"The soul of an ancestral demon? ... ... How many souls of ancestral demons are there in this ancestral pavilion?"
I was slightly surprised and asked.
The demon king Huang Qi replied respectfully: "There are dozens of ancestral demon spirits. They are all the ancestors of our ancient demon race. After their death, their spirits survived."
I nodded to show that I understood.
Then the Demon King Huang Qi took Elder Ma and me to the Ancestral Pavilion.
In front of the gate of the Ancestor Pavilion, two monsters stood on both sides of the bright golden gate. They were two lizard monsters. The strength of the two lizard monsters was only at the level of small monsters. The human forms they transformed into were not perfect, and there was gray and wrinkled skin on their arms.
"You step back and let the master in." The demon king Huang Qi spoke with majesty in his voice.
"Yes, Lord Demon King."
The two lizard demons looked at me and Elder Ma, and although they had doubts in their hearts, they still made way. They had been at the Stone Mountain Attic, so they didn't know my identity.
I looked at the Huangqi Demon King and Elder Ma and ordered, "You stay outside, I will go in by myself."
"Yes, Master. But you have to be careful not to anger the ancestral demon spirit inside."
The demon king Huang Qi looked at me expectantly and gave me a few instructions.
Elder Ma's face darkened, and he leaned close to me and whispered, "Master, if there is anything, please call me, and I will go in and help you as soon as possible."
"Okay, I understand. Don't worry."
After saying that, I reached out, pushed open the attic door, and went in.
There were thick candles burning in the Ancestral Pavilion, so it was not dark inside but very bright.
After entering, before I could move, a gust of wind blew towards me.
With a "click", the attic door slammed shut.
Hearing the sound, I looked back and found a layer of demonic patterns on the attic door.
In other words, if I want to leave here, I need to break the demonic patterns above first.
After thinking for a while, I walked in. There were many shelves on both sides, and on the shelves were the rows of candles I had just seen. Walking further, there was a long wall with many portraits of monsters hanging on it.
Needless to say, those portraits are the ancestors of the demon race, that is, the portraits of the ancestor demons.
Below the portrait is a large altar, on which are placed fruits, pears, peaches, and the heads of pigs, horses, cows and sheep.
In the front position, there appeared a large bronze vat with incense sticks inside.
The smoke from the incense sticks emanated from the incense, forming a gray haze. The smoke smelled good, and even when it penetrated into my body, it actually had a certain effect on promoting the flow of spiritual energy.
However, when I was staring at the portraits of the ancestral demons, I suddenly felt a sense of crisis. I couldn't help but get goose bumps on my arms and my scalp tightened.
I discovered that when I was looking at the portraits of the ancestral demons, the eyes of the demons in the portraits seemed to be alive and were looking at me.
My heart shuddered, but I already knew that the soul of the ancestor demon that the demon king Huang Qi mentioned should be living in the portrait.
After thinking about it, I went to the large bronze vat.
I first took out three thick incense sticks from the incense stand next to me, then lit them with a lighter and poured them into the bronze jar.
After that, I bowed respectfully towards the portraits of the ancestral demons and said, "I am Yang Tianyi, and I have come to pay a special visit to the ancestral demon elders. I hope their spirits will show up and see me!"
As soon as I finished speaking, a demonic aura appeared on the surface of the portraits, and they became hazy.
Then, the portrait began to twist, deform, and wrinkle, and slightly illusory shadows emerged from the portrait.
Those shadows are nothing more than shadows of monsters.
Soon, the quiet Ancestral Pavilion became lively. Those weird-looking monsters emerged from the portraits and hovered in front of me.
Those evil spirits are actually not much different from ghosts.
Both humans and demons have their own souls. When humans die tragically, they have resentment in their hearts and turn into ghosts. As for demons, they are beings with supernatural powers and can leave their demon souls after death.
Waves of demonic energy were fluctuating back and forth in the Ancestral Pavilion, forming a demonic wind that blew around me, making me feel cold.
"Who are you? Why did you enter the ancestral pavilion of our ancient demon clan?"
Suddenly, a deep voice was heard.
The tall shadow of a monster appeared not far in front of me.
It's a demon spirit.
The demon soul was much stronger than the other ancestral demon souls, and the demonic energy on the soul was very strong. It had a thick shell, and bright white demonic patterns flashed on the shell.
I also noticed that there were two golden tentacles on its protruding head.
Damn it, I finally figured out that the demon soul that made the sound was actually a turtle, the Xuanwu demon.
This Xuanwu monster should be the most powerful and longest-lived monster spirit in the Ancestral Pavilion.
I don't want to provoke these evil spirits.
Although I have the ability to kill them, they don't have any dead air or resentment, just a little bit of obsession, so there is no need for me to be their enemy.
I straightened up a little, faced the demon soul of the Xuanwu demon, and said, "Senior, and all the ancestors of the ancient demon clan, I am a human from the outside world. Today I am visiting the ancient demon clan to collect the fragments of the ancient demon clan's divine map."
"I have mastered the method of absorbing spiritual energy, and I have also obtained the fragments of the divine maps of the four ancient races, namely the ancient human race, the ancient sea race, the ancient ghost race, and the ancient beast race. I am the guardian and heir of the divine map fragments, in order to improve my own strength and protect the current world."
