Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1185 - 15: Ancient Hill, Qingyu Boundary Star
Passing through the barrier, entering the interior of the ruins, the ancient buildings are scattered in an orderly fashion, some soaring into the clouds, with spires pointing at the firmament like sharp swords; some are low and quaint, resembling treasures settled by time. These buildings are varied in style, yet all exude a sense of antiquity and mystery.
Zhao Xing hadn’t flown far before he saw a man and a woman who wore ancient crowns, dressed in Seven-Phases Robes, carrying large boxes, and holding ancient texts in their hands.
The two were digging at the corner of a building’s wall, with instruments in their hands, sweeping back and forth.
"They’re Spring and Autumn Historians of Great Zhou, Zhou Yue Ming, Sima Yu."
The vanguard exploration team already included seventeen people, among whom were those specialized in opening doors at the barrier entrance, as well as historians like Zhou Yue Ming and Sima Yu.
Whish~
With a thought, Zhao Xing descended.
"Two esteemed ones."
"Mr. Zhao."
Sima Yu clasped his hands, while Zhou Yue Ming was operating the instrument, unable to free his hands, only nodded his head.
"Have the esteemed ones discovered anything?" Zhao Xing asked.
Spring and Autumn Historians are merely first-rank officials; compared to other professions, historians consume less of the National Fate, and there are many such Spring and Autumn Historians.
Sima Yu and Zhou Yue Ming have already surpassed four hundred years; their entrance here was purely due to being brought in by the Purple Light Divine Order.
"We’ve sampled sixteen specimens using the Yuan Time Instrument, and through the inherent yuan decay rules of matter, have reached preliminary conclusions." Sima Yu spoke: "The earliest building period exceeds a million years."
"Close to a Great Epoch." Zhao Xing nodded slightly, he guessed this place was established by powerful beings from beyond the heavens, a longer timeline would be quite normal.
Of course, there still remains a possibility that they are relics left behind by the Ancient Divine Court.
After all, the Li Dynasty managed to obtain Cloud-climbing Vine seeds, anything is possible.
"The earliest building period dates back to one hundred fifty thousand years ago."
Sima Yu, pinching the soil and sand: "The exploration is ongoing, it’s uncertain if there are older or newer ones yet."
"Mr. Zhao, do you know what this signifies? If we can find some recorded books here, perhaps it could refresh the historical thickness in the annals."
"I hope you are successful." Zhao Xing smiled, as the history books compiled by historians currently have accurate historical records only around five hundred thousand years.
For anything longer that isn’t recorded, it does exist. But those are often hypothesizes, conjectures by historians. That won’t be called a history book.
Time is merciless, decaying everything, even many treasure-level Divine Artifacts cannot preserve the million-year span.
Only the unparalleled rare treasures, enduring through spiritual energy, yuan energy, world transitions, can remain uncorrupted even after one million two hundred thousand years.
One million two hundred thousand years, a Great Epoch, the previous ascended Divine Court ’Xia’, was approximately one million two hundred thousand years ago.
"Can you discern the architectural styles from relatively recent time nodes?" Zhao Xing asked. "Is there any place you think the style differs from all other places?"
If there is any profession capable of understanding the architectural styles throughout the Xuanhuang Realm, it would be none other than historians.
"Except for the ancient temple at the city center, architectural styles in other locations bear traces of folk customs from various parts of the Xuanhuang Realm."
"We suspect that there was once a glorious dynasty or tribe ruling the surroundings here." Zhou Yue Ming rose, reflecting with some sentiment: "It seems that the Western Extreme Ice Land wasn’t completely a glacier before, it might not even have been an ocean."
"Carving out such a space from under the glacial fields, sinking a city undergoing a million years without decay, could cause a stir in the historical world."
Zhao Xing glanced at the summaries of the two historians, then clasped his hands and continued flying forward.
"The earliest period one million years ago, the most recent time node being one hundred fifty thousand years ago, means people were living here one hundred fifty thousand years ago?" Zhao Xing was somewhat wary.
"Was it passed down across generations, or did some powerful entity live for tens of thousands of years?"
If it were some otherworldly beings, they could live tremendously long, unhindered by the lifespan rules of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Living tens of thousands of years, even when people from the Xuanhuang Realm reach the Ascension Realm (Establishing Tao Realm), leaving the Xuanhuang Realm, it’s merely ten thousand years of life. Living tens of thousands, even a million years? That’s very exaggerated, the realm would be frighteningly high.
Whish~
After flying for two hours, Zhao Xing saw a giant mechanical puppet in front, knocked out, crashing to the ground.
"It’s King Shenluo, his Huge Divine Weapon was knocked flying?" As Zhao Xing passed by, he naturally took a look. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
King Shenluo Luo Tian, during the Yongzhi Period reached the first rank; now he is already in the Late Stage Life Palace Realm.
After all, Zhao Xing has already attained Heavenly Fortune Perfect, progress for those from that batch has also been significant.
"King Shenluo! What’s wrong with you?"
Zhao Xing stood in the center of the Huge Divine Weapon that rose to a hundred meters tall like a broad sword, where King Shenluo resides, acting as the core operation cabin.
Not far away, stood another hulky Divine Luo Pang Yuan.
Divine Luo Pang Yuan, Divine Luo·Giant Divine Weapon, of which Shenluo Pang Yuan initially was Ninth Rank Lower Grade, but now has upgraded to Ninth Rank Supreme mechanical puppets, crafted as King Shenluo’s Lifebound Mechanism since Third Rank.
The Huge Divine Weapon was originally a treasure-level Divine Artifact that Zhao Xing found in the Dragon Court, now also being King Shenluo’s second Lifebound Mechanism.
The former is focused on control, while the Huge Divine Weapon is mainly on attack.
To be able to knock King Shenluo who drives the Huge Divine Weapon flying?
"Dong dong dong!" Zhao Xing kept pounding on the metal plane, trying to awaken King Shenluo.
The broad sword lay on the ground, unable to be opened from the outside, with the protection of the Divine Artifact, Zhao Xing didn’t even know whether King Shenluo was dead or alive.
