Chapter 224: Yu Emperor Divine Mirror: Instigating the Seizure of Treasures

"This is?"

Fang Longye caught the bronze mirror thrown by Yang Chan, his gaze falling upon it, and he couldn't help but praise: "A fine treasure!"

The precious mirror was not large, about five inches in diameter, with a coiled dragon pattern cast on the edge of the front, inlaid with gold, silver, and jade leaves, clustered in full bloom, surrounding the mirror's surface.

It was clear and bright, capable of reflecting the four directions.

Turning the mirror over, the back was slightly convex, engraved with a black dragon, its posture lifelike, the dragon's mouth hanging down, clutching a bead, deep and dark.

A dim, yellowish light emerged from the mirror's surface.

It made his heart tremble, feeling that if he were under such mirror light, aside from his Golden Finger, he feared not a single detail of his background could be hidden.

The mirror light was heavy, resembling the luster of ancient bronze, and like the final lingering charm of a setting sun, possessing an inexplicable color.

It looked yellowish, but in reality, ten thousand rays of light swirled, hiding the brightness and leaving behind a sense of weight.

Under the halo, one could see patterns of gods, immortals, ghosts, demons, Buddhist, dragons, phoenixes, and so on.

Feeling the Aura of this precious mirror and the auspicious light and lucky energy born from its interaction with the void, Fang Longye couldn't help but mutter: "A Merit Spiritual Treasure?"

"At least you have some discernment!"

Yang Chan extended her fair hand, and the precious mirror let out a clear chime; before Fang Longye could examine it closely, it broke free from his hand, wobbling as it returned to her side.

Holding the mirror, she smiled and said: "This Yu Emperor Divine Mirror is no ordinary object; it is a treasure tainted with the Merit and Luck of Yu Emperor. In terms of profoundness, it is not at all inferior to an Innate Spiritual Treasure."

"With this treasure of Yu Emperor, what use is Dynasty Dragon Qi?"

"Yu Emperor Divine Mirror!"

"So it is this treasure; no wonder it has such power."

It is said that when Dayu was controlling the floods, there were countless river water monsters and mountain demons blocking the way; when he was splitting mountains and chiseling stones to dredge the water veins, many mountain gods and water gods who feared the terrain would be destroyed jumped out.

The various difficulties were too numerous to count.

Later, Dayu received help from the immortals and gods of the Three Teachings as well as the Heavenly Court, and refined thirteen Spirit Treasures.

Among them, the Yu Emperor Divine Mirror is a treasure capable of detecting demons lurking in the water and soil; everything under the ground and water is revealed in detail under the illumination of its light.

The Yu Emperor Cauldron can suppress wild exotic beasts and restrain demons. Even later, after Dayu ascended to the position of Human Emperor, the design of the Nine Cauldrons he cast originated from this Spirit Treasure.

The Mountain-Opening Axe can split Earth Vein nodes and restrain earth-attribute Dharma Treasures, divine abilities, and various great arrays.

The Sea-Stabilizing Needle measures water eyes, the Water-Avoiding Sword changes the direction of water veins, the Mountain-Driving Whip can Whip Mountain and Move Stone, and there are also the Yu Emperor Spear, the Demon-Slaying Blade...

These thirteen Spirit Treasures, some are powerful treasures for slaying demons and eliminating monsters, others are implements for carving mountains and dredging water veins, and so on.

After Dayu successfully controlled the floods, these thirteen Spirit Treasures all received the blessing of merit, becoming Merit Spiritual Treasures, their power rising to a higher level.

And the Yu Emperor Divine Mirror in Yang Chan's hand, as one of the merit divine artifacts used by Dayu to open mountains and dredge rivers during the flood control,

not only possesses immeasurable power itself, but because it is tainted with Dayu's Merit and Luck and the Human Emperor's Dragon Qi, anyone who carries this mirror will never fear the impact of Dynasty Dragon Qi.

Looking at the Yu Emperor Divine Mirror in Yang Chan's hand, a trace of envy couldn't help but emerge in the depths of Fang Longye's eyes.

Sure enough, being born early has many benefits!

No—

It's having a good brother that is better than anything.

Information from the Demon Master Mansion's records about Yang Jian surfaced in Fang Longye's mind.

