Chapter 96: Six Choices, Choose One

  "As for the final reward, I can tell you a little something!"

  The true dragon's lingering soul seemed to have fallen into a reverie, as if lost in thought.

  "These things are all obtained at the cost of nine deaths and one life, among which the worst is also a top-grade immortal artifact, and in the immortal world, it is also a rare treasure!"

  He paused for a moment, and a hint of melancholy appeared on his face.

  "One of them is what I've been striving for, and because of it, I've become like this, leaving behind only a residual soul. I hope my juniors can surpass me and pursue that..."

  The remnant soul revealed a hint of bitter smile, no longer speaking, as if he didn't have much hope for Wang Chen and the others to meet his expectations either.

  Wang Chen was confused and didn't know what was going on, but it was clear that the secrets involved were shocking, even the cultivators in the immortal realm were pursuing the same goal.

  Suppressing these doubts, Wang Chen stared at the middle-aged residual soul, the meaning was very clear.

  Middle-aged residual soul, hehe smiled, the palace around actually slowly brightened, a altar actually appeared.

  One, two... Wang Chen counted them and found a total of one altar.

  The altar is square, simple and mysterious, with floral patterns engraved on it. Before this, Wang Chen had also seen the ancient flower patterns, such as those in the Luoyun Sect's inheritance site and the carvings in the Dragon Valley Palace.

  But these patterns are even more mysterious. There is even a fluctuation of spiritual energy on top, obviously not just for decoration purposes, and they are different from the array talismans that Wang Chen has seen before.

  Simpler and clearer, yet seemingly carved with the grandeur of the universe, its power is unfathomable!

  The altar is made of unknown materials and emits a strange glow, either red or yellow.

  On each of the altars, there was an object. Five of them were empty, presumably already taken away. The remaining six objects floated quietly in the center of their respective altars, and although they did not emit any aura, the power and rarity of these objects were beyond doubt!

  A small tripod, a small bead, a long sword, a black light group, an inexplicable object similar to a talisman, and a small arrow. The six objects each have a divine aura, all of which are extraordinary things.

  The Xianjian should be an offensive Xianqi, while the small Ding and Yuanzhu are likely to be special-effect Xianqi.

  As for the spindle-shaped items, it's hard to say, maybe they're attack-type magic artifacts or maybe they're special magic artifacts with spatial abilities.

  Among the six rewards, only the black light mass and the unknown object similar to a seal are difficult to infer.

  The black light sphere is likely some kind of divine artifact.

  Needless to say, this divine ability is extremely powerful and even immortals covet it.

  But Wang Chen twitched his mouth and shifted his gaze, first abandoning this divine ability. Divine abilities aren't the more the better, suitable ones are the best!

  As for the items similar to the symbol, they carried an inexplicable aura, and this aura was even stronger than any other aura Wang Chen had seen before. The Tai Xuan aura on Gao Xuan Ye's body and the Cang Hua aura on his own body were inferior to it!

  Wang Chen rubbed his chin in distress, for the first time he was worried because there were too many good things to choose from. After thinking for a moment, Wang Chen had an idea.

  "Senior, I don't know how to use these magical instruments according to my current cultivation level!"

  Wang Chen asked cautiously, a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth. This true dragon remnant should be very clear about these things.

  The middle-aged man glanced at Wang Chen and pointed to several altars:

  "This divine artifact on top, with your current cultivation, you naturally can't use it. However, a seal has already been placed on it, and for now, it's just a precious artifact. As your cultivation increases, the seal will gradually be lifted!"

  The middle-aged man pointed at two others and said

  "As for these two special things, one will be sealed within the body of the successor until their cultivation reaches a certain level, while the other can be used by you now but will become unusable when your cultivation is higher!"

  "One sealed, one can be used now?"

  Wang Chen pondered the information in the middle-aged residual soul painting, and his mind gradually cleared up.

  "This cluster of black light doesn't need to be said, it's an unknown divine ability. After choosing it, I estimate it will be sealed within my body and won't be usable for a very long time!"

  Divine abilities are not something that low-level cultivators can cultivate, and it's often the case that low-level cultivators envy the broad divine abilities of Nascent Soul stage cultivators, but that's just exaggeration!

  According to some jade slips of the ancient times, cultivators only have the qualification to condense lower-grade divine abilities after reaching the stage of separating gods. Most cultivators start condensing their own divine abilities during the Great Vehicle stage!

  In other words, whether it was this powerful "Black Light Group" or the Five Elements Yin and Yang Divine Ability he had obtained earlier, Wang Chen was unable to use them.

  In comparison, choosing a divine artifact is actually the best reward. After all, the divine artifact has been sealed away, so there's no need to worry about it being discovered, and from now on, you won't have to worry about your own magic treasure problems anymore.

