Zhang Yu raised his hand and gently caught Miao Danjun. He looked at it and found that after a long sleep, the little leopard cat's body did not change much. It was just slightly bigger than before.
This was not strange because Miao Danjun had not completely passed the juvenile stage. Moreover, this kind of innate spiritual creature would sometimes change its size to adapt to the environment.
A smaller body meant that it would not be seen as a threat, and it could hide better. At the same time, it could be more flexible and agile.
The only difference was that Miao Danjun's spirituality had improved a lot, perhaps because he had been eating pills for a long time. The colorful light around his body was floating like a mist, and there seemed to be many tiny crystal fragments in it. When Miao Danjun gently touched the light, the crystal fragments would float along with him.
He rubbed Miao Danjun's head a few times and was about to put it down. However, the little thing put its paws on his sleeve and did not want to go down. It even let out a childish meow.
He immediately understood its meaning through the Heart Lake. It had slept for too long and could not stay at home.
He thought about it for a while, and then strode out of the residence with Miao Danjun.
After going out, he walked along the main road in the northwest direction. Soon, a high platform appeared in front of him.
This place was called the "Moon Embracing Platform". It was the second highest place in the academy, only slightly lower than the Kui Wen Hall. Sometimes, some teachers of the academy would come here to drink with the moon and look at their hometown.
When he arrived, the sun was setting. Standing here, he could clearly see the entire Auspicious Light. At this moment, the night had not completely fallen, but the stars were already lit. The sunset between the sea and the sky was dyed with rich layers of color. It was magnificent and gorgeous.
This place was spacious enough, and the view was broad. He put Miao Danjun down and came to the edge of the high platform. Facing the evening breeze, he put his sleeves behind his back and looked into the distance.
Miao Danjun also squatted beside his feet. Its ears moved slightly, and it looked at the scene curiously and cautiously.
Zhang Yu suddenly realized that although he had been in Auspicious Light for a long time, he had never really painted the full picture of the city.
After thinking for a while, he came to a pavilion not far away and sat down. Then, he took out a small book and a few special brushes and began to draw here.
His extraordinary senses allowed him to see many things that ordinary people couldn't see. His agile mind allowed him to move and react quickly, which made the content of the painting richer and the details more substantial.
However, his movements were not slow at all. Moreover, his brush strokes were meticulous and accurate. Before the clouds in the sky had completely faded, he had already completed this painting.
This was a long scroll that contained the entirety of Auspicious Light City. However, in his booklet, he could only see a part of each page. He needed to cut out more than ten pages and put them together to see the whole picture.
This also meant that his heart was filled with the bright and fragmented Auspicious Light City.
When he reached out and was about to put away the used brushes on the stone table, he felt a little strange. Turning his head, he saw Miao Danjun holding the brush with one paw and meowing at him.
Zhang Yu thought for a moment and immediately understood what it meant. Thus, he gestured to the side, and Miao Dan Lord immediately leaped over to a railing before squatting down. Its tail was raised high, and its back was facing the entire magnificent world.
Zhang Yu picked up the paintbrush, and in a short while, he sketched out the image of a little leopard cat. The golden fur on its body was dazzling with colorful light, and the magnificent background behind it was all presented on the paper.
After finishing the painting, he put down the brush. A golden shadow flashed and Miao Danjun ran over quickly. Its tail was raised and swaying as it looked curiously at its portrait.
Zhang Yu simply put the booklet upright and let it admire it. He walked to the side and looked at the tall Beiqi Mountain not far away.
When he went to the Affairs Hall to see Xiang Chun, the latter told him that with his current cultivation, it was reasonable to see Xuan Shou. However, Xuan Shou was now in seclusion, so he could not see him. However, at the end of the year, Xuan Shou would come out and make arrangements for him.
In fact, it was not important to him whether he saw Xuan Shou or not. It was better if Xuan Shou did not come out. It meant that no one could arrange anything for him. He only needed to arrange his own cultivation.
After standing here for a while, seeing that the sky was completely dark, he returned to the pavilion. He reached out and rubbed Miao Danjun, who was still squatting there and admiring him, and said, "Let's go back."
He put the booklet into his pocket and then walked down the stage. Miao Danjun jumped off the stone table and followed him back to his residence.