This True Lord Erlang Xiansheng has a whole set of Yu Emperor's treasures on him: the Mountain-Opening Axe, the Demon-Slaying Blade, the Water-Avoiding Sword, the Yu Emperor Spear...

Except for a few Spirit Treasures, such as the Sea-Stabilizing Needle, the Mountain-Driving Whip... which he didn't obtain, it feels like he has rounded up all of these Thirteen Divine Artifacts of Yu Emperor.

It makes it seem like he is the illegitimate son of Yu Emperor.

How could Fang Longye not understand? This Yu Emperor Divine Mirror was likely one of the opportunities Yang Jian obtained himself, which he then shared with his own sister~

Yang Chan noticed the envy in Fang Longye's eyes and stopped fussing over his bad intentions, which were known to everyone.

Instead, her eyes rolled around, and she released the Yu Emperor Divine Mirror, letting it circle around Fang Longye again and again.

She chuckled and said: "What? Brother Fang wants it?"

Fang Longye resisted the urge to rob her, withdrew his attention from the Yu Emperor Divine Mirror, looked straight ahead, and said frankly: "A Merit Spiritual Treasure, who wouldn't want one?"

"I just like this about you, Brother Fang; you are not pretentious at all. Aside from your lecherous nature, I really have more and more affection for you, Brother Fang!"

"The Yu Emperor Divine Mirror is a gift from my second brother. Don't even think about it~"

"However, there are thirteen Yu Emperor divine artifacts, and I can point you to a clue for one of them."

"Oh? I wonder which Spirit Treasure it is?" Fang Longye became interested at once.

A Merit Spiritual Treasure! Who wouldn't want one?

"The fairy wouldn't be talking about the Sea-Stabilizing Needle and the Mountain-Driving Whip, would she?"

He knew where both of those were.

Needless to say, the Sea-Stabilizing Needle is the future weapon of the Monkey, sitting right there in the East Sea Dragon Palace! As for the Mountain-Driving Whip, it is known to everyone. The First Emperor Ying Zheng once took it out and used it when fighting enemies.

"How could I use such common knowledge to deceive you?" Yang Chan smiled and waved her hand.

"It's the Water-Controlling Flag!"

"Oh~" Fang Longye's originally fiery gaze returned to calm.

That "Is that it?" attitude was fully displayed.

"No, it's the Water-Controlling Flag!"

Yang Chan was quite puzzled to see his originally eager expression turn cold.

"This Water-Controlling Flag was refined in imitation of the Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Profound Origin Water-Controlling Flag; it can control river currents and divide them to set up arrays."

"Even if it weren't tainted with Merit and Luck, it would still be a top-tier treasure."

After Yang Chan finished introducing it, seeing that Fang Longye still had an uninterested attitude, depression grew in her heart.

Logically speaking~ this Water-Controlling Flag is most suitable for this guy in front of her. As a member of the Dragon Clan, he couldn't help but be tempted.

As a result, it left her greatly disappointed.

The goal of provoking him into a fight with others could be considered a failure.

Actually, it is not hard to understand.

Although Fang Longye, as a member of the Dragon Clan, is naturally close to Dharma Treasures and divine abilities of the Water path.

But he only prioritizes water in his cultivation of the Five Elements, and does not use water-path divine abilities as his trump card.

Naturally, he had no interest in the Water-Controlling Flag.

Most importantly—

Having already figured out Yang Chan's temperament, he clearly understood that she was setting a trap for him. To obtain the treasure she mentioned, he would inevitably have to pay some price.

As such, Fang Longye naturally saw no reason to fall into Yang Chan's trap for a treasure he had little interest in.

Even if this treasure was a legendary Merit Spiritual Treasure.

Seeing Fang Longye's attitude, Yang Chan frowned, unwilling to let go of the chance to trick him just like that.

Her thoughts shifted, and she spoke: "Since you are not interested in the Water-Controlling Flag, then what about the Heaven-Image Ring?"

"Heaven-Image Ring?"

Fang Longye's heart stirred.

This was something he was actually quite interested in.

The Heaven-Image Ring, as the name suggests, is a Spirit Treasure that controls the natural phenomena of the world.

If one were to refine it and combine it with great divine abilities like 'Summoning Wind and Rain' or 'Mastering Five Thunders', it could absolutely achieve effects at the Great Completion or even perfect realm.

Even if he had only just begun to learn some divine abilities involving natural phenomena.

