Chapter 21: The Bone Lamp Ye Lu saw that the two brothers were so well-behaved, and he had...
Ye Lu was a little surprised to see the two brothers being so well-behaved. He didn't expect them to be so obedient. He thought they would make some trouble, but it was also good this way.
Ye Lu nodded. He went to the escort team not only because he really wanted to avoid the crowded carriages, but also because he had something else to do. The weapons production had reached the most critical stage.
That night, Ye Lu reported to the guard team. It was their turn to keep watch that night.
Ye Lu had told Helan early on that he would be on guard tonight, and he even switched positions with someone he knew.
Helan was a little puzzled: "There are not always monsters in the night. You were lucky last time because the monster you hunted was edible. Many times, the monsters hunted by our guard team are not only inedible, but most of the time they are poisonous, which is more troublesome." Helan thought that Ye Lu had gained a lot from the Huangli-level monster and was eager to do it again.
In order to prevent Ye Lu from being disappointed, Helan greeted him.
Ye Lu blinked his eyes and laughed: "Aunt Lan, don't worry, I know. Besides, my family has enough food. I am keeping watch tonight because I really have something to do, not for the sake of being weird." Weirdness is good, but it's also okay without it.
Helan believed Ye Lu's words, mainly because Lu Wazi gave people the impression of being very reliable. In addition, based on Ye Lu's performance when facing the Huangli-level Dodder before, Helan was not very worried about Ye Lu's safety. As long as Lu Wazi did not take risks alone for the strange beast meat, his life would basically not be in danger.
"Consider it my shift for A Xi." Ye Lu added that he had to keep watch anyway, so he might as well consider it as Xi's share.
Helan sighed. This kid is really smart. He said, "Okay, okay, I get it. This time it's your turn to keep watch."
Then there is the area at the front of Ye Lu’s fleeing team, which is some distance away from their carriage. The carriage close to the ancestral hall is considered the most important one in the team.
The night gradually deepened.
Ye Lu stayed alone in the open space around the forest with a bonfire in front of him. He had already told the guards on night watch that they had things to do at night, and they understood and arranged everything in advance. They said they could leave for a while, but had to come back quickly, and the guards looked serious when they said this.
Obviously he trusts Ye Lu's ability, but the rules of the guard team are rules.
Ye Lu is staying here alone.
The moon slowly rose above the branches. The bright moonlight was extremely cold. It shone on the ground like a layer of light silver frost. The originally withered and yellow grass on the ground now looked like it was covered in silver. Ye Lu just looked up at the moon in the sky.
The moon was very big, very bright, and very cold.
After looking for a long time, Ye Lu actually had the illusion that there were swaying shadows of trees, but when he looked more closely he realized that it was his illusion.
In addition, since the moon rose, Ye Lu could clearly sense the rise of the strange power around him. All the strange power seemed to be attracted by the moon above his head and began to become restless, but there was still a sense of calmness unique to the moon. Even the laurel seeds that had been nurtured in Ye Lu's dantian were attracted by the moonlight and began to spin in his dantian.
The shiny black seeds occasionally absorb the pale silver moonlight.
"..." Ye Lu looked at it for a long time. He didn't know why, but he felt that the moon was as bright and cold as the one he saw during the extremely strange ghost sacrifice.
"Forget it, there's no point in thinking too much." Ye Lu shook his head the next second to get rid of this illusion.
Ye Lu stood up straight, walked to an open space, stretched out his hand, and slowly took out a long weapon. At the other end of the weapon hung a lamp, which turned out to be a lantern.
No, to be precise, it is a lamp.
The handle seemed to be woven with some plant fibers in a certain pattern, and then carefully polished to be shiny and smooth. If the ghost scholar was here, he would recognize it at the first moment. Wasn't it the one pulled out from the corpse of the Dodder?
When the strange dodder was killed, Ye Lu had been busy with the strange corpse for a long time. When he went over again, the corpse had already been cut into pieces. The ghost scholar was still puzzled, as he always felt that the Taoist priest seemed to have taken something away.
In addition to the handle, there is also a chain.
It is made of the same material, the toughest vines pulled out from the main trunk of the Dodder, and then divided into thinner silk threads, which are woven into a chain with a special structure. There are four chains, one for the four directions of east, south, north and south, which firmly hold the lamp at the bottom.
The lantern is carved from white bones. There is no blood on the bones, which are extremely pale. The bone lantern makes people feel creepy, but it is extremely delicate and finely carved. There are also some human-like and snake-like monsters carved on the bones. They hold the wick in the center like swimming snakes.
These are the snake gods.
According to legend, in ancient times, before the gods came to the world, human beings were born on earth. They separated and reunited, and from the initial tribes they gathered into villages, and then became countries. The countries overlapped with each other, and for the first time, humans developed a concrete concept of death, and the underworld appeared.
They offered sacrifices to the underworld, worshipped witchcraft, and were even more crazy about blood sacrifices. At this time, a type of god that represented the earliest human desire for longevity appeared.
