The engraving on the bronze plate brought a strong shock to Zhang Yuanqing, causing his mind to explode with thoughts and his heart to surge.
In the distant ancient times, meteorites from outer space fell to the earth. The first group of humans who came into contact with the meteorites gained supernatural powers and became gods in the eyes of mortals.
This was different from what Zhang Yuanqing thought. In his understanding, the ancient gods were those who comprehended the mysteries of heaven and earth, created methods of cultivation, controlled the spiritual power between heaven and earth, and step by step became powerful beings in the eyes of ordinary people.
Who would have thought that the powerful men who were worshipped as gods in ancient times were actually a group of lucky people who obtained meteorite fragments.
This made Zhang Yuanqing disillusioned and at the same time, he felt a strong sense of vigilance and awe. Where did the meteorite shower come from?
After a long silence, he turned his head to look at the beauty beside him, only to see her staring at the screen in a daze.
Obviously, the content of the picture also gave her a strong shock.
"Palace Master, the content of the painting..." Zhang Yuanqing hesitated and asked, "How credible is it?"
The Palace Master of Stop Killing said softly:
"If I had seen it from somewhere else, I would be skeptical, but the things left by Queen Nuwa should not be wrong. Yuanshi, Queen Nuwa's level is higher than you think.
"She possesses the ultimate power of the two professions of musician and scholar, and holds the highest status in myths and legends."
Zhang Yuanqing nodded, "It's unbelievable..."
"Palace Master, do you think the meteor shower in the painting is the source of us, the source of the ancient practitioners and spiritual realm practitioners?" He made a guess that would definitely make ordinary practitioners scare, "The supernatural power on our planet is brought by meteorites from outer space?"
The Palace Master of Stop Killing thought for a long time and said:
"The content of the painting is more symbolic. What fell to the earth may not be a meteorite... I am more curious about who dropped the meteorite."
Alien civilization? Higher-dimensional creatures?
To solve this doubt, the two looked at the next bronze plate.
I looked at four pieces in a row, and the contents on them were all engraved with scenes of "gods" leading mortals to resist nature and reproduce.
The gods who gained supernatural powers taught humans to use fire, divert rivers to irrigate crops, teach mortals to observe the sky at night, establish calendars and solar terms, and so on.
He single-handedly led hunting civilization towards farming.
Zhang Yuanqing suddenly spoke up, wondering, "Strange, why are there no evil professions?"
The contents of the reliefs are all harmonious pictures of prosperity and racial reproduction and development.
If the source of the Spirit Walkers is these meteorites, then there should be evil professions.
"Here..." The Palace Master of Zhisha cast his gaze towards one of the last two bronze plates.
Zhang Yuanqing hurried over and looked carefully at the content of the relief carving.
Just like the first one, meteorites rained down from the dark cloudy sky, piercing through the earth with blazing flames.
Terrible cracks appeared in the earth, and magma gushed out. Animals and humans were transformed into tall and ferocious monsters. They ravaged the earth and killed all living things.
Against the tragic backdrop of corpses floating all over the ground, a glowing woman flew into the sky.
The last picture shows the clouds dispersing, the sun shining, and two streams of light falling from the sky.
Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath and quickly interpreted:
"This should be the second meteor shower. Unlike the first one, this one brought destruction and disaster. The meteorites contaminated a large number of animals and humans, turning them into monsters and creating unimaginable disasters."
The Palace Master of Stop Killing nodded and said:
"The second meteor shower should bring with it the power of the evil camp. The first batch of meteor showers came first, giving rise to lawful professions, and then the second batch of meteor showers came, creating bloodthirsty monsters..."
She pursed her lips and her voice became deeper: "Does it look like someone is using the Earth for experiments?"
If the first meteorites came and created evil and lawful "gods", it might have been an accident.
But this orderly release of two batches of meteorite showers, first building and then destroying, is a bit of a stretch to say that it was an accident, and it seems more like it was deliberate.
