Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 247 Treasure Hunting Rat

After taking the Supreme Perfection Fruit, Emperor Yi circled the Dao Garden again to make sure no traces were left before leaving.

The Mountain of Gods was vast, and the blood-red plains seemed to stretch endlessly. It took several hours to reach the edge of the Blood Wasteland.

A majestic ancient mountain appeared ahead, half of it shrouded in darkness, with lightning and thunder, resembling a hellish realm, while the other half was bathed in light, with numerous celestial palaces and temples built upon it, giving it a sacred feel.

"The ancient god relics in the Mountain of Gods are really everywhere. This ancient mountain must have been the place of a powerful god long ago."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the sounds of battle echoed from the foot of the ancient mountain.

"This is... the power of space; there are space cultivators fighting."

Emperor Yi's mind raced, and he immediately concealed himself, heading towards the direction from which the battle was taking place.

They quickly arrived near the battlefield.

There, on the ground ahead, lay a mangled corpse.

"There are remnants of spatial power. This corpse and the person who attacked should both be spatial cultivators. What happened? Are spatial cultivators fighting each other?"

Further ahead lay a cluster of palaces, where a second, then a third, corpse lay on the ground...

"All the dead were spatial cultivators, could it be that..."

Di Yi burst forth at top speed and chased after them into the depths of the palace. A moment later, he finally encountered the person he was fighting with.

One of them was Gu Feng, whom I had met once before in the free market, and the other was a woman.

Both of them had high spatial abilities and were fighting using spatial techniques. The woman's cultivation level did not seem high, but she held a jet-black flower in her hand, which exuded a chilling aura.

"It really is her, Luo Sha."

Both of them used mental techniques when they fought. Di Yi sensed a familiarity from the woman's mental power; it was none other than Princess Luo Sha of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

"The flower in her hand is strange; it's an extraordinary treasure. If this continues, Gu Feng will surely die."

Gu Feng hails from the Cha Realm, the third strongest realm in the Western Universe. He is one of the most outstanding successors of an ancient cult in the Cha Realm and possesses extremely high attainments in the Dao of Space.

This person is extremely lecherous, and his reputation for debauchery has spread throughout the Heavenly Court. However, his background is surprisingly powerful, and ordinary forces dare not provoke him.

In order to obtain the Divine Spring, Fairy Luo Ji publicly declared that she would marry whoever could obtain 100,000 drops of the Divine Spring.

Only when he had the chance to get close to the beauty of the Nine Immortals did Gu Feng join the ancient civilization faction and help Fairy Tianchu compete for the Divine Spring.

However, after passing through the Wind Dome, the cultivators of the ancient civilization faction were attacked by ancient evil corpses, and he and several other space cultivators were teleported here.

Among the space cultivators invited by the ancient civilization faction, one of them was named Mo Xiaogu. She was quite attractive and was said to be the cousin of Young Master Yan of the Space Temple.

Gu Feng was a womanizer, and he would naturally not let go of the opportunity to make a move on Mo Xiaogu.

But to his surprise, this seemingly harmless little girl was actually so terrifying that she killed three space cultivators in a row, and even he was no match for her.

"Miss Devil, I was wrong. I shouldn't have had improper thoughts about you. I apologize to you, and let's let this go?"

"That's a nice thought, but all I want right now is your life."

Mo Xiaogu's martial arts cultivation level is only at the level of a third or fourth step Saint King, but her spiritual power is extremely strong, no less than the fifty-eighth level.

He could handle Gu Feng with ease.

Just then, a Buddhist chant suddenly rang out in the hall.

“Amitabha Buddha, one should be forgiving when possible. Why must you be so unreasonable, lady?”

Mo Xiaogu felt a sense of unease and frowned as she looked at the newcomer. It was a young monk dressed in white robes who had managed to evade her spiritual detection and quietly approach so close. His strength was probably not simple.

Gu Feng was overjoyed to see reinforcements arriving. He shook off Mo Xiaogu and landed beside Di Yi.

“Master, this witch is extremely vicious. She killed her companion. I suspect she is a spy sent from the underworld. We cannot let her go easily.”

The monk before her seemed unfathomable, and she knew she had missed the best opportunity to kill Gu Feng.

He put away the black flower in his hand and revealed a harmless smile, saying, "Master, don't listen to his nonsense. This man is named Gu Feng, a notorious lecher in the world. He coveted my beauty and wanted to attack me. My three companions also died at his hands."

"Master, don't listen to her nonsense. She killed all three of Qiu Gu's men. She must be a spy from the underworld who infiltrated the heavenly court," Gu Feng shouted.

“Master, I am not a spy. I am a cultivator from the Space Temple. The current leader of the Space Temple, Mo Yan, is my cousin. My name is Mo Xiaogu. All of this can be found in the records of the Space Temple.”

"I also have an invitation from the Temple of Truth, inviting me to attend the Consecration Ceremony."

As Luo Sha spoke, he took out the invitation and used his spiritual power to deliver it to the white-robed monk.

The white-robed monk accepted the invitation, examined it carefully, and after a moment said, "Amitabha, the female benefactor is indeed a cultivator from the Space Temple, not a spy from the Hell Realm."

