"Hehe, you could say that."
Lin Xuan chuckled and didn't deny it. At this moment, Mo Luo, who was beside him, suddenly sat up straight, examining the dried corpse with a somewhat surprised and uncertain expression.
"This thing seems strange."
"Senior Mo Luo has discerning eyes. This dried corpse is indeed extraordinary. It was accidentally swept up from the Bottom of the Deep Sea and then salvaged. After our Sky Merchant Pavilion obtained this dried corpse, we studied it carefully for a while, but we didn't gain anything. Even a full-strength strike from a Death Profound Realm expert failed to damage it."
Tang Dongling stood aside and explained softly. Originally, she was the host of this auction, so she was very clear about the origins of these auction items, except for those that were sent temporarily.
In addition, Tang Dongling herself was very curious about this dried corpse, but she had not been able to find anything from it, so she had no choice but to put it up for auction.
And now it seems that this dried corpse is indeed very unusual, and even Flame God Hall Master Mo Luo can't see through it.
Mo Luo couldn't help but glance at Tang Dongling when he heard this, and secretly praised her in his heart. As expected of the daughter of the Sky Merchant Pavilion's master, her social skills are indeed very good.
At the same time, Mo Luo couldn't help but think of the major event that he, Lin Xuan, and Bo Xuan had discussed before coming to the Sky Merchant Pavilion. Perhaps this girl would be a good choice, which could be considered as returning a favor to the Sky Merchant Pavilion.
"Dried corpse? This thing looks more like a Puppet Talisman."
After saying that, Mo Luo noticed Bo Xuan, who had been silent all along. He saw a look of surprise and uncertainty on the latter's face, his eyes rolled slightly, and he said softly.
"Old thing, you seem to know the origin of this thing?"
It's no wonder Mo Luo had this guess. He could sense a faint fluctuation of Devouring Power from the dried corpse on the stage. As the controller of the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, although Bo Xuan no longer controls the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, he is still sensitive to the power of the Ancestor Symbol and couldn't possibly not notice it.
Combined with his eyes, which seemed to have guessed something but were not very sure, Mo Luo had a guess in his heart.
Who knew that Bo Xuan would shake his head slightly when he heard this, and said uncertainly.
"I don't know if this thing is it or not, but I guess it should be the legendary thing we are looking for."
"No need to guess, this is the legendary Devouring Corpse!"
Lin Xuan chuckled, his eyes constantly flowing over the dried corpse, his gaze like he was admiring a perfect masterpiece.
"Devouring Corpse?"
"Devouring Corpse!"
Compared to Tang Dongling's puzzled expression, Mo Luo's tone had a bit more shock, and his eyes looking at the Devouring Corpse changed.
"Are you sure this is the Devouring Corpse? I heard that thing followed the Devouring Master around the world back then, how could it be so weak in front of me?"
Although this thing is damaged, with Mo Luo's eyesight, he can naturally see that this thing, in its heyday, could barely entangle a Revolving Wheel Realm expert. Mo Luo could suppress it with one hand.
"I naturally can't mistake this thing. The Puppet Talisman refined by the Devouring Power combined with a special refining method can only be the Devouring Corpse."
There was also a bit more amazement in Lin Xuan's eyes. Lin Xuan admired and admired the Devouring Master from the bottom of his heart. This was a stunningly talented chosen one.
Among the Ancient Eight Rulers, in terms of strength, the Devouring Master was not as good as the Ice Master. In terms of attack, the Devouring Master was not as domineering as the Flame Master and Thunder Master. In terms of weirdness and mystery, the Lord of Darkness and Lord of Space were even better. In terms of self-preservation and physique, the Primordial Lord had an unparalleled physique, and the Lord of Life and Death was even more mysterious.
But except for the Ice Master, whose strength was even stronger because her mental power broke through the Ancestral Palace Realm, the Devouring Master was able to overwhelm all the other Ancient Eight Rulers, and was undeniably strong!
Because the Devouring Master had no weaknesses, he was proficient in almost everything, Origin Power, mental power, physique, etc. In all aspects, he was not the strongest among the Ancient Eight Rulers, but he was also only second to the strongest.
You must know that the Devouring Master is a human, and a human's body can only be weaker than the Primordial Lord who came from the Sea Giant Clan, and the Lord of Life and Death who came from the Undying Holy Whale Clan, which shows how strong his talent is.
The Ice Master is strong because she has a special origin, which allowed her to break through to the Ancestral Palace Realm, not entirely due to personal effort.
