Tomb Raiders start to enter the Lu Palace

The thick bronze branch of the arm was directly cut off with a single knife, and the cut was extremely smooth. The sharpness of the Daxia Dragon Sparrow Knife can be seen, and it is worthy of being an artifact for cutting iron like mud.

"A good knife, indeed it is one of the top ten famous knives!" Chen Hao exclaimed.

He held the treasured knife tightly and played with it, only to find that both the weight and the feel were very suitable, and he was very satisfied.

The Corpse Claw is a functional weapon, which lacks in attack and lethality. It is relatively weak in the face of rough-skinned and thick-fleshed rice dumplings.

Now with this Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Knife, his attack methods will be more diverse and fierce, effectively making up for the shortcoming of the corpse claw's lack of attack power.

"Huh? Captain, where did you find this knife?"

At this time, there was an old itchy voice behind him, and he walked towards this side, his eyes kept staring at Daxia Longquedao.

"I found it among this pile of stone figurines." Chen Hao said casually with a pretense.

The old itchy said enviously: "Damn it! You are so lucky to find such a treasure, why am I not so lucky? Show me!"

Chen Hao didn't say anything, and handed him the knife, but he couldn't hold it for a while, and the Daxia Longque knife fell to the ground with a "bang".

The old itchy said: "Damn it, why is this knife so heavy?"

At this time, Master Liang and Wu Xie also came here holding torches.

Master Liang said: "It seems that the people who built this place wanted to dig out this bronze tree. You can see the excavation marks on the other side. They have been dug to the bottom of the mountain, and they haven't been dug out yet. I don't know if there is still a tree underneath. How deep! If this thing really comes out, I am afraid it is not impossible to become the ninth wonder of the world."

After listening to his words, everyone felt incredible. With the strength of a small country like She Kingdom at that time and their smelting technology, it was as difficult as heaven to cast such a huge bronze tree.

You must know that Qin Shihuang unified the world at that time, and he only cast 12 bronze men when he received the soldiers of the world. Compared with the giant bronze tree in front of him, there is a difference of one hundred and eight thousand miles.

Where did a small country like She country find so much bronze?What kind of method was used to cast such a huge bronze giant tree, which makes people unable to think at all.

Wu Xie said: "I think it's unlikely that such a giant metalware could be cast by a small border country like She Kingdom. With the strength and manpower of a small country like theirs, I'm afraid it may take several centuries to complete."

Wu Xie paused, and said again: "Besides, even if he has the strength to cast it, but they spent so much manpower and financial resources to cast this bronze tree, what is it for?"

Master Liang pointed to the single-headed twin snake patterns on the bronze tree, and said, "Did you see the pattern on it? This is the totem of the people of the Snake Country. I guess this ancient bronze tree should be related to their sacrificial customs , is likely to be used for sacrifice."

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"For sacrifice? It's completely unnecessary, isn't it more convenient to build an altar just for sacrifice? Is it necessary to make such a big move?" asked innocently.

Master Liang shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about that. After all, the Snake Country is just a small border country, and their sacrifice customs are very different from those in the Central Plains."

The old itchy interjected: "It wasn't made by people from the Snake Kingdom. Could it be an ancient relic? I've seen it in some archaeological magazines before. Nails were found in coal mines more than 2 million years ago!"

Master Liang smiled bitterly and said, "Young masters, I really don't think so. The period from 1000 BC to the first year of AD was called the period of miracles by the historians. Those built, such as the pyramids, the Great Wall, and the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, were all built during that period. If you want to say that casting such a bronze tree is not impossible, after all, at that time, the ancestors had already mastered the art of smelting bronze. With the emperor's order for technology, it is not impossible for the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people below to work hard for decades!"

"Master Liang, don't you claim to be familiar with the history of the Snake Kingdom, so can you tell when this bronze tree was built?" Chen Hao asked.

Master Liang knew that it was time to test himself. He stared at the huge bronze tree for a long time before saying:

"Looking at the carvings on it and the degree of corrosion of the bronze, it is estimated to be around the Shang and Zhou dynasties. What it was used for when offering sacrifices. This is too old and beyond my knowledge."

Chen Hao asked again: "The Shang and Zhou dynasties are separated by more than 1000 years, accounting for almost one-third of the history of China's Ming Dynasty. If you said this, you didn't say it. Can you be more specific about the period of the Shang and Zhou dynasties?" ??"

