152|The Four Heavenly Kings Hiding in the Dark Walls

It was true. I don’t know whether it is because it is not burned out, or the pigment above melted by the heat and flowed down to cover the image below, saving it from suffering, under Xie Ren’s fingertips, a small half of a human face can indeed be seen vaguely. He began to carefully peel off those molded black hard objects, Pei Ming held his swollen left hand and said: “Your Highness is so interested in the murals?”

Xie Ren said, “It’s not that I’m interested, but I have a bold idea.”

Pei Ming said, “Tell me about it?”

Xie Ren said, ”It is rare for us to come to Copper Furnace Mountain on this trip, apart from stopping the potential Ghost King, is it also possible to trace the origins? For example, who created it and what power is supporting it. Perhaps, we can break it once and for all, and no longer need to worry about the Ghost King coming out.”

Pei Ming said, ”Your idea is really bold. However, since Lord Flower City hasn’t even found out, I’m afraid we’ll have to waste even more time. Right now, Mister Pei doesn’t recommend doing this.”

However, Hua Cheng said, “I didn’t find out because my qualifications were rather dull and my abilities were limited, and I was too busy fighting at that time. If my brother was to preside over it, that would not necessarily be the case.”

Xie Ren said, “No, no, no. I’m the one with limited abilities, and Sanlang’s abilities are much greater than mine.”

“……”

Seemingly unable to listen any longer, Pei Ming threw Pei Su to Half Moon, turned around and went out, saying, “I’d better go out and get some air.”

Over there, Xie Ren actually wiped off a few pieces of hard black material without difficulty, he froze, said: “These can actually ……”

The layer of hard, burnt-looking black material can actually peel off in large chunks!

In a few words, he had peeled off a large portion of it, revealing a human face the size of a baby’s fist, and although the lines were extremely simple, the face had a lifelike expression, seemingly chasing after something, and even the frenzy in his eyes was drawn out. The layer of black hard material seemed to instead form a protective film, making the colors of the wrapped mural still very vivid, as if it had only just been completed a short while ago. Xie Ren turned back and said, “San Lang, let’s …… together.”

Only to see that Flower City did not move a muscle, but in the darkness, a silver light flashed up. Not long after, hundreds of silver butterflies noiselessly lifted their wings and appeared, resting on the blackened walls. As they flapped their wings in unison, Xie Ren heard a slight cracking sound, as if the mask on their faces had been stripped off, the black wall cracked open with countless tiny cracks.

And then, crash.

All those hard black objects that had been attached to the walls fell away, revealing their true appearance afterward-

A huge colorful mural!

Xie Ren tilted his head and looked at this wall, only to feel his scalp tingle.

The whole picture is divided into four distinct layers. The topmost layer is golden and cloudy and devoid of people.

On the second layer, only one figure was painted, a handsome white-clothed boy. He was depicted with brilliant golden light all around him, the same pigment used for the light on the top layer.

On the third layer, four figures were drawn. Each had a different face, clothing, look, and movement, and was half the size of the white boy on the second layer.

The fourth, or bottom, layer was filled with countless individuals, half the size of the four individuals on the third layer. Everyone’s face was exactly the same, and so were their expressions, all filled with fervor, worship, and fascination. The first face that Xie Ren peeled out was the one at the bottom.

The whole picture line is beautifully rounded, Xie Ren was shocked by it for a while before saying, “Sanlang, have you …… seen this before?”

Hua Cheng slowly said, “I’ve traveled through most of Copper Furnace Mountain and walked through almost every Uyong Divine Hall, and I can confirm that I’ve never seen this thing.”

Xie Ren came back to his senses and said, “I’m afraid this mural isn’t something from two thousand years ago.”

Hua Cheng said, “Absolutely not. Depending on the color and how well preserved it is, it’s a hundred years old at most. Perhaps, newer.”

The mural, in other words, was painted later!

Xie Ren pointed to the topmost layer and said, “That layer, should be the ‘Heaven’ painted. Because the ‘Heavenly Dao’ is above all living things.”

He also pointed to the second level and said, “On this level, it should be Prince Wuyong. Since this shrine worships Prince Wuyong, the protagonist of the mural is naturally him, so he is the largest figure on the screen, with light of the same color as the heavenly light, and, second only to the ‘Heavenly Dao’ below.”

Pointing again to the fourth level, he said, “The smallest figures on the bottom level, with identical faces, should be the Uyong Guo congregation.”

Finally, pointing to the third level, he said, “But who are these four men? Regardless of position or size, they are above the congregation of nations and below the Prince. That means the position should be the same. Are they ministers? A guard? Or ……”

Hua Cheng took a few steps closer and said, “Brother, look, there is also a layer of spiritual light on them.”

Sure enough, there was indeed, only, because Prince Wuyong’s light was so strong, in contrast, the spiritual light on them was almost hidden. Xie Ren realized, and said, “It’s the magi that the Prince ordered up after his ascension.”

That is to say, it was equivalent to the roles of Feng Xin and Mu Yi. Xie Ren circled around inside this divine hall, making sure that only this one wall facing the main hall door had a hidden mystery, the remaining three walls were burnt to the point where they couldn’t be scorched any further.

Who left this mural? Who did they leave it for? What was the message?

With such a picture alone, Xie Ren could not tell much. After pondering for a moment, he said to Hua Cheng, “Let’s keep an eye out for other Uyong Divine Halls on our way next. I have a hunch that there may be more than one such mural …….”

Flower City nodded and said, “That’s exactly what I want.”

