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Episode 7: The Multicolored Altar

The suddenness of the event was beyond people's imagination. "This..." they couldn't believe it.

But the nine dragon corpses and the bronze coffin lay right in front of them, ironclad evidence of the impossible!

This went against all reason, subverting people's understanding, and everyone's thoughts were strongly impacted.

During the chaos, Ye Fan and his group didn't run away in a panic. They gathered together until the summit calmed down. Although they all fell to the ground, there were no serious injuries, only a few people with bruised arms.

At this moment, their faces were filled with shock, and the incredible scene before them would stay with them for the rest of their lives!

The nine huge dragon corpses lay silently in front of them, and the giant bronze coffin was a visual shock. It was all too shocking and mysterious.

No one could speak, their hearts were in turmoil, and their faces were full of shock, horror, fear, and other emotions that were difficult to calm.

After a long time, Lin Jiacai whispered, "Let's hurry down the mountain."

Everyone nodded and felt they should leave immediately. No one wanted to stay for even a minute longer. The atmosphere at the summit of Mount Tai was chilling. Why were there nine dragon corpses pulling a bronze giant coffin? Why did they land on Mount Tai? Even though the facts were in front of them, it was difficult for them to accept, and they were extremely uneasy.

Under the blood-red sunset, the summit of Mount Tai was in ruins, especially the bronze coffin, which had been smashed into a huge pit. The large cracks that had formed around it were one to two meters wide, spreading like spiderwebs in all directions.

One of the cracks snaked like a winding centipede and extended to the feet of Ye Fan and his companions. Luckily, the end of the c***k was less than the width of a palm, so it did not cause any sinkholes or pits.

Just as the group was about to leave, Li Xiaoman pointed ahead and said, "What is that?"

Half a piece of jade was exposed under the cracked ground, reflecting a glimmer of light in the sunset.

Although everyone was somewhat afraid, they took a few steps forward and saw a round altar under the one-meter-wide c***k, with a broken half piece of jade placed on top of it, resembling a jade book.

"How could this be? Is there something buried underneath?"

The altar was not large, but ancient and simple, built with five different colored soils, filled with the aura of time, and who knew how many years it had existed.

"Quick, look ahead!" Wang Ziwen, who was standing at the front, exclaimed in surprise and pointed to a wider c***k ahead.

Under the nearly two-meter-wide c***k, there was also a five-colored earth altar. The round altar was already shattered, and a jade tablet inside was exposed, with many complex characters and symbols inscribed on it that no one could recognize.

At this moment, everyone revealed a look of astonishment, instantly associating it with the phrase "Fengshan" or the ancient altar used for offering sacrifices to the heavens.

A five-colored round altar sealed with a jade book, this was similar to the description in Ban Gu's "Baihu Tongyi" during the Eastern Han Dynasty, which recorded, "Some said the seal was made of gold paste and silver cords, while others said it was made of stone paste and gold cords. It was used as a royal seal."

In addition, the Western Han historian Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian. Fengshan Shu" also recorded "flying petals and soaring stalks, gold paste and stone inscriptions."

In just a few moments, the crowd was amazed to find that under each of the large cracks around them lay one of these colorful altars, and there were quite a few of them, reaching up to dozens.

Each of the five-colored earth altars was very primitive, with marks of time etched all over them, making it clear that they had existed for countless years. The five-colored earth altars were either sealed with jade or stone slabs, all of which were inscribed with difficult-to-recognize ancient characters and symbols.

Everyone felt deeply surprised and vaguely felt that they might be related to the dragon corpses and the bronze coffins.

Ye Fan enjoyed reading ancient books about strange things, and knew more about the ceremony of "Fengshan" than anyone else. His heart was shaken to the core, could it be true that the Three Emperors, Five Emperors, and the Seventy-Two Kings of ancient times really conducted the Fengshan ceremony here?

Perhaps the legend was true, otherwise how could there be so many five-colored altars? From the characters on them, most of them were oracle bone script, which seemed to confirm this speculation.

Although the group should have retreated immediately, they were unconsciously attracted and had already circled around the bronze coffin. They were frightened by the nine huge dragon corpses, shocked by the twenty-meter-long bronze coffin, and amazed by the underground five-colored altars.

"It seems there is no danger, but these dragon corpses..."

Although their fears had gradually diminished as they circled around, they still felt somewhat uneasy and decided to leave the mountain as soon as possible.

"Look, there is a giant altar in the central pit!"

The bronze coffin had created a huge deep pit in the ground, and the group had already circled to the other side of the bronze coffin. Looking down, they were once again amazed.

There was a super altar in the deep pit, which was not made of soil, but entirely built from giant stones of the five colors, and it was stably carrying the twenty-meter-long bronze coffin, without any cracks or damage.

This super-sized five-colored stone altar was clearly different from the other soil altars and was located in the central position of Yu Huang Peak, towering over the other altars.

The bronze coffin had fallen from the sky with tremendous force, but it had not even cracked or damaged in the slightest, making it hard to imagine what kind of peculiar stones it was made of.

On this large five-colored altar, in addition to the bronze ancient coffin, there were also many jade pieces and stone tablets stacked, all exuding an ancient atmosphere.

Whether it was the jade pieces or the stone tablets, they were all engraved with extremely mystical ancient characters, even more primitive than the oracle bone script seen on the five-colored earth altars, appearing like near-unreadable mysterious symbols.

On that super-sized five-colored stone altar, a large row of these jade pieces and stone tablets were placed neatly, and they were not destroyed by the bronze coffin, leaving people suspicious.

"We should leave here quickly," both Ye Fan and Zhou Yi spoke up, urging the others.

Everyone nodded in agreement, it was not suitable to stay here for too long, even if there were endless secrets, they were not something they could explore now. The nine huge dragon corpses nearby were unnerving, and the bronze coffin was even more unsettling.

Just as everyone was about to turn around and leave, a female classmate suddenly screamed, as a large stone under her feet rolled towards the pit, and she lost her balance and fell down.

"Be careful!" A male classmate quickly grabbed her, and several others rushed to help pull her up.

That large stone that had been stepped on made a "rumbling" sound as it rolled into the pit, and then with a "bang", it heavily struck the five-colored altar.

The super-sized stone altar suddenly emitted a five-colored halo, and everyone felt a huge force enveloping their bodies, making their legs feel like they were bound with lead, unable to take even a step.

"Bang!"

The five-colored stone altar continued to shake, causing the Jade Emperor's Peak to tremble, and the people standing at the edge of the pit suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented, but they couldn't move a step, all being shaken and tumbling down into the pit.

All the people fell onto the five-colored stone altar, and everyone felt a sense of fear!