The night of the jungle shrouded like ink, and dots of pine trees ignited in the temple. The glazed "Skull of the Ancient Saint" was enshrined on the golden altar, looking at the high zenith and the galaxy. And the two descendants of the Serpent God
The surviving family members came to the low side hall and sat silently facing each other in the candlelight.
"Ah Jin, light the divine smoke..."
Mayakuhu Ahotiakin nodded silently and lit the sacred Mayan smoke in the pottery pot. Soon, the rich smoke diffused in the stone chamber. The old fox Tikalo took a deep breath, showing some relaxation and enjoyment on his face.
A rare moment of confusion. He gently shook his long head, recalling the displacement of his childhood after the Mayapan royal family was destroyed, the horrific attack by the Xiwu clan...and his father who had long forgotten his appearance, and the clan that told him before he died.
secret!
"Uncle?...Uncle?..."
"oh!…"
"..."
"..."
In the stone chamber, the two people looked at each other. Seeing Tiakin's eager desire and expectation, Tikalo sighed quietly and whispered.
"With the blessing of the Serpent God, the ancestors of all generations have appeared, and we have the chance to revive today...Akin, you are the clan leader and the king of Maya! You must remember that the rule of the descendants of the gods relies on the people's hearts and force.
Rely on food and weapons!…Although the divine objects are sacred, although they can influence the tendency of people’s hearts…but they can’t actually determine anything, otherwise the divine city of Tikal would not have perished…”
"Yes! Uncle, I understand...um...the skull of the ancient saint, the secret of the divine object?..."
"Huh! The secret of the skull of the ancient saint is passed down orally by the descendants of the Serpent God. It is the biggest secret in the Mayan world! ... And the only one who knows this secret, apart from us, the descendants of the Serpent God in Tikal, is probably Xiuna.
A descendant of the Serpent God, understands bits and pieces..."
"Snake God! I was planning to go to the underworld with this secret that should have disappeared... But now that you ask, it is such a critical time for the clan... Ajin, if you have a conflict with the Mexica people in the future
, you have reached a roadless swamp...then this truly ancient secret may be able to save your life from the hands of the Mexicans!..."
"Ah?! Hey, save my life?...Uncle..."
"Shh! Listen to me singing..."
The old fox Tikalo hissed, signaling his nephew to be quiet. Then, he looked solemn and raised his long head slightly, as if he wanted to see the stars in the night sky through the thick stone roof, but could not see anything. In the stone chamber
There was silence, except for the old man's hoarse singing.
"'The ancient saint never spoke, but the gods could hear his words. The voice came from the divine head and flowed into the minds of the gods, and the words turned into paintings... He died under the sacred tree of Kapok
, the corpse merged into the tree trunk, shining with majestic light... In the end, the ancient saint only left the immortal skull, always looking up at the starry sky... 'This is the ancient holy song that can only be passed down by the truly ancient descendants of gods. However, this song
In fact, that’s not all! The descendants of the Heavenly Serpents who have mastered the skull of the ancient saint have passed on the subsequent half of the divine power of the skull of the ancient saint!…”
In the curl of divine smoke, Tikallo spoke again. This time, he sang the ancient Mayan language of the golden age, using the ancient and simple old man's accent, singing a divine song that perhaps only he knew...
"The skull of the ancient saint gathers the divinity of the world and contains the power of the gods! The great prophet of the Snake Ancestor, when you hold up the immortal artifact, the artifact will shine with white light!..."
"The sounds that seemed to be there and not at all, came from the endless ethereal world of gods, making the Snake Ancestor look up blankly... Those were the voices of the gods, which could not be understood, recognized, or recorded... The Snake Ancestor longed for the guidance of the gods, but...
I can only be in a trance and remember the sparkle of the starry sky... It turns out that the starry sky is a truly vast river! The world is just a drop of water, and the gods are somewhere in the galaxy..."
"The exceptionally clear voice, coming from the human world so close at hand, allowed Snake Ancestor to see clearly the human heart... It was the voice of the common people, full of desire, full of ignorance, full of prayer... The common people were waiting for the guidance of the ancient sages, listening to the ancient sages.
