"I know, I must follow in Senior Brother's footsteps now." Chu Lingwei saw that her second senior brother wasn't angry and nodded vigorously, her gaze shifting to the crowd. "What are you all doing here?"
"We're trying to open this door." Nangong Luo pointed at a stone door, his eyes fixed on it. "We suspect this is the real Cheng Tian Hall."
Nangong Luo, like these people, had overcome numerous challenges to reach this point.
"Can't you all open it together?" Most of the people standing here were cultivators in the Huatian Realm and Tongtian Realm. Surely they could open this stone door.
"No, we can only find a way to open it." A trace of sarcasm flashed in Nangong Luo's eyes.
It wasn't that a method to open the stone door hadn't been found, but rather, as more and more people arrived, no one wanted to reveal the method.
Once the stone door was opened, everyone would enter, and who knew who would obtain the inheritance within. No one wanted to give up this opportunity.
"Is this truly the real inheritance hall?" Chu Lingwei secretly regretted not asking the Bee Queen about this Cheng Tian Hall earlier. Unfortunately, the thought hadn't occurred to her at the time.
"It should be. Look at the runes on the stone door." Nangong Luo nodded, pointing at the faintly visible runes on the stone door. "These are ancient runes from ten thousand years ago, and the Cheng Tian Hall we entered at first had no such runes."
Chu Lingwei and Nangong Luo walked closer to the stone door, looking at the runes. They seemed familiar, yet not quite.
"Weiwei, I can open this stone door." The Illusion Cat inside the spirit beast pouch chirped. It had finally encountered a formation it could activate.
"Second Senior Brother, do you want to go in?" Chu Lingwei transmitted her voice to her second senior brother. After experiencing the illusion array of the Ape King and the Bee Queen's instructions, Chu Lingwei wasn't particularly interested in what was inside.
"You have a way?" Nangong Luo wanted to go in, perhaps he could obtain the inheritance, which would further improve his cultivation. "Of course, I want to go in."
"Second Senior Brother, I'll tell you the method."
"No rush."
Knowing that his junior sister had a way to enter, Nangong Luo opened his fan and leisurely fanned himself.
"Junior Sister, is Junior Brother with you?"
"No, I got separated from Third Senior Brother." Chu Lingwei was puzzled. She wasn't sure if Su Yan had followed, but she assumed he must have.
Her Second Senior Brother asking this was likely a reminder for her to call Su Yan over.
Chu Lingwei took out her sound transmission talisman and sent a message to Su Yan.
A moment later, Su Yan arrived, looking disheveled.
"Second Senior Brother, Junior Sister."
"Third Junior Brother, what happened to you?" Nangong Luo wanted to laugh heartily. Third Junior Brother's combat strength was even greater than his, yet he was in such a sorry state.
"I encountered some troublesome things, which delayed me." Su Yan calmly brushed the dust off himself and looked at the cultivators with varied expressions. "Second Senior Brother, what are you all doing here?"
"Third Junior Brother, this should be the real inheritance hall ahead. We're trying to find a way in." Nangong Luo finished speaking and gestured to the other cultivators. "None of them have gone in." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
The cultivators standing in front of the stone door stiffened when they heard Nangong Luo's words. Some were annoyed, some ashamed, and some disgusted.
This was the inheritance hall! They were all trying to keep it secret, but he was calling more and more people over. This was clearly an attempt to seize the inheritance.
"Even Second Senior Brother has no way?" Su Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't even glance at the runes on the stone door.
"Of course, I have a way. I was waiting for you, wasn't I?"
Nangong Luo opened his fan, exchanged a look with Chu Lingwei, and walked to the stone door. His right hand moved rapidly, forming seals. The runes on the stone door began to move, and their spiritual energy grew brighter.
Soon, all the runes on the stone door moved like fish in water, swimming freely before returning to their original positions.
A faint "click" sound was heard, and everyone's hearts tightened. The stone door opened.
"Since none of you want to go in, I'll take the lead." Nangong Luo turned around, smiled at the cultivators behind him, and strode into the stone door, his figure instantly disappearing.
Seeing that Nangong Luo had entered, the other cultivators didn't want to wait any longer. Every moment they delayed was a loss of opportunity.
In a short while, only Chu Lingwei and Su Yan remained in front of the stone door.
"Third Senior Brother, shall we go in and take a look too?" Chu Lingwei pointed at the stone door. Third Senior Brother hadn't entered; perhaps he wanted to stay and protect her?
"Alright, let's go in and see."
Su Yan nodded, always staying behind Chu Lingwei to protect her.
It seemed her guess was correct. Without a second thought, Chu Lingwei quickened her pace and walked in, only to be met with a sudden sensation of weightlessness.
Chu Lingwei smiled wryly in her heart; she had expected this.
The sensation of weightlessness disappeared, and Chu Lingwei found herself standing amidst ruins, filled with the desolation and cruelty of a post-battle scene.
"This must be the great war between gods, demons, and ghosts from ten thousand years ago, right?" The Illusion Cat looked at the scene, as if it had seen something similar in its memory.
"There are still gods in this world?"
Chu Lingwei was surprised. She believed there had been a great war here, but she hadn't expected there to be gods.
"Gods?" A hint of confusion flashed in the Illusion Cat's eyes. Had it just mentioned "gods"?
"Yes, you just said it." Chu Lingwei was very sure. The first word the cat uttered was "god."
"No, I definitely didn't say that. I only know that ten thousand years ago, the Demon, Ghost, Human, and Beast realms fought a devastating war with heavy casualties." The Illusion Cat tried hard to recall its words and shook its head firmly. It had never mentioned "gods."
Chu Lingwei: "..." It was clearly lying.
"Feng Ming, did Cat Cat mention the word 'god' just now?" Chu Lingwei summoned Feng Ming, who had been standing there and would surely have heard.
"No, Cat Cat said this might have been the site of a war between demons, ghosts, beasts, and humans. It didn't mention gods." Feng Ming nodded with certainty.
Chu Lingwei stared at the two small beasts. Were they hiding something from her, or had the word "god" not registered in their minds?
"No, Cat Cat definitely said it."
"Ah?" The Illusion Cat looked at Chu Lingwei in confusion. "Weiwei, my inherited memories have nothing related to gods. I'm sure I didn't say it."
Feng Ming nodded in agreement. "Weiwei, Cat Cat isn't lying. I really didn't hear the word 'god.' Why do you ask? Are there gods in this world?"
Chu Lingwei's face darkened. What was happening now?
It seemed that after she left the Cangshan Secret Realm, she would have to thoroughly investigate the matter of gods.