Chapter 281 Unable to find the Treasure, Unintentionally Blowing Things Up
In the Pill Chamber, Li Changshou sat in front of the Pill Furnace and looked at the few b.a.l.l.s of fire that were flickering gently. A portion of his attention was focused on maneuvering the carriage-driving paper effigy and making it move across the mountains, and towards the South Continent. If it was during the opening of the Primordial World, there would be treasures everywhere in the Primordial World. One could pick up some Connate items with just two steps. After all, the entire Primordial World was born from the Connate Dao.
However, countless Yuan Meetings had already existed in the Primordial World. Wave after wave of tribulations descended. Connate lifeforms, dragons, phoenixes, magi, and humans had survived a few Great Eras…
Connate numinous treasures that had yet to be born were just like the Saint’s. They were truly rare.
That’s not right. There should be many collectors in the Primordial World. If he wanted to search for treasures, the first choice would be to go to the Middle Continent. The chances of encountering treasures were higher. However, Li Changshou did not want to randomly encounter opportunities for no reason.
For example, when he first left a good impression on Old Master Wan Linyun, he had carefully calculated and studied it. Then, he had done what Elder Wan Linyun liked and set up an ambush. Finally, he had obtained the Poison Sutra for Dao Protection.
Treasure-hunting was the same. He had to plan carefully.
Firstly, he wrote a copy of the book “The Rules of Treasure Hunting “. There were only three core points of the manual. He had to calculate the gains and losses of karma, consider the problem of conscience, and not embarra.s.s Ren School. Secondly, he had to confirm the main goal. Li Changshou’s main target this time was the treasure that Master Zhao was destined to obtain, which was in the top three on the Fiend rankings, the Copper Coin of Treasurefall, or the Treasurefall Coin.
Thirdly, he needed a perfect plan.
Before the Treasure-Seeking Paper Effigies set off, the entire treasure-hunting plan had been completed. They had also spent more than ten rolls of cloth.
Fortunately, he did not need to create new paintings of the Hundred Beauties and the Autumn Palace. It was okay for the cloth to be used up.
Apart from those three points, Li Changshou still had a fourth plan.
“Don’t feel heartache even if you get nothing” was a self-consolation treatment.
This time, Li Changshou was not confident that he could find the copper coins. Before the Treasure-Seeking Paper Effigies set off, he was already prepared to return empty-handed. If he returned empty-handed, he would not suffer any karma. It would be a huge loss if he did not gain anything but was stained with karma instead! The Copper Coin of Treasurefall was a ‘sample’ made by a human emperor. It was the first two copper coins in the Primordial World. It had obtained the merit of the Heavenly Dao and was quite spiritual. Li Changshou had two copper coins in his hand, which had a deep relations.h.i.+p with the Copper Coin of Treasurefall. They were the first copper coins of the human race. There was some power of merit on them, and they could be considered the “children” of the copper coins.
Therefore, this time, it was also… the journey of the copper coins finding their mother!
Li Changshou really wanted to go to the Tus.h.i.+ta Palace to pay his respects. He held his two copper coins and shouted at the Grand Supreme Elder.
“Grand Supreme Elder! Please pity these two children and let them move in with their parents!”
Ahem, just kidding. The copper coins could be used for divination, but their strongest effect was to obtain Connate numinous treasures.
The moment the copper coin shone brightly, it s.n.a.t.c.hed away the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl during the G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation.
At that time, Zhao Gongming, who had emerged from the mountain because of the casualties of the ten Heavenly Lords, relied on the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl to sweep through the experts of Chan School. He then chased after the Deputy Sect Master of the Burning Lamp Sect and fought fiercely.
While fighting, Randeng fled to Wuyi Mountain and encountered two old men who were playing chess in a corner. The two old men took a closer look and realized that the Deputy Sect Master of Chan School had been beaten up. They immediately wanted to go forward and curry favor with him. They took out the Copper Coin of Treasurefall to deal with Zhao Gongming’s Sea-Calming Divine Pearl.
The moment the copper coins appeared, the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl and the Dragon Binding Rope were s.n.a.t.c.hed away by the coins. Zhao Gongming was caught off guard and could only stare.
