Chapter 283 - 268: [Innate Treasure Gold Coin]
Qi Yun had not yet exited the simulated state of the Unity of Man and Banner. A majestic power comparable to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage still surged within him, his aura as profound and unshakable as a mountain.
He watched as a golden light, transformed from an Innate Treasure Gold Coin, deftly maneuvered around several areas of chaotic battle between cultivators.
Like a living thing, it sped toward a region in the northeast filled with bizarre rock formations and shrouded in dense gray fog. A sharp glint flashed in Qi Yun’s eyes.
’You’re the one.’
His thoughts spun, and he no longer held anything back.
BOOM—!
The void behind him suddenly rippled. That chaotic halo of light, which contained the birth and death of the Ten Thousand Laws and an unending flow of Dao Rhyme—the Daluo Realm—unfurled once more!
The moment the Realm Heaven unfurled, Qi Yun stopped flying with an ordinary Escape Light.
Instead, he directly piloted the Daluo Realm—a mobile, miniature Heaven and Earth—and "crashed" toward the direction in which the golden light was fleeing!
Along the way, any cultivator—whether from the righteous or demonic paths—who was touched by the peripheral aura of the Realm Heaven was struck with horror, their faces paling.
The Masters felt a majestic Dao Rhyme—one that embodied the unity of the Ten Thousand Laws and a supreme, venerable pressure—crushing down on them.
The circulation of their own Magical Power instantly seized up, and their Protective Spiritual Light flickered on the verge of extinction. They were like lone boats facing a tsunami, like ants gazing up at a mountain!
There was no need for Qi Yun to even act to drive them away. Like fleeing a natural disaster, they scrambled to activate their Secret Skills and desperately dodged to the sides.
Some with weaker cultivation were struck by the Realm Heaven’s aura, their blood roiling and a metallic taste rising in their throats. They retreated far away, their faces pale, their gazes toward the moving chaotic halo filled with terror and lingering fear.
Even as a torrent of resentment and a thousand curses rose to their lips, they looked at the indifferent figure standing at the center of the Realm Heaven, his Deep Blue Daoist Robe fluttering in the wind.
They recalled the recent, utterly shocking Magical Combat between him and Grand Protector Nanyin, Li Xuanqing—a battle of Realm Heavens that had nearly shattered a corner of the world.
Everyone wisely swallowed their dissatisfaction and greed.
Clash with an Evil Star like him?
Did they have a death wish?!
With no one daring to challenge him, Qi Yun piloted the Daluo Realm, rapidly closing the distance to the golden light without any obstruction.
However, the golden light transformed from the Innate Treasure Gold Coin was truly extraordinary in its spiritual nature. Its speed was immense, and its trajectory was cunning and bizarre.
It also seemed to be able to sense danger in advance. Every time the aura of the Daluo Realm was about to envelop its path...
...it would make an unbelievable right-angle turn or a spiraling ascent, narrowly avoiding it.
What made Qi Yun frown slightly was that this object could naturally block Divine Sense locks!
Several times, he condensed his Divine Sense into a beam, casting it toward the golden light like an invisible net.
But when his Divine Sense actually touched it, it was like landing on a piece of impossibly slippery glass; he couldn’t lock onto it at all.
’What a slippery treasure.’
Qi Yun nodded to himself, but there was no anxiety in his eyes.
’As expected of something from the Imperial Soldiers. Truly extraordinary.’
’Not only does it contain Creation, its spiritual nature is so exceptional it even knows how to evade Divine Sense probes.’
Ordinary Magical Treasures or Spiritual Objects would never be able to perform like this.
This Innate Treasure Gold Coin, just based on its spiritual nature and shielding ability, was already priceless.
However, a small problem like this wasn’t enough to stop him.
Compared to other Masters who could only rely on their own Divine Sense or specific Tracking Techniques...
...he possessed another, completely different and unfailingly effective tool for locating enemies!
While his right hand maintained basic control over the Daluo Realm, his left hand quickly formed a profound Spell in front of his chest, starlight faintly appearing at his fingertips.
The vast Magical Power within him, amplified by the Daluo Realm to the scale of a Star River, was suddenly spurred. A stream of pure energy was diverted, following some mysterious connection, and surged into the dark silver Evil Star that still hung high in the conceptual "Celestial Vault" of the Valley of No Life!
Receiving this deliberate push and guidance from Qi Yun’s pure Magical Power—
BUZZ!
High above the Valley of No Life, deep within the chaotic Celestial Vault illuminated by the bizarre and motley lights of various Escape Lights and Daoist Skills...
...the Dark Silver Eye suddenly began to glow faintly!
The next instant!
That golden Flowing Light, which was frantically weaving between the jagged rocks with an erratic trajectory, was now marked with the most conspicuous of beacons in the Evil Star’s sight.
[Omen Star Shining High]—Lock-on complete!
’Found you!’
A silvery-white starlight flashed in Qi Yun’s eyes.
With the auxiliary lock-on from the Evil Star—a support akin to a higher-dimensional attack—all of the golden light’s supposedly clever evasions and concealments became predictable trajectories in Qi Yun’s eyes.
’Let’s see where you can run now!’
