After teasing the Monkey King and Qingyu, Galen turned them into his own people, and then Galen took the two of them back to Pandaria.
After a flash of white light, Galen and the others returned to Kunlai Summit, and they were at the Temple of the White Tiger.
Because Galen set the target as his family, not long ago the Windrunner sisters' team brought the refugees from Zhu Jin Village to the Temple of the White Tiger to rest.
Legolas and Arathor hadn't seen Galen for a while, and the moment their father appeared, the two children moved their short legs and ran over quickly.
Galen quickly half-squatted down, opened his arms, and hugged the two children, one on each side.
"Father, we planted a lot of vegetables on the farm, and the carrots are so big when they are ripe!" Legolas said, opening his hands to gesture, indicating that a carrot was bigger than his body!
Arathor, not to be outdone, said: "Father, we, together with Mother and Uncle Chen, rescued many round rolls from a group of bad guys in the mountains!"
Zhou Zhuo, who was on the side, couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Arathor's words.
Ah, yes, yes, your mother and Old Chen were slaughtering the mogu, and I and your three children were responsible for screaming.
After Galen played with the two children for a while, he put them down and turned to hug his two wives.
"How did things go? Galen." The Windrunner sisters had heard that the Great Wall in the west had started fighting when they came out of the mountainside. Vereesa and Sylvanas guessed that this war must be related to Galen based on their intuition.
Galen quickly told the Windrunner sisters about his experiences during this period.
"As expected of you, wherever you go, there will be turmoil." Sylvanas brought her delicate and beautiful face close to Galen's ear and whispered through the wind: "That so-called mogu tyrant, the Thunder King, was deliberately released by you, right?"
Galen turned his head and glanced at Zhou Zhuo, this loremaster was studying the mogu warlords and hozen that Galen brought over.
In order to prevent the leakage of some small secrets, Galen also used the wind whisper: "The appearance of the Zandalari trolls was unexpected to me, but their desire to resurrect Lei Shen is exactly what I want."
"Recently, my strength has increased, and that Lei Shen is exactly the target I have chosen. It is also the resurrection of Lei Shen that allowed me to get some benefits from the Four Celestials!"
Although there are some troubles, compared with the final reward, some troubles are nothing, and perhaps this trouble can be thrown to others to solve!
"Oh! Heavens! Are you Krik'tik? The Hozen King of ten thousand years ago!"
The conversation between Galen and his wives was interrupted by Zhou Zhuo's surprised words, and the Windrunner sisters were also attracted and looked at the hozen.
"Eh! Uncle Zhou, do hozen also have their own kingdoms? I thought they were just a bunch of mischievous villains!" Lili asked curiously.
"Lili, were you daydreaming when you were listening to the class in the private school?" Zhou Zhuo guessed correctly, Lili was indeed not the kind of little pandaren who could calm down and study cultural lessons.
"Before the establishment of the mogu empire, Pandaria already had regimes established by the hozen and jinyu. According to the records of our Lorewalkers, these two kingdoms were destroyed by the mogu empire at about the same time, and later they became slaves of the mogu like the pandaren."
"However, unlike the pandaren who established their own empire after overthrowing the rule of the mogu empire, these two races have been unable to recover, and even have constant friction. In the end, they degenerated into what they are now."
Kritik glanced at Zhou Zhuo: "Hey! Idiot! You're a loremaster, right? Your bookish air is somewhat similar to Emperor Shaohao's when he wears robes."
Seemingly reminded of his close friend, Kritik took off the bamboo mask from his face, revealing his yellow eyes. Unlike those mischievous monkeys, Zhou Zhuo saw wisdom in those eyes.
The Monkey King is indeed extraordinary!
However, being called an idiot on one hand and being told he resembled Emperor Shaohao on the other, Zhou Zhuo didn't know whether to be frustrated or happy for a moment.
At this moment, Bai Hu leaped down from the mountain path and came to Galen's side, with a small white tiger cub in his mouth.
"Galen, this is my descendant, Banfu. From now on, I will entrust him to you!" The blue big cat looked at Galen and then used its paw to move the tiger cub in front of Galen.
