Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 595 - 575: Inheriting the Dao

Zhou Leng quickly stood up and kept a close eye on the Sea Siren.

Those Sea Sirens looked at Zhou Leng, suddenly started laughing, and spoke while laughing.

Zhou Leng activated the translation function of the Demonized Watch, converting their language into text.

"I really don’t know whether to call this human lucky or unlucky. Unlucky, he’s fortunate enough to enter the ancient ruins. Lucky, he encounters us."

"This place seems quite attractive to humans; no wonder that wretch Blood of Tyranny discovered it first."

"Blood of Tyranny can ascend to Demigod level here, and our Azure Royal Family can do the same!"

"Your Highness, the future of the Azure Royal Family depends entirely on you..."

These Sea Sirens are all at the Great Innate level, among whom the one referred to as Your Highness is the prince named Azure Sword, at the Innate King level.

Zhou Leng wanted to gain more information and didn’t stop them. He kept recording, and upon hearing about Blood of Tyranny, he started recording videos.

The Sea Sirens were so confident, they completely ignored the presence of a human, talking about everything without concern.

Zhou Leng gradually understood the whole story.

It turns out the Azure Royal Family is not only the culprit behind the death of Blood of Tyranny’s parents but also the mastermind targeting Blood of Tyranny both openly and covertly.

Before Blood of Tyranny ascended to Martial Saint, he endured and remained silent against the Azure Royal Family.

Until he ascended to Demigod, attacked, and killed the Azure Royal Family’s Demigod, exterminating the entire family.

The Azure Royal Family has a history spanning thousands of years, with influence spread across all regions, while a small part of its descendants escaped everywhere.

Ever since Blood of Tyranny ascended to Grandmaster and gained fame in the Ten Realms, the Azure Royal Family has been investigating him secretly, suspecting he has some secret.

But Blood of Tyranny never disclosed anything, and they never had the opportunity.

Unfortunately, Blood of Tyranny entered the Ancient River Ruins too many times, even fought with humans over the Ancient River Jade Stele, eventually giving the Azure Royal Family a hint.

In recent years, the Azure Royal Family has been searching for the whereabouts of the Ancient River Ruins in the related sea areas, even using the extremely rare treasure "Seeking Light Fish."

This Azure Sword is responsible for this sea area.

Fortunately, he finally discovered the Ancient River Ruins.

Unfortunately, the whole family was basically wiped out.

Zhou Leng kept reading the translated text.

These Sea Sirens have already regarded Azure Sword as the next Blood of Tyranny, gaining the power of the ruins, strenuously striving, and eventually ascending to Demigod, counterattacking Blood of Tyranny.

Zhou Leng found that the reason these Sea Sirens didn’t make a move was not because of underestimating, but rather due to concerns about potential curses or restrictions here.

It seemed these Sea Sirens were a bit more rational than typical ones.

While reading the translated text, Zhou Leng was also observing the surroundings.

The surrounding architecture has a distinctly Eastern ancient style, very similar to the style of the first Ancient River Sect ruin "Transmission Hall."

Furthermore, the environment is very similar.

Both ruins are located among a group of mountains, both at the summit.

Some mountains looked vaguely familiar to Zhou Leng, as if he’d seen them at the Transmission Hall.

So, he took out the video recorded previously at the Ancient River Sect and carefully compared them.

Indeed, the mountains at the two places were extremely similar.

By comparing, he identified the general location and distance between the two mountains.

However, in the previous video of the Transmission Hall, this place was an empty mountain.

And from here, the position of the Transmission Hall’s mountain was also an empty mountain.

Zhou Leng looked towards the ruined buildings.

On a half-collapsed large hall, the plaque was tilted, with a three-dimensional Divine Text carved on it.

Zhou Leng examined it for a while, pondering meticulously, soon translating it into two words.

Cheng Dao.

Master Wu had mentioned, the Outer Sect Transmission Hall and the Inner Sect Cheng Dao Hall.

However, Cheng Dao Hall was too severely damaged; Master Wu’s power couldn’t reach here.

Zhou Leng suddenly revealed a helpless expression as he discovered a serious issue.

Blood of Tyranny, apart from the map, did not share any other important information.

Fortunately, he had been the translator for Blood of Tyranny and Master Wu, knowing a bit more or less.

At this moment, the Azure Sword, whose face bears golden scales, came over and asked in Sea Siren language, "Hello, human, do you understand Sea Siren language?"

Zhou Leng looked confused and waved his hand, indicating he didn’t understand.

To his surprise, Azure Sword glanced at the Demonized Watch, revealed an unconcerned smile, and switched to slightly distorted Dragon Country language, "Then let’s communicate with the human language; hello, I am Azure Sword."

"Hello, my name is... Hu Yi," Zhou Leng replied.

Azure Sword briefly recollected; among the Human Race, there was no Innate Master named Hu Yi, making his smile even broader.

He imitated the human way and clasped his fists, saying, "I’m very curious how you learned about this place."

"I accidentally found a treasure map and came here," Zhou Leng lied effortlessly.

"Oh? May I borrow it to have a look?"

"Unfortunately, it vanished upon entry."

"That is quite unfortunate. I approached you for no other reason. This seems to be an ancient ruin, possibly related to our Sea Sirens, or possibly related to your humans. How about we join forces? If you are concerned, we can swear by the Sea God."

Zhou Leng thought to himself, he’s not a three-year-old child; Sea Siren’s pledges are no better than dog barks. Yet he was not clear about the situation here, so he said, "No problem. As long as you sincerely cooperate, I will certainly cooperate sincerely."

