Unrivaled Miracle Doctor: The God-Defying Demonic Consort novel Chapter 560

Chapter 560: Chapter 204: Scripture Fragment, Si Mo’s Possession

In this room, the walls around are painted with vibrant murals. Those colors have not faded due to the passage of time, nor have they shown any signs of mottling or peeling.

"Lord, what do these paintings mean?" Mo Yang asked.

He was also shocked by the scenes depicted in the murals.

It was a scene of war, seemingly involving different races engaged in a massive battle!

Some of them appeared fierce, some were bizarre and cunning, some noble and holy, yet they all had blood-stained hands and piles of corpses beneath them. The world was pierced through by their great battle...

’The sky collapses and the earth sinks!’

As Mu Qingge saw these overwhelmingly breathtaking murals, this phrase leaped into her mind.

She felt as if she were watching an intensely realistic century-old war.

The ultimate result of this battle seemed to lead to the destruction of the universe.

The fireballs falling from the broken sky holes looked like meteorites from the stars, and those strange races appeared as though they only existed in ancient myths.

The scene of the mural was grand, but to Mu Qingge, it felt like it was just the tip of the iceberg.

She had a feeling that the real war was far more brutal and more shocking than what was painted in the murals.

In front of this mural, not to mention the Dragon Tooth Guards, even Mu Qingge felt insignificant. It felt as if she was standing before the painting, facing the people within the image, like an ant.

A mere glance from the people in the painting was enough to shatter her and send her into reincarnation, without even a chance to resist.

Before long, Mu Qingge and Mo Yang, along with the Dragon Tooth Guards, all had cold sweat on their foreheads.

Just as she was about to fall deeper, the palace bell at her waist let out a faint ’ting’ sound, pulling her spiritual sense back.

Mu Qingge blinked, feeling a bit of a chill down her spine and lingering fear at the thought of her spiritual sense nearly being sucked into the mural just now.

She looked at Mo Yang and the others, seeing them still trapped, and immediately sent a few spiritual power shots over, hitting their foreheads, waking them up.

"What happened?"

The Dragon Tooth Guards flinched, collectively waking up, but their faces were full of confusion.

They all looked at Mu Qingge, and for the first time, a look of fear appeared in their determined eyes.

"These murals are strange, don’t focus too intently," Mu Qingge could only warn. In truth, she was also a bit confused. Not knowing why she was drawn into the murals, she could only give a warning without an explanation.

Mo Yang and the six Dragon Tooth Guards nodded together.

He said, "Just now, I was only looking at the murals, but suddenly it felt like I was in the scene, as if I was being drawn into the war depicted in this painting."

"Me too."

"Me too."

"Me too."

"..."

The others also expressed their experiences one after another.

This showed that they all felt the same thing just now.

Mu Qingge pursed her lips slightly, lowering her eyes in thought. Her fingertips unconsciously grazed the palace bell at her waist, but she still couldn’t find an answer.

Perhaps the contents of these murals are real, and the person who painted them left a strong consciousness which affects viewers. Or perhaps these murals are enchanted with an illusion, which made them unconsciously fall into it.

But, no matter the reason, these murals are not harmless, and it’s best to stay away from them.

"Look around, don’t waste time, and don’t touch anything here casually. If there’s nothing valuable here, we’ll move to the next room." Mu Qingge made a decision.

After speaking, they split up to carefully search the room. They didn’t dare to look at the murals anymore.

Mu Qingge walked up to the three stone pillars.

The three stone pillars were arranged in a triangular formation. Mu Qingge stood in the center, equidistant from each stone pillar. The stone pillars were ancient and matched the style of the building here. In the center of the stone pillars, there was a hand-sized ’window’ sealed with a translucent material, within which outlines of something could be vaguely seen.

In the rooms they passed earlier, those items were casually discarded on the ground or on shelves.

But here, they were so well-preserved.

Mu Qingge pondered and thought to herself: ’It seems that the things inside these three stone pillars are not ordinary.’

