Chapter Fourteen: Obtaining Treasure

  When the dark fog thinned to just a thin layer, everything in the dark fog appeared before Yun Zhongzi's eyes. Seeing what was in the dark fog, Yun Zhongzi suddenly showed an expression of wild joy.

  "Haha, great! If I can get these two things, then where in this vast and chaotic continent is a place that Yun Zhongzi cannot go?"

  As he spoke, he accelerated his speed and blasted through the thin membrane.

  Only to see in the thin membrane, a lotus platform and a black gun were quietly lying, it was the God-killing Gun and the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction. Originally, Yun Zhongzi did not have any hope of getting the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction, and even had little confidence in getting the God-killing Gun. But now, these two treasures were presented before his eyes. Yun Zhongzi felt a bit dizzy, thinking this was a gift from heaven. However, he wouldn't be complacent, for he knew that there was still a giant tree lurking in the dark.

  "I would have thought that this dark fog was used by Luo Yu to protect his two treasures from being obtained by the giant tree, but why didn't he use the Twelve-Piece World-Destroying Black Lotus instead? Otherwise, with my current cultivation level, I definitely wouldn't be able to break through the Black Lotus's defense."

  Yun Zhongzi's heart was filled with doubts, today's experience had too many things that he didn't understand.

  But just then, a hoarse voice echoed throughout the space. "Luo Yu only left behind a wisp of soul, this wisp of soul inherited Luo Yu's ferocity, although it can barely control the assassination gun and other fierce instruments, but the twelve-product destruction black lotus was originally transformed by the chaotic green lotus, as the pre-heavenly treasure, able to suppress the aura, its spiritual energy was suppressed during Luo Yu's heyday, now only a wisp of residual soul, naturally can't suppress again, so it's also impossible to control."

  Yun Zhongzi was shocked and pale, holding the cracked town seal and the Ruyi ring in his hand, scanning around with his eyes, but found nothing. He spoke out, "Fellow Taoist, why not come out and meet?"

  The old voice sounded again, "Lao Lao has not yet transformed, nor is he willing to delve deep into the vast wilderness. Now, I have brought Daoist friends here to kill Luo Hou. Although it was a risk, in the end, they succeeded. Daoist friends can take these two treasures and leave."

  Yun Zhongzi heard the words but didn't show much joy, instead his brow furrowed and he said, "What do you mean by these words? Why did you bring me here? My cultivation is shallow, in this Not Weekly Mountain I can only be considered middle to upper stream at best. Why would you choose me?"

  "Because of bitter bamboo."

  Yun Zhongzi chose to believe, if he were to say other reasons, he might not have believed, but if it was because of Ku Zhu, after going through everything before, he had no reason not to believe, however, he said, "It can't be just this reason, right? I don't think Fellow Daoist has placed all his hopes on Ku Zhu."

  "You were wrong, I had indeed placed all my hopes on Su Zhu, even if you didn't succeed and died at the hands of Luo Hua, this Su Zhu, Luo Hua wouldn't be able to take either. Actually, I hadn't held much hope for you from the start, my goal was just to have you bring Su Zhu in. With this Su Zhu, I can lure other people to come and kill Luo Hua, if another one dies, I'll find another, eventually, there will be someone who can cut him down."

  Yun Zhongzi broke out in a cold sweat, it was too frightening. Just to get the bitter bamboo into this mysterious space, he ignored his own life and death. Yun Zhongzi was extremely angry, but he also knew that this giant tree was not easy to mess with. However, he couldn't afford to lose face, so he said, "You're telling me so clearly now, aren't you afraid I'll take advantage of you?"

  An aged voice came, "Haha, I've never known what fear is. Fellow Taoist, you'd best take the two treasures and leave quickly. I don't want others lingering around here."

  "Are you really willing to let me take these two treasures?"

  ……

  From then on, no matter what questions Yun Zhongzi asked, the giant tree did not speak again.

  Yun Zhongzi didn't know whether what the giant tree said was true or false, but after thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and continued to bombard that last remaining thin membrane.

  Two days later, the membrane finally shattered with a crisp sound, and the two treasures lay quietly on the ground like two naked beauties. Yun Zhongzi's heart was filled with some trepidation at this moment. After taking a deep breath, he instantly walked to the front of the lotus platform and the divine spear, stretched out his hand and picked up the two treasures. As soon as the two treasures were in hand, Yun Zhongzi felt a chill spread throughout his body, and he shivered involuntarily.

  Then, his divine consciousness slowly entered the two treasures, and found that there was no mark of Luo Yu in them. It seemed that Luo Yu had indeed died, and Yun Zhongzi let out a sigh of relief, and only then did he feel relaxed all over.

  He carefully examined the two treasures in his hands and found that the fishy smell was coming from these two treasures. He felt it carefully, but couldn't help but sigh, "This Luoyin is indeed the ancestor of the magic god, even the two treasures that follow him have been infected with a strong bloody aura. Fortunately, over the years, most of the fishy smell has been dissolved by the yuan energy, otherwise, with my current cultivation level as a junior Daji Golden Immortal, I would not be able to withstand this smell."

  Yun Zhongzi held two treasures in his hand and stood in the mysterious space, waiting for a moment but nothing happened, he knew that what the giant tree said was true.