Zhao Gongming hurriedly s.n.a.t.c.hed it and whipped one of the two old men to death. However, because he had lost a precious treasure like the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl, he was forced to retreat by Randeng.
From then on, the twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls landed in the hands of Randeng. Randeng probably had the confidence to betray the sect…
By the way, one of the two old men was called Xiao Sheng and the other was called Cao Bao. In the original G.o.d-Conferment story, they went to the Heavenly Courts and became Zhao Gongming’s subordinates. They were also the Heavenly Venerate Zhaobao and Heavenly Venerate Nazhen.
Li Changshou had never heard of the interesting events in the Heavenly Courts. It should be very exciting. He also talked about searching for the Copper Coin of Treasurefall.
If he wanted to find the copper coins, he had to first consider finding the original owners of the coins, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao. Where is the Wuyi Mountain in the Primordial World?
Li Changshou checked a few copies of the “Records of the Middle Continent” from different sources, but he could not find any traces of the Wuyi Mountain. Instead, he found a few places in the South Continent called ‘Wuyi Mountain’. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the main battlefield of the Great G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation should be in the South Continent. At that time, Zhao Gongming should have been chasing after Randeng. From this perspective, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao did not seem to have met by chance. That scene might have been the old Daoist priest Randeng’s scheme. There was a problem that Li Changshou had to consider carefully. If he really obtained the Copper Coin of Treasurefall, what effect would it have on the Great G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation?
Zhao Gongming had been killed by Lu Ya’s Seven Arrows Book. Although it had something to do with the copper coins, it did not have much to do with him.
At that time, Zhao Gongming had lost the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl and borrowed the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors. He had also suppressed the Chan School. That was why the Seven Arrows Book had the chance to appear.
However, if he took away the Copper Coin of Treasurefall, he would miss the matter of Zhao Gongming going to the Three-Immortal Island to borrow treasures because he had lost the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl.
Then… Fairy Yun Xiao might be able to lessen her involvement with the Great G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation.
However, as long as Master Zhao died, he would probably still get what he deserved. That problem was still very difficult to solve.
Seven days after the Treasure-Seeking Paper Effigies set off, they had already investigated a few places in the South Continent that were related to Wu Yi…
As Li Changshou had expected, that was the mortal world. There were no traces of Qi Refinement cultivators there.
To be safe, Li Changshou controlled the paper effigy and carefully searched those places.
Li Changshou had also asked the Treasure-Seeking Paper Effigies to bring the two “prototype” copper coins that were used to prevent deductions. That would increase the chances of him encountering treasures. However, he still did not obtain anything in the South Continent. “Since that clue does not work, I can only start from the other clues.”
Li Changshou sighed softly and skillfully controlled the fire. He experienced the wonders of the “pill formation” in his heart. He controlled the Treasure-Seeking Paper Effigies and changed his path to the Middle Continent…
He did not know how far he was from the G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation.
Li Changshou did not see too many signs of the G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation. There was no major event like the ‘Black Bird Life Merchant’ in the South Continent.
In the Primordial World, time was mostly calculated by thousands of years.
Among the remaining options, there are three that are most reliable.
A, search for Cao Baosheng’s whereabouts. B, search for rumors about Copper Coin of Treasurefall.
C, ask my Great Daoist Master to help me deduce the whereabouts of the Copper Coin of Treasurefall…
He had to do A and B, but C would be troublesome.
It was not safe for the Great Daoist Master to help him search for treasures.
It would easily make the Great Daoist Master feel that he was asking for treasures in a disguised manner. It would affect his image of an outstanding disciple that he had painstakingly established with the Great Daoist Master. Therefore, Li Changshou could only choose “Option D’ when the first and second options failed.
“In the name of the Jade Emperor, I’ll go to the Fire Cloud Cave to visit the ancestors of the human race and search for a way to get along with the Heavenly Courts. At the same time, I’ll ask about the whereabouts of the Copper Coin of Treasurefall.”
