Chapter 34: The Battle for the Divine Treasure
In the middle of the night, Cinnan stumbled back to the inn, the Water Monster's powerful swipes had really injured him, after entering the room, he began to meditate and regulate his breathing, only when the light of the day was about to dawn did he collect his energy and get up.
Although his injuries were not completely healed, they were mostly healed, and his chest and abdomen were no longer as painful as they were at first, so he collapsed on the bed and fell into a fitful sleep under his fatigue.
When Chen Nan opened his eyes again it was already past noon, he went down to the ground to wash up and then once again applied his energy to regulate his breathing for a while, after a long time he opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"I didn't think that the bottom of the lake would be so dangerous, there are actually fierce monsters, it's just that there are spirit beasts guarding the ginsengs and immortal grasses, but there are also monsters beside the dead things such as the divine bones and precious jades, it's really not heavenly".
He took off the jade ruyi on his neck and held it in his palm for a closer look, the small and delicate jade ruyi was crystal clear and exquisite. At the end of its handle there was a tiny hole through which a transparent silk thread passed, making it a pendant ornament that could be carried around.
"It's really an extremely precious jade ah how can it be exchanged for tens of thousands of gold coins when you don't have any money to spend, right?"
If this was heard by the old man of the jade line, he would have to be pissed off, such a beautiful jade is absolutely priceless in the eyes of the connoisseur.
"This is a treasure for which two ancient gods died together, but I don't see any peculiarities in this Jade Ruyi," Tatsunami flipped it over and looked at it, and apart from affirming that it was a treasure amongst jades, he didn't find any mysterious features in it.
"The thing that can be seen by God is never extraordinary, but what is so strange about it, this transparent silk thread is also strange, actually soaked in water for thousands of years without rotting, strange thing" he pinched the silk thread with both hands and tried to add a little bit of force, the silk thread did not have the slightest change during the process, and in the end, he operated the Xuan Gong and tore hard to tear it off but also failed to tear the silk thread off.
"Oh my goodness, even this silk thread is a treasure," he said. When Chen Nan clutched the jade ruyi in his hand and gripped it a little harder, a holy light suddenly came out from between his fingers, which really startled him, he hurriedly let go of his hand, and the jade ruyi returned to its original form after falling down on the bed.
Chen Nan tried to hold it in his hand again, this time he increased his strength little by little, a little light appeared from between his fingers, at the same time, he felt that the strength in his hand was being sucked away by the Jade Ruyi.
When he was running his whole body power to hold tightly to the jade, the light in the room is very big, his palm is like a small round of sun. At the same time, he felt that his whole body's power was like a tidal wave surging towards the jade, he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly stopped the operation of his Xuan Gong.
He was shocked and stopped the operation of Xuan Gong in a hurry. "It's really a strange jade, actually able to absorb people's power" At this time, he was already sure that Linglong's jade was by no means an extraordinary thing. He then studied it for half a day, but found no other peculiarities.
"Strange, last night even though so far away from each other, I have sensed a call, now close at hand why I do not have the slightest feeling it".
Chen Nan had already vaguely guessed last night that it might be due to the fact that he had been resurrected from the ancient God and Demon graveyard, his body was more or less tainted with some of the aura left behind by the Gods and Demons, and thus he was able to sense each other with the Jade Ruin left behind by the Ancient God.
He had always suspected and guessed the reason why he was able to be resurrected, so he wanted to find out everything about the Ancient God. But at this time, no matter how he sensed with his heart, there was no longer the slightest fluctuation coming out of the Jade Ruin, and there was no longer the intermittent call from last night.
Recalling last night's experience, Chen Nan was confused, when he let go of his mind, he vaguely seemed to have heard a woman's cry, her voice was intermittent.
He vaguely remembered something like, "I want to see the light of day again".
Chen Nan looked at the Jade Ruin, a look of astonishment flashed on his face, he could no longer be sure if it was his hallucination or if he had really heard a woman's voice.
