svetikya Chapter 268
Chapter 268
"However, judging from what we have seen along the way, it is probably the leader of the Corpse Rong in the underground palace who is used to being high and mighty, and still forces the escaped Quan Rong to pay tribute, which results in the two sides killing each other, and finally both sides are injured and all die!"
Wu Laoliu nodded when he heard this, but he still didn't quite understand.
"But what does this have to do with the Western Zhou Ding?"
Jiu Bo paused for a moment: "Isn't this what I was going to say?"
"So many Western Zhou Dings are placed here, which is actually related to the funeral customs of the Rong people."
"The Rong people advocate tree burial, which is to wrap the body with bark and hang it on a tree."
Wu Laoliu was very surprised: "There are people who died and hung on a tree. This is the first time I have heard of it. Aren't they all buried in the ground?"
Even Guan Jin, who had been following Jiu Bo, was very surprised. She saw the attribute patterns on the Western Zhou Ding and had some guesses in her mind.
"Could it be that the tree-shaped pattern on the tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty is related to the tree burial custom of the Quanrong?"
Wu Chan, who was hiding quietly behind with Shen Hao, was also very surprised after hearing what Jiu Bo said.
"There is such a strange custom of hanging corpses on trees?"
Shen Hao signaled Wu Chan to be patient, Jiu Bo's story was not finished yet.
At this time, Jiu Bo nodded and continued: "Yes, when a person dies, it is like a lamp goes out, and the yin and yang are separated. Although there are funeral customs, they are very different in different places!"
"In the Central Plains, it is most taboo to bury the dead next to a tree, but the Rong people outside the pass are completely the opposite. They believe that if the dead are hung on a tree, they can ascend to heaven and become immortals!"
"Can you become immortals by hanging on a tree?"
Not only Wu Laoliu, but even Fei Zhendong and Guan Jin found it unbelievable.
Uncle Jiu nodded: "Yes!"
"Legend has it that there is a golden box of King Rong, which contains a "fairy worm" that was born on a fairy tree."
"That's why King Rong believed that there was a fairy tree that could make people immortal."
"Later, the golden box was passed around for many times, and was stolen by a palace maid in the late Ming Dynasty."
"She was trapped in the palace, and had to swallow the "fairy worm" and jump into the well to die."
"It was the Ming Dynasty palace maid in the southwest house of Tiaoshui Hutong!"
"According to ancient legends, only those who eat the fairy worm can see the "fairy tree" in this ancient tomb!"
Uncle Jiu has been planning for this for a long time, and the "fairy tree" is Uncle Jiu's goal.
Wu Laoliu and his gang are just trying to make money, so he doesn't care about "fairy worms" and "fairy trees".
But right now, he hasn't seen anything.
Uncle Jiu comforted him, "We agreed before that we would split the things in half if we found them."
"Now, you ask the brothers to find the fairy tree with me. If we can find it, I won't say anything. If we can't find it, I will give you my half of the things!"
"Is this okay?"
Wu Laoliu smiled and agreed.
So Uncle Jiu directed everyone to move the Western Zhou Dynasty tripod away.
However, the ground of the cave was fragile, and there was an underground river with fast-flowing water underneath.
With this move, a big crack suddenly appeared on the ground, and then it collapsed, and the entire Western Zhou Dynasty tripod fell and sank into the underground river.
The dust raised made the stinky fish and Teng Mingyue hiding in the dry bones nearby choke and expose themselves.
Fei Zhendong's brother died, and now he saw his enemy, and he was furious: "Well, you are hiding here!"
Immediately he rushed towards the few people and wanted to take ruthless action.
Several people quickly fired a shot and then jumped into the dark river.
Fei Zhendong hid for a moment, then jumped into the dark river and chased after him alone.
Seeing this, Jiu Bo also said to everyone: "Let's go down and take a look. The fairy tree must be below!"
At this time, Shen Hao also pulled Wu Chan and flew to the dark river at the bottom of the cave first. Along the dark river, they came to the deep cave.
Seeing that Fei Zhendong caught up with the Nenets man, he was about to kill him.
Shen Hao intervened directly, and Fei Zhendong suddenly lost his balance and slipped.
His fist passed by the Nenets man's face and almost hit him.
The fist whistled past, and Fei Zhendong fell off the cliff.
However, deep at the bottom of the cliff was a crater, and there was magma underground.
The collision of cold and hot caused a strong upward airflow in the cave.
Neither Shen Hao nor Wu Chan dared to use their spiritual sense to probe underground.
The Nine-headed Insect was sleeping underground.
This might be the first time they had truly faced the Ancient God.
Shen Hao decided to let this group of people go down to explore the bottom first.
Not long after, both groups of people had already reached the bottom of the cave.
Uncle Jiu finally saw the "immortal tree" he had dreamed of, and felt that he had hope of immortality.The bottom of the cave.
Jiubo and his group, as well as the four protagonists, went down to the ground.
There was no huge airflow at the bottom of the cave, but it was filled with a layer of hazy fog.
Jiubo and others found the right direction and headed towards the center of the cave.
But suddenly they found a light in the fog, which became brighter as they got closer.
When they got closer, everyone was stunned.
They saw that the glowing thing was actually a strange-looking tree.
The tree was lush with green leaves and had a total of nine branches.
These nine branches were exactly the same, not only in size, thickness, and length, but also in the fruits on them.
The tree exuded a strange glow, and many strange fruits grew on it. .
The whole tree was neither gold nor jade, but it shone with brilliant golden light like gold, and was as crystal clear as jade.
The fruit was the size of a baby's fist, and it was also crystal clear and radiant with golden light.
Everyone at the bottom of the cave was attracted by the strange fruit.
Except for Uncle Jiu, who quietly hid himself, the rest of the people stared at it.
Everyone was filled with greed and scratched their heads unconsciously.
Especially Wu Laoliu and his dozens of subordinates.
Previously, they did not believe Uncle Jiu's words at all and did not think that there was such a great thing as the "immortal tree" in the world.
He said that he could have whatever he wanted, money, and women.
But now, seeing the immortal tree, all those thoughts were suddenly cleared and they didn't want anything.
They just wanted this fruit and tasted the "immortal fruit".
The glow emitted from the immortal tree had the ability to confuse the mind.
All the things in the hands of this group of people fell to the ground.
Each of them was like a demon, forgetting everything.
They lined up and walked under the "immortal tree".
Then they scrambled to grab the trunk and climb up.
After grabbing the "immortal fruit", they wanted to pick it off, but they couldn't get it off no matter how hard they tried.
So, they opened their mouths and bit the "immortal fruit" desperately.
Even the corners of their mouths were torn, but they didn't care.
They just opened their mouths and bit it.
The fat Zhendong also appeared from behind, climbed up the tree and bit the "immortal fruit".