The Strongest Iron Triangle of Tomb Raiders

Chapter 412 Murals
"Nano, I almost forgot that we are under the glacier now, third brother, put away the gun quickly."

Chen Yulou slapped his forehead, and Ming Li had to stop it in time, otherwise the shot would really cause a catastrophe.

In such a large underground space, the sound of gunfire would be louder, and the vibrations generated by the sound waves might shatter the ice crystals on the tile roof of the Linggong, and then cause the Linggong to collapse.

"Brother Chen, think twice before acting, don't act recklessly."

"Come on, what the Buddha said is that I didn't think about it."

"This feeling of being invisible and intangible is really frightening."

"Everyone follow closely, don't fall behind."

The six of them continued to move forward, towards the middle of the Spirit Palace, and after walking a certain distance, a jade platform appeared in front of them.

Around the jade platform, surrounded by several huge bronze statues with human heads and bird bodies, stands a large black statue. This statue is neither human nor Buddha, like a black lichen covered The pillars are extremely weird.

"No, generally speaking, the statue of the owner of the tomb should be placed in the hall of spirits. What is this?"

"Buddha, dumb brother Zhang, brother Rishan, didn't the ancestors of your Zhang family have an unusual relationship with Queen Mother Xi and King Wannu? Do you understand this?"

"This thing may be the alienated main god in the Eastern Xia religion."

"This is a god. Whose god looks like this? Gente looks like a club used for laundry."

This is the same thing as the stick that stood on the Yutai last time. No one knows what exactly it is, whether it is Dong Xia's alienated god.

Gods are everywhere and represent invisible power. It is not surprising that Dong Xia's god looks like this.

Ming Li looked up at the mallet-like thing on the jade platform. Among the three snake-browed copper fishes, one of the snake-browed copper fishes recorded something related to the Eastern Xia royal family.

According to the contents of the Snake Eyebrow Copper Fish, the Eastern Xia royal family were all monsters dug out from the ground. Could it be this thing?

"Third brother, fourth brother, Buddha, dumb brother Zhang, brother Rishan, look here quickly."

"Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

"Second brother, what did you find?"

"Take a look, what is this."

Several people turned their heads to look, and saw that Chen Yulou carefully took out something from the mouth of the human-faced bird, which was a gilded bronze monkey with blue-faced fangs.

There are countless strange patterns carved on the copper monkey, just like ordinary tattooed ghosts.

"What is this?"

Looking at this tattooed copper monkey, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They have never seen this type of artifact after fighting for so many years.

However, in every era, different ethnic groups have unique regional cultures.

In the ancient tombs, everyone has seen many similar strange funerary objects.

The reason why this tattooed bronze monkey has such a shape is probably related to the unique regional culture of the Eastern Xia Kingdom.

Everyone stepped forward to check the other human-faced birds. Sure enough, in the beaks of these human-faced birds, there was a strangely shaped tattooed copper monkey.

If this laundry stick-like thing is the embodiment of the so-called gods of the Eastern Xia Kingdom, these human-faced birds around are the guardian beasts of the gods.

A group of people looked around the jade platform carefully, but found nothing else.

"Strange, Nana's, it's so strange."

"Second brother, what's so strange?"

"In the main hall of the Linggong Palace, there are usually huge sacrificial tripods and long-burning candles, warm pavilions, treasure beds, thrones, and gods. You have not seen these things, don't you find it strange?"

"Perhaps it's because the Eastern Xia Kingdom has always lived in the Changbai Mountain area with high mountains and dense forests, and is seriously out of touch with the outside society. In the funeral customs of the Eastern Xia Kingdom, maybe there are no such things."

Indeed, according to the normal situation, there will be such things as sacrificial giant cauldrons, ever-burning candles, warm pavilions, treasure beds, thrones, and gods in the main hall of the Linggong Palace.

However, the Eastern Xia Kingdom dwells in Changbai Mountain, and is very little influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. They have their own funeral customs, and perhaps there are no such things in the Great Hall of the Spirit Palace.

The group didn't get too entangled in this aspect, and continued to walk deep into the hall.

As we walked, we came to the end of the hall.

At the end of the main hall, there is another jade gate inlaid with four pieces of white marble. There are hundreds of dragons on the door shaft, a picture of music and dance in relief on the lintel, and a pair of gatekeeper boys on the door.

Like the gate of the Linggong Hall, this white marble gate was also watered and froze to death.

After prying open the white marble door, a dark corridor appeared in front of the six people.

If there is no accident, this corridor should lead to the apse of the Spirit Palace.

The six people stepped through the white marble door, entered the dark corridor behind the door, and continued to walk forward.

Generally speaking, the apse is where the entrance of the underground palace is located. In the apse, a symbolic coffin will be placed, and immortal candles will be lit all year round, or a large number of sacrifices will be piled up, which will be replaced regularly by the mausoleum guards.

After entering the corridor, the group discovered that there were murals on both sides of the corridor and above their heads.

Affected by the environment, these murals were all covered with a thin layer of ice, frozen gray.

The contents of the murals are all centipedes coiled in the clouds, densely packed like centipedes, which makes people get goosebumps.

In some murals, some soldiers in furs are also painted, bowing to the centipede dragon in the sky.

Some centipede dragons are twined together, and I don't know whether they are laughing or fighting each other.

Although these murals are not the same, there is one thing that the centipede dragon is the absolute protagonist. The characters in the murals are small and humble, which shows the high status of the centipede dragon in the Eastern Xia Kingdom.

"Third brother, fourth brother, Buddha, dumb brother Zhang, brother Rishan, who do you think is buried in this accompanying tomb? Why is there a mural of a centipede dragon in the accompanying tomb?"

"do not know."

"Could it be that the one buried with the tomb is a centipede dragon?"

According to the custom of burials, those buried in the tomb are generally his heirs, relatives, and favorite ministers.

If the burial is for heirs and relatives, the murals in the companion tomb will generally be based on scenes from life before death.

If the person buried with him is a favorite, the content of the murals will mostly be scenes from the dynasty during his lifetime.

But in this accompanying tomb, there are so many centipede dragons painted. If you see these centipede dragon murals in the main tomb, it's not surprising.

And this is just an accompanying tomb, but there are so many centipede dragons painted on it, and there is no image of the owner of the tomb in the murals, isn't it a bit out of specification?
Could it be that the person buried in this accompanying tomb is neither the heirs and relatives of King Wannu, nor the favorite minister of King Wannu, but a centipede dragon?

(End of this chapter)