The first treasure was naturally the Buddha Emperor’s Sherri.
In the relic, the entire power of the Buddha Emperor and the Golden Dragon was condensed, and it could either be refined and absorbed to inherit the supreme Saint Dao of the two Great Saints, or it could be used as an offensive weapon to erupt with unparalleled power, as if it was a Great Saint Ancient Weapon.
Before the Golden Dragon died, it had set four layers of seals on the Sheridan, and Zhang Ruochen had already unlocked the outer three layers. Only the last layer needed to be unlocked again, and the power of the Sherry Son would be fully released.
All along, Zhang Ruochen was planning to break through to the Saint realm before unlocking the last layer of the Sherry Son’s seal, absorbing the power of the Buddha Emperor and the Golden Dragon, thus allowing himself to maintain a super-fast rate of cultivation even in the Saint realm, so that he wouldn’t be able to break through a realm only after several years, or even several decades.
At this stage, Zhang Ruochen had dozens of Sacred Pills and a Sacred Dragon Dragon Pearl at his disposal, which could completely support his breakthrough to the Middle Realm Saint realm, and did not need to absorb the Buddha Qi and Dragon Qi in the Shelter.
The other treasure, however, was somewhat special, and even Zhang Ruochen wasn’t quite sure if it was a Great Saint Ancient Artifact or a Divine Legacy Ancient Artifact.
Zhang Ruochen took it out from inside his spatial ring and placed it on top of the deck with a bang.
It was a three zhang tall bronze ancient tripod, cast with four feet and two ears, weighing 840,000 jin, covered in patina, and underneath the patina, there was a blurred ancient script imprinted.
“Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron.”
Zhang Ruochen stood underneath the copper cauldron and extended his palm, stroking the rusty feet of the cauldron, and was able to feel an ancient flavour emanating from the cauldron.
The Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron was the Sacred Brightness Central Empire’s Ancestral Artifact, which would definitely be used for sacrifices to ancestors, gods, and heaven and earth, and carried the empire’s national fortune.
After the destruction of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, the Deer Cauldron was also lost, and was later obtained by the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect. Zhang Ruochen had bought the Deer Cauldron of Enlightened Origin back at the Pearl Pavilion Auction House under the Moon Worshipping Demon Cult.
In the eyes of outsiders, although the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron was the Sacred Brightness Central Empire’s Ancestral Artifact of Suppression, however, it was more of a symbolic meaning only, and wasn’t a formidable Sacred Artifact.
Some of the Saint Masters of the Moon Worshipping Demon Cult had also spent a lot of energy studying the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, but came up empty-handed, agreeing that it was just a bronze artefact made of a special material.
“Being the Sacred Brightness Central Empire’s Zhen Guo Ancestral Artifact, is it really as simple as just a bronze artifact?”
Zhang Ruochen was a little unconvinced as the Saint Qi in his body raced, and then, he struck out with a palm.
“Buzz.”
The Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron emitted a loud sound similar to a Buddha bell being struck and flew out, hitting on top of a piece of the silver wall of the Undead Ancient Ship.
One must know that with Zhang Ruochen’s current strength, a palm strike, not to mention a copper tripod, even if it was a copper mountain, would be dented.
However, the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron was not deformed at all, and only a layer of rust on the surface came off, causing the writing on the cauldron to become a little clearer.
“Indeed, it is indestructible, but what kind of material is it made of?”
Zhang Ruochen pressed his palm on the surface of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron and released his spiritual power to probe, however, the spiritual power was unable to enter inside the bronze at all and bounced back.
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen released his Holy Qi again and tried to catalyse the Open Element Deer Cauldron, but there was no response at all.
“The Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron has experienced all the sacrificial ceremonies since the founding of the Sacred Ming Central Empire, even if it’s just an ordinary bronze, it should still be tainted with the power of sacrifice, so how could it not have any power fluctuations at all?”
Eight hundred years ago, Emperor Ming had mentioned more than once in front of Zhang Ruochen that the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron was the Sacred Ming Central Empire’s Ancestral Artifact of Zhen Guo, thus showing its importance.
