Gou Zai Sect Beast Taming Longevity

In the distance, several figures rapidly approached.

The crowd, who had been getting impatient, immediately perked up.

Yu Changsheng took a closer look and smiled. The newcomers were none other than Chen Xueqing and several others, who seemed to be from the Sea Beast Heavenly Island as well.

Logically speaking, Chen Xueqing and the others should have arrived long ago, since the twelfth floor of the cocoon tower is only this big.

It is impossible for someone to get lost.

Moreover, Yu Changsheng had also instructed Senior Xuan Turtle to keep an eye on the light spots on the map, and now there are only a handful of light spots still scattered outside.

Leng Xu shook her round fan and complained, "My sister is so slow, I've been waiting for ages."

Wang Mie said, "No matter what, we've finally arrived. Now, of our five Holy Sons, only Lin Tianhao has not yet appeared."

Then he looked at Lu Chengfeng, who was standing to the side. This guy was probably the most miserable one.

After being captured, he was kept under control and kept at bay by the men of the Great Sheng Fierce Army.

Chen Xueqing was quite surprised to see so many people present.

"I didn't expect everyone to be here. It seems I'm the slowest one."

Leng Xu smiled and said, "My dear sister, you've kept your older sister waiting for so long. Why did it take you so long?"

Chen Xueqing explained helplessly, "I encountered some trouble on the way, but it's all been resolved."

Yu Changsheng said, "We've been waiting for you to enter this black tower together."

Chen Xueqing turned her head to look at the black tower, still unaware of its purpose.

"I see. How do we enter this black tower?"

Leng Xu said, "Only those who possess the Insect Talisman are qualified to enter. I wonder if you, sister, have obtained one?"

Chen Xueqing smiled wryly: "Since entering this place, I haven't had a chance to get this thing yet."

Yu Changsheng simply threw over the extra insect talisman he had.

"It's okay, there's just one extra piece, you can have this one."

Looking at the insect talisman in her hand, Chen Xueqing was stunned for a moment, then felt a surge of emotion.

After a long pause, Chen Xueqing nodded and smiled, "Thank you."

Yu Changsheng waved his hand, "Now that everyone has arrived, we should go inside the Black Tower and take a look."

Yu Changsheng waited again, precisely to hand over the insect talisman to Chen Xueqing.

Now that the goal has been achieved, there's no need to delay any longer.

As for Lin Tianhao, no one knew where he was, and he might even have already entered the Black Tower.

Yu Changsheng and the others arrived at the Black Tower, exchanged glances, and then entered the Black Tower one after another.

As a flash of white light appeared before his eyes, Yu Changsheng's vision immediately began to change.

The next second, they were already inside the tower.

Hu Ruhai, Chen Xueqing, and the others were all nearby, seemingly unseparated by the teleportation array this time.

The interior of the tower is very simple, with only one stone statue.

The stone statue has one hand raised in front of its chest, its eyes closed, and holds a stone plate in its hand, which is empty.

There is nothing else here besides that.

After the group entered, there was no reaction whatsoever.

Hu Ruhai immediately went forward to examine it, wandering around in front of the stone statue, but found nothing.

"Strange, what's inside this tower?"

Wang Mie said, "Didn't Da Sheng Meng Zhi say that this tower is actually a trial? Perhaps this challenge is to help us solve the mystery of this stone statue."

Yu Changsheng said, "That stone statue is dragging a plate, which is completely empty. Could it be that it is going to put something on it?"

The others also felt that this made sense. What did they have that was worth putting up there? It was nothing more than the insect talisman in their hands.

"I'll give it a try."

Hu Ruhai carefully approached and placed the insect talisman in his hand on the tray.

As the weight changed, the stone disc tilted slightly before finally falling to the ground and shattering into pieces.

Hu Ruhai's face turned pale instantly. Thinking he had triggered a trap, he immediately took a few steps back.

Fortunately, everything remained calm, and there were no changes inside the tower.

"What the hell are you doing!"

Wang Mie frowned and questioned him.

Hu Ruhai was also quite innocent; he didn't understand what had happened either.

"Who knew this plate wasn't connected to the statue? What should we do now?"

Yu Changsheng came to the stone statue and observed it for a while.

But they discovered a strange pattern on the palm of the stone statue.

"Wait, there seems to be something here."

Yu Changsheng called the others over. With a new discovery, the group stopped worrying about the stone disc and all gathered around to examine it.

