Chapter 58: Mysterious Raised Sculpture

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Gu Qingluan recalled that the storage room of the Jun family was exceptionally spacious, consisting of smaller compartments.

Additionally, the Jun family incorporated various hidden chambers and traps during its construction.

After the extinction of the Jun family, the Gu family took over the premises, unaware of these secret features.

However, having resided here for many years, it was uncertain whether the Gu family had explored these hidden areas.

One could only imagine how many priceless treasures, concealed by the Jun family, they might have stumbled upon.

In truth, even Gu Qingluan herself was not entirely familiar with the precise locations of these secret chambers.

Su Lie unlocked the door to the storage room, revealing its darkness. However, he held a luminous pearl in his hand, casting light upon a corner of the room.

The storage room, spacious beyond expectation, was comparable in size to three courtyards of an ordinary household.

Constructed with sturdy bluestone, the walls featured numerous recesses, presumably once designed to accommodate lighting fixtures.

Unfortunately, these fixtures had been entirely stripped away by the Gu family.

It was reminiscent of plucking feathers from a goose, leaving nothing behind.

Gu Qingluan couldn’t help but sneer, mocking the audacity of the Gu family.

Taking a step forward, she ventured into the room, with Su Lie following closely behind.

To improve visibility, Su Lie placed several candles in the recesses originally intended for starstone illumination.

Although starstones could provide ample lighting, they were impractical to carry around. Given the size of the storage room, it would require at least a dozen starstones to adequately illuminate every corner.

Now, with the candles and the luminous pearl in Su Lie’s possession, the storage room finally came alive with light.

Su Lie followed behind her.

Gu Qingluan approached a raised sculpture.

The walls and ceiling of the storage room were adorned with intricate raised carvings.

These raised sculptures predominantly featured mythical beasts, although they differed from the typical depiction.

In addition to the mythical beasts, there were also human figures.

The humans appeared minuscule in the presence of the mythical beasts.

Su Lie remarked, “These mythical beasts look formidable!”

Gu Qingluan smiled faintly and replied, “Indeed, these are divine beasts.” Some of them were even considered transcendent divine beasts.

Su Lie’s eyes widened in astonishment. “All of them are divine beasts?”

The only divine beasts he knew of were the Azure Dragon, White Tiger , Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. He had no idea what other divine beasts looked like.

He scrutinized the reliefs more closely, marveling at their lifelike craftsmanship. When his gaze met the eyes of the creatures, it felt as if he was truly locking eyes with the divine beasts, and he sensed a terrifying pressure.

After staring for only a short while, Su Lie was startled and averted his gaze.

As he turned to speak with Gu Qingluan, he noticed that she was also fixated on the reliefs, her expression somewhat peculiar.

Thinking that Gu Qingluan might be similarly entranced and unable to snap out of it, he quickly spoke up, “Master, snap out of it!”

Gu Qingluan blinked her eyes and looked at him sideways. ‘What’s wrong?”

Su Lie asked, “Did you feel anything strange about these carvings? When you stare into the eyes of those divine beasts, it feels as if your soul is being drawn away.”

Gu Qingluan shook her head. “No, I didn’t.”

Curiosity piqued, Su Lie inquired further, ‘Then why were you lost in thought just now?”

“I was merely reminiscing about some past events,” Gu Qingluan replied, lowering her gaze to conceal her emotions.

Having spent five years in the Cloud Plains Continent, she rarely thought about her past life.

She was originally the junior palace master of the Infinite Palace in the Tianji Continent, a plane higher than the Cloud Plains Continent. The spiritual energy there was dense, and the divine beasts that were rare in the Cloud Plains Continent were quite common in the Tianji Continent. The divine beasts depicted in the raised carvings were familiar to her, and at a glance, she couldn’t help but think of her past life and her contracted beast, the Blood Phoenix.

When she was killed, the Blood Phoenix suffered great injuries while protecting her.

She was able to be reborn thanks to Hongmeng Qi’s influence and the Blood Phoenix’s sacrifice.

After her rebirth, she couldn’t contact the Blood Phoenix. If it weren’t for a trace of the contractual power remaining in her sea of consciousness, she would have thought that the Blood Phoenix had perished.

The Blood Phoenix belonged to the Phoenix Clan and, as long as it wasn’t completely destroyed, could undergo a rebirth through the baptism of fire.

She strived to improve her cultivation, hoping that one day her battle companion would return.

As for those who betrayed her in the past… there would come a day when she would return to the Tianji Continent and personally exact her vengeance!

Her gaze returned to the wall.

It was quite peculiar to see so many carvings of divine beasts here.

The Cloud Plains Continent had very few divine beasts. Apart from the ancient sects and prestigious families that had deep foundations and records in their collections, most people had no knowledge of what these divine beasts looked

And yet, the Jun Family, a merchant family, had carved so many depictions of divine beasts in their treasury. It seemed that they were more than just a merchant household.

Could it be that the Jun Family had a significant background?