When Wang Hai heard that, his hand paused for a moment. He moved his head closer but didn't move again.
Seeing that, I had time to explain. I immediately shouted, "I have a way to prove that what I said was true."
I could clearly feel his hand tremble. But in the blink of an eye, he tightened his grip. His empty eyes seemed to be burning with fire, and the aura of death became thicker.
At this moment, I didn't have any Dao energy in my body, but I still had plenty of shaman energy.
However, I knew that if I used my shaman energy now, it would be great if I could break free. Otherwise, Wang Hai would kill me on the spot. He wouldn't give me a chance to explain.
I didn't have time to think. At this critical moment, it was more important to stay alive.
Then, I bit the tip of my tongue to wake myself up.
Then, I mobilized the shaman energy in my Heavenly veins and placed it on my hands.
I clenched my weak fists. While Wang Hai wasn't paying attention, I aimed both of my fists at his face.
Wang Hai didn't expect that I would still have the strength to struggle. He was stunned for a moment, but he quickly dodged my attack.
Of course, I didn't think that I could defeat him with just one punch. I just wanted to divert his attention.
At this moment, Wang Hai's hand that was strangling my neck loosened a little. I seized the chance to get rid of him and jumped five meters away.
I thought that Wang Hai would chase after me when he saw that I had escaped. Unexpectedly, he stood still and didn't move.
He didn't have any flesh or blood on his body. I couldn't tell why he was standing in the distance.
While I was muttering to myself, Wang Hai retracted his aura and asked coldly, "You have the power of the monster race … Who are you?"
He recognized the shaman energy in my body. But I didn't expect that he wouldn't attack me even though he knew that I had shaman energy in my body.
Anyway, he must have his concerns. Of course, I wouldn't tell him my other identity. I just repeated what I had said earlier.
Wang Hai didn't believe me.
I couldn't blame him. If it hadn't happened to me, I wouldn't have believed that Dao energy and shaman energy could coexist.
However, that was the only explanation I could come up with. As for the Shaman Qi in my body, I could only attribute it to the uniqueness of my bloodline.
After Wang Hai listened to my explanation, he became silent and didn't pursue the matter. After a short while, he muttered to himself, "That year, the ancestor Emperor Ku perished together with the Monster God Jun. It was said that their corpses merged together. Could it be that the powers of the human race and the Monster race can coexist?"
Hearing his words, I heaved a sigh of relief in my heart. Since he had already realized this, he probably wouldn't recklessly make a move against me.
Thus, I paused and told him what I knew. "After the war that year, Emperor Ku and Monster God Ling fell at the same time. Apart from their corpses, their souls were intertwined and never separated for thousands of years. I am the reincarnation of Emperor Ku and Monster God Ling … So, I am both Emperor Ku and Monster God Ling."
In actual fact, from the note that Nangong had written when he handed me the Xuanyuan Sword, I had a vague understanding of my origins. Combined with the half-human, half-beast statue that I had seen in the Yinshang King's tomb, as well as the words of worshipping evil spirits, I had a complete understanding of everything.
I was indeed the reincarnation of Emperor Ku and Monster God Ling. Back then, Monster God Ling and Emperor Ku perished together. After their corpses merged together, the human race used the blood sacrifice technique to transform all the Tai Sui that they could find into the veins of the True Dragon. It wasn't until King Wen performed the Book of Changes and used the power of the Book of Changes to send the entangled souls of Monster God Ling and Emperor Ku into the cycle of reincarnation that the matter finally came to an end.
And for my parents to name me "Zhou Yi", it was really already predestined.
After understanding everything, I tried to ask the silver-eyed man in the Fire God Temple who addressed me as father. However, I couldn't spare any time. Now that I met Wang Hai, who was also a descendant of Emperor Ku, I hesitated for a while before telling him everything. I wanted to see if he knew anything.
After Wang Hai heard what I said, his body shook.
His empty eyes were filled with shock. I didn't need to ask to know that he didn't know anything at all.
After saying all this, I felt perturbed. I didn't know what his attitude would be in such a situation.
However, looking at his current state, at least he didn't immediately attack me like he did earlier. That was a good sign.
In terms of power, I wasn't Wang Hai's match at all. Now that I didn't have any external power to rely on, my only way out was to make Wang Hai accept my identity.
After staying silent for a long time, Wang Hai looked conflicted. He asked me again, "How do I know that you aren't lying to me on purpose?"
His gaze was conflicted. It was most likely that he believed my words, but he still asked. It was most likely that he couldn't accept it.
I smiled bitterly. "You also know that Daoism and witchcraft can't coexist. Apart from this situation, who else can cultivate both Daoism and witchcraft Qi at the same time?"
Wang Hai shook his head in disbelief. "There are countless strange and unpredictable people in the world. Cultivating both Daoism and witchcraft Qi at the same time doesn't mean anything."
It was somewhat unreasonable of him to say that, but at this moment, I was the fish on the chopping block. After thinking for a while, I said, "If you don't believe me, I have another way to prove my identity."
