Chapter 1495 - 1492: Summit of the Mountain

"Th-that, did the moon not come out last night?" Fang Wushang said a bit awkwardly, looking at Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu smiled slightly and shook his head, "No, maybe it was too embarrassed to show itself."

Hearing Ye Qiu's words, Fang Wushang rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, "So what do we do next?"

Ye Qiu thought for a moment and said, "We can't go down now. We have to verify that the mountain's peak is not this one, meaning we need to wait for the moon to rise here."

Fang Wushang nodded, "Then let's search around again. There wasn't any way to look carefully last night."

Ye Qiu naturally agreed, and led Fang Wushang and the black cat, continuing to move forward.

The end of the platform was a small protruding mountain peak, and that peak was covered by thick layers of ice formed by wind and snow, like a Crystal Palace.

Fang Wushang looked at the mountain peak in front of him in amazement. This mountain peak was only about ten meters high, "This really looks like a Crystal Palace, it's so beautiful."

Ye Qiu looked at this peak and nodded, "Indeed it's beautiful, I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful peak in this world."

Looking at this peak, Ye Qiu couldn't help but marvel at nature's miraculous work, really like a Crystal Palace.

"Ye Qiu, let's go take a look on that peak. Maybe we'll find something?"

Ye Qiu naturally agreed, and the two of them climbed up the peak, while the black cat was still held in Fang Wushang's arms.

"There's a cave here!"

Ye Qiu looked at a cave hidden under the ice and snow and said. Most of the cave's entrance was covered by snow, with only a small part exposed. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice it at all.

"Really?" Fang Wushang exclaimed in surprise, looking where Ye Qiu pointed, and saw a small entrance indeed.

Ye Qiu thought for a moment, then directly activated the True Qi in his body, gathered it in his palm, and struck towards the entrance.

The palm strike immediately shattered the ice and snow at the entrance, revealing the entire cave mouth.

The entrance was about the height of a person. The inside was quite dark, and they couldn't see the situation inside, but just looking at the dark hole, Fang Wushang felt a bit scared.

Fang Wushang, somewhat apprehensive, held Ye Qiu's hand and said, "Why is this cave so dark?? Are we really going in??"

Ye Qiu nodded at Fang Wushang and said, "Since we're here, we ought to check it out, right."

Saying this, Ye Qiu spurred Spiritual Power between his hands, and a glowing pearl appeared in Ye Qiu's hand, like a Luminous Pearl, slowly leaving Ye Qiu's palm and floating in the air.

With this glowing pearl present, Fang Wushang wasn't as scared anymore, because that pearl lit up the cave's situation clearly.

"Let's go." Ye Qiu turned his head and looked at Fang Wushang.

Fang Wushang nodded immediately, held Ye Qiu's hand tightly, and stepped into the cave.

This cave didn't have as much ice and snow inside, and some rocks were exposed as well.

Fang Wushang held tightly to Ye Qiu's arm, eyes constantly observing their surroundings. Ye Qiu didn't seem as nervous because he could feel there was no living being in this cave, so there was no need to fear.

The entrance seemed like a long passage, and after walking for quite a while, Ye Qiu and Fang Wushang reached a place resembling a palace.

Seeing the view suddenly open up, Fang Wushang couldn't help but be amazed, "So this mountain is actually hollow."

Ye Qiu also looked at the place in front of him, as large as a square, and from the size, it was clear this mountain's inside was empty to have such a large space.

"Ye Qiu, what do you think this place is?" Fang Wushang furrowed his brows, looking at the scene before them.

Ye Qiu carefully observed, thought for a while, and said, "I'd say it looks like a place used for sacrifices."

"Sacrifices?" Fang Wushang exclaimed, "Is it necessary to be this large for sacrifices?"

Ye Qiu walked through the place with Fang Wu, reaching a height of over ten meters, like a tall palace. The surrounding walls were carved with murals, and beneath their feet were blue slate tiles. Opposite them, the altar had many stone cocoons around it.

Some stone cocoons were in the shape of animals, some were human, seemingly chaotic but arranged methodically around the altar, facing it, as if in worship.

"Since ancient times, people have had a noble spirit towards sacrifices, it was their belief," Ye Qiu said to Fang Wushang.

Fang Wushang nodded to Ye Qiu's words, "You know quite a lot."

Ye Qiu looked at her speechlessly and said, "Aren't these common knowledge?"

Hearing Ye Qiu's words, Fang Wushang blushed a bit embarrassedly, unaware of these things herself.

Ye Qiu led Fang Wushang towards the altar. The altar was huge, and the top was a black-brown color, which gave off a sense of horror just by looking at it.

"Ye Qiu, why is the color like this?" Fang Wushang asked, looking at the altar's color.

Ye Qiu gently stroked the altar's surface with his finger, finding that the black-brown substance was a powdery substance. He smelled it and said, "This is residue left from ancient blood, having turned this color after either too much accumulation or too long a period."

Hearing Ye Qiu's words, Fang Wushang's eyes widened in shock, "Th-that color has turned like this, how much blood has seeped into it?"

Ye Qiu coldly chuckled, "That's how ancient sacrifices were. Do you think it's only animal blood?"

Hearing Ye Qiu's words, Fang Wushang immediately withdrew her hand from the altar, "You- you're not saying there's human blood in there too, are you?"

Ye Qiu nodded, "That's right, there's definitely human blood mixed in here. In ancient times, they often used sixteen-year-old maidens for sacrifices, maybe this blood contains theirs too."

Upon hearing Ye Qiu's words, Fang Wushang took two steps back, eyes filled with fear as she looked at the altar, "That's just too cruel."

"This world is inherently cruel."

After saying this, Ye Qiu slowly approached the mural in front of them. The murals depicted many scenes, possibly capturing some moments of the people's lives who lived here.

"Ye Qiu, take a look at this, what is it?" Fang Wushang pointed to a spot on the mural and asked.

Hearing Fang Wushang's voice, Ye Qiu walked over to her side and followed her finger, looking at the spot on the mural.