Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 10: Twelve Demons Leave Their Souls to Offer to the Gods, the Ancestors of the Jiang Family
The ghost cave text on the stone wall briefly describes the sacrificial ceremony of the Demon Kingdom, but does not contain much information.

After reading the information on the stone wall, Jiang Hua was thoughtful.

The Demonic Kingdom, the Ghost Cave Clan, and the Remnants...

What is the connection between them?
He recalled the original work he had read in his previous life and had a preliminary understanding of it in his mind.

If I am not mistaken, the ancestor of the Guidong Clan of the Jingjue Kingdom is the Xizhou Demon Kingdom.

The northern cave recorded on the stone wall should be the ghost cave in the ancient city of Jingjue.

The ancestors of the Demon Kingdom obtained the power of the "gods" from the ghost cave, and returned to Xizhou to establish a huge religious regime, which later became the Demon Kingdom.

Later, the Demonic Kingdom was destroyed!

The remnants of the Demon Kingdom hid everywhere and finally came to this cave.

In order to restore the Demon Kingdom's former glory, they want to resurrect the gods?
Jiang Hua felt somewhat confused about this record.

Can gods be resurrected?

How can humans resurrect gods?

Or is this just a statement used by those in power to mislead the people?
Questions popped up in Jiang Hua's mind.

If it were in the past, he would definitely sneer at all the myths and legends and oracles from gods, which were simply nonsense.

There is only science in this world, where is the existence of God?
However, since I learned about the red dragon bloodline.

Jiang Hua's heart was already somewhat shaken.

If these myths and legends are all false, then where did the red dragon bloodline, unicorn bloodline, and phoenix bloodline come from?
"Xiao Jiang, have you figured out anything?" Professor Chen couldn't help but ask when he saw Jiang Hua lost in thought.

"Ah, nothing." Jiang Hua suddenly came back to his senses.

Jiang Hua was a little hesitant. Should he tell Professor Chen and the others the information on the stone wall?
In the minds of Professor Chen and others, he used to be just a student who had some knowledge of ancient characters. If all the records on the stone wall were to be revealed, how would he explain himself?
Unexpected prophet?

After thinking about it, Jiang Hua still didn't reveal it.

"Teacher, this stone wall seems to describe a mythical story, in which a certain tribe believed in gods and gained great power?"

Professor Chen's eyes lit up. "Oh? Xiao Jiang, what exactly does it say?"

Jiang Hua shook his head. "Teacher, I don't quite understand it either. I can only vaguely understand some of the words."

"It seems to say that a certain ethnic group received the blessing of the gods and gained powerful strength. As for the rest of the content, I still need to study it carefully."

Professor Chen felt a little regretful after hearing this, and then asked someone to copy down all these ghost cave texts.

After some discussion, Chu Jian was asked to record and describe the ghost cave text here, while the others continued to move forward.

Walking into the underground river, Jiang Hua found that the water temperature was actually quite warm.

His heart suddenly trembled. Could there be something in the river?

In the original book, there lived a giant salamander in this dark river.

Where is it now?

Jiang Hua secretly became more alert and kept observing the situation around him.

Fortunately, they did not encounter any accidents along the way and crossed the underground river smoothly.

Walking into the innermost part, I found a huge cave.

Deep in the cave, there is a blue light like starlight.

The fat man wanted to speak, but Hu Bayi covered his mouth.

Jiang Hua's face also became solemn. They had finally arrived at the Nine-story Demon Tower!

"What?" the fat man asked in a low voice.

Hu Bayi said seriously: "Everyone, please don't speak too loudly or make any noise. Look at the things that are glowing blue inside. They are all fireflies!"

"Firebug?" Everyone's face changed.

"Yes, it's the fire beetles. I thought I had escaped this disaster because I hadn't encountered them along the way, but I didn't expect to come directly to their nest. If we wake them up, we will all die!"

Hu Bayi's face was very solemn, he knew how terrible the fire beetle was.

At this time, Professor Chen became excited, "Look, that's the Nine-story Demon Tower!"

"Nine-story demon tower?"

"That's right, it's the Nine-Story Demon Tower. This is the funeral form of the ancient kings of the Demon Kingdom. A similar relic has been unearthed in Qinghai Xuewei!" Professor Chen looked at the Nine-Story Demon Tower with a look of deep shock in his eyes.

The fat man said, "Professor Chen, this nine-story demon building is also a tomb?"

"That's right! According to ancient myths and legends, the nine-story demon tower in Qinghai had been destroyed by the hero King Gesar. I have never seen a nine-story demon tower as well preserved as this one in my life!"

