Chapter 325

Chapter 325: Azure Dragon Disturbs the Sea Flag

Young Taoist Ming Yue bought a treasure, a purple-black great spear over a zhang long, covered in green rust, as if it had been soaked in seawater for countless years.

Even after being retrieved and carefully wiped down, it still could not return to its original state.

Among the onlookers, someone recognized its origins and exclaimed, "Isn’t that the long spear from the third level? It seems like it was fished out by a Purple Palace realm cultivator from a sunken underwater relic. It looks like a broken item!"

"Generally speaking, even if an underwater cave dwelling is damaged, its water-avoidance formation or water-avoidance pearls would not be destroyed. After all, these are common items. If water really entered it, that would indicate this item has a history of over fifty thousand years. Even if it is an Eighth-rank Treasure, five decades would certainly diminish its spirit, and its internal restrictions would crumble layer by layer. Such an item can only be described as rubbish. Why would Dao brother Ming Yue choose such a thing?"

"Who knows? Maybe he made a mistake? However, compared to this item, I’m even more shocked and surprised by Fang Lie’s choice!"

"Yeah, I also feel Fang Lie has no sense of value. No matter how we look at Ming Yue’s chosen item, we can’t see its origins; it might truly be a hidden treasure. But Fang Lie’s selection is something over eighty percent of those present can recognize; it’s an Earth Element Puppet Soldier, and one from a hundred thousand years ago at that. It must have turned to stone by now. How can such a broken thing be considered a treasure?"

"Exactly! This item may only have research value for ancient puppet-making techniques. Those interested might spend a little money to buy it, but it certainly cannot be regarded as a treasure. From the fact that it can only be displayed on the first level, it can be seen that even the Penglai Sword Sect doesn’t regard it favorably and likely used it just to fill numbers."

It turned out that Fang Lie, following the instructions of the old bird, bought a massive stone statue five zhang high from the first level. Its surface was covered in cracks and dirt, looking like a thick and clumsy clay warrior.

In fact, even the seller lacked confidence, offering it at a low price of only a hundred small spirit pearls, making it practically the cheapest item here!

Seeing Fang Lie choose such a thing, Mo Lanyun covered her face, feeling frustrated, "Senior brother is bound to lose. This is a mass-produced Earth Element Puppet Soldier from our sect a hundred thousand years ago. It is surely useless now, completely just a worthless statue. He chose this kind of thing; it’s truly embarrassing! The excellent Eighth-rank White Dragon Divine Sword has been wasted again! How tragic~"

"Alas~" Aunt Qing also sighed, "This Fang Lie is still too young and too impetuous. Although he has remarkable achievements, looking at his roots, he is indeed a poor child from the bottom. With a little ability, he becomes inflated and nearly forgets his own name. Hopefully, this lesson will wake him up!"

At this moment, upon seeing the treasure Fang Lie bought, Ming Yue instantly wore a beaming smile, looking confident of victory. He scoffed, "I say, Junior Brother Fang, if you intend to win with a broken stone statue, you are sorely mistaken! It seems that today, I must yield!"

"Quit the nonsense!" Fang Lie sneered, "It’s still uncertain who will win! The item you chose doesn’t look so good either. Are you planning to bring it home as a firewood stick?"

"A firewood stick?" Ming Yue, hearing this, laughed instead of getting angry, "You blind fool truly have no sense of value. Fine, today I’ll let you see what kind of treasure your so-called firewood stick really is!"

As he spoke, Ming Yue grabbed the long spear with his left hand and with his right, took out a beautiful blue stone.

At a glance, Fang Lie was stunned; this was clearly a Seventh-rank treasure, the tide stone!

Then, Ming Yue pressed the tide stone against the long spear and urged his magic power. Instantly, the tide stone shone brightly, and streams of shimmering blue light poured into the spear.

As the blue light flowed in, the purple-black long spear began to be dyed blue, radiating brilliance, and the entire spear started to undergo a dramatic transformation.

The original rust scattered and vanished, revealing a smooth bluish-green surface. Countless beautiful and mysterious divine patterns seeped out from within, imprinting themselves onto the spear’s surface.

But what was most shocking was that the spear’s front gradually grew a layer of smoky mist, eventually forming a flag surface a zhang long. On the blue flag, countless waves surged, and a divine dragon danced among the waves, truly majestic!

As the essence of the tide stone was completely infused, the tide stone turned into a pair of gray-white powder, while the purple-black tattered long spear transformed before everyone’s eyes into a blue-green Azure Dragon flag!

This grand flag emitted divine light, with the divine dragon inside freely soaring, as if it were alive.

As the divine dragon swam erratically, powerful water-element fluctuations rippled out, and a few knowledgeable onlookers gasped, "Ah, it’s the Azure Dragon Disturbs the Sea Flag!"