Banfu is the descendant of Banlu, the eldest son of Xuen. This white tiger cub is entirely Scarlet red, covered with natural cyan crystalline stripes. Judging from the patterns that exude the power of wind and lightning, this little tiger cub is exceptionally talented.
Even Yu Lei on Galen's wrist rarely detached itself and flew around Banfu several times to express its welcome.
Although Banfu is small, he possesses considerable wisdom. After all, he is a demigod's descendant. In terms of status, he is on the same level as Cenarius' offspring.
Banfu walked to Galen's feet with his four paws and gently rubbed his head against Galen's leg.
This scene melted Aulelia's heart.
"Don't worry, in less than ten years, you will gain a powerful descendant. During this time, you should urge your son Banlu more, lest he be surpassed by his own child!"
Hearing Galen's words, Banfu's eyes underfoot became bright and sparkling, and his gaze towards Galen became even more ardent. If his grandfather wasn't present, he probably would have acted cute!
"I will. The descendants of Akama and Niuzao are still on their way. I believe they will arrive at the White Tiger Temple in a few days."
Galen nodded, bent down, picked up Banfu, and handed him to Aulelia, who was eager to try. The matters of these cubs can be put aside for now, after all, it will take a long time for them to grow up.
"The Thunder King's body has been taken away by another group of foreign Zandalari Trolls. I believe they will find a chance to resurrect him in the next few days." Galen told Xuen about his experiences these days: "Zhu Talan has returned to Shadowpan Monastery to form the Shadowpan Offensive to deal with the Mogu's revival."
"Do you have any plans? Galen, we have entrusted this matter to you. We need your help." Xuen spoke. The big cat flicked its tail somewhat irritably, bringing up a gust of wind and lightning behind him.
"I want to go to the mountains to take control of the Mogu'shan Vaults!"
The Mogu'shan Vaults were a branch base built in the Kun-Lai Mountains during the Thunder King's reign.
He discovered Lei Shen's secret in the Kun-Lai Mountains, the most important of which was the Nalak'sha Engine. Therefore, he used the authority he seized to control this secondary Titan creation and built the Mogu'shan Vaults on top of this Titan ruin.
Because of this Nalak'sha Engine, which can create life out of thin air, the Thunder King had a place to mass-produce troops.
Of course, this kind of good thing must be kept in one's own hands.
After Galen finished communicating with Baihu, he led his new subordinates, Qingyu and the Monkey King, towards the Kunlai Mountains, along with the pandaren Zhou Zhuo, whom Galen couldn't shake off.
Upon hearing that Galen's destination was one of Lei Shen's secret strongholds, this Lorewalker insisted on tagging along.
As Qingyu and Kretik didn't have flying mounts, they followed Zhou Zhuo on Mish's back.
On the northern side of a majestic peak in Kunlai, a man-made stone platform stood tall, with a red gate at its end, flanked by two giant mogu statues!
That was the entrance to the Mogu'shan Vault!
At this moment, the gate was wide open, and a large number of Zandalari trolls were swarming around it!
"It's trolls! It seems they've entered the Mogu'shan Vault ahead of us!" Zhou Zhuo was a little anxious; inside were mogu texts that had never appeared in the pandaren world, and he couldn't let the trolls destroy them!
"Galen? What do we do?"
"What do we do? We force our way in!"
The most valuable thing in the Mogu'shan Vault was the Titan engine, which required Titan authority.
These Zandalari trolls had neither the Heart of Lei Shen as Titan guardians' authority nor were they descendants of Titan constructs, so cracking this authority would be harder than ascending to heaven.
The trolls on the platform noticed Galen and the others, these uninvited guests, and immediately launched an attack!
Arrows, fireballs, and lightning bolts rained down, and the bat riders on the ground began to take to the skies.
As the saying goes, it is impolite not to reciprocate. Galen waved his arm down, and Qingyu and the Monkey King leaped off Mish's back!
Qingyu fell heavily like a boulder, smashing a deep pit on the platform, and the surrounding Zandalari golden sword guards were battered by the scattered rocks.
When the dust settled, they rushed angrily at this non-allied mogu!
