bayedsolid Chapter 305 Exploring the Mysteries of Mount Song
Chapter 305 Exploring the Mysteries of Mount Song
Mount Song, the central peak of the Five Sacred Mountains, is located in the heart of the world!
Among the Five Sacred Mountains, Mount Tai and Mount Song are the most special. Mount Tai was worshipped by emperors of all generations and became the foremost famous mountain in the world. Mount Song, although not as dominant as Mount Tai, was also a place for the Fengshan ceremony.
Throughout history, Mount Song has been the birthplace of countless legends and is also one of the important centers of Buddhism on Earth.
When Li Lan arrived at this place, he found that the former scenic area had been closed off and outsiders were not allowed to enter. Li Lan entered through a small path and strolled through the forest. The serene scenery came into view, and he could see many ancient temples.
"It's not quite the same as the Songshan Mountain of the past... A secret realm has manifested!"
Li Lan was solemn. During his university days, he had already traveled extensively through the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Mountains, and he had climbed this mountain before, so he had an impression of it. However, the view of Songshan Mountain that he saw now was completely different.
The area is much larger than before, with many new peaks that have never appeared before.
When spiritual energy is cut off, those blessed lands and grotto-heavens that once belonged to cultivators are essentially "folded" and hidden away, only to reappear when enough spiritual energy is sensed. This is why there are such great changes in space.
“There are cultivators stationed here.”
Li Lan was very careful. Although his cultivation was extremely high, this place might involve "them". Therefore, he did not even use his divine sense, but instead used the Great Dao Heavenly Eye to secretly observe.
Several powerful figures were discovered.
Among the Foundation Establishment cultivators rarely seen in the outside world, there were at least seven or eight stationed between the mountain peaks ahead. In fact, between two peaks that resembled a pass, Li Lan discovered a Core Formation cultivator!
A human.
These cultivators were all lying in wait, seemingly guarding this place.
"What exactly does the Li family want to do here?"
Li Lan pondered, "Even a trump card like the Core Formation stage cultivator has been deployed, this place must be extremely important to the Li family!"
He quietly bypassed the protection of these cultivators, passed through the mountain pass guarded by Core Formation cultivators, and a vast secret realm finally revealed itself before him:
It was an ancient temple with countless halls and buildings, but almost all of them were dilapidated and decayed, like a mottled painting!
In the center of that training ground stood a massive altar, upon which stood a colossal, yellow cauldron, hundreds of meters high, emanating a profound and mysterious aura that instilled a sense of awe in everyone, as if that cauldron were the only one of its kind in the world!
"What kind of object is this?"
Even Li Lan, who had seen countless masters in the underworld and even fought against gods in the mortal world, could not see through the origin of this giant cauldron!
The giant cauldron emanated a powerful secret force, forming indescribable mysterious rules. It seemed that the secret realm was right in front of them, and the cauldron was within reach, but if one wanted to get close, they could never touch it.
"Is this giant cauldron the target of the Li family and those mysterious people?"
Li Lan pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze and discovered some incense tables, array plates, and other items outside the secret realm. In addition to pigs, cattle, and sheep, there were also traces of human blood!
"A Fengshan ceremony to worship the mountain?!"
Li Lan was surprised. Judging from these traces, it seemed that someone was imitating the ancient Fengshan ceremony and attempting to perform a sacrifice!
Is the Fengshan ceremony the key to unlocking this secret realm?
"No, no!"
But then, Li Lan discovered something strange.
In ancient China, sacrifices were divided into two types: human sacrifices and animal sacrifices!
Human sacrifice is the oldest practice, with records dating back to the beginning of history. However, as history progressed, human sacrifice was gradually replaced, and animal sacrifice became the mainstream practice.
Among the livestock, the "Tai Lao" ceremony was the most solemn. The Tai Lao involved a pig, a cow, and a sheep, and it was generally only performed when worshipping heaven and earth.
Although animal sacrifice became the mainstream, human sacrifice continued to exist and was always of a higher level than animal sacrifice.
If both human sacrifice and animal sacrifice are performed at the same time, then human sacrifice must be the main one and animal sacrifice the secondary one.
But the altar in front of us was strange. On the highest and most central altar, instead of human heads, there were the entrails of pigs, cows and sheep!
The internal organs are the lower parts of the body. Who would use such things as sacrificial offerings? Usually, it's the heads of pigs, cattle, and sheep!
On the side table next to it were several human feet, not human heads!
This is completely upside down.
One of the inversions is that human sacrifices and animal sacrifices are of opposite status.
