Chapter 412: Falling Treasure Gold Coin

Seeing this, Yunxiao summoned the Mirage Mist; the Mirage Mist blocked the golden light but transformed into golden clouds, and with another flick of her finger, the golden clouds were compressed into golden threads, weaving into a piece of Jinxi.

Embroidered on the Jinxi was a group of celestial maidens; these celestial maidens played lutes, ruan-lutes, beat hand drums and tambourines, and blew vertical bamboo flutes and horizontal flutes... stepping out from the Jinxi, the music was ethereal, yet it neutralized the sound of the gongs.

At this moment, Sheng Ying'er charged over driving the Fire Department's battle cart; behind Ye Zhenren, nine fire dragons still appeared, but unlike before, he held an additional treasure in his hand, which was a jade-green bottle.

This jade-green bottle was another immortal treasure of Luofu Mountain, named the "Azure Mirage Bottle," specifically designed to counter Mirage Qi. It was created back when the Luofu Zushi was refining his methods in the East Sea and encountered a Mirage Essence colluding with a Heavenly Punishment demon monk to swindle rogue cultivators; the Mirage Essence would seize souls and Primordial Spirits, while the demon monk wanted the physical bodies.

In the end, the demon monk was refined to death by the Luofu Zushi, and the Mirage Essence was refined into this bottle; this bottle could release Mirage Qi and could also absorb Mirage Qi.

As for Chen Yunxiao, she happened to be enlightened by Xu Jia using one-third of a Mirage Dragon's essence, and was also a giant clam with three thousand years of Daoist Practice, proficient in Water Moon illusion techniques; the Cave Heaven she presided over was called Water Moon Cave Heaven, a Mirage Tower Blessed Land.

With this treasure appearing, Yunxiao felt constrained at every turn and could not use her Mirage techniques, relying only on her innate clam shell Divine Ability for protection, but this was not a strategy for a prolonged battle.

Coupled with Sheng Ying'er's Flame Cart, which kept using "Drought Demon Fire"—the Drought Demon being a water-absorbing demonic creature that could turn a thousand miles into scorched earth, causing drought and plague—even though Yunxiao was in the God Immortal Realm, she felt the Water Qi around her gradually decreasing, with too much fire and too little water.

She immediately unleashed the Twenty-Four Sea Bright Moon Pearls; this treasure contained a space within, and although not as large as a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, it was still several acres wide, containing accumulated Heavy Water from the sea, star and moon essence, and the rhythm of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.

With so much water, even if the Drought Demon Fire wanted to burn, it would need to refine the great Heavenly Gang Divine Ability of "burning mountains and boiling seas" to do so.

At this time, Ao Jin suddenly said: "Sheng Ying'er, look at this treasure!"

Although that Sheng Ying'er had his consciousness obscured, this true name was given by Xu Jia, so he could not help but respond.

He turned his head and let out an "Hmm?"

He then saw Ao Jin fly out a winged gold coin; this gold coin immediately stuck to the center of his brow, instantly suppressing the precious light of the Luofu Flame Cart.

It turned out that Ao Jin was also very anxious upon seeing Sheng Ying'er captured; while others wanted to defeat those two God Immortal True Persons, he needed to rescue his colleague, and although they were not on good terms in the past, they had come together, and returning alone would be too disloyal.

Furthermore, if Sheng Ying'er were rescued any later, he would be completely refined into the Flame Cart and become a Spirit Vessel; he went to beg Jinchan Duobao, and Duobao took a gold coin nodule from his own body and gave it to him: "The world is bustling for profit; the world is jostling for gain. My coin can only be used once; any treasure that can be priced can be brought down. As for those priceless treasures, except for Heavenly Mansion Rare Treasures and Heavenly Immortal lineages, as long as there is interaction within the Desire Realm, they all fall within this principle."

The Golden Toad, having been enlightened by Xu Jia and practicing the reverse-refinement method, had already reached the "fifth stage" of the Wealth God realm, achieving the "Circulation Stage"; this gold coin was refined when he was in the "Asset-Debt Balance" realm, and it could be both an asset and a debt...

In any case, as to what realm he had cultivated to now, except for Xu Jia who could balance and suppress him, others were like blind men touching an elephant, only able to sense a portion of his abilities and unable to know the whole.

Because capital is like a snowball, and his snowball had already rolled very large.

Sheng Ying'er was temporarily sobered up, and with the Flame Cart having its connection to Ye Zhenren severed by the Golden Toad's precious coin, Sheng Ying'er immediately drove the Flame Cart and fled the scene.

Huo Lingmu saw Sheng Ying'er and liked him very much, going forward to take charge of him.

Even when Zhang Zhenren realized what was happening and moved to intercept, he was burned back by a ball of green fire.

