Chapter 2569

Seeing Yang Kai’s bad complexion, the Elder and Mu Na exchanged a glance, and then bowed together, pleading, “We beg the noble guest to help our two clans！”

Yang Kai stepped aside and said indifferently, “You two are forcing others to do what they don’t want to do.”

The Elder shook his head and said, “That’s not the case. We are just following the will of the heavens.”

“Heavenly will？” Yang Kai sneered, “Where does the heavenly will come from！”

The Elder smiled slightly, stepped aside, and pointed to the cave wall, saying, “Noble guest, please take a look.”

Mu Na also waved her hand, and a stream of colorful glow suddenly shot out illuminating the entire cave wall brightly. The flowing light is close to a certain part of the cave wall and slowly lingered. And with the shine of the light Yang Kai suddenly discovered that several extremely ancient pictures had emerged on the cave wall.

In the first one, a person is sitting cross-legged with a stone placed on his knees. And that person extends a finger, and blood drips from the fingertip onto the stone. Strangely, the blood dripping from the fingertip of the person in the painting is not crimson, but a strange golden color.

Yang Kai was stunned when he saw it. Before he could see it clearly, his gaze involuntarily shifted to the second one along with the movement of the flowing light.

In the second painting, that person is still sitting cross-legged, but there is an additional small figure nearby, hunchbacked, crawling on all fours, bouncing around like a monkey, chasing the flying butterfly.

Both paintings are only outlined with the simplest lines. It can be seen that they are extremely rough, but vividly display the meaning to be expressed.

Is this Xiaoxiao and myself？ Yang Kai’s mind went blank, and he simply couldn’t believe his eyes. That small figure is clearly Xiaoxiao, and the figure who can drip golden blood, besides himself, who else could it be？

But… this painting is clearly mottled with age and extremely ancient. At the very least, it is something from hundreds or thousands of years ago. How could he be recorded on it？

Yang Kai couldn’t help but have an extremely unreal feeling.

Looking at the third picture, what came into view made Yang Kai’s eyes shrink involuntarily. Because in the third picture, it was the scene of himself and Xiaoxiao fighting side by side. The image of Xiaoxiao holding the Heaven Shaking Pillar and showing great power was vivid and lifelike.

The fourth one seemed to be in a passage, with starlight lingering. The space was broken, and Xiaoxiao was sucked into the space crack, with only one hand still exposed outside, as if trying to catch something.

This was the encounter when first entering the Star Realm in the starlight passage！

The fifth one. Around Xiaoxiao, there were nine stone men like him, resting and recuperating in the primitive and lush jungle, and there were many smaller wooden spirits flying around.

The sixth one. The person who first appeared in the picture found the small figure. After a long separation and reunion, he was overjoyed. The bonfire was brightly lit, and many stone spirits and wooden spirits were singing and dancing beside, completely coinciding with what happened tonight.

The seventh one. In the picture, there was a blood-red, oval-shaped gate. Countless strange creatures were fighting near this blood-colored gate, with corpses and blood everywhere.

The eighth one. The small figure came across the sky and, with the help of that human, rushed into the blood-colored gate and disappeared.

The ninth one. There was nothing, only a blood-colored gate. Besides that, there was nothing else, leaving a great suspense.

There are a total of nine patterns branded on the tree wall. Although they are simply sketched, they are lifelike.

After reading them, Yang Kai’s thoughts turned a hundred times. It took him a while to look up and say, “What does this mean？”

The elder said, “Although the Wood Spirit Clan is not good at fighting, they have many strange abilities. The previous Wood Spirit Clan Chief was proficient in divination. Before her death she perceived that our two clans would have a disaster of genocide at a certain moment in the future. She divined a hexagram at the cost of her last vitality to find a way out for our two clans. What she left behind are these nine patterns.”

Mu Na sighed and said, “For more than a thousand years, the elder and I have been contemplating the meaning represented in these nine patterns but we have never been able to understand it. It was not until Shi Jiu was suddenly found from the outside world, which verified the content on the fifth pattern, that we knew that the hope of the two clans does not lie within the two clans, but in Shi Jiu, in you, guest.”

Yang Kai’s mouth twitched and he said, “Just based on these nine patterns？ You two are going to take the lives of all the people in the two clans to take risks？”

The elder shook his head seriously and said, “This is the will of heaven, this is an inspiration, not a risk！ Guest, we have been waiting for you for a long time！”

Yang Kai was stunned. He had heard the elder say this when he first saw him today. At that time, he thought it was because of Xiao Xiao’s, but he didn’t expect the elder to have other intentions.

In the tree cave, the elder and Mu Na looked at Yang Kai with burning eyes, with expectant eyes on their faces.

Yang Kai sighed and said, “Even if this is the revelation left by the previous generation of the Wood Spirit Clan Chief with her last life, it doesn’t mean that things will definitely succeed.” Pointing at the ninth pattern, Yang Kai said, “There is nothing here.”

Mu Na said solemnly, “I believe that the previous generation of adults would not speak without purpose. If this is a dead end, she would not leave a revelation here. Since she left it, the path she pointed out to us is the correct one.”

“Guest…” The elder spoke again.

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Kai interrupted him by waving his hand： “This matter is of great importance. I have to think about it. You two don’t need to say more.”

