amaotonovel Chapter 165 The Back View in the Painting
Chapter 165 The Back View in the Painting
Chapter 165 The Back View in the Painting
"You monster, what secret does this statement hold? Why are you taking it so seriously?" Jiang Zhilan raised the words high above her head and asked loudly.
Her purpose was merely to distract the skeletal demon.
The moment she took out the painting, the skeletal demon's attention was immediately drawn to it, and several bolts of lightning almost struck her.
Seeing that the painting indeed had the effect of greatly distracting the White Bone Demon, Jiang Zhilan's confidence soared, confirming that the painting must be extremely important to the White Bone Demon.
A smile played on her lips: "Since you won't tell me, I might as well just destroy this painting!"
As she spoke, she channeled her inner energy into her hands, as if she wanted to destroy the painting immediately.
"Little girl, stop!" The skeletal demon panicked when it saw that Jiang Zhilan was really going to destroy the painting. It used only a pile of bones to fight against Lin Fei's heavenly lightning, while it pounced towards Jiang Zhilan.
The painting in Jiang Zhilan's hand was so important to the White Bone Demon that she was even willing to risk being struck by lightning and reduced to ashes in order to snatch the painting from Jiang Zhilan's hands and prevent her from destroying it.
Even Lin Fei was slightly taken aback when he saw this scene—could the painting in Jiang Zhilan's hand really be a treasure left over from the previous era?
"Officer Li, what are you waiting for?" Jiang Zhilan suddenly shouted, "Quickly deal with this guy!"
Jiang Zhilan's loud shout brought Lin Fei back to his senses. Without the slightest hesitation, several bolts of heavenly lightning struck towards the white bone demon.
The skeleton demon was already struggling to resist Lin Fei's heavenly lightning. Now, without the skeleton demon's control, the pile of bones was even less able to withstand the power of the heavenly lightning and was directly shattered into pieces by Lin Fei's heavenly lightning.
The bolts of lightning did not stop at all, striking the skeletal demon directly.
"Ah!" The skeletal demon screamed in agony, and wisps of green smoke even rose from its body.
The power of thunder is extremely effective against such a prodigy, let alone striking him directly.
But being struck directly by the heavenly lightning did not stop the skeletal demon. Instead, it pounced on Jiang Zhilan even more frantically, shouting, "You brat, give me back the painting!"
This skeletal demon was struck directly by heavenly lightning, leaving it at its last gasp. It was only holding on by sheer rage in its chest.
Jiang Zhilan had no intention of trading her life for this madman's. She tossed the scroll into the air and simultaneously retreated swiftly from her spot: "Since you want this painting so much, then I'll give it back to you!"
The White Bone Demon completely ignored Jiang Zhilan's movements. To her, the entire world seemed to consist only of that painting at this moment.
She leaped high into the air, grasped the painting in her hand, and landed on the ground, her entire body trembling—Lin Fei's heavenly lightning power had already damaged her very essence. In her current state, let alone experts like Lin Fei and Jiang Zhilan, even a random person at the first or second level of the acupoint cultivation stage could probably easily defeat her.
However, the Bone Demon seemed completely unaware of its injuries. Kneeling on the ground, it gently unfurled the scroll and slowly stroked it as if it were a priceless treasure.
Seeing the skeletal demon in this state, Lin Fei couldn't help but feel curious and asked Jiang Zhilan, who had returned to his side, "Captain Jiang, what kind of treasure is that painting?"
Jiang Zhilan was the only one who had seen the painting when she went into the room. Moreover, Tianmen Prefecture was always well-informed, with numerous records of events, both ancient and modern, in its archives. With Jiang Zhilan's discerning eye and knowledge, she might be able to identify what the painting was.
Jiang Zhilan shook her head: "I don't know. It's just a slightly older scroll. It doesn't look like any extraordinary treasure. I don't know why this demon values it so much. He's even willing to risk his life to snatch it back."
The more Jiang Zhilan said this, the more curious Lin Fei became—Jiang Zhilan was the top constable of Tianmen Prefecture, and if it really was a treasure, it certainly wouldn't escape her eyes.
Even Jiang Zhilan couldn't see through it, yet this skeletal demon valued it so much. What exactly was depicted in the painting?
In any case, given the current state of the Bone Demon, it no longer posed any threat to him. Lin Fei simply put away the Nine Heavens Thunder Array and walked behind the Bone Demon to see what was depicted in the painting.
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Just as Jiang Zhilan said, the painting didn't look like a treasure at all. Even with Lin Fei's discerning eye, he couldn't see what was so special about it.
It possesses no spiritual energy whatsoever, and the material is nothing precious. It merely appears to be quite old, exuding a rustic charm.
But the next moment, Lin Fei was completely captivated by the contents of the painting.
The painting depicted an unnamed mountain peak. Such a mountain peak was an ordinary thing, found everywhere, and nothing special.
On that hilltop sat two people, or perhaps it couldn't be called two "people".
Although the painting only shows the back of the figure and not the front, one of the "people" has a human shape, but his head and hands are covered with downy hair.
It was less like a person and more like a humanoid ape.
The humanoid monkey held a stick in one hand and leaned against one of its shoulders, while a woman in a long dress leaned against its other shoulder.
Although only her back was visible, her graceful figure still exuded a captivating charm.
The skeletal demon stared blankly at the painting, and two streams of blood flowed from its empty eyes.
The two figures in the painting are only shown from behind, not from the front, making it impossible to identify them. However, Lin Fei had a strong intuition upon seeing the painting—the woman in the painting must be the skeletal demon before him.
Although Lin Fei didn't know where this feeling came from, it was incredibly strong.
What attracted Lin Fei's attention even more was not the painting itself, but a line of small characters inscribed in the corner of the painting.
In the lower left corner of the painting, there is a line of small characters that read: "Presented to Lady White Bone by Marshal of the Heavenly River Navy."
The inscription was more captivating to Lin Fei than the painting itself.