Chapter 973: Can You Wendao Sect Ask for Some Normal Immortal Artifacts?

Whenever this happened, Immortal Ying Tian would immensely miss the quiet, taciturn Immortal Fairy of the past.

Back then, the Immortal Fairy saw through things without pointing them out; the current Immortal Fairy might not see through things, but once she did, she would definitely blurt them out.

After all, this wasn’t the first time he had his stage undercut, so Immortal Ying Tian reacted swiftly, using laughter to ease the awkward atmosphere: "Haha, Immortal, you really know how to joke. My whole life has been open and aboveboard; when have I ever done things in a sneaky manner?"

"Ah? You haven't? Didn't you cover up the time you were captured by a female cultivator to be drained for cultivation..."

Lu Yang dashed forward in a single stride to cover the Immortal Fairy’s mouth. If he let the Fairy continue speaking, she, who was merely exposing old secrets, would be perfectly fine, but he and Zhu Tian, the two listeners, would be in deep, terrible trouble.

Moreover, after all the effort I put into acting as a shill for Immortal Ying Tian, hoping he would spare my life when I encounter my heavenly tribulation, it looks like I won’t survive this now.

On the side, Zhu Tian was sweating even more profusely. Wait, how did a simple conversation suddenly escalate into a life-or-death crisis for me?

I didn't even do anything.

The Immortal Fairy was a soul body, so Lu Yang couldn’t actually touch her, but seeing Little Yangzi rush over to cover her mouth, the Immortal Fairy cooperatively shut her mouth and stopped speaking.

Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi witnessed this scene, covering their mouths to stifle their laughter.

Setting aside the Immortal Fairy’s unintentional disruption, the atmosphere inside the ancient ring's mini-world was harmonious and full of joy.

As ancient cultivators, it was rare for them to gather together and chat about the past, and even Lu Yang’s participation felt entirely natural.

In fact, Lu Yang knew more about ancient history than Zhu Tian did.

Of course, Lu Yang couldn't pretend to know everything. As for the embarrassing experiences of the four ancient immortals, he forgot them all, otherwise it would easily invite a natural disaster.

In a flash, two days and two nights passed. For mortals, staying up without sleep would be exhausting, but everyone present was either a half-immortal or a true immortal. Even Lu Yang, who was just making up the numbers at the Deity Transformation stage, wouldn’t feel fatigued.

However, chatting continuously like this was endless; it had to come to an end eventually.

"Alright, old friends are hard to meet. I just came here to see you, it’s good to know you are fine." Immortal Ying Tian took the initiative to end the conversation.

"Then, Immortal Sovereign, once this batch of furniture is finished, I will deliver it to you."

"There is no need to be so polite."

"It's only right."

After seeing off Lu Yang and the others, Zhu Tian became increasingly determined to cling tightly to Lu Yang’s support.

"During the chat, the Immortal Sovereign kept calling Big Brother Lu Yang 'little friend'. In the ancient era, I never saw anyone whom the Immortal Sovereign would address this way. It seems Big Brother Lu Yang has found favor with the Immortal Sovereign and will definitely achieve great things in the future."

Although he had initiated the conflict of the great era and was destined to be the protagonist of this world, he also needed to know how to ride the wave and choose the right side when necessary.

"Come to think of it, why is my imperial palace a place people can just enter and leave at will? Should I find a couple of guards?"

Zhu Tian thought again, what level of guard could possibly stop Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi?

……

"Senior Brother Lu Yang, we shall part ways here." The two women, Ao Ling and her companion, bid farewell to Lu Yang, and Lu Yang returned to the Seeking Dawn Sect with the Immortal Fairy and Immortal Ying Tian.

When Immortal Ying Tian saw the list of immortal artifacts written by Yun Zhi, a look of extreme bewilderment crossed his face.

Logically speaking, if someone sought him to forge immortal artifacts, shouldn't they be forging weapon-type artifacts, and the more powerful the better?

What kind of absurd immortal artifacts were written on this list?

Immortal Ying Tian stared at the list for a long time, trying to find a normal immortal artifact from it.

"A cornucopia that replicates everything, an immortal lamp that grants any wish after being rubbed—won't the effects of these two be too heaven-defying?"

