The beginning of the dragon race on the Maybach

Chapter 269: The Door Opens!

This is a huge ancient city. According to the restoration map of the Tailing Mausoleum given by Angers, the ancient city is surrounded by walls on all sides, rectangular in shape from north to south, with corner platforms built at the corners of the four cities, but the vermilion gate in front of him is closed tightly.However, the closed city gate did not bother Cadmus, after all, as a former member of the secret party operation team, he had already seen too many similar situations.

Cadmus walked up to the vermilion gate, he did not corrode the gate with corrosive poisonous blood beyond his limit, but stared at the beast face ring on the vermilion iron-wrapped gate. .

"Beast face holding the ring to avoid ominousness" is the description of the shop head. According to folklore, the shop head is a traditional architectural door decoration with the meaning of exorcising evil spirits.And Pushou is not an ordinary beast. According to legend, Pushou is one of the nine sons born of a dragon. He is highly vigilant, so it is decorated on the door leaf.

Therefore, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties when shop heads were popular, whether it is the palaces and mansions of emperors and generals, or the small homes and courtyards of ordinary people, there is generally a courtyard door, two street doors on both sides of the central door gap, on one side. There is an object similar to a doorknob in the high place, which can be a door knocker or a diamond-shaped door pendant. The base that holds the door knocker or hangs the door pendant and is fixed on the gate is called the head of the shop. Call the door shop.

But before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, shop heads were not so popular. Generally, only the palaces and tombs of emperors and the gates of the mansions of a few generals would use these decorations.As the true founding monarch of Xixia, Li Yuanhao's Tailing Mausoleum is naturally suitable for such a pagoda.

However, the shop head is not used to ward off evil spirits as rumored in later generations, but to strengthen the door and as a real way to open the door, just like the bronze city gate of the King of Bronze and Fire used to open the door. alive.Although not every family can afford and have the ability to build it, it not only needs to consume a lot of money, but also a master of alchemy is willing to build it.

It is not difficult to satisfy the former, but for the latter, it is not easy to invite a master alchemist to build a small alchemy shop. There is a master alchemist.When the thieves saw that the family could afford the shop, they knew that they would not be offended, and they dared not visit even if the door was opened.

So some people came up with other ideas, really can't get it, imitating a fake made of copper and iron to confuse thieves can also prevent theft.Ordinary thieves can't tell whether this is a real alchemy shop or a fake one, and it is impossible for people with such skills to become thieves, so the thieves simply gave up patronizing those houses with shop heads on the door. Therefore, there is a saying that "the ring with the animal face is ominous".

And the shop in front of him is obviously a real alchemy shop.

The alchemy shop is extremely difficult to refine. First, "kill" the metal and then revive it to become "recycled metal". Then find two dragon subspecies, kill them, and then imprison their souls in the recycled metal. among.The stronger the dragon subspecies was, the stronger its soul would be, and the stronger its protective effect on the door would be. Correspondingly, the difficulty of confinement and refining would also be greater.

The imprisoned souls can only guard the gates they are responsible for according to the master's will, otherwise they will be impacted by the elements that directly act on the souls. The specific element depends on which alchemy master is good at using. element.

The King of Bronze and Fire is best at the element of fire, so the living beings on the gate of the Bronze City use the element of fire to imprison and punish those disobedient living beings, and the king of sky and wind naturally uses the element of wind.

Cadmus put his ring finger into the mouth of the scorpion, and a burst of golden light burst out from the golden scorpion, as if the scorpion came to life, the sharp canine teeth opened and closed suddenly, making a "click" Crack.

Such a sound made Cadmus flustered for a while, almost worried that the canine teeth would directly pierce through his crippled ring finger, but the mouth of the alchemist's shop firmly stuck his wrist, and he could not escape unless he cut off his wrist.However, out of caution, he chose the ring finger that would not affect his battle to try.

The canine teeth closed to less than half a centimeter from Cadmus' ring finger and stopped suddenly, and a wind element gushed out from the sharp part of the canine teeth.It's just that this wind element is too small, like a needle, and Cadmus can't see the movement of this invisible element, but he felt a coolness and a momentary pain on his ring finger, and there appeared on his finger. A bloody cut less than one centimeter deep was roughly equivalent to a cut with a pencil sharpener.

