Chapter 102 The Mystery Behind the Door

The bronze door buried in the mountain.

The black worm blocking the broken door and the statue in front of him that fights against the forest spirit.

Yu Ke's mind can't help but emerge with the special events mentioned in the information sent by Ye Yingtong:

A disaster occurred in Jinghu Forest two hundred years ago. Since then, the forest spirit has disappeared and never appeared again.

Is the cause of all this right in front of us?

This place should be a temple dedicated to the forest spirit. Now facing the return of the forest spirit's will, its statue is fiercely resisting.

No, it has nothing to do with the statue.

It's the talisman inscription on the statue that's causing trouble!

The tomb robbers who broke into the temple a hundred years ago set a trap on the surface of the forest spirit statue. They seemed to foresee that the forest spirit will return here at some point in the future and try to regain control of the temple.

How can someone calculate the gods?

Yu Ke half-squinted his eyes and stared at the two energies that were entangled around the statue.

Facts have proved that extraordinary powers have long existed in this world, but the advent of the Cataclysm era has brought many things that should have existed in the dark to the surface, just like the red ghost mask discovered by Ye Yingtong's exploration team not long ago.

These things that should have been buried underground with the dust of history seem to have been summoned by the Cataclysm era and reappeared in the world!

Even the emergence of the Forest Spirit's will is to some extent due to the Cataclysm era.

Otherwise, how could it reappear in the Mirror Lake Forest recently after being silent for more than two hundred years?

It's a pity that its current abilities have been weakened to the extreme, and even the Shadow Moon Leopard and Yu Ke have to help it eliminate the deformed beasts, and most of the time it can only play the role of guiding the way.

Facing the scarlet light on the surface of the statue, the Forest Spirit was defeated soon.

The light ball that carries the Forest Spirit's will was forced to withdraw from the statue.

Yu Ke approached the statue with a bow and arrow in hand, wanting to help Sen Ling. The searchlight on his helmet illuminated the surface of the statue, and he discovered that the body of the statue was engraved with all kinds of strange dark red scriptures, and a thick smell of blood hit him.

Regardless of how much time and materials it would take to achieve this level, what kind of tomb robber would be proficient in these evil scriptures and would specially engrave them on the statue of Sen Ling to blaspheme it?

It stands to reason that those tomb robbers broke into temples or tombs just to seek money and take things away, so why bother?

There is only one explanation.

They want much more than money, so they are willing to use such blasphemous means without fear of retaliation.

Even if Yu Ke is more capable, he can't restore the statue to its original state. He can't use the Leviathan Axe to scrape off these characters. Obviously, it's not just these bloody evil scriptures that really suppress Sen Ling.

I'm afraid this is one of the main reasons why Sen Ling has never thought of cooperating with the official government so far.

With this thought, Yu Ke recorded part of the scripture with a camera.

He would not tell anyone about what happened here, as that would violate the trust that Sen Ling had in bringing him here. However, it was feasible to find the culprit who caused all this through these scriptures, which could be regarded as helping Sen Ling find its enemy from a hundred years ago.

"Do you need me to do anything?"

Yu Ke filmed some bloody scriptures in front of Sen Ling, then turned to look at the latter and asked.

Sen Ling brought him and Shadow Moon Leopard into the temple specifically, and must have wanted to do something. Considering that Sen Ling was the protector of Mirror Lake Forest, Yu Ke was willing to assist it in its actions within his ability.

The fluorescent green light group circled around the statue, as if looking for a trap flaw, and finally collected the flames on the bronze pillar, fell back in front of Yu Ke and Shadow Moon Leopard, bypassed the statue and continued to walk inside.

In Yu Ke's view, this move undoubtedly meant that Sen Ling temporarily gave up the right to regain control of the statue.

Is there anything else important behind the temple?

Following the forest spirit, Yu Ke walked around the statue and came to the space behind it. He thought it was just a polished rock wall, but he didn't expect that there was a magnificent bronze door behind it, and two stone beasts were squatting at the door.

Nearly three meters high and five meters wide, the surface is also engraved with exquisite reliefs like the main door. It should be made by the same group of craftsmen. The only difference is that this side has not been destroyed, and there are no sinister traps. It still looks like it was a hundred years ago.

Could it be the inner hall of the temple?

