Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1702 777: Treasure of the Green Rock (Part 3)

The Black Sandalwood Ship continued forward, flying lower and lower, its speed also slowing as it sailed into these ancient ruins.

Everyone looked around; the houses here stood in neat rows. Though no one knew how much time had passed, the buildings still towered there, not rotted or altered by the years.

Emperor Wan Shou and the Subtle Daoist Monarch almost simultaneously flew out of the Black Sandalwood Ship, came before that green arrow, and reached out to grab it!

Once the two of them left Chen Shi's Dao Realm, they were still not disturbed by the Outer Dao of this place. Three Dao Flowers bloomed above their heads, Dao Guang circulating around their bodies, shielding the Outer Dao away.

The two were both at Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak, and knew well the marvels of Green Rock, so they rushed straight for that green arrow at the first moment.

Unexpectedly, the instant their palms just touched the green arrow, their expressions changed drastically. They hurriedly withdrew their hands, only to see their palms rapidly mutating; in the blink of an eye they became fat and swollen, full of countless pores that spewed out pink miasma.

Each of them mobilized their Dao Flowers, using their own cultivation and Daoist Skills to suppress the mutation of their palms. However, they could not suppress it at all; before their eyes even the wrists began to mutate, and the mutation was still spreading toward their forearms!

Without a second thought, Emperor Wan Shou sacrificed the Demon-sweeping Duster. Myriad strands of the whisk hairs drilled in through the holes, grinding away the Outer Dao that had invaded his arm.

Emperor Wan Shou drew out the whisk; one arm was a bloody mess. Though he had swept away the Outer Dao, that arm was now almost crippled!

On the other side, the Subtle Daoist Monarch also sacrificed the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace, thrusting his afflicted arm into the furnace to refine it a bit. Only then did he refine away the Outer Dao in his arm, but his right arm had almost been fully cooked, suffering extremely heavy injuries.

That green arrow was still thrust there at a slant, showing no change at all.

The Black Sandalwood Ship slowly sailed up. Chen Shi stood at the prow, smiling as he looked at the two and said with a laugh, "You two, could it be that this green arrow bites, and took a bite out of each of you?"

Emperor Wan Shou snorted once and returned to the ship.

In the Upper Pure Realm he had seen similar Green Rock, treasures dug out from the Heavenly Abyss. Some of those Green Rocks even had ancient marks carved upon them, which the Daluo Golden Immortals of the Upper Pure Realm were studying with great care.

Every time new Green Rock was produced from the Heavenly Abyss, it would cause quite a stir.

Yet though the Upper Pure Realm had amassed many pieces of Green Rock, there were only a few that could compare to this green arrow, so greed was inevitably stirred in his heart.

He simply had not expected that the treasure of Green Rock was not something he could touch!

The Subtle Daoist Monarch also followed back onto the ship, smiling as he said, "This arrow is no ordinary thing, yet it has lain here so long without being taken, which shows how difficult it is to claim. Mr. Chen is erudite as a Heavenly Person; I imagine you must have the means to take it."

Chen Shi looked toward Ning Zhenzi and smiled. "This is an ownerless object; I may not be able to collect it. Why doesn't Daoist Ning go up and try? Perhaps you'll be able to take it."

Ning Zhenzi tilted his head up to size up the green arrow, a strange feeling rising in his heart.

On the surface of the green arrow faintly floated ancient beyond compare markings, still giving off wondrous pulses.

Whenever a gust of wind blew past, these markings seemed to absorb power from the wind, one after another lighting up; when the wind passed, they would dim again.

These markings resembled Immortal Dao and Divine Dao Dao Patterns, yet were not the same.

The Primordial Worm had previously seen only Immortal Dao Dao Patterns and Divine Dao Patterns; it had never seen this type of marking.

However, these markings gave it a strangely familiar feeling, as if so long as it reached out and touched them, it could interpret the principles contained in the markings and bring this green arrow under its control!

The two Taiyi Golden Immortals had almost been polluted just by slightly touching the arrow, which showed that the power of this green arrow was certainly extraordinary!

If it could master this Prehistoric Treasure…

Though its gaze was fixed on the green arrow, a portion of its peripheral vision was on Chen Shi. Chen Shi was staring fixedly at it, faint silhouettes of branches already looming behind him, formless yet with form, ready at any moment to strike and kill it!

Chen Shi had long suspected its identity; sending it to touch the green arrow this time was a test.

It greatly desired this arrow, but did not dare walk up directly.

Ning Zhenzi wore a smile, chuckling as he said, "Chen True King is joking. Even those two seniors could not budge this arrow; why should I do such a pointless thing?"

"You never know." Chen Shi stood beside him, expressionless.

Ning Zhenzi still stared fixedly at the green arrow, not daring to make any move, smiling as he said, "I am but a junior, without that level of cultivation and strength. I must ask True King to claim this treasure instead…"

"That truly is a pity."

Chen Shi sighed, then broke into a smile. "As it happens, I recognize most of the Prehistoric Dao Patterns on this green arrow. Collecting it won't be troublesome."

He stepped off the Black Sandalwood Ship, came before the green arrow, and raised his hand to stroke it.

"Most of the Prehistoric Dao Patterns on this arrow are words like 'execute, kill, behead, slaughter, suppress, transform.' It seems the master of this arrow bore deep hatred toward the Prehistoric people who lived here, and with a single arrow came to exterminate all the Prehistoric beings in this place."

His palm landed on the green arrow. Not only was he not assimilated by the Outer Dao within the arrow; he even caused the Prehistoric Dao Patterns on the surface of the arrow to light up one by one. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight tenths of the Dao Patterns on the green arrow had become bright!

Waves of grim, killing aura spread out in all directions, accompanied by a ferocity that sought to extinguish all life.

Chen Shi lifted his hand; with a zheng, the enormous green arrow quivered slightly, pulled free from the earth and floated up, its point aimed at the people on the Black Sandalwood Ship.

The grim killing aura seeping from the green arrow grew even denser. Everyone on the ship felt a sense of utter powerlessness, as though if the arrow were loosed, they would not be able to evade it!

Emperor Wan Shou's face changed slightly, and he sacrificed the Demon Cleansing Feather Duster.

The Subtle Daoist Monarch also sacrificed the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace, preparing for the unexpected.

Chen Shi's gaze did not fall on the two of them, but fixed on Ning Zhenzi. Ning Zhenzi's expression remained unchanged, which truly made it hard for him to get a handle on Ning Zhenzi's origins.

"He looks—the face is far too similar to that Heavenly Dao Divine Person that Grandfather and I killed."

Chen Shi laughed aloud, and the green arrow grew smaller and smaller until it was only three feet long.

"Everyone, there's no need to be so tense. I am not someone who kills indiscriminately."

Chen Shi grasped the green arrow, forcibly suppressing the impulse to eliminate the three of them, and smiled. "Ning Zhenzi, you said you've also encountered a few pieces of green stone. Where are those green stones now?"

It was not that he didn't want to kill these people; it was that his injuries had not yet healed, and he had no absolute confidence he could withstand the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace and the Demon-sweeping Duster.

Ning Zhenzi let out a breath of relief and quickly said, "The nearest piece of green stone is near the Heavenly Sea. If True King doesn't mind the trouble, I can lead the way."