Chiyou's inheritance had begun!
Except for Yaoyao and me, all the people who had come here were here for Chiyou's inheritance. When they heard the Jiuli War Drum, they all stopped what they were doing.
After we got a hold of ourselves, Officer Wang and I exchanged looks. Then, we turned to look at Lu Zhenyang in the distance.
Although the black cocoon of light had already begun to tremble and fade, anyone could tell that this protective ritual implement could still hold out for a while longer. Chiyou's legacy had already been opened, and everyone wanted to go up War God Mountain to check on the situation, but they could not wait any longer.
At this moment, Lu Zhenyang retracted his eyes from War God Mountain and looked at us.
After looking at each other for a while, Lu Zhenyang spoke first.
"The War God's inheritance has begun. How about we stop here and go up the mountain together?"
He didn't ask Officer Wang but just stared at me. Apparently, he was asking for my opinion.
I understood that he wasn't afraid of me. He didn't ask me to stop here, but to go up the mountain together. He was afraid that I would seize the chance to run away.
From his hatred for me, it was hard to tell which was more important, killing me or getting Chiyou's inheritance. If we continued to delay, we would have a chance to wait for the experts of the Wang family to come and help us. That was why I nodded after hesitating for a while.
After I agreed, Lu Zhenyang turned his eyes to Officer Wang.
Officer Wang was decisive. He retrieved the black light cocoon and pulled out the black short sword from the ground. "Then, let's go up the mountain."
After we reached an agreement, we didn't linger. Officer Wang and I took Yaoyao, Fu, and the others with us. Lu Zhenyang brought his two Heavenly Masters and nine Blood Spirit Guards behind us.
It was obvious that Lu Zhenyang wanted to supervise us. Under the formidable power of the nine Blood Spirit Guards, I didn't have a chance to run away. That was why I didn't think about it and headed up the mountain.
Battlegod Mountain was extremely tall, and the slope was extremely steep. More importantly, as they advanced, they could clearly feel a kind of pressure on their bodies. It was as if the ground had an additional suction force, and it was as if the air had become heavier. Every time they lifted their legs, it would be much heavier.
Fortunately, our cultivation base wasn't weak, and we hadn't consumed much of our strength in the previous battle. We climbed up the mountain fast. Shortly after, we reached the same height as the head of Chiyou's statue.
At this point, there was only the highest part of the mountain in front of them. If they climbed up, they would reach the top.
I walked at the front and looked up at the peak of the mountain. I could vaguely see a platform at the top of the mountain. The platform was lush and green, and there seemed to be some short saplings growing on it.
I shaded my eyes with my hand, but I couldn't see clearly. I continued to ascend.
After walking for a short while, everyone reached the top of the mountain. I was also the first to climb up. Looking around, I saw that it was indeed a small plaza. However, the lush greenery that I saw earlier wasn't short saplings, but rows of human-shaped statues.
These human statues were made of clay and looked simple and crude. Their faces were blurry, but the horned helmets on their heads and the colorful cloth wrapped around their bodies were very clear.
The platform was about a thousand square meters. Dozens of rows of clay statues were arranged neatly, like soldiers waiting to be inspected. Their heads were all slightly raised, facing the southwest of the platform. There was a small platform there, about two square meters. The floor of the platform was engraved with the trigrams formed by the Yin and Yang lines.
The Yin and Yang lines were the long and short lines that made up the Eight Trigrams. The Yin line was made up of two short lines, and the Yang line was a long straight line.
There were two trigrams carved on the ground. The top one was the Yang line, and the second and third were the Yin lines. It was the Zhen trigram of the Eight Trigrams. The next one was the Yin line, and the middle one was the Yang line, which was the Kan trigram.
Zhen was the thunder, and Kan was the water. The Zhen trigram was the Kan trigram of the Book of Changes. This was the Jie trigram of the sixty-four trigrams of the Book of Changes.
The Jie trigram: Benefits the southwest, no destination, its arrival, good fortune.
There is a long journey, good fortune.
Looking at this trigram, I remembered the record I had read in the book. After Chiyou was defeated, he was dismembered by the Yellow Emperor. That was why he was called the 'Jie God.' According to the legends, the Jie trigram of the Book of Changes was designed for Chiyou.
However, Chiyou's tomb was built in the Remote Antiquity Era, and the Book of Changes was written in the Zhou Dynasty. Why was there a trigram of the Book of Changes here?
