Ruiyun's 'Cause'

Hearing the man call those five divine weapons immortal weapons, Kong Jiao's eyes lit up brilliantly. "They really are immortal artifacts!"

He had already been eighty percent certain that the divine weapons atop those spirit mountains were immortal artifacts.

Now that the man had confirmed it, the identities of those five divine weapons were beyond doubt.

As for the man's warning that only two of the immortal weapons could be moved, Kong Jiao simply overlooked it.

Immortal artifacts, like immortals themselves, had vanished without a trace for who knew how many years.

Kong Jiao was not greedy. He would be completely satisfied if he could take just one away—though preferably, one of those two would be that battle halberd.

But the man's next words directly poured a bucket of cold water over Kong Jiao's head.

"You cannot move the other two either. None but immortals can subdue them."

The man was clearly doing it on purpose—first giving Kong Jiao hope, then sending him plummeting from the clouds. The immense contrast seemed to make Kong Jiao's shoulders slump as he gave a bitter smile. "Sure enough, only immortals can subdue immortal artifacts."

Still, one of Kong Jiao's strengths was his open-mindedness and adaptability.

He gave up on the five immortal weapons and instead looked toward the spirit mountains where they stood.

Other than the immortal weapons, every spirit mountain in this Five Elements Grotto-Heaven contained spiritual treasures enough to drive Zao Xuan True Persons mad.

There were essences of heaven and earth, spirit medicines carpeting the mountains, magical artifacts scattered like beans, and countless ancient tomes and Dao arts.

"Looks like I can only set my sights on the spiritual treasures atop those five spirit mountains in this stroke of fortune."

Kong Jiao licked his lips.

The man before him had