Free Web NovelChapter 1087: Chapter 1057: Vast Righteous Qi
"What do you think he’ll do," Wolff asked the Pope of Light, Frederick, who was seated comfortably on a wicker chair, in a garden behind the Imperial City of the Jialan Empire that resembled a Peach Blossom Spring.
In front of them was a giant projection displaying Lin Yi, who was idly standing in a certain grand hall.
Upon hearing the question, Frederick replied with a question of his own:
"I think any normal person would definitely know what to do."
Wolff, looking at Frederick’s confident expression, replied lightly, "Is that so?"
He turned to look at Lin Yi on the screen, and another man’s figure involuntarily emerged in his heart, as he sighed inwardly:
’Is he a normal person?’
Wolff himself couldn’t help but laugh at the thought of this question.
Frederick glanced at Wolff with his profound gaze, seemingly having already discerned what Wolff was laughing at, and said slowly:
"People can change, let alone him."
After saying this, the two remained silent, gazing at Lin Yi in the projection together.
Perhaps in their hearts, they both wanted to prove to the other that they were the ones who were right.
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...
Just as Lin Yi and the others were being teleported away, the Mage Guilds of each city, somehow having gotten the news, gathered eagerly looking at a gigantic image that gradually appeared in the sky above the square.
However, this time the image was somewhat different; it was divided into nine parts, corresponding to nine candidates held in the highest regard:
These included Lin Yi, Sikong Tingzhi, Gongsun Zhi, Charles, Regill, Jun Moqian, Orana, Murphy, and Romman.
Besides Lin Yi, the remaining eight were nearly all renowned super-geniuses of the Three Great Empires.
The nine fragmented images corresponded to the nine candidates’ images.
Their every move within could be seen clearly.
Although most people did not yet know what had transpired, such as:
Who among the fifty had ascended?
How many sacrificed themselves in the first round of the election?
What the content of this competition entailed, etc.
Nonetheless, this did not dampen their enthusiasm.
From the nine fragmented images, people could see that the trials faced by these nine (fifty) people were likely separate.
This was because they seemed to be in the same scene simultaneously, yet the images showed no one else.
Except for the anticipated Jialan King still in a daze, the others had already begun rummaging through the hall.
But Lin Yi was unaware of this at that moment.
He looked up dazedly at the plaque above the hall, with disbelief in his eyes:
"Vast Righteous Qi!"
Lin Yi murmured these four characters as if talking to himself.
Could this be coincidence?
Questions filled Lin Yi’s mind:
Why were ancient Chinese characters appearing here?
And whose hand crafted these four imposing characters?
The writing of Nine Nether Continent appeared to Lin Yi as writhing earthworms, indecipherable.
If not for the system synchronizing his understanding with the language and script of this world, he would’ve been utterly illiterate here.
Yet in such a starkly different civilization from Earth, ancient Chinese characters appeared.
Lin Yi then recalled unlocking the seal on the Eight-Clawed Fire Python beneath Celestial River City in the Rafam Continent and Racial War Zone using the Eight Trigrams Array.
The seal on the Eight-Clawed Fire Python was originally by Dayu of the celestial race;
The one who wielded the Emperor-Creating Charm Sword in this world was Gonggong;
And in ancient Chinese myths, Dayu and Gonggong were gods of the same era.
What connections could there be between these?
Suddenly, Lin Yi leapt up, attempting to grasp the plaque:
"Hmph~"
Originally, Lin Yi wanted to take down this plaque written in ancient Chinese characters to see if he could find something useful.
But when Lin Yi touched the plaque, it was like an ant trying to shake an elephant; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t budge it an inch.
After a prolonged effort resulted in no movement, Lin Yi decisively gave up.
Yet no sooner had Lin Yi landed, Aelter’s soul body emerged automatically, floating beside Lin Yi, saying:
"I seem to sense a familiar aura."
"What?"
Lin Yi was greatly surprised:
"Where?"
"Who is it!"
Aelter pointed above Lin Yi’s head, saying:
"There."
That plaque?!
As Lin Yi pondered, Aelter abruptly revealed an astonishing message:
"There’s a trace of that person on it."
After a moment of surprise, Lin Yi quickly came to his senses:
"You mean Gonggong?!" fгeewebnovёl.com
Aelter nodded thoughtfully, saying:
"Yes, exactly him."
With that, Aelter turned to mist and vanished, as if... afraid of something, without giving Lin Yi the chance to inquire further.
However, Lin Yi didn’t notice Aelter’s unusual behavior at the moment, instead contemplating:
’Could all this mean there’s an intricate connection between this place and the vanished celestial race?’
Lin Yi’s mind conjured the image of Gong Chenyu, a man claiming descent from Gonggong in the Demon Forest!
Unfortunately, due to being teleported back, he completely lost contact with him last night.
Still, for some reason...
Lin Yi vaguely felt a premonition.
He felt that someday, their paths would cross again.
Lin Yi smirked self-mockingly, once more raising his gaze to the vigorous characters above, muttering to himself:
"Could this too be his handiwork?"
This ’he’ was the Gonggong Lin Yi speculated about.
Yet now, Lin Yi was more curious—where exactly was ’here’?
A former dwelling of the celestial race?
But quickly, something else in the hall caught Lin Yi’s attention.
For in this barren hall, besides the plaque, the only other object was a mount carved from some type of wood beneath the plaque.
And it was this mount that stirred Lin Yi’s spirit.
On the seat was a lifelike carving, embodying the supreme majesty of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
When Lin Yi was on the Rafam Continent, this type of dragon was a recorded totem among the Four Divine Beasts in Hua Country mythology.
Yet its appearance on the Nine Nether Continent left Lin Yi feeling it was incredibly abrupt and baffling.
Yet even after Lin Yi turned the hall upside down, he couldn’t find any useful information.
Standing by the door, Lin Yi gazed at the Hua Country-style furnishings of this hall.
Faintly, Lin Yi sensed something.
However, some matters couldn’t be concluded with guesswork. Lin Yi’s task now was to gradually unveil the veil and uncover the truth.
When the celestial race vanished from the Rafam Continent, it was before the Demon Race invasion, over a thousand years ago.
It was precisely back then that Aelter encountered the fallen Gonggong.
To claim there was no connection between the two, Lin Yi wouldn’t believe it for a hundred days.
Lin Yi then cast his gaze to the only door through which he could leave the hall.
Little did he know what ’surprises’ awaited outside the hall for him.
