chsdbacks Chapter 90: Speculations about the Prophecy Tablet
Chapter 90: Speculations about the Prophecy Tablet
Seeing Zhang Ping's insistence, Mu Ya didn't say anything more, but nodded with her lips pursed.
Zhang Ping asked her some more questions about evolution, but Mu Ya couldn't answer many of them.
After all, evolution is something that has been passed down since ancient times, with only simple ritual steps, and the deeper principles and processes are completely unknown.
Seeing Muya's vague expression, Zhang Ping couldn't help but frown.
Does this mean that using Dragon Spirit Wood for evolution is still just speculation?
How confident are you?
"It should be fine." Muya hesitated for a moment, her tone uncertain. That's how it's recorded in the ancient books; even ordinary demonic wood can evolve without problems, so it should work, right?
Zhang Ping sighed helplessly. He thought for a moment, then pulled Mu Xiaoya, who was playing with stones, up and said, "Come with me."
The three of them followed the repaired path to the entrance of the dragon's lair.
Zhang Ping reorganized this place, turning it into a simple, large secret room.
Upon entering the secret room, it was quite spacious, with materials piled up haphazardly in the middle like a small mountain.
Upon seeing the materials, Mu Xiaoya exclaimed "Wow!" and excitedly circled around them.
"Is this a Snow Spirit Fruit? It's delicious!" She picked up a fruit bigger than her head with her small hands, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.
Muya wasn't surprised; it wasn't her first time in the secret chamber. Her gaze shifted to a large stone slab standing in the corner.
The stone slab is very tall, over five meters high, with an uneven surface and mottled, ancient marks.
This stone slab wasn't there when I last came.
She looked at Zhang Ping with some confusion.
Zhang Ping didn't say anything, but suddenly reached out and put his arm around her waist, stroking her waist with his large hand, and led her to the stone slab.
Sensing the warmth around her waist, Muya didn't resist; instead, she moved closer to him.
Reaching the stone slab, and to her astonishment, Zhang Ping asked, "Is it feasible for a banshee to evolve using the Dragon Spirit Wood?"
The next moment, something even more surprising happened.
Mysterious characters appeared one after another on the surface of the stone slab. The characters were extremely strange; although she had never seen them before, she could instantly understand their meaning.
"Alien race, unusable"
"What is this?" Muya stared at the stone slab with unblinking eyes.
"The prophecy tablet." Zhang Ping sighed.
The result is still the same.
Ever since he separated the stone slab from the dragon's body, he had been filled with curiosity about this thing that could predict his actions in battle.
At first, I thought it contained some mysterious spirit, but after asking many times, I got the same answer:
"Alien race, unusable"
This thing is like a rigid program without thoughts or consciousness.
The only answer is "prophetic tablet" when asked what it is; all other questions will use this phrase.
According to the stone slab's assessment, Zhang Ping is of a different race.
Then why was the Poison Dragon usable before?
Therefore, he brought Muya here specifically to test whether she could use the prophecy tablet.
Strictly speaking, banshees are beasts, not humans. If Muya can use it, it means the stone tablet belongs to the beast race; if Muya can't use it either, then it's very likely that only dragons can use it.
Zhang Ping instructed Mu Ya to mimic his earlier actions and ask the stone slab whether it was feasible for the female demon to evolve using the Dragon Spirit Wood.
As soon as Muya finished speaking, large areas of mysterious characters immediately appeared on the surface of the stone slab.
"It's feasible. Within an hour of the Dragon Spirit Wood maturing, the banshee will merge with the tree, evolving into a Dragon Banshee after three days."
"Feasible? This..." Muya looked at the stone slab with a mixture of surprise and delight, then at Zhang Ping.
She could tell that this stone slab was definitely an extraordinary and mysterious treasure. She never expected that it could directly provide the key knowledge of the banshee race!
Upon seeing the stone slab, which now gave a clear answer and no longer judged the race as alien, Zhang Ping's brows furrowed deeply.
"So, this stone slab belongs to the alien beast race, and humans can't use it...?"
Although he couldn't use it himself, Zhang Ping wasn't too disappointed.
The limitations of the stone slab don't seem absolute; he can ask Muya whatever he wants.
