Chapter 524: Chapter 485: Temple Guardian

’Stone carvings again?’ Li Qian couldn’t help but mutter to himself after hearing the old temple guardian’s words.

Without hesitation, he walked straight into the temple’s interior.

Past the main hall was a rear chamber.

There were no stone statues inside the rear chamber.

It was just a bare hall with smooth stone walls on all four sides.

And on these four smooth stone walls, Li Qian saw densely packed, carved patterns.

’Without a doubt, these must be the ruins that record the evolution methods of numerous Wing Race People.’

Seeing the many carved patterns on the four walls, Li Qian quickened his pace and walked over.

He came to a stop before the nearest wall and began to observe it with intense focus.

The wall was covered in a multitude of patterns. He quickly determined the order and began reading from left to right.

It documented the complete evolution method of a Wing Race member.

This Alien Race member’s method of evolution was rather unique.

Li Qian saw in the carving that this Wing Race member had spread their wings and flown high into the sky.

They hovered high in the air with a feather floating above their head.

Li Qian learned about this feather from the text accompanying the carving.

This feather was actually a "Wandering Feather."

The so-called "Wandering Feather" was an evolutionary remnant left behind by an extremely powerful Pet Beast, the "Sky Bird."

The Wing Race member in the carving hovered in midair just like that, with the feather above their head.

Then, according to the text, they maintained this for about three days and completed their evolution.

A searing Light of Evolution began to radiate from their body, and they finally broke through their life’s shackles.

Reading the information recorded in the text, Li Qian couldn’t help but feel a wave of emotion.

’Wu You really had the foresight to teach me the Wing Race script ahead of time.’

’Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to understand any of the information on these carvings.’

The Wing Race script had almost no connection to Dongxia’s official script, the Xia Language.

If he hadn’t learned it, it would have looked no different from a Ghost Talisman.

Looking at this Wing Race member’s evolution method, Li Qian silently called out in his mind.

He created a new task.

[Task 2: Evolution Method for Wing Race (Wu You). Establishment successful. Current task progress: 20%!]

[+5 Inspiration Value. Current task progress: 25%!]

[+6 Inspiration Value. Current task progress: 31%!]

Almost as soon as the task was created, Li Qian discovered that simply by examining the first carving on the wall, the task progress had jumped by eleven percent.

This was a terrifyingly fast increase in progress.

At the same time, it also indirectly proved that Li Qian’s idea was correct.

Observing the evolution methods of the Wing Race’s past sages could indeed grant a lot of Inspiration Value for Wu You’s evolution task.

Li Qian felt that if he finished looking at all the carvings on these stone walls, even if Wu You’s evolution task progress didn’t reach one hundred percent, it should at least get above ninety-five percent.

’At that point, I can just pump in some Achievement Points and should be able to complete the evolution smoothly.’

Although Li Qian was confident he could complete the evolution without relying on Achievement Points, this involved Wu You. It was a matter of life and death, so he didn’t plan to let it complete naturally. Finishing it as soon as possible was for the best.

Right now, the only thing preventing him from quickly browsing and reading was... although he had learned the Wing Race script, he had learned it in a hurry and was still a bit rusty.

He needed to use his smart bracelet to review the words he couldn’t quite understand.

As a result, his reading efficiency was inevitably a bit low.

He spent about half a day just to get through roughly half of the content on the first stone wall.

Just then, Li Qian glanced at his smart bracelet.

It was already almost one in the afternoon.

Without hesitation, he stopped reading and took out some Water and food from his Storage Necklace, preparing to eat lunch.

’Can’t be too picky in a place like this.’

However, Li Qian believed that once he got out, Wu You’s family would definitely treat him to a proper meal.

Just as he tore open a bread wrapper and was about to take a bite, the old man guarding the temple appeared at the entrance to the rear chamber, having stood there for who knows how long.

The old man looked at Li Qian and said in a gentle voice, "Young man, care to join this old man for a bite?"

"I’ve been here alone for so many years, food just doesn’t taste as good by myself."

Li Qian glanced at the old temple guardian at the entrance. The old man was holding a food box, which he hadn’t noticed before.

Although Li Qian didn’t know what was in the food box, he could tell from the fragrant aroma that it was a freshly cooked meal.

He also guessed the dishes were probably quite sumptuous.

After all, given the old man’s status, his meals were surely prepared with great care.

"Since you’re inviting me, Senior, it would be rude of me to refuse." Li Qian smiled and walked over quickly.

"A straightforward young man. I like your character." Seeing Li Qian approach briskly, a smile appeared on the old temple guardian’s face. He beckoned with his hand, then headed straight for the main hall.

Li Qian followed him.

To the right of the main hall, there was a small side room.

Li Qian followed the old temple guardian into the side room.

Inside the side room was a traditional square table for eight.

The table wasn’t large, but it looked quite exquisite.

The old man pointed to a chair next to the table. "You can sit here."

Hearing this, Li Qian didn’t stand on ceremony and sat down generously.

The old temple guardian opened the food box.

He took out all five dishes and one soup from inside.

"Have a drink with this old man." After taking out the dishes, the old temple guardian added, speaking as if to himself.

Just as he finished speaking, a bottle of baijiu had appeared in his hand, as if from nowhere.

Li Qian glanced at the label on the bottle. It was a rather popular high-end liquor currently on the market.

Li Qian had heard of it once when his parents were buying gifts.

A bottle seemed to cost over twenty thousand yuan.

’That’s quite expensive.’

After sitting down, the old temple guardian pushed a cup in front of Li Qian, then proceeded to pour himself a full cup.

He then pushed the bottle in front of Li Qian and pointed at it.

Li Qian instantly understood his meaning. He took the bottle and poured a cup for himself as well.

This was no small drink; the cup held a generous pour, a good few ounces.

Given Li Qian’s physical constitution, a few ounces of liquor certainly wouldn’t be enough to get him drunk.

However, considering he still had things to do in the afternoon, he only planned on having this one glass.

He wouldn’t be getting any refills.

In truth, the food and drink were only a secondary reason for Li Qian accepting the old temple guardian’s invitation.

The real reason was his curiosity; he wanted to see if he could glean any interesting information from the old man.

This way, he could also deepen his understanding of the Wing Race.

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