Borrowing a Dharma Treasure!
Wow!
With a flick of his sleeve, the Patriarch Xuanji flung out the Duke Feather God.
"Hmm?" Duke Feather God stopped in mid-air, glanced around, and found himself inside a volcano, with a towering red-haired giant god-demon lying in the center of the lava below.
"We're safe now." Duke Feather God, who had been holding his breath, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had already recognized this place as the old lair of the Shaoyan Clan in the Chenyu Mountain Range of Eastern Mound Prefecture.
"Patriarch Xuanji, was this trip successful?" The red-haired giant god-demon, who had been lying in the lava with his eyes closed as if he were in his own bathtub, opened his eyes.
"Hmph." Patriarch Xuanji snorted coldly, and suddenly some starlight appeared in front of him.
The dazzling starlight connected with each other, condensing into a mysterious array in the air. Then, with a grim face, he stepped into the starlight array and disappeared.
"Looks like they've suffered a setback." The red-haired giant god-demon laughed. "The next patriarch of the Shaoyan Clan clan is dead, Patriarch Xuanji personally went to seek revenge, yet they still had to rely on the Great Teleportation Dao Talisman to escape back. What a joke."
"..." Duke Feather God frowned upon hearing this, but dared not speak.
Because he knew the identity of the god-demon before him. This god-demon's surname was ' Ba Huo '. He came from a powerful god-demon tribe in the era of gods and demons that could rival ' Zhurong Clan '. He was an ancient god-demon at the Void Return level.
It was only through the efforts of a brilliant ancestor of the Shaoyan Clan that this god-demon was subdued, but unfortunately, that ancestor perished countless years ago.
Although this demonic being now attached to the Shaoyan Clan, it only goes through the motions without contributing much, at most helping to guard its lair.
The red-haired giant god-demon was still muttering and chuckling to himself, Duke Feather God pretended not to hear and turned to fly out of the volcano.
Standing high in the sky, looking at the countless clansmen living in the Chenyu Mountain Range, Duke Feather God suddenly regretted following the orders of Patriarch Xuanji.
"If we hadn't targeted the Iron Ox Tribe, we wouldn't have provoked a peerless genius like Zhou Hao... Hopefully, Patriarch Xuanji can resolve this."
A deep sigh drifted away on the Suifeng, and the figure of the Duke Feather God disappeared from the crater.
Inside a hidden space deep beneath the Chenyu Mountain Range.
The Heavenly Immortal Xuanji emerged from the Starlight Array.
This is a huge cave with a diameter of about a thousand feet, surrounded by rocks and soil. Even if a celestial being were to use their spiritual sense to investigate, they would not be able to see anything unusual.
A stone disc, hundreds of feet in size, was embedded in the ground, with a scroll of stars floating above it, as if all the constellations in the sky were recorded.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it all!!!"
"If it weren't for wanting to leave behind the Celestial Star Chart, how could I allow a junior to humiliate me like this?!"
The eyes of the Heavenly Immortal Xuanji held madness and resentment.
This is a crucial location for the Shaoyan Clan, concerning the very foundation of their clan, and it absolutely cannot be lost.
Therefore, no matter what happens, there must be at least one celestial being guarding this place.
Previously, due to the death of Shaoyan Nong, Heavenly Immortal Xuanji, who was originally guarding this place, was eager for revenge and left behind his most important magic treasure to protect this place.
I had hoped that with my own strength and the magical artifact ' Star Mountain Stones ' I possessed, I could easily defeat even ordinary celestial beings.
Who would have thought...
"Zhou Hao's Second Primordial Spirit avatar is only Void Return Divine Demon. The strongest he can achieve in the Qi Refining path is only Earth Immortal of the Void Return. It will take hundreds of years to erase the divine soul imprint I left on the Star Mountain Stones."
Although she was seething with hatred, Heavenly Immortal Xuanji forced herself to remain calm and pondered how to deal with the situation.
The Celestial Star Chart and the 360 Star Mountain Stones are his most important magical treasures, which he has been refining since ancient times.
Now, Heavenly Immortal Xuanji is confident that even a celestial being of the same level would not be able to refine the mark he left in the magic weapon without decades of hard work using their immortal power to slowly wear it down.
There's still a chance.
"If Zhou Hao wants to suppress my Star Mountain Stones, he will definitely be unable to use his strange tree-shaped magic weapon."
"As long as I kill him, I can get my magic weapon back."
"Moreover, Zhou Hao's cultivation period was so short, yet he has already achieved such great strength. He must have been blessed with great fortune."
Although he was heartbroken by Shaoyan Nong's death, he knew that no matter how much he grieved, the dead could not be brought back to life.
But his set of magical treasures was worth nearly four low-grade pure Yang magical treasures, which was almost half of his life's savings.
"Xuanji."
