Chapter 993 - 627: Swapped Patrons (4K)_2

Chapter 993: Chapter 627: Swapped Patrons (4K)_2

"This child is willing!"

The Jade Emperor slightly nodded, a faint smile surfacing in the depths of his eyes.

Daoist Monarch Qingxia was endowed with heaven-defying talent, great Destiny, and now such Opportunity; naturally, he was unwilling to ruin this daughter’s chance.

If in the future Daoist Monarch Qingxia could grow smoothly, she would also be a tremendous help to him and the Yaochi Saint Mother.

She might even serve as a hidden trump card at a critical moment.

After a brief contemplation, the Jade Emperor lifted his palm, only to see an exceptionally nimble Innate Divine Light drift out from deep within his palm, instantly falling before Daoist Monarch Qingxia.

"You may take this treasure to present as your explanation."

Daoist Monarch Qingxia gazed at the thing that surfaced in her hand, her eyes flickering, and in that instant a strong chill rose around her whole body.

What the Jade Emperor had given her was actually a rare assassination-type top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Though it had yet to be refined, the fire radiance blooming within made even her Daoist Monarch’s Primordial Spirit feel an intense, bone-chilling cold.

This treasure was clearly extraordinarily precious!

Seeing Daoist Monarch Qingxia receive it, a faint smile rose in the Jade Emperor’s eyes. He glanced at the Qingxia Immortal Realm and reminded her.

"Moreover, the commotion from this sacrifice is somewhat large. With your current Dao Practice you cannot completely conceal all abnormal signs. I preside over the Central Celestial Realm, my Dharma Eye surveying All Heavens; with the slightest clue I could directly lock onto the two of you. In addition, the Realm Master of the Upper Realm Eighth Layer of the Central Celestial Realm has likely sensed something as well. I shall suppress him shortly. Hereafter, I will cover up the anomalies for you two."

"Many thanks, Father Emperor!"

Hearing this, a strand of joy surfaced deep in Daoist Monarch Qingxia’s bright eyes.

This could be called the best possible outcome.

"Very good. If anything arises, you may come directly to me."

On the Jade Emperor’s eternally unchanged divine countenance, there was now a hint of a smile.

Immediately, with a single step his figure vanished, directly leaving the Qingxia Immortal Realm.

In place, Daoist Monarch Qingxia looked at the two top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in her hands, her expression growing gradually solemn.

She knew that this time they had truly been lucky.

Fortunately, the two of them—whether herself, or Zhang Jian and the Great Celestial Venerable Jade Emperor—shared deep ties; otherwise, if it had been any other Supreme Will that noticed their actions, it would never have let them off so easily.

Nor would it have given them such a solution that satisfied both sides.

If it had been discovered by the Demon Ancestor of the Outer World, they would only have faced a life-and-death quandary.

Daoist Monarch Qingxia took a deep breath. Yet being discovered by the Jade Emperor—was this not also a sign that the Destiny of the two was soaring, able to turn misfortune into blessing?

She slightly steadied her mind.

After some thought, Daoist Monarch Qingxia decided to first inform her true body of this matter, then personally enter the Eastern Immortal Realm and send this treasure out.

...

Eastern Immortal Realm, Qingyi City, Fengqiao Town.

At this moment Fengqiao Town was ablaze with lights from top to bottom, the entire town exceedingly lively.

Madam Zhang was holding a sacrifice to the ancestors here, and by the way hosting a flowing banquet, so naturally the whole town was bustling with excitement.

Given Madam Zhang’s current wealth and status.

The scale of this flowing banquet was by no means low.

Of course, what was even more rare was the gathering of branches from all the various lines; such an opportunity was extremely hard to come by.

Madam Qi, the Ji Family, Madam Meng, Madam Yun and the other women had also come together with many sons and descendants, making the atmosphere quite joyous for a time.

The only pity was that Zhang Jian was absent at such a time.

However, Zhang Jian habitually stayed in other places for quiet cultivation at such times, so all the women were long used to it.

In the Ancestral Hall, this place was solemn and dignified; candles shone everywhere, making it bright as day.

Zhang Jian sensed the fluctuation of Incense Fire Divine Power in the Ancestral Hall, and with a shift of his figure he appeared directly within it.

Just as he arrived, he saw a strand of Divine Light rising from the Incense True Body of Daoist Monarch Qingxia, turning into a Two Realms Passage. In an instant, a four-colored stream of light flew out from it, falling before Zhang Jian.

With a wave of his hand, Zhang Jian seized that four-colored Divine Light and drew it into the depths of his palm.

He opened his palm, and the four-colored Divine Light surfaced from deep within.

It was a Divine Needle thick with Innate phenomena.

Yellow, blue, cyan, and red flashed, and within there was a keen aura that made one’s whole body turn cold.

At the same time, another strand of information flowed along this needle-shaped Innate Spiritual Treasure into Zhang Jian’s body.

Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle: Contains eight strands of Innate Divine Prohibition, a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Note: Within this treasure is contained the power of the Innate Four Symbols and Four Spirits. This Innate Divine Needle is a set, formed from the fragments of the spirituality of Innate earth, water, wind, and fire that gathered when All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds were first born; each single Water Radiance, Earth Radiance, Wind Radiance, and Fire Radiance Innate Divine Needle is a lower-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with three strands of Innate Divine Prohibition; the full set combined into the Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle is a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Note: When a single Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle is unleashed, it is soundless and traceless, able to pierce through all manner of Immortal Treasures and Dao Bodies; the power of the Innate Four Symbols is Supreme Yin and Supreme Softness, without phase and without form.