I suddenly remembered that when I was at home, I had set up a formation in his ancestral grave in order to punish Old Scoundrel Zhou. It was called the Ancestral Seeking Formation, and it could identify bloodlines.
I told Wang Hai about the effect of the formation. After listening to it, he was silent for a while and nodded. "Then, we'll use this method to verify our relationship!"
After saying that, he took a step back and didn't say anything else.
Before setting up the formation, I told Wang Hai that I needed time to recover the Daoism in my body. Firstly, I didn't dare to determine if the formation would be effective in the Spirit Lock Tower.
If the formation failed, Wang Hai might attack me. At that time, I would have the ability to resist him.
Secondly, I also needed to use Daoism to draw talismans. Although the witchcraft Qi in my body could also draw talismans, the cost of using witchcraft Qi to draw talismans was too high.
After about an hour, the Daoism in my body was finally full. Only then did I take out the weasel hair brush and talisman paper and seriously draw talismans on the ground.
With my current realm, drawing this kind of low-level talisman was a piece of cake.
However, what I had to do next made me hesitate.
Back when I set up the formation in the ancestral grave, I used two types of Yin and Yang wood, the peach wood and locust wood. Only through these two types of wood could I draw the ancestral Qi.
But now, in this Spirit Lock Tower, there wasn't even a stone, let alone a wooden branch.
After thinking for a while, I had an idea.
The Ancestral Seeking Formation was a formation recorded in the first chapter of the Death Scripture. Back then, with my Glory of Knowledge cultivation, I could only copy it. But after reaching the Heavenly Master realm, I could see the essence through the phenomenon.
The reason why I used the peach wood and locust wood was to borrow the Yin and Yang Qi to communicate with the formation. Without these two things, I could directly manipulate the Yin and Yang Qi to achieve the same effect.
With this thought, I mobilized the Daoism in my body and separated the Yin and Yang Qi to send into the Ancestral Seeking Formation.
The essence of Daoism was Yang Qi. Logically speaking, I should summon Tong Tong and control the Yang Qi myself. It would be most appropriate for Tong Tong to bring out pure Yin Qi to cooperate with me. However, Wang Hai hadn't made his stance clear yet. Naturally, I couldn't let Tong Tong come out and take the risk with me.
After sending in the Yin and Yang Qi, the Ancestral Seeking Formation was finally formed. However, there was still one last step to distinguish the bloodline. That was to send Wang Hai's and my blood into the formation.
I circulated my Daoism and forced a drop of blood from my fingertip to send into the formation. Then, I turned and told Wang Hai what I needed.
Wang Hai was a skeleton, and there wasn't a drop of blood in his body. However, blood came from the marrow, so it was the same to use his skeleton.
After hearing my words, Wang Hai didn't hesitate and directly threw an arm bone into the formation. Then, he asked me, "How about this?"
I nodded and didn't say anything. Together with Wang Hai, I stared at the Ancestral Seeking Formation.
At this time, a large amount of yellow smoke was rising from the formation. The drop of blood that I had dripped earlier had already adhered to Wang Hai's arm bone. The yellow smoke was coming from the place where the blood was adhering to the bone.
Besides the smoke, the drop of blood was eroding the arm bone at a speed visible to the naked eye. Not long after, its volume had shrunk by half. However, the arm bone didn't have any trace left. It was still bright and clean, just a little more lustrous than the other parts.
At the same time, I suddenly felt a warm feeling in my heart. When I turned to look at Wang Hai, I felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy. It was as if I had known him for a long time.
I didn't know if Wang Hai felt this way or not, but he had seen the blood dissolving into the bone with his own eyes. I didn't need to explain it to him. He should be able to understand the result.
Just as I heaved a sigh of relief, Wang Hai suddenly punched the ground. He suppressed his voice and roared, "How could this be?"
Obviously, he couldn't accept this situation. This punch was filled with hatred, and all the strength in his body burst out. In a flash, it was as if there was an earthquake. Dust flew everywhere, and the ground trembled.
The Ancestor Seeking Array in front of me collapsed in an instant. Even I couldn't control my body and flew backward. Even if I used all the Dao Qi in my body to protect myself, it was of no use.
I knew that Wang Hai was strong, but I didn't expect him to be so terrifying.
Now, it seemed that he didn't directly kill me. Otherwise, I was afraid that I wouldn't even have the chance to explain.
Fortunately, when I was arranging the Ancestor Seeking Array, Wang Hai had retreated some distance. After I flew backward for a few meters, I barely withstood the impact of the fist wind and wasn't seriously injured.
However, I didn't know why, but at this time, Wang Hai let out a muffled groan, and there was a cracking sound coming from his chest. I turned to look and saw that two of his sternum were inexplicably broken.
With Wang Hai's cultivation, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his bones were as hard as iron. There was no movement at all. How could his sternum be broken for no reason?
I didn't understand. Wang Hai's expression also changed dramatically. He looked around and didn't know what had happened.
At this time, an idea flashed in my mind. I turned to look at the broken Ancestor Seeking Array on the ground. I recalled Old Rogue Zhou's embarrassment when I arranged the array.