Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 454: April 28th Sacrifice

Chapter 454: April 28th Sacrifice

Jiang Chen strengthens the Human Race’s power. After the Human Race becomes powerful, it then replenishes him. This was a mutually beneficial process.

"Tsk, Divine Race!"

"It’s not that I want to extinguish you, it’s for the sake of the Human Race that you must perish! I will remember your contributions for the Human Race."

The more he analyzed, Jiang Chen felt that the Creation Pagoda was crucial for the Human Race. Thus, his desire to destroy the Divine Race grew even stronger. It had now become a necessity.

Who asked the Divine Race to accelerate the growth of the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree? It was because the power of the Human Race’s bloodline could once restrict the Witch Clan that the Demon Clan lifted their butcher’s knife against the Human Race.

It could only be said that where there is need, there would be killing. And as for whether slaying the Divine Race would burden Jiang Chen’s psyche, it wouldn’t. If the Divine Race were unrelated to the Human Race, Jiang Chen might have had some hesitation in taking action.

But the Divine Race were betrayers of the Human Race. They had also offended him. Given this, how could Jiang Chen feel burdened when acting against them?

Divine Race, they were redeeming their sins of betraying the Human Race with their blood.

However, the Divine Race had a divine ruler sitting in the town, Jiang Chen couldn’t act recklessly yet. But the divine ruler couldn’t always stay in the Divine Race, and the people of the Divine Race couldn’t always avoid venturing outside.

This was an opportunity for Jiang Chen.

Next, Jiang Chen would let the Divine Race understand the adage: as long as he had money, there was nothing he couldn’t do.

At any time, elixirs that could enhance qualifications were incredibly precious treasures. In other words, the Creation Pagoda was an exceedingly valuable resource.

As long as Jiang Chen was willing to offer a large amount of Creation Pagodas as rewards for killing the Divine Race, there would definitely be some desperadoes in the Three Realms who would risk their lives to hunt down the Divine Race in exchange for Creation Pagoda.

Yes, this was Jiang Chen’s plan. After he finished his business in Xiadu and left, he would quietly establish a force in the Eastern Sea. This force didn’t have other functions, its main purpose was to deal with some matters that Jiang Chen wasn’t convenient to handle himself.

Like hunting the Divine Race, for example.

After setting up this force, he would quietly release information, offering Creation Pagodas or other precious resources as rewards for the bodies of the Divine Race.

Would you like items like Creation Pagoda, Innate Divine Gold, top-tier Divine Transcendent skills...? Okay, exchange them with the bodies of the Divine Race. As long as you provide enough bodies, Jiang Chen promises, he can provide anything.

However, before doing this, Jiang Chen still had one thing to do, which was to spread the reputation of the Creation Pagoda, letting the world know that the Creation Pagoda was a precious elixir that could enhance qualifications.

Only in this way, can the value of the Creation Pagoda be accentuated, prompting people to risk danger.

As for how to increase the reputation of the Creation Pagoda, he just needed to hype it. Right now, a perfect opportunity has arisen. The auction is about to begin, he could put the Creation Pagoda up for auction, and hire a few people to hype up the atmosphere.

In this way, won’t the reputation of the Creation Pagoda rise immediately?

The higher the value the Creation Pagoda commands, the more it can help Jiang Chen to achieve. He can not only use it to reward those who kill the Divine Race, but also reward other things. Like refining materials, innate spirit medicines, and so on.

In short, once the Creation Pagoda becomes a necessity and possesses currency value, it will not be omnipotent, but it can accomplish almost everything.

Huh!

Wait...

Thinking about currency, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered something. It seemed that there had never been a unified currency in the Three Realms.

Low-level cultivators were fine, they could trade with Spiritual Stones and Fairy Stones, but when the big shots come across good things, they really could only barter.

There seemed to be merit in this.

If Jiang Chen could create a currency that gained the recognition of the Heavenly Dao and unified the currency of the Three Realms, completely getting rid of the primitive bartering. Then he could gain a lot of merit.

Unfortunately, this is too difficult, almost impossible. Currency, this kind of thing, while having certain value, also must gain mainstream recognition, which means, everyone must like it.

But in this world, what is there that every single person likes? Not even merit, for those who practice the Demonic Way do not like merit.

No wonder no one has been able to invent a unified currency after all these years. Also, if this matter were simple, then the Great Divine Transcendents would have done it long ago, there would have been no need to wait until today.

Speaking of which, the Creation Pagoda does possess certain currency value. It can enhance qualifications and cultivation levels, it is more precious than Spiritual Stones and Fairy Stones, and can completely replace them.

But the Creation Pagoda has one fatal flaw, which is that it can’t be popularized for now, currently, only Jiang Chen can refine it. This alone makes it lose the possibility of becoming currency.

However, if the method of refining the Creation Pagoda can be popularized in the Prehistoric World, and everyone can refine it, then it would have the potential to become currency.

As long as everyone chooses to use the Creation Pagoda for transactions, then over time, even if the Creation Pagoda can’t become the unified currency of the Prehistoric World, it would become mainstream and replace Spiritual Stones and Fairy Stones.

