Chapter 18

Fellow Daoist, Please Wait

After escaping from Xikunlun, Xuanbao dared not go back to the last treasure trove in Xikunlun. He had lost six innate spiritual treasures by digging into the wrong treasure trove.

He dared not linger any longer and flew at full speed toward Buzhou Mountain in the center of the prehistoric world. At present, most of the great powers in the prehistoric world are in seclusion, which is a good time for him to search for treasures.

As the center of the primordial world and the backbone of Pangu, Buzhou Mountain must have many opportunities. Wherever there are spiritual treasures, there will be my mysterious treasures, just like how oil can breed beneficial bacteria.

The primordial world was truly chaotic. As Xuanbao flew along, he witnessed all sorts of battles and mutual devouring, a truly lively scene. Occasionally, some reckless creatures would attack Xuanbao, but Xuanbao would easily scatter them all.

Hmm! Xuanbao saw a dragon soul a thousand miles away, but at this moment, the dragon soul did not seem to have any consciousness. Its eyes were blood red, and its body was surrounded by countless karmic obstacles, which showed that it had committed countless evils.

However, in Xuanbao's eyes, this was merit beckoning to him. Moreover, he had obtained the Heavenly Treasure "Human Emperor Banner" from the Treasure Distribution Rock. As the saying goes, if you don't work hard to cultivate immortality today, you'll be brothers in the Human Emperor Banner tomorrow. Xuanbao was exactly lacking a soul with such karmic burdens to improve the quality of the Human Emperor Banner.

Xuanbao didn't waste any time and started attacking at zero frames, throwing a low-grade innate spiritual treasure. Don't misunderstand, why only use a low-grade innate spiritual treasure? It's because Xuanbao was afraid that if he didn't control the force well, he would destroy the dragon soul.

As expected, the dragon soul was directly pierced through by Xuanbao's Heavenly Flying Immortal, leaving it completely stunned. Then, Xuanbao summoned the Human Emperor Banner, and a streak of black light flew out from the banner, enveloping the dragon soul and dragging it into the banner. Then came the dragon soul's miserable scream, a sound that was extremely shrill.

Xuanbao, standing to the side, felt his scalp tingle upon hearing this. Sure enough, this was no ordinary magic weapon. Fortunately, I am handsome and kind-hearted, and I will not go astray. If some overly bloodthirsty cultivators had obtained this spiritual treasure, I dare not imagine what kind of calamity the prehistoric world would have been in.

After about a quarter of an hour, the originally shrill screams gradually subsided, and the Human Emperor Banner, which had been billowing black smoke, also returned to calm and fell back into Xuanbao's hands.

Looking at the Emperor's Banner in his hand, Xuanbao also wanted to test how powerful this magic weapon was. He activated his magic power and a wisp of black energy flew out from the Emperor's Banner, gradually forming the dragon soul from before. However, its realm dropped from the mid-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal to the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

However, Xuanbao could sense that he had absolute control over this dragon soul, and even if he were to commit suicide, he would not have any objection.

However, Xuanbao didn't care about that. It didn't matter if his strength decreased a little. What Xuanbao cared about was whether he could still obtain Heavenly Dao Merit. Xuanbao still had the ideal of having 10 golden wheels of merit above his head and becoming the Son of Heaven.

Sure enough, a ray of golden light descended from the sky and entered Xuanbao's head. However, the merit was not much, as it was directly offset by the karma of Xuanbao killing the God. However, Xuanbao was not discouraged. As long as he could gain merit, that was enough. He possessed the Human Emperor Banner, which allowed him to improve its quality on one hand and gain merit on the other. He made a profit from both sides and was not at a loss.

However, Xuanbao did not notice that his experiment was being watched by a pair of cold eyes, eyes that were filled with greed that was almost tangible.

As soon as Xuan Bao put away the Emperor's Banner, he felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly turned around and saw a thin figure with prominent cheekbones and a cold expression. He was clearly not a good person at first glance, but Xuan Bao did recognize this person.

This is "Randeng," one of the 3 guests of Zixiao Palace. He was a notorious traitor who served three masters in the primordial era. He first worshipped Hongjun, then Yuanshi, and became the vice leader of the Chan Sect. After the Investiture of the Gods ended, Randeng turned to the West and became one of the three Buddhas of Buddhism, the Buddha of the Past.

"Nephew, please wait!"

Xuanbao almost panicked when he heard this. Such words were considered quite sinister in the prehistoric world and had caused the deaths of countless people. However, Xuanbao did not make a move immediately. He stood still and waited for Randeng to arrive. In fact, Xuanbao was confident that Randeng was only at the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

If I unleash my full power, I might not be able to kill Randeng, but I could at least severely injure him. Moreover, I have the life-saving jade talisman given to me by the Three Pure Ones. It wouldn't be easy for me to deal with a minor Golden Immortal.

"Uncle-Master! Are you trying to make up for the lack of a gift? If I remember correctly, you only gave me one precious material."

Lighting the lamp: ...

