MTL - Ask Sword-Chapter 616 prophecy

  Chapter 616 Prophecy

   Li Ang focused his attention on sensing the message from Mosi's avatar. The top area of ​​the temple had been destroyed by falling rocks above the cave, leaving only ruins. Apart from that, no signs of battle or dead bodies were found.

  In the center of the temple, there is an exceptionally large stone chamber. On the four walls of the room, there is a copy of a mural.

The first mural is hundreds of little people drawn with simple lines. They screamed and cried, looked desperate, as if they were afraid of something, kneeling on the vast land, worshiping a towering minaret .

   Or rather, the man kneeling at the top of the minaret.

  The man is tall and tall, his face is hidden under the hood, his arms are open, and he holds a blood-stained gold blade in his right hand. On the stone bed in front of him lies a young nobleman who has been disembowelled.

  The reason why they are called nobles is that the disemboweled man is wearing luxurious white clothes and a snake-shaped ornament inlaid with gold and jade on the neckline, which is in stark contrast to the thousands of ordinary people who are dressed in simple clothes under the minaret.

  The strange thing is that, despite being killed and sacrificed, the young noble didn't have the slightest pain on his face. Instead, he smiled calmly, as if he was satisfied with something great.

   Above the heads of the sacrificer and the sacrificed is a blue sky.

  It depicts two huge blood-red vertical pupils, as if the devil is spying on the world.

   "What does this mural express?"

   Li Ang frowned subconsciously. Judging from the primitive and barbaric behavior of human sacrifice, the age depicted in the murals was extremely old, at least before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. By sacrificing human animals, appease ghosts and gods, and worship ancestors.

  However, the clothing styles of the characters in the painting are obviously different from those in the Central Plains. And the sacrifices were not prisoners of war but nobles.

  He patiently looked at the second mural.

  On the second mural, the hooded man still exists.

  He stood on the cliff, stretching his arms, as if he was reprimanding something.

  Below the cliff, thousands of civilians are digging the soil with tools, and some people in noble costumes hang in the air,

  These people waved their arms and made various gestures. The huge rock that blocked the excavation process was broken and turned into smaller gravel, which was placed on the car carried by the giant pack beast that was obviously a monster.

   "Monk?"

   Li Ang was greatly astonished. The movements of the nobles in the painting resembled the original magic techniques of the Yin and Shang Dynasties described in the school classics.

   No, even older.

  Li Ang noticed that some nobles were holding human skulls in their hands, as if they were summoning the spirits of their ancestors to gain extraordinary power.

  "If this is the case, the age of the murals is even older than the Yin and Shang Dynasties."

   Li Ang looked at the third mural with a frown, only to see that it was an inverted Tongtian Tower structure that went deep into the ground.

  In each floor of the tower, there are many villains in different costumes and classes.

  Same as the previous two murals, the common people have simple lines and poor costumes, while the nobles have delicate lines, gorgeous costumes and more facial expressions.

  Everyone looked terrified and uneasy, looking up at the top of Tongtian Tower.

  In the sky above the surface, a huge gap was opened, and black light poured out from it,

  Animals, demons, human beings, all creatures fell to the ground and died.

  On the fourth mural, it is also the Tongtian Tower that goes deep into the ground, but this time the cracks in the sky and the black light are all gone,

  All the villains living underground came to the barren surface, singing and dancing to celebrate their new life.

  The above are the contents of the four murals, and there are some footprints left in the dusty space in the middle of the murals. It is not clear when it was left.

   Li Ang rubbed his temples with a headache, full of doubts in his heart.

  Jiuyou is definitely a barren land, much more desolate than Liyuan. I am afraid that only some extreme archaea can survive on the thick smoke from underground hot springs.

  A civilization with monks and the ability to build underground towers is undoubtedly advanced. Why did they bother to go deep into the ground to build such a temple in Jiuyou Dark River?

  “Judging from the content of the murals, it seems that a certain prophet of an ancient civilization prophesied that the devil would spy on the world through a sacrifice.

  This civilization believed deeply in the content of the prophecy, mobilized the power of the whole country, dug down, and built the Tongtian Tower. I don't know how many years later, the doomsday is expected, and the creatures on the surface are wiped out.