However, the translucent material blocked her view, making it difficult to see what exactly was inside.

’How to open it?’ Mu Qingge frowned in thought.

At that moment, Mo Yang walked up behind her, his gaze also scanning over the three stone pillars, then he looked at Mu Qingge and asked, "Lord, should we smash these stone pillars open?"

Mu Qingge glanced at him from the corner of her eye, seemingly saying, "You’ve gotten bolder since we last met!"

This place is so strange, it might be filled with countless traps and mechanisms, and this guy suggests directly smashing the stone pillars? Even Mu Qingge wanted to commend him for his ’audacity!’

Wait!

Suddenly, Mu Qingge’s eyes sparkled as she caught a fleeting thought.

She looked at the stone pillars again and began to think.

If the things embedded in these stone pillars were not meant to be known or acquired by people, why leave them visible through a translucent window, tempting people?

Sealing them off completely or hiding them in an inconspicuous place would be better, wouldn’t it?

Now that they’re visible, by human instinct, people would certainly want to find a way to get the things inside. If this was meant as a hint, it suggests that there must be a way to open these stone pillars!

Mu Qingge circled the stone pillars a few times, carefully observing.

When she walked around for the fifth time, the other Dragon Tooth Guards also gathered around.

She continued for fifteen laps before suddenly stopping, exhaling a breath, and instructing Mo Yang and the others, "Break them open."

"Yes, Lord."

The Dragon Tooth Guards were 100% obedient to Mu Qingge’s decisions.

Even now, if Mu Qingge had asked them to take their own lives, they would not hesitate for a moment. So what’s smashing a few stone pillars?

Mo Yang didn’t move; it was the other six who took action.

Each pair of Dragon Tooth Guards surrounded a stone pillar, tapping it with their weapons.

Their actions were not crude; they first found some thinner and more fragile points of the stone pillars and then struck with force. After a few hits, cracks appeared on the pillars, but nothing unusual happened in the room.

Once they confirmed that breaking open the stone pillars wouldn’t trigger any chain reactions, they let loose and smashed open the three stone pillars.

The stone pillars were broken open, finally revealing the truth about what had been hidden inside.

There were three different types of weapons.

One was a fork, a pair of axes, and a hammer.

"Why do these three weapons seem familiar to me?" one of the Dragon Tooth Guards exclaimed in astonishment as he looked at the three weapons.

Actually, it wasn’t just him; the others, including Mu Qingge, also had a sense of familiarity with these three weapons.

Suddenly, Mo Yang’s eyes widened, and he shouted, "I know where I’ve seen them!" While speaking, he turned his head to look at the murals on the wall.

Mu Qingge and the others also shifted their gaze, and indeed, the murals depicted three formidable figures. The weapons they held were exactly these three.

"Could these be the weapons left over from the great battle depicted in the murals?" someone speculated.

If true, then the origins and history of these three weapons could trace back to a period even unrecorded in history!

However, Mu Qingge denied it outright. "Impossible, at most they are replicas of the weapons held by the figures in the painting."

To have such a mural painted here and leave behind weapons, if they were just some nobodies, who would go to such lengths? If not, how could their weapons be obtained so easily?

Eliminating various possibilities, only this one remained.

The three weapons before them are replicas!

Mu Qingge’s eyes flashed as she approached the three weapons, raising her hand to gently caress them, and slowly closing her eyes.

In a moment, she opened her eyes, and from deep within her clear gaze burst a brilliance. "Top Grade treasure!"

Top Grade treasure!

This term made Mo Yang and the others’ eyes light up with excitement.

You have to know that while Top Grade treasures exist in Linchuan, their numbers are not many.

Mu Qingge’s lips curved slightly into a smile; with a wave of her hand, the three weapons vanished before everyone’s eyes.

"Let’s go, hopefully, the next room will have a Divine Artifact," Mu Qingge said, stepping forward with a rather pleased mood.

When they entered the eighth room, Mo Yang and the others couldn’t help but take a sharp breath, sighing at Mu Qingge’s god-like prediction.