Soon, more than ten days had passed, and it was late October.
Zhang Yu spent most of his time cultivating in his residence. Sometimes, he would go to Xuan Wen Tang to look for clues about the stone slab. Although he had some gains, he found that some of the runes were related to more than ten indigenous languages of remote tribes.
Although he could roughly identify the origin of these languages, if he wanted to understand the runes inside, he would undoubtedly need a deeper understanding. This would require him to learn from scratch.
With his current understanding, it was not difficult for him to learn these things. He could do it with just a little effort and time.
However, what puzzled him was that from Almote's words before he died, it meant that he knew the origin of this thing and had obtained some benefits from it.
However, from this person's past experience, he was not a knowledgeable person and would definitely not recognize the language on it. Then, the only explanation left was that he relied on his divine instincts.
After the robe was highly compatible with the person, it was equivalent to the owner of the robe grasping a part of EsGod's power and could even understand many things that he did not understand. Almote should be the same.
From this, it could be inferred that this stone slab was undoubtedly related to the gods of this continent.
He thought for a moment and believed that if he continued to search in this direction, he would eventually be able to unravel the secrets within.
Near the end of the month, Zhang Yu was invited to an auction and sold the entire Spiral Horn Mountain White Bull. Other than the part that was handed over to the Xuanfu, the rest of the returns could be said to be very generous.
During this period, he planned to try his luck and bought a few idols. To his surprise, one of the idols contained a small amount of Origin Energy.
After some research, he found that this idols still belonged to the God of Plague, Imitri.
This made him a little confused. So far, he had come into contact with many idols, but why was it that only the God of Plague's idols contained Origin Energy?
Or was there something special about this god?
After some deep thought, he could not help but have a guess. In order to verify it, he asked Li Qinghe to go around and buy the idols of the God of Plague.
Due to the extinction of the God of Plague, many native tribes that believed in the God of Plague had secretly hidden or destroyed the idols. However, there were also people who sold them to antique merchants like antiques. Of course, some of them might not be able to tell which god the idols in their hands belonged to.
Thus, his purchase this time was very smooth. In just a few days, he had bought more than a hundred idols of various types, and there were three that contained Origin Energy.
After careful investigation, Zhang Yu found that two of them still belonged to the God of Plague, Imitri, and the other belonged to the God of Love, Michuri.
This time, he combined the items that he had found with Origin Energy and concluded an important commonality.
Most of the items that contained Origin Energy were ancient and legendary.
For example, the God of Plague was the main character of an ancient epic. Many tribes had stories about him that were passed down. At the same time, he was an ancient god that had existed since the last era, so many idols already had thousands of years of history.
The same was true for the God of Love, Michuri.
Stories about this deity spread far and wide. According to the legends, many marriages between tribes were related to this deity. Even the union between a deity and a mortal was related to this deity. Therefore, even though this deity couldn't compare to Imitri, he was still well known among the natives.
Another piece of evidence was the bones of the strange creature that he had collected from the medicine store. From the clues that he had gathered, there were many traces of people worshipping it around the pit of bones. It was very likely that this strange creature had an extraordinary reputation when it was alive, and had even been worshipped as a god.
However, the fates of these spiritual creatures were not necessarily good. Most of them were hunted by the native warriors as sacrifices to please the gods they worshipped.
The sacrificial pit at the foot of Mount Beggis was filled with such spiritual creatures.
However, Zhang Yu was also aware that he had not been to many places yet, and he had not come into contact with many items that contained Origin Energy. Perhaps not all items that contained Origin Energy were like this, but this commonality at the very least gave him a clear direction. If there were areas that he lacked, he could slowly make up for them in the future.
In the following ten-odd days, he searched for Origin Energy according to this clue and made some gains. Although he did not obtain much Origin Energy, it put him in a good mood.
If possible, he hoped that this could continue for a while longer, so that he could accumulate even more divine essence.
However, he could sense that the Turbid Tide had receded a little in these days.
Those who did not wish to see the Protectorate restore contact with the mainland were definitely making their final preparations. The clash between the conservative faction and the radical faction could come at any time.
In the middle of the eleventh month, there was some movement from Xuanfu. A Xuanxiu came to invite him on Xiang Chun's orders, saying that Head Xuan had already left seclusion and wanted to invite him to meet him.
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