readsfreenovel Chapter 476 The Demonic Sect
Chapter 476 The Demonic Sect
Chapter 476 The Demonic Sect
Seeing his own statue placed at the very front of all the saints' statues, alongside the Confucian sage, even Lin Fei himself was somewhat bewildered—although he had traveled through time and altered the past, he had only contributed his strength when storming the Demon Palace. After that, he left the medieval era.
If one were to say that one could be compared to the Confucian sage, the foremost among the ancient saints, who educated countless humans and cultivated seventy-two sages, simply because of his merit in storming the Demon Palace, Lin Fei himself would not believe it.
Therefore, Lin Fei was somewhat surprised to see his own stone statue placed at the forefront of all the ancient saints.
"This stone statue is the one I told His Majesty about before, the one that looks exactly like His Majesty." Zhao Wuji walked to Lin Fei's side and said to him, "Legend has it that this stone statue is a saint who suddenly appeared when the saints stormed the demon palace. This saint appeared suddenly when the saints stormed the demon palace and made great contributions. Legend has it that he even personally killed a demon saint. After the demon palace was destroyed, he suddenly disappeared and it has been difficult to find any trace of him in the world."
At this point, Zhao Wuji couldn't help but sigh, "Only a person who seeks neither fame nor fortune, and saves all living beings from suffering, deserves to be called a true saint! This saint looks so much like Your Majesty, it must be a kind of fate. Perhaps it was destined by Heaven that Your Majesty would once again be the one to save humanity from suffering!"
Lin Fei blushed slightly after hearing Zhao Wuji's words. Even with his thick skin, he didn't think he deserved such praise.
He didn't leave the ancient era with nothing; he took the Demon-Summoning Banner, a supreme treasure of the demon race. In fact, it could be said that Lin Fei was the one who gained the most after storming the Demon Palace. The combined benefits of all the other ancient saints probably couldn't compare to the Demon-Summoning Banner that Lin Fei obtained.
Lin Fei was not some selfless individual who sought neither fame nor fortune, solely to save humanity from suffering. He could not bear such a title of saint.
As Zhao Wuji spoke, he surveyed the surrounding statues of saints. As he looked, his brows gradually furrowed.
"How come these statues of saints have so many cracks?" Zhao Wuji asked with a frown. "The statues of saints are protected by spiritual power. Even if they encounter a major earthquake, they will remain unharmed. What exactly happened while I was away for the past few days?"
These stone statues of ancient sages, as symbols of the Island of Saints, are naturally not without any defenses. In fact, when the descendants of the sages sculpted the statues, they had already infused them with powerful spiritual energy. Let alone an earthquake, even a punch from an ordinary cultivator would probably not cause the slightest damage.
However, Lin Fei noticed that there were tiny, hair-like cracks on these stone statues. Although these cracks were inconspicuous and could not be detected without careful observation, they could not escape the eyes of an expert.
Protected by the spiritual power contained within the statues of the saints, even if the island of saints were split in two by an earthquake, it would probably not cause such damage to the statues. That is why Zhao Wuji asked this question.
Upon hearing Zhao Wuji's question, the other four old men also looked somber.
One of them sighed and pointed to the ground below, saying, "To be honest, Brother Wuji, every day during the few days you were gone, there were strange movements coming from down here. The damage to the statues of the saints is due to this. Now that you have brought back His Majesty of Southern Tang, we should find a solution as soon as possible! Otherwise, I'm afraid the statues of the saints won't last much longer!"
"Could it be that what lies beneath this ground is..." Hearing their conversation, Lin Fei couldn't help but feel a little surprised—could it be that what the Island of Saints was suppressing was beneath the Academy of Saints?
Before Lin Fei could finish speaking, Zhao Wuji nodded and said, "Your Majesty's guess is correct. The demonic sect suppressed by the ancient sages is located directly beneath this academy!"
Zhao Wuji pointed to the surrounding statues of saints and said, "To be honest, these statues of saints were originally spiritual pillars used by the saints of the Middle Ages to suppress the demonic sect underground. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, and also to prevent the students on the island from accidentally damaging the pillars, we created these statues on the outside of the pillars."
If the stone pillars were left exposed, some students on the island might accidentally damage them. But if they were made into statues of saints, not only would they not be damaged, but no one would dare to approach them easily, since the ancient saints on Saints Island are supreme beings.
It must be said that the people of Saints Island have put a lot of effort into preserving the relics left behind by the ancient saints.
Just as everyone was talking, the ground beneath their feet suddenly began to shake violently.
Logically speaking, with a master at the Celestial Realm protecting this Sacred Island with great supernatural powers, it should be impossible for any natural disaster to occur. But now, the tremors are incredibly strong, just like an earthquake.
As the tremor reached them, the expressions of the elderly men beside Lin Fei changed simultaneously: "This is bad! It seems the Demonic Sect has made another move! These past few days, their unusual activity has become increasingly frequent. Initially, it only happened once a day, but now it has expanded to twice a day!"
The intense tremor lasted for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before gradually subsiding. The entire Sages Academy, and even the entire Sages Island, was protected by these Celestial Realm experts using their great supernatural powers; therefore, such a tremor did not damage the buildings on Sages Island.
Although the Academy of Saints was not damaged, after the tremors subsided, the cracks on the statues of the saints in front of us became noticeably more numerous.
As the cracks on the statues of saints continued to widen, the faces of everyone present were extremely grim.
Zhao Wuji said first, "We shouldn't delay. Let's go check out the demonic sect sealed underground and see if there's any way to resolve this!"
The others all agreed with Zhao Wuji's suggestion—Lin Fei followed behind them and walked down into the underground of the Zhusheng Academy.
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The School of Saints is located at the very center of Saints Island, and is also the most important and sacred place on the entire island.
Aside from the few elderly people in front of them who knew the inside story, even the disciples on the Island of Saints probably never imagined that beneath the Island of Saints, there was a being powerful enough to destroy the entire island.
Lin Fei followed behind the old men, descending through a deep and dark underground passage, until they finally arrived at their destination—the place where the ancient saints had sealed the demonic sect.