At the very center of the Divine Battle Ruins, the previously dry lake valley swirled with blue water overnight. This news quickly spread back to Sin City, and the whole city was in an uproar, not only did all the cultivators in the city rush there, even many commoners couldn't help but be curious and rushed there to watch the 'miracle'.
The Divine Wind Academy had also deployed a large number of experts, wanting to gain something from the Divine Battle Ruins.
After eating Chen Nan came to a teahouse and opened an elegant room, lying down on a rattan chair and squinting his eyes comfortably, he quietly listened to the conversation of those tea drinkers outside the elegant room.
South to north, the wind blows, this kind of place is the most well-informed, the big and small things in Sin City will be the first time to spread here.
"Do you guys know, a big event happened in that Ancient God Battlefield fifty miles north of the city, the dried up lake valley turned into a water swamp overnight."
"I learned about it early in the morning, this news is outdated, I also know that there is a water monster in that lake."
"What's going on? Tell me."
"There's not only a water monster, but also the left hand of an ancient god."
"Hey, I told you to tell us, but you've whetted our appetite. Tell us."
"I have a brother who came back from the ruins of the God's War, he said that the pot is about to boil over there, and that the bottom of the newly appeared small lake is glittering with light, which is presumed to be the left hand of the ancient god and the unknown mysterious treasures. Many people scrambled to jump in, but none were able to surface again."
"Oh, what happened?"
"Those people were all eaten by the water monster, a horrible water monster with a snake's body, a fish's tail and a unicorn's head, each of which is three feet long and as thin as a bucket, and when it opens its bloody mouth, it can even swallow a pig or a goat, which is horrible to think about."
"No one can deal with it."
"Those practitioners may be strong on land, but when they are in the water, their hands are tied and they can't utilize their skills. Besides, the water monster is not an idle thing, it has infinite strength and is as ferocious as a snake, and it can also discharge electricity, which is unavoidable in the water, and many practitioners who jumped into the lake were first stunned and then devoured by the water monster."
"What a scary water monster."
"Yes, we have only killed six water monsters so far, but there are so many water monsters in the lake that it seems as if we can't kill them all."
"How could there be so many water monsters? Did that little lake really appear out of nowhere?"
"Of course not, according to the experts at the scene, the original valley was probably an underground lake underneath, and this time the valley collapsed exposing the underground lake. The underground lake is connected to the river not far away by a dark tunnel, and it's very likely that those water monsters have been diving in from the river for thousands of years, using it as a lair."
"Terrible."
After this group of people left, it didn't take long for another group of tea drinkers to come, and all of them were talking about that small lake that had appeared overnight.
Tatsuo Nan learned the latest news from these people's mouths, and he was well aware of the slightest change in the Divine Battle Ruins.
From those people's conversations, it could be heard that it wasn't that no one had been able to dive into the bottom of the lake to take out the divine bones and mysterious treasures, it was just that all of them were waiting and watching, fearing that they would be besieged by others after they succeeded in taking out the treasures by fighting the water monster and failing in their endeavors.
Later a few batch of tea guests passed the news and the first few batch of people are almost the same, and not much difference, until the sun is about to go down at the time, only to burst out a shocking news: a few dragon knights joined hands to kill a dozen of water monsters, and then seven powerful magicians joined hands to cast a powerful magic, will be the small lake completely frozen, every drop of water into ice, will be all the living creatures in the lake are frozen.
This was undoubtedly a shocking news, seven powerful magicians combined their efforts to kill all the water monsters, causing all the cultivators surrounding the small lake to be excited, which was equal to breaking the biggest obstacle to obtaining the left hand of God and the mysterious treasure.
Frozen the whole lake whether in the eyes of ordinary people or in the eyes of the cultivators is a feat, of course the seven magicians also paid a terrible price for this, they exhausted all the magic power, a short period of time can not strike again, so that the lake can not be quickly unsealed.