"That’s wonderful! Based on our speculation, this should be a trial ground. The nearest palace is collapsed, and there is a side gate that should lead to some kind of trial."

"Have you gone in?"

"No, we’ve just arrived recently and are still searching for various clues."

"What have you all discovered?"

"It’s not really a discovery, just a lot of speculation. For example, there is still a powerful protective force here because the ground is very clean, and things like that..."

The Azure Sword generously shared a lot, seemingly holding nothing back.

Zhou Leng just listened, speculating on the Azure Sword’s intentions in his heart.

Finally, the Azure Sword said, "I hope we can cooperate fully, pass through the trial together, and obtain the ultimate rewards. What do you think?"

"Of course."

The Azure Sword extended a hand, and the two grasped each other’s hands.

The Azure Sword withdrew his hand and walked back to the other Sea Sirens, whispering quietly.

"The good news is, this human has not reached the realm of True Qi Perpetual Motion, and his strength is not strong. The bad news is, his body is somewhat strong, possibly possessing a powerful Body of Wonders."

"Are we really cooperating with him?"

"As long as he’s willing to cooperate with us, there’s no one we can’t work with. Our goal is singular: to slay the Blood of Tyranny!"

"Slay the Blood of Tyranny!" All the blue-skinned Sea Sirens growled in unison.

The sentence had been heard so many times that without even looking at the translation, Zhou Leng knew what they were saying.

Zhou Leng walked to the entrance of the Transmission Hall and looked inside.

The hall had collapsed, but the main entrance was still shrouded in a light blue sheen.

Zhou Leng, having experienced the Transmission Hall before, knew that this Transmission Hall was likely used for rituals or ceremonies and should not be entered carelessly except at critical times.

There was also no copper furnace like in the Transmission Hall, making it likely that it couldn’t be opened.

At this time, the Azure Sword brought people over, smiling as he said, "Human friend, aren’t you going to take a look inside?"

Zhou Leng shook his head and said, "I’m a coward, too afraid to go in. Even if there were treasures inside, I wouldn’t dare to take them."

Everyone looked at him, tall and robust with an expressionless face, not at all looking like he was timid or cowardly, and didn’t believe it a bit.

Seeing their expressions, Zhou Leng thought to himself that he was still inexperienced and needed more practice.

"Since we are cooperating, I’ve already shown you much sincerity. Now, shouldn’t you show some sincerity, too?"

Zhou Leng pointed to the crooked plaque above and said, "The treasure map has shown this place before; it’s called the Transmission Hall. Is my sincerity enough?"

"Uh... which ’Cheng’? Which ’Dao’?"

"Following the Heavens in legal succession, establishing ’dao’ for the people." Zhou Leng directly translated this Divine Text.

With an awkward look, Azure Sword said, "Your sincerity is indeed great, but... you better write it down."

Seeing that this guy’s Dragon Country language was a bit weak, Zhou Leng scribbled out the text.

Azure Sword looked at it for a while before translating it into Sea Siren language and telling the other Sea Sirens.

The Sea Sirens appeared excited, with several eager to try.

"What do you think?" Azure Sword asked Zhou Leng.

"It’s not an ordinary place inside. Our status probably isn’t qualified enough; it’s better to maintain basic respect for the ancestors," Zhou Leng said.

To be honest, such a main hall clearly only opened at rare times, and not just the Sea Sirens but even the sect’s senior brothers might not be able to enter easily; at least an Elder’s level is required.

The Sea Sirens discussed it among themselves, while Zhou Leng checked the translation on his Demonized Watch.

"I think we should be cautious," Azure Sword agreed rationally.

"We can give it a try."

"Who’s going?"

"I want to give it a try. The Blood of Tyranny isn’t dead, he surely has been here..."

After some discussion, a sturdy blue-skinned Sea Siren couldn’t hold back and charged forward directly.

Zhou Leng thought to himself that the Sea Sirens were back to normal; a reckless Sea Siren is the best kind.

The Sea Siren dashed into the blue sheen, and in an instant, electricity spread out like a net.

Sizzle...

Intense arcs of electricity exploded, enveloping the Sea Siren, who instantly turned to white ash, falling thickly to the ground.

The Sea Sirens drew back in fright.

Zhou Leng ignored them, circling around the plaza in front of the Transmission Hall, carefully exploring the surroundings, even inspecting the rubble and vegetation.

Finally, he headed towards the side door on the left.

Seeing Zhou Leng entering the side door unimpeded, the Sea Sirens immediately followed him through together.

"Phew..." Azure Sword and the Sea Sirens breathed a sigh of relief; from now on, they needed to be a bit more cautious.

Zhou Leng walked into the side door, observing the new place.

Another large hall stood there, with two side doors.

A plaque on top of the hall bore a Divine Text.

A Thousand Devices.

The Blood of Tyranny had mentioned to Master Wu earlier that this was a trial ground, and upon completing the trial ground, one could enter the third courtyard beyond.

Inside the third courtyard, there was a mural of the "Heavenly Maidens Flying Image," and the consciousness of the goddess was hidden within that mural.

The details were unknown.

"Human friend, what does it say on this plaque?"

"A thousand reforges forge material, a myriad molds shape devices," Zhou Leng said.

"Righteousness!" Azure Sword looked at Zhou Leng with newfound respect.

Standing before the Hall of a Thousand Devices, Zhou Leng observed all around.

At the foot of the steps in front of the Hall of a Thousand Devices, stood three oval bronze mirrors entwined with dragon and phoenix designs, each about three meters high.