blogombal 653. The Ancestor Descends
653. The Ancestor Descends
But those girls surrounding Xiao Yan, aren't they all peerless beauties with profound backgrounds, extraordinary talents, and unique charm?
Little Fairy Doctor has already formed a real blood bond with Xiao Yan. Although the Dou Qi Continent is a place where the strong are respected, both men and women can have multiple partners.
But as a father, he didn't want his daughter to compete with exceptional women like Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin for Xiao Yan's affections. Even if she did receive a response, the bitterness, hurt, and disappointment that would accompany such a relationship would be far beyond what an ordinary woman could easily bear. The hardships involved are difficult for those who haven't experienced them firsthand to understand.
Fortunately, the situation was so tense that no one noticed the little incident between the father and daughter. Of course, the fact that Tang Huo'er and Tang Zhen had such a conversation also reflected the state of everyone at the moment: because the spatial barrier had been broken and two powerful Dou Sheng had arrived, everyone's tense mood had eased considerably.
The fierce battle inside the Pill Tower gradually subsided. After all, the appearance of two Dou Sheng would greatly influence the course of the battle tonight. More importantly, there was still one person who had not yet appeared behind the third spatial gate.
After Mu Yaoyin and Huoyun Laozu appeared, the third spatial vortex also began to erupt, and this time its momentum was even more extraordinary.
Deep within the void, another indescribable and even more ethereal aura quietly spread out, carrying a natural and simple quality reminiscent of returning to one's true nature.
The spatial rifts spread silently again like a spider web, without the loud explosions that had just torn open the passage; instead, they flowed smoothly and naturally.
Da-da-da
A clear hoofbeat rang out in the silence, and a figure emerged steadily from the void rift, carried by a deep blue exotic ox. The child riding on the ox's back appeared to be no more than eleven or twelve years old. He wore the simplest coarse blue cloth tunic, and the bronze bells hanging from his ankles jingled softly with the ox's swaying. A few fresh herbs clung to the hem of his blue cloth, making him look like a mountain child who had just returned from gathering herbs.
The child's eyes were clear and pure, his earlobes were translucent, and there was even a faint cinnabar-colored dot between his brows. If it weren't for the shattered void behind him, many people would probably believe that he was just a cowherd who had accidentally wandered into this fierce battlefield.
After he appeared, the entire star field suddenly fell silent, and the starlight dimmed as if to welcome his arrival.
When his clear eyes swept lightly across the battlefield below, even the surging battle qi seemed to freeze for a moment.
A true powerhouse can change the course of events with a mere gesture. No explanation is needed; everyone witnessing this scene will reach a clear conclusion: this child is a true powerhouse, possessing the strength to alter everything!
At this moment, countless members of the Pill Tower scattered across the battlefield instinctively cried out in alarm. The alchemists who had truly joined the Pill Tower all knew that the Pill Tower had an elusive and mysterious patriarch who would step in to protect the Pill Tower in the most critical moments.
However, the patriarch's whereabouts were extremely secretive, and he was rarely in the Pill Tower, so most people in the Pill Tower had never seen him. There was even a somewhat sarcastic saying within the Pill Tower: you might never see the patriarch's true form from the time you join the Pill Tower until you die.
But just when the Pill Tower was in danger of collapsing tonight, this figure appeared before them. Although many of them were stunned at first sight of the child, feeling the undeniably powerful aura and hearing the cheers of the Pill Tower's core elders, everyone understood: the Pill Tower's patriarch had truly arrived.
In an instant, Saint Pill City erupted in astonishing commotion. After all, this was the headquarters of the Pill Tower, the very foundation of this superpower. The arrival of the Pill Tower's patriarch had ignited everything. Tonight's situation would undoubtedly escalate to an almost unimaginable degree after the patriarch's arrival.
At this moment, many people from Danta were already shouting loudly at the children.
"Our ancestor has arrived! We are saved! Your disciple pays respects to our ancestor!"
"The Spirit Race has gone too far in bullying my Pill Tower. Please, Ancestor, take action to annihilate them."
"You scoundrels of the Eldar, your end is nigh."
"Ancestor, please strengthen my Pill Tower!"
This was not an organized outcry, but a complete eruption of emotions suppressed to the limit. The members of the Pill Tower, who had long been on the verge of despair, whether disciples, elders, or deacons, had faces stained with blood and dust. Upon seeing the Pill Tower's patriarch, many of them were in tears.
The two One-Star Dou Sheng experts, Huo Yun Patriarch and Mu Yaoyin, reacted identically the instant the child rode the ox out of the void: their gazes narrowed slightly, and they turned slightly towards the child, adopting the proper gesture of respect befitting powerful figures, to show their reverence for the strongest person present. After all, with their experience, they already knew who this person was and understood the child's extraordinary status within the Pill Tower and Central Continent.
He is the true guardian of the Pill Tower, and his true form is a pill—a ninth-grade Xuan Pill!
However, an anomaly occurred at its birth; it not only possessed its own sentience but also transformed into human form. Born in the Pill Tower and grateful to the alchemist who created it before perishing, it thus became a unique existence within the Pill Tower.
He intervened on numerous occasions during the life-or-death crises of the Pill Tower, ensuring that this behemoth remained standing for a long time.
However, this ancestor has never been interested in the mundane affairs of the Pill Tower, and he despises the struggle for power and profit. He spends most of his time away from the Pill Tower. Living a carefree life and playing around in the world is what he has been most obsessed with in recent years.
The Fire Cloud Ancestor had been active in the Central Plains for a longer period, so he was more familiar with the situation of the Pill Tower Ancestor. Hundreds of years ago, the Pill Tower Ancestor's last public appearance and display of power was an earth-shattering display of his peak Five-Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
The Fire Cloud Ancestor, his gaze solemn, sensed the child's natural, harmonious blend of earthly charm and Daoist essence, and was deeply shaken. He guessed that this ancestor's strength had likely advanced further, perhaps reaching the level of a six-star Dou Sheng.
It now appears that both Huoyun Patriarch and Mu Yaoyin are one-star Dou Sheng, so the real deciding factor in today's situation still depends on Danta Patriarch.
Even the old man in hemp robes, who was already in a sorry state after being suppressed and imprisoned by the combined forces of the Spirit Clan's powerful warriors within the pillars of restrictive light, suddenly had an indescribable ecstatic light bloom on his withered face the moment he saw the child's figure.
With the arrival of the Ancestor, the situation in Saint Pill City is no longer up to the Spirit Clan!