The statue of King Yu standing in the shrine is eight feet three inches high and two feet four inches wide at its widest point. The raw material is the root of a camphor tree. To say how precious it is is nonsense. Not only is the carving rough, but some
The local proportions are also seriously out of balance, especially the faces are very blurry and have no artistic value at all.
If there is anything to be disappointed about, it is that it took Wu Sheng several days to complete the carving, and it was his first root carving work.
Wu Xiu Snake Lao worked hard to find out the information and lurked his whereabouts just to steal such a statue. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Wu Sheng wouldn't believe anything he said. But the fact was right in front of him. While he was dumbfounded, he couldn't help but
Curiosity aroused, I continued to follow behind quietly.
I saw Snake Lao's thin body carrying a statue that was almost twice as big as him, speeding forward in the thick fog, escaping towards the back mountain of Yanluo Mountain. After climbing over the mountains, he entered a cave.
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It was past noon, and this place was already outside the range of Yanluo Mountain. Wu Sheng estimated that the statue of God was missing in King Yu's temple, and there might be a big chaos.
Following Snake Lao into the cave, he found that the cave was very deep and long, as if there was no end. After walking forward for half an hour, light appeared in front of him.
In the bright light was an open land, which turned out to be a tiankeng the size of a hundred acres. Dozens of simple wooden houses were scattered in the tiankeng, with shadows of people in front of and behind the houses.
Snake Lao carried the statue to the high platform under the deepest cliff and placed it in the middle. Then he took out a snake-headed crutch and struck a leather drum hanging next to it.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
The dull sound of leather drums sounded, and people from various houses were summoned to the high platform. There were about a hundred people, old and young, in total.
Unexpectedly, there were so many fish that slipped through the net near Yanluo Mountain and were not included in the education. What a dereliction of duty, Wu Sheng couldn't help but blame himself.
I heard Snake Lao say on the high platform: "We, the religious people, have traveled thousands of miles and worked tirelessly. Under the pursuit of the monsters in Jixia, we are not afraid of evil, just to protect the god Wu Zhen in our hearts. But how many years have passed?
, Wu Zhen has never performed a miracle on the world, and those of us who have persisted have worked so hard and exhausted, so some believers are disappointed and confused, and the piety that they once insisted on is gradually disappearing. And the rest of us are
, although you are still devout, I know that some of you are beginning to doubt..."
"Old Snake, we are all the most faithful people and have never doubted the will of Wu Zhen you conveyed. Please rest assured!"
"Old Snake, we know that the harder it is, the more we can show our belief in witchcraft!"
"Wuzhen must be able to sense our respect and love for Him, and He will not abandon us!"
People are talking a lot.
Snake Lao was very moved and choked with sobs: "You have never given up on Wu Zhen, and Wu Zhen will never give up on you! I can tell you that Wu Zhen is not indifferent to your faith, he is just sleeping.
We have spent too much divine power in the ancient wars and need to sleep. Our faith in Wu Zhen is the best reward for his kindness, so that he can wake up from his sleep as soon as possible!"
People asked loudly: "Old Snake, just tell us what we should do."
Old Snake said: "In the past, we have been devoting our piety to Wu Zhen, but we have not found a suitable way to send our piety to Wu Zhen. The night before, Wu Zhen entrusted me with a dream, and he guided me in the direction and told me
To wake him up, following Wu Zhen’s guidance, I obtained the remnant spirit of the evil god King Yu. Now, Wu Zhen needs you to show your faith in him and wake him up from his slumber, so as to use this remnant spirit to replenish his spiritual mountain.
!”
People agreed with a roar, and eight women, wearing brocade clothes and ornaments, danced around the high platform. The rest knelt down beside the high platform, and under the guidance of the old snake, recited a congratulatory message: "The spirits are in bright clothes, and the spirits are curled up."
Now that he is here, witches and tricks can cure his illnesses, and his soul can become a hero..."
Someone else brought pigs, cows, sheep, and chickens and tied them to the four corners of the high platform. They saw the old snake waving his snake-headed crutch on the high platform, killing the four animals. After the sacrifice, they attracted rays of light from the four corners, and these rays of light entangled them.
Intertwined to form a window lattice-like pattern.
Wangu health array!
No, it looks like the Ten Thousand Bones Health Formation, but it’s actually something different.
Back then, Shen Douke was discovered setting up a large formation south of Kuaiji. Wu Sheng had heard Luo Lingfu describe the mystery of this large formation. Its characteristic was that it used living souls for sacrifice, had a strong murderous aura and smell of blood, was huge in scale, and was covered by formations.
It can reach dozens of miles in length and breadth.
Although the pattern in front of me is the same as the window lattice pattern set up by the Ten Thousand Bone Health Array, the first one uses four animals as sacrifices, and no human souls are visible. The second one is exquisitely arranged, only on a high platform, and looks similar to that evil array.
There is a big difference - at least, there is a fundamental difference in the distinction between good and evil.
The window lattice pattern rises and covers the high platform, gradually glowing with rainbow light, like a window opening in the sky.
The window suddenly opened, revealing the pitch-black void inside. A big hand reached out from the void and suddenly grabbed the statue of King Yu placed in the middle of the high platform.
The drums beat rapidly, the women danced more cheerfully, and the people below the high platform worshiped more and more devoutly. But the old snake on the stage, with trembling lips, shed tears as he looked at the giant palm protruding from the window lattice.
Wu Sheng was also stunned in his hiding place. The last time he saw the golden lotus wonder on Yongdong Island was a projection in the void, but this time, in this cave, he witnessed the real manifestation of the gods.
Although there is only one giant palm, it is definitely not a projection!
Because this giant palm grabbed the statue of King Yu and held it in its palm!
Amidst the sound of "thumping", the statue of King Yu was crushed into pieces by giant palms, and then a violent and unwilling shout was heard from the window lattice. He could not hear clearly what he was saying, but it was shouted directly to his consciousness, which shocked Wu
The rising consciousness trembled, and the world of Qihai shook violently, shaking three times.
The palm quickly retracted the window lattice, the window lattice was closed, the rainbow light dissipated, and the high platform returned to its original state. There were only sawdust on the ground, which were the camphor tree shavings of the statue of King Yu, witnessing the wrath of a god.
Snake Lao was excited. He looked at the window where the rainbow light disappeared and kowtowed repeatedly. Then he turned his head and looked down at the people in the audience. His tone was majestic: "You saw, Wu Zhen is here. He took away the sacrifices we offered. This
It tells us that he knows everyone’s piety and will protect us!”
During the propaganda, people danced, beat drums and prayed harder.
Snake Lao proved that witches really existed, and regained his strong self-confidence. He was thinking about a bright future in his eyes, and kept nodding his head amidst people's cheers.
Wu Sheng looked at the crazy atmosphere created by these hundreds of people and couldn't help but sigh softly. He didn't know whether Old Snake knew what happened just now. Maybe he really didn't know, or maybe he just pretended not to know, but Wu Sheng
But he knew very clearly that Wu Zhen was indeed summoned by Snake Lao, but he did not take away the so-called sacrifice because the sacrifice was fake.
Thanks to Xinxitang, Shu Chibuyan, 20190310 for the reward, and thanks to fellow Taoists for their encouragement with monthly tickets and recommended tickets!