"I see. How can we make them recognize us then? We've never practiced any cultivation methods of
the spiritual race, and the spiritual root is unique to them. Even if we have been proven to have spiritual
roots in the test, it probably won't be the same as theirs, right?" Vivian commented. She felt confused
and hesitant.
"Actually, the so-called spiritual root of the spiritual race is a kind of potential. You can think of it as their
version of the innate demonizing ability of the Shura Race. They're all born with creatures. If you
release your power, the Earth Monsters will be able to sense the existence of your spiritual root since
you were also born with it," Rocky enlightened.
"That's all we need to do now? That's easy!" Vivian exclaimed as she finally figured it out.
"That's right. So, who's going to do it, you or me?" Rocky smiled as though he just challenged Vivian.
"I got this. You must've been badly hurt from when you made me hit you uninhibited earlier. Just take a
rest and let me force them out."
Before she could even finish talking, Vivian released her martial spirit at the God Realm and swiftly
showed her true strength. In a flash, an aura with mixed characteristics of deity and demon burst out of
her delicate body and instantly pervaded the entire cave.
The overwhelming aura shook the whole cave.
The sudden disturbance inside the cave alarmed the people outside who were standing guard.
Although they had no idea why the cave was shaking, they knew something terrible was happening.
"Go and inform the young master right away!" the Spiritual King in the lead hurriedly ordered.
Meanwhile, after Vivian released her violent power, strange screams echoed from the depths of the
cave. It sounded as though they were in panic.
"You did it!" As Rocky observed the scene, he hinted to Vivian that their plan worked.
Vivian then restrained her strength and slowly calmed down.
"Please forgive our rudeness! We came here to take out the holy treasure at the order of our young
master. Please help us find it," Rocky expressed politely.
After a moment, a white-haired ape slowly appeared in front of Rocky and Vivian.
"Um, are you the Earth Monster?" Rocky was somewhat surprised to see the white-haired ape. He had
thought that the Earth Monster would be some kind of a violent evil spirit, but he did not expect it to
look so ordinary.
The Earth Monster did not say anything. Instead, it looked at Rocky and waved.
"Come on. Let's follow it," Rocky urged Vivian as he understood what the Earth Monster meant.
They walked behind the white-haired ape and found themselves deep into the cave.
Although there was no light inside the cave, they could still vaguely tell which direction they were going.
They walked for a while until they finally made a few turns. All of a sudden, a dazzling green light shot
in front of them.
They quickly squinted their eyes and gradually opened them as they adapted to the bright green light.
When they tried to take a closer look, they found themselves in astonishment. As it turned out, the
green light was emitting from a piece of emerald green bamboo.
It was, by all means, the holy treasure of the Wankong Clan.
"Huh? What kind of holy treasure is this? It's nothing out of the ordinary!" Vivian could not help but
mutter under her breath.
Nonetheless, she focused on completing the task. She did not care that this bamboo did not look like a
holy treasure at all, so she went straight ahead and aimed to grab it.
However, Rocky had different ideas. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was
off. Out of impulse, he shouted at Vivian, "Don't touch it!"
Unfortunately, it was too late. As soon as Vivian touched the emerald green bamboo, a strong, green
light swiftly bounced back. It bound her hands and feet that kept her from being able to move at all.
"This holy treasure must be good at sealing powers and constraining others. It even managed to
restrain Vivian's power so easily. I guess this holy treasure wasn't as ordinary as it seemed..." Rocky
deftly surmised.
In spite of that, he remembered that the young master of the Wankong Clan asked them to come into
this cave and take it, so he must have thought that one of them could obtain it.
Rocky thought it should be him.
He then walked forward without any hint of hesitation and reached out his hand to the emerald green
bamboo.
"Stop! Don't do that!" Vivian was worried that Rocky might suffer the same fate as her.
The moment Rocky touched the green bamboo, it briskly flashed. Before he realized it, the bamboo
had already turned into a green bracelet and wrapped around his wrist.
At the same time, the power that had been binding Vivian vanished. The darkness before them also
dispersed, revealing the true face of their surroundings.
Apparently, no maze or hindrances could have existed in this cave, as they were actually in a place of
worship all this time. What Rocky and Vivian had experienced was actually an illusion caused by some
spiritual skill.
They eventually saw twelve identical Earth Monsters surrounding them, either hanging or swinging all
over the place.
They came forward, and then suddenly, all twelve of them knelt down in front of Rocky.
Although the other candidates that had been hit by the spiritual skill of the Earth Monsters had finally
come to their senses, it puzzled them that there were twelve Earth Monsters kneeling down to Rocky.
None of them had any idea about what had happened.
"There is no need for this. Please get up!" Rocky was astounded for a moment, but he knew that the
Earth Monsters must have worshipped him due to the fact that he had obtained the holy treasure.
One after another, the Earth Monsters did as they were told.
"Let's go," Rocky called Vivian. They quickly went back to the entrance of the cave under the watchful
eyes of the public.
Following the strange movement in the cave, the spiritual skill that had sealed the cave was lifted.
Because of this, the guards felt compelled to relay the news to the young master.
Consequently, just as Rocky and Vivian made it out of the cave, the young master arrived with some of
his attendants.
The young master was stunned when he saw Rocky and Vivian. However, as soon as his eyes fell on
the emerald green bracelet on Rocky's wrist, his face immediately lit up. He had no doubts that Rocky
would obtain the holy treasure of their clan.
"Leave us!" the young master instructed his followers.
Everyone hurriedly stepped aside.
"Young master, this is the holy treasure you asked for, right?" Rocky walked up to the young master as
soon as he saw him. He raised his right hand and pointed at the green bracelet.
"Precisely."
"Alright, let me take it off," Rocky acknowledged. As he was about to remove the bracelet, it suddenly
shrank and wrapped itself more closely around his wrist. There was no way he could take it off.
"It seems that it wants to stay with you. It must have recognized you as its master," the young master
remarked, completely unsurprised.
"As master? But I didn't do anything. Can it be so intelligent?" Rocky was truly curious. After all, only
intelligent treasures could directly recognize someone as their master.
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