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.

discrimination. It was said to consume the heavens, the earth, and even the air, eventually devouring its

carve such a gluttonous creature in their treasure

to symbolize their desire to

Unlike the Pixiu, which symbolized wealth accumulation, the Taotie was purely driven by its

Taotie to represent their obsession with amassing

Qingluan’s brow as her

sharp pain, as

flowed from the wound, seeping

expression turned solemn. She tried to retract her hand but

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

there was something amiss with this stone

hand and quickly pressed several acupoints

gathered profound energy and struck

as soon as the profound energy touched the wall, it disappeared as if

wrong, Master?” Su Lie, sensing the fluctuation of profound energy, looked over and noticed

of blood permeated the air, his heart tightened, and he anxiously looked at

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

me!’ Gu

that the situation was dire. He anxiously

stand there!” Gu

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255