"His cultivation base isn't bad. I don't know how lucky he was to get the Chiyou Axe … Unfortunately, his brain isn't that good!"
Wang Can wore a disdainful smile as he gazed at the blood mist in front of us. It seemed he could already see Lu Zhenyang being killed by the Blood Spirit Guards.
Although his appearance was annoying, considering Lu Zhenyang's terrifying power and the grudge between us, I was on Wang Can's side.
But … Was Lu Zhenyang that easy to deal with?
I didn't know why, but I didn't think it would be that easy.
Lu Zhenyang was like a cockroach that wouldn't die. He had been in desperate situations many times, but he hadn't died. Instead, his power had grown faster than mine.
Moreover, he had the Chiyou Axe, which was an ancient weapon. How could the Blood Spirit Guards kill him easily?
Although I was thinking about it, I didn't show it on my face. Anyway, we had to move forward. Whether Lu Zhenyang was dead or alive, as he had said, he would be waiting for me in front of us, no matter if he was dead or alive.
I didn't say anything, but Wang Can suddenly turned around and asked me about Lu Zhenyang's situation. He asked me what kind of grudge I had against Lu Zhenyang and why he only stared at me.
There was a saying that the one who knew you better than your family was your enemy.
It was true. The Lu family was the family that I knew the most about metaphysics. As Wang Can asked me about it, I calmly told him the situation of the Lu family.
As for the grudge between us, it wasn't a secret, so I calmly told him.
"I see." Wang Can nodded. It seemed he didn't care about our grudge.
After a while, he frowned and asked, "Even so, he killed your parents and you killed his grandfather. It seems he didn't suffer any losses.
Moreover, his cultivation base is much higher than yours. Why does he still care about you?
It doesn't make sense … "
He muttered to himself, and his expression was filled with confusion.
I sneered inwardly. As a young master of an aristocratic family, I guessed Wang Can was used to being the center of attention. Lu Zhenyang only stared at me and didn't care about him. I guessed he was upset.
Lu Zhenyang was our common enemy. He was so strong, so whoever he stared at would be in danger. Wang Can was interesting. He was jealous of me because of this.
I couldn't help but grin. I was also a little speechless.
Fortunately, after muttering to himself for a while, Officer Wang didn't say anything else. He threw me aside and turned to check on the injuries of his subordinates.
Regardless of Lu Zhenyang's situation, there would be many dangers in Chiyou's tomb. Fu had to deal with the Blood Spirit Guards in the front. I hurried to follow them to check the situation.
Among the few Yang God Celestial Masters, Ah Shou and Ah Cai had the lightest injuries. Ah Fu was also fine, but his Yang Spirit was slightly injured.
The self-healing ability of the Yang Spirit was very strong. After a little nourishment, it could be restored to its original state.
Ah Lu and Ah Xi were in the most serious condition. Their Yang Spirits were almost shattered.
The Yang Spirit was a spiritual object and had the ability to heal itself. However, after being broken to such an extent, it must have lost its ability to heal itself. It could only rely on its own strength to slowly nourish itself.
It had been a while since Lu Zhenyang had left, but Ah Lu and Ah Xi's Yang Spirits had just returned to their bodies. They wouldn't be able to use the power of their Yang Spirits for at least a few days, and it was hard to say whether they could fully recover in the future.
After learning about the situation, Officer Wang called Ah Cai and asked him to accompany Ah Lu and Ah Xi to leave this place and return to Wangwu Grotto-Heaven.
After Ah Cai accepted the order, Officer Wang asked him to go back and call the other Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Celestial Masters to help them.
After listening to their conversation, my heart shivered. Although they didn't mention the cultivation base of the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Celestial Masters, Wang Can had specifically told Ah Cai that they were at least five Celestial Masters. Perhaps they were five Yang God Celestial Masters.
If that was the case, the strength of Wangwu Grotto-Heaven was really terrifying.
I didn't ask but reminded myself that I shouldn't offend the Wang family when I didn't know anything about them.
Of course, if I could maintain the so-called alliance of the Nine Cauldrons Families, it would be good for me. I could use the Wang family's power to do many things.
Although Officer Wang was arrogant and had a childish temperament, he had regarded me as a member of the Nine Cauldrons Families. He had said that if Lu Zhenyang wanted to kill me, he would have to go through the Wang family first.
Since I wanted to follow the Wang family, I followed Officer Wang's arrangement and stayed here to rest while waiting for Ah Fu and Ah Shou to recover.
The inside of the blood coffin was a strange space. Although it was very big, it was different from the outside world. There was no sun rising or setting, no moon rising or setting. There was only an endless blood mist that lingered around. I couldn't tell whether it was day or night.
I couldn't tell the exact time, but I guessed that it would take at least three days for Ah Fu and Ah Shou to fully recover.
While waiting for them to recover, I gathered with the fat man and talked about what had happened after we parted.
Their experience was simple. They had returned to Mount Huangguanshan to recuperate until the Yanzhou Cauldron sent them a message. Then, they set off to this place.
Speaking of the Yanzhou Cauldron, the fat man's father had to tell me about their family.
When I was a child, the fat man had told me about the rumor that their family had nine generations of coroner families. Although they were a coroner family, they were actually the Nine Cauldrons Families that had inherited the nine cauldrons. The name of coroner was just an alias of the Nine Cauldrons Families.