  Then Yun Zhongzi took out the yellow gourd, and gathered all the yuanqi in this space. He then put the two magical artifacts into the gourd as well, hoping that after a period of time, the yuanqi inside the gourd would be able to dissolve the bloody aura within the two artifacts. Otherwise, he absolutely wouldn't dare use the lotus platform and the divine spear, because these bloody auras could corrode his own divine soul.

  As soon as he thought of the divine soul, a flash of light flashed through Yun Zhongzi's mind, and he immediately took out the bitter bamboo, then put the bitter bamboo into the yellow gourd. After careful observation for a moment, he was delighted to discover that the bitter bamboo could accelerate the dissipation of the smell, although the speed was not fast, it was better than having no effect. This made Yun Zhongzi somewhat happy, but as soon as he thought of the amount of yuanqi needed to dissipate this bloody aura, Yun Zhongzi got a headache.

  Yun Zhongzi put away the gourd and his divine sense scanned the entire space again, but he didn't find anything else. He wanted to return to the ground, but unfortunately, there was no way out. Just as he was frowning in worry, a passageway appeared in this space. Yun Zhongzi thought for a moment and cautiously entered the passageway.

  Nothing unexpected happened all the way, and soon returned to the ground.

  As soon as he returned to the ground, Yun Zhongzi found that the entire tree was suddenly rejuvenated, full of spring, and at the same time, a strong suction force emerged from the trunk, and the vast yuanqi from all directions poured into the trunk like a stream flowing into the sea.

  Because these yuanqi condensed like flowing water, directly flowing from his side, if he didn't know beforehand, he would have thought that this was just an ordinary stream, and absolutely wouldn't have thought that it was yuanqi condensing. Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but smile awkwardly at the giant tree, instantly taking out three gourds and placing them in mid-air, frantically absorbing these streams of water. He had been worried about not having enough yuanqi, but he hadn't expected this giant tree's "gift of gratitude" to be so generous.

  For Yun Zhongzi's actions, the giant tree branch shook violently for a few times, and an old, dissatisfied sigh was heard, but there were no subsequent actions. Yun Zhongzi also continued to absorb the yuanqi with ease and peace of mind.

  As the absorbed yuanqi continued to increase, Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but marvel at the tree's incredible ability. Three days had passed and yet it showed no signs of stopping, and what was even more astonishing to Yun Zhongzi was that the streams formed by the condensed yuanqi didn't seem to be decreasing in the slightest.

  "It's no wonder it's the Unworthy Mountain, this primordial energy is too abundant. If all the primordial energy inside the Unworthy Mountain were to be condensed into water, it would definitely form an ocean." Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but exclaim, and then, without caring about anything else, continued to absorb.

  Until it had absorbed for nine whole days, the giant tree finally stopped, and at this time, Yun Zhongzi's three gourds had also been filled with a large amount of yuanqi liquid condensed from yuanqi. "Such a large amount of yuanqi liquid should be enough to completely dissolve the bloody aura of two pieces of magical artifacts."

  Yun Zhongzi's divine consciousness swept through the yellow gourd and found that two treasures were completely surrounded by yuanqi liquid, which was constantly pouring into the two treasures. The bloody aura on the surface of the two treasures also disappeared thread by thread. Moreover, the bitter bamboo was directly planted in the gourd, absorbing the yuanqi liquid to refine itself.

  Yun Zhongzi put away the gourd and bowed to the giant tree, intending to leave. However, when he raised his head, he suddenly found that there was no so-called giant tree in front of him, but a vast plain instead. On this plain, various towering ancient trees stood everywhere, only to be dwarfed by the previous giant tree he saw.

  But Yun Zhongzi didn't notice these, instead he thought about why he suddenly appeared here, and where the tree from before went? Was it just an illusion earlier? Not real? Thinking of this, Yun Zhongzi hastily sent his divine sense into his gourd, and only relaxed when he found that the Twelve Products of Destruction Black Lotus and the Regicide Gun were still there. At the same time, he self-mockingly said, "Once bitten by a snake, for ten years one fears the hemp rope."

  But then he furrowed his brow, unable to understand why this was the case. He was currently at the early stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation, so how could he suddenly appear here without any feeling? Or did that tree disappear silently? Yun Zhongzi didn't know which situation it was, but no matter what, Yun Zhongzi knew that the branch of Kong Xinliu was absolutely extraordinary.

  Yun Zhongzi suddenly thought, "Could it be that there is a treasure like my gourd here, with a large space inside? And the giant tree transformed from branches lives in it?"

  Thinking of this, Yun Zhongzi unfolded his divine consciousness and searched continuously on this plain, but unfortunately, there was no gain. In the end, he could only give up, "Sigh, never mind, as long as I have gained something myself and haven't suffered any loss, that's the best."

  Yun Zhongzi was a carefree person, and since he didn't find anything, he stopped searching, smiled, and left decisively, only remembering the location firmly in his heart, so that he could come back to search again after his cultivation improved.

  However, Yun Zhongzi had forgotten that the war between witches and demons was about to break out, Mount Buzhou would be destroyed, and by the time he came again, this place would have been destroyed.

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