Chapter 401 The Judgment of Libra
"What kind of energy fluctuation is this?"
"It's actually somewhat similar to the martial arts energy!" Linglong's eyes brightened as she looked up and down at the ancient wall that was emitting a scarlet glow.
The portraits of the gods displayed on it all disappeared after being splashed with blood from the clone, leaving only a totem mark similar to that of a scale.
The origin of this Libra is not small, and it can often be seen in the myths and legends of the earth.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, Anubis, the ruler of the underworld, had such a scale in his hand to measure good and evil. It could be used to measure the souls of the dead with the help of the "heart" ceremony.
The heart of the deceased was placed on one side of the scale, and the feather of the goddess Maat, representing justice, truth, and order, was placed on the other side.
If the heart is lighter than a feather, it means that the deceased was a good person in his previous life and can pass the judgment and enter reincarnation to be resurrected and obtain eternal life in the afterlife.
If the heart is heavier than the feather, it means that the deceased is guilty, and his soul and heart will be swallowed by the demon Amit, who looks like a hybrid of a lion, crocodile and hippopotamus, and will disappear completely from the world.
There is also such a scale in ancient Greek mythology.
That is Themis, the goddess of order who symbolizes law and justice and one of the twelve Titans. In order to judge right and wrong, good and evil among human beings, Themis, with her eyes blindfolded, transformed the stars of Libra into a golden scale to establish order and justice in the world.
The mere presence of such a scale on this ancient Wall of Sighs seems to imply that as long as one passes the judgment of this scale, one can pass the boundary that separates life and death.
As for Eugene, who triggered this unusual scene, after seeing the scale appear before him, the fanaticism in his eyes could no longer be concealed in the slightest.
He picked up the parchment scroll in his hand and started talking in an eloquent voice, not knowing whether he was muttering ancient Greek or ancient Egyptian. After making ancient musical notes like "Sacrifice!" and "Judgment!", he materialized the scales engraved on the wall.
The scarlet light continued to entangle, outlining a physical scale made of scarlet-gold energy on the ancient Wall of Sighs.
And right behind Libra, a strange beast that looked like a lion, a crocodile, and a hippopotamus with a single horn on its head emerged from the pattern on the wall. With a final roar, it landed lightly in front of Libra and pushed it in front of Eugene.
"people!"
"Offer your flesh and blood!"
"Only after passing the judgment of the goddess, will you be qualified to pass through the wall of the underworld and go to the garden of reincarnation!" The horn of the strange beast emitted a five-color spiritual rainbow light.
As soon as it spread, a special language with built-in translation function was outlined in the minds of several people alive in the venue.
Even Linglong was slightly stunned when she saw the strange beast appear. Compared with the mad Bai Ze she had encountered before, this unicorn-like beast that looked like a Qilin actually seemed extremely solemn and dignified.
It seems as if he was born to judge humans!
"Is this the demon Amit from ancient Egyptian mythology?"
"Or is it the Xiezhi in the Shenyi Jing?" Linglong clenched the bronze scepter in her hand. The various characteristics of the strange beast seemed to confirm the creatures in the distant mythology of the earth.
The so-called Xiezhi (xiezhi) is also a beast of punishment in ancient Chinese mythology, representing justice and judgment.
The "Yunji Qiqian" records: "At that time, a foreign country presented a mythical beast named Xiezhi, which looked like a deer and had one horn."
"On Dongwang Mountain there is a Xiezhi, a divine beast. It existed before Emperor Yao and could scare away evil. It looks like a Yang, with one horn and four legs. It will come when the king settles a lawsuit ." This is the original text from "Shan Hai Jing Tu".
The stone carving of the Xiezhi can often be seen at the entrances of courts on Earth.
People who don’t understand think it is a stone lion guarding the gate. In fact, its appearance represents the “uprightness” and “fairness” of justice.
As for Eugene's actions, why did it lead to the trial of the Xiezhi?
Linglong is unknown.
At this moment, she just wanted to end the old guy's life as soon as possible to avoid any accidents!
What Linglong didn't expect was that when she hesitated for a moment, Eugene in the distance had already arrived in front of the left tray of the golden scale.
His eyes were filled with fanaticism, and he stretched out his hand and took out a sharp knife from his combat uniform. He stabbed the clone whose neck he had cut into the chest and took out a bloody heart from it.
Placing the heart on the tray, Eugene looked up at Xiezhi and whispered the words of sacrifice he had learned from the ancient parchment scroll: "When you are placed in the scales and weighed with the feather of truth... do not make judgment against me... do not let the judge cry out before me..."
As the sacrificial text from the Book of the Dead echoed in the hall, the golden scales actually shook slightly, and an image of an ancient goddess appeared on the Wall of Sighs behind it.
The goddess stood in the center of the gods, with a chaotic and disordered darkness behind her. It was not until she touched it that the chaos calmed down, yin and yang became clear, the earth came into being, and all things were nurtured.
"The Emperor of Heaven and Earth, the Azure Sky and the Yellow Spring, control the cycle of life and death!"
"This scale is actually hers?" Linglong murmured softly. The intertwined images of several mythological systems made it impossible for her to tell the specific origins of this goddess.
Eugene stared at the statue of the goddess, and the sacrificial oration in his mouth became louder and louder.
Until the emerald green feather gently floated out from the bronze wall and landed on the right side of the Libra.
The originally unbalanced scale bar actually tilted, as if it was weighing the sacrificial clone heart.
"eternal life!"
"Eternal life is just ahead!"
Eugene looked at the strange noise in front of him, and the anticipation and enthusiasm in his eyes reached their peak at this moment.
But what he didn't expect was that with the fall of the green feather, the expected gate to the Garden of Gods did not open.
Instead, it let out a deep roar. The Xiezhi guarding the edge of the scale bared its teeth and poked its head in front of Eugene: "Human!"
"This is not your heart!"
"You deceived the goddess! You should be punished!"
Following this judgment, the Xiezhi opened its mouth and instantly swallowed Eugene.
"No... Impossible! I didn't cheat on the goddess!"
"All the rituals were completed according to the Dead Sea Scrolls!"
"This is my heart! The heart of my youth!"
"It has the same genes as me! The same DNA helix! It's my heart! It's mine...it's mine..." Eugene screamed in panic, as if he was trying to explain something.
But Xiezhi ignored his sophistry. The gust of wind that came out of its mouth seemed to come from the underworld. With just a light sweep, it turned Eugene and the other clones following him into mummy-like corpses. Finally, they fell to the ground with a loud bang and shattered into ashes.
After completing this step, Xiezhi looked unsatisfied, and then cast his gaze towards Linglong in the distance: "Man! It's your turn!"
