Nangong Zheng was satisfied. Although it was only half an Emperor Weapon, it was almost equivalent to a complete Emperor Weapon.
After all, there are differences between even imperial weapons!
The Devouring Demon Jar is formed from a skull and possesses incredible power, including extreme power. There is even a portion of the divine consciousness of a ruthless person on the body of the Devouring Demon Jar!
Only a ruthless person would use their own head to train soldiers!
Most importantly, the Ruthless Great Emperor is still alive. With an emperor alive, the power of the imperial weapon will be even more terrifying! This is what makes the Devouring Demon Canopy so special!
For example, the Wushi Bell is the same, because Wushi has not died, and the imperial weapons and deities are always in a state of revival.
In the original work, several holy lands brought multiple supreme imperial weapons to attack Purple Mountain, but none succeeded in conquering it. This was partly because the Beginningless Bell was indeed extraordinary, but more importantly, the Beginningless was alive!
Nangong Zheng put away the Devouring Demon Cover and was in a great mood.
With this magic cover, it's like adding a lot of foundation to him and giving him a great sense of security!
In the era of Shrouding the Heavens, the ultimate imperial weapon is equivalent to a nuclear weapon. You may not use it, but you absolutely cannot be without it!
The foundation upon which those ancient worlds, immortal dynasties, and great religious holy lands stood was largely due to imperial weapons.
Even if all the ancient races were to revive, they would still have to restrain themselves in the face of a power possessing an imperial weapon!
After a moment of reflection, Nangong Zheng continued to plunder Duan De.
Duan De possessed many valuable items, such as a Bagua diagram engraved on his Taoist robe, which turned out to be an ancient treasure capable of capturing people.
For example, there are also the Sea God Pearls, each one formed by the beast king of the sea; each one is priceless, and he even had eighteen of them strung together into a small bracelet.
He completely stripped Duan De of his weapons, which numbered around twenty at the Saint Lord level. Unfortunately, he didn't find any weapons at or above the level of a Dao-Slaying King.
Unfortunately, the longevity lock from Emperor Zhonghuang Xiang Yufei was not found on his person. Wearing that lock would extend one's lifespan.
However, it did not appear on Duan De's person. It is unknown whether he did not rob Xiang Yufei's tomb or did not carry it with him.
Nangong Zheng felt that the former was more likely.
Then, in his sea of consciousness, there was a dragon loach and a human essence fruit.
Needless to say, the Human Essence Fruit can extend one's lifespan by a hundred years.
The dragon loach is even more extraordinary, a true treasure in alchemy, rarer than even millennia-old medicinal herbs.
The dragon loach is only a foot long, golden in color, and brimming with spiritual energy. Every drop of its essence is priceless.
It's no exaggeration to say that a one-foot-long loach is worth half a plant of immortality medicine!
Even if a sage used it, it could extend his lifespan by a thousand years!
Nangong Zheng remembered that there seemed to be three dragon loaches being raised in the Yaochi Holy Land, and this Fatty Duan actually had one of them.
In the original novel, the Great Sage Hun Tuo obtained a dragon loach from Ye Fan, which extended his life by eight hundred years. The fact that it had such a miraculous effect on the Great Sage shows how extraordinary the dragon loach is!
In the end, he looted Duan De clean. Whether it was a weapon of the Saint Lord level or a weapon below the Saint Lord level, they all hung in the void, radiating auspicious light, beautiful and dazzling. He took them all, accepting whatever came his way, the more the better.
Duan De's collection was so rich, it was like a celestial treasure. Compared to him, Nangong Zheng felt that he, the Holy Lord, was quite poor.
This time, he gained a lot. For him, the biggest gains were undoubtedly the Devouring Demon Canopy, the Dragon Loach, and a Human Yuan Fruit.
Immediately, he looked at Duan De, who was now almost completely stripped naked and curled up on the ground, his fat trembling slightly.
Although Duan De appeared disheveled, there was an extremely terrifying energy within him, which even Duan De himself was unaware of. It was likely a safety measure from Duan De's "past life," but Duan De had been reincarnated and had forgotten everything, so he was unaware of his "arrangement."
