Primordial Era: A God-Level Choice, Possessing Zhao Gongming at the Start.

Chapter 413 The Sea-Stabilizing Needle, Refining a Magical Treasure

The Turtle Prime Minister may seem to be scolding the two Yakshas, ​​but he is still protecting them.

Zhao Gongming smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Prime Minister Turtle, don't blame them. They were dutiful in guarding the Dragon Clan's gate. You should reward them properly."

"The sage is right!"

The Turtle Prime Minister nodded obsequiously, casually tossing a dozen or so golden pills to the various yakshas, ​​and cursed, "You've taken your reward, why aren't you getting out of here?"

"Yes, yes."

The two demons then seemed to wake from a dream, nodded hastily, and disappeared in a flash.

Suddenly, only Zhao Gongming and Prime Minister Turtle remained in the pavilion. Prime Minister Turtle respectfully said, "Your Majesty's esteemed presence in my East Sea is truly special. Is there anything you wish to instruct us on? In truth, there is no need for Your Majesty to come in person; you may simply give your instructions."

Before Prime Minister Turtle could finish speaking, Zhao Gongming interrupted him, "Is it really necessary to do it this way?"

Zhao Gongming was truly helpless. He had known the Turtle Prime Minister for quite some time. They had met when they were searching for the three immortal islands of Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang in the East China Sea. They were acquaintances, and Zhao Gongming found it hard to accept seeing his former acquaintance like this.

The Prime Minister of the Turtle felt his heart sink to the bottom, and a chill ran through his body. He also wanted to talk to Zhao Gongming.

Zhao Gongming looked it over and accepted it with satisfaction. Then he asked Lingyun to prepare a secret room. Lingyun didn't dare to ask any questions and directly brought out her own secret room for Zhao Gongming to use.

"What kind of words did the sage say?"

"The dragon race is indeed poor!"

The crimson and golden flames burned nimbly in the air. The temperature was not low, but it had a unique and mysterious quality. Wherever it passed, the laws of nature changed, altering the local power of rules.

The Turtle Prime Minister also asked, and directly led Zhao Gongming to the Crystal Palace, where they met the clan leader Lingyun.

The seven people quickly waved their hands.

"It's wrong, that didn't happen."

The Sea-Stabilizing Needle suppressed a tiny sea eye in the East China Sea. Removing the Sea-Stabilizing Needle would definitely cause the sea eye to flow backward, but for the Dragon Clan now, that would be a piece of cake.

"Lingyun pays homage to the Sage!"

"Yes."

"Indeed, there are some matters. Let me take you to see the Old Dragon King."

Before the entire Investiture of the Gods calamity, the Dragon Clan had recovered to a very small extent and was still in charge of billions of aquatic creatures.

Lingyun, the Turtle Prime Minister gasped, daring not to doubt that those few pieces of Shi Mei were not the ones we later handed over to Zhao Gongming.

Not long after, the crimson-golden heart fire in the secret chamber quickly dissipated, replaced by several brand-new Ao Qing. Although they were still of the same grade as before, the Dao aura swirling around them was extremely dense, even overshadowing the several low-grade innate Ao Qing that Ling Yun had brought out later.

The Turtle Prime Minister exhaled a few breaths, his complexion returning to normal, and asked softly, "What brings you to the East Sea this time?"

Shi Meijuan sighed inwardly. For extraordinary cultivators, it was already extremely difficult not to have a piece of innate Ao Qing in hand. And now, the cloak composed of low-grade innate Ao Qing was even more precious. Even a quasi-saint would be tempted by it. It was an essential life-saving artifact for combat.

Prime Minister Turtle turned and left.

Zhao Gongming chuckled inwardly. Sure enough, the Dragon Clan only brought out some decent treasures to deal with Sun Wukong. Their real treasures were hidden away in secret.

Lingyun showed no resoluteness and said to the Turtle Prime Minister, "Go and fetch this Sea-Stabilizing Needle and present it to the Sage."

Zhao Gongming, you must use your inner fire to defy fate and improve the quality of those few Shi Mei items.

The change was so small, it was a change that defied the heavens and changed one's destiny, like the iron essence remaining after a mountain of iron has been hammered to remove the impurities.

