Chapter 2145

Wanting to rely on these three hundred men of the Martial Commander to block the Nine Abysses Great Emperor? Even in your dreams you won't get such good fortune.

That is to say, he has placed all his hopes on the Immortal Ancestor's Legacy Treasure in the ancestral shrine, believing it can defeat the Nine Abysses Great Emperor in one stroke?

Curses and evil arts— a sovereign bearing primordial energy need not fear them.

Mechanisms and traps? You must be joking.

Hmm, then the possibility of it being an immortal's magical artifact is the greatest.

He Lingchuan nodded, letting Lu Qiuwei withdraw.

He is the Nine Abysses Great Emperor who walked out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, from the battlefield of immortals and demons— now let's see what immortal's supreme treasure Lu Zhensheng can produce to wound him.

The more poisonous, the better; the more ruthless, the better.

Moreover, he still has by his side a glutton who treasures rare artifacts.

How coincidental— just as he was reciting the Great Square Vessel, the divine bone necklace grew hot.

Indeed, this trip will bring unexpected joy.

Lu Lianyun introduced without stopping his steps: "The Lu family's ancestral treasure is hidden behind the spirit altar."

Having said that, he hurriedly went behind the spirit altar and pressed the mechanism.

Everyone then heard a crackling sound, as if something had opened. Of course the Immortal Ancestor's Legacy Treasure must be cherished and properly stored; otherwise, if stolen, it would be a laughingstock.

However, Lu Lianyun immediately let out an exclamation of surprise:

"Ah ya, this this!"

Several clan elders rushed over to look, and were also greatly startled:

"Where is the treasure?"

Lu Zhenxian and his son strode around to the rear of the altar, only to see the stone cabinet empty inside.

Lu Qinhang reached out and wiped, rubbing his fingertips: "Look at the thickness of this dust— the cabinet has not held anything for a long time."

Before the Nine Abysses Great Emperor could speak, several clan elders turned in unison toward Lu Zhensheng: "Patriarch, what is going on here?"

As the head of the clan, Lu Zhensheng bears the duty of safeguarding the clan's treasures and must conduct regular inspections.

Looking at the dust in this cabinet, the clan treasure has been gone for a long time.

Lu Zhensheng pushed through the crowd, his expression quite normal: "That empty cabinet is merely a blind; the Immortal Ancestor's Legacy Treasure was never kept inside the cabinet, otherwise you all could have opened it, and the treasure would have been lost hundreds of times by now."

Lu Lianyun frowned: "That's not right— I have seen it before."

"Just a counterfeit imitation." Lu Zhensheng said lightly, "This cabinet was opened thirteen years ago, those few imitations were also stolen, and I have not put new ones in since."

"Stolen?" Lu Lianqing could not help but exclaim, "With such a major incident occurring, why didn't you tell us?"

Lu Zhensheng looked at him with the eyes of one looking at a fool.

"Tell them what? That the treasure was stolen?"

"The thief was finally caught by us— it was Old Three's steward Qiu."

Lu Gan Gan Gan Laosan Lu Zhenye today had not spoken many words, like a transparent person; unexpectedly being named at this moment, he jumped in fright: "Ah? Steward Qiu? But he already retired and returned to his hometown."

"Only after he retired did he order someone to secretly steal the treasure." Lu Zhensheng sneered, "Steward Qiu served under you for ten years, knowing there were immortal treasures in the shrine, so after retiring and returning to his hometown he wanted to take them as well and sell them for a good price. Hmph, if I were not always vigilant, the ancestral treasures would have been sold and you would still have to pay the ransom for the people!"

He Lingchuan grew impatient, casually pointing forward at the spirit altar: "The Immortal Ancestor's treasure is right here— hurry and open it."

He cherishes his words like gold; as soon as he speaks, it shocks everyone's livers to tremble.

Lu Zhensheng was greatly startled, crying out in alarm: "How do you know!"