  By the time of Jindan period, there are magical treasures; by the time of Chuqiao period, there are spiritual instruments; and by the time of Mahayana period, there are immortal instruments. In this way, the path to immortality becomes much smoother.

  However, Wang Chen still shifted his gaze from the immortal artifact and stared tightly at an object similar to a talisman.

  His face changed several times, Wang Chen struggled inwardly for a moment, and finally walked forward.

  There was no defensive seal on the altar, and Wang Chen easily grabbed this "seal", but as soon as he grabbed it, the seal flew into Wang Chen's forehead.

  With his eyes tightly closed, Wang Chen's face changed constantly, with expressions of joy, distress, and regret flashing across.

  A moment later, Wang Chen woke up.

  The middle-aged man beside him, however, looked somewhat dispirited and downcast.

  "Unbelievable! You've finally chosen this. Alas! If I had gotten this from the very beginning, how could I have fallen to such a state!"

  The middle-aged remnant soul was somewhat disheartened and waved his hand, transforming into: "In two more days, the place of inheritance will be closed again, hurry up and get out!"

  Before Wang Chen could agree, he waved his hand and had Wang Chen escorted out of the palace.

  After Wang Chen disappeared, Feng Wuji and Hei Yimoxiu entered one after another.

  Feng Wuji chose a shuttle-shaped immortal artifact, and the middle-aged residual soul sealed the artifact and merged it into Feng Wuji's body.

  The black-robed monk arrived and searched for half a day, letting out a reluctant scream, his aura becoming even more terrifyingly strong. However, it was clear that this aura was just a facade, as if he was severely injured and not yet recovered.

  "Old dragon, where is the treasure of the Ten Absolute Gods? How did it disappear? You've been dead for so many years, yet you still want to hide it from me! You can't use it yourself, but you won't give it to me. You've already been dead for so many years!"

  The middle-aged remnant soul's face changed upon hearing this, and he stared intently at the demon cultivator who had already revealed his blood-colored true form, as if he had discovered something.

  "You're the Blood Emperor, you're actually still alive?"

  "Of course, I won't be as stupid as you. After a million years, I will come back to life again, and it won't take long for me to kill my way back into the immortal realm. Hehe..."

  The middle-aged residual soul heard this and felt a pang of loss, but regained its composure after a moment.

  "Oh well! It's been so long, I don't mind that much anymore. There are four divine artifacts and a divine technique here, take whichever one you like! In not too long, my residual soul will also disperse, from then on, I'll ascend to ultimate bliss, no more troubles!"

  The blood-colored demon sneered with a smile, and the face of the tower showed a disdainful expression.

  "The original Dragon Emperor was so majestic, but now he's just like a monk from the Lei Yin Temple, it's truly laughable!"

  "In those years, we several people fought for those few things and almost died in the lower realm. Now I will soon return to the immortal realm, but you are scattered and no longer exist, haha! It seems that you are still inferior to me by a few points, haha!"

  Lao Long chuckled and didn't get angry, but upon meeting his former "enemy", he wasn't in high spirits either:

  "Stop talking nonsense and take a reward!"

  A moment later, Mo Xiu chose a black Guantong Shentong and left.

  The palace fell back into its million-year silence, only occasionally interrupted by a few sighs.

  "The Blood Emperor has returned, it seems that the next generation will have great difficulties! However, what does this have to do with me? The three major sects are still around, and the sky won't fall. But after that kid chose such a thing, I'm afraid he'll never be at peace for the rest of his life!"

  …………………

  Outside Long Valley, in the valley, it has fallen into chaos at this moment.

  Inside the valley is too difficult to enter, so almost everyone is competing for resources such as spiritual medicine in the outer layer. The first few days were okay, with plenty of spiritual medicine and minerals, and most cultivators were busy grabbing spiritual medicine guarded by monsters, with little conflict.

  As it went on, things became more and more complicated.

  After all, the elixirs and minerals that are easy to rob are limited, some of the elixirs have demonic beasts guarding them that are too powerful, even Wang Chen doesn't want to face them, let alone ordinary cultivators!

  Since it's impossible to snatch the spiritual medicine from the demonic beast, then next can only be snatched from the cultivator!

  Ambushes and sneak attacks kept appearing one after another. After all, cultivators would resort to any means necessary to achieve immortality.

  This is also the reason why ordinary masters find it difficult to grasp the sword's intention.

  If it weren't for Wang Chen's innate aura having an almost cheating effect during his usual cultivation, he wouldn't have been able to cultivate so comfortably.

  No need to worry about spiritual stones, no need for elixirs, and artifacts can be bought! It's almost as if they're a Qi-refining disciple with a Foundation Establishment period senior helping them out!