"You don't have to be so surprised. He's indeed our family's hero and pride. He's also my great-grandfather, Frod," Lance said.
"But …" Zhou Wen looked at Frod in the ice wall. No matter how he looked at him, he was just an ice sculpture. Apart from having a human shape, he had no human characteristics.
The ice sculpture-like Frod revealed a smile. "The reason I became like this is because I violated the agreement with the Holy Temple. If you're interested, I can tell you a story."
Zhou Wen naturally couldn't ask for more. He knew too little about the older generation.
"Back then, Zhang Daotian, Xia Jiuhuang, and I were still very young. We were about the same age as you …" Frod fell into his memories and slowly said.
When the dimensional storms descended, many unknown mysterious areas appeared in the human world. Many people died because they were directly in the mysterious areas. Many crazy people obtained superpowers, and human society nearly collapsed.
At that moment, six young people stood forward and used their strength to defeat all the devils. They banished them overseas and established a new order, which was the current Federation.
The six young people were naturally the six heroes of the past.
However, Frod's story was somewhat different from the legend of the six heroes. According to him, there were no six heroes back then because there were many young people who entered the Holy Land with them.
However, among the people who walked out of the Holy Land in the end, the six of them were the most famous. Furthermore, they established the Federation government, so there was the legend of the six heroes.
"In fact, many of the people who entered the Holy Land with us back then had talent that wasn't inferior to the six of us. They were even stronger than us. For example, Jing Daoxian's talent far exceeded the six of us. Unfortunately, he didn't obtain the recognition of the six Holy Temples, nor did he obtain a special physique." When Frod said that, his expression turned odd. "However, Jing Daoxian's failure might not be a bad thing. This is because although we, who obtained special physiques and Companion Beasts, were very glorious back then, something unimaginable happened later."
"What happened?" Zhou Wen couldn't help but ask.
"The physiques given to us by the six Holy Temples have different flaws, but we didn't know about these flaws beforehand," Frod answered.
What flaws? Zhou Wen was puzzled.
"For example, Xia Jiuhuang's Connate Sacred Body is an almost undying physique. However, the Connate Sacred Body has to maintain its virginity. Once its virginity is destroyed, the Connate Sacred Body will be gone. The other five types of constitutions also have all kinds of strange shortcomings, but they are not as obvious as the Innate Saint Body. "
Frod paused for a moment before continuing, "Due to the existence of these flaws, we have no choice but to think of a way to resolve them. However, no matter what method we use, we can't make up for these flaws. Therefore, in order to prevent our flaws from being used by others, we have no choice but to think of various methods. One of the easiest ways to resolve them is to seek help from the Holy Temple."
"In that case, the temple is using these special physiques to threaten you?" Zhou Wen understood what Frod meant.
"That's right. On the surface, the six of us are the six heroes of the Federation, but in fact, we are just puppets of the Holy Temple. During that period of time, many of the things we did originated from the Holy Temple's orders, including the establishment of the Federation government." Frod revealed a secret that shocked Zhou Wen to the point of disbelief.
"Could it be that … the Federation government is actually just a puppet government?" Zhou Wen widened his eyes.
Frod shook his head. "That's not entirely the case. In fact, the six families are secretly searching for a way to resolve their problems in order to escape the Holy Land's control."
"Besides, if the Holy Temple thinks that they can completely control us this way, that's a huge mistake," Frod said indifferently. Frod said indifferently, "It's because I disobeyed the orders of the Holy Cathedral that they used my physique's flaws to become like this. The other fellows have also done the same thing openly or secretly. Therefore, although the Holy Temple has a great influence on the Federation, they don't have absolute influence because they can't descend personally. "
"In addition, Wang Mingyuan previously used the Holy Temple's power to weaken the connection between the Holy Land and Earth. Its influence has decreased greatly, but it still can't be underestimated. If the Holy Temple insists on doing something, they will have many ways to achieve their goals. The six hero families aren't completely united," Frod said.
"Elder, you didn't just call me here to tell me this, right?" Zhou Wen asked.
Frod looked at Zhou Wen with an extremely strange gaze. After a long while, he said, "I got Lance to invite you here because I hope that you can help me and my family do something. If this matter can be done, perhaps our family can completely escape the control of the Holy Temple."
"Elder, you think too highly of me." Zhou Wen had also entered the Holy Land and been to a few Holy Temples. He knew that there were extremely terrifying existences there.
In the past, he only thought that they were strong. Now that he thought about it, the existences in the Holy Temple were very likely at the Terror grade or even more terrifying.
Frod smiled and said, "If you can do this, it will be very beneficial to you."
"Can you tell me what it is?" Zhou Wen was still very curious.
"In the Maze of Lies, there's the mask of the God of Mischief. Only by obtaining that mask can we use the power of the mask to escape the influence of the special physique. I hope you can help us obtain that mask." Frod paused for a moment before saying, "In return, I'll tell you a secret about the Holy Land. You will definitely be very interested in knowing."
Zhou Wen looked at Frod with a strange expression. Although he was Lance's elder, Zhou Wen had no intention of helping him since he spoke in such an ambiguous manner.
From Zhou Wen's expression, Frod knew what Zhou Wen was thinking, so he said, "This secret is related to the disappearance of Professor Ouyang Ting and company. You should be very concerned about this matter, right?"
"Professor Ouyang Ting disappeared in Zhuolu. It has nothing to do with the Holy Land, right?" Zhou Wen frowned.
Frod smiled and said, "Child, the six Holy Temples represent the six strongest races of the dimension. Zhuolu is the battlefield of two of the races. Do you think it has anything to do with it?"
Zhou Wen looked at Frod and was somewhat hesitant. This was because he wasn't sure if Frod's words could be trusted.
In the eyes of others, the six heroes might be very lofty existences, but Zhou Wen had seen how terrifying Xia Jiuhuang was. He knew that they were actually different from the legendary heroes.
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