Fifteen, Fourteen

"How could such a configuration possibly exist? If they wanted to impersonate someone, they could at least come up with a more plausible disguise! Boss, let's go!"

Although Soul Ancestor said this, he didn't move an inch, and was still desperately trying to mentally prepare himself.

The Soul King reached out and grasped his wrist. The Soul Ancestor Master was puzzled, unsure what his leader was up to.

"Why don't you try it and you'll see!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Soul King suddenly exerted his strength, flinging the Soul Ancestor he was holding out of his hand, which slammed straight towards Wang Xingyu. He then turned and ran away.

Several Blue Silver vines burst from the ground, Entanglement around the approaching Soul Ancestor.

At the same time, a red light flashed, and Xiao Wu chased straight after the Soul King who had turned and fled.

The Soul King hadn't run far when Xiao Wu appeared behind him.

"You dare to chase after me!"

The Soul King suddenly turned around, his black Soul Ring lit up, and his blood-red longsword was covered with a ferocious phantom, slashing Xiao Wu with immense force.

The entire sequence of movements was executed flawlessly, from turning around to drawing the knife in less than a second.

He had anticipated that his opponent would Teleportation and chase after him, and that simply running away would not be enough to shake them off. So he decided to use himself as bait and gamble on this one strike, hoping to succeed with all his might.

Clang--!

The dust was thrown up by the aftershocks of the collision, and the opponent was knocked to the ground by his own attack.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The Soul King laughed loudly. This strike was his strongest, trump card, and even Soul Emperor who activated his defenses to take it head-on would not have an easy time, let alone one that had been caught off guard.

The laughter hadn't stopped when the dust settled.

Xiao Wu lay on the ground, without a single scratch on her body, a golden-red light flashing across her skin.

Having spent so much time with Wang Xingyu, I've long since caught his slyness and am constantly on guard against sneak attacks.

However, the power of this strike was truly terrifying; even with his Invincible Golden Body activated, he was still knocked to the ground by the impact.

"Uncle, why aren't you smiling anymore?" Xiao Wu asked.

The Soul King's expression changed drastically. Without saying another word, he leaped into the air, unfurling a pair of blood-red wings on his back.

Faster, faster!

He didn't know if Xiao Wu had a flying Soul Skill, but at least she could keep her distance, and catching up with him would be no easy task.

But a Air Break sound rang out beside them.

"Hello, duck." Xiao Wu, surrounded by a pink energy shield, greeted everyone with a smile.

"Depend on."

The battle ended quickly.

When Xiao Wu returned to the courtyard after dealing with the Soul King, Wang Xingyu had already pinned the Soul Ancestor to the ground.

The two approached the iron cage and saw that the Desert Cat that had led the way had already pried open the cage door, and one surviving Desert Cat after another crawled out of the cage.

"Wow, this Desert Cat is quite clever," Wang Xingyu said.

Xiao Wu rubbed its head. "What about these children? Should we send them back?"

Wang Xingyu thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Wu, ask if we can deliver these Desert Cat."

Xiao Wu crouched down to communicate with the cats.

Wang Xingyu walked over to the Soul King's corpse and searched it, but found nothing.

Slightly disappointed, he had hoped to find some Evil Soul Master's magic, but there was nothing. Oh well, he didn't need it anyway.

"Desert Cat said they can take these children home," Xiao Wu's voice came through.

"Okay," Wang Xingyu searched the other corpses, looked around the room, and concluded with one word: poor.

There's absolutely nothing of value in it.

"Xiao Wu, let's go. We've dealt with the people; let's continue searching for the inheritance."

"Mmm." Xiao Wu followed.

As soon as the two stepped out of the yard, the yellow Desert Cat caught up with them and meowed a few times.

Xiao Wu translated. "Xingyu, it says it wants to come with us."

Wang Xingyu chuckled, "This little guy knows how to suck up to powerful figures." He squatted down, "But we have other things to do, so we can't offer you anything in return."

The Desert Cat didn't fully understand, but it roughly grasped that this was a rejection.

It started meowing again.

Xiao Wu translated. "It says it can lead the way."

"Then ask him if he knows about that Triangle Tower complex?"

After Xiao Wu relayed the message, the Desert Cat meowed loudly twice.

"It knows."

"I can lead the way, but let's be clear first, there's really no benefit to it," Wang Xingyu said.

Xiao Wu translated, and the Desert Cat's response was straightforward. Xiao Wu smiled and said, "It said it's nothing, it just wanted to take a stroll."

