"Next, we would deal with the inheritance of the Tou She Ancient God Jade."
"Both Tou She Ancient God and I cultivated the Flame Mantra; our powers came from the same source."
"Moreover, Tou She Ancient God had been an Emperor Flame. Whoever inherited his legacy needed an extremely high affinity with Heavenly Flames. I could not think of anyone more suited than myself to receive the Ancient Emperor Inheritance."
"But if I did not let you all try, I doubted you would give up."
"The Ancient Emperor Inheritance lay within the chest of the Ancient Emperor Statue. Feel free to try. Who would go first?"
Xiao Yan pointed at the Ancient Emperor Statue.
"You all go first. I'll be last."
Gu Yuan felt that he had already gained a tremendous advantage.
If he rushed to go first now, he would probably incur the wrath of both man and god, so he readily chose to bring up the rear.
"Since none of you are going, I'll go first."
Lei Ying shook his head and flew up first.
He pressed both palms against the statue's chest and slowly poured energy into it.
The others held their breath, watching Lei Ying anxiously.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
Nothing changed. It was as if the Ancient Emperor Statue were nothing more than an ordinary stone sculpture.
Lei Ying flew back with a bitter expression and sighed. "Xiao Yan, could it be that the Ancient Emperor Inheritance is not here at all?"
Xiao Yan merely smiled noncommittally.
Lei Ying stepped back, and Yan Jin immediately took his place. Nothing happened.
Yao Dan tried. Nothing happened.
Gu Yuan tried. Nothing happened.
In the blink of an eye, all four Clan Leaders had failed to trigger even the slightest phenomenon.
Their gazes turned toward Zhu