Chapter 2337 - The Yellow Emperors Teacher, Master Guangcheng?! (1/2)

Chapter 2337: The Yellow Emperor’s Teacher, Master Guangcheng?!

Wang Chong looked at the statue in stupefaction.

Confucius was the founder of the Confucian Sect and revered by all the people in the realm. What was his connection to the mysterious figure?

And from what he could see, this was not the final checkpoint. Even the Supreme Sage was seemingly just a guardian, an examiner, in this underground passage.

As these thoughts ran through his mind, Wang Chong quickly scanned this cave and felt a furtive pulse of Psychic Energy in the air.

There was no doubt that the final seal was a psychic seal, different from all the others. Not only that, when Wang Chong glanced at the statue, he saw that it was holding a book in its left hand, and his heart thumped.

“This is… the Spring and Autumn Annals!”

This wasn’t just a stone imitation, but the actual book.

The pages had been made of some unknown material that had resisted the decay of time. And the two words on the cover… Though Wang Chong did not know how to read ancient script, he could still recognize those two characters.

Countless thoughts ran through his mind, and Wang Chong suddenly understood something.

This wasn’t the first time Wang Chong had encountered this sort of test. He had experienced a trial like this when Li Junxian had used the Crown of Confucius on him in the militarist-Confucian conflict. This trial was a trial of the heart.

Buzz!

Wang Chong opened his mind as he continued into the cave.

Around fifteen minutes later…

Wang Chong’s body trembled, and a soft and gentle light appeared before him. This light had a powerful pull that instantly drew Wang Chong’s body inside it. After what seemed both like a second and like endless epochs, Wang Chong felt his body relax, and he entered the deepest part of this cave.

Darkness!

Darkness beyond compare!

When Wang Chong opened his eyes, he couldn’t tell where he was. The only thing he was sure of was that he was in an even deeper dimension, no longer within the passage.

Before Wang Chong could react, a familiar voice rang out in his ears.

“It seems that I underestimated you. I did not think that you would manage to break all the seals.”

Wang Chong immediately saw a pair of cold and dignified eyes, so incredibly deep that they seemed to contain infinite secrets.

These eyes were utterly devoid of emotion, like ancient ice. Most bizarrely, these eyes were a light gold.

Though they were the eyes of a stranger, Wang Chong was able to instantly recognize this person as the true gray-robed elder, the one he had attempted to converse with.

“We finally meet!”

Wang Chong carefully examined this mysterious figure. It was a man wearing a tall hat and a thick belt. He stood upright and still, with a robe of an extremely ancient style on his body. He had a hard and inflexible face, the demeanor of a strict teacher.

As Wang Chong looked at him, the light golden eyes inspected Wang Chong. At that moment, Wang Chong felt like those sharp eyes were staring right into his soul, exposing all of his secrets.

Wang Chong couldn’t help but be astonished.

It would be fitting if he had felt so naked and exposed three or four years ago, when he had just been reborn. But now, he had reached the apex of the martial path, with countless people only able to look up at him in awe and veneration. Wang Chong knew that he was no weakling, but this man before him was far too powerful, perhaps even at Heaven’s level.

Wang Chong quickly got ahold of himself and bowed.

“Junior Wang Chong greets Senior. How should I address Senior?”

Wang Chong put on an attentive face, hoping to get an answer from this man.

For the capital to have an individual like this was truly surprising. Wang Chong was brimming with curiosity.

But the man’s reply was disappointing.

“My name is not important, and you did not come all this way simply for a name,” the mysterious man lightly said, completely unmoved.

“This…”

Wang Chong was taken aback. Though he was disappointed, he was quick to reply.

“Senior, this junior will be frank. This junior has come to request Senior’s assistance.”

“I swore an oath long ago that I would never again interfere in affairs of the mortal realm.” The mysterious man immediately refused.

“Ah?”

Wang Chong gasped. He had a thousand words on his mind, but he found himself unable to speak a single one at this time. However, Wang Chong quickly spotted a ‘loophole’ in this man’s words.

‘Mortal realm’? What did that mean?!