I wasn't the only one who thought of this. After hearing the news, Officer Wang's face darkened. He raised his eyes and stared at the front. After a long time, he snorted.
"Holy Mountain Paradise!
Lu Zhenyang! "
Obviously, the Lu family and Lu Zhenyang had been deeply engraved in his mind. They had become a thorn in his flesh.
Of course, in addition to resentment, there was more fear on his face.
When this Young Master from the Heavenly Abode first saw me, he sighed with emotion that there were geniuses in the outside world. However, after experiencing Lu Zhenyang's matter, he couldn't be arrogant anymore. He even seemed a little discouraged.
He came here for the inheritance of Chiyou. Not to mention that he was discouraged, even I didn't think he would win.
He had Ah Fu and other Yang God Celestial Masters under his command, and the Yuzhou Cauldron in his hand. It seemed that he was confident, but Lu Zhenyang's strength was comparable to Ah Fu's, and he had the Chiyou Axe. No matter what, Officer Wang was not at an advantage.
With Wang Can's status, it was easy to speculate that before he came here, he must have had full confidence in his heart. But after arriving here, the situation was completely different from what he had expected. The gap was so big that no one could accept it easily.
Most people's lives were not what they wanted. Officer Wang, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, might have experienced this feeling for the first time. Vaguely, he seemed to have calmed down a lot and was no longer frivolous. He said to Ah Fu in a calm tone, "In that case, let's go in together."
After saying that, he took a step forward and led the others to the depths of the Blood Maple Forest.
I smiled faintly from behind and followed.
Unlike Officer Wang, although I was also interested in the so-called "inheritance of Chiyou", I didn't come here for it.
I came here for two reasons. First, it was on the way, and second, I wanted to see what this place had to do with me.
I heard that there were three ultimate problems in philosophy: "Who am I?", "Where do I come from?", and "Where am I going?"
These three problems were broad, and they were three propositions about life, death, and self-cognition.
But when it came to me at this time, these three problems were narrow.
Ever since I embarked on the path of cultivation and came into contact with those ancient myths and legends, I no longer knew who I was. I didn't even know where I came from or where I was going.
Therefore, compared to Chiyou's inheritance, I'm more interested in getting an answer to those three questions.
With such thoughts in mind, I followed the group into the depths of the Blood Maple Forest.
The situation was just as Ah Fu had said. After we had traveled for a long time, there wasn't a single Blood Spirit Guard in the Blood Maple Forest. However, the blood mist that enveloped the surroundings didn't dissipate at all. It still dyed the entire world blood red, making people feel an indescribable chill in their hearts.
Along the way, Officer Wang asked everyone to search around, trying to find traces of the fight between Lu Zhenyang and the Blood Spirit Guards. He wanted to judge Lu Zhenyang's current state. Of course, it would be best if they could find traces of Lu Zhenyang.
Based on Lu Zhenyang's appearance that day, even if he'd left some sort of trump card behind and fought a fierce battle with three Bloodsoul Guards, Lu Zhenyang would surely be like an arrow at the end of its flight now. So it would be best if they were able to find traces of him, pursue him, and seize the opportunity to take his life.
That was what Officer Wang thought, and I also thought the same.
Lu Zhenyang was my archenemy. I had long passed the age where I wanted to defeat my enemy in a dignified manner. As long as I could kill Lu Zhenyang, I wouldn't reject any despicable means, let alone taking advantage of his weakness.
Unfortunately, things didn't go our way. Although we had tried our best to search, we hadn't found any traces of him.
The Blood Maple Forest was quiet, as if no one had intruded.
Not long after, a continuous shadow appeared on the top of the tall maple tree in front of us. According to Officer Wang and Ah Fu's description, that should be the War God Mountain.
Chiyou's inheritance was on the War God Mountain!
Seeing that the War God Mountain was in sight, Officer Wang's spirit was lifted. His mood, which had been affected by Lu Zhenyang's attack, had finally recovered. His eyes were filled with piety, as if he was worshipping a saint. He put his palms together and bowed to the War God Mountain. He softly chanted, "Saint, please bless the Nine Cauldrons and the Wang family. Help me get the War God's inheritance and the War God's treasure!"
This was the second time he had mentioned the word 'Saint'. I couldn't help but turn to look at Lin Acheng. From his previous strange look, it was possible that he had regarded me as the 'Saint' that the Nine Cauldrons had been waiting for.
