Sovereign to Immortality

Chapter 497 – Kneeling

A Soul Guardian Spirit was also known as the Body Sacrifice Array!

This was a will formed with the complete will of a powerful cultivator when he was about to die. It was a formation genie that was used to maintain the formation and achieve a certain purpose in front of him.

Before a cultivator dies, he will use a formation to set uest. Only those who have passed the test will be able to obtain the inheritance of the cultivator, and some powerful formation spirits will even be able to leave behind an image to force the cultivator to make a vow to fulfill the wishes of the cultivator before death, etc.

When he saw the figure that was seated cross-legged near the Spring Spring Water Pool at the source of the valley stream, Yang Junshan suddenly realized that something was amiss. Although the figure was faintly discernible in the mist, Yang Junshan could immediately tell that it was nouman being.

Even though the figure was dressed in human clothes, it had a monkey’s head, with earthen yellow fur all over its body, and a three foot long tail. It was clearly a clothed Macaque.

Although this monkey demon had fallen for a long time, its body was not rotten, which showed how much it had endured while alive. Although there was not a single trace of Qi on its body, this Macaque’s corpse still gave Yang Junshan a cold and inviolable feeling.

What surprised Yang Junshan was that from the looks of the corpse of the monkey demon, the time that the demon cultivator had fallen was at least a few decades away. And a few decades ago, a great change had not happened to the heaven and earth, the Alien Cultivator had not descended, and a demon cultivator had appeared in this cultivation world.

However, Yang Junshan quickly thought of the demonic beast that appeared in Banyan Mountain all those years ago, the great King Taize of the Nanxuan swamp, the barbarian cultivators he saw at the southern borders all those years ago, as well as Wu Shuo and Jiu Li.

When talking about the descent of the Alien Cultivator, people would often think of the great change in heaven and earth, that was when the Alien Cultivator descended from the sky like a meteor, but in fact, before that, the Alien Cultivator had already started infiltrating this world, it was just that this kind of infiltration was either as secretive as the Great Swamp King, or was as strong as Wu Shuo’s or Jiu Li’s.

And this monkey demon cultivator was clearly the Alien Cultivator that had been hiding in this cultivation world for a long time. However, it was clear that he died before he could even wait for the world to change.

Yang Junshan thought for a bit, and then cupped his hands towards the monkey demon’s corpse, then began to inspect it carefully. He quickly discovered the true cause of the monkey demon’s death, and it was precisely because of this that Yang Junshan’s face was filled with astonishment.

The seal of Heaven! The monkey demon’s fatal injury is actually the seal of Heaven!

Yang Junshan immediately guessed where this monkey demon cultivator came from. He must have definitely entered this world from the Hidden Sky Ruins, and when he entered this world, he even received an attack from the Heaven-Shaken Sect cultivators, after being heavily injured, he barely escaped into the Coldjade mountain range. Before he died, he laid a large formation in the valley to protect this group of Macaque tribes, and used his own willpower to form a spirit formation to protect this valley.

Thinking back to what Lao Yang had told him about his experiences in the Hidden Sky Ruins, the inheritance of the Heaven Seal came from a cultivator of the Heaven-Shaken Sect who had perished in the Hidden Sky Ruins. He could not help but think, could it be that the cultivators of the Heaven-Shaken Sect had lost to the monkey demon in the end due to them fighting, and that the Heaven-Shaken Sect cultivators had perished in the Hidden Sky Ruins, while the monkey demon had escaped from the Hidden Sky Ruins, but in the end, he had perished in a nameless valley like this one in the Cold Jade Mountain Range?

Yang Junshan could not help but laugh inwardly, but he did not know that although his guess was not accurate, it was not far from his guess. Unfortunately, the person who was involved in this matter back then had already perished, and what the situation was like now, it had already become an unsolved case.

Putting aside the cause of death for the monkey demon, Yang Junshan’s expression became much more serious as he recalled the records he had gotten from Master Duskfall’s photo-inheritance bead s about using his body to sacrifice for the formation.

There were usually only two ways to break through a formation like this. The first method was naturally to rely on one’s tyrannical strength to forcefully break it open, but this also meant that the secrets to the array would disappear along with the formation’s destruction. The second method was to obtain the approval of the formation’s guardian spirit and dissolve the will of the person who set up the formation; this way, one would be able to reduce the danger and at the same time, obtain the inheritance and secrets left behind by the person who set up the formation.

Yang Junshan thought for a bit and tried to take a few steps forward. However, a peerless aura that seemed to contain a dark cloud that was filled with thunder, stopped in the air above Yang Junshan’s head, as if warning him that if he took one more step forward, what would greet him would bring about a calamity upon himself!

As a quasi-grandmaster level array master, Yang Junshan was naturally able to perceive that this danger was real, but taking a few steps forward allowed Yang Junshan to achieve his goal. Although his consciousness was suppressed by the formation and his vision was covered by the mist, he could still faintly make out a stone tablet behind the monkey demon’s corpse.

Yang Junshan was almost certain that what was recorded on the stone tablet was the lifetime worth of the monkey demon’s sacred art inheritance. Unfortunately, no matter how good the inheritance was, it could only be used on demon cultivators, but to Yang Junshan, it did not have any benefits.

