Chapter 82: Morax in his youth, the Emperor Rex Lapis who guarded Liyue

Ye Xuan took out a stone statue as tall as himself from his spatial ring. It was dark gray all over, flowing with a heavy luster under the sunlight.

It was a young man sitting on a divine throne, his face handsome and indifferent, his brows revealing an innate arrogance; he wasn't deliberately showing off, his legs crossed, looking extremely relaxed, yet he gave people a sense of oppression that transcended all things.

As if everything in the world did not enter his eyes.

"Master Zhong is one thing. From the fact that he didn't intervene in the beast tide last night, I understood that he is now Zhong Li; steady, introverted, prioritizing the big picture, and not interfering in Da Xia's development except when it involves contracts."

"Even if I went to the Imperial Capital to invite him to a battle, with the Emperor's personality at that time, even if he agreed, he wouldn't go all out; there's even a high probability he wouldn't be willing to fight."

"But you are different."

Ye Xuan looked at the stone statue in front of him, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

The young Morax—what an arrogant and peerless existence he was?

He sat in Liyue, suppressing the eight wildernesses. A single rock spear could settle the mountains and rivers, a single word was the heavenly principle, and just a single glance could make all living things bow their heads.

Arrogant? Haughty?

That was absolute confidence in his own strength.

After Ye Xuan learned of "Master Zhong's" existence, he had thought about fighting him one day, but Master Zhong's choices after the Qi tide made him certain that he was "Zhong Li" and not "Morax," so his fighting spirit toward him faded.

Zhong Li was a god, but also a human; but Morax was different—he was a god! The god who guarded Liyue!

Perhaps the Emperor Yanwang at that time was not at his peak, but the Emperor Yanwang at that time was the true "Martial God"!

"So, I choose—"

Ye Xuan stuck the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou onto the young Emperor's stone statue. As light flowed, he whispered:

"You in your youth."

"Hum—"

The power of the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou completely submerged into the stone statue, and the entire Kunlun mountain range suddenly shook violently; the mountains resonated, rock elements rioted, and the entire mountain body seemed to suddenly possess life.

The snow on the mountain ridges began to roll down with a rustle, the exposed rock layers glowed with a metallic luster, and countless tiny gravels floated up against gravity, forming a strange ring array in the air.

The rock layer on the surface of the stone statue peeled off inch by inch, revealing the slender figure within.

Morax opened his eyes.

"Boom!!!"

In that instant, the gravity of the entire world seemed to be rewritten. The terrifying pressure swept in all directions like a tsunami. All the rocks within a thousand meters floated up, disintegrating and recombining in the air, like subjects bowing to a king.

Ye Xuan's body also erupted with monstrous power, the Wangquan Sword Art rising into the sky, forcibly splitting a crack in the incoming pressure; the air between the two began to distort, and the ground cracked into spiderweb-like patterns under the double pressure.

Just as the tension was at its peak.

Morax's gaze suddenly crossed Ye Xuan and looked into the distant void. He frowned slightly, revealing a trace of rare confusion.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan felt something and turned to look behind him.

"Master Zhong, since you're here, why hide your head and show your tail?"

The space rippled like water, and a figure walked out slowly.

The dark gold robe rustled in the mountain wind, and rock patterns appeared and disappeared between the sleeves; the face, identical to Morax's, carried a completely different steadiness and vicissitudes. He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze lingering on Morax for a long time, but finally, it fell on Ye Xuan.

"What kind of ability is this?"

Master Zhong's voice was still steady, but carried a bit of inquiry.

In fact, ever since the energy fluctuations of a Stage Five powerhouse appeared in the Kunlun mountain range, he had been secretly watching here. Even on the night when the Qi tide arrived and mutated creatures were rampant everywhere, he had never left this area.

Although the mutations brought by the Qi tide were violent, those low-level mutated creatures were not enough to threaten Da Xia. He believed Da Xia could handle this crisis, so he didn't intervene.

Until Ye Xuan appeared.

He watched with his own eyes as this young man took that stone statue out of his spatial ring; the statue symbolizing the Rock God Morax among the Seven God statues.

What surprised him even more was what happened next.

Ye Xuan took out a strange stone block carved with a mouse pattern and pressed it gently against the statue. In an instant, light flowed, and that cold stone statue actually began to have the breath of life.

A living, young Morax stood before him just like that.

Master Zhong's fingertips trembled slightly.

Even with his many years of experience, and the increasingly calm state of mind after constantly fitting the Emperor Yanwang template, he couldn't help but feel some fluctuations in such a scene.

He had never seen such magical power. This had already exceeded the scope of ordinary power, almost like a method of creation.

So the battle between the two Stage Five powerhouses that appeared on Mount Kunlun last time, besides Ye Xuan, was probably also a life manifested by this talisman.

"It's just a Myriad Realms treasure with an upper limit."

"The world of Jackie Chan Adventures, one of the twelve talismans, the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou."

"If Master Zhong is interested, you can go learn about this work after it's over."

Master Zhong's gaze flickered slightly, digesting all of Ye Xuan's words.

There was not much surprise in his expression; instead, it was as if he had confirmed some kind of speculation.

Ye Xuan was not surprised by Master Zhong's reaction. With the experience of this Emperor Yanwang template successor, even if he hadn't seen the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou, he could understand its essence with just a little deduction; even if he went to verify it later, it was only a matter of time.

What's more, he had no intention of hiding it in the first place.

Although the power of the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou was strong, for him, it was already approaching its usage limit.

However—

Ye Xuan sighed inwardly. Master Zhong had been hiding here all along, and he hadn't noticed at all; this ability to hide one's aura was truly unfathomable.

Master Zhong didn't continue to ask about the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou, but slowly turned his gaze to Morax. A rare and complex emotion emerged in those golden-brown eyes.

"Someone once asked a question."

"If your opponent is your former self, do you have the confidence to win?"

Ye Xuan's tone was indifferent as he spoke at the right time. He turned slightly, his gaze shifting between the two Rock Gods, with some interest.

"Master Zhong, facing Morax in his youth."

"Can you win?"

His battle could continue at any time, but such a scene—Morax fighting Zhong Li—was not something one could see just anytime.

Morax didn't refuse. Although he had some guesses about the identity of this "Master Zhong," compared to confirming his own guesses through words, a battle was more direct.

The rock spear condensed in his hand, the tip pointing directly at Master Zhong:

"Under the passage of time, your aura has changed too much."

Master Zhong's expression was calm, his sleeves flicked lightly, and a simple rock spear also appeared in his palm; he didn't answer immediately, but looked at Ye Xuan and said indifferently:

"Little friend has a good plan."

Ye Xuan spread his hands and smiled, stepping back a few steps, looking like he was watching the battle:

"Please."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 83 =====