Of course, if it were only that, Fang Longye would not have developed a deeper interest than he had for the Water-Controlling Flag.

After all, the Water-Controlling Flag was a high-quality imitation of the Innate Spiritual Treasure 'Profound Origin Water-Controlling Flag'!

The key was that, besides being an attack-oriented Merit Spiritual Treasure, the Heaven-Image Ring was also engraved with Yu Huang's understanding of the Eight Trigrams.

Or rather, the reason the Heaven-Image Ring could control natural phenomena was precisely because it contained Yu Huang's insights into the Eight Trigrams. This point was quite rare.

Furthermore, at his current stage, he still favored attack-oriented Merit Spiritual Treasures over defensive ones.

It was not that he did not value defense.

It was just that, at his current Golden Immortal Realm—neither high nor low—no matter how thick his armor was, it would be useless if he encountered an unstoppable figure.

It was better to pursue combat power first; as long as I kill the person first, I won't have to worry about being broken through.

Besides, he was not a fragile character with weak defenses who needed to pay special attention to defense.

"Then, the clue to this Heaven-Image Ring?"

Seeing that Fang Longye had become interested, Yang Chan felt a surge of excitement, secretly thinking it was settled.

She immediately said: "This Heaven-Image Ring already has an owner! I expect you have heard his name."

"Alright! Fairy~"

"Don't keep me in suspense!" Fang Longye waved his hand and said.

"Currently, the Heaven-Image Ring is in the hands of Leizhenzi." Seeing that she had whetted Fang Longye's appetite, Yang Chan stopped talking nonsense and said it straight.

"Leizhenzi?" Fang Longye frowned.

Of course he had heard of Leizhenzi; in both his past and present lives, this person was quite a famous figure.

Although, in this world, Leizhenzi did not hold the position of Great Emperor Gouchen as described in some novels, he was still the Star Lord Gouchen of the Heavenly Court.

Just like his cheap brother Bo Yikao, who held the position of Star Lord Ziwei, not Great Emperor Ziwei.

Star Lord and Great Emperor—a difference of one word, a world of difference.

The most critical point was that this Leizhenzi was one of those who achieved sainthood in the flesh during the Conferring of the Gods Tribulation.

Do not misunderstand, the "saint" here does not refer to a Hunyuan Saint, but means "divine and holy."

Or to put it another way, it means his physical body took on a divine position without his True Spirit being on the list.

This was no simple matter.

Throughout the entire Conferring of the Gods Tribulation, among the third-generation disciples of the Chan Sect who participated, only seven achieved divinity in the flesh and attained perfect merit: Li Jing, Jin Zha, Mu Zha, Nezha, Yang Jian, Wei Hu, and Leizhenzi.

Huh~ I hadn't calculated it before, but looking at it this way, the Li family really has terrifyingly deep fortune.

Fang Longye thought to himself: "Seven people achieved divinity in the flesh with perfect merit, and the Li family accounts for four of them, more than half. It feels incredible just thinking about it~"

Uh~ I've digressed.

Fang Longye reined in his wandering thoughts and refocused his attention on Leizhenzi.

Then, calculating in his heart, he immediately glanced at Yang Chan with a strange look and muttered to himself: "Good fellow, I didn't expect you to scam even your own people!"

Not to mention that Leizhenzi, as a disciple of the Great Immortal Yunzhongzi of the Chan Sect, was Yang Jian's true junior fellow apprentice.

The very way Leizhenzi came into the world and his later position in the Heavenly Court were quite meaningful.

Leizhenzi was not of the Human Race, but a pure Thunder Spirit descended into the world, manifesting as an infant.

Moreover, the divine position he held in the Heavenly Court was Star Lord Gouchen, which was closely related to Great Emperor Gouchen.

Just think about the way Nezha was born, and you will know how extraordinary Leizhenzi's origins are.

And as far as he knew, the Great Emperor of the Upper Palace Gouchen was an incarnation of the Human Race's Fuxi.

Otherwise~

In Honghuang, besides the Human Race's Tianhuang Fuxi, who else would dare to use the title of Heavenly Emperor? Fuxi, Thunder Marsh, Leizhenzi.

Fang Longye could guarantee that there was definitely something fishy going on here.

