What should be obtained has been obtained.
Chen Yun was content, preparing to return to the Southwest Basin and await the emergence of the golden axe and golden scissors.
Ten thousand lights, or the extinguishing god twins' treasure, may be incredibly powerful and wondrous.
However, the strongest treasure in the Tianshui Grotto of the moon and sun is not the Ten Thousand Lights, nor the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure, but the Golden Axe and Golden Scissors.
"I have discussed with Yan Dao friend, one person takes one item."
Chen Yun put away the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure, slowly floating towards the entrance of the deep cave.
As a person who keeps his promise, he knows that these two treasures are the most powerful in the Tianshui Grotto, but he will still keep his previous promise and choose one with Yan Feng.
Moreover, Yan Feng indeed played a crucial role in the battle where he defeated the descendants of the Vermilion Bird.
Chen Yun doesn't want to see Bao Yan, who is aware of his high cultivation, break his promise and betray him.
"But before going back, I can first distill the Hua Shen Tang."
Chen Yun looked around, "There's no one around here, which is a perfect place for brewing the soup. I also don't have to worry about anyone discovering the secret of the 'Great Purple Divine Soup'."
That's also why he's slowly flying towards the entrance.
As Chen Yun floats, he takes out the small copper furnace and herbs.
Lift the lid of the furnace.
Put all the herbs into the copper furnace.
Cover the lid of the furnace.
Chen Yun presses a button similar to that of an electric rice cooker.
Three.
Two.
One.
After three seconds, white gas rises from the top of the small copper furnace.
Chen Yun knows that the Hua Shen Tang has been distilled.
Without hesitation, Chen Yun lifts the lid and uses his magical power to suck out the spiritual soup inside, then swallows it with one mouthful.
Then...
Hmm, nothing happened.
Chen Yun was not anxious, "According to my understanding of spiritual soups in the past, they should be compatible with my cultivation practice. Now that I have reached the fourth transformation of the 'Chen Master's Internal Elixir Technique,' I can only practice correctly at midnight on the sixth, sixteenth, and twenty-sixth days of every month. Therefore, the effect of the spiritual soup will also rise to its strongest power at midnight on these three days: the sixth, sixteenth, and twenty-sixth."
This process often lasts for a year.
The effect is best in the initial stage.
While collecting the small copper furnace, Chen Yun remembered: "Without unexpected circumstances, I will probably be promoted from the early stage of the earthly realm to the mid-stage within one to two months. The remaining ten or so months of the drug force will allow me to be close to the late stage of the earthly realm."
Previously, each time I was just about to reach the later stage, missing it by a hair's breadth.
Chen Yun felt it would be the same this time as well.
Therefore, once the drug force is used up, if one wants to breakthrough to the later stage of the earthly realm, they need to rely on their own efforts.
Chen Yun has already floated to the entrance and seen the Golden Unicorn with a Horn, "Once I enter the Midstage of the Earthly Realm, I will begin to prepare for refining my Yangshen. At that time, I may need to figure out the fifth turn of 'Chen Master's Inner Elixir Technique'."
Although the fourth turn cultivation technique is powerful, it is not the technique for refining the Yangshen.
Chen Yun is very clear about this, "The Yangshen, once refined, I can achieve immortality and live truly with the heavens and earth."
This is an incredibly profound realm.
So profound that as long as the myriad realms are not destroyed and it is not destroyed by external forces, the Yangshen can be eternal and indestructible!
Chen Yun has been practicing for so long, always hoping to cultivate to the level of the Yangshen.
Previously, he dared not to dream too much, as his cultivation level was too low.
Now, after taking the Huashen Tang, he will cultivate to the mid-stage of the Earthly Realm within one or two months and is only one step away from refining the Yangshen. He has qualified to start daydreaming.
"Counting the days, the seventh day after tomorrow is the sixth day of this month."
Chen Yun flew up to the back of the single-horned golden light beast and sat on its back, "When the drug power arises, what kind of surprise will it bring me?"
He temporarily cannot know, waiting for two days will know.
Thinking about it, he slapped the single-horned golden light beast's head, "Animal, go back to where we were."
The single-horned golden light beast let out a roar, moved with great focus, and instantly crossed thousands of mountains and rivers.
...
Beyond the southwest basin.
Yan Feng, Niu Dali, and Jing Chengfu are still discussing the situation of the battle just now.
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in front of them, and Chen Yun and the single-horned golden light beast returned.
"Chen Zhenren."
"You've finally returned."
The three of them moved forward to greet him.
Chen Yun floated down from the single-horned golden light beast's back, smiling and said, "Just now, I went to obtain some earthly and celestial roots, so I apologize for making you wait."
