Invisible Rich (The Invisible Rich Man 2)

Chapter 1121

"A stone tablet?"

"Indeed. An ancient event of some sort had been painted onto it. Even after studying the stone tablet for some time, however, Xyion could only say that it had something to do with the burial scene. He could not understand the words on the table at all, and after so many years had passed, he finally lost interest in it. As a result, the tablet is now stored as an ancient artwork inside my private room!” clearly Ghost Master.

Another wall painting…?

Whenever Gerald heard about the mural now, it always prompted his mind to recall what he had seen inside the ancient tomb.

As expected, ancient murals were usually filled with historical stories that reflected the social, political, economic, literary, artistic, and technological capabilities of the people of the time. Such murals can be very different according to the beliefs, customs, and also the aesthetic concept of the artists.

These murals—which are usually drawn along the river— are seen very high because of all the clear and informative ancient sights drawn by the people of antiquity taking into account their descendants. The fact that their heartfelt stories are told in different ways only makes wall paintings more valuable.

Gerald had already seen how detailed this wall painting was when he was in the ancient tomb of the god general. He could still vividly remember all the images in the tomb that depicted things from the day people discovered the common god until the day he was buried.

“Omong-by the way, I then asked one of my old friends to come and see the tablet. From what he knew, the burial method depicted there was a kind of sea burial! ” add Ghost.

"Sea cemetery?"

Upon hearing that, Gerald had a feeling that it might be related to the tomb of the king of the seas. Therefore, he added, “Can I see it?”

"If it piques your interest, then of course!" replied Master Ghost while gesturing for Gerald to follow him.

Afterwards, Master Ghost takes Gerald to a small hill located behind the church's backyard. On top of it, lay what looked like a private room where Master Ghost usually meditated.

The private room itself was about five meters tall and three meters wide. The walls were made of marble and the room was mostly dark and empty except for a table in the middle with a dim oil lamp on it, the only source of light in the private room.

However, upon closer inspection, the six mossy and ancient-looking stone plates also looked neatly arranged in the room. It must be the mural that Master Ghost spoke of.

Lifting the lamp—which his master had offered him—as soon as Gerald stood right in front of the wall painting, he immediately began to investigate it.

It was not long before he realized that the words used on this tablet were similar to those he had seen in ancient tombs. Putting two and two together, he concluded that this mural was as old as the tomb itself.

Not wanting to miss any important details, Gerald kept peeling his eyes as he continued to try to decipher the tablet.

From what he can understand, the story of— that the mural was trying to tell—began to show that Halimark City was once just a small fishing village inhabited by rather isolated fishermen.

Reading on, it was shown that a group of — people led by a long-robed old man — one day appeared in the village while carrying a large coffin.

Gerald was now too familiar with the cloaked old man. The old man was undoubtedly the same old beggar he had first seen in the mural of the ancient tomb!

To think that Gerald would see it even here!

Eliminating that thought, Gerald then continued reading. Based on what he could see, Gerald guessed that the old beggar had brought the woman in white here after letting her and the common god say goodbye to each other.

At this point, Gerald was absolutely convinced that the one in the coffin was a woman in white. So the hunch is right. He really has been brought here …

Returning to the story of the fishermen, when they returned after fishing on that day, they were surprised to see his parents and men carrying coffins.

When the village patriarch stepped forward to ask who was in the coffin, the old beggar apparently told them that it contained the body of a goddess that fell from the sky!

Hearing that, the villagers immediately bowed to the coffin. After that, the patriarch seemed to ask why he was transferred here.

Seeing the beggar give the patriarch a little gold, Gerald felt safe to assume that the beggar was simply answering that he would be buried here. The next image shows that the patriarch was also told to have his men build underwater tombs in the nearby sea.

Since the coffin contained a goddess and they were given a lot of gold, the patriarch only complied. Everyone in the village was involved in the construction of the tomb, and they all seemed to have the same determination to get the job done.

In a short time, the patriarch managed to gather about eight thousand people—both old and young—to sail to the sea and began to build a tomb for the goddess.

Surprisingly, the structure was not called the palace of the king of the seas. Instead, it was named after the goddess palace.

Under the command of the old beggar, the palace was completed within half a year. On the mural, everyone involved seemed impressed with their huge underwater project. Soon, the funeral of the woman in white will take place.