Chapter 80: Wild Grass Trail

This altar was not built by the insect people. It has a distinct southern continent style, while the insect people's style is more inclined to the South Sea and the Central Plains. Overall, it is still deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture.

Qi Xuansu walked up to the altar and found that there was a black sun above the altar. He felt that it was unexpected, but reasonable.

He really guessed it right. Paititi was indeed related to the Shadow Tide.

Qi Xuansu took out the key from Ramon and held it high.

The altar did not respond at all.

It seems that this key is not used here.

Qi Xuansu had to put away the key and began to study what this altar was for.

At this time, Wu Niang had already burned those human figurines.

As for the large number of corpses piled up outside, Wu Niang did not move. When the number of corpses reaches a certain level, a kind of "momentum" will be formed, just like when the number of living people reaches a certain level, the blood will surge to the sky, and the army's camp will be scare away by ghosts and gods. It's just that the dead condense yin energy, not blood energy.

However, the Yin Qi should not be underestimated. The Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven was too Yin Qi, and it corroded a crack leading to the netherworld. This is why the Taoist sect spent more than 200 years dealing with the problem of the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven, planting Emperor Willow and using three Yin objects to clean up the corpses.

Although this place is not as good as the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven, Wu Niang wants to burn it by force, which will inevitably consume a lot of energy. It is true that Wu Niang likes to burn things, but in Wu Niang's opinion, these corpses that have become "power" are obviously non-combustibles. Burning corpses is almost like burning mountains and boiling seas. It is a waste of effort, so let's leave it here.

Qi Xuansu soon discovered some of the mysteries of this altar. There are blood grooves engraved on its surface. These blood grooves are crisscrossed and formed things similar to talismans or runes. It should be activated after injecting blood into these blood grooves.

Such a large altar, with blood grooves all over the altar, requires a lot of blood. Even if a living person's blood is drained, it can't fill a blood groove. I'm afraid it will take a lot of people.

However, it does not require as many as 10,000 people. The corpses outside should not have died from the sacrifice. The blood sacrifice of more than 10,000 people, the ancient gods are not afraid of being overfed, but they are afraid that the fire of karma will burn the kingdom of God. .

Warriors can be derived from flesh and blood. Qi Xuansu certainly has sufficient blood, but blood is also the support of the warrior's combat power. It takes a lot of food to replenish it. Qi Xuansu can't give up his own blood. In the end, Qi Xuansu decided to use divine power instead of blood.

Otherwise, how can we say that divine power is hard currency? Its plasticity determines that it can be transformed into almost any form and used for various purposes.

After Qi Xuansu injected divine power, the entire altar really lit up. Those blood grooves were filled with the light of divine power and turned into the lines of talismans. Westerners call this runes. No matter what they are called, they are essentially the same. Then the talismans were arranged and combined one by one to form a formation.

In an instant, the entire underground space began to rumble, as if there was an earthquake.

The dead bodies outside also came alive at this moment, as if hibernating snakes and insects were awakened by spring thunder and staggered up. Of course, they were not really resurrected from the dead, but more like corpses. Then these zombies rushed towards the altar.

At this time, Wu Niang had to burn it. She opened her mouth and spit out flames, burning the zombies that rushed in first into ashes.

That's not all. Wu Niang puffed up her mouth and spit out flames from her mouth. It turned into a wave of flames and pushed back against the tide of corpses.

Some people have read too many stories and think that 10,000 people is a small number when there are millions of troops. It's a big mistake. The so-called 10,000 people are endless. More than 10,000 people are arranged in a square formation, and it feels like you can't see the end at a glance.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, stretching the sky and the earth, are basically the limit of a battlefield. A large battle can certainly accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops, or even millions of troops, but a battle is composed of multiple battlefields of different sizes, some defending the city, some attacking the city, some rescuing, some blocking, and the reserve troops are not moving and scattered everywhere, instead of millions of people gathering in one place, which can't even deploy a formation.

In this cave, tens of thousands of corpses are piled up, and now they have turned into a tide of corpses. They were originally piled up, layer by layer

, and now they are alive, basically filling the cave. Looking around, there are zombies everywhere.

Such a scene is very horrifying. If you have a "supreme perspective", you will see that it is basically two tides colliding, one is the flame tide, and the other is the corpse tide.

If it were ordinary corpses, no matter how many there were, they would be burned through by Wu Niang's fire, but these zombies have become "momentum", brewing a lot of Yin Qi, which can greatly weaken and offset the power of the flames. This is also the reason why Qi Xuansu found that these corpses did not rot when he came in. With the protection of Yin Qi, it is difficult for Wu Niang to break through all at once, and she can only burn slowly. For Wu Niang, it is not a difficult task, but it is time-consuming and energy-consuming, just like burning some wet leaves with fire, which can never be lit. They cannot be used as fuel and can only be burned with other fuels.

This is the same principle as the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven. When the Yin Qi reaches a certain level, many methods are useless. We can only start by weakening the Yin Qi, and weakening the Yin Qi mainly depends on the Yang Qi of the human world. As long as the source of the Yin Qi is blocked, the Yang Qi itself can offset the Yin Qi. If the speed is not fast enough, it can also be dredged and divided, similar to flood discharge. ..