Niu Dali laughed, "Seeing Chen Zhenren's face full of red light, I'm sure he has obtained some precious items."
Chen Yun nodded slightly and said, "Yes, Niu brother, do you remember me telling you about the purple bead in the deep cave?"
Niu Dali hasn't had a chance to answer yet.
Yan Feng seemed to have thought of something, "Chen Zhenren, are you referring to the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure?"
Chen Yun looked over in surprise, "Do you also know about this object?"
Yan Feng nodded, "I've heard a little bit about it."
Jing Chengfu seems not to know about the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure, "What treasure are you talking about?"
"The Extinguishing God Twin Treasure is a very powerful treasure."
Yan Feng actively introduced, "The Extinguishing God Twin Treasure is actually not a local treasure in the Yueyun Cave. I heard that over one thousand and eight hundred years ago, a peer of the human realm in the late stage, holding this treasure entered. His situation is similar to Chen Zhenren's, and he also broke through to the Earthly Realm in the Yueyun Cave. According to reason, at that time, he should have been an invincible existence in the Yueyun Cave. Unfortunately, his luck wasn't good enough. He encountered a spiritual energy storm. Although he was lucky enough not to die at that time, he had damaged his foundation. Therefore, he hid in the Deep Place and used the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure to evolve into purple grassland. He planted nine-grade purple lingzhi and tried to preserve his life by cultivating it himself."
Chen Yun didn't expect the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure to have such a story.
He heard some questions from the story, "You said that the elder, when he came here, had only reached the late stage of the human realm cultivation. How did he obtain the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure? As far as I know, this treasure can only be nourished by Yuan Shen (the soul power) and invoked with it. It is impossible to subdue and invoke it without reaching the Earthly Realm cultivation."
Niu Dali and Jing Chengfu looked towards Yan Feng's face.
Yan Feng explained, "At first, the elder did not cultivate to the Earthly Realm. However, his sect elders were some who had reached the Dao Realm, or even the Heavenly Realm. Since he was also a promising disciple from the sect, when he left the sect, his elders gave him this Extinguishing God Twin Treasure. They also left an enormous amount of power inside it that could allow this treasure to be invoked even without reaching the Earthly Realm cultivation level. However, I don't know why that elder came to the Yueyun Cave."
Jing Chengfu, curious, asked, "What is so mysterious about the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure?"
Niu Dali was also very interested in this, "Yes, Yan Mr., can you tell us?"
"Certainly." Yan Feng introduced, "According to legends, this treasure can..."
Chen Yun knew the effects of the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure, so he didn't need to listen any further.
After listening to Yan Feng's account, his eyebrows suddenly furrowed.
According to Yan Feng's account, the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure is a treasure with an owner.
Although the original owner of the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure perished within the Yueyun Cave, his sect still exists.
According to the "rules of the Dao," once I obtain this treasure, I should return it to its original owner.
Of course, as I acquired it accidentally, I should still receive the gratitude of the original owner's sect and possibly some compensation in the form of valuable items.
These are all fine.
The treasure is indeed good, but if it truly belongs to someone else, Chen Yun would gladly return it.
The problem is that Chen Yun is afraid that he might not be able to find the sect to which this treasure belongs at first. If someone recognizes him when he uses it later on, he might be mistaken for having killed someone else, and then he would have no reason to bear enmity.
"It should not be a problem. As long as the sect of the treasure is not unreasonable, I can explain it clearly."
Chen Yun pondered that he was now seventy-six years old, while the elder had died over one thousand eight hundred years ago. No one could blame him for this.
Thinking about it, Chen Yun looked at Yan Feng, who had just explained the effects of the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure, "Yan fellow, do you know which sect or school the former owner of the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure, that elder, belonged to?"
Yan Feng shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Niu Dali was puzzled and asked, "Then how do you know about this?"
Yan Feng said, "Probably about two thousand years ago, I had not yet obtained enlightenment and was exploring the Yueyun Cave with a person. At that time, my friend had a lawfully fast flying magic treasure, and we were mistakenly led into the Cat Cat Mountain and almost died. Fortunately, an immortal cultivator saved our lives. At that time, when the immortal cultivator led us into the Cat Cat Mountain, he came to the Deep Place where we encountered another evil cultivator who wanted to take the treasure bead. The immortal cultivator knew about the treasure bead and felt unwilling to part with it. He stepped forward to stop him, but the evil cultivator did not listen and fought him. In the end, the immortal cultivator had no choice but to let go of him and allow him to take it. We only learned about the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure from his mouth after he touched it."
It turns out that's how it happened.
Chen Yun asked again, "Do you know where that elder is?"
