Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Young man, such an encounter is fate. Would you be willing to accept the creation I’m offering?”

The young man in the embroidered robe, who called himself Hua Wuyan, stood about ten feet in front of Yun Xiao, his face shimmering with lights, and asked a question laden with extreme temptation, making it difficult for one to find a reason to refuse.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, even someone in the Late Stage of the Earth Bending Realm like Zhang Daohe, or Wu Zhukong, the Palace Master of Wuyan Palace, they would probably be unable to refuse the creation of the founder of Wuyan Palace.

It is said the founder of Wuyan Palace was incredibly talented, rising amidst the many heroes on the continent at the time, reaching the peak of the Tenglong Continent, and eventually founding Wuyan Palace, which has stood strong for thousands of years.

Passing down through over a dozen generations, today’s Wuyan Palace, although still one of the four top powers on Tenglong Continent, is far from its former dominant glory, and this is the greatest frustration for the cultivators of Wuyan Palace.

If they had the overwhelming power they had at the founding of the palace, why would a small Xuanyin Hall be so much trouble? It’s said that the founder was a super strong person in the Heavenly Realm, invincible in that era.

Due to passing through more than a dozen generations, and the headquarters of Wuyan Palace being forced to relocate, many inheritances from the founder have been lost, which is the true reason why Wu Zhukong went so far as to fall out with Master Xuan Yin upon learning that Yun Xiao had four complete fragments of the Wuyan Cloth.

Because Wu Zhukong knew that only by assembling the four complete fragments of the Wuyan Cloth could they possibly find the true legacy of the founder of Wuyan Palace, and then Wuyan Palace could regain its glory, placing the other three major powers under its feet.

However, Wu Zhukong had already explored this Wuyan Palace Ancestral Land countless times, never finding any clues, and gradually even his interest faded.

He believed that the founder’s legacy likely wasn’t left simply in the Wuyan Palace Ancestral Land, and only by assembling the Wuyan Cloth could the truth be known.

Moreover, if an elder or top genius of Wuyan Palace were present, they would know that their founder was indeed named Hua Wuyan, but the Hua Wuyan in front of them was far too young.

”Oh? What kind of creation can you offer me?”

Hearing Hua Wuyan’s words, a hint of an amused yet cold smile flickered in Yun Xiao’s eyes. He didn’t expose the truth immediately, but instead curiously asked in return.

”Alas, this is a shameful matter. I’ve been trapped by this large array in Yanji Lake, hopeless of escaping in this life, waiting only for a fated person to come along so that I may pass on all my cultivation to them, thus allowing me to die with closed eyes!”

After Yun Xiao’s counter-question, a touch of sadness flickered across Hua Wuyan’s face. His explanation seemed reasonable, but he didn’t voice the deeper implications.

If it were only some ordinary cultivators, perhaps they would have thought it likely that the founder of Wuyan Palace had provoked a great enemy back then, who happened to be a genuine high-level array master, using this large array to trap him within Yanji Lake for thousands of years, unable to leave.

In such circumstances, waiting for a fated person to enter the array and pass on a lifetime of cultivation seems reasonable; such a creation is something no one on Tenglong Continent could refuse.

”Legacy? Aren’t you the founder of Wuyan Palace? Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m a disciple of Wuyan Palace?”

An increasingly amused look appeared in Yun Xiao’s eyes with this question that struck at the heart of the matter. Yet Hua Wuyan’s expression remained unchanged, seemingly unfazed by this inquiry.

”Ah, to meet a fated person after so many years is already fortunate enough, what does it matter if he’s not a disciple of Wuyan Palace?”

Hua Wuyan sighed lightly, water-like ripples appeared on his exposed face and arms, seemingly impatient with all the questions this youth had.

”Young man, my legacy is not for the mediocre; it’s your talent that caught my attention, so I wished to offer support. If you are willing, then gather your soul, relax your body, and accept my legacy!”

Indeed, seeing as Yun Xiao seemed poised to keep asking questions, Hua Wuyan frowned. His words implied that if ordinary cultivators were here, they would likely have knelt on the ground, thinking that such a creation should not be let slip away.

”Gather your soul? Relax your body?”

Upon hearing these eight words, Yun Xiao’s eyes flashed sharply, with no further hesitation, he coldly mocked, ”I think you’re not trying to offer me a creation, but intending to seize my body, escape the array, and then gain freedom, aren’t you?”

”You... what did you say?”

The look of expectation on Hua Wuyan’s face vanished upon hearing Yun Xiao’s cold words. His body involuntarily trembled slightly, as if he had turned into flowing water, appearing extremely mysterious.

Hua Wuyan’s quivering voice also indicated that Yun Xiao’s sudden guess had hit the mark, though Hua Wuyan couldn’t comprehend how a seemingly less than twenty-year-old human youth could have such insight.