Although there were still quite a few powerful magicians in the crowd, everyone was watching, none of them went forward, in fact all of them were accumulating strength, waiting for the lake to thaw, and then grabbing the mysterious objects left behind by the ancient gods. It could be predicted that a chaotic battle was inevitable
After hearing that the seven magicians had cast a powerful spell, Chen Nan was taken aback and secretly marveled that the magic was indeed unique.
He left the teahouse after dark and returned to the inn, according to his guess, even though it was now a hot summer day, it was unlikely that the small lake that had been frozen into ice cubes would melt in a short period of time.
This night Chen Nan had been running his Xuan Gong to heal his injuries, and when he finally wrapped it up he was basically cured, and he secretly rejoiced at the wonders of his family's Xuan Gong. Back then, he had asked Chen Zhan more than once about the name of this technique, and although Chen Zhan knew everything about him in terms of martial arts, he did not disclose the name of this set of techniques in the slightest, causing him to still not know what he was practicing.
The next day, Sin City was abuzz with an even more shocking piece of news being spread around the city:
Numerous cultivators from yesterday's daytime until late at night, finally waited for the solid ice to dissolve, countless people jumped into the lake frantically scrambling for the mysterious treasures left behind by the Ancient God, but the crowd only found the Ancient God's severed left hand, and didn't find any other special things.
And then the crowd suspected each other and finally fought, blood dyed the lake red, countless people died, and there was chaos by the small lake, the fight never stopped.
When Chen Nan heard about it, he slowly rushed towards there. If anyone knew that this fellow had long since incorporated the treasures that the Ancient Gods had fought over into his arms, I'm afraid that he would have long since been caught up in an endless pursuit.
From afar, a dozen flying dragon knights were mingling above the small lake, and there were several sub-dragon knights and giant dragon knights eyeing and guarding at the side. The huge giant dragons were like a few dark clouds, covering the sun in the sky, making it intimidating.
The ground was even more lively, swords, sword shadows, lightning, flames there were magicians, there were martial artists, all of them were fighting in a big way, the scene was chaotic
Hundreds of people were in the melee, thousands of people were watching, dozens of injured people were lying on the ground constantly wailing, nearly a hundred corpses were floating in the small lake, the water in the lake had already turned scarlet red, the scene was not to the point of losing control, but it was still tragic enough.
Thousands of years ago, two ancient gods fought and died together in order to compete for the mysterious treasure, and thousands of years later, the mysterious treasure once again caused countless cultivators to fight for it.
The sounds of shouting and killing, weapons colliding, and dragon whistles mingled deafeningly.
Chaos.
Sin comes from, if everyone could restrain their evil thoughts, there wouldn't be so many tragic things happening in this world. But unfortunately everyone in the field was filled with greed in their hearts, all suspecting that the other party had gotten the treasures left behind by the Ancient God, and all wanted to keep them for themselves.
As the scene was about to get out of control, and thousands of onlookers were about to join in the bloodshed, a huge dragon whistle came from the distance, the sound like rolling heavenly thunder, stirring in the sky above the Divine Battle Ruins.
A dozen second-order flying dragon knights who were fighting in the air suddenly changed their faces at the sound, and the flying dragons they were sitting on were scared out of control and fled in panic. The seven third-order sub-dragon knights and five fourth-order dragon knights who were watching the battle from the side also changed color at the same time, and the dragons they were sitting on also showed a terrified look.
The martial artists and magicians on the ground were also shocked, this huge dragon's whistle caused everyone to have a chill, people coincidentally looked towards the direction where the dragon's whistle was emitted, and the chaotic scene temporarily quieted down.
Everyone in the field already understood that the dragon whistle was not from a dragon below the fourth level.
All the dragons returned to normal until the loud dragon roar stopped, and the name "Holy Dragon" flashed through everyone's mind, only a fifth-ranked Holy Dragon could cause all the dragons to feel fear. Undoubtedly, there was a Holy Dragon Knight in the distance, a peerless powerhouse!
In a sense, a Dragon Knight was a combatant among cultivators, and in a confrontation between cultivators of the same rank, it held a great advantage.