The voice was just like when the Ancient Sage was alive... On the pyramid, the Snake Ancestor held up the skull! He became the Ancient Sage and no longer needed to speak to be heard..."
"Ah! Ah this!..."
Hearing this, Tiakin was shocked, with real surprise on his face. He finally couldn't help but speak, with an almost burning enthusiasm in his voice!
"Uncle! You mean...as long as you hold the skull of the ancient saint, you can master the power of the ancient saint and communicate directly with the gods and mortals?!..."
"Yes. But it's not...well, it's really not! It's not that simple..."
The old fox Ticaro pursed his lips and shook his head solemnly.
"Ajin, I know what you are thinking... But except for the first generation of Heavenly Serpent descendants who have personally served the Ancient Saint and been enlightened by the Ancient Saint, and the Great Prophet of the Snake Ancestor... among the dozens of generations of Heavenly Serpent descendants, there is no one
, who can master the power of the skull of the ancient saint and hear even the faintest sound...On the contrary, some stargazers who are particularly smart, can calculate the trajectory of stars, and are particularly focused can make the skull sparkle briefly..."
"Actually, after the death of the Snake Ancestor Great Prophet, this true divine object condensed all its light, lost all its divine power, and completely became a sacred symbol... The ancestors worshiped and enshrined Him, just like
Statues dedicated to the gods, until the collapse of the Golden Age, and the blood and tears of the descendants of the Serpents moving northward..."
"Ah! There will no longer be any ancestors who can exert the power of the divine object until the golden age collapses and the clan moves north?..."
Hearing this, Tiakin's eyes suddenly lit up and he raised his chest slightly. It was obvious that he had some kind of extraordinarily confident young man, believing that he would be the true chosen son of God, a special case that was different from many of his ancestors...
"Uncle! You have said so much... Where is the real divine skull of the Ancient Saint?!..."
"The real relic...was lost at the end of the Golden Age...a thousand years ago when the Teotihuacan Empire captured the city of Tikal..."
"Ah!...Ah this?!..."
"Ha! Ah Jin, your expression? You must be scolding me in your heart... Don't worry, although the sacred object is lost, the royal family of Mayapan in the past generations have tried hard to detect clues about the sacred object... In the end, they probably got a location..."
"Uncle! Please don't crawl around the tree like a slow snail... Please tell me directly where the divine object is!..."
"Ha ha!"
The old fox Tikallo smiled, sighed deeply, and sang in a low voice.
"Holiness always comes to an end, and the ancient saints cannot escape death... The divine capital of Tikal! It fell in the hands of the legions on the plateau, and fires burned under the stars... The stargazing temple was looted, and the skulls of the ancient saints were lost forever..."
"A thousand years ago, Teotihuacan's army captured and looted the city of Gods. The skulls of the ancient saints, along with many other gods in the Star Observation Temple, were taken away by the brutal Teotihuacans.
…”
"The ancestors of the Heavenly Snake descendants, in order to keep this secret and to show the legal principles inherited by the descendants of the gods, forged the skulls of the ancient saints at least twice... But the real divine objects are stronger than jade and cannot be destroyed or destroyed.
It will not decay in the river of time...The extraordinaryness of divine objects cannot be concealed!..."
"After obtaining the divine object, the Teotihuacan people may know the secret of the divine object, but they are more likely to know nothing about it. But in any case, after taking away the skull of the ancient saint, they became powerful for hundreds of years in just a few decades.
The Teotihuacan Empire suddenly declined, and then mysteriously collapsed and disappeared!…”
"In the view of the ancestors of the Serpent Goddess, the demise of the Teotihuacan people was due to offending the ancient saints' artifacts and being cursed by the ancient saints, which resulted in a steady stream of natural disasters, droughts, and civil strife.
Disease...In the end, the Teotihuacan people left no bloodline inheritance except ancient stone ruins..."
"And the Serpent God is paying attention, and the ancestors of all generations are pursuing it!... This sacred object from the Mayan Golden Age is likely to be like many other sacred objects looted by the Teotihuacan people... buried in the capital of their most revered gods.
, buried in their most glorious sacred capital, the ancient holy place where the Mexica revived, the immortal Teotihuacan!…”
This chapter has been completed!