My understanding is incredible: I gained enlightenment and immortality in the Kunlun Demon Kingdom

Chapter 85 Sacrifice? death funnel

"Hua Hua Hua..."

Chen Ze stared at the clouds and mist under the overpass, and couldn't help but use the method of hearing the wind and thunder, and actually heard the faint sound of water waves.

He immediately realized that it seemed that the lake outside should be connected with the belly of Thunder Mountain, forming a complete underground water vein.

at the same time.

Zhang Qiling, Hu Bayi and others also followed up, using flashlights, and stepped onto the Yunding Sky Bridge.

The end of the sky beam reaches directly into the mountain, and the internal space is not large.

There are two pools on the ground, with ferocious evil ghosts carved on the walls. Dozens of vigorous and ancient white stone statues are lined up on both sides. They are slightly taller than ordinary people, and each of them is holding a stone statue like a bowl in the ocean. .

Seeing this scene, Chen Ze's eyes moved and he immediately remembered.

In the memory, Hu Bayi and others sacrificed the ghost mother's crystal eyes and pen dust beads in the opposite stone, finally closing the channel for the transformation of the realm and lifting the curse.

But there was one thing that always made him a little strange.

That is, after the sacrifice, the Ghost Mother's Crystal Eyes were forgotten, and Hu Bayi and others even forgot to get back the precious Lingchen Bead.

This is definitely not a simple forgetting, but more like someone's attention has been diverted invisibly, thus losing the opportunity to retrieve the Huo Chen Bead that contains the soul of the snake god!
At this time, Fatty Wang looked at the pool in the middle of the altar, his eyes rolled around, and he couldn't help but say.

"Hey, there's a pool here. It's for bathing. People from the Demon Country perform sacrifices quite special. They also have to bathe and burn incense. It's quite elegant."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at the two stones and smacked his lips.

"Oh, with such a big bowl, it's enough for a meal of Old Beiping Zhajiang Noodles!"

Hearing that he started talking about trains again, Hu Bayi quickly interrupted.

"Okay, don't walk around, be careful what mechanism your trotters touch."

Having said that, he couldn't help but shine his flashlight ahead.

I saw several smaller caves in the altar in front of me, which were extremely religious.

There are weird and bizarre carvings all around, and there is a human-shaped groove on the ground with its limbs spread out. It seems to be a place for execution.

Due to too many murders over the years and soaked in accumulated blood, the stone trough has turned dark red, which makes it look cruel.

Shirley Yang, who followed, was also attracted by the murals on the surrounding stone slabs.

But she only glanced at it twice, her face turned gloomy, and she took several deep breaths without saying a word.

Biting his lip almost subconsciously, his whole body seemed to fall into some kind of difficult feeling.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi frowned, turned to look at these relatively intuitive stone slabs, and suddenly felt that breathing became difficult.

He pointed at the black-red human-shaped stone trough, couldn't help but look at Chen Ze, and said in a solemn tone.

"Brother Chen, it seems that if you want to hold a ceremony, you need to kill at least one living person as a sacrifice..."

As soon as these words came out.

The air seemed to freeze, and the entire altar instantly became a testing ground for human nature.

Originally, the three parties had different intentions to form a team to enter Kunlun, but when faced with the current situation, it was inevitable that people's hearts would change.

Especially Uncle Ming, who was pretending to be stupid, had endless fear in his eyes. He couldn't help but peek at Chen Ze, Hu Bayi and others, full of suspicion and vigilance.

He only has Peter Huang under his command, who is no match for Hu Bayi and others, let alone Chen Ze and Zhang Qiling whose strength is unfathomable.

You know, in ancient tombs, the most terrifying thing is often not the ghosts and gods, but the human heart.

In order to further confirm the sacrificial ceremony, Hu Bayi and others looked at the carvings on the stone slab with solemn expressions.

I saw those ancient carvings. Although the composition was simple, the psychological impact they brought to people was no less than seeing it with my own eyes. There were live people being chopped up alive in front of me. Each stroke in the mural looked like It's dripping with blood.

Murder ritual murals show that if you want to hold a ritual of sacrificing the snake god and initiating the transformation of the realm, at least one person needs to be the victim.

Without the soul of the victim, a candle cannot burn without air.

The simple and unadorned human figures in the murals can clearly distinguish the slaves and priests who were sacrificed.

The entire process of worshiping the snake god is completed by two priests.

Wearing different clothes and masks, they first fixed a slave to the wall, used sharp tools to peel off the slave's skin from the top of the head, and then placed him on the execution stone on the ground before he was completely dead. Kill in the slot.

Then a priest held the dead sacrifice and entered the place where there are two pools on the altar. That is the main place for worshiping the snake god. No matter what kind of ceremony is to be performed, the deceased must be mixed with the dust. The beads sank into two corresponding pools at the same time, which seemed to maintain a certain balance of power.

The scene of the murder ritual was so cruel that just one look at it made people feel uncomfortable all over. It seemed that they smelled a strong stench of blood in their noses, and felt disgusting and terrifying in their hearts.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ze saw that the group was a little at a loss and couldn't help but said in a deep voice.

"These murals may not be the truth. There should be other clues here."

After the words fell, Hu Bayi also nodded and said.

"Yes, since it is a sacrifice, maybe there are other things that can replace the sacrifice."

Having said that, everyone understands that this probability is too low, and in the end, life and death may only be decided by drawing lots.