On the other side, the Monkey King also landed lightly.
Compared to Qingyu's simple and crude approach, his movements were much more agile.
As he landed, a cloud of white mist appeared under his feet, lifting him up like a cloud.
The surrounding Zandalari trolls, seeing his small size, attacked him with greatswords!
"Hehe, a bunch of fools!"
Before they could surround him, the Monkey King swept his leg, knocking down five Zandalari trolls, and then smashed their heads one by one with the iron rod in his hand!
At this time, the weapon in the Monkey King's hand was no longer the original artifact, but an iron rod smelted by Galen from Nethermystic Iron!
In the sky, the bat riders also tried to besiege Yulei and Mish.
The two cloud serpents flew nimbly in the sky, Mish spewing flames from his mouth, and each time his front claws swung, a bat was disemboweled.
This Lorewalker Zhou Zhuo had been wandering among the various ruins of Pandaria for so long, especially since he had traveled to the Dread Wastes; besides a little luck, Mish's protection was indispensable.
Compared to Mish, Yulei's combat ability was slightly less, but fortunately, Galen helped her clear the approaching bat riders.
Yulei, relying on the Zandalari trolls' inability to get close, continuously spewed turquoise jade fire and lightning from her mouth, having a great time.
Soon, the Zandalari trolls on the platform were cleared out, and Galen and Zhou Zhuo also landed on the Mogu'shan platform, then strode into the vault's gate.
The corridor was lined with braziers for lighting, which had already been lit by the trolls who had gone ahead.
This palace was very much in Lei Shen's style; apart from the gray bricks, there were no other decorations.
It could almost be said that it was extremely simple; the only decoration was probably the wide red carpet placed on the palace floor.
At the end of the red carpet was a group of creatures that looked like stone lions guarding houses in ancient mansions.
They had the characteristics of lions, hounds, and tigers, with stone-like bodies, no fur, only manes like male lions on their necks, but overall they looked heavy and fierce.
In fact, they were Titan constructs created by the Highkeeper Ra-den, just like the mogu.
They had a symbiotic relationship with the mogu, and after being infected with the Curse of Flesh, they became the mogu's most loyal partners.
Of course, the mogu also had the technology to mass-produce quilen, such as the smaller quilen that were activated as the group approached, which were manufactured by the mogu themselves.
At the very back were four of the largest quilen, presenting four colors: red, blue, cyan, and purple.
They should be products of the Ra-den era!
When the four stone guardians opened their eyes, those eyes were indifferent and full of killing intent, causing Zhou Zhuo's legs to tremble.
"Old Zhou, we're not even there yet, buck up!" Galen looked at Zhou Zhuo jokingly.
"But I feel like they could swallow me in one bite!" Zhou Zhuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Can we handle them?"
"Don't worry, Qingyu and the Monkey King could each take one down with a single blow, and I..."
Galen's lips, which were already raised in a mocking smile, now stretched even further to his ears: "And I only need one sentence to take care of all four!"
Although Zhou Zhuo had known Galen for several months and had seen him single-handedly destroy the Sha of Doubt, as a Lorewalker, a pandaren intellectual, he didn't have a clear understanding of Galen's strength.
Therefore, at this moment, he thought Galen was bragging.
"Watch! Let me show you what it means to use your connections!"
Galen walked alone towards the four stone guardians.
The four stone guardians showed fierce eyes, bared their teeth, and began to emit terrifying low roars, which was a prelude to their attack!
Among them, the Ruby Guardian pounced towards Galen.
Galen looked at the stone guardian already in mid-air, unhurriedly took out a necklace from his leather armor collar!
The necklace emitted a soft light the moment it came out.
The Ruby Guardian, who had pounced, landed gently in front of Galen, prostrated directly on its legs, and its fierce eyes became gentle.
"Come here!"
As Galen's voice fell, the other three Jadeite, Amethyst, and Sapphire Quilen came to Galen's front together, their tongues lolling out as they awaited Galen's command.
"Lie down!"
The three Quilen, like the earliest Ruby Quilen, prostrated themselves on the ground.
"Roll over!"
