Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 785 A Thank You from the Old Turtle

These are a pair of incredibly powerful hammers. Just looking at their physical attack power stats, they are already among the top-tier weapons of the current stage. It's no wonder they were crafted from materials smuggled from the Lotus Pond of Mount Putuo in the South China Sea.

However, its drawbacks are also very obvious. The forced extension of the attack interval and the nature of its two-handed hammer mean that it is not a normally usable weapon.

If Cheng Tian didn't have the ability to use a two-handed weapon as a one-handed weapon like Titan's Grip, he could only use one of the hammers as a two-handed hammer, and wouldn't be able to trigger the set effect at all.

But what Cheng Tian was most dissatisfied with was that this thing was too Buddhist in nature.

Knowing that he is now branded with the labels of Erlang Shen's faction and even the Heavenly Court, using such a Buddhist hammer under this identity would be problematic. Putting aside whether those bald monks with bumps on their heads would use this as an excuse to claim that they have successfully spread Buddhism to the audience of Taoist priests, his own identity would be incompatible with these Buddhist hammers.

Perhaps the Giant Spirit God template would be a better fit?
Giving it to someone else is also an option, as both Bazett and Smarthead theoretically possess sufficient gripping attributes.

The problem is that even if Bazett and Smarthead use it, they can only hold one of the hammers and cannot trigger the core set mechanism. Moreover, even if they can use it as a one-handed hammer, as long as they are Cheng Tian's teammates, the Taoists will definitely look at them with strange eyes if they use this thing.

However, this problem is not unsolvable.

After all, it's a dungeon world based on Journey to the West, and because the world view is vast enough and the world itself has a "multiple magic weapons" mechanism, Cheng Tian has reason to believe that someone should have the means to refine this thing into the shape they want.

Cheng Tian's fingers began to unconsciously tap on the handle of the nine-petaled red copper hammer, his gaze following the handle and then extending to the location of Chen Family Village.

No, to be more precise, it's beyond Chenjiazhuang and further east, which is the location of Chechi Kingdom, where these three immortals gathered.

According to the route taken by Tang Sanzang and his disciples on their journey to the West, the Tongtian River is the scene before the Kingdom of Chechi, and after the Tongtian River, they head towards the Kingdom of Women.

Cheng Tian had also read the walkthrough beforehand and knew that there was a rather unorthodox main storyline route that other players had explored, which involved directly abandoning the battle against the goldfish spirit, returning to Chechi Kingdom, and then triggering a completely new main storyline.

However, unlike the players who discovered the way to skip levels, Cheng Tian clearly had other ideas.

Cheng Tian, ​​who had been deep in thought, raised his head with a slight glint in his eyes. In an instant, he took in everything around him, just as easily as he had been able to penetrate the Tongtian River. Under his Heavenly Eye observation, neither the players who were retreating towards Chenjiazhuang nor those who were leaving the Tongtian River empty-handed could escape Cheng Tian's Heavenly Eye.

Originally, Cheng Tian could only rely on the combination of Taiji True Eye and the Overlord skill to create a wide-area mental scanning radar targeting humanoid creatures. However, with the blessing of Erlang Shen's Heavenly Eye Divine Power, it has obviously broken through a limit. Both the scanning types and the maximum radius have increased significantly. If we were to describe it in terms of rank, it would be roughly from B-rank to S-rank.

There is no exaggeration whatsoever; this is the actual data that Erlang Shen's Heavenly Eye should have.

Cheng Tian did not intend to cause trouble for the players who left empty-handed. According to his next plan, the people who were more likely to clash with him were actually those heading towards Chen Family Village.

If nothing unexpected happens, those who failed to encounter the goldfish spirit will definitely be planning to try their luck in Chechi Kingdom. After all, the main quest only happens once a month, and no one can be willing to just watch the quest fail.

However, just as Cheng Tian was about to take his men back to collect their payment and settle accounts, a voice suddenly stopped him.

"Immortal! Immortal, please wait!!!"

Turning his head towards the sound, Cheng Tian saw a bald, white-haired old man with a peculiar nose, leaning on a cane, shouting excitedly as he approached them. "Oh? It's Old Turtle~ How does it feel to reclaim the Water Mansion?"

Looking at the human form in front of him, which was almost identical to that in the TV series, Cheng Tian recognized the person opposite him at a glance and spoke to him familiarly.

"Thank you, True Lord, for eliminating the evil spirits! On behalf of the people of this land, and my descendants who were harmed and driven from their homes and left with nowhere to go... I am deeply grateful!"

The transformed turtle bowed deeply to Cheng Tian without hesitation, its heartfelt gratitude overflowing.

Cheng Tian did not step forward to forcibly help the other person up, because he knew he could accept the bow.

As the old turtle himself said, the goldfish spirit not only injured him during its takeover of the water palace, but also harmed his children and grandchildren. After all, they were local natives and one of the most famous long-lived species among animals, and the old turtle had countless descendants.

Forced to wander for nine years after their home was occupied, they have finally returned to their homeland.

As the saying goes, "Old people are wise and clever," and as an existence with an extremely long lifespan, the knowledge reserves of an old turtle are far beyond those of a small goldfish kept in a lotus pond.

For example, the news about the Monkey King's havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago might be something other monsters heard from legends, but the old turtle has probably lived from that time to the present day.

Furthermore, Cheng Tian's distinctive features are so obvious that if the old turtle still can't recognize who Cheng Tian is, then it would be a waste of its age.

Although it's unclear why the person from Guankou appeared at Tongtian River, the fact is that he not only killed the goldfish spirit, but also directly clashed with the Bodhisattva.

If he, as the rightful owner of the Water Palace, doesn't show some appreciation, he'll inevitably be labeled as ungrateful and ungrateful when others gossip about him in the future.

"It was just something I did on the spur of the moment."

Cheng Tian did not choose to correct the old turtle's way of addressing him, after all, in a sense, he was now the incarnation of Erlang Shen, and his every move had a greater impact than imagined.

"Your casual action possesses a power that our race can never attain!"

The old turtle's gratitude bordered on flattery, but it was understandable; if you put yourself in his shoes, Cheng Tian might be even more extreme than the old man.

"Please allow us to express our gratitude through practical actions, no matter what. I wonder if you, Immortal, would accept this..."

Whether it's about reclaiming the Water Palace or about building closer relations, the old turtle has to make a statement.

After hearing this, Cheng Tian pondered for a moment before uttering two words.
"magic weapon."

"More magical treasures."

(End of this chapter)