Chapter 007: The Altar of Five Colors

The events unfolded too abruptly, surpassing the bounds of human imagination!

"This..." The crowd could hardly believe their eyes.

However, the nine dragon carcasses and the bronze coffin lay right before them, an ironclad fact that was impossible to deny!

All of this severely defied logic and overturned common understanding, causing a profound shock to everyone's thoughts.

During the chaos that had just erupted, the group with Ye Fan did not panic and flee. They gathered together and remained until the summit of Yu Huangding calmed down. Although they all fell to the ground, there were no major casualties, only a few people with bruised arms.

At this moment, their faces were etched with shock; the incredible scene before them was unforgettable for a lifetime!

The nine massive dragon carcasses lay quietly ahead, and the huge bronze coffin was a visual shock, making everything too overwhelming and mysterious.

Everyone was speechless, their hearts in turmoil, their faces filled with expressions of amazement, fear, and panic, unable to calm down.

It wasn't until much later that Lin Jia whispered, "Let's hurry down the mountain."

Everyone nodded in agreement, feeling the urgency to leave this place immediately, with no one willing to linger for even a moment. The atmosphere at Yu Huangding was chilling, raising questions about why nine dragon carcasses pulled a bronze giant coffin here and why it landed on Mount Tai. Even with the evidence before them, it was hard to accept, filling their hearts with extreme unease.

Under the blood-red sunset, Yu Huangding was a scene of devastation, especially around the bronze ancient coffin where the damage was most severe. A massive pit had been smashed there, with large cracks radiating out, a meter or two wide, spreading like a spider web in all directions.

One of these cracks, like a winding centipede, stretched to the feet of Ye Fan and the others, fortunately, the end of the crack was no wider than a palm, causing no ground collapse or pit.

As everyone prepared to leave, Li Xiaoman pointed ahead and said, "What's that?"

Beneath the cracked surface, half a jade piece was exposed, reflecting a glimmer of light in the setting sun.

Despite their fear, they took a few steps forward and saw a corner of a round altar exposed beneath the one-meter-wide crack, with the broken half of the jade piece displayed on top, resembling a jade book.

"How could this be? Could there be something buried below?"

The round altar was not large, simple and rustic, made of strange stones in five colors, filled with the breath of ages, and no one knew how many years it had existed.

"Quick, look ahead!" Prince Wen, standing at the forefront, showed his astonishment, pointing at the even wider crack ahead.

Beneath the nearly two-meter-wide crack, there was also a five-colored earthen altar. The round altar had been shattered, revealing a jade slab inside, engraved with numerous complex characters and symbols that no one could recognize.

At this moment, everyone's face showed their astonishment, and they instantly associated it with the term "Fengshan" (the ceremony of sacrifice to heaven), which could very well be an ancient altar for such a ceremony!

The five-colored round altar sealed with a jade book was similar to the descriptions in "Bai Hu Tong Yi" written by Ban Gu during the Eastern Han Dynasty, which recorded: "Some say 'sealing' is done with gold paste and silver ropes, or stone paste and gold ropes, sealing with the imperial seal."

Similarly, in "Shi Ji · Feng Shan Shu" by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a record of "flying heroes and soaring realities, with gold and stone records."

In just a moment, everyone was astonished to find that under the surrounding large cracks, there were such five-colored altars, not a few, but as many as dozens.

Each five-colored earthen altar was rustic, marked with the imprints of time, clearly existing for countless years. The altars were sealed with jade pieces or stone slabs, all bearing ancient symbols and characters that were difficult to discern.

Everyone felt deeply astonished, vaguely sensing a connection with the dragon carcasses and the bronze coffin.

Ye Fan enjoyed reading ancient books of "strange searches" and knew more about Fengshan than others. He was genuinely shaken inside, could it be that the ancient Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and Seventy-two Kings really conducted Fengshan here?

Perhaps the legends were true; otherwise, how could there be so many five-colored round altars? Judging from the inscriptions on them, most were oracle bone scripts, which seemed to confirm this speculation.

They should have left immediately, but unconsciously, they were drawn in and had circled around the bronze coffin for more than half the circumference, awed by the nine massive dragon carcasses, shocked by the twenty-meter-long bronze ancient coffin, and surprised by the underground five-colored divine altars.

"It seems there's no danger, but these dragon carcasses..."

After circling for more than half the circumference, their inner fear gradually subsided, but they still felt uneasy and decided to hurry down the mountain.

"Look, there's a giant altar in the central pit!"

The bronze ancient coffin had smashed a huge deep pit into the ground. The group had moved to the other side of the bronze giant coffin, and looking down, they were shocked once again.

Beneath the pit was a super altar, not made of soil but entirely constructed from giant stones in five colors, sturdily supporting the twenty-meter-long bronze ancient coffin without any cracks or damage.

This extra-large five-colored stone altar was distinctly different from the other earthen altars, located at the center of Yu Huangding, majestic and grand, far larger than those earthen altars.

The bronze coffin that fell from the sky must have had an enormous impact, yet it did not crack or damage the stone altar in any way, making it hard to imagine what kind of strange stones were used to build it.

On this large five-colored divine altar, in addition to the bronze ancient coffin, there were many jade pieces and stone slabs piled up, all filled with an ancient aura.

Both the jade pieces and stone slabs were engraved with extremely mysterious ancient characters, more primitive than the oracle bone scripts seen on the five-colored earthen altars, resembling the mysterious symbols akin to heavenly paintings and diagrams.

On the super-large five-colored stone altar, there was a neat row of such jade pieces and stone slabs, undamaged by the bronze coffin, which was astonishing.

"Let's hurry and leave this place," Ye Fan and Zhou Yi spoke in unison, urging everyone on.

Everyone nodded, agreeing that it was not a place to stay for long. Even with endless secrets, it was not something they could explore now. The nine massive dragon carcasses beside them were unsettling, and the bronze giant coffin was even more nerve-wracking.

Just as everyone was about to turn and leave, a female classmate let out a scream as a large stone under her foot rolled into the pit, and she too lost her balance and began to fall.

"Be careful!" A male classmate quickly grabbed her hand, and several others also rushed to help, pulling her back up.

The large stone that had been stepped on rolled into the pit with a "rumbling..." sound, then "bang!" it hit the five-colored altar hard.

The super-large stone altar immediately emitted a hazy glow of five colors, and everyone felt a huge force envelop their bodies, their legs feeling as if they were bound with lead, making it difficult to move even a step.

"Bang!"

The five-colored stone altar continued to vibrate, causing Yu Huangding to tremble as well. The people standing on the edge of the giant pit felt the world spinning around them, but they could not move, all of them tumbling down into the pit.

The group fell onto the five-colored stone altar, fear gripping the hearts of everyone!