Chapter 604

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Protagonist:

Yu Changsheng

In the distance, several figures rapidly approached.

The crowd, who had originally been waiting somewhat impatiently, instantly perked up.

Yu Changsheng focused his gaze and also revealed a smile; the arrivals were none other than Chen Xueqing and several others, who by the looks of it were also people from Hai Shou Tian Dao.

Logically speaking, Chen Xueqing and the others should have arrived long ago; this Twelfth Layer's Yong Ta is only this big.

It is impossible for a situation of getting lost to occur.

Moreover, Yu Changsheng had also had Turtle Senior constantly watching the light dots on that map; currently, the light dots still scattered outside are few enough to count on one's fingers.

Leng Xu shook her round fan and complained: "This younger sister of mine is truly slow as death, she made me wait so well."

Wang Mie said: "No matter how you put it, they've finally arrived; now, of our five Saint Sons, only Lin Tianhao has yet to appear."

He then looked toward Lu Chengfeng at the side; this guy could be said to be the most miserable one.

After being caught, he had been continuously suppressed at the side, watched over by Da Sheng Meng Zhi's people.

Upon seeing so many people present, Chen Xueqing was also quite surprised.

"Didn't expect everyone to be gathered; looks like I'm actually the slowest."

Leng Xu laughed: "My good younger sister, you made elder sister wait this long, how come you only came now?"

Chen Xueqing explained helplessly: "Ran into a bit of trouble on the road, but it's all been resolved."

Yu Changsheng said: "We've been waiting for you; let's enter this Hei Ta together."

Chen Xueqing turned her head to look at that Hei Ta, still unclear about this Hei Ta's nature.

"I see; wonder how one enters this Hei Ta?"

Leng Xu said: "Only those possessing an Insect Talisman have the qualifications to enter; wonder if younger sister has gained an Insect Talisman."

Chen Xueqing gave a bitter smile: "Since entering this place, haven't had the chance to obtain this thing."

Yu Changsheng directly tossed one of his extra Insect Talismans over.

"No matter, there just happened to be an extra one; this one I'll share with you."

Looking at the Insect Talisman in her hand, Chen Xueqing's expression froze for a moment, then her heart was touched.

After a long while, Chen Xueqing also nodded and smiled: "Thank you."

Yu Changsheng waved his hand, "Right now people have more or less all arrived; we should also go into this Hei Ta and take a look."

Yu Changsheng waiting again was originally for the sake of giving this Insect Talisman to Chen Xueqing.

Now the objective has also been achieved, so no more delay.

As for that Lin Tianhao, his whereabouts were originally unknown; it's even possible he already entered Hei Ta long ago.

Yu Changsheng and the others arrived before Hei Ta, and after exchanging a glance, they all entered Hei Ta one after another.

As a burst of white light rippled before his eyes, Yu Changsheng's vision also immediately began to shift.

The next second, he had already arrived inside the Tower.

And Hu Ruhai, Chen Xueqing and the others were actually all beside him; this time it seemed they were not separated by the Teleportation Array.

And the arrangement inside this Tower is also very simple, there is only a single stone statue.

That stone statue has one hand raised vertically before its chest, eyes tightly closed, holding a stone tray in its hand, atop which is nothing at all.

Besides that, there isn't any other thing here.

After the several people entered, there was also no reaction whatsoever、

Hu Ruhai immediately stepped forward to examine it, circled the stone statue once, and also found nothing.

"Strange, what is the meaning of this Tower's interior?"

Wang Mie said: "Didn't that Da Sheng Meng Zhi say this Tower is actually a Trial? Perhaps this stage requires us to solve this stone statue's riddle."

Yu Changsheng said: "That stone statue is dragging a tray, empty and hollow; could it be that some kind of thing needs to be placed on top."

The several people also felt it made sense; what things do they have in hand worthy of placing on top? Nothing more than the Insect Talismans in hand.

"Let me try."

Hu Ruhai carefully approached and placed the Insect Talisman in his hand onto that tray.

With the change in weight, that stone tray tilted slightly, then finally fell onto the ground, smashing into pieces.

Hu Ruhai's complexion instantly turned pale; thinking he had triggered a mechanism, he immediately retreated several steps.

Fortunately it was still deathly quiet; the Tower interior also had no changes whatsoever.

"What are you doing!"

Wang Mie frowned and questioned.

Hu Ruhai was also quite innocent; he also hadn't figured out what had happened.

"Who knows that tray wasn't connected to the stone statue; what to do now?"

Yu Changsheng came before the stone statue and observed briefly.

But discovered that on that stone statue's palm, a strange pattern seemed to have appeared.

"Wait, there seems to be something here."

