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.

to consume the heavens,

family carve such a gluttonous

to symbolize their desire to consume

wall, Gu Qingluan extended her hand and touched the relief. Unlike the Pixiu, which

Jun family use the Taotie to represent their obsession with amassing

furrow formed on Gu Qingluan’s brow as her finger

her fingertip experienced a sharp pain, as

the wound, seeping into the

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

the stone wall, and the

something amiss with

other hand and quickly pressed several acupoints on

fingertips gathered profound energy and struck

as the profound energy touched the wall, it disappeared as

profound energy, looked over and noticed something was

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

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

Gu Qingluan sternly

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

there!” Gu

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