He had thought Chu Zhiyuan would act without the slightest hesitation, directly destroy one of the statues, display his strength, and thereby awe these Attendants.
The Attendants here rotated shifts, often living here for ten years at a time.
Some Attendants, meanwhile, remained here forever and never went out again.
All power, fame, and profit had nothing to do with them. They cared about only one thing: the Undying Evil Venerable.
They had been suppressing the Undying Evil Venerable all along, fighting it all along.
To them, he and Chu Zhiyuan were both insignificant.
But if they could destroy the Undying Evil Venerable, their attitude would be completely different.
He did not understand why Chu Zhiyuan hesitated.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head. "These statues cannot be destroyed lightly."
"Why not?" Huang Zhengyang hurriedly asked. "They are all calamities, things meant to be suppressed, all enormous troubles. Destroying them would solve the trouble once and for all."
Chu Zhiyuan said, "These statues are connected to one another and form an array, aren't they?"
His gaze fell on the old man in coarse hemp robes. "Senior Guan, these statues are suppressing some strange object beneath the abyss, aren't they?"
The old man set down his hoe, gave Chu Zhiyuan a careful look, and nodded. "Come in and sit. We'll talk."
Huang Zhengyang was astonished. "Elder Guan, isn't Evil Suppressing Abyss meant to suppress these Undying Evil Venerable statues?"
This was far beyond his expectations.
"You fool, and you still want to become Division Chief?" Guan Zhengying snorted. "What a beautiful dream!"
Huang Zhengyang turned to Chu Zhiyuan.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Using the indestructible nature of the Undying Evil Venerable statues to suppress some existence truly is an exquisite method."
Huang Zhengyang frowned. "What kind of existence is it? Could it be even