Naturally, the statue could not speak. After Xiao Hua paid his respects, he rose to his feet, his eyes avoiding the statue's chest, avoiding its seemingly bright, spirited eyes. When he tried to avoid the spell gesture formed by its outstretched hands as well, his expression stalled slightly. That gesture looked somewhat familiar, yet when he tried to think further, he could find no clue.
"This spell gesture... Xiao Hua, you actually noticed the spell gesture?" Gong Mingwei was immensely surprised. Seeing Xiao Hua staring at the statue, he said, "This spell gesture... seems not to be one from our Xiaoyu Continent. I only discovered it when I reached the ninth layer of Qi Cultivation! Yet the moment you saw the statue, you noticed something unusual about its hands?"
Xiao Hua shook his head slightly. "Senior Brother flatters me. How would I know any spell gestures? I only found it strange. This statue of the ancestor seems almost real, and that gesture formed by its hands... I thought it was some secret transmission of our Shang Hua Ming!"
"The ancestor... sigh, in truth, no one even knows whether it is our Shang Hua Ming's ancestor!" Gong Mingwei said something that greatly astonished Xiao Hua. "According to Master, this statue has been here ever since Shang Hua Ming was founded. If it were our Shang Hua Ming's ancestor, why would it not have a human form? With such a bizarre appearance, it might be some Ancient Demonic Beast! Master searched through the sect's records for a long time, yet found no trace of anything. According to Master, before Grandmaster went traveling and never returned, he had already told him about it. Even he did not know whether this statue was truly the Founding Ancestor!"
Then Gong Mingwei looked helplessly at Xiao