Zhang Tianyu cried out and spread her hands in front of her eyes.
Chen Fan: "..."
Zhang Tianshou's eye twitched. Gritting her teeth, she said,
"Your fingers are spread wider than your eyes. What difference does it make whether you cover them or not?!"
"How can it be the same? Covering my eyes shows I don't want to interrupt my big sister's special moment.
"And so what if my fingers are spread wide? It's not like I did it on purpose!"
Zhang Tianyu tilted her head up with an innocent, sweet expression. Her childish words nearly sent Zhang Tianshou over the edge.
Seeing things take a turn for the worse, Zhang Tianyu hurriedly ducked behind Chen Fan and called out sweetly,
"Chen Fan, save me! I'm telling you, I found the person you asked me to look for!"
"Tianshou, don't start yet!"
Chen Fan grabbed Zhang Tianshou's wrist and looked intently at Zhang Tianyu.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course! I asked the Great Land God of Qingshi Town to keep a close eye on that disgusting wolf's place.
"Someone's been investigating those courtyards for the past two days. The Land God followed that guard and found the person.
"The Land God even heard his name: Wei Xuancheng. Yes, that's what he's called!"
"What? Are you sure the person who came was Wei Xuancheng?"
Delight appeared on Chen Fan's face. He had thought Li Shimin would send some random envoy.
He hadn't expected him to send the famous "Human Mirror" from history!
"That makes sense. It's only the Second Year of Zhenguan, so Wei Zheng hasn't risen very high in rank yet.
"Besides, people in this world live longer, and emperors live quite a bit longer, too.
"Wei Zheng's promotion might be even slower than it was in actual history!"
Chen Fan's eyes flickered. Naturally, he didn't say the last part aloud.
Zhang Tianyu, however, stared at him in surprise and exclaimed,
"What? You're saying that Wei Xuancheng is Wei Zheng?"
Zhang Tianyu's eyes widened like a goldfish's, and she looked ready to burst with anger.
Seeing her puffed-up expression, Chen Fan couldn't understand.
"You know Wei Zheng?"
Zhang Tianyu nodded, gritting her teeth.
"Not only do I know him, I have a grudge against him!"
"Then why didn't you know Wei Zheng's courtesy name was Xuancheng?
"Don't tell me you don't even know people have courtesy names. No way, no way!
"How can a proper young lady of the Zhang family be so ignorant?"
"You— Hmph! Big sister, look, he's picking on me!"
Zhang Tianyu darted over, grabbed Zhang Tianshou's arm, and clung to her coquettishly.
How was she supposed to know Wei Zheng's courtesy name after he descended to the mortal world?
Zhang Tianshou rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. She said helplessly,
"Why do you two always start bickering the moment you're together?"
Only then did Chen Fan rein in his usual manner. He coughed twice and said,
"Fine, I won't argue with an ignoramus. Come take a look at this treasure!"
Seeing Chen Fan change the subject, Zhang Tianshou shook her head helplessly.
Zhang Tianyu, though, was completely taken in. Her eyes lit up as she watched what Chen Fan was doing.
Chen Fan walked to the corner and pulled away the straw mat covering the object.
An invisible golden light rose up and swept through the entire courtyard.
Snap!
Bai Qianli looked stunned as the Light-Projection Spell before him wavered, then shattered.
But what shocked Bai Qianli wasn't that the Light-Projection Spell had broken.
After all, he'd cast it casually. Any ordinary True Immortal who noticed it could break it.
But even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal would have trouble detecting his Light-Projection Spell.
Yet what had he just seen?
"A Merit Sacred Artifact! It has to be something that appeared for the first time and benefits the development of humanity.
"Only then would it receive blessings from both Heaven and humanity and transform into a Merit Sacred Artifact."
But when he thought of how that Merit Sacred Artifact had been left lying so carelessly in the courtyard,
Bai Qianli could hardly believe it.
Someone had simply piled such a treasure to one side.
They'd casually thrown a straw mat over it and left it to gather dust!
"What a waste! What a waste!"
"Ah! You have another sacred artifact!"
Zhang Tianyu cried out. Chen Fan blinked in confusion and asked,
"A sacred artifact? What sacred artifact?"
"Nothing. My little sister is just surprised by how unusual this thing is. Ah Fan, what is it?
"It looks a little like a plow, but not quite!"
Seeing Zhang Tianshou change the subject, Chen Fan didn't press her.
He glanced at Zhang Tianyu and explained,
"That's right. This is the Qu Yuan Plow. I didn't dare take it out casually before.
"But now that Wei Zheng is here, it's time for it to make its debut!"
As if sensing Chen Fan's intentions, the Qu Yuan Plow's golden light suddenly blazed ten times brighter.
Wei Zheng had just learned the route to Zhao Family Village and was preparing to set out when his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Wei Zheng pressed a hand to his chest, shock showing in his eyes.
"A sudden feeling of foreboding. I wonder if this is a blessing or a calamity!"
The Jade Emperor Would Have to Step Aside When He Saw Me!
"Zhang Tianyu, why are you staring at my head?"
Chen Fan propped up the plow and was about to call for someone to help haul the Qu Yuan Plow outside.
Then he noticed Zhang Tianyu's bright eyes fixed on his forehead.
Only then did Zhang Tianyu come back to herself a little. Full of curiosity, she asked,
"Chen Fan, how does your brain work? How do you come up with so many things?"
Although Zhang Tianyu was naïve, she lived in the Heavenly Court and had absorbed plenty of knowledge just by being there. Her understanding was naturally far beyond ordinary people's.
How precious were Merit Sacred Artifacts?
Even the Human Race Holy Land, Huoyun Cave, enshrined only around a hundred of them.
Most had gradually lost their Golden Light of Merit over time as tools changed.
They could only serve as offerings, bearing witness to the history of humanity.
When a tool that had benefited humanity was no longer suited to its development,
the human fortune blessing it would gradually fade, and it would eventually become a Merit Spirit Treasure.
That was the biggest difference between a Merit Spirit Treasure and a Merit Sacred Artifact.
As long as a Merit Sacred Artifact continued to be used by humanity, an unending stream of merit and fortune would gather around it.
Not only would the sacred artifact grow stronger, but its owner would benefit greatly as well.
By now, Chen Fan had three Merit Sacred Artifacts that Zhang Tianyu knew of.
That was a number surpassed only by the Three Human Emperors, the Five Emperors, and those few Saints who looked down over the Primordial World.
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