Zhang Zhenren's gaze was like lightning; he also practiced Thunder Law, but he practiced the "Golden Light Thunder Method," which focused on "thunder and lightning radiance"; the Golden Light Thunder Method was a Pure Yang Thunder Method with the ability to punish evil and destroy demons, and it could also protect the Dharma and cultivate the body; the "Golden Light Incantation" among the Eight Great Divine Incantations was the foundational part of practicing the Golden Light Thunder Method.

He said with a cold face: "Return my junior brother's magic treasure."

"What is your magic treasure? Didn't you see my Huo Tong Er sitting on it? This is my magic treasure."

Huo Lingmu produced a feather fan in her hand, colored green and red; this was a natal magic treasure refined from the tail feathers she had shed over the years.

With one wave, a flaming Bi Fang rushed out and collided with that Zhang Zhenren.

Zhang Zhenren's face was cold; he waved his hand, and a golden wheel appeared behind his head; this golden wheel had a mirror in the center, but the edges were sharpened, looking like a magic treasure of Esoteric Buddhism—what Dharma King of the Golden Wheel was nothing more than this.

The golden wheel rotated and shot out a beam of golden light; it was precisely the Golden Light Divine Thunder.

The Golden Light Divine Thunder collided with the flaming Bi Fang and exploded, scattering thousands of golden, red, and green sparks, like colorful fireworks.

On the other side, Ye Zhenren also sensed his magic treasure had been taken and was extremely furious, but he could not get away for the moment, being entangled by Yunxiao; although the Azure Mirage Bottle was good, it was not his original item and had not been deeply refined.

Now he had no choice but to use his ultimate trump card in advance.

He was seen holding a golden tower in his hand; the tower had eight sides and nine levels, very exquisite, with Arhats, Diamonds, Galan, Heavens, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas carved on each level, and right at the very top was a Mani Bead.

This tower was a treasure of Luofu Mountain, but it was not refined using Daoist methods, but rather Buddhist Dharma; Luofu Mountain had a senior in the God Immortal Realm who, fearing that after ascending he would have a low rank and be difficult to get ahead, and having heard that the Buddhist sect was vast and offered more generous conditions for fruit positions, had also practiced Buddhist Dharma.

However, in his practice of Buddhist Dharma, he only practiced the "Shurangama Sutra"; this sutra was the best at subduing demons, and subduing demons had always been a way to accumulate external merit, so he followed this sutra and refined several magic treasures, using both Daoist artifact-refining methods and Buddhist Divine Abilities.

This Pure Yang Demon-Suppressing Tower was one of them. In the end, this Luofu senior did not achieve Heavenly Immortal status, but instead went to the Western Paradise first, attaining the position of a "Scattered Bodhisattva"; although not comparable to the level of the Eighteen Arhats, it was higher than the ordinary "Five Hundred Arhats" fruit position, though of course, it could not compare to the Four Great Bodhisattvas and the like.

Once the Pure Yang Demon-Suppressing Tower appeared, various demon-subduing Buddhist sounds and demon-refining Buddhist light made Yunxiao feel dizzy, leaving her limbs weak, and her Dharma Power circulation also had some problems.

This was because they hadn't had time to go to the South Sea to borrow the Fish Basket from Fish Basket Guanyin, having only sent disciples and followers; if they had borrowed that specialized counter-treasure, combined with this Pure Yang Demon-Suppressing Tower, she would likely have been beaten back to her original form and suppressed under the tower within three to five rounds.

This was the biggest problem with "non-human" cultivation; if one's origin was discovered and a counter-object was found, it would be trouble.

Just like when Xu Jia first started out, he used a seven- or eight-year-old chicken cage to suddenly cover a Reverse-Feather Chicken with a hundred years of Daoist Practice, and used a ten-year-old cow rope, plus morning glory seeds and croton, to drug that Green Bull Demon...

It can only be said that non-human cultivation is not as good as human-body cultivation; no wonder when the Yellow Emperor obtained the Bai Ze Picture, he killed until all the demons in the world hid, not daring to act recklessly.

The Pure Yang Golden Tower pressed down, intending to crush Yunxiao's clam shell Divine Ability, and the sounds of Buddhist chanting and Buddhist light further dissolved her Dharma Power.

Yunxiao gathered her spirits, combined the twenty-four pearls into one, transformed them into a Great Moon Phase, turned into a Lunar Method manifestation, and released beams of Ice Soul Divine Light, striking at Ye Zhenren.

Ye Zhenren was surrounded by nine fire dragons, forming the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, encircling the golden tower to perform "demon refining," but it also blocked the Ice Soul Divine Light.

He sneered: "First I will refine you, then capture that Bi Fang; I won't kill her, just beat her back to her original form to be a mount, assisting me in practicing Fire Method; when I ascend to the Shangjie, I will be a Seventh Rank Lingguan of the Fire Department, which won't be burying her talent."