Yu Ke stood in front of the bronze door, and his heart became more and more confused.

The specifications of the ruins in front of him were somewhat beyond his imagination.

However, since he had already come here, there was naturally no reason to retreat. He looked sideways at the fluorescent green light ball that stopped in front of the bronze door. Yu Ke put away his bow and arrow, pressed his hands on the bronze door, and shouted, bursting with strength.

Boom~

With two muffled sounds, dust fell from the gap.

Yu Ke could feel the heaviness of the two doors, so he gathered all his strength. Shadow Moon Leopard soon stood up and joined the ranks of pushing the doors, and finally pushed the bronze door open, and Forest Spirit could not wait to fly in.

The gap in the middle of the door gradually widened, and the falling dust blocked the view. Yu Ke waved his hand to disperse it and stepped into the space behind the bronze door.

The forest spirit seemed to want Yu Ke to see the scene inside clearly, rising to the middle of the sky and increasing the brightness of the light ball.

The scene that came into view made Yu Ke stop in his tracks, looking around in astonishment.

This was not the inner hall of the temple at all, but a foundry hidden in the mountains!

The first thing that caught his attention was the giant blast furnace in the center of the entire space. The furnace at the bottom where firewood or coal was placed was half a person's height, and there was a mountain of coal piled next to it. There was also an iron fence at the front, with several copper chains tied to it, and several strange-shaped animal skeletons connected to the end. Their heads were facing the furnace, and no one knew what they were used for.

There were also buildings with different functions distributed near the blast furnace.

There was a two-story house made of stones in front of the rock wall on the left, molds for casting bronze ware, and utensils with exaggerated specifications.

Yu Ke had no research on the process of casting bronze ware, so he could only speculate through some things.

But even so, he was still sure that there was a team living in seclusion here hundreds or even thousands of years ago, making bronze artifacts day and night.

The question is why choose such an inconvenient place?

You know that casting bronze artifacts requires a lot of tools to assist, and the consumption of manpower and material resources is needless to say, so the location is extremely important.

As a result, these people chose the place behind the Senling Temple to cast bronze artifacts, which is really incredible.

Yu Ke stepped on the bluestone bricks and kept moving forward, thinking about what was hidden here, and what was the purpose of Senling bringing him here.

Ding~

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang in his ears.

Yu Ke suddenly looked up in the direction of the sound. It was a bronze chime hanging on a wooden frame, but it clearly showed no signs of moving. How could it suddenly make a sound?

With his bow bent and arrow drawn, Yu Ke looked around until a green light flashed on the right side of the chime. He was about to draw his bow to shoot it, but he saw that the light actually outlined a vague figure, holding a mallet-like object and hitting the chime.

Ding!

The fluorescent green light spread with the chime as the core.

The dark and quiet inside of the mountain suddenly became noisy.

Shouting voices, jingling knocks, and roars of wild beasts

The noisy sound came into his ears, and Yu Ke felt his scalp tingling. He couldn't hear what those people were shouting. Everything in his field of vision seemed to be unchanged, and it seemed that there was some change that he didn't notice.

Just at this moment, the forest spirit floating in the sky fell back behind Yu Ke, pushing him forward, and at the same time, some light spots covered the front of Yu Ke's eyes, as if a pair of special glasses were placed on his nose.

Realizing that it was the work of the forest spirit, Yu Ke did not resist its guidance and walked towards somewhere in front.

In an instant, the scene in his vision suddenly changed.

It was as if he had traveled through time and space. After a brief trance, Yu Ke found himself in a workshop thousands of years ago.

Although the scenes were still blurry because the power of the forest spirit had not yet recovered, it did not prevent Yu Ke from observing their actions.

Someone rang the chimes, which was like a signal to start work, and hundreds of people suddenly walked out of the stone building.

Most of them were not much different from modern people, except for the last group of people who were particularly burly.

They were generally close to two meters and five meters tall, wearing exaggerated bronze masks, with a sturdy torso, bare upper body, only two cloth belts crossed, and baggy trousers on the lower body, only tightened at the ankles, very obvious strongman dress.

This was obviously beyond the scope of ordinary people. Yu Ke had no idea about the history of this world, let alone where these giants came from or what special race they were. He could only try to remember their appearance.

As these people entered their respective posts, Yu Ke, who was walking, had a panoramic view of their work scenes.

