CHAPTER 166: CHAPTER 166: ICE SOUL DRAGON SPEAR, SOUTHERN DOMAIN

To Qin Chuan, this furnace is a hot potato.

Not only because it’s an Emperor’s Artifact which would attract much greed, but more so because it is the Emperor’s Artifact of the Celestial Eternal Race.

Holding such an item, once exposed, with the slightest pretext, he could be labeled as the traitor of the entire race!

Or so-called a race traitor.

A realm traitor.

Such a heavy label is something he cannot bear—he wouldn’t even dare think of touching it.

He has a principle—if he cannot bear the consequences, he must never be complacent!

Otherwise, the greater the luck this time, the deeper the despair next time.

But giving this furnace to Qin Xiaozhu is a different story.

Expose it!

Feel free to expose it!

Even if you don’t expose it, I as your father will help you expose it!!

A spy in the entire Nine Cang Realm, if this is proven, even the most powerful group in the Nine Cang Realm would be unsettled.

In this way, the Martial Emperor is not a dream!

However, it’s obviously unrealistic to rely solely on one treasure to completely frame Qin Xiaozhu; a whole series of other operations are needed.

One piece of evidence proves nothing, but once the evidence piles up, it can prove the point, leaving Qin Xiaozhu speechless and defenseless!

"Boom!"

At this moment, in the distant sky, suddenly a pillar of ice-blue light shot up, seemingly responding to the breath emitted by the earlier furnace.

There was a sense of mutual confrontation.

"There’s another treasure! Dad, let’s go have a look!"

Qin Zi’s eyes lit up, and he was about to drag Qin Chuan over, but Qin Chuan did not move, just frowned while gazing in that direction.

"What’s wrong, Brother Qin?"

The blonde woman asked worriedly.

"My intuition tells me that if you two go over there, you might encounter danger," Qin Chuan said solemnly.

"How could it be?" Qin Zi exclaimed.

"It might be because of the Emperor’s Artifact; the treasure over there clearly repels the furnace you obtained. If they meet, a confrontation might occur."

The blonde woman pondered and said.

"Hmm, that must be it."

Qin Chuan nodded, then earnestly warned, "I’ll go check it out, you two stay here and don’t move."

"Okay."

"Alright, be careful."

The two nodded and stood waiting as Qin Chuan transformed into a long arc and flew toward that side.

Once up in the sky, Qin Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At last, this "treasure killer" was fixed in place; should it follow again, this treasure might well be snatched.

Then, this treasure that clearly belongs to the Nine Cang Realm would fly into Qin Zi’s body, what should he do?

Ask Qin Zi to take it out and hand it over to him? That would clearly be a slap in the face—after all, he had previously said that if he didn’t permit it, the treasure couldn’t enter Qin Zi’s body on its own.

If he doesn’t ask Qin Zi to take it out, Qin Zi would possess two treasures, while he would have empty hands.

Droughts starve, floods drench; inside, he would feel like bleeding tears!

Soon, Qin Chuan arrived at the place where the ice-blue light pillar was located, unexpectedly, there floated an ice-blue long spear. The spear was majestic and domineering, thicker and longer than ordinary long spears, with an ice dragon coiling around the spear shaft, vivid and lifelike, every dragon scale clearly visible.

"Shh shh shh..."

The surface of the spear exhaled a razor-sharp brilliance and chilling aura that made one’s scalp tingle, seemingly capable of tearing the sky and freezing the earth!

"Buzz!"

As if sensing someone approaching, the surface of the spear shone a hint of golden light and then transformed into a grandiose phantom.

"Junior of the Nine Cang Realm."

That phantom’s eyes were vacant, seemingly a preset message transmitter with no consciousness.

"I am the Ice Soul Martial Emperor. Since you have come here, it means you are fated with me; this Ice Soul Dragon Spear is bestowed upon you."

"However, this Emperor’s Artifact has been sealed by me. To break the seal, the blood of a peak Emperor from the Celestial Eternal Race is needed, and it must be the blood of a living Emperor."

"Of course, if you have already become a Martial Emperor, you may forcefully break my seal. However, I still hope you can give it to a junior of the Realm Emperor stage, as a token of my leftover legacy for future generations."

Whoosh!

Upon finishing, the ice-blue dragon spear turned into a blue light and directly flew into Qin Chuan’s Dantian, settling quietly.

Qin Chuan wanted to pull it out, but found it was wrapped in an invisible force, his energy unable to even approach.

This should be the so-called seal.

"System, can this seal be broken?"

Qin Chuan asked silently.

"Ding! 10 points to break the seal!"

The system responded briskly, directly quoting a price.

Qin Chuan’s face twitched: "Apologies for disturbing you."

points!

