"What's wrong?"
Seeing that Zhou You's expression was somewhat unnatural, Liu Jingguo asked with concern.
"Nothing. Let's split up and search for the entrance. We'll use the temple as our rendezvous marker."
Zhou You did not fight battles he was not sure of winning. Since he knew this tomb belonged to the Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage, he had to gather information about him.
One of Di Jing's alter egos, Xiaoyaozi, immediately sensed it. His aged palm paused upon the surface of the stone stele before him.
He was studying a rare ancient stone stele. Its inscription dated back to the same era as the Nine Cauldrons, and it was of great help in researching the origins of seal script.
"The Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage?"
Having received a reminder from the main body, Xiaoyaozi pondered for a moment before seeking out Aozu Si Xinmochi to inquire about the matter.
"The Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage was the second Martial Saint in the world. He inherited what came before and ushered in what followed, holding an extraordinary position."
"Under his vigorous leadership, the primitive structure of the ancestral tribes collapsed. They shifted from nomadic migration to settling around cities, while the earliest forms of aristocratic clans and sects began to emerge."
"After the Primal Martial Sage passed away, those demons and fiends that had once been suppressed sought to cause trouble again, but the Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage single-handedly suppressed them all."
Si Xinmochi's answer was the textbook-standard answer, as well as the official conclusion upheld since ancient times.
A Martial Saint, after all, was naturally a saint—perfect and without flaw.
Yet Xiaoyaozi was dissatisfied with this. "I once saw in an ancient text that the Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage was connected to the Bewitcher Empress. Not long ago, I pieced together several