Chapter 379: The Three Great Treasures of Long Hu Mountain

Three figures hold swords, standing around the mountain, stabilizing Qingshan and suppressing the chaotic black qi.

"Three pure yang treasures!?" Li Li Yishan's heart stirred as he gazed at the ancient painting, unable to help speaking.

"Boss, are you saying the swords held by these three Daoists are all pure yang treasures?"

"Precisely!" Zhao Zhao Menglang nodded.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan, Li Li Yishan, and Meng Qi all revealed expressions of surprise.

Daoist adepts in the mountains refine rare treasures; over years and decades, spiritual artifacts take form.

Generally, tools forged by Daoist methods are merely called 【Dharmic Tools】; only after over a century of incense offerings do they gradually gain sentience and become 【Dharmic Treasures】.

Yet whether they are 【Feather Yellow Dharmic Treasures】 offered for under three hundred years, 【Feather Blue Dharmic Treasures】 offered for under eight hundred years, or 【Feather Purple Dharmic Treasures】 offered for over eight hundred years… all are merely classified as Feather Stream Dharmic Treasures.

Above them lie the 【Pure Yang Dharmic Treasures】, which even centuries of accumulation cannot forge.

These are supreme artifacts attainable only by those who have entered the Pure Yang Infinite state, each possessing earth-shattering power, kept within sect halls and never drawn forth except in calamity.

Pure Yang Dharmic Treasures are already exceedingly rare, let alone 【sword-shaped Pure Yang】 ones—these are among the rarest treasures in the world.

"The sword held by this Daoist is the Pure Yang Sword, left behind by Lu Zu."

Zhao Zhao Menglang, sensing their confusion, pointed to the Daoist whose back seemed wreathed in the radiant light of a great sun.

Lu Zu left his sword; pure yang descended upon Zhenwu, granting Zhenwu Mountain six hundred years of great fortune.

"The sword held by this Daoist is the Qiu family's 【Changchun Sword】…" Zhao Zhao Menglang gestured to another.

The Daoist standing to the east held a sword of deep azure, like spring itself, its body brimming with vitality, its feet carpeted in blooming grass.

The Changchun Dharmic Sword was left by Qiu Zu, hence also called 【Qiu Zu Sword】, kept within the Qiu family and offered incense for a thousand years.

Though the Qiu family lost a Tian Shi in Qin Gu Town, leaving them wounded, their depth remains, for they enshrine a Pure Yang Dharmic Treasure—the Changchun Sword.

Pure Yang masters may not arise in every generation, but Pure Yang Dharmic Treasures can be passed down through generations.

Merely possessing this sword ensures eternal survival, unshakable through countless calamities—this is the great fortune and blessing the Ancestor secured for future generations.

"As for this one…"

Zhao Zhao Menglang turned and pointed to the Daoist standing beside the western mountain.

"Taiyi Sword!"

Meng Qi blurted it out, her expression tightening as she gazed at the faint mountainous silhouette behind the Daoist, shaped like a celestial pillar, towering like Zhongnan.

"Little Meng, your eyes are sharp." Zhao Zhao Menglang gave Meng Qi a deep look, then nodded.

"Taiyi is the essence of primordial spirit, the honored deity of the Celestial Capital…" Li Li Yishan said solemnly.

It is widely known that the main peak of Zhongnan Mountain is Taiyi Peak, where a Dharmic Sword is enshrined, receiving continuous incense offerings from all True Way sects since Wang Chongyang.

That sword is the famed 【Taiyi Sword】, the most renowned of the three Pure Yang Dharmic Treasures.

"Pure Yang!"

"Changchun!"

"Taiyi!"

Zhang Fan stared at the strange ancient painting, fixed on the three spectral figures and their swords, his expression turning unusual.

"Three Pure Yang Dharmic Swords—many people in this lifetime have never even heard of them."

"Naturally." Zhao Zhao Menglang nodded.

Pure Yang Dharmic Treasures are the foundation upon which a sect or mountain stands; sword-shaped ones are exceedingly rare in the world.

Swords govern destruction; in this regard, sword-shaped Pure Yang Dharmic Treasures are far more powerful than other types.

"As far as I know, among Pure Yang Dharmic Treasures, only a handful take sword form…" Zhao Zhao Menglang, well-traveled and knowledgeable, spoke freely.

The Xu family's 【Xu Zu Sword】 and Mount Laojun Mountain's 【Mount Laojun Sword】 both belong to the Pure Yang tier.