He now only has 8.6 in total.

Even if he got an 86% discount, he couldn’t agree to it, after all, if all the money is spent at once, how would he live?

Looks like he’ll have to take the normal unsealing route, and who knows when he’ll come across a peak Emperor of the Celestial Eternal Race.

And when they do meet, whether he can defeat them is also a question, since many encounters in the world are unexpected.

"Buzz!"

Qin Chuan scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, even digging three feet into the ground, but he didn’t find the corpse of the Ice Soul Martial Emperor.

"Not even leaving a corpse, are they worried I might strip it bare? Or turn it into a combat puppet?"

"Haha, am I that kind of person? Looks like this Ice Soul Martial Emperor’s mind wasn’t broad enough, small, too small in outlook..."

Qin Chuan shook his head disdainfully.

Of course, he was just joking.

Actually, he thought this Martial Emperor was quite generous. The reason for not daring to leave a corpse might not be a small mindset, perhaps some other part was small... afraid of being seen, and risking their reputation at the end.

Soon, Qin Chuan returned to where Qin Zi and Ye Lingshuang were, and sure enough, the master and disciple stood there without moving.

Very obedient.

From afar, the golden-haired woman was surrounded by dazzling golden light, the divine soul power transformed into a dress like a dream, appearing elegant and ethereal, while Qin Zi looked smaller, like a mother hen with a chick, standing dumbfoundedly, looking somewhat cute.

"Dad, how did it go?"

Seeing his father return, Qin Zi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew his father’s strength was great, he still worried.

After all, this is the ancient battlefield, filled with the scent of blood, the scenes are tragic, making one’s heart tremble.

"It’s fine now, let’s go."

Qin Chuan said calmly, then took the two to leave, preparing to get out of here.

"What about all these weapons and corpses on the ground? Should we take them?" Qin Zi looked back with reluctance and asked.

"If you’re interested, you can pick them up."

Qin Chuan chuckled speechlessly.

Actually, he had already checked, the weapons on the ground were severely damaged, basically beyond repair.

If sold as scrap metal, it could make some money, but... with his current status, selling scrap metal was too degrading.

He wasn’t short of money now.

Moreover, the things he truly needed didn’t require spending money — just taking them directly, why spend money?

Can the actions of the strong be called stealing?

It’s called the virtuous taking possession!!

"Alright!"

With permission granted, Qin Zi instantly got excited, eagerly starting to clean up the battlefield.

And he mumbled to himself:

"So many precious materials, can’t let them go to waste. I once heard, a brave and battle-hardened General Yu Wen once taught his soldiers to eat every grain of rice in their bowl clean."

Qin Chuan was slightly stunned hearing this.

General Yu Wen?

A general from the Jiuyang Dynasty?

After a long time, Qin Zi cleaned up the entire ancient battlefield, stripping everything usable.

Qin Chuan watched Qin Zi, diligent like a little bee, unconsciously showing a faint smile on his face.

This kid, he’s pretty good at managing life...

...

The Southern Domain is a barbaric land.

Covered in primordial forests and swamps, filled with poisonous insects and fierce beasts, martial artists often practice beast control and witchcraft and Gu techniques.

"Rustle..."

In the dense forest, a black centipede over ten meters long crawled out, probing cautiously.

"Bang!"

In the next moment, a giant claw covered in scales slapped down directly on the centipede’s head, smashing it and then clamped it in its mouth, tossing it into the air, about to swallow it.

However, in the next moment, a pair of metallic glinting talons dove down, grabbing the owner of the scaled claw into the sky.

Yet, this raptor with a nearly hundred-meter wingspan, just as it lifted the scaly beast into the sky, suddenly, a huge black shadow leapt from the ground, jumping hundreds of meters up, punching the raptor in the head.

"Bang!!"

The raptor’s head exploded in mid-air, like a scarlet firework, and after the enormous black shadow landed, its true form was revealed, it was a pitch-black giant ape!

The pitch-black giant ape seemed to be the overlord of this region, after smashing the raptor’s head, it leisurely watched the raptor fall, then relaxedly walked over to pick it up, beginning to eat.

Suddenly!

Its scarlet pupils shrank abruptly, then it threw aside the half-eaten raptor and started pounding its chest toward the sky.

"Roar—"

It let out a ferocious roar, seeming both like a warning and a demonstration, declaring its dominance.

Swoosh!

The next moment, a beam of golden light came from the horizon, the clouds in the sky parted like tidal waves, and an overwhelming pressure descended, sweeping through indiscriminately.

"Boom!"

The defiant figure of the giant ape kneeled suddenly, its knees smashing the ground, deeply sinking in, prostrating on the earth.