"Damn it, just setting up the Divine Statue like that is such a waste. Take out a drop of your Origin Vital Blood and drip it onto it," Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Ah Chou suddenly said.
"Drip my Origin Vital Blood?" Ye Zhen was somewhat puzzled. "What use would that have?"
"This... even if I told you now, you wouldn't understand. Anyway, the benefits for you will be huge—you'll understand later! Mm, remember, you must drip a drop of your Origin Vital Blood onto every Divine Statue," Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Ah Chou said.
Seeing how mysteriously A-Chou spoke, Ye Zhen did not ask further and simply followed his instructions. He smeared a drop of Origin Vital Blood onto the brow of each Divine Statue.
Very quickly, that drop of Origin Vital Blood silently merged into the newly carved Divine Statue. Ye Zhen immediately directed the cult members to erect the new Divine Statue, which bore an eighty- or ninety-percent resemblance to him.
Afterward, Cult Leader Jian Qianxiong followed the Sun Moon Divine Cult's annual sacrificial rites, leading the cult members in a grand ceremony of worship before the new Divine Statue, officially putting it into use.
Although Ye Zhen still nominally belonged to the Sun Moon Divine Cult, he did not show himself on such an occasion. He merely watched quietly from afar as Jian Qianxiong led the others through the worship ceremony.
Just as the cult members gazed up at the Divine Statue and knocked their heads reverently upon the ground, an indescribable sensation suddenly rose in Ye Zhen's heart.
That feeling was exceedingly strange.
The newly erected Divine Statue in the distance seemed to have come alive. All at once, it formed a faint, elusive, and mysterious connection with Ye Zhen. He vaguely sensed that some nameless