Using the Emperor Willow to block the gap in the underworld and clean up the corpses at the same time are to block the source of Yin Qi, not to eliminate it. To eliminate Yin Qi, we still rely on Yang Qi, just like many diseases rely on self-healing most of the time.

Of course, Yin Qi cannot be formed in a day. First, it requires a large number of dead people. Secondly, it takes a certain amount of time. Then, it needs a closed environment to prevent Yin Qi from leaking. In this way, a large amount of Yin Qi can be accumulated. This cave is just right. To meet the conditions.

Now it seems that the Yin Qi here may have formed a balance, so these dead bodies were suppressed, like a pool of stagnant water. When Qi Xuansu opened the altar, causing the Yin Qi to become unbalanced, these suppressed corpses were resurrected.

Qi Xuansu paid no attention to Wuniang's side, and focused all his attention on the altar.

After the infusion of divine power, the altar underwent great changes. The black sun slowly disappeared and was replaced by a golden sun.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but it just corresponds to the changes in the cave at this time. It seems that the dark corpse tide of the black sun is retreating steadily, and it seems that the flame tide of the golden sun is advancing in full swing.

As the golden sun appeared, a portal slowly opened on the stone wall behind the altar. Qi Xuansu had also used his spiritual thoughts to scan the area before, but whether it was due to the interference of the surrounding Yin Qi or the obstruction of the altar, he did not discover the existence of this portal.

Qi Xuansu said hello to Wuniang and walked into the door first.

Behind the portal is a passage, with obvious artificial traces, very regular, and going all the way upward. When Qi Xuansu walked out of the passage, his eyes suddenly opened up, and he returned to the valley.

However, compared with the other side, some traces of masonry paving can be seen on the ground here, and there are even some traces similar to curb stones on both sides. However, the surrounding rainforest covers the sky, and it is absolutely impossible to find these traces from above. .

This should be one of the many roads leading to Paititi. In other words, from Paititi's perspective, this portal is the main entrance to the area where the altar is located, and the entrance to the cave that Qi Xuansu found should be the back door.

Qi Xuansu understood that his hard work these days was not in vain, and he finally found traces of Paititi.

After a while, Wu Niang also came over: "The dirty things in the cave have been cleaned up. I almost died of exhaustion. Remember to go back and reimburse me for your magical power."

Qi Xuansu glanced at Wu Niang: "Can't you practice on your own?"

Wu Niang said: "I can also use my divine power, do you think you can use it for everything? Don't you think you don't want to reimburse me?"

Qi Xuansu hurriedly said: "Of course not. When you get back, you can make a symbolic report and I will approve it immediately."

While talking, Qi Xuansu calculated how much credit he had left on hand and whether it was enough for the two of them. If it's not enough, you have to go to Qingwei Zhenren for approval, which is also a hassle.

"That's pretty much it." Wu Niang muttered, "This is an official business, not a private matter."

Next, the two of them walked along this ancient road that was almost lost in the grass. The speed was not very fast for fear of missing some key clues.

No result

Of course, the caution of the two people was justified. They discovered a temple that was covered with green vegetation on the road. It would be easy to ignore it if they just passed by. However, the layout of the temple is different from the current Tawanting Temple. This is normal. The architectural style of the Central Plains has also changed several times. It was very different in the Zulong era and the Wei era. When the Taoist sect came to power, there were changes again. .

This temple, this ancient road, and the altar built in the cave should be one. That cave was probably a forbidden area of ​​a temple or a secret passage. Qi Xuansu came in from the opposite direction.

The door of the temple was completely covered by vines. Qi Xuansu broke through the vines and found that there were golden sun patterns painted on the ground and walls. It should be the temple of the Sun God. However, the main god is not Kukulkan, but Itsumna.

From this point of view, during the Paititi period, the power of the ancient gods from the north had penetrated into the south, which laid the foundation for the ancient gods from the north to move south in the future. If it weren't for the invasion of the Holy Court, perhaps the ancient northern gods would have unified the New World. However, the main god Itsumna worked so hard and worked so hard that he could not escape his death in the end. Instead, Kukulkan enjoyed the results, which is unavoidable. I think of a person who swears by Luoshui.

Then again, what does the black sun on the altar mean? The black sun means closing the door, and the golden sun means opening the door?

Do these ancient gods also pay attention to the transformation of yin and yang? Old yin gives birth to young yang, this is a Taoist term.

Wu Niang looked around and suddenly said: "There is something."

After saying that, Wu Niang flashed and went behind the statue of Itesumna. When Wu Niang came back, she had someone with her.

To be precise, it is the corpse of a woman. Judging from her dress, she should be a priest of this temple, and she has a high status. You can tell from the various patterns on her mask. Wu Niang stretched out her hand to peel off the mask on the corpse, and underneath it turned out to be a person with a Central Plains appearance.

Qi Xuansu and Qiniang looked at each other, a little surprised.

Could it be that he is from Xidaomen?