”Actually, you are not the true founding master of Wuyan Palace, but rather the spiritual wisdom of the array core of this Yanji Lake large array, right? You might even have some enmity with the real founding master of Wuyan Palace. Am I correct?”

Yun Xiao’s face revealed a strange smile. Ever since Hua Wuyan approached him within several meters, he had already sensed it. He was merely curious about what tricks this fellow was about to pull, so he engaged in a bit of pretense.

”You... how do you know?”

Hua Wuyan’s body trembled even more severely. This was his deepest secret, unknown to anyone for thousands of years, yet unexpectedly revealed by a human youth not even twenty years old.

In fact, Yun Xiao’s guess was accurate. The one who claimed to be Hua Wuyan was indeed the spirit of the array core of Yanji Lake, but its ability to develop spiritual wisdom and transform into a strange spirit had some unique reasons.

Thousands of years ago, the ancestral land of Wuyan Palace was not the territory of Wuyan Palace. Hua Wuyan, the founding master of Wuyan Palace, unintentionally passed by here and developed a covetous intent towards something within the Wuyan Water Palace.

At that time, the Wuyan Water Palace was an extremely secretive and ambitious force on the Tenglong Continent, with most of its members cultivating water attribute techniques, including the Water Palace Master.

The Water Palace Master harbored ambitious aspirations, secretly refining a unique flame found at the bottom of Yanji Lake, hoping that after his powers reached great success, he would make a striking appearance and dominate the entire Tenglong Continent.

Strictly speaking, the Holy Fire No Flame, which is still located at the new headquarters of Wuyan Palace, is not a real flame but rather an ultimate manifestation of water power.

This is the reason why, over countless years, none of the Wuyan Palace Masters could truly refine the Holy Fire No Flame, as it was completely incompatible and even diametrically opposed to the fire attribute techniques they cultivated.

However, when the Water Palace Master was in the midst of refining the Holy Fire No Flame, Hua Wuyan, the founding master of Wuyan Palace, suddenly attacked. Although their cultivation was originally evenly matched, because he was refining No Flame, he was ultimately struck and severely injured by Hua Wuyan.

Helpless in defeat, the Water Palace Master had no choice but to activate the Water Palace’s Palace Protection Array. Ultimately, Hua Wuyan managed to escape with No Flame, killing all the strong individuals blocking the path in the Water Palace cleanly.

It is worth noting that once the Water Palace’s Palace Protection Array was activated, even the Water Palace Master himself could not deactivate it, leading to his eventual demoralizing end over thousands of years.

Even in his final moments before death, the Water Palace Master never stopped thinking about breaking through the array to escape, so in the end, he died at the place where the array core was located, causing a kind of bizarre transformation.

That is, because the array core of this Palace Protection Array reacted with the Water Palace Master’s dying enmity, a thread of spiritual wisdom was born within the array core.

From the moment of the Water Palace Master’s death, the array core had already become a strange spirit, with the spiritual wisdom containing both the consciousness of the array itself and part of the Water Palace Master’s memories, complementing each other and inseparable.

The Water Palace Master’s enmity towards Hua Wuyan, the founding master of Wuyan Palace, has persisted for thousands of years, and the array heart strange spirit intertwined with this wisdom naturally harbors deep hatred towards Wuyan Palace.

It is a pity that this strange spirit is the array core, unable to survive outside of the array, and over thousands of years, the Water Palace Master’s physical body has long decayed and disintegrated, rendering little help.

Therefore, the array heart strange spirit must seize a new physical body to escape the constraints of the array, even if the body is not particularly strong. Once free from the array, it could soar to limitless heights.

However, even the array heart strange spirit could not actively control the mechanism of closing the previously activated array; it could only passively wait. This opportunity quietly arrived when Yun Xiao assembled four Wuyan Cloth fragments.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Yun Xiao combined the four Wuyan Cloth fragments, the array heart strange spirit released a wave of powerful energy, attracting numerous cultivators from the Tenglong Continent.

Such as Zhang Daohe and Ge Wanli, upon entering this misty passage, had already been chosen as potential bodies for the array heart strange spirit to possess.

Yet the array heart strange spirit was unprepared for this human youth who found his way here and spoke words as if he had personally witnessed the past upheaval in the Water Palace.

At this moment, after a brief shock, the array heart strange spirit was filled with intense delight because it suddenly realized that the physical body of this human youth before it seemed to be the perfect vessel it sought.

A human physical body does not always need to be the strongest to be the best, especially for an array heart strange spirit seeking to seize a body. What matters is compatibility with its spiritual wisdom.

Previously, the array heart strange spirit merely sensed that this youth’s body was quite extraordinary until this very moment, when it truly realized that this was the body it had been dreaming of acquiring.

This is truly a great gift delivered by fate, further confirming the belief in the so-called ”destined one.”