The eighth room contained only a pedestal.

On the pedestal, the words ’Divine Artifact’ were engraved with force.

However, the top of the pedestal was empty.

Divine Artifact?!

Mu Qingge’s eyes narrowed as she quickly approached the pedestal!

The pedestal was huge, and when Mu Qingge reached it, she looked up.

There was nothing on it, not to mention a Divine Artifact, not even a trace of its presence!

"Did someone beat me to it?" Mu Qingge angrily clenched her fist in her palm.

Then, she recalled what Shen Bicheng said before entering the Death Gate. He mentioned that each door leads to a random place with no discernible pattern.

Maybe this room was visited by someone earlier, naturally taking the Divine Artifact that was here.

This outcome frustrated Mu Qingge to the point of almost spitting blood!

But, what can anger accomplish? She couldn’t exactly go and argue with the person who found the Divine Artifact before her.

Shooting a resentful glance at the empty pedestal, Mu Qingge didn’t want to stay in this room any longer and turned to the next room.

Upon entering the ninth room, Mu Qingge was stunned.

In front of her was a maze!

"Little Lord, this is..." Mo Yang was also shocked by the sight before him and spoke with surprise.

Mu Qingge didn’t speak, only squinted her eyes, contemplating the purpose of the maze.

Upon entering the ruins, they were separated, entering through different doors and naturally experiencing different challenges. This Li Palace seemed to be the endpoint of the challenges, but what did that signify?

’Even if Si Mo had never personally entered the ancient ruins, he must have heard something from those who did. Since the goal is to find something, one must search the entire ruins.’ Mu Qingge silently pondered.

Suddenly, a glint flashed in her eyes as she looked at the maze and thought, "Could this be the junction for all the entrances? Perhaps exiting the maze would lead to another area of the ruins?"

This idea seemed highly plausible to Mu Qingge.

She gently caressed the Palace Bell on her waist and made up her mind. "Enter."

With that, she lifted her foot and walked into the maze’s entrance. Mo Yang and the others followed closely behind.

Inside the maze, direction was completely lost, with nothing to guide them.

Mu Qingge wasn’t in a hurry; instead, she walked leisurely, silently memorizing the paths she took. After about half a day, Mu Qingge and her companions saw an exit. She hesitated for a moment before walking out.

As soon as they exited the maze, their view drastically expanded.

They found themselves on a vast plaza. At the plaza’s edge were steps connected to a majestic grand hall.

Standing on the plaza, as if they had traveled back thousands of years to an unknown era, they seemed to witness thousands of people seeking and discussing the Dao here.

The illusionary figures moved around them, ignoring their presence, simply engaged in their own activities.

Each was dressed in white, exuding an ethereal aura.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, scattering these phantoms, leaving behind an inert, dilapidated plaza and palace.

"This must be the main structure of the ancient ruins," Mu Qingge suddenly said.

The gates and challenges they passed through, including their contents, seemed to merely be an entrance examination.

Only those who passed the test, traversed the maze, and entered here were deemed worthy to learn and cultivate.

Si Mo mentioned that this ancient ruin is an abandoned Daoist temple.

A Daoist temple, a place for imparting knowledge and guidance, naturally wouldn’t have lethal traps. Of course, the cultivation back then was likely different from today’s standards.

Thus, if someone with exceedingly low cultivation enters, it would undoubtedly pose a life-threatening risk for them.

But for someone like Mu Qingge, with her level of cultivation, it posed no significant difficulty.

"Let’s take a look inside," Mu Qingge said, then walked towards the palace.

Mo Yang and the others followed, remaining vigilant of their surroundings.

The grand hall was already in a state of disrepair, with nothing worthwhile remaining.

The only thing that left an impression on Mu Qingge was a character hung in the central position, which read ’Origin’.

Why ’Origin’? What did ’Origin’ represent? Why was it displayed here as if symbolizing the principles of this Daoist temple?

Mu Qingge, filled with questions, left the hall and moved to the back.

Yet, upon exiting the hall, Mu Qingge’s eyes suddenly contracted.