Just as he was talking, he saw Fatty Wang sizing up a strange crystal bowl in the center of the altar, and greeted everyone.

"Mr. Chen, Lao Hu, why is this thing like a time bomb? It looks like it's timing?!" Hearing this, Hu Bayi and others also looked at it one after another, all showing surprise.

I saw that the body of the crystal bowl looked like a small water tank, and it was connected to the mountain of Yushan, but it was completely integrated and I couldn't tell where the interface was.

I don't know when, a thin wisp of dark blue crystal sand leaked from the top, and the bottom of the bowl has accumulated a full layer.

Hu Bayi looked up at the place where the "crystal sand" flowed out. At the interface with the mountain, there was a black ghost mural with a blurry and unrecognizable face, which seemed to foreshadow.

Once all the crystal sand leaks out, the evil spirits in the mountain may be released and kill all life on the altar.

"I think the hourglass mechanism was activated from the moment we entered the altar."

"When you want to come to the Demon Kingdom to offer sacrifices, there is also a time limit. Once it expires, I'm afraid there will be terrible temporary disasters."

Originally, they might have wanted to try other methods, but now the hourglass in front of them was like a countdown to death, urging everyone to complete the sacrifice quickly, otherwise they would all be buried here.

Hu Bayi stared at the crystal bowl in front of him, his eyes also filled with complexity, and his tone was particularly heavy.

"We don't have time anymore..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt heavy in their hearts, which meant that someone had to sacrifice for this.

However, at this moment.

However, Chen Ze's eyes moved, and with Wenfeng Tinglei's hearing, he could faintly hear the low roar of the striped dragon quietly coming from under the mist-shrouded altar.

Seeing this, his eyes lit up and he understood immediately.

It turns out that the white-bearded old fish and striped dragon that I didn't find in the underground lake outside were probably washed into the belly of Thunder Mountain along the underground undercurrent, that is, into the water veins under the clouds of the altar.

As long as he goes down by himself and gets the Ghost Mother's crystal eye from the white-bearded old fish, he can successfully complete the sacrifice.

More importantly.

Chen Ze had a vague feeling that if he could find the crystal eye, he could restore the ghost mother's crystal corpse.

Then you may have a chance to learn the ultimate truth about your identity and the Chen family's inheritance for thousands of years!

“Dajkala?!”

Fatty Wang was surprised when he heard it and wanted to verify it.

"Brother Chen, Uncle Ming is so dim-sighted that he may not have seen the situation clearly. I'll take another look to make sure I don't get it wrong."

After saying that, he came to the underground stone gate.

I saw that this stone door, which is not heavy, is very old. There is a sliding stone ball at the bottom as an opening and closing mechanism. There is no extra decoration on the door, only two huge human eyes are embossed on the stone slab.

Eyeball totems can be found everywhere in Jingjue City and Erluohai City, but the eyeball relief on the stone gate is unique.

At the same time, Hu Bayi also found a difference when he landed on the human eye statue.

The eye totems they had seen in the past were eyeballs without eyelids, but this pair of eyes had the eyelids closed together.

You must know that the ancestors of the Demon Kingdom in the ancient city believed that the eyes are the source of the power of reincarnation, but the relief of eyes with closed eyes must have the opposite meaning.

At this moment, Fatty Wang had opened the stone door and carefully leaned out half of his body to see what was going on behind the door.

What he saw behind the stone door was a long natural cave with a large number of rock crystals formed during the great volcanic upheaval. It exuded a cold night light and looked like a winding white tunnel in the dark underground world.

The tunnel is not straight, and it turns into a blind spot for tens of meters, making it difficult to judge its length.

Looking at the empty tunnel, Fatty Wang couldn't help but mutter.

"Uncle Ming, I'm just telling you that you're being blinded by this. It's obvious that there's not even half a person there."

As he said this, he was about to retreat when he suddenly heard slow footsteps coming from the distance of the white tunnel.

The area behind the stone door seems to be very capable of collecting sound. Although the footsteps are far away, you can hear them clearly as soon as your ears enter behind the door.

The sound of slowly moving steps was made by a person's two legs. It sounded particularly heavy and seemed to have a huge force. Every step landed on the ground, as if it was stepping on the heart.

The thunderous footsteps came closer and closer, and the rhythm became more and more rapid. It seemed that there was a giant running towards the end of the white tunnel, and the sound of footsteps landing was shocking.

Fatty Wang's heartbeat also accelerated, and an inexplicable panic surged from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't contain it. He no longer dared to look into the tunnel and hurriedly retreated back.

There was a "bang" sound.

The stone door was tightly closed, and the footsteps stopped abruptly almost at the same time.

Seeing this scene, Fatty Wang also let out a sigh of relief and found that a layer of white hair sweat had appeared on his body.

"Go, it's really a fucking ghost. There seems to be a huge black shadow in the tunnel here. Is it the Mahakala you mentioned, Chen Ze?!!"

As soon as these words came out, Hu Bayi also leaned over, adjusted his breathing rhythm, and put his ear against the stone door to listen.

However, at this time, it was eerily quiet behind the door. For a long time, nothing was out of the ordinary, as if there was only a silent nothingness in the tunnel, and nothing alive existed.

He couldn't help but turn around and said in a deep voice.

"It seems that as Brother Chen said, as long as you open your eyes in the tunnel, you will attract something. Anyway... it must not be a human!"

(End of this chapter)