In the Bamboo Abode, master and disciple sat facing each other.
A speck of Starlight flickered in Daoyinzi's palm.
"This is a fragment of a Sea-Calming Pearl. The Creation Dao spared no expense on this ambush." Dao Yin studied the starlight in his hand and nodded. "Once I break the restrictions on it and refine it anew, I'll give it to you. I'll also give you several other Treasures. I'd meant to wait a few years, but now that you've been targeted, they can't wait."
Chen Cuo naturally would not refuse. He asked, "Master, may I ask what the Sea-Calming Pearls are?"
The name was hardly unfamiliar to him. In his Previous Life, he had known that those pearls were supposed to have gone to the Western Sect. How could there be a fragment in the Creation Dao's hands?
Dao Yin said, "The Sea-Calming Pearls are among the supreme treasures of Primordial Antiquity. There were twenty-four in all, but every one of them shattered. The Creation Dao obtained most of the fragments and refined them into quite a few Treasures. This Fixed-Light Star is one of them, and it ranks highly."
Chen Cuo fell into thought.
That did not match the legends. Could the War of Investiture of the Gods have unfolded very differently in this world?
Still, his Dao Attainment was nowhere near high enough to investigate that.
At least it explained the loss he had suffered today.
Great Hua Mountain had only a handful of people to begin with. Even counting the elders, they numbered fewer than twenty, yet their forebears had left behind a mighty reputation.
It was like a Dynasty run by a widow and her orphaned child, guarding a vast estate while a small horse pulled an enormous cart. Even with a peerless figure lending