Because it is a record of the royal archives, the content of the manuscript is written in orthodox Old European.
The old cowhide was spread out on the table, and the beautiful and fluent handwriting recorded the mysterious journey of the witch clan to the East a thousand years ago.
Ye Lan lowered his eyes and scanned the words. The more he read, the tighter his brows furrowed, and at the same time, his heart was in turmoil.
It describes a witch who passed by a place with a flying waterfall while fleeing.
At that time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder. Purple lightning was as big as a pillar and covered the waterfall. Under the long roar, everything turned into a scorched earth. They hid in a cave and witnessed all this.
They saw countless figures standing in the clouds, looming, like immortals. A giant beast soared in the sky, passed through layers of purple lightning and landed in the middle of the waterfall. One of its wings was struck by lightning, and its flesh and blood were blurred.
At this time, a pleasant sound came from the surging waterfall.
"Stand back."
It was a woman's voice, as if soaked in cold water, but extremely pleasant to the ear.
Only then did the witches see clearly that among the countless layers of thunder and lightning, there was a slender figure in the middle of the hanging river.
The woman's white clothes were stained with blood, her face was pale, and she was being chased and attacked by lightning.
Every time a thunderbolt struck, she would vomit a mouthful of blood, as if her soul was becoming thinner.
However weak she was, she still had a powerful aura that made people intimidated and dared not to invade.
The giant beast above heard this, but still spread out its strange wings and remained motionless, as if to block the attack for the woman.
Then the woman seemed helpless, softened her tone, and spoke again in a hoarse voice, "Kunpeng, I can't ascend like this."
The voice was tinged with emotion.
The beast seemed to understand, and after struggling for a while, it finally turned around and left.
Click.
The thunder and lightning struck again, and this catastrophe, like the end of the world, lasted for three days and three nights.
When she finally stopped, the woman was unrecognizable.
She stumbled out of the waterfall and looked up at the sky.
“It’s out!”
The crowd watching on the clouds exclaimed in surprise.
They looked over and saw that the dark clouds had automatically dispersed, revealing a long passage. The steps in the passage emitted a bright light, which was sacred and awe-inspiring.
As the beam of light slowly fell on the woman, her weak body suddenly flew into the air and headed straight towards the passage.
During the ascension process, the aura around her subtly changed, as if it was gradually imbued with the power of light, becoming holy and noble.
However, just when they thought that the woman would walk all the way into the passage, another thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, but this time it was not the woman who was struck, but the mysterious passage.
Click.
After the sound of jade being shattered, the steps in the passage suddenly broke into pieces.
"What happened?!" The people around suddenly became noisy.
The giant beast came back, let out a long roar, and was about to crash into the broken steps.
At the critical moment, the woman stopped it with the remaining breath on her body, and then suddenly fell from mid-air, and fell into the thousand-foot waterfall with a splash, completely disappearing without a trace.
After that, a melee broke out. The witch clan didn't dare to confront Yunduan and the others, so they took advantage of the chaos to escape, and made their way to the port, where they found a ship and returned to Guou.
This legendary experience shocked them greatly. At the end of the narrative, the witch chief asked the king to allow her to travel to the East again.
Ye Lan translated the contents and repeated them to Lei Ze. "The narrative matches the records in Xuanzong's library. The powerful being who ascended was a woman, and her heavenly rank was broken. After her ascension failed, the other powerful beings became suspicious of each other and attacked each other, resulting in a bloodbath at Feitian Ferry."
It’s just that this time the perspective records the entire process of ascension in a more intuitive and detailed manner.
Recently, Lei Ze had been exposed to more popular science and had a certain understanding of metaphysics. He immediately grasped the key point, "It was the last thunder that destroyed the Heavenly Stage and severed the rift in time and space left by the Father God."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lan nodded in agreement and said, "That's right. After 49 thunderbolts, the Heavenly Steps appeared, indicating that the powerful being had survived the tribulation and could ascend smoothly. Furthermore, she was imbued with immortal energy. This immortal energy would automatically heal the injuries she suffered from the thunderbolts once she stepped onto the Heavenly Steps. However, after the Heavenly Steps shattered, the immortal energy automatically dissipated, causing her to fall down the waterfall."
After saying this, she couldn't help but sigh, feeling sorry for that powerful man.
It is already extremely difficult for mortals to cultivate to become immortals. They have to endure trials and loneliness that ordinary people cannot imagine. Unexpectedly, he even survived the thunder tribulation, but was finally ambushed and defeated on the heavenly stage of ascension.
"What is the other party's purpose in destroying the Heavenly Stage?"
Now it was finally confirmed that the Heavenly Stage was destroyed by human beings, but Lei Ze felt that it was illogical.
Because according to the immortal cultivation rules of this world, anyone from the three realms of humans, demons and monsters can try to ascend to become an immortal after achieving enlightenment.
Everyone has the same goal. Even if there are personal grudges, no one would be so crazy as to take over the Heavenly Stage and shatter it.
This is something Ye Lan has never been able to understand.
Because this is fundamentally contradictory.
So she shook her head and said, "No matter what the purpose is, we must first find the person from the clues in the content."
As long as the mastermind behind the scenes is caught, everything will be solved.
Lei Ze had no objection, so the two began to discuss what kind of magic weapon or talisman could trigger the heavenly thunder to shatter the heavenly steps.
"As far as I know, even the most powerful Zhuxian Formation in Xuanzong's history couldn't do that." Ye Lan spread his hands, frankly admitting that his ancestor's skills were still not up to par. "Talismans and formations are restricted by the laws of heaven. I think the other party is most likely using a magical weapon, a magical weapon powerful enough to break free from the laws of heaven."
Having said that, Ye Lan paused suddenly, as if he thought of something, and his gaze fell on Lei Ze.
Lei Ze understood and said gravely, "You mean, my heart."
That original stone of heaven and earth.
Ye Lan sat aside, holding his forehead with his hand, looking a little distressed. "Besides this, there seems to be no other possibility."
Moreover, it just happened that someone stole the Stone of Heaven and Earth while Lei Ze was sleeping, and its whereabouts are still unknown.
Now that they have come here by chance to investigate, it must be God's will.
Lei Ze was speechless now. He felt like there was something stuck in his throat, and there was a surging undercurrent in his eyes. If he could catch the person who did it, he would make the other person's soul fly to pieces and disappear forever between heaven and earth.
Unfortunately, the witches' notes did not mention what they took away from the East, including the murderer's origin, and the clues seemed to end here.
"But the royal family is still the most suspicious." Ye Lan pointed to the last sentence in the note and said, "The witch clan leader requested another diplomatic mission to the East, but unexpectedly, the king not only did not respond, but also alienated them. It is not difficult to see that the witches were just pawns to witness this trip to Feitian Ferry. The royal family must have achieved other goals, so they were ruthlessly abandoned afterwards."
She decided to start her search from the accompanying list, so she flipped through the records of relevant personnel and found a familiar name.
Kate.
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