"Young Clan Leader, what exactly is that thing?"
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Dong finally couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart and asked. Little Marten, who had long been unable to suppress the curiosity in his heart, was staring straight at Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the rock, slowly receiving the energy of the Ancestral Stone, raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Dong, but he didn't hide anything. He looked up at the Ancestral Stone above his head and said softly.
"Do you know what this is?"
"Hehe, this, didn't that big demon say before that it's called the Ancestral Stone?"
Little Marten chuckled, his beady eyes constantly sizing up the Mysterious Stone Talisman, which looked no different from ordinary stones except for a few more runes, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
From the tone of that fierce demon just now, it could be heard that this Mysterious Stone Talisman called 'Ancestral Stone' was definitely an extraordinary treasure, but no matter how Lin Dong looked at it, he didn't think this thing looked particularly strong. At least, he felt that the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd in his hand seemed to have a stronger aura than this Mysterious Stone Talisman.
If the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd had given birth to a spirit and knew that Lin Dong thought so highly of it, it was estimated that it would look down on those Earth Rank and Heaven-Rank Spiritual Treasures in the future.
"To be precise, it is the second most powerful divine object in the world, the Ancestral Stone. It was the most powerful divine object refined by the Symbol Ancestor in the past. Looking at the world, there are not many divine objects that can be compared with it."
Lin Xuan explained softly. As the controller of the Ancestral Stone and the heir to the Devouring Ancestor Symbol chosen by Black Eyes, Lin Dong was destined to deal with the Otherworldly Demons.
"The purpose of your coming to the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet this time should be to find the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, right?"
Although it was a question, Lin Dong could feel that Lin Xuan was very sure of his purpose. However, there was no need to hide this kind of thing now. After all, if Lin Xuan really wanted it, that senior would not have passed on the method to crack the Devouring Ancestor Symbol to him.
Moreover, Lin Dong could feel that if Lin Xuan wanted it, the Ancestral Stone might be willing to follow Lin Xuan.
At least, Lin Dong had never seen the Ancestral Stone being so proactive towards him since he obtained it for so long. It had to be said that Lin Dong was quite envious sometimes.
But envy aside, Lin Dong felt that Lin Xuan was indeed qualified. If he were in Lin Xuan's shoes, he might not have used his own life to stop this peerless fierce demon and let a group of unrelated people escape, let alone have such great courage to suppress the demon with his own body.
"To be honest, Young Clan Leader, I once obtained a map about the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, so after returning from the Ancient Tomb Mansion, I set off to the Great Desolate Province to find the whereabouts of the Ancestor Symbol."
"Do you know that the original function of the Ancestral Stone was to balance the power of the eight Ancestor Symbols, so it was refined by the Symbol Ancestor?"
Lin Xuan chuckled and looked up at the Ancestral Stone above his head, which was still tirelessly refining the Demon Emperor Armor to replenish his vitality, and continued.
"The purification power of the Ancestral Stone is also the nemesis of these Otherworldly Demons!"
"Otherworldly Demons?"
Lin Dong and Little Marten couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they heard this. They had never heard of this special term before.
"That's right, Otherworldly Demons. You can't come into contact with the others now. You only need to know that they are absolutely mortal enemies with our Tianxuan Continent!"
While speaking, Lin Xuan turned his head to look at the mysterious skeleton standing motionless in place, and sighed softly.
"This Ancient Great Desolate Sect was destroyed by the Otherworldly Demons. Black Eyes died to suppress this Otherworldly Demon King Palace, burning his life. And this skeleton is the corpse of Black Eyes's eldest disciple. It was infected by demonic energy after death, which is why it became like this. In a way, he can be considered your senior brother."
Thinking of the old friend he had met across endless years, a smile couldn't help but rise on Lin Xuan's face. He had always been a person who was not good at words, but he would do his best to do what he said!
Yes, old friend, although they had only met once, or even across an unknown number of years, some people could appreciate each other after only one meeting.
He said that he regretted not being born in the same era and meeting earlier, not being able to raise a glass and drink together, so he regarded the two as having known each other for a long time, as if they had already had a drink...
The brevity of life is like a fleeting moment, but the length of life is like the long river of time, flowing endlessly.
Looking up at the ancient sky, time seemed to have crossed thousands of years. There, it seemed that an old man with white hair and a black robe was standing there quietly.
Lin Dong, who was standing beside him, felt a sense of tragedy surge into his heart instantly, and his breathing stopped instantly, listening to Lin Xuan's simple words.
Burning life, just to suppress demons! The entire clan fought to the death, unyielding to the end!
