Chapter 900 - 348: As Expected by All (Part 3)
Upon learning that it was Fan Wubing’s request, the other four Great Feng Immortals did not hesitate or question it in the slightest. This man who had remade the world’s very countenance was worthy of the Farmers’ sacrifice.
On this day,
the morning bell that declared the commencement of all labors great and small, and the evening drum that proclaimed their results, rang out through Dafeng City for the last time.
The sound of bell and drum together spread across the fertile fields of He Yue Village, across the East Continent, across the whole world, inviting all beings to listen in stillness.
The world, which changed without pause at every moment, under the resounding bell and drum, slowed its steps for a while.
At the moment of departure, Gu Lan sent him a kiss that conveyed her blessing.
She was not adept at baring her heart as openly as Luo Qingyao, yet she was also more forthright than Fu Manman. She placed all her words within that kiss. She was certain that Fan Wubing would be able to feel her heart.
Fan Wubing could not help but feel fortunate that he had met her.
Carrying the morning bell and evening drum, and his lover’s blessing, he left He Yue Village.
After that, he still did not linger for so much as a moment, racing across all corners of the world, to seek out and reclaim the other innate divine treasures.
From the Supreme Dharma Orbiting Device and the Twelve Thousand Eight Hundred Eyes,
to the Time Shuttle, Immortal Guardian Mirror, Taiyin Pearl, and Lesser Yang Pearl,
to the Unruffled Platform, Azure Sky Platform, Painting Mother Root, and Hidden Blade Box,
to the Celestial Craft Ruler, Bright King Finger, Jade Fall Pattern, and Zhengli Dipper,
to the Cangxuan Tower, Dragon-Touching Immortal Bell, Immortal Heart Lock, and Divine Splendor Wood,
to the morning bell, evening drum, Abbot Furnace, and Hundred Feet Incense,
to the Sun and Moon Ring, Yin Yang Wheel, Five Elements Wheel, and Sea-Stabilizing Banner,
to the Cloud-Blocking Banner, Qiankun Mirror, and Rain-Residence Mirror.
Fan Wubing spent nearly three months searching across the world, retrieving most of the innate divine treasures that had been scattered among the great powers or lost in unknown places. Together with those he had already possessed, there were in total twenty-nine.
Most of them were cornerstone magical artifacts of the great powers.
And Fan Wubing spoke only one sentence:
"These innate divine treasures may be considered your private possessions, yet from the moment of their birth they have borne a mission beyond all questioning, and now is the time they must return to the world."
No one dared tell Fan Wubing they were unwilling.
Even if they cared nothing for this so‑called world, cared nothing for the Path to Immortality, they still had to weigh carefully whether the strength of their entire sect put together could withstand a single glare from Fan Wubing.
Thus, in reclaiming the innate divine treasures from the powers of the world, he encountered no obstruction.
Nor was Fan Wubing in the least stingy with his thanks toward those willing to surrender their innate divine treasures.
This was not only the bearing he ought to have as lord of all beings, but also the character he himself had always practiced.
As for those innate divine treasures lost to the outside world, over years of change most had developed wills of their own. Among them, some still remembered their mission, while others had already forgotten their original heart.
Fan Wubing’s method was simple: those willing to return, he gave full honor; those unwilling to return, he helped them save face.
Now,
the Heaven Nurturing Cauldron, last to be born and symbolizing the Heavenly Dao’s completion, had already taken its place upon the Bixi’s back in the Sea of Eternal Life.
Only the World Register, World Order, and Literary Heart History Book, which had been taken in by Wenxin Heaven, remained.
After Fan Wubing arrived in Wenxin Heaven, Guan Xin had long since prepared the World Register and World Order. Though Wenxin Heaven’s governance over the Mortal World owed much to the efforts of these two treasures, when it came time to hand them over, there was still not the slightest hesitation.
For these two divine treasures were the only ones named with the word "World."
Even if Wenxin Heaven were unwilling, they would, for the world’s need, of their own accord seek out Fan Wubing.
After placing the World Register and World Order into Fan Wubing’s hands, Guan Xin said apologetically,
"These two treasures have no real issues, but the Literary Heart History Book... seems to have been somewhat anomalous since long ago. It cannot be turned, or rather, it refuses to be turned, so it has never been opened to the outside. I only learned of this after becoming Literary Ancestor. You should go and see for yourself."
"Cannot be turned?"
Fan Wubing furrowed his brows.
Guan Xin led him toward the Wenxin Stele where the Literary Heart History Book was placed.