The second inversion is that the sacrificial animal is not given its head but its entrails, and the human is not given its head but its feet.
"This isn't a ritual to worship gods; it's raising ghosts!"
Li Lan's heart sank suddenly, and he instantly understood the root of the matter!
This is an attempt to use evil rituals to turn heaven and earth upside down and reverse yin and yang, thereby affecting the existence of the "receiver"!
Ancient books often record that mountain spirits and ghosts can become righteous gods if they can enjoy incense offerings, but if they engage in licentious and evil worship, they will inevitably become demons and ghosts that bring disaster to the region.
It is clear that whether one is a god or a ghost does not depend on oneself, but on the offerings one receives.
The being worshipped in Mount Song must be a righteous spirit, having received righteous offerings from Emperor Wu of Han and Empress Wu Zetian. However, in this degenerate age, with the earth confined for so long, its divine power must have weakened. Furthermore, it has been subjected to such evil sacrifices, which may cause it to undergo a great change!
After a moment's thought, Li Lan suddenly took out a handful of incense money!
--This item was something he had saved back when he was in the Ziwei Star Region of the mortal realm.
Because he often needed this thing to guide him when entering the underworld, he had made preparations before coming to Earth.
Although this item was obtained by various forces in the Ziwei Star Region through the exploitation of the people, it truly contains the most sincere prayers, the purest wishes, and the most earnest requests of countless people, thus possessing infinite wonders.
He lit incense money, and suddenly, the smoke from the burning incense money naturally drifted towards the secret realm ahead. Li Lan, holding the paper money, took advantage of the smoke to enter, and surprisingly, he was not rejected by the rules of the Great Dao and entered the secret realm directly!
"As expected, the being who was offered sacrifices is still alive!"
Li Lan was stunned.
Incense money is used to worship deities. It only undergoes this change when the deities are present; otherwise, it is no different from burning ordinary paper.
As if the Daoist energy flowed and transcended space, Li Lan finally stood in the secret realm.
Many things seem more real now. The once glorious Taoist temple has become a desolate ruin. The Taoist palace is on the verge of collapse. The words on the plaques have fallen off and are no longer legible. Some decaying skeletons still maintain the posture of meditating and chanting scriptures...
One can imagine that the period when the Earth's spiritual energy was cut off was a catastrophic disaster for all the blessed lands and cultivators.
Cultivators are like fish, and spiritual energy is like water. The sacred rules of heaven and earth, and the environment that nurtures the Great Dao, are the foundation for cultivators to survive. When material conditions no longer exist, all myths and epics will wither away!
These cultivators who once guarded this place witnessed their homeland decay and the Great Dao receding into the distance. They themselves would also experience a decline in their realm and return to being mortals. How desperate must they have been?
"Are there still some scriptures that have been protected?"
Li Lan searched carefully and soon found some "silver books" in a scripture pavilion, still shrouded in spiritual energy, while around them were hundreds of skeletons that had passed away.
"They used their spiritual energy to protect the existence of these scriptures!"
Li Lan was deeply shocked.
The cultivation levels of these monks during their lifetimes are unknown, but their extraordinary feats are truly admirable.
If they had secluded themselves, sitting like an old tortoise or ancient tree, they might have survived until today and seen hope. But they chose to sacrifice themselves to preserve the scriptures and leave a legacy for future generations.
Li Lan bowed gently to the many skeletons and said, "The descendants of the Emperor Star have arrived here. The legacy painstakingly left behind by your predecessors will not be severed—"
As soon as the words were spoken...
The bones scattered all over the ground suddenly fell apart, some even turning directly into ashes!
Li Lan paused for a moment, a slight pang of sadness rising in her heart. These predecessors had long since died, but their obsessions... remained.
When future generations arrive and carry on the torch, they will have no more regrets.
Li Lan stepped forward and picked up the silver books.
A quick glance.
"Xia Jing"
The two words caught Li Lan's eye and instantly surprised her.
The Xia Dynasty was the first dynasty in ancient Chinese history!
The term "Xia" in "Huaxia" (the ancient Chinese civilization) originates from this.
And this scripture... actually originated from Yu the Great?!
Yu the Great held an extremely high position in ancient China, ranking among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Li Lan also knew that in the vast annals of the immortal realm, He had already reached the level of an ancestral god.
His legacy is actually located in this Songshan Mountain?
"You've come..."
At that moment, a faint voice suddenly rang out.
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I've found that writing long chapters makes it easy to stop updating, which isn't good for stockpiling chapters. I'll switch to shorter chapters for a while and keep some chapters on hand so that when I go fishing, you won't be left without something to read.
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