King of Creation
Chapter 613 - 606: Mysterious God Statue

Chapter 613: Chapter 606: Mysterious God Statue

"The Sect Hierarch himself will be presiding over today’s selection contest, so just be careful how you perform! The Sect Hierarch greatly favors talented individuals. If you excel, you might just be rewarded!"

"Also, today’s selection contest will be held at the Ritual Altar. There is a divine idol enshrined there. You can fight however you like during the contest; you absolutely won’t be able to destroy the divine idol, but you must not deliberately target it!"

All the way, Tian Guizhang kept instructing Ye Zhen on various matters. Ye Zhen himself was rather relaxed, but it was Tian Guizhang who seemed even more nervous than Ye Zhen.

"Divine idols? The Divine Sect has a divine idol? Who is it enshrining?" Ye Zhen asked curiously.

Suddenly, a strange and abnormal expression appeared on Tian Guizhang’s face. "I don’t know! Anyway, the Sect Hierarch takes us to worship it once a month, and he himself worships it every day!"

"You don’t know but still worship it every day?" Ye Zhen laughed briefly but then suddenly couldn’t laugh anymore. What kind of person was the Sect Hierarch of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect? Would he do something foolish?

"Yes, I also find it very strange. However, in the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, only those who first obtain the qualification to worship the divine idol are eligible to become a high-ranking figure in the sect," Tian Guizhang explained.

"By the way, what do we call the Sect Hierarch?"

"What else do you want to call him? When you see him, just address him as the Sect Hierarch!"

"I mean his name!"

"His surname is Jian, his name... I don’t know either!" Tian Guizhang gave another helpless, bitter smile to Ye Zhen. It was sad indeed for a vice sect hierarch not to know the name of his own sect leader.

"Don’t ask too many questions. There’s something I need to tell you. In this selection contest, there are three people who pose the greatest threat and could very likely defeat you... "

"Nian Xinghe, Zuo Xiong, and Sang Boquan, right? Qingyue told me yesterday."

"Qingyue?"

Upon hearing the unexpectedly intimate way Ye Zhen referred to her, Tian Guizhang paid close attention.

"You have the right information about these three, but there’s one more thing you should know. Just last night, Yu Hanjing visited these three people," Tian Guizhang said.

"Yu Hanjing?"

Ye Zhen’s pupils suddenly constricted, instantly understanding Tian Guizhang’s implication.

"Don’t worry. Even if she, Yu Hanjing, employs all kinds of plots and schemes, they will vanish like smoke in the face of absolute strength!" Ye Zhen suddenly said with confidence.

"Absolute strength?"

Tian Guizhang smiled wistfully, looking at Ye Zhen with a sense of admiration. A young hero, as fearless as a calf that is not afraid of tigers. In this world, who could truly claim to possess absolute strength?

He certainly wouldn’t dare to.

As for the Sect Hierarch, he didn’t know.

"Just be careful. Among them, Sang Boquan is a candidate recommended by Yao Sen, and there’s another person you must be wary of."

"Who?"

"Yu He!"

"Yu He is a candidate recommended by Yu Hanjing. If he confronts you, he will certainly fight to the death!"

...

After instructing him along the way, Tian Guizhang brought Ye Zhen to the very heart of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple—the Temple.

Ironically, or rather, as if enemies were destined to meet on a narrow path, it happened that at the doorstep of the Temple, Ye Zhen and Tian Guizhang exactly ran into Sang Boquan, who was brought over by Yao Sen.

Sang Boquan was of average build, not particularly muscular but extremely solid. From afar, every step he took was precise, and the silver spear he casually carried swayed with his body, creating an illusion that man and spear were one.

"An expert, definitely an expert with the spear!" This was Ye Zhen’s conclusion.

"Old Tian, I used to hear that you recommended Ye Zhen and didn’t believe it, but here he is! You’ve really regressed in the past two years, haven’t you? The Spirit Returning Assembly is such a grand event, yet you recommended someone at the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm to fight. If others heard, they would think our Sun and Moon Divine Sect has no one else!" Yao Sen taunted Ye Zhen and Tian Guizhang from a distance.

"Oh, and it seems his right arm is even crippled? Your judgement... tsk tsk..."

Tian Guizhang cast a cold glance at Yao Sen. "What, Old Yao, do you suddenly have the audacity today to question the Sect Hierarch’s decision?"

Yao Sen’s expression stiffened abruptly as he recalled that each candidate had to be reported and approved by the Sect Hierarch.

"Humph, you’re quite good at throwing accusations!"

With a cold snort, Yao Sen walked past Ye Zhen with Sang Boquan. As they passed, Yao Sen said, "When you face Ye Zhen later, Boquan, make sure you learn a few moves from him. This Ye Zhen was once the top disciple of the Moonlight Hall and has defeated seventeen in one go!"

"A Soul Sea Realm martial artist?" Sang Boquan scoffed scornfully. "Last year, with one thrust of my spear, I killed six martial artists at the Peak of the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm! Just the Third Stage of the Soul Sea Realm...."

Shaking his head, Sang Boquan walked past Ye Zhen with his head held high, proudly like a peacock.

"What’s the matter, you’re not angry?" After Yao Sen left, Tian Guizhang asked.

"A person who is about to be trampled under my feet, what is there to be angry about?" After saying this, Ye Zhen’s gaze wandered around, keenly inspecting the architecture within the temple!

