The True Lord has arrived

Chapter 284 My Father, Ying Zheng

Jin Tianwang had learned from Cang Yue that there was a treasure in Langzhong, and had even used the "soul-searching and spirit-stealing" technique to understand some things. He had been traveling non-stop to get here, but this city of Langzhong seemed different from the ordinary one, with many ghosts and mysterious fog.

I don't know who did it.

Here, the concepts of the present world and death were confused. At a certain moment, it was in the state of "bardo," which is called the intermediate state between life and death in Buddhism. When Zhou Yan's ritual of deliverance caused ripples and dispelled the fog, this energy fluctuation was also sensed by the Golden Heavenly King, who was searching for treasures in the city.

"Such unusual activity must indicate the presence of treasure!"

The Golden King arrived without hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, he thrust out his spear, seeking treasure, but also leaving some room for self-preservation.

Therefore, when it collided with Zhou Yan's ten-times giant spirit, it canceled out the other's strength. When the two met, the Golden Heavenly King's eyes turned red. He thought back to the last time, when it was in the Zhongnan Mountain area. He said that you were slightly better than me because of the Zhongnan Mountain's favored land veins.

This time, let's see what you can do!

Zhou Yan immediately realized this as well.

Or rather, he saw further ahead: this body was merely an avatar. Without the blessing of the Imperial Seal and without the virtual Dao foundation derived from it, it couldn't even reach the fifth rank, let alone the fourth rank.

Fortunately, there is still this item—

Zhou Yan braced his right hand against the hilt of his sword at his waist, while his left hand gripped the Immortal Binding Rope at his waist.

It is a treasure created from the tendons of Qingyuanjun, the Lord of Bashe, which is at the level of the ancient third grade. It was forged with the weapon personally given by the Lord of Weapons, tempered by the fire of the Great Sun Golden Crow, and fused with the merit purple aura. It can kill anyone below the fourth grade!

With this treasure, Zhou Yan finally had the confidence to dominate the region.

Damn it, I can't beat you, and you can't beat me.

Just as the two were about to clash, the door opened, and a chilling aura slowly flowed out of the room. The two facing off felt a jolt in their souls and their movements froze for a moment!

Zhou Yan raised his eyes slightly and saw a woman holding a lamp, standing quietly inside.

Her skin was deathly pale, and her eyes were cold and indifferent. She first glanced at the imposing Golden Heavenly King, her eyes showing neither surprise nor joy, as if she were looking at an inanimate object.

Then, her gaze fell on Zhou Yan, and a faint, indescribable complex emotion seemed to flash in her eyes, like nostalgia or scrutiny.

She said coldly, "Guests, if you want to die, go somewhere else."

Zhou Yan's eyes flickered, realizing that this was the antique shop owner that Lu Feipeng and Lingxi had mentioned. This person had imprisoned Qingzhu and Hu Erniang with a magical artifact, but judging from what Lu Feipeng said, he was not someone who intentionally committed evil.

Zhou Yan was a man of composure. As a member of the Yanhuang lineage, before resorting to violence, there was another behavioral logic: to be courteous first and then resort to force.

Zhou Yan's right hand rested on the knife, while his left hand had already hooked the Immortal Binding Rope. He spoke:

"I've heard that you have an ancient mirror here, and that's why I've come here."

Jin Tianwang looked at the woman and suddenly sneered. He was cold and extremely self-centered. With a flick of his wrist, he abandoned Zhou Yan and thrust his spear, imbued with innate metal and wood energy, straight at the woman.

kill!

Kill first and then talk!
He exuded a chilling aura, and his marksmanship and martial arts skills were unparalleled.

This move completely sealed off all possible life force in the woman's body. The spear's final point of impact was her brow, throat, heart, and internal organs, without hesitation, and even included two variations of the move.

It seemed like an attack on the woman would be harmless to Zhou Yan, but in reality, danger lurked within.

As it kills the woman, it transforms into streaks of light that rebound and attack Zhou Yan, targeting his eyes with ruthless ferocity, leaving no room for retreat.

Zhou Yan felt angry.

I give you face!

He took a step forward, his figure blurring into afterimages, and appeared beside the female shopkeeper. With a flick of his battle sword, its blade gleaming coldly, he used the principles of warfare to completely block every move of the Golden Heavenly King.

The clash of knives and guns created ripples.

The Golden King's expression changed slightly.

Zhou Yan was actually able to detect the subtle changes in his moves?!
"Hey kid, come on!"

With a tremor of his hand, the spear shook and swayed, carrying a cold light as it charged straight at Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan responded with his sword. Neither of them released their magical power or transformed it into various supernatural abilities.