He saw a team of more than a dozen people digging prepared soil from the rock wall in the distance, and walked to a high platform under the guidance of the supervisor; he saw strong men carrying shovels and walking towards the coal mountain, constantly throwing coal into the burning furnace; he saw five beasts that looked like cows and horses, with flames all over their bodies, crawling in front of the blast furnace, and someone next to them waved a whip to whip them, so that they could spit hot flames into the blast furnace at a specific rhythm.

Everything here was not only in order, but also told Yu Ke everywhere the special nature of this foundry. Extraordinary things could be seen everywhere here. Giants acted as strong laborers, and beasts were just tools for burning furnaces.

Yu Ke, who walked near the blast furnace, was attracted by the pipes behind it.

There are two blast furnaces nearby, which refine copper ore into liquid and lead it to somewhere ahead.

Yu Ke quickened his pace, and he was eager to see what kind of tools these strange people and animals could work so hard for.

The fluorescent green light was still spreading, and in front of Yu Ke, it gathered into a group of people in luxurious clothes. They were on the ground, wearing masks made of gold and jade, holding bamboo slips, sometimes shouting and kneeling, and sometimes chanting obscure spells in a rhythmic manner.

Passing them, Yu Ke noticed that the bluestone bricks under his feet became more regular and arranged in a specific pattern. There were a lot of delicate patterns on the surface. If you look closely, you will find that they are all mountains, rivers, birds and beasts, and each piece is different.

Obviously, this was a sacrifice thousands of years ago. They were praying for the things that were about to be born.

Yu Ke continued to move forward, his eyes moved along the copper liquid flowing from the height, and finally landed in front of the mold in the center of the sacrificial field. The copper liquid was poured into it from the top. Two birdmen with wings on their backs wandered on the top of the mold, and sprinkled some broken soil into it from time to time.

Yu Ke, who was getting more and more curious, took a few steps closer to find out what they were refining. It was at this time that he was shocked to find that there were a lot of cracks on the outside of the mold, as if something in it was trying to break free from its restraints, or it might be that an accident occurred during the casting process, causing problems in the casting process.

The majestic energy gathered and detonated the mold in an instant. It was afraid that the things inside would be difficult to keep.

Yu Ke could not see what was inside, and he was out of observation. The light and shadow in front of him disappeared, the noisy sound returned to calm, and he had unknowingly come to the center of the abandoned sacrificial site.

What he saw was only a broken mold base, and the rest had long been worn away in the long time.

Wait, what is this?

Before he had time to sigh for the past history, Yu Ke keenly noticed the modern tools scattered in the core area of ​​the sacrificial site where the mold was located, a large number of traces of battles, and more than a dozen skeletons with different death appearances.

A few oil lamps, broken talismans, and paper and pens for drawing.

Based on these things alone, Yu Ke already knew what the tomb robbers who broke into the temple were really looking for.

They wanted to seize the bronze vessel cast by the ancients here!

Obviously, this process was not smooth. They encountered fierce resistance in the ruins, resulting in heavy casualties. In the end, they should have won, otherwise they would not have had time to move around the mold.

Yu Ke squatted down and carefully examined the remaining mold base. From the smooth and flat gap, it can be seen that the intruder should have moved the entire broken mold away from here. So it is highly likely that they did not get what they wanted and could only settle for the next best thing.

Judging from the image transformed by the forest spirit, the casting that year was a failure. It is unlikely that the vessel will remain intact after the explosion.

To be honest, Yu Ke really knows nothing about the bronze casting process. He can't even recognize all the utensils. He can only use his rather poor knowledge in his mind to speculate.

In addition, Yu Ke still can't understand why bronzes are cast here.

His intuition tells him that such a site selection should have some kind of internal connection with the forest spirit. The statue of the forest spirit outside is the most direct evidence. The forest spirit brought him here, probably to pass on relevant information.

"There is still a key link missing. What is the connection between the forest spirit and the bronze artifact?"

Yu Ke frowned, thinking back to what he had seen along the way, wondering if there was anything else he had overlooked.

As a result, he still hadn't figured it out.

The Shadow Moon Leopard that had been following him suddenly jumped out and slapped a skeleton in the sacrificial field with its claws!

Happy Lantern Festival!

Phew~ Finally caught up~