HBWnovel Chapter 472 The Mystery of the Saints
Chapter 472 The Mystery of the Saints
Chapter 472 The Mystery of the Saints
"To be honest, Your Majesty, I have indeed come today with something important to tell you." The old man cupped his hands in greeting to Lin Fei, then said to the young man behind him, "Zifei, present that thing to His Majesty for his perusal!"
"Yes, teacher!" The young man named Zifei took off the package on his back and was about to step forward to present it to Lin Fei, but was blocked by Steward Wang.
"Give me the things!" Steward Wang said calmly. "You may leave now."
Given Lin Fei's status as an emperor, it was naturally not someone anyone could approach, let alone two strangers. It was only natural that Steward Wang would stop them.
However, Zifei held the bundle tightly in his hand and did not hand it over to Steward Wang, as if there was some extraordinary treasure inside.
"It's alright." Lin Fei waved his hand and instructed Steward Wang, "Have him bring it up!"
With Lin Fei's current cultivation level, not to mention the young man in front of him, even the old man below posed no threat to him. Naturally, there was no need to worry about them causing any trouble.
Upon hearing this, Steward Wang stepped aside. The young man walked to Lin Fei's desk, placed the bundle he was carrying on it, and then slowly retreated to the side.
Lin Fei opened the bundle and saw that inside was a painting.
Lin Fei was also very curious—what exactly was it that made these two so nervous?
Unfolding the scroll, one sees only four lines written on it: "Stars fall, saints tremble. The demonic sect emerges, a cataclysmic calamity befalls heaven and earth!"
These four sentences are without beginning or end, and there is no explanation. Lin Fei has no idea what they are trying to express.
He frowned and asked, "What do these four sentences mean?"
"These four sentences are prophecies about the future, left behind by the ancient sages, divinations made with the utmost effort of their lives." The old man said, then asked Lin Fei, "Does Your Majesty know why the ancient sages did not remain on the land of China after they annihilated the demon race and saved humanity from suffering? Where did they go?"
The old man's question remains an unsolved mystery in the eyes of the world.
In those ancient times, the sages eradicated the demon race, allowing humanity to dominate the land. Logically, this should have been a time of intellectual ferment and the creation of a golden age.
Surprisingly, the ancient sages ultimately vanished from the land of Shenzhou. Without them, Shenzhou descended into chaos once more. Without the demon race, all ambitious individuals sought to seize control of the land after the ancient sages' disappearance.
Amidst the chaos of warring factions, the land of China was once again engulfed in flames of war. Ultimately, in the midst of this chaotic conflict, the founding emperors of the Southern Tang and Northern Han kingdoms gained an overwhelming advantage, swiftly annihilating all the other warlords and establishing the Southern Tang and Northern Han kingdoms, thus ending the chaotic period of the late medieval era.
The establishment of the Southern Tang and Northern Han kingdoms also marked the complete end of the medieval era and the beginning of a new one.
As for the ancient saints who suddenly vanished without a trace, no one knows why they disappeared or where they went in the end.
If it weren't for the appearance of the descendants of the ancient sages, the whereabouts of the ancient sages would probably still be a mystery to this day.
Although Lin Fei had personally visited the medieval era, he had already left after the battle at the Demon Palace. As for what happened afterward, and why the medieval saints suddenly disappeared, he had no idea.
Hearing the old man's question, Lin Fei shook his head and said, "Old man, please don't beat around the bush with me. Just say what you have to say!"
"Very well, I won't waste any more words and will tell Your Majesty directly." The old man replied, "After the saints eradicated the demon race, the human world did indeed enter a period of peace. However, not long after that, a calamity that could be described as a disaster occurred on a small island in a certain overseas region."
The old man slowly said, "On an unnamed island overseas, a kind of extremely powerful monster, neither human nor demon, appeared. At first, these monsters only roamed overseas, but later they slowly spread to the land of China. These monsters were ferocious by nature, killing anyone they saw, and their internal power was quite strange, actually able to suppress the spiritual energy of cultivators. Fortunately, there weren't many of these monsters at the time, otherwise it would have been another catastrophe for humanity!"
The old man sighed and said, "In order to prevent that monster from wreaking havoc on the world, the ancient sages followed the origin of the monster and found the island where it was born."
Upon hearing this, Lin Fei suddenly realized: "So this is the reason why the ancient sages suddenly disappeared?"
The old man nodded and said, "That's right. This is the reason why the ancient sages suddenly disappeared. Apart from a small number of sages who left their successors on the land of China in advance, many other sages did not even have time to leave their legacy before leaving the land of China."
The old man slowly recalled, "When the ancient sages arrived at that island, they found the source of the mysterious monster's birth. However, the source of the monster's birth was extremely strange, and even the ancient sages, with their extraordinary abilities, could not do much about it. In the end, the ancient sages used their own life essence to temporarily seal the source. And before sealing it, they used their life's blood to divine the future."
As the old man spoke, he pointed to the scroll placed on Lin Fei's desk: "The divination and prophecies left by the ancient sages are written on that scroll, and have been passed down from generation to generation on our Island of Saints to this day."
"Stars fall, saints tremble. The demonic sect emerges, a catastrophe befalls heaven and earth!" Lin Fei pondered the four sentences written above, still unable to grasp their meaning, and asked, "I wonder what these four prophecies refer to, and whether they have come true?"
The old man sighed and said, "If the prophecy above had not come true, I would not be standing before His Majesty today! Two of the four sentences written here have already come true, and I fear the fulfillment of the remaining two is imminent. This is the main reason why I left the Island of Saints and returned to the land of China!"
The old man recalled, “To be honest, Your Majesty, several months ago, a huge rift opened up between heaven and earth, and when the rift disappeared, stars fell to earth. Surely Your Majesty, as the monarch of a country and the highest authority in the Southern Tang Kingdom, must know about such a momentous event. And when those stars fell, the statues of the saints enshrined on my island of saints also trembled violently.”
"Stars have fallen, and all the sages are shaken!" The old man sighed softly, "The first two lines of the sages' prophecy have already come true, and I'm afraid the last two lines will not be far off!"