Chapter 6 The Ancestral Grounds Shrine (2/2)
The interior of the stone doors were filled with a deep darkness, and appeared rather mysterious.
Zhou Qing's expression was somewhat complicated as he gazed at the stone doors and said, ”Whether or not you will be able to open your meridian channels and start cultivating will depend on this place.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan's expression grew nervous as his fists tightly clenched. No matter how mature he was, he was after all still a child and was hence unable to maintain his calm before important matters related to opening his meridian channels.
Zhou Qing glanced at Zhou Yuan before walking past the stone doors. Behind them was a long stone corridor. Lamps burned on the floor of the corridor, giving the place a dusky lighting.
The two did not speak. Only the faint sound of footsteps filled the corridor.
After walking for about a dozen minutes, Zhou Qing's and Zhou Yuan's footsteps finally stopped. They had reached the end of the corridor, and a vast ancient cavern had appeared before their eyes.
At the end of the cavern stood a stone platform.
Zhou Qing headed straight for the stone platform. Only at this moment did Zhou Yuan discover that the numerous ancient Genesis Runes were carved onto the surface of the stone platform. These Genesis Runes formed a certain picture.
With Zhou Yuan's current understanding of Genesis Runes, he was completely unable to recognize what grade these Genesis Runes were. Just vaguely trying to picture them in his mind made his spirit greatly exhausted, leaving him feeling a little light-headed. Hence, he immediately withdrew his gaze.
”Father…” Zhou Yuan looked towards Zhou Qing. Could the solution to the gordian knot of his missing eight meridian channels be found here?
Zhou Qing's expression grew more solemn as he gazed at the ancient Genesis Runes on the stone platform and said, ”A certain secret saying has been pa.s.sed down in our Zhou clan. It says that a great destiny is hidden in this secret room that can help our Zhou clan truly flourish for ten thousand years.”
”The key to this great destiny is the blood of our Zhou clan's successor. However, although every successive emperor has come here in an attempt to unlock the great destiny with his blood, every single one of them ultimately failed.”
At this point, he looked towards Zhou Yuan before continuing. ”That is why I have brought you here to see if you are able to unlock this great destiny. If you are successful, solving the problem of your eight meridian channels should not be hard.”
”Eh?”
Zhou Yuan gazed at the ancient stone platform in amazement. He had evidently never expected that such a secret saying had been pa.s.sed down in their Zhou clan.
”Go on.” Zhou Qing said as he patted Zhou Yuan's shoulders.
Zhou Yuan took in a deep breath. His heart was thumping like a drum, but he still mustered his courage and walked onto the stone platform before seating himself amongst the many ancient and mysterious Genesis Runes.
He took out a small sharp knife and gritted his teeth as he moved it across his wrist. Fresh blood immediately flowed out and spread along the groves of the Genesis Runes.
In the short span of several breaths, the Genesis Runes on the stone platform had taken on the color of fresh red blood.
Outside the stone platform, Zhou Qing watched this scene with eyes filled with anxiety as his fists subconsciously clenched tightly.
As Zhou Yuan felt the flowing fresh blood, his young and somewhat scholarly face instantly turned even paler. His unwavering gaze was fixed on the complicated Genesis Runes while his heart thunderously beated.
”Is this my last chance…”
Zhou Yuan tightly gritted his teeth and endured the waves of dizziness that battered at this mind. At this very moment, the scene of his mother, Qin Yu, vomiting blood once again surfaced before his eyes, causing waves of piercing pain to spread in his heart.
”For my sake, mother's health was greatly affected and her lifespan was cut!”
”For me, father lost an arm to king Wu!”
”My destiny was stolen, my sacred dragon root damaged and poison gnaws at my life!”
”Great Zhou is a mess inside while danger lurks outside. We risk being overthrown at any time!”
”Therefore, I want to change all of this. I want to help mother recover her lost lifespan and father regain his aspirations. I want to ensure that my people no longer have to worry or be afraid. I want to take back everything that I have lost!”
”... this great destiny is mine!”
Howls abruptly rang out in Zhou Yuan's heart. In that split second, Zhou Yuan's body seemed to shake violently, as if a furious and unresigned dragon roar was echoing from the deepest recesses of his body.
Buzz buzz!
It was at this very moment that blinding light exploded from the bloodied ancient Genesis Runes. The light converged like silver water and rapidly swallowed Zhou Yuan.
This sudden turn of events caused Zhou Qing to be stunned. He hastily looked towards Zhou Yuan and watched in shock as Zhou Yuan vanished into thin air...
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