However, the formation laid down by the monkey demon was not simple at all. This type of formation that could unknowingly hide a cultivator’s consciousness had piqued Yang Junshan’s interest.

Yang Junshan who had lost his interest in the spring, shifted his attention away from the hot spring, and looked at a stone cellar beside a stream at the bottom of the pond, where the strong aroma of alcohol came from.

Thinking about that group of Macaque’s extremely strong and tyrannical bodies, Yang Junshan could not help but reveal a look of anticipation, and opened the stone cellar.

The irregular holes in the stone pit were obviously caused by the Macaque themselves. The strong aroma of the wine in the stone cellar did not arouse Yang Junshan’s interest at this moment, but his attention was focused on the few fruits and mosaics in the wine cup.

“Bone Strengthening Grass is classified as a low-grade precious rank spirit grass because it possesses extremely strong Bone Forging abilities. Rootless Fruit, medium-grade treasure spirit fruit, the main ingredient to refinealing panacea. Crimson Primordial Flower, high-grade treasure spirit grass, the main ingredient of the Body Tempering Holy Elixir Marrow Forging Elixir.”

This kind of high grade spirit grass could even be considered a treasure of the heavens and earth. Normally, it was an extremely rare item in the cultivation world, and the appearance of a single one would cause a small commotion and fight over it. It wasn’t surprising for a Spiritual Master to have a falling out and fight over it.

However, there were actually three of them in this mountain valley. And what made Yang Junshan even crazier was that these three treasures that were like heavenly and earthly treasures were actually used by a group of monkeys to drink!

No wonder they all looked so strong. Not to mention a group of monkeys, even if a group of pigs ate the wine soaked in these things, they would still be able to knock oveiger.

But the key point was that with this kind of rare treasure, where did this group of Macaque get their hands on it?

Just as Yang Junshan was about to retreat from the source of the pool without alerting the array to counterattack, the distant mountain beams and tree branches started to sway. The group of Macaque who were chasing after Yang Junshan earlier started to retreat.

The return of this group of young, able-bodied monkeys immediately broke the silence of the valley. Immediately, an old monkey went up to welcome them, only to see the group of Macaque carrying a Macaque all the way back in grief.

However, after hearing the old monkey’s loud yells, and hearing that someone had actually barged into the valley, the group of monkeys exploded into action once more. They carried the Macaque that had been knocked out by Yang Junshan and quickly rushed into the depths of the valley, just in time to meet Yang Junshan, who was about to leave.

The one who broke into their dwelling was Yang Junshan, who was chasing after them earlier. The group of Macaque were all exceptionally angry, as countless rocks and fruits were thrown towards Yang Junshan.

Yang Junshan snorted angrily, the Spirit Qi around his body surged, just as he was about to teach this group of monkeys a lesson, he suddenly felt the feeling of being pressed down by lightning again. Yang Junshan was startled, and the technique he was going to use changed, and turned into a mountain protection technique, protecting his body.

For no reason, the furious troop of monkeys suddenly calmed down, and all the Macaque retracted their arms. Some of the Macaque even had fear on their faces as they hid behind the others.

Yang Junshan was lamenting the wisdom of this group of Macaque more and more. The intelligence they displayed was so great that even some demon cultivators who had advanced to Spiritual Demons were unable to keep up with them.

At this time, Yang Junshan saw the Macaque that he had knocked unconscious. It was being carried by a few of the strongest Macaque, the surrounding Macaque s still had expressions of grief on their faces. Yang Junshan’s heart moved, he extended his hand and pointed towards the unconscious Macaque, releasing a ray of spiritual light.

There were even Macaque blocking the front of their bodies to protect the corpses of their own kind. But how quick and nimble Yang Junshan was, before they could even make a move, the light beam had already entered into the unconscious Macaque’s body.

Just as the monkeys were at a loss as to what to do, the unconscious Macaque suddenly became clear-headed. It then jumped up from the ground, and looked around at its own kind with a confused expression.

The group of monkeys burst into an uproar again, but this time, they knew the reason why. Several tens of Macaque immediately kneeled down towards Yang Junshan, leaving behind the Macaque that had just woken up, who did not know what was going on. The moment it saw Yang Junshan, it immediately jumped and pointed its feet while pointing at him, painting, then was immediately slapped onto the ground by an even stronger Macaque beside it.

The situation before his eyes was obviously out of Yang Junshan’s expectations. After being startled for a bit, Yang Junshan suddenly felt the sense of danger from before disappear once again. He was suddenly enlightened and actually opened his mouth to ask the group of Macaque: “Why are you all kneeling to me?”

The group of Macaque was in a commotion, some of them even looked confused, but the strong Macaque that just knocked the Macaque down suddenly stood up, and first pointed towards the hot spring pool in the valley, then pointed at Yang Junshan, and started to drink as though it wanted to express something.

Yang Junshan thought for a moment, then said: “Are you saying that the existence at the side of the Spring Water Pool that fell was similar to me, were both very powerful?”