Chapter 571: Looting Duan De's Divine Treasury
Duan De, having been ambushed and knocked out, was extremely unwilling. He cursed the Heavenly Venerable under his breath, rolled his eyes, and went limp, collapsing to the ground with a "thud."
"Bang!"
The Barbarian, being quite unscrupulous, swung his great club and added another blow to the back of Duan De's head, causing the fat man to twitch and grimace even in his unconscious state.
Princess Yudie's mouth formed an "O" shape. Dongfang Ye's simple and honest image was shattered in her mind. He looked like a primitive man, very rustic, yet he was so skilled at hitting people from behind.
On the other side, Ye Fan was even more unscrupulous. He took a half-foot-thick stone platform and slammed it against Duan De's brow seven or eight times. If he hadn't been controlling his strength, Duan De's head would have been cracked open.
They truly didn't dare to let their guard down. Duan De always gave off an unfathomable aura. The three of them worked together to completely seal his divine sense sea, preventing him from waking up too quickly.
"Rustle"
Ye Fan made the first move, taking a string of jade beads from Duan De's wrist. It had eighteen beads, each a different color, all sparkling and crystal clear.
The string of beads was heavy in his hand, instantly making his mind feel empty and ethereal. All kinds of distracting thoughts were eliminated, bringing him immense peace. Ye Fan knew at a glance that it was a treasure that could help one comprehend the Dao.
Princess Yudie exclaimed, "This is a string of Sea God Pearls! Each one is formed by a beast king in the sea. A single one is priceless on any ordinary day. I never thought he would string eighteen of them into a bracelet."
Ye Fan handed it to her. The string of beads was colorful, each one the size of a dragon's eye, emitting a brilliant, beautiful, and dazzling light.
"You're giving this Sea God Pearl bracelet to me?" Although Princess Yudie had seen countless treasures, she couldn't put this divine pearl bracelet down. Her beautiful eyes sparkled with a different light as she caressed it with her slender jade-like fingers.
"Take it. This guy has plenty of treasures on him." Ye Fan believed that the one thing Duan De was never short of was treasures. Having spent years robbing tombs, who knew how many good things he had accumulated.
"Rip!"
Ye Fan tore open Duan De's outer robe, revealing an inner armor. It was made of divine silkworm threads strung together with jade pieces, flowing with light and color. It was clearly no ordinary item.
"Divine Thread Jade Armor!" The Barbarian showed a look of delight, throwing his wolf-fang great club on the ground and rubbing his hands together excitedly.
Ye Fan tested it. The inner armor was extremely sturdy. His physical body was incredibly strong, yet it took ninety percent of his strength to leave a single finger mark on it.
Dongfang Ye came from a primitive tribe with a very ancient village. His Seventh Great-Uncle was incredibly powerful and also had such a treasure robe, which provided unparalleled protection and was nearly impossible to break through.
"My Seventh Great-Uncle said it was dug out from the tomb of a peerless Imperial Lord," the Barbarian said, his eyes burning with desire, clearly coveting this inner armor.
"This bastard has robbed plenty of ancestral graves. He even visited the tomb of the Fifth Great Bandit, Wu Dao. Now he's come to the Central Province to cause trouble. He must have dug up the tomb of a world-shattering Imperial Lord," Ye Fan speculated.
The Divine Thread Jade Armor had an ancient air about it. Although it had a luster, it seemed to be covered in a layer of dust, clearly an artifact that had experienced long years.
"If you want it, do it yourself. Strip it off him," Ye Fan said with a sly grin.
Dongfang Ye didn't stand on ceremony. He reached out with his large, fan-like hand and tore off Duan De's clothes, throwing the tattered robe aside. He took the Divine Thread Jade Armor and put it on himself on the spot.
"You're a grown man, and you still wear a longevity lock around your neck. This bastard is truly afraid of death." Ye Fan pulled a purple-gold lock from Duan De's neck.