How could an ordinary bronze vessel, even if it was no matter how hard it was, become the Ancestral Weapon of an empire’s country-suppressing state? How could it possibly carry the national fortune of an empire?
Zhang Ruochen’s heart stirred as he stretched out his right hand, spreading it out, a ball of Pure Destruction Divine Flame appeared in the palm of his hand, emitting a brilliant green light.
“The only way to try it out is to use the Pure Destruction God Flame!”
Zhang Ruochen was a little worried that the Pure Destruction Divine Flame would destroy the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, thus, at the very beginning, he only carefully controlled the flame to calcinate the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron.
One had to know that even if a Saint Artifact came into contact with the Pure Destruction Divine Flame, it would melt within a very short period of time.
However, the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron did not react at all when it came into contact with the Pure Destruction Divine Flame.
Zhang Ruochen was ruthless in his heart as he mobilised the Pure Destruction divine Flame and went all out to calcinate the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron.
Constantly releasing the Pure Destruction divine Flame naturally consumed quite a bit of Saint Qi, and even though Zhang Ruochen had four Saint Sources, gradually, he felt overwhelmed, his legs and arms trembled, and beads of sweat continuously emerged from his pores.
“Even the Pure Destruction Divine Flame can’t hurt you, what kind of material are you forged from?”
Zhang Ruochen felt a little discouraged and was ready to withdraw the Pure Destruction Divine Flame ……
“Pah!”
Right at this moment, an extremely faint light sound came out from the tripod.
Slightly surprised, Zhang Ruochen raised his head and looked upwards.
Only to see that the surface of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron broke open with a slit, as if it was a broken eggshell.
From the slit, a ray of golden light emanated.
There was finally a change!
Zhang Ruochen’s heart rejoiced as he mobilised the little remaining Saint Qi in his body and struck out the Pure Destruction Divine Flame to continue the calcination.
“Snap.”?Cracking noises resounded continuously.
There were more and more cracks on the Opening Deer Cauldron, and each crack emitted an eye-catching golden aura.
Little Black, Yellow Smoke Dust, Qing Mo, and Ao Xin Yan were all startled and rushed over, looking at the divine giant cauldron, and were able to feel a breathtaking aura being revived.
“Rumble.”
A layer of shell on the surface of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron completely fell off, and a piece of golden light carrying a mountain-tossing force bore the brunt of the blow on Zhang Ruochen’s body, shaking him and sending him flying backwards.
Ao Xin Yan and Huang Yichen almost simultaneously performed their body techniques, transforming into two streams of light, appearing behind Zhang Ruochen on the left and the right, resolving the impact, supporting him, and landing back on top of the deck.
Just now, Zhang Ruochen had almost exhausted the Saint Qi in his body, and was indeed a little weak.
However, his fleshly body was powerful, and even after exhausting his Saint Qi, he was still a first-rate powerhouse, and he soon slowed down, and that feeling of weakness disappeared.
“Is this the original appearance of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron?”
The huge tripod in front of him was still made of bronze, however, there was no trace of rust, instead, it was like a green emerald, appearing crystal clear.
On the surface of the bronze cauldron, there was a single golden ancient text protruding from it, so densely packed that it was impossible to count the number of them.
Those golden ancient texts seemed to be embedded in the top of the copper tripod, but also like it was originally connected to the copper tripod, and the power fluctuation emitted by each text was very powerful.
“For tens of thousands of years, the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron has only been used for rituals, so I guess very few people know that the inside of the shell is its original body.”
Feeling awestruck, Zhang Ruochen took one step, and walked over towards the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron.
With just a layer of shell, it was indestructible, and it took the use of the Pure Destruction Divine Flame to make it fall off. It made it hard to imagine how extraordinary the body of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron had to be?
“This one copper tripod, at a glance, is an extraordinary battle weapon, this emperor will help you test its power first.”
With a swishing sound, Little Black rushed out first and came underneath the Opening Deer Cauldron.
With its two claws, it pressed on the tripod and injected a steady stream of Saint Qi into it.
With that, the golden light emanating from the golden ancient text on the tripod became even brighter.
