we take it back?"

Stones that are not the same as stalactites, how they "grow" are full of curiosity no matter how they think about it.

Xie Yi was obviously very moved, but before he nodded, Shen Yeyu said displeasedly: "Take it back? Le Wuyi, are you going to carry it all the time?"

Xia Yi also persuaded: "This stone is too heavy, why not take it when you come back."

Although both Shen Ye and Xia Yi expressed their opposition, Xie Yi and Le Wuyi, the master and apprentice, were still in high spirits, talking and laughing as they looked at the suspended stone ball.

But seeing the displeasure in Shen Ye's eyes, Xie Yi changed his words first: "What Ah Ye said is, it won't be too late to get it when you come back."

Le Wuyi nodded: "I listen to Master."

Away from those magical stone balls, the green grass replaced the bare mountain walls, and going up step by step, Shen Ye and the others finally reached the third floor of the ghost mountain.

Suddenly, the sky was bright and clear, and the blue sky and white clouds above seemed within reach.

Did you reach the top of the mountain?

Having said that, the top of the mountain is also full of trees, and the sight of the four people is once again blocked by lush trees.Only in the middle of the forest, there is a stone path going straight forward. Judging from this posture, it probably runs through the entire mountain top.

Xie Yi swept away the thick leaves and saw that the stone path was paved with pure black stones.It was so black that the lines could not be seen clearly, and it was made of the same material as the stone statue I saw on the beach earlier.

Shen Ye and Xie Yi looked at each other, could it really be related to the ancient Turks?

Xia Yi looked around, as if looking for something.It should be said that since walking up, he has been looking for something.

Le Wuyi asked strangely, "Yi Ze, what's wrong?"

Xia Yi frowned: "It's nothing, just a little puzzled."

"A little puzzled?"

Xia Yi nodded: "I thought I could see the source of the waterfall here."

As soon as these words came out, both Shen Ye and Xie Yi turned their heads.

Le Wuyi naturally understood what Xia Yi said, and was also surprised when he heard the words: "Indeed, we walked all the way, why didn't we see that waterfall?"

The waterfall on the second floor fell from a high place before, but why didn't they see the waterfall all the way up the mountain?Could it be that it really fell from the Nine Heavens?

Meow meow, do you want to be so magical?

Xie Yi frowned and said, "It's really weird to say that." Standing here, one can hear the sound of Lin Tao, but not the sound of running water.

So where did the waterfalls seen earlier originate?

Could it be that there are still mountains that they can't see?

Shen Ye raised his head, the bright sunlight made him squint his eyes slightly, the sky above was clear, and he couldn't tell anything unusual: "Let's go ahead first."

The stone path full of fallen leaves makes a rustling sound when walking.In the forest that was thought to be silent and silent, there were thin insects chirping.

The third floor of this ghost mountain is a little more angry than the next floor.

It's just birdsong, still inaudible.

The four of them were all vigilant about their surroundings. The vines in the woods on the second floor were still fresh in their memory. This seemingly peaceful third floor might not be truly peaceful.

It's just that the insects chirped and chirped, and they didn't feel anything strange all the way. Until the temple appeared in front of them, the crisis that everyone thought was still not happening.

Xie Yi looked at Shen Ye, and heard him say simply: "Go in and have a look."

This is not the end of the mountain, but in front of the road, there is indeed a ruined temple that still exists.

This temple is built entirely of white stone, it is not a Chinese Taoist building, let alone those Buddhist temples, no matter how you look at it, it looks like... the old architectural style of the Lieshan tribe.

The patterns on the external walls, eaves, and roofs are all similar.

First there was the stone statue of the goddess in the same attire as the priest of the Lieshan tribe, and then there was the temple, but from Shen Ye's point of view, there was neither happiness nor worry at the moment.

These can only show that it had an old relationship with Lie Shanbu.It would be enough for them if they could get that key.

The history of other races has nothing to do with them.

When Xie Yi saw the pure white temple, the first thing he thought of was not its architectural style, but the white stone pillars by the sea.Fortunately, looking at it from a close distance, this temple is not built with hand bones, but the material is more like white jade.

After crossing the stone gate, another stone statue appeared in front of the four people.

The size of this temple is not large, but this stone statue almost occupies the entire space.

In the middle of the temple, there is a gigantic beast with powerful limbs and sharp claws, all of which speak of ferocity, but such a beast has an empty neck—it is a beast whose head has been cut off .And at the severed head of the beast, a statue of a goddess with a beautiful face is sitting upright with a smile.Under her feet was a headless beast, but she was holding a skull in her hand, but it was a lifelike human skull.

"This stone statue... no matter how you look at it, it looks more like an evil god." Xia Yi frowned.

The goddess smiled brightly and looked down. This vivid appearance seemed to be looking at the four of them.And that skull, with its empty eye sockets impartial, also looked at this place.

The headless ferocious beast, holding a white bone in its hand, is indeed more like an evil god.

But throughout the ages, there are not a few ethnic groups that believe in evil gods.

Everyone turned their eyes away, leaving aside the goddess who smiled too seductively, in this temple, only the murals on the walls were very eye-catching.

These murals are colorful, and they are a bit inconsistent with the pure white background. After the four people saw the content of the murals clearly, their expressions became uneasy.

This is a sacrificial mural.

It is also a mural that is no different from a massacre.

The mural begins on the right side with a kneeling woman covering her face with her hands, weeping for the black body on the bed in front of her.Behind the weeping mural, there are soaring flames. Countless men and women sing and dance around the bonfire, but in the middle of the bonfire is the black body—it seems that this is a Turkic cremation.Turks practiced cremation, and believed that the souls of the dead could embark on a new journey under the singing and dancing.

After the funeral, the woman was seen holding a clay pot and buried it in the surging river.

Pot burial... Xie Yi thought of the pottery pot he had seen by the sea. It seemed that the small island was very closely related to this place.

The mural is far from over. In the previous mural, the woman is still in mourning, but in the next mural, she is dressed in full dress. This time, there are countless men and women sitting around, singing and dancing, and at the very front, a group of people appeared at some time monk.The headed monk seemed to be singing praises to the sky, while the rest bowed their heads to show respect.

What the monks are doing will be known in the next moment.They sent flowers, fine wine and barbecue to the woman, but such a well-dressed woman, so full of stars and moons, still covered her face and wept.In the next mural, the headed monk brought the woman in front of a stone statue. The stone statue was so radiant that only a ball of white light could be seen vaguely. head beast.

The woman knelt in front of the stone statue, but the monk showed the knife in his hand.The woman was hacked to death, and the monks lifted her body up, but the blood dripping from her neck turned into flowers and fell on the stone statue one by one.

And the stone statue that drank blood was even brighter than before.

After that, the same murals were repeated, each of which was a different woman, but the same thing was that they all died of husbands, and then they were dedicated to the goddess on the stone statue as sacrifices.

Le Wuyi was amazed when he saw it: "Meow meow... This is really an evil god."

The author has something to say: Mou Tian went to the hospital yesterday... Then, what he thought was a tendon injury was actually a broken bone... I broke a bone...

I actually broke a bone? !fracture? !fold? !

I really just twisted it!No one fell down!The heel height is at most 4 cm, it is simply a low-heeled shoe!Fracture!I hate you on that damn pavement!Why don't we make it so inconspicuous even though there is a slope?

I feel bad all over...

Really...