To help the four Quilen understand his meaning, Galen even extended his index finger and drew a circle in the air.
As a result, the four Quilen were quite intelligent and quickly understood Galen's meaning, rolling neatly on the ground.
"Ah, so obedient! Lead the way!"
With Galen's instructions issued, the four Quilen let out "Ao Wu" howls, leading a group of smaller Quilen into the second level of the vault.
"… … … …"
This scene was too amazing, and Zhou Zhuo was already stunned. When he came back to his senses, Galen, Jadeite, and the Monkey King had disappeared.
"Wait… Wait for me!"
When Zhou Zhuo caught up with Galen, they had already entered the second hall, and Zhou Zhuo only felt a chill coming towards him.
This was a platform full of gloomy aura, with three giant Mogu statues standing around it.
In the center of the platform, the four-colored Quilen were leading a group of little brothers to besiege a Mogu!
"This is…" Zhou Zhuo didn't understand the situation and directly asked.
"This is a guardian of the Mogu Mountain Vault, responsible for guarding the treasures placed in this vault. Later, he was cursed by the Mogu Emperor for stealing from himself and can only wander in the vault!"
Galen vaguely remembered the origin of this Mogu. His name seemed to be Mo Feng, and his crime of theft seemed to have been framed by his jealous subordinates.
But this is not important. This soul, who has been dead for many years, has now become crazy and blocked his way forward, then Galen can only give him a quick death, so as not to be cursed to be resurrected every time after his death.
The four-colored Quilen had already used their housekeeping skills, red flames, purple shadows, blue arcane magic, and cyan natural power were thrown at Mo Feng like they were free, coupled with the four-colored Quilen being able to share skills, they suppressed Mo Feng in one fell swoop!
"You four beasts! Traitors!"
Mo Feng resisted desperately, his hands flashing with lightning, constantly releasing lightning whips to try to force back the four-colored Quilen.
"You can't destroy me! Ah!"
Villains die from talking too much, but the four-colored Quilen are different. The Quilen that bites never barks. They took advantage of Mo Feng's distraction, and the Ruby Quilen used chains to control him, and then the four-colored Quilen pounced on him together and began to bite frantically!
When the battle was over, the four-colored Quilen each held the Mogu's limbs in their mouths and came to Galen to ask for credit.
"Too brutal!" Zhou Zhuo commented in a low voice.
Galen didn't care about these things. The dead were enemies, so there was no saying whether it was brutal or not.
"Well, great job." Galen was also generous with praise, took out four gems from his backpack and threw them out. The four-colored Quilen each set their sights on the gems that matched their attributes, dropped the arms and legs in their mouths, and opened their mouths to swallow the gems.
"Jadeite, go clean up the spoils of war."
Since this guy can be resurrected after multiple deaths, then his soul must be parasitic somewhere in his body.
Jadeite walked forward after hearing this and carefully searched Mo Feng's broken body, and finally found two rings, one of which was Mo Feng's sealing ring, and his soul was sealed in the ring.
Jadeite held up the two rings, and a hideous phantom emerged from the ring, rushing towards Galen with a ferocious expression.
The four-colored Quilen reacted the fastest and were about to protect their master, but in the next second, Mo Feng's phantom was sucked into the air by a powerful suction and disappeared into the ceiling.
Little thing, dare to attack me in soul form, aren't you just delivering food!
After solving the evil spirits in this vault, the Four-Colored Qilin continued to lead Galen and the others to sweep through their original territory. With Qingyu and the Monkey King covering their flanks, they advanced with irresistible force. The Mogu guards and trolls in the vaults couldn't resist at all.
Soon, they entered a place similar to a library.
Looking at this library, which was divided into upper and lower levels, Galen knew where he was. He remembered that this area was guarded by the souls of four Mogu ancestor kings.
Of course, the most excited person among them was Zhou Zhuo. When he saw the rows of bookshelves filled with books in this library, he was immediately excited.
"Library, these are the classics preserved from ancient times! There are at least thousands of volumes!" Zhou Zhuo's eyes glowed, and he fell into a daze, running towards the bookshelves involuntarily.
