Chapter 1582: Prayer Basin

This time, it was a ruler-shaped Strange Treasure, with an ancient seal script character carved on each end, which translated to the two characters "Qiankun."

Upon seeing that this was the legendary Qiankun Ruler, Li Zhangsheng was a little excited; however, judging from the feedback of his Mental Power, this Qiankun Ruler was merely a Mid-grade World Wonder level Strange Treasure, and his excitement vanished instantly.

It is rumored that the Qiankun Ruler possesses the ability to measure the heavens and the earth, and it is a relatively famous Strange Treasure in the Fairy World; it is said that after measuring the heavens and the earth, it obtained a great deal of Merit Qi.

But no matter what, the Qiankun Ruler shouldn't have such a low grade; this seriously contradicts its fame.

According to Li Zhangsheng's estimation, even if it wasn't at the Langhuan Supreme Treasure level, it should at least be at the Zifu Qizhen level.

Li Zhangsheng observed it carefully; this Qiankun Ruler was intact and undamaged, without a single trace of wear.

"A fake!"

Soon, Li Zhangsheng, as a Grandmaster of Artifact Refining, saw through the trick; the key was that this Qiankun Ruler contained no Merit Qi.

As a Qiankun Ruler that measures the heavens and the earth, even if the majority of the merit is obtained by the holder, the Qiankun Ruler itself should still obtain a portion of the merit; how could there be absolutely none at all?

If it were a genuine Qiankun Ruler, Li Zhangsheng might have been tempted, but for a fake Qiankun Ruler that was only a Mid-grade World Wonder, he decided to forget it.

With this caliber of Strange Treasure, as long as he had the materials, Li Zhangsheng could easily refine one himself.

After bidding farewell to Shang Yang, Li Zhangsheng headed toward the third Space Channel.

This time, the one guarding the treasure was a Mysterious Turtle; as a turtle-type Divine Beast, its greatest trait is patience, so it naturally wouldn't do something as foolish as the Ancestral White Dragon.

Thus, upon sensing the aura Li Zhangsheng emitted, the Mysterious Turtle naturally cowered and hurriedly led him to the treasure it was guarding.

This time, it was a Lava Origin, which could significantly improve a Demon Pet's quality.

Unfortunately, including their Temporary Spirit Pets, the Demon Pets of Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen had all reached Legendary Quality; unless it was a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure like a Golden Apple, items like the Lava Origin were already useless to him.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng appeared in the fourth channel, which was also the last place.

Unexpectedly, the one guarding this time was actually a Cheng Huang.

The Cheng Huang has a white body and flowing hair, its shape is like a fox, and it has a horn on its back; riding it grants a lifespan of two thousand years.

This was also Li Zhangsheng's first time seeing this famous yet elusive Divine Beast; even after unifying the Heavenly Court and the human world, he had never heard of a Cheng Huang appearing anywhere.

As a Divine Beast, the combat power of a Cheng Huang can only be considered low-to-mid tier, but its greatest trait is not its combat power.

The "riding it grants a lifespan of two thousand years" here refers to an Emperor Rank Cheng Huang; the effect for Demon Saint and Demon Emperor level Cheng Huangs is greatly reduced, to at most three or four hundred years.

Regardless of whether it is an Emperor Rank or other realms of Cheng Huang, to increase the lifespan of other creatures, it requires the sacrifice of the Cheng Huang's own corresponding lifespan as the cost.

This means that even an Emperor Rank Cheng Huang cannot sustain this many times at all.

Even so, the special effect of even a Demon Saint level Cheng Huang, aside from Emperors, has an attraction to others that can be imagined.

Thus, the Cheng Huang of the Fairy World had long since gone extinct.

When it discovered someone had entered, the Cheng Huang, which had been resting, was clearly startled and hurriedly stood up from the ground.

Ever since the external environment became extremely unfavorable for the Cheng Huang, it had remained in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, not daring to leave, ever since receiving the call of the Heavenly Dao; the Heavenly Dao also knew the Cheng Huang's situation and had never kicked it out.

The Cheng Huang knew very well that once it returned to the outside world, it would end in tragedy before long; even if it weren't killed, just the cost of activating its special ability would lead it to its end after only a few uses.

What the Cheng Huang feared most was that someone entering would drive it out of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm; as long as the Cheng Huang suffered a life-threatening attack, the Heavenly Dao would, in the spirit of Heavenly Dao humanitarianism, send the Cheng Huang to the outside world.

Upon sensing Li Zhangsheng's aura, the Cheng Huang was pleasantly surprised instead of alarmed; the one who entered was an Emperor, and Emperors are theoretically beings with infinite lifespan, which seemed like a good thing for it.

But the Cheng Huang did not view it that way, because Emperors also have subordinates and could fully utilize the Cheng Huang's special ability to win over hearts; this was the reason for the Cheng Huang's worry.

However, the Cheng Huang had no thoughts of resisting and could only gaze at Li Zhangsheng with its watery eyes, showing a pitiful expression while bowing its head, hoping Li Zhangsheng would not drive it out of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.

"Rest assured, I have the Ren Water Flat Peach Tree; I have no use for you."

Li Zhangsheng shook his head; with the lifespan of a Demon Saint level Cheng Huang, it would reach death in less than ten uses at most, not to mention that this Cheng Huang was already quite old; he truly had no interest at all.

Hearing Li Zhangsheng say this, the Cheng Huang was clearly relieved.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng looked at the treasure guarded by the Cheng Huang.

This time, it was a one-time special treasure called the Prayer Basin, which could be used to obtain desired treasures through prayer, though there were four restrictions.

One, the treasure cannot exceed the grade of the Prayer Basin.

Two, it must be within the Fairy World.

Three, it can only target ownerless treasures.

Four, if the Fairy World does not possess that type of treasure, the Prayer Basin will still disappear.

It must be said that the Prayer Basin belongs to the Zifu Qizhen level of treasures.

Upon seeing the effect of the Prayer Basin, Li Zhangsheng's eyes lit up; after finishing his exploration, he naturally made his choice, ultimately selecting the Prayer Basin and the corpse of Houtu.

The Cheng Huang did want to repay Li Zhangsheng and brought out some treasures, but Li Zhangsheng took one look and declined the Cheng Huang's gesture.

This Cheng Huang had spent most of its life in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, and its net worth was only slightly better than some adult dragons, let alone those Divine Beasts that lorded over the outside world.

As for changing the Cheng Huang's plight, Li Zhangsheng stated that it was impossible; unless the Cheng Huang lost this innate ability, it was fundamentally impossible to change the current situation.

After making his choice, Li Zhangsheng was politely sent out of the realm by the Heavenly Dao.

Amidst a whirlwind, Li Zhangsheng appeared back in his original location; he did not linger and returned straight to the Secret Realm to digest this harvest.

In the Secret Realm, Li Zhangsheng took out the skull of the Time Dragon.

After checking it, Li Zhangsheng pried open the tightly shut dragon mouth.

In an instant, a jade-colored radiance rushed out from the dragon's mouth; it was a fragment the size of an infant's head, which instantly began to merge with the Seeking Dao Jade Pendant.

Li Zhangsheng wore an "as expected" expression; he did not think this Time Dragon would reach the half-step realm like the Nine-Faced Dragon God Ao, so the possibility of it possessing a fragment was clearly greater.

While the Seeking Dao Jade Pendant was merging, Li Zhangsheng began to refine the Houtu Essence Blood.

It was not just the Houtu Essence Blood, but also included a large amount of materials provided by his subordinates during this time, enough to allow several Demon Pets to advance further.

(End of chapter)