Chapter 2237

Original "Treasure Flower, some pleasantries are unnecessary; just tell me quickly whether those two treasures capable of resisting the self-destructing insect swarm have been refined. For these two treasures, some fellow Daoists have indeed donated many rare materials to you." A clear voice came from a man whose entire body was enveloped in a golden halo.

Hearing this person's tone, it seemed he was quite familiar with Treasure Flower.

"So it's Daoist Li Miao from the Han Yue Realm. Daoist, rest assured; since I dared to accept these materials from other fellow Daoists at first, I naturally have confidence in refining these two strange treasures. Please look!"

After Treasure Flower chuckled lightly, she raised her slender jade hand, and instantly a black and a white ball of light flew slowly from her palm.

At the center of the light balls, there was indeed a banner embroidered with countless silver stars, and a white, misty light mirror inscribed with some kind of winged white tiger image.

"These two treasures should be enough to deal with that self-preserving insect swarm; they don't seem particularly special?" Another powerful being from another realm, enveloped in swirling green mist, asked in a hoarse voice, clearly half-believing and half-doubting.

"Hehe, Green Stone Daoist, you've misjudged this time. Though these two treasures look ordinary, they might have some connection to the Star-Moon Banner and Heaven-Illusion Mirror, two treasures of the Profound Heaven mentioned in rumors. Could they be imitation sacred treasures of those two Profound Heaven treasures?" A middle-aged man dressed like an emperor stared deeply at the two treasures in the light balls, then spoke with a hint of solemnity.

"Star-Moon Banner, Heaven-Illusion Mirror"

Upon hearing these two names, the surrounding great completion cultivators stirred into an uproar; many were surprised and began to re-examine the two treasures in Evil Lotus's hands.

Upon hearing this, Treasure Flower showed no change in expression and gave a slight nod.

"Brother Jade Sword is correct; these two treasures are indeed imitations of the Star-Moon Banner and Heaven-Illusion Mirror. I call them the 'Falling Star Banner' and 'Small Heaven-Illusion Mirror'."

"I've long heard that the Star-Moon Banner among the Profound Heaven treasures is one of the few treasures that can harness stellar power, and the Heaven-Illusion Mirror possesses the supreme divine power to obscure the heavens and cover the earth. As for how much of the power of these two treasures Treasure Flower's Falling Star Banner and Small Heaven-Illusion Mirror can unleash..." Suddenly, a wooden voice echoed in the hall. But strangely, no one could detect who spoke these words.

"Must be a fellow Daoist from the Black Night Realm. Having arrived here, you're still so cautious—truly befitting a Daoist who cultivates the dark-vein divine powers. As for saying how much power these two treasures can unleash compared to their originals, fellow Daoist, you're really joking. Even among the Profound Heaven treasures, the Star-Moon Banner and Heaven-Illusion Mirror rank among the top heaven-defying supreme treasures. If the Falling Star Banner and Small Heaven-Illusion Mirror can unleash fifty to sixty percent of their power, that's already quite good. However, according to my calculation, this should be sufficient to deal with those self-destructing insect swarms." After a faint smile, Treasure Flower spoke thus.

"Since Fellow Daoist Treasure Flower is so confident about these two treasures, it's unlikely to be wrong. Now that the matter of the self-destructing insect swarms is settled, shouldn't we also discuss establishing a regulation, to see how we'll suppress that insect mother after entering the Beginning Mark Land?"

"Since fellow Daoists feel there's no problem with these two treasures, naturally we should now discuss how to deal with that insect mother. Otherwise, even if we are numerous, if we each go our own way upon entering the Beginning Mark Land, we might still suffer at her hands." Treasure Flower nodded, her eyes flowing as she spoke.

"Is that insect mother really that terrifying? The last time fellow Daoists entered the Beginning Mark Land, their numbers were far greater than ours here, and there were even ancestors like you among them, yet they were still trapped by this vicious insect. Fellow Daoist Treasure Flower, I heard you were the last to receive news from the Beginning Mark Land. Could you please retell the message to us newcomers?"

"Regarding the earlier news received from the Beginning Mark Land, I'm sure many fellow Daoists would like to see it with their own eyes. Since that's the case, I will make this message public here, so fellow Daoists can examine it themselves and thus feel truly at ease." Treasure Flower, upon hearing Li Miao's words, seemed unsurprised, spoke calmly, then immediately flicked her sleeve, and instantly a pitch-black crystal ball like ink flew out and began to spin rapidly in the void.

With a "puff" sound, countless five-colored light patterns flew out from it, and after spinning around, they condensed into a fragmentary text.

All great completion cultivators, whether holy ancestors of the demon realm or old ancestors of other realms, felt their hearts tighten as they swept their gaze over these fragmentary characters.

Han Li likewise focused his gaze.

Indeed, the content of these characters matched what Evil Lotus had said earlier, with no discrepancy—it was indeed the message sent out by Yuan Meng, merely hastily informing of the predicament encountered by those in the Beginning Mark Land and proposing some pleas for aid. However, due to the missing characters, some details became blurred, but upon careful inference, they were indeed some words of warning.

After finishing reading, the great completion old ancestors showed varied expressions.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Treasure Flower's earlier message was not false; then let us fellow Daoists begin discussing countermeasures." After a while, a beautifully dressed, graceful woman spoke lightly.

