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.

creature had an insatiable appetite, devouring almost anything without discrimination. It was said to consume the heavens, the earth, and even the air, eventually

Jun family carve such a gluttonous creature

symbolize their desire to consume

extended her hand and touched the relief. Unlike the Pixiu, which symbolized wealth accumulation,

Jun family use the Taotie to represent

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

experienced a sharp pain, as if pricked by a

the wound, seeping into the stone

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

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

was something amiss with this stone

Qingluan raised her other hand and quickly pressed several

energy and struck

touched the wall, it disappeared as if a stone had fallen into the

fluctuation of profound energy, looked over and

the air, his heart tightened, and

his hand towards her, “Master, what happened to

touch me!’ Gu

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

there!” Gu

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