The mount of a Dragon Knight was of the same rank as the Dragon Knight, which was equal to the combination of two powerful people. Of course, after the dragon was tamed, it was mainly used as a mount to assist the dragon rider in battle, and was not able to fully utilize its strength. However, even if such a combination could not achieve the superposition of the two strengths, it would still be higher than the combat power of other cultivators of the same rank.
Generally speaking, in a confrontation between cultivators of the same class, three Dragon Knights would be able to withstand four cultivators of other classes. Of course, nothing was absolute, and there were many instances of Dragon Knights losing big in a confrontation between cultivators of the same class.
Based on the above reasons, how could the crowd not be alarmed when they guessed that there was a Holy Dragon Knight in the distance, it was definitely a super powerful and terrifying existence, the best of the best.
The crowd was alarmed at the same time, but also in secret expectation, after all, the Holy Dragon Knight as rare as a phoenix feather, almost everyone has only heard, never seen, everyone wants to see beyond the dragon of the Holy Dragon.
At this moment, Chen Nan's heart was also filled with longing, desperately wanting to see the Holy Dragon of the West.
However, after an earth-shattering dragon roar came from the distance, there was no more movement.
Just as the scene was about to become tumultuous again, three silhouettes appeared in the distant air, three magicians quickly flew towards this place at a staggering speed.
The three magicians were all in their fifties, all three were wearing orthodox magical robes, and each of them had four golden stripes embroidered on their sleeves, which signified that the Magic Guild recognized that they had already reached the realm of fourth-ranked grand magicians.
The three fourth-ranked powerhouses with terrifying strength stood together, invariably giving off a pressure, one of them said, "Fellow heroes and friends, please allow me to introduce myself, the three of us are the teachers of the Divine Wind Academy, and we are here only to advise you to stop fighting, so as not to cause any more casualties."
Someone in the crowd snorted: "Stop when you say stop, this is a world where strength speaks for itself, although the three of you are already fourth-ranked experts, there are far more than three fourth-ranked experts here, there are five fourth-ranked Dragon Riders alone.
A magician said: "The three of us are indeed not enough, but I think it would be enough if that Holy Dragon Knight stood up and spoke just now.
The crowd was in an uproar, no one thought that the Holy Dragon Knight was from the Divine Wind Academy, and the crowd couldn't help but marvel at the fact that the thousand year old academy really did have hidden dragons and crouching tigers!
While the crowd was sighing, an old man with wide clothes and long sleeves came from the distance with his feet on a flying sword, breaking through the air. The old man was as immortal as a man of the gods, with a crane's hair and a child's face.
The crowd was once again shocked, the person who came was actually the most mysterious cultivator amongst the cultivators, and was a cultivator who had reached the fifth level of the YuanYing realm, a supreme expert!
In just a few moments of work, two great masters had appeared in this Divine War Ruins, everyone's hearts were filled with shock.
Chen Nan had already recognized the old man flying in the air with a sword, that day when the Divine Wind Academy admitted the new students, this worldly expert had made a stunning appearance in the third level of the test.
Flying close to the front, the old man who resembled a god stood with his feet on the flying sword and stood in the air, he smiled faintly and said, "That old dragon let me rush back, he is too grumpy, he will only do bad things and not make things happen."
Of course the crowd understood who the old dragon was referring to in the old man's mouth, I'm afraid that only a supreme expert of his cultivation would dare to jokingly refer to the Holy Dragon Knight in such a manner.
The three fourth-ranked magicians from the Divine Wind Academy appeared respectful and floated behind the old man.
"My friends, the old man has come here with no ill intent, he only wishes to ask the heroes to stop, the Divine Wind Academy does not wish to see major bloodshed in the vicinity of the City of Freedom."
The same meaning was uttered by a supreme expert, the effect was completely different, this time no one voiced their dissatisfaction, even those fourth-ranked powerhouses in the crowd didn't utter a word.
It is rumored that there are a lot of unknown experts in the Divine Wind Academy, and now that there are already two great masters, who knows if there is a third or a fourth?