Upon mentioning this, Yan Feng's eyes darkened, and he bitterly laughed, "It's said that after we parted ways with him, he encountered a earthly realm-level centipede spirit beast and was killed."
Alright.
Needless to say, it's obvious that it was the centipede spirit beast I encountered.
Chen Yun recalled that fifty years ago, he luckily used the Change Arts of the "Eight-Eight True Energy" to transform into a large cocks to scare away that centipede spirit beast. At the time, the situation was indeed very dangerous.
However, what he did not expect was that the real situation was even more perilous.
Luckily, that centipede spirit beast had a "low IQ" and was frightened by the trick.
Otherwise, I might have ended up with Wu Kexiu and others, just like the elder in Yan Feng's story, buried in a foreign land.
Chen Yun sighed helplessly and shook his head, knowing that the former owner of the Extinguishing God Twin Treasure had already perished, so it seems that he will not be able to find the owner of this treasure for a while.
Let's figure it out when we meet again.
Chen Yun did not dwell on this matter any further.
He then asked, "When will the Golden Axe and Golden Scissors appear?"
Yan Feng calculated the time, "Twenty-seven days from now."
Chen Yun actively said, "Then, Yan Zhenren, have you thought about which one you want, the Golden Axe or the Golden Scissors?"
The division of treasure is quite important.
Chen Yun and Yan Feng would have to discuss this matter thoroughly.
Niu Dali and Jing Chengfu simply didn't say anything more, afraid of disturbing the two in their treasure division.
Yan Feng was very considerate, "Chen Zhenren, you made the greatest contribution in this battle, so you should choose the treasure first. Oh, by the way, to prevent you from indecisiveness, I'll tell you about the effects of the Golden Axe and Golden Scissors."
Jing Chengfu seemed to know about it and didn't seem very concerned.
Niu Dali did not know that and was genuinely interested in listening to their conversation.
Chen Yun said, "By chance, I don't know either. It's laborious for you to tell me."
"First, let me introduce the Golden Axe," Yan Feng said carefully. "This is a powerful treasure that, once invoked, can transform into a golden light axe blade. It can slay gods and Buddha if they stand in its way, truly possessing infinite power. It has no other functions except for its strong annihilating power. Even a malevolent dragon that can play around with the sun and is on the peak of the Dao Realm cannot withstand its might. As for whether it can have an impact on the Heavenly Realm, I am not aware of that."
Oh, it seems that the two evil dragons have the strength of the peak of the Dao Realm.
Chen Yun finally knew how powerful the Golden Axe was. He asked out of curiosity, "Is it able to cut the soul along with it?"
Yan Feng nodded seriously, "Yes, it can cut through the soul as well, leading to the destruction of both body and spirit!"
That really is a terrifying level of power!
Chen Yun asked again, "And what about the Golden Scissors?"
"The Golden Scissors are almost identical to the Golden Axe, also possessing the terrifying annihilating power that can reduce the peak of the Dao Realm to ashes, both body and spirit."
Yan Feng reminisced about the information he knew, "However, when it's invoked, it doesn't transform into a golden light axe blade. Instead, it takes on the appearance of two similar golden flying serpents. No matter how great one's cultivation or boundless magic power may be, as long as they are hit by these two golden rays, they will die instantly."
Chen Yun listened with a hint of strangeness.
The function of the Golden Scissors seems very similar to the golden Jiao Jie (Golden Eel Shears) in the mythological novel 'Fengshen Yanyi' ('Investiture of the Gods') that Chen Yun remembers.
However, the description of the golden Jiao Jie (Golden Eel Shears) in 'Fengshen Yanyi' ('Investiture of the Gods') is more magnificent: "This shear was two dragons that drew upon the earth's vitality and the moon and star essence. It rose in mid-air, with its head and tail bent up and down like a pair of scissors. It was guarded by clouds, and its head seemed to be meeting each other in a bow. Its tail seemed to be intertwining into a stand. No matter how high your cultivation level may be, or how limitless your magic power may be, as long as you are hit by these two shears, you will die instantly."
But the Golden Scissors directly transform into two golden rays that resemble dragons.
For a moment, Chen Yun pondered, "Could it be that Wu Cheng'en and Xu Zhonglin were actually cultivators who, after hearing about the legendary treasures, used their imagination to describe them?"
While pondering, Yan Feng asked, "Chen Zhenren, have you decided which one you want?"
Chen Yun listened as both treasures had similar functions and both possessed incomparably powerful effects, without any other special features. He simply didn't overthink it and said, "Alright, I'll take the Golden Scissors."
Um, he chose the Golden Scissors precisely because he associated it with the golden Jiao Jie (Golden Eel Shears) from 'Fengshen Yanyi'.
Well, both treasures have similar powers, why not choose one that you're more interested in?
