Chapter 84

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The legendary Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring was located in Mount Kailash, which was the center of the world, the place where the Bon religion originated, and the birthplace of the founder of the Yungdrung Bon religion, Tonpa Shenrab Buddha.

It was in the shape of an eight-petaled lotus flower. There were eight golden wheels spinning in the sky, and nine overlapping, 卍-shaped crystal mountains stood in the center. Four rivers flowed from the foot of the mountain in four directions. There was countless gold, silver, and jade covering the beautiful streets, and the trees were all made of diamonds and agates. Gold-leaf lotus flowers were floating in the sky, which was the holy place of all Bon believers and the final home of the soul.

Wei Xun was only in the depths of the Ruins of Xiangxiong, and it was not clear whether Mount Kailash really led to such a legendary holy place. But under this Xikang Temple, the Little Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring built in imitation of the one in the legends was indeed exquisite.

Wei Xun mistakenly entered the treasure cove guarded by the giant dragon, and saw that a large space the size of an average stadium lay behind the crack. It was paved with gold sand, surrounded by mysterious and extraordinarily colorful murals, and there were four channels imitating river rapids that were filled with silver.

The silver had darkened due to oxidation, but the gold and all kinds of jewelry still appeared magnificent and dazzling. If one lit a lamp, the dazzling treasure would definitely reflect the whole space, making it appear splendid and magnificent.

However, the most striking thing was not the gold sand and gems that could be picked up from the ground, but the extraordinary crystal mountain in the middle. It was a whole piece of pure white crystal. Ten people stretching out their arms would encircle its circumference, and the highest point almost reached the top of the roof.

Anyone would be amazed by this incredible and huge crystal mountain, because it looked too holy and beautiful, unlike something from the mortal realm.

“Devil skin, where are you?”

However, Wei Xun’s mind was full of ‘Devil! Devil!’ He softly called out, as if calling for one’s dog that had left home. But in fact, after entering here, the gusin thangka in Wei Xun’s hands did not grow hot, and returned to its normal temperature.

Wei Xun went all the way to the crystal mountain. He followed the method of an owner of a coal mine, showing off his wealth as he took out a gold-inlaid silver-plated skull, a wet corpse with a golden eagle’s head, and a gold box with black stones and jade fragments. Unfortunately, there was not a single reaction. Only the nine-eyed dzi beads that Amala gave him were slightly hot.

Putting away the other items and grasping onto the dzi beads, Wei Xun walked closer. When he got closer, he found that this pure white natural crystal was not a “crystal mountain.” It had been carved into the shape of a pagoda, layer by layer. There were a total of nine layers, and the tower was engraved with mysterious 卍 characters.

At the highest point of the crystal tower, Wei Xun could vaguely see a golden, miniature temple building.

‘Master! Is your esteemed self going to enter this tower?’

Xiaocui finally couldn’t bear it anymore. She stared at one of the floors of this pure white crystal tower, and her green eyes were full of obsession and greed as she whispered, ‘Master, there are things that allow me to breed insect eggs there. These insect eggs can hatch inferior demonic insects, and there may even be some low-ranking demonic insects. If there are more demonic insects in the swarm, your esteemed self can better command the insect swarm, and your esteemed self will also grow stronger.’

There were supposed to be thousands of eggs in the mother of the swarm’s womb, and sex with a male could fertilize these eggs. Based on the natural characteristics of the original Insects of Evil, there was no difference between fertilized eggs. However, there was a difference in the type of eggs that were exposed to strong radiation during the hatching process, allowing the insect babies to swallow high radiation ore after hatching.

The hatching environment and the food they ate at the larval stage determined whether the hatched worm was female or male, soldier or worker.

But now, Xiaocui, who had become the mother of demonic insects, was different. She could mate with different male insects, but the eggs bred had their fixed ranks, and it was difficult for them to evolve due to the influence of external forces. For example, if she mated with the three mantis brothers, half of the eggs bred might hatch into inferior demonic insects, while half would become dead eggs because the three mantis brothers’ ranks were too low. Hence, it could be said that they were not good male insect partners.

To become stronger and have more high-rank babies, Xiaocui should look for higher-rank males. But beside Wei Xun, the one with the highest rank was Xiaojin. Although it was a middle-ranked demon, it was more than enough for the current Xiaocui, but the evolutionary direction of both insects were completely different.

Xiaojin evolved in an “obscene” manner, and its talents lay in hiding and sucking blood. Meanwhile, Xiaocui hoped that the development direction of the entire insect swarm was closer to the three mantis brothers.

Aggressive, iron-willed, invasive, and murderous.

During the early stages of developing the swarm, only such a swarm would allow them to seize more resources and enhance the strength of Xiaocui and its master as quickly as possible!

Xiaocui was ambitious, and a mother of the swarm was born with a stronger desire to reproduce and would develop more aggressive thoughts than male insects.

Since the existing male insects were unreliable, Xiaocui did not want to wrong herself. She felt that the thing in the crystal tower held an infinitely strong attraction for her. It definitely had a lot of energy, and it was something that suited Xiaocui very well.

As long as there was enough energy, she could give birth to insects without those garbage male insects!

‘Hold on.’

Wei Xun found that the entrance of the crystal white tower was closed. The tower’s body was not smooth like a mirror, but had many cracks densely covering it, appearing like spider webs. It did not matter if one was looking at the bottom of the tower or looking up at it. The cracks were always present, extending upwards until the end of one’s field of vision.

