Among the four major races in Xuandao Continent, the human race and the demon race are born with human form, while the monster race is divided into two stages: the demon form stage and the human form stage. Only the monster race is destined to be unable to transform into human form throughout its life.
However, at the level of the Nine Realms, the spiritual intelligence of monster beasts is basically the same as that of the other three tribes, and they can also speak human words.
And such a Nine Realm monster would actually take the initiative to beg him, who only had the strength of the Five Realms. No one would believe it if he told it.
When things go wrong, there must be a monster!
Even though he had sworn to become brothers with his life soul, He Gu still felt uneasy about having a strong man from the Nine Realms of unknown origin approach him.
All quarrels in the world are for profit. He believes that this demon rat wants something from him, so he can only temporarily characterize the relationship between them as an exchange of interests.
Since everyone has what they need, it is necessary to understand each other's general intentions.
The demon rat seemed to agree with He Gu's idea. In order to gain his trust, it first expressed its attitude and looked indifferent.
"Boss, just ask, God knows everything and will answer."
Unexpectedly, the demon rat was so cooperative. He Gu thought about it for a moment, and then politely asked about its origin.
"Why are you here? I heard before that a trialist had his blood drained from his body and died. Was it you who did it?"
The demon rat sat on He Gu's shoulder, crossed his legs, and admitted openly: "I did it, just to recover from the injury."
After a slight pause, it spoke eloquently: "The Lord was sleeping in a cave in the far north to recuperate his injuries. When he woke up unexpectedly, he decided to take a risk and extract blood essence from the human cultivators to speed up the recovery of the remaining injuries.
As a result, he didn't stop in time and attracted a large number of powerful human beings. He was outnumbered and in the chaos, he was accidentally attacked by a guy with a flute.
After the injury became more serious, I hid myself, walked around and happened to find the ruins space here, and entered with a little talent."
The demon rat's face was quite arrogant, and he showed a mean expression as he spoke.
"After using the useful things, God suddenly came up with an idea to more safely extract the blood essence of human cultivators, so he opened the ruins here to the outside world in advance."
Unexpectedly, He Gu did not expect that the opening of the Venerable Ruins here was actually a trap deliberately set by the demon rat.
He soon recalled the rumors of the birth of strange beasts before the Demon-Conquering Conference, and the information connection was immediately connected.
At that moment, he asked the most critical question: "Then what do you need me to do for you? Help you recover from your injuries?"
The demon rat took it for granted: "You are my boss now. Of course, my little brother's injury also needs your help."
"anything else?"
He Gu doesn't think he can be of much help. Compared with his ability, there are better candidates here.
And if the other party's purpose is just to find someone to help heal his injuries, he will not be killed in the first place.
The demon rat raised its paw and scratched its head, and after thinking for a long time, it said: "Actually, I don't know what I need you to do specifically. It's just that the ancestral precepts passed down by my clan instruct me to do this."
"Ancestor's teaching?" He Gu was puzzled.
Although monsters cannot take the form of humans, they have the ability to hide their appearance when they reach the level of the Nine Realms. They do not reveal their true form or some unique special method, making it difficult to identify them with the naked eye.
So he didn't know what kind of monster this monster rat was at this moment.
However, a little information was revealed to him: the background of this demon rat must be extraordinary!
Unlike the other three major races, the upper limit of a monster's realm is only limited by its own bloodline, not spiritual talent.
The advantage is that there are no realm barriers, and practicing cultivation can be a matter of course.
Each kind of monster has its own upper limit of realm, and the upper limit of most monsters cannot reach the level of the Nine Realms.
Many monster beast masters who have reached the Nine Realms were lucky enough to get the chance to break through the upper limit of their bloodline after unexpectedly getting some kind of opportunity. It has nothing to do with their own clan, it is just an exception.
For example, the flying tiger in Tianyin Forest has the upper limit of its bloodline at the five realms. If one day it is promoted to the nine realms step by step through some kind of chance baptism, the offspring it will give birth to will still be just an ordinary flying tiger.
Tiger monster.
The only ones who can talk about ancestral teachings are the monster groups that have formed a mature family inheritance system, which requires each member to have stable spiritual growth support to be formed.
The spiritual growth of monsters is linked to their realm and is positively correlated.
In other words, only the monster group whose bloodline upper limit reaches the level of the Nine Realms can meet the conditions to form a family inheritance.
That is to say, behind this demon rat is a rare and powerful demon beast family with many strong men in the Nine Realms!
Seeing his doubts, the demon rat did not shy away and simply explained: "My family has been cursed by the Thief God. If we release too much power or stay for too long in the main space of the mainland, we will attract thunder punishment, so we have lived in this world for generations."
I don’t dare to be born in a small secret realm.
An ancestor who reached the immortal level once left an ancestral instruction, stating that only those who recognized their masters from the five original spiritual seals had the ability to resolve this heavenly curse, and they must be friends with them.
That’s probably it.”
He Gulue was a little surprised when he heard for the first time that there was such a strange curse.
In an instant, I understood why this demonic rat has always been in trouble with God, and he is always sinning against God.
It was also determined that it was indeed the Golden Spirit Seal in the body that caused the demon rat to temporarily change his mind.
The demon rat lay down leisurely on He Gu's shoulder, as if his life depended on it.
"Anyway, God has decided to follow you. In return, he will protect you until the day you are able to help our clan solve the curse of heaven. Don't worry."
He probably understood what was going on and had some confidence in his heart. Of course, He Gu would not refuse the initiative of such a strong man in the Nine Paths Realm.