With a thought, the hundred-zhang-wide Daluo Realm beneath his feet trembled violently!
The chaotic halo at the edge of the Realm Heaven suddenly expanded and extended, instantly transforming into an immense, five-fingered hand composed of countless flowing Daoist Skill runes and chaotic currents—the Chaos Hand!
The lines on its palm resembled mountain ranges and riverbeds, while its fingertips flickered with phenomena of the Ten Thousand Laws, such as Sword Qi, Talisman light, and Star Dust. It exuded a terrifying Dao Rhyme, one that could grasp the universe and capture all things.
The moment the Chaos Hand appeared, it moved at a speed surpassing the fleeing golden light, heading for a space above a rock crevice that the Evil Star had predicted the golden light would reach.
And fiercely clenched!
The golden light seemed to sense its impending doom. It let out a faint but sharp buzz, its Treasure Light flared, and it tried to swerve again.
This time, however, its every move had been anticipated.
No matter which direction it dodged, it seemed to fly right into the path of the closing Chaos Hand!
In a flash, the five fingers of the Chaos Hand closed, like Heaven and Earth shutting!
VMMMM—!
A muffled, strange sound, as if space itself was being squeezed tight.
The golden light of the highly spiritual and exceptionally slippery Innate Treasure Gold Coin was caught firmly... securely... in the palm of the Chaos Hand!
The golden light thrashed about in the Chaos Hand’s palm, erupting with intense Treasure Light and Creation Dao Rhyme as it tried to break free.
But the Chaos Hand contained the flow of the Ten Thousand Laws, forming its own miniature world of confinement. How could its power be so easily broken?
No matter how the golden light struggled and rammed, the Chaos Hand remained Immovable.
The light in its palm simply flowed, constantly grinding down and suppressing the golden light’s resistance.
Qi Yun stood at the center of the Realm Heaven, hundreds of zhang away. He made a gentle beckoning gesture toward the golden light captured by the Chaos Hand.
The Chaos Hand flew back slowly and opened its palm.
Within lay a peculiar Gold Coin, the size of a longan fruit. It was perfectly round, its golden light as gentle as the dawn. On its face, four auspicious prophecies were clearly cast in Ancient Seal script.
It was still vibrating slightly, emitting a mellow Creation Dao Rhyme that was refreshing to the soul and seemed capable of nourishing the very source of all things.
The Innate Treasure Gold Coin was his!
’So this is the object born from the origin of an Imperial Soldier...’
He reached out and picked up the Innate Treasure Gold Coin, which was still emitting a gentle Treasure Light, between his fingers.
With a flicker of thought, Qi Yun carefully sent a wisp of his Magical Power into the coin.
VMMMM—
The coin trembled lightly, and the four Ancient Seal prophecies on its surface glowed faintly.
An extremely pure wisp of golden energy silently flowed back against the current of Qi Yun’s Magical Power, instantly merging into his meridians and finally gathering in his Purple Mansion.
A flash of cyan-gold light flickered in Qi Yun’s eyes. He now understood the origins and wonders of this Innate Treasure Gold Coin.
It turned out that the Imperial Soldier, God of Wealth, embodying the grand wish of the Golden Tang Dynasty for "Kaiyuan Tongbao, eternal prosperity for ten thousand generations," could create these treasures called Innate Treasure Gold Coins.
There were twenty-four of these coins in total, divided into the "Twelve Heavenly Coins" and the "Twelve Earthly Coins."
The Twelve Heavenly Coins governed "external manifestation."
The Twelve Earthly Coins, on the other hand, governed "physical transformation."
Each Treasure Gold Coin possessed a unique and wondrous effect.
And the one in Qi Yun’s hand right now was precisely one of the Twelve Heavenly Coins: the Military Preparation Gold!
Activating this coin could summon a contingent of the Great Tang Army to fight on one’s behalf.
After learning of the Innate Treasure Gold Coin’s miraculous properties, Qi Yun’s gaze turned toward the still-chaotic sky in the distance.
Golden lights flashed intermittently there, and the sounds of shouting and fighting were endless.
The little God of Wealth tree had scattered no fewer than seventeen or eighteen Treasure Gold Coins just now!
Even though they were ignored by the Great Masters and madly fought over by the numerous cultivators, there were surely still many that remained uncaptured, flying about and hiding everywhere.
’I can maintain this simulated state of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage for at least another incense stick’s worth of time.’ Qi Yun quickly assessed his condition, a sharp light shining in his eyes.
’An opportunity like this is rare and won’t come again!’
’In that case... I’ll grab another one!’
His mind made up, Qi Yun acted without hesitation. He stored the Military Preparation Gold in his sleeve’s pocket dimension, his Magical Power surged once more, and he prepared to pilot the Daluo Realm in pursuit of another golden light with a relatively unique aura, already locked on by the Evil Star.
However, just as he was about to move, his Divine Thought having already locked onto the next target—
—a transmission, extremely faint yet exceptionally clear and urgent, like a silken thread, suddenly pierced through the chaotic Spiritual Mechanism and the aftershocks of Magical Combat, ringing with unerring precision directly in his ear.
"Help me..."
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