Chapter 1323: Wake Up

Li Yan nodded. He understood the meaning of the elder's words.

For a race like the Tianli tribe, which fights wind beasts almost every day, there must be countless heroic tribesmen.

But what they need more is spiritual support to constantly inspire future generations, rather than letting future generations only see the tragic side of their ancestors.

The two of them seemed to be moving slowly but quickly. Soon, a wide square appeared in front of Li Yan and the others.

And along the way, Li Yan roughly estimated that there were tens of thousands of statues, so many that it was chilling.

Looking to both sides, they were densely packed, like neat tombstones, standing in endless years.

The square can accommodate tens of thousands of people. There are huge stone pillars erected around it. Three or four strong men can't hug these stone pillars. Each stone pillar is more than 30 feet high, and its top seems to be pressed with a disc.

On the other side of the square facing the stone road that Li Yan and the Great Elder came from, there was a huge creature crouching there. It was a statue as big as a mountain. It was so big that even Li Yan felt a sense of oppression.

It looked like a fierce tiger, with a body like a bull, sharp hair, a pair of evil wings on its back, and a huge mouth and fangs. It was the Qiongqi, one of the four peerless beasts.

"This is the outer periphery of the ancestral land. It will only be opened when something major happens in the tribe, just like the heavenly sacrifice held for the second elder last time, which was held here. However, those tribesmen can only reach here."

Li Yan also understood the meaning of the words of the Great Elder. People of this kind of ethnic nature must have cohesion and a kind of belief. Therefore, no matter how sacred the ancestral land is, it needs to be felt by the tribesmen.

Like the tens of thousands of statues here, it is to let the tribesmen who can enter the ancestral land feel the spirit of their ancestors, so that they have a stronger sense of identity and cohesion.

But the ancestral land is not open to anyone at will, otherwise it will lose its mystery and respect.

Especially for people like Gong Chenying, who had left the tribe when he was young and had only entered once during the last heavenly sacrifice.

The tribe members who could enter here would be proud of it, and it was even the pride and honor of his clan.

The elder only introduced it casually, because it would be difficult for Li Yan to come here again in the future, so he just wanted to have an understanding.

While he was talking, his feet did not stop, and he walked directly towards the huge Qiongqi opposite.

"This statue of the holy beast was carved by the first generation of the great priest. At that time, the second generation of the great priest had already appeared in the tribe.

The first generation of the great priest was in seclusion for 1,600 years, and suddenly he had an epiphany, so he carved this statue of the holy beast, and then ascended to heaven."

"Oh? What level of cultivation did she reach at that time?"

Li Yan also knew some news about the first generation of the great priest, such as her migration here was her big move, but he didn't know too much, so he asked curiously.

"I don't know. The first-generation high priest had already reached the state of transformation, but she was desperately suppressing her own realm. Because she was the first generation, her responsibilities were greater and heavier, so she had been waiting for the second generation to appear.

When the second generation appeared, she did not choose to ascend immediately, but entered the ancestral land she had opened up.

After she completed the creation, she carved the statue of the holy beast and left a jade slip for the second-generation high priest. She did not even meet anyone and floated away."

The elder shook his head.

Every generation of high priests and elders of their Tianli tribe lived very hard, waiting for the subsequent strong men to appear before they could ascend with peace of mind.

Otherwise, they would rather suppress their cultivation and block their own longevity path, and would always stay in the lower world. This is also the difference between a tribe and a sect.

In the tribe, there are often more people willing to sacrifice themselves, because they have the same blood in their veins, and they have been proud of the entire tribe since childhood and are proud of it.

As the two approached, Li Yan's eyes kept looking forward, looking at the huge statue of the holy beast.

At some point, Li Yan didn't know if it was an illusion, he felt that the statue of the holy beast in front of him seemed to have entered a fog.

He was clearly approaching, but he felt that it was getting closer and farther, and he couldn't grasp the direction.

At this time, the elder was observing Li Yan's reaction. He didn't tell Li Yan that those Tianli people who entered the ancestral land were not allowed to look directly at the statue of the holy beast.

They would bow their bodies devoutly, and from beginning to end, they would only pray silently in their hearts, and dare not raise their heads. Similarly, those people were not allowed to walk through half of the square.

Because when they got there, if someone secretly looked at the statue, even the elder could not rescue them, and their minds would be lost in an instant.

It was like their souls were sucked away by the holy beast, and they became stupid and stupid, or even died on the spot.

And only when they practiced the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" to the sixth level, or practiced other techniques to reach the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, could they gaze at the statue of the holy beast.

Normally, the Tianli tribe members would only cross half of the square when they inherited and practiced the seventh level of skills, but at this time, Li Yan and the elder had already walked halfway.

Gradually, the statue in Li Yan's eyes seemed to come alive. It was originally half squatting and half sitting, but it stood up all of a sudden, and a long-standing wild aura suddenly rose into the sky.

His red hair was burning like fire, and his fierce eyes seemed to be overwhelmingly pressing towards Li Yan with a powerful force.

Li Yan couldn't help but pause slightly, and at this moment, in his dark eyes, the figure of a giant beast covered with one claw was reflected...

Li Yan only felt that his body was unable to move at all in an instant. Only the huge claw that could cover the sky and the sun was left in his eyes, and it slapped hard towards his head...

The boundless crisis of life and death suddenly arose in Li Yan's heart. The scene around the square in front of him had completely disappeared, and even the great elder had disappeared.