As for the so-called resolving the curse, it is obvious that he cannot do it now. It is obviously still very early when that day comes, and it may be after a hundred years of death, so there is no need to worry about it.
He had been thinking about the Golden Spirit Seal before and was always worried that one day he would turn into a demon. Of course he couldn't let go of this opportunity.
"God, how much do you know about the spiritual seal? What is the relationship between this spiritual seal and the demon's innate ability?"
The demon rat sat up, shook his head, and said truthfully: "I don't know the details. The immortal-level ancestor of our clan only left a few words.
There are five original spiritual seals in total. They are the gathering of the wills of the five great spiritual beasts after their death. They are originally integrated with the spiritual roots of the present world and involve the operation of the old order in ancient times.
The demons also have spiritual seals in their bodies, and according to the ancestor's speculation, the original spiritual seal should be a mother-son relationship that separated the family, or to be more precise, a collapsed monarch-subordinate relationship."
The five great spiritual beasts should refer to the five great ferocious beasts...
He Gu didn't think too much, and directly asked the most important point: "Then if it stays in my body for a long time, will it cause me to become a demon?"
The demon rat thought for a while and said: "Judging from the external characteristics, you are already a demon now, but the essence should not change."
Then it sounded a little sad: "Few outsiders know that the demon race, like our race, has also suffered unfair treatment from heaven, and was born to be bound by a curse that suppresses longevity.
Whether it is the life span brought by birth or the new life span gained each time the realm is advanced, it will be reduced by half.
This is God's "special care" for the demons. In other words, it is a treatment that only real demons can enjoy. It is already a certification of heaven for the demons.
As long as your lifespan is not affected by this curse, you will naturally not be a genuine demon."
Before, we only knew that the demons were born with a short lifespan, but this was the first time He Gu had heard about the inside story of the demons. Even the old demon who imprisoned him in the abyss of the Demon Island had never told him before.
He was very sure that his longevity had not been affected, it was exactly the same as before he got the Golden Spirit Seal and recognized his master, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thinking of the thrilling past before falling asleep, the demon rat was also a little confused: "Boss, how did you get it?"
It wasn't a big secret, so He Gu told it roughly the experience of picking up the flame stone.
The holy object that the demon rat mentioned before did not necessarily refer to the secret stone, so he kept it in mind and did not tell the part about the secret stone.
The demon rat's eyes trembled upon hearing this, thinking deeply.
He Gugang wanted to ask it if it had thought of something, but suddenly he slapped his forehead and realized that he had forgotten the most important thing and felt bad.
He immediately said anxiously: "God, I have something to ask you now!"
Without waiting for the demon rat to respond, he immediately told it that someone wanted to murder one of his female friends today, and also omitted the part about the prophecy of the secret stone.
The demon rat was not fooled by him, and went straight to the point: "Did the holy object enlighten you in advance?"
He Gu had a sarcastic look on his face and smiled awkwardly.
The demon rat doesn't care either.
"Don't worry, you are now a very important person to our clan. Leaving that thing on you might be helpful in resolving our clan's curse in the future, so I won't bother with it anymore."
As soon as the conversation changed, it asked He Gu: "I have temporarily taken over this ancient trial tower. You only need to tell me clearly what your friend looks like, and she will naturally reach the end of the trial in advance.
Before the ancient pagoda trial is over, I guarantee that there will be no worries."
As it spoke, it grabbed its claws forward, and a white light curtain appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them.
There are countless small squares painted on the light curtain, arranged in a pyramid, divided into two sets on the left and right.
Different numbers of gold dots are flashing in some small squares, colliding with each other from time to time.
In comparison, the number of gold dots in the pyramid on the left is very small, while the one on the right has significantly more.
This undoubtedly confirmed He Gu's conjecture about the operating rules of the ancient pagoda trial.
When things got urgent, he quickly described his fiancée's clothing and appearance, emphasizing again and again the length and proportion of her legs.
God closed his eyes and opened them again soon.
"Found it, her name is Jiang Li, right?"
"Yes, it's her!" He Gu immediately confirmed.
Then he asked nervously: "Is she okay now?"
"It's okay. Their battle just happened to be over and the teleportation requirements were met. Just wait for her to choose a door. Then I will tamper with the teleportation path in time and teleport her alone to the final stone room."
After confirming that his fiancée had not been delayed and had no accident, He Gu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He nodded and waited patiently.
After a while, the demon rat suddenly stretched out its short paw again and lightly tapped one of the small squares on the light screen.
Immediately, He Gu saw a light spot inside that was moving to the edge of the square and suddenly disappeared.
At the same time, he saw a solitary light spot suddenly appear in the last empty small square on the top of the pyramid.
He quickly checked the secret stone in his body.
However, the warning words that foreshadowed Shen Jianglei's suicide today have not been eliminated.
I believe that the demon rat will not make random promises on such a matter that is related to safety. He can only extrapolate the fulfillment location of the prophecy to areas outside the ancient pagoda.
The demon rat retracted its paws, turned its head and asked, "How's it going? Are you done?"
Obviously it knows a lot about the functions of Tianji Stone.
No longer trying to be secretive, He Gu shook his head slightly.
After thinking for a while, he said: "It seems that we need to clear out those people in advance."
Kongrou's crisis has proven once that it can only be resolved by eliminating all potential enemies involved and threatening.
"The fat man from Luoshui Sect...just wait, God will look for you again." The demon rat said and began to close his eyes and search again.
After a while, it opened its blue mouse eyes and said coquettishly: "You stay here, don't move around, let God come as he pleases."