"Damn, did we stir up a hornet's nest?"
Jiang Yuan was speechless as he looked at the completely collapsed weapon-refining pavilion, which only remained unscathed within five meters of him.
"No, I have to go!"
The Palace Spirit's fearful and apprehensive demeanor didn't seem feigned, meaning the collapse of the Weapon Refining Pavilion and the appearance of the Nine Provinces Cauldron would bring unpredictable dangers, even causing the mysterious Palace Spirit to be wary. And if a weakling like him were to be greedy, his fate would certainly be grim.
Windwalk!
A gentleman loves money, but he acquires it in a proper way. Jiang Yuan quickly made a choice between his life and the Nine Provinces Cauldron: the best of the Thirty-Six Stratagems is to flee!
The divine wings unfolded, and the speed suddenly increased, but just as he was flying away from the weapon-refining pavilion, an invisible layer of energy blocked his way.
"Depend on!"
Jiang Yuan turned and flew in the opposite direction, but he still couldn't fly away from the five-meter radius where he was standing. He was surrounded!
"Your Highness, look quickly! There's something strange happening over there!"
To make matters worse, the Holy Spirit team that had been searching for the unknown treasure returned, and Xu Yuan, one of them, frowned deeply, "Your Highness, could it be that the Twelve Golden Men have been reborn!"
"Let's go and take a look!" Qiao Ling's eyes were filled with ambition. He knew what kind of impact a golden man with peak spiritual power could have on the current ultimate battlefield. If he could control him, he would surely become a king of the ultimate battlefield.
"Damn it, this temple spirit is a real rip-off!" Jiang Yuan watched as Qiao Ling and her group approached, but after they got closer, he suddenly noticed something strange.
"They didn't notice me?"
He was certain that Qiao Ling and his group were standing less than ten meters away from him, but strangely, they hadn't noticed him, or even that there was a small world of their own here.
Is that strange?
Suddenly, an old voice rang out from behind Jiang Yuan, startling him so much that he threw a punch.
However, the Tai Chi Chuan that was once unstoppable was now as soft as a baby's fist, not even moving the air. Although the punch was ineffective, Jiang Yuan saw the person who spoke.
He was an old man with an air of otherworldly grace. He had white hair but a youthful face and was full of energy. His long, feather-white hair gave him an otherworldly air.
"This is the inner space of the cauldron; people outside can't see us!"
Seemingly sensing Jiang Yuan's confusion, the old man spoke up to answer his question.
"Heavenly Eye!"
Jiang Yuan activated his Heavenly Eye immediately, but this time, the usually invincible Heavenly Eye failed to detect anything, as if the old man in front of him had a built-in shielding function.
"Grandpa, who are you?"
Faced with such an aloof being, Jiang Yuan still lowered his stance. Regardless of whether the other party's intentions were good or bad, it was always better to be polite.
"The spirit of the temple just now kept you here without informing you!" The old man said calmly, with the composure to remain unfazed even if Mount Tai collapsed before him.
Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of someone, "Are you the spirit of the Nine Provinces Cauldron?"
The old man remained silent for half a minute, then stood with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance. He slowly said, "Awakening me time and time again is nothing more than forcing me to witness the rise and fall of the human race. Is this my tragedy or the tragedy of humanity?"
"What do you mean by that, senior?" Jiang Yuan remained humble, because the person standing in front of him might be an ancient monster who had lived for thousands of years, someone no one could afford to offend.
"This time, was it you who awakened me?"
The old man ignored Jiang Yuan's question once again, and after speaking, he turned around and stared at him with his deep eyes.
"This..." Jiang Yuan didn't know the other party's purpose, and finally hesitated before saying, "It might be an accident!"
The old man was not surprised by Jiang Yuan's answer. He simply sighed, "The invincible God Emperors who descended upon the Nine Heavens have fallen one after another, and the War Lord who dominated the ages has quietly passed away. The battlefield of Godfall, which was most likely to break through fate, has ended in the most desolate way. It is really hard to imagine what height the battlefield must reach to break through the darkness and rush towards the dawn!"
Instead of an explanation from the old man, Jiang Yuan was met with a series of sighs. These sighs made Jiang Yuan feel as if he were there, and through the old man's deep eyes, he seemed to see the glory and fall of the battlefield where gods had fallen. It was the burning of life's flame by all races in order to continue their civilization.
After watching for a long time, Jiang Yuan gradually came back to his senses. He murmured and asked, "Senior, what is the outcome if the battle is lost?"
"Failure!" The old man suddenly smiled upon hearing this, and said with a sense of vicissitude, "Do you know why there was no civilization before the Battle of Gods' Fall?"
"Could it be because of the battlefield?" Jiang Yuan realized.
The old man nodded and said, "Every battlefield is a catastrophe, a catastrophe that no one can escape! Defeat on the battlefield means the extinction of civilization!"
"But the Battle of Godsfall was a failure, so why do we still have records of the Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and the Lord of War?" Jiang Yuan voiced his confusion. If there were a break in civilization, they would certainly not know anything about the past, but that's not the case. The Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and the Lord of War all truly existed in history.
"Because of the fall of a god!" the old man said with utmost solemnity. "As for the reason, you will know it in time!"
Jiang Yuan seemed to understand, but not quite. He knew that there were certain rules and restrictions on the battlefield, and many secrets could not be revealed. Otherwise, one would be punished by the rules at best, and at worst, one would be killed. This was no joke.
"Then may I ask, senior, how do I leave this place?" Jiang Yuan didn't dare to hope for the Nine Provinces Cauldron. According to the spirit of the palace, the Nine Provinces Cauldron was very likely something that the Lord of War had borrowed in an unfriendly way. If he interfered, all the consequences would fall on his head. He didn't want to inexplicably provoke an unknown enemy.
"Why do you want to leave here?" the old man asked, breaking the previous solemn atmosphere.
"I was originally going to leave this place, but it seems I can't!" Jiang Yuan said meaningfully, clearly referring to the old man's cauldron space restricting his movement.
"Since you have summoned the Nine Provinces Cauldron, it proves that the Nine Provinces Cauldron is destined for you!"
As soon as the old man finished speaking, the tomb of the warlord was violently shaken, and the strong tremor lasted for three minutes before it disappeared.
"The descendants of Emperor Suiren, from Suirenyi, respectfully welcome Elder Ding back to the Hui clan!"
The space inside the cauldron flickered, and an Eastern youth with fiery red short hair floated in mid-air.
The emergence of Oriental Youth was like a starting point, and soon more and more people began to appear.
"Ji Tian, a descendant of the Earthly Sovereign Shennong, respectfully welcomes Elder Ding back to his clan!"
"The Human Emperor Fuxi..."
"The Cangjie Clan of Ruoshui..."
...
To Jiang Yuan's astonishment, a dozen or so people appeared around him, each of them possessing a cultivation level exceeding the ninth rank. In other words, any one of the people nearby was stronger than the enemies he had encountered.
"This temple spirit!"
At this moment, he would never believe the Temple Spirit's claim that the Divine Emperor's clan couldn't get in. This wasn't just a matter of them not being able to get in; it was as if they had opened a teleportation portal!
"Who are you? How dare you covet the Nine Cauldrons of my clan!"
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