No matter how shocked Jiao Hai and the others were, Ye Zichen's background wasn't their main concern.
Should they kneel and apologize to the great condor?
It was impossible to say they didn't resist. What kind of status did they have? If word got out that they knelt and apologized to a beast, how would they face their clansmen?
But since they'd already knelt, apologizing to a beast wasn't all that different.
If they didn't apologize, would Gu Luolin let them go?
"Great White!"
The eagle approached, wings drooping. Although Ye Zichen had given it some pills, they were vastly different in size from humans. The pills weren't particularly effective on it.
Its wounds had healed slightly, but they weren't completely healed.
When she saw the bloody holes in its wings, Gu Luolin clenched her fists.
Her hatred for Kui Lin only deepened!
It was fair to say that Gu Luolin had been saved twice since entering the mausoleum. Her clansmen had tried to eat her, and the eagle had helped her search for an antidote when she'd nearly died from poison.
Whether it was because she owed it her life, or because they'd become like old friends at first sight.
Kui Lin had injured her so grievously. The way Gu Luolin saw it, there was no way she'd just let it go.
If she'd known something like this would happen, she would've listened to her parents and focused on cultivation. If she'd listened to her parents, Kui Lin wouldn't have been able to leave so easily.
These were Kui Lin's dogs, and they could be considered interest from him. As for her grudge with him, she could settle it later.
Gu Luolin buried her hatred deep in her heart, then looked at Jiao Hai and the others.
"Apologize!"
Jiao Hai and the others shuddered when they heard this childish shout. It was impossible for them to escape from apologizing to this ferocious beast. In order to survive and for Gu Luolin to let them go and not cause trouble for them after they got out, the only thing they could do was to lower their prideful heads.
"Sorry."
"Is that the attitude of an apology? Kowtow and apologize!" shouted Gu Luolin.
"Sorry!"
Jiao Hai and the others really did bury their heads in the ground. The eagle blinked like a human, then gently flapped its uninjured wings. Gu Luolin looked at the eagle.
"Are you going to let them go?"
"Tsk."
The Big Eagle nodded gently, but Gu Luolin still gave them a few vicious kicks.
"Scram, scram as far as you can. Don't let me see you again."
Jiao Hai and the others felt as if they had been pardoned. They fled in panic. They did not even dare to retrieve the god artifacts that were scattered on the ground. They only wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
Obviously, Gu Luolin had not vented her anger yet. She snorted as she watched them leave.
"They really got off easy. They even let that Demon Emperor escape. Hmph, don't think that it's alright for him to leave. The monk can run, but the temple can't. I'll find him sooner or later! "
"Don't be too angry. Kui Lin ran away, so what? But I have plenty of ways to make sure he can't even raise his head once he's out of here."
"You have a way?" Gu Luolin raised her eyebrows.
Ye Zichen chuckled. He waited until he could no longer see Jiao Hai and the others before pressing the button to stop filming.
Ye Zichen watched the video he took with interest, then put his phone away.
"When we get out of here, I will definitely give our Lord Demon Emperor a generous gift."
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Ever since Kui Lin and the others left, no more outsiders invaded the eagle's territory.
However, even if it was just the Demon Emperor and the others, they still managed to inflict heavy losses on the eagle's clansmen. Ye Zichen and Gu Luolin worked together to dig several large pits in the valley, and buried the corpses of the birds there, allowing them to rest in peace.
The eagle was in low spirits. His clansmen had followed him for far too long.
It had seen many of its clansmen grow up. Looking at the stiff bodies of these clansmen buried in the canyon, the rims of its eyes were filled with tears.
It was just as Kui Lin had said: the eagle and the others had been guarding a supreme treasure.
Perhaps it was to repay a debt of gratitude, or perhaps it was out of respect for Gu Luolin, but the eagle took the treasure out of his mouth.
This supreme treasure was a pure gold crown. The crown had a total of five protrusions, and each of the protrusions had a sparkling and translucent jewel.
If he wasn't mistaken, the five gems seemed to correspond to the five elements.
Wind, fire, rain, thunder, and lightning.
The reason Ye Zichen felt this way was because when he put it on, he felt his affinity with the five elements increase considerably, and his comprehension of them deepened.
His fire and lightning elements also felt as if they were on the verge of breaking through to the peak.
Gu Luolin didn't like the crown's style. She found it too ostentatious, but she really liked the translucent gems.
At first glance, she had her eyes on these five gems and wanted to remove them from the top.
Unfortunately, the gems were one with the crown, so Gu Luolin could only stare, unable to remove them. In the end, because the crown was too ostentatious, Gu Luolin rejected it and gave it to Ye Zichen.
Ye Zichen was naturally overjoyed to receive a supreme treasure for no apparent reason, but he also felt ashamed to accept it.
