"This! This magical treasure! What kind of treasure is this, to be so absurdly difficult!"
Seeing the list on this page of the golden book brought out by Fang Han, the three people's expressions all changed. They had indeed never seen such an absurdly difficult magical treasure either. This was simply more complicated and tedious than refining a peerless-grade Dao Artifact.
Each and every array formation required exhausting a person's lifelong effort, yet they might not necessarily successfully refine it.
"I also do not know the name of this bracelet. It was the refining method I obtained during that fortuitous encounter. I've never been able to refine it successfully. But if we can refine it this time, even if it is an inferior-grade Dao Artifact, it will definitely win the favor of that Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao. Reaching heaven in a single bound. I wonder if everyone is willing to help me?"
Fang Han said indifferently.
"This… if this magical treasure is refined successfully, it can indeed win Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao's favor, which is also extremely beneficial to our development. We can only stake our lives on it." The mysterious old man seemed to have made up his mind.
"Correct, stake our lives to refine it. I actually still have some hidden deeply-kept methods. If they can be unleashed, there's also some hope." The amicable woman said.
The bearded robust man's face grew increasingly gloomy, but he also evidently agreed to refine it.
"Refining this treasure requires quite a few Immortal Realm materials. For a portion of them, we need to report to Fenbaoyan to acquire them. If we cannot acquire them, then everyone will just have to think of a way." Fang Han added.
"This…" The mysterious old man said: "I actually do have many materials on me, as a Treasure Refining Master, you know. However, there are still seven hundred and twenty years before the Eldest Young Lady arrives. During this period, with Daoist Wula's aptitude, you will definitely receive vigorous nurturing from Fenbaoyan, and no materials will be lacking."
"Let's see! We will begin preparations and refine in secret. We cannot let others discover it, otherwise if someone ruins it, that would also be extremely troublesome."
"That is indeed something to be careful of."
"Alright, let's first complete the refining task. Then we will begin refining the treasure!"
In the depths of Fenbaoyan, that "Mingzun" once again received the report concerning "Prince Wula"!
"Breaking through his realm in public, his body contains multiple treasure refining divine powers. There are no redundant secrets whatsoever, nor is he hiding his strength! Judging from my calculations, this person is also very normal." Mingzun held the report and pondered: "I wonder what treasure he will refine this time to welcome Young Lady Mi Bao's arrival? I am responsible for this secret refining factory. If one or two genius figures can emerge, it will also be my merit. Gaining the favor of the Treasure Master. But I still need to observe more."
Just as "Mingzun" was pondering, swish! A runic symbol swept over and appeared before him.
"Hmm? The Eldest Young Lady has already returned? The Treasure Master wants us to go out for an audience?"
His body moved, then stopped, and he instructed his subordinates: "That Prince Wula will definitely refine a treasure to offer as tribute this time. Whatever materials he reports for, no matter how precious, doesn't matter. This also counts as testing him once."
"Yes!"
The several subordinates exchanged glances and withdrew one after another.
"Mingzun" nodded with satisfaction. His body leaped up, the world surrounding him wrapped him up, and he began to execute spatial jumps. At a glance, it was obvious how long an expert like him had immersed himself in the "Realm King Realm."
As his personal world jumped, he passed through an unknown number of spatial layers within Fenbaoyan. If it had been in the starry sky, he would have already jumped the distance of hundreds of planets. But now, he was still inside Fenbaoyan. From this, one could see exactly how massive Fenbaoyan was.
Suddenly, "Mingzun's" jumping stopped. It turned out that an ancient palace condensed from primal chaos energy appeared ahead.
Above the palace, a gigantic character "Treasure" was written.
In front of the palace, many experts flew over one after another.
"Mingzun, you've come as well? I heard a genius figure emerged in the refining factory you are recently responsible for? It's just that his cultivation level is a little bit low, but he can control the Heavenly Realm Purifying Fire?"
As Mingzun landed, he saw a cultivator with a long face speak to him.
"Maizun! You are quite well-informed. True, a genius Treasure Refining Master has come to my side. I am just about to nurture him properly!" Mingzun smiled falsely.
"Mingzun, Maizun, hurry in. Do not make the Eldest Young Lady wait and leave a bad impression." An old Daoist holding a fly whisk said.
"Yuzun, in such a hurry?"
Mingzun and the long-faced Maizun clearly held deep reverence for this old Daoist, because this old Daoist was an expert at the Cave Heaven Realm, roughly on par with True Lord Kurong. Even in Fenbaoyan, he held an extremely high and honorable status.
