CHAPTER 102: CHAPTER 102: CHEN GUAN’S CHOICE

Chen Guan attempted to touch some items with his fingers, and as he expected, anything touched by his right hand would turn to gold.

More precisely, it was his right pinky finger, which seemed to possess an immortal technique that could turn anything it touched into gold.

"Discovered so quickly, he’s quite sharp," murmured the Lotus Temple Master, who had returned to the temple, reclining in a rocking chair under the sun with his eyes closed. "So, what will you choose to do next?"

For a normal person encountering such a situation, without knowing why they have this ability or how long it will last, the most likely reaction is to use it as much as possible, turning everything around them into gold.

Even if this ability disappeared later, they would still possess a significant amount of wealth.

Some people, driven by extreme greed, might even turn living things into gold when they can no longer find other items to transform.

The Lotus Temple Master simply wanted to see how large Chen Guan’s greed was.

In the cave, there were only so many objects that could be turned into gold. If he went outside to turn boulders and such into gold, it would attract attention and surely be taken by others.

Given Chen Guan’s level and skills, he wouldn’t be foolish enough to transform stones into gold outside. He would have to find another way with what was immediately available to him.

Suddenly, the Lotus Temple Master furrowed his brow, opened his eyes, and looked in the direction of Chen Guan’s cave, sensing that Chen Guan had come running out.

"Could it be that boy is so greedy that he’s risking everything to turn outside objects to gold, or is he preparing to leave the Golden City Mountain Secret Realm to find things to transform?" The Lotus Temple Master felt something was off.

Yet, the Lotus Temple Master wasn’t worried because the ability he bestowed upon Chen Guan’s finger was not permanent; it had a time limit and would fade quite soon.

If Chen Guan intended to leave the Golden City Mountain Secret Realm to transmute materials into gold outside, his ability would disappear by the time he arrived, leaving him disappointed.

Moreover, what the Lotus Temple Master endowed was not true transmutation but temporary transformation; once Chen Guan’s ability to turn things into gold disappeared, the items would return to their original form.

Even the living creatures transformed into gold would revert to normal without any harm.

Therefore, the Lotus Temple Master wasn’t afraid that Chen Guan might cause trouble, and with the power resting upon Chen Guan’s pinky finger, he could sense where Chen Guan was at all times and intervene if needed.

As the Lotus Temple Master expected, Chen Guan collected the rouge and Warring States articles and wrapped himself in a cotton jacket, running down the mountain.

Soon, Chen Guan descended Holy Lamp Mountain. Instead of heading to the nearest city, he took a turn at the foot of the mountain and went straight to the Lotus Pool at the base of the Holy Lamp Mountain.

The Lotus Pool contained no lotus flowers, only a giant turtle statue.

In truth, it wasn’t an actual statue or an actual turtle.

Its real name was the "Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle," a top-level Third Awakening World-Defying Secret Spirit, having slumbered for endless ages within the Lotus Pool.

Since Holy Lamp Mountain was developed and the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle was discovered, countless cultivators have eyed it.

Yet, the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle boasted pinnacle combat power at the Third Awakening, and the highest level the cultivators reaching the Blessed Land can achieve is the Third Awakening.

Numerous cultivators at the peak of the Third Awakening sought to slay the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle, but none managed to harm it in the slightest or even awaken it from its slumber.

The Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle possessed a body nearly equivalent to the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill and even had a rebounding ability.

No divine weapon or sharp implement could harm it in the slightest; over hundreds of years, various cultivators and Secret Techniques struggled in vain, some even having their limbs fractured from the rebound of their own attacks.

For centuries, the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle hasn’t moved, resembling a statue lying in the Lotus Pool, making it one of the most renowned Third Awakening Secret Spirits.

Chen Guan dashed to the Lotus Pool and, almost without hesitation, leaped onto the turtle, putting his pinky on it.

He didn’t really believe he had been so fortunate to suddenly receive a Heavenly Gifted Divine Skill.

So, from the start, Chen Guan suspected that the ability to transmute to gold wouldn’t last long and that the gold created wouldn’t last either; regardless of how much he produced, it would ultimately be in vain.

Rather than wasting effort, he might as well put the ability to some use.

Chen Guan believed the gold wouldn’t last long, but the state of items when turned into gold was indeed real.

When a stainless steel cup turned to gold, it truly exhibited the properties of gold, noticeably becoming softer.

The reason the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle was invincible and could not be harmed was due to its incredibly durable body, which was virtually unassailable by anyone below Level 30.

But if this method of transforming into gold truly worked, then turning the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle into gold would mean its body would no longer be a Vajra Indestructible Body, making it easier to kill.

"Not good!" The Lotus Temple Master hadn’t anticipated that Chen Guan would use his transmutation ability in such a way, and by the time he reacted, it was too late.

Once Chen Guan’s little pinky touched the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle, its body began to rapidly transmute into gold.

The Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle, having not opened its eyes for centuries, opened them in anger, but its body had already fully transformed into a massive golden statue with an angry expression.

"It really works!" Chen Guan was overjoyed.

With his own ability, even facing the most ordinary Third Awakening Secret Spirit, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

Now, having an opportunity to kill a top-level World-Defying Secret Spirit, whatever gains he might get, would be tremendous.

Without much hesitation, Chen Guan unleashed a Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm upon the golden statue of the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle.

The Lotus Temple Master barely had time to put on his shoes, immediately flying towards the mountain’s Lotus Pool like a gust of wind.

"That kid is only at his First Awakening, even if he turns the Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle’s body to gold, he shouldn’t be able to kill it in the short term..." said the Lotus Temple Master, soaring as if riding the wind, leaping down cliffs without traversing the stone steps, swiftly descending from high altitude for fear that if he was too late, the turtle would already be dead at Chen Guan’s hands.

The Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle was intended for Qinghua when it reached the Third Awakening and could not die now.

But when the Lotus Temple Master arrived at the Lotus Pool, the sight that greeted him broke his heart.

The golden Holy Lotus Treasure Turtle, its enormous body shattered into pieces, was beyond revival even if the power of transmutation dissipated.