Because at the moment the knife and gun made contact.

Both sides then sensed the [Innate Geng Metal Qi] contained within each other. This is the most fierce and powerful of the five innate energies. Many spells are simply the use of one's own magical power to outline the primordial energy and condense it into a spell.

Such supernatural powers are as fragile as paper in the face of the innate Geng metal energy.

Now that both of them possessed such abilities, they each concealed their magical power within themselves, circulating it throughout their limbs and bones, much like the divine bloodline of a celestial being.

The two fought fiercely for a while, their spears and knives clashing constantly, each burst of energy enough to tear the earth apart and shatter it. Jin Tianwang realized that in terms of martial arts skills, he was actually at a slight disadvantage, and he was shocked.

When he was in Zhongnan Mountain, this Taoist priest was merely borrowing the mountain's geomantic energy.

In his techniques, he relied on sheer force to dominate.

Not long has passed, yet he has already acquired such martial arts skills. He couldn't gain the upper hand in terms of moves, but he also discovered that the boy's power had obviously weakened significantly. Jin Tianwang had a sudden thought and decided to overpower him with force.

A faint golden light emanated from his body, rippling outwards, indicating that he was about to activate his Dharma form.

"Go!"

Zhou Yan, with his sharp eyes, flicked his wrist, and the Immortal Binding Rope wrapped around his waist flew out, instantly activating and binding Jin Tianwang. Jin Tianwang's expression changed, and he said, "What is this!"

He cast a spell, his inner form emanating from within, and with a swift movement, he transformed into a giant ten feet tall. However, the Immortal Binding Rope remained tightly bound to his hands and feet, showing no sign of stretching out.

In another flash, its body shrank, becoming as small as a bird.

However, the Immortal Binding Rope seemed to shrink as well.

Jin Tianwang was once a fourth-rank True Lord, skilled in transformation techniques. He transformed several times, becoming larger and smaller, but still could not escape the binding of this treasure. Finally, he suddenly roared, his vital energy dissipating, and the spear in his hand, formed from the innate metal and wood energy, took his place and held up the Immortal Binding Rope.

This treasure was, after all, made from the heartwood of the Bronze Divine Wood.

As metal and water complement each other, the Binding Immortal Rope was stretched open by this thing, and the Golden Heavenly King did not hesitate to transform into a beam of light and leave. However, as he left, a deep-seated heartache flashed in his eyes.

Zhou Yan did not pursue them.

He is now a sixth-grade incarnation. Not to mention that the Golden Light of the Earth is a top-notch escape technique, even if he catches up, it will be difficult to fight him. With a flick of his wrist, the Immortal Binding Rope, carrying the Golden Heavenly King's spear, returned to Zhou Yan's hand.

With the foundation of a sixth-rank cultivator and the combat power of a fifth-rank cultivator, Zhou Yan forcefully intimidated and repelled a fourth-rank Golden Heavenly King. Looking at the Immortal Binding Rope in his hand, he praised its power.

"As expected of the magic weapon newly created by the Master of War."

"My precious darling!" "I bestow upon you the honorific title: [The Rope of Equality for All Below the Fourth Rank]."

However, this was also because the Lord of Bashe, Qingyuanjun, was an ancient ferocious god of the third rank. Zhou Yan used the seal of King Yu to restrain the opponent's Dharma realm, and then used the Dharma realm of Lord Taishan to kill him, thus obtaining his tendons.

The tempering with the purple aura of merit was truly remarkable. Looking at the spear brought back by the Immortal-Binding Rope, its entire body exuded the aura of metal and wood, brimming with vitality—clearly the heartwood of a bronze divine wood. Zhou Yan was somewhat stunned, and it took him a long while to react, muttering:
"The heartwood of the bronze sacred tree."

"Holy crap?! It even has roots?!"

"Old Jin, did you demolish the hometowns of Shi and An Lushan?!"

When Lord Zhou saw the flow of metal and wood energy in this piece, so rich and abundant, he twitched his lips, stared in astonishment, examined it from all angles, and pondered for a moment.

This old fellow resorted to underhanded tactics the moment we met, letting you know that the Prefect is not someone to be trifled with!
So he raised his hand—

【Peacock Jade Talisman - Primordial Qi Great Capture】!
The flow of the innate five elements was more mellow than the previous water and fire elements. As it flowed and changed, the young Taoist grasped the handle of the spear with his right hand, while his left palm was covered with a layer of innate five elements Qi, which he then directly brushed over the spear shaft.

With the complete innate five elements of Qi, activated by the Taoist Hunyuan technique and guided by the Buddhist Garbhadhatu Mandala method, many restrictions can be broken.

