“What does a believer in the mortal world require of this venerable one?” From the blood pool, the two-faced, red-toothed entity abruptly emerged. It was still formed of clay, gradually growing from a minuscule thing into a behemoth.
It stood in the blood pool, blindly gazing, its booming voice assaulting the ears.
Upon seeing this grotesque thing, Jiang Wen was initially startled, but then he regained his senses. He had been curious about the Celestial Venerable mentioned by that person, but he never expected that upon seeing this Celestial Venerable, it would be such an ugly sight, truly disgracing the title of Celestial Venerable. What else could this be but a monster?
The Celestial Venerable, seeing no one answer in the cave, uttered a surprised sound. Then, sniffing the air like a dog, it grinned, revealing its fangs, and said, “Little thing, still hiding from the Celestial Venerable? Quickly offer up sacrifices, or beware of this Celestial Venerable eating you.”
Hearing these words, Jiang Wen was in no hurry to act.
He looked around the cave and found several animal carcasses left over from the man's hunting. He immediately said softly, “Celestial Venerable, please forgive me, it is this humble one's impoliteness. This humble one will now bring sacrifices to the Celestial Venerable.”
“Consider yourself fortunate, to encounter this Celestial Venerable is a blessing that is hard to come by in ten thousand years. Know that this Celestial Venerable is merciful, desiring to save all living beings. If you offer enough sacrifices, you can also attain immortality and Buddhahood.” Although this transformed Celestial Venerable had a ghostly appearance, it spoke with various profound principles. It touted itself as being immensely powerful, delivering living beings from suffering. It only required devout belief in it and chanting of its name. It guaranteed its believers eternal joy and freedom from the suffering of the mortal world.
If it were an ordinary person, they would have already been confused and disoriented by its lies. After all, life in this world is too arduous, and everyone has a sacred place in their heart.
However, seeing the Celestial Venerable in this form, Jiang Wen would not be bewitched by it and naturally did not believe it.
This kind of Celestial Venerable might be acceptable as a deity in the Plateau Heaven. But to think of deceiving him, Jiang Wen, as a Celestial Venerable, even the Dao Ancestor would not agree. Without alarming it, he brought over several dead fierce beasts and threw them to the Celestial Venerable.
The Celestial Venerable seemed to sense something. While the prey was still in the air, it opened its mouth and swallowed it, devouring the several-meter-long prey in one gulp. It chewed and bit, eating hastily and urgently, with blood flying from its mouth, truly savage, disgusting, and incomparable.
“Delicious! Delicious! Your Celestial Venerable grandpa was starving!” The Celestial Venerable cried out strangely, making excited sounds. It was like a wild beast that had not eaten for a long time, its eating posture was so unsightly.
Jiang Wen disgustedly threw over another kind of beast carcass. The Celestial Venerable pounced on it fiercely. Its claws pressed down on the carcass, and its two heads continuously tore at the corpse. It quickly devoured it into its stomach, and only after a long time did it pat its belly in satisfaction.
“This Celestial Venerable is very satisfied, you fellow are quite sensible. Next time you summon this Celestial Venerable, go and get some women for grandpa to snack on, and this Celestial Venerable will reward you even more.” The Celestial Venerable picked at its teeth and contentedly belched.
The foul odor permeated the cave, causing Jiang Wen to frown. Just as he was about to take the opportunity to ask the Celestial Venerable something, he heard the Celestial Venerable speak.
“You little brat, grandpa doesn't smell the things I bestowed upon you before, something's not right.”
Jiang Wen was secretly alarmed, wondering if this demonic Celestial Venerable had discovered any flaws, so he quickly replied, “This humble one does not know what the Celestial Venerable finds amiss.”
“Where is the blood heart that this Celestial Venerable bestowed upon you? Why haven't I smelled it this time? Your voice is also different from before, could it be that you've changed someone again.” The Celestial Venerable sat in the blood pool, stretched out its head, and looked at Jiang Wen's location. Its two heads sniffed at Jiang Wen, revealing sharp teeth. “Could it be that you're deceiving this Celestial Venerable because I can't see, and deliberately hiding from this Celestial Venerable?”
