Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 443: Four Two Zero, Treasure Elder, Magic Treasure Fragment

Chapter 443: Four Two Zero, Treasure Elder, Magic Treasure Fragment

What a grand display, transforming an entire world into a treasury. It also shows just how vast the Human Race’s collection is, that an entire world is needed to store it all.

For a moment, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but be secretly excited for his upcoming visit to the Human Race’s treasury. Perhaps there could be some unexpected gains.

"Are you Jiang Chen?"

It was at this moment of anticipation that a voice suddenly sounded in his ear. Jiang Chen looked up to find an old man who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

Those who guard the treasury are all strong figures, like Jiang Xuan. Understanding this, Jiang Chen acted promptly to greet him, "The younger generation Jiang Chen is at your service. May I ask your name, elder?"

The old man nodded, "What I was called before is not important. Now, you can just call me Elder Bao."

’Elder Bao’...

’Bao’ for treasure, signifying the treasury.

The naming convention was quite primitive. Named after everything, or named after one’s place.

Jiang Chen reverently greeted, "Jiang Chen pays his respects to Elder Bao."

Elder Bao helped Jiang Chen up and after a careful look praised, "Heavenly Emperor Body, you are indeed impressive. Such a shame that you were born in the wrong era. If you were born in the Great Ancient or Ancient Times, you could even contend for the position of the Human Sovereign."

"Unfortunately, since the Ancient Times, heaven and earth can no longer accommodate a new Human Sovereign. Otherwise, King Yu wouldn’t have fallen."

Recalling something, Elder Bao’s countenance turned gloomy.

He regretted the death of King Yu.

By now, Jiang Chen came to understand some parts of the truth about King Yu’s fall.

King Yu was indeed of the Human Sovereign’s stature and had the merit to become the Human Sovereign. But alas, the Heavenly Dao did not allow a new Human Sovereign to appear. King Yu was unwilling to accept this and tried to reverse the heavens. In the end, he provoked the Heavenly Dao and fell under its wrath.

An outstanding sovereign perished tragically — a story filled with sadness and regret.

After a while, Elder Bao collected himself and said to Jiang Chen, "Well, let’s not talk about these sorrowful matters. We should get down to business here. This is your first visit to the Human Race’s treasury, isn’t it?"

"During the first visit, one is allowed to take away three treasures. This was common in the eras when the Human Race was still rising in the Great Ancient and Ancient Times. Back then, the Human Race had many enemies and there were opportunities for meritorious acts everywhere."

"But in this current time, when the Human Race has already established its great cause, this is rather rare. As expected of someone who has condensed the Heavenly Emperor Body, you even managed to find opportunities for achievements in times of peace."

After discovering that Jiang Chen had condensed the Heavenly Emperor Body, Elder Bao’s attitude towards him undoubtedly warmed up considerably. Seeing him as the potential successor of the Human Race, he lavished praise on him whenever he had the chance.

After another round of praise, Elder Bao said, "Well then, boy, if there’s anything you don’t understand about the treasury, just ask me."

Jiang Chen contemplated for a moment before asking, "Elder Bao, what’s inside the treasury?"

At this question, Elder Bao couldn’t help but get excited. Grabbing hold of Jiang Chen, he rattled on non-stop, "Speaking of what’s inside the treasury, there’s too much to say. All the spoils of war obtained from the expansionary campaigns in the past have been thrown into the treasury."

"Here you’ll find various divine abilities and cultivation methods of the different races, as well as all sorts of post-natal spiritual treasures, supreme treasures, innate magic treasures, various rare ores, divine metals, and even the innate blood essence of various races and the bodies of ancient divine beasts."

"If I were to elaborate in depth, it would take me three days and three nights just to get started."

"However, if we’re talking about the most precious items in this treasury, that would be various things that are the Original Source. Like the essence of creation, the essence of the Five Elements, and the primordial qi... They are the miracles born of Heaven and Earth, the external manifestations of the Original Source of Heaven and Earth. Each one is a priceless treasure."

"Apart from these, there’s also the blood essence of Innate Divine Demons, which is equally precious."

Innate Divine Demons!

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but ask curiously, "There’s even the blood essence of Innate Divine Demons in the treasury?"

Elder Bao replied with a hint of pride, "Of course! Innate Divine Demons are indeed rare in this era, but in Ancient and Great Ancient Times, they were commonplace. Their presence wasn’t limited, and famous areas were often their birthplaces."

"During their struggle for survival in the Prehistoric World, the Human Race had countless enemies, among which included Innate Divine Demons. After these demons were slain by the Human Race’s experts, parts of the refined blood essence were stored in the treasury for future generations to use."

Just by listening to Elder Bao, Jiang Chen could already perceive the dire struggles of the Human Race during the Great Ancient era. Fighting against an Innate Divine Demon might seem easy from a bystander’s perspective, but carrying out the deed was far from simple.

Innate Divine Demons, in any era, were the epitome of great power. They were the darlings of Heaven and Earth, each possessing great fortune from birth, having innate divine abilities, and even accompanied by Inherited Spiritual Treasures.

The phrase ’born winners’ was exactly made for the Innate Divine Demons.

...

Jiang Chen was someone who was good at getting to the point. After Elder Bao’s introduction, he directly asked, "Is there no Innate Spiritual Treasure in the treasury?"

Master Bao said a lot just now, but he did not mention Innate Spiritual Treasures. Obviously, there was a problem with this.