Upon hearing this, Master Liang said with a bitter face: "It's hard to see with the naked eye, I can only infer roughly. You see, the copper rust is black and gray, it may be tin bronze, or lead bronze, or aluminum bronze, so The Western Zhou Dynasty is the most likely, and the time should be during the period of King Mu of Zhou."

Hearing King Mu of Zhou, Chen Hao moved inadvertently. He remembered the records of the Queen Mother of the West and King Zhou Mu in the historical materials. Could it be that this giant bronze tree is related to King Zhou Mu?

According to historical records, King Mu of Zhou passed through the country of Queen Mother of the West during one of his visits, and was treated graciously by Queen Mother of the West.

Later, it is said that King Mu of Zhou learned that the Queen Mother of the West had mastered the technique of longevity, so he tried his best to get the technique of longevity from the Queen Mother of the West, but failed. In the end, the two sides had differences and changed from lovers to enemies.

Chen Hao couldn't help thinking, could this giant bronze tree be related to longevity?

Everyone studied for a long time, but they couldn't discuss why and didn't come to any conclusions.

Chen Hao simply said: "Okay, let's study here for a long time, but we can't get any conclusions. If there is any secret, it should be hidden on this bronze tree. Let's climb up and have a look, so we can find out? "

Everyone nodded, and then climbed up towards the bronze tree.

There are many branches on the green paulownia tree, and there are many carved patterns. It is not very strenuous to climb up, similar to climbing a ladder. Soon everyone climbed up more than ten meters.

Chen Hao chose to cut off at the back. In front of him was Master Liang, in the middle was Old Itchy, and at the front was Wu Xie.

It was only then that the people who were close to the bronze tree could see clearly that the branches and the trunk were cast together, and the joints were flawless, without any broken marks, and they were very strong.

Master Liang in front of him was not in good health. He had only climbed more than ten meters, and he was already sweating profusely and out of breath, so he had to stop to rest.

Chen Hao wanted to urge him to hurry up, but seeing his pale face and exhausted energy, he couldn't speak, so he had to stop.

Seeing this, Wu Xie and Lao Tiao also stopped.

When Master Liang saw that everyone had stopped to wait for him, he felt as if he was about to receive an amnesty, and quickly lay down on a branch beside him, panting heavily.

Standing on the bronze tree and looking down, the torches they lit before looked very dim at the moment, as if there was a bottomless abyss below.

Seeing how exhausted everyone was, Lao Thou said, "Old Wu, why don't we talk about a nasty joke to relax the pressure?"

Wu Xie was also very tired, and he scolded: "Go! Aren't you fucking tired? I can see that your calves are also shaking. If you want to make dirty jokes, you can say it yourself. I don't have the energy. The higher-ups don't know. No matter how high you are, I advise you not to waste your energy!"

Taking advantage of the short break, everyone took out the water bottle and took a sip of water. After resting for more than ten minutes, they continued to climb up.

At this moment, the torch below suddenly went out in an instant, and fell into darkness.

Chen Hao was at the bottom, and he was the first to notice that the torch had gone out, so he quickly looked down.

Through the night vision ability of yin and yang eyes, he can clearly see the situation on the ground below.

After watching for a while, there was no movement at all, but in the next second, he saw countless monkey-like things climbing up the bronze tree, their heads were surprisingly big, twice the size of normal people's heads.

Chen Hao's heart tightened, and he quickly looked carefully at those monkey-like monsters.

The first few monsters climbed extremely fast, and they had already climbed several meters up in a few breaths.

Only then did he see clearly that these monsters were wearing a large mask on their faces, which made their heads look twice as big as ordinary people in the dark.

It wasn't until then that Wu Xie and the others above noticed the change below.

Wu Xie asked in confusion: "Huh? Why did the torch we light go out? I clearly remember that there is still a lot of kerosene that has not been burned. Why did it go out so quickly? Something is wrong!"

Lao Xi frowned and said, "Could it be blown out by the wind?"

Without waiting for Wuxie's answer, Chen Hao hurriedly shouted at everyone: "Something is coming up, everyone be careful!"

Mr. Liang was the least courageous. When he heard something was climbing up, his face turned pale with fright. He hurriedly used all four limbs and tried his best to climb up with all his strength.

Wu Xie from above quickly shouted loudly: "Ah Hao see it clearly? What is it?"