Chapter 114 Mural Painting

  As the yuan array slowly started, Hu Gao felt that his vast dantian seemed to be somewhat insufficient, and the yuan force was like being sucked into a black hole, pouring in uncontrollably. Even if he operated the secret method to absorb the energy of heaven and earth, it could not completely offset this consumption.

  "You two don't just stand there stupidly, hurry up and lend me a hand!" Hu Gao couldn't help but shout.

  Unexpectedly, this yuan array requires so much yuan power. It doesn't seem to be as simple as ordinary teleportation. Yunfeng and Han Chong rushed over to support Hu Gao.

  The combined power of the three people finally stabilized the yuan array, which emitted a deafening roar like thunder, and the air around it seemed to freeze for a moment. Then, a white light burst out from the center of the yuan array, shooting up into the sky, creating an earth-shattering scene. The three people instantly disappeared within the yuan array.

  Hu Gao felt as if he was in the same state as when he had been knocked unconscious by Bai Xiaochun, unable to feel his body, with only his consciousness drifting in a space, but this time it was only for a very short period of time, and his mind was violently shaken, and his consciousness returned to his body once again.

  Hu Gao opened his eyes and looked around, finding that the three of them were still in a passageway. Unlike before, this place was extremely clean and bright, and the passageway was square-shaped.

  "Can you still feel the dragon's might, Xiao Wu?" Hu Gao asked.

  "Ah, just ahead."

  At this time they were standing in the middle of the corridor, one in front and one behind, neither knowing where to go, with Xiao Wu's direction appearing the brightest.

  "Hurry up, look! There are so many murals here." Han Chong came out and looked around to see if there were any annoying mice, but instead found that the walls were carved with many very clear murals.

  Hú Gāo raised his head to look, the mural was extending from their position towards the direction of Xiao Wǔ's finger, the content of the mural were all about people and beasts, which was completely different from the murals he saw in the Hú tribe's forbidden land that only had beasts.

  Three people looked from different directions, the first few frames were all about monsters attacking humans, with wind-calling tigers, fire-spitting giant lions, lightning-falling eagles, and cloud-swallowing pythons. All six frames along the way were various monsters chasing after humans.

  "The paintings are all about monsters eating people, and these people are all dressed in simple clothes, like ancient people." Han Chong commented.

  "It should be, you see these people are holding long sticks and bows to resist, and there are not a few fallen on the ground." Hu Gao has seen similar paintings and looked at them more carefully.

  "You see, this painting is a bit different." Yunfeng scanned the first few paintings and pointed at the fifth one.

  This painting also depicts the confrontation between humans and monsters, but what's different is that the person in the middle of the painting has a flame in his hand, and he is the only one who is clearly fighting against the fire-breathing tiger.

  "How can this person hold fire in his hands?" Han Chong asked with doubt.

  "I think this person has mastered the power of elements, he led people to fight against the attack of the monster, and the next few paintings are about his story." Hu Gao said as he glanced over the next few paintings.

  Behind it are four paintings of this man, telling the story of his leading humans and monsters in battle.

  It started with him alone, fighting against the demon beast with fire. Later on, he led a group of archers to fight against the demon beast. Gradually, more and more people joined in to fight against the demon beast with fire. The final scene was a group of people who possessed elemental powers killing the demon beast. These people's abilities were no longer limited to flames, but also included lightning, whirlwinds, water flows, and stone blocks.

  "Could it be that these murals are telling us about how humans mastered the use of heavenly energy in their battles against the beast tribe?" Yun Feng was somewhat perplexed.

  "Isn't the Cultivation System founded by Yao?" Hu Gao was even more perplexed.

  "Maybe it's Yao summarizing the experience of his predecessors and creating a new one, who knows about these legends?" Han Chong shrugged his shoulders and said: "I just wonder why these people didn't summon their totems."

  Hú Gāo looked at several murals, feeling that the stories they told were not so simple. Among the four types of Yuan jue used by martial artists today, there are elemental types. Perhaps these people were among the first to grasp elemental skills.

  "Hu Gao, Totem is here." Han Chong found what he wanted from a few murals behind.

  Corresponding to the torch holders in front, there are also five groups of murals related to Totem.

  "This is the human awakening totem, using totems to fight against demonic beasts, and later many people awakened their totems, surrounding and killing these demonic beasts." Han Chong said, pointing to several paintings in a row.

  The person in the first painting has a tiger's head drawn above his own with dotted lines, as if it were an awakened totemic shadow.

  Then a tiger turned into a solid line, roaring in front of that person. In front of them was a monster.

  By the third one, the tiger became even bigger and was colored, spitting out a ball of fire that ignited the monster in front.

  The fourth one, a group of people stand together, with various beasts such as lions, tigers, elephants, eagles and snakes by their side, and behind them are people holding bows and arrows, confronting a group of demons led by a dragon.