"Haha!" Young Taoist Ming Yue then laughed triumphantly, "That’s right! This is the treasured item of our West Kunlun, the Azure Dragon Disturbs the Sea Flag. When it went missing years ago, it was already an Eighth-rank High-Grade treasure, just one step away from advancing to Ninth-Rank. Although it has been sealed under the sea for so long, after all, it is a treasure. Even after all these years, its spirit has not completely dissipated; it has merely been temporarily dormant. With just a tide stone and our sect’s secret method, it can be easily awakened. Now, it is still a Seventh-rank High-Grade treasure!"

Then, Ming Yue, brimming with confidence, said to Fang Lie, "Fang Lie, I only spent three hundred small spirit pearls to get this Seventh-rank High-Grade treasure. What do you have to say now?"

Seeing this scene, those around them revealed envious expressions. Spending so little to obtain a Seventh-rank High-Grade treasure was truly a bargain.

Moreover, this was not an ordinary treasure, but once an Eighth-rank High-Grade treasure. Although its rank had dropped, as long as it continued to be nurtured with magic and raised with secret methods, it would easily advance back to Eighth-rank and continue to rise until it hit a bottleneck at Eighth-rank High-Grade.

Thus, in terms of value, such a treasure was no less than an ordinary Eighth-rank Low-Grade treasure.

Because of its immense potential, a thousand years from now, it could easily become an Eighth-rank middle-grade or even high-grade treasure, while a typical Eighth-rank low-grade treasure, even after a thousand years or even ten thousand years, might not level up even once!

So with this treasure, comparable to an Eighth-rank treasure in hand, Young Taoist Ming Yue was filled with confidence, convinced of his victory!

In fact, it wasn’t just him; even Mo Lanyun, Aunt Qing, and even Mi Qing, Little Peach Red, and others on Fang Lie’s side believed Fang Lie had no chance of winning.

However, Fang Lie still wore a look of disdain, saying, "Just a measly Seventh-rank treasure has you so excited. You true disciples of West Kunlun have truly never seen the world!"

"You~" Ming Yue, who was overjoyed, was furious at Fang Lie’s words, nearly spitting blood; it was clearly a public slap in the face, mocking him as a country bumpkin!

Fuming with embarrassment, Ming Yue shouted, "Fine, fine, Fang Lie! Since you say a Seventh-rank treasure is nothing, then please show me something better! If what you choose isn’t better than my Azure Dragon Disturbs the Sea Flag, hmm, then that only proves you are an arrogant idiot!"

"I am certainly not arrogant!" Fang Lie replied seriously, "I am simply confident! Though I may not be as young as you, in terms of appraising treasures, you are undeniably lacking! The item I bought, although it only cost one hundred small spirit pearls, is undoubtedly an Eighth-rank treasured item!"

"Ah? This broken thing is an Eighth-rank treasured item?"

"That’s nonsense! How can that be!"

"This Fang Lie is too boastful!" The crowd gasped at Fang Lie’s audacity.

And Ming Yue, even more exasperated by Fang Lie’s words, shouted, "That’s simply absurd! This broken item is an Eighth-rank treasured item? If you can prove that it is real, I’ll…"

He was about to say, ‘give my head to you as a kick toy,’ when a big hand covered his mouth.

The one daring to cover his mouth was none other than West Kunlun’s Fire Tribulation Immortal. The protector beside him, a stern-faced black-robed Daoist, said grimly, "Why so much nonsense? Have you forgotten how Bailongzi died? This kid is probably goading you. Let’s get to the point!"

"Ah~" Reminded by the protector, Ming Yue finally calmed down; he recalled that Bailongzi had also been goaded by Fang Lie and foolishly engaged in a life-and-death arena, only to be struck down by Tianlong Zen Chant, facing irreversible disaster, losing not only the White Dragon Divine Sword but also his status as a true disciple.

Now, Fang Lie was putting on this seemingly foolish arrogant demeanor; could it really be a trap?

Thinking of this, Ming Yue dared not bet his head anymore; he quickly said, "Stop wasting time! Hurry and show us, or else it will be counted as your loss!"

Seeing Ming Yue, who had almost been tricked, rescued by the protector, Fang Lie shook his head in regret, "Indeed, having a competent old-timer around makes things much safer. Alas, today I’ll spare your life!"

Ming Yue’s face twitched; in his heart, he thought, ‘That was close! But now that it has come to this, could this foolish item still turn the tables?’

At this moment, Fang Lie stopped wasting words and directly tapped his forehead, summoning a drop of Third Eye Blood, then placing it into the statue’s forehead.

Then, Fang Lie quickly cast out secret techniques, and in an instant, thousands of bizarre and mysterious spells entered the statue’s body.

After completing all this, Fang Lie coldly sneered, "Today, let you guys see just how powerful my Mo Sect’s puppet secret techniques really are!"

Saying this, Fang Lie clasped his hands together and shouted, "Come forth, Earth Element Magnetic General, Great Earth General!"