The lake reflects the shadow of the setting sun, just like the moon in the water. This is the gateway to the cave.
When the sun sets in the west, the shadow reflected is naturally not in the center of the lake.
A normal person would think that the entrance is at the center of the lake. Even if he doesn't know how to crack it, he will still do something in the center of the lake. Although Qi Xuansu can't crack it violently, it wouldn't be possible if it were replaced by other immortal-level beings.
As long as you identify the location of the door and attack with all your strength, it is really possible to break in directly.
So the ancient gods used reverse thinking and chose a location away from the center of the lake. But even so, they couldn't deceive Wuniang.
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but give Wu Niang a thumbs up, "Ginger is still spicy when you are old."
Wu Niang smiled faintly, "If you live too long, you can't make any progress in your cultivation. You have to make some progress in other aspects. From my experience, this lake is the gateway to the cave. It was opened by Emperor Paititi with a magical weapon.
The sun restrictions at the back were added by Itsumna and other ancient gods, and these are the big lock and the small lock."
Qi Xuansu nodded, "Let's go to the cave first."
The two of them jumped towards the reflection of the setting sun and disappeared into it instantly.
On the other side of the lake, there is still a lake.
Qi Xuansu and Wuniang did not sink into the lake, but crossed the surface of the underground lake from top to bottom, crossed the space, and appeared on the surface of another lake from bottom to top.
The two lakes are folded through space and connected together.
At this time, Qi Xuansu and Wuniang were standing on the lake. The surrounding environment seemed to be a garden, with various exotic flowers and plants, and there were obvious traces of artificial cultivation, pruning and classification.
Is this also a palace?
"Did the Paititi people build another city and palace here? Or is this another half of the Paititi city?" Qi Xuansu said to himself.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Wu Niang pointed out, "Look."
Qi Xuansu looked in the direction of Wuniang's finger and saw a gorgeous palace on the horizon. It was extremely brilliant and covered with golden light. It seemed to be built in the sky, as if it was standing in the clouds. However, at this time, heavy clouds of fire gathered above the palace.
, giving the palace and the golden light a blood-red color.
"It's Karma Fire." Qi Xuansu said.
This is also one of the very few flames that Wuniang cannot use.
Wu Niang nodded slightly, "The karmic fire caused by the blood sacrifice turned into a cloud of fire, which is enough to devour the Kingdom of God. Once the Kingdom of God is lost, the gods will immediately enter the second level of death. There is only one step away from the real death."
Qi Xuansu
After looking at it for a while, he felt that the palace looked familiar, and then he remembered that this was Kukulkan's palace. He had been invited by Ixichel to observe Kukulkan in Ixichel's kingdom.
The palace of Kulkan is just from a different angle than it is now.
Qi Xuansu said, "This is Kukulkan's temple. Could it be that Kukulkan connected his divine kingdom with the cave sky?"
Wuniang said, "Let's take a closer look."
Qi Xuansu had no objection and walked with Wuniang in the direction of Kukulkan Palace.
As the distance gets closer, more things can be seen.
Although the temple of Kukulkan is still shining brightly, there are varying degrees of dilapidation around the temple. It is like looking at a person from a distance and not feeling anything, but if you look closely, you will see the traces on the skin.
wrinkles, potholes, etc.
Under normal circumstances, except for a group of gods of death who like to play the emperor of the underworld and make their kingdoms look like the underworld, other kingdoms show their beautiful side in order to attract believers. Even Wu Luo has manifested the spirit of his heyday.
Lingshan.
Kukulkan inherited the priesthood of the sun, so naturally, everything wanted to be golden and glorious, but at this time, it was like the tattered gold foil wallpaper could not cover the mottled walls. Even with the golden sunlight shining, the land around the palace still declined.
The scene is desolate and gloomy, the vegetation is withering, the spring water is rancid, and even some birds and animals have begun to mutate, with sores and pus.
Wuniang said, "Buddhism has a saying about the five declines of gods and humans, and they are divided into big and small. The five declines of small gods and humans are that the light of the body suddenly disappears, the sound of music can no longer be heard, the body is bathed in water, the eyes are blinking, and the situation is lingering. The big gods are unable to leave.
The five signs of decay are filthy clothes, withered flowers on the head, sweating under the armpits, filthy body, and unhappiness. This is very vivid. In your opinion, what stage has Kukulkan reached?"
Naturally, heaven and man in the context of Buddhism are not the same as heaven and man in the context of Taoism, just as the great shaman in the context of shamanism is not the same as the great shaman in the Taoist context.
The great witches in Taoism refer to the eleven witches in Lingshan, while the great witches in shamanism refer to other high-ranking witches after the eleven ancestral witches.
Similarly, Taoism’s heavenly beings refer to the stage below immortals and above innate humans, while Buddhist heavenly beings refer to gods and immortals.
The five declines of heaven and man are the various signs before the death of gods, which can also be said to be various symptoms.
Qi Xuansu said, "Although
I didn’t see Kukulkan, but I can tell from the surrounding environment that at least the Little Heavenly Being has the Five Declines.”
