Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1073 - 772 I’m blind, I didn’t see anything_2

Chapter 1073: 772 I’m blind, I didn’t see anything_2

It was rather careless of Jiang Chen to not consider this, otherwise, he might not have entered the great hall at all.

...

The great hall was vast and empty, with only twelve thick pillars standing in the center. Beyond that, there was nothing else.

After Jiang Chen entered the great hall, he glanced around and, apart from the twelve pillars, he did not see Xing Tian’s figure.

"Damn it!"

The moment he saw the twelve pillars, Jiang Chen realized something was amiss; he seemed to have seen something he shouldn’t have.

The twelve pillars were extremely ancient, all hewn from stone, and exhibited a purplish-gold hue. Their surfaces were etched with many rough patterns that seemed to narrate something, but due to their crude simplicity, it was difficult to discern their intended meaning.

"Mount Buzhou core fragments!"

Jiang Chen felt a headache coming on. He recognized the material of the twelve stone pillars—it was core fragments of Mount Buzhou, containing the original essence of Pangu Great God.

This was a true divine object, its value comparable to that of a supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Without a doubt, these twelve stone pillars were crafted by Mother Earth. After all, such divine objects as the core fragments of Mount Buzhou were not something just anyone could collect; only Saints were capable of such a feat.

Moreover, the twelve stone pillars corresponded exactly to the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Among these pillars, nine were glowing, emitting a mysterious aura. Within these pillars, the phantoms of nine Ancestral Witches formed.

Of the twelve stone pillars, nine were glowing, and this was no coincidence. The Witch Clan had twelve Ancestral Witches, all children of Pangu, and though the great battle between the Witch and Demon Clans was devastating, not all the Ancestral Witches perished.

Among them, Mother Earth transformed into the Goddess of Reincarnation and did not participate in the final battle between Witch and Demon Clans.

Next, the youngest, the Ancestral Witch of Ice named Xuan Ming, thanks to the care of several older brothers, managed to survive and is now in seclusion in the Netherworld.

Lastly, the Ancestral Witch of Water, Gonggong—during a critical moment, the Ancestral Witch of Fire, Zhu Rong, who was usually at odds with him, sacrificed himself to save Gonggong.

However, perhaps because nearly all his siblings died in battle, a disheartened Gonggong collided into Mount Buzhou.

Having made such a grave mistake, even though Gonggong was a son of Pangu Great God, he could not escape punishment. Thus, the Six Saints combined their powers to suppress Gonggong at the ruins of Mount Buzhou, to stabilize the unstable Earth Vein caused by its collapse.

Simply put, Gonggong was made to replace part of Mount Buzhou’s function, which was somewhat effective.

The nine glowing stone pillars, showing the phantoms of the fallen nine Ancestral Witches of Time, Space, Metal, Wood, Fire, Thunder, Lightning, Poison, and Wind were exactly that.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen could easily guess the purpose behind Mother Earth setting up these twelve stone pillars—it was clearly to resurrect the fallen nine Ancestral Witches.

Of course, if it were just that, it wouldn’t have made Jiang Chen feel so troubled. After all, it was common knowledge that Mother Earth wanted to resurrect the fallen Ancestral Witches, and being seen by others wouldn’t matter much.

But the real problem was that Jiang Chen’s eyes were particularly sharp; behind those nine glowing stone pillars, he each saw a Void Passage.

And at the end of those Void Passages was connected to a vast Sea of Blood. Ever more concerningly, with his sharp eyes, Jiang Chen also saw many corpses floating in that sea of blood.

These corpses included Fierce Beasts, Demon Beasts, Spiritual Beasts, Heavenly and Earthly Species, and more, practically from every clan.

It was because of seeing this that Jiang Chen felt troubled. Undoubtedly, the Sea of Blood behind those Void Passages was also a method used by Mother Earth to resurrect the fallen nine Ancestral Witches.

It could even be said to be the real method. As for the outward Sha Qi and the twelve God-killing Arrays, they were just diversions specifically set up to disguise this method.

The twelve Ancestral Witches were descendants of Pangu, naturally different from other beings. When they fell, their essence immediately dispersed into Heaven and Earth, absorbable by any living being.

This was the custom of the Witch Clan: after death, their essence would return to Heaven and Earth as a way of showing gratitude for their nurturance.

