This stone door was hundreds of meters high, more majestic and towering than any skyscraper Jiang Wen had ever seen. In front of the stone door were eight giant stone statues, each with a different design.
At the top, several night-luminescent pearls, each tens of meters in size, illuminated the entire cavern, bathing everything in a gentle light. It was hard to imagine where such large pearls came from, so large that even tomb raiders wouldn't dare to steal them.
Carved onto the stone door were two statues of Ox-Head and Horse-Face, both meticulously crafted, with every part of their bodies realistically presented to the world.
"Ox-Head and Horse-Face?" Jiang Wen was somewhat puzzled but didn't associate them with the Ox-Head and Horse-Face he knew. After all, similar righteous deities existed, likely the Yuyun tribe's imagination of ghosts and gods.
The ground in front of the gate was messy, with signs of fighting everywhere. It was evident that people had been here recently, with even scattered fragments of clothing remaining on the ground.
Jiang Wen picked up a piece and examined it closely; the workmanship was good, suggesting it was a man's garment.
The sand and gravel on the ground were full of chaotic footprints, allowing one to imagine the situation during the fight.
Looking at the eight statues, each had signs of breakage.
"If I'm not mistaken, these statues should be some kind of defensive measure." Just as Jiang Wen finished speaking, a whooshing sound came. A giant stone axe chopped down towards him, slamming heavily into the ground and scattering countless dust particles.
"Those who trespass here shall die."
The earth-shaking voice echoed, and all eight stone statues came to life. Their steps moved, and their bodies, hundreds of meters tall, were incredibly imposing.
Jiang Wen pulled Agu into the air, looking at the animated stone figures.
He had seen stone soldiers from the Taishin Palace branch in Taicang City, puppets comparable to a cultivator with a hundred years of lamp-lighting cultivation. Coupled with their characteristics of not fearing injury or death, even if two or three cultivators of the same level besieged them, it would be difficult to take them down for a while.
However, such stone soldier puppets required a huge amount of spirit stones, so they usually turned into stone statues to slowly recover their spiritual energy. Precisely because of this, these puppets became the best treasures for guarding.
Now, the eight stone figures standing in front of this stone door, each one's strength was probably comparable to the Life Fire Realm. Ordinary Life Fire cultivators who came here would probably die on the spot before they could even take a few breaths.
"Agu, can you handle them?" Jiang Wen asked, looking at Agu.
Agu looked at the eight stone figures with a solemn expression for a long time, then nodded: "No problem."
"Very good then," Jiang Wen smiled. "You hold them back, and I'll go take a look at that stone door."
The stone figures moved extremely fast, not at all befitting their hundreds-of-meters-tall bodies. In the time it took for the two to talk, a giant stone halberd stabbed towards them.
Fortunately, the space here was large enough that even if the eight stone figures thrashed about, they wouldn't occupy the entire space.
Agu's eyes flashed with fire as he stood on the ground, using his shield to forcefully withstand the stone figure's attack.
He counterattacked with his shield, pushing away the giant stone blade pressing down on it. Then, he nimbly jumped up, raised his foot, and kicked the stone figure's face. The kick sent stone fragments flying, and even the tall stone figure couldn't withstand the force, staggering back several steps to regain its balance.
Watching Agu fighting with ease against the stone figures' siege, Jiang Wen walked to the stone door.
He looked up at the incredibly huge stone door and reached out to touch it.
At that moment, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face on the stone door gradually materialized. The two walked down from the stone door, stood on the ground, and looked at Jiang Wen.
"Blasphemer, retreat now," Ox-Head said in a muffled voice.
"If unintentional, you may be spared death," Horse-Face added.
Jiang Wen was somewhat strange as he listened to Ox-Head and Horse-Face's words. He immediately shouted, "Excuse me, have others been here before?"
He thought for a moment, then respectfully bowed to Ox-Head and Horse-Face: "Please, allow me to enter, one of them is my friend."
"Do not be rude!" Ox-Head scolded.
Jiang Wen ignored it, only looking at Horse-Face. Ox-Head seemed to be angered by his attitude and immediately chopped down with an axe.
The sound of stone clashing rang out, and Jiang Wen coldly looked at Ox-Head. He clenched his fist and smashed it towards the stone axe. The next moment, the stone axe shattered layer by layer, falling to the ground like broken stones.
"My discussion with you is just that, a discussion, not a request," Jiang Wen said calmly, his aura exploding. A gust of wind blew out in all directions, startling Ox-Head and Horse-Face into retreating.
Ox-Head looked at the broken stone axe in his hand, his originally furious temper calming down. Although he was just a stone statue guarding the door, he had intelligence. He knew who he could provoke and who he couldn't. And the person in front of him was clearly the latter.
"I understand, you may enter," Horse-Face was silent for a long time, finally reluctantly agreeing to Jiang Wen's request. He signaled Ox-Head to step aside, and both stood to the side.
The stone door opened with a rumble, and endless white light illuminated people's eyes.
Jiang Wen looked at the world behind the stone door, which was as bright as day, and seemed to remember something, taking out a jade pendant to show Horse-Face. It was the thing Xue Changming had desperately tried to hand over, and the thing the Worship God Society had tried so hard to find. The old ranger had almost lost his life for this thing, and he had hidden it in his flesh and blood.
Now that Xue Changming had disappeared behind the door, this jade pendant must be related to this place, otherwise, there would be no need for him to be captured here.
"Do you recognize this thing?"
Horse-Face looked at the jade pendant in Jiang Wen's hand, a surprised sound coming from his voice: "This is the Yuhuang Jade Token, why do you have such a thing?"
"Yuhuang Jade Token?" Jiang Wen asked, puzzled.
"This item is a symbol of the Yuyun royal family, but the Yuhuang lineage has long been annihilated in the river of time," Horse-Face suppressed his surprised emotions, feeling very emotional about the token in Jiang Wen's hand.
"This was given to me by someone who entered the door, said to be a family heirloom," Jiang Wen said the origin of the jade pendant, and then Ox-Head and Horse-Face exclaimed in unison.
"Could it be that the Yuhuang bloodline still survives in the world?!"
"I'm not too clear about this matter. Perhaps after I rescue that friend, the two of you can have a chat," Jiang Wen smiled, then looked at the door. Stepping forward, he stepped into the door.
When his figure disappeared into the white light, the stone door slowly closed again.
Ox-Head and Horse-Face looked at each other for a long time, looking at the eight stone figures still fighting Agu in the distance, each said in a muffled voice: "Perhaps there really are descendants of the Yuhuang bloodline in the world."
"Is the day of the great prosperity of the Yuyun tribe coming?"
"Perhaps we can only say after that person comes out. We have waited for two hundred thousand years, and we will not be short of this time."
"Tell them to stop fighting."
"Okay."