Zhou Zhuo rummaged through the bookshelves with a fanatical expression, searching for precious books of the Mogu: "Oh, Azure Dragon above! Look at the knowledge buried here, these thousands of books. As long as I move them back to the Golden Lotus, I will become the most famous lorewalker in Pandaria's history!"
Galen was speechless. He had seen this kind of fanatical state in Brann. Usually, at this time, their brains had basically blocked out the surrounding environment, immersing themselves in their own world. Even ten kodos couldn't pull them back.
And basically at this time, they would always do something unexpected.
"Qingyu, go and protect Zhou Zhuo!"
"Yes, Highlord!"
Sure enough, when Galen sent Qingyu out, Zhou Zhuo had already drawn out a thick book: "Let me see, this should be a book recording the Mogu emperors. They were powerful Mogu who built magnificent empires brick by brick in Pandaria. Their names can still make this land tremble today!"
"Tian, the Eternal Shadow… In Mogu history, he was also known as the Eternal Shadow Witch King. When he was in power, his magic was boundless. It is said that when he was still alive, he used the light of a lantern as the energy source for his strongest spell."
Zhou Zhuo muttered to himself as he read. He didn't notice a strange rune lighting up on the cover of the book. Then, a group of Mogu souls appeared in the wide open space behind him.
"Who is calling the great king!"
A gust of yin wind blew on Zhou Zhuo's neck, making him shiver.
When he turned around, he found that the once empty second-floor platform was now filled with Mogu wraiths. The aura of the four most gorgeously dressed ones was the strongest.
Legendary rank!
"Galen! Save me!"
Zhou Zhuo screamed in terror. After shouting, he wanted to roll and crawl over the railing. Just as he was about to be attacked by the Mogu wraiths, Qingyu arrived!
The executioner's blade blocked the Mogu soldier's war halberd, and then swept across, killing more than a dozen Mogu wraiths.
"Not bad strength!" Among the four legendary Mogu wraiths, the one holding a war halberd recovered from a cyan wraith body to a stone body in a burst of red blood.
Among the Mogu clan, there is a group of warlocks called the "Soul Claw Sect". They have always been the emperor's claws in the Mogu Dynasty. The members of this sect are good at soul-seizing. They will use magic to forcibly tear the enemy's soul from their body and then seal it in the jade bottle hanging on their belt.
These Mogu wraiths were obviously also specially treated souls, sealed in books and placed in this library as the last line of defense for the Nalak'sha Engine.
The most commendable thing is that these ancestor kings not only retain their memories from when they were alive, but also have a certain amount of intelligence.
This soul-manipulating technique is comparable to the Lich King.
The Qingyu War God casually threw Zhou Zhuo towards the gate, and then pointed the long knife in his hand at the Mogu: "Who is coming, quickly report your name, my Qingyu War God's blade does not kill nameless Mogu!"
"Arrogant! Remember, the person who will kill you is I, Qiang!"
Qingyu and Qiang fought together. On the gate side, just as Zhou Zhuo was about to land, the Monkey King drew a circle in the air with the iron rod in his hand, catching his fat body.
"Hoo! Hoo!"
Zhou Zhuo felt unparalleled security when his feet landed on the ground: "Almost, almost died!"
"Old Zhou, I would like to call you the strongest in Pandaria for your ability to pull aggro! As for whether you are the strongest in Azeroth, I dare not say."
"Like I said last time, when you come to the Eastern Kingdoms, I will introduce a friend to you, you will definitely have common language."
Zhou Zhuo's eyes flashed when he heard the words: "Is he also a lorewalker? If so, I think he and I will become good friends!"
"Lorewalker? Let's just say so, but in our place, we prefer to call them explorers, and he is a skilled explorer and the chairman of the Explorers League!" Galen briefly informed Zhou Zhuo of some of Brann's information.
"That's great, uh…"
Just as Zhou Zhuo wanted to continue digging out the ID number of his future confidant, a change occurred in the library.
"Flanking order!"
The resurrected Mogu ancestor king shouted loudly. These four words were like an order. A team of Mogu soldiers suddenly appeared. They lined up in neat rows, holding heavy and spiky shields in one hand and war halberds in the other, waving them non-stop in front of them!
