"This..." He was speechless, because his previous inference was immediately overturned!
"Ordinary people are both the rulers and slaves! This civilization's political system is so weird! I can roughly see that as long as there is a snake form on the body, it is a higher class in this civilization! But the real rulers don't have any snake form, they are just ordinary people... What kind of weird civilization is this!"
Nangong Manyun's words eased Mr. Jiang Hai's embarrassment at a very timely moment.
Brother Chongzi did not pay attention to the manifestations of these civilizations, but instead saw a scene carved with gold and jade above the roof.
"Look above your heads. Is that a flying snake painted on the ceiling of the hall? It seems to be talking!"
Brother Chongzi’s words immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Zhang Fan raised his head and looked towards the top of the entire meeting hall.
At the end of everyone's vision, a huge head hung down, almost occupying the space above the throne in the hall.
Under the dim blue light, the details of the various heads of the Teng Snake were revealed.
It seemed very angry, opening its huge mouth as if it was about to spit out flames.
The reason why Brother Chongzi mistakenly thought that the monster spoke was that the monster was portrayed so vividly, just like a small Teng snake. The humanized portrayal in all the details made people mistakenly think that this was a living creature.
"The Teng Snake resides above the throne. It seems that the lord of this city once regarded the Teng Snake as the pinnacle of power and left a statue to warn future generations."
Old man Jiang Hai was silent for a moment, thought for a while, and then gave an explanation.
"Well, can we go in now? This hall doesn't look ordinary at all. If there are traps or something like that in here, we will definitely fall into it."
There was deep worry in Brother Chongzi's tone, and his eyes darted left and right. This place gave him a deep sense of depression. If possible, he would never want to take this road.
"Although the Teng Snake is fake, we can't let our guard down, because we still haven't figured out whether the snake man's ability to appear out of thin air is a normal occurrence in Wanku Mountain."
Jiang Hai was very cautious, but he was attracted by the temptation of eternal life and could not retreat.
Jiang Hai was the first one to enter the hall. Although the gap was only one or two meters, he saw an even more shocking scene.
The person sitting on the chair in the Golden Temple was not completely expressionless. He looked up with a serious and pious look, which was a ritual of offering sacrifices to the heavens. However, there was no altar or sacrificial vessels around.
Otherwise, Brother Chongzi would have charged in long ago. From a certain perspective, this hall can be considered shabby compared to the gold foil and beautiful jade carvings in the outside world.
So these little discoveries suddenly filled old man Jiang Hai's eyes with doubts. He didn't know what this situation meant.
"Mr. Jiang Hai, there is nothing valuable here. Apart from this scary statue, is there anything else worth taking a closer look at? I think we should leave as soon as possible."
Brother Chongzi kept talking. He felt like something was staring at him, and this feeling made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Value?" Jiang Hai said easily: "The most valuable thing here is the history presented by the statue, as well as the will and faith of the people of that era. Now I am sure that the Teng Snake is a mythical creature that survived from that era and has the potential for immortality. This is the best harvest."
Zhang Fan nodded gently and said indifferently, "Perhaps many years ago, the value of this palace was, as we have deduced before, that it was a meeting hall. However, after the owner of this city understood the meaning of his own existence, he proclaimed himself as a god in his mind. This is the only way to explain why there are so many strange things in this palace. What do they represent?"
Hearing Zhang Fan's words, Old Man Jiang Hai nodded repeatedly.
"In fact, I had this idea when we first entered the palace. This ancestral hall-like building must show what the city will look like after it is built, so I guess that no matter whether it is the person sitting on the seat or his ministers, they all have the potential for immortality! You should understand how difficult it is to build this ancient city! How long will it take!"
Brother Chongzi was greatly shocked. He did not expect that Jiang Hai and Zhang Fan could come up with so much information through just very simple reasoning!
He also gradually understood why the vine snake could survive from that era to today. It turned out that it represented a totem! A mysterious belief!
The owner of this ancient city compared himself to a monster like the Teng Snake, which is a symbol of self-deification.
Only in this way can we build a strong and prosperous country in such deep mountains.
However, all this is just speculation. No one can go through history and see with their own eyes what the outcome will be.
Just as Zhang Fan and others were in the hall, searching for the information they wanted.
Suddenly, Taoist Zi Jin snorted coldly.
"You show up again after all!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Taotie Fang in the Taoist Zi Jin's hand flew out of his hand in an instant and shot into the corner of the darkness!
With two soft thuds, a figure rushed out from behind the pillar and knocked down a statue on the right!
In panic, he fled to the back of the palace!
"No, retreat quickly!"
When Mr. Jiang Hai saw the female ghost attacking them, he did not ask Taoist Zi Jin to chase her, but immediately withdrew.
Because at the moment the statue fell down, everyone saw with their own eyes that the base of the statue was connected to a chain!
In a blink of an eye, there was a sound of bows and crossbows being strung, and the insect raised its head dully. In the darkness! On the wall on the right side of the crowd, there was a sound of the interlaced chains of the mechanism stirring, and in an instant! Countless strong bows and crossbows were triggered, and arrows shot out like rain!
"Damn it! It even triggered the mechanism while running away!"
"I knew that a monster that treats humans as livestock would never be kind! This place must be set up with a lot of traps."
Brother Chongzi and Taoist Zijin both cursed loudly. After all, the mechanism was triggered too suddenly, and it looked like a chain of swords. There was no way they could stop it in a short time!
Old Master Jiang Hai and Nangong Manyun hid behind a pillar together, with expressions of surprise and helplessness on their faces.
"Master Jiang Hai, we can't go this way! This kind of powerful chain arrows must have a very strong mechanism behind them! With our mortal bodies, we are lucky to escape with our lives! We need to return the same way we came."
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