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,

carve such a

they have intended to symbolize their desire to consume all the wealth

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

family use the Taotie to represent

as her finger traced

pain, as if pricked by

the wound, seeping into the stone

drawing her blood away, Gu Qingluan’s expression turned solemn. She tried to retract her hand but

were stuck to the stone wall, and

there was something amiss with this stone

raised her other hand and quickly pressed several acupoints on her

energy and

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

profound energy,

smell of blood permeated the air, his heart tightened, and he anxiously looked at Gu Qingluan ‘s hand pressed against

towards her, “Master, what

me!’ Gu

mid-air, realizing that the situation was dire. He anxiously asked, “Master, how can

stand there!” Gu

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