Chapter 660 - Reward (1/2)

Chapter 660: Reward

Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations

Xue Ying was in no rush to visit the Black Rain Eden. Instead, he descended onto a plain and sat down cross-legged. Nevertheless, his figure remained illusory and real at the same time as Xue Ying used the Mirage world to maintain a vigilant watch over his surroundings. He was, after all, still within the Lower Three Edens of the Six Heavenly Wheel, which meant he could not be careless.

‘Let’s see if these two protectors were carrying any good stuff.’ Xue Ying had yet to thoroughly look through the treasures left behind by the protectors he killed.

With a flip of his hand, a dark gray stone rod appeared before him.

‘So heavy.’ Xue Ying felt apprehensive. Considering his strength, he could easily annihilate planets within the starry sky with a flick of his finger. However, even someone like him thought the stone rod to be very heavy.

‘The manufacturing of this stone rod is too crude, so crude, in fact, that it can’t even compare to a World Deity weapon.’ Xue Ying was dumbstruck. This was ultimately a weapon used by a protector of the Ancestor Mother Religion, but it had no more than a single ordinary function that could be considered either strong or weak. In any case, the reason why it was incomparably heavy was purely because of the material it was crafted from. This was precisely Protector Cheng Yun’s weapon of choice.

‘Protector Cheng Yun was still at the stage four World Deity realm regarding his usage of the laws of profound mysteries, so why would his weapon be so crude?’ Xue Ying thought.

What he did not know was that, before the Ancestor Mother Religion entering their cultivation cosmos, they had no mention of the laws of profound mysteries in their cultivation techniques! Their laws and profound mysteries were much cruder, and it was only after coming here that they gained some knowledge from the cultivation system of the cultivators. It was at that point that they started improving rapidly since their fundamentals were ultimately very high—most protectors could easily become stage four World Deities.

However, reaching a realm any higher than that would prove much more difficult.

‘What material did they even use to make it so heavy? Furthermore, it is so tough that it might as well be unbreakable,’ Xue Ying inwardly murmured. ‘I’ll just ask teacher once I get back. The value of this material alone should place it at a considerably high price.’

He brought out treasure after treasure.

Even though some of them were rather queer—he could not even recognize what they did—the majority were useless.

‘Poor… truly poor. He basically brought no valuable treasure along with him. His belongings are most likely on Protector Huo Zhu’s person,’ Xue Ying thought. Back when Protector Huo Zhu brought out the dried yellow leaf, Xue Ying could sense the aura inherent within the item despite him being more than fifty billion kilometers away. It was far beyond even the Ancient Demon’s aura.

Protector Cheng Yun was far too poor by comparison. He was likely at most comparable to ordinary Cultivators, and judging by his treasures alone, he was in no qualified to possess the identity of a protector.

‘Let’s check the other protector.’ Xue Ying next brought out the treasures left behind by Protector Zhong She.

“Hua.”

An entirely black blade appeared in his hand, its body thin and covered in sculpted patterns.

‘This weapon’s refinement is much more exquisite than that of the stone rod. What, a True God weapon?! And it even has a Dao that reached eternity?’ Xue Ying revealed a cheerful expression. This True God weapon was bound to be worth a fortune. Since the actual bodies of the dead protectors were located back in their home cosmos, any True God weapon would no longer be able to sense the existence living in another cosmos upon their death. As a result, they would instantly become ownerless, a fact he could easily confirm.

‘The Dao inherent to this weapon is quite unique.’ Xue Ying sensed a void world within, as well as an unseen blade light emitting a sharp, bloody aura.

‘The Dao of Blade, is it?’ Xue Ying guessed.

Such terminology was granted by cultivators.

This True God blade’s Dao had a crazed and frenzied aura embedded with slaughter. The blade sought to kill everything standing before it—kill, kill, kill—nothing could stand in its way. The killing intent was truly heavy, reaching the boundary of a mad devil’s. It was faintly similar to the Dao of the demons within the Dark Abyss.

‘I’ll call it Devil Blade, then.’ Xue Ying casually named the weapon. This might be a True God weapon containing an eternity-level Dao of Slaughter, placing its value extremely close to the Blood Serpent Spear, but he had to be very careful when comprehending it, since even a slight investigation of this weapon allowed him to realize that the crazed aura being transmitted from within was trying to influence him.

…

Having briefly investigated the items, Xue Ying was left with a sensation of both joy and shock. The treasures left behind by Protector Zhong She were much more valuable than Protector Cheng Yun’s. From the types of treasures they were, he could deduce that they were likely obtained by killing paragons, or through miraculous encounters within the Six Heavenly Wheel. As such, most of these treasures actually belonged to the cultivation cosmos, with the most precious being the Devil Blade with its eternity-level Dao.

“Sou.” Xue Ying stored everything back. Soon afterward, he shot up into the sky, flying towards the vast maelstrom formed by clouds.