Hu Ruhai shouted, "Look! This is the real key to breaking this trial. If I hadn't taken that stone disc down, who would have discovered it?"

Everyone ignored him and focused intently on observing the winding road.

"What's the significance of these patterns, Yu Changsheng? Have you discovered anything?"

Wang Mie observed for a while and found it difficult to discern any pattern.

Yu Changsheng touched his chin. The lines looked completely irregular and there was nothing special about them.

It looks like something a three-year-old child randomly sketched on the ground.

Chen Xueqing said, "I can't see anything either, but the pattern is hidden under the stone slab, so there's definitely something wrong with it. Should we check other areas for the same pattern?"

Hu Ruhai seemed to suddenly realize something, "Yes, if this line doesn't look like anything, it might be meant to be combined with lines in other locations."

"Perhaps other patterns are hidden in other parts of this stone statue as well."

The group immediately examined the stone statue from top to bottom.

Apart from the stone disc, the statue was a single, seamless piece without any other gaps.

Even the feet are completely connected to the ground and cannot be separated.

Everyone was once again at a loss.

Wang Mie even gave up on continuing to observe the stone statue, believing that there were no more secrets hidden within it.

The real clues should be hidden elsewhere in this tower.

The group searched around but found nothing.

Yu Changsheng walked around the stone statue.

The pattern kept replaying in my mind.

"These patterns have no other rules, only chaos; this is the way of chaos."

At this moment, Yu Changsheng also walked to the stone slab and pondered for a moment while looking at the fragments of the stone slab.

Then he picked up another piece of the debris.

The stone slab is made of simple stone, nothing special.

With a casual pinch, it turned into powder.

Yu Changsheng touched the stone statue with his palm. It was clear that the stone plate and the stone statue were made of the same material, just ordinary stone.

However, when Yu Changsheng tried to use his divine sense to explore the inside of the stone statue, he found that he was blocked by something.

The origins of the large stone statues cannot be determined.

In an instant, Yu Changsheng seemed to understand something.

There must be something inside this stone statue.

Looking again at the stone statue's palm, Yu Changsheng had a fleeting moment of realization.

Yu Changsheng immediately placed his hand on the stone statue's palm.

The magic power instantly surged and vibrated on the stone statue's palm. The next moment, the stone statue's palm shattered and scattered all over the ground.

Wang Mie and the others were all surprised. "Yu Changsheng, what are you doing!"

Why did you destroy the statue?

Yu Changsheng did not respond, but instead pulled out a scroll from the broken hand of the stone statue.

Upon opening it, all that was visible was a simple line of small print.

Find tranquility amidst chaos.

Wang Mie and the others immediately stepped forward to check, and when they saw the scroll in Yu Changsheng's hand, they exchanged glances.

"Finding tranquility amidst chaos—is this a new clue?"

Yu Changsheng handed over the scroll and fumbled around the severed hand of the stone statue for a while.

"What exactly does 'finding tranquility amidst chaos' mean?"

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Looking at the powder on the ground, Chen Xueqing understood Yu Changsheng's actions.

"How did you guess there was something inside that stone statue?"

"The fact that the inside of that stone statue cannot be explored with divine sense already suggests something is very wrong with it."

"Adding the chaotic patterns and broken plates to the equation, the only word that comes to mind is chaos."

"So it seems that to break through this barrier, we can't follow the rules; we have to overcome it with chaos. Isn't destroying this stone statue a form of chaos?"

"But now we need to find peace amidst the chaos."

"In other words, we need to restore calm from the chaos."

"Could it be that they want us to restore this stone statue, or is there another purpose?"

Yu Changsheng's words also made the other three think.

Hu Ruhai shook his head. "But this stone slab is completely shattered. How can it be restored?"

Suddenly, Yu Changsheng glanced at the stone statue's ear out of the corner of his eye and immediately realized something.

Yu Changsheng said, "It shouldn't be about restoration. If the key is to find tranquility amidst chaos, then perhaps we can try a different approach."

As he spoke, he pressed his hands tightly against the stone statue's ears, and his magical power began to flow.

As soon as Yu Changsheng sealed the stone statue's ears, the statue indeed began to behave abnormally.

Hu Ruhai suddenly realized, "Haha, if you want peace and quiet, just plug your ears. Yu Changsheng, you're really something. How did you come up with that?"