"Countermeasures? Here we have a hundred fellow Daoists, so there would likely be a hundred countermeasures. Let me say: since the gathering was proposed by Fellow Daoist Treasure Flower, and her divine powers are among the top one or two among us, why not first listen to her opinion before speaking?" Someone spoke without concern.

"Who says Fellow Daoist Treasure Flower's divine powers are definitely the best here? If that's said, where does that leave our Crow Raven Realm?" A middle-aged great completion cultivator from the Crow Raven Realm suddenly curled his lip and spoke.

At the same time, the originally dove-faced old man with closed eyes suddenly opened his eyes, and indeed a hint of electric light flashed from his pupils.

Upon hearing this, the faces of the other great completion old ancestors all changed slightly.

Treasure Flower glanced at the dove-faced old man, her eyes flowing for a moment, then spoke leisurely:

"The name 'Copper Crow' Fellow Daoist, Treasure Flower has long heard of it. I wonder if Fellow Daoist has any good advice for our journey?"

"I came this time only to save people; whether it's self-destructing insect swarms or the insect mother, as long as they don't hinder me, I am not..." The dove-faced old man actually spoke with a blank expression.

This remark caused an uproar in the hall; many great completion old ancestors turned their gazes toward the nine great completion cultivators of the Crow Raven Realm, and their looks instantly became strange.

"Copper Crow Brother, these words are somewhat inappropriate." Treasure Flower, besides furrowing her brow slightly, actually showed no great surprise.

"Hmph, what's inappropriate about it? I only have this one direct-line descendant; I don't know how much effort I spent to cultivate him into a great completion existence, yet because I helped you demon realm fellows, I ended up being suppressed and besieged. I don't care whether the insect mother truly has the terrifying ability to swallow calamities and exterminate clans, but as long as I haven't truly provoked trouble on our Crow Raven Realm's head, why should I actively seek trouble? Naturally, saving my descendant comes first." After a cold snort, the Copper Crow old man spoke in an extremely overbearing tone.

This caused the faces of the other great completion old ancestors in the hall to truly become unpleasant.

"Fellow Daoist, your words are perhaps a bit too self-serving." The fellow Daoist named Green Stone from another realm frowned and said.

"Overbearing. I've always been this overbearing; others aren't unaware of it. What, do you still want to lecture me?" The dove-faced old man's face darkened, he stared at Green Stone, and spoke gloomily.

Green Stone's face darkened, but the moment his eyes met Copper Crow's, he involuntarily shuddered, feeling a strange chill as if his heart and lungs were frozen through.

This fellow Daoist from another realm could only turn his face dark blue and say nothing more.

Seeing this, the other great completion old ancestors mostly felt their hearts grow even more tense, and they dared not easily interject, though their faces naturally couldn't look good.

But there were also a few great completion cultivators who came to the demon realm with a purpose similar to Copper Crow old man's; upon seeing this scene, they secretly rejoiced in their hearts.

With this one of the Four Avian beings present, if they wished to save their kin and friends, resistance would naturally be greatly reduced.

Han Li, however, took this opportunity to gaze intently at the dove-faced old man with great interest.

From the beginning, he noticed that although this Copper Crow old man's other divine abilities were not mentioned, his spiritual sense was absolutely far beyond ordinary great completion cultivators, possibly even surpassing Treasure Flower, this kind of ancestor; yet compared to him, he was still clearly slightly inferior.

After all, he had experienced so many adventures, and having cultivated multiple spiritual sense secret techniques, his spiritual awareness had reached nearly several times that of an ordinary great completion cultivator.

But from this, one could see how terrifying this Copper Crow old man is compared to ordinary great completion existences.

The name "Four Avian" is indeed not unfounded.

"Copper Crow Fellow Daoist, your eagerness to save people is understandable to all fellow Daoists present. But why must you act on anger? I have never said that this journey definitely cannot achieve both goals." Treasure Flower finally spoke calmly.

Among the great completion cultivators present, only she, this former ancestor of the demon realm, could speak to the dove-faced old man as an equal.

"Treasure Flower, what do you mean by these words? Don't you want to use words to first deceive me?" The Copper Crow old man startled, but immediately fixed his gaze on Treasure Flower and spoke gloomily.

"Deceiving one of the Four Avian? How could I have such boldness? Copper Crow Fellow Daoist, you're overestimating me." Treasure Flower spoke indifferently, giving a light chuckle.

"Hmph, that's not certain. Who doesn't know that among the three great ancestors of the original demon realm, you, Treasure Flower, are the most resourceful and have always been called the 'Wise Demon'?" The dove-faced old man began to sneer.

Upon hearing this, Treasure Flower's brow slightly furrowed, but after thinking, she suddenly smiled charmingly, her lips moved slightly, yet no sound came out—she directly began to transmit sound to the dove-faced old man.

The Copper Crow old man initially had a cold, stern expression, but after a moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his face changed as he said:

"Treasure Flower, what you just said is indeed true. If it were false..."

"Whether true or false, fellow Daoist can tell by looking at this object." Treasure Flower's eyes flashed; she raised one hand, and actually a crystal light shot out, flashed and vanished, then landed in the dove-faced old man's hand. To be continued