"Yet if we speak of the number one Dharmic Sword in the world, it must be Long Hu Mountain's Sanwu Sword!" Zhao Zhao Menglang suddenly shifted tone.

In ancient times, Long Hu Mountain's founding patriarch, Dao Zu Zhang Zhang Daoling, attained enlightenment on Heming Mountain, received the Heavenly Book and Dan Scroll from Tai Shang Mount Laojun, and was granted three treasures: talisman, sword, and seal.

The sword bestowed was the famed 【Sanwu Sword of the Twin Spirits to Sever Demons】, also known as Sanwu, Twin Spirits, Tian Shi Sword, Yin-Yang Sword, and more.

Legend says that during the first campaign to break mountains and destroy temples, Zhang Zhang Daoling defeated all demons and ghosts, imprisoning the Six Heavenly Spirits within Heming Mountain's 【Jiegui Well】, sealing them with the yin sword.

The yang sword was passed down through generations of the Long Hu Zhang family, becoming the sword of the sect's patriarch.

"That is unquestionably the number one sword in the world; even the yang sword alone can dominate the age, making all other treasures pale in comparison," Li Li Yishan said solemnly.

"Pity, over eighty years ago, during the Daoist calamity, the Long Hu Zhang family split north and south…" Zhao Zhao Menglang sighed.

"It is said the three treasures passed down by Dao Zu fell into the hands of the Southern Zhang."

At this, Li Li Yishan glanced at Zhang Fan, intentionally or not.

Precisely because the Southern Zhang lineage inherited the Ancestor's three treasures, they have always been regarded as the orthodox direct heirs.

"After the Southern Zhang lineage vanished, the three treasures of Dao Zu disappeared—but…" Zhao Zhao Menglang paused, glancing instinctively at the shop entrance; seeing no one there, he lowered his voice.

"A few years ago, I heard from a business associate in the north that the Zhang family's 【Yangshen Tian Du Treasure Seal】 is now in the hands of the Northern Zhang."

The Daoist three treasures: sword, talisman, seal.

The Zhang family's three treasures are each among the supreme tier of the world.

The Sanwu Sword of the Twin Spirits to Sever Demons needs no elaboration—it aligns with the numbers three and five, gathering the Three Flowers atop the head, directing the Five Qi toward the origin; crossing the transformation of three and five leads one to the realm of terrestrial immortals.

The world says this sword holds the methods of immortals.

In addition, the Zhang family's other two treasures—the seal and talisman—are the 【Yangshen Tian Du Treasure Seal】 and the 【Tai Shang Meng Wei Talisman】.

The Zhang family's seal is the orthodox source of all Dharmic lineages; it is said there are thirty-six great seals and seventy-two minor ones, the most powerful being the 【Yangshen Tian Du Treasure Seal】.

Furthermore, all three mountain talismans belong to Long Hu; the 【Tai Shang Meng Wei Talisman】 is the root of the 【Tian Shi Lu】, the origin of all talisman arts in the world.

Sanwu Sword!

Yangshen Seal!

Tai Shang Talisman!

These three treasures are the secret core of the Long Hu Zhang lineage.

"The Yangshen Tian Du Treasure Seal is with the Northern Zhang?" Meng Qi could not help asking.

"Just rumors—don't spread them, or you'll invite trouble…" Zhao Zhao Menglang said sternly.

The split between Northern and Southern Zhang within the Daoist world is an open secret—not everyone knows it.

After the Daoist calamity, the family went partially into hiding; the sudden fall of the Southern Zhang remains a mystery, and few understand its depths.

Yet the appearance of the 【Yangshen Tian Du Treasure Seal】, once passed down by the Southern Zhang, now in the hands of the Northern Zhang, speaks volumes.

This lineage wields immense power in the north—even the Bai He Guan in the capital must yield to them.

Zhang Fan remained silent; originally, the three treasures of Long Hu Mountain were in the Southern Zhang's hands. When the Southern Zhang was destroyed, the Northern Zhang would have reclaimed them—so it is no surprise the Yangshen Seal is with them.

"Are the Sanwu Sword and the Tai Shang Talisman also with the Northern Zhang?" Li Li Yishan suddenly spoke, voicing Zhang Fan's unasked question.

"The Tai Shang Talisman does not seem to be."

Zhao Zhao Menglang's connections run wide; his sources span the three teachings and nine streams. Though his information is mixed with truth and falsehood, he knows far more than younglings like Zhang Fan and Meng Qi.

"I heard… I only heard—don't go spreading this around…"