Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 725: Thousand-Year-Old Monster

Chapter 725: Chapter 725: Thousand-Year-Old Monster

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

...

After the appearance of a crack, the clear sound continued to echo. Dozens more cracks emerged on the surface of the fiery-red giant rock, interlacing densely like a spider web.

"It’s done!"

Witnessing this scene, the high-ranking officials of the Green Forest’s three sects, led by their three sect leaders, brightened their glances; the breathing of some even involuntarily hastened.

This included Khai Dragonsmith, the sect leader of the Mysterious Lotus Valley from the past!

Looking at the fiery-red giant rock covered in cracks right before his eyes, Khai Dragonsmith’s body started shivering slightly, his determined face flushed due to excitement.

The valley fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the fiery-red giant rock, which was quivering intensely. The cracks scattered on it expanded like a spider web, spreading around its body in an instant.

At the same time, an overwhelming and domineering aura swept out from within the rock, continuously amplifying, raising terrifying ripples of energy, forming a bitter wind and blowing in all directions.

Some low-level disciples of the Green Forest’s three sects were directly blown off their feet.

The others, though not blown off, involuntarily closed their eyes in response to the ferocious winds coming face to face.

Even the high-ranking officials of the Green Forest’s three sects chose to retreat at this point.

Boom!

In the end, a thunder-like explosion suddenly erupted as the fiery-red giant rock, covered in cracks, exploded violently. The red rocks from the explosion were enveloped within crimson flames, turning into dust.

As the wind gradually died down, most people on the scene could not help but open their eyes, looking towards where the fiery-red giant rock was just a moment ago.

Soon, an image of a man sitting cross-legged appeared before everyone’s eyes.

This was a middle-aged man in black clothes with disheveled hair, sitting cross-legged in mid-air with his eyes closed, his body rotating continuously.

Flames of red fire surged around him, spreading an overwhelming and domineering aura, causing a sense of oppression in many.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man in black opened his eyes. The passionate flames flickering in his eyes discouraged others from looking directly into them.

"Where...is this place?"

The fiery flames in the eyes of the middle-aged man gradually diminished, replaced by bafflement. He looked around, frowned, and muttered.

"Elder Ancestor!"

Khai Dragonsmith was the first one to react. He moved, and in a blink of an eye, he was kneeling before the middle-aged man, humbly and tremulously.

"Elder Ancestor!"

After Khai Dragonsmith, a group of high-ranking officials from the past Mysterious Lotus Valley followed suit, kneeling down. Their bodies were trembling, their faces were flushed, and they were filled with excitement.

"Elder Ancestor!"

"Elder Ancestor!"

...

Meanwhile, Yousef Wright, Rhett Bell, and other high-ranking officials of the Green Forest’s three sects also followed suit, landing from the air to kneel on the ground, showing their respect towards the sitting middle-aged man in black.

Seeing that the three Sect Leaders and a group of elders were all kneeling, the remaining disciples of the three Sects of Green Forest did not dare to delay and also kneeled down one after another. Most people’s faces were filled with excitement.

Even though they were psychologically prepared, seeing a living human emerge from the fiery-red giant rock still made them feel shocked.

"Elder Ancestor!"

"Elder Ancestor!"

...

For a moment, the entire valley was filled with sonorous salutations.

The disciples of the Green Forest’s three sects all knelt together in the valley, making the scene incredibly spectacular.

"Are you...my disciples from the ’Mysterious Lotus Valley’?"

The middle-aged man in black looked at the scene before him, remained silent for a moment, then looked at Khai Dragonsmith, who was the first to kneel and salute him, and asked faintly.

At the same time, the flaming fire rising from the middle-aged man in black gradually converged and finally formed a lotus seat beneath him.

Whoosh!

The figure of the middle-aged man in black slowly descended, landing on the lotus seat, akin to an emperor sitting high on his throne!

"Khai Dragonsmith, 52nd Sect Leader of ’Mysterious Lotus Valley’, congratulates the Elder Ancestor on awakening from his slumber."

Khai Dragonsmith remained prostrate on the ground, speaking in a respectful tone.

"The 52nd generation?"

Upon hearing Khai Dragonsmith’s words, the middle-aged man in black’s eyes flickered. After a moment of silence, he finally asked, "How much time has passed since I established ’Mysterious Lotus Valley’?"

"Over 1,300 years."

Khai Dragonsmith responded respectfully.

Founding of ’Mysterious Lotus Valley’?

Although Yousef Wright, Rhett Bell, the high-ranking officials and disciples of the Green Forest’s three sects had heard about this from Khai Dragonsmith before, they were still incredibly shocked to witness and hear it for themselves at this moment.

"He...is the founding ancestor of Mysterious Lotus Valley?"

Yousef Wright’s pupils shrank, his heartbeat rapidly accelerating.

"Who would have thought, the legend is true... The Fire Breath Rock can indeed preserve a slumbering person for a thousand years without decay!"

Rhett Bell privately drew in a gasp of cold air.

The middle-aged man in black was the ’Founder Ancestor’ of the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan.

In the past, there was a legend that circulated through the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan. This legend pertained to that piece of ’Fire Breath Rock’ in the forbidden territory of the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan.