The old man said, "Who wouldn't be tempted by the mysterious objects left behind by the Ancient Gods, but who among you has seen that Ancient God's Relic Treasure?"
The crowd was speechless.
"Everyone is suspicious of each other, everyone thinks that the other side has got the divine treasure, but who has seen it no one has fought like this, what can be the result thousands of people will only be killed or injured more than half of them, and those who are lucky to survive will be empty in the end, and will not be able to get anything".
The crowd was silent for a while.
"Those who have entered the lake to look for the ancient god's treasure, I am afraid that they have all been confused, and they have all enjoyed the treatment of searching, since there is no discovery, why do we still need to fight? Why do we still need to suspect each other?"
There was silence in the arena.
"Sheepskin scrolls recorded, two ancient gods once in this mountain range miserable battle, an ancient god's left hand was cut off, the broken god hand holding a shiny unknown object fell into the mountains, and finally the two ancient gods exploded body, die together. It has been thousands of years, who can guarantee that the ancient god's left hand and that piece of relics are always together without a doubt, not far from the river and the underground lake has a culvert connection, the ancient god's left hand must be through the culvert washed into the underground lake, but who can guarantee that piece of divine treasure was also washed in maybe long ago by the river washed elsewhere.
After the silence, the crowd murmured, and then some people began to leave!
The supreme powerhouses who had reached the fifth stage realm patiently persuaded the thousands of cultivators, and more and more people left, with fewer and fewer people on the scene. Reality was cruel, no matter when or where, strength represented everything. The same words, the fourth-order strong man said out of the effect is not good, but after the fifth-order absolute master patiently said but reached a completely different effect.
In the end, thousands of people gradually dispersed, and a crisis was thus resolved as the old man rode away with his sword, followed closely by the three magicians.
Only when everyone had left did Chen Nan slowly walk towards Sin City. What he had seen and heard today was not a small impact on him, magicians, dragon knights, and monks came and went freely in the sky and underground, compared to that, the Eastern martial artists seemed to be a bit weaker.
He sighed: "If the oriental martial artists can fly, why would they be afraid of the other types of cultivators".
"Young man, don't be discouraged." A soft and gentle voice sounded behind him.
Chen Nan was startled and hurriedly turned around to watch, his heart jumped, the visitor was clearly the old demon.
The newborn old monster seemed to be a monk, with an ethereal and dusty temperament, he said with his hands behind his back, "Oriental martial artists are never worse than other types of cultivators, do you still remember the ancient tomb in the Chudu Palace, the master of that generation? He is a mortal body, but his hands only to destroy the Immortals, there are a few in the world to do it".
Chen Nan said: "I know that after martial artists cultivate to a certain realm, they are also able to fly in the air, no matter from that aspect, it will not be weaker than other types of cultivators, just now there are just some emotions."
The old monster nodded and said: "Do you know what the greatest masters among all types of cultivators are most afraid of meeting?
"I don't know."
"They are most afraid of meeting a supreme expert amongst Eastern martial artists."
Chen Nan was shocked and said, "Why?"
"This is what practitioners of all types have learned from countless classic battles in the past, but in all battles where Eastern masters are involved, other practitioners are rarely able to win. When Eastern martial artists reach a certain realm, they are all able to cultivate some special aptitude, you will naturally understand if you are able to reach that realm."
Chen Nan of course knew that there would be some great aptitudes that would accompany martial artists after they had cultivated to the highest realm, however, he did not know much about those legendary aptitudes, and only knew some secret stories such as the Heaven's Eyes. He asked, "Why do many people think that Eastern martial arts have gradually declined?"
"The masters of the Oriental martial arts practitioners were too low profile, which naturally made people misunderstand that the Oriental martial arts were gradually declining. In fact, there are many amazing people in some ancient sects, if these people jump out, hehehehe"
Chen Nan was convinced of his words, because the old demon himself was such a person, maybe he used to be powerful when he was young, but I'm afraid no one remembers him now.
