Me and My Cold CEO Wife

Chapter 2048 - 2037: Rift in Mythology

The winding mountain path is wide enough to let three lines of carts go side by side; it makes one wonder just how majestic this Holy Mountain truly is.Moreover, there are no traces of artificial digging on the mountain path, as if it appeared naturally.

Standing at the entrance, Ning Fan tried punching it, but the mountain didn't budge, not even a crevice was seen, and instead, his hand got injured from the shock.

Recalling the pulp that Fabio had become, Ning Fan said, "Vivian, give it a try."

"I'm not trying it. This is Shining Stone, extremely solid in material."

Ning Fan said discontentedly, "Why didn't you say earlier?"

Vivian said righteously, "You didn't ask me."

"You win."

But Ning Fan is a principled person, he wouldn't blame Vivian for such a small matter; his moral standards aren't that low.

Ning Fan sighed and said, "I originally planned to buy you a ruby, but looks like this will have to wait."

"No, buy it for me."

"You haven't asked me."

"Then I'm asking you, pretty please?"

For those glittering jewels over the years, a certain someone... a certain dragon had long forgotten their pride as a divine being.

"Now you ask me. Too late."

Ning Fan said secretly pleased, "Wait for when I'm in a good mood."

"Apart from being especially solid, Shining Stone can't be used for artifact refining or storing Divine Power; it's worthless, akin to garbage, just an ordinary stone in the Divine Realm,"

Vivian, finishing in one breath, eyes gleaming, begged, "So, can you now?"

"I'll buy it for you when we go out."

"Hehe…"

Vivian giggled uncontrollably, seemingly looking forward to the upcoming gain.

Seeing this, Ning Fan silently prayed, "Hope the Holy Religious Nation has good security, preferably with no pickpockets or petty thieves."

Before coming, Ning Fan managed with difficulty to persuade Vivian to leave those fragments of diamonds and crystals at the hotel.

If those items were stolen, who knows what the enraged Vivian might do, and Ning Fan might even be blamed as well.

"You said these Starlight Stones can only be found in the Divine Realm?"

"Mm."

Vivian frowned and said, "In the entire Divine Realm, only the Divine Kingdom of the God King of Light has such stone material."

Hearing this, Ning Fan couldn't help recalling a tale from the Church of Light's teachings.

When mountain torrents erupted and the world was about to be flooded, the Holy Lord descended a miracle, granting a White Jade Holy Mountain to protect His believers from the flood.

"Could this be that Holy Mountain?"

Ning Fan shook his head.

Since knowing the existence of the Divine Realm, his understanding of world history and the origin of human civilization has been completely overturned.

It feels a lot like treating mythological legends as true history.

But these mythological legends seem to have a missing link.

Like the God descent era that Vivian mentioned, Western mythology has no similar record.

Moreover, in the divine spirits she mentioned, there are no renowned Norse gods from Western lore.

Having lived for more than eighteen thousand years, Vivian is still only an unremarkable demigod, considered a negligible fledgling in the Divine Realm.

And the God descent, an era when humans coexisted with divine spirits on the same continent, at least happened billions of years ago.

This implies that billions of years ago, humans already walked on this planet.

This vastly exceeds the timeline of humanity's origin tracing.

"The Origin World, everything is a mystery indeed."

Ning Fan had a premonition that all these mysteries will be unraveled one day, and that day isn't too far off.

Vivian tentatively said, "If you're interested in these matters, I can take you to ask my father."

Vivian's father, the Dark Dragon God King from the Ancestral God Series, has been alive for three billion years.

With the status of this living fossil, he should be able to resolve Ning Fan's confusion.

But unless Ning Fan doesn't mind having a long life, how could he willingly go to the Divine Realm.

"I'm afraid your father might gobble me up in one bite."

"He won't. My father has a very good temper."

Hearing this, Ning Fan couldn't help but laugh, "You must be kidding me."

With Vivian's nature, it's already extraordinary that the Dragon King has a good temper.

Not to mention the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Even if the Dark Dragon God King has a good temper, it's still relative.

With his status as a top-tier Divine King, it's impossible to lower himself to converse with humans; just thinking about it makes it clear that it's impossible.

Even a half-baked divine spirit like Vivian would call humans bugs with contempt.

In the eyes of the Dark Dragon God King, what are humans worth? Probably not even dust.

"Really. I'm not lying to you."

If Vivian understood human habits, she would definitely swear, "I swear to heaven, if…"

Though Vivian has lied countless times in her life, that sentence just now was indeed one of her rare truths.

The Dark Dragon God King is indeed good-tempered in the Divine Realm, and he's an exceptional anomaly.

His greatest hobby is sleeping, almost sleeping through these three billion years.

Thus avoiding numerous disputes in the Divine Realm, becoming one of the few ancient relics.

Seeing Vivian's excited expression, Ning Fan quickly consoled her, "Alright. I appreciate your kindness."

Aside from her craze for jewels, it was Ning Fan's first time seeing her so excited, and he actually believed her three-tenths.

"We'll discuss this matter later. Let's go up and have a look first."

"Alright."

Due to Ning Fan's distrust, Vivian seemed somewhat melancholic, and her expression grew dimmer.

As they walked up the mountain path, white-robed bodies were seen everywhere.

However, compared to the plaza below, these bodies were somewhat different, much more intact.

There was no sign of intentional butchery, nor of tearing and biting; the white-robed people had mostly died from massive impacts, crushing every bone.

The blood-red marks on the mountain walls reminded Ning Fan again of the scene where Vivian smacked Fabio flying.

This further proved that the Demon Beast escaped from the mountain, seemingly trying to leave this Demon Domain through the arched gate.

"Why only white robes?"

The Church of Light is a place that takes hierarchy seriously, with different colored robes denoting the varied statuses and identities of priests.

The lowest-level believers wear white robes; red robes, in fact, belong to the Divine Palace, Bishops, Archbishops, and other high-ranking members.

But whether it was the mountain plaza or this road, Ning Fan only saw the bodies in white robes,

As for those in golden robes and red robes from the Divine Palace, not a single one was seen.

"Could all the high-ranking members of the Temple have been killed?"

Thinking of this, Ning Fan quickened his pace, and as he approached the palace, the doubt in his eyes deepened.

As they continually neared the mountaintop, the number of white-robed believer bodies declined, gradually disappearing.

When reaching the summit in one breath, Ning Fan was taken aback by the sight before him.

In front of the magnificent palace was likewise a circular plaza.

But on this plaza, countless believers in white robes were seated.