bookbashuk Chapter 21 Stone Village, The Divine Treasure Left by Master Yuan
Chapter 21 Stone Village, The Divine Treasure Left by Master Yuan
"The Great Emperor's Dao patterns are indeed incredibly profound."
Zhao Tianpeng stopped reflecting the image of the Li Huo Divine Furnace, instead marking it and storing it in the Bitter Sea. He then released the Ironclad Floating Pagoda to turn over the ruins of the Li Huo Sect and collect all the resources that could be taken away.
He then proceeded without delay to wipe out the Seven Star Pavilion, the Sunset Gate, the Azure Cloud Gate, and the Mysterious Moon Cave, packing up all the supplies.
At this moment, he stood with his hands behind his back on a broken rock mountain, where there was an ancient cave, where time flowed like water and emptiness seemed to flow out.
"Is the Way boundless and unknowable? Is the heart free and unrestrained? Are things ever-changing and without exception?"
Beside the ancient cave, three sentences are carved on the cliff face, the characters of which are almost worn away.
Zhao Tianpeng's mind mirror reflected the traces of the Dao. The vast and hazy Daoist charm flowed from ancient times, like a clear spring flowing through his heart, making his already clear mind even more lively and vibrant.
"The Great Way is formless, and time flows like water."
"It's a pity that this is a mark that has been erased by history, otherwise we might have been able to glimpse the way of time."
"It seems we have no choice but to settle in Purple Mountain."
Just as he was immersing his mind in the ethereal rhythms of the universe, the Ironclad Buddha brought back the Jade of the Primordial Emperor that he had found.
"Let's go."
When the divine light and yin energy no longer offered him any benefit, Zhao Tianpeng, holding the little girl's hand, flew out of Xuan Yue Cave on the Divine Rainbow towards the direction of Shizhai.
The atmosphere in the stone village was somewhat heavy at this moment.
"What should we do? It's not long before Chen the Bearded Man comes to collect the resources, and we're still short one pound of resources."
"If we can't raise the money by the deadline, given the character of these beasts, the village will be in danger."
"Damn it, other villages only charge two jin of raw materials, but we have to pay four! The price might go up further. We might as well send some young people and women and children out, and the rest of us can fight them!"
"Go all out? The highest-ranking cultivator in our village is only at the Life Spring Realm. What can we possibly fight with? Where can the young people take the women and children? In this vast land of the Northern Region, if they migrate out, they'll be a piece of easy prey!"
At first, the group was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to fight the bandits to the death, but when someone uttered the last sentence, everyone fell silent.
A kind-looking middle-aged man looked at the old man surrounded by the crowd and asked, "Fifth Master Zhang, do you think it's possible to find another jin of source in the remaining few days?"
Old Master Zhang sighed and said, "We've already dug up all the places with sources around here. We can only go further afield to look for more. We don't know if we can find anything before the deadline. We'll just have to wait and see."
Just then, a voice rang out from nowhere: "You don't need to worry about Chen Big Beard and his gang anymore; they've been wiped out."
As the sound rang out, a divine rainbow descended, and Zhao Tianpeng emerged from it with Xiao Nannan.
Master Zhang and the others were initially startled, but after seeing the boy and girl emerge from the divine rainbow, they looked at each other in bewilderment.
Master Zhang was the quickest to react: "Little Immortal said that Chen Big Beard and his gang have been wiped out, is that true?"
After the others realized what was happening, they all looked at Zhao Tianpeng with excited expressions.
"Of course it's true."
Zhao Tianpeng released the Purgatory Pagoda, and as the pagoda spun, Chen Dahuzi's corpse appeared on the ground.
"It's him!"
"It's that beast, Chen the Big Beard!"
"Well done!"
After confirming that the corpse on the ground was indeed Chen Da Huzi, the people of Shizhai cheered.
Master Zhang seemed to have been relieved of a great burden, looking much more relaxed: "Thank you, little immortal, for ridding Shizhai of this villain."
They prepared a feast to thank Zhao Tianpeng, serving up everything they could think of.
After the banquet ended, they were arranged to stay at Master Zhang's house. As soon as he entered the courtyard, his eyes were drawn to several stone artifacts. He was well-versed in the mysteries of the Origin Emperor Scripture and his Origin Techniques were quite good. He could see that there was an extraordinary aura flowing within these stone artifacts. This reminded him that there were many precious materials left behind by the Origin Celestial Master in the Stone Village.
Zhao Tianpeng walked to a stone mill and carefully examined it to verify his source technique. He confirmed that it was material from the Primordial Ancient Mine. He used his Mind Mirror to reflect the source stone, but found it to be hazy and indistinct, with an aura inside that seemed both real and illusory, difficult to grasp.
"Originium skin is truly a magical thing. It can isolate aura and divine sense from being probed. Even my Heart Mirror cannot clearly reflect the Dao essence within it. This is just ordinary Originium. If it were divine Originium skin, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to reflect the Dao essence within it at all."
Zhao Tianpeng suddenly had a change of heart. Couldn't he use reverse thinking to his advantage? Ordinary Originium stones look hazy, but with the help of Origin Arts, one could get a general idea of what they were. Those that he couldn't understand must be good stuff.
He patted the stone mill, then looked at the stone blocks, stone rollers, and other stone tools in the yard, before turning to Zhang Wuye: "Zhang Wuye, these stone tools in your house have some history; they're made from source stone. I'll supply the source. How about you sell these stone tools to me?"
Grandpa Zhang turned to look at the stone tools passed down from his ancestors, and waved his hand: "Since you like them, then I'll give them to you."
A hint of astonishment flashed in Zhao Tianpeng's eyes, then he laughed and said, "Fifth Master Zhang, are there any rare treasures sealed inside? Are you just going to give them to me like this?"
Master Zhang smiled calmly: "So what if we have priceless treasures? We can't keep them. If we leave them behind, it could lead to a terrible disaster."
"These stone tools, take them if you like them."
After saying that, Master Zhang went straight into the house.
Zhao Tianpeng watched Zhang Wuye's retreating figure as he entered the house without saying anything. Although Zhang Wuye had said he would give it away, he couldn't really take it for free. After thinking for a moment, he decided to leave something behind before leaving Zishan.
He collected these stone tools together and began to break them open. However, after opening more than a dozen stone blocks and locks, there was nothing inside. Fortunately, when he broke open a stone millstone, he found something different inside. In the very center, there was a fruit, but the fruit had been completely petrified after having its essence absorbed.
Zhao Tianpeng frowned, put the stone fruit aside, and opened several stone artifacts in quick succession. One of the stone platforms had a cavity the size of a washbasin inside. In the middle, there were scattered fragments of divine source mixed with a tuft of red hair, which was extremely alluring, as if it had been stained with blood, and had a somewhat tragic aura.
The moment Zhao Tianpeng saw the red-haired man, his sea of suffering seemed to be stimulated, churning up thousands of huge waves, as if something deep within the sea of suffering was about to rise to the surface.
"It actually triggered my own supernatural phenomena?"
Zhao Tianpeng looked at the strange phenomenon emanating from his own body, but unfortunately, the phenomenon hadn't even taken shape yet, and it was impossible to tell what it was. He looked at the red hair, reached out and picked it up. Suddenly, a cold wind swept through the courtyard, and an inexplicable force tried to invade his body, but it was like a mud ox entering the sea the moment it tried to invade. It fell directly into the sea of bitterness and was completely devoured. The tuft of red hair turned into ashes and disappeared. His sea of bitterness returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.