Covering the Sky: I, Wang Teng, truly lack the bearing of an emperor.

Chapter 216 Ancient Clan Kings and Ancient Saints
As they continued deeper into the area, Duan De couldn't help but look at the Black Emperor. He was reminded of the small inheritance site he had discovered at the old site of the Yaochi Holy Land.

According to the records in that inheritance site, the Black Emperor was indeed an existence that had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, and his status and position back then seemed to be very extraordinary. Even in the Yaochi Holy Land, he would be treated with great courtesy by the Yaochi Holy Land, and even the Holy Mother of Yaochi would personally greet the Black Emperor.

In addition, it records many other things, mostly the great achievements that the Black Emperor made for the Yaochi Holy Land and for the human race.

However, Duan De didn't quite believe those records.

Although his professional investigation revealed that the artifacts were indeed from hundreds of thousands of years ago, and that many details on the murals and sculptures, including subtle traces and brushstrokes, were indeed habits from hundreds of thousands of years ago, and that the artifacts did indeed show signs of the passage of time, Duan De still refused to believe it.

This is no longer an objective lack of trust, but a subjective disbelief. Duan De cannot accept that someone who stole his Dragon Ball was a guest who received such courtesy from the Yaochi Holy Land hundreds of thousands of years ago.

No, he simply didn't believe that the Black Emperor had actually lived for so long!
He followed the Black Emperor deeper and deeper, secretly observing him all the way, trying to guess and judge the Black Emperor's background during this operation.

After they had gone some distance further, another entity appeared ahead and blocked their path.

This being is different from the three ancient races that were close to being great powers. This one is still in the source. Although it has awakened, it has not yet broken the seal of the source and emerged into the world.

"The royal family rests ahead. We request that the Qilin princess and the human warriors choose another route to proceed."

The powerful figure spoke.

Although it is sealed within the source, it still emits powerful energy fluctuations.

This fluctuation surpasses that of a great being, yet falls below that of a sage.

If we were to categorize them further, they would likely be at the level of a peak king or a half-step saint. If we were to add their royal lineage and methods, they might become the number one ancient clan below the saint level.

If this ancient clan were to revive, it would undoubtedly have a swift and decisive impact on both the Holy Land and the ancient aristocratic families!

Yet, even such a powerful being, when facing this human race from later generations, still spoke with a gentle, neither humble nor arrogant, voice.

“We need to get into the interior of this mountain, so we have to pass through here. Taking a detour would take us through some dangerous areas and would also take much longer, so I don’t want to take a detour.”

Wang Erya raised her head and spoke in a soft, sweet voice.

Given her personality, she would never say such things, so it was actually Wang Teng who was secretly transmitting the message; Wang Erya was merely relaying the message according to Wang Teng's wishes.

Upon hearing the princess of the Qilin clan speak, the ancient clan king fell silent.

He seemed to be communicating with some being, reporting what was happening at that moment.

After a moment, he slowly nodded.

"The ancient sages have allowed you to pass through here, but please do not disturb the slumber of our race. We have no intention of causing conflict with the human race for the time being."

The ancient king spoke.

Wang Teng smiled.

If I remember correctly, the one sleeping in Purple Mountain is a subordinate of the Immortal Emperor.

These guys don't have a very good relationship with the humans.

The other party's so-called avoidance of conflict probably means that they don't want to recover right now and don't have time to deal with these few humans. So they're taking a step back to save face, but they can do a favor for the Qilin princess and use this matter to communicate with the Qilin clan in the future.

"It doesn't matter, I don't want to take action against the ancient clans for the time being." Wang Teng smiled.

Upon hearing this, the ancient clan king looked at Wang Teng with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

However, seeing the ancient princess of the Qilin clan holding the young man's hand tightly, he forcibly suppressed his emotions. "Then please, I will lead the way for you," the ancient clan king said.

Although he did not break the seal and truly emerge into the world, even within the Source, he was able to ride the Source to fly and guide everyone.

Along the way, there were several forks in the road, but the ancient kings ignored them.

“Those places are where my clan’s warriors rest, and they should not be disturbed,” he said, leading the group to skip the forks in the road and continue deeper into the territory.

Along the way, Wang Teng and his group also received a lot of stares.

It is obvious that many of the ancient races that have been sleeping here have awakened, and some of them have probably broken the seal of the source and truly emerged into the present world.

However, some of the stronger ancient clans still choose to continue sealing themselves, and will never break the seal until the great era truly arrives.

Take, for example, the one who's leading the way for them right now.

"Ahead lies the place where our clan's sage rests; we will borrow a route from there," the ancient clan king said.

Wang Teng almost laughed when he heard this.

Ancient tribes are quite interesting.

At the previous forks in the road, it was clear that what was sleeping there was not the so-called ancient saint, so the ancient king led them to skip those forks and continue deeper.

Now that they have finally arrived at the place where the ancient saint rests, instead of leading them past this place to go deeper, he wants to take them to borrow a route from here and indirectly make contact with the ancient saint.

“Alright, let’s go take a look.” Wang Teng said without changing his expression.

They were ancient sages, but the ancient sages he encountered in the desolate and forbidden land far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

Those powerful beings cannot be summarized by the term "Ancient Saint". Those who were left in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land as slaves were all the top geniuses of their respective eras.
The empress looked down on any woman whose talent and aptitude were slightly lacking.

So from this perspective, the Ancient Forbidden Land can be considered a weakened version of the Supreme Hall, which is not wrong.

With Wang Teng leading the way, Duan De, Ye Fan, and the others, though apprehensive, still gritted their teeth and followed.

In contrast, Black King was much calmer.

He swaggered over, his two front paws behind his back, his expression unchanged, and even grinned, revealing a faint smile.

Seeing a black dog strolling around so leisurely, the ancient king couldn't help but secretly turn his head to see where the Black King's confidence came from. Could it be that this guy also had an ancient princess under his control?

But he looked several times, and the big black dog's hands were empty.

And for some reason, he always felt that this big black dog was unusually familiar, especially when it grinned with its teeth bared, it was so smug that even the ancient clan king couldn't help but want to slap the big black dog a couple of times...

However, with the ancient princess of the Qilin clan present, he managed to suppress this impulse.

They continued along the path and came to a stone chamber.

Here, they saw a massive source of divine energy.

Within the divine source, a girl with white hair slumbers.

Seemingly sensing someone approaching, the girl slowly opened her eyes.

(End of this chapter)