Between heaven and earth, there is only that

With the power of a claw, huge cracks were torn out in the dim world here in an instant. Li Yan felt that he was not as small as an ant.

However, no matter how much he activated his magic power, his body could not move at the moment.

"I am already a great monk in the late Nascent Soul stage. I feel that I should have the power to escape even when facing a god-incarnation monk. But why now, I don't even have the power to resist..."

Li Yan felt anxious, but before he could finish thinking, the claw slapped his head with a roar with the power of heaven and earth.

There was an unbearable pain in Li Yan's head, and he wanted to yell.

A large area of ​​bright red appeared in front of him, blocking his sight. There was an indescribable and boundless pain in his soul, flesh, and bones.

"wrong?"

At the moment when this heartbreaking pain spread throughout his entire sea of ​​consciousness, the golden Nascent Soul villain in Li Yan suddenly stood up.

Five-color brilliance burst out in his limbs and eyes instantly, and Li Yan's mind immediately became a little clearer. At the same time, the five-color brilliance flowed to his limbs and bones, and a sense of coolness filled Li Yan's body in an instant.

Everything in front of him disappeared, and the severe pain that penetrated his soul also mysteriously disappeared together.

In front of him, there was still the huge statue of the holy beast, half-crouching in the same position as before, as if everything just now had never happened before.

"The pressure is so overwhelming!"

There was a sparkle in Li Yan's eyes. The high-level monks were demonstrating against the low-level monks, or even killing them. They might not even need to take action. Just a look or a breath could make them comatose or die. This was pressure.

Of course, Li Yan can also use it, and when he was weak, he also felt the pressure that was stronger than him time and time again, but it only made him feel fear, or the symptoms of surging Qi and blood.

But the coercion on the statue of the holy beast in front of him made him hallucinate. This was absolute suppression in terms of strength. Even if Li Yan had reached the late Nascent Soul stage, there was still a huge gap between the two.

"What kind of state did the first-generation high priest reach when carving this statue? He actually left some power of rules in this statue that goes beyond the Nascent Soul state."

Li Yan was truly shocked this time. He thought that after he reached the late Nascent Soul stage, there wouldn't be much in this world for him to worry about. Unexpectedly, he encountered this situation soon.

But Li Yan could also guess that this statue of the holy beast could not really get up and attack people. It was just that the person who carved it was too high, which gave the statue some power of rules.

This should be a power of rules that only the four ferocious beasts can master.

From the perspective of the great elder on one side, what Li Yan had just experienced was that he just gradually slowed down his steps, then paused and stood there, his eyes still staring ahead.

But in just a little more than a breath, Li Yan returned to normal. His eyes were clear, but he no longer stared at the statue of the sacred beast in front of him.

, but turned to look at him.

"Prince Yan has superb cultivation, and I admire him. This is not because I don't tell you, but even if I don't let you see it, it will probably only make you more curious.

But as long as you don't fall under the pressure for more than ten breaths, there is no problem. If it exceeds ten breaths, your sanity may be affected. "

The great elder laughed.

Li Yan also smiled bitterly and shook his head.

What the other party said is true, especially now that I have reached the late Nascent Soul stage. If the great elder doesn't let me look at the statue of the holy beast, I guess I will be even more curious.

"Let's go over, but this time, Prince Yan really doesn't want to stare at the statue of the holy beast. Not only does it contain a trace of the power of the rules of the strange holy beast, but it also has a lot of faith power from the people of our tribe.

Especially as they continue to get closer, the power of the two will only get stronger and stronger. Although Prince Yan has great cultivation, it is better not to try. After all, he is here just to pass on the skills, hahaha! "

"Great Elder, thank you very much!"

Li Yan suddenly spoke and said something like this.

Although the great elder's words were so polite, Li Yan understood what the great elder really meant.

He is a veteran late-stage Nascent Soul monk, and he has a deep understanding of the mental state of late-stage great monks.

The Great Elder knew that he had just entered the late Nascent Soul stage, so he must have felt that he had few opponents in this world.

The situation is really like this. Even with Li Yan's always cautious character, after being promoted to this level of cultivation so smoothly, it is inevitable that he will have the mentality of being the best and looking at the small things in the mountains.

So the opponent conveniently borrowed the pressure of the Tianli tribe's ancestral land, which could suppress the great monks in the late Nascent Soul, to deliberately make Li Yan feel the approaching death again.

This is to remind myself that there is no limit to art, and you should never be contemptuous at any time.

"Hehehe, okay, let's go in!"

The great elder just laughed and stopped entangled in this matter. Li Yanneng understood his painstaking efforts in an instant, and he was also greatly relieved.

Talking to smart people is a very pleasant thing in itself.

As he finished speaking, the crutch he held every day appeared in his hand, and he tapped it lightly towards the base of the sacred beast statue in front of him.

Suddenly, a slightly red door appeared in the void in front of him and Li Yan.

The great elder had already taken one step forward and came to the door. He stretched out his hand to push, turned back and smiled at Li Yan, and then stepped in first.

Li Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw that he was still nearly half the distance from the statue in front of him, but he was still in the square.

"It turns out that here, he can open the inner passage to the real ancestral land at any time, and he also deliberately let me come here..."

As thoughts arose in his mind, Li Yan also followed closely. The moment he stepped in, the red door also disappeared.