In the next half a year, Li Changshou’s Treasure-Seeking Paper Effigy Team that had been searching everywhere in the Middle Continent.
In order to increase efficiency, more than twenty Treasure-seeking paper effigies split up. They used the name of the Primordial Spiritual Treasure Manual to collect all kinds of rumors and obtain all kinds of information. However, in the end, he only gathered a bunch of numinous treasures that he had never heard of. There was no news of the whereabouts of the Copper Coin of Treasurefall. On the other hand, the Primordial Spiritual Treasure Sutra looked like it was about to be published…
Cao Baosheng and Xiao Sheng were also untraceable. They did not know where to find them.
Although he had not done anything useless in the past six months, his gains still made Li Changshou feel a little depressed. It could not be helped. It was just that difficult to search for treasures these days. “Let’s go to the Fire Cloud Cave.” Without further delay, Li Changshou’s Sea G.o.d paper effigy in the Heavenly Courts left the Sea G.o.d Residence and rode a cloud towards the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
At the mention of the Fire Cloud Cave, he had no choice but to mention the famous good old man of the Primordial World. The cla.s.sic negative example of the Steadiness SutraAncestor Hong Yun! After Ancestor Hong Yun was ambushed by Kun Peng and reincarnated after being severely injured, the Fire Cloud Cave was left idle. Later on, it became the place where the Three Kings and Five Emperors of the human race went into seclusion after becoming Saints. The ‘Saints’ of the Three Kings and Five Emperors were the meaning of sages. They were naturally different from the Primordial Saints.
Li Changshou had heard that in his early years.
After the preaching of the Dao in the Purple Cloud Palace, Hong Yun obtained a stream of Primordial Violet Qi. However, because Hong Yun of the Purple Cloud Palace had given up his seat to the two people of the Western Sect, Kun Peng had no choice but to give up his seat. Kun Peng had lost his opportunity to become a Saint, and Ancestor Red Cloud had been ambushed by the Demon Master Kun Peng.
When Ancestor Hong Yun was seriously injured and on the verge of death, he was fortunate enough to have the Three Pure Ones and Zhen Yuanzi stop Kun Peng. They allowed a wisp of Ancestor Hong Yun’s soul to escape and go to the Six Paths of Reincarnation to nurture it. The Primordial Violet Qi was retrieved by the Dao Ancestor. When the Lich and Demons were defeated, the human race would rise, the Three Kings would appear, the Five Emperors would return, and the human race would become the protagonist of the world.
According to rumors, Hong Yun had reincarnated into the Shennong. The Primordial Violet Qi that originally belonged to Hong Yun was divided into eight portions. The Three Kings and Five Emperors shared the opportunity to become Saints. The Three Emperors had a slightly larger share, while the Five Emperors had slightly lesser shares.
Therefore, the Three Kings and Five Emperors were not Saints, but they were close to Saints.
They were the cornerstones of the human race’s destiny and also the “trump cards” of the human race. The non-human races would not appear easily in the face of death.
Now that the Heavenly Courts were in power, the Human Dao was under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Courts. It was reasonable for them to use the Jade Emperor’s name to visit the human sages in the Fire Cloud Cave.
Most importantly, that would not add any karma to Li Changshou. After all, he was only following orders.
The Jade Emperor was quite easy to fool…
Ahem, the Jade Emperor was reasonable. He completely agreed with Li Changshou’s suggestion. The Jade Emperor wrote a letter and said that he was now the Heavenly Emperor who was in charge of the Three Realms. In the future, he would take care of the human race, who was the protagonist of the world. At the same time, he also hoped that the human race would be able to support the Heavenly Courts and carry out the sacrificial ceremony towards heaven and earth, and the Heavenly Courts. If the human race had any conflicts with the Heavenly Courts, they would communicate in time. With the letter and the Jade Emperor’s instructions, Li Changshou asked General Dongmu to prepare a gift. Then, he left the Heavenly Courts and headed to the Fire Cloud Cave in the Middle Continent.
However, just as Li Changshou’s Sea G.o.d paper effigy flew above the Middle Continent, a commotion alarmed his main body. Li Changshou diverted his attention and frowned slightly. He landed the Sea G.o.d paper effigy in a forest and used Earth Escape to hide near the earth meridian.
