Chapter 1435: Terrifying Spirituality

As a family of renowned masters, the Zhang family had countless ancestral statues on the square, naturally including a statue of Confucius for worship. Just now, shocked that all the stone statues had come to life, upon hearing this voice, his primordial spirit nearly collapsed from fright.

Hurriedly looking over, he indeed saw the statue of Confucius standing among a group of guests, incessantly introducing himself...

His throat went dry, his eyes filled with terror: "He... he also awakened the spirit of Confucius's statue?"

Zhang Wuchen felt he was going mad.

That was Confucius, a figure revered by all. Even if it was just a statue, one dared not be disrespectful. This guy had actually awakened its spirit...

"And there's more..."

Elder Wuzhen pointed forward again.

Then he saw the Zhang family's founding patriarch also sitting in place... growing more excited as he spoke; if he had saliva, it would probably be flying everywhere...

"Nonsense, utter nonsense!"

He let out a roar.

The statues stood in the square merely to display the Zhang family's strength and achievements. Now these statues grabbed people and talked... though they spoke the truth, it was still embarrassing!

This was no longer a display but a forced introduction!

Most critically... the statue of Confucius...

Who on the Master Continent didn't know him? Did he need to introduce himself?

Originally, the many ancestors of the Zhang family were majestic, inspiring boundless imagination after viewing their deeds. Now, every single one of them had become like jesters, telling stories...

Where was their dignity?

Where was their bearing?

"First he collapses the formations and buildings, then he enters the guest rooms and ruins so many ancestral statues... This guy isn't here to challenge us; he's here to cause trouble!"

Zhang Wuchen felt he was about to explode with rage.

Other challengers, upon entering the Zhang family, acted as if on a pilgrimage, full of tension and excitement, because whether they could defeat the younger generation of Zhang or not, it represented their ability!

But this one was not only not tense, he had thrown the entire family into chaos, even beyond his control...

What a disaster!

"He absolutely is not, absolutely not..."

His vision darkened, and he shook his head incessantly.

The people of the Zhang family were always steady; how could they do such a thing?

This guy must not be that person...

As long as he wasn't, he would teach him a lesson and make him know that the Zhang family could not be insulted casually...

"Send someone to find the family's spirit awakeners and have them destroy the spirituality of these stone statues..."

After several heavy breaths, he finally recovered and spoke.

Spirituality could be awakened, and naturally could be destroyed, but it was best done by a spirit awakener; otherwise, it could easily damage the statues.

Elder Wuzhen nodded and called over a clansman to give instructions.

Before long, two elderly men hurried over.

"Third Elder, Seventh Elder!"

"Elder Wu, Elder Mo, I must trouble you..."

Zhang Wuchen clasped his fists.

The reason the Zhang family's prodigies excelled in various professions was mainly because the family employed many experts in other fields. These two were nine-star spirit awakeners, renowned throughout the Spirit Awakener Guild.

"Third Elder, rest assured, this is a trivial matter!"

Elder Wu smiled, stroking his beard, his eyes full of confidence: "I will destroy the spirituality and make the stone statues obediently return to where they belong!"

"Mm."

Third Elder nodded.

Although he was quite confident in the abilities of these two, he still needed to watch from the side, as these statues had been passed down through generations and had no replacements; once damaged, they would be hard to replicate.

"Let's start with this one..."

Looking around, Elder Wu stepped up to the statue of Zhang Lingran, and his primordial spirit emerged from his brow, pointing straight at it.

Whoosh!

The stone statue, which had been telling a story, immediately stopped, motionless, as if its spirituality had been completely destroyed.

"Done..."

His primordial spirit returned to his body, and Elder Wu smiled lightly.

Awakening spirit was troublesome; even a nine-star spirit awakener couldn't do it casually, but destroying spirituality, once he acted, could be accomplished in an instant.

Seeing it was so easy, Third Elder breathed a sigh of relief.

Since it wouldn't damage the ancestral statues, let them continue; as long as all the spirituality was destroyed, in such a short time, it shouldn't cause much impact.

"Thank you for your trouble, both of you..."

He gave further instructions.

"No trouble at all. I'll go destroy the spirituality of all the others now..."

Waving his hand, Elder Wu was about to go destroy the spirituality of the other stone statues when he saw Elder Mo pointing at him, eyes wide with terror.

"What's wrong?"

He frowned.

"On your head..."

Elder Mo said anxiously.

"On my head?"

Full of confusion, Elder Wu spread his divine sense and looked at his head. With just one glance, his knees went weak, and he nearly fell to the ground.

He saw his head covered in cacti and flowers, growing faster and faster, more and more.

"The spirituality just now wasn't removed; instead, it drilled into your primordial spirit and is trying to seize control of your body..."

Elder Mo realized and shouted in panic.

Just now, the other had used his primordial spirit to destroy the spirituality in the stone statue, thinking it had succeeded, but unexpectedly, the spirituality hadn't been destroyed; instead, it had taken the opportunity to burrow into his soul.

Now it had entered his body and was fighting for control!

Given Elder Wu's strength, the likelihood of such a level of spirituality successfully possessing him was slim, but the head full of cacti and dog-tail flowers was still maddening!

"Damn it..."

Realizing this, Elder Wu trembled with rage, the cacti on his head shaking incessantly. He examined his spirit internally and after a moment said: "This spirituality is in my Tianhai acupoint. I can't reach it myself. Come over and help me destroy it using the [Qinzhen Miexu] method!"

"Alright!"

Elder Mo nodded, stepped forward, raised his brows, and a powerful surge of primordial spirit energy burst forth, turning into a stream of air that stabbed straight toward the other's Tianhai acupoint.

Snap!

A sound like a needle piercing a balloon, as if something had been extinguished.

After observing for a moment, Elder Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Good, this time it's completely destroyed... Ah?"

Before he could finish, he saw Elder Mo's head also sprout a cactus, verdant and dripping, covering his head like a hat.

"You, you..."

His lips trembled, unable to speak.

He had only attacked the spirituality with his primordial spirit, separating upon contact—how had he also been affected?

"I don't know what happened either..."

His body trembling, Elder Mo was on the verge of tears.

When others awakened spirituality, destroying it only required primordial spirit suppression, simple enough. What was going on with this one?

Why did it burrow into whoever acted?

Just as he was frantic and at a loss, the cactus on his head suddenly trembled, swayed in the wind, and emitted a series of sounds like human speech: "I am Zhang Lingran. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"..." Elder Wu.

"..." Elder Mo.

"..." Zhang Wuchen.