268 Someone had been Here (2/2)

Mo Shanshan frowned lightly and looked at the picture beneath her feet that was so simple but hard to understand. She thought about the messages that could be hidden within it, but did not think of anything no matter how she thought about it.

Ning Que stared at the last petroglyph. His hand that was holding Mo Shanshan up started to tremble slightly. He felt his body becoming slightly cold and could vaguely guess something. However, he felt that his guess was too ludicrous.

It was a pity that he was in the desolate Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine. There was no time for him to think it through carefully. He had no time to think of the Fauvism symbolisms or problems surrounding Fauvism. Even if he had wanted to think about it, the petroglyph on the platform suspended in the middle of the Snow-capped Peak would not allow him to.

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Numerous stone beams gathered here, forming a natural platform. The stone platform was suspended in the middle of the air, several feet from the ground. The wind from the outside blew inwards, blowing the dust off that temple.

There were several white skeletons heaped outside the temple. The dust fell through the cracks of the white bones and flew up again. The cycle had repeated countless times over the years. Under the white bones laid a thick layer of dust, which made others feel that they laid in a muddy river.

Walking down the stone beam, the first thing that Ning Que saw was the Devil's Doctrine's temple eaves. The second was the pile of bones lying in the aged dust outside the temple. He could not move his eyes from that.

The Devil's Doctrine had experienced fierce battles when they were destroyed then. Many had died outside the temples. As the time went by, their bodies turned into white skeletons. Only the sharp marks on their bones and the scattered broken bone bits laying around were witness to the brutality that had happened then.

Ning Que helped Mo Shanshan through the pile of bones. They came to the steps near the temple and discovered several intact corpses. Their heavy armor had protected the bones within it and these bones did not scatter. Some bones that looked like branches were still holding on to their weapons. Even death could not make them release them.

He had seen too many deaths in this life. He had seen even more cruel ones, which was why he could remain calm. He even knelt down and examined the complete corpses. However, Mo Shanshan had never seen such terrifying or cruel things. Her beautiful face was pale and she wrung her hands together, unable to speak.

The weapons clutched in the bony hands were extraordinary. They remained pristine even after decades. Ning Que noticed that there was a strong Fu character aura on their armor and was even more surprised. He thought that these men must have been the powerhouses of the Devil's Doctrine then.

He extended a finger and wiped the dust off the armor. He had wanted to take a closer look at the Fu character. When his finger touched the surface of the armor, a crisp click sounded. The armor that had looked indestructible cracked open instantaneously.

The crisp clicks sounded one after another. The armor of the previous generation of powerhouses from the Devil's Doctrine cracked. The aura of the Fu character left behind on them also dissipated in the air and could no longer be felt.

The crack in the armor was smooth and shiny and was obviously made with a sharp object such as a sword. Who could cut through such a powerful armor so easily with a sword? Furthermore, the sword style was one that cut through objects and yet not left behind any trace. It had stayed in the armor for decades and only appeared when Ning Que's fingers touched it today.

Ning Que knew the answer to that question. He stayed silent.

Mo Shanshan was shocked at first. She looked at Ning Que who was silent, and then calmed down and looked slightly ashamed. After that, she experienced several other emotions as well.

The two walked up the stairs and pushed open the temple doors.

They opened the door to see a mountain. There was a stone stele that was as huge as a mountain.

The stele was made from an entire piece of stone. Its surface was extremely smooth.

”A no-word stele?”

Mo Shanshan was the first to notice the stele. She thought of the legends she had heard and said in surprise.

Ning Que was looking at their surroundings alertly. He asked subconsciously, ”What's a no-word stele?”

Mo Shanshan replied dazedly, ”When the Great Divine Priest of Light founded the Devil's Doctrine against Haotian's will, he said, 'Only time will know me and my sins.' That was why he requested that not a single word should be written on his stele so that the world could comment on him freely.”

”So the body below this stele belongs to the Great Divine Priest of Light?”

Ning Que raised his head and looked at it. His expression turned into shock immediately.

Words had appeared on the no-word stele.

A line of words that were beyond this world.

”Ke Haoran of the Academy vanquished the Devil's Doctrine here!”