Yu Changsheng called the others over; with a new discovery, the several people no longer dwelled on the stone tray, all crowding over to examine.

Hu Ruhai shouted: "You see, this is the true key to cracking this Trial; if not for me knocking that stone tray down, who could have discovered it?"

Everyone couldn't be bothered to pay him any mind, all concentrating fully on observing that pattern.

"What's the deal with this pattern, Yu Zhangsheng? Have you discovered anything."

Wang Mie observed for a while, but found it difficult to discern any pattern as well.

Yu Zhangsheng rubbed his chin; this pattern looked completely irregular, with nothing special about it either.

It looked just like a three-year-old child randomly doodling on the ground.

Chen Xueqing said: "I can't see anything either, but this pattern is hidden under the stone plate, so there's definitely something wrong with it. Want to check if other locations have the same pattern?"

Hu Ruhai also suddenly realized, "Yeah, if this one pattern doesn't reveal anything, maybe it needs to be combined with patterns at other locations."

"It's also possible other patterns are hidden at other places on this stone statue."

The few people immediately observed the stone statue up and down.

But apart from that stone plate, the stone statue was perfectly integrated top to bottom, without any other gaps.

Even the feet were completely connected to the ground, unable to be separated.

Everyone fell into a helpless situation again.

Wang Mie even directly abandoned the idea of continuing to observe the stone statue, believing there were no more secrets on the stone statue.

The real other clues should be hidden elsewhere in this tower.

The few people searched around for a circle, yet also discovered nothing.

Yu Zhangsheng stepped forward, walking around the stone statue.

In his mind, he also continuously replayed the route of that pattern.

"This pattern has no other regularity, only one chaos; this is the Dao of Chaos."

At this time, Yu Zhangsheng also walked to the front of that stone plate, looking at the stone plate's debris and contemplating for a moment.

Then he picked up one of the pieces of debris.

The material of this stone plate was just simple stone, nothing special.

A casual pinch, and it directly turned into powder.

Yu Zhangsheng's palm touched the stone statue; obviously this stone plate and the stone statue's material were the same, both just ordinary stone.

But when Yu Zhangsheng wanted to use Divine Sense to probe the stone statue's interior, he discovered it seemed to be blocked by something.

Unable to probe the stone statue's root.

In an instant, Yu Zhangsheng seemed to understand something.

The interior of this stone statue definitely has something.

Looking again at the stone statue's palm, Yu Zhangsheng had a fleeting realization. Yu Zhangsheng immediately placed his hand on the stone statue's palm.

Magic power instantly activated on the stone statue's palm and trembled; the next moment, the stone statue's palm instantly shattered, scattering all over the ground.

Wang Mie and the others all had surprised expressions, "Yu Zhangsheng, what are you doing!"

"Why did you destroy the stone statue?"

Yu Zhangsheng didn't respond, but fished out a scroll from the stone statue's broken wrist.

Opening it to look, there was only a simple line of small characters on it.

"Find stillness within chaos."

Wang Mie and the others immediately stepped forward to look; seeing the scroll in Yu Zhangsheng's hand, the few people looked at each other.

"Find stillness within chaos, is this a new clue?"

Yu Zhangsheng handed the scroll out, and felt around at the stone statue's broken wrist for a while.

"Find stillness within chaos, what exactly does it mean."

Chen Xueqing looked at the powder on the ground, and also understood Yu Zhangsheng's behavior.

"How did you guess there was something inside this stone statue?"

"The stone statue's interior couldn't be probed with Divine Sense; that itself was very suspicious."

"Plus that chaotic pattern and the broken plate, connecting the two, one could only think of the word 'chaos'."

"Seen this way, to solve this stage, one cannot follow convention; one must use chaos to win — isn't destroying this stone statue a kind of chaos?"

"Only, right now it also requires finding stillness within chaos."

"That is to say, to return to calm within chaos."

"Could it be that we need to restore this stone statue, or is there another meaning?"

Yu Zhangsheng's words also made the other three people ponder.

Hu Ruhai shook his head, "But this stone plate has already completely shattered; how can it be restored?"

Suddenly, Yu Zhangsheng's peripheral vision swept past the stone statue's ears, and he immediately thought of something.

Yu Zhangsheng said: "It probably isn't restoration; find stillness within chaos — if the key is stillness, maybe we can change our thinking."

Speaking simultaneously, his hands pressed tightly against the stone statue's two ears, magic power beginning to circulate.

As Yu Zhangsheng sealed the stone statue's two ears, the stone statue indeed began to have abnormalities.

Hu Ruhai suddenly realized: "Haha, to want quiet, just plug the ears; Yu Zhangsheng, you really have it in you; how did you think of it."

