Chapter 65 Mysterious Green Copper
Chi, Chi, Chi…
All kinds of divine rays charged towards the broken stone mountain, descending there like a meteor shower.
Although the Treasure Gathering Cornucopia had only gracefully appeared for a moment, and although it was distant, its appearance had still shaken the land and released an endless radiance, causing all the surrounding spiritual weapons to be drawn towards this place.
“Good fortune, truly good fortune!” the fat Daoist laughed, unable to conceal his happiness. Dropping Ye Fan, he very agilely soared towards the raining lights that were the spiritual weapons.
At that same time, many divine rainbows were coming over from all directions. The cultivators were all rus.h.i.+ng over here in order to meet the rain of lights.
“Ah…”
However, this wasn’t a free feast. The spiritual weapons were extremely fast, and their ferocity was matchless. Over a dozen people were directly pierced by them, leaving behind only bloodstains and a corpse.
The fat Daoist screamed miserably over and over, dodging and jumping around. A golden dagger had stabbed into his b.u.t.t, while a blood-red s.h.i.+eld was now held in his hand.
Although he was grimacing in pain, his body didn’t have any other wounds. He pulled out the golden dagger from his b.u.t.t, but no blood flowed and he was basically unharmed. “If the spiritual weapons don’t stop off their own accord, it’s difficult to stop them,” he said to himself.
Compared to others, he was actually quite lucky. The majority of the people that had rushed into the rain of weapons had all been pierced through and died miserable deaths.
The fat Daoist once more started chasing after the weapons. The other cultivators also used divine rainbows to chase after them, hoping to obtain some spiritual treasures.
Just at that moment, many more raining lights appeared. Some of them directly landed on the surrounding mountain peaks, and quite a few landed near Ye Fan. However, once he carefully checked what these things were, he immediately lost interest. Most of what flew over was just rubble that had exploded out when the Demon Emperor’s tomb had broken.
Quite a few cultivators had rushed over and searched through the mountain peaks, occasionally shooting a glance at Ye Fan.
Dong!
Just at this moment, another object once more fell from the sky, smas.h.i.+ng into the ground. Ye Fan had just picked it up when he was surrounded by many cultivators. This made him feel very depressed, as he hadn’t managed to make any gains today. Even if he were lucky enough to pick up a hundred spiritual weapons, he wouldn’t be able to keep again.
“Whoever wants it can take it.” He directly threw it onto the ground.
“A piece of green metal, who wants it?”
“I can’t believe I actually thought it was some treasure. It’s just a piece of useless metal.”
Although these cultivators spoke like this, they all picked it up and carefully examined it. Once they confirmed it was just a piece of useless copper, they threw it back to Ye Fan.
“You can just keep it.”
“Whose kid is this to actually run over here while so young? Do you not want your life?”
The cultivators left in disappointment towards the other mountains.
Ye Fan picked up that fist-sized flat piece of copper. Weighing it in his hand, he felt that it was extremely heavy, like it had come from a broken plate.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Another bunch of cultivators descended here, first carefully searching this mountain once before going over to Ye Fan and carefully using their divine sense to examine it. In the end, they threw it back to him and once more soared into the sky.
Just like this, over ten groups of cultivators came to this mountain, and almost everyone examined the useless copper in Ye Fan’s hands before once more throwing it back to him. Ye Fan truly was speechless. These people seemed to want to check over every inch of land, even carefully examining the green copper trash in his hand. It seemed like his hope of obtaining a spiritual weapon today would be extremely difficult.
In the end, the fat Daoist himself flew over with a great smile on his face. Apparently, he had made many gains.
“Oh, looks like this little friend is hiding something. Don’t run, let grandpa Daoist check it over to see if there’s another demon trying to inflict themselves upon you. If so, grandpa Daoist will help you.”
“This treasure I have in my hands is something I won’t give you no matter what.” Ye Fan put on a great act of protecting the useless copper within his chest.
When the fat Daoist heart this, his brows immediately raised in delight. “Looks like this poor Daoist truly does have karma with this little friend. I can help you subdue and cleanse a fourth demon.”
