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Chapter 26 The Hall of Longevity

Jiang Kun picked up Xiao Ai who was on the side, slowly rose to the surface of the water, with his feet standing on the water without sinking, and followed Changshengtian to the upper reaches of the underground river.

The river was gurgling, and the warm water vapor rose up, and it didn't feel cold here at all.The water in the underground river is like this. It is close to the center of the earth and flows out after being heated by geothermal heat.

The further upstream, the wider the surface of the underground river. On the rock walls on both sides of the river, you can see the light of the stars, just like the stars in the sky.

"What is that?" Jiang Kun asked.

"It's an insect called a gnat, also known as a wall crawler or a centipede. It likes warm and humid places. Their eyes can emit a faint light in the dark." Chang Shengtian explained.

"There are so many." Jiang Kun looked around, and the caves of the underground river were full of such insects, almost lighting up the space.

"The centipede is a close relative of the centipede and is poisonous. Now those people who break into the Heavenly Palace will be besieged by the centipede," Changshengtian said.

In the cold mausoleum, the warm human body is the ideal habitat for gnats. They will burrow into the human body and lay eggs in it to reproduce.

Now Jiang Kun is on a warm underground river, how can his body temperature compare to that of the underground river?The gnats didn't notice him.

The light on both sides of the river varies from big to small, and some light spots are as big as a fist. That is to say, the eyes of a gnat are as big as a fist, so how big is its body?

"Actually, the nine dragons used by King Wannu to carry the coffin are not real dragons, but centipedes, which are huge gnats." Changshengtian said, "The nine huge gnats are more than ten meters long. Take hold, and lock there with chains."

The real dragon can be called a god-like existence. With Wang Zanghai's skills, it is impossible to catch the real dragon. It just so happens that the Dongxia people believe in centipede dragons, so he used giant gnats as dragons and arranged the Kowloon corpse coffin.

After swimming for a long time, Jiang Kun reached the end of the underground river. This river originated from an underground spring, and the warm spring water kept rising upwards, emitting a lot of water vapor.

"open!"

Changshengtian said.The surrounding environment immediately brightened, and a majestic palace appeared in front of Jiang Kun.This palace was built in a huge underground cave, which is different from the style of the Central Plains and completely in the style of the Jurchen people.

There is a row of Jurchen characters directly above the palace, which Jiang Kun does not understand.

"This is the Hall of Longevity built by the people of the Eastern Xia Kingdom. It is specially used to sacrifice to me. Every time they come back from a war, they will bring prisoners of war here to kill them, and use human blood to sacrifice to the gods." Changshengtian said.

"So bloody."

Jiang Kun is a modern person who has received the influence of modern civilization. He is very disgusted with the bloody killings in ancient times, so he himself opposes violence.

"Well, the altar is on your right." Changshengtian said.

Jiang Kun looked to the right, and there was a slightly higher platform with various strange symbols engraved on the platform. The people of Eastern Xia wanted to use these symbols to communicate with the gods and get their blessings.

"Hey, Changshengtian, what do those symbols mean?" Jiang Kun asked curiously.

"How do I know?" Chang Shengtian said helplessly.

"I'll go, people use these symbols to communicate with you, but you don't know what they mean." Jiang Kun complained.

"That's their own wishful thinking, I can't understand it at all." Changshengtian said.

Those sacrificial symbols were created by the wizards of the ancient Eastern Xia Kingdom, thinking that they could get the blessing of Changshengtian, but Changshengtian couldn't understand their symbols.

"I said, you are not competent enough to be a god. Dongxia was wiped out by Mongolia, and you won't help?" Jiang Kun teased.

"I'm just a small god, with limited magic power. It's okay to treat a headache and brain fever, but I can't manage such important matters as the survival of the country." Changshengtian said.

"Haha."

Jiang Kun laughed.

He was idle and bored, and walked to the altar.On the left side of the altar, there are piles of human heads, which have long been turned into skeletons.On the right is a large pool with a red liquid in it, giving off a fishy smell.

"Master Jiang Kun, this pool can't be human blood, right?" Xiao Ai said.

"I don't know." Jiang Kun said, looked at Changshengtian and asked, "What is this pool of red liquid?"

"Human blood." Changshengtian replied.

"No way? How could human blood still be in a liquid state after hundreds of years?"

"Mercury added to it."

Mercury, also known as elemental mercury, is highly toxic.Archaeologists can sometimes dig out corpses that have not rotted for thousands of years, because the corpses contain mercury, which can keep the corpses from rot.

"Sacrificial to you, and adding mercury to the blood, they are trying to poison you to death." Jiang Kun laughed.

"With such a group of retarded believers, what can I do?" Changshengtian said.

"By the way, where do we live?"

"follow me."

Jiang Kun and Xiao Ai followed Changshengtian into the Hall of Eternal Life. A pillar was erected in the main hall, and on the pillar was a statue of Changshengtian, which was a big leech.

Jiang Kun really wanted to laugh when he saw this statue, but out of politeness, he held back his laughter.

Changshengtian arranged a room for Jiang and Kun to live in. This room was unusually large, with three large beds. In the center of the room was a large pit with traces of being burned. The style was somewhat similar to the kang in the Northeast.

Jiang Kun took out two sets of clothes from the space ring, gave one set to Xiao Ai, and changed the worn clothes on his body.After changing his clothes, Jiang Kun walked out of the room and went to the main hall outside.

At this time, Changshengtian was dragging its huge body, crawling towards the outside of the hall.

"I said, aren't you bored staying in this hole for thousands of years?" Jiang Kun asked Changshengtian.

"My duty is to protect Dongxia. When Dongxia perishes, I will also guard Dongxia's imperial mausoleum. Without people's belief, what is the difference between gods and monsters?" Changshengtian said with some emotion.

Changshengtian was originally a monster in Changbai Mountain. By chance, he was regarded as a god by the people of Eastern Xia and enjoyed people's sacrifices and worship.This kindness to the people of Dongxia made him unable to forget his responsibility, so he stayed here for thousands of years.

As long as Yunding Tiangong still exists, he will not leave.

"You are really loyal to your duty." Jiang Kun said with a smile.

"By the way, if you want to eat, you can go to the spring to catch fish." Changshengtian said.

"Is there fish in the spring?" Jiang Kun asked, "The temperature of the water in the spring is at least forty degrees, and the fish hasn't been boiled into fish soup yet?"

"This kind of fish is called Pangu fish. It has no eyes, can live in a dark environment, and has adapted to a high temperature environment." Chang Shengtian said.

Jiang Kun went to the room and called Xiao Ai, and asked her to find a bucket in the Hall of Longevity, and then go to the spring to catch fish.

Looking down from the shore, there are springs constantly coming out of the springs, and in the clear spring water, long strips of fish that are two fingers wide are swimming.

(End of this chapter)