Green Lotus Treasured Banner!
Nine-Ringed Staff!
Purifying Water Bowl!
As Hongjun's voice fell, the three spiritual treasures immediately appeared, hovering before Jie Yin and Zhun Ti.
Only then did Chen Ku fall silent.
Was it really just these three spiritual treasures?
Not only were there fewer of them,
but compared to the gains of the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the others, the grade of these treasures was vastly inferior.
Of the three, only the Green Lotus Treasured Banner was a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, making it relatively rare.
Still, gaining something was better than gaining nothing.
Chen Ku also knew that if he continued to play the victim and complain, he would overdo it and provoke Hongjun's displeasure.
Thus, Chen Ku gave an awkward smile.
"Then I thank Patriarch!"
Hongjun's face darkened.
You brat, you changed your expression quickly enough.
Meanwhile, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti accepted the three spiritual treasures and thanked Dao Ancestor Hongjun, then looked at Chen Ku with broad smiles.
"Hehe, worthy of being my disciple. Well done!"
Jie Yin praised him through a secret divine sense transmission.
As Chen Ku stopped his "Bitter Dao," the great powers present gradually came back to their senses.
Seeing Jie Yin and Zhun Ti smiling in satisfaction, along with Chen Ku's triumphant expression, everyone looked at one another in utter disbelief.
Damn it... playing the victim actually worked?!
As long as one knelt and cried out their grievances, could they move the Dao Ancestor to pity and receive treasures from him?
Even they themselves had not realized why they had unconsciously begun to sympathize with Chen Ku earlier.
At that thought, how could anyone spare time to think further?
"Dao Ancestor, please see clearly! We too have suffered beyond measure. We beg the Dao Ancestor to bestow blessings upon us."
"Dao Ancestor above, the living beings of our clans remember the Dao Ancestor's merits every day."
"We beg the Dao Ancestor to bestow treasures upon us..."
For a time, no one mocked Chen Ku and the others any longer. Instead, they all began following his example.
Within the Purple Cloud Palace, cries and pleas rang out everywhere, creating quite the lively spectacle!
Moreover, as if afraid that they would fail to move Dao Ancestor Hongjun and miss out on the treasures, each of them cried more miserably than the last.
Their performances were so exquisite that even Chen Ku could not help but sigh inwardly. They were incredible!
At the same time, he could not help but sneer to himself.
Had these great powers not been mocking him just moments ago?!
The facts showed that once they saw benefits great enough, so-called dignity and prestige were nothing more than things to be casually discarded.
These great powers were even more "thick-skinned" than Chen Ku.
Watching the scene before him, Hongjun furrowed his brows slightly.
He cast Chen Ku an annoyed glance, clearly blaming him for causing all this.
Yet Chen Ku did not care in the slightest.
He knew that the Treasure Distribution Rock distributing treasures was something bound to happen.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun's feigned hesitation now was merely meant to make everyone more grateful and accumulate karmic fortune and merit.
In other words, Chen Ku had instead handed Dao Ancestor Hongjun a convenient excuse to distribute the treasures.
Therefore, Chen Ku looked entirely justified and paid no heed to Hongjun's gaze.
After pondering for a moment, Hongjun sighed.
"So be it!"
"I am about to merge with the Dao. Spiritual treasures and such are of no use to me now."
"Today, I shall place them all upon the Treasure Distribution Rock. Each of you may rely on your own fortune and take your share."
As he spoke, Hongjun flicked his sleeve again, and a divine radiance that blotted out the sky descended directly outside the Purple Cloud Palace.
It was the Treasure Distribution Rock!
Seeing this scene, Chen Ku could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.
It was here, it was here!
The Treasure Distribution Rock was finally distributing treasures, just as expected!
He had long anticipated this.
And without exaggeration, the opportunity presented by the Treasure Distribution Rock's distribution of treasures was no less immense than a Saint's sermon.
"Thank you for your grace, Dao Ancestor. This junior offers his respects!"
While everyone else was still dazed, overwhelmed by shock and astonishment, Chen Ku immediately bowed in salute.
Before his words had even finished, he sprang away. Empowered by his movement divine power, he flew straight out of the Purple Cloud Palace.
As he unleashed Star Chasing Moon Grasping, Chen Ku vanished in a flash, his speed unbelievably swift.
For a moment, the great powers were all stunned and shocked!
"Th-that speed is incredible!"
"Is that brat truly only a Grand Luo Golden Immortal?!"
"Even we quasi-Saints may not possess such extreme speed."
"Could it be... that brat has mastered Space Divine Power?!"
Everyone muttered instinctively, their hearts trembling violently.
Only Space Divine Power could make even quasi-Saints feel inferior.
Yet before they could continue marveling,
"What are you all standing around for?"
"Distributing the treasures is what matters most right now!"
That shout instantly jolted everyone awake.
Before the voice had faded, several more figures shot up and rushed outside the Purple Cloud Palace.
Seeing this, the other great powers also snapped awake and hurriedly charged out of the Purple Cloud Palace, hoping to seize higher-grade treasures.
The moment they emerged from the Purple Cloud Palace, they saw that the so-called Treasure Distribution Rock stretched across the void, boundless and endless.
It was like a heavenly abyss tens of thousands of feet deep.
Strands of spiritual light flickered within it, dazzling and brilliant, containing countless spiritual treasures.
Every spiritual treasure was restrained by the power of restrictions. Only by breaking them could one obtain the treasures.
Chen Ku was somewhat dumbfounded at the sight.
Looking over it all, there were not ten thousand treasures on the Treasure Distribution Rock, but at least several thousand.
Their grades also varied greatly.
If he only obtained some low-grade treasures, would that not be a waste of such an excellent opportunity?
Chen Ku's goal was the top-tier spiritual treasures among them.
As he looked around, Chen Ku suddenly moved. He saw that the two attendants who served Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Haotian and Yaochi, were already standing beneath the Treasure Distribution Rock.
Chen Ku's eyes immediately lit up!
He might not know where the top-tier spiritual treasures were, but could Haotian and Yaochi, who had served Dao Ancestor Hongjun for countless years, possibly not know?!
With that thought, his eyes shifted, and he slowly descended before Yaochi.
"Bitter... so bitter..."
"Alas, the Western lands are poor in opportunities and shallow in fortune. Countless living beings seek a way out, yet find nothing."
"This poor Daoist wishes to restore the West and bring blessings to countless living beings."
Chen Ku shook his head and sighed, wearing an expression of profound grief and boundless sorrow.
His appearance made Yaochi unable to resist glancing sideways, her gaze settling upon Chen Ku.
At that moment, Chen Ku abruptly changed his tone and said to Yaochi:
"May I ask Sister Yaochi, could you offer this poor Daoist a little guidance..."
"Where on the Treasure Distribution Rock are all the good treasures located?!"
Chen Ku wore a faint smile, yet his expression was serious and incomparably sincere.
As the saying went, one did not strike a smiling face. Besides, what was pride worth compared to spiritual treasures?!
Caught off guard by Chen Ku's sudden question, Yaochi froze, her face full of bewilderment.
Only afterward did Yaochi react.
Her expression turned hesitant and conflicted, as though she were considering something.
Yet a trace of reluctance also flickered in her somewhat innocent, worldly-unaware eyes.
After a moment, she timidly extended a finger and pointed Chen Ku in a direction.
Chen Ku was overjoyed and had no time to say anything more.
Leaving behind only, "Thank you, Sister Yaochi," he shot into the distance like lightning.
Yaochi stood frozen in place. Even after Chen Ku's figure vanished from her sight, she remained in a daze, unable to quite process what had happened.
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