Jiajing Spiritual Records

Sure enough, there was a hole in the wall on one side of the surrounding area. There were countless holes around the hole. Judging by the size, it looked like a giant clam had drilled out.And the strange thing is that there is a one-person-high entrance on the edge of the cave.It's just that the color of the iron gate at the entrance is similar to the surrounding rock walls, and the lights are dim, so it's hard to notice.

"Why are there two exits here?" Ning Huan asked curiously.

Su Xian bypassed Ning Huan and walked to the iron gate on the right, he frowned: "There is a smell of dragon incense on the gate."

"Is there?" Ning Huan took a deep breath, and he couldn't smell anything other than a pungent stench, "You said that the giant worm was the Gu king, but now the Gu king has already refined it. It's done, why didn't those people take it away?"

"Qian Mian is at the foot of the imperial city. Where can he hide the snake several feet long?"

"But what if it escapes?" It's only five miles away from the capital, and Ning Huan shivered at the thought that the snake might appear in the capital.

Su Xian looked disapproving: "Do you still remember the dragon incense in the courtyard? Do you know what the other function of the dragon incense is?"

"That's what Miaojiang Gu people often use when catching Gu. This kind of scent will confuse the Gu insects, making them trapped in one place and unable to get out. Have you seen the cracks that were knocked open on the surrounding rock walls? Why is this alone? The iron gate with the fragrance of dragons is intact. The top and bottom of the Yan house are full of dragons, just to trap the Gu king."

"But, but I still don't understand what's the use of practicing this Gu?" Ning Huan said puzzled.

The short knife got stuck in the gap on the doorknob, and it was locked with a "click", and Su Xian pushed open the iron door: "Although we don't know why Qian Mian raised Gu, at least we can now figure out what is behind the iron door. have what."

Except for the door, there was no smell of dragon incense in the secret passage, and the two of them walked for a while, but they didn't find anything unusual.Just as Ning Huan breathed a sigh of relief, a fork appeared in the cave, and another black-painted iron door appeared at the corner, behind which was hidden a secret room.

Su Xian hesitated for a moment, then opened the black lacquered iron door. The secret room was not big, and although the fire was dim, it was enough to illuminate all corners.

Four transparent crystal coffins are inlaid on the left and right walls, and four female corpses in white clothes and long hair lie inside.Their faces were blue, their skin was dry and dehydrated, their hands and feet were bent into exaggerated arcs, and they were placed in weird poses in the coffin.

In the center, a female corpse sits on a gold-plated throne.Her cumbersome crown and clothing make her appear to be much higher than the surrounding female corpses. The whole body is wrapped in a huge piece of transparent amber. The most striking thing is that there are long hairs on her back. With three pairs of arms.

"Six-handed Jade Avalokitesvara?" Su Xian muttered to himself, "Is this a witch, a ghost, or a god?"

"Witch ghosts and gods? What is it?" Ning Huan asked, in the treacherous atmosphere, Ning Huan even lowered his breathing.

"Look carefully at the hands that grew out of her back." The lights of Huozhezi were not enough to see the scene in the amber clearly, and Ning Huan only felt that the two hands behind her were soft and boneless: "Her hands, what's wrong?"

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Su Xian's mouth: "The two opponents behind this are not human hands, but Gu worms growing from her body."

"Gu worms?" Once Su Xian said this, the two opponents behind him did look like long worms, "But how can worms grow in people's bodies?"

Su Xian explained patiently: "Have you heard of Bodhisattva in the flesh?"

Ning Huan shook his head.Suxian said: "After the death of some eminent monks, the monks below will dry his body, use a special secret method to make it into a bodhisattva in the flesh, and place it in the main hall of the temple. Incense offerings."

"Witches and ghosts are Gu gods in Miaojiang, but according to the rumors, they are not human, but half-human and half-worm. After death, they made bodhisattvas with incorruptible bodies and placed them in the temple of witches and gods in Miaojiang. , has become a place of pilgrimage for all Gu-makers in the world."

"Half-human, half-worm." Ning Huan gasped, "But witches, ghosts and gods don't stay in the Temple of Wushen, what are they doing bringing it to the capital?"

Su Xian shook his head: "Witches and ghosts are Miaojiang Gu gods, and the Gu king is probably trapped here to protect this real image." Su Xian frowned, "Recently, there have been a lot of Miaojiang Gu people in the capital. , I’m afraid they all came here for this. Things are not very good.”

Ning Huan took a step forward slowly, the amber shone with a coquettish luster under the firelight, as if something alive was surging inside.Ning Huan pursed his lips and said: "Although I can't guess what Qian Mian's plan is, what is the plan of those Miaojiang Gu people, but the left and right witches, ghosts and gods are very important to them, why don't we just burn it directly, and simply let them cut it off?" Think about it."

Su Xian was stunned for a moment, then chuckled softly: "You are so courageous. You know that if we really burn the statue of the Gu god, we will be enemies of the world's Gu makers." He paused, staring at the secret room The witch, ghost and god in the middle continued: "There is also a saying that the witch, ghost and god ordered people to make him into a bodhisattva before death, not for anything else, but to restrain the Gu mother in her body. If we How bad it would be if only the outer layer of amber was burned and the Gu mother was released."

"Gu... Gu mother king?" Ning Huan was taken aback, then turned his head stiffly to look at the "thin hand" behind the female corpse, "You mean the worm on her back is still alive?"

Seeing Ning Huan's frightened look, Su Xian patted Ning Huan's head comfortingly: "Don't worry, it is recorded in ancient books that this kind of amber is made by witches, ghosts and gods in order to trap the Gu mother exhausted blood, but ordinary people It can be broken easily. Besides, after thousands of years, the Gu worms inside might have died long ago."

Ning Huan nodded dumbfounded: "Then...then what should we do next?"

Suxian said: "This Gu king can't leave Yan's house now, let's go to Yaozhuang in the north of the city first, maybe someone there knows about it."

Just as Ning Huan was about to turn around, he was taken aback when, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a woman in red standing straight in the corner.Ning Huan staggered in fright, and bumped directly into Su Xian's arms.

"What's wrong?" Su Xian frowned, and asked Ning Huan while steadying his body.

"Yes..." But when Ning Huan turned his head again, the figure in the corner had disappeared.Ning Huan was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Probably I was wrong."