Chapter 92: A Snail (2) (1/2)

At this time, Li Qiye placed his hand on top of the snail’s gigantic body, and a bright light flew out from the snail, disappearing into the middle of Li Qiye’s eyebrows.

After this bright light came out of his body, the giant snail’s entire body shook; he could finally stand up slowly.

“A pot of extremely nutritious medicine is cooked.” Li Qiye said: “Since you are now following me, I will allow you to drink it.”

Hearing this, the giant snail didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This one pot was made from his own Longevity Blood, ah!

“So? You don’t want to drink? If you don’t want to drink, the two of them will drink it all!” Li Qiye pointed at Nan Huairen and his master.

“Drink, I will drink, why would I not drink?” The giant snail was actually afraid that the master and disciple would compete with him so he rushed into the giant pot to drink gulp by gulp. The medicinal pot was made from his own Longevity Blood; if he didn’t drink it, then his loss would be even greater. His wounds would require a longer time to recover, too.

Finally, the giant snail finished the whole medicinal pot, and he took a deep breath. He just took a trip from h.e.l.l and back.

Here, Li Qiye commanded the giant snail, saying: “Withdraw your body.”

The giant snail crushed his incantations, and he quickly transformed. A thin, old man with dried flesh appeared in front of them. There were two tiny pairs of flesh on his forehead, and, at the same time, there was also a small sh.e.l.l behind him that seemed like a s.h.i.+eld.

“Yikes, this is, this is your true body?” Nan Huairen was a little dazed. The old man in front of them versus his initial form was too contrasting. The snail was like a small mountain, but this thin and dried old man in front of them seemed as if a breeze could fall him in one pa.s.s.

“No, this is my second body.” The old man shook his head, and he smiled: “Earlier was my real body.”

“This old man is Niu Fen; earlier, I was blinded by greed and my eyes were obscured by a single leaf, offending this Young n.o.ble.” [1]

“Hic… Niu Fen…” Hearing his words, Nan Huairen rolled his eyes wide open as he asked: “There, there is such a name like this?”

The old man gazed at Nan Huairen. He somewhat embarra.s.singly said: “It is Niu Fen, Fen as in to put in effort!” [2]

“My misunderstanding, my misunderstanding!” Nan Huairen was embarra.s.sed; he forced a smile while he busily apologized.

Even Li Shuangyan, standing to the side, wanted to laugh, but she couldn’t under the current circ.u.mstances; she decided to hide her amus.e.m.e.nt in her heart.

Without the giant body from earlier, the current Niu Fen, who was thin and wizened, gave Nan Huairen a warm feeling, causing him to be much more friendly.

He then asked Niu Fen: “Grandpa Niu, you are digging a hole in the Ancient Land of our Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect; what are you trying to find? Don’t tell me you want to find the treasures of our sect…”

“I am just digging casually. Also, this place has been visited by countless amounts of people. If there really was a treasure, it wouldn’t be my turn to find it.” Niu Fen angrily glared at Nan Huairen.

“If Grandpa Niu isn’t here to dig for treasures, why did you dig such a deep hole?” Nan Huairen didn’t give up and continued to question him.

Li Qiye glanced at Niu Fen and said: “He is looking for the G.o.d of Calamity.”

“G.o.d of Calamity? Who is the G.o.d of Calamity?” Nan Huairen was at a loss; he stared at Li Qiye, and then he looked at Niu Fen.

Protector Mo’s expression was shaken; he stared at Niu Fen, and he said with surprise: “He is trying to find the Heavenly Guardian of our Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect!”

Hearing these two words “Heavenly Guardian”, Nan Huairen was also surprised, exclaiming: “In the legends, it is said to be the strongest existence in our Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect! With the exception of the Patriarch, no one was able to win a match against the Heavenly Guardian!”

Niu Fen had to admit the truth: “I was simply looking; I heard your Heavenly Guardian had left much earlier. I only wanted to go through this land to see if the great elder had left some words behind; perhaps I could have stumbled upon something profound.”

Nan Huairen had heard about the Heavenly Guardian before, so he couldn’t help but murmur: “If the Heavenly Guardian was still here, then our Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect wouldn’t be like it is today.”

There were many legends about the Heavenly Guardian of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect.

Heavenly Guardians — not all sects have them. Only the extremely powerful sects or fateful sects were able to have Heavenly Guardians.

As for the origin of the Heavenly Guardian, there was essentially no limitation. It could be a Heavenly Beast, a Longevity Spirit, or maybe even other existences! Under many circ.u.mstances, the Heavenly Guardians exist alongside their sects; after the sect was destroyed, the Heavenly Guardians could leave.

The Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect once had a Heavenly Guardian; this protector was called the G.o.d of Calamity! This Heavenly Guardian was extremely strong. It was so strong that the future generations believed that even during the era of Min Ren, outside of Min Ren himself, no one could oppose this Heavenly Guardian! Later on, when the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect was able to stand strong, to a certain extent, it was due to this existence.

Regarding the origin of the protector, there were many different legends. One stated that the protector came from a Burial Ground. Another believed that the protector was born in the Ancient Earth. Some believed that it was subdued by Immortal Emperor Min Ren from an external s.p.a.ce. [3]

The Heavenly Guardian guarded the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect era after era but one day, it suddenly left for unknown reasons. Afterward, it completely disappeared without a trace and no one had ever seen it again.

Many people a.s.sumed that it disappeared fifty thousand years ago. Even more people thought that it left much earlier; however, they could only guess since the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect simply withheld the information from others.