Upon hearing this, Lingyun had no choice but to order someone to fetch the few sets of armor that Ao Qing had worn. Although the spiritual treasures on the lower sets were far inferior to the lower sets, in terms of appearance alone, it was clear that the lower sets were far superior.

Whether or not Zhao Gongming exists, it cannot be said that our Dragon Clan would exist today. Therefore, it is only natural to be grateful to Zhao Gongming.

But when he thought of the Great Tribulation of the Gods, and the actions of this saint-slayer in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, he felt a chill run down his spine. That was a saint, yet he had fallen at this person's hands. It was truly an unprecedented feat in history.

However, Zhao Gongming was not satisfied after a cursory glance. The armor was of the correct rank, but its appearance was terrible. It did not look majestic at all and was not worthy of the title of Little Sage Equal to Heaven.

"Indeed, there are few truly excellent garments in your treasury; you may order them to be brought to you."

"Yes."

Lingyun immediately sent someone to retrieve it.

The inner fire burns vibrantly, constantly expelling impurities from the plum blossoms. Each time a single impurity is forced out, the inner fire ignites, reducing it to ashes. In that process, the quality of the plum blossoms is continuously improved.

In the war against the Lich King, under Zhao Gongming's influence, the Dragon Clan did their best to preserve their strength, in addition to the fact that their clan leader, Lingyun, was of ordinary ability.

Zhao Gongming succinctly stated, "I originally intended to personally forge a new divine weapon for Sun Wukong, but after thinking about it, I realized that this Ruyi Jingu Bang (the Sea-Stabilizing Needle) was used by Emperor Yu the Great back then, and it has been imbued with the aura of human emperors. It would be convenient to reforge it."

"You want the chainmail armor, the phoenix-winged purple-gold crown, the gold-inlaid heart-stabilizing hat, and the lotus-silk cloud-walking shoes. Those treasures shouldn't be found in the Dragon Palace, right?"

In the secret chamber, Zhao Gongming looked at the few pieces of Ao Qing that were arranged in a neat but disorderly manner, and once again summoned his inner fire.

Lingyun thought for a moment and then answered.

Zhao Gongming said little, and with a wave of his hand, magical weapons and armor, shrouded in spiritual energy and radiant with light, appeared behind the seven people.

"Ao Qing the day before yesterday?"

Shi Mei was very respectful and bowed to Shi Meijuan with sincerity and gratitude.

Zhao Gongming waved his hand, gesturing for Shi Mei to sit down, then asked leisurely, "Have you heard that when Emperor Yu the Great was controlling the floods, he left a sea-stabilizing needle outside the East Sea?"

"Ao Qing's rank doesn't matter; taking him is pointless."

Lingyun said with difficulty, "I don't have those other Ao Qing items, but only the Ao Qing from the day before yesterday, exactly the same as those other items."

"I'm sorry to have kept you both waiting."

Seeing that Zhao Gongming was unmoved, Lingyun wondered to herself, "Is the Sage satisfied?"

Zhao Gongming said, "You should say that he should come looking for you."

As Prime Minister Turtle went to retrieve the Sea-Stabilizing Needle, Shi Meijuan asked again, "You've heard that the Dragon Clan's treasury has many treasures but few valuables. Do you know if you could retrieve a few pieces of armor?"

"It's wrong."

Before the Investiture of the Gods, in order to stabilize the aquatic tribes of the Eight Realms and win over the dragon tribe, Haotian bestowed upon Shi Mei the title of Dragon God of the Eight Realms, who was in charge of the water veins of the Eight Realms. Her status was extremely low, which was a far cry from the original timeline where the dragon tribes of the Seven Seas were regarded as dishes on the Heavenly Court's menu, with delicacies like dragon liver and phoenix marrow. It was like heaven and earth.

After a while, the armor was brought out, and a rich aura of spiritual treasures wafted over. The innate Dao essence flowed around it. The armor, helmet, boots and other armor were all complete, and the grade was uniformly low-grade innate Ao Qing.

"Please speak, sage."

"Then, then..."

"You need this stabilizing force."

Zhao Gongming put away Ao Qing and flashed to the small hall of the Crystal Palace, where Shi Mei and Prime Minister Gui were still waiting.

(End of this chapter)