Chapter 2982

Frostleaf immediately said: "Mother is absolutely right."

The Holy Mother of Jin Du nodded: "I know you still don't believe me, after all, this is our first meeting. There's a saying in the world: time reveals a person's heart. You will eventually know that we stand on the same front."

He is actually not used to conversing with his descendants like this; usually, just issuing orders is enough. Jin Du's offspring are both the descendants of the Pool and its tools, merely created in a different way.

The little brats are violent, powerful, agile, some even cunning, but they lack wisdom and can only communicate the most basic needs with the Pool, such as hunger, desire to kill, presence of enemies, fear, and so on.

They are born for slaughter, like beasts or demonic puppets, but unlike Frostleaf, they cannot be orderly, thoughtful, or communicate through language. Although Frostleaf is the Pool's most precious asset, the Holy Mother of Jin Du does not like the Pool.

Besides, having one's own thoughts means being hard to control.

Moreover, Frostleaf, with the body of a devourer, rose to become the State Preceptor in the strongest empire in the mortal realm, holding that position for over a hundred years. Such ability and development far exceed the Holy Mother of Jin Du's expectations.

I don't even know how this brat mutated. The Holy Mother of Jin Du can even sense that devourers look down on the Pool.

It's truly absurd that the Pool is looked down upon by its own creation!

But Frostleaf is also the Pool's strongest backing and most formidable weapon in the mortal realm; the Pool certainly doesn't want to sour relations between the two sides right from the start.

Although devourers feed on living beings, including humans, Frostleaf has lived among humans for so long that he seems to have developed human emotions.

The Holy Mother of Jin Du wants to make good use of him, so she must communicate well.

Frostleaf looked up to the sky and said wistfully: "I am not strong enough yet; otherwise, you could walk sideways in the mortal realm."

After the previous devourer was born, he devoured all living beings in an entire city, even immortals and dragon descendants, making him extremely powerful; but he was born in the Demon Nest Swamp, where spiritual energy is thin, so he only ate a few tribespeople and some wild monsters—both the quality and quantity of food were insufficient, so his innate starting point was far lower.

He was brought to Bei Jia, and his subsequent cultivation accumulation proceeded like that of a normal cultivator, bit by bit.

Having attained the position of State Preceptor of the Demon Kingdom, he was originally satisfied. But after spiritual energy in heaven and earth became abundant, the ancient great demons and immortals appeared one after another, and Frostleaf, the State Preceptor, realized his cultivation progress was too slow to ride the wind and break waves in such a great era.

But he instinctively knew that as a devourer, he could certainly become stronger!

The method is unclear, but he faintly knows.

Fortunately, the Holy Mother of Jin Du is here; the Pool will not actively offer him help, but it can still make some contribution, right?

The Holy Mother of Jin Du pondered.

This hesitation of the Pool was instantly caught by Frostleaf:

"Mother, do you have any way?"

This utterance of "Mother" carried two parts of genuine sincerity.

Before the Holy Mother of Jin Du could speak, he continued:

"When the gods descend, the age of great contention will begin, and the old order among the heavenly gods will also be broken. Then, how the mortal realm's territory and malevolent qi, population distribution will be handled will inevitably involve another round of competition! This is what is meant by 'opportunity in chaos'; Mother, don't you want to strive for the upper ranks and fiercely claim a large share of the meat?" His words were certainly reasonable. The heavenly gods' territories and properties in the heavenly realm mostly cannot be brought down to the mortal realm, except for gods like the Holy Lord of Ling Xu who have long taken root in the mortal realm; other gods in the mortal realm can only start from scratch, from nothing.

How should this great cake of the mortal realm be divided?

Naturally by strength, status, and contribution.

Whoever has greater strength, higher status, and made greater contributions to the Holy Lord of Ling Xu will naturally receive greater benefits. Although the Holy Mother of Jin Du's cultivation has also advanced by leaps and bounds these years, among the heavenly gods she is not among the foremost, nor does she possess a powerful and distinctive divinity, so she cannot serve as the vanguard of the Holy Lord of Ling Xu in battle.

Thus, the Pool's position has always been somewhat awkward. It is foreseeable that in the upcoming mortal realm great war, if the Pool's contribution is limited, then whether it is what the Pool itself strives for or what the Holy Lord of Ling Xu ultimately allocates to the Pool, it will not even match a trifle from other heavenly gods.

No, no, no—the Pool absolutely does not want to revert to its former lowly god status!

Frostleaf struck her heart's desire; the Pool also wants to strive for the upper ranks, this time to become an upper god!

Seeing the Holy Mother of Jin Du's gaze, he knew the Pool had ambition, so he poured more hot oil onto the Pool's heart-fire:

"I am the strongest combat power in Mother's hands. We are one; as long as I grow stronger, you naturally will rise with the tide and be invincible!" He smiled especially kindly:

"Besides, I cannot defy Mother. What do you have to worry about, Mother?"

This sentence is truly the most critical priority!

All heavenly gods who rear divine servants and spirit pets, train their subordinates, will worry that they become too strong and one day bite back.

But the Holy Mother of Jin Du has nothing to fear.

The bloodline bond between the mothers and sons is the Pool's greatest weapon and shield as a mother; if I command him to go east, he must not go west, otherwise he will face the harshest punishment!

Devourers cannot kill the Pool, nor can they fail to exert their full strength to protect the Pool, otherwise they themselves will lose their lives.

This is truly the most unreasonable contract under heaven, achievable only through the bloodline bond.

The Holy Mother of Jin Du knows that Frostleaf is clever and deceitful, not as sincere as he appears on the surface. But the bloodline contract lies here; he truly cannot defy it, otherwise he will meet his death.

He cannot betray the Pool.

From this perspective, the stronger he becomes, the more it equates to the Pool becoming stronger.

Moreover, Frostleaf is right—time is urgent.

The mortal realm great war is about to begin, and recently many heavenly gods of the Ling Xu assembly have fallen, so a great reshuffle will soon start. The Holy Mother of Jin Du must become stronger and more useful within limited time.

"I happen to know there are still many divine tombs in the mortal realm." The Holy Mother of Jin Du's eyes flickered slightly: "The ancient war was brutal; many heavenly gods fell into the mortal realm. Just the great heavenly god tombs and immortal tombs I know of number seventeen or eighteen. Last time we withdrew from the mortal realm too hastily, with no chance to carry these remains away; now that we descend to the mortal realm, why not go take a look? I guess some immortals' remains might still retain their lifelike appearance."

She has already begun collecting these materials.

Frostleaf then asked the Pool: "Since you know the location, why didn't you have your offspring produced there before?"

"During the period of thin spiritual energy in heaven and earth, these relics were all in a sealed state, and even human birth-mothers could not enter."

Frostleaf fell silent for a few breaths: "Mother, what use are these immortal remains to me?"

Cough, to be frank, he has already begun working on these things. Otherwise, starting preparations now would be somewhat too late.