However… the aura emanating from this stone slab is far too eerie and unpredictable…
Zhang Ping pondered for a moment, then said to Mu Ya, "Ask it about the situation of the demon rebellion in the Great Wei."
"Okay." Muya nodded and asked the stone slab as instructed.
This time, however, no detailed results were obtained; only two words were written on the stone slab:
"unknown"
Zhang Ping raised an eyebrow and said, "Ask about the situation in Lanjiang City."
Muya spoke again, and a new answer appeared on the stone slab:
Lanjiang City became the front line in the battle between the Great Wei and the demons, with the Ghost Sky Mountains serving as the main battlefield.
"That's interesting." Zhang Ping became interested and asked Mu Ya a few more questions.
It involves finding missing persons, predicting regional trends, and searching for historical sites.
When the sixth question was asked, the writing on the stone slab began to become blurred.
After that, there was no further response.
Both of them now understood the purpose of the stone slab. Muya excitedly reached out and carefully stroked the surface of the stone slab, as if she were facing a rare treasure.
Zhang Ping had a guess in his mind: the function of the stone slab was limited.
Moreover, the answers to some questions are quite vague. For example, when looking for someone, at most a general area can be given, and the size of the area referred to varies from person to person.
The situation is similar when asking about the location of relics or certain treasures.
Zhang Ping felt that a term from his previous life was very apt to describe it: divination of heavenly secrets!
The effect of the stone slab was remarkably similar to the legendary methods of divination. He even suspected that the stone slab was crafted by a lineage in this world skilled in divination and prophecy, but how it ended up in the hands of the Poison Dragon remained a mystery.
Having confirmed the method of Dragon Spirit Wood's evolution using the stone slab, the two felt relieved and picked up Mu Xiaoya, who was still holding half a Snow Spirit Fruit and munching on it, and left the secret room.
Time flies.
With Mu Lingyu and others personally contacting the female demon clans scattered throughout the land, the news gradually spread. Other clans sent people to investigate, and after confirming that the Dragon Spirit Tree truly existed, they migrated there without hesitation.
More and more female demons are appearing at the foot of Dragon Mountain, with the strongest among them having reached the Essence Blood Realm.
However, after meeting Zhang Ping, they all obediently accepted the conditions for becoming dependent on him.
The banshee clan was united, and almost all of them were unwilling to give up the opportunity to reunite and live together again.
The various female demon chieftains understood one thing perfectly well: Zhang Ping was human and could not remain in the Western Poison Forest forever. Ultimately, the female demon clans would return to their own control.
Therefore, they were not too resistant to dependence; on the contrary, they felt that it was a good thing to be protected by a strong person.
Half a month later,
The Dragon Spirit Tree had finally reached the final stage of maturity. The towering tree seemed to have grown even taller.
Longshan is large enough, yet female demons can be seen everywhere. At a rough glance, their numbers are no less than 20,000!
Moreover, new groups join every day.
At this moment, all the banshees' gazes were focused on the two Dragon Spirit Trees atop the mountain, trees that seemed to pierce the sky. Among their branches, eerie, blood-red flowers were slowly blooming.
It releases a distinctive pale red scent.
"It's ripe, get ready."
A group of people stood silently in front of the two dragon spirit trees.
Zhang Ping stared at the Dragon Spirit Wood that was emitting a special fluctuation, then reached out and touched Mu Xiaoya's head to soothe her tension.
A pale red aura spread from top to bottom, filling the air throughout the entire Longshan Mountain.
"All clansmen, begin your cultivation immediately!" Muya shouted, her voice carrying to the foot of the mountain.
Apart from Muya and Muxiaoya, all the female demons didn't want to miss this grand feast, so they all sat cross-legged and absorbed the power permeating the air.
In front of the Dragon Spirit Wood, Mu Ya and Mu Xiaoya...
She turned around and gave Zhang Ping a light hug. Then they looked at each other, and Mu Xiaoya became serious, her little brows furrowing.
Then, they leaped into the air, heading towards two Dragon Spirit Trees hundreds of meters apart. The moment they touched the trunks, the thick trunks softened like flowing water, gently enveloping and merging their bodies into them.
"here we go..."
Seeing this, Zhang Ping raised an eyebrow slightly.
But soon, his brows furrowed again. He turned around, his sharp gaze fixed on the eastern horizon.
"They really know how to pick their timing."