Right away, these "Zuns" entered the primal chaos palace, and saw a woman sitting in the center. At the back of her head, densely packed halos permeated the void. Each layer of halos represented that layer's comprehension of the laws of heaven and earth. This woman possessed delicate features, eyebrows as gentle as snakes, and as her eyes flickered, profound worlds were concealed within her pupils. With a slight movement of her fingers, it seemed she could trigger a storm in the distant depths of space and time.
This was Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao.
The figure who would succeed the position of Treasure Master in the future.
"Eldest Young Lady, you have indeed successfully survived the Immortal Realm's Thunder Punishment and achieved the Void Immortal. From now on, free from disasters and calamities, eternally enjoying freedom, with your nascent soul entrusted to the void." The old Daoist Yuzun stepped forward and bowed slightly, demonstrating sufficient loyalty.
"Elder Yu, please take a seat. Today I have invited all of you Yuanlao (Elder Statesmen) of Fenbaoyan to gather. I have been away from Fenbaoyan for four thousand years, cultivating outside. Today I have finally succeeded in my cultivation and returned. Because of the changes in the Immortal Realm, my father might ascend within tens of thousands of years, so he wants me to manage the business in advance. I hope you all Yuanlao will cooperate greatly."
Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao said very casually.
"The Eldest Young Lady will surely enable our Fenbaoyan to prosper." Mingzun said: "I have already issued orders to the refining factory I oversee. To respectfully welcome the Eldest Young Lady going for inspection, they are personally refining and preparing gifts. The Eldest Young Lady can go take a look."
"My refining factory has also prepared many gifts to welcome the Eldest Young Lady's return and wash off the dust. We await the Eldest Young Lady's gracious presence!" Many Zun-level individuals immediately said.
"I will naturally go inspect them one by one."
Before the Eldest Young Lady had scarcely finished speaking, and her voice had yet to fade, a person hurriedly entered through the door: "Eldest Young Lady, Jin Yun of the Splendid Mansion Chamber of Commerce heard of the Eldest Young Lady's return. He has presented congratulatory gifts and is awaiting the Eldest Young Lady's audience."
"Splendid Mansion? My return has spread quite fast. Even such a chamber of commerce ranked in the dozens knows about it. Then what about the Heaven's End Sea Kingdom, Prime King City, Glory Province, Eight Gods Temple… Heaven and Earth Guild, True Lord Pavilion, and the other top ten chambers of commerce? Why have they not expressed anything?" Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao tapped her fingers.
"A major event recently occurred with the Heaven and Earth Guild, True Lord Pavilion, and those chambers of commerce. Their young masters seem to have gone missing, and they are all searching vigorously."
"Who is it? To actually be able to capture and hold these young masters for ransom? Could it be that those Void Immortal experts can't figure it out? The Pavilion Master of True Lord Pavilion originates from the Great Yi Religion, and the Great Yi Religion is most adept at innate divination calculations. They actually can't divine who kidnapped their sons? It seems that person possesses some divine powers."
Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao suddenly laughed: "Those young masters of the chambers of commerce are all fiends incarnate who recognize neither law nor heaven. Having such a formidable figure emerge to discipline them is also good. I actually would like to see how formidable the person who kidnapped them is."
"Reporting to the Eldest Young Lady, the kidnapper is not an expert at the Void Immortal level. He once came to our Fenbaoyan to buy some things, and this matter is somewhat connected to the Nine Cauldrons Chamber of Commerce and the White Emperor Chamber of Commerce. Right now, the Heaven and Earth Guild, True Lord Pavilion, Sun Moon Treasure Pavilion, and Earthquake Universe Pavilion are universally eradicating the Nine Cauldrons Chamber of Commerce and the White Emperor Chamber of Commerce. However, they discovered that all the businesses and assets of these two chambers of commerce have been completely transferred, and now they have become empty shells!"
Yuzun stepped forward to report.
"Oh? It's a young man? What is his background?"
Upon hearing this, Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao grew interested.
"We have already employed heavenly secrets calculation arts and through messages from various channels, after meticulous investigation, we have calculated various possibilities. That young man's true situation cannot be calculated, but it can be guessed that he should originate from the Black Yellow Great World. A young man called Fang Han who recently obtained the treasure hoard of the Heavenly Martial Treasury. He is also the inheritor of the Yellow Springs Great Emperor from back then."
Another Zun-level individual stepped forward.
"Oh? