Leo cautiously approached the gate of the Black Panther Goddess Sanctuary, passed the two lifelike black panther stone sculptures, passed the four handsome black guards, and passed the carved gate that was ten meters high and three meters wide...
Have a safe trip!
Phew~
Leo breathed a long sigh of relief. This sanctuary gave people a sense of dignity and solemnity, which made him always feel like something was quietly watching him.
But nothing bad happened in the end, maybe it was just because Leo was too suspicious and had an illusion.
After the gate, there is a slope of about 40 degrees, all the way down.
Every five meters, two luxurious vibranium lighting lamps were propped up on stone pillars on the left and right sides of the slope, illuminating the interior of the sanctuary.
The Black Panther Goddess Sanctuary not only has a grand entrance, but also a very wide interior space. Leo flew down the slope for nearly 60 meters before reaching the bottom.
At the bottom is a huge round platform of nearly 500 square meters. On Leo's right side is a stone tablet with three ancient Wakanda characters "Temple of the Black Panther Goddess" engraved on it.
Looking away from the stone tablet, Leo looked up and looked ahead. He saw a stone pavement more than two meters wide extending from Leo's feet to the end of the round platform.
Leo's eyes swept to both sides again, and he found that there was a smaller version of the stone black panther statue on his left and right sides, and behind the statue were circular flower gardens. At this time, seven or eight people were scattered around.
Busy in the flower garden.
In these flower beds, green, blue and purple heart-shaped herbs grow.
The green ones are the leaves, the blue ones are the bell-mouthed petals, and the purple ones are the heart-shaped fruits.
How can you say that there are plants growing in caves that have not seen sunlight for many years, but their stems and leaves are still so green?
So, you can tell at a glance that this heart-shaped herb is not a serious plant!
Leo hovered in mid-air and scanned for a week. Bucky was not found, so he immediately turned on the intercom function of the communicator:
"Bucky, I'm here, where are you?"
"I'm in the flowerbed on the far right side of the entrance. There's a blue morning glory here. I'm in it." Bucky's excited voice immediately came back.
Leo flew to the right and quickly found Bucky's location.
Inside a petal that was larger than a normal human hand, Bucky, a small ant-shaped person, was crawling around on the purple-lit heart-shaped fruit with his butt sticking out.
Although Leo couldn't see Bucky's face through the winter helmet, Leo believed that Bucky's facial expression at this time was the same as Leo's expression when he first saw the Ant-Man suit at Dr. Pym's house.
, absolutely exactly the same.
Leo gently landed next to Bucky and stood firm.
"Leo, you're here!" Bucky turned to greet Leo, and then continued to stare at the heart-shaped fruit.
Seeing Bucky's reaction, Leo kicked Bucky angrily:
"You're not a bee, why do you act like you're collecting honey?"
Bucky then stood up angrily, holding on to the outer leaves of the heart-shaped fruit, and said excitedly:
"Leo, this is the magical herb I discovered. It's called the heart-shaped herb. It's the source of the superhuman power that the King of Wakanda, Black Panther, obtained."
"How do you know?" Leo became interested, because Bucky knew a little too much.
Bucky chuckled:
"After you installed the translator in my winter uniform, I wandered outside for two days and still found nothing. Finally, I had an idea and wandered into their school and read through their history books, and I knew everything!
"
Leo gave Bucky a thumbs up and praised his wit.
Bucky smiled even more happily, like an eighty-year-old child.
Suddenly, Bucky remembered something, stopped laughing, and asked:
"Leo, do you know how to take this heart-shaped herb? I didn't find it in the history book."
Bucky's question stumped Leo. Leo only knew that in the movie, herbs were mashed and then drank into the stomach. But was there any particularity in the mashing process, or whether additional neutralizing agents were needed, he didn't know.
They all know nothing.
"Maybe... take it off and put it in your mouth, chew it and it's done?!" Leo could only guess wildly.
Bucky rolled his eyes at him, obviously understanding that Leo didn't know either and was talking nonsense.
Just when Leo and Bucky were in trouble, suddenly, they heard the sound of conversation in the sanctuary, and the sound came from far to near.
Leo and Bucky climbed to the top of the petals and looked in the direction of the sound.
I saw an old man and a young man in front of me. They were talking and walking towards the flower garden where Leo and Bucky were staying.
The old man looked to be in his sixties, with a stooped figure. He was wearing a Wakandan robe that was a bit dirty. He was holding a shovel-like tool in his right hand, and he looked like an ordinary old farmer.
However, the old man spoke with great authority. He said sternly to the young man:
"Why can't you concentrate on working in the sanctuary? This is the most glorious cause passed down from generation to generation in Wakanda!"
The young man lowered his head and did not answer, not knowing what to think.
The old man hates that iron cannot make steel:
"You are 28 years old this year. You have stayed in the United States for a full ten years to carry out missions, and you have no formal friends in Wakanda.
It is because King T'Chaka admires you and asks you to take over the position of high priest of my sanctuary. If you are not willing to do this job, then you can only go to the mines to mine, go to the farm to farm, and go to the factory to assemble parts!"
Seeing that the young man still didn't answer, the old man suddenly sighed and softened his tone.
"Your mother died young, and your father and I haven't taken care of you for ten years, but we share the same blood. I just want you to live a better life, and I have nothing else to ask for.
Only by inheriting my position as the High Priest of the Sanctuary can you gain a firm foothold in Wakanda. Only then can I have the honor to go see your mother."
The young man finally responded. He seemed very excited, but as if he was afraid that others would hear him, his voice was rising and falling:
"But in order to save me, the king killed people..."
"Shut up!" The old man suddenly interrupted him sharply. This time his expression was very serious and he was not joking at all.
The old man suddenly stood up straight, his stooped figure standing upright, and he was actually half a head taller than his son.
He stared at his son and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
The young man was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously straightened his body and replied loudly: "Zuli, the son of Badu."
The old man said clearly: "I am Badu, your father!"
The old man then spoke very fast and in a low voice,
"If you still admit that I am your father, just listen to me and completely forget what happened two years ago!
You promised the king not to say a word to anyone. If you tell me this secret, you have violated the king's order. You must not say another word!"
After hearing this, the young man lowered his head and said nothing. The old man stared at him with his head slightly lowered, with a stern look on his face, but also remained silent.
After a long time, the young man seemed to have suddenly figured it out. He raised his head and looked directly at the old man: "Father, okay, I will listen to you."
The old man smiled and nodded happily.
He regained his image as an old farmer, took a shovel and dug twice in the flower bed, and skillfully loosened the soil for the heart-shaped herbs.
At this time, he passed by a blue-purple herb, reached out and naturally picked the heart-shaped fruit in the center, and handed it to Zuli's mouth.