The White Jade Alchemy Furnace was no ordinary Treasured Artifact. If word of it got out, there would be serious trouble! After all, it was at least an Earth Immortal–level Treasured Artifact.
Just then, a thunderclap exploded across the sky. A Divine General stood atop the clouds with several hundred Heavenly Soldiers.
Their overwhelming Qiang, an almost impossible-to-face majesty, made it nearly impossible to stand, let alone raise their heads to look. The sailors and boatmen had long since fallen to their knees.
Tang Changsheng knew, of course, that this power and majesty did not belong to the Divine General himself. It represented the will and might of the Heavenly Court.
But the Divine General himself—
"I am a Patrolling Divine General. I received an alarm from your ship. Has there been an accident?" His voice boomed down like thunder.
Tang Changsheng's heart thudded. He could only hope Gu Junjie and the others would not speak carelessly and let slip anything about the White Jade Alchemy Furnace. This Treasured Artifact was far more than an Earth Immortal–level treasure: it did not belong to this world at all. If anyone spotted something amiss, Tang Changsheng would never be able to explain it!
He steadied himself and said, "We were attacked by many Sea Beasts just now. Even the Ship God was killed!"
The Guardian Divine General froze, seemingly unable to believe such a thing had happened. His eyes suddenly blazed as brightly as lamps, their light enveloping the entire ship.
Fortunately, the Divine General did not dare provoke Tang Changsheng and the other disciples taking part in the trial.
For all his imposing grandeur now, once Tang Changsheng and the others returned from the trial and became Yin God True Persons or Yang Spirit True Persons, they would immediately stand as