Wu Niang said, "Although blood sacrifices are good, don't be greedy. Blood sacrifices are essentially drinking poison to quench thirst. Even if Kukulkan is born to be more resistant to the invasion of karma fire, there will always be a day when he can't hold on. Now it seems that as long as the blood sacrifices don't stop,
, the fall of this sun god is only a matter of time, it may be one hundred years, or it may be two hundred years. However, Kukulkan is also very cunning, and even connected his divine kingdom with the cave sky, hoping to share the pressure through the cave sky.
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Qi Xuansu asked, "What will this place look like if it is allowed to continue to develop?"
Wu Niang asked, "The sky is dark red, as if burning with fire, and the earth is barren. Don't you think this description sounds familiar?"
Qi Xuansu thought carefully about "the hell described in the holy scriptures?"
Wu Niang was also a person who had lived in the West and knew everything: "Hell apostles are fallen apostles, and hell is a fallen cave, just like rotten fruits. The Holy Court does not know what method it has used to make these 'fruits' escape from the world of human beings."
A big tree fell into the underworld, and connected together to become a natural prison, called it hell, and banished the fallen and sinful apostles to hell."
Qi Xuansu looked around and said, "Fortunately, the current situation is not serious."
Wuniang said, "Not long after the ancient gods captured Cave Heaven, the Holy Court launched an invasion of the New Continent. The ancient gods wanted to fight, but later they were defeated, and they had to contact Xidaomen, negotiate and move to the southern continent. This is not a short time."
time. In between, there were internal struggles among the Ancient Gods, power seizures, etc. In addition, Kukulkan wanted to connect the Divine Kingdom with the Cave Heaven, which was also a big project and took a lot of time. Lin Lin finally got it done.
, it didn’t take long for Kukulkan to actually use the cave sky to share the karma fire, so the influence of the karma fire on the cave sky is still very weak.”
Qi Xuansu said, "This is because the disease is in the body, but there is still hope."
Wu Niang was a little confused, "But there is one thing I didn't understand. It is said that there is a pyramid in Paititi Cave that can transcend tribulations and ascend. Why didn't Kukulkan use this pyramid? Is it not found? Or is it a rumor?"
Qi Xuansu said, "Perhaps there is no key. If Emperor Paititi's artifact is really similar to the 'Three Treasures Ruyi', then this artifact is not only the key to opening the cave, but also the key to using the pyramid."
Wu Niang murmured, "If the artifact is not in Kukulkan's hands, then whose hands will it be? Ixichel? If she has the key, then there is a high probability that she will not involve the Taoist door."
Coming in, Daomen knows the existence of the pyramid and will definitely seek the artifact, which is very dangerous for her. If it's not Ixichel, is it still in the hands of the Paititi royal family? It's unlikely, the royal family can't be
The opponent of the ancient god, a three-year-old child cannot keep the gold in his hand against a group of strong men."
Qi Xuansu said, "Perhaps it was hidden by Itsumna, but Kukulkan has never found it. After all, it is a key thing related to the transcendence of the gods. Only Itsumna himself knew about it, and not even Ixichel."
Knowing where he hid the artifact, it makes sense."
Wu Niang nodded slightly, "It is indeed possible. In terms of time, not long after Itsumna obtained the artifact, the Holy Court began to invade. He wanted to lead the gods to deal with the Holy Court apostles and had no time to use it. This is true.
It is said that he died in battle and did not have time to explain his funeral, but that is also true."
Qi Xuansu used to only think that Wuniang was reckless, but now he realized that Wuniang was both coarse and fine, that it was true that she was hot and windy, and that she was rich in experience. At this time, he asked Wuniang for her opinion, "Wuniang, what should we do now?"
Should we continue exploring Kukulkan’s palace? Or look for the pyramids?”
Wu Niang thought for a while and said, "The pyramid is definitely unusable. If it could be used, it wouldn't be until today, let alone our turn. As for Kukulkan, he is in a very strange state. There are so many things happening outside. He doesn't know anything about it.
There was no reaction at all. The royal family that supported him was replaced by you, and he only gave a symbolic incarnation. This incarnation was completely sane, so I concluded that there was probably something wrong with Kukulkan, and he was too busy taking care of himself at this time.
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Qi Xuansu agreed with Wu Niang's conclusion, "I think so too. I didn't know how to enter the Kingdom of Kukulkan at first, but I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to build a bridge to connect the Kingdom of God with the cave. We can go there through the cave."
Once you find out about his kingdom, many things will become clear. Then I will go to the report and let Jinque decide how to deal with the follow-up matters."
The two reached an agreement and started heading towards Kukulkan's palace.
The palace that seems to be in the sky seems very close, but in fact it is still very far away. It is a bit like Qi Xuansu and Qiniang going to Lingshan. From a long distance away, they can see the dark mountains and the surrounding floating mountain fragments, but it is really
It was indeed a lot of hardships to get to the bottom of the mountain. I hope there won’t be any more obstacles this time.
But having said that, Qi Xuansu had a companion named a certain mother during his two trips to the cave. Last time it was Qiniang and this time it was Wuniang.