He focused most of his attention on the Little Qiong Peak and quickly left the Pill Chamber.
Bang
The bell on the Heaven-Breaking Peak rang. Three Golden Immortal auras surged into the sky, and figures flew up from the various peaks!
On Pill Tripod Peak, Elder Wan Linyun appeared with two elders.
Beside the spiritual beast enclosure of the Little Qiong Peak, Jiu Jiu hurriedly reminded Lingle to take care of Jiu Yus.h.i.+. Then, she carried the huge gourd and rushed to the sect. The bell signified that they had encountered an enemy.
Li Changshou was not in a hurry. He rode a white cloud and slowly walked towards the sect.
The current situation was similar to what he had expected. 1,500 kilometers to the south of the Immortal Du Sect, a huge wooden s.h.i.+p broke through the sky. Colorful smoke floated around it. There were lanterns and colorful banners everywhere on the wooden s.h.i.+p. There were handsome men and women on it, but their dressing was…
To put it nicely, it was unpleasant. To put it bluntly, it was an eyesore.
Li Changshou looked at it carefully for a while and then criticized it in his heart.
Overly revealing. Those people were naturally the demons that Uncle-Master Jiu Wu had mentioned previously. Their background was extremely complicated and they had merit. Previously, Uncle-Master Jiu Wu had mentioned the fox demon. Li Changshou had given Jiu Wu a plan. The plan was actually very simple. It was to let the Immortal Du Sect spread the news secretly and let the clan know that the fox demon was doing well. As she had opened a brothel in the South Continent and allowed some demons to absorb the Yang energy of mortals to cultivate, she was captured by the sect. Although the plan was simple, it was very effective.
He wanted to make sure that the fox demon was safe and sound so that the matter would not blow up. When the demons visited the Dao Sects of Ren School, they were told that the latter had not captured any fox demons. They would investigate step by step and eventually find the Immortal Du Sect. Before that batch of demons went to the Immortal Du Sect, they had also learned about the Immortal Du Sect. They knew that although the Immortal Du Sect was in the East Continent, it had once received the protection of the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du of Ren School. Therefore, the demons were very restrained. They stopped the wooden s.h.i.+p at the border of the immortal sect that was 1,000 kilometers away. They sent a few men and women who were in the Heaven Immortal realm forward and explained their intentions from afar.
They also gave Li Changshou the impression that they were just there to pay the ransom for the person that had been held captive.
The rest of the matter went quite smoothly. The Immortal Du Sect had already secretly checked on the fox demon and realized that she was cultivating in the underground cage. Her cultivation level was much higher than when she had first been locked up. One of the executives of the Punishment Hall had informed the fox demon in advance. Soon, her clansmen would come to pick her up.
In front of the sect gate, when the demons walked forward, they presented gifts and said some good words.
The elders of the Immortal Du Sect pondered for a while. They were in a dilemma. They made the demons swear that the fox demon would not do anything evil in the future.
After a while, they walked through the venue. Under the watchful eyes of many disciples of the Immortal Du Sect, the fox demon was released from the Earth Meridian Cage by a few executives…
The fox demon seemed to have a powerful background. When the demons saw her, they cheered. Many of the demons even cried tears of joy. Originally, that matter should have come to an end. However, to everyone’s surprise… “Can I join the Immortal Du Sect?” The fox demon asked softly. Her gaze was pure and clear, and she emitted a clear aura. There was not much demonic aura around her. Li Changshou, who was hiding in the crowd, suddenly had a bad premonition. “Well?”
An elder frowned and said, “Fellow Daoist, the Immortal Du Sect is a disciple of Ren School. We only accept human disciples.” “I can be the spiritual beast that protects the mountain. I’m also willing to be the maidservant sweeping the ground.”
The fox demon that had just been released spoke with a hint of urgency. Under the puzzled gazes of her clansmen, she took a few steps forward on the cloud, her phoenix-like eyes revealing a hint of pleading. “If not, please let me meet the Daoist priest who captured me back then. I have something to say to him.”