Chapter 574 - 568: Demon Lord, Daoist Ancestor, Wa Huang, Buddha
Seeing the Peacock Great Ming King being questioned, as a good friend of the Peacock Great Ming King, Manjushri Bodhisattva immediately stood up and pointed angrily at the Golden-Winged Roc, "What are you barking at?"
"How could the Great Ming King be a traitor? If the Great Ming King were a traitor, wouldn’t he have taken the chance to finish you off while you were injured?"
The Golden-Winged Roc thought about it and felt that Manjushri Bodhisattva’s words made some sense.
If the Peacock Great Ming King were really a traitor, now that they were all injured, he would have attacked them. Without saying that he would finish them all off, he would certainly have managed to escape after taking out a few.
"Let’s not discuss whether the Great Ming King is a traitor or not. During this period, where exactly did the Great Ming King go? He should give everyone an explanation."
"If not for Lin Yuan, I’m afraid, by the time the Great Ming King arrived, he would have seen nothing but our corpses!" The Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder also rarely expressed his stance.
Now, their alliance had split into two small groups.
Elder Bai, the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder, the Golden-Winged Roc, and the Black Bear Spirit formed one small group.
The Peacock Great Ming King, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Manjushri Bodhisattva formed another small group.
Moreover, these two groups were fairly evenly matched.
On Elder Bai’s side, all four were at Tier Two Peak.
On the Peacock Great Ming King’s side, although the strength of Manjushri Bodhisattva and Manjushri Bodhisattva was slightly weaker, the Peacock Great Ming King was very formidable, which balanced out the gap in their strength.
The Peacock Great Ming King knew he was at fault and took the initiative to explain, "I truly was stopped by someone, and it happened like this..."
The Peacock Great Ming King recounted the incident of encountering that old man in linen clothes, describing it in detail.
After finishing, to prove that he was not lying, he acted as if he was about to take out the token given to him by the old man in linen clothes.
The Peacock Great Ming King reached into his bosom but found nothing.
Peacock Great Ming King: "?????"
The Peacock Great Ming King was a bit surprised, as he remembered very clearly that he had placed the token in his bosom.
Then, the Peacock Great Ming King discovered that the token had mysteriously settled into his dantian without anyone noticing.
With a thought, the token appeared in his hand.
"This is the token. I’d like to ask my fellow Daoists to take a look and see what this thing really is."
"That old man in linen clothes is very mysterious, and I can’t determine his origins."
"I’ve observed it myself and still don’t know what it is," said the Peacock Great Ming King, handing the token to Elder Bai, who was the most knowledgeable among them.
Elder Bai took the token, observed it carefully, and found it to be quite ordinary, made just from common clay.
The most valuable thing on the token was the two words "Wa Huang."
After Elder Bai examined it, he passed the token along for others to inspect.
After everyone had looked at it, they all shook their heads.
To them, it just seemed like a broken clay token.
"I could make a hundred of these in a day," admitted the Black Bear Spirit as he scratched his head.
Elder Bai looked at the crowd and slowly spoke, "The point is not the token, but the two characters ’Wa Huang’ on it."
"These characters, don’t you find that even though you don’t recognize them, you understand their meaning?"
When Elder Bai said this, everyone nodded like pecking chicks.
Elder Bai was right; indeed, they did not recognize the characters but understood their meaning.
"This is ancient divine text, a script used by primordial spirits," said Elder Bai slowly.
Elder Bai’s words immediately piqued everyone’s curiosity.
Among them, Elder Bai had lived the longest.
Living long doesn’t necessarily mean one’s strength is formidable, but it does mean he knows a lot.
"The primordial spirits you speak of, are they the demons born in chaos before the opening of the world?" inquired the Peacock Great Ming King.
The Peacock Great Ming King knew a little about the so-called primordial spirits, but not much.
As for the others, they were completely in the dark.
Primordial spirits, also known as primordial demons.
In short, each was an extremely powerful existence.
Elder Bai nodded and said, "Indeed, they are primordial demons."
"When the heavens and earth initially opened, chaos served as nourishment, and these primordial spirits were born from chaos. They sensed that the formation of the heavens and earth marked their doom."
"So, these primordial spirits began to disrupt the evolution of the heavens and earth, and because of this, they were called primordial demons."
"However, defying the natural order inevitably leads to destruction. The formation of the world was unstoppable."
"As the world evolved, chaos was divided into heaven, earth, and the void. The primordial spirits in chaos gradually perished, leaving only the four strongest."
"The four are the Demon Lord, Daoist Ancestor, Wa Huang, and Buddha. These remaining four primordial deities once sought to dominate the world, nurturing all races to provide them with the power of faith."
"At that time, the Human King led all the races of the world to drive the four primordial deities to the depths of the void."
"The Mysterious World and the Real World were originally one, and it was only after that great war that they became two separate worlds."
"Now, with Wa Huang’s appearance, I suspect that when the Mysterious World and the Real World merge again, this primordial deity will attack all races once more."
Elder Bai’s words revealed a secret to everyone.
This secret left everyone feeling a bit chilled.
If what Elder Bai said was true, then?
The World Honored is not their true enemy; their true enemies are these four primordial spirits.
"Does this mean that the World Honored is the spy left in our world by these four primordial spirits?"
"After all, as the World Honored seeks enlightenment, it also speeds up the merging of the two worlds?" Lin Yuan voiced his speculation.
Elder Bai nodded and said, "In fact, the cultivation techniques of the World Honored and those passed down by the World Honored are inherited from one of the four primordial spirits, the Buddha."
"Or rather, all the cultivation techniques in the Mysterious World come from the four primordial spirits."
"Our Demon Race’s cultivation techniques are said to have been passed down from Wa Huang."
"Only your Human Race’s totem cultivation technique was created by the Human King."
At this moment, the Peacock Great Ming King added, "No, the World Honored’s cultivation technique not only comes from the Buddha. He is very ambitious, integrating the Demon Lord’s cultivation techniques into the Buddha’s teachings."
"With the Buddha as the main and the Demon as the secondary."
Lin Yuan, his face solemn, said to everyone, "If any of you still know anything about these four primordial spirits, please do not hide it, and tell me everything."
"I need to return to our world and inform that senior about this."
"The threat of these four primordial spirits is likely much greater than that of the World Honored!"
As you should know, the Human Race no longer has a second Human King.
How to resist the potential arrival of the four primordial deities is a significant issue.