Chapter 170: Welcome!

Lin Jiufeng and Cloud soon arrived at the divine temple.

The core area of the divine temple was not open to outsiders. It was protected by the people of the Northern Mountains Race. But when Lin Jiufeng and Cloud entered, no member of the Northern Mountains Race noticed them.

“The members of the Northern Mountains Race haven’t adapted just yet in this brand-new era.”

“Despite it already being decades into the world’s spiritual energy recovery, their strength remained stagnant. Or rather, ever since the Northern Mountains Race unified the world and established the golden age of that era, they snowballed into decline,” Cloud regretfully said.

She was from the Northern Mountains Race, so she naturally hoped that the Northern Mountains Race would become stronger. But in reality—the Northern Mountains Race had always been like this—stagnant and mediocre.

But at the same time, this was also the reason why the Northern Mountains Race was able to preserve themselves for several eras and continued to exist for so long similar to those powerful sects and factions.

“Everything that happened to the Northern Mountains Race can be considered as both a curse and a blessing,” Lin Jiufeng muttered.

“Beneath this divine temple is the Northern Mountains Lord’s relic. I’ve been suppressing it all this time, but the seal has already loosened after so long.” Cloud reached out and pointed at a place beneath the divine temple.

Lin Jiufeng focused his gaze.

With his powerful eyes, he saw through the soil, the divine temple, and saw the taiji symbol-like building beneath. It was black and white, with yin and yang swirling around it. There was also Daoist True Qi surrounding it.

The entire building seemed to be floating and sinking as if it was breathing.

“Indeed, it seems to be anxious about coming into being…” Lin Jiufeng commented.

Just by looking at it, he could already feel the immense strength of the True Qi that it emanated in all directions.

Fortunately, Cloud was suppressing it.

Otherwise, it would have long erupted.

“As you can see, I had no other choice but to ask you for a favor to come and help me seal this place. Once it comes into being, the commotion it will create will incite competition between the Dao sects…”

“The Northern Mountains Race cannot afford to bear them duke it out in an all-out war.”

“Especially since the location of the divine temple is too awkward, it’s right at the middle where most members of the Northern Mountains Race are concentrated,” Cloud explained.

“I understand…”

“I will help you with this matter.” Lin Jiufeng nodded.

“Disperse the people around the divine temple first. When I set up the array formation to suppress this place later, those people from the Dao sects will definitely rush in and a huge battle will break out. It won’t be good if the common people are hurt,” Lin Jiufeng said.

“All right, I’ll handle it in two hours,” Cloud said decisively.

She would look for the higher-ups of the Northern Mountains Race and ask them to evacuate the surrounding people.

Lin Jiufeng leisurely strolled around the divine temple.

Looking at this part of the divine temple that strictly prohibited outsiders from entering.

Just what was in this place aside from this building that made it unique from the outside?

Actually, they were all the same…

It was just that the so-called Ancestral Ruins were beneath the soil here.

Although the people of the Northern Mountains Race didn’t know, they could feel the earth breathing and the ground trembling on this place as if there was a terrifying existence below that was about to come into being.

Since that was the case, they knew better than to have the common people freely venture here.

Hence, they sealed the place and didn’t allow anyone to enter.

“Little Cat, go and watch from the side. I’ll set up the array formation now.”

Lin Jiufeng waited for an hour and drove the white cat away as he said.

“Be careful.” The white cat was very obedient.

She knew that she wasn’t of much help to Lin Jiufeng, so she came to a decision that not causing trouble for him was her greatest contribution.

The white cat jumped outside and watched from afar.

Lin Jiufeng took out the four statues.

Vermillion Bird, White Tiger, Azure Dragon, and Black Tortoise.

The four statues looked small, but they were divine items with souls.

“The person who created this array formation spent a huge amount of resources to create the four statues. They were fused with the blood essences of the four divine beasts. Once they are activated, they will be able to reproduce the might of the four divine beasts.”

Lin Jiufeng reached out and rubbed the four statues.

He walked to a corner and left one behind.

He walked to another corner and left one behind.