The two of them and framed Pei Su’s half-moon stepped out of the temple, Xie Ren then remembered one person and said, “Where is General Pei?”

Pei Ming just said that he wanted to take a breath and went out first, and they didn’t see him come back for a long time in the temple, Xie Ren shouted a few times and didn’t hear back, saying, “Don’t be missing at this time, right?”

The four of them searched around this desolate town, and there was no way to use psychic magic in the Copper Furnace Mountain, finding nothing. Just when Xie Ren felt that this mountain was simply impossible to break into, Hua Cheng said, “Brother, don’t be anxious. I have a way.”

He stretched out a hand, and in his palm an extremely small silver butterfly gently lifted its wings up, circling around Xie Ren and flying in several circles. Although Xie Ren thought it was cute, she didn’t know what it was for and said, “This is ……”

At that moment, he suddenly heard a gasp, followed by a man’s voice coming from that silver butterfly.

He said, “I would never have expected to see you here.”

Pei Ming!

Xie Ren looked at Hua Cheng. Hua Cheng smiled cheekily, “Yesterday, I put a silver butterfly on everyone.”

Pei Su barely raised his head and said, “…… Then, you can pass, through that silver butterfly, monitor, listen, to the other party’s every move, and the other party can’t perceive, to you,? Worthy, is blood rain, scout.”

Flower City said, “Don’t talk if you can’t break a sentence.”

“……”

Xie Ren held the tiny silver butterfly in his palm and said to it, “General Pei? Where are you? Who is opposite you?”

Flower City said, “Sorry brother, you can only listen, you can’t talk.”

Xie Ren thought for a moment and said, “That’s right.” If the listener’s voice could be transmitted as well, wouldn’t it be easy for the other party to perceive it?

Immediately after that, another clear and cold young man’s voice said tiredly, “Old Pei, a word of advice – you must not speak boring nonsense now. Beware I’ll slap you to death.”

Hearing this voice, Xie Ren slightly opened her eyes.

It’s the male phase of Spirit Man!

He said, “I see! That black clothed man …… who killed the four directions along the way is a spirit text that has transformed into a male phase.”

Pei Zhu said, “Yes, Elder Ling Wen, took General Pei?”

Xie Ren said, “I don’t know, still listening.”

Over there, Pei Ming said, “What is Jie Qing doing with so much fire.”

Spirit Man said, “Shut up. I told you not to say anything. It’s not me who’s angry, it’s others who are angry. First of all, I can’t control my body right now, so don’t look for me to be responsible in case I cripple you.”

Pei Ming said, “We’re all in this state now, we can’t move, who scares who.”

Xie Ren raised his head and said, “It’s not General Pei that Ling Wen captured. Right now they are all trapped somewhere, suppressed by someone.” Then he gazed and said, “Even the Brocade Immortal can be suppressed, what should the other party be?”

Pei Ming added, “What are you wearing now or?”

What it was he didn’t say, but the crowd understood what he was referring to.

Kinko’s Fairy!

Spirit Man said, “Well. He dislikes you a lot. You better watch what you say.”

Pei Ming said: ”How do you know what he thinks? I’m really convinced that you, how could you not think of making this mess, having the audacity to dare to steal from the Divine Martial Hall, smashing your golden bowl, and now running to Copper Furnace Mountain. It made you come?”

Ling Wen said, ”It wasn’t him who asked me to come, it was me who wanted to come. Old Pei don’t ask! He’s going to get angry. I can feel it.”

Pei Ming shut up. After a while, Spirit Man gently exhaled, and it seemed as if the Brocade Immortal had finally calmed down, so Spirit Man said, ”What’s wrong with you again, Old Pei? What are you doing running to Copper Furnace Mountain when you’re fine? Was your left hand stung by a million wasps or something, and it’s injured like this.”

Pei Ming’s voice was also suffocatingly depressed to the extreme, saying: ”It’s hard to tell when you’re out of your depth. It’s all because of Little Pei’s unconsciousness. This is not such a mess, how do I know that once I came, I met my nemesis? If I was not injured like this, I would have dragged someone to this hellish place. I didn’t even see who it was.”

Xie Ren heart: “You are fast and direct to say which ghost place ah, cave or house or, said at least I know where to find ah.”

However, it’s not all clues. Within the Copper Furnace Mountain, it was impossible to use Shrinking Thousand Miles, so Pei Ming must not have left far. It could be heard that the sound of their conversation was somewhat ethereal, vaguely echoing, and must have been in a sufficiently empty space. Moreover, Xie Ren could vaguely hear the sound of water flowing.

The party had walked over for a long time without seeing any rivers or lakes on the ground, and there was no building on the road that was more empty than the Uyong Divine Hall. Therefore, there was only one possibility for the place they were in at the moment–

Underground!

But the town isn’t small, so where exactly is it underground?

Pei Ming said, ”What about you? I heard that you killed over a thousand demons and devils on your way and scared them all, so that’s really something to be congratulated. You won’t be able to make it as the First God of Literature, come and switch to being a God of Wushu. What kind of contraption does it have to be to tie you up here?”

Ling Wen smiled bitterly, ”I don’t know either. Accidentally fought with Lord Rain Master, and after the fight, he was dazed, probably by the people hiding behind him who took the opportunity to assassinate him. No need to ask, he will always come out, just remember not to expose your own identity.”

At this time, a third voice was abruptly inserted into the two men’s conversation, “Pei Ming Nangong Jie you pair of dogs and men are less likely to fight as you wish, what kind of stuff is under your skins, am I still not clear about that!”