She was so shocked because the last survivor in such a massive operation was Chu Jiang No. 2!
No matter how you look at it, it shouldn't be like this!
Yan Qing couldn't help but glance at Chu Jiang. She was now very clear that this person not only knew the true background of the Cave God, but also knew how to use the legendary divine artifacts.
Despite being stared at so openly, Chu Jiang only gave her a faint glance in the end.
"What, do you have something to say?"
"No, no, no!" Yan Qing waved her hands repeatedly, joking, she couldn't afford to offend this person. So she could only temporarily shift her attention and look at Chu Jiang No. 2, who was standing there all alone.
Upon closer inspection, something seemed amiss with the newly appeared Chujiang No. 2!
He seemed to have noticed it himself; at this moment, he was moving his limbs very awkwardly, clearly not used to it.
Wisps of black energy swirled around his body, constantly flowing in and out, seemingly repairing something.
Chu Jiang No. 2 tried to control the black energy and prevent it from entering his body.
An unexpected change occurred: after leaving the black aura, his skin quickly became covered with bluish-black spots, and its surface changed from smooth and fair to withered and emaciated.
"This is—livor mortis?!" Yan Qing immediately recognized it, then quickly realized what was happening and looked at Chu Jiang in disbelief.
"So, that's when you became the monster? Actually, your physical body died when you self-destructed, right?"
Chu Jiang looked at his own shocked self with a complicated expression, without denying it.
"That's true. The Asura Netherworld Decree can grant you eternal life through the cycle of birth and death. But it wasn't until I experienced it firsthand that I discovered this so-called immortality was simply a direct rebirth from death. In essence, I'm still a dead person, just able to run and jump."
"So, this is what's so strange about the Gold Rank title?" Yan Qing watched Chu Jiang No. 2 keep trying, and felt inexplicably that something was missing.
"But don't you think that the cave god died a little too easily?"
It wasn't that she was being paranoid; the Cave God had spent a full thousand years, with the help of countless Fallen Flower Cave Maidens, to escape the suppression and finally manage to retrieve the eighteen Asura Netherworld Tokens that were suppressed at the core of the formation.
How could he be so easily killed by Chu Jiang No. 2's surprise attack when he was about to succeed?
This is a question that not only she had considered, but also Chu Jiang himself.
Like Yan Qing, he absolutely refused to believe that this person was truly dead.
Therefore, after familiarizing itself with its body, Chu Jiang No. 2's instinctive reaction was to quickly explore its own body.
Sure enough, this investigation uncovered an unexpected discovery.
As a former "disciple of the Xuanmen Sect," although he is now in a state of neither life nor death, and his strength has inexplicably increased, Chu Jiang No. 2 did not expend much effort to discover the inconsistencies within his body.
Based on his initial understanding, the spiritual energy within his body should be composed of intertwined black and gold energies. Although what is outwardly displayed is all black energy, he, as the one in question, can clearly distinguish it.
However, in an inconspicuous spot in his dantian, there existed a mass of energy beyond his control. He had tried to remove it, but to no avail.
It seems that this strange energy entity is currently sharing this body with him.
This discovery immediately gave him a bad feeling. Sure enough, the next moment, the energy body suddenly disappeared from his body and then transformed into a familiar figure opposite him.
Chu Jiang No. 2 narrowed his eyes and said, word by word, "Cave God, you really are not dead!"
Opposite him stood the handsome cave spirit, whose body appeared much more ethereal, but whose mood had become exceptionally good. He cupped his hands in a respectful greeting to Chu Jiang No. 2, smiling broadly.
"Tofu, now we're one. If you die, I die; if you live, I live. This is true inseparability!"
Chu Jiang No. 2's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. "The Cave God really has some amazing skills!"
The Cave God waved his hand, "I have bestowed upon you a great fortune. Now, you are one of only two Gold-Rank Titled Mysteries in this world. In the near future, when the third Gold-Rank Titled Mystery is born, the entire World of Rules and Strange Tales will descend. At that time, this world will be yours."
Chu Jiang No. 2's face turned even uglier. "Explain yourself clearly. What do you mean by 'mysterious gold-tier title'? And what the hell is this 'world of strange rules'?"
The cave spirit remained calm and composed. "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll tell you everything. After all, we're one now, so there are some things I don't need to hide from you."
Next, through the narration of the Cave God, Yan Qing also had a good eye-opening experience.
First, there is the origin of the Cave God himself. He was originally a disciple of the Xuanmen sect who attained enlightenment. Because he had a bad relationship with the Buddhist sect, he did many things that the Buddhist sect deeply abhorred. After his death, his soul was permanently cast into the Nine Nether Hell, where he could not escape the cycle of life and death.
However, he was not resigned to his fate. The Nine Nether Hell was not monolithic. Over the years, he had tried many times and finally managed to escape and descend into the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Unfortunately, he was unlucky and was soon discovered by the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Yakshas King, the Buddhist deities responsible for guarding the Nine Nether Hells, who wanted to forcibly take him back.
But he knew that if he went back, he would be punished tenfold or a hundredfold. So he had a sudden inspiration and forcibly merged his divine consciousness with Wuyun Mountain, becoming a mountain god-like being in this world.
The Yaksha King was helpless against his actions. After his divine consciousness merged with the mountain, he became a being of this world and was protected by it. Therefore, even someone as powerful as the Yaksha King could not forcibly take him away. Left with no other choice, he could only use his magical artifact to suppress him here.
Meanwhile, the Yaksha King issued a divine oracle, successfully cultivating a group of divine servants in this world, specifically responsible for guarding and suppressing the magic array. These people continued to multiply, and thus the eighteen strongholds deep in the mountains came into being.
"So, you really are the mountain god of Wuyun Mountain?" Chu Jiang No. 2 was quite curious. "Why do they call you the cave god?"
The Cave God rolled his eyes. "You've seen Wuyun Mountain before. It's just a small peak hanging on Cangyun Mountain. Isn't the most obvious landmark on Wuyun Mountain that huge cave?"
So that's how the Cave God came about.
Next, regarding how the Cave God managed to remove the eighteen Asura Netherworld Tokens one by one, that's thanks to the successive Falling Flower Cave Maidens.
The woman of Luohua Cave is indeed the wife of the cave god.
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