  The ancient civilization, which has been living underground, returned to the ground and became the only survivor.”

  Li Ang lowered his arms and thought seriously: "A civilization with monks who can build such a huge temple in the Nine Nether Dark River may be ignorant, but it is definitely not weak.

  How much they trust the prophets and how much they fear the doomsday prophecy, they have to do their best to hide underground.

   Could it be that they are Siyou people? "

  Siyou people are an extremely mysterious tribe. Legend has it that they live in underground rivers and rarely interact with surface civilizations.

   Except for a few eyewitness records that occurred before the Jin Dynasty and were difficult to distinguish between authenticity and falsehood,

  There are only some fish bones that accidentally drifted to surface rivers and recorded obscure texts, which may prove their existence.

  Before when Li Ang was kidnapped and half-forced by Crow Nine and entered the underground ghost market, he had indirect contact with Siyou Civilization—

At that time, Shi Xingseng left a slate, claiming that he had foreseen that he would suffer death, and then used the secret method of Jingnianzong to erase most of the memories. The remaining memories were divided into three parts and placed in three different places, waiting for Shi Xingseng After waking up, use the lotus of the affliction to retrieve it.

  The positions of the three locations are written in serpentine Siyou characters.

  The stone slab is still hidden by Li Ang in the cave in the east of Chang’an City—there are too few samples of Siyou characters in Dongjun Tower, and it is impossible to decipher it at all.

  It was impossible for Li Ang to go to Dongjun Tower to check at that time, and he asked for trouble, so he put the stone slab on hold and did not follow the clues to trace it.

  It is now known that Shi Xingseng, who lost all memory after his resurrection, has joined Zhaoming, if they are also tracking the traces of the Siyou clan

   Li Ang stood up from the chair, left the Imperial Medical Office, and hurried to the Academy in a carriage.

  To be on the safe side, it is best to inform the head of the mountain.

The carriage was bumpy, and Li Ang took time to check the condition of the moray eel along the way—it was not only luck but also luck. The moray eel went deep into Jiuyou after a lot of hard work, found the underground temple, searched and obtained information, and went upstream along the dark river On the other hand, he successfully reached the "signal" area and sent all the information back,

   And it's not dead yet, it's dying wrapped around a stalactite pillar.

   Li Ang was greatly moved, and immediately followed the positioning coordinates to ask other marine life to support. The support method was to feed himself to the moray eels.

   As for an excellent employee like Eel itself, it is natural to reward him.

  Based on the principle of using it in death as long as it never dies, Li Ang decided to allocate more shares of mosi to strengthen this moray and let it return to the dark river to continue exploring.

  Excellent young people should accept experience.

Not long after, Li Ang arrived at the school. Instead of looking for Xi Yangyu, who stayed behind in the school and had the most authority, he went directly to the Dongjun Tower, found the puppet machine servant Ati, and said seriously: "I have important information to tell Shan. Long, please contact me."

  Shan Chang and his old man often disappeared, ranging from a few days to several months. Including the sacrificial wine and the secretary, no one knew where he went, and there was no way to contact him.

  Ati, who doesn't look like an ordinary puppet servitor, is the "person" who is most likely to contact the head of the mountain in an emergency.

"no."

  Ati, who was cleaning Dongjun Building with a small cart, glanced at Li Ang calmly, and said lightly, "I have no authority."

   It's lack of authority rather than lack of ability. Li Ang noticed the point of this sentence, emphasized his tone, and said seriously: "It's really important."

  Ati stopped, stared at Li Ang with hollow and deep eyes, and said suddenly: "If you can pass the Suanni furnace test, you may have authority."

   When is the trial still going on?

The corners of Li Ang's eyes twitched. The test he received was far more severe than that of ordinary school tours. Not only did he have to completely defeat the phantoms of high-level opponents in the Cloud Patrol Realm created by the Suan Ni Furnace, but he must not suffer any injuries on his body, even Being rubbed is considered a failure.

   Seemingly seeing what Li Ang was thinking, Ati pushed the trolley again, walked along the corridor, and said calmly: "Excellent young people should accept experience."

  (end of this chapter)