I thought mischievously, 'If I'm really the Saint, seeing Officer Wang praying so piously, I should give him the Chiyou's inheritance and the War God's treasure … No, that's not right. The fat father and son are also from the Nine Cauldrons. They are also here for the Chiyou's inheritance. Considering our relationship, it's better to give it to the fat father.'
'Hmm … At most, we can have one each,' I thought leisurely.
After entering the blood coffin, the air was filled with an ancient and desolate aura. The closer we got to War God Mountain, the thicker the aura became. Not only that, but the surroundings also seemed solemn and dignified, as though some kind of god was watching us from afar.
Under such an atmosphere, everyone's mood became solemn. No one talked and just hurried on with their journey.
There's a saying that a horse can run to death if it's looking at a mountain, but we didn't feel that way at this moment. We didn't travel for too long before the War God Mountain appeared in front of us. I even saw an enormous statue in front of the War God Mountain.
The statue had two horns on its head and a bull's head. It had a pair of wings on its back. It held a giant axe in its right hand and a three-legged, round-bellied copper pot in its left hand. It stood in front of the mountain, looking disdainfully at all directions.
Compared to the Chiyou statue in the square where we had entered, the difference between the two was more than ten thousand miles. It was obvious that this statue was the War God whose fame had spread through the ages.
When we saw this statue, we couldn't help but stop and admire it for a long time.
I turned to look at Officer Wang. His eyes gradually shifted to the giant axe in Chiyou's hand. He looked envious and angry. Apparently, his mind was still on Lu Zhenyang.
After glancing at the giant axe in Lu Zhenyang's hand, I shifted my eyes to the copper pot in Chiyou's statue's other hand.
It was said that Chiyou had the Demon Refining Pot, which ranked fourth among the ten great divine weapons in the Antiquity Time. Was it this copper pot?
Officer Wang had mentioned the War God's top treasure, so it was most likely this one.
In the legends, the Demon Refining Pot was also called the Jiuli Pot. It had incredible power. It was said that it could duplicate everything in the world and had a terrifying destructive power.
There was a strange space inside the pot, which was so big that it could contain the entire world.
Although I already had the Xuanyuan Sword, I couldn't help but be tempted by such a top treasure.
However, although I was tempted, my mind was still rational. Among the people who had entered the blood coffin, Lu Zhenyang was the one who was most likely to get this top treasure.
Previously, he had only obtained the Chiyou Axe, which wasn't ranked among the divine weapons. If he also got the Demon Refining Pot, what would happen to him?
After thinking about this, my goal changed from getting the Demon Refining Pot to stopping Lu Zhenyang from getting it.
While I was thinking, Officer Wang's voice came to my ears. I guessed he was also thinking about Chiyou's inheritance and the Demon Refining Pot. His voice was much more excited. He shouted at us, asking us to speed up and go to the statue of Chiyou.
Looking at the God of War Mountain from a distance, we couldn't see the path on the mountain. Going to the statue was the best choice. We didn't have any objection. We sped up and went to the statue.
With our speed, we arrived at the foot of the statue after a quarter of an hour.
Only when he got closer and looked at the statue again did he truly feel how majestic it was.
Not to mention the towering statue, the two legs standing on the ground were several meters in diameter. When we stood next to the feet, they were only a little bit higher than our toes.
Everybody couldn't help but sigh in admiration at the size of the statue. For a moment, we even put Chiyou's inheritance aside.
However, while we were looking at the statue, we suddenly heard a familiar hoarse voice.
"Zhou Yi, I've been waiting for you for a long time. You're finally here!"
The voice came from behind the statue's thick legs. After hearing it, all of us stopped talking.
We exchanged looks. Fu and Shou walked in the front, and we followed behind them. We carefully walked behind the statue's legs.
After going around the foot of the statue, a cave suddenly appeared in front of them. Lu Zhenyang was standing on a rock in the cave, still in the same sorry state as before. The two Heavenly Masters who followed him were also standing behind him at this moment, looking no different from before.
However, at this moment, no one in the crowd was looking at him. Everyone was staring at an empty space not far away from him.
In that empty space, there were nine illusory blood-red figures.
These blood-red figures were about three meters tall. They were thin and strong, and each of them held a long blood-red blade.
They were the Blood Spirit Guards!
All of us here, including Lu Zhenyang's group, made a total of nine people.
Nine people corresponded to nine Blood Spirit Guards. It wasn't a big deal, but the scary thing was that the nine Blood Spirit Guards weren't standing on the ground. Instead, they were kneeling there like loyal servants.
The person they were kneeling to, or rather, the person they were loyal to, was Lu Zhenyang, who was sitting in front of them!