"Petty tricks, how dare you show off your skills before an expert!"
Qingyu made a heroic leap, dodging the attack of this team of Mogu soldiers, and turned to taunt his opponent.
"I've heard of you! Ruthless War King Qiang! You are the founder of the Qiang Dynasty, and also a master of strategy and tactics. In your era, countless princes succumbed to your iron-fisted rule."
"The Art of War you wrote is my favorite book. I like the sentence 'Superior soldiers attack the bones, and the bones must not be lost.'"
"I only regret not being born in the same era as you, otherwise I would definitely defeat you and bring you under my command!"
I don't know if it was because he was sealed in the tomb with the Monkey King for too long, but at this moment, Qingyu turned into a chatterbox when he met his opponent, constantly talking trash to Qiang.
"Qiang… It's actually him, how didn't I think of it!" Zhou Zhuo slapped his head and then opened the ancient book that he had been holding in his arms.
"Before the Thunder King established the Mogu Empire, the Mogu people were constantly plagued by internal strife. They were divided into hundreds of warlords who attacked each other. That chaotic period was called the Era of Hundred Kings, until the rise of the Thunder King ended this era!"
As Zhou Zhuo spoke, he looked up at the souls of the other three standing Mogu ancestor kings, trying to identify the characteristics on their bodies.
"In addition to this ruthless Qiang and the Eternal Shadow Tian, the other two are Su Butai, known as the Swift Bow Bandit King, and Meng En, the Tyrant! They are known as the Four Heavenly Kings!"
"These four Mogu ancestor kings are said to be the strongest four warlords at the time, and the most likely candidates to end the Mogu chaos and unify all the Mogu people."
Su Butai, also known as the Swift Bow Bandit King, is historically said to be a master thief proficient in archery, holding a swift bow, shooting all over the sky and the ground. Even as a king above ten thousand people, he was keen on plundering his subjects.
Su Butai robbed the rich but did not help the poor. After each action, he would take all the stolen items for himself. He was an extremely greedy Mogu.
Meng En, the Tyrant, can be seen from his title that he was the most evil and craziest tyrant in the history of the Mogu people to date. He single-handedly established the Meng En Dynasty, which was taboo by later generations.
However, because of his brutal rule, most of the information about him and the dynasty he established was buried by later rulers, and very little has been passed down.
"Bang!"
The battle in the field was decided, and in the end, Qingyu was better, beheading the War King Qiang with one knife.
After Qiang was killed, the remaining three ancestor kings sensed Qingyu's strength and transformed into entities one after another, killing Qingyu.
These three ancestor kings were born in the chaotic era before the Thunder God, while Qingyu belonged to their younger generation and was also a powerful warlord!
After the Thunder God died in Uldum, the vast empire he established did not collapse immediately. Instead, it continued for more than a thousand years because of his remaining power, until the death of Lao Fei, the last emperor of the Mogu, plunged the Mogu into warlord infighting again.
Qingyu was a leader in this second chaotic era. Strength and luck were on his side. If it weren't for the appearance of the Monkey King in the end, I'm afraid he would have become the one to establish the second Mogu empire!
"Let's go, leave this place to Qingyu, let's go to the real core area of this vault."
Galen called the Monkey King and Zhou Zhuo to leave.
"Your subordinate, does he really not need your help?" Zhou Zhuo was a little puzzled. With Galen's strength, he could easily crush these four souls, why did he always stand by and watch.
Although Qingyu's name is quite famous in history, Zhou Zhuo was obviously a little worried when facing the siege of three of the Four Heavenly Kings.
"No need, he can handle it!"
Qingyu is, after all, a Mogu who has received a portion of the Thunder God's power. It is not a problem for him to completely digest and advance to the peak of the legendary rank. This battle is an opportunity.
As for those Mogu ancestor kings, they are already dead after all. Even if their souls are given entities by special spells, they are not in their full state after all.
With the ebb and flow, Qingyu's victory is only a matter of time.
Galen walked to the platform below the library and kicked down the hidden secret door. More ancient stairs appeared in front of everyone!