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"I admit I was speaking too loudly and a bit too presumptuously just now!"
"How about we make a deal?"
"Let me go, and I'll let you take any treasure you want from the Gluttonous Treasure Vault!"
"Let me tell you, my treasure trove is overflowing with everything imaginable, including countless pieces of gold, silver, jewels, antiques, and paintings from the mortal world!"
"I not only have the original works of the great painter Wu Daozi, but also the calligraphy copybooks of the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi!"
Do you know the "Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion"?
Zhao Li, standing to the side, clicked his tongue in astonishment, "You actually have the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering? Is it an original?"
The Fifth Young Master immediately nodded, "Of course it's genuine. I never collect fakes!"
"But as far as I know, the original copy of the Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion was buried with Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, in the Zhaoling Mausoleum, right?"
The Fifth Prince replied matter-of-factly, "What can a mere mortal emperor's tomb possibly do to me?"
Zhao Li exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, you're actually a tomb raider?"
The Fifth Young Master ignored him, staring intently at Li Yang, and quickly said:
"If you don't like antiques and calligraphy, I also have top-quality emeralds and jadeite... over a meter tall, weighing several hundred kilograms, without any inclusions or cracks, a vibrant green that looks like it could drip water, worth billions!"
"If you find the color of jadeite too cold, I also have top-quality mutton fat jade in my treasure trove, not to mention countless rubies and sapphires!"
"By the way, I once acquired a 3,000-carat pink diamond at a mine in Africa. It's priceless!"
Zhao Li scoffed, "Who doesn't know that a diamond is just a piece of carbon? The reason it's so expensive is just a game of capital!"
"Priceless? Hah, no one's bidding, so it's priceless!"
The Fifth Prince was furious, looking at Zhao Li as if he were looking at his father's killer!
wrong!
If Zhao Li were truly his father's killer, then he would actually become a guest of honor at the Fifth Prince's table!
Seeing that Li Yang remained unmoved, the Fifth Prince gritted his teeth.
"You just referred to the armor you were wearing as the Imperial Armor, right?"
"This Imperial Armor is like an emperor among armors, isn't it?"
"I possess a priceless treasure that perfectly matches the Emperor's Armor!"
Zhao Li's eyes lit up. "What treasure?"
At this moment, he stayed by Li Yang's side like an old eunuch serving the emperor.
No, they should be addressed as the Grand Eunuch!
"If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live forever!"
The Fifth Young Master stared intently at Li Yang, uttering each word clearly.
He refused to believe that Li Yang would remain unmoved by those eight words!
To know.
Even his cheap father wouldn't be unmoved by the legendary Imperial Seal of the State!
This treasure embodies the supreme imperial power of China and has been upgraded from an ordinary object to a true magic weapon, making it a supreme imperial treasure!
Anyone who obtains the Imperial Seal of the State is considered to have been blessed with good fortune, enough to establish a new era of imperial power!
After obtaining the Imperial Seal of the State, the Fifth Prince intended to use its powerful fortune to overthrow the lower classes and become the new king of the Dragon Clan!
But before he could extract the imperial fortune from the Imperial Seal, he was sealed by the Dragon King in the eye of the East Sea!
After the Fifth Prince broke free from the seal, he sensed that the world was about to undergo a great change. He wanted to use the immense fortune of the Imperial Seal to create a great feat in this era!
Unfortunately... he passed away before his business was even halfway done!
wrong.
His career was just starting out. He originally wanted to eat Xia Dongqing's eyes to make his first pot of gold, but he ended up encountering an opponent as far beyond his level as Li Yang!
The Fifth Prince felt like crying but had no tears left!
Now, in order to survive, we have no choice but to take out this priceless treasure!
Zhao, the official standing to the side, was so shocked that he couldn't speak. After a moment, he exclaimed in surprise:
"Impossible! Absolutely not allowed!"
"Your Imperial Seal is definitely a fake!"
According to historical records, after the Imperial Seal of the State was passed down to the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Congke of the Later Tang Dynasty committed suicide by burning his entire clan at Xuanwu Tower, and the Imperial Seal of the State disappeared!
"During the reign of Emperor Zhezong of Song, a farmer unearthed the Imperial Seal of the State, but many people believed it to be fake!"
"I also have records in the underworld that the so-called Imperial Seal of the State was indeed a forgery by a skilled craftsman!"
"You were sealed away by the Dragon King long after the chaos of the Five Dynasties, how could you possibly possess the Imperial Seal of the State?"
The Fifth Young Master sneered, "I never imagined that you, a mere ferryman of souls, would be so familiar with the origins of the Imperial Seal!"
Zhao Li remained silent.
In fact, Hades Acha also had his eye on the Imperial Seal of the State!
As early as when Emperor Li Congke of the Later Tang Dynasty immolated himself, dozens of soul ferrymen had gathered outside Xuanwu Tower!
The moment his soul leaves his body, he will secretly take away the Imperial Seal of the State!
result.