The Devouring Master is strong because he is truly strong. Among the Ancient Eight Rulers, the Devouring Master is the one who truly inherited the Symbol Ancestor's mantle. He is also the one who truly pushed the path of the Symbol Master to its peak and mastered it.
There's no need to mention his spiritual power; he's at the Half-Step Ancestral Palace Realm, and breaking through to the Ancestral Palace Realm requires a special opportunity.
In the path of the Symbol Master, regarding the magical talisman formations, the Devouring Master is a master among masters, including the use of natal talismans.
The Devouring Master greatly promoted the Puppet Talisman path of the Symbol Master. Who didn't know the name of the Devouring Corpse in ancient times?
Since the Devouring Corpse, there have been many special Puppet Talismans like the Blood Spirit Puppet, instead of just a puppet like a controllable corpse.
"As for why this Devouring Corpse isn't strong, it's because the Devouring Master hadn't advanced to the Reincarnation Realm when he refined it. Naturally, the strength of this Devouring Corpse isn't that great."
"What?"
Mo Luo was stunned. He could refine such a powerful puppet before advancing to the Reincarnation Realm?
"That's right. Back then, the Devouring Master refined three in total. This one was the one he gave to Huan Huan, but Huan Huan didn't accept it. The Devouring Master then planned to give it to Kun Qing'er of the Kunpeng Clan. Unfortunately, it was intercepted on the way. This Devouring Corpse held off several experts of the same realm, helping the Devouring Master escape."
After scanning the body, which still faintly retained traces of battle, Lin Xuan couldn't help but marvel at the Devouring Master's unparalleled talent.
Even when besieged by several Otherworldly Demon Generals, this puppet was only beaten to scrap, not completely destroyed, which shows how strong the Devouring Master's refining methods were.
"Hiss! This Devouring Corpse is so terrifying?"
Mo Luo couldn't help but gasp. However, the next moment, a mischievous smile appeared on his serious face.
"Speaking of which, the Devouring Master seemed to have a lot of romantic debts back then. Hey, you think, that kid might really be to the Devouring Master's liking."
"Haha, equally romantic, right?"
Lin Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. He knew that Lin Dong had a lot of romantic debts. Not to mention, there were two in the Eastern Xuan Region, Mu Qianqian and Lin Ke'er, and now there's Gu Yan, plus Lin Qingtan.
"However, he's far inferior to the Devouring Master."
"Oh? How so?"
Mo Luo immediately became interested. Even Bo Xuan, who was very unhappy, couldn't help but prick up his ears. They were also curious about the romantic affairs of such ancient powerhouses.
As for Tang Dongling, who was standing aside, she had already perked up her little ears, and her peripheral vision even glanced at Lin Xuan's profile from time to time.
"It is said that the Devouring Master had a close relationship with the Lord of Life and Death back then. He had a total of three Devouring Corpses, one was given to the Young Clan Leader of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, one of the overlord races of the ancient Demon Territory, one was intended to be given to the Ice Master, and the other was given to the Lord of Life and Death."
"Hiss!"
Mo Luo couldn't help but gasp. Among the Ancient Eight Rulers, there were only three women, one was the Devouring Master's senior sister, and two were his junior sisters.
"As expected of the Devouring Master, domineering!"
"Hehe, this is nothing. The Devouring Master had no relationship with Huan Huan. After being rejected by Huan Huan, an accident occurred on the way to the Demon Territory. Subsequently, the Lord of Life and Death gave her Devouring Corpse to the Devouring Master, so that he could please Kun Qing'er, and the two also became married because of this."
It can be said that the Devouring Master was able to appease Kun Qing'er entirely because the Lord of Life and Death was helping him from behind. As a result, the Devouring Master won the beauty, but the Lord of Life and Death...
"In addition, the Devouring Master and the Lord of Darkness also have an extraordinary relationship."
"No, don't talk nonsense, or I'll really turn hostile!"
Hearing Lin Xuan suddenly mention the Lord of Darkness, Bo Xuan's heart couldn't help but jump. Although the Darkness Hall was not founded in darkness, it can be regarded as a branch of darkness. That is his Bo Xuan's ancestor, can he listen to this?
"Haha, it's okay, the Lord of Darkness has a free and easy personality, not to that extent, not to that extent."
Lin Xuan smiled and waved his hand, saying that such things were not unspeakable. In fact, someone needed to make these sealed past events public. Otherwise, some people would never take that step.
"Do you know how the Scythe Spirit of the Darkness Holy Scythe was damaged back then?"
The Scythe Spirit had been repaired by Yan, and Bo Xuan had personally asked Yan for help. Bo Xuan naturally knew the situation of the Scythe Spirit, but he knew nothing about how the Scythe Spirit was damaged.