The snake god.
This is the inherited memory that comes with Ye Lutai, the Son of God of Mount Tai.
Now, if he were to change the world, Ye Lu didn't know if it would work. He thought about it and realized that this world was full of weirdness. No matter how he looked at it, he should carve some righteous gods or ghosts. However, considering the material of the lamp, he finally chose the cruel and bloody god of witchcraft.
More importantly, the snake-controlling gods are a type of gods. The common point is that they can hold snakes. Their divine powers vary, but they can definitely suppress the lamps made of strange white bones.
From the handle to the chain, it is a dark blue color with faint traces of blood in the middle. The handle is exquisite and slender, the pole head is slightly curved, and the carving is very exquisite. Under the long chain is the pale lamp.
The moment Ye Lu took it out, the bone lamp automatically began to absorb the moonlight in the air. It floated in the air without wind, and a faint silver light appeared on the entire lamp, which was still swallowing and spitting out unconsciously. The snake gods on the pale lamp also moved without wind, and each one looked like a real snake. The long snakes in their hands changed in various ways, either entwining their eyes or covering their mouths and tongues.
For a moment, the lamp even took on a jade-like luster.
Ye Lu squinted his eyes and stared at the bone lantern above, or to be more precise, at the snake gods on the lanterns, until the snake gods' mouths and noses were entangled by snakes, and finally the snake heads stopped three inches behind their heads, with their tails placed on their shoulders, and a strange pattern appeared on the lanterns.
"Add oil and firewood to the bone lamp!"
Ye Lu sighed in a very special and obscure tone, as if he was chanting or praying.
As if indicating some agreement.
As soon as he finished speaking, the snake gods on the lamps stopped swimming and stopped at four locations. They opened their eyes at the same time. Their pupils were snakes, extremely evil. They stared at the empty wick in the center, then slowly closed their eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
This is the end of the ritual.
"It seems that the snake gods can also see this world." The bone lamp was revived and fell from the sky. Ye Lu reached out to take the lamp, looked it up and down carefully, and said with a chuckle.
I have to say, this is good news for Ye Lu.
He is the son of Mount Tai, and a large part of his fighting power depends on his talent.
"Not bad!" After seeing the bone lamp, Ye Lu's expression became more satisfied. The strength of this weapon was much better than he had imagined. More importantly, Ye Lu gave up most of its power and focused on two aspects. One was the function of the lamp itself, and the other was the growth potential of the lamp.
Now both aspects have been accomplished beyond his imagination.
The only drawback is that this weapon requires a lot of weird flesh and blood, especially when Ye Lu wants to make full use of it. Basically, he will eat weird flesh and blood when he uses it.
"I hope you will not lose the reputation of the snake gods in the future." Ye Lu waved his hand, and the long bone lamp flowed like water, matching his tall and slender figure and Taoist robe, it had its own beauty.
The bone lamp swayed gently at the other end, making a tinkling sound.
After he finished speaking, the bone lamp seemed to respond to his words. A faint silver halo appeared around it and then quickly disappeared. It was extremely mysterious.
After doing all this, Ye Lu returned to the campfire. This time, he moved closer to the carriage so that the guards not far away could see him.
The night deepened, and the moon was still hanging in the sky.
At first, Ye Lu was hoping that some weirdos would come and attack him, which would be a good opportunity for him to try out his new weapon. However, his attempt failed. The weirdos seemed to know that this place was not easy to mess with, and they were peaceful all night long.
It was not until the sky began to lighten that Ye Lu withdrew his gaze with some disappointment and gave up.
Returning to the fleeing team, Ye Lu had just approached the team, but before he got too close, a team patrolling from afar came over. It was the familiar Qian Gouzi. Qian Gouzi and Qian Linzi were twin brothers who looked more than 70% similar, except that one was cheerful and ruffian, while the other was calm and restrained. This time, it was the cheerful and ruffian Qian Gouzi who called people.
"Stop!" Qian Gouzi shouted from a distance, his eyes alert, but his attitude was still bright and smiling.
Ye Lu followed suit and stood still.
Qian Gouzi then turned around and nodded to the guards beside him. He walked out of the team's coverage and approached Ye Lu. He smiled very politely and said, "Brother Alu, I'm sorry. It's my duty. You've been more than half an incense stick away from the guards' sight."
This is one of the rules of the Guard.
Some of the strange abilities are bizarre and evil, and they can replace humans without anyone noticing. Often when their companions leave for a while, they become strange when they come back. Many villages have suffered from this, and that is why this rule was established.
"I understand." Ye Lu had been mentally prepared. Everyone who joined the guard team would have this experience. He opened his hands. He had already put away the bone lamp. Now his hands were empty, allowing Qian Gouzi's yellow and red talisman in his hand to approach.
There was no movement from the talisman.
Qian Gouzi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile he raised again was much more sincere: "You can join the team now."
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