"Look at the platform!" Brother Chongzi focused the light there. Everyone looked at each other, with surprise written all over their faces.
Under the light, a square jade platform about ten meters in size appeared behind the passage platform diagonally opposite!
This jade platform looks like a whole, as if it was specially made using the mineral veins that protrude from the cracks in the mountain!
Four kinds of snake gods are carved in the four corners of the platform!
The reason why Brother Chongzi stopped was because he saw a familiar strange shadow.
This frightened him so much that he immediately became alert, but now that he saw it was a statue, he straightened up.
“A statue of Teng Snake was erected here? Could it be that the serpent started a religion here, making all the immortals here believe in the snake god?”
He asked curiously while looking around.
"It doesn't seem to be worship. As far as I know, these totems are also a warning to future generations!"
Old Man Jiang Hai walked forward and pointed at the four statues.
"We have seen the Teng Snake, and the golden python on the right is most likely the Qiong Snake itself! As for these two, do you have any impression of them?"
Everyone came closer to take a closer look. Apart from the Qiu Snake and the Teng Snake, the shapes of the other two snakes were extremely strange.
One of them has a single eye, which is located in the center of the snake's head. A mountain is carved inside the eye, which should represent that the eyes can accommodate mountains and seas.
The other one was even more special. It had a snake head and a human body. It was holding a long weapon and looking down at the ground, as if thinking about something.
"This one-eyed snake looks like the candle dragon in myths and legends that illuminates the world!"
Mr. Fei stroked his chin and said, "As for the other one, it is recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It is a special group of tribes. I forgot the name, but this kind of snake is said to be born with the ability to live forever, and is extremely powerful and intelligent. However, it disappeared from this world a long, long time ago."
"According to what you said, this snake man must be intelligent!"
Brother Chongzi frowned and said, "If only this snake-man has intelligence, it is impossible for him to be put together with the other snakes. That means the four guys on the stage are probably all intelligent!"
Nangong Manyun was the first one to have a flash of eyes, and shook his head subconsciously.
"Impossible, how is this possible? This snake man looks like he has intelligence, but the others are just snakes! How can he have intelligence? Even the Teng Snake we encountered before was a crazy giant snake!"
Old man Jiang Hai said thoughtfully: "That's not the case. That Teng Snake is intelligent!"
Everyone looked at him subconsciously!
"Do you remember that when we went from the bottom of the mineral tree to the top of the mountain, we saw a throne specially set up for the Teng Snake on the top of the mountain. You said it was an altar for offering sacrifices to the heavens, but in my opinion, it is a nest!"
Grandpa Jiang Hai explained: "Except for the altar, the first time we encountered the Teng Snake was in the farthest place in the outside world! Later, we found in the water while escaping that there was a formation specially set up for the Teng Snake! It's just that it has been in disrepair for a long time and is no longer effective!"
"You mean to say that the snake was originally intelligent! This is the territory it guarded, but later the emperor who wanted to create a mausoleum in this mountain stripped away his divinity!"
Taoist Zijin said softly.
"That's right. We have seen so many strange and bizarre things along the way that I almost forgot some of the most critical clues. The monster with six hands is an alien creature! This Wanku Mountain is not the territory of native creatures! Whether it is the towering tree or the replica we encountered, they all have some characteristics. It's just that I can't study them one by one, but I can guarantee it! This vine snake is following its instinct, which is to protect this land."
Everyone looked at each other, and couldn't help but think of the real vine snake that suddenly appeared from the underground river before stepping into the territory of the Sixteen-eyed Centipede, spewing fire from its mouth, and wherever it passed, magma fell to the ground like a volcanic eruption!
This kind of divine creature that has long disappeared from the records must have already cultivated to a very powerful level. Even the fox that has cultivated for a hundred years has the hope of being crowned as a human! Not to mention this kind of divine creature.
"So, these four snakes on the stage are guarding something! Let's go up on stage and take a look."
Brother Chongzi gritted his teeth and stepped onto the jade steps. He climbed up step by step and suddenly let out a strange cry!
"There's something weird on this stage!"
Everyone rushed over and saw something like a small fish tank, three feet square, placed in the very center of the jade platform!
In the fish tank, a strange mass of meat was constantly moving and rolling around in the small box. It was dark purple in color and seemed to be covered with purple sand, making it look particularly different.
"What the hell is this!"
Brother Chongzi pointed at the box tremblingly!
Old Master Jiang Hai was also horrified. He didn't expect that there would be living things in this frozen palace.
Zhang Fan and Taoist Zi Jin also stepped onto the platform. The ghost floating on his right, the little boy, suddenly spoke.
"This is not alive! This is dead..."
Everyone's expression froze!
Nangong Manyun said: "I clearly saw this thing move, it must be alive."
The little guy shook his head: "No, no, they are dead! Oh, and don't get close. I noticed that there is a connection between these four statues. There is a suppression formation under this platform."
Several people frowned. After Zhang Fan looked at them, he seemed to be thinking about something, shook his head slightly and stood aside.
"Master, do you want me to take this thing out?"
"No need!" Zhang Fan said calmly, "Just as the ghost said, this thing is dead, but it is moving because some people are here."
"What do you mean?" Nangong Manyun asked.
Zhang Fan frowned and said, "It's very simple. This thing is driven by faith. It is immortal. This thing is immortal, but..."
He was halfway through his words when old man Jiang Hai next to him frowned regretfully.
"Mr. Zhang Fan, what you want to say is that the one who seeks immortality has caused this thing to show signs of revival! But this thing is still dead, so immortality does not exist, right?"
Everyone suddenly realized that after the incident with the Son of the Serpent on the ice, they basically understood that a will that has not been worn away after endless years can support a law!
So Mr. Jiang Hai's desire for immortality prompted this creature to move, but in the end it still failed to come back to life! This is the power of faith.
"So, this is just a carrier of religious belief! Just like Buddhist statues, Taoist statues! Or... a cross or something like that?"?
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