"A coffin so comfortable that once you lie inside, you don't want to get up. You should look for Zhu Tian for this; I can only forge a coffin that you can't get out of once you lie inside!"

"And an immortal artifact that teaches people how to love. I’ve never even been in love, how am I supposed to forge that?"

"An immortal mirror that ranks beautiful women..."

Can your Seeking Dawn Sect request some immortal artifacts with normal functions?

"Can you not forge them?" Yun Zhi asked.

Immortal Ying Tian covered his face. Although he didn’t want to admit it, he truly couldn't forge these things.

At the very least, you should let me re-forge the Heaven-Splitting Axe.

"Then if we need any other immortal artifacts, we will contact you again, Daoist friend."

"My artifact-forging skills are ordinary, not as powerful as Daoist Yun Zhi imagines. I must trouble Daoist Yun Zhi to ensure that the immortal artifacts requested next time are all weapon-type."

"I will try my best."

"There is one more thing. The Immortal Palace directly searched the soul of the Demon-Subduing Divine Lord, and the intelligence gathered matches our suspicions. The Mid-Heaven Emperor possesses the Devouring Dao Fruit, which can devour other Dao fruits for his own use, though it places an extremely high requirement on soul strength."

It was easy for Lu Yang to teleport to the Demon Realm, but returning from there was difficult. Coupled with the time spent chatting with Zhu Tian, a total of seven days had passed back and forth.

During these seven days, both the immortal sects and the imperial court paid close attention to the intelligence regarding the Demon-Subduing Divine Lord.

"The method to break the Immortal Palace's defensive grand array was leaked by the previous sect master, Qu Ling. The entire Immortal Palace was furious and has already executed Qu Ling."

"As for the manufacturing method and principles of the four Immortal-Seeking Tokens, the Demon-Subduing Divine Lord is unaware. He is a newly ascended half-immortal and hadn't had the chance to learn all the high-level secrets of the Great Qian yet. He only knows that the tokens are precious, and even the Mid-Heaven Emperor doesn’t have many. Only particularly powerful half-immortals of the Great Qian are qualified to hold them, such as Lord Yougui and Lord Shanhe."

"Although what Lord Shanhe possesses is the prototype of the Devouring Dao Fruit, it wasn't a prototype bestowed upon him by the Mid-Heaven Emperor. Quite the contrary, he was originally the person contending for the immortal throne against the Mid-Heaven Emperor."

"So Lord Shanhe was actually that powerful?" Lu Yang was surprised. In the Eastern Sea, Lord Shanhe first took Ao Ling as an opponent and was later instantly killed by Hui Doudou. He never had a chance to display his abilities from beginning to end, making Lu Yang think all along that Lord Shanhe couldn't even defeat Zhu Tian.

"According to what the Demon-Subduing Divine Lord knows, the Great Qian faction has two immortals in total. One is the widely known 'Mid-Heaven Emperor', and the other is 'Si Ming', whom very few people know about."

"The Great Qian Dynasty is built upon faith and incense. This Si Ming is in charge of sacrificial rituals in the Great Qian Dynasty, holding a status second only to the Mid-Heaven Emperor."

"So that's how it is." Lu Yang nodded.

"As for the reason why the Mid-Heaven Emperor allowed the Great Qian to be destroyed, it still stems from the flaws of the power of faith. The power of faith shackled all cultivators holding divine positions, including the Mid-Heaven Emperor, and many were assimilated by it."

"Therefore, the Mid-Heaven Emperor decided to abandon the Great Qian Dynasty, abolish the source of incense, and allow the Great Qian Dynasty to march toward destruction."

"Truly heartless." Lu Yang sighed. The destruction of the Great Qian Dynasty was certainly not something that happened overnight; it was feared that several or even dozens of generations of commoners had to suffer the exploitation of officials and the misery of cultivators' wars.

From praying to the divine positions, to cursing, and finally giving up—this was exactly what the Mid-Heaven Emperor and the others desired.

"Speaking of which, Wu Yao also personally destroyed the dynasty he established."

"The founders of two great dynasties both destroyed their own dynasties with their own hands. I wonder if this is a coincidence or if it is just destiny." Lu Yang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.