The razor-like teeth seemed to be bluffing, but they stopped after cutting Cadmus' skin.

But this is also a kind of deterrence. This method will give the visitors a sense of awe and humility. This method can be regarded as ingenious.

Cadmus couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief when he saw the mouth of the bunny opened wider and wider, and the restraint on his wrist was also released. He pulled out his hand, shook it, and watched the change of the bunny. For the first time, he saw the living spirit on the gate of Huaxia.

You must know that China, as the kingdom of heaven, since the Great Qin swept the Liuhe, annexed the eight wastelands, and established the first unified dynasty, the Great Qin Empire, no one in Europe dared to enter China.No one can stand in front of the emperor who is called a tyrant through the ages without being allowed. Even a second-generation breed can only submit to become his mount. underfoot".

Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, who was hailed by later generations as the head of the four major military commanders in the West, could only sigh in relief after finding out the general situation of the Great Qin Empire, and did not dare to invade the Great Qin Empire in the slightest.

Since the Tyrant Qin who swept Liuhe and annexed the wilderness, the strong man who sealed the wolf and lived in Xu, and the Yanran, the majestic Sui who flourished for a short time, the treasures of heaven and earth, the flourishing Tang Dynasty with all the savagery, the east and west, the south, and the thousands of miles across. In the barbarian Yuan Dynasty, the sun and the moon are shining, and the Ming Dynasty has come to the dynasty. Even though there were Shi Jin, weak Song and Nu Qing, and the era of multiple political divisions, China is still a forbidden place for the mixed races of the West.

Cadmus was unwilling to let go of a chance to observe, and Pushou's mouth continued to open after he let go of his wrist, which reminded him of the giant snake that could swallow an elephant in Chinese myths and legends.And the buntou in front of him was like the giant snake that wanted to devour him.

There was a click, and a crisp sound came from the mouth of the shop, and this dark bloody mouth seemed to have opened to the limit, and began to slowly close, and at the same time, the vermilion door also began to slowly open.

Entering the city gate, there are two towers, which are square, one east and one west symmetrically arranged, the upper part is retracted, and there is a small platform on the top, which is one of the main features that distinguish the imperial mausoleum from the accompanying tombs.

Cadmus looked at the majestic and luxurious buildings, and it was hard to imagine how the country that only occupied a corner of China more than 1000 years ago built such a majestic building.After observing for a while, he remembered his purpose of entering first.

According to the instructions of the restoration map, Cadmus found the machine responsible for retracting and pulling the suspension bridge, and lowered the suspension bridge.With a bang, the metal suspension bridge fell in front of Angers and the others.

Angers and the others also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, no one knew what traps existed in this ancient city, nor whether Cadmus could open the city gate and enter the ancient city to lower the drawbridge.

After entering the ancient city, looking at this majestic ancient city, even Angers, who is used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but tremble.You know, this is just the outer city of this ancient city.

A group of people went deep into the ancient city, and walked outside the gate of Yuecheng. It was also a vermilion gate, with the same shop head glaring and grinning, but this time the pattern was changed to gluttony.

In myths and legends, Taotie is a ferocious beast, but when choosing a town house beast, people often choose it because of its ferocity.People think that the "fierceness" of gluttony is a powerful protection for them, the more fierce, the greater the blessing.Therefore, it is such a daunting giant beast that becomes a "spiritual beast, divine beast, and auspicious beast" that wards off evil and blesses one side. The good wishes of attracting wealth and accepting blessings, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, protecting safety, and promoting wealth luck.

Cadmus put another ring finger into Taotie's mouth, but this time Taotie didn't respond.Cadmus frowned, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Could it be that this is not an alchemy shop, but a cover to confuse people? How about I try to break the door with violence?" Sigurd was eager to try, but was stopped by Beowulf.

"I don't rule out this possibility, but I think...whether it's the king of sky and wind or not, as long as it's a dragon, it won't give up its dignity to play such a trick." Beowulf took off the leather gloves in his hand , revealing a hand as pale as limestone, covered with fine white scales, "Is it possible... that Cadmus' bloodline is not enough to open this door?"