At this moment, Lin Dong suddenly remembered what the Black Eyes Old Man had said before: the Ancestor Symbol possesses the power to protect the heavens and the earth, and while gaining power, it also has a responsibility to bear—exorcising demons!
Standing on Lin Dong's shoulder, Little Marten, who had been silent, suddenly emitted bursts of violent aura. Lin Dong turned his head to look, only to see that Little Marten, who was always laughing and joking, now had a face full of cold killing intent.
"The ones who attacked Marten Lord back then must have been these damned demon brats!"
Having finally found the culprit, Little Marten completely forgot where he was, and cursed through gritted teeth. Lin Dong frowned subconsciously upon hearing this, and his hands clenched even tighter. A sense of urgency made Lin Dong's heart almost jump out of his chest.
Although Little Marten usually joked around, Lin Dong knew very well that Little Marten's peak strength in life was that of a top Death Profound Realm expert. Yet, even with such powerful strength, he was still killed, and almost couldn't even escape with his Demon Spirit.
"So, before your strength surpasses mine, don't expose the existence of the Ancestral Stone and the Devouring Ancestor Symbol."
Lin Xuan said softly. The Ancestral Stone was indeed a divine object, capable of purifying the demonic energy within the Demon Emperor Armor, a peerless demonic armor, and transforming it into usable power.
It was fortunate that this Nine Kings Hall had a Demon Emperor Armor, otherwise, Lin Xuan's loss of vitality would have been impossible to replenish.
The Otherworldly Demon race was born with extremely tenacious vitality, and although this Demon Emperor Armor was not an Otherworldly Demon, it contained extremely powerful vitality.
Of course, if it weren't for this Demon Emperor Armor, Lin Xuan wouldn't have had to burn his vitality. This tortoise shell was too hard, and he definitely couldn't cut through it. If Lin Xuan hadn't had some understanding of swordsmanship, he probably wouldn't have even been able to injure the Nine Kings Hall.
Lin Xuan's voice startled Little Marten, who looked at Lin Xuan with an awkward smile on his face. Then, as if remembering something, his expression became strange.
"Um, Sword Saint, please forgive Marten Lord's ignorance, but what is the origin of that Otherworldly Demon below? Why does it feel like it's not simple at all?"
"Demon Prison Nine Kings Hall, in its prime, should be considered to have passed through two Reincarnation Tribulations. If the Black Eyes hadn't severely injured it before and suppressed it for countless years with the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, Lin Xuan would have been lucky. Otherwise, if this demon escaped today, not to mention the Great Yan Dynasty, even the entire Eastern Xuan Region might be plunged into misery."
Hearing Lin Xuan's answer, the corner of Little Marten's mouth twitched. Big brother, you destroyed a Reincarnation Realm expert's clone who had passed through the Reincarnation Tribulation, and you even did it by overcoming your own level. You call that luck?
The most important thing was that Lin Xuan didn't fight one-on-one, but destroyed the Nirvana Realm Peak clone of the Nine Kings Hall while fighting two opponents. Besides the Nine Kings Hall, there was also that mysterious skeleton that was also at the Nirvana Realm Peak. Although Lin Xuan almost lost his life, such a record could no longer be described as terrifying!
It should be known that the strength of that mysterious skeleton in life, even if it wasn't comparable to Little Marten, wasn't far off. Its physical body was extremely strong, and it had also been strengthened by the erosion of that strange demonic energy. Its strength was such that even a Life Profound Realm expert might not be able to break its defense.
Although the mysterious skeleton's control over power had become very clumsy due to the loss of its intelligence, its strength was still terrifying, not to mention that it was being controlled by the Nine Kings Hall, working together to deal with Lin Xuan.
As a result, what about this guy? Just looking at the sword marks on that skeleton, one could tell that he was simply too fierce. Was this really the strength that a Nirvana Realm expert could achieve?
Although it was because Lin Xuan burned his life to forcibly increase his strength, ordinary people couldn't increase it by so much. In fact, most experts couldn't comprehend this method of burning life at all.
What made Little Marten almost unable to hold back was Lin Xuan's serious tone when he said 'luck'. No, big brother, you don't really think that you were able to destroy a clone of a Reincarnation Realm expert because the other party's strength hadn't recovered, and you did it by luck, do you?
If Marten Lord had such 'luck', he wouldn't have been ambushed and killed by a guy who hadn't even reached the Revolving Wheel Realm back then.
Lin Dong's pupils suddenly shrank upon hearing this. Reincarnation Realm, and a Reincarnation Realm that had passed through the Reincarnation Tribulation. The current Lin Dong was no longer the naive country bumpkin who had just started out and didn't understand anything. Although he still didn't have a lot of knowledge, he still understood some things.
