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.

an insatiable appetite, devouring almost anything without discrimination. It was said to consume

the Jun family carve such

intended to symbolize their desire to consume all the wealth in the

and touched the relief. Unlike the Pixiu, which symbolized wealth accumulation, the Taotie

the Taotie

as her finger

a sharp pain, as if

wound, seeping into the

Gu Qingluan’s expression turned solemn.

wall, and the blood from her body continued to flow

amiss with this

hand and quickly pressed several acupoints on

gathered profound energy and struck the

soon as the profound energy touched the wall, it disappeared

sensing the fluctuation of profound energy, looked over and noticed something

and he anxiously looked at Gu Qingluan

he reached out his hand towards her, “Master,

Gu

Lie’s hand froze in mid-air, realizing that the situation was dire. He anxiously asked,

there!” Gu Qingluan

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