Indeed, when the essence dispersed into Heaven and Earth, anyone could absorb it, and this act would naturally benefit all beings of Heaven and Earth. But from another perspective, didn’t the beings that absorbed the essence of the Ancestral Witches carry their aura?

At that time, if someone were to kill these beings who were tainted with the essence of the Ancestral Witches, and recondense this essence, wouldn’t it be possible to resurrect the already fallen Ancestral Witches?

This method seemed preposterous, yet it was entirely feasible. By the time one reached the realm of the Ancestral Witches, they had long achieved immortality. If someone secretly gathered their essence, they certainly could help resurrect them.

Right now, Mother Earth’s plan was exactly this.

Since the nine Ancestral Witches fell, countless years had passed; essentially, all living beings in the Chaos World had absorbed the essence of the Ancestral Witches by now.

Even if some hadn’t absorbed it, it was not a problem. The Ancestral Witches and the Pangu Great God were of the same origin, and all things in the world came from the Pangu Great God. With some extra effort, it was possible to convert them into the essence of the Ancestral Witches.

It could be said that all spirits in the world were the best sacrificial offerings to resurrect the Ancestral Witches. As long as enough living beings were killed, the fallen Ancestral Witches could definitely be resurrected.

It was apparent that the nine great Seas of Blood were not the Seas of Blood controlled by the Elder of the Underworld River but were the blood and flesh of the living beings, transformed into Seas of Blood through sheer force.

Two epochs had passed since Mother Earth began reshaping Changyang Mountain. In such a long stretch of time, no one knew how many living beings the Witch Clan had killed to resurrect the Ancestral Witches.

"This is troublesome!"

Jiang Chen felt a headache coming on. This act of the Witch Clan, regardless of the intent, was definitely wrong.

Why was it wrong?

Not because of the excessive killing, but because of the resurrection of the Ancestral Witches.

No one wanted to see the nine fallen Ancestral Witches resurrected. The current structure of Chaos was fine without the positions of those nine Ancestral Witches. Thus, from any perspective, the fallen Ancestral Witches should not be resurrected.

No wonder Mother Earth used the faux Pangu Palace to conceal the divine secrets and even laid out the Twelve Dutian God-Killing Arrays outside Changyang Mountain to distract everyone. The goal was to hide the true plan, to use the flesh and blood of the myriad spirits to resurrect the Ancestral Witches.

No doubt, should this matter leak, Saints and many Great Divine Transcendents would take action to disrupt Mother Earth’s grand scheme.

The Saints’ wariness of the Ancestral Witches was just like their wariness of Di Jun Taiyi. They definitely did not want to see the former sovereigns of the past world reappear.

Nowadays, Heaven and Earth were already under their control, so why would they create problems for themselves by allowing the resurrection of their past adversaries?

The resources in the Chaos are limited, and they certainly didn’t want to give up the resources they had already secured.

...

"You saw that!"

Just as Jiang Chen was thinking about whether to leave, Xing Tian’s voice suddenly came through.

Jiang Chen abruptly looked up and followed the voice. There, in the vast hall, a giant human head had appeared at some unknown time.

Yes, a head!

Xing Tian’s body and head were separated, decapitated by a single stroke from Haotian. Somehow, it had not yet been restored.

Seeing the appearance of Xing Tian’s head resolved one of Jiang Chen’s doubts. It turned out that Xing Tian’s consciousness was in his head, not in his body.

He had originally thought that the one speaking to him was Xing Tian’s body, particularly since Xing Tian had two mouths; one on his head and one on his body.

"I didn’t see it!"

"This junior’s eyes are injured, I didn’t see anything."

Whether Xing Tian believed him or not, Jiang Chen was not going to admit what he saw, and indeed, his eyes were truly injured. The repeated use of the Primordial Chaos Divine Eye had not only damaged the original source but had also caused his left eye to temporarily go blind.

"Seeing doesn’t matter, as long as it’s not spread outside. Besides, most of the living beings my Witch Clan has slaughtered deserved to die."

Xing Tian didn’t care about Jiang Chen’s response; he just kept talking and made it a point to declare that the Witch Clan did not kill the innocent indiscriminately.

ps: Someone drowned in the next village, twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, they say he couldn’t find a wife and gave up hope...