It was said that the ’Fire Breath Rock’, located within the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s forbidden grounds, existed since the establishment of the Sword Clan.

Even more, the Sword Clan’s founder was gravely injured and had to recover by sleeping within the Fire Breath Rock. Eventually, they merged with the Fire Breath Rock.

Rumors said, the Fire Breath Rock could let a person sleep for a thousand years without decay. To awaken a person from the Fire Breath Rock, one must gather a large amount of liquefied inner energy from the universe and force it into the rock, compelling it to crack open.

If you force it open, even if the Fire Breath Rock is shattered, the sleeping person inside will break into pieces, leading to certain death.

And to gather the liquefied inner energy from the universe, you must first have an ’Origin-gathering Bead’. Only the Origin-gathering Bead can accommodate the liquefied inner energy.

For a thousand years, Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan has been striving to find the ’Origin-gathering Bead’, all in the hopes of awakening the founder ancestor who has been hibernating all these years.

The one in the Fire Breath Rock was completely isolated from the outside world due to its ’special’ qualities, preventing the person inside from decaying despite the time flow.

Despite the adverse cultivation environment within the Fire Breath Rock and the person inside only able to passively cultivate, over the years, the person sleeping inside must have greatly improved their cultivation level.

Therefore, successive leaders of the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan wanted to awaken the founder ancestor from many years ago.

Because they knew that, once the founder ancestor woke up, he would inevitably lead their Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan to new heights.

Admittedly, Khai Dragonsmith was lucky. By a fortunate coincidence, he found eighteen ’Origin-gathering Beads’, essentially gaining the ’key’ to unlock the Fire Breath Rock.

The ’Origin-gathering Bead’ was found, but what was lacking was the liquefied inner energy from the heavens and earth.

As a result, later events transpired.

Because Khai Dragonsmith was unsure whether the inner energy accumulated in the seven Spiritual Caves of Mysterious Lotus Valley would suffice, he sought out Yousef Wright and Rhett Bell, merging their sects together and strategizing about this matter.

Suddenly, they turned their focus towards ’Mountain-Opening Sect’ and ’Seven Stars Sword Clan.’

And the reason why they chose Yousef and Rhett was that the leaders of Mountain-Opening Sect and Seven Stars Sword Clan were unbending and stuck in their old ways.

With the merger of the three major sects, they acted decisively. They first eliminated Mountain-Opening Sect, followed by Seven Stars Sword Clan, and acquired the seven Spiritual Caves in Mountain-Opening Sect’s base and the nine caves of Seven Stars Sword Clan.

Now, the inner energy accumulated in all sixteen Spiritual Caves from the Mountain-Opening Sect base and Seven Stars Sword Clan base was transferred into the ’Fire Breath Rock,’. Adding in the inner energy from the two Spiritual Caves in the Mysterious Lotus Valley, they finally succeeded in opening the ’Fire Breath Rock.’

When Khai Dragonsmith saw the Fire Breath Rock explode to reveal a middle-aged man in black attire, he knew that his years of effort were not wasted!

"I never thought it would be so long since I slept in the ’Fire Breath Rock’... But, you did well by unlocking the Fire Breath Rock and waking me up."

After hearing the course of events from Khai Dragonsmith, the black-clothed middle-aged man expressed satisfaction with a nod.

"Elder Ancestor, it’s my duty," said Khai Dragonsmith.

From today, there’s no longer a ’Green Forest Three Sects’!

Soon after, the black-clothed middle-aged man boldly declared, surveying Yousef Wright and Rhett Bell. "’Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan’ is my creation, and I won’t allow it to disappear from the pages of history... Do you two have any objections?"

"None!"

"None!"

The moment the middle-aged man clad in black glanced at them sharply, both Yousef and Rhett found themselves short of breath and shook their heads fervently in fear.

Absolutely not!

How could they have any objections at this point?

"Very good," the man in black nodded, then continued: "Now, I present to you two choices... Firstly, become the ’Vice-Sect Leader’ of my Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan, regard Khai Dragonsmith as your superior, and cut off all relations with the Returning Origin Sect and Snow Moon Sect for eternity! Secondly, return to your Returning Origin Sect and Snow Moon Sect with your followers!"

"We would like to become the ’Vice-Sect Leaders’ of Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan," said Yousef and Rhett without hesitation.

Though they would be under Khai Dragonsmith.

They did not concern themselves with that.

Because today’s Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan is no longer the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan of the past. Given the Power of the founder ancestor of Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan in front of them, it was enough to lead the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan to claim a place in the Black Stone Empire and even in the Great Turdo Dynasty!

By then, even if they are only ’Vice-Sect Leaders’, it would be far better than being the ’Sect Leader’ of a sect in the Green Forest Royal Country.

"Very well."

The black-clothed middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction, then spoke louder, "Remember this! From this day forward, the Sect Leader of Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan is still ’Khai Dragonsmith’."

"As for me, Cesar Santos, I am the ’Elder-Ancestor’ of Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan!"

As soon as the black-clothed middle-aged man’s words fell,

"Elder-Ancestor!"

"Elder-Ancestor!"

...

Including Khai Dragonsmith, the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan leader. All members of the Mysterious Lotus Valley’s Sword Clan paid their respects.