Collecting things from Xie Wuming's corpse.

    Chen Yun took the initiative to say goodbye: "Mr. Zhao, since there is nothing here, the Daoist and Cai's nephew will leave first."

    The meaning of his words was to bid farewell and return to the Zongnanshan Taoist Temple to continue his teachings. After all, he had repaid the favors of Zhang Chengfan, Wang Shihui, and others, so there was no point in staying any longer; it would be better to return to the temple and study the things collected from Xie Wuming.

    However, Zhao Chaochou misunderstood, thinking that Chen Yun was going back to his room. With a smile on his face, he said: "Well, well, Chen Xianzang and Cai Xianzang, today's sky is getting late. You should rest well. Due to the delay caused by cleaning the battlefield and reporting the situation, I will discuss with Zhang General and others to push it off until tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will have a good feast to thank you for your assistance."

    Perhaps Zhao Chaochou forgot what to say, Yang Lie coughed a little to remind the other party.

    Only then did Zhao Chaochou remember the main matter, and he quickly added, "Your Majesty is leading the army personally, not far from here. I have reported today's events, and there are already celestial messengers who have sent back a personal letter from Your Majesty. He said that due to the urgency of the battle on the front lines, he may not be able to come, but he also said that he will issue an edict tomorrow to confer the title of Immortal on Chen Xianzang and Cai Xianzang."

    Chen Yun didn't want to have too much contact with the government and immediately wanted to refuse.

    Unexpectedly, Cai Rujin expressed deep interest: "Your Majesty wants to confer the title of Master Chen and me?"

    Zhao Chou nodded and said, "That's right. The emperor also asked me to inquire if the two immortals have any titles in mind for the enshrinement."

    Chen Yun saw Cai Rujin's serious expression and couldn't help but glance at him, but decided not to speak and let the other party take the initiative.

    Cai Rujin sighed and said with a bitter smile: "Mr. Zhao may not know that my grandfather used to be the military governor of Lingnan, and I also served as a lieutenant governor at one time. Later, I encountered a mentor who enlightened me, so I retired from the civil service and returned to the Daoist sect."

    Zhao Chou exclaimed, "Cai's family as the military governor of Lingnan? Immortal Cai, is your grandfather perhaps Mr. Cai Kui?"

    Cai Rujin nodded slightly.

    Yang Lie seemed to have remembered something and couldn't help but take a deep breath and ask: "Immortal Cai, are you not the Imperial Secretariat of Liangnan in the DaLi years when you resigned from office?"

    Cai Rujin replied, "That's right."

    Zhao Chaochou and Yang Lie looked at each other in shock. They knew that the time from Dali to now was nearly a century, and yet, this Immortal Cai looked as young as a middle-aged man. It truly stunned them, leaving them speechless.

    Even Chen Yun was surprised, not to mention the two of them. It was not surprising for Cai Rujin to have served as an official, and Chen Yun also understood why Cai Rujin was so excited at the news of Emperor Tang's conferment.

    Zhao Chaochou's eyes lit up and he said, "Since Immortal Cai was once an officer of the Tang Dynasty, it's no problem. Let's talk about the title matter?"

    Chen Yun immediately clarified his position: "I have always been indifferent to fame and fortune. You can give Cai Xianzang the title as you wish."

    If he really gets conferred a title, his mentor won't peel his skin off when he comes back?

    It's not just Chen Yun who refuses.

    After much hesitation, Cai Rujin also refused: "I am not yet ready to take on missions."

    Zhao Chaochou's mind is quick and flexible. He immediately said with a smile: "Then we can let the emperor confer the title of the masters of Chen Xianzang and Cai Xianzang."

    Cai Rujin shook his head and said, "It's fine to confer a title on my mentor, but as for my grandmaster... the emperor cannot confer a title on him lightly."

    Yang Lie couldn't understand and asked, "Why not?"

    Chen Yun was also a bit puzzled.

    Cai Rujin explained: "My grandmaster is the Zhengyang Enlightenment Preaching True Immortal, a truly divine being who has become an immortal. Only after the Sealing of the Gods war is over, and the emperor receives an edict from the Great Master Laozi, can he confer a title on my grandmaster. As for my mentor, his surname is Zheng and his given name is Wen Shu. He has just become an immortal, so he can indeed be conferred a title as a deity. However, this conferment can only happen once, and his rank cannot be too high. He will still need to go through the Sealing of the Gods war to elevate his own divine nature."

    Chen Yun subtly understood. A deity cannot be conferred haphazardly. A mundane deity position, or even the qualification to become a deity, will not be questioned by the heavens. However, to obtain a good deity position or to gain incense offerings, one must first give in order to receive.

    Zhao Chaochou immediately said, "Alright, I'll pass this message to the emperor tonight."

    Chen Yun and Cai Rujin chatted with Zhao Chaochou and Yang Lie for a few sentences before returning to their quarters.

    Since tomorrow will be the day of enshrining Zheng Wenshu, they must definitely stay, as they need to take the imperial edict back to the end of the South Mountain.

    On the way back to the room.

    Cai Rujin couldn't help but sigh: "The act of conferring titles has no significance for those of us who have not yet become immortals, but it is particularly important for those who have just become immortals."

    Chen Yun was puzzled and asked, "Why?"

    "Because when an immortal is enshrined by the court, they truly gain a divine nature. We who have not yet become immortals can be enshrined, but we still cannot become deities; it must be the imperial court of the country of origin." After explaining this, Cai Rujin suddenly laughed and said, "Master Chen, I never expected that through your great blessing, my mentor has been enshrined as a deity. This means that our sect will have another deity. I'm sure both my mentor and grandmaster will be very happy to hear this."

