The front hall was destroyed in the battle and the entire roof of the hall was gone.
When they reached the center of the hall, they saw the majestic statue in disrepair. Its head had fallen to the ground and was missing, while its torso was cracked in the middle.
"The skeleton came out from inside? Master Huang, you really don't know anything?"
"Captain Wang, we really don't know. The legend of the treasure has indeed been circulating for a long time, but we don't know where the treasure is, and our ancestors never mentioned it."
For hundreds of years, there have been rumors of treasures, but they have always regarded them as nonsense.
The statue has been here since the beginning and there has been no problems for hundreds of years. Who would have thought that something like this would happen?
Huang Ting and his companions felt very wronged. If they had known that there was such a thing inside, would they not tell them?
Zhou Yaning looked for a while, but didn't find anything. She turned to Lu Chengchuan and asked, "Did you find anything?"
"No." Lu Chengchuan shook his head: "I didn't see many traces."
The white skeleton was very strange. Normally, monsters would leave some traces when they passed by, which could be seen with the Qi-gazing technique. However, this place was very "clean", without any traces that a monster should have.
The three men died and the monster ran away. They really knew nothing.
"Master Huang, your ancestor really didn't leave any clues, or you didn't look carefully and didn't know that there was anything left behind." Wang Shi asked again.
"The master left behind many things, including various books. Maybe... there might be..."
Huang Ting was a little unconfident. There were still a lot of things in Xianzangguan, especially books, including ancient and modern books, and he had not read all of them.
"Captain Wang, how about we go take a look at those books?"
He also wanted to know why. Could it be that the ancestor really left something behind, but they had never discovered it?
"Are those books still there?"
Wang Shi looked around. The front hall was basically destroyed and part of the back hall had collapsed. They had been running in a hurry and had no time to rescue the books.
"All our books are in the back hall, where they are specially protected. As long as there is no fire in the back hall, we just need to move the rocks away."
Huang Ting looked towards the back hall. Compared to here, the back hall was much better.
"Captain Zhou, what do you think?" Wang Shi turned and asked Zhou Yaning.
Zhou Yaning didn't know if it would be any use, so he could only turn around and look at Lu Chengchuan. Now all three of them were looking at him, waiting for him to make a decision.
"Let's take a look. There are no other clues anyway." Lu Chengchuan didn't expect it and nodded directly.
He nodded, and everyone immediately went to the back hall.
After passing through the ruined corridor, everyone came to the back hall. The collapsed stones blocked the road. Lu Chengchuan went up and used his internal energy to move all the stones aside.
"Be careful, the house will collapse."
After moving the stone, Lu Chengchuan asked them to be careful before going in.
His battle with the monster here affected him, so he couldn't say that the house had no hidden dangers.
"Be careful, come with me in and move the books out."
They couldn't stay in the dangerous house, so they had to move the books out quickly. Before going in, Wang Shi called the troops at the foot of the mountain and asked them to send some people up to help move the books.
"Be careful, put the books in the box and take them out to sort them."
Everyone was busy moving books and various things. Soon, the troops stationed at the foot of the mountain sent people up to join the moving team.
Boxes of things were carried to the empty square, and they continued moving from late at night until dawn.
When the day breaks, Xianzang Mountain also changes its appearance.
It was originally a paradise on earth, but now the main hall has collapsed and many trees have been burned by forest fire. Tourists looking up can only see darkness and ruins.
"Tourists! An accident happened last night. The attraction is temporarily closed. Please do not gather here."
As soon as dawn broke, a group of people blocked the entrance, and scenic area officials quickly came out to evacuate the crowd.
The situation above is still unclear. If another monster rushes down, they cannot take responsibility.
When the tourists saw the above situation, they knew they could not worship the gods today, so they watched for a while and then dispersed.
Not long after, Huang Ting came down from the mountain with several disciples. They found the people in the martial arts world and said that the exchange meeting had to end and everyone could go home.
Originally, all the major sects were going to come together today to exchange martial arts skills, but this incident happened.
"Everyone, I'm so sorry."
"Master Huang, this is an unexpected disaster. I'm glad you're okay. We'll come back when we have the chance."
Everyone also knew what happened last night. Now the mountain was in chaos, so it didn't matter whether they fought or not.
"Let's get together again when there's a chance."
After telling everyone that the exchange meeting was over, Huang Ting returned to the mountain and continued to move books.
Hundreds of people worked together to move the books, and it was not until the afternoon that they finally got them to the square.
"The books are all here, let's read them together."
These are all books in their Xianzang Temple's collection, but there is nothing to keep secret. Apart from the martial arts secrets, the other books do not have much practical value.
The abbot spoke, and everyone picked up the book and started reading.
Lu Chengchuan was also looking for it. He had long coveted the martial arts secrets of Xianzang Temple. Now that he could see them openly, he had to seize the opportunity.
After finding a good place, dozens of people began to flip through books frantically.
Wang Shi also called a group of experts together, a total of hundreds of people, to read the book here five days later.
"Captain Wang, look here. This book says that the founder of Xianzang Temple achieved great success in his cultivation. After his ascension, his remains became as white as jade and he will be immortal for ten thousand years. Could this be true?"
Wang An took the book after hearing this. He read it for five days and his eyes were almost blind, but he still couldn't find any clues.
Now he finally heard a story that fits the current situation. Regardless of whether it is true or not, he continued to give an answer.
"Master Huang, do you know this?"
"Of course I know, but my master said it was just a legend. The ancestor's body was buried at the foot of the mountain, and the ashes were later moved back up the mountain for worship... and the statue was there from the beginning, so there couldn't be bones inside it."
He had heard the story before, but never took it seriously.
You have to know that the statue already existed when Xianzang Temple was built. The founder had not yet passed away at that time, so how could his body be placed in the statue after his death?
"Maybe there was some tampering, or the statue was replaced."
"This... I don't know. It's been hundreds of years, and the people who knew are long gone." Huang Ting hesitated. What Wang Shi said was really possible.
It's not like statues of gods can't be replaced. If they were replaced in the middle and it wasn't recorded, it would be difficult for future generations to know the truth.
"But if it really is the remains of our ancestor, why is it still alive and wants to kill us?"
"Because the one who came back to life wasn't your ancestor, it was most likely a monster. That monster occupied your ancestor's corpse, so it doesn't care about you."
Wang Shi tried to connect these things together, at least to give a reasonable explanation.
Huang Ting's expression changed again and again. To be honest, he felt that he was really convinced by Wang Shi.