Chapter 79

Fortunately, Chi Xulong and the others were old hands and wouldn't spill information about the Demonic Sect just because they were locked up, otherwise Branch Master Chu would have had to consider killing them to silence them.

Branch Master Chu sent someone to pass a message, telling Lu Yang and the three others to come to the Yanjiang Branch to officially hold the initiation ceremony.

As for that bunch of brainless idiots, let them stay in jail for ten days to cool off.

Branch Master Chu sat lazily on the jade chair, looking up at the three people standing before him, praising: "Your barbecue shop idea is not bad. Keep it up; this is a channel for us to establish contact with the government officials."

Branch Master Chu dismissed the attendants. The attendants were all entry-level sect members who hadn't been tested and weren't qualified to know the sect's secrets.

"Let's go, I'll take you to pay respects to the Decayed Immortal."

Branch Master Chu led the three to another floating stone. The architecture on the floating stone was built in an unknown era and had already collapsed under the erosion of time. The source-less light appeared dull and oppressive. Walking among the building complex, there was a sense of weight from walking through history.

Even as knowledgeable as Meng Jingzhou, he couldn't distinguish which era this architecture belonged to.

This was definitely not architecture from the Great Xia's 100,000 years!

Meng Jingzhou was secretly shocked; these buildings had at least 100,000 years of history!

"Could it be the Great Yu Dynasty?"

History books record that the last emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty was licentious and extravagant, the dynasty fell apart, the world was in chaos, and the ancestors of the Meng family and the Xia Emperor's ancestors rose up to vie for the Central Plains.

The Congwendao Sect was established 120,000 years ago. At that time, it was the Great Yu Dynasty, only the Great Yu Dynasty was at its peak then, and no one could shake its position.

At the end of the architecture, there was a statue about four meters tall, looking the same as the one seen at Qin Yuanhao's house. The face was blurred, wearing a long robe, and one couldn't distinguish the gender. It was the Decayed Immortal.

Branch Master Chu held up three lit incense sticks, bowed to the Decayed Immortal, and then turned to the three and said: "Meditate for half an hour to clear the distracting thoughts in your hearts."

These three incense sticks were not mortal-grade items. After smelling the fragrance, their restless hearts actually gradually calmed down.

Clearing distracting thoughts was a basic skill for the three of them. Seeing the three settle their hearts so quickly, Branch Master Chu nodded slightly.

Even with the help of the precious incense, this speed was very fast. Most Demonic cultivators were restless, cultivating their bodies but not their hearts. These three were truly rare.

It must be that they had obtained some fortuitous encounter somewhere.

If he had known they had a fortuitous encounter in the past, Branch Master Chu would have tried every way to get his hands on it, but these three were different—they were key targets of the Sect Master's attention, and he didn't have the guts to make a move.

Half an hour later, the three woke up and, following Branch Master Chu's instructions, paid respects to the Decayed Immortal according to the steps.

After the tedious steps were finished, the three officially became members of the Decayed Sect.

Branch Master Chu said with his hands behind his back: "Before joining this sect, you might only know that we are the Decayed Sect and that we believe in the Decayed Immortal. Becoming a sect member can extend your lifespan. As for who the Decayed Immortal is, you should know very little."

The three nodded. They could be said to know nothing about the Decayed Immortal; this was the only immortal they had ever heard of.

Branch Master Chu said in a respectful tone: "The Decayed Immortal's very existence is a taboo. He is as old as heaven and earth, witnessing the ups and downs of the world. Even if the physical body is destroyed, the immortal soul decays, and a glimmer of spiritual light is worn away in the mortal world, as long as someone still remembers him, he can be resurrected on the spot, immortal and eternal!"

Lu Yang and the three were shocked in their hearts, not knowing how much of what Branch Master Chu said was true and how much was false.

As long as someone still remembers the existence of the Decayed Immortal, the Decayed Immortal is immortal and indestructible. Such a thing had never even existed in myths and legends!

Such divinity, calling him an "Immortal" was not inappropriate.

Only hearing Branch Master Chu continue: "He attained the Dao and became an immortal in the ancient era, knows the secrets of eternity, and possesses power far beyond what we mortal fools can resist."

"Now the ancient great era has arrived. The old monsters buried in the wild mountains and vast lands are crawling out of their coffins. To protect our lives in this great era, we must resurrect the Decayed Immortal to protect us!"

Lu Yang hesitated for a moment and asked: "Then how do we resurrect the Decayed Immortal?"

"The Decayed Immortal attained the Dao through battle and became an immortal through killing. He loves slaughter the most. We must stir up blood disasters and wars in this world, and use the deaths of hundreds of millions of humans to please the Decayed Immortal. This is the first step. The subsequent steps are not something your level can know."

"The deaths of hundreds of millions of humans?!" Meng Jingzhou was shocked. How many people would have to die? "Corpses everywhere" wouldn't even begin to describe it!

"Is it a lot? It's not a lot at all." Branch Master Chu shook his head. Most people had similar reactions when they heard this number, but if you think about it calmly, the Central Continent is vast and boundless. Hundreds of millions seems like a lot, but if you spread it out, it's only one death for every few thousand people.

"Do you know how many people die from exhaustion every year due to life, how many are driven to suicide by unbearable pressure, how many die of illness every year, how many die from the treatment of quack doctors every year, and how many unclaimed corpses the Great Xia Dynasty finds every year?"

Branch Master Chu sneered: "Do you know? Of course you don't, because the Great Xia Dynasty doesn't dare to publish the real data at all!"

"If we don't resurrect the Decayed Immortal, who will protect the vast Central Continent? When the old monsters wake up one after another, it won't just be this many people who die."

"Is the ancient great era really that terrifying?" Lu Yang felt a chill in his heart.

Branch Master Chu didn't speak, signaling the three to follow him.

Branch Master Chu bypassed the statue of the Decayed Immortal and walked through a ruin, saying as he walked: "This ruin was passed down from the ancient era and became decayed and dilapidated under the erosion of time. Ten thousand years ago, the Sect Founder accidentally discovered this ruin and learned of the existence of the Decayed Immortal here."

"The existence of the Decayed Immortal has been too long in the world, and the world has forgotten the immortal who once protected the world. It was the Sect Founder who made the Decayed Immortal reappear in the world!"

"The Sect Founder copied the ruins and kept them in various strongholds. This is one of them, and it has a history of ten thousand years."

Meng Jingzhou thought to himself, so it's a replica of an ancient ruin. No wonder he couldn't tell. Only legends have been passed down from the ancient era, and very few things have survived.

Branch Master Chu stopped in front of a stone wall: "This is it. This is the scene of the sacrifice in the ancient era."

The first thing that caught the eye was the Decayed Immortal with arms wide open on the stone wall. In the Decayed Immortal's arms were countless spheres. The spheres were of different sizes, and some spheres even had a ring-like object around them. He didn't know what they were.

On each sphere, a little person was kneeling, holding up tribute to the Decayed Immortal.

"What are these spheres, and why are people standing on the spheres?" Meng Jingzhou and Seeing Man Gu were puzzled and very confused.

Lu Yang saw the mural, and his pupils shrank. These spheres looked exactly like the planets from his previous life, and the ring-like objects around the spheres were meteorite dust.

Branch Master Chu said slowly: "These are called planets. In the ancient era, there was no Central Continent. Regardless of the race, everyone lived on planets."

"At the end of the ancient era, there was an existence beyond comprehension who refined all the planets into today's Central Continent!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all three were shocked!

(End of chapter)