"An earthenware pot?"
When Third Senior Sister called to him, Lu Yang cut off the Everlasting Fairy's explanation.
Unlike the ancient, crude paintings on pottery that Lu Yang had imagined, whose meaning had to be guessed at, this earthenware pot among the ancient Qiongqi's burial goods was exceptionally exquisite.
The world in the painting was undergoing a cataclysm, as if doomsday had arrived. All living beings looked like ants. Even through the pot, Lu Yang could feel that utterly terrifying despair—the helplessness of facing such overwhelming power. The ancient Qiongqi spread its wings, desperately protecting its own people.
The painting was meant to record the ancient Qiongqi's great deeds: how it had protected its clan during a great calamity.
But Lu Yang's attention wasn't on the ancient Qiongqi. It was on the background of the painting.
The four figures in the background were the source of this doomsday-like catastrophe.
They were blurry, yet every gesture revealed their boundless power.
"These four figures must be the Ancient Four Immortals," Third Senior Sister said with certainty.
Only the legendary Ancient Four Immortals could have made the ancient Qiongqi spread its wings to protect its fellow clan members.
"That seems likely." Lu Yang nodded, his expression turning slightly grave. He had more or less guessed what the painting depicted.
"But the question is, what kind of opponent could have forced the Ancient Four Immortals to join forces?"
Third Senior Sister was deeply puzzled. Judging by their positions, the Ancient Four Immortals stood in a row, on the same side.
What enemy in ancient times could have made those four legendary, invincible beings fight together?
Third Senior Sister searched through every ancient text she could think of, but found no corresponding enemy.
Lu Yang fell silent. Of course there was one: the mysterious being