King of Creation

"It’s truly strange that the Heavenly Temple would proactively retract the allegations against Ye Zhen." Within the Imperial Palace East Arrival Pavilion, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long’s face was full of bewilderment.

"Surely there’s something happening that I am unaware of. Great Attendant, have there been any unusual findings in the past few days?" Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long asked.

"Replying to His Majesty, the old servant has found nothing thus far. The only thing worth noting is that previously, Mu Hall Master Mu Xu met twice with Ye Zhen in secret.

Both times were under the pretense of gathering information about the Soul Demon Sovereign that appeared in Shahe City." Yu Chaoen said, and almost at the same time, a talisman light flashed, causing Yu Chaoen’s brow to move again.

"Replying to His Majesty, the old servant has just received a report that Baili Fei and Mu Xu have once again met secretly with Ye Zhen in the posthouse, under the guise of gathering information about the Soul Demon Sovereign." Yu Chaoen said.

"Can you monitor them?" Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long’s eyes flashed with emotion.

Yu Chaoen slowly shook his head, "Since the extermination of the Heavenly Listening Clan, there’s no longer any ability to monitor Dao Realm experts."

"I understand!"

Ren Venerate Emperor slowly waved his hand, "From now on, investigate carefully to see if there’s any unusual reaction from the Heavenly Temple these days."

As soon as the words fell, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long formed a talisman seal with light flashing between his fingers, and Great Sun Priest Bai Xiang of the Ancestor God Temple appeared out of thin air in the East Arrival Pavilion.

"What’s the result?"

"Replying to His Majesty, the old man just conducted a ritual sacrifice using secret techniques to call upon the Heavenly Communication Spirit God to probe the cause of this matter, and the answer obtained was quite unexpected." Bai Xiang said.

"Unexpected, how so?"

"That Heavenly Communication Spirit God said he observed that the reason the Heavenly Temple spared Ye Zhen was entirely because of a Jade Scroll. As for what’s recorded in the Jade Scroll, the Heavenly Communication Spirit God couldn’t see it." Bai Xiang said.

Upon hearing this, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long raised his eyebrows, "A Jade Scroll? It seems my expectations were not missed. The Heavenly Temple wanting to retaliate against the Demon God Palace wouldn’t need to make such a grand show asking me to cooperate.

Their exaggerated request for my cooperation is indeed because they don’t want to bow down publicly due to retracting the accusations against Ye Zhen, hence this performance."

"However, under normal circumstances, even with the Luo Prefecture Branch Temple incident, the style of the Heavenly Temple, and with Ji Yuan and Xio Qiangu involved, they wouldn’t easily let Ye Zhen off the hook, right?" Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long pondered.

"This is also the old man’s confusion. According to the Heavenly Communication Spirit God, when Shahe City Branch Temple was massacred, Ye Zhen was indeed in the Shahe City Branch Temple, and the massacre was definitely related to Ye Zhen."

"If he hadn’t slaughtered the Shahe City Branch Temple and completely stood against the Heavenly Temple, why would I protect him?"

"It appears that Ye Zhen and the Heavenly Temple must have reached some kind of agreement!" Saying this, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long laughed coldly, "It seems like this crafty Ye Zhen is not a fool!"

"Agreement?"

Yu Chaoen suddenly raised his head, "Your Majesty, the old servant recalls one thing; Green Dawn Peak had always been plotting for the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique in Ye Zhen’s hands. Could the Jade Scroll be it?"

"Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique?"

The face of Great Sun Priest Bai Xiang changed, "That is possible! In recent years, the Mu Hall under the Ancestor God Temple has cultivated the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique obtained from Ye Zhen amongst thousands of practitioners, and the outstanding ones have reached small success. Its power is indeed extraordinary.

After a hundred years of hard cultivation, the Deputy Sacrificers under Mu Hall who laboriously practice the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique can each rival ten thousand or even hundreds of thousands of troops!"

"Trading with Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique?"

After pondering for a few moments, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long slowly nodded, "That is indeed possible..."

....

