The entire altar is three meters high, divided into three layers, and the shape is trapezoidal. It is built with huge granite structures, and the layout is very dense. The gap between the stones can't even be inserted with a knife blade.

  On the lowest altar, there was a bronze tray-like object about one meter long with a recessed groove in the middle that seemed to be used for holding something. When Zhang Wenbin stepped onto this altar, he found that the dust on it had already accumulated thickly, and it looked like no one had used it for a long time.

  Going up the tenth step, it's the second layer, which is the altar in the middle. A bronze statue about two meters high stands here. The protruding eyes, wide earlobes and that enigmatic smile, are exactly the same as the person carved on the bronze coffin. I don't know if our ancestors really looked like this or if there's some exaggeration. What's important is that the copper statue's hands are embracing forward, and after careful examination by Zhang Wenbin, it was found that his two palms were originally holding something, but now they're empty. Around the statue are placed some ritual vessels, mostly bowl-shaped utensils, with varying amounts of black residue inside. Upon closer inspection with a knife tip, it's indeed blood!

  It seems that this is the place of blood sacrifice. There are no more steps going up, and at the top, there is a layer with a majestic and magnificent bronze tree standing in the center, about 10 meters high. The shape of the tree is very unique, with the trunk as the fulcrum, divided into three sections: upper, middle, and lower. Each section has three branches, each branch has a bird perched on it, and each bird's mouth holds a bronze bell. The branches are bare and have no leaves. Cha Wenbin compared the tree branch in his hand that he got from Wang Yue with this one, except for the bird and the bronze bell at the top of the branch, both the shape and the carved patterns were very similar, but the size was much smaller. Those branches were five or six meters long, some were two or three meters long, only the one in his hand was a bit out of place. However, he didn't understand this kind of thing too well, so he turned around and shouted: "Old Wang, come over and take a look."

  When Old Wang climbed up to the second step with the help of Cha Wenbin, he was deeply shocked by this unparalleled bronze tree and couldn't speak for a long time. After a while, he finally squeezed out two words: "Divine!"

  "Is this what you're looking for? The divine tree that can open the door to the three realms?" Cha Wenbin, apart from its peculiar shape, didn't think this thing was extraordinary, and in his eyes, it might just be an ancient relic.

  Old Wang focused his gaze on the bronze statue again, and he also saw that hole. After some deliberation, Old Wang boldly spoke out his speculation, allowing the scene from three thousand years ago to be restored one by one at this place.

  Old Wang took the branch from Cha Wenbin's hand and said, "In the 'Shan Hai Jing', there is a record that says: 'Above the Tang Valley, there is a Fu Sang tree. Ten suns bathe in it, in the north of Mo Chi. Living in the water, there is a large tree. Nine days live on the lower branch, one day lives on the upper branch.' This means that in the East China Sea's Tang Valley, there is a divine tree called Fu Sang, where ten suns live. Each day, three-legged birds carry them to take turns being on duty. When one sun rises, the other nine rest on the divine tree. Now we only see nine birds, so where is the tenth bird? It's probably the bronze wheel in your hand, Brother Wenbin. If we assume that the bronze wheel represents the tenth bird, because these birds symbolize not only the totem of the clan but also the sun, taking turns climbing to the highest branch and becoming the sun, then this bronze wheel is both the sun and the embodiment of the bird on duty that day. Therefore, this branch should be the one at the very top, which is said to have been broken by Hou Yi.

  "If we connect this tenth branch and hang the bronze wheel at the top, wouldn't it restore the original appearance of this divine tree?"

  As for those mythical legends, Zha Wenbin wasn't particularly interested, but Old Wang's words did explain the relationship between the tree branches and the sun wheel. The sun wheel was the tenth bird, without it, the tree wouldn't be complete, and this altar would lose its meaning. Suddenly enlightened, Zha Wenbin asked: "Then what do you think this tree is for?"

  Old Wang looked at the bronze statue and said, "There is only one explanation, this is a divine sign, but it seems we are still missing something, that staff that Wen Bin brother once held in his hand. Can you tell me its origin?"

  "Does the cane remind you of the three-legged toad? Is it still doing well?" "That was what I found after falling down the waterfall, in a cave. A three-legged toad was guarding it then, and it led me to the last cave where the jade coffin was buried. I used that cane to open up a passage to get there. I think the cane must be some kind of key, but apparently, for the ancestors here, the cane holds supreme power."

