The Great Violetwing Beast was only at Half-Chrysalis realm whereas Dong Xin's tamed beast was at Chrysalis realm intermediate stage.
While the Great Violetwing Beast's speed wasn't slow, its strength was still inferior to the Great Violetwing Beast. However, in terms of stamina, the Great Violetwing Beast was definitely the Great Violetwing Beast.
The Great Violetwing Beast would require three days to complete a round trip. Yet, your Great Violetwing Beast wanted to complete a round trip in three days? Furthermore, leaving in the middle of the night, what else could it be other than a joke?
"It's settled then. Wait for me at Leiyuan Peak outside the city at midnight, and we'll set off together then!"
Zhang Xuan couldn't be bothered to explain it to her.
"Alright then!" Seeing that Zhang Xuan wasn't in the mood to talk about it, Hu Yaoyao nodded before heading back to the academy.
After Hu Yaoyao's departure, Zhang Xuan didn't rush to the royal palace to attend the banquet. Instead, he walked over to the massive pine tree in the courtyard.
Since this tree was where the Three Stars Earth Dragon was located, the treasure should be in the vicinity.
Activating his Eye of Insight, Zhang Xuan scanned the tree trunk, but he couldn't find anything.
But that was to be expected. If he could see anything with his naked eye, he would have taken it away long ago.
"Elder Wu Yangzi said that as long as I find the Three Stars Earth Dragon and place down three formation flags, the treasure should jump out of the tree …"
Going through Wu Yangzi's words, Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist and took out three formation flags and a Night Illumination Pearl.
Zhang Xuan walked up to the spot where Hu Yaoyao was standing and raised the Night Illumination Pearl. In an instant, a star-like outline appeared in the three ponds.
"Go!"
Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows and flicked his finger.
Sou sou sou!
The three formation flags were inserted into the ponds where the stars were located.
Weng!
With a crisp buzz, the three formation flags seemed to have come into contact with a massive dragon. With a jolt, the pine tree not too far away suddenly split open, and a small metal box popped out from within.
Reaching out, Zhang Xuan grabbed the metal box.
"This is the treasure that Elder Wu Yangzi left behind? It's indeed well-hidden! "
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up in excitement.
Even though the metal box popped out from the pine tree, it wasn't actually in the pine tree but a hidden space.
In other words, if he didn't find the three stars and insert the three formation flags, he wouldn't be able to find the box even if he chopped the tree trunk into powder.
If Zhang Xuan was not mistaken, it was likely that the structure of the storage ring was similar to that of the storage ring. The storage ring had been hidden in a certain node of the formation, and it was due to this that no one had noticed the presence of the storage ring even after two thousand years.
"It's a Heavenly Works Mechanism!"
After lamenting over the other party's meticulousness, Zhang Xuan turned his gaze to the metal box in his hands.
It was a Celestial Designer Mechanism from the Celestial Designer Academy, and it was extremely intricate. If one didn't understand its structure, it would be impossible to open it.
However, this was nothing to Zhang Xuan.
With a thought, a book appeared in the Library of Heaven's Path. Swiftly flipping through it, Zhang Xuan used his finger as a sword and tapped sixteen times around the box.
Kacha!
With a crisp sound and the sound of a spring, the box opened instantly.
The first thing that entered his eyes was a dark ore. It was only the size of a fist, but it gave off a bone-piercing chill.
"Opening this box means that something bad must have happened to me …"
Just as Zhang Xuan was about to pick it up, the mechanism of the box suddenly activated, and a calm voice sounded.
It was Wu Yangzi's voice.
"You have indeed met with a mishap …"
Thinking about how the number one blacksmith of Hongyuan Empire had been trapped in an underground chamber until his death, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
He thought that he had turned the Otherworldly Demons into puppets and killed them, but in truth, the other party had made use of his forging skills to extend his lifespan so as to continue protecting Vicious.
"Regardless of whether I am dead or not, the fact that you were able to find this artifact means that fate has brought us together. This is the most important artifact that I have left behind, so I hope that you can treat it well!"
"The ore in the box is the Black Goldcrystal Ore, a treasure that I have spent a great deal of effort to obtain. With just a little bit of it, I can raise the quality of the ore to a higher level."
"Black Goldcrystal Ore? This is the Black Goldcrystal Ore? "
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up, and his breathing hastened.
As a 6-star pinnacle blacksmith, Zhang Xuan had a deep understanding of all kinds of rare ores, and this Black Goldcrystal Ore happened to be one of them.
Putting everything else aside, just by adding a little bit of it to his Half-Saint Glacier Rain Sword, he could raise it to Saint realm!
This was too valuable!
If he were to sell such a huge piece of ore, it would be worth more than ten thousand high-tier spirit stones!
Its value was immeasurable.
It was no wonder Wu Yangzi treated it as a treasure and hid it away. It was indeed a treasure that couldn't be bought with money.
"The Black Goldcrystal Ore can only raise the quality of an artifact, so it can't be considered as the best artifact. The second artifact that I have left behind is the unique cultivation technique for the Quintuple Incandescence Golden Body!"
The voice continued.
Zhang Xuan looked into the box and saw a secret manual with the words' Quintuple Incandescence Golden Body 'written on it.
He had obtained this manual back in the underground chamber, so he wasn't as excited as before when he saw it again.
"If I have left behind this cultivation technique manual as well, it means that it is … a fake! This is the real Quintuple Incandescence Golden Body. Only by cultivating this will one be able to grasp the secrets of the Golden Body. On the other hand, that manual will only result in one's cultivation going berserk … "
The sound of the mechanism continued.