“Of course not, how dare I deceive Celestial Venerable grandpa.” Jiang Wen said insincerely. “This humble one is indeed not the master, but his disciple. My master is feeling unwell today, so he specifically summoned this junior to entertain the Celestial Venerable. I hope the Celestial Venerable will forgive us and not blame my master.”
Jiang Wen's tone was well-controlled, making him appear like an obedient disciple. Then, he offered the last prey, which finally dispelled the Celestial Venerable's doubts.
The Celestial Venerable happily ate the meat, no longer caring who was offering the sacrifice. It lay in the blood pool, comfortably stroking its belly, and let out a muffled laugh: “I've finally had a full meal, grandpa was really starving.”
“Celestial Venerable grandpa, are you not eating enough in the heavens? This humble one will prepare a little more in the future.” Jiang Wen said 'fearfully', his voice filled with various emotions, perfectly playing the role of a fearful and uneasy disciple.
“That's not it, grandpa is there…咳咳, this Celestial Venerable only likes the sacrifices offered by believers, not for the sake of gluttony. You must remember that.” The Celestial Venerable spoke somewhat carried away, almost revealing something in its words, but then it held back and changed the subject with a lame excuse.
Jiang Wen probed several more times, but was unable to get any more information. He gave up on the path of obtaining useful information from the other party.
He spoke to lower the Celestial Venerable's vigilance, and when the other party was completely unguarded, he suddenly attacked.
The flying sword was like a rainbow piercing the sky, directly aimed at the Celestial Venerable's head. Then, Jiang Wen threw out ten or so Thunder Talismans, alarming the surrounding thunder.
The Celestial Venerable had one of its heads cut off unexpectedly, and before it could get angry, it was attacked by countless lightning bolts. The Celestial Venerable cried out in pain, wildly waving its arms. It roared loudly in all directions, angrily saying, “Good for you, you rat, daring to sneak attack grandpa! Do you know who grandpa is! Beware of your cheap life!”
“Stay here today.” Jiang Wen naturally would not let it go, once he started, he never showed mercy. He unhesitatingly threw out various prepared talismans, and in the midst of the interwoven thunder, fire, and wind, he leaped close to the Celestial Venerable.
Overlapping Wave Fist—!
Qi surged through both arms. The body was like Mount Tai, the intent like the great sun. Descending with a roar, it was as if a deity had fallen into the dark spring, causing the mountains to tremble.
Kaiyang!
One fist was like a dragon and tiger leaping, startling the gods and shaking the soul. It smashed into the Celestial Venerable's face, causing gold, yellow, and red to splash everywhere. The crisp sound of bone cracking echoed in the cave, answered only by wails.
Wangyue!
Before the other party could retaliate, the next fist was like a star falling to earth, displaying the ultimate white light. The ripples shook all directions, rocks rolled down, and the earth trembled. Even the mountains that had been deposited for billions of years could hardly withstand this kind of horizontal force.
This fist penetrated the Celestial Venerable's head, destroying its fangs. Causing its bones to shatter and its flesh to rot, making it difficult to recover.
Jingshen!
It was appropriate to pursue the defeated foe with remaining strength, and Jiang Wen did not hold back. The Primordial Unity Qi, and the golden core in his abdomen, poured into all parts of his body like a great tide. Essence, Qi, and Spirit gathered at the top of his head, and at this moment he was like a god. When this fist was thrown out, even the light and color of the world dimmed. It felt like a lifetime away, as if the world had just opened.
When everything was over, Jiang Wen took a deep breath. Three strikes in a row, shaking the earth and mountains, startling gods and ghosts. Causing the Celestial Venerable to stain the surrounding cave walls with blood and shatter flesh in all directions. This fierce momentum only took a breath, everything happened too fast.
Jiang Wen stepped on the broken gravel, looked at the blood foam all over the cave, sneered, and walked out of the cave.