So the truth behind the birth of lawful and evil professions is that someone was conducting experiments on Earth? This conjecture makes people feel cold in their spines... Zhang Yuanqing continued to interpret:
"And Queen Nuwa couldn't bear to see all the people in the world suffer, so she sacrificed herself to resolve the disaster. According to myths and legends, the sky collapsed and the earth sank, and Nuwa refined stones to repair the sky. From then on, the world was peaceful and there were no more disasters that destroyed the world... Hiss, maybe she didn't repair the sky, but got rid of the experimenter from outside the sky?"
"It's a very bold guess." The Palace Master of Zhisha nodded. She thought so too.
"It seems that the status of Queen Nuwa is a bit terrifying. You see, those 'gods' do not appear in the carvings. Only Queen Nuwa appears. This means that only she can solve this disaster. Other gods are not qualified. Well, it is not ruled out that the carvings left by Queen Nuwa are deliberately beautifying herself..." Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts became clearer and clearer.
His brain was working at high speed, searching for useful information. Suddenly, something came to his mind and he blurted out:
"World-destroying disaster!!"
"I remembered something, Palace Master. The predecessor of Daoyao Organization, Daoyao Sect, once recorded a world-destroying disaster. Could it be the one that Queen Wa experienced?"
He did not explain what the Xiaoyao Sect was. The Palace Master of Zhisha definitely knew that this woman knew more about the Xiaoyao Organization than he did.
"You actually found out about the Xiaoyao Sect." The Palace Master of Zhisha smiled. She stared at the contents on the bronze slab and said:
"Based on the information available, yes."
Zhang Yuanqing said:
"So the war predicted by the Compass of Light is aimed at the enemy 'experimenters'. Well, for now, let's call the guy who dropped the meteorite 'experimenters'."
"Combined with the content of the painting, we can interpret the prophecy of the Compass of Light. A catastrophe similar to that in ancient times will happen again, and evil forces will destroy the entire world."
"But the Bright Compass says 'Sun, Moon and Stars, Return to their Positions', and the key profession is the Night Wanderer, not the musicians and scholars controlled by the Queen of Wa. This is very strange."
The Palace Master of Stop Killing thought for a moment and said:
"Perhaps, the next person to play the role of savior is a night-wandering god. The Bright Compass saw the future and gave a prophecy."
Is this why all the major organizations are investing in Night Wanderer? Do they want to train a savior? No, it's understandable that the lawful professions would do this, but why did Shura also invest in Night Wanderer? Shouldn't the evil professions be responsible for destroying the world?
Zhang Yuanqing had just solved one puzzle when he fell into a new confusion.
In addition, one of his previous conjectures could be proven to be wrong - spiritual realm travelers were the norm.
When he first learned about the Century-Destroying Records handed down by the Xiaoyao Sect, he guessed that the ancient practitioners were not normal, but rather evolved survivors of the disaster.
The practitioners before the disaster might have been the same as the spiritual practitioners today.
But the content of the carvings now denies this speculation. In the era of Queen Nuwa, there was obviously no such thing as a spiritual realm.
It can be seen that the spiritual realm is indeed a product of modern times.
"That's not right..." Zhang Yuanqing suddenly said.
"What's wrong?" The Palace Master gave him an inquiring look.
Zhang Yuanqing analyzed:
"The Queen is wrong, and the experimenter is also wrong... Palace Master, if you were the experimenter, would you release a force that could fight against yourself?"
"It's a little unreasonable that Wahuang is so strong. As an ancient cultivator who grew up in contact with meteorites, she actually killed the experimenter? Could it be that we guessed wrong and there was no experimenter at all?"
The Palace Master pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and shook his head:
"It's definitely not that simple. The two paintings are brief and don't contain much information. It's too early to draw a conclusion now."
After that, the two fell silent. They slowly digested this shocking information and then looked at the last bronze plate.
The content depicted above is relatively simple, with two pictures in total:
One: A giant
Ten small suns perch on the big bronze tree, suspended on ten thick branches, like suns hanging on the treetops.
