Chapter 651 - 16: Five-Colored Miracle Stone, Spirit Jade

Chapter 651: Chapter 16: Five-Colored Miracle Stone, Spirit Jade

East Sea Archipelago, in front of Ying Long’s shrine.

"Spiritual Liaison Jade?"

Luo Qiao looked at the High Priest with a face full of surprise, his once firm belief slightly shaken.

Unlike Li Boyang, who headed to Textile Island.

After deciding to become the "Historical Witch," Luo Qiao immediately came to the High Priest.

He wanted to understand the past of the Longbo Kingdom as comprehensively as possible before fishing for the Ao.

Only by doing this can Luo Qiao determine which ruins of the Longbo Kingdom are truly important and which can be disregarded.

However, just as he was about to express his stance, the High Priest revealed a shocking secret.

"Yes, the Headless Buddha Statue in Biyou Palace is likely formed from the Spiritual Liaison Jade."

With eyes foggy from recalling that distant past, the High Priest’s face showed both relief and helplessness.

The High Priest was relieved that Luo Qiao finally wanted to learn about the history of the Longbo Kingdom, recognizing his identity as one of the Long Bo People.

He was helpless because Luo Qiao chose to become a "Historical Witch" dedicated to recording history.

As a nation, especially one that was once very prosperous, the Longbo Kingdom naturally couldn’t completely avoid having a dark history.

When the High Priest recounted Longbo Kingdom’s past to others, he often intentionally or unintentionally overlooked those dark histories.

This is human nature and also the High Priest’s way of protecting the children.

But now that Luo Qiao had made up his mind, the High Priest naturally wouldn’t hide anything anymore.

[The children eventually grow up!]

With this thought flashing through his mind, the High Priest began to tell Luo Qiao the historical accounts he had never shared with the children.

It was about three thousand years ago, before Yu Guo had left Great Xia and became the famous East Sea God.

During that era, the East Sea was chaotic, with gods and demons clashing fiercely.

As a major force in the East Sea, the Longbo Kingdom was naturally coveted by these gods and demons.

Compared to other creatures in the East Sea, the strength of the Longbo Giants was undeniable.

But when the adversary is a group representing celestial disasters, the strength of the Longbo Giants seemed somewhat insufficient.

Under such circumstances, the Longbo Kingdom had to make many difficult decisions to protect itself.

Enslavement, slaughter, betrayal, resistance...

Countless Longbo Giants sacrificed in the process.

Accompanying these sacrifices were even larger numbers of alien races, even gods.

They might be enemies of the Longbo Kingdom, or allies of it.

After all, in that era of survival struggles, the line between enemy and ally was sometimes razor-thin.

An ally from one moment could become a mortal enemy in the next.

This didn’t just apply to other alien races but also to the Longbo Kingdom itself.

Who knows how many alien races Longbo Kingdom actually exterminated during this process and how many disasters it incited.

The only certainty is that Longbo Kingdom managed to survive due to its strong resilience.

However, no one could assure continual victories.

Especially when the Longbo Kingdom did not have its own deity and needed to rely on other gods.

Thus, the Sovereign of Longbo Kingdom performed an act considered "rebellious" in any era.

He led the Longbo Giants to ambush and kill their primary god of the time.

Due to immense trust in the Longbo Giants.

That deity believed in the Sovereign’s false words, attempted to intercept meteors from the starlit sky to give them to Longbo Giants with the aim of crafting a divine artifact.

In the end, the divine artifact was not made; instead, the deity transformed into a colorful stone.

Using this colorful stone, the Longbo Kingdom crafted the timelessly famous Spiritual Liaison Jade.

With unpredictable changes, the Spiritual Liaison Jade possessed special mimicking abilities.

Using this treasure, the Sovereign repelled invasions from gods multiple times with just a mortal body.

This Spiritual Liaison Jade was thus once regarded as the national treasure of the Longbo Kingdom, claiming to be the most "close to Deity among mortals".

However, whether due to the inherent features of the Spiritual Liaison Jade or the resentment of the deity who was ambushed.

As usage of the Spiritual Liaison Jade increased.

The personality of Longbo Kingdom’s Sovereign began to grow obsessive, and his conduct became increasingly frenzied.

By the time the Longbo Giants realized something was amiss, the Spiritual Liaison Jade had already turned into the Sovereign’s likeness and was controlling him to challenge the gods.

"What happened in the end?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Qiao couldn’t help but question further.

For some reason, Luo Qiao seemed to see a reflection of himself in that Sovereign.

The same exceptional talent, the same rebelliousness...

Even though knowing the outcome was not good, he still harbored some unrealistic expectations.

"The result is... the Spiritual Liaison Jade was sealed thereafter."

Looking at Luo Qiao, the perceptive High Priest easily saw through the little thoughts in his mind.

"As for that Sovereign?"

"He became the first Sovereign in Longbo Kingdom’s history whose name was forbidden to be mentioned."

"And ever since him, Longbo Kingdom was never accepted by any deity until the Divine Descent of the East Sea God."

Viewing this from a later era, this sounds like a brief period of history.

However, from the perspective of the High Priest, who experienced it, that history nearly led the entire nation to extinction.

Thankfully, Yu Guo’s arrival changed the fate of the Longbo Giants.

He did not mind the hard-to-look-back-on history of Longbo Kingdom but led it towards a new future.

Throughout the history that followed, lasting over two thousand years, the Longbo Giants were Yu Guo’s most loyal race, fighting for him until their demise.

Even now, after Longbo Kingdom’s extinction, the older generation of Longbo Giants, including the High Priest, still follow his lead.

"Wait, you said the Spiritual Liaison Jade was sealed?"

Luo Qiao keenly captured a flaw in the High Priest’s words and questioned with a puzzled expression.

"What’s the story behind the Headless Buddha Statue?"

Hearing Luo Qiao’s question, the High Priest spread his hands helplessly.

"That’s what I’d like to know."

"With the sinking of the Longbo Kingdom, it’s not surprising that the golden ao dug out the Spiritual Liaison Jade."

"The real mystery lies in why the Spiritual Liaison Jade transformed into the likeness of the Headless Buddha Statue?"

"Who used the Spiritual Liaison Jade?"

"Why was the Spiritual Liaison Jade eventually carried on the back of the golden ao?"

After a slight pause, the High Priest further probed.

"The Spiritual Liaison Jade only transforms into actual forms, so the Headless Buddha Statue must have been a real entity."

"And so is the ’Biyou Palace’."

"The actual Biyou Palace was shattered during the great war of the past."

"The ’Biyou Palace’ carried on the golden ao’s back simply can’t be the real Biyou Palace."

"If you want to become a qualified ’Historical Witch,’ you must uncover these truths yourself."

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