Wang Xingyu smiled and said, "Alright, let's go then."

"From now on, I'll call you Big Yellow. We can't keep calling you Desert Cat." Xiao Wu him a very common name.

Wang Xingyu thought to himself, "At least don't call him Wu Ming."

By morning, the two people and the cat had finally arrived at the Triangle Tower complex.

The most likely site for the inheritance of the Yue Shen.

Triangle Tower stand in the desert, their bodies made of rectangular stones, and strange inscriptions are indeed carved on their surfaces.

There are fifteen towers in total, and scattered around them are some rounded, disc-shaped boulders, each about the size of a person.

The two people and the cat searched around the tower complex for a long time but still couldn't find the entrance.

"Meow meow meow."

Big Yellow ran to the top of one of the towers and barked a few times.

The two hurried forward and found that the stone blocks sealing the top of the tower were broken and damaged, with only half a stone remaining in place.

Wang Xingyu threw a few stones in first, and several seconds later, a thud was heard as the stones landed.

Xiao Wu activated her Invincible Golden Body, peered half her body inside to observe, and then withdrew after a moment. "There doesn't seem to be anything inside."

Wang Xingyu also peeked inside. Inside the tower, there were only stones, and the ground was also paved with stones, not yellow sand, and inscriptions were engraved on them as well.

He released several Blue Silver vines to sweep through the area, confirming that there were no hidden traps.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu activated her Invincible Golden Body and leaped directly into the tower through the gap, landing steadily on the stone surface.

Safety.

Wang Xingyu followed closely behind, carrying Big Yellow in his arms.

After landing, Big Yellow sniffed around inside the tower, exploring its surroundings.

Wang Xingyu ran his fingers over the inscription, unable to understand it; he was simply trying his luck by following the methods of tomb raiding and gold robbing from novels.

"Xiao Wu, try touching the inscription with your Soul Power."

"Okay," Xiao Wu did as instructed, but the inscription remained unresponsive.

Wang Xingyu scratched his head, wondering if he should go inside the other Triangle Tower to check; perhaps there would be clues inside.

"How about we wait until night to see?" Xiao Wu suggested. "Since it's the Yue Shen's legacy, it might only manifest at night."

Wang Xingyu nodded, finding it reasonable; it just so happened that the two of them would travel at night and rest during the day.

The two flew out of the Triangle Tower with Big Yellow, set up a tent nearby, and, exhausted from a day's work, put Big Yellow on guard duty.

Before long, Big Yellow fell into a deep sleep, oblivious to everything around him.

Fortunately, Wang Xingyu didn't rely entirely on Big Yellow. He set up some thin wires around the area, which would tremble if any creature approached.

I slept soundly until nightfall, and nothing unexpected happened.

The two people and the cat returned to the Triangle Tower.

Moonlight streamed in through the hole at the top of the tower, making the inscriptions appear more three-dimensional.

After searching for a long time, nothing was found.

They found another Triangle Tower with a damaged top, crawled inside, and found the scene and structure to be almost identical to the first one.

"How strange," Wang Xingyu muttered to himself. Logically, the Yue Shen's inheritance should have someone on duty; could they have really chosen the wrong person?

He simply lay down on the ground and looked up at the hole in the top of the tower.

You can see the moon through the hole.

Today is the 14th, and the moon is almost full.

The lunar cycle in Douluo is similar to that on Earth, about fifteen days per cycle.

Fifteen, fifteen.

He suddenly felt that number pop into his head.

I think I said something yesterday.

Fifteen towers.

No, wait a minute.

He sat up abruptly, startling both Big Yellow and Xiao Wu.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Wu asked, puzzled.

"Let's go outside and count how many of those round stone discs there are in total. If I'm not mistaken, it should be fifteen, no, fourteen!"

The two people and the cat emerged from the tower and counted the items under the moonlight. Big Yellow dug through the surface sand and unearthed the last disc—exactly fourteen discs.

Xiao Wu asked, her eyes full of confusion, "Xingyu, what did you find out?"

Wang Xingyu grinned crookedly. "I think I understand. We need to put these discs on top of the Triangle Tower and replace the original sealing stones. We'll use the discs to adjust the size of the gaps at the top of each tower, so that the phases of the moon seen from inside the towers are different. Fifteen towers, fourteen discs, corresponding to the moon's fifteen-day cycle—from waning to full, and back to waning."

"And tomorrow will be the night of the full moon."