Secrets of the Bronze Ancient Hall, an Ancient Tale

Chen Changsheng's righteous indignation instantly left Lin Hu stunned.

Once Lin Hu came to his senses, he flew into a rage.

But before he could make a move, Hu Zhan's Nascent Soul puppet blocked his path.

"Hu Zhan, what do you mean by this? Are you going to help an outsider?"

Faced with Lin Hu's questioning, Hu Zhan glanced at Chen Changsheng, who was intently studying the Bronze Ancient Hall, and said calmly,

"Lin Hu, there will be plenty of chances to kill someone. But don't forget why we came here."

The moment those words were spoken, much of Lin Hu's fury dissipated.

The reason he had constantly targeted Chen Changsheng was not because Chen Changsheng had joined the Son-in-law Recruitment Assembly.

Given the current situation, anyone with half a brain could tell that this Human Race cultivator had definitely not come for Wanyan Yue.

If he had not come for the Demon Race Princess, then Chen Changsheng must have some other motive.

A Golden Core stage cultivator daring to enter the heartland of the Demon Race alone—someone had to be backing him.

If they acted rashly, they would very likely startle the snake in the grass.

Letting him escape would be a minor matter. But if they disrupted everyone's objective, that would be a serious problem.

After Hu Zhan persuaded Lin Hu to back down, Chen Changsheng also focused on studying the Bronze Ancient Hall.

After a while, Hu Zhan stepped forward and said, "Brother Chen, have you discovered anything?"

Hearing this, Chen Changsheng pondered for a moment before saying, "Brother Hu, have you heard of the Boundless Secret Realm within the Great Qian Dynasty?"

"I've heard a little about it. Does the Boundless Secret Realm have something to do with this place?"

"It does, and I suspect the connection is significant."

"There is also a Bronze Ancient Hall in the Boundless Secret Realm. This is no secret within the Great Qian Dynasty."

"But a Bronze Ancient Hall similar to the one in the Boundless Secret Realm has also appeared in the Forbidden Ground of the Night Moon Kingdom. What do you think of that, Brother Hu?"

As soon as he said this, not only did Hu Zhan become interested, even Lin Hu, who had been wearing a cold expression, was intrigued.

The Night Moon Kingdom and the Great Qian Dynasty had both been established for over a thousand years. The Boundless Secret Realm and the Forbidden Ground had existed since the founding of the two kingdoms.

There were similar places in both locations. Could there be some hidden secret behind this?

Thinking of this, Hu Zhan said curiously, "The Boundless Secret Realm is controlled by the Great Qian Dynasty."

"And no one outside the Human Race may enter it. If Brother Chen hadn't mentioned it, I truly wouldn't have known about this."

"Not just you. I suspect there are not many people in either kingdom who know about it."

"The patterns on these Bronze Ancient Halls are quite peculiar. They do not appear to be ordinary decorations."

"If the two of you are not in a hurry, I can try to decipher them."

Hearing this, Hu Zhan looked at Chen Changsheng doubtfully and said,

"Quite a few elders of our Demon Race have tried to decipher this Bronze Ancient Hall, but all returned empty-handed."

"Brother Chen, are you confident that you can decipher what is on it?"

Though Hu Zhan did not say it outright, his gaze already made his meaning clear.

So many great powers of our Demon Race could not solve it. Can you, a Human Race cultivator at the Golden Core stage, really do it?

Facing Hu Zhan's doubts, Chen Changsheng took out many sheets of white paper covered in patterns and said,

"Facing a single Bronze Ancient Hall, I naturally have no confidence."

"But Brother Hu, do not forget that people are also studying the Bronze Ancient Hall within the Boundless Secret Realm."

"Putting the two Bronze Ancient Halls together, perhaps there really is a way to crack the mystery."

"If the patterns truly record some kind of information, then whoever left behind these two Bronze Ancient Halls—"

"Must have wanted those of later generations to learn something, rather than deliberately speaking in riddles."

"The reason we cannot understand them is because too much time has passed, and the writing of that era has vanished."

As he spoke, Chen Changsheng began comparing the patterns on the two Bronze Ancient Halls.

Hu Zhan and Lin Hu naturally gathered at his side and began studying them as well.

The secret of the Night Moon Kingdom lay within the Forbidden Ground, and the Bronze Ancient Hall had been there ever since the Forbidden Ground was discovered.

If they could unravel the Bronze Ancient Hall's secret, it might greatly aid what came next.

Three hours later.

"So that's how it is!"

Chen Changsheng, who had been comparing the patterns, suddenly spoke.

Hu Zhan immediately asked, "Brother Chen, did you find something?"

"Yes, I have uncovered the secret of the Bronze Ancient Hall."

"What is it? Hurry and tell us."

Lin Hu could not help urging him from the side.

Seeing this, Chen Changsheng did not beat around the bush. He pointed at the patterns and said,

"As Young Masters of your clans, the two of you must be highly learned."

"You must have noticed that the patterns on the two Bronze Ancient Halls are connected, yet you could never find any writing that corresponded to them."

Hearing Chen Changsheng's words, Lin Hu thought for a moment before saying,

"What does that prove? No one can say how long these things have existed."

"It is only natural that the writing of that era has disappeared."

"Brother Lin is right, but do not forget that the great power who left behind the Bronze Ancient Halls wanted to pass information on to later generations."

"Could that great power possibly have failed to consider this?"

Faced with Chen Changsheng's deliberate suspense, Lin Hu said impatiently, "If you have something to say, say it. If you have something to fart, let it out. Stop speaking in riddles."

Chen Changsheng did not take Lin Hu's words to heart and continued,

"That great power of that era must have considered the passage of time."

"The years flowed on, seas turned into mulberry fields. No one could guarantee that the writing of today would survive into the future."

"So if that great power wished to convey information, they would certainly have devised a method that could cross time and transcend writing."

"This method was the simplest and most effective of all: pictures."

As he spoke, Chen Changsheng suspended the sheets of white paper in the air and arranged them in the proper order.

After finishing everything, Chen Changsheng used spiritual power to make rubbings of the patterns on the Bronze Ancient Hall.

The two portions of patterns continuously combined in the air, eventually forming a broken picture.

"Writing may suffer breaks in its inheritance, but pictures will not."

"Because pictures are the first path by which all living beings learn knowledge. From the moment living beings first open their eyes, the knowledge we acquire comes through pictures."

"By seeing mountains, rivers, grass, and trees, we learned what mountains, rivers, grass, and trees looked like, and what colors they had."

"The patterns on this Bronze Ancient Hall are not writing at all, but a vivid picture."

"We regarded them as writing, so naturally we could not understand their meaning."

Seeing that Chen Changsheng had truly uncovered the secret of the Bronze Ancient Hall, Hu Zhan and Lin Hu could not help feeling a few more traces of admiration in their hearts.

The Bronze Ancient Hall had existed for thousands of years, yet even now no one had been able to uncover its secret.

This Human Race cultivator had solved it in merely a few short hours after arriving. His wisdom was enough to make others ashamed.

After explaining the secret of the Bronze Ancient Hall, Chen Changsheng and the others began examining the picture in the air.

Though the picture was incomplete, part of it remained.

From the images within it, they learned a story.