Xuanbao saw that Randeng had arrived in front of him and immediately attacked him, causing Randeng, who had just arrived, to almost fall flat on his face.

*Ahem*, Ran Deng was quite shameless, completely ignoring Xuan Bao's words. "Nephew, have you seen my spiritual treasure?"

Upon hearing Ran Deng's words, Xuan Bao knew that this shameless person had seen him testing the Human Emperor Banner.

"Is this the spiritual treasure that Uncle Lingbao is talking about?" Xuanbao asked, taking out the Human Emperor Banner and pointing it directly at Randeng.

"Yes, yes, this is my spiritual treasure. Thank you, nephew, for finding it for me. I am deeply grateful." As he spoke, Randeng shamelessly reached out to take the Human Emperor Banner. He was also very interested in Xuanbao's other spiritual treasures. He knew that Xuanbao had at least 10 spiritual treasures. However, Xuanbao was, after all, a disciple of the Three Pure Ones. He only wanted spiritual treasures and did not want to die. It would be good enough if he could trick Xuanbao out of the Human Emperor Banner.

Xuanbao was quite surprised to see that Randeng really had no shame at all. Could it be that those who can achieve great things all need to be so thick-skinned? Xuanbao felt that his own shamelessness was far beyond that of Randeng.

Sigh! "It seems I'm better suited to taking action." Before Ran Deng could even take the Emperor's Banner, Xuan Bao immediately entered battle mode, with three precious flags above his head and a lightning spear in one hand and the Eternal Spear in the other.

Just as Randeng was about to take the spiritual treasure and leave, he was startled to see Xuanbao enter battle mode. However, when Randeng saw that Xuanbao had three top-grade innate spiritual treasures above his head and two more in his hands, his greed intensified. The temptation of five top-grade innate spiritual treasures made Randeng feel that the risk was worth taking.

The young man in front of me is only a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Although he is at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal and has five top-grade innate spiritual treasures, I am at least a mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal. Moreover, how long can a Taiyi Golden Immortal maintain the power of five top-grade innate spiritual treasures?

Randeng also directly summoned his companion spirit treasure, the superior-grade innate spirit treasure, the Coffin Lamp. The Coffin Lamp is one of the four innate lamps, and the fire inside the lamp is called the Netherworld Ghost Fire, which is extremely powerful. Under the control of Randeng, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, its power is even more boundless.

"Nephew, you are too impolite," said the master, "I will teach you a lesson on behalf of my senior brother Tongtian." With that, Randeng unleashed the full power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and the fifth layer of the Annihilation Law rushed straight towards Xuanbao.

Xuanbao was no pushover either; he immediately unfurled his Holy Light Wings and teleported tens of thousands of miles away.

Lighting the lamp: ...

When Ran Deng's attack missed, he sensed that his good junior nephew was already tens of thousands of miles away. In a flash, Ran Deng chased after him.

However, Xuanbao was well-versed in the 16-character mantra of guerrilla warfare: "When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue."

Randeng chased for hundreds of thousands of miles, only to find that his speed was no match for Xuanbao. Enraged, he blasted a small mountain flat. He was a Great Luo Golden Immortal, yet he couldn't catch up with a Taiyi Golden Immortal. If word got out, people would laugh their heads off.

Seeing that Randeng had lowered his guard, Xuanbao threw out the Eternal Spear. A golden beam that could pierce through 10 miles shot straight at Randeng. "Here comes the little flying stick!"

Ran Deng had no idea what was going on. Xuan Bao turned around and attacked him. Before he could fully deploy his defenses, the Eternal Spear pierced through his left shoulder, leaving a gaping hole that caused Ran Deng a serious injury.

"Damn it! What kind of magical treasure is this? Its power is so strong!" "No, I have to find a way to escape, or I'll die here today." Just as Randeng was thinking about how to escape, Xuanbao threw out the lightning spear again. A bolt of lightning traveled more than 10 kilometers and flew towards Randeng's head.

"Here we go again!" This time, Randeng was already prepared. He disregarded his magical power and activated his spiritual treasure to form a defense in front of him. However, the effect was not great. The top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Lightning Spear, directly pierced through all the defenses. If Randeng hadn't turned around at this critical moment, he probably would have been pierced through the head.

Xuanbao threw it back and forth several times. Because it was a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, its magic power was consumed too quickly. In the middle of the process, Xuanbao also ate several Eight-Turn Golden Pills given to him by Laozi.

After several rounds of attacks, Xuanbao could no longer sense the aura of Randeng. Just in case, he launched two more attacks before daring to fly back to Randeng's location. After searching, he only found a severed arm and the superior-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Coffin Lamp, on the ground.

Those old fogies who "sacrifice the pawn to save the king" are really hard to kill. They always have something to save their lives. But getting a high-grade innate spiritual treasure is not bad.

Xuanbao was very satisfied that he had defeated a mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal with no chance of fighting back on his first attempt.

How laughable is this so-called Great Immortal! I only need to make a slight move to kill you without leaving a trace.