When they'd fought the Demon Emperor and the others, Gu Luolin's performance had scared them off. Ye Zichen had merely been a spectator and hadn't done anything at all.
The eagle took out the crown. From the looks of it, it wanted to give it to Gu Luolin as well.
However, Gu Luolin was generous. Seeing Ye Zichen's hesitation, she patted him on the shoulder like an elder.
"Just think of it as a greeting gift to my nephew."
The eagle didn't say anything. Ye Zichen's eyebrows twitched, but he didn't retort.
No matter how he looked at it, it wasn't a loss for a junior to receive such a supreme treasure. What's more, this supreme treasure was intimately connected to the Dao of the Five Elements. If he could keep wearing the crown, he might be able to condense his Dao Heart in the shortest amount of time possible.
If he could condense his Dao Heart before the end, whether it was for his personal safety or the survival of the three legged races, it would be a good thing!
Ye Zichen spent the next few days in the eagle's territory, comprehending the Dao of the Five Elements with the crown on his head. He didn't rush to the palace. He knew full well that with his current strength, forget the Demon Emperor, he wouldn't even be a match for an ordinary emperor. Coincidentally, after putting on the crown, his fire and lightning elements both showed signs of breaking through, so he decided to break through here first.
Then he headed.
There was no day or night in the mausoleum. Snow fell from the snowy mountains.
"Why is the sky so dark?"
The snowy skies of the Everlasting Snow Mountains were suddenly covered by inky black clouds. The black clouds blotted out the sun, casting the entire snowy mountain range into darkness. The inky clouds carried a heavy, oppressive aura. Quite a few vicious beasts burrowed into their caves, not daring to peek their heads out.
The experts who were still rushing about in the snowy mountains in search of transcendence were also looking at the sky with grave expressions.
The spiritual energy in their bodies surged, and they set up a barrier in advance.
No one knew how this ink-colored cloud appeared, and they had to be cautious in dealing with this strange phenomenon.
The birds in the eagle's territory returned to their nests. The inky clouds grew darker and darker. In less than an hour, the entire snowy mountain range was so dark you couldn't even see your own fingers in front of you.
A streak of blood-red lightning flashed through the sky. This brief flash of light caused the vicious beasts and cultivators to raise their vigilance to the max.
The darker it was, the more dangerous it was. The snowy mountains were in a unique situation.
Even an Imperial Monarch expert's spiritual sense couldn't extend more than a kilometer.
In the eyes of these experts, this might be a barrier set up by the Transcendence Mausoleum for them. Any opportunity was proportional to the danger. The Transcendence Mausoleum wouldn't let them keep searching for treasures and opportunities …
It was very likely that the inky clouds covering the sun were the first wave of attacks from the Transcendence Mausoleum.
Another bolt of lightning flashed. In this pitch-black environment, this bolt of lightning revealed endless strangeness.
No one dared to move recklessly. Those who were in the same group as them would gather around each other …
"Crackle!"
Suddenly, a bolt of heavenly lightning several meters wide fell from the sky. After that, the entire mountain range turned into a pool of lightning. Countless bolts of heavenly lightning rained down.
The entire snowy mountain range rumbled, and the pitch-black mountain range was illuminated by the lightning.
The lightning landed and shattered boulders. In this pitch-black environment, the people who didn't dare to move could only support the barrier.
However, the lightning and heavenly lightning were like appetizers …
Fire.
Fire.
Blinding fire!
When they looked up, they saw flames falling from the sky like meteors. When the flames landed on the ground, they instantly lit up the pitch-black world.
The flames burned fiercely, and the heat caused the snow and ice on the mountain range to melt.
Even the boulders of the mountain range were scorched to smithereens by the heat!
"This is a dao technique!"
When the flames fell to the ground, someone finally recognized the true nature of the flames, lightning, and thunder.
This wasn't a barrier set up by the mausoleum. It was someone who had achieved a breakthrough in their understanding of dao techniques.
As for who that person was?
Lightning, thunder, heavenly fire …
This was clearly someone who had comprehended the Five Elements. Of the people who entered the mausoleum, the only one who had comprehended the Five Elements was …
"Ye-zi, it's Ye-zi!" Yang Jian yelled beside a fire. "Ye-zi didn't die!"
"I told you long ago that Ye Zichen was still alive, but some people didn't believe me," Gu Li snorted, but he was actually rather shocked.
The power of fire, thunder, and lightning … Ye Zichen's mastery of these elements was at the very least complete.
That auspicious rain from before had probably been caused by Ye Zichen as well. This meant that he'd already reached the peak of four elements. He was only one step away from condensing the Dao Heart of the Five Elements!
"The Emperor Star truly is the Chosen of the Heavens," muttered the Ocean Emperor as she watched the heavenly fire and lightning.
"There really is a supreme treasure hidden there."
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