How could this happen!
If the Candle Dragon Venerable possesses the ability to control time and space, then naturally, they can sense someone's prying gaze. What's more, it happened within the memory of an Ancestor, and that Ancient God was originally her servant.
Sensing it is not surprising!
But the question is, how did the Qilin Venerable manage it!
The Qilin Venerable was looking directly at him, and at nothing else!
Unknowingly, cold sweat had already drenched his back.
"What's wrong with you?"
Jiuyin sneered, "What did you see that scared you ?"
Gu Jianlin had no mood to deal with this stupid sword. He spent a long time calming himself down, walked outside the tent and scooped a handful of snow to pat his burning face. His wildly beating heart gradually settled.
Lao Zhang's peculiar behavior at the courier station at the time already made him realize that this matter was not simple.
This Qilin Mask indeed seemed deliberately delivered into his hands, with the purpose of creating a hybrid between an Ancient God and a human—an ultimate monster capable of breaking the rules of both realms.
The intent was to compete with other Supremes.
So the question arises, who exactly is behind this?
"Old Gu, was it you?"
Currently, the most suspicious person was this man.
But this hypothesis had one insurmountable flaw.
If this mysterious man truly was Old Gu, then why hide it from him?
Why not say anything?
Back then, even though they were on the run, they still chatted and laughed for two or three hours on the highway.
Old Gu didn't drop a single clue.
"Could it be that Old Gu still clung to the illusion of me not becoming an Ascender back then? Was the Qilin Mask his contingency plan, something I could rely on if anything happened later? After all, I'd already come into contact with the Ghost Car Ancestor back then. I even profiled that monster. Awakening was only a matter of time."
Gu Jianlin muttered softly, "No, that's still not right. That was an Ancestor, an Ancestor capable of acting in the real world. At the time, as an ordinary human, how did I survive looking at It even once?"
That in itself was an inconceivable event.
At the time, he didn't have any Ancient God abilities.
As a seventeen-year-old boy, he encountered an Ancient Ancestor.
He even profiled Its Mythical State.
Ordinary Ascenders would suffer mental collapse after witnessing such a being.
Not dying from fright would already be considered extraordinary talent.
So much time had passed, yet it was only now that he realized how strange it was back then. Googlᴇ search 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
Old Gu had broken through to the Holy Land Level at the last moment.
But even the Holy Land Level was insignificant before an Ancient Ancestor.
Unless Old Gu had used some method to protect him at that time.
"If that mysterious man is Old Gu, does that mean he gave me the power of an Ancient Supreme just so I could resist the curse? Does this imply that the Gu Family's curse is far more complex than it seems?"
Gu Jianlin rubbed his throbbing temples, feeling as though his brain was about to short-circuit.
Alright, let's not think about this for now.
There won't be an answer.
For now, his greatest takeaway was uncovering some secrets about the Ancient Supremes.
"Every Ancient Supreme carries a curse. No one is an exception. If the Qilin's curse is violent madness, then what is the Candle Dragon's curse? Whatever it is, it was said to have a weakness."
At that thought, Gu Jianlin found it somewhat unbelievable.
Even a being as strong as the old monster had weaknesses.
"The Qilin Venerable escaped their curse because they granted their power to me. It turns out, no one can usurp the Authority of an Ancient Supreme unless the Supreme themselves agrees. But wait, the mysterious man mentioned transplantation, defying destiny, unparalleled achievement, unmatched across ancient and modern times."
"What this means is that the Qilin Venerable's method of creating the mask was so unprecedented that even across history, only they could achieve it. Otherwise, such praise wouldn't exist. This implies that even other Ancient Supremes might lack the means or capacity to replicate it."
"As for the final golden Qilin, it should be an Ancestor who remained loyal to them. What was the purpose of that Ancestor sacrificing everything? And what is the Qilin Venerable's current state?"
He plopped onto the snowy ground, staring at the falling snowflakes, feeling the blood in his veins turn cold.
Until at last, contents about Xu Fu appeared within the Destiny Mud Tablet.
This implies that the ancient alchemist master is still alive even to this day.
And he's even discovered the antidote.
What exactly is this so-called antidote?
It's the method of turning a Divine Servant back into a human!
And this method might also be applicable to the Unclean.
Unfortunately, the Ancient God's Blood of the Supremes cannot be eradicated.
As for the Penglai Ascension Array, its complete form is the so-called Stairway to Immortality.
It was originally prepared by the Qilin Venerable for themselves.
But it was later seized by the Candle Dragon Venerable.
This was nothing short of a home invasion.
The old monster certainly lacked any sense of virtue.
Gu Jianlin made a small joke in his mind, his smile numb.
"What is the Candle Light Law? And what is the Primordial?"
He whispered to himself, "The world of the Supremes is truly profound."
In retrospect, the Pharmacist back then seemed utterly foolish.
It's just that this foolish old man had no idea just how overwhelmingly powerful the Gods truly are.
It's fortunate he encountered someone like me, the second generation.