Xiao Hei attempted to catalyse the Kaiyuan Deer Tripod, but the body of the tripod did not move at all, without any change.
“What does it mean? It’s clearly absorbed this Emperor’s holy qi, but it doesn’t even react at all.”
Xiao Hei was very unconvinced and continued to mobilise his Saint Qi, punching it into the tripod, but the Kaiyuan Deer Tripod was not under its control at all. It was only until it was so tired that its tongue hitched to the ground that Little Black had to give up.
“This copper tripod is somewhat evil, it only absorbs holy qi, it has no practical value at all.”Little Black said indignantly.
Immediately after, Huang Yichen, Qing Mo, and Ao Xin Yan also went up to try successively, and without exception, all of them came to the same conclusion as Xiao Hei.
Just as they were trying to manipulate the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, the Saint Qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body had already recovered to a great extent.
“Such a divine bronze cauldron shouldn’t be unable to exert any power at all, I’ll give it a try as well.”
Zhang Ruochen came to the bottom of the Enlightened Deer Cauldron, his eyes narrowed, revealing a thoughtful expression.
Since it was the ancestral artefact of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, it must be related to the ancestor of the Imperial Zhang Family, and it was not certain that only the blood of the Zhang Family’s descendants would be able to unlock the power of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron.
Although, Zhang Ruochen was a direct descendant of the Zhang Family, his current body was not his previous body, so even if he released his blood, it would not be of any use.
Of course, there was another possibility, using special techniques and holy qi, it was also possible to activate the Open Element Deer Cauldron.
For example, the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture.
Zhang Ruochen had always been curious as to why only the Ming Emperors of each generation could cultivate the Nine Heavens Ming Emperor Scripture.
Wouldn’t the Imperial Clan be even stronger if more talented descendants were selected from the Imperial Clan to also cultivate the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture?
Just like the Qing Emperor and Chi Yao’s cultivation of the Qing Jiu Shen Gong, there was no restriction that only the next Qing Emperor could cultivate it.
Xiao Hei stood back and said, “Don’t try it, it’s not useful at all, it’s just a piece of decoration, it looks powerful, but in reality, it’s not powerful at all.”
“Give it a try!”
Zhang Ruochen operated the seventh layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Sutra, and the holy qi in the Bright King’s Sacred Source surged out, running crazily in his meridians and holy veins, rushing out from his palm and striking into the Open Deer Cauldron.
“Wow…”
The words on the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron became incomparably bright, and, it was still gently pulsing.
“Huh.”
Xiao Hei let out a light eep, his eyes falling out from inside his eye sockets, could it be that Zhang Ruochen was able to manipulate that one copper tripod?
The Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron slowly flew up, hovering to a height of several hundred feet. One by one, golden characters flew out, as if the sky was full of stars rotating around the bronze ancient cauldron.
Between the golden words that filled the sky, a wisp of golden mist flowed, converging into the figure of a giant, emitting an aura that was somewhat similar to Zhang Ruochen’s Immovable Bright King Sacred Phase.
However, the intensity of the giant figure’s aura was an unknown number of times more powerful than Zhang Ruochen’s Immovable Bright King Sacred Phase.
The golden light travelled so far that it could be seen even from ten thousand miles away.
The Blood Saints of the Immortal Blood Race, standing at the prow of an Undead Ancient Ship, looked out at the golden sky in the distance, and all of them could feel an incomparably powerful fluctuation of holy power.
The Immortal Goddess’s two eyebrows were slightly raised as she solemnly said, “What a powerful aura, could it be that some unimaginable divine weapon has come out?”
The Devil Heavenly Prince said, “According to the sailing speed of the Undead Ancient Ship, the location where the golden light emanated from should be exactly in the vicinity of the Silver Undead Ancient Ship. Even if there were divine weapons coming out, it would probably be cheaper for Zhang Ruochen.”
Beside the Demon Heavenly Prince, a Blood Saint sneered disdainfully, “So what if we let him get it? With his cultivation, he wouldn’t be able to guard the treasure at all, and in the end, that Divine Weapon would still be owned by our Immortal Blood Clan. Lol.”
