Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 860 - 845: Return to the Ancestral Court - A Desolate Divine Object!

Chapter 860: Chapter 845: Return to the Ancestral Court - A Desolate Divine Object!

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The next day, the sun rose.

The Bronze Ancient City, situated ten miles from the Border Wasteland City on the desolate wilderness, could be said to be a neighbor to the Border Wasteland City. In recent days, some tribespeople from the Border Wasteland Region continued to bring wooden coins and various offerings near the Gu Yuan Tribe, placing the tributes and burning the wooden coins to express their reverence.

Similarly, the presence of the Gu Yuan Tribe outside the Border Wasteland City had gradually become something the city’s populace was accustomed to. Every day, as they went hunting in the Great Wasteland and passed by the city, there were warriors who would bow respectfully from afar.

Although the excitement of the day the Human Emperor visited and the bestowing of the Divine Marquis title had faded, in private, that day’s events remained a hot topic of conversation among many warriors. Those tribespeople who arrived in the Border Wasteland City afterward, upon hearing the news, could not help but beat their chests in regret for missing the chance to witness the true face of the Human Emperor.

Inside the Bronze Ancient City.

Xiao Chen’s figure appeared at the top of the Bronze Tower, where Qingling’s lotus-colored garments shone with a crystal clarity, emitting mysterious hues. At this moment, another Great Hall manifested within the Bronze Ancient City.

It was the Great Hall that corresponded to the forbidden celestial Star Array of the Zhou. Under Xiao Chen’s orders, Qingling, controlling the fusion of the Blood Clan’s Void Floating Island with the Bronze Ancient City, prioritized the manifestation of these Great Halls, which served as the bases of the Star Array.

Xiao Chen could hardly wait to see the might of the array that had integrated the crystals of one hundred and eight stars and that could even connect with the energy of one hundred and eight stars.

Whoosh!

Looking at the tribe that was gradually regaining its vitality, Xiao Chen’s eyes held a tranquil depth as he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"It’s time to visit the Ancestral Court!"

No sooner had he spoken these words than Xiao Chen’s figure disappeared from the Bronze Ancient City, heading towards the Border Wasteland City. The ten miles were covered in an instant.

Ancestral Court.

When Xiao Chen’s figure appeared outside the Ancestral Court, it naturally caused quite a stir among the warriors.

"Sir Divine Marquis, the Court Leader has instructed that if Sir Divine Marquis visits, there is no need to announce yourself. You can enter the Ancestral Court on your own," a Celestial Soldier among the guards promptly came up to Xiao Chen and said, saluting him.

"Thank you," Xiao Chen replied casually, and then proceeded into the tribe. Along the way, warriors of the Ancestral Court bowed to him from a distance in respect of his achievements.

In the Great Hall.

"Greetings, Court Leader, and to the elders," Xiao Chen’s voice resounded, and he made no attempt to conceal his aura, so as soon as he stepped into the Ancestral Court, his presence was detected.

"Haha, we old fellows certainly can’t accept such formality from you anymore, as you’re now the most distinguished person in our Border Wasteland Region!" An elderly voice rang out from the hall with a chuckle, and immediately laughter filled the room.

"Elder, you’re being too modest, for it is you who are the pillar of our Border Wasteland Region," Xiao Chen replied with a light laugh as well.

"Elder isn’t wrong; in the future, we’ll inevitably have to address you as ’Lord’. By name, we all belong to your Gu Yuan Tribe," Chunmu Old Ancestor said with a smile on his face, though his words made many elders in the hall nod in agreement.

"Enough now, Xiao Clan Leader, your title of Lord was conferred by the East Emperor Palace and, moreover, the Human Emperor himself blessed your coronation as the Divine Marquis. Your recognition is widespread across the Border Wasteland; there’s no need for such modesty," the voice of the Ziyang Divine Marquis resounded, now considering Xiao Chen his equal in status.

Indeed, the statuses of the two were not so different at this point. The Ziyang Divine Marquis had the title of an elder of the East Emperor Palace, and similarly, Xiao Chen, as a Divine Marquis, naturally could hold the title of an honorary elder at the East Emperor Palace. Although it was only nominal and not a position of real power like the Ziyang Divine Marquis’s, it still represented a certain status.

Being an elder was not a position just any warrior with the cultivation level of the ninth heaven of the Towering Realm could fill; one also had to become a Divine Marquis. However, Xiao Chen was an exception, having been granted the title of marquis without becoming a legend.

As the leader of the Border Wasteland Court and Xiao Chen being the lord over this land, the two positions were comparable, both being helmsmen of a region.

However, due to the current crisis in the East Desolate Land, with foreign races rampant, the Ancestral Court was yet unable to hand over control of the Border Wasteland Region to the Gu Yuan Clan, nor did the Gu Yuan Clan have the strength to protect the region.

"Court Leader, I come today precisely to suppress the divine objects related to our fate and destiny with my title," Xiao Chen said after a brief silence, seating himself on a stone chair to one side in the hall.

After the ennoblement, the Gu Yuan Tribe naturally received the blessings of the region’s fate, but they lacked divine objects to suppress it. They needed the ancient and time-honored Divine Wild Cauldron from the Ancestral Court to secure the tribe’s fate.

Indeed, the divine object of the Border Wasteland, the Wild Cauldron, can only exhibit its true function within the Gu Yuan Tribe, which, having received an Imperial Edict to oversee the Border Wasteland Region as its fiefdom, can rightfully gather the qi destiny of the region.

