STH Chapter 07 The Altar of Five Colors

All of this happened so suddenly, which was beyond their imagination. 

 

“What’s that ?” The crowd still couldn't believe what they saw. 

 

However, nine dragon corpses and the coffin were lying on the ground in front of them, forcing them to believe that they were real. 

These counter-intuitive events greatly blew people’s minds and strongly subverted their world views. 

 

When the chaos occurred, Ye Fan and his classmates didn’t run away immediately. Instead, they gathered together until the Jade Emperor Peak calmed down. 

 

Because of the powerful quake brought by the coffin, they all fell to the ground. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. Only a few got bruises on their arms. 

 

At this moment, stunned looks of amazement were on their face. They would never forget the incredible scene in front of them. 

 

Nine huge dragon corpses stood quietly on the mountain top, with the mysterious bronze coffin near them. 

 

All of them were speechless, with drastic mood swings in their minds, from worry, fear and scare to despair. 

 

After a long time, Lin Jia whispered: “We’d better start to go down the mountain right away.” 

 

Everyone nodded their heads, feeling that they should leave the place immediately, and no one wanted to stay here for one more minute. 

 

The atmosphere at the Jade Emperor Peak made them feel chilly. Why there were nine dragon corpses pulling the giant bronze coffin? And why did they land on Mount Tai? 

 

It was no doubt that all of these dragons were real, but it was still hard for them to accept the reality, which disturbed them a lot. 

 

Under the bloody sunset, the Jade Emperor Peak was devastated seriously by the bronze coffin, where a huge pit was smashed out. Big cracks around the pit were one or two meters wide, spreading in all directions like a spider's web. 

 

One of the cracks, like a winding centipede, stretched to Ye Fan's feet. Fortunately, the end of the crack was not wide enough to cause subsidence and fissure. 

 

As everyone prepared to leave, Li Xiaoman pointed forward and said: “What’s that?” 

 

A half piece of jade was exposed under the cracked surface of the ground, with a light reflection in the sunset. 

 

Although they were scared of the cracks, they still took a few steps forward and saw a corner of the round altar exposed under the large cracks. The broken jade was set on the altar, which looked like a jade book. 

 

“Why there is a piece of jade? What is buried underneath the altar?” 

 

The quaint and simple round altar was not so large, built by earth of five colors. The altar was full of years of vicissitudes, which had existed for an unimaginable period of time. 

 

“Look! There are more things ahead.” Wang Ziwen, standing at the front, pointed to a wider crack ahead with shocking expressions on his face. 

 

Underneath the nearly two-meter wide crack, there was also another earth altar of five colors. The round altar had been shattered, and a jade plate sealed inside was exposed. It was engraved with many complicated words and symbols that no one could recognize. 

 

At this moment, everyone was shocked and instantly associated it with “the place of sacrifice”. The earth alter was very likely to be the ancient shrine of worshiping! 

 

Jade book sealed in the altar of five colors once appeared in the Bai Hu Tong, an ancient book of the Eastern Han Dynasty compiled by Ban Gu. The book recorded that “The edict of sacrifice would be sealed by clay, tied with gold and silver rope.” 

 

The Records of the Grand Historian finished by Sima Qian in Western Han Dynasty also proved that tradition of ancient sacrifice.

 

Just for a moment, they were surprised to find that there were dozens of colorful earth altars under the big cracks around them. 

 

Every altar was simple and unsophisticated, imprinted with the erosion of time. Jade pieces and stone slabs were sealed inside, engraved with indecipherable ancient symbols. 

 

All of them were deeply surprised by what they saw, and vaguely felt that there might be some connection between these altars and the bronze coffin. 

 

Ye Fan liked to read ancient books in the spare time, so he knew more about the sacrifice than others. He was shocked as well, and wondered that whether three Sovereigns and five emperors, as well as seventy-two kings really sacrificed to Heaven on Mount Tai. 

 

Maybe the legend was true, otherwise, how could there be so many colorful round altars? Based on the shape of words on jades and slabs, most of them were Oracle bone script, which verified his speculation. 

 

They should have went down the mountain just now, but they were unconsciously attracted by the altars, dragon corpses and the bronze coffin. 

 

"There seems to be no danger, but these dragon corpses ..." 

 

They wandered around for a while and gradually calmed down, but they still felt unsettled and decided to go down the mountain right away. 

 

"Look, there's a giant altar in the center of the pit!" 

 

Beneath the pit was a super stone altar, which was not built of clay, but entirely made of boulders of five colors. It steadily bore the weight of twenty-meter-long bronze coffin, without any crack on it. 

 

This super large stone altar was obviously different from other earth altars. It was set in the central position of the Jade Emperor Peak. It was majestic and far larger than those earth altars. 

 

The impact of the bronze coffin that fell from the sky was so huge, but there wasn’t any damage on the stone altar. It was hard to imagine what kind of stones the altar was made of. 

 

On this large five-color stone altar, apart from the ancient bronze coffin, there were many jade blocks and stone slabs piled up, all of which were filled with a feeling of vicissitudes. 

 

Both jade blocks and stone slabs were engraved with extremely strange ancient characters, which were more primitive than the Oracle bone script on the jade of earthen altars. These mysterious symbols were close to the drawing of ancient hieroglyphics. 

 

The most shocking thing was that there was a long row of jade blocks and stone slabs neatly placed on the large stone altar, which had not been destroyed by the impact of bronze coffin. 

 

"Let's just get the hell out of here." Ye Fan and Zhou Yi warned others simultaneously. 

 

Everyone nodded their heads. It was too dangerous here. Even though there were endless secrets, they could not further explore right now. The dragon corpses and the huge bronze coffin were so terrifying. 

 

Just as everyone was about to turn away, a female student let out a scream. A boulder under her feet rolled down into the pit. She lost her balance and fell down. 

 

"Be careful!" A male classmate immediately pulled her arm. Other classmates nearby also came for help, and they finally pulled up th girl. 

 

The boulder rolled down into the pit, then slammed the altar with a bang. 

 

Suddenly, a five-color hazy light emitted from the stone altar, and all of them felt a great force enveloping their bodies. Their legs seemed to be tied with lead and couldn’t move any more. 

 

"Bang!" 

 

The stone altar of five colors vibrated constantly, which made the Jade Emperor Peak tremble together. Standing on the edge of the huge pit, they suddenly felt that the ground was spinning.

However, they were unable to move one step, and all of them rolled down to the pit. Finally, they fell on the stone altar, and everyone was scared.

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