Chapter 326 - 227 Peeing on a Rock
Through communicating with Wang Cai, Mu Can seemed to have resolved the greatest puzzle in his heart.
Yet another question slowly emerged in his mind—if a war of resistance against an invasion truly took place in the distant past of the Three Realms, then why is there not even a trace of it in the entire history of the Mortal World, not even in legends?
If such a war had indeed occurred, it must have been a world-shaking conflict. What could be the reason that everything about it was buried under the annals of history? And why did all the Alchemists in the Mortal World disappear mysteriously? What connection could there be between these events?
Mu Can didn’t know, but his heart brimmed with curiosity. Although all of this had nothing to do with his own interests, Mu Can was exceedingly eager to uncover the truth.
Curiosity is one of the driving forces for a Cultivator’s progress.
Mu Can shook his head, casting aside these overly distant matters from his thoughts. His current goal was straightforward—to pass all the trials of Tongshen Mountain. Only by doing so could he uncover the secrets that Tongshen Mountain hid, and he believed, emphatically, that the secrets of Tongshen Mountain must be tied to the entire Immortal Ancient Secret Realm.
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"It’s nothing more." The yellow-robed Donghuang lightly waved his sleeve, watching as the last Chess piece fell directly into the enemy’s camp, slaying the enemy’s commander with a strike, and casually remarked.
The entire giant platform, transformed into a Chessboard, shattered in an instant, turning into a streak of red energy which Donghuang absorbed into his body.
"If this is the only difficulty of the trial, then the final test will definitely be mine." Donghuang flicked his sleeve and continued striding up the stone steps, as if the previous trials were as simple to him as eating and drinking.
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