2: When they leave the treetops, they turn into ten three-legged golden crows.
"In ancient times, there really was a three-legged golden crow that lived on the Fusang tree." The Palace Master Zhisha took a few glances and said, "Another myth has been verified."
After saying this, he looked at his lover beside him and saw him staring blankly at the first painting with a frown on his face.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"The sun on the treetops looks familiar. I've seen it before..." Zhang Yuanqing said in an uncertain tone, "The little sun that the Demon Lord uses to balance the Fallen Holy Grail looks very similar to them."
Of course, just because they look similar, we cannot be sure whether they are the same.
After all, it's just a carving and it doesn't have any real feel.
The beautiful eyes under the mask of the Palace Master of Stop Killing turned, and she put her finger to her lips, as if thinking, "The Queen of Wa cultivated this bronze sacred tree, it seems that it is for the ten golden crows to inhabit. To be valued so much by the Queen of Wa, the level of the golden crow must be extremely high. I think it is the little sun you mentioned."
"Empress Wa is no ordinary woman. She has collected so many terrifying items." Zhang Yuanqing said with emotion.
He flew into the sky alone, resolved a world-destroying disaster, controlled the supreme things of the two professions of musician and scholar, and raised the Ten-Sun Crow in a blessed land.
No wonder it is said that Wahuang is the only person in mythology who is confirmed to exist in reality.
In addition, the Demon Lord said that the Little Sun is the highest level of the Night Wanderer profession, and the Little Sun is the Golden Crow. According to this meaning, gathering all ten Crows is equivalent to controlling the "Sun" in the Compass of Light?
While Zhang Yuanqing was daydreaming, he suddenly heard the Palace Master Zhisha exclaim happily, "The bronze sacred tree is where the Golden Crow lives. It has been roasted by the power of the sun for many years and must have absorbed their power. Yuanshi, this Palace Master will give you a gift."
After saying that, she rushed out of the tree hole holding her skirt.
Zhang Yuanqing didn't know what she was going to do, so he followed her and ran out of the cave together.
When he came out of the cave, he saw the Palace Master of Zhisha flying away on the wind, her skirt and hair flying, like Chang'e flying to the moon, and flew to the lowest branch.
Zhang Yuanqing imitated the president and snapped his fingers: "Star Escape."
It turned into a dreamy starlight and came to the Palace Master, saying, "What are you going to do?"
Even though the trunk of the bronze sacred tree was roasted by the Golden Crow and turned into a material containing the power of the sun, they could not move this towering tree.
The last time he explored Takama-ga-hara with the top leaders of the Chizuru Group, Zhang Yuanqing tested the hardness of the bronze tree and found it to be indestructible.
He also did not think that the sacred tree refined by Queen Nuwa to provide a habitat for the Golden Crow was something that the Lord could destroy. If the Lord could do it, the Ten-Sun Crow, which symbolized the power of the sun, would have burned the sacred tree long ago.
In a sense, this sacred tree is definitely a treasure, but they are unable to collect and use it at this stage.
"I can make it give birth." The Palace Master of Zhisha smiled playfully.
What?
Zhang Yuanqing's mind was full of questions.
The Palace Master did not explain. He stretched out his hand and the red lines exploded, spreading densely on the tree trunk like a red carpet with no end in sight.
The Palace Master of Stop Killing said:
"Pregnancy is the most core skill of Siming. As long as I want, I can make everything in the world pregnant, and then use the childcare skills to help the 'child' be born smoothly."
"The child will take away some of the mother's power, causing the other party to be demoted. You have encountered the Holy Child in the Sea of Cliff Mountain, so you should have a deep understanding of this."
"I have experienced it deeply, and I never want to experience it again." Zhang Yuanqing still feels scared and his lower abdomen twitches when he recalls the scene that day.
She said, "I will let the bronze tree give birth to the power of the sun."
As he spoke, Zhang Yuanqing felt the tree beneath his feet begin to swell, just like his rapidly expanding belly.