Of course, that terrifying energy only erupts when life is threatened; under normal circumstances, it does not.
Nangong Zheng had no intention of killing Duan De, so he naturally wouldn't trigger that terrifying killing intent. This was also the source of his confidence in robbing the "Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable".
He glanced at Duan De again, then looked away, smiled slightly, and ignored him, disappearing from the spot with each step.
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He returned to his original secluded cultivation place. At this moment, his mind was clear, and his heart was as clear as a mirror. The long-lost bottleneck had begun to loosen. He felt that perhaps the time to sever the Dao of Immortal Three was not far off.
He carved out a section of the mountain, sat cross-legged in a stone chamber, and quietly contemplated its mysteries.
"Oh, right, we need to bring back the Qilin seed from the Divine City!"
Nangong Zheng's mind stirred slightly; he had almost forgotten that if he didn't retrieve it soon, it would fall into Ye Fengchu's hands.
His body glowed, and then, with a flash of light, a young man emerged from his body.
This person, with a refined and elegant appearance, was none other than a deity in Nangong Zheng's Dao Palace.
Immediately, the deity changed its appearance, becoming an older man with an air of otherworldly wisdom. The older man stepped out of the ancient cave and headed towards the divine city.
Although Nangong Zheng was not Yuan Tianshi, he remembered the name of the stone material the Qilin seed belonged to.
Nangong Zheng's deity quickly arrived at the divine city and entered the Yaoguang Stone Workshop!
The Qilin seed is located in the Yaoguang Stone Workshop.
He walked straight into Yaoguang's top-tier stone workshop and selected five stones, spending nearly a million catties of pure source material!
Many people were stunned. Who was this person who could spend so many resources at once!
Many people asked who Nangong Zheng was, and Nangong Zheng casually gave a name—Bodhi Patriarch!
Everyone was astonished. Bodhi Patriarch—just hearing that name made him seem extraordinary! This person was actually a reclusive master!
When it came to the stone-cutting stage, everyone was looking forward to it. Unfortunately, three stones were empty, and nothing was cut out, resulting in the waste of hundreds of thousands of resources. However, Nangong Zheng didn't care.
His current net worth is so high that hundreds of thousands of kilograms of resources are nothing to him. Besides, those resources were just something he did at will. If he gained anything, it would be a pleasant surprise; if he didn't, it wouldn't matter.
The people at Yaoguang Stone Workshop were grinning from ear to ear, thinking that this Bodhi Patriarch was a sucker who had brought them hundreds of thousands in profits in a short time. But soon, their smiles disappeared as they shifted to Nangong Zheng's face.
The stone, named "Demon Embryo," yielded a divine medicine seed—the Qilin Seed!
The Qilin Seed is shaped like a Qilin, with Dao patterns on its back that resemble a celestial map, and is extremely profound.
He exuded wisps of purple mist, shrouded in spiritual energy, emanating an aura of supreme divinity and holiness.
The discovery of the Qilin seed naturally caused a huge uproar, with countless people scrambling to buy it. Still, Nangong Zheng refused them all, turning the faces of the people at Yaoguang Stone Workshop green with envy.
"Cut off the last piece of 'Immortal's Tomb'!" Nangong Zheng ordered.
The last piece of stone was named "Immortal's Tomb," and inside that Immortal's Tomb was the Fighting Saint Ape, which Nangong Zheng deliberately left to cut last.
When Master Yuan cut towards the Immortal Tomb, everyone was stunned. With the first cut, two golden beams shot out, like burning flames; they were actually two gazes.
"The monkey has been born!" A faint smile appeared on Nangong Zheng's lips.
He knew that the monkeys' appearance would surely cause great chaos in the area.
Immediately, he retreated as fast as lightning, disappearing into the crowd and vanishing completely.
After the disappearance of the deity Nangong Zheng, the Northern Divine City was thrown into chaos by the Fighting Holy Ape, and it was not until several Holy Lords intervened that the unrest was quelled.
Soon, a message swept across the Eastern Wilderness: a powerful figure named Bodhi Patriarch had cut out a Qilin seed and a member of the ancient royal family, a legendary creature—the Fighting Saint Ape!