Wandering Gods of Day and Night

Among the Ancient Tattoo Clan, aside from the Yumen High Priest, no one possesses the power of eight Incense Flames.

Therefore, the tattoo on Mu Hua's back must certainly belong to the Yumen High Priest.

"He tattooed a gate on Mu Hua's back. What's the meaning behind this?" Yun Ziliang was also curious and asked Peng Sheng.

Peng Sheng chuckled and replied, "This gate serves as a seal, completely locking away the entity inside this young man's body, preventing it from emerging."

Inside Mu Hua's body resides the Mother of Hundred Demons from the Buddha Country.

"No wonder."

Zhou Xuan recalled many fragments of past events.

The Ancient Tattoo Clan had always been unable to locate the *Legend of the Hundred Spirits*. They sent the four brothers of the Shi Family to East Market Street, where they wandered for several days. They even used *Perception* to carefully inspect Mu Hua, yet they failed to detect any trace of the *Legend of the Hundred Spirits*.

The *Legend of the Hundred Spirits* stood right before the Shi brothers, yet the four of them couldn't sense it at all.

Looking back now,

it was the "Gate" tattoo, infused with the power of the Yumen High Priest, that worked its effect.

"This doesn't make sense," Yun Ziliang muttered. "The Yumen High Priest came to East Market Street to cultivate the *Legend of the Hundred Spirits*. By using the unorthodox Gu Cultivation Technique, he raised the *Legend of the Hundred Spirits*, which proves he belongs to the Ancient Clan.

But by using the Blood Gate Tattoo to seal Mu Hua's body, he concealed him from the Ancient Clan. Isn't he clearly going against the Ancient Clan?"

"Lao Yun, people change," Zhou Xuan interjected. "Perhaps the Yumen High Priest was influenced by something. After all, the Peach Blossom Ancestor Tree was discovered beneath East Market Street."

"That's highly possible."

Peng Sheng pointed to the altar before them and said, "You likely don't know what this place is. In ancient times, this was the main hall of the Tattoo Tree Clan... the Totem Hall."

"Hmm? This is the Totem Hall?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

"Yes."

Peng Sheng confirmed, "Everywhere here are human skin tattoos, all crafted by the Ancient Tattoo Clan during ancient times."

"I thought these tattoos were created by today's Ancient Clan—none of them are Divine Images."

"Apart from the twenty-four Divine Images, the Tree Clan also crafted other tattoos."

Peng Sheng explained, "Beneath this street lies a Forbidden Land, known as the Great Mother Star Pit."

"That's right. Two trees are rooted in the Great Mother Star Pit. The entrance to the pit was sealed by a talisman, which Lao Yun guided me to break, enabling me to enter the Great Mother Star Pit."

"The Totem Hall was abandoned because of the Great Mother Star Pit's emergence. The Tattoo Clan later re-established their main hall in Peng Town."

Peng Sheng continued, "The Great Mother Star Pit is overwhelmingly powerful. It was observed during ancient times by the Star Lord. United with Peng Hou of that era and the Dragon Seeking Mountain Ancestor, the three forces joined hands to suppress the pit, but ultimately, they failed,

as the Great Mother Star Pit is nearly indestructible. Thus, the Mountain Ancestor proposed a solution: using the four hills of East Market Street as a coffin and five locust trees as Coffin Nails, he locked the Great Mother Star Pit underground to prevent it from surfacing."

Zhou Xuan was floored. So this is how the Fengshui Array of East Market Street came to be.

The Fengshui Array originated from the Dragon Seeking Hall. This also explained why Sister Cui possessed the key to the Fengshui Array,

and why Zhao Wuya hunted her down—because she had stolen "something" from the Dragon Seeking Hall.

Using Dragon Seeking's artifact to unlock the Dragon Seeking Fengshui Array made perfect sense.

"Lao Yun, your skills surely don't hold a candle to those of your ancestors, huh?" Zhou Xuan teased Yun Ziliang.

Yun Ziliang had once remarked that the Fengshui Array on East Market Street held profound mysteries he couldn't fully grasp.

Yun Ziliang's face flushed red as he forced a defense, "So what if I can't compare to our Ancestor Master? Several generations of my clan have served as State Preceptors..."

"It may not be that Taoist Yun's understanding is lacking; the Fengshui Array was created with significant contributions from Peng Hou and the Star Lord. Their combined powers imbued the array with extraordinary depth," Peng Sheng added.

At this, Yun Ziliang looked confused and asked, "Something doesn't add up. Events from ancient times—why does your Tattoo Clan know about them while our Dragon Seeking lineage doesn't?"

"Does the Dragon Seeking Hall build temples?"

"No."

"Do you record and pass down past events diligently from generation to generation?"

"Uh... the disciples of the Dragon Seeking Hall are all free-spirited wanderers. If we're in the mood, we write something down; if not, well, it's off to do as we please."

"Exactly. Our Tattoo Clan, on the other hand, engraves significant events into tattoos and displays them in the main temple of the Tattoo Hall." Peng Sheng smiled. "So, even though the Great Mother Star Pit is an ancient event from a time when the twenty-four God-level beings had yet to ascend to the Heavenly Dome, it remains known to us."

Yun Ziliang nodded in agreement.

Peng Sheng continued, "The talisman you unraveled merely unlocked the pathway to the Great Mother Star Pit. However, the Fengshui Array that truly binds the pit itself—that, you have yet to touch."

"This area contains both the Totem Hall and the Great Mother Star Pit, wherein lies the Ancestor Tree," Zhou Xuan said. "Perhaps the Yumen High Priest lingered here in East Market Street for so long that the Ancestor Tree communicated the truth of that era, compelling him to sever ties with the Ancient Clan."

The Yumen High Priest commands the strength of eight Incense Flames, but according to the Shi brothers, the Ancient Clan's Hundred-Eyed High Priest and Copper Coin High Priest were already at the brink of approaching eight Flames.

There were also the Three Dharma Bodies of the Three-headed Stone Buddha—Daluo Tian, Wuxiang Prison, and the Wansese Realm—along with numerous other disciples of the Ancient Tattoo Clan.

Not to mention the Heavenly Dome God-level Peng Hou, also a wielder of eight Incense Flames, hidden away in the Tattoo Forbidden Land.

The Yumen High Priest's flames may burn high, but to return to the Forbidden Land and battle the Three-headed Stone Buddha would be no less than an ant trying to shake a tree.