Such a strong person was only the Nine Kings Hall, so wouldn't that mean that there were even stronger Otherworldly Demon experts above them?
More importantly, his relationship with those experts should be that of mortal enemies, unless Lin Dong was willing to give up his Mysterious Stone Talisman, no, it should be said, the Ancestral Stone. But how could Lin Dong give up such a divine object? Moreover, if he were to give up, it wouldn't just be the Ancestral Stone, but also the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
But Lin Dong had gone through all kinds of hardships, experienced life and death, step by step, to get to where he was today in order to find the Ancestor Symbol. Although he no longer needed to use the power of the Ancestor Symbol to defeat Lin Langtian, how could he be willing to give up just like that?
Could it be that he should simply give up his efforts because of the so-called threat of a Demon Prison? On what basis?
Yes, on what basis? What did the Otherworldly Demons even count for? The Symbol Ancestor was able to suppress them back then, the Young Clan Leader was able to suppress them, so how could Lin Dong, who possessed the Ancestral Stone, retreat?
At this moment, the unyielding stubbornness and resilience in Lin Dong's body were also stimulated by the threat released by the Nine Kings Hall!
He would never give up the Ancestral Stone, and he would get the Ancestor Symbol as well!
Since he wasn't giving up, he had to face the pursuit from the Demon Prison!
Pursuit? Then he would become stronger, work hard to become stronger, reach the same strength as the Young Clan Leader, or even stronger, and suppress that group of Otherworldly Demons!
The Otherworldly Demon that could appear at any time was like a sword hanging over his head, making Lin Dong's desire to become stronger even more intense.
Lin Xuan looked at Lin Dong's increasingly firm face, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes. Only in this way was he qualified to inherit Black Eyes' Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
"Buzz buzz!"
Just then, the Ancestral Stone trembled again, and the vitality in Lin Xuan's body had returned to its peak state, even surpassing it.
However, even if his vitality was replenished, his white hair could not return to its original state. Moreover, although his vitality was replenished, the injuries to his soul from the previous Extreme Realm Ascension and those left by the Nine Kings Hall still needed some time to heal.
After the Ancestral Stone disconnected the connected life force, it did not immediately fly back into Lin Dong's body, but came to the top of the mysterious skeleton. A pure purification force fell on the pitch-black mysterious skeleton, causing the mysterious skeleton to transform into a gray-white color in the blink of an eye.
As the demonic energy dissipated from his body, there was a bit more brilliance in the eyes of the mysterious skeleton, but it seemed a little dull. Obviously, he had completely lost his intelligence, leaving only some indelible obsessions.
After doing all this, the Ancestral Stone returned to Lin Dong's body. Lin Dong could clearly feel that there was a huge amount of energy hidden in the Ancestral Stone, but he could not mobilize it at all, as if it was swallowed by the Ancestral Stone alone. This made Lin Dong, who originally wanted to use it to cultivate the Great Sun Thunder Body, quite disappointed.
After the demonic energy in the mysterious skeleton was dispelled, it did not launch another attack. It was unknown whether the Ancestral Stone had played a role, but it felt that Lin Xuan and the others were not invaders.
The pair of empty eyes first fell on Lin Dong, and then stared at Lin Xuan. After a long while, he bowed deeply to Lin Xuan before turning around stiffly and walking towards the ancient stone tablet. In his mouth, a hoarse voice echoed across the empty, dilapidated land.
"Guard... the sect! Disciple, will definitely... guard..."
The hoarse, empty voice made Lin Dong feel solemn. After hesitating for a moment, he bowed to the mysterious skeleton. Just as Lin Xuan said before, he inherited the Black Eyes Old Man's Devouring Ancestor Symbol, which could be regarded as a master-disciple relationship, so this mysterious skeleton could be regarded as his senior brother.
"The cohesion of this Ancient Sect is amazing!"
Little Marten exclaimed in amazement. Lin Xuan, who had retracted his gaze from the mysterious skeleton, turned his head and glanced at this young little mouse, explaining softly.
"Otherworldly Demons are the mortal enemies of heaven and earth. Not only is the Ancient Great Desolate Sect like this, but even the Six-Fingered Holy Dragon Emperor of the Demon Spirit Domain fought against several Otherworldly Demon King Palaces back then, and eventually died of serious injuries. Some things, you will know in the future."
Lin Dong couldn't help clenching his fists when he heard this. He understood that, in the final analysis, it was still because he was too weak now.