Then, the "red carpet" covering the tree trunks bulged, emitting green smoke. A ball of golden flame as big as a fist burned through the red carpet, slowly floated out, and hung in the air.
The temperature around them rose rapidly, the air was twisted by the burning, and waves of suffocating heat rushed in.
Face to face.
Zhang Yuanqing felt a burning pain on his face, and his eyebrows and hair quickly became scorched and curled.
The Palace Master of Stop Killing quickly took out the Demon Refining Pot, opened the lid, and put the golden flame into it.
Then, she followed the same method to make ten branches pregnant and give birth, squeezing out the divine power of the sun contained in the trees, and put them into the Demon Refining Pot one by one.
"These sun powers are top-grade materials. You can flatter and offer them to the Three Dao Mountain Goddess, or ask her to refine them into tools for you. The only problem is that their aura is too overbearing, and they cannot be preserved in nature for a long time. Ordinary tools cannot contain them, so they can only be put into the Demon Refining Pot." The Lord of Zhisha wrapped the Demon Refining Pot with a red thread, put it on his back, and said with a smile:
"I'll keep it for you first."
Why do I feel the sadness of a middle-aged man whose money is all kept by his wife... Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself.
But what she said made so much sense that it was impossible to refute it.
I got the real source of life, a substitute clay figurine, and ten divine powers of the sun. I made a fortune. When I need these things, I can ask her for them... Zhang Yuanqing thought so and became happy again.
Next, Zhang Yuanqing returned to the bronze tree hole and used Little Red Riding Hood to take away six bronze plates.
Fu Qingyang was still waiting for his news. Although he didn't say it, Zhang Yuanqing could see that the boss was full of curiosity and desire to explore Takama-ga-hara.
The information on the bronze plate was enough to shock Master Qian.
"Let's go!"
He couldn't wait to return home.
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Soup in Huadu Province.
With a belly full of chicken soup and porridge, Xiahou Aotian said goodbye to Brother Red Chicken and took a taxi to the old town.
Following the route given by Brother Hongji, he shuttled through the criss-crossing alleys like a spider web, gradually moving away from the shops and coming to a secluded alley.
Going deep into the alley and walking forward for dozens of meters, you will see a small shop with an archway that reads "Wanbaowu".
Xiahou Aotian squinted his eyes and saw the scene inside the store, penetrating the illusion.
——The illusion at the store entrance is only at the extraordinary stage.
When there is a huge difference in levels, even if he does not understand illusions, he can see through the illusion with his naked eyes.
"This is it."
Xiahou Aotian took out a human skin mask as thin as a cicada's wing and gently covered his face. When the loose human skin touched his face, it quickly tightened and distorted his facial contours.
Finally it becomes a mediocre face.
Red Chicken Brother.
"The ordinary Brother Hongji will never attract attention wherever he goes. He is a natural supporting role." He touched his face with satisfaction and was about to go into the house when he suddenly remembered that Brother Hongji had also attended Qinfeng College.
So he quickly stroked his face and changed his face again.
This time it was Xiahou Tianwen who died several months ago.
Dead people are the safest.
Xiahou Aotian was about to enter the store, but then he thought that although Xiahou Tianwen was a dead man, he was still a member of the Xiahou family. If he disguised himself as him, wouldn't it be a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt?
Then he rubbed his face vigorously to change his appearance.
But as he rubbed it, he was stunned. Who should he disguise himself as?
He doesn't seem to have many friends.
You don’t think it’s a big deal normally, but when you need to disguise yourself as someone with familiar facial features, you find that you can’t remember a few familiar people at all.
Yuanshi Tianzun has been showing his face in front of him frequently recently, but as a member of the loot-dividing team, he certainly cannot use his face. The same goes for the other three.
Just as Xiahou Aotian was thinking hard, a lazy female voice came from the store:
"My friend outside, stop playing tricks on me and come in."
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ps: typos will be updated first and corrected later.
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