Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 124 Ancient Civilization

Qin Xiaochuan finally realized that he had greatly underestimated the length of this road.

In order to properly observe this ancient site, the five people did not ride the rhinoceros beetle directly to the top of the slope. Instead, they chose to walk slowly on the ground. To their surprise, they had been walking for nearly an hour and still had not seen the general appearance of the top of the mountain.

By this time, their stomachs had begun to rumble, and the already dim sky was growing even darker; it was already night.

"It seems we won't be able to reach the top of the mountain today. I imagine everyone is tired. Let's just rest here for the night," Han Kexin said, standing in front of a statue.

"Here?" Qin Xiaochuan looked at her, puzzled. He couldn't understand why they hadn't made it to the top of the mountain and seen what was up there, since they had already come this far.

"Not bad," Han Kexin said coldly. "Although we haven't found anything yet, there must be something in this place that those monsters fear, otherwise they would never have let us go so easily."

Guo Shiyi also agreed with Han Kexin's decision, saying, "Not only that, our current condition is also very bad. If there is a danger ahead that is even more troublesome than those monsters, we simply cannot deal with it in our current state."

What the two of them said made a lot of sense. Qin Xiaochuan had overlooked the situation of the others because he had a spare spiritual power in the witch ring. Now, apart from Zhou Bin, whose spiritual power had been completely exhausted, the others also had very little left. Xiao Ying and Guo Shiyi looked exhausted, obviously their physical strength was also running out. If he hadn't relied on the witch ring, he would definitely have been the first one to run out of spiritual power.

Speaking of the Ring, along the way, due to the frequent use of the S-rank skill Kirin Armor recently, coupled with training and combat, the spiritual power in the Ring has obviously decreased a lot, it seems to be at least 10%.

Yi Cheng doesn't seem like much, but you have to know that the skills he's currently using are all B-level skills. Once he learns A-level and S-level skills, the rate at which his spiritual energy is consumed will increase exponentially. As a result, it won't be long before the spiritual energy in the Witch's Ring is depleted.

Qin Xiaochuan understood that he needed to use his spiritual power more sparingly in the future, and he also needed to learn how to combine skills reasonably so that he could become a qualified spiritual mage. In addition, he also needed to store unused spiritual power in his magic ring so that he could last longer.

Having decided to rest where they were, the group immediately divided the tasks: Fei Fei would help them catch prey, Zhou Bin would prepare dinner for them, and the others, having nothing else to do, checked out the area nearby.

Along the way, the scenery on both sides of the road has changed, the most obvious being that the houses on both sides have become more and more luxurious.

For example, before them stood a house, its area easily reaching three hundred square meters. The four walls of the house were entirely constructed of smooth, flat bluestone slabs. These bluestone slabs were not just ordinary flatness; once two stones were stacked together, it was difficult to see any gaps. Although they were not bonded together with cement, their stability was in no way inferior to modern reinforced concrete. Therefore, even after thousands of years, this bluestone house still retained its original appearance.

"It's simply unbelievable," Guo Shiyi exclaimed sincerely, stroking the two stone pillars outside the house.

The two stone pillars were over two meters tall and as thick as an arm. A lotus-shaped stone platform was fixed on top of them, and a round ball the size of a head was fixed on the platform. It looked like a street lamp, but how could there have been street lamps back then?

"What's this for?" Qin Xiaochuan finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

Of course, no one could answer his question. The others were also seeing these things for the first time, and their level of understanding was no better than his.

Upon hearing this, Han Kexin looked around at the stone pillar. Finally, she pried out a stone the size of a matchbox from the middle of the pillar. Qin Xiaochuan glanced at the stone; it was perfectly embedded in the pillar, and if you didn't look closely, you would think it was part of the pillar.

"What's this for?" Guo Shiyi asked, her curiosity evident as she saw Han Kexin's discovery.

Han Kexin frowned and shook her head. Just looking at the surface of the stone, it was impossible to tell what the designer intended it to be.

Han Kexin pondered for a moment, then held the stone in her hand. At that moment, a joyful smile appeared on her face. Qin Xiaochuan knew that she must have made another important discovery.

She then stuffed the stone into the pillar, and when the stone and the pillar were completely joined together again, a miracle occurred.

Qin Xiaochuan was so surprised his jaw almost dropped. It was unbelievable that the sphere fixed to the lotus stone platform had lit up, which meant that the stone pillar really was a street lamp.

How is that possible!

"What... what's going on?" Guo Shiyi's face was also full of shock.

"If I'm not mistaken, this small stone is like a battery for us now." Han Kexin pulled out the stone again, and as the stone detached from the pillar, the sphere on it went out.

"However, it doesn't store electrical energy but rather the spiritual energy within our bodies. The sphere on top is like a light bulb; as long as there is a supply of spiritual energy, it can continue to shine," Han Kexin continued to explain.

"How is this possible!" Qin Xiaochuan couldn't believe what she was saying.

"What's impossible about it?" Han Kexin said dismissively, "Our spiritual power is a kind of energy."

"That's not what I meant." He didn't know how to express his feelings. Although what she said made a lot of sense, he still couldn't accept her statement.

"I know what Xiaochuan is trying to say; actually, I think the same way," Guo Shiyi interjected. "If it's really as you say, it means that in ancient times thousands of years ago, technology had already reached the level we have today!"

Qin Xiaochuan immediately nodded vigorously; this was indeed what he wanted to express.

"What's the big deal?" Han Kexin rolled her eyes at them, then pointed to the house in front of them and said, "Do you think they could have built a house like this with technology from two thousand years ago?"

"Gulp." He swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He was powerless to refute what Han Kexin said. The house in front of them was not only built with neat and smooth bluestone strips, but also had exquisitely designed metal window frames and glass windows.

It's important to know that in the early Qing Dynasty, glass was something only nobles could use. But here, almost every bluestone house has glass windows, which means that glass production technology was already very advanced at that time, which is why glass became so widespread.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Han Kexin sighed and said, "Actually, the civilizations of ancient times were far more advanced than you imagine. It's just that these civilizations were destroyed in the war between the human race and the witch race."

Han Kexin said she would ignore them and turned to walk into the bluestone house.

Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi exchanged a glance but didn't say anything. At this moment, faced with so many facts, they couldn't help but believe them. Since thinking about it further was pointless, they decided to continue looking around for any new discoveries.