Chapter 21: The Treasure Offering

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  The baptism of the destined artifact is not easy, and it can be said that it is even more difficult than the baptism of ordinary artifacts. For ordinary artifacts, baptism only requires attaching a divine consciousness, while the destined artifact requires injecting a part of one's own heart and soul into the artifact, and producing a mysterious resonance with the artifact. This is also the most basic and obvious difference between the destined artifact and ordinary artifacts.

  As for whether the unusual gathering of spiritual energy would produce any consequences, Leng Yun didn't put it in his heart. At this time, all his attention was focused on the small lamp in his hand.

  Just above the top of Leng Yun's head, dozens of feet away from the river surface, a thick white fog had already spread out, and it was even beginning to creep towards the nearby Qiong Water City at an extremely fast speed.

  "What is this little guy doing in the water, making such a big commotion!" The strange old man standing at Leng Yun's entry point into the water had his eyebrows deeply furrowed.

  Just as the old man furrowed his brow, the entire city of Qiong Water was already thoroughly stirred up. For ordinary people, this might have been just an untimely and somewhat excessive fog, but for cultivators, the rapidly gathering water spirit energy was truly too strange. Before long, more and more cultivators gathered from all directions, following the flow of the water spirit energy. At this time, Cold Cloud at the bottom of the river seemed to have reached a critical juncture as well. The suction force produced by the lamp base suddenly increased several times over, and in an instant, even mortal eyes could clearly see the milky white fog rushing rapidly into the Qiong River.

  "Bad!" The old man, who was still relatively calm, immediately exclaimed when he saw the change. However, with such a large-scale spiritual energy fluctuation, even if he wanted to help Leng Yun cover it up, he would be powerless. At this time, the entire Qiongjiang water system seemed to have been triggered by something, and the originally calm river surface suddenly churned up giant waves several meters high in the absence of wind.

  Just as the old man was at a loss for what to do, someone in the crowd by the river suddenly shouted: "This must be that there is some kind of treasure about to emerge from the River!"

  As soon as the words came out, the riverbank immediately boiled up, and many people who were proud of their good swimming skills even jumped directly into the water. As for this change, the strange old man hiding beside was watching with his eyes and anxious in his heart, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

  But just as the old man was secretly anxious, dozens of figures suddenly rushed out of the river again. "It's so cold, everyone be careful, the water in the river is strange."

  "Is there something strange about the water?" Everyone involuntarily cast their gaze towards the river in front of them, but looking at it, this river seemed to be no different from usual except for a thick fog on its surface due to an excessive spiritual energy. As a result, more people jumped into the river with a skeptical mindset, and although many jumped in, just as many rushed out. For a time, the entire river surface was in chaos, with people scrambling about like headless flies. Many people who came out of the water were even covered in a thick layer of white frost all over their bodies.

  However, at this time, the cold cloud in the river was also having a hard time. As for the change in the river water, the one who felt it most deeply was naturally him, who was located in the center. At this moment, he could no longer feel anything except coldness. Especially the small bronze lamp that he held in his palm had completely turned into an ice stove, with endless chill emanating from within. Yet, Cold Cloud could still clearly sense that the water flow was still swirling around him.

  In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. As time went by, the riverside was now crowded with people, not only gathering a large number of nearby monks, but also some brave ordinary people came to watch the excitement.

  "Huh!" The strange old man hiding in the crowd by the river suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and then three middle-aged men wearing white robes with a colorful small medicine cauldron embroidered on their left sleeves appeared on the surface of the river. Especially one of them, his entire body seemed to be emitting a dazzling colorful glow that was mesmerizing to behold.

  "Jin Dan Shang Ren has arrived!" Along with this shout, a cheer suddenly came from the riverbank. In the face of this situation, the old man's complexion looked exceptionally ugly.

  Then, the middle-aged man with a radiant glow all over his body gently pressed down on the crowd below him, and in an instant, the originally noisy riverside suddenly became quiet.

  "Fellow Taoists, this place is no longer a good land, please everyone leave quickly."

