“Is this the temple of the Kingdom of Jingjue?”
“Wow, it’s so cool!”
“Unbelievable!”
Lu Feng led the group into the temple easily. As soon as they entered, they felt a chill, as if they had gone from a furnace into a refrigerator.
Everyone couldn't help but shiver.
Lu Feng frowned slightly, he felt someone was watching him in the shadows.
Sky Eye!
He looked around but found no other living beings.
“Professor Chen, there are so many statues!”
“Why are these pillars and statues all black? It feels eerie.”
“What's going on? It feels like someone is stealing my things!”
“I felt it too!”
“Could there be ghosts?”
“Don't panic! These statues are made of magnetite, they have magnetism!”
Professor Chen shouted, calming Chu Jian, Ye Yi Xin, and Wang Pang Zi down: “These black magnetite stones make it feel eerie, which is normal.”
“Professor, these statues are so lifelike. Their craftsmanship is incredibly advanced.” Chu Jian exclaimed.
“Lu Feng, Hu Ba Yi, have you found the underground palace?” Shirley Yang asked.
“I’m still observing.” Hu Ba Yi said.
“Let's walk forward and see.”
Lu Feng’s eyes were already drawn to the highest point of the temple.
The first thing that caught his eye was a black throne.
A woman statue was sitting on it, her face was carved wearing a veil that covered her entire face, she was dressed luxuriously, with soft curves.
In front of the woman statue was a stone platform, on which rested a jade eye.
Lu Feng wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but he felt like it was staring at him.
The stone platform itself was engraved with countless Ghost Hole texts and mysterious patterns.
On the ceiling of the temple, there was a giant eye, made up of countless Ghost Hole text patterns, the whole thing was dark red, slightly eerie.
The walls of the temple were covered with strange Ghost Hole texts.
Along the stairs, the statues changed.
“Look, there are giant-eyed statues.” Ye Yi Xin shouted.
“Looks like the giant-eyed statues we encountered before are from the same origin.” Hu Ba Yi said.
“Why are there animals one moment, humans the next, and giant-eyed statues now?” Wang Pang Zi was confused.
Lu Feng continued walking forward, saying: “This should be to demonstrate the Ghost Hole tribe’s status, from low to high, they are livestock, ordinary people, giant-eyed statues, guardian gods, the null space, and the Queen's eyes.”
“I see!” Professor Chen suddenly realized, “I didn’t expect Comrade Lu Feng to figure it out so quickly. You are truly amazing.”
Lu Feng smiled and stepped onto the fourth level.
He soon discovered a snake-bodied human-headed statue, holding a sword and shield, with angry eyes, and an extra eye on its head. The back of its head was also carved with a strange snake.
“Isn’t this the strange snake we encountered before?” Wang Pang Zi marveled, “It seems like the Kingdom of Jingjue has a special relationship with snakes.”
The fifth level was empty.
Hu Ba Yi looked confused: “Is this the so-called null space?”
“The null space is indescribable, so we use ‘empty’ to represent it. The Queen of Jingjue’s eyes control the null space, so the highest status is the Queen’s eyes.”
“I see.”
“Let's go up and see.”
Lu Feng said, stepping onto the sixth level.
The jade eye on the stone platform had blue pupils, connected to countless natural red threads, it was almost like a real eye.
“Didn't they say this queen is the most beautiful woman in the Western Regions? Why is her face covered? Is she ugly?” Wang Pang Zi looked at the Queen’s statue and asked.
“You forgot, she could make people disappear with a single glance? Who dares to carve her eyes?” Hu Ba Yi said with annoyance.
At this time, Shirley Yang, Professor Chen, and the others were all focused on the eye: “This jade eye is perfectly natural, it’s incredible!”
“Is this jade?” Wang Pang Zi asked.
“It’s jade.”
“How much is it worth?”
“This is a priceless treasure, how can you measure it with money?”
“I was just asking, asking.”
“...”
While Shirley Yang and the others were researching, Lu Feng saw a small hole under the jade eye through his Sky Eye, with a black snake hidden inside.
It became blurry further down.
His Sky Eye could easily see through ordinary rocks, but it was more energy-consuming to see through magnetite, and he could only see through a few dozen centimeters.
He retracted his gaze and looked at the seven-sided groove on the eye.
This jade eye was made by the Zagrama tribe’s high priest, to see what was in the bottomless pit, but it attracted swarms of snakes.
Now he was wondering if he should put his jade pendant on the jade eye to see if it really could summon the black-eyed snakes.
Lu Feng touched the jade eye and tried to pick it up, but he couldn't move it.
He exerted force.
It didn't budge!
Lu Feng’s face darkened.
The jade eye and the stone platform were not connected in any way, so what force was holding it on the stone platform?
“Why is there a groove here?”
Shirley Yang and the others also noticed the situation of the jade eye.
“It seems like there are also characters.”
“Seven-sided?”
“Ghost Hole text?”
“Fatty, take out your jade pendant!”
“My jade pendant?”
Wang Pang Zi took out his jade pendant and held it near the jade eye, and found that it was the perfect size: “If these were one piece, this eye would be mine, no one can take it from me!”
“This is a cultural relic, not anyone’s.” Professor Chen immediately said.
“This jade pendant is an heirloom passed down from my ancestors, it’s mine, and this eye is one with the pendant, so it’s mine.” Wang Pang Zi snorted and put the jade pendant back.
He wouldn't release the jade pendant unless he agreed.
“Fatty, this is a cultural relic, we can’t touch it.” Hu Ba Yi reprimanded.
“Cultural relic? This is a treasure without an owner! It’s an heirloom passed down from my ancestors!” Wang Pang Zi stepped forward and hugged the jade eye, but couldn’t hold it.
“Stop!”
Professor Chen was horrified, afraid that Wang Pang Zi would damage it.
“Strange, I can’t hold it!”
Wang Pang Zi tried a few times and helplessly let go.
“Can’t hold it?”
Shirley Yang went up to try and she couldn’t hold it either. Professor Chen and the others also tried, but no one could hold it.
“Is there a mechanism?”
“Fatty, put your jade pendant on it.”
Lu Feng still decided to put it on and see for himself the power of this jade eye.
“What about this jade eye?”
“We’ll see.”
“Fine.”
Wang Pang Zi personally pressed it on, there was a click, the jade eye loosened and rolled on the stone platform, Wang Pang Zi quickly hugged the jade eye.
“No mechanism?”
“How is that possible?”
“This is too weird.”
At the same time.
Lu Feng felt a chill on his head, he looked up and saw the eye totem on the ceiling, the text was wriggling eerily, and an indescribable mysterious wave spread out.
It seemed like there was a void behind the totem.
“Everyone, retreat!”
Lu Feng reminded them, and retreated at the same time.
“What happened?”
Before Shirley Yang and the others could run, a black-eyed snake emerged from the center of the stone platform, its black scales turned fiery red.
“It’s that snake again!”
PS: Thanks to Cangyue Shizhe for the monthly ticket support.