Above the ancestral temple, a giant face with a bronze head and an iron forehead appeared. As the giant face slowly emerged, boundless battle intent began to gather in the ancestral temple.
"Are you the Lord of War?" Jiang Yuan asked, but he already knew the answer in his heart. Apart from the legendary Lord of War, he couldn't think of anyone else here.
The giant face was expressionless, but a hint of nostalgia flickered in its weathered eyes as it murmured, "It's been so many years since I've heard such a courageous question!"
"Boy, don't be so bold! How dare you address the Lord of War as an equal!" The spirit of the palace was so angry that it was twitching. If anyone else had seen the Lord of War, they would have been trembling and waiting for orders. But this guy was different. He took the initiative and asked about the Lord of War's identity.
Jiang Yuan seemed to be deep in thought, then repeated, "Are you the Lord of War?"
“I…” Dian Ling’s eyes were all wrong. I gave you such a serious warning, and all you did was change the honorific to ‘you’.
"Palace Spirit, take this Heavenly Demon Body to the Temple of the State. Before I dissipate, no one is allowed to set foot in the Ancestral Temple!" The True Spirit of the War Lord spoke, and the entire Ancestral Temple resonated with it, as if it were the voice of the Great Dao.
Upon hearing the name "Heavenly Demon Body," Yu Tu pouted and muttered in a voice barely audible to herself, "I have a name!"
Hearing Yu Tu's mutterings, Bingzhu Zhenling glanced at her before instructing Dianling, "Give her what Wanxiu left behind!"
"Yes, sir!"
Dian Ling lowered his posture and, without Yu Tu's consent, grabbed her and left the ancestral temple.
"Giving it to her is worse than giving it to me?" Jiang Yuan said subconsciously.
The True Spirit of the War God cast his lantern-sized eyes at Jiang Yuan and coldly asked, "Then what do you want?"
"Me?" Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then said frankly, "To be honest, I thought this was just an ordinary secret realm, and I didn't know it would involve such a wide range of things!"
"So you know now?" The True Spirit of the War Lord remained unmoved.
"I know, after all, I almost got killed by someone out here. No matter how slow I am to realize things, I wouldn't be that stupid!" Jiang Yuan said modestly.
"You are the seventy-third purple-robed disciple recognized by the Tomb of the War Lord, so are you ready to accept the test of the Tomb Guardian?" The True Spirit of the War Lord did not want to waste any more words after learning that Jiang Yuan knew about the Tomb of the War Lord.
"I want to know what the benefits are of passing your test, and whether I can take my friend away!" Jiang Yuan's purpose in coming here was only for Ning Yanlan, so everything had to be done to protect their safety.
"If you become the tomb keeper, then you will have the power of life and death within the tomb of the War Lord!" The true spirit of the War Lord affirmed Jiang Yuan's question.
"So, if I become the tomb keeper, everything here will belong to me?" Jiang Yuan pointed his arms in all directions.
The true spirit of the War Lord smiled for the first time upon seeing Jiang Yuan's actions. In his previous life, he disliked hypocritical people the most, and Jiang Yuan's straightforwardness made him feel as if he had returned to the Jiuli tribe and was facing his brothers.
"Lord Bingzhu, what are you laughing at? Don't you get these privileges as a tomb keeper?" Jiang Yuan was already somewhat dissatisfied when he made his guess. He had no intention of becoming a tomb keeper. If he had any privileges, it would be to make things easier for him in the tomb of the Lord Bingzhu. If he didn't get any privileges, then he wouldn't even need to consider it.
"You can take everything here, provided you have the ability!" the True Spirit of the War Lord replied to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan frowned slightly after hearing this. The sentence had a double meaning, meaning that becoming the tomb keeper would allow him to possess the treasures here, but he would still have to rely on his own abilities.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?" the True Spirit of the War Lord continued to ask, trying to dispel Jiang Yuan's doubts.
"Yes!" Jiang Yuan replied without hesitation, asking earnestly, "What is the significance of becoming a tomb keeper?"
Having grown accustomed to a free and unrestrained life, Jiang Yuan fundamentally rejected the identity of 'tomb keeper'. It wasn't that he thought it was bad, but he simply rejected it.
"Do you think guarding the tomb is for my sake?" the spirit of the warlord asked meaningfully.
"Isn't that right?" Jiang Yuan asked the True Spirit of the War God directly, puzzled.
"The battlefield—it is a place where the world is its grave, the heavens its tomb, and all living beings its monument!" The True Spirit of the War Lord spoke earnestly, finally sighing, "When the battlefield ends, who will be the guardian of whose grave?"
"Lord of the Army, your words are too profound and unfathomable. I really don't understand!" Jiang Yuan pretended to be confused, knowing that the Lord of the Army must have something to ask of him for telling him these secrets out of the blue.
"Heh!" The True Spirit of the War Lord smiled indifferently and shook his head, saying, "It's better that you don't know, otherwise you would have been tainted by too much karma from the Battlefield of Fallen Gods, and when you returned to the Ultimate Battlefield, you would have lost the advantage of being a Chosen One!"
"Wait, the Chosen One!" Jiang Yuan's heart clenched. His identity as the Chosen One was extremely secretive. Even though he had such a good relationship with Ning Yanlan, he had only mentioned it vaguely a few times.
"No surprise, because I was also a Chosen One back then, and there is a faint connection between Chosen Ones. As it happens, I was able to sense the Chosen One mark on you!"
The spirit of the warlord stared directly into Jiang Yuan's eyes, as if trying to see all the secrets within them.
"You..." Jiang Yuan was momentarily dazed, his eyes darting away.
The moment the Lord of War looked directly at him, he felt as if he had been completely seen through. It was the first time since he had gained the Heavenly Eye that his secrets had been exposed.
"I never expected that the Eye of All Heavens would also enter the cycle of the Chosen Ones. How unpredictable life is!" The Lord of War was also extremely shocked after seeing Jiang Yuan's gaze.
"Lord of the Army, I did not come here to become a tomb keeper, so I am sorry!" Jiang Yuan did not want to stay with the Lord of the Army's spirit for another second. This ability to see into people's hearts was too abnormal. He felt that he had no secrets left.
"Do you feel that becoming a gravedigger would restrict your freedom?"
The voice of the Lord of War drifted into Jiang Yuan's divine sea.
Jiang Yuan's heart was in turmoil. Damn it, what I feared most had come to pass. One second he was wondering if becoming a tomb keeper would imprison him in the tomb of the Lord of Soldiers, and the next second the Lord of Soldiers had voiced his question.
"Lord of the Army, this is not a good idea!" Jiang Yuan's expression was extremely unnatural. He even felt that he didn't need to say anything, since the great god in front of him could guess it himself anyway.
"Don't worry, if it were the old tomb keeper, he would indeed be unable to leave this place because of the existence of the tomb of the Lord of War, but it's different now!"
The Warlord paused for a moment, then continued, "The opening of the Ultimate Battlefield also means the complete end of the Godfall Battlefield. This place will also be destroyed by the battlefield rules when the Ultimate Battlefield is fully open. So even if you can become the tomb guardian, the time you spend guarding the tomb will not exceed one month!"
"So short?" Jiang Yuan hadn't expected this outcome.
"That's the rule!" the warlord said dismissively.
"But!" Jiang Yuan hesitated, but finally asked the question that was on his mind.
Why did you choose me?
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