In short—

Whether counting from Yang Chan's second brother Yang Jian, or from her sect, Wa Palace, Leizhenzi could be considered deeply connected to her, a true member of her own side.

And yet, she was now inciting him to go after Leizhenzi's treasure.

Who could be more treacherous than her? Yang Chan noticed Fang Longye's gaze and thought that after seeing Nezha's strength, he felt he could not defeat Leizhenzi.

She immediately patted her chest and said, "Rest assured! I guarantee you can beat Leizhenzi~"

"For certain reasons, Leizhenzi was schemed against by the Jade Emperor and perished once during the First Emperor's conquest of the heavens, his True Spirit falling onto the Conferring of the Gods list."

"As he is now, you can definitely beat him."

Seeing Yang Chan's "enthusiastic" demeanor, Fang Longye found it amusing and also felt she was somewhat cute.

"You really will stop at nothing to create some excitement!"

Fang Longye understood the meaning behind Yang Chan's words.

Although having one's True Spirit entrusted to the Conferring of the Gods list means a lack of freedom, it does have one benefit.

That is, as long as the Heavenly Court is not destroyed and the Conferring of the Gods list remains intact, even if one's body perishes and their Dharma dissipates, there is still a chance for resurrection; one will not truly have their soul scattered and annihilated.

It can be said that anyone whose name remains on the Conferring of the Gods list is practically immortal. Even if a practitioner of Great Divine Ability takes action, it is not certain they could truly erase their traces.

But while that is what is said, when it comes down to reality, it is not that easy.

For one, there is a queue for resurrection.

For another, the more powerful the person, the greater the cost of resurrection through the Conferring of the Gods list.

Among them, if one's backing is not strong enough and one does not possess enough resources to compete with others, one might have to wait until the end of time to reappear in the world.

Of course, given Leizhenzi's background, he was naturally resurrected by others the moment he perished and was listed.

After all, even the Jade Emperor who schemed against him likely only wanted to control his True Spirit. Otherwise, he would not have let his True Spirit fall onto the Conferring of the Gods list after he perished.

This is not the special period of the Conferring of the Gods Tribulation.

But after resurrection, it is obvious that one's own strength will drop significantly, and it will take a long time to recover.

This is also why Yang Chan believed she could persuade him to take action against Leizhenzi and seize his treasures.

In fact, he was indeed tempted.

However, on the surface, Fang Longye still maintained an awe-inspiring posture, expressing that he would never take advantage of someone in a vulnerable state.

"Many thanks for the Fairy's guidance! However, Fang believes that a gentleman has things he will do and things he will not. Moreover, treasures should match heroes. I feel that the Gouchen Star Lord title and the Celestial Phenomenon Ring are quite a good match, so I will not deprive others of what they love!"

While his words were righteous and awe-inspiring, in his heart, he had already made up his mind to find an opportunity to properly ambush Leizhenzi.

Snort—

Yang Chan sneered inwardly, *Do you think I would believe you are an upright gentleman? *

"Brother Fang, you should consider this carefully. Leizhenzi does not only have this one treasure on him. Just counting the Yu Huang divine artifacts, there are two more!"

"One is the Yu Huang Order, which can summon spirits from mountains and rivers to drive gods and command ghosts. One is the Demon-Slaying Sword, which excels at killing inner and outer Demons; it can be called a treasure for protecting one's Dharma."

"There is also the Golden Staff, the Divine Firmament Map,... and so on and so forth; they are all rare treasures."

Yang Chan counted on her fingers, plucking at his heartstrings, listing them as if they were her own family treasures.

"Fairy, there is no need to persuade me further! Although I have never met Brother Leizhenzi, I have long admired him."

"For Brother Leizhenzi to suffer such a fate is already enough to make one sigh. If I were to stab him in the back at this time, would I still be human?"

Fang Longye waved his hand, his eyes revealing a sense of sincerity.

Only in his heart did he say: "It is decided! This no-cost business, Fang will definitely do it!"

Yang Chan could not clearly know his inner thoughts; she only saw that despite her earnest advice, he remained unmoved.

She immediately said crossly: "Since that is the case, then get lost!"

"Fairy, there is no need to be so heartless, right? At the very least, I came for your safety."

"Well, now you see that I am safe and sound. Please leave! I will not see you out~"

"By the way! Give me back that cup you swiped~" Yang Chan rolled her eyes.

(End of this chapter)