Chapter 336: The Era of the First Sages

"Father God?"

Su Chen's heart stirred upon hearing this form of address.

Throughout the entire history of the Three Realms, only the Wu Clan of the ancient Primordial era referred to Pangu as Father God. It seemed this tall, sturdy man standing before him, who was so close to nature, was indeed of the Wu Clan.

At this moment, the man in animal skins was hunched over, his face—which was larger than Su Chen's head—nearly pressed against his own.

His copper-bell-like eyes were wide open, and his nostrils flared in and out, as if he were sniffing for the scent of his own kind on Su Chen.

The *Thirty-Six Axes of the Heavenly Gang* within Su Chen's body were still circulating on their own, his Qi and blood surging like a rainbow, and he deliberately released a trace of the Pangu Heaven-Opening True Intent he had comprehended.

"Strange, you are clearly a small human, so how can you have the same aura as Father God?"

The Wu Clan man looked puzzled. He stood up, and the killing intent and vigilance in his copper-bell eyes faded away.

He scratched his head, shaking a few leaf fragments from his messy hair.

The man muttered to himself, then glanced at Sun Wukong standing in the distance, his nose wrinkling.

"That hairy-faced one, he certainly has a demonic aura."

Sun Wukong, who had been carrying his Ruyi Jingu Bang, walked over and his face darkened upon hearing this.

"What do you mean 'that hairy-faced one'? My name is Sun Wukong."

The man pointed at his face with righteous indignation: "Aren't you just a hairy face?"

The corner of Sun Wukong's mouth twitched.

Su Chen coughed from the side, interrupting the conversation.

"Big Brother, I am Su Chen, and this is my elder brother. We stumbled into this place by accident and mean no harm."

Su Chen cupped his hands in a salute.

The man sized Su Chen up, then slapped his own chest, his voice sounding like a beating drum.

"I am called Yan, a warrior of the Ancestral Wu Hou Tu tribe!"

After speaking, he revealed a rugged, heroic smile, his teeth shining white.

"You have the aura of Father God on you, so you are one of our own. Come, I'll treat you to meat!"

Yan turned and walked toward the ancient fierce beast that Sun Wukong had killed with a single strike of his staff. He squatted down, grabbed one of the beast's hind legs with both hands, and pulled hard.

"Rip."

The entire hind leg of the beast, skin and bone, was torn off, measuring several zhang in length.

Yan carried the massive beast leg in one hand and used his fist to smash a pit into a flat patch of rocky ground.

He fished out an extremely crude "magic treasure" from the animal skin at his waist and placed it at the bottom of the pit. He blew a breath of air at the "treasure," and flames ignited at the bottom of the pit.

As the flames rose, Yan simply processed the beast leg, held it in one hand, and set it over the fire to roast.

The beast leg soon began to drip grease over the fire, sizzling loudly, and the aroma of meat filled the air.

The fire at the bottom of the pit was no ordinary flame, and the massive beast leg was roasted through very quickly.

Yan sat cross-legged beside the fire, tore off a piece of roasted meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and gestured unclearly for Su Chen and Sun Wukong to join him.

"Don't just stand there, come and eat. The meat of this Red Earth Lizard is the best, especially the hind leg; it's very chewy."

Sun Wukong was never one to be polite when it came to food.

He jumped over to sit by the fire, tore off a large piece of meat, took a bite, and raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm, this meat is indeed good. This is the first time I've eaten meat this fragrant."

Su Chen also sat by the fire and accepted a piece of meat handed to him by Yan.

He spoke while tearing at the meat.

"Big Brother Yan, we two brothers have come from afar and are not familiar with this area. May I ask where this place is?"

Yan chewed the meat in large mouthfuls and looked at Su Chen suspiciously: "You don't even know where this is? This is Mount Wuzhi, formed from the spine of Father God!"

"Our Wu Clan's holy temple is on the mountain, and all twelve Ancestral Wu are inside the hall."

He said it casually.

But Su Chen's hand paused upon hearing this.

He continued to ask calmly: "Big Brother Yan, what is the current situation in the world? My brother and I have lived in a remote area for a long time and are poorly informed."

Yan ate extremely fast; he had already consumed more than half of the beast leg, and grease covered his entire face.

He wiped his mouth and snorted.

"What else could it be?"

His tone carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

"A few years ago, after Nüwa created you humans, she actually became a Saint!"

Yan looked unconvinced as he said this.

"Later, the Three Pure Ones also established their sects one after another and became Saints. In the end, even those two bitter ones from the West became Saints."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen roughly understood the current timeline of the Primordial era.

It must be the era when the human race had just emerged and the Six Saints had just been established.

He turned his head to look at Sun Wukong; no wonder Yan was so irritable toward the Monkey King.

"The most annoying ones are those of the Demon Clan." Yan slammed a fist into the ground, causing charcoal from the fire to bounce out. "Ever since Nüwa became a Saint, that Demon Clan's Heavenly Court in the sky has become increasingly arrogant. They show off their power in the sky all day long and even send people to provoke us near Mount Wuzhi."

Yan said this with an angry expression.

"But our Wu Clan warriors aren't afraid of them! With the twelve Ancestral Wu here, those demons only dare to be arrogant in the sky!"

The fire crackled.

Su Chen took a deep breath, all the clues in his mind converging into a complete timeline: the Six Saints established, the Wu and Demon clans in a standoff, and the Great Tribulation yet to begin.

They had not only come to the Primordial era but had arrived before the Great War of the Wu and Demon clans.

Su Chen opened his eyes and met Sun Wukong's gaze.

At this moment, the playfulness was gone from Sun Wukong's face, and his golden pupils were much calmer.

After Su Chen's explanation, he already had some understanding of the ancient Demon Court and knew that the Demon Clan gradually declined after the war between the Wu and Demon clans.

Sun Wukong glanced at Yan, who was eating meat in large mouthfuls. As a demon of the new era, he had no hostility toward the Wu Clan; in fact, he thought Yan was quite decent.

Yan was completely unaware of their strangeness. He tore off the last piece of meat from the leg bone and tossed the bone behind him.

"Right." Yan turned to look at Su Chen, his copper-bell eyes filled with warmth. "You have the aura of Father God on you. Even though you are human, your physical body is so strong that perhaps you have some connection to our Wu Clan. Would you like to come and see our tribe? The Ancestral Wu will surely be interested."

Ancestral Wu Hou Tu—Su Chen's heart stirred. He had once received a gift from Mother Hou Tu after she had transformed into the cycle of reincarnation in the Netherworld.

Now that he had the chance to see the Ancestral Wu Hou Tu of the Primordial era, he was quite eager to go, so he said: "Many thanks for the invitation, Big Brother Yan. We happen to have nowhere else to go."

Yan slapped his thigh and stood up: "Then it's settled! Follow me!"

As he spoke, he strode toward the mountain, the ground trembling with every step he took.

Su Chen also stood up and followed quickly.

After walking a few steps, Sun Wukong caught up and walked side-by-side with Su Chen.

Sun Wukong transmitted his voice: "Little Brother, are we really going?"

"I am a demon." Sun Wukong's voice was a bit anxious. "Didn't you say that the Wu Clan and the Demon Clan don't get along very well?"

Su Chen turned his head to look at him.

"Monkey Brother, don't worry. We are going to the tribe of Ancestral Wu Hou Tu. Ancestral Wu Hou Tu is a relatively compassionate Ancestral Wu, so there shouldn't be any trouble."

Sun Wukong nodded upon hearing this.

"Alright then."

He said no more and followed with long strides. ===== CHAPTER 337 =====