"Find stillness within chaos; only by not hearing, not seeing, not thinking, can the heart be still."

"This stone statue's two eyes were originally tightly closed; the stone statue originally has no heart/mind, and won't think; only the ears are open, so plugging the ears naturally brings stillness."

Hearing Yu Zhangsheng's explanation, the others also understood this intent.

That stone statue also began to tremble continuously; the stones on its body also began to crumble and shatter, finally revealing its original appearance.

"It's actually a person!"

Wang Mie abruptly widened his eyes, retreating several steps in succession.

The living person before his eyes truly gave him a shock.

Yu Zhangsheng also forcefully suppressed his shocked expression, trying his best to remain calm, but still subconsciously retreated a few steps.

Chen Xueqing was likewise startled into a cry by this sudden scene.

Hu Ruhai exclaimed in shock, "How can there be a person here? Just who on earth is this person?"

Looking again at the person inside the stone statue, his appearance was already that of a sixty-year-old, with a head full of white hair.

A pair of eyes and skin were also wrinkled, yet he looked weather-beaten.

His expression still had both eyes tightly closed, a solemn demeanor, one hand raised vertically before his chest.

But the other arm was incomplete, seemingly disabled.

The old man slowly spoke, "This old man has been waiting here for a long time. Has someone finally come?"

The old man's sudden words caused waves of shock to surge in the hearts of everyone present.

Not only was there a person inside this stone statue, but he was also alive.

No one knew just how long this person in the stone statue had already been staying here.

At this time Hu Ruhai also stepped forward and said, "May I ask how to address you, Senior?"

The old man slowly said, "This old man has no name and no surname, a person not worth mentioning."

Hu Ruhai said, "Senior jokes. Since Senior is unwilling to reveal it, this junior will not ask."

The old man said, "This old man is here merely following orders to guard the Saint King."

"Saint King?"

"I wonder who this Saint King is?"

The old man said, "The Saint King is not of the human race, but a Holy Seed Spirit Beast."

"The Saint King is the Ancestral Beast of the Xuan Tian Jie, one of the most ancient existences in the Xuan Tian Jie."

"He also single-handedly established this former Spirit Beast Holy City, the location of the Ancient Longgong."

Only at this time did Hu Ruhai and the others learn the name of this place.

Wang Mie had also heard of the so-called Ancient Longgong for the first time.

Yu Zhangsheng, on the other hand, knew a thing or two from Turtle Senior, but his knowledge of this existence from who knows how many ages ago was also limited.

"The Ancient Longgong is a sect belonging exclusively to Spirit Beasts, jointly created by several Holy Seed Saint Kings."

"However, because of some irresistible force existence, the Ancient Longgong therefore declined, the Spirit Beasts inside the sect either left or scattered."

"Until today, only this old man still guards this place."

Hu Ruhai asked curiously, "This junior dares to doubt: an existence as powerful as a Holy Seed Saint King, what power could they not resist?"

"How did the Ancient Longgong decline?"

The old man chuckled, "Past events drift with the wind, everything has passed. For you, knowing these is also meaningless."

"If there truly is fate, perhaps one day in the future you may still hear of the events from ten thousand years ago."

"But for now, what this old man wants to tell you is that the true body of one of the former Saint Kings, the Eternal Night Great Saint, resides deep within here."

"And awaits the arrival of a destined person."

"Eternal Night Great Saint?"

The breathing of the several people all became much heavier; they had not expected that in this place there would actually exist a once-powerful existence.

Hu Ruhai immediately asked excitedly, "I wonder where the Eternal Night Great Saint is now!"

"May this junior have the luck to meet him!"

The old man said, "The Saint King is right here. However, you still need to pass two trials before you can meet the Great Saint."

"As for whether you have this ability, that depends on yourselves."

"Alright, this old man's Quest ends here. From now on, it's up to you."

After the old man finished speaking, he turned into a pile of crushed earth, scattering on the ground, with no more life force.

Wang Mie looked at the crushed earth on the ground, discovering it was actually just ordinary sand. "Such means are truly formidable; I actually completely couldn't tell that just now it wasn't that Senior's true body, but sand transformed."

"This Senior's former cultivation base, I fear, far exceeds the strength of the Spirit Transformation stage."

The others also subconsciously nodded; this Senior's strength was simply unfathomable.

Just as the several people were still in shock, the ground also suddenly trembled, immediately followed by a rapid descent.

By the time it stopped, the several people had already arrived at a new layer.

"Is this the second Trial?"

Hu Ruhai suddenly recalled and said, "Didn't that Da Sheng Meng Zhi say he passed the first trial? Could it be he also came here?" (Chapter End)