The inheritance of the Yanzhou Cauldron didn't belong to the Lin family. It had been passed down for thousands of years. Several hundred years ago, the ancestor of the Lin family had obtained it, and it had been passed down for nine generations.
According to their ancestor, the existence of the Nine Cauldrons Families wasn't to pass down the nine cauldrons, but to find their master. The nine cauldrons could find the master's aura and appear in the place where the master would appear, waiting quietly.
The nine generations were like a cycle. If the nine cauldrons couldn't find their master, they would capture the master's aura and go to the next place. They would stay in another family and continue to wait.
That was why the inheritance of nine generations wasn't a contract. It was just the time for the nine cauldrons to wait for their master.
After telling me that, Lin Acheng looked at me with his bright eyes. "Did you really just control the Qingzhou Cauldron?"
I shook my head and briefly told him about the Qingzhou Cauldron.
Lin Acheng nodded and didn't say anything else. However, the way he looked at me was mixed with some inexplicable thoughts.
I knew that he thought of me as the master that the nine cauldrons were waiting for.
I didn't know the answer to this question, so I naturally couldn't answer him. However, since everyone had spoken openly, I hesitated for a moment before asking him why he had come back to life in the Fire God Temple, why he had cultivated shaman energy, and if there was any hidden reason why he had suddenly appeared with Bi 'an in the depths of the Fire God Temple.
Lin Acheng had always been a man of few words, but after hearing my question, he quickly told me that he didn't know the reason why he had come back to life in the Fire God Temple. The "Nine Generations' Wrath" was a secret technique passed down in the Nine Cauldrons Families. It didn't need to be sacrificed, but his cultivation was too low. He could only borrow the power of the eight ancestors and his own life to use the secret technique.
When he had come back to life in the Fire God Temple, there was no one around him. He had walked for a long time before he met Bi 'an. After talking to him, he understood the situation between Bi' an and me. Bi 'an helped him get out of the Fire God Temple and gave him the handkerchief to bring to me.
As for why he cultivated shaman energy, the answer was even simpler. It was because the Nine Cauldrons Families cultivated shaman energy.
There was shaman energy in the nine cauldrons.
Lin Acheng had used the nine cauldrons to cultivate shaman energy since he was young, but his cultivation was very low. He was only in the Dragon Seeking Realm. In addition, he knew that shaman energy was the public enemy of the Metaphysics world, so he had always hidden it and never revealed it.
After he had come back to life in the Fire God Temple, his cultivation had skyrocketed and reached the Glorious Consciousness realm. However, that was all. He hadn't made any progress after that.
As for the fatty, the inheritance of the Yan Zhou Cauldron had been exhausted after nine generations. Lin Acheng had never let him cultivate Taoist techniques, nor had he inherited shaman energy.
I had thought too much about the last question. There was more than one exit in the Fire God Temple. That year, Lin Acheng had left through another exit. When he had gone to find me, he had also left through another exit. It was just a coincidence that he had met Bi 'an earlier than I had expected.
After listening to all the answers, the only thing that shocked me was that all the members of the Nine Cauldrons Families cultivated shaman energy.
I had thought that only Nangong and I cultivated shaman energy in the Metaphysics world. Now, it seemed that it wasn't that simple.
However, I recalled that when Fu and the others had fought with Lu Zhenyang, they hadn't sensed any waves of shaman energy. I purposely went to ask Wang Can. The answer I got was that the Wang family did cultivate shaman energy, but Fu and the others only cultivated Taoist energy.
Shaman energy was a secret inheritance of the family. Fu and the others didn't have the qualifications to cultivate it.
After understanding this, I asked the fatty a few more questions. For example, the relationship between Nangong and his master, Zhenren Guan, and why he didn't know about the solar eclipse in the back mountain of the Metaphysics Society.
The fatty didn't know the relationship between Nangong and Zhenren Guan.
As for the appearance of Rahu back then, Fatty had a confused look on his face. He said that he didn't know either. Normally, astronomical phenomena like solar eclipses were something that he specialized in researching. However, during those few days, he didn't realize this matter at all. In fact, it didn't even appear in his mind.
After that, he also felt that something was wrong. However, he still couldn't figure out why. He could only guess that someone had blocked his senses. It was a power of a higher principle that he couldn't understand.
Since the fatty couldn't understand it, I naturally couldn't, either. Anyway, this matter was over. I shook my head and put it aside. I didn't think about it anymore.
After Fu and Shou had fully recovered, we decided to continue to the depths of the Blood Maple Forest.
The plan was the same as before. We would use Fu's cultivation base to let him go in first. After he had lured out the Blood Spirit Guards, we would fight them and then act according to the situation. It would be good if we could go in directly. If we couldn't, Fu could take us in batches.
However, it was strange that Fu came out not long after he had gone in. He told us that he had waited for half an hour in the Blood Maple Forest, but the Blood Spirit Guards didn't show up.
At first, he thought that the area he had entered was too shallow. He purposely moved forward several kilometers until he was close to the War God Mountain. However, he still didn't see the Blood Spirit Guards. He then hurried to report to us.
After hearing this news, I didn't feel happy. I was a little surprised.