Beowulf's voice fell, and Cadmus was stunned.

Cadmus' bloodline has already surpassed Transcendent A Grade. Although he has not yet reached S Grade, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is quasi-S, but such bloodlines are not enough

Had it been said by someone other than Beowulf, then Cadmus would have taken up his spear and fought to the death, which would be an insult to the blood of the Cadmus family.But Beowulf was by no means such a man, so he was lost in thought at the same time as Sigurd and St. George. ?
When everyone fell silent, Angers spoke.

"This possibility is very high." Anger looked at Cadmus, who looked a little unkindly, and explained, "You know, the Chinese call themselves the descendants of the dragon and regard the dragon as their national totem, that is because they have a large number of mixed races. , and the blood is strong. In the West, the Roman Empire also has countless powerful hybrids, such as the Pope and the Knights Templar who challenged Fenlier, the king of the earth and the mountains. For us descendants, super A The first level may already be a very powerful bloodline, but for those ancestors, those ancestors who defeated the four great monarchs time and time again, our bloodline...maybe really just humble..."

Beowulf nodded, stood in front of the living Taotie, and stretched in the hand that was reflecting the faint white light.The moment his hand reached in, he was bitten by Taotie, firmly stuck his wrist there, a stream of wind element drilled out of his sharp canine teeth, and sucked in a stream of Beowulf as if very eagerly. of blood.

Taotie, who inhaled a strand of Beowulf's blood, seemed to feel satisfied and full. The gold-plated Taotie suddenly turned blood-red, and the gate of Moon City opened accordingly.

But the moment the gate opened, there was another vermilion gate in front of everyone. Although they had already known that there was a gate of the inner city inside with the restoration map of the Tailing Mausoleum, they still felt like being fooled by nesting dolls.Moreover, this time on the gate, there was no longer a shop head, but a red bird with outstretched wings, bathed in flames.

"Is this a phoenix?" Beowulf asked in a daze.

Anger shook his head: "No, it should be the Suzaku. In the history of China, there are imperial palaces that used the four holy beasts Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu as pagodas."

St. George looked in surprise at the lifelike Suzaku who seemed to be about to rush out of the shop in the next moment, and took a closer look.

"I heard that Suzaku is a descendant of the Phoenix. It stands to reason that the emperor should use the more noble Phoenix as the head of the shop, right?"

"Many Chinese people have the same idea as you, but in fact it's just the opposite." Anger pointed at Suzaku and said with a smile, "Many web novels regard Suzaku as a descendant of Phoenix. According to myths and legends, the Phoenix is ​​the descendant of the Suzaku. The Suzaku was called the Vermilion Bird in ancient times, and it is the prototype of the later Phoenix. In the culture of the Zhou Dynasty, people regarded the Vermilion Bird as the authentic phoenix.”

St. George covered his head and shook his head: "Oh, Chinese culture is really extensive and profound, and it's too complicated. I'll leave it to you to consider such things in the future."

Beowulf also sighed. Huaxia has a history of 5000 years with written records, and its culture has never been cut off. This is why the dragons that appear in China are generally handled by Huaxia itself, and the secret party cannot intervene. One big reason.

After Beowulf sighed, he put his hand deep into Suzaku's beak again, but this time, like Cadmus facing the glutton shop, he didn't have any reaction.

"It seems that even you who have reached the S-level bloodline cannot meet the conditions to open the door." Anger sighed, unbuttoned the cuffs, raised the sleeves, and inserted his arms into the bird's beak.

Feeling the entry of Ange's arm, Suzaku's eyes burst into flames, and the bright golden pupils that danced like flames made the rest of them feel their shoulders sink, and some invisible force was pressing on their shoulders. Beating their knees, forcing them to crawl on the ground.

"However, since this is the case, it just shows that my trip... is the right one."

Angers showed a relaxed smile, but hidden in that smile was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

After Suzaku absorbed enough blood, it actually flew out from the bunk.Its whole body was burning with crimson flames, and it flapped its red wings and flew towards the inner hall, as if looking for its master.

And with Suzaku's departure, that astonishing coercion also disappeared.

But from the dark inner hall, there were two more depressing coercions...

"Li Wuyue...I finally...finally...found you!"

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