Not only Bo Xuan, but even Mo Luo was quite curious. Even they usually couldn't access many things, these ancient secrets. As for Tang Dongling on the side, needless to say, these secrets, just the names inside, could be considered secrets. Ordinary people could not possibly know.
"The Lord of Darkness is also a sentimental person, extremely confident, and has an explosive temper, very similar to your disciple. Back then, during the ancient war, he once held the Darkness Holy Scythe and rushed into the dimensional rift to kill in all directions, and almost fell. Although the Symbol Ancestor rescued him in time, the Scythe Spirit of the Darkness Holy Scythe was also mostly destroyed in that battle."
Although Lin Xuan didn't explicitly say who defeated the Lord of Darkness, Bo Xuan and Mo Luo were both old Exorcists and naturally knew that the person was the Symbol Ancestor's opponent in ancient times, the emperor of the Otherworldly Demon race, the Otherworldly Demon Emperor!
"And after that, the Devouring Master also single-handedly entered the dimensional rift, and after beheading countless enemies, he retreated safely."
Lin Xuan smiled, picked up his teacup, and took a sip, but that plain voice, falling into the ears of two people of unknown age, had an unspeakable sense of excitement.
Even Bo Xuan and Mo Luo were like this, and Tang Dongling was even more excited. Although Lin Xuan didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew that the Devouring Master entered the dimensional rift to vent his anger for the Lord of Darkness.
"Alas!!"
After Bo Xuan came back to his senses, he couldn't help but sigh. He suddenly had a feeling that the reason why his precious disciple was like this was mostly due to the glory of the Ancestral Master.
One was junior sister and senior brother, and the other...
"Huh? That's not right, you just said that the Lord of Life and Death and the Devouring Master also had an exceptionally close relationship?"
Mo Luo suddenly became alert and subconsciously looked in Lin Dong's direction, only to see that Lin Dong was sitting next to Mu Lingshan, the latter's face with an exceptionally bright smile, and the look in her eyes towards Lin Dong unconsciously had a bit more dependence.
"This..."
"Some things may be the arrangement of fate. According to legend, when the Eight Great Ancestor Symbols were born, the Devouring Ancestor Symbol was the first to be born. Then, it absorbed the spiritual power of heaven and earth to supply the birth of other Ancestor Symbols. Later, the Ice Ancestor Symbol accidentally combined with the Xuanbing Qi from outside the sky to be born. After that, many Ancestor Symbols were born one after another. Only the Life and Death Ancestor Symbol, because of the mystery of the power of life and death, was extremely slow to conceive. Later, the Devouring Ancestor Symbol took the initiative to incorporate the Life and Death Ancestor Symbol into its body, and nurtured it with its own power, so that the Life and Death Ancestor Symbol was born."
If according to human terms, the Devouring Ancestor Symbol itself was a playboy. The Ice Ancestor Symbol accidentally had the Xuanbing power from outside the sky, and the remaining six Ancestor Symbols, more or less, had the help of the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
Especially the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, this kind of Ancestor Symbol that was somewhat similar to the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, and the Life and Death Ancestor Symbol that was personally nurtured by the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, it could be said that these two Ancestor Symbols were naturally close to the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
Perhaps, at that time, the fate between these Ancestor Symbols had already been intertwined.
"Alas!"
Mo Luo sighed again when he heard the words, but he didn't say much. At worst, he would tell his old friend these words at that time.
While the few people were chatting, Tang Zhen also carefully explained the dried corpse, and also slightly made a move to prove the magic and firmness of the Devouring Corpse, and then began the auction.
"Sword Saint, do you want me to tell my father, this thing..."
Seeing Tang Zhen planning to start the auction of the Devouring Corpse, Tang Dongling's heart moved, and she whispered, if Lin Xuan liked it, she would let Tang Zhen directly cancel the auction and send the thing over.
"No need, there are barely less than three people in the world who can activate this thing."
Lin Xuan smiled and waved his hand, then reached out and patted Bo Xuan on the side, jokingly saying.
"Let's just bid for a price and scare that kid, how about it?"
"Hehe, good, this little brat, little girl, after Lin Dong that little brat bids, after no one bids, you bid against him again. This time, I have to properly fix that little brat."
Bo Xuan said fiercely, with a bit of teasing in his eyes. He was now very much looking forward to what Lin Dong would react when he was about to win the Devouring Corpse, and suddenly someone of unknown origin but extraordinary power stepped in, would he be scared to not dare to bid, or compete with trepidation?