Dragon-Marked War God

“That is my ancestor!!!”

Yuan Hua’s face was extremely grave. He stared at the statue at the end of the seventh hall, and a glint of light burst from his eyes, along with a trace of sorrow and a feeling of remembrance.

“Are you sure that’s your ancestor?”

Jiang Chen asked in a deep voice. The man on the ice sculpture held a long spear, his long beard flowed like a waterfall, and his brows were raised in a cold glare. His aura was vast and powerful, yet his whole body was carved out of ice, as lifelike as if he were alive.

“I’m sure. That is my ancestor. When I was little, I used to play on his lap. I will never forget my ancestor for as long as I live.”

Yuan Hua looked dejected, and the light in his eyes was full of struggle.

“Boundless Longevity Buddha. Could it be that the people in these ice sculptures are all dead? We’ve seen dozens of ice sculptures one after another. They can’t all have kicked the bucket, can they?”

Wude said with a look of surprise. But no one dared to say for sure who that ice sculpture was, or whether it would turn its spear on them like the ice sculpture guards earlier. Everything was unknown.

“It looks like most of these ice sculptures should be the ancestors of your undersea race. After they entered this place, for some reason they were frozen here and turned into ice sculptures. They probably couldn’t find the way out either.”

Jiang Chen said with some regret. But that was the truth. Each of them was in a precarious position right now. Once those ice sculptures really moved, they would be trapped once again, and that was by no means a good sign.

Yuan Hua seemed to be a man of deep feeling, especially when it came to his bond with his ancestor. He knelt before the ice sculpture, grieving in silence.

Jiang Chen’s eyes turned cold. In a corner, he actually saw the divine saber that Baichi Huayu had obtained earlier. How could it be here? Jiang Chen quickly walked over and picked it up. This divine saber had not yet been bound to Baichi Huayu as its master. Otherwise, Baichi Huayu would probably have been completely devoured by its weapon soul as well.

“How did this divine saber end up here?”

Tantai Jingzang was also very surprised. This should have been Baichi Huayu’s. Could something have happened to him?

“For some reason, Baichi Huayu probably had no time to worry about this divine saber and ran off first. It looks like this ice palace is getting stranger and stranger.”

Jiang Chen frowned deeply. It seemed this really was no place to linger. At the very least, they had to find Baichi Huayu and the others first.

“You mean Baichi Huayu probably isn’t dead yet.”

Tantai Jingzang said.

“He shouldn’t die that easily. Haven’t you heard? Good people die young, but scourges live for a thousand years. Hmph.”

Jiang Chen said with a cold smile. This time, Tantai Jingzang did not argue. She had thought that Baichi Huayu was only a little selfish, and that in the end he would still put the interests of the sect first. But he had turned on Jiang Chen for no reason at all, shattering what should have been a solid relationship. And now he had gone on ahead by himself, leaving both her and Jiang Chen behind. This disappointed Tantai Jingzang greatly.

But everyone had their own path, and there was nothing more Tantai Jingzang could say. Some people always liked to think they were right, so let them do as they pleased. If anything, she felt that Jiang Chen was more reliable than Baichi Huayu. Although she had not spent much time with Jiang Chen, while she and Baichi Huayu had ten thousand years of fellowship as members of the same sect, one could never see into another’s heart. After this incident, she saw much more clearly what kind of person Baichi Huayu was. Petty, narrow-minded, and sinister and vicious as well. Those whose paths differed could not make plans together. Tantai Jingzang was a very upright person. Otherwise, back then, after she had already escaped, she would not have turned back to save Jiang Chen and the Monk Tyrant. It was because she did not want to owe anyone anything.

“It seems you don’t really care whether he lives or dies.”

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

“What does his life or death have to do with me? We may have come from the same sect, but he and I are not the same kind of people.”

Tantai Jingzang said coldly, full of disdain for Baichi Huayu. Like Jiang Chen, she looked down on people like him.

“Looks like we’re kindred spirits then, hahaha.”

Jiang Chen laughed loudly. Yet he remained very alert, watching the spatial fluctuations around them. Nothing out of the ordinary could escape his eyes.

At this moment, however, Wude discovered a small pool. The pool was square, only seven feet on each side. It held water as clear as a hot spring, and it had not frozen into ice. Although it looked clear, it was like a bright mirror, and it was impossible to see the bottom.

When Wude looked into the pool, he could not help crying out in alarm. The other three quickly rushed over, only to see Wude’s face gone deathly pale. He nearly fell to the ground, and his whole body showed an unnatural expression.

“This, this, this… How is this possible? There’s something wrong with this water, definitely something wrong!”

Wude said with an ashen face, his voice trembling a little. Seeing this, Jiang Chen and the other two became grave, as if facing a great enemy. None of them dared to take another step forward, for fear that something unexpected might happen.

“What exactly is going on?”

Jiang Chen asked in a deep voice, glaring at Wude.

“This pool actually showed me as a pig! It’s just too terrifying. I looked several times in a row, and it was a pig every time. Tell me, how could I not be scared?”

Wude said, patting his chest.

“I don’t believe it. Is there really something this sinister in the world?”

Yuan Hua took a step forward and stood right in front of the pool. Sure enough, in his previous life, he had actually been a refined and gentle scholar.

“This should be the Pool of Rebirth. It can show a person’s past life and present life. I once read about it in an ancient book.”

Tantai Jingzang said in a low voice, looking at the Pool of Rebirth with complicated eyes.

“Huh? It’s true. In my previous life I really was a refined, gentle scholar. I saw other things too. I even won first place in the city-wide literature contest! The topic was ‘My Father the City Lord’. Hundreds of words flowing freely, the brushwork vigorous, the spirit surpassing all the heroes, admired by thousands!”

Yuan Hua said excitedly.

“It looks like I really was quite an impressive figure in my previous life.”

Jiang Chen and Tantai Jingzang exchanged a glance. At this moment, even Jiang Chen was quite interested and wanted to see his own past and present lives. But just then, he heard another scream like a pig being slaughtered.

“Holy sh*t! So by that logic, I was a pig in my last life? No—I don’t believe it!”

Wude’s mouth twisted, his face contorted. He could not help beating his chest and stamping his feet. This wasn’t real, this definitely wasn’t real!

Jiang Chen smiled, his eyes full of contempt as he said:

“Stinky Daoist, you can stop struggling. No matter how much you struggle, it won’t change the fact that you were a pig in your last life, hahaha.”

Jiang Chen’s mockery left Wude speechless. After all, he was the one who had said “pig” in the first place.

“This damned Pool of Rebirth!”

Wude was furious out of embarrassment. He turned around, plopped down on the ground, and sulked by himself, just like a child who could not stand to lose.

Jiang Chen stepped forward, but at that moment he could see nothing at all, only a misty haze. Jiang Chen reached out his hand, trying to brush the haze aside, but he could not do it. This mass of hazy qi seemed to cover a great many things, making it impossible to see the truth.