Chasing the weapon?

Everyone looked in the direction Li Ang indicated, and it was at the lower right corner of the stained glass, but the glass there looked distinctly different in color and texture from the rest of the large stained glass artwork.

The painting depicted a serene scene, in the wilderness, people had built a shelter, lighting a fire pit at night, encircling it around the edges.

The crowd was led by the Goddess of Kindness, with three Saints flanking her, and around the perimeter of the shelter, white-robed guards formed a human wall, protecting the people inside.

The text below the painting read: "The Initial Oathkeeping Festival that Did Not Become a Tradition," the Goddess's warriors guarded against demons possibly disguised as humans infiltrating inside, allowing the protected people to relax and gather to listen to the Goddess's teachings.

There wasn't any sight of the weapon, but they did see the origin of the Oathkeeping Festival.

"This painting is a piece of history," Li Ang sighed.

"The custom of not interacting with outsiders during the Oathkeeping Festival, it turns out, was meant to guard against the infiltration of demons?" Dorothy said in surprise.

"Why does it suddenly feel like demons are everywhere?" Zoe said.

"Thinking about it, the shadow of demons has always been present in Nebis," Li Ang said.

Andasu said, "I have heard stories of red fire demons in the desert deceiving travelers to their deaths, and sometimes the storytellers directly referred to them as demons. There are quite a few similar stories."

Li Ang said, "Looking at it now, whether it's the Guild's promoted 'The Sword King's Adventure', folk tales from the Desert Sky Realm, or legends of the Wotam Sect, they all point to the same object, hidden within history, beneath reality."

Andasu nodded with deep feeling.

The topic of demons made the atmosphere a bit heavy, and Zoe's thoughts leaped to another place: "We are not demons, so why weren't we allowed to land on the island in the first place?"

Ah, this, perhaps, in a certain sense, isn't wrong either.

Li Ang glanced at his own curse and felt like a target.

"Over the long years, the Wotam Sect has also undergone changes," Elaphia said in a calm tone.

Blondie Douding flew to the edge of the painting, pointing with their short arms at the area of stained glass that was different in texture.

Although that area of stained glass was similar in texture to the main body of the painting, there was still a difference, and Li Ang looked at it through the system panel, discovering they used different materials with differing spirituality inside.

"I just realized that these paintings not only have high artistic value but also high craftsmanship," Li Ang said.

Elaphia nodded: "Yes, first they used minerals and spiritual materials to create colored glass through alchemy, then used their own spirituality to couple them into a strong structure, which is why they have been preserved for two thousand years."

"Two thousand years..."

The young girls softly repeated this time scale, implying a sense of amazement.

If the Saints' Chamber was really completed during the first Pope, as the initial painting suggests, then it indeed endured an extremely long history.

When telling stories, centuries and millennia are often mentioned casually, but when faced with something that has been sealed for two thousand years since the first encounter, no matter how many thoughts swirl in the heart, it's likely impossible to exclude the feeling of "being fortunate to witness it".

"In terms of Nebis's history, two thousand years is just a blink of an eye.

"Now the civilizations of various Aerial Realms have an inherited relationship from two thousand years ago, but those remnants lost in the crevices of time, their origins are so ancient that they can't be verified."

Li Ang said to his teammates.

He pointed to the area Elaphia originally indicated to everyone: "Ancient craftsmanship also has its limits, the lower right corner was a part that fell off after the original material's spirituality faded, supplemented by people later."

Perhaps because the gap in time was too long, the restorers couldn't replicate the original craftsmanship to create colored glass, resulting in a noticeable difference in materials.

But it must be said, purely from the restoration of the painting itself, it is still very coordinated.

On the corner of the painting that was restored, a young man with folded arms was among the celebrating crowd, looking towards the shelter in the wilderness.

The street background where the young man stood had an obvious era difference with the ancient night camp, allowing one to immediately see that he was from the future.

The cleverness of the painting is that the restorer knew the material would be inconsistent, so they deliberately added an entirely new scene to look back at history as a figure from the future.

Below the restored small section of the painting, there are also engravings.

Dorothy read them out: "In Honglu Calendar 743, June, confused in middle age with no place in life to belong, I traveled widely, arrived in the Wotam Church Country, participated in the Oathkeeping Festival, and felt joy.

"Left the big city, rested at this small chapel, when it was late at night, with torrential rain and thunder cracking.

"A flash of lightning illuminated the stained glass of the Goddess of Kindness slaying demons, I felt something in my heart, thinking that those of the Holy Faction, for doing good, might also be able to wield lightning to smite villains and dispel confusion.

"At this moment, I'm compelled to forge a sword here, named 'Shocking Divine Soul Light'.

"The act of forging the sword attracted Watcher Lawrence of Thunder Mountain Church, and we had a great talk, so I gave the sword away. Later, I was invited to visit the Saints' Chamber, admiring the ancient secrets.

"At Lawrence's request, I helped restore the damaged mural. Thinking my skills were adequate, I included a scene of the modern Oathkeeping Festival in the painting. May this peace and harmony be eternal. - Ernest"

After reading it, Dorothy mocked, "Saying something like traveling in middle age, but then painting yourself as a handsome guy, isn't that a bit vain?"

She remembered something and said, "Ernest, wasn't that the guy who gave us the roulette?"

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