The stone platform slowly descended, revealing a stone door that was originally covered by the stone.
"Is this really the entrance to the Phoenix Shelter?" Han Sen was happy, but he was also confused.
The vines on the mountain did not appear to have been touched by anyone before Han Sen arrived. That meant Holy-Sword Emperor had not entered the Phoenix Shelter from this place.
Han Sen summoned the furnace spirit and told it to push the door open. This was when the spirit would be useful. It could replace Han Sen in the dangerous exploration.
The Sword Furnace went to push the stone door, and the stone door actually opened. Nothing dangerous happened.
Behind the stone door, there was a flight of stairs that led upwards. Han Sen looked up and saw that the stairs were long, and there were turns along the way. He could not see what lay beyond.
After a moment of hesitation, Han Sen picked up Bao'er and followed the furnace. The furnace led the way, and Han Sen followed. After a long flight of stairs, they came to a palace.
Surprisingly, he didn't encounter any danger along the way. Even the palace's door opened easily. There was nothing out of the ordinary.
Han Sen stood outside the door and looked into the palace. There were many bronze objects, such as tripods and furnaces. Most of them were statues of birds.
There were many bird statues on both sides of the palace. Some were like peacocks, some were like cranes, and some were like sparrows and hummingbirds. The birds were all different, but they all looked very real.
The walls of the hall were also engraved with many bird patterns. The ceiling of the hall was a purple peacock with its tail open, while the floor was made up of over a hundred red-crowned cranes.
The whole palace was like a bird museum. It was dazzling, but there were so many birds in the palace. Even the pillars were decorated with birds, but there was no sign of a phoenix.
Han Sen looked around the entire palace, and he was sure there was no sign of a phoenix.
"Is Phoenix Emperor comparing himself to a phoenix? Is that why there is no sign of a phoenix?" Han Sen guessed.
Aside from the bronze statues and wall carvings, there was nothing else in the palace. There was only a bronze throne at the back of the palace.
"It seems that the bronze throne is where the Phoenix Emperor usually sits. But why is he sitting there?
There are only bronze statues and paintings here, so it doesn't seem like a good place to be worshiped. "Han Sen had the furnace examine the throne.
The throne looked like it was made of a hundred birds, and it was very beautiful. The furnace examined the throne, and nothing dangerous was happening. So, Han Sen sat down.
After Han Sen sat down, he looked around the hall. He felt as if the bronze statues and the ten thousand birds in the paintings were all flying towards him to worship him. It was as if ten thousand birds were worshipping him.
"Phoenix Emperor sure knows how to have fun." Han Sen laughed.
But on second thought, he felt that something was amiss. Could it be that Phoenix Emperor spent so much effort to build such a strange palace just to enjoy the feeling of thousands of birds worshiping him?
In this hall, only by sitting on this bronze throne could one feel the aura of thousands of birds worshiping him. There was no such feeling even if one stood beside the bronze throne. It was not easy to achieve such an effect.
With Phoenix Emperor's power back then, he could have directly brought back the real birds. Wouldn't that be more fulfilling? Why would he need to make these fake ones?
Han Sen sat on the bronze throne and carefully looked at the bronze birds and murals. As he looked, Han Sen's expression became serious.
The reason why there was such an aura was because the birds in the bronze statues and murals were all lifelike, as if they were living creatures. Not only were they like living creatures, but they also had the existence of gods. If not for the lack of life force, Han Sen almost thought that the birds in the paintings would spread their wings and fly away.
Aside from the lack of life force, from what Han Sen could see, the birds in the bronze statues and murals had everything a living bird should have.
Moreover, each bird had its own unique god. This was the rarest point. Even if two birds looked very similar, they could be clearly distinguished by their actions and expressions.
"Could this be where the Phoenix Emperor comprehended the Dao?"
Han Sen was shocked. Even though he had seen the birds flying in the sky, he had a vague idea of what was going on.
Han Sen had practiced Heavenly Go and Seven Twists. The two combined to create Aero. This Aero had to have something to do with birds.
After looking at the birds for a while, Han Sen was able to see a lot of similarities between the minds of the birds and Aero.
After looking at the birds, Han Sen's understanding of Aero deepened. There were many details that he didn't pay attention to, and even places that he hadn't thought of before, but now he suddenly understood. It was like a new door had opened in front of Han Sen. It made Han Sen enter a whole new world.
"It can be like this!"
The more Han Sen looked, the more excited he was. The places that he hadn't thought of before were being enlightened by the birds' aura.
Han Sen couldn't help but look at each bird. The more he looked, the more magical he felt. They were just dead creatures, but every time he looked at them, he felt different.
Han Sen looked at the birds, and he couldn't help but stand up. He wanted to take a closer look.
Before Han Sen sat on the bronze throne, he didn't feel anything special when he looked at them from other angles. Now that he stood up, he noticed that the birds looked different when he looked at them from a different angle. They were like living creatures.
It was like looking at a 3D image. At first, it felt messy, and there was no meaning to it.
But once he broke through a point, the whole picture would open up in front of him. It was like it had been unlocked. When he looked at it from another angle, he felt different.
The design of the hall was obviously more sophisticated than a 3D image. Once it was unlocked from a point, standing in any corner of the hall and looking at each bird would make a different discovery.
In a thousand people's eyes, there would be a thousand Hamlets. This meant that people were multi-faceted. It was just that they appreciated things from different angles.
These birds were the same. They were like living creatures. Each bird had its own complex aura and posture. Different angles and different people looking at them would give them different feelings.
Han Sen didn't know how others felt, but he felt like he had entered a treasure trove. He absorbed everything he saw and felt. At the same time, he verified it with Aero. The benefits he gained were far beyond what a secret manual could describe.