Hearing this, Yunxiao was trembling with cold anger, and a surge of fury arose; she immediately waved her hand, and a silver light flashed—it was the Silver Flood Dragon Immortal Sword she had refined with Lunar Method Dharma Power.

The Silver Flood Dragon Immortal Sword changed shape, turning into the appearance of a "Moon Essence Wheel," yet it remained extremely sharp, using the single-person sword move of "Heaven Water Litigation."

The Need Hexagram, with danger outside and strength inside, was a move that combined both offense and defense; combined with the Great Moon Phase of the Canghai Bright Moon Pearls, it had the changes of "waxing and waning."

The danger outside is the waning of the moon.

The strength inside is the fullness of the moon.

The Moon Essence Wheel-style Silver Flood Dragon Sword combined with danger, while the "Sea-Suppressing Pearl" formed by the twenty-four Canghai Bright Moon Pearls was the "strength."

For a time, the moonlight resisted the Buddhist light, the sword ringing resisted the Buddhist mantras, and Yunxiao's movements became sharp again.

The Moon Wheel slashed down one fire dragon, turned back, and performed "Heaven Water Litigation."

Heaven Water Litigation was an extremely dangerous hexagram, a hexagram that is auspicious at the beginning but ominous at the end; it had a certain deceptive quality, appearing to be a defensive move, but actually hiding murderous intent, and it was extremely sharp; if one did not "have virtue oneself," meaning being vigilant at all times, one would fall into the trap.

Litigation means a lawsuit, and a lawsuit is a troublesome matter; this sword move was also one move after another, an extremely troublesome killing move.

That Ye Zhenren flew out a Gold Shuttle to meet the Silver Flood Dragon Sword, turned the golden tower to protect himself, and secretly thought: "What a fierce Sword Formula."

Having resolved his own predicament, Yunxiao was relentless, turning the Moon Wheel back, while the protective Sea-Suppressing Pearl transformed into a "hidden weapon," striking toward Ye Zhenren.

This pearl was the twenty-four Canghai Bright Moon Pearls combined into one, secretly matching the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, and the Twenty-Four Solar Terms secretly contained the changes of ocean currents, hence it had the "power of one sea," and this pearl's speed was extremely fast.

Ye Zhenren did not have time to dodge, only using the golden tower to block it, but it knocked the golden tower flying, the Buddhist statues on it were dented, and he himself took a hit to the chest; although he dissipated much of the force and had the other eight fire dragons obstructing, the fire dragons were better at attacking than defending, and just this one hit broke his ribs, displaced his internal organs, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Junior brother!" Zhang Zhenren was having a back-and-forth battle with Huo Lingmu; his personality was much more cautious, and he had the multi-functional treasure of the Golden Light Wheel; unlike Ye Zhenren who refined several treasures, he focused on only one, and this treasure was powerful in both offense and defense; coupled with the "one move is enough" Golden Light Divine Thunder, even Huo Lingmu with the Bi Fang did not dare to get too close, and she fought much more cautiously; although she had the Golden Flood Dragon Sword, it was difficult to get close.

True Person Zhang flew out a golden light Talisman, which transformed into a golden light barrier to protect True Person Ye. True Person Ye hurriedly used the "Jade Dew" condensed within the Green Mirage Pearl to heal his wounds, feeling quite wary of Yunxiao and secretly hating: "If I had refined that Fire Essence Drought Demon earlier, how could the Flame Cart have been taken away? This treasure could increase the power of my Fire Method by thirty percent, and it could also help me perform Fire Evasion, transforming my body into fire and making me immune to all injuries."

He immediately stirred up his angry Qi, and flames ignited from his chest, emerged from his nose, and subsequently burned over his entire body, transforming into flame armor; however, without the Fire Department treasure that was the Flame Cart, his manifestation of the Fire Department Spirit Official was not very complete.

Yunxiao once again rotated the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, scattering it back into its twenty-four-piece appearance; combining them into one for a full-power strike consumed too much Dharma Power, and even though she had cultivated for three thousand years, activating one Sea-Suppressing Pearl made her feel as if her Dharma Power were an oil lamp, burning away too quickly, so she silently refined Heaven One Pure Water to recover her Dharma Power.

At the same time, she moved toward Huo Lingmu, and as their gazes met, the intention of "uniting their swords" was already formed.

"The one surnamed Ye is already injured; take advantage of his illness to claim his life!"

True Person Zhang was also worried about True Person Ye, so he naturally and silently moved toward that side as well.

The others, such as Ao Jin, Chen Gongming, Jiang Qi, and Shen Bao, although they had some Daoist Practice, could not participate, and even watching the magical battle required a certain threshold, so they could only look on from afar.

"Junior Brother, these two women are truly formidable; we must wait for the Fish Basket of the South Sea Guanyin to arrive before we can break this deadlock. Let us avoid their momentum for now!"

(End of this chapter)