Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 540: Four Six One Incense is Poisonous_2

Chapter 540: Four Six One Incense is Poisonous_2

These innate five elements sources are way too abundant. It’s safe to say that Jiang Xuan had never seen so many innate primal elements in his entire life.

Next, Jiang Chen roughly told about the Jade Emperor inviting him to the Five Elements Secret Realm.

After listening, Jiang Xuan said with full of emotion, "I’ve heard long ago that the powerful entities of the ancient era were richer than one another, their resources even surpassing the human race."

"I didn’t believe it before. No matter how rich those ancient powerful entities are, how could they surpass the human race? But now, I believe it."

"A secret realm full of innate elemental sources is such a priceless treasure, that even if we searched the entire human race, it would be hard to find something that compares."

"It’s a pity that the human race rose too late. The prehistoric treasures have already been seized by those great divine entities. If it weren’t for this, the strength of our human race could have stepped up even further."

Jiang Chen deeply agreed with Jiang Xuan. It was indeed too late for the human race to rise. It took until the ancient era for it to gradually become the lord of the prehistoric world.

However, the good things of the prehistoric world were mostly concentrated in the ancient era and before. After the ancient times, due to the great war between the witches and demons, the prehistoric world was no longer as prosperous as it used to be, and not many treasures were born.

After expressing his feelings with Jiang Chen, Jiang Xuan finally noticed the Tower of Heaven and Earth in front of him, then he realized something was off.

This tower is peculiar, it doesn’t seem like the product of the Postnatal world nor the Innate one. It appears like the product of willpower and incense, yet somewhat different. Truly profound.

As Jiang Xuan was surprised, Miluo sensed his gaze and suddenly walked out of the tower and bowed to him: "Miluo pays homage to Chengtian Dao Venerable!"

"Huh?"

The moment Miluo appeared, Jiang Xuan couldn’t help but narrow his pupils, his gaze firmly fixated on Miluo.

Jiang Xuan suddenly felt that all the shocks he had received in his life added up, were still less than today.

First, he saw an endless amount of Innate Five Elements Sources, and now he saw a talking magic treasure.

That’s right, the magic treasure was talking to him.

At first, Jiang Xuan thought some magic treasure had gained intelligence, which was rare but not unheard of. But then he realized that wasn’t the case.

The Spirit of this magic artifact was odd. It wasn’t nurtured by the Innate Divine Light but instead by a power similar to the willpower incense, yet more miraculous. This was divine power, unique to the Divine Dao, transformed from the willpower incense in the Divine Territory. It belonged to neither the Innate nor the Postnatal, extremely profound.

"Divine Artifact!"

Upon scrutinizing Miluo for a while, Jiang Xuan finally recognized his origin. He was the Divine Artifact that had caused a great commotion in the Three Realms.

At the time, many people were speculating about the creator of the Divine Artifact. Jiang Xuan had also made many conjectures during his discussions with his old friends.

But he could not have imagined in his wildest dreams that the creator of the Divine Artifact was right beside him—his much-admired junior, Jiang Chen. He never could have anticipated this.

After a moment of shock, Jiang Xuan suddenly laughed and said, "Jiang Chen, you’re impressive. I thought highly of you, but it turns out I underestimated you.

"You’ve truly left me many pleasant surprises. In the future, your achievements will definitely surpass mine and reach the level of the Three Sovereigns."

Jiang Chen was a person who knew how to grasp the focus. Although Jiang Xuan was praising him, he still captured some useful information from Jiang Xuan’s words.

For instance, surpassing him means reaching the level of the Three Sovereigns! Only the Three Sovereigns were mentioned, not the Five Emperors. Does this mean he doesn’t consider himself inferior to the Five Emperors?

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen became even more curious about the true strength of his ancestors.

The title of ’Dao Venerable’ is not only used to address Innate Dao Venerables. Even Quasi-Saints and Great Divine Transcendents, if they don’t have other honorifics, should be addressed as ’Dao Venerable’ too.

For instance, you can call Zhen Yuanzi as Earth Immortal Ancestor, or refer to him as Dao Venerable Zhenyuan. Therefore, the title ’Dao Venerable’ doesn’t necessarily represent specific strength.

’Dao Venerable’ is a shared title for all beings that are above Innate Dao Venerables and below Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial.

It is said that before the opening of the prehistoric world, there was only ’Dao Venerable’ and ’Primordial’, and there was no realm of ’Quasi-Saint’.

Despite being curious about Jiang Xuan’s strength, Jiang Chen remained silent, just like how Jiang Xuan didn’t ask him anything about the Divine Artifact after seeing Miluo.

Perhaps Jiang Xuan was concealing his power for some kind of calculation while Jiang Chen chose not to mention the Divine Artifact to prevent any complications.

Once spoken, it becomes known.

Such was the nature of the prehistoric world. Many secrets should not be spoken of. Because once spoken, they cease to be secrets.

Rather than asking Jiang Chen anything about the Divine Artifact, Jiang Xuan instead asked him with a solemn face, "Jiang Chen, you didn’t consume any willpower incense during your cultivation, did you?"

Jiang Xuan was now quite worried. He was afraid that Jiang Chen, in his reckless pursuit of advancement, chose to consume the willpower incense to accelerate his cultivation.

This concern became more severe after seeing Miluo. With his perceptive eyes, how could he not see that the creation of the Divine Artifact was related to the willpower incense and dependent on its presence?

He had to admit that Jiang Chen’s use of willpower incense far surpassed that of the Buddhist door.

But the more savvy Jiang Chen was, the more Jiang Xuan worried that Jiang Chen could not resist the temptation of willpower incense and decided to consume it for his cultivation.