“Save it! Fine, if you want this treasure, then you must give me something in exchange.” Ye Fan reached out his hand. Although Ye Fan felt this fat Daoist was immoral and unpleasant, he wasn’t a vicious person who would just kill him on the spot, so he also wasn’t that afraid of him.
“We have repeatedly met; it seems we really are connected by karma. I’ll give a legendary treasure in exchange.” Saying this, he took out something from within his robes.
“Who has karma with you! If I never see you again, it’ll be too soon!” Seeing the jade pendant the fat Daoist had taken out, Ye Fan became even more indignant. This dull jade pendant, how could it be called a treasure? Even calling it jade was a stretch. It looked like just a broken piece of stone, and even a corner of it was missing!
Ye Fan simply threw it away, but he was blocked by the fat Daoist, who forced it into his robes, saying, “Keep it! This thing’s good; it might one day say your life.” He then very nimbly grabbed the piece of useless copper from him.
“What the f- this is the treasure you were talking about? It’s just a c.r.a.ppy piece of copper!” The fat Daoist glanced at Ye Fan, not being careless, he carefully and seriously examined it for over fifteen minutes, even using his divine sense to repeatedly look it over.
In the end, the fat Daoist threw it back to him in disappointment. “Looks like I was overthinking. It’s better if you keep this treasure.”
Ye Fan despised this shameless Daoist. He had never seen such a greedy person, who would even examine an old plate of copper for such a long time.
“Treasures that are covered by dust are often mistaken for trash by people, so I’ll keep it.” Ye Fan conveniently picked up the copper plate. Many cultivators had already examined it, so naturally he didn’t really believe it was a treasure. He just wanted to mock the shameless Daoist.
By now, he was no longer in the mood to stay within these ruins, so he started to leave.
The shameless Daoist didn’t stop him, constantly muttering, “Where did the Eastern Wastelands human race’s most precious treasure go…?” He clasped his hands behind his back as went back and worth over the mountains.
Ye Fan left the area, and in just a short time, there were no longer any cultivators around him. Using the mystical arts from the Dao Scripture, he quickly rushed out of the ruins.
His golden Sea of Bitterness overflowed with rays of golden light, nouris.h.i.+ng his entire body. His flesh, organs, and even his bones all felt full of energy, allowing him to travel very quickly.
“Huh?”
Just at this moment, Ye Fan was surprised to find that the useless copper was undergoing a bizarre transformation. The rust on it fell off, leaving it ancient, simple, and yet also imposing.
At a cursory look, it would still seem extremely ordinary, just like some broken plate. But with a careful examination, it seemed to possess an indescribable and ethereal charm, giving people a feeling of endless ancient simplicity and of a great many years pa.s.sing.
Using the mystical force of the Dao Scripture, faint traces of golden light flowed out of his hands and entered into the lump of copper. However, no matter how much divine energy he circulated out of his golden Sea of Bitterness, no change occurred to the green copper, simply appearing as simple and quiet as ever.
“It seems this thing isn’t actually that ordinary…”
Ye Fan placed the green copper back within his robes, no longer delving into it. He once more quickly rushed on. His golden Sea of Bitterness continued to unceasingly release golden light, supplying his body with a never-ending supply of Qi. His speed became faster and faster.
Suddenly, Ye Fan was startled to sense that the region under his navel had cooled down, as if something new had entered into his Sea of Bitterness. He hastily stopped and found that the green copper plate had disappeared from his robes. He immediately realized something and began to check his body’s interior.
“This…” The green copper had appeared within his Sea of Bitterness, quietly and motionlessly floating there like an ancient boulder, imposing and steady.
The soybean-sized golden Sea of Bitterness was like a bright full moon, hanging in the darkness. Other than the extremely minute golden single-page tome, there was now an additional ancient and simple piece of green copper. It took the center, pus.h.i.+ng the golden page away. Although the page was releasing ray after ray of bright lights, it wasn’t able to contest the green copper. It had no choice but to be pushed to the edge of the golden Sea of Bitterness.
“Just what could this golden copper be…?” Ye Fan was extremely startled. Carefully examining his golden Sea of Bitterness, he found that the ancient and simple green copper had many mysterious Dao Glyphs on it.