The temple was quite spacious, and at the farthest end, a divine statue was honored. The statue was tall and imposing with what seemed like stars swirling around it. The offering table in front had various sacrificial items, especially fruits, which looked fresh and seemed to be changed daily.

Unfortunately, Ye Zhen was just passing through the temple’s corridor and could not clearly see the face of the statue.

The reason Ye Zhen was puzzled was that, both in the Black Dragon Domain and the True Spirit Domain, it was common for ordinary civilians to worship divine statues.

Of course, whether the statues represent real gods is debatable. Like in the Black Dragon Domain, many civilians worship Ye Zhen, the War God of the Eastern Expedition, and former generations of sect leaders from the Qiyun Sect are also honored by the people, because they have received their favors.

However, it is extremely rare for martial artists to worship statues.

And the higher the cultivation of a martial artist, the less likely they are to worship any statues.

Because, to powerful martial artists, gods are just like them, aren’t they?

When martial artists reach the Spirit Transformation Realm, they can fly in the sky; when they break through to the Soul Sea Realm, they can enter the clouds, move in and out of the heavens—what difference is there from the so-called gods?

They are living gods!

Even if there are such legends passed down, they are usually just more powerful martial artists— who would worship them?

However, the reverence shown by the leader of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect in worshipping a divine statue raises questions.

Especially considering that the leader of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, a King of Establishment Realm, would worship a divine statue, Ye Zhen found this even more inconceivable.

Passing through the temple corridor, the environment suddenly opened up, revealing a black and white ritual altar spanning over ten thousand meters, which exuded an air of solemnity at first glance.

What first caught his eye was the divine altar, a towering ten-zhang high statue standing in the center of the altar, with an ancient face and beard, shockingly holding the sun and moon in its hands, emitting an overwhelming dominance at first glance.

What surprised Ye Zhen even more was that although the statue was only made of wood and clay, it exuded an incredibly solemn aura. Startled, Ye Zhen spontaneously used his Sword Heart Enlightenment to sense the statue.

"The eyes!"

In an instant, through his Sword Heart Enlightenment, Ye Zhen pinpointed that the source of the statue’s imposing aura came from its eyes, and he couldn’t help but look up!

Boom!

The very moment Ye Zhen’s eyes met those of the statue, he felt a thunderous shock in his chest. The Mirage Dragon Pearl in Ye Zhen’s chest began to tremble violently, as if it was about to break free from his body, scaring him witless!

In a moment of crisis, Ye Zhen instinctively lowered his head, avoiding the divine light from the statue’s eyes. He channeled all his Divine Sense into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, subduing it.

Strangely enough, the moment Ye Zhen’s gaze broke away from the divine light of the statue’s eyes, the Mirage Dragon Pearl instantly quieted, as if nothing had happened.

"There’s something strange, to be able to affect the Mirage Dragon Pearl like this, this statue absolutely has something peculiar!" Ye Zhen was greatly astonished internally and glanced surreptitiously at Tian Guizhang who seemed oblivious, not noticing the recent disturbance Ye Zhen experienced.

Ye Zhen felt both curious and nervous, wanting to look more closely at the statue but also somewhat apprehensive.

If the Mirage Dragon Pearl were to act up again, it would be quite troublesome.

However, the recent incident clearly told Ye Zhen that there was a connection between the statue and the Mirage Dragon Pearl, making him extremely curious and itching to find out more!

"Look, Nian Xinghe is coming! This man is the first of the younger generation in the Divine Sect, and also has some connections with Master Fengh... he’s your formidable rival, you must be careful!" Tian Guizhang’s voice rang out.

At the entrance to the ritual altar, with a carefree scarf around his head and clad in white with prominent arching eyebrows, Nian Xinghe strode in confidently, his gaze halting for a moment before falling on Ye Zhen.

Unexpectedly, Nian Xinghe gestured a respectful salute to Ye Zhen from afar, his cheeks barely lifting into a smile, albeit a bit bitter.

Ye Zhen also returned the salute from a distance.

This scene, in the eyes of Tian Guizhang, was not only surprising but Ye Zhen also felt it strange.

"This is Zuo Xiong, recommended by Zhu Ling, head of the Inner Affairs Hall. He cultivates the Heavenly Level Middle Grade Divine Power Martial Skill, the Beast King Divine Fist, extremely formidable, it’s said he once sparred with Nian Xinghe and was defeated with just one move!" Tian Guizhang explained.

If Nian Xinghe was like a refined gentleman, then Zuo Xiong seemed like a demon beast, filled with power, his wildly flowing hair making him look even more ferocious, as if a lion had just entered the arena.

This Zuo Xiong, inevitably made Ye Zhen think of his former senior brother from Qiyun Sect, Wild Lion Gao Xinglie;, their temperaments were somewhat similar.

"Be careful. That man following Yua Hanjing with unusually long arms, is Yub Hea..."

Before Tian Guizhang could finish introducing, Yua Hanjing stared at Ye Zhen with a look that could devour him alive, her eyes burning with an intensity that instantly made Ye Zhen shiver all over.

Ye Zhen noticed that Yua Hanjing’s eyes were still blood red today, clear evidence of how deeply the death of Jiao Xi affected her.

Suddenly, Tian Guizhang pulled on Ye Zhen, forcefully turning him around.

The next moment, Ye Zhen focused on the ritual altar before him, his eyes suddenly widening in incredulity, an unbelievable scene unfolding vividly before Ye Zhen. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly passes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)