Before, both Yuchen and I were in a state of confusion. We were at a loss because of Yuchen's sudden loss of control last night. We didn't think about anything else, so we didn't think of observing the murals in the castle.
Now that Yuchen had calmed down, he took me to see the murals here.
Murals generally have two functions. One is to imply good luck and send blessings. The other is to be more realistic and record the history of this place in the form of pictures.
The role of the castle murals is obviously the second one.
The first mural is two giant snakes entwined together, a green snake and a red snake. These two snakes are exactly the same as the two snakes on the arms of the old patriarch, except that the green snake and the red snake in the mural are larger.
Many, a group of people only one-tenth the height of the giant snakes were dancing around the two giant snakes. It looked like they were holding some kind of celebration.
The second mural shows two giant snakes with their heads chopped off, leaving a high platform with bright red snake blood. Under the high platform are tribesmen kneeling on the ground. On the high platform is a tall man wearing a black cloak and holding a ghost-headed sword.
I don’t know what the second mural is supposed to express, but by connecting it with the third mural, you can guess its general meaning. The third mural shows the tribesmen marching toward the sun.
When the two murals are connected together, you can guess the general direction of the story. The man in black killed the two giant snakes, the green snake and the red snake. The tribe lost its guardian spirit beast and could not stay in the same place and could only move.
And the direction of their migration is towards the sun.
The fourth mural is in a desert, depicting a small house with many people gathered around and hiding in the small house. Outside the small house is the desert, and above the desert are flying a group of monsters. These monsters are the transformed members of the tribe.
The transformed devil.
The fourth mural is easier to understand. They came here, built palaces, and demons began to appear.
In the fifth mural, the man in black who appeared in the second mural appears again. The tribesmen are kneeling on the ground, raising their hands in a respectful posture. The man in black is floating in the air, with his hands open, and is picking up fruits.
Food and wine were sprinkled on the clansmen. The man in black was covered in black from head to toe, and his facial features could not be seen, but only his blood-red lips and two sharp white teeth were painted, as if he were sucking the blood of a ghost.
I was startled when I saw the depiction of the man in black. I turned to look at Yuchen and said, "Is this man in black the treasure hunter the old patriarch mentioned?"
Treasure hunters exchange food for their blood. This painting depicts this scene vividly.
Yuchen nodded.
I turned to look at the second painting, "This treasure hunter is still the one who killed the two giant snakes and forced them to leave their hometown. So is the curse on them really placed by the treasure hunter?"
Yuchen shook his head, pointed to the sixth mural, and said, "No. Because we are also men in black in the mural."
I looked at what Yuchen was pointing at.
Sure enough, three men in black appeared in the sixth mural. These three men in black were floating in the small house. Behind them was a patch of scarlet and broken limbs. The three men in black were facing the wall and staring at the wall.
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When I saw this mural, I immediately got goosebumps. I had a trancelike feeling that I was in the mural and was being stared at. I was looking at the man in black who represented me. Black
The man in clothes obviously has no eyes, but I had the illusion that he was looking at each other.
"This painting is so weird." Hu Jinyue's voice suddenly came over.
I woke up instantly, the weird feeling disappeared, and I turned to look at Hu Jinyue.
Hu Jinyue pointed behind the three men in black in the mural and said, "Third Master, my younger brother Ma, look, there is a pair of eyes hidden here."
As Hu Jinyue pointed, I saw a pair of scarlet vertical pupils behind the three men in black. Because the background of the three men in black was a sea of scarlet blood and broken limbs, the same red vertical pupils were hidden behind
In the sea of blood, you can't see it at all if you don't look carefully.
A pair of vertical pupils flashed with cold eyes, staring at the three men in black, and also seemed to be staring at the three of us standing in front of the mural.
"Third Master, what do you mean by drawing these eyes?" Hu Jinyue said, "Are they warning us that someone is always watching our every move from behind? If someone is really watching, then wouldn't these people know that it was San Ye who killed us?
Are any of their clan members dead? Third Master, this Wuling clan is full of weirdness, I don’t think we should take them away to avoid getting into trouble.”
My thoughts are the same as those of Hu Jinyue.
First of all, the Wuling clan has been exterminated long ago, so why do they suddenly appear here? Secondly, where did their curse come from? Why did they turn into demons? Finally, what do the eyes in the mural mean?
Yuchen said nothing, but turned to look at the last mural.
The last mural is easy to understand. The tribesmen cheered and followed the three men in black in the direction away from the sun. It was prophesying that we would lead the tribesmen here to leave.
It was such an easy-to-understand mural, but Yuchen stood in front of it and looked at it for a long time.
I didn’t understand what he was looking at, “Yuchen, is there anything strange about this painting?”
I can understand the meaning of such a simple painting at a glance. Do I need to look at it for so long?
"They are not afraid of the moonlight anymore," Yuchen said.
I was stunned for a moment and looked at the last painting again, "Where is the moon..."
Before I finished speaking, I saw where the moon was.
Because the castle is circular, the murals are painted on the walls of the castle, and the last mural is connected to the first mural. The first mural is at night, and the background is a full moon hanging in the sky.
The last mural is connected with the first mural, and it looks like these people are walking towards the big moon.
They are afraid of the moonlight. If they are exposed to the moonlight and the curse occurs, they will become demons. So walking towards the moon is impossible.
Before I could speak, Hu Jinyue said first, "Third Master, are you okay? You looked at the two paintings together. The moon is not in the last painting."
After saying that, Hu Jinyue looked at me with a worried look. He lowered his voice and said, "Brother Ma, please go back later and let Jin Hui help Third Master look at his brain. I feel that Third Master has become a little stupid."
Yuchen turned his head and glanced at Hu Jinyue coldly.
Hu Jinyue immediately shut up and hid next to me, trying to block him with my body. I am only 1.6 meters tall, could I possibly block him?
I looked at Hu Jinyue speechlessly. Then I turned to Yuchen and said, "Yuchen, let's take them out of here."
Murals are not like words. Words can describe a thing or a scene very clearly, but murals are much more general and vague, and you have to rely on guessing.
Who said that there are only six murals here? Who said that the sixth mural must be the last one? The characters in the sixth mural and the moon in the first mural, when connected together, can form a complete
picture, this may be the seventh mural!
This is what Yuchen was looking at just now. Hu Jinyue and I only saw the sixth mural, but Yuchen saw the seventh one. That's why he looked at it for a long time, and he was surprised.
If the seventh mural really exists, it predicts that the tribesmen will follow the three men in black and leave here, and then they will not be afraid of the moonlight.
But why aren't you afraid anymore? Just because there are three more people and the curse is afraid of strangers, it won't happen, and you won't be afraid of the moonlight, right?
So if you want to reveal the secret and understand the content of the mural, you can only take them away.