Chapter 59: Taotie, the Gluttonous Beast

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Gu Qingluan shook her head, unable to fully understand the origin and meaning behind it all.

She refrained from indulging in further speculation and slowly scanned the reliefs.

She had a lingering sense that these carvings held more than just decorative value.

Perhaps they could reveal something crucial.

Su Lie, upon hearing her analysis, joined her in the search.

Suddenly, Gu Qingluan’s gaze halted.

On one of the walls, there was a carving—a depiction of a Taotie with the body of a bull and the face of a human, its mouth wide open, revealing its blood-stained maw. Before it lay a twisted representation of the cosmos, encompassing the sun, moon, and stars.

The representation of the sun, moon, and stars symbolized the vast universe and all creation.

As for the Taotie, it was one of the four ancient ferocious beasts, notorious for its insatiable greed.

Though Gu Qingluan had never seen a Taotie in person, she had heard of its existence.

without discrimination. It was said to consume

the Jun family carve such a gluttonous creature in

have intended to symbolize their desire to

the wall, Gu Qingluan extended her hand and touched the relief. Unlike the Pixiu, which symbolized wealth accumulation, the Taotie was purely driven by

the Taotie to represent

her finger traced over the mouth of

her fingertip experienced a sharp pain, as

flowed from the wound, seeping into the stone

blood away, Gu Qingluan’s expression turned solemn. She

as if it were stuck to the stone wall, and the blood from her body continued to flow at an increasing

amiss

other hand and quickly pressed several

energy and struck the

touched the wall, it disappeared as if a stone had fallen into

the fluctuation of profound energy, looked over and noticed

heart tightened, and he anxiously looked at

reached out his hand towards her, “Master, what happened to

Gu

Lie’s hand froze in mid-air, realizing that the situation was dire. He anxiously asked, “Master, how can I help

there!” Gu

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