Upon hearing this, Master Bao couldn’t help but roll his eyes, saying, "Innate Spiritual Treasures are extremely rare. Even Dao Monarchs of the Human Race barely owns one each, so how could they possibly leave it in the treasury for the young generations to use?"

Then, Master Bao explained to Jiang Chen the reasons, which mainly revolved around the late rise of the Human Race in the Prehistoric World. During the brutal era when Heaven and Earth first opened, these innately divine sanctities had been thoroughly looted by the fierce beasts.

The same thing happened during the three clans era, and during the ancient times of witches and demons, they were viciously plundered by the witches, demons and the great divine transcendents of the Mystic Sect.

Finally, it was the Human Race’s turn. But by the time the Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Prehistoric Era got to the humans, they had been essentially depleted after these numerous lootings, especially after the actions of Honjan Daizu.

By the time it was the Human Race’s turn, there were almost no Innate Spiritual Treasures left! None left! They would like to loot more, but there was no place left to loot.

As a result, the Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Human Race were extremely scarce. Once discovered, they were prioritized for the use of the Dao Monarchs to enhance the combat power of the Human Race.

Despite this, the possession was still way too insufficient that not even a single Innate Spiritual Treasure could be allocated to every Dao Monarch of the Human Race. Eventually, Empress Nuwa could not stand it anymore, and she took out all of her collections, which finally allowed the Human Race to become better off.

However, to the Human Race, the Innate Spiritual Treasures remained scarce resources, all stored in the Fire Cloud Cave and not rewarded without great merit.

Seeing Jiang Chen aiming at the Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Human Race, Master Bao couldn’t help but say, "From the way you are beaming and shining all over, it’s obvious that you are a master who doesn’t lack Innate Spiritual Treasures. Don’t covet the savings of the Human Race."

Master Bao had guarded the treasury for many years and had long developed a pair of treasure eyes. With a squint of eyes, he was able to see how many treasures the other party had.

He had secretly glanced at Jiang Chen just now, only to feel that he was shining brightly with treasures, nearly making him blind. Judging from his appearance, he obviously had treasures on him, and not just one.

Feeling a bit awkward, Jiang Chen continued to ask, "Besides these, what other valuable treasures are there in the treasury?"

Master Bao thought for a while and said, "If we exclude these, the other valuable treasures should be fragments of Innate Spiritual Treasures. There are actually quite a lot of fragments of the Innate Spiritual Treasures, collected by the Human race, stored in the treasury."

Great Divine Transcendents can fall, let alone Innate Spiritual Treasures. They break and shatter all the time. Not to mention, after a big battle between the witch and demon clans, the damaged Innate Spiritual Treasures are probably more than hundreds, or even thousands.

You must know that there are thousands of demonic deities in the Demon Clan. Each deity is an Innate Dao Monarch and has Innate Spiritual Treasures. They have all fallen. How many of the Innate Spiritual Treasures in their hands can be preserved intact?

It can be said that there are more broken Innate Spiritual Treasures in the Prehistoric World, than the intact ones. Of course, Innate Spiritual Treasures have the characteristic of being indestructible, even if they are shattered. As long as all the fragments can be found, they can be repaired.

If you can’t gather all the fragments, that’s alright too. Over time, Innate Spiritual Treasures will eventually restore themselves.

The Human Race probably collected these fragments of Innate Spiritual Treasures in anticipation that they would restore themselves. Although this would take a very long time, time is the least of a cultivator’s concerns.

Originally, Jiang Chen had no interest in these fragments of Innate Spiritual Treasures, but suddenly, his True Spirit began to palpitate. In his heart, a mysterious feeling arose, as if there were opportunities waiting for him amongst the fragments of those treasures.

It was an inspiration!

This was a cultivator’s inspiration, reminding Jiang Chen that there were opportunities belonging to him hiding in the fragments of these treasures.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Chen directly asked Master Bao, "Master Bao, can I have the list of the treasures in the Ancestral Land?"

Master Bao shook his head and said, "Apart from some valuable treasures listed separately, the rest are piled up together and no one is sorting them out."

What he meant was, there was no need to sort out ordinary treasures.

Without dwelling on this, Jiang Chen continued to ask, "What about the fragments of Innate Spiritual Treasures? Do you have a list of them?"

Master Bao frowned and said with confusion, "You are an Innate Dao Monarch. Right now, the most important thing should be collecting Five Elements materials to refine the Five Qi inside your chest. You have taken great pains to come to the treasury, shouldn’t you exchange some essence of the Five Elements instead of inquiring about the fragments of treasures? What is the logic in that?"

Jiang Chen did not hide his feelings and directly said, "I have a premonition that there is an opportunity waiting for me in the fragments of these Innate Spiritual Treasures."

"I see!" Master Bao nodded, somewhat understanding Jiang Chen’s choice.

Cultivators take premonitions very seriously. Since one has such a feeling, they must at least have a look, no matter what.

Thinking for a moment, Master Bao suddenly waved his hand, and the space in front of Jiang Chen changed once again. When he came to his senses, he was already in a large hall.

The hall was huge, and there stood hundreds of jade columns that were dozens of feet thick and tens of feet high.

These jade columns were all made of the top-level Innate White Jade, engraved with mysterious runes on them. They emitted a faint glow, constantly inhaling and exhaling spiritual energy from the void, transferring it to the top of the jade columns.

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