Luo Nian took a few steps across the top of the platform, lowering his head to examine the relief.
The relief of the Snake Spirit King itself had been carved with extraordinary delicacy, but after observing it for a while, Luo Nian noticed something amiss.
Many parts of the relief's serpentine body looked as though they had melted, leaving them extremely flat, as if someone had burned them with fire.
Had someone climbed to the top of the pillar and damaged the relief?
The Sacred Pillar was incredibly sturdy. Even when Luo Nian exerted all his strength, he could not damage it.
Earlier, at the base of the Sacred Pillar, he had also asked Jiang Ziya to try, but Jiang Ziya had failed as well.
Aside from that, the top of the pillar was utterly empty. There was nothing there...
Disappointment showed on Luo Nian's face.
He had gone to such lengths to climb up, yet it seemed he had gained very little.
If he had to name one gain, it was that he had helped Taishang Laojun connect that sword to the Eleventh Layer stairway.
The Other Shore Token on the Eleventh Layer stairway should not be bad either, but since it was connected by red light, it was probably far inferior to the final ten levels.
"If I chisel a square hole here and embed the black cube inside, will it have any effect?"
A bold idea suddenly arose in Luo Nian's mind.
But the instant the thought appeared, he rejected it himself.
The Sacred Pillar was so sturdy that he could not chisel into it at all.
Should he go back down and ask Jiang Ziya to think of a solution?
He had spent several months climbing up, and it would take several months to descend as