"Wait, let me see it." Princess Yudie, seeing he was about to throw it away, spoke with a trembling voice. She carefully took it and examined it closely.
The purple-gold lock had no Dao patterns or divine power fluctuations. It looked very ordinary, only engraved with a picture of longevity: a long-browed old man sitting under an ancient tree.
"This is... the legendary Longevity Lock!" Princess Yudie's voice trembled. She could hardly believe it. Duan De actually had such a treasure on him.
"Isn't it just a broken lock?" Dongfang Ye said nonchalantly. He had been watching from the side and had already sensed that this purple-gold lock wasn't some magical artifact.
"This might be a divine object with the effect of stabilizing one's life force. It's most likely the personal accessory of a peerless prodigy from nine thousand years ago," Princess Yudie said.
Nine thousand years ago, a world-shaking genius appeared on the Central Province continent. His name was Xiang Yufei. Before he was even nineteen, he had become a figure at the Imperial Lord level, sweeping all before him.
His strength and achievements shook the world. Without a doubt, a new star was rising. In the post-Ancient Era, for him to have such cultivation at that age was incredibly heaven-defying.
However, heaven was jealous of geniuses. He died young before he was even twenty. It was truly a case of heaven envying talent, preventing him from shining brilliantly in the Central Province and becoming a legend.
"Originally, he couldn't even live to be fifteen. He was born to die young. Legend has it that it was only because of a Longevity Lock that he lived to nearly twenty," Princess Yudie explained.
"You mean... this broken lock?" Dongfang Ye, carrying his great club, came closer to examine it.
"This lock has a great origin. It was given to Xiang Yufei by a supreme figure from the Western Region who was on the verge of attaining Buddhahood. That's how he managed to live a few more years."
"I don't see anything special about it. It feels very ordinary." Dongfang Ye took the purple-gold lock, turned it over and over, and then used his brute strength to squeeze it, but the lock remained undamaged.
He was born with the strength to uproot mountains, and his physical body could injure a Great Power, yet he couldn't do anything to this lock. Without even thinking, it was a divine object, far more complex than it appeared on the surface.
"In the endless ages past, the Buddha of the Western Desert personally refined a purple-gold Demon-Subduing Pestle for the Buddhist sect to protect the Dao. Its power was infinite and unimaginable."
Before the pestle was forged, that piece of purple-gold divine iron was repeatedly refined by the Buddha, infused with boundless compassion and merit. It accompanied him through a very long period of ascetic cultivation, thus becoming divine.
Later, when the Demon-Subduing Pestle was completed, a small piece of purple-gold divine iron remained. A Bodhisattva collected it, and it was passed down through generations. Refined by successive Arhats, it became a lock that could suppress one's own life force.
"It is called the Longevity Lock. Wearing it will surely allow one to live a longer life. For living fossil-level figures, this is a priceless divine object. Who wouldn't want to live a few more years?" Princess Yudie explained. She was very surprised, never expecting to see such a treasure.
"This bastard is really something. He managed to dig up even this kind of legendary item. I wonder how many ancient tombs he's robbed," Ye Fan sighed.
He had to admit that Fatty Duan had incredible abilities and had gathered quite a few good things. He had some unbelievable skills, but none of them were obtained through honest means.
"Nine thousand years ago, Xiang Yufei became an Imperial Lord-level figure at nineteen, shaking the ages. His burial site shouldn't be that easy to find, right?" the Barbarian asked doubtfully.
"Xiang Yufei buried himself in an ice coffin and slept on a snowy peak. Legend has it that he wanted to avoid the calamity of death and be resurrected later. Many people have searched for it. All places with snowy peaks have been visited, but nothing was found. Unfortunately, Xiang Yufei never reappeared in later generations. Now that the Longevity Lock has appeared, he has undoubtedly turned to dust long ago," Princess Yudie shook her head.