Accompanied by a crackling sound of breaking.

The entire spear returned to its original form, transforming into the core of a primordial divine tree, the Bronze Divine Tree, floating in the air and radiating boundless vitality. Zhou Yan couldn't help but feel delighted.

"The vitality has not yet dissipated."

"It seems that the Golden Heavenly King has only had this for a short time and hasn't refined it much yet."

"The most important parts of the Primordial Divine Tree are its roots and heartwood. Since the Golden Heavenly King has directly pulled this thing out, I'm afraid that the Bronze Divine Tree on An Lushan's side will be completely wiped out."

"Coincidentally, the three-legged golden crow I have here has been a bit listless lately."

We can't blame the three-legged golden crow for being so precious.

Already in poor spirits, he was taken directly from his hometown by Lord Zhou and almost swallowed by the Upper Ancient Serpent, which gave him quite a fright. Earlier, in order to temper and refine the tendons of the Upper Ancient Serpent Lord, he had been pinched by Lord Zhou for quite a while.

The fire was almost completely extinguished.

Just imagine, Zhou Fujun, a self-taught Taoist priest, managed to master the art of "wood generating fire" by simply sculpting a three-legged golden crow. This gives us a glimpse into the terrible ordeal that the three-legged golden crow endured.

If He could still speak now, He would really say, "Spare me, Lord, not a single drop of fire is left."

The branch that Zhou Yan broke off was not enough to nourish the three-legged golden crow. Now, the bronze divine wood core transformed from the Golden Heavenly King's spear is enough to restore the three-legged golden crow's spirit.

If this wood core can be replanted, the Bronze Divine Tree will be revived.

That would be even better.

"Golden King, as expected of the Golden King."

"There are so many treasures!"

"However, given such enthusiasm, offering both guns and tree roots, this humble Taoist priest has no choice but to decline."

Lord Zhou couldn't help but admire him, and his displeasure with King Jin gradually subsided.

Meanwhile, far away in Langzhong, Jin Tianwang was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he sensed that the restrictions on his long spear, which he had painstakingly reforged, had been forcibly erased once again.

"My treasure!"

Jin Tianwang clenched his fist, his handsome face turning ashen.

"First seize the Zhongnan Mountains' geological veins, then take my divine weapon."

"Zhou Yan, you just wait!"

"That Immortal-Binding Rope of yours will be mine sooner or later!"

………………

With a flick of his sleeve, Zhou Yan made a hand seal, using the magic he had learned from Kai Ming. Although he was far inferior to Kai Ming in that he could shrink a mountain's worth of snake meat and put it into his sleeve, turning a piece of wood into a piece of wood was still easy for him.

While Zhou Yan was doing all this, the female shop owner of the antique shop just stood there quietly, without saying a word, only looking at him with her eyes. Zhou Yan raised his eyes and looked at the female shop owner.

"I don't know if the shop owner does this kind of business?"

She paused for a moment, then took half a step back.

The lamp in his hand swayed slightly, its light and shadow shifting, gesturing for Zhou Yan to come in. Zhou Yan's true form was outside. As the saying goes, "skill breeds boldness," he shook his sleeves and strode in.

"This humble Taoist priest will not stand on ceremony."

Stepping inside, the place was very quiet, with a kind of eerie feeling unique to old houses. The young Taoist secretly tapped his weapon, his eyes calm. He noticed that the aloof woman had already walked back behind the cabinet at some point.

For some reason, Zhou Yan felt a sense of familiarity with the woman in front of him. Zhou Yan said, "I am here to find two of my fox clan friends. I wonder if this friend could do me a favor?"

The woman looked at him quietly.

Zhou Yan suppressed his emotions and said politely, "I see this is an antique shop. Since it's a shop, it has to do business. Why don't you name a price? I have a good friend, commonly known as 'Buyer Brother'."

"Name your price, and I'll buy it for you no matter how much it costs."

I wonder if that young master Pei, who's currently investigating, has sneezed yet.

Lord Zhou quoted a price without changing his expression.

His eyes were fixed on the woman in front of him, but she spoke in a calm tone.

"I was the one who saved them back then."

"They shouldn't have come here so rashly."

"Oh?"

Zhou Yan's mind raced, and he asked with a smile, "Then I really have to thank you, young lady. But isn't it too easy for you to believe me just because you said it?"

The woman looked at Zhou Yan with her dark eyes and said:

"My name is Ying Yinman."

"kindness?"

Zhou Yan realized something was wrong.

The woman remained expressionless and spoke in a calm voice:
“My father is Ying Zheng.”

(End of this chapter)