Before the altar stands a large black incense burner, over half a person tall, with three legs and two ears, its style ancient and simple, its form plump and round— aside from the patterns on the burner looking somewhat distinctive, there is nothing else extraordinary about it.

The Lu family has come and gone here countless times, yet no one would associate it with the family's strange treasures.

Why, upon the Nine Abysses Great Emperor's arrival, can he precisely discover this secret?!

He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "Do you want me to do it myself?"

Even relying on himself he cannot see through it— who knows what the Lu family ancestor's treasure looks like. However, he has a treasure detector on his person, which will alarm when idle.

Yes, as he approaches this great burner, the divine bone necklace grows hot, wishing to burn a hole in his neck.

The hotter the necklace, the better the treasure.

He Lingchuan originally still held some contempt— after all, he has seen countless strange treasures in the Ghost King's Underground Palace, in the Inverted Sea, and in the Subterranean Dragon Palace; though the Lu family ancestor is an immortal, can his collection surpass that of Miao Zhantian's stores?

But judging by the reaction of the divine bone necklace, hiss— perhaps there is a great haul.

At this moment Lu Zhensheng feels both fear and hatred toward He Lingchuan, fear preceding hatred, so he steadies himself and casually summons several clansmen:

"Come over, scoop out all the incense ash."

This years-old large incense burner has accumulated who knows how long of incense ash; the people worked seven hands and eight feet, using a full two quarters of an hour to scoop out all the ash. The scene was also gloomy, unsuitable for standing.

With difficulty, the contents inside the burner were completely cleared out.

To say or not to say, this incense burner's appearance is quite high— just huge and clumsy and heavy, one would think no thief would harbor ill intent toward it.

The Lu family elders were somewhat surprised: "This, this burner is it?"

They burn incense here every day, yet they did not know this is the Immortal Ancestor's supreme treasure.

Lu Zhensheng softly chanted two lines, then gently rubbed the burner's body. Only two flashes of light passed over, and the burner's body changed from pure black to brass color.

The lustrous brass approaches gold; under sunlight, the atmosphere becomes solemn and stable.

With this change in color, it now bears a few degrees of the bearing of a treasure vessel.

Lu Zhensheng again instructed the servant: "Go fetch water."

He had the servant draw well water and pour it into the incense burner.

Now this burner, having transformed, has indeed become a cauldron. Under sunlight, the burner's body reveals countless golden threads faintly visible; upon close inspection, these golden threads seem to be still gently swaying, like waterweeds drifting in a lake.

When the burner is half full, Lu Zhensheng said to He Lingchuan: "Great Emperor, please cast your jade pendant in."

He Lingchuan also did not fear any trickery from him, and gently placed the jade pendant into the incense burner.

Clearly it is jade stone, yet it does not sink to the bottom, but instead floats on the water's surface.

Immediately afterward, fine golden threads on the furnace body flowed into the water, wrapped around the jade pendant, and then drilled into that speck of immortal's crimson blood.

The water surface was smooth as a mirror, without ripples; after another dozen breaths, one scene after another suddenly appeared.

These scenes flashed by like a revolving lantern—sometimes people, sometimes landscapes, sometimes battlefields. He Lingchuan mostly did not recognize them, but one scene flickered past and then froze in his mind:

It was a great tree, vigorous and twisted, its developed root system wrapping around an entire mountain peak.

Elsewhere mountains grow trees; here, it is the tree embracing the peak.

This distinctive appearance left a deep impression on He Lingchuan:

Question-Dao Tree!

The Question-Dao Tree growing in Mount Xushan, occupying a peak alone.

However, the Question-Dao Tree in the scene was ablaze with Xiong Xiongdahuo, the sky flashing with five-colored rainbow light, obscuring several figures.

That should have been a great battle, an immortal-demon war long ago in the territory of the Great Return Sect.

It seems the Lu family ancestors were also present at the scene.

Soon after, He Lingchuan saw a familiar face in another scene:

Lu Xun.