    Wait a minute!

    Will the mentor be happy?

    Chen Yun couldn't help but recall what his mentor had said this morning. He wondered if he had just been manipulated by his mentor.

    Could it be that today, his mentor deliberately went out to create an opportunity for him to leave Zongnanshan and come here?

    Chen Yun couldn't help but burst into laughter. Last time, his mentor didn't return from attending the birthday of Golden Mother for a long time, it was because he went to capture the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and his high-ranking disciples. This time, he purposely pretended to go out to create an opportunity for himself to leave Zongnanshan and come here, and it seems like he has already calculated that there will be such an opportunity?

    Even though he had been slightly manipulated by his mentor, Chen Yun was speechless. However, the gains he made today were indeed true.

    More importantly, by helping Zheng Wenshu secure a divine position, he had ensured that even if his mentor wouldn't show any favor in public and might even put him under house arrest, his senior brother, Zheng Xiong, would definitely make some gesture of gratitude.

    ...

    They chatted as they returned to their quarters.

    Originally, Cai Rujin was going to rest in the western room. However, Chen Yun specially called him over, asking him to check out what kind of objects the war booty was and what its specific function was because he really didn't understand those artifacts.

    In the east room.

    Chen Yun took out everything from Xie Wuming's storage artifact and placed it on the round table, "Cai junior, you have seen a lot and know many things. Please take a look and tell me what these are."

    Cai Rujin first glanced at the jade ring, "This ring is a protective type of artifact. I have already roughly identified its nature, but I don't know its incantation. It may take some time to figure it out."

    He said, frowning, "I have seen this ring before, but I can't remember where or when."

    Chen Yun had no idea where he had seen the ring.

    He changed the subject and asked, "What about the other things?"

    "I'll take a look." Cai Rujin seemed to have just noticed the other items. His instinct led him to look at the largest hand-held copper bell, and suddenly he was enlightened, "I remember where I've seen this jade ring before."

    Chen Yun asked, "Where have you seen it before?"

    Cai Rujin's face once again became serious, "In my early years after joining my mentor's sect, he took me to attend an Taoist Gathering. At that time, the Yinshan Grandmaster was wearing this jade ring. This copper bell, if I'm not mistaken, was also one of the Grandmaster's artifacts."

    "Um?" Chen Yun realized why Cai Rujin's face had become serious again, "Are you saying that Xie Wuming is very likely the son of Yinshan Grandmaster?"

    Cai Rujin nodded lightly, "If it were just a nephew, it would be impossible for him to be granted the divine artifacts that Yinshan Grandmaster used to carry. Only a son could do so. We've gotten ourselves into a big mess. However, as you said, Yinshan Grandmaster should not have personally participated in such a small matter. His disciples are not worth mentioning."

    Since Cai Rujin said there was no problem, Chen Yun naturally did not keep the matter in mind. "You haven't told me what this copper bell can do yet."

    "This copper bell is quite extraordinary." Cai Rujin introduced as he remembered, "It is a divine artifact to control the possessed. As long as the bell is shaken, within a ten- or twenty-mile radius, any uncontrolled and weaker disciples will be controlled. If you have trained your own possessed, using this bell can make them stronger. For example, that golden armor demoness. If you could control it, with the help of this 'Control Spirit Bell', it would be as agile and fierce as you are during battle. More importantly, Yinshan Grandmaster once boasted that this bell could control up to 3,000 possessed at once. Just imagine how terrifying that is!"

    So it seems that this artifact is indeed very powerful, but also very weak.

    Why so?

    Because it cannot directly release powerful force, it appears very weak. However, its strength lies in its ability to control and force weaker spirits and undead creatures, as well as all kinds of yin spirits, to fight for itself.

    Just as Cai Rujin said, if I could suddenly summon three thousand possessed during a duel, it is likely that any opponent who does not have a much higher cultivation than me will die instantly.

    As for why Xie Wuming didn't bring it out in the eight-door golden lock array, Chen Yun estimated that Xie Wuming never thought that his cultivation would be so strong, and was directly injured by the power of Zǐwēi Hào.

    Of course, Chen Yun thought that Xie Wuming might also have believed that Chen Yun could use lightening laws and that any evil spirits summoned would only become "cannon fodder." So he chose a more prudent binding index. After all, after being tied up, both hands couldn't form the seal and couldn't use most of the artifacts. He couldn't say he was "slaughtered," but at least his strength was reduced by half. However, Xie Wuming didn't expect Chen Yun to have fine hounds, so he died unexpectedly.

    After introducing the function of the copper bell, Cai Rujin couldn't help but sigh again, "Alas, we still don't have the incantation to activate it. Even with such a superior artifact, Uncle Chen, you still can't use it."

    Yes.

    This is indeed quite a pity.

    Chen Yun couldn't help but feel frustrated as well. But what could he do without the incantation?

    As they chatted, Cai Rujin checked the bottles and jars again and told Chen Yun that all the pills inside were used to nurture possessed.

    As for the various array flags, they are used to set up array formations, not limited to one of the Qubai arrays. As long as there are enough flags, most formations can be laid.

    Finally, there was only the green jade left.

    Cai Rujin simply glanced at it and said, "This green jade seems to be a recording artifact, possibly containing Yinshan Sect's cultivation methods, as well as the methods of nurturing possessed and other spells. Ah, by the way, since Xie Wuming is possibly the son of Yinshan Grandmaster, this jade may very well contain the specific incantations for using magic weapons like the 'Control Spirit Bell' and 'Bind Dragon Tail.'"

    (The end of this chapter)