  The last one is a colored fierce tiger standing on the dragon's corpse with people, and all those who are still alive are offering sacrifices and worshiping.

  As Han Chong said, these five paintings depict the process of human awakening totems and use the story of totems fighting against monsters. It really looks like the growth history of the ancients.

  After watching, Hu Gao felt even stranger. These five paintings obviously corresponded to the previous five paintings, but how come these awakened Totem warriors wouldn't use energy attacks? Their battles all relied on the Totems fighting, while they themselves seemed to be directing from the side. This didn't seem like today's martial artists awakening their Totems and using them to assist themselves, but rather more like beast tamers.

  And what about those people who possessed energy attributes in front, where are their totems?

  Is it that the ten paintings before and after are saying that humans first awakened to the power of elemental attributes, and later when people awakened to totems, this power all transferred to the totem?

  So why do modern warriors have their own skills and can also cultivate the Yuanjue of the law system? Is it true that Yao created the human cultivation system, which led to such a change?

  "Huh? They've started fighting."

  Following Yun Feng's astonishment, Hu Gao found the connection between those two people in the next mural.

  On the screen, a man holding fire and a man with a tiger are fighting. The flames spewed out by the man holding fire and the fierce tiger collide with each other, setting the surrounding trees on fire.

  Around these two people, those who possessed various energy attributes were fighting against those with ferocious beasts, and on the ground lay many corpses of humans and beasts.

  After that, two paintings depicted a man holding fire and a man with a tiger shaking hands, and they also jointly directed people to build a city.

  "Huh, these three paintings are the story of Yan Zu and Chi Zu." Han Chong suddenly shouted loudly. This is one of the few legends passed down before the Ice River Riot, only a small number of secretive families know about this story, and the Han family just happens to be one of them!

  "Yan Zu and Chi Zu? Don't say half of it, hurry up and tell me in detail!" Hu Gao was taken aback, weren't the two names that Han Chong mentioned the same as the names of the two ancestors from his previous life on Earth? Was there some inexplicable connection here?

  Han Chong said slowly, Yan Zu was the first person to grasp the energy attribute, and Chi Zu was the first person to awaken the totem. They each established a tribe. Later, the two tribes fought, and Yan Zu's tribe defeated Chi Zu's tribe. However, after the battle, Yan Zu and Chi Zu reached a consensus and together established the first country.

  Hugao clicked his tongue, this legend is almost identical to the legend of Huaxia, except that it lacks a Yellow Emperor, and Chi Di has become someone who collaborated with Yan Di to establish a country.

  Continuing to look ahead, the next mural depicts the prosperity of human cities, with a woman holding fire and a man with beasts hand in hand, and a woman with beasts and a man holding fire hand in hand.

  Next, a woman is heavily depicted, with the fetus in her swollen belly having a beastly aura on its head and flames rising from its hands.

  Upon seeing these two paintings, Hu Gao finally understood the meaning of this group of murals. The descendants produced by the union of the Flame Ancestor and the Chi Ancestor tribes were the true first practitioners, possessing the power of elemental attributes and able to awaken Totems.

  Then there was another mural that left the three of them somewhat perplexed. On it, a human was depicted together with many beast tribes, including foxes, eagles, wolves, and monkeys, all gathered around a giant animal hide on which something was being inscribed, as if they were forming some sort of pact. Then all the races developed in peace, a harmonious scene.

  "Could it be that our human ancestors, because they possessed the power to contend with the beast tribe, ultimately forced the beast tribe to sign some kind of non-aggression treaty with humans?" Han Chong speculated.

  "It's highly likely! After all, humans in ancient times were still very weak and forming an alliance with the beast tribe was their best way to gain living space." Yun Feng also said.

  Hú Gāo's idea was similar to theirs, but the mural behind them made them hesitant again. In this mural, humans seemed to have launched an attack on the beast tribe's city-state first. On the painting, countless humans were besieging each beast tribe city-state, with catapults, meteorites filling the sky, fireballs, and countless totems mixed in, it was like doomsday.

  Suddenly, a mural appeared, and the situation changed drastically. Many giant demons descended from the clouds, including snake tribes, phoenix tribes, and many other powerful tribes. The unstoppable human offensive was instantly reversed!

  Humans were defeated under the attack of these powerful beasts, abandoning their armor and fleeing in disarray.

  Next comes a mural depicting countless powerful humans standing up, using their powerful elemental skills and summoned totems to engage in fierce battles with these powerful tribes, blood flowing everywhere. Finally, in the next mural, humans are nowhere to be seen, and the many powerful beast tribes that arrived were worshiped by the original beast tribes!

  This painting is almost identical to the one Hu Gao saw before!