Chapter 351 - Chapter 351: 351 Recognizing the Master (1/2)
Chapter 351: 351 Recognizing the Master
As Gu Yang was about to start a simulation, he felt a sudden jolt in his heart. Whirling around at once, the Phoenix Feather Knife had already appeared in his hand.
Standing behind him was a robust man clad in beast skin, holding a large bone club that glowed eerily in the sunlight, the origin of the bone unknown.
The man was strong, not as exaggerated as Wei Hao, but Gu Yang still felt an immense pressure from him.
“Are you a human or a monster?”
The man stared at him with an odd gaze, his face full of curiosity. “You smell like a human, but why do you bear the bloodline of a divine beast?”
“You smell not like the Monster Race either. Very strange indeed.”
The man’s accent was strange, his voice brusque.
Upon seeing the man’s appearance, temperament, and outfit, Gu Yang abruptly hatched a suspicion and couldn’t help but ask, “Could you be Qing Hao?”
“Huh, how do you know my name?”
The man in beast skin questioned, but quickly shrugged the query off. “Never mind, let’s spar. You seem pretty formidable.”
So it was a test.
Upon hearing his words, Gu Yang instantly understood.
Qing Hao, that was the name of the Human Emperor.
The man before him was the Human Emperor, or more accurately, the young version of the Human Emperor before he claimed his title.
After all, once he became the Human Emperor, who knows how powerful he would have become? He certainly wouldn’t look like he does now.
…
As soon as Qing Hao finished speaking, he lifted his violently large bone club and swung it towards Gu Yang.
“Hold on!”
Gu Yang had no intention of retaliating. He raised his hand to stop Qing Hao.
Whoosh—
The bone club came to a halt above his head, the resulting wind messing up his hair.
He tilted his head, looking rather impatient. “Can we finish our conversation after the fight?”
Seeing that Qing Hao had managed to stop in the nick of time, Gu Yang breathed a sigh of relief, growing more confident in his plan.
He wasn’t sure if he had passed the test during the last simulation, but most likely he hadn’t. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so powerless before the Celestial Being.
With his current strength and the Human Emperor’s sword, he should at least have been able to escape from the Celestial Being, right?
He speculated that during the simulation, he must have fought Qing Hao and lost.
It would be strange if he could defeat the Human Emperor, even a young one. So, he did not gain the recognition of the Human Emperor’s sword.
More importantly, Gu Yang just learned some crucial information. Even the Xia Emperor had not received the approval of the Human Emperor’s sword.
The Xia Emperor was a formidable figure, arguably the strongest among the Celestial Beings. With his nine divine beast avatars plus his own body, a fight against him was basically ten against one. Who could match him in the same realm?
Even the Xia Emperor failed the test. He must have sparred with Qing Hao, and the result was obvious.
Gu Yang felt the chance of defeating Qing Hao was slim.
So, combat was clearly not the way to pass this test.
Facing Qing Hao’s impatient countenance, he asked a piercing question, “No matter how strong you are, can you defeat the emperor of the Monster Race?”
Qing Hao snorted, clenching his fist and filled with fighting spirit. “I may not be able to defeat him now, but I grow quickly. In the future, I’ll make the Monster Emperor lose his teeth.”
Gu Yang responded, “Even if you become stronger, how many Monster Emperors can you defeat on your own?”
The Monster Race certainly had more than one emperor. It was said in ancient legends that not long after Human Emperor killed the Monster Emperor Lei, he was injured by another Monster Emperor, Taiyi, and soon passed his throne to the second Human Emperor, the one who forged the Nine Divine Cauldrons.
Plus the Phoenix, the Monster Race had at least three emperors. It was still unknown whether the Monster Race had any other emperor after the Phoenix.
As expected, Qing Hao’s brows furrowed, and he looked at Gu Yang suspiciously. “Why are you babbling about this?”
Seeing that he was willing to talk, Gu Yang felt that he had already succeeded halfway. He replied, “The Human Race is weak, living under the Monster Race, living a life where each day might be our last, treated as food by the Monster Race just like cattle and sheep.”
This was what he had learned from history.
“To change this tragic fate, relying on you alone is not enough. Firstly, we need to unite all the people of the Human Race…”
Gu Yang flexed his eloquent tongue, commencing his art of persuasion.