Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

In addition to Long Fei, the Patriarch of the Long Clan was also present there.

He was apparently the great grandson of Long Fei and Long Qing, the two ancestors. Despite this though, he still looked like an old man in his sixties.

Just from this alone one could tell that the two ancestors had lived for a long time.

'The system approximated that their age is more than four thousand, so it does make sense. The Patriarch also seemed to be more than two thousand years old.' Lin Wu quickly got the reports.

"Greetings." While Lin Wu thought all that internally, he warmly spoke to the man.

"Pardon us if it took long, but we need to go through this procedure to allow others in. The Ancestral Temple needs the bloodline input from me and the two ancestress to open." The Patriarch explained.

"That's no issue. We didn't have to wait that long." Lin Wu replied casually while gazing at the statue that had an invisible barrier around it.

~DING~

——

NOTIFICATION: Active Barrier discovered.

SCAN: Failed

ANALYZING: Barrier is found to be a Qi skill rather than a formation

ACCESS: Denied

——

'It actually blocked the system's scan again…' Lin Wu looked at the notification window.

"Does it need the three of you to open the barrier around the statue, too?" Lin Wu questioned curiously.

"A barrier around the statue?" Much to Lin Wu's surprise, the Long Clan's ancestors were confused.

"Yes, there is one around the statue." Lin Wu replied before releasing a bit of radiation.

~SHUA~

The radiation interacted with the barrier, forcing it to show its appearance as a faint yellow glow covered it.

"What?" The Patriarch of the Long Clan was confused.

"We… never knew…" The two ancestors said in shock.

'So even they can't detect it, no wonder.' Lin Wu understood.

From this alone, he understood that the barrier was definitely being maintained by the clan spirit itself.

"How did we never know? Did the Clan spirit talk about this before?" The Patriarch asked the ancestors.

"No… never. Plus, we never went close enough to touch the barrier." Long Qing replied.

"We learn new things every day." Lin Wu said before getting closer.

And by closer it was just him moving his head and watching the statue closely. His body alone towered over the statue, thus it was needed.

~HUALA~

But just as Lin Wu was doing that, a wave of energy spread out from the statue. An azure glow covered it before forming detailed features on the statue.

"The clan spirit is awakening!" The Patriarch exclaimed.

'How did it wake up at this time? It barely responds to us and even that's in time of emergencies.' Long Qing was surprised.

Lin Wu was intrigued and pulled his head back, letting the statue do whatever. He also saw the barrier around the statue disappear.

'Must be a barrier it makes while dormant. Or… I just woke it when I interacted with the barrier.' Lin Wu reckoned.

It didn't take Lin Wu long to get his answer, either.

"Who dares awaken the great guardian Azure Dragon!" A booming voice could be heard coming from the statue that had now taken on a detailed appearance.

The illusory eyes on the statue opened and first saw its clansmen below.

"Why did you wake me up!" the Statue questioned the ancestors and patriarch.

"W-we… We didn't." The Patriarch uttered with fear.

"I did." Another heavy voice was heard and a shadow fell over the statue.

The statue looked up and saw a large head gazing at it.

"W-who?" The statue said in great confusion, having not expected this.

"I said, they didn't wake you up, I did." Lin Wu reiterated.

"What gives you the right to wake up a guardian Azure Dragon!" The statue quickly flipped out of its confusion.

Lin Wu narrowed his eyes, seeing this, finding the behavior erratic.

"You aren't one." Lin Wu plainly stated.

"YOU DARE!" The statue roared, making the Long Clan members panic.

"What's that to do with anything? You're a descendant and have an incomplete bloodline." Lin Wu didn't waver at all.

There was no fear in his tone either, which only affirmed the belief in the Long Clan members that Lin Wu was higher in seniority.

The only reason Lin Wu got this confidence was due to the information the System had just obtained.

~DING~

——

SCAN: Completed

TARGET: analyzed

.

TARGET: Azure Serpent King

CULTIVATION BASE: Immortal Ascension realm (Sealed)

BLOODLINE: 1. Azure Serpent Bloodline (100%)

2. Azure Dragon Bloodline (1%)

VITALS: Unavailable

.

NOTE: The body of the Azure Serpent King does not exist. The spirit inhabiting in the statue is its nascent soul that has been fused with its True Soul.

——

'So this is how the guardians work… they don't have actual bodies and are simply souls implanted into statues.' Lin Wu understood.

At the same time though, the cultivation base that the statue had also given him confidence. If it was just in the Immortal Ascension realm, Lin Wu didn't think it would be able to do anything to him.

'Though its cultivation base might be higher. Only after being sealed is it at the Immortal Ascension realm. And considering it has lived for over ten thousand years, it has certainly gone past the normal limits of a cultivator.' Lin Wu thought.

While the Azure Dragon's and just dragons, in general, had longer lifespans than humans and beasts of the same cultivation base, Lin Wu was sure this was already bordering on the extreme for this.

Which also made him think about the method that might have been used to seal it here.

'The seal might also be what makes it stay alive this long.' Lin Wu thought.

~SHUA~

But while Lin Wu was thinking this all, the Long Clan members were all forcibly teleported away by the statue.

"Oh? Don't want your secrets to be revealed?" Lin Wu asked plainly.

"Who are you? No one should know this on Ming Dao world." The statue asked instead.

"What if they are not of this world?"