pappabearbooks Chapter 487 The lamp that cannot be lit
Chapter 487 The lamp that cannot be lit
Lin Ran had read religious research books before, which recorded that demons do not actually exist.
Demons and gods were originally one family, but they fell from gods and were called demons.
There is another kind of demon, which is cultivated from demons.
But this is not the result of Buddhist research, but Taoist culture!
The biggest characteristic of demons is their ferocious eyes, and they often have the characteristics of other animals.
They walked forward and saw a jade platform.
On the jade platform, there are five huge statues, which appear to be made of copper.
One of the largest statues has human hands and a snake body, holding a sword and a shield, with a snake's letter spitting out of its mouth.
The other statues are basically human-snake. There are snakes with limbs and snakes with human heads, but they are obviously not as evolved as the middle ones.
The one in the middle looks like a perfect lizard man, not only has the characteristics of a human and a snake, but also looks a bit handsome.
In Zanpu's temple, what is enshrined is not a Buddha statue, but a monster with the head of a human and the body of a snake.
Liu Jingfeng wondered: "Are the burial customs in Tibetan areas special? Shouldn't a seated statue of the tomb owner or a Buddha statue be placed here?"
"It shouldn't be a special custom." Lin Ran thought of the holy pagoda they had visited before. The difference was only a few hundred kilometers away, and the time span was about the same. There could not be such a big change.
Wang Jinpeng muttered: "Isn't this what Zamp looks like?"
Huang Hao patted Wang Jinpeng and muttered: "Fat man, we are still on someone else's territory, please be careful with your tone."
But now everyone is focused on the weird totem and seems very nervous. No one cares about their jokes.
Lin Ran remembered the previous books, which contained records.
After Langmuda carried out the action of destroying Buddhism, she was hated by all sects, so she was shaped into the image of a devil.
But wasn’t this mausoleum built by the first generation Zanpu?
He is the savior in the eyes of many monks.
Lin Ran couldn't help but think of this allusion. Could it have been repaired in later generations?
Of course, they still stepped forward to conduct research, hoping to find valuable treasures.
"Look, there seems to be something in the eyes of the snake man!" Huang Hao's sharp eyes saw that the eyes of the snake man statue in the middle were empty, and there seemed to be a bead inside.
As he said that, he wanted to reach out and take it out.
Zhenbao slapped his hand away: "Mouse, you are too courageous. Aren't you afraid of traps?"
His reminder also made Huang Hao rub the back of his head in embarrassment: "Sorry, I'm too excited."
So, the search work was handed over to Zhenbao.
Zhen Bao carefully inspected the statue with a flashlight and found no trace of a mechanism.
"No problem." After Zhenbao confirmed that there was no mechanism, Wang Jinpeng climbed up the statue and reached out his hand to search for the snake man's eyes.
After a while, a gilt bronze statue was taken out!
Wang Jinpeng climbed down quickly and showed the bronze statue to everyone.
Lin Ran was stunned when he saw the bronze statue.
Isn't this the wooden snake sculpture in his suitcase?
It’s just that the wood carving turned into a bronze statue!
The bronze statue is also tattooed with a large number of special patterns, like ritual incantations.
Suddenly, Lin Ran felt an ominous feeling in his heart!
As they opened the door, the temperature of the originally very cold temple gradually rose.
What Liu Jingfeng said is indeed true. Most of the statues and murals in the tombs actually hint at the identity of the tomb owners.
So many snake-man statues, holding weapons.
If I guess correctly, they mean...
In the darkness, there was the sound of something crawling.
"hiss.."
"What's the sound?" A strange sound suddenly appeared in the originally quiet temple, which made them think of the dead body at the door, and all kinds of ghosts and ghosts came to their minds.
Lin Ran took a flashlight and shined it into the darkness.
Densely dense snakes are crawling towards them!
"Fuck!" Wang Jinpeng picked up the shovel and stood in front of him.
But he didn't know if he could deal with so many snakes.
Unlike the snakes in the Holy Tower, the snake in front of me was obviously aggressive!
Lin Ran understood that these snakes were tomb-guarding beasts. They were originally hibernating, but as the temperature rose, they gradually woke up.
I don't know how long they have been hibernating. At this moment, they must be very hungry.
They humans are undoubtedly the best prey!
run?
I'm afraid I can't outrun these guys in the mausoleum.
"Fire!" Liu Jingfeng made a quick decision and said, "Let's run back to the lamp slave first. There is an immortal candle inside!"
Snakes are afraid of temperature, so as long as you have fire in your hand, you don't have to worry about them sneaking up on you.
If it didn't work, I set them all on fire, and now I don't care about the landslide.
"We have to find a way to get rid of the snake." Lin Ran said.
"Do you still want to go in?" The crowd was running, and the snakes behind them were following them.
"There are tomb-guarding beasts, which means that the apse is the end point of exploration! The coffins and burial objects must be there!"
Lin Ran said while running.
Wang Jinpeng, the most daring one, turned around and shined a flashlight. When he saw the snakes crawling toward them, he couldn't help but get goosebumps on his body.
"Then we have to kill all the snakes. Can we do that?"
While they were talking, they had already ran to the lamp slave.
Sure enough, there was a longevity candle in the plate on top of the lamp slave, which had not yet been lit.
The moment the candle was lit, the temple lit up a lot and generated a little warmth.
The temperature of the candle caused the snake's perception system to deviate. They were confused for a while and wandered in place.
"Click the next one," Lin Ran said, "use a lot of heat to scare them away."
The top priority is to survive. How to get to the apse will be considered later.
After lighting six lamp slaves in succession, the snake group finally became quiet.
It seemed that the enemy in front of them was terrifying, and they began to retreat.
But they retreated to the original nave, still unable to move forward.
Liu Jingfeng said with lingering fear: "Brother Lin, why don't we stop our exploration here? There should also be burial objects in the tomb outside."
After many years in the tomb, this was definitely his most terrifying experience!
Lin Ran frowned, although he also knew that it was still dangerous to turn back.
They had neither torches nor weapons, so they could not compete with the snakes.
Re-seal the door and allow the snake to return to hibernation.
But their bodies can't stand it.
It's already freezing. If the temperature drops any further, there's a risk of shock.
"Let me think about it." Lin Ran was not in a hurry to leave, nor did he ask to move on.
He began to observe his surroundings.
It's too dangerous to walk through a group of snakes with an eternal candle.
However, the other Zampu are buried in the apse, so they can't all be replaced by a batch of snakes, right?
Could it be...a passage?
Lin Ran used his flashlight to shine on the wall next to him. The wall was very ordinary, with no patterns or special markings.
He then began to observe the position of the lamp slave.
He guessed that the passage leading to the underground should be nearby.
There are more than 60 lamp slaves in the general attack, with different shapes. If the switch is on them, you have to find it one by one!
But at this moment, Lin Ran noticed something.
"Jin Peng, why didn't that lamp slave light it?"
Among the many bright lamp slaves, there is a statue of an old monk, bowing his head in meditation.
According to the order, it should be the third lamp slave to be lit.
"That one doesn't work. I don't know what's going on?" Wang Jinpeng replied honestly.