In front of her was yet another maze!

However, this time, under a withered tree outside the maze, lay a white jade chessboard with pieces scattered, seemingly strategically placed.

The chessboard wouldn’t be placed here without reason.

Mu Qingge directly approached the chessboard.

However, she was a chess novice. After some thought, she called Mo Yang over.

After all, Mo Yang had received education at an academy, so playing chess shouldn’t be difficult for him.

Mo Yang observed for a while, racking his brains.

Even sweating, he couldn’t devise a solution. He looked at Mu Qingge and said dejectedly, "Little Lord, this seems to be a chess endgame, and I can’t solve it."

Mo Yang’s answer made Mu Qingge frown.

She wasn’t blaming Mo Yang for being unable to solve the chessboard but rather considering if there was another way to unravel its secrets.

Mu Qingge approached the board, her gaze fixed on it.

Whether it was an endgame or deciphering it, she didn’t understand.

But after observing it for a while, her eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile appeared on her lips.

"Let’s go." Mu Qingge turned away from the chessboard, heading towards the maze. Her steps were confident and composed.

Mo Yang and the others were taken aback, a bit puzzled, but followed her.

"Little Lord, did you solve the chessboard?" Mo Yang asked curiously as they navigated through the maze, noticing Mu Qingge’s adeptness.

"No," Mu Qingge replied frankly.

Uh!

Mo Yang’s body stiffened, and he looked at her in surprise.

Mu Qingge chuckled, "I don’t know how to play chess, so I couldn’t possibly solve some ancient endgame. In reality, I didn’t even see it as a chessboard, just regarded those black and white pieces as dead ends and paths within the maze."

With Mu Qingge’s insight, Mo Yang suddenly understood.

He exclaimed, "It’s not an endgame at all, but a map of the maze!"

Mu Qingge nodded with a smile. "I don’t know chess, so I wasn’t misled. You know chess, and upon first glance, you were focusing on solving it, which led you astray, ignoring its most apparent feature. Whoever set this board was likely testing one’s ability to think outside the box."

What constitutes thinking outside the box, Mo Baby didn’t grasp.

Mu Qingge didn’t elaborate, simply saying, "If someone looking at the board keeps obsessing over how to solve it, they might never see the path above it, making it difficult to exit the maze. Approaching things differently, from another perspective, might reveal the answer."

The Dragon Tooth Guards listened, grasping the general principle despite some of the unfamiliar terms mentioned by the Little Lord leaving them confused.

However, they understood one principle.

If confronting a blocked path in the future, they should try another route. Maybe then it would open up!

With the guidance from the chessboard, Mu Qingge led the Dragon Tooth Guards out of the maze effortlessly, emerging in what resembled a training ground.

This left Mu Qingge somewhat disappointed.

She wasn’t here for sightseeing but treasure hunting. Couldn’t she find more valuable places? Like a storeroom! Secret chamber! Treasure Pavilion! Martial Arts Hall! Or places of that nature?

What treasures could a training ground hold?

After a quick tour, Mu Qingge indeed left disappointed.

And the Palace Bell hanging on her waist also showed no reaction. That only illustrated that what Si Mo wanted wasn’t here.

After reflecting, it was understandable. Something Si Mo deemed important, who would store it in a training ground?

However, she didn’t leave in a rush.

Remembering the experience with the chessboard, she carefully searched for clues at the new maze entrance.

But here, apart from a stone tablet engraved with what resembled cultivation technique formulas, there was nothing else.

After searching around, Mu Qingge’s gaze landed on that stone tablet.

’Dao follows the path of nature, shaping all beings. The source derives the essence of all things. Tracing the origin’s nature, cultivating the doctrine of the unity of myriad methods... One births two, two births three, three and four are opposed, five and six are mutually creative...’

Chanting the formulas on the stone tablet silently, Mu Qingge’s brow furrowed even tighter.

The text entered her mind with a sense of ambiguity.

As if she understood, but then again, as if she didn’t understand anything at all.

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