Note: The top-grade Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle, with Yin Yang Coexistence, carries within it the Innate Four Symbols Destruction Power, and is a pure killing Supreme Treasure!

The treasure had just fallen into his hands, and Zhang Jian’s eyes immediately lit up.

Gazing at the slender four-colored Divine Needle before him, Zhang Jian felt that his favorite treasure had shifted from the Qiankun Map to this Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle!

This was truly a supreme treasure for home and travel, sneak atta— uh, for self-defense and demon refining.

And it was even a complete set; that was truly rare.

This ancestor was really lavish in his generosity!

Zhang Jian could not help but sigh inwardly.

With this treasure, he now had a few more degrees of confidence in his trip to Cyan Dragon Mountain in the Celestial Demon Realm.

...

This time, Zhang Jian stayed in Fengqiao Town a bit longer.

Since he had come, he naturally left some foundation behind for those Zhang Clan Members who were part of the Central Celestial Realm.

Most of it was some treasures from before he had proven his Dao as a Daoist Monarch, which he bestowed separately upon Zhang Nan, and also upon some Immortal Ministers, such as Taiyin Fairy.

He left behind a few treasures obtained from the Three Saints Palace of Zhou Mountain Realm, such as the Tier Four Immortal Treasure Mountain-Sealing Seal, the Tier Four Immortal Treasure Celestial Demon Gourd, as well as that Tier Five Immortal Treasure Thousand Jin Divine Rod.

Now that he had proven himself a Daoist Monarch, the only things useful to him were Immortal Treasures of the Eternal Level.

However, to guard against special circumstances, he actually also kept some Immortal Treasures of his own refining as backup.

In truth, every Daoist Monarch was like a wily hare with three burrows; like Zhang Jian himself, they would long in advance prepare for the day they might fall into Reincarnation and have to start over again.

From the stage of Lian Qi all the way to the Taiyi Great Perfection Realm, there would be many backhands prepared.

Of course, this was to guard against all kinds of accidents; sometimes, they might not necessarily be used!

...

After the ancestral rites in Fengqiao Town concluded, Zhang Jian entered the Ninth Layer of the Celestial Upper Realm.

The Ninth Layer of the Celestial Upper Realm was in fact the Twenty-Seventh Layer of the Celestial Realm.

After he proved himself a Daoist Monarch, the Jade Emperor bestowed upon him a Dao field, located precisely in the Twenty-Seventh Layer of the Celestial Realm.

Of course Zhang Jian had to go and take a look.

If all went as expected, this would become the future Zhang Clan Ancestral Land in the Central Celestial Realm.

Zhang Jian at once took his various Immortal Consorts and flew directly toward the Twenty-Seventh Heavenly Layer of the Central Celestial Realm.

Relying on the privileges of his tenth-ranked position in the Celestial Court hierarchy, his figure passed directly through the Heaven and Earth Net, shifting through space-time in an instant.

By now, Zhang Jian already held the Immortal Mansion Jade Token for that special Spirit Mountain Grotto Heaven.

Using the space-time coordinates engraved on the Jade Token, the group appeared in an instant within the vast Spirit Mountain Holy Land; white clouds drifted lazily all around, endless ancient verdant trees grew, and countless Innate Essence Qi poured down from the heavens like torrents.

The earth below was rich with all kinds of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Veins.

In the distance there were mountain ridges, and atop one ridge there was another enormous Spirit Lake, named Jade Sea Lake.

Far off, acres upon acres of emerald Spiritual Bamboo spread for thousands of mu; within the forest there were many Rare Treasures and Exotic Fruits, and even rare Heaven and Earth Spirit Roots.

The surroundings were filled with a primordial air.

This was a Spirit Mountain Blessed Land that had been very well preserved.

It appeared never to have been developed.

This vast Spirit Mountain was called Jiuxiao Mountain.

Zhang Jian looked upon this Divine Mountain, sweeping over it with just a glance; his eyes remained unchanged. He had seen many places of divine charm and spiritual elegance in the Wilderness World. Though this Spirit Mountain Blessed Land before him was indeed spiritual and beautiful, it by no means counted as top-grade.

The others, however, were exceedingly satisfied by what their wondrous eyes saw.

"What a fine place!"

Beside him, Zhang Yi and his wife swept their immortal gazes across the land, offering praise again and again.

After the Ji Family saw it, they also said,

"It is indeed an excellent place for cultivating the Dao. In this Celestial Realm Mountain Range, this sort of place is probably considered a top-grade Dao field!!"

Her eyes looked into the distance.

In the distance lay the famous Celestial Realm Mountain Range of the Ninth Layer of the Celestial Realm; within this mountain range lived many Great Divine Ability Users of the Celestial Court in seclusion.

This place could be counted as one of the core residences of the Celestial Court’s Immortals.

By entering this place, The Zhang Family could be considered to have obtained an entry ticket into the core circle of the Central Celestial Court.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian also said, "As the Zhang Clan Ancestral Land, it can be considered not bad!"

Hearing Zhang Jian’s words, Zhang Yi and his wife, as well as the various goddesses, all revealed faint smiles.

Zhang Jian then led the ladies and flew into this region, rearranging Forbidden Techniques anew, while also preparing to enter seclusion here to refine that Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle.

Only after refining such a treasure could he be at ease.