Dozens of soul ferrymen searched through the ashes for three days and three nights, but they still couldn't find the whereabouts of the Imperial Seal!
Interrogating Li Congke's soul, he confirmed that he did indeed commit suicide by self-immolation while carrying the Imperial Seal of the State!
As for the whereabouts of the Imperial Seal of the State, Hades analyzed that a powerful figure must have secretly taken it away without a trace!
The Fifth Prince then said, "Zhao Li, you must know when I last appeared in the mortal world?"
"The Five Barbarian Invasions!"
"That's right, that era was a dark and turbulent time for the land of China. The secrets of heaven were obscured, and all the gods and Buddhas were bound by cause and effect, becoming blind to the truth!"
"Someone like me is actually thriving!"
"Therefore, I secretly obtained the Imperial Seal of the State, and none of you will know!"
"Of course, in order to prevent the gods and Buddhas from becoming suspicious afterward, I also made a fake that was indistinguishable from the real thing and passed it down to future generations!"
Zhao Li was dumbfounded.
Even Li Yang gave the Fifth Young Master a thumbs up in his heart.
Goodness, I never expected this Taotie to be so shrewd!
The Fifth Prince was very satisfied with the shocked expression on Zhao Li's face. It was just a pity that Li Yang's true form was hidden inside the Emperor's Armor, so the Fifth Prince's satisfaction was tinged with a hint of regret.
"How about it? If you're willing to let me go, the Imperial Seal of the State is yours!"
"With this supreme imperial treasure, plus the imperial armor you're wearing, perhaps you can become the world's king of this era!"
"He could even become a human ruler on par with the Jade Emperor!"
"If you're strong enough... hehe, the Monkey King once said something quite right!"
"The emperor's throne rotates, and this year it's my turn!"
hiss~
Zhao Li couldn't help but gasp, looking at Li Yang and warning him, "You must not be bewitched by him. Taotie can see through the darkest side of people's hearts and then lure them out to become his puppets!"
Li Yang smiled and shook his head.
"Don't worry, he can't sway me!"
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Young Master looked astonished.
"Don't you even want the Imperial Seal of the State?"
Li Yang shook his head again, "Of course I want it!"
"I want not only the Imperial Seal of the State, but also the original calligraphy of Wu Daozi, the original calligraphy of the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering, that top-quality emerald jadeite over a meter tall, and that pink diamond over three thousand carats... I want them all!"
hiss~
Now it was the Fifth Young Master's turn to gasp in shock.
Damn it, who exactly is the Taotie?
This guy in front of me is even more greedy than I am!
But it's all for survival!
The Fifth Young Master gritted his teeth, "Fine, I'll give you everything, as long as you spare me. I can give you anything you want!"
Li Yang was still shaking his head.
"Fifth Young Master, you're being foolish!"
"You made it very clear just now: as long as I can completely seal you away, the entire Taotie Treasure Vault will be mine!"
"Since I can have it all, why not just have a portion?"
"This is unreasonable!"
Zhao Li stood to the side, dumbfounded.
He could finally understand why Li Yang was so popular with Hades, and why Hades couldn't forget this pretty boy.
The two are birds of a feather, conspiring together in the same evil, two scoundrels!
[Happiness percentage +1%]
On the other side.
The Fifth Prince was so angry he almost vomited blood!
[Happiness percentage +10%]
In all his long years, he had never seen such a shameless person!
Not even humans, let alone demons and monsters, are this despicable and shameless!
Imperial Armor, the embodiment of light?
fart!
This guy is the embodiment of darkness!
Li Yang twisted the knob on the right side of his belt and summoned his weapon—the Emperor Aurora Sword!
Then he twisted the knob on the left side of his belt to summon his ultimate move—the Five Saints' Ultimate Move!
A golden aurora shield formed on his chest, adorned with emblems of snow mastiffs, earth tigers, black rhinoceroses, wind eagles, and fire dragons!
The Aurora Sword is gathering powerful dragon-shaped energy!
The Fifth Prince's eyes widened as he sensed an aura of destruction emanating from the Aurora Sword.
"No! No! Please, please let me go!"
The Aurora Sword pierced through the five layers of light stickers in an instant, gathering the power of the five elements of light and shadow, and stabbed into the Fifth Prince's chest!
At this moment, the Fifth Prince felt intense fear!
The source of this fear is not that I am about to be sealed away!
It is not the divine dragon light contained within the Aurora Sword!
Instead, he suddenly sensed that the Emperor Warrior in front of him had received the blessing of the Heavenly Dao at a certain moment!
This is actually an emperor recognized by Heaven!
"No, I'm willing to offer up my entire treasure trove, I'm willing to be your pawn, please spare me..."
Before the Fifth Young Master could finish speaking, a huge golden dragon flew out of the Aurora Sword and swallowed him whole!
P.S.: Thank you to the three generous contributors [孤岛, fujit…, and 小安] for their monthly tickets!