"To find tranquility amidst chaos, one must refrain from listening, seeing, and thinking; only then can one achieve inner peace."

"The statue's eyes are naturally closed. The statue has no heart and cannot think. Only its ears are open, so plugging its ears will naturally bring peace."

Upon hearing Yu Changsheng's explanation, the others understood his intention.

The stone statue began to tremble, and the stones on its body began to crumble, eventually revealing its true face.

"It was just one person!"

Wang Mie suddenly opened his eyes wide and took several steps back.

The sudden appearance of a living person before his eyes was truly a surprise to him.

Yu Changsheng also forcibly suppressed his shock and tried to remain calm, but he still subconsciously took a few steps back.

Chen Xueqing was so surprised by this sudden scene that she gasped in surprise.

Hu Ruhai exclaimed in surprise, "How can there be only one person here? Who exactly is this person?"

Looking at the person in the stone statue, he appears to be in his sixties, with a full head of white hair.

Her skin was wrinkled and worn, showing signs of weathering.

His expression remained the same: eyes closed, serious, one hand held upright in front of his chest.

However, his other arm was missing, seemingly indicating a disability.

The old man slowly spoke, "I have been waiting here for a long time. Has someone finally arrived?"

The old man's sudden words sent shockwaves through everyone present.

There is not only a person in this stone statue, but they are also alive.

It's unknown how long the person in this stone statue has been here.

Hu Ruhai then stepped forward and said, "May I ask how you are addressed, senior?"

The old man slowly said, "I am nameless and insignificant."

Hu Ruhai said, "Senior is too kind. Since you are unwilling to reveal it, I will not ask."

The old man said, "I am here only to guard the Holy King on orders."

"The Holy King?"

"I wonder if this holy king is a human?"

The old man said, "The Holy King is not human, but a sacred spirit beast."

"The Holy King is the ancestral beast of the Xuantian Realm, and one of the oldest beings in the Xuantian Realm."

"He also single-handedly built this former sacred city of spirit beasts, the site of the ancient dragon palace."

It was only at this point that Hu Ruhai and the others learned the name of this place.

This was the first time Wang Mie had ever heard of the so-called ancient dragon palace.

Yu Changsheng had learned a little from the Xuan Turtle senior, but his knowledge of this being from countless years ago was limited.

"The Ancient Dragon Palace was a sect exclusively for spirit beasts, jointly established by several Saint Kings of the Holy Seeds."

"However, due to some uncontrollable factors, the ancient Dragon Palace declined, and the spirit beasts within the sect either left or scattered."

"To this day, only I, an old man, remain to protect this place."

Hu Ruhai asked curiously, "This junior dares to ask, what exactly is this power that even a being as powerful as the Saint Seed Saint King cannot resist?"

How did the ancient Dragon Palace fall into decline?

The old man chuckled. "The past is gone, everything has passed. It's meaningless for you to know this."

"If fate allows, perhaps one day in the future you will hear about these events from ten thousand years ago again."

"However, what I want to tell you now is that the true form of one of the former Holy Kings, the Great Sage of Eternal Night, resides deep within this place."

"And we await the arrival of the destined one."

"The Great Sage of Eternal Night?"

Their breathing became much heavier; they hadn't expected that such a powerful being would still exist in this place.

Hu Ruhai immediately asked excitedly, "Where is the Great Sage of Eternal Night now?"

"May I have the honor of meeting you?"

The old man said, "The Holy King is right here, but you will need to pass two more tests before you can meet the Great Sage."

"As for the viewers' abilities, that's up to you."

"Alright, my task is finished. Now it's up to you."

After the old man finished speaking, he turned into a pile of dust, scattered on the ground, and never came back to life.

Wang Mie looked at the loose soil on the ground and discovered that it was just ordinary sand.

"Such methods are truly amazing. I couldn't tell at all that what I saw just now wasn't that senior's true form, but rather something formed from sand."

"This senior's cultivation level was probably far beyond the Nascent Soul stage."

The others nodded subconsciously; this senior's strength was simply unfathomable.

While the group was still in shock, the ground suddenly trembled and then began to fall rapidly.

When they stopped, they had already arrived at a new floor.

"Is this the second trial?"

Hu Ruhai suddenly remembered and said, "Didn't the Great Sheng Fierce Tiger say he passed the first test? Could it be that he's also here?" (End of Chapter)