Ye Fan didn't doubt for a moment that Fatty Duan could find Xiang Yufei's ice coffin. This guy had not only entered the Demon Emperor's tomb but also the Ji Family's cemetery, trying to find the ancient tomb of Emperor Void. It showed how arrogant he was.
"You two can discuss how to divide this lock. I don't want it," Ye Fan said, declining the Longevity Lock.
"My life is tough enough. I don't need it either," the Barbarian said magnanimously, waving his hand.
"This... it's too precious. How can I dare to take it alone?" Yudie felt she hadn't done much and was a bit embarrassed to accept such a divine treasure.
"If there are more good things later, just give me one," Dongfang Ye said, waving his hand. He could also tell that this dead fat man definitely had many treasures on him; these were just the ones hanging on the outside.
Ye Fan took matters into his own hands and continued searching for treasures on Duan De's body. Things that seemed insignificant were all rare items. For example, the broken hairpin on his head was an ancient artifact; with a light swipe, it could tear space.
"Don't throw that away! Don't throw it away!"
Even the shoes were picked up by Dongfang Ye. After appraisal, they were a pair of ancient treasures. Wearing them increased his speed by twenty percent, so he put them on himself on the spot.
"This fat man is really particular." Ye Fan removed a Bagua diagram from his tattered Daoist robe. It was also an ancient treasure that could suck people inside.
In the end, he stripped Duan De clean. Everything, from the jade pieces to the money pouch, were all treasures. Not a single item was ordinary.
This sealed Duan De's tragedy. Ye Fan only left him with a pair of boxer shorts; nothing else remained.
"Is what we're doing... a bit too much?" Princess Yudie's face was slightly red. She had never done such a thing before. Looking at Fatty Duan lying motionless on the ground, she felt a bit sorry for him.
"Don't pity this fat man. He's always had his eye on my ancestral wolf-fang club. He's definitely not a good person. Looting him is perfectly normal." The Barbarian was quite unscrupulous. Having tasted the sweetness, he wanted to personally search Duan De's Wheel Sea and other areas.
"Boom!"
Dongfang Ye reached in and fished out a few treasures from Duan De's Wheel Sea, which immediately emitted a brilliant divine light, almost flooding the entire cave dwelling.
These were nine weapons: a jade-green knife, a purple-jade sword, a red-jade spear, an ink-jade halberd, a white-jade shield... Nine jade weapons, their light soaring to the heavens, dazzling and brilliant, emitting a soul-shaking aura.
"Heavens, this is the legendary Nine Divine Weapons!" Yudie exclaimed.
Each small jade artifact was only a few inches long, but the light they emitted was dazzling, and the fluctuations they released were terrifying, seemingly even stronger than Saint Lord-level weapons.
"These were the weapons that a peerless King refined throughout his entire life. When the Nine Divine Weapons are combined, their power is unparalleled and invincible!"
These weapons could be used in combination. Once activated, heaven and earth would lose their color, all possessing supreme might.
According to Princess Yudie, these were the Nine Divine Weapons of the Feather Transformation King, an invincible powerhouse from fifteen thousand years ago. They had been lost for who knows how many years.
Even Ye Fan was shocked. Fatty Duan truly had heaven-defying methods. He had found the tomb of the long-dead Feather Transformation King and obtained the Nine Divine Weapons he had refined throughout his life.
"This fat man is simply a living treasure trove!" Even the Barbarian couldn't help but exclaim. Even opening a cave dwelling might not yield such divine objects.
And this was just one grab from Duan De's Wheel Sea. Who knew what other treasures he had?
"Grab again!" Ye Fan couldn't forget the Undying Divine Tree and Duan De's broken bowl.
"If we loot him clean, do you think he'll go crazy when he wakes up?" Princess Yudie asked.
"He'll probably be so furious that smoke comes out of his seven orifices, and he'll chase us all over the world," the Barbarian answered affirmatively, reaching into Duan De's Wheel Sea again.