Seeing Xu Fang cry out in alarm, Pingxin also followed his gaze and her expression immediately turned grim.
"It seems I need to have a good talk with all of you, my elder brothers and sisters. How could you allow living beings into this Pangu Hall, and even desecrate it with such scribbles!"
Pingxin's face was dark, and her tone was unfriendly.
This Pangu Hall was a place for the worship and veneration of Father God Pangu, an extremely important existence to the Wu clan, to the point of being their holy land.
Yet, here, within the Pangu Hall, beneath the statue of Pangu, such graffiti was left behind. This was an act of blasphemy against Father God Pangu!
"Wait! Don't get angry yet. Weren't these symbols always here?"
Xu Fang quickly interjected, his eyes fixed on the symbols at the base of the Pangu statue. He hadn't expected to find characters similar to those at the Nine Gates of Kunlun Mountain here!
To put it more plainly, these were Pinyin!
"How sacred is Father God Pangu? We Wu clan regard him as our Father God, how could we possibly blaspheme like this?"
Pingxin was still indignant. She immediately unleashed a surge of magical power, intending to erase the symbols.
"Wait!"
Xu Fang cried out urgently. He hadn't even finished deciphering them yet; why was Big Sister in such a hurry!
However, Xu Fang's words were no match for Pingxin's magic. He could only watch helplessly as the sage's power descended upon the symbols.
"Alas!"
Xu Fang sighed in resignation. His deciphering speed was still too slow. Why had he used Wubi input in his past life instead of Pinyin!
But regret was useless now. With Pingxin's intervention and the power of a sage, what he had finally encountered was about to disappear before his eyes.
However, just as Xu Fang felt regret, he discovered that as the magical power dissipated, the symbols did not vanish. Instead, they seemed to have been wiped clean, becoming even brighter.
Xu Fang's face lit up with joy. The ups and downs of immortal life truly came swiftly!
"Hmph! Do you really think I can't deal with you?"
Pingxin also noticed this and became even more furious, preparing to act again.
"Wait! Don't always be so impatient!"
Xu Fang quickly waved his hand to stop Pingxin and hurried forward to examine them closely.
Seeing this, Pingxin relented. Xu Fang's urgency suggested something important, so she decided to wait.
Besides, at this distance, whether she could remove the symbols was uncertain, but Xu Fang would certainly not escape.
Therefore, Pingxin suppressed her urge to act and watched Xu Fang, who was kneeling there, wanting to see what was going on.
Xu Fang appeared completely focused, staring at the symbols while muttering to himself.
"Nuò yī nǐ, nuò wēng néng, kē ān kàn"
Listening to the words that drifted from Xu Fang's mouth, Houtu's expression was complex.
What were these? Xu Fang seemed to be speaking, but his accent was incredibly strange.
Even if she could hear him clearly, these words, when combined, did not form a coherent sentence!
Little did she know that, in Xu Fang's mind, he was slowly piecing together a complete sentence through these characters.
"You can see this proves you have a heart, and I am very pleased. Since you are so sensible, I shall bestow upon you the Law of Strength."
As Xu Fang read this sentence that appeared in his mind, he was utterly shocked.
"What is this? Who left this here?"
Xu Fang's heart grew solemn. Could it be that one of his fellow transmigrators had guessed he would come to this Pangu Hall and left these things in advance, just like at the Nine Gates of Kunlun Mountain?
Moreover, these symbols made Xu Fang even more uneasy the more he thought about it, far more than the ones at the Nine Gates of Kunlun Mountain.
"This is getting a bit ridiculous. Are you doing an identity check here? If you're not a transmigrator, it won't trigger, right?"
For thousands of years, Pingxin and all the Ancestral Witches, and indeed the entire Wu clan, had paid their respects countless times without any unusual phenomena.
Yet, his mere act of worshipping Pangu triggered this. Wasn't this an identity verification system?
Furthermore, the beginning of this sentence strongly supported this assertion.
The more Xu Fang thought about it, the more unsettled he became. It seemed that this fellow transmigrator was even more powerful than him, having foreseen this situation and even set up an identity verification system for him.
Pingxin watched Xu Fang mutter for a while before he quieted down, her expression growing increasingly displeased. She couldn't help but ask,
"Fellow Daoist Xu Fang, do you recognize these symbols? What exactly do they mean?"
Xu Fang heard Pingxin's question and snapped back to reality. He raised his head, forcing a smile, pretending to be indifferent, though his face looked worse than if he were crying.
"It's nothing. I was just curious."
Xu Fang replied with difficulty, a chill running down his spine. He quickly tried to soothe himself mentally.
"Stay calm, stay calm! Be cool!"
"Actually, I shouldn't think of it that way. Perhaps this guy was just messing around and set a time for it to appear, intending to scare me?"
"That's it, it must be. This guy just wants to disrupt my dao heart, so he can defeat me easily!"
Xu Fang repeatedly reassured himself, finally finding a plausible explanation.
Yes, this was clearly a tactic of disrupting the mind before battle. Perhaps there were many similar markers throughout the primordial world, all part of his strategy!
"Besides, didn't he keep saying he would bestow the Law of Strength upon me? It hasn't appeared yet, has it?"
Thinking of this, Xu Fang's gloom lessened considerably, and his expression softened.
However, despite his words, Xu Fang still felt an inexplicable sense of dread. He quickly said,
"Fellow Daoist Houtu, no need to bother. Let us leave this place!"
As Xu Fang spoke, he didn't wait for Pingxin's response. Daring not to look at the symbols again, he turned and prepared to leave the place at once.
Just then, he suddenly felt a flash of light behind him. Xu Fang turned sharply and saw the Pinyin characters floating up, shimmering with golden light.
"This!"
Xu Fang was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned grim.
Was this also designed by that guy? To startle him?
However, before Xu Fang could react further, the golden characters surged towards him, enveloping him.
The golden light instantly merged into Xu Fang's body. Before he could even react, the light dispersed, and the space before him was empty.
"..."
Xu Fang's expression was grave. Good heavens, so all that was just a diversion, and this final act was the main event, wasn't it?
Had he been possessed?
Or controlled?
Could it be that he was defeated without even seeing the guy's face? Was it really necessary to be like this? We're fellow countrymen, show some respect, give me some face!
Countless thoughts flashed through Xu Fang's mind, each one a scenario he could not bear. He was completely disheartened, convinced his end was nigh!
At that very moment, Pingxin looked at Xu Fang, her gaze fixed, her expression filled with disbelief.
"The Law of Strength?"
Pingxin sensed Xu Fang's aura, her mind filled with doubt and surprise.
What was going on? This Fellow Daoist Xu Fang had actually comprehended the Law of Strength so suddenly!