However, Qi Xuansu immediately denied this speculation. Judging from the time, at the end of Paititi, the Holy Court had not invaded the southern continent in a large scale. At that time, it was still a period when the Goddess Association was active, acting as a pathfinder for the Holy Court under the banner of friendly exchanges.
Pioneer, so as a member of the Goddess Society, Lopez was able to form a deep friendship with the last emperor of Paititi.
The time for Xidaomen will be even later. In fact, Xidaomen followed the footsteps of the Holy Court to the New World. It was like the Holy Court opened the way in front, and Xidaomen came along the opened road. After discovering the New World, Xidaomen
He didn't dare to move, he just stood around. Then there was a big fight within the Holy Court due to the uneven distribution of the spoils, and the Steam Gospel was born.
Seeing that there was a rare opportunity, Xidaomen next to them raised the banner of justice for heaven and united with the local forces in the New World to draw chestnuts from the fire. The Holy Court was definitely not happy, so they wanted to beat Xidaomen. Seeing that Xidaomen was no match, they hurriedly contacted the east side.
The brothers of the same family are the east, south, north, and middle. After all, brothers are jealous of each other and guard against aggression from outside.
Several brothers from this family discussed and made a summary. First, their brothers can no longer be bullied by outsiders. This is a good opportunity to take back the Xidaomen; secondly, the Holy Court has been too arrogant recently and must suppress his arrogance; thirdly,
Third, the Holy Court has swallowed up such a large territory. When it is finished digesting it, the balance of forces between the two sides will be broken. Even if it cannot prevent the Holy Court from engulfing the northern continent, it must at least keep the southern continent; fourth, there are local forces.
Support, teachers are famous.
The brothers all thought they could do it, so they took action to help Xidaomen stabilize the situation.
As a result, the Daomen made a lot of money and fully restored the connection between the Daomen and the West Daomen, allowing the Daomen to indirectly obtain the Southern Continent. The Holy Court suffered a bit of a miserable loss, losing the Southern Continent. Although it retained the Northern Continent, the Steam Gospel
It became a semi-independent vassal state.
After coming and going, the Holy Court became less arrogant. On the contrary, the border between East Posuo Continent and West Posuo Continent became much calmer.
Although Daomen got an advantage, it was still far away from defeating the Holy Court. In addition, Xidaomen also did not return to the embrace of Daomen, so there was no pursuit of victory. Both sides began to maintain the status quo, only making small moves.
The mainland war has become the largest action taken by both sides.
Based on this calculation, the time does not match up. .??.
Because there is an important anchor point here, and that is Andres Lopez, a missionary of the Society of Goddess.
This person was a friend of the last emperor of Paititi. After the last emperor of Paititi disappeared with the legendary artifact, he reported the matter to the Holy Court. A copy of this report is also in
In the hands of Wang Jiaohe, it was written during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Wei Dynasty.
The ten years of Shenzong were basically the ten years of fighting for the world. At this time, Xidaomen had not left the Central Plains and was participating in the fight for the world. Then
The outcome is uncertain at this time, so it is impossible for Xidaomen to send people to the southern continent early.
Qi Xuansu asked, "Is it an insect man?"
Wuniang said, "The earliest insect people appeared in the late Jin Dynasty. Their existence was not discovered until Daomen entered Nanyang. In the intervening hundreds of years, there is no record of how the insect people developed, so even if the insect people were early
It makes sense that we didn’t know about it when we came to the Southern Continent.”
Qi Xuansu agreed, "Although the Insect People were discovered in Nanyang, they have obvious Central Plains appearance. They are not like Nanyang people, but more like people who migrated from the Central Plains. The reason why they were able to deceive the Taoist sect in the first place was that they were able to fool the Taoist sect."
It is thought that they are branches of the Tao sect. In addition to their skills, the similarity in appearance is also a major reason. Now it seems that when the remaining insect people fled from Nanyang to the Southern Continent, they did not choose a route in a panic, but were well prepared, because this side of the Southern Continent
There is a branch of the insect people, and they come to seek refuge with their relatives."
Wuniang continued, "These insect people from the Southern Continent have interacted with the ancient gods many years ago, and even became priests of the ancient gods. This is probably just following the local customs. The insect people from the Southern Continent are more like Taoist priests because they are close to the Taoist gate.
Because the insect people were close to the ancient gods, they became witches. No wonder Ixichel believed in them and knew them very well. They turned out to be old friends."
Qi Xuansu said, "It can be explained that those human figurines were left behind by the ancient insect people during the Paititi period."
Wu Niang reached out and touched the heart of the female corpse. Her palm broke open the flesh that had not yet rotted, and went deep inside. Sure enough, she took out a cocoon, but the cocoon was already shriveled. Apparently the insects inside died along with the host.
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"The methods of the West Dao Sect are not as good as those of the Dao Sect. They did not clean up the Insects cleanly and left many remnants of the Insects, such as the Lanyun Sect." Wuniang said, "Judging from the altar, these Insects are loyal to Itsam."
Na, let’s not care about whether these bug people are playing double-dealing, just think that they are believers of Itsumna. After Itsumna’s death, they chose to trace Ixichel and oppose Kukulkan.
Of course, it makes sense logically.”
Qi Xuansu said, "Insect people can be loyal at all? I don't think so. The reason why they are hostile to Kukulkan is not because they are loyal to Itsumna. There must be a deeper reason, maybe Ixichel
Promises were made to them, such as providing them with divine power, as evidenced by those human-headed trees."