"I also hope that the spirits of the great ancestral demons will agree..."
When I said these words, I was quite sincere.
As soon as I said this, the evil spirits stopped making any noise.
They listened to me quietly, and when I mentioned that I had mastered the method of absorbing spiritual energy and collected four fragments of the ancient divine map, their demon souls clearly fluctuated.
As soon as I finished speaking, some demon spirits started talking at once.
"Human? Hasn't the outside world changed? Hasn't the spiritual energy disappeared? How could a mere human, not an ancient human, master the method of absorbing spiritual energy?"
"Yes. He also said that he has collected four fragments of the ancient race's divine map. How is this possible? Every ancient race has its own dignity. Can he really subdue those races, just like the Yellow Emperor Ji Xuanyuan did?"
"Hehe, you compare this little guy with Lord Huangdi. Maybe they should be compared together. Lord Huangdi is a high and mighty existence. Although Lord Huangdi died in the confrontation with the Sky Demon Clan in ancient times. But we are still aware of Lord Huangdi's power and strength."
The spirits of those ancestral demons were hesitant and long-winded, saying all sorts of things.
On the contrary, the Xuanwu demon was very calm.
The Xuanwu demon shouted at the ancestral demon spirits, "Alright, shut up and don't talk. Let me ask him."
You know what, the Xuanwu monster is not a vegetarian.
After its voice fell, the spirits of the ancestral demons stopped making noise.
The soul of the Xuanwu demon slowly floated towards me. When it came close to me, a very human smile appeared on its turtle face.
It smiled at me and said: "Human
, show us your spiritual energy first. Didn’t you say that you successfully absorbed the spiritual energy from the outside world? "
I thought about it, and thought, if I don't show my strength and the spiritual energy I have, these ancient demon spirits will definitely make things difficult for me.
As a result, the golden elixir in the dantian in my lower abdomen started to circulate rapidly, and after a while, streams of spiritual energy appeared on my body.
The spiritual energy was pure white and continuously flowed around my body.
The evil spirit emanating from the demon soul's body was resisted by the spiritual energy released from my body.
When they saw this scene, the spirits of the ancestral demons were dumbfounded.
"Well, not bad. It seems that you have indeed mastered the method of absorbing spiritual energy from the outside world."
The Xuanwu demon nodded the turtle's head.
"Take it out. Didn't you say you had collected four fragments of the ancient divine map? Take it out and let me see it."
The Xuanwu demon spoke to me again.
I nodded: "Yes, senior."
After that, I took out the merged fragments of the divine picture from the cloth bag.
The spiritual energy wrapped around the fragment of the divine map and was thrown towards the Xuanwu monster. The spiritual energy flew to the front of the Xuanwu monster.
The tentacles on the head of the Xuanwu monster's demon soul turtle released two golden lights, which defeated the spiritual energy on the fragment of the divine map, causing the fragment of the divine map to fall in front of the Xuanwu monster.
The Xuanwu demon carefully observed the fragments of the divine map.
After a moment, the Black Tortoise said, "Very good, you have indeed been recognized by the four fragments of the ancient divine map, and you have used the method of spiritual patterns to perfectly fuse the four fragments of the divine map."
Xuanwu Yao's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something very normal.
This was a bit beyond my expectation. It was not excited at all. You know, I am now the guardian of the fragments of the ancient divine map.
I clasped my fists and said with a smile, "Since Senior Xuanwu has seen the fragments of the divine map and my strength, shouldn't you let me control the ancient demon clan?"
Unexpectedly, the Xuanwu demon shook his head and said, "Not yet, you still have one thing to complete. When you finish it, I will give you the fragments of the ancient demon clan's divine map to control."
Oh my god, why did another item pop up
I frowned slightly, feeling unhappy.
Perhaps noticing the change on my face, the Black Tortoise said calmly, "Young man, don't be too eager for quick success."
After saying that, the Xuanwu Yaoyaohun opened its mouth and a piece of bone fell to the ground.
That piece of bone was surprisingly similar to the one that Lady Magu used to calculate the whereabouts of my master Jiang Jiuzhen for me in the underworld's offering pavilion.
The difference is that the bone piece used by Magu is grayish white, but the bone piece spit out from the mouth of Xuanwu Yaoyaohun is actually red gold.
"Senior, what are you doing?..." I asked with doubts in my heart.
When the souls of the ancestral demons saw the piece of bone, their bodies trembled, and then the joy on their faces became even more intense.
But with the Xuanwu monster around, they didn't dare to make a sound.
The turtle face of the Black Tortoise smiled and said, "Come on, young man, pee on this bone armor!"
What? Pee
I'm a little confused.
"Senior, what do you mean by this? If you are not satisfied with me, you can just say it directly. Why do you make me pee on the bone fragments? Are you humiliating me?"
I asked unhappily.
Unexpectedly, the Xuanwu demon rolled his eyes at me and shouted, "Ignorance! This is the last step to test your identity. If you are really the guardian of the fragments of the divine map and the future of our ancient demon race, you will naturally pass the final test. Of course, after passing the test, I will also give you an appropriate reward."
"Come on, young man, start... peeing!"
(to be continued)
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