  "Oh?" Old Wang came with interest, "How did you know?"

  Zha Wenbin told Old Wang about the things that had happened in the tunnel, and also recounted the story of the Snow White boat and the Golden Mask from start to finish.

  Old Wang connected these things before and after, plus the materials they had been studying in their organization and the information obtained from Huaibai Hu Zi, a dynasty three thousand years ago was gradually restored by the two.

  More than 3,000 years ago, the ancient Shu Kingdom was in the legendary post-Yu period. After King Yu's death, he was buried in a jade coffin to seek rebirth after death. The method he used was diametrically opposed to that of Can Cong.

  Emperors of past dynasties, after unifying the country, pursued immortality as their sole goal. The most well-known example is Qin Shi Huang sending Xu Fu to sail east in search of elixirs, which eventually led to the establishment of Japan.

  The first Shu king, Can Cong, combined the Central Plains Taoist techniques with his own. According to Hu Zi's account, a long time ago, a Central Plains Taoist had come to Mount Qi to practice and was amazed by the Qiang tribe's magical powers. He then became a disciple of the Qiang shaman. It was unthinkable for a Han person to learn tribal magic, but this Taoist used his knowledge of Feng Shui to help Can Cong build a grand reincarnation array, allowing him to escape the cycle of rebirth and live forever. In return, Can Cong learned the theoretical knowledge and essence of Taoism from the man and together they became disciples of the Qing Yi Shen Men, masters of magic. After completing their studies, they returned to the world, and only then did Taoism possess a complete theoretical system and unparalleled magical techniques.

  This Taoist perfectly combined the literary and martial arts, creating a famous school in the history of Taoism. After his death, he was ranked among the immortals and became a heavenly master of his generation.

  And our Shu king silkworms are pursuing immortality with all their heart, setting up such a cumbersome and vicious big array, eventually falling into a living dead person. In this way, the fish phoenix king must know that it is a failure, so he wants to use a new method, as their descendants, the fish phoenix king chose the ghost dao technique. By sacrificing his own descendants, absorbing their essence and soul to recreate a new self, from both perspectives, they are building their own rebirth on the sacrifice of their children.

  Let the fish be born from water, and then let the bird eat the big fish, symbolizing the unity of heaven and earth. The bird's blood already contains both, and then uses its blood to dye the jade coffin, opening up the souls of ten thousand to come out. With the ghostly energy condensing into its seven spirits, because these people are all its descendants, every deceased soul has recorded its memories. And that scepter is the key to fusing the spirits, with it, the deceased souls have found their target, using this unbelievable way to recreate human three spirits and seven spirits.

  These two methods, one is using Tao to evade, the other is using divine spirits to capture, can be said to have brought their respective skills to the extreme.

  At that time, the Fisherman Kingdom was a society organized by clans, and several clans formed the overall kingdom. Each clan was led by a priest, and all the people in the clan were under his command. After the death of the Fisherman King, the entire kingdom was controlled by a high priest, whose position was equivalent to that of an emperor in the Central Plains at that time. He held the power of life and death over the entire kingdom, as well as control over its economy and political system. It is highly likely that he was the owner of the Snow White Ship, for whom rebirth was also very important. He stole the scepter that originally lay within the jade coffin and used it as a symbol of his power to consolidate his position, which meant that the Fisherman King would be unable to reincarnate for over three thousand years.

  However, one day the high priest suddenly fell ill and died. This news was undoubtedly a great disaster for the ancient Shu state. Suddenly, the entire kingdom was in a state of leaderlessness. In order to prevent foreign tribes from taking advantage of this opportunity to invade, and also to stabilize the people's minds, the top priority was to establish a new high priest. The ancient Shu state did not adopt a hereditary system for selecting a high priest like the Central Plains region, but rather an elective system. This system is similar to our current people's congress election system, where national leaders are elected by popular vote. However, the right to elect the high priest of the ancient Shu state was concentrated in the hands of a few priests.

  On a day chosen as an auspicious one for the inauguration, on this day, the new leader will lead people to hold a series of ceremonies to announce his inauguration. Then the masses led their own tribesmen here, and a grand ceremony is about to begin...

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