Wei Xun took off his gloves and tapped the crystal tower with his fingers. The aftershocks still lingered, and the tower even seemed to be shaking slightly. Wei Xun leaned his ear closer, held his breath, and listened carefully.

Hum——

An inaudible humming sound came from the crystal.

It wasn’t an illusion, and Wei Xun did hear the hum emitting from within the crystal.

“No wonder.”

Wei Xun got up and put on his gloves.

When he saw this crystal white tower just now, the title of [Archaeologist] came into use. Wei Xun confirmed that this place was indeed ruins from the ancient Xiangxiong period, and it had taken nearly a hundred years for more than a dozen generations of gusin shamans of Xikang Temple to build it as an imitation of the legendary Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring. The succession and selection of gusin, the selection of the successor of the King of Xiangxiong Kingdom, and other important ceremonies were all done here.

One of these points made Wei Xun particularly concerned. According to legend, the nine 卍 crystal mountains were the crystal pillars that supported the heaven and the earth. Once Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring was destroyed and the crystal mountain collapsed, the sky would collapse and fall.

This smaller imitation of Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring and its white crystal mountain was also the “pillar” that supported the entire Xiangxiong Kingdom. Once it was destroyed, then the Xiangxiong Kingdom would collapse.

This seemed to be just a legend, but the [Archaeologist] title pointed it out. Wei Xun had a rich imagination and liked to think deeper about everything.

What catastrophe could bring about the total destruction of a kingdom?

War? Civil unrest? The demise of the royal bloodline, in the case when there was no heir?

War, civil strife, and the assassination of the king were indeed the reasons for the annexation and demise of ancient Xiangxiong.

But today, after a thousand years, this place represented the traces of the existence of this rich and powerful ancient kingdom. The reason for the extreme destruction of the ancient Xiangxiong ruins was the multiple earthquakes that occurred here.

After a few decades, or a hundred years, he was afraid that there would be no traces of the Xiangxiong Kingdom here anymore.

The dense cracks on this white crystal mountain, and the abnormal humming sound inside it, were they some kind of “wave,” and were they related to the earthquake?

“It’s a pity”.

Wei Xun was not a geologist, so he didn’t have much interest in this. It was a pity that he couldn’t split this rare nine-story 卍 crystal tower so that the young fox could eat it and bring it away.

fter all, Wei Xun was not a demon, and he knew that it was impossible for the young fox to swallow the whole tower easily and directly. This also had to do with Wei Xun’s blind spot, as he didn’t know the young fox’s stomach capacity. But if the crystal tower couldn’t be destroyed right now, many of Wei Xun’s plans to “seize the crystal tower” would be aborted.

He couldn’t destroy the crystal tower. If he wanted to enter the tower, he had to use normal means.

The legitimate method Wei Xun used was to skillfully use the spider silk climbing rope and the demonic insects to climb from the outside of the crystal tower to the top. The entrance of this crystal tower was at the golden miniature temple at the top. This was the information Wei Xun had received after using Xiaocui to scout the place.

It was not easy to climb a crystal tower with a smooth surface. The correct way to enter should be to find the secret passageway leading underground from the ruins of Xikang Temple at the surface, and then go all the way down until he reached Little Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring. However, Wei Xun did the opposite.

The smooth crystal provided no handholds for him, and the carved crystal fences, cornices, and the like looked extremely fragile, and it was difficult to step on them. However, the three mantis brothers came in handy. They could fly, their bodies were rigid, and they were powerful. Together, they could support Wei Xun’s weight.

With the demonic insects beneath his feet and the spider silk climbing rope, Wei Xun quickly reached the top of the crystal tower.

This crystal mountain was indeed very huge, and the top of the smallest area had two round tables. On the top of the mountain, the miniature golden temple was full of blue prayer flags. Blue was the noblest color in the Yungdrung Bon religion. It represented the sky and the vault of heaven. The devout Bon believers yearned to ascend towards a higher place, thinking that they would get closer to the Great Perfection in their cultivation.

But apart from the blue prayer flags, the temple was empty, with no fresco carvings and no Buddha statues. It looked more like an altar, with a gold box inlaid with ivory jewels in the center, but there was nothing in the gold box.

“This is the place where the crown made of Garuda horn was placed in the past?”

Wei Xun guessed, “It may also be the place where the thangka of the gusin had been placed.”

Amala of Qianzong Mountain had said that it was the disappearance of the gusin’s thangka that allowed the suppressed demon thangka to awaken.

After guessing this, Wei Xun did not take out the human skin thangka and put it in the box. On the contrary, in order to make it easier for the demon to come to him, Wei Xun simply put the human skin thangka into the stomach of the little fox.

Then, he entered the interior of the crystal white tower from the side of the temple, where only one person could crawl into the entrance.

The spire of the crystal tower was the first floor. The crystal here was almost transparent, and the space was not large, but it did not look cramped despite being full of blue prayer flags. Wei Xun thought that according to the beliefs of Yungdrung Bons, the higher the place, the more noble it was. The demon skin should be suppressed at the bottom of the crystal white tower.

He would still have to go down one layer at a time.

Wei Xun lowered his head, only to find that there was a bluish-black face under his feet.

The human face was staring at him from a strange angle, its face completely tilted upwards.

“Ah, sorry.”

Wei Xun lowered his head and looked at the bluish-black face, and politely negotiated, “I stepped on your face, can I trouble you to move it away?”

The author has something to say:

Wei Xun: Why didn’t you move your face away?

Wei Xun [came to a sudden realization]: Do you also want to become one of the food items of Leader Wei’s luxury supper combo meal?