While the Human Ancestral Court presides over the Border Wasteland Region and boasts unparalleled strength there, the Ancestral Court is merely a branch of the East Emperor Palace assigned to the Border Wasteland with the purpose of leading the many tribes of the Border Wasteland in resisting foreign races,

Compared to a feudal lord, the Ancestral Court, though possessing supreme authority, still seems somewhat lax and unable to truly integrate with the land.

"That is only natural. The Gu Yuan Tribe is the feudal lord of the Border Wasteland Region, bearing the land and the destiny of the region. Naturally, the divine object of the Border Wasteland’s qi destiny should be entrusted to your Gu Yuan Tribe. This is an established rule in the Human World,"

Ziyang God Marquis nodded his head, apparently unconcerned that a tribe in a certain region had been awarded a noble title and that the divine object suppressing the region’s qi destiny was handed over to the ennobled tribe of the region—a plenty common occurrence.

Moreover, even if the divine object was given to an ennobled tribe, it would not greatly affect the Ancestral Court, which, strictly speaking, was a coalition of forces and not a tribe, and thus could not carry the region’s qi destiny.

Because the Ancestral Court does not belong to any one tribe, its existence is to ensure the safety and well-being of the human race.

"In that case, Xiao Clan Leader, follow me to the inner part of the Ancestral Court, where I will transfer the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron to your Gu Yuan Tribe,"

The next moment, Ziyang God Marquis’s figure rose from his seat and spoke to Xiao Chen.

The divine object of the Border Wasteland, the Border Wasteland Cauldron, is rumored to have been forged eons ago by the ancient Sovereign of the Great Wasteland, during the time when he established the human tribe, bringing together divine materials from all over to create various divine objects that would carry the qi destiny of the land, with the Border Wasteland Cauldron being one of them,

But since the ancient Sovereign of the Great Wasteland established the human realm, too many years have passed, and even among the inheritances within the Border Wasteland, there have been gaps, with countless years having slipped away unrecorded.

As a result, whether this Wild Cauldron truly was forged during the era of the ancient Sovereign of the Great Wasteland is something even today’s Human Emperors could not say for certain—it might be, or might not be.

The Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron is located deep within the entire Ancestral Court, where the purple and gold qi destiny divine dragon had descended into the very deepest part.

As Ziyang God Marquis led Xiao Chen through numerous Great Halls, they found that the deeper part of the Ancestral Court was indeed sparsely populated; even after walking more than ten miles, they had yet to see a single person.

Passing through one stone gate after another, Xiao Chen began to feel the Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy around him grow increasingly dense; with each step towards the inner sanctum, the surrounding qi of heaven and earth thickened.

Hum!

Finally, Ziyang God Marquis brought Xiao Chen through a stone gate and into a cluster of ancient buildings, where the rich spiritual energy rushed towards them like a hot spring, permeating every pore and invigorating the spirit!

Indeed, this was not simply Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy, but spiritual energy of a higher grade, and moreover, the spiritual energy here was particularly mild; merely surging into Xiao Chen’s body, being in such an environment, with its aura so full of life, even ordinary people who did not practice cultivation could transform themselves and live for a century.

"This is the place where the Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron is kept, and this rich spiritual energy is a result of the Divine Cauldron gathering it here. The last time the Divine Cauldron was moved, it was during the construction of the Border Wasteland City. Since then, even though the Border Wasteland has faced continuous dire straits, the Border Wasteland City has stood steadfast upon the land, and so the Divine Cauldron has never been moved again,"

"This Stone Courtyard was also constructed for the Divine Cauldron," said Ziyang God Marquis to Xiao Chen.

Similarly, as Xiao Chen stepped into the Stone Courtyard, he surveyed everything before him. This yard, enclosed by stone walls, spanned no less than ten miles across, with many stone pillars standing within it.

Each of these pillars was as tall as a small mountain, unshapen and simple, exuding an ancient and timeworn aura. Upon close count, Xiao Chen found there were precisely one hundred and eight stone pillars, each subtly connected by a thread of qi.

Among these one hundred and eight stone pillars was a five-colored seal platform—blue, white, red, black, and yellow, resplendent and clear. With just one glance, Xiao Chen understood this was undoubtedly where the Divine Cauldron rested.

It is said that the five essential colors of soil from the five directions of the Human Realm—blue, white, red, black, and yellow—were precisely these, and today’s land of the Human Realm has all derived from these five-colored divine soils.

However, in this era, pure five-colored divine soil has become extremely rare. Even Xiao Chen, who had never seen five-colored soil during these years, recognized that this was something that could be classified among the divine items of heaven and earth.

Yet, what surprised Xiao Chen was that atop the five-colored sealing platform, there was no Border Wasteland Divine Cauldron; it was an empty platform. Xiao Chen was not in a hurry, for if Ziyang God Marquis had brought him here, he would certainly not deceive him.

"The Divine Cauldron is sealed within the five-colored sealing platform,"

As expected, the next moment Ziyang God Marquis’s voice rang out.

"This five-colored sealing platform, together with the Divine Cauldron, have stood here since the establishment of the Border Wasteland City. These one hundred and eight stone pillars that surround the sealing platform form the base of a Formation Method called the Four Directions Earth-Sealing Array, which at its strongest can unleash King level power."

What!

"Unleash King level power!"

Xiao Chen’s eyes revealed shock; these seemingly ordinary, chaotic-stone-like pillars were actually components of a King level array!

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