Upon hearing this, Gu Feng immediately became alert and shouted, "Master, you must not be deceived by her. I really did not kill Qiu Gu and the other two. Even if she is not a spy from the Hell Realm, she is definitely not a good person. You have stumbled upon her secret, and she will definitely not let you leave." The white-robed monk glanced at Gu Feng, then at Mo Xiaogu, and remained silent for a while.

“Both of you have valid points, and I cannot decide for the moment. How about this, you two stop for now and come with me to see the ten divine disciples of the Temple of Truth, so that they can decide this matter.”

Gu Feng was still considering it, but Mo Xiaogu readily agreed.

"Okay, let's do as the master says."

"However, the Conferred God Platform Assembly is a rare opportunity. Let's wait until the assembly is over before we go to see the ten divine disciples of the Temple of Truth. This ancient mountain is extraordinary and must hold many opportunities. Master, why don't you come with me to find those opportunities first?"

The white-robed monk nodded thoughtfully, "With such an opportunity before us, it is indeed not to be missed."

Gu Feng dared not leave alone, fearing that Mo Xiaogu would catch up with him as soon as he left.

“I’ll go with the master.”

With the intervention of the white-robed monk, Gu Feng and Mo Xiaogu temporarily stopped fighting and headed towards the top of the ancient mountain together.

Throughout the journey, Mo Xiaogu secretly observed the white-robed monk, trying to discern his true nature and weaknesses.

"Master's cultivation is unfathomable, and his Buddhist teachings must be extremely profound. Is Master a cultivator from the Western Paradise Buddhist Realm?" Mo Xiaogu asked.

The white-robed monk nodded. "This humble monk is indeed a monk from the Western Paradise Buddhist Realm."

“Only in the Western Paradise could there be such a high-ranking monk as the Master,” Mo Xiaogu praised, trying to get closer to him so that he would lower his guard.

“There are many Buddhist practitioners in the universe. Besides the Western Paradise, there are also many eminent monks in other great worlds. Your words, female benefactor, are rather biased,” the white-robed monk said with a smile.

"I misspoke, Master! Look! There's an ancient palace ahead. With such a thick spatial barrier, there must be some extraordinary treasure inside. Let's go take a look!" Mo Xiaogu pointed in a direction where a gray-black ancient palace was enveloped by spatial power, exuding an ancient and weathered aura. It did indeed look quite remarkable.

Using the True Source Demon Eye to peer into the ancient palace, one could sense a powerful divine might emanating from within.

Di Yi maintained the composure of a Buddhist monk, trying to guess Luo Sha's thoughts.

Luo Sha dared to enter the Conferred God Platform alone, so she must have been confident in her ability to protect herself. As the daughter of Emperor Luo Yan, she must have had many life-saving items on her.

Without sufficient certainty, Di Yi did not intend to act rashly, lest he alert the enemy.

"This humble monk is not a space cultivator, so I will have to trouble you two to break through the spatial barrier."

Mo Xiaogu chuckled and nodded, taking the lead to step forward and inscribe spatial runes.

Seeing this, Gu Feng had no choice but to step forward and join the team trying to break through the spatial barrier.

He finally came to his senses. This white-robed monk was no good either; he clearly wanted him and Mo Xiaogu to help him open these ancient halls so he could search for treasures inside.

But being dependent on others, I had no choice but to swallow my anger.

Before long, the spatial barrier opened, and a divine power was released, followed by a scorching aura.

Before Gu Feng and Mo Xiaogu could enter the hall, chains flew in first, bringing out a broken, crimson bell.

The large bell fell into the palm of the white-robed monk and shrank to only one foot in size.

"It's actually a flawed Supreme Artifact. I'm really lucky."

When holy energy was infused into it, a vast and supreme power surged out from the bell, and two divine runes lit up on the bell's surface.

"Burning Heaven, it seems that is the name of this bell."

Finding the Supreme Artifact was a pleasant surprise, but Gu Feng and Mo Xiaogu were in a rather bad mood.

"Esteemed benefactors, let's go to the next temple. There are quite a few ancient temples here, so we'll have to trouble you both."

With the Supreme Sacred Artifact in hand, Gu Feng and Mo Xiaogu dared not act rashly and could only follow Di Yi's instructions to continue to another ancient palace.

After spending half a day, the two of them opened eight ancient palaces together, and all of them yielded valuable treasures. Although they were not as precious as supreme artifacts, any one of them would be worth fighting for by a Great Sage in the outside world.

Without exception, all the treasures inside the ancient palace were taken away by Emperor Yi.

Gu Feng was extremely envious, while Luo Sha was so angry that he wanted to tear the white-robed monk to pieces.

"That damned monk is too greedy. He's treating me like a treasure-hunting rat. This can't go on any longer. I have to find a way to get out of here."

Her gaze fell upon a dilapidated ancient temple in the distance, and a thought struck her.

“Master, the complete ancient temple has been almost fully opened. I think we shouldn’t let go of those dilapidated ancient temples either, as they probably contain extraordinary treasures.”

Gu Feng glared at her, thinking she was crazy.

This guy really thinks he's a treasure hunter.

Emperor Yi felt a sense of unease, but his expression remained unchanged. He said, "What the female benefactor says makes sense. Then I'll trouble you two to search through these dilapidated palaces as well."

(End of this chapter)