  As soon as Jindan Shangren's voice fell, Jiang Bian immediately remembered the sound of several voices responding in unison, "Thank you, Master, for your guidance."

  For a moment, the crowd by the river suddenly decreased by more than half. In fact, from the moment Jin Dan Shang Ren appeared, some ordinary cultivators with low cultivation levels who had only come to try their luck and watch the excitement began to leave. After all, with the arrival of a Yuan Ying period master like Jin Dan Shang Ren, they might as well say that they no longer had any opportunity.

  "What a hypocrite!" The person who was most displeased by Jin Dan Shang Ren's call to action should be the strange old man who had been hiding by the river.

  "Haha! Haha! Haha!"

  At this time, a burst of laughter that shook the sky came from the horizon, "Golden Dan Old Ghost, I didn't expect you to arrive even faster than me."

  Upon hearing this voice, the crowd that had been standing guard by the river immediately erupted into a chorus of shocked cries, and even the strange old man furrowed his brow.

  "Not good, it's Tianying Shangren."

  Everyone who heard this voice changed their expression, and for a moment, the crowd that was still not giving up immediately dispersed with a loud noise, each one looking as if they had seen a ghost.

  Faced with this situation, the old man was somewhat overwhelmed. As the crowd dispersed, he, who had been hiding in the crowd, immediately became conspicuous. As for concealment techniques like stealth charms, they would naturally have no effect on an old freak at the Two Yuan stage.

  Whether to go or stay, the old man was somewhat indecisive. To be honest, he was quite concerned about his disciple, Leng Yun, at least more so than his previous disciples. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given Leng Yun so many Xuanjie Diqi Dan formulas all at once, even though these formulas weren't considered a secret to many people.

  Just as the old man had not made up his mind, a black figure with a string of phantoms shot straight from the horizon and appeared less than ten zhang in front of Jindan, "Jindan old ghost, this Qiongshui City is our Moon Demon Sect's territory, isn't your Dan Ding Sect's hand also stretched too far?"

  The newly emerged Tianying Shangren was not polite in his words, and it was clear that he didn't get along with Jindan Shangren of the Danding Sect.

  Jin Dan Shang Ren did not answer immediately, but instead fixed his gaze on the strange old man standing by the river at this time. At this time, there was no one around the strange old man, and the strange old man who had been hiding in the crowd with the help of the turtle-breathing technique could not escape Jin Dan Shang Ren's divine consciousness.

  Facing the somewhat suspicious gaze of Jin Dan Shang Ren, the strange old man laughed loudly for a while, then flew directly into the air and revealed the outfit that Leng Yun saw for the first time.

  "Golden Snake, how is it you!" The most surprised person in the face of the strange old man's appearance was not Jin Dan Shang Ren of the Dan Ding Sect, but rather Tian Ying Shang Ren of the Yue Mo Sect.

  "It's the Golden Snake on a person!" If the appearance of Tianying was just frightening to the people by the river, then the appearance of this strange old man was utterly terrifying. The people who had originally wanted to hide in the distance and watch the commotion caused by the Yuan Ying level old monster no longer dared to stay, one by one they turned their heads and fled as if they had seen a ghost, not even daring to enter Qiongshui City, directly flying over it towards the distant horizon.

  "Golden Snake, I didn't expect you to be hiding in Qiong Water City!" In the face of the old man's appearance, Jin Dan Shang Ren had a clear expression of wanting to skin him alive.

  However, before the old man could respond, Tianying Shangren coldly said: "Jindan, Jinshe, you Dan Dingpai people settle your own affairs privately. If you dare to cause trouble in our Qiongshui City, our Yue Mo Zong will not let you off easily."

  Facing Tianying Shangren's words, Jindan Shangren and Guailaotou obviously didn't take him to heart. Although the Yue Mo Sect was strong in Rongzhou, it was far inferior to the Dan Ding Sect. As for Jin She, he who came and went alone wasn't afraid of even the Dan Ding Sect, one of the three major sects in Rongzhou, let alone the Yue Mo Sect.