The fat man's eyes were fiery, "Then there are a lot of antiques in here!"

Hao Aiguo glared at him and said, "It's not just antiques, everything is worth studying!"

Hu Bayi pulled the fat man and told him to stop talking.

Jiang Hua observed the surrounding environment and his expression changed slightly.

This cave was in an arc shape, surrounded by burial pits, which were filled with human bones, making people's scalps numb. In the middle was the nine-story demon tower.

There are twelve stone sculptures distributed around the Nine-Storey Demon Tower.

Each stone sculpture is a demon-like monster and looks extremely terrifying.

This turned out to be the extremely sinister and vicious 'Coffin of Twelve Demons' where their Souls were sacrificed to the Gods' in the ancient tomb structure!
Jiang Hua had also seen this kind of burial pattern in the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Art. This was a type of burial pattern that had appeared in ancient times. It was the most sinister and vicious, and also an extremely evil funeral pattern.

This kind of funeral pattern had already been discontinued during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Because according to the legend, the gods who are sacrificed in the coffin with the souls of the twelve demons can use the flesh and blood of the sacrifices to reconstruct a physical body.

And the souls of the ten thousand sacrifices will also be absorbed by the gods, become a part of the gods, and gain eternal life with the gods!

Jiang Hua's face looked grim and his heart felt cold.

What kind of god is it?
Is it necessary to adopt such an extremely cruel and evil burial method?

That's not a god, that's a bloodthirsty demon! !

Ten thousand lives!

They all died here alive!
At this moment, Jiang Hua completely understood what the record on the stone wall meant by the "resurrected gods" described in it.

This funeral pattern is an altar used to resurrect the gods.

And these ten thousand sacrifices are the remaining subjects of the Demon Kingdom.

They were all bewitched by the so-called sacrifice and became the sacrifices of this blood sacrifice ceremony!

On the other side, Hu Bayi warned: "Everyone, don't run around, it's very dangerous here, and don't make any noise..."

Suddenly, the fat man shouted, "Foreign girl, where are you going?"

It turned out to be Shirley Yang. Without saying a word, she walked towards the Nine-story Demon Tower in the distance. Hu Bayi also asked, "Miss Yang, where do you want to go?"

Shirley Yang turned around and said, "Don't worry about me. If there is any danger, just leave by yourselves. I must get that notebook."

After saying that, he walked towards the Nine-story Demon Tower on his own.

Hu Bayi gritted his teeth and followed with the fat man.

Jiang Hua had an idea and followed Hu Bayi and the others.

The ground was circular in shape, surrounded by a ring-shaped burial pit. There were drainage channels on the ground, which should have been used to drain the blood of the 10,000 sacrifices.

Surrounding the Nine-Storey Demon Tower, there are twelve black stone sculptures with ferocious faces.

Jiang Hua looked at the twelve stone sculptures and felt cold sweat all over his body. His heart was beating wildly as if his soul was about to be devoured.

These are the twelve ancient demons used to suppress the souls of the ten thousand sacrifices so that they cannot leave the area, making it easier for the gods to absorb them.

Arriving at the bottom of the Nine-story Demon Tower, Jiang Hua raised his head and took a look.

This nine-story demon tower has a total of nine floors, and there are mummies hanging on each floor. A rough glance shows that there are at least hundreds of them.

All the blood of these mummies has been drained.

They were more important sacrifices than those in the sacrificial pits.

Legend has it that this is the offspring of the gods and has the same blood as the gods.

Only in this way can the gods be resurrected.

For some reason, after seeing these hanging mummies, Jiang Hua felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It seemed that he had some connection with these mummies.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hua raised his head and stared at the mummies without blinking, as if he wanted to see something from them.

The clothes of these mummies have long since decayed, making it impossible to tell which dynasty or ethnic group they belong to.

However, some of the accessories are still hanging on it.

Suddenly, Jiang Hua's eyes narrowed.

He saw a wooden sign hanging on the body of a dried corpse.

The wooden plaque had long since decayed, but one could still vaguely see a small seal character carved on it.

姜！
Jiang Hua's head suddenly exploded. He had seen this wooden sign before.

This is the certificate of his Jiang family. Legend has it that this wooden plaque has never changed since the Warring States Period, and he has one on his body.

Jiang Hua quickly took out a wooden plaque from his arms and compared it carefully. It was exactly the same as the wooden plaque on the mummy.

For a moment, a terrible thought suddenly arose in Jiang Hua's mind.

"These mummies...are they all the ancestors of my Jiang family?"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for finding the key clue to the Red Dragon bloodline!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Golden Eye and 500 evolution points!"

(End of this chapter)