Wu Niang agreed with Qi Xuansu's statement, "Yes, the character of the insect people is destined to not be loyal to anyone. When It Sumner was alive, maybe he
They will be afraid of the power of this god and pretend to be loyal. After Itsumna dies, they will never continue to serve Itsumna. What happened to the Zhao orphans will not happen to the insect people.
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Qi Xuansu asked, "Wu Niang, how did this insect priest die?"
Wu Niang hesitated for a moment, "It doesn't look like suicide, there are no obvious injuries, and the body is not rotten. It can't be a case of obsession."
Qi Xuansu said, "This possibility cannot be ruled out. The insect people's skills have always been greedy for success. They call it the 'Elixir Formation Period'. If you are not careful, the elixir will destroy people and people will die. It is normal for you to go crazy. If you leave
Zhengtu, how often have I heard of people who died because of cultivating the golden elixir path? What Taoism cultivates is immortality. Some magical powers and magic powers are incidental to immortality. If you fail to cultivate immortality, life is nothing more than death at the end of your life. What is the path to immortality that is difficult, like theirs?
So, it seems like he just wants to die."
Wu Niang scanned the temple again with her spiritual thoughts, but found nothing else, and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's continue looking for Paititi."
Qi Xuansu had no objection, and the two of them left the temple and continued along the ancient road.
Along the way, there are still some building ruins, which should be supporting buildings of the temple, such as the residences of the clergy, etc. However, the quality of these buildings is obviously not comparable to that of the temples that serve the gods, and they have all collapsed.
It can be seen that this may be a temple area, and Qi Xuansu and Wu Niang have entered the city limits of Paititi.
After all, these southern continent city-states do not build city walls on a large scale like those in the Central Plains, which makes sense.
Qi Xuansu and Wu Niang gradually left the temple area, and the ruins of the buildings became more and more. In a prosperous city, every inch of land must be expensive. Only palaces, temples, noble residences and other areas can leave large open spaces.
It seems empty. Once you get to a busy city or civilian area, people will be next to each other and houses will be next to houses.
Take Qi Xuansu for example. When he lived in Haichanfang, there were several households in one alley, and many alleys in one street. After arriving in Taishangfang, there were no alleys, only streets, and there were only three or two households on one street.
, every house has a big garden.
There were originally few buildings in the temple area and there were many open spaces, which gave the rain forest the opportunity to grow wildly. Of course, there were only a few buildings visible, but it was different now. The rain forest could not completely swallow up these closely connected and chaotic buildings.
Once here, the road becomes clear with reference to the remains of various buildings on both sides.
There is no doubt that the two of them have entered Paititi.
Although Paititi had no imagination
It is so spectacular in the scene, but it is also reasonable. After all, this is an abandoned city swallowed up by the rain forest, almost integrated with the rain forest. If it is very spectacular, then Qi Xuansu can see it at a glance when he looks down from above.
Qi Xuansu roughly analyzed the situation. According to Andres' records and some legends, it was said that the last emperor of Paititi disappeared with the artifact and Paititi. From this, it can be seen that although the ancient gods of the northern continent
It has penetrated into the southern continent at this time, but the royal family still dominates Paititi, not the ancient gods. Therefore, the road to Paititi Cave will not be in the temple area, but will most likely be in the palace that symbolizes the royal family.
Location.
Qi Xuansu communicated this speculation with Wu Niang, who also agreed with Qi Xuansu's idea, and the two decided to go to the palace area.
It is not difficult to find a royal palace. It is usually located in the center of the city. It is no exception in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
However, along the way, the two of them always felt very strange. This place seemed to be an empty city. There were no traces of damage from the war, and no human figures or corpses were seen. It didn't look like a scene after a massacre. It seemed like the people here
There has been a large-scale evacuation.
Qi Xuansu was a little confused, "Paititi has perished, but there are no traces of the war. Wasn't Paititi destroyed at the hands of other city-states?"
Wuniang is still well-informed. "This is your typical Central Plains thinking. You always think that a city must be destroyed by foreign enemies, because the Central Plains has maintained a unified court for most of the time since Zulong, which can integrate resources and concentrate strength."
To do big things, we can also provide timely rescue once a disaster occurs. But these city-states in the southern continent are different. The rainforests are dense, travel is inconvenient, and the environment is not comparable to that of the Central Plains. They are very fragile. Once a disaster, such as an epidemic, is encountered, it is easy for the entire
The city perished directly."
Qi Xuansu suddenly said, "No wonder later people didn't know the location of Paititi. If Paititi was destroyed in the war, then the city-state that destroyed Paititi should have relevant records. But if Paititi was destroyed in a certain
It makes sense to plant an epidemic so that outsiders don’t know about it.”
Wuniang said, "In the cave we entered, apart from some people who died of massacre, most of them may have died of the epidemic. In the early stages of the epidemic, there were fewer deaths, and Paititi still had the power to kill the dead."
The corpses were placed in the tombs of the temple. Later, the plague spread and there were too many dead, so the living began to flee. There may be many dead bodies like the priestess left in the ruins of the building."
Qi Xuansu nodded in agreement.
There are similar traditions at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. In the East, Taoist temples and temples are chosen for temporary resting, while in the West, people are simply buried in churches. It seems that the temple in Paititi is no exception.