A voice suddenly rang out, followed by the appearance of a burly man holding a large bell in one hand inside the cave.
"Golden Bell." Heavenly Immortal Xuanji forced a smile.
"What happened? Why did you summon me here in such a hurry?" the burly man asked with a smile.
"My most beloved junior, Shaoyan Nong, is dead..." Heavenly Immortal Xuanji briefly recounted what had happened. When she finished speaking, she was being chased by Zhou Hao at close range and had no choice but to abandon her immortal Immortal Mansion and escape using the Great Teleportation Dao Talisman. Moreover, she lost her magic treasure, the Star Mountain Stones. She was already gritting her teeth with resentment.
"Zhou Hao?" The burly man holding the large bell was taken aback. "I've seen that kid in the Earth Ruins Realm. Wasn't he supposed to only be at the fifteenth level of the Chiming Nine Heavens Map, merely comparable to Void Return Divine Demon? How could he have left you in such a sorry state, even losing your magic weapon?"
This burly man was also a Celestial Ancestor of the Shaoyan Clan, named ' Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal '. He was one of the three Celestial Immortals of the Shao Yan Clan that Zhou Hao had seen at the Third Prince's banquet when he first arrived in the Earth Ruins Realm.
The one appearing here at this moment is the true form of the Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal; his Second Primordial Spirit is still in the Earth Ruins Realm and has not yet returned.
"I was careless this time. I didn't expect that kid's Second Primordial Spirit clone to be so strong," Heavenly Immortal Xuanji said. "I summoned you here to ask you to guard the Bronze Furnace for me for a few years and to lend me your Golden Bell magic weapon. With your Golden Bell and my Celestial Star Chart, even if that kid is a monster, he's doomed."
Can you lend me your Golden Bell?
"Xuanji, guarding it for you is no problem. Not to mention a few years, even tens of thousands of years is a small matter. But I can't lend you the Golden Bell." The Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal shook his head. "As you know, this Golden Bell was brought by my Shaoyan Clan when we migrated from the ancient Pangu World to the Great Xia. It is a pure Yang-grade magic treasure that protects the clan. Even when my Second Primordial Spirit went out to explore, I didn't dare to take it out casually, for fear of losing it by accident."
"I won't take it out of this Great World; I'll only use it to deal with Zhou Hao." Heavenly Immortal Xuanji gritted his teeth. "If you lend it to me, I'll return an extra top-grade Celestial-level magic treasure after the matter is settled."
A top-grade immortal magic weapon?
It has to be said that Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal was somewhat tempted.
Within the Xia Clan Great World, dangers and accidents are all manageable.
After all, the Shaoyan Clan migrated to the Great Xia World after the ancient Pangu World shattered, and was one of the earliest tribes to follow and assist the Xia Emperor in conquering the world. Even the Great Xia Dynasty had to give the Shaoyan Clan enough face.
Moreover, as the Great World where the lair is located, several Celestial Immortal Ancestors can be dispatched to provide assistance at any time. With the strength of Heavenly Immortal Xuanji, who is most proficient in the Starlight Domain, he can easily save his life even when facing a Celestial Immortal at the peak or a half-step Pure Yang realm. There is indeed nothing to worry about.
"Okay, you said it."
Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal tossed the large bell in her hand to Heavenly Immortal Xuanji.
"I will teach you how to control it. Although you won't be able to use it as effortlessly as I can, it will be enough to deal with a Void Return Divine Demon," said Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal confidently.
The spiritual power of a pure Yang grade magic weapon is so great that it is almost comparable to that of an innate spiritual treasure. As long as the Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal does not withdraw his divine soul imprint, with the magic weapon's spirit present, even a top-tier Celestial Immortal or a half-step pure Yang cultivator would not be able to forcibly refine it.
This is also the source of Golden Bell Heavenly Immortal's confidence in lending out his magic weapon.
"Good." Heavenly Immortal Xuanji was overjoyed.
This Golden Bell is a pure Yang-grade magic treasure. Its power is so great that even celestial immortals dare not withstand it head-on, and even Void Return Divine Demon would die if they resisted it.
"As long as Zhou Hao leaves the city, he's doomed." Heavenly Immortal Xuanji's eyes were filled with cold light.
His only worry was that Zhou Hao would hide inside the city and refuse to come out.
However, for the sake of his magical artifact, even spending decades would be worthwhile.
Celestial beings have incredibly long lifespans, so they naturally have no shortage of patience.
He simply couldn't believe that Zhou Hao, with such a short period of cultivation, would stay hidden in the city and never venture out to hone his skills.
With the connection and sensing between the Star Mountain Stones, no matter where Zhou Hao hides in this vast world, he cannot escape my senses.
Wow~~~
The star chart in the sky transformed into a stream of light, enveloping the Heavenly Immortal Xuanji. Then, with a ripple in the space, it vanished from the cave.
First update.