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.

appetite, devouring almost anything without discrimination. It was said to consume the heavens, the earth, and even

Jun family carve such a

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

Unlike the Pixiu, which symbolized wealth accumulation, the Taotie was purely driven by its insatiable hunger, devouring without

family use the Taotie to represent

furrow formed on Gu Qingluan’s brow as her finger traced over

her fingertip experienced a sharp pain, as if pricked

the wound,

expression turned solemn. She tried to retract her hand but

wall, and the blood from her body continued to flow at an

there was something amiss with

other hand and quickly pressed several

energy and

touched the wall, it disappeared as if a stone

of profound energy, looked over and noticed something was amiss.

tightened, and he anxiously looked

out his hand towards her,

touch me!’ Gu Qingluan

realizing that the situation was dire. He

there!” Gu Qingluan

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