NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1231: Astonishing Everyone
Fan Weichang and the members of the Fan family were all inwardly reveling in schadenfreude.
In Miao territory, the Gu God Cult had always overshadowed the Fan family, but now, the strongest weapon of the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult, the golden gu insect, had been eaten by a turtle whose breed was unknown. This was truly gratifying!
They even entertained the thought of teaming up with Xu Hao to first take out the Gu God Cult members. If they eliminated the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult, they could undoubtedly become the first force in Miao territory!
Nonetheless, Fan Weichang understood that even with Xu Hao's strength, defeating the Gu God Cult would come at a great cost for the Fan family. It would be better to let the Gu God Cult bear the brunt of the damage.
Meanwhile, the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult suddenly sneered, "Xu Hao, this creature of yours is quite interesting, daring to swallow my golden gu worm. But don't forget, my golden gu worm is quite formidable, impervious to water and fire, and immune to knife and spear. Do you think this little thing can digest my golden gu worm?
How laughable. I will now control my golden gu worm to crawl out from this little thing's stomach. When it does, this little critter will be doomed!"
As the Great Elder spoke, his gaze was extremely sharp. Everyone witnessed his hands swiftly forming hand seals while he chanted continuously, seemingly trying to command the golden gu worm inside Baxia's stomach.
However, to the Great Elder's near breakdown, no matter how hard he tried to command the golden gu worm, there was no response.
Instead, Baxia smacked its lips with disdain, glancing condescendingly at the Great Elder.
This infuriated the Great Elder to the point of madness. He yelled, "Xu Hao, what is this thing? It's so powerful that my golden gu worm can't escape!"
Xu Hao glanced in Baxia's direction and laughed, "Of course, I won't tell you what it is because it might scare you to death. But I didn't expect this creature to eat the gu worm. It refuses to eat ordinary gu worms, so apparently, it's quite a picky eater. Therefore, I thank you on its behalf for providing the golden gu worm."
Upon hearing Xu Hao's words, the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult was about to lose his mind. Xu Hao was not just physically defeating him, but also mentally. His pet swallowed the golden gu worm, but still, Xu Hao provoked him, greatly affecting his mental state.
At that moment, Baxia suddenly extended its paw and unleashed a qi force onto the ground.
Instantly, the qi force wrote a line of words on the ground before dissipating.
Xu Hao said somewhat speechlessly, "I don't even understand the words you wrote, so what's the point of writing them?"
But this scene greatly astonished everyone else.
The turtle raised by Xu Hao could actually write!
Truly, the world is full of wonders; a turtle that can write intrigued everyone greatly.
When the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult looked at the words, he was instantly amazed, saying, "You… you wrote in Jinwen! This is the script from the Spring and Autumn Warring States period… no, the Zhou Dynasty Period! What are you exactly, to have learned to write in Jinwen!"
"Is this Jinwen?" Xu Hao suddenly felt a bit embarrassed, thinking it was Xiaozhuan, but it turned out to be Jinwen. However, obviously, the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult was knowledgeable.
But upon reflection, it makes sense; people of his level must have encountered many ancient texts, so it's normal to have learned some ancient scripts.
However, Xu Hao was surprised to discover the script he thought was Xiaozhuan was actually Jinwen.
What is Jinwen?
Today's archaeologists name the text inscribed on bronze ware from the Zhou Dynasty as Jinwen, hence the text of that time is all Jinwen, which was continuously used until the Spring and Autumn Warring States period.
What shocked the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult was, for a turtle to write so fluently in Jinwen—a feat even professional archaeologists or script experts might struggle with.
His own research in Jinwen, Dazhuan, Xiaozhuan, and other ancient scripts far surpasses most script experts, given that many ancient texts are inaccessible to those experts. Several research outcomes in ancient scripts, especially in Huaya, owe their success to those half-hidden family members who shared less critical ancient literary works for experts and scholars to study and assist.
Yet, this turtle could write Jinwen so fluently. What does this imply?
Its era of existence must at least be the Warring States!
It has such a long lifespan!
A regular turtle couldn't live this long.
With utmost curiosity, the Great Elder of the Gu God Cult slowly read aloud the words written on the ground: "Essence of Gold, a substance possible to refine from a hundred pounds of gold. I love to eat it."