Chapter 797: The Seal (II)
Before long, the group followed the priest, whose face was covered in soot, to the foot of the bronze mountain. There stood a temple with fierce and imposing copper sculptures.
The priest stopped at the entrance and called out, “High Priest, another iron-eating beast has come of age.”
It was only upon arriving in this ancient city that they realized the iron-eating beast was not just a mount for the leader of the Jiuli Tribesmen. It was a sacred guardian, much like Baize of Mount Shu.
Most celestial beasts were rare, yet there were quite a number of iron-eating beasts. Had their numbers been even greater, they could have stood alongside True Dragons and Divine Phoenixes as equals. Unfortunately, the downfall of the Jiuli Tribe had stunted their growth as a species.
In this era, the iron-eating beast was the celestial beast of the Jiuli Tribe. Whenever an iron-eating beast reached adulthood, it meant that the core power of the tribe had gone up another level.
After the priest with the charred face called out, a towering Jiuli giant, over five zhang tall, emerged from the temple. Like the others, he wore a beast-hide robe, and his face was decorated with intricate tribal paint. In his hand, he held a blackened bone staff.
This was, without a doubt, the High Priest of the Jiuli Tribe.
"This is the Supreme Harbinger of Doom? The one who just returned to Jiuli City?" the High Priest asked as he walked out of the temple, his tone carrying a hint of doubt.
The Supreme Harbinger of Doom was curled up like a round little dumpling in Chu Liang’s arms. The moment the High Priest’s gaze landed on it, he went silent.
After a long pause, he finally asked, “You’re telling me that... this is an adult?”
"Lord Supreme Harbinger of Doom has indeed passed the coming-of-age test. This is absolutely true," the soot-covered priest said, bowing his head.