The First Demon of the Chan Sect

"What?" Even as a being of the Saint Realm, Xuan Tian was unmoved by worldly affairs, but upon hearing Golden Horn's words, his expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise.

"How come, did your Master not tell you about this?" The elder Golden Horn laughed, his voice tinged with a faint sense of loss.

Xuan Tian shook his head and said, "No! The Master has not mentioned anything about what happened to you, senior. How did you come to be here?"

Golden Horn walked forward again, shaking his head and said, "What's the use of understanding it anyway? What's gone is gone..."

The crowd exchanged looks, quite puzzled.

Afterward, time seemed to pass quickly. Golden Horn led everyone through halls and corridors, and it took a full quarter of an hour before they arrived at a quiet, small courtyard.

Situated on the southernmost side of the mansion, the courtyard housed three rooms, designed elegantly. The lush greenery and the fragrance of flowers and birdsong inside the courtyard immersed everyone unwittingly.

"Kindly wait a moment; this old man needs to remove the seals!" Golden Horn signaled everyone to wait and positioned himself in front of the main room. Suddenly, a powerful aura surged from him, his hands forming seals, and from his fingertips, golden runes floated endlessly, embedding into the main room's door.

"Boom!"

As the last golden rune was embedded into the door, a ferocious aura suddenly exploded, much like opening a Primordial cage, unleashing endless Fierce Beasts.

After a short while, the aura gradually dissolved.

Standing before the main room's door, Golden Horn said, "Everyone, please come in!"

The group followed his words and stepped through the door, only to find that as soon as they entered, the surroundings instantly shifted, completely transforming the scene.

It was a vast hall lined with long stone benches, beside which stood a row of storage racks filled with weapons and armaments... from Low-level Postnatal Spiritual Treasures all the way up to top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Blood Jade Sabre, Sky-Crushing Seal, Spirit-Swallowing Pot, Dome Sky Seal... each Spiritual Treasure shone brilliantly, dazzling and stunning, emitting an intimidating aura.

"Good heavens, so many Spiritual Treasures! I have never seen so many in my life!" Ga She, who was hiding at the back of the group, exclaimed in amazement.

These Spiritual Treasures, though palm-sized, emitted a brilliant glow and exuded strong fluctuations that caused one's heart to palpitate.

They radiated an enchanting brilliance, each Spiritual Treasure possessing its own attributes, some even had Artifact Spirits born within them.

Pointing at the row of storage racks, Golden Horn said, "There are a total of one hundred and nine Postnatal Spiritual Treasures and thirty-five Innate Spiritual Treasures here, all of which you may take away! Additionally, in that corner over there are some Spirit Pills and Spiritual Medicines, as well as Chaos Artifacts, all stored here by Lord Jin Zhou, feel free to take those as well!"

Following Golden Horn's pointing finger, everyone looked and saw in the northeast corner of the hall, several massive chests haphazardly placed, all sealed with dazzling Tao Runes. Even so, a strong Spiritual Energy was still seeping through the chests.

Driven by curiosity like an itchy-hearted kitten, Long Xuhu took a few steps forward, "thud, thud, thud," slapped away the Tao Runes on the chests, opened them, and started to rummage through, item by item.

One after another, jars and bottles containing spiritual elixirs and divine immortal medicines were taken out of the box by Long Xuhu, who was so delighted that he couldn't close his mouth, yet he didn't pay attention to what was in those jars.

Li Qingming, feeling the dense, almost tangible spiritual energy, stepped forward and began to examine it carefully.

He picked up a covered bowl, gently lifted the seal on top, and instantly, a celestial mist swirled, a brilliant halo shone, and a rich breath of life steamed up, so intense that it made one's hair stand on end.

"Hisss, this is..." Long Xuhu, who just took the last large jade box out of the chest, was attracted by this life-giving aura that made one feel completely comfortable, instantly turned his head to look over, his voice trembling slightly.

Li Qingming nodded in shock and said, "It is rumored that Pangu God transformed into all beings of the Primordial World with his body, and part of his brain marrow fell out of the Primordial World, its whereabouts unknown! That brain marrow had the power to bring the dead to life and whiten bones, combined with the supreme power of the life rules, truly a holy object of enlightenment! Could this object be the divine marrow mentioned in the legends?"

Golden Horn stepped forward, looked at the covered bowl, held by Li Qingming, sparkling and translucent, emitting strands of mysterious aura, and said, "You are right! Moreover, the covered bowl that holds the divine marrow was transformed from a piece of Pangu God's skull! It can capture souls and spirits, ranking among the Innate Spiritual Treasures!"

Li Qingming, feeling the weight of the covered bowl in his hand, heavy as a small mountain, was deeply moved, thinking to himself, "This Lord Jin Zhou indeed does things on a grand scale, casually taking out an item that is an Innate Spiritual Treasure!"

"Big brother, come and see this?"

Suddenly, Li Qingquan came hurrying over, holding a jade box in his hands, inside which was a Xuanwu Sacred Beast that looked alive; at the moment, it was stretching and kicking back and forth in the box, but no matter what, it couldn't climb out of the opened box.

Seeing this thing, Li Qingming smiled and said, "This is Xuanwu Holy Medicine! Its appearance resembles the Xuanwu Sacred Beast; although it can move freely, it has no intelligence, and its efficacy is even higher than that of Immortal Zhen Yuan's Ginsengfruit!"

"Oh?" Golden Horn, upon hearing Li Qingming's words, was startled for a moment and said, "My fellow Daoists seem to know quite a lot!"

Yang Jian, who was handling those jars and bottles, proudly laughed and said, "In Pangu's Great Thousand World, where the land is vast and the resources rich, although these items are rare, it does not mean they do not exist in our Huaxia World!"

"So they come from Pangu's Great Thousand World!" Golden Horn's eyes flashed with understanding, thinking to himself, "No wonder the host invited them."

Li Qingming, looking at each of the jade boxes, jade bottles, jade bowls, felt overwhelmed because many spiritual medicines could no longer be found in the Huaxia World, but with these, the battle against the Chasing Daoists in the future would tip more in favor of Pangu's Great Thousand World.

However, there was also a small interlude, which was the discovery of a Seven Treasures Bodhi Tree!

It was a giant jade box, the last at the bottom of the chest, within which dragon energy swirled and ripples of light flickered. When the jade box was opened, red like agate, green as cat's eye, and bright like diamond, a brilliant splendour soared up, making the hall glow resplendently.

"Seven Treasures Bodhi Tree!"

Shakyamuni, who had always remained calm, exclaimed in surprise.

In his past life, he was born from the transformation of a Bodhi tree, but because Zhunti was killed by Li Qingming, the Bodhi tree left behind in Mount Sumeru's Great Leiyin Temple was only left as an empty shell.

This had always been a sore spot for Shakyamuni, and seeing the Seven Treasures Bodhi Tree now naturally stirred up tremendous emotions that were hard to contain.

Li Qingming pondered for a long while, eventually deciding to give the Seven Treasures Bodhi Tree to Shakyamuni. After all, Zhunti had died by his own hand, thereby resolving an entangled karma.

The group lingered in Warehouse No.1 for a full hour, and when Golden Horn led them to the main hall of the residence, it was already when the moon was high in the sky, with stars scattered all around. (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, you are invited to vote for it through recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)