In the posthouse, under the heavy barriers and the Divine Sense coverage of Baili Fei and Mu Xu, Ye Zhen was engaging in the final transaction with Mu Xu and others.

"If I hand over the Original Spirit Shadow of this Jade Scroll Spirit Shadow, won’t the two Hall Masters turn against me and kill me right here?" Ye Zhen joked.

Baili Fei’s mouth was full of cold laughter, not hiding his murderous intent, "If it were outside of Luoyi, the old man truly would have done so."

Openly killing a Wind Patrol Envoy of the Heavenly Patrol Department in Luoyi, the Left Chief Priest under the Barbarian Spirit Hall, even if they are dignified as hall leaders, they cannot bear this crime, nor dare to commit it.

The Ancestor God Temple, which is equally renowned with the Heavenly Temple, is not to be trifled with.

Due to differences in cultivation technique, the expansion speed of the Ancestor God Temple was much slower than the Heavenly Temple’s, but its strength is not lacking.

The Priest power advancement in the Ancestor God Temple is much faster than the cultivation in the Heavenly Temple.

"Where’s the thing I want?" Ye Zhen leaned back on the chair with interest.

Baili Fei, somewhat displeased, threw a storage ring to Ye Zhen, since typically only their Heavenly Temple extorts from others, being extorted today by Ye Zhen truly made him extremely uncomfortable.

With a slight sweep of Divine Sense, Ye Zhen confirmed the contents of the storage ring, "Everything else is complete, where’s the Postnatal Spirit Treasure I asked for?"

"Where’s the Original Spirit Shadow of the Jade Scroll and all the Divine Record Jade Scrolls you owe us, have they arrived?" Baili Fei countered.

The Original Spirit Shadow of the Jade Scroll is crucial.

Since all Spirit Shadow sites are recorded using specially made Shadow Capture Jade Scrolls, only the original Shadow Capture Jade Scroll can archive with Divine Sense Divine Record.

Obtaining the original Jade Scroll Spirit Shadow is equivalent to controlling the source of dissemination.

"So quick?" Baili Fei was somewhat puzzled.

"Don’t you have the Dao Heart Demon Talisman?" Ye Zhen retorted.

With a cold snort, Baili Fei pinched his fingers, and a Fire Pearl, leaping with dark green flames, emerged out of thin air.

The instant the dark green flame appeared, Ye Zhen’s expression changed dramatically, firelight surged around him, sealing his ear, nose, mouth, and other orifices.

But even so, his chest felt heavy.

It was due to inhaling a wisp of the poisonous smoke from the dark green fireball.

Almost simultaneously, the barrier set by Baili Fei and Mu Xu began to crumble when the dark green Fire Pearl appeared.

However, Mu Xu gently soothed it with his palms, a big blaze of green light spread out, immediately suppressing the flame of the dark green Fire Pearl to the size of a foot.

"Is this the Fire Element Acquired Spirit Treasure you promised to give?" Ye Zhen’s eyes moved.

"This item is the Demon Core of the Ancient Demon Beast Green Smoke Suanni, the Green Smoke Suanni Pearl. It is acquired by our Heavenly Temple after losing two Dao Realm experts several tens of thousands of years ago.

Since the Ancient Suanni is one of the Dragon’s nine sons and belongs to the Dragon Clan, this pearl is also known as Poison Dragon Pearl! Its rank is classified as Low Grade Postnatal Spirit Treasure, with infinite power." Mu Xu explained.

Ye Zhen first delighted, then frowned, the name of the Green Smoke Suanni, although ancient, even in the Ancient Times, it was a fierce beast with formidable power, its strength tens of times that of the Nine-Headed Beast, such as the Ancient Fierce Beast.

Would the Heavenly Temple easily give him a Spirit Treasure made from the Demon Core of the Ancient Demon Beast Green Smoke Suanni?

Instinctively, Ye Zhen felt he should examine it carefully.

As his Divine Sense slowly immersed in perception for a few breaths, Ye Zhen’s eyes suddenly widened, "Are you playing me?"