In this manner, in each of the four corners, there was a statue.

The four divine beasts in four directions would be able to completely display their might.

Lastly, Lin Jiufeng took out the array formation blueprint and held it in his hand.

He then stood there, waiting for the Northern Mountains Race to evacuate the people nearby.

Fortunately, Cloud moved fast.

With her powerful cultivation base as leverage, she told the higher-ups of the Northern Mountains Race that they had to evacuate the people around the divine temple.

Otherwise, a catastrophe would occur.

The people of the Northern Mountains Race quickly retreated.

With the divine temple as the center, the land within tens of miles became empty.

Just like a ghost city, there was nothing around the divine temple.

There wasn’t even a dog.

Even the white cat followed them and evacuated.

She ran tens of miles away and watched from afar.

Seeing this, Lin Jiufeng directly tossed the array formation blueprint and directly injected all of his True Qi into it.

Boom!

A deafening sound rang out.

Accompanied by a surging aura, the array formation blueprint inside the temple was directly activated, its might seeped into the relic.

Amidst the rumbling auras—the roars of a dragon, a tiger, a phoenix—and a black tortoise could be heard.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

The roars shook the surroundings.

The true bodies of the four divine beasts appeared one after another.

The Azure Dragon’s body was huge.

It flew into the air before landing. Its claws smashed onto the ground of the divine temple.

Rumble!

The ground trembled.

The already fragile seal completely collapsed at this moment.

The Northern Mountains Lord’s relic and legacy in the Ancestral Ruins were about to come into being.

But the Four Symbols Purgatory Array immediately suppressed it.

The Azure Dragon’s attack struck the relic, knocking it back down.

Then, the white tiger roared and shook the mountains and rivers.

It also came pressing down with all its might.

The Vermillion Bird’s cry reverberated through the universe as its powerful strength collided against the relic.

The Black Tortoise smashed down with its claws.

The thick earth directly pervaded the relic.

After its claws struck, it directly suppressed the relic.

The relic froze, unable to move.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

The changes were so fast that the members of the Dao sects outside the ancient city couldn’t react.

They wore surprised looks on their faces.

“What happened in the city?” A Daoist priest asked curiously.

“No idea… Are they being attacked by demonic creatures?”

“Those demonic creatures have nothing to do with us. The people of the Northern Mountains Race should handle them on their own. We just have to wait for the appearance of the Ancestral Ruins, and from there, we can obtain the Daoist Scripture.”

“That’s right!”

“The Daoist Scripture is something that can directly produce immortals…”

“We must obtain it at all costs.”

The people from the Dao Sects discussed as they watched from afar.

But at this moment, the higher-ups of the Quan Zhen Sect, Mount Longhu, the Five-Rice Dao Sect, and the Zenith Heaven Path Sect exclaimed.

“Not good!”

Their cries of alarm came all of a sudden, scaring a few of their disciples, who then looked at them in confusion.

What was not good?

A disciple wanted to ask.

But before he could ask, the top powerhouses of the four Dao sects rushed into the Northern Mountains Ancient City like a swarm of locusts.

“The aura of the Ancestral Ruins disappeared?”

“How is that possible?”

“That aura was still so dense and intense just now. It seemed like it would erupt at any moment to come into being in the mortal realm. How could it suddenly disappear?”

“Something happened with the relic of our ancestor in the Ancestral Ruins!”

At this moment, the higher-ups of the Dao sects no longer cared about being on guard against each other.

They swarmed into the ancient city.

But what they saw when they arrived were the four divine beasts—Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise.

The four divine beasts looked at them covetously, their terrifying auras surged with the intent to fight.

Behind the four divine beasts stood a hazy-looking man.

He chuckled. “You lot are finally here. I’ve waited for you lot for a long time.”

“Have a taste of the feast that I’ve prepared for you all!”

As soon as his words fell, Lin Jiufeng waved his hand.

The four divine beasts roared together and rushed forward at once.

Protected by the array formation, the mysterious-looking Lin Jiufeng said softly, “Welcome!”