The moment Ren Baqian saw those two words, a sense of sorrow pervaded his heart.
The skeleton in front of him was covered in gray clothes made of an unknown material. Its hair was messy, and its skin was dry and clung tightly to the bones, barely maintaining a human sitting posture.
Although he didn't know its identity, judging from the "white jade road" and the "flying serpent guarding the door," this skeleton probably had a high status.
During the war of the 10,000 races, the human race was defeated, and the remaining 100,000 were driven to the barren land.
The owner of this skeleton was one of them. After passing through the Sixty Thousand Mountains, he perished here, and the last word he left before he died was "go home!"
Ren Baqian's mind instantly came up with a plot of more than three million words, which was enough to write a long novel.
The owner of this skeleton was either a ruler or a reclusive expert who was seriously injured after the war with the 10,000 races. He dragged his broken body and led the human race through the Sixty Thousand Mountains. When he finally couldn't hold on any longer, he left behind a tomb and an endless desire to "go home."
This kind of sad plot might be made into a movie that would be very popular!
Ren Baqian subconsciously labeled this place as a tomb.
With such a building and two skeletons left so deep underground, it looked like a tomb no matter how he looked at it!
"Senior, sorry to disturb you!" Ren Baqian cupped his hands toward the skeleton. "If there is a chance, we will definitely return to that land and send you home."
Ren Baqian's face was full of rare respect.
The empress and Tong Zhenye were the same. They cupped their hands in front of them to express their respect.
Ren Baqian then stepped forward and carefully pulled out the jade scroll from under the skeleton. Although he was careful enough, the finger was still touched and fell off little by little. Just like the flying serpent, it turned into ashes and scattered on the ground.
Until now, no one knew how long it had been since the human race had evacuated here.
However, Ren Baqian felt that he should be able to find out something from this "tomb."
Ren Baqian then picked up the jade booklet, swept away the dust, and continued to look at it.
The scroll was written from right to left, but Ren Baqian was used to reading from left to right. Therefore, he directly saw the second last sentence: "I didn't put away my clothes. I just remembered, …"
This change in style was too fast, and Ren Baqian suddenly felt like vomiting blood.
All the sorrow that was originally in his heart vanished.
The last two sentences were linked together, "I just remembered that I didn't put away my clothes, so I went home …"
Ren Baqian felt like he had f * cked a husky.
This unknown expert comrade was too down to earth!
Also, what time was it? Still thinking about collecting the clothes at home?
Ren Baqian rubbed his head and read it from beginning to end.
"I lament that the human race has withered to such an extent, being driven like livestock for tens of thousands of miles, stained with blood and tears … My kin have all been buried somewhere else. Although I don't have long to live, my heart is sad, and I only hope that the future generations can return to their homeland … I sit and think of the past, vividly in my mind. Only now do I remember that I haven't packed my clothes and returned home …"
There weren't many words on the jade slip, only about 300 or so. The general meaning was similar to what Ren Baqian had thought. The humans were driven here. This person was seriously injured and didn't have long to live. As such, he left a grave here in hopes that the people who came after him could return to their homeland one day.
In the end, he sat here and waited for death. The past was still vivid in his mind, and he suddenly remembered that he hadn't collected any clothes at home. Go home … He guessed that there were a few more words after that.
"Going home … is unattainable."
This was the full text.
It didn't say much useful. It only mentioned the blood and tears of the human race along the way and didn't mention a single word about the so-called Wan Tribe. The 300 words were mostly sentimental words.
However, after reading it, the sense of absurdity in Ren Baqian's heart disappeared without a trace, and his heart was full of regret.
Before this person died, he wasn't thinking about the future of the human race or the righteousness of the race. Instead, he was thinking about the trivial matters at home.
On the contrary, Ren Baqian felt that this person was living a more realistic life.
The three of them were speechless for a long time after reading it.
Ren Baqian looked around this person and found that there seemed to be something behind him. He went around and found that there were actually a few animal skin booklets and a jade scroll.
"Your Majesty, there are still things here." Ren Baqian picked up the booklets and the jade scroll from the ground.
There were a total of four animal skin booklets. After so many years, they hadn't turned into ashes. Although they were a little brittle, they could still be saved.
The empress took the jade scroll and opened it. There weren't any records about the Wan Tribe or that land that everyone wanted to know. Instead, there were some self-descriptions of this person.
This person on the ground was called Teng Jinzhi, and he was a member of a sect called the Qingyang Sect. The jade scroll recorded some of this person's deeds, and it was like a personal biography.
From these words, it was possible to get a glimpse of the situation of that era.
For example, this person recorded that there were five human emperors in the world at the same time. He had seen three of them and fought under two of them.
For example, at that time, the human race occupied 10 territories and he had traveled to seven territories.
For example, this person recorded that there were 3,000 sects at that time.
Generally speaking, this jade scroll was a personal biography, and it was the traces that this person had left in this world.
Although it wasn't explicitly stated, it could be seen from the words that this person wasn't a nobody.
At the end of the jade scroll, it was written: "In the past, there were 3,000 sects, but today, not a single one of them remains. Leaving behind the [Qingyang Technique], even if I die, the Qingyang of my sect will not disappear. "
It seemed that the four animal skin booklets were the so-called [Qingyang Technique]. The sect that this person belonged to was probably called the Qingyang Sect or the Qingyang Sect or something like that.
After putting away the two jade scrolls and the four booklets, the three of them looked around on the platform and found nothing valuable. The only thing that existed was that skeleton. Perhaps there was something else on his body, but the three of them didn't want to destroy it.
After being sealed for so long, it was already rare that it hadn't been eroded after opening the door for ventilation. If they were to touch it, they would probably immediately turn into ashes.
Just as they were about to go out, Ren Baqian looked up and suddenly stopped in his tracks as he let out a surprised sound.
"What's wrong?" The empress turned to look at him, followed his gaze, and saw that there were some engravings on the ceiling that was illuminated by the fire.
"This seems to be a map?" Ren Baqian looked at it carefully. "Your Majesty, could this be a map of that area?"
If the map outside was a map of the Sixty Thousand Mountains, then it was highly likely that this was a map of the area where humans once lived.
"Get someone to copy it later!" the empress said softly.
After looking at the two jade scrolls, the empress felt a little heavy and wanted to leave this place.
After everyone left, Tong Zhenye asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to let the other officials know about this?"
"Xin Zhe, inform the two elders, the six ministers, and the General-in-Chief Who Supports the Nation to come over." The empress then said, "They must know!"
They had to see the illusion in the secret room and these two jade scrolls so that they would know what had happened in the past and what would happen in the future.
In particular, they had to know about the tragic war in the illusion.
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