Chapter 850

Great Han, Jiaying Prefecture.

Just as Zhang Jiao and Tong Yuan were about to strike, the appearance of the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking in the sky caused them both to halt their respective steps. Instead, they both raised their heads, looking at the newly appeared list that was within arm's reach yet impossible to touch, filled with the power of the Heavenly Dao!

Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, the Heavenly Dao list—the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking—finally began to announce the first treasure of the Nine Provinces to ascend the Heavenly List!

【Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking, Tenth Place!】

【Taiping Essential Arts!】

【Holder: Taiping Dao, Zhang Jiao!】

【Reward: Heavenly Dao Qi-Gazing Technique! Reward: Control of the Eye of Insight!】

The *Taiping Essential Arts* already contained thousands of Daoist techniques; turning stones into gold, summoning wind and rain, scattering beans to create soldiers—all the techniques of myth were contained within the *Taiping Essential Arts*. This caused the *Taiping Essential Arts* to be blessed by various powerful techniques, transforming it into a divine object!

The *Taiping Essential Arts* not only possessed the ability to enhance the controller's mental faculties during ordinary times, allowing the controller to keep a clear mind at all times, but it could also augment the controller's combat power, enabling the controller to gain even greater strength under its blessing.

After pushing the *Taiping Essential Arts* to its limit, one could utilize the domain power of the *Taiping Essential Arts*. Once the domain power was deployed, any long-range attack would lose all threat to the controller of the *Taiping Essential Arts*!

By injecting the Heavenly Dao Qi-Gazing Technique into the *Taiping Essential Arts*, the controller could use the Eye of Insight to drive the *Taiping Essential Arts*' Heavenly Dao Qi-Gazing Technique. Even in situations where the Heavenly Dao was chaotic, the Heavenly Dao Qi-Gazing Technique could still pierce through the void to investigate the future! And it would not suffer from Heavenly Dao backlash!

The Eye of Insight could be activated during ordinary times and when the controller was in battle. As long as the opponent was not more than one major realm above the controller, one could use the Eye of Insight to see through the opponent's movements, techniques, and weaknesses!

After the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking finished introducing the subtleties of the *Taiping Essential Arts* to the eyes of the crowd, a phantom image resembling a heavenly book appeared on the Treasure Ranking, suspended in the sky.

Subsequently, this heavenly book phantom transformed directly into two beams of light. One contained endless Heavenly Dao power, as if all the mysteries of the world were contained within it; the other contained a pair of eyes that seemed capable of seeing through everything.

In the blink of an eye, these two beams of light flew toward the direction of Jiaying Prefecture in the Great Han.

Originally, when Zhang Jiao saw the Treasure Ranking, he only paid it slight attention. After all, regardless of the circumstances, the appearance of every treasure that could ascend the Heavenly List would affect one side of the power balance.

Furthermore, Zhang Jiao had absolute confidence in his *Taiping Essential Arts*, feeling that the *Taiping Essential Arts* would definitely not be weaker than any divine weapon that ascended the Heavenly List.

But upon seeing the Heavenly List in the sky state that Zhang Jiao's *Taiping Essential Arts* had ascended the Treasure Ranking, Zhang Jiao's expression became somewhat dramatic.

"I knew it!!! I knew it!!!"

"The *Taiping Essential Arts* will definitely not be weaker than anything that ascends the Heavenly List!!!"

"This time, the Heavenly Dao is truly favoring me, Zhang Jiao!"

Zhang Jiao shouted loudly toward the Treasure Ranking that had just appeared in the sky... 0

Before he could continue speaking, the two Heavenly Dao rewards that had emerged from the Nine Provinces Treasure Ranking suddenly dove into Zhang Jiao's eyes and the *Taiping Essential Arts* above his head.

In an instant, dense Heavenly Dao power completely enveloped Zhang Jiao.

Moreover, a large character for "Dao" appeared directly around his periphery, guarding Zhang Jiao.

Contrary to Zhang Jiao's excited mood, Tong Yuan's mood became extremely poor after seeing Zhang Jiao's *Taiping Essential Arts* make the list, and his eyes revealed traces of despair.

"Could it be... that Heaven wants to destroy my Great Han???"

"What exactly did my Great Han do wrong???"

Watching Zhang Jiao before him, who was slowly absorbing the Heavenly Dao power with an ever-increasing aura, Tong Yuan's heart grew heavier and heavier.

Previously, when Zhang Jiao was in that state of augmented combat power, Tong Yuan had already found it very strenuous to try and stop him.

Now that Zhang Jiao had received the Heavenly Dao reward, it would be even more difficult for Tong Yuan to stop him.

Subsequently, after deep thought for a moment, Tong Yuan gently bit his index finger and began to write some special characters in a winding fashion upon his long spear.

This was a forbidden technique of Tong Yuan's own. Regardless of whether Tong Yuan could defeat Zhang Jiao after this battle, Tong Yuan would suffer internal power backlash, and his cultivation would be greatly diminished!

The current Tong Yuan had already decided to fight Zhang Jiao to the death.

And Zhao Yun, on the city wall, saw this scene, and the worry in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

"Master."

Zhao Yun murmured softly.

He saw Zhang Jiao receive the Heavenly Dao reward and the *Taiping Essential Arts* make the list, and he saw Tong Yuan performing a forbidden technique. Associating this with the ominous feeling that had appeared in his heart earlier when Tong Yuan spoke,

Zhao Yun felt that this time, perhaps Tong Yuan would truly meet with disaster! ===== CHAPTER 851 =====