Chapter 92 – Enter the Temple (2/2)

“Ha, you guys want the Glacial Emperor’s legacy, that is a bit of a reach for you!” Mo Ya was watching on a mountain top as the cultivators flew up to the temple.

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“This Jin Yan is an idiot. He doesn’t get it. Does he really think it is a good idea to compete with them? It would take a condensed prime Warrior to take them out…”

“Now that I have this pill, I can surely breakthrough right here! When I become a condensed prime Warrior, I will join you in the temple and then I will kill everyone and take everything!”

Mo Ya closed his eyes as he sat down in a lotus position. He swallowed the Condensing Primal pill. He then started cultivating and building up his Qi to attempt a breakthrough.

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Eventually, everyone arrived on the cloud platform, “It looks even bigger when you’re up close.” The temple was over two kilometers tall and decorated with countless precious stones and metals. Beside the platform was twenty stone pillars. Each pillar was so thick that twenty people couldn’t wrap their arms around it; they were like giants’ legs.

In front of this temple, the group of cultivators looked like a small group of ants.

Behind the pillars were thousands of beast fossils. The largest was more than fifty meters tall, and all of these fossilized bones were engraved with runes. They were glittering like wild jade and even still emitted a fierce aura that pressured the nearby cultivators even though these beasts were long dead.

‘Why did the master of this temple place these fossils here?’

Thinking back to the stone giant and the puppets everyone started to shiver. They held their breath afraid that any movement might wake these beasts up.

These fossils were on both sides of the entrance arranged like they were guardians of the temple gate. Following the line of bones to the far side of the platform was the three hundred meter tall tightly shut gate. The gate’s dark metallic shine was dispersing a cold presence.

The tranquility and quietness did not make any of the Warriors feel relaxed; they were all feeling very tense at the moment. They felt as if they were standing in front of heaven’s gate while they wondered what they should do next.

The Glacial Emperor was very much a mythical figure. His name was often heard from bards and storytellers, but nobody was really sure whether to take these stories of his unrivaled powers seriously or not.

As the stories went, the Glacial Emperor was a master of mystic runes. He single-handedly created the Glacier rune set and invented most of the popular ice related stances. There were tales about how he traveled to the ends of the world and acquired the essence of ice. There were also rumors about how he could turn his body into solid ice at will.

Now seeing this grand structure right before their eyes, it was clear to everyone that the Glacial Emperor did indeed exist, and he might have been even stronger than they had heard judging by this labyrinth and the treasures he left behind.

It was a surprise to many when he disappeared off the face of the planet. Nobody knew where he went and as the centuries passed, every once in awhile one of the emperor’s stances would appear, and whoever obtained the ice king’s legacy would become a legend themselves.

All the Warriors were now standing in front of the gate, staring at it and wondering how they were to get to the other side.

Everyone there understood that if they could learn even one stance from the Glacial Emperor’s collection they could become someone. But at the same time, they were aware the Glacial Emperor did not intend for just anyone to inherit his legacy and the traps and tests inside this temple might just end their lives.

Just when nobody quite knew what to do, Lin Zi Yan stepped forward. Her light steps made her seem more relaxed than she was, and the clueless crowd could not take their eyes off her.

“Zi Yan!” Worried about Lin Zi Yan, Ye Wei held her wrist and pulled her back. He didn’t know who the Glacial Emperor was, but he was sure everyone there had a valid reason to be so nervous.

“Relax, it’s going to be fine!” Lin Zi Yan turned to Ye Wei and ruffled his hair.

“I’ll come with you!” After a brief moment of hesitation, Ye Wei stepped forward alongside her.

Under everyone’s attention, they walked the path made of green and blue clouds towards the gate.

All of a sudden the fossils started to rattle and the path lit red from a blood colored glow that came from these skeletons’ eye sockets.

Everyone gasped. These skeletons had a presence similar to, but stronger, than the stone puppets.

Ye Wei too was petrified, digging his hand into his bag and clenching onto a defensive scroll. But unexpectedly, the skeletons did not leave their positions and only then was he relieved.

Lin Zi Yan, on the other hand, was never worried. She walked right in front of the gate and placed her pale, slender hand on the cold metal.

When Lin Zi Yan’s small hand touched the gate, a green and blue light burst forth, and before Ye Wei could react, she was sucked into the temple by a mysterious force.

The gate was still sealed shut, but there was no trace of Lin Zi Yan in sight.

“Zi Yan!” Ye Wei’s pupils dilated. He ran to the gate without hesitation.

“Zoom! Zoom!”

An energy engulfed Ye Wei’s body as he touched the gate. His body was pulled right through the gate as if it was nonexistent.

“They went in?!”

“The girl knows what she’s doing; they will be fine.”

Startled by how Lin Zi Yan and Ye Wei vanished, everyone felt speechless.