After saying that, regardless of what these two people meant, Yang Kai turned around and walked out of the tree hole. Outside, it was still noisy. Many clansmen of the Wood Spirits and Stone Spirits were singing and laughing together. Ruo Xi was pulled into the field by a group of Wood Spirits and was dancing gracefully. Her posture was beautiful, which attracted a group of Wood Spirits to applaud and praise. Several Stone Spirits even had their eyes bulging out.”

Xiaoxiao was also twisting and turning there like a show-off, but that appearance was really not flattering.

Yang Kai didn’t bother them. With a flash of his figure, he returned to Xiaoxiao’s small tree house and sat down cross-legged.

Seeing him disappear, the elder sighed slightly, as if regretting not being able to persuade Yang Kai on the spot.

Mu Na turned her head and looked at the nine patterns. Suddenly, she waved her hand. When the flowing light shone, the ninth pattern completely changed its appearance. The blood-colored door still existed, but there was an additional huge stone giant, looking arrogant and unrivaled. The pitch-black giant stick carried on the shoulder highlights Xiao Xiao’s identity.

Mu Na said, “If it was like this, would he have agreed just now？”

The elder said, “Since it is an inspiration, it will naturally only guide the way, not the result. If it were like this, he would probably become suspicious. He is not stupid. The previous way was just right.”

Mu Na nodded in deep agreement when she heard this. With a wave of her small hand, the ninth pattern returned to its original state.

The elder sighed heavily and said, “It is inappropriate for us to join hands to deceive him. But we are already at the end of our rope. If we want to succeed, we must get help. Naturally, we have to give him a chance to consider.”

Mu Na said, “What the elder said is very true.”

The two clan leaders really went to great lengths. How could Yang Kai have thought that these two seemingly respected existences would join hands to deceive him? And the nine patterns on the tree wall were just casually made by Mu Na and were not the inspirations left by the previous generation of the Mu Ling clan leader at all.

If he knew, Yang Kai promised to beat them into pigs’ heads.

Yang Kai, who was sitting cross-legged in the tree cave, was extremely conflicted. According to his thoughts, it would be the best choice to directly take the two clans away from this troubled place. If that really didn’t work, then just take Xiaoxiao away.

But the elder’s words about being reluctant to leave their homeland made his idea die. It’s not that it’s impossible to forcibly take Xiaoxiao away, but if he did this, Xiaoxiao would lose the opportunity to become the Holy Spirit Taiyue.

On one hand, there is an opportunity for Xiaoxiao to become a Holy Spirit, but on the other hand, there is a huge risk. Yang Kai is in a dilemma.

It still depends on Xiaoxiao’s own intention.

At dawn, the excitement of the two clans finally subsided. The Wood Spirits hid in the jungle and disappeared and the Stone Spirits also returned to their respective tree houses.

Ruoxi and Xiaoxiao walked back together. Seeing Yang Kai sitting cross-legged there, Ruoxi couldn’t help sticking out her tongue. She had played too much and forgotten herself last night, and she didn’t even know when Mister left.

“Xiaoxiao, come here！” Yang Kai waved to Xiaoxiao.

Xiaoxiao immediately bounced to his side and looked at him curiously, not knowing what Yang Kai wanted.

Yang Kai stretched out a hand, held one of Xiaoxiao’s hands, and his divine sense surged, communicating with him.

After a long while, Yang Kai sighed and said, “You really decided like this？”

As expected, Xiaoxiao really wanted to enter the Blood Gate. The pros and cons had already been clearly analyzed for him by the elder, and there was no intention of coercion at all.

Xiaoxiao straightened up, pounding his fists on his chest, looking as if he was very strong and not afraid of anything.

Yang Kai shook his head and smiled bitterly. After being silent for a long time, he said, “Go and tell the elder that I promise his matter.”

Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment. Obviously, he didn’t know what Yang Kai meant, but he still ran out obediently.

“Sir, is there something wrong？” If Xi saw that Yang Kai’s expression was not right, and couldn’t help asking uneasily.

Yang Kai frowned, but still didn’t hide it. He said, “The Stone Spirit and Wood Spirit clans want to send Xiaoxiao into the Blood Gate to inherit the power of the Holy Spirit’s origin. I’m a little worried.”

“Ah.” If Xi suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed, “Into the Blood Gate, but there is now…”

“Yes, it’s very difficult. If I don’t help them, they definitely won’t be able to break through the defenses around the Blood Gate. Even with my help, it’s not certain that we can succeed.”

“Then why did sir still promise？”

Yang Kai said, “Do one’s best and leave the rest to fate. If it really doesn’t work, I still have some confidence in taking them to escape.”

If Xi’s eyes flickered, and her white teeth gently bit her red lips. She said, “Then I also want to help.”

Yang Kai glared at her and said, “No. If we really want to break into the Blood Gate this time, the situation will be very dangerous. Your strength… is not enough. Just stay here obediently.”

Zhang Ruoxi had a wronged expression on her face, but she didn’t dare to disobey Yang Kai’s will and could only respond softly, “Got it.”

Yang Kai looked at her and said gently, “I brought you out from the Zhang family, so I have the responsibility to protect your safety. When you promote to Emperor Venerable, it won’t be too late to participate in such things.”

“Yes！” Ruoxi responded disappointedly.

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