"Fake?"
Zhang Xuan was taken aback. He picked up the manual, and with a jolt of his mind, a manual appeared in the Library of Heaven's Path.
Flipping it open, Zhang Xuan shook his head.
This manual was indeed different from the one he had obtained in the underground chamber. There were far fewer mistakes in it, but … to Zhang Xuan, the authenticity of the cultivation technique was meaningless.
The Library of Heaven's Path had already corrected the errors in the manual he had obtained in the underground chamber. In other words … not only was the manual that Zhang Xuan had cultivated correct, it was even more profound than the original version.
To others, it might be a harmful technique, but to Zhang Xuan, as long as it could be used as a supplement for the Heaven's Path Divine Art, it would be of great use to him.
It wouldn't affect him at all.
"Fuse!"
Zhang Xuan fused the Heaven's Path Divine Art with the Quintuple Incandescence Golden Body in the Library of Heaven's Path.
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up in excitement.
"It seems like I can finally cultivate the 3-dan …"
Apart from the first tier, the second to fifth tier of the Quintuple Radiance Golden Body required the assistance of a rare treasure.
For example, the 2-dan required the Earth Flame Core, and the 3-dan required the Origin Heavy Water.
He had heard from Hu Yaoyao and the others that the price of the Origin Heavy Water was ten high-tier spirit stones per bottle. If he wanted to cultivate it, he would need at least ten bottles!
In other words, he would need a hundred high-tier spirit stones to buy it.
He didn't have that much money, so he hadn't had the time to cultivate it. However, after assimilating the correct version of the Quintuple Incandescence Golden Body, while the 3-dan still required the nourishment of the Origin Heavy Water, the quantity required was significantly less.
Previously, he would need ten bottles, but now, he only needed a single bottle!
In other words, to cultivate the 3-dan of the Quintuple Incandescence Golden Body, he would only need a single bottle of Origin Heavy Water.
"The 4-dan and 5-dan have also improved significantly …"
Moving on, Zhang Xuan realized that while this manual wasn't as useful as he had thought, it did fix some of the flaws in the previous cultivation technique, thus reducing the number of artifacts required.
"It seems like that fellow is still worried about the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe in the underground chamber …"
Storing the manual into his storage ring, Zhang Xuan remarked.
It was fortunate that he had compiled countless books and imparted the correct cultivation technique to Luo Qiqi. Otherwise, the two of them might have really gone berserk.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
Given the circumstances that Wu Yangzi was in, how could he possibly reveal all of his trump cards? If the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe had really obtained the Quintuple Incandescence Golden Body, wouldn't that be a huge disgrace to mankind?
"The third treasure is also the most important one. It is due to this that the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe is coveting it. If you are an ordinary cultivator, I hope that you can hand this over to the Mingshi Tang. If you are a master teacher, I hope that you can treat it well and not let it fall into the hands of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe …"
The sound of the mechanism echoed once more.
"Hand it over to the Mingshi Tang?" Zhang Xuan casually took out the final item in the box.
It was an ancient sheepskin, and it was innumerable years old. It was densely packed with bizarre words to mark out a map.
"What is this?"
Zhang Xuan searched his mind, but he was unable to recognize it. Thus, he could only keep the sheepskin in his storage ring.
Even though he had no idea what the map was, the fact that Wu Yangzi was so cautious about it and coveted by the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe showed how important the map was.
Even though the Library of Heaven's Path was able to see through the flaws of the map, that was only the material of the map. The words on the map represented the location of the map, so it was impossible for him to discern anything from it.
In other words, if he couldn't recognize the words on the map, it would be useless even if he had the map. Zhang Xuan couldn't tell what was so valuable about the map.
"If my descendants are still around, I hope that you can treat them well. I have implicated them …"
After introducing the three treasures, the metal box became empty, and the voice from the mechanism sounded bleak.
It seemed like Wu Yangzi was conflicted when he was recording those words. He seemed to know that if something were to happen to him, his family would be implicated as well.
"Don't worry. Your descendant is now my apprentice, so I'll take good care of her!"
Zhang Xuan nodded.
The reason why he accepted Hu Yaoyao as his apprentice was because he wanted to know the location of Wu Yangzi's old residence. Now that he had received benefits from the latter and agreed to his request, his attitude had changed. He could offer the other party some guidance.
Even if he didn't accept her as his direct disciple, he could at least make sure that she lived up to her reputation as his apprentice.
"Thank you!"
As if hearing Zhang Xuan's words, the voice from the mechanism slowly dissipated, as if it had never appeared before.
"Now, I have two questions. First, what is this map? Second, why would the Otherworldly Demons covet it and capture it? "
Zhang Xuan rubbed his glabella.
Hu Yaoyao and the others had concealed their identities, Wu Yangzi was so cautious, and the Ten Great Master Teachers were on high alert. All of this showed that Hongyuan City wasn't as safe as he thought.
"Right, I should ask Vicious. Perhaps, he might know something …"
Zhang Xuan suddenly recalled a person.
Others might not know about these things, but Vicious was a person who had lived since the ancient era. Perhaps, he might know a thing or two about the map.
Just as Zhang Xuan was about to bring his clone and Vicious out of the Myriad Anthive Nest, his eyebrows suddenly shot up. Following which, he saw a beautiful figure flying straight toward him.
(A chapter came early in the morning, aren't you surprised? Hehe! You burst out at midnight today, where are your monthly votes?)
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