Tomb Robbery: Successor to the King, starting in Yunnan Worm Valley

Chapter 45 Cinnabar Gourd
  Wang Ye and Hu Bayi gathered together.

At the same time, everyone finally saw the stone gourd up close.

It turns out that red amaranth is used as the raw material.

The stone is a naturally occurring fiery red color.

The earliest red dye was made by adding mosaic powder.

Hu Bayi looked at the red stone gourd and couldn't help but curiously said:

“Why not a statue of a toad, but a gourd?
  If you want to fully release the shape and potential of the Feng Shui treasure cave with a water dragon vein, it makes sense to build an altar or a building like an ancestral hall here. "

Because it is located on the edge of a valley.

Countless vines hang down from the rugged and steep mountain walls, and they are all covered by the vines within three steps.

Fatty Wang was impatient and took a few steps forward.

He used an engineering shovel to push aside the vines blocking the road, found something under the mountain wall, and turned around and shouted to us:
  "Lao Hu, cousin, Shirley Yang, come over here and take a look. It really depends on Toad."

The three people heard the sound and stepped forward.

Under the cover of countless wisteria plants, facing the red stone gourd, there is a temple dedicated to the mountain god.

Hillside.

Although I can't see clearly the terrain here.

But it should be built on the central axis of the mountain peak behind it, using a "wedge mountain-style large wooden frame structure."

Divided into front and back.

The facade of the temple in front was entangled countless times with vines, and some of the tiles and wood had been torn down.

Although the green tiles on the roof and the carved beams are all dilapidated.

However, since this is the acupoint of the Water Dragon Vein, it is quite capable of hiding wind and gathering Qi, so the general framework has been preserved.

The several layers of "insect-breaking paths" on the mountain wall have lost their function due to changes in water and soil.

Therefore, it can be regarded as a miracle that the temple's wood is in such a state of decay that it has not fallen down under the pressure of a large number of plants.

This simple building dedicated to the mountain god has spent endless years quietly in the corner of this lonely valley.

This all relies on special wood and frame technology, as well as the special environment of the valley with very little rainfall.

I just don’t know what the red stone gourd placed in front of the temple is used for. It may be related to the form of the mountain god.

The ancients believed that the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth all had gods in charge.

The same is true for every mountain and every river.

However, according to different customs, geographical environment, and cultural background, the appearance of Shenshi is also different.

Wang Ye and others looked up and saw that although the temple was covered by layers of vines, there was no hidden danger of collapse for the time being.

There are many birds nearby and they have made their nests on the palace building, which shows that the air quality here is also good.

Don't worry about those poisonous mountain miasmas.

So we took off our gas masks and pushed aside the vines in front of the door. The damaged door fell down as soon as we pushed it.

As everyone stepped in, they saw that the main hall was already filled with various plants.

This temple is not large in scale, and the clay statue on the altar has fallen over. It is a black-faced god.

His face was expressionless and his eyes were slightly closed.

The body is also a black robe made of clay.

Although it was pushed from the throne to the corner by the vines, it still gave people a cold and majestic feeling.

Next to the clay statue of the mountain god, there are two clay sculptures of mountain ghosts.

They all have green faces and fangs, like Yakshas.

The left hand holds a red gourd, and the right hand holds a toad.

"Yes, it turns out that the toad and the gourd belong to the mountain god. I just don't know what the mountain god does with these two things."

Hu Bayi patted his head and said in surprise.

"Probably they use gourds to hold wine, and eat toads as a side dish when drinking. Isn't that what Big Jinya's grandson likes? But what he ate was frog legs."

Fatty Wang chatted casually.

"If I had known, I would have brought the big toad back to Mr. Jin for a taste."

Hu Bayi narrowed his eyes slightly and said again.

"Hey, Lao Hu, you are too dark."

Fatty Wang winked and smiled.

"You two, if Mr. Jin knew that you two wanted to feed him mutated toads, he would even turn into ghosts and he wouldn't let you go." Shirley Yang also chatted.

The battle just now was too tense and exciting, now it's time to relax and relax.

On the other side, Wang Ye didn't say anything, but reached out and touched the little toad.

no response.

It seems that the toad is nothing special, nor is it one of those antiques with national fortune value.

Feeling a little disappointed, Wang Ye conveniently touched the small red gourd.

"The host comes into contact with the cinnabar gourd of the Han Dynasty and absorbs 30 points of national luck."

Wang Ye was stunned when he heard the system prompt tone.

After searching around the mountain temple, I found less than ten luck points in total.

There are thirty points on this little gourd?

This thing seems to have basically no workmanship, it is just a very shiny cinnabar gourd.

But the system doesn’t lie.

Wang Ye still took down the cinnabar gourd smoothly.

Fatty Wang next to him saw it and curled his lips in disapproval.

"Cousin, you have bad taste. This gourd looks like a random decoration. If you put it in Panjiayuan, it might even be much better than the fakes."

"Learn from me in the future, this is the big treasure."

As Fatty Wang spoke, he took out the high priest's golden mask from his backpack and showed it off twice.

Wang Ye said, "It's nothing, I just like it."

Compared with the gold mask, the appearance and price of the cinnabar gourd are indeed not attractive enough.

However, Wang Ye didn't care about the price.

Because this gourd is absolutely perfect for warding off evil spirits.

In a dark and mysterious place like Worm Valley, the cinnabar gourd can definitely come in handy.

"Okay, whatever you want."

Fatty Wang pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Just when he said to put away the golden mask, a stern voice sounded:

"Fat man, are you following things again?"

The fat on the fat man's face seemed to shrink instantly, and he squeezed out an ugly smile and said: "Consultant Yang, my hands are itchy. I really don't want to take it."

"I think you did it on purpose."

Shirley Yang glared at Fatty Wang and didn't say much. She was used to it anyway.

The fat man walked into the tomb and took away a few treasures. She might have suspected that the fat man had been packaged by someone else.

"Come quickly, this is the Jiuquhuan Chaoshan Xun I told you."

Hu Bayi's voice appeared appropriately.

Wang Ye put away the cinnabar gourd and followed Shirley Yang and Fatty into the back hall.

This back hall has been built inside the peak on the left side of the "Insect Valley" and is narrower than the front hall.

In the middle is a "green stone screen" with a painted image of the mountain god, whose figure is similar to the clay sculpture in the main hall.

It's just that it's relatively blurry and the appearance can't be seen clearly.

There are no mountain ghosts on both sides.

This stone screen does not seem to be artificially carved, but a naturally occurring texture.

Turning around the "emerald stone screen", at the very end of the temple, there are nine stone statues of giant toads arranged horizontally.

Hu Bayi felt his eyes light up as soon as he saw it, and he really answered the number of "nine twists and turns".

This kind of mechanism is very obvious in the eyes of people who understand "Yi Long Jing"
  At this time, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were carefully studying these toad stone sculptures.

Wang Ye looked at it and said thoughtfully, "Some of the mouths of these toad stone sculptures are open and some are closed, and the heads are in different directions, which is quite strange."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to be casual and stretched out his hand to twist on a toad statue.

There was a slight rubbing sound.

The toad statue's head turned.

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