While I was thinking about these questions, a gust of wind suddenly blew on the platform.
At first, the wind was small, but after a short while, it became violent. I lowered my head to look at the bottom of the mountain. The Blood Maple Forest, which stretched as far as the eye could see, was swaying crazily. The wind surged, and a large amount of blood mist gathered on the platform at the top of the mountain.
In just half a minute, the blood-colored sky and earth seemed to have dimmed. On the contrary, the platform we were standing on had turned into a blood-colored sea. The thick blood mist had been swept to this place. When I looked up, it was as though I was standing in a blood-colored sea. I could only see the vague silhouettes of the clay statues.
Fortunately, this situation didn't last for a long time. The wind didn't stop. It carried the blood mist and continued to move. Eventually, it gathered on the innermost platform.
After the gale stopped, the Thunder Rain Trigram on the high platform moved. The Yin-Yang Trigram on it was like the mouth of a giant whale. It suddenly emitted a huge suction force, and in the blink of an eye, it swallowed the thick black blood mist that had shrunk into a ball.
At the same time, the Thunderstorm trigram turned blood-red. It seemed to have a layer of rainbow light on it. Spirit lights were constantly moving inside it. It looked as if the trigram had come to life.
The huge commotion finally stopped. We stood at the edge of the platform and looked at each other. We were hesitating whether we should move forward or go closer to the platform.
Before we could make a decision, the place that had just calmed down started to move again.
The statues that had been standing on the ground like dead trees suddenly leaned forward and prostrated. It looked like they were kneeling at the same time to salute the platform.
I didn't know why, but looking at the kneeling statues, all of us felt an indescribable sense of respect. Our knees trembled and we almost knelt down to salute them.
However, before we could react, the nine Blood Spirit Guards beside Lu Zhenyang moved first. Their bodies flashed and they arrived at the center of the square. They prostrated in front of the platform and prostrated themselves as if they were worshipping their god.
After they knelt down, the trigram on the platform changed again. The six blood-red Yin and Yang trigrams seemed to spit out the blood mist that they had just absorbed. At the same time, the war drums that we had heard at the foot of the mountain sounded again.
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
At the same time, in the midst of the war drums, there was a long and desolate chant.
"Bathing in the orchid soup is fragrant. Flowering clothes are like flowers …"
"The spirit is curled up and remains. The rotting light is not yet over …"
"The Jianguo Palace shines with the light of the sun and the moon …"
"The dragon rides on the emperor's robe and talks about Zhou Zhang …"
"The Spirit King and Huang Xi have surrendered. The Lord of the Clouds is far away in the clouds …"
"Looking at Ji Zhou, I have more than enough. Crossing the four seas, I am not poor …"
"Thinking of my husband, I am tired and worried …"
This voice was empty and panicked. It was as if it came from the ancient times and had been chanting for tens of thousands of years.
In this chanting voice that carried the aura of time, the six Yin and Yang trigrams spat out more and more blood mist. Gradually, they formed six separate clusters of blood mist in the sky above the trigram.
At first, we couldn't see anything wrong with these blood mist clusters. However, when the chanting voice stopped, the outlines of the six blood-red gates were revealed.
There were six lines of the trigram, two Yang and four Yin.
The gate that appeared above the Yang trigram was a perfectly round door. The gate above the Yin trigram was broken in the middle. There were two pillars on both sides but no beams.
The six blood-red gates glowed with blood light. The door in the middle was deep and dark. When we looked at it, we felt as if our eyes were stuck in it. It was as if it was connected to the end of the universe.
The sound of the war drums stopped, and the chanting stopped.
The nine of them stood rooted to the ground, deeply shocked. Only then did they look at each other. Their minds regained clarity and they began to ponder.
Since this was the place of Chiyou's inheritance, all the phenomena just now, including the sound of the war drums and the chanting of the songs, were naturally signs of the opening of the inheritance. Moreover, the six doors on the high platform were definitely the passageways to obtain the inheritance.
However, there were six passages and only one part of the inheritance. With a little thought, they knew that among these six gates, only one path could lead to the real place of the inheritance.
Lu Zhenyang was the first to react. He pointed his finger and ordered one of his Heavenly Master subordinates to walk up the high platform. Without any obstruction, he walked to the first Yin Line Gate and walked in.
After he entered, the first Yin Line Gate instantly disappeared in the air. Both the person and the gate disappeared.
In other words, only six people could enter the six gates.