Currency doesn’t necessarily need to be recognized by the Heavenly Dao, it only needs to be recognized by the mainstream as valuable, then it is qualified to become currency.

Once you dominate the mainstream, you control the overall situation. Everything following that will naturally fall into place. Jiang Chen could use this opportunity to seek a lot of merit as well as a share of the fortune of Heaven and Earth.

Of course, in order to achieve the above, one or more powerful forces must take the lead. When the high ranking individuals of the Three Realms are all transacting with Creation Pagoda, the lower ranks will naturally follow suit.

As the saying goes, in the Prehistoric World, everything depends on strength. With enough power, you can accomplish anything.

Thoughts ran through Jiang Chen’s mind, various plans and schemes emerging. He didn’t lack power. At the moment, the only thing he had in abundance was backing.

Now that the necessary conditions for success had been met, the next step was to cautiously and gradually expand the influence of Creation Elixir.

There was no need to rush.

Cultivators have plenty of time; slow and steady planning is the way. First, he needed to raise the reputation of the Creation Elixir and create a buzz.

With a flicker of intent in his heart, Jiang Chen had already decided what he needed to do next.

However, there were still a few days until the auction began. There was no need to stress over this. It was better to use this time to deal with Divine Monarch Wu Heng.

With a flash, Jiang Chen appeared again on the summit of the Creation Pagoda, facing Divine Monarch Wu Heng.

Now, the seal of Ancient Martial Arts had been broken, and Divine Monarch Wu Heng’s consciousness had returned. As soon as he saw Jiang Chen, he couldn’t help but start swearing, a torrent of obscenities pouring from his mouth.

Divine Monarch Wu Heng had accepted his impending death, hoping to enrage Jiang Chen enough to kill him.

Despite his intentions being clear, Jiang Chen did not react but merely used his divine ability to seal his mouth shut.

"Off you go!"

Ignoring the resentment in Wu Heng’s eyes, Jiang Chen summoned the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree again.

The space was then filled with a towering tree, a hundred feet tall, its body surrounded by thunder, its roots lunging towards Divine Monarch Wu Heng.

After absorbing the bodies of the thirty Divine Clansmen, the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree had evolved beyond comparison. Although it had not yet reached the state of Innate Dao Monarch, it was close to a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

This time, the roots of the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree easily tore Divine Monarch Wu Heng’s body, taking root in his flesh, and began devouring his original source.

At that moment, the ghost-like projection of Daoist Xuantian appeared once more. He isolated Wu Heng’s original essence from the tree’s absorption, making it impossible to grasp a shred of it.

"The Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree?"

"Could this thunderous tree be the legendary top-notch sacred relic of the Thunder Dao, Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree?"

"Cangtian is blind! Such a treasure does not belong to my Divine Clan but has fallen into your hands instead. How I loathe this!"

With Daoist Xuantian’s support, Wu Heng broke free of Jiang Chen’s divine ability, sounding both shocked and furious. Evidently, he had recognized the origins of the Thunderbolt Treasure Tree from old memories inherited from Daoist Xuantian.

Because of this, he was even more furiously indignant. In his eyes, the divine lineage inherited from Daoist Xuantian had a common origin with the Thunderbolt Treasure Tree.

If the Thunderbolt Treasure Tree was choosing who to aid, it should have chosen the Divine Clan—its kin—not Jiang Chen, who had nothing to do with this.

"Ah...ah...ah!"

"Why has such a sacred item of Thunder Dao fallen into your hands?"

"I refuse to accept this! It’s not fair!"

"The Prehistoric Thunder Tree is rooting itself in my own body. Is it trying to devour the god-demon blood in me to strengthen itself?"

"Haha, Jiang Chen, you want to feed me to the Prehistoric Thunder Tree. I tell you, it’s impossible. Even if I die, I won’t allow you to have your way."

One howl after another bellowed out from Wu Heng, releasing the pent-up rage he had held all this time.

Somehow, even with his energy sealed off, Wu Heng managed to cast a divine ability that shook his original source, forcibly expelling the roots of the Thunder Tree from his body.

"Seeking death!"

Seeing this, Jiang Chen was infuriated beyond belief, once again ready to use the Ancient Martial arts Dao to suppress Wu Heng.

However, Wu Heng was even faster.

Before Jiang Chen could act, Wu Heng had already began to chant with a reverential expression: "Great Daoist Xuantian, your descendant Wu Huan is willing to sacrifice everything to your cause, only wishing to return to your embrace and be with you."

This was an ancient ritual of sacrifice passed down through the ages. Wu Huan’s intent was to sacrifice himself fully to Daoist Xuantian to avoid the fate of being devoured by the Thunderbolt Treasure Tree.

Furthermore, he might even receive the blessing of Daoist Xuantian and deal a fatal blow to Jiang Chen right before his death.

Daoist Xuantian had already been assimilated by Heavenly Dao and was part of it. His power was the power of the Heavenly Dao. There was no way Jiang Chen could withstand even one of his strikes.

PS: I looked at the comments and it feels like we are living in different worlds. Some are even saying it’s 30 degrees...