"Good!"
"With your word on that, this old man could rest easy."
The One Origin Patriarch laughed heartily.
He knew Chen Jichuan liked to keep things hidden, always holding something back. Even when he had blocked the gate in the Jade Toad Great World and fought nine Supreme True Immortals, he had not shown the full extent of his abilities.
But this time, facing the corpses of Ancient Immortals, the One Origin Patriarch naturally hoped Chen Jichuan would give it everything he had.
He looked at Chen Jichuan, Fudan Zi, and Patriarch Zhengyuan, his expression turning solemn. "The powers of Ancient Immortals are unfathomable. Even after an entire epoch, their immortal bodies still possess unimaginable might."
The Primordial Simplicity Patriarch added, "Last time, eight million years ago, my senior brother and I triggered a restriction while subduing the Mountains-and-Rivers Seal. That was how we discovered the bodies of those two Ancient Immortals. But the restriction was immensely strong. We spent three thousand years wearing it down and still failed to break through. With the Immortal-Fall Battlefield about to close, we had no choice but to leave."
As the two patriarchs recounted what had happened, Chen Jichuan felt a measure of admiration.
Faced with the corpses of two Ancient Immortals, the One Origin Patriarch and the Primordial Simplicity Patriarch had resisted temptation and chosen not to risk staying behind. That took resolve.
Most people could not have held back.
Who knew what might happen over eight million years? Miss this chance, and there might never be another.
Yet the two patriarchs had held back.
And fortunately...
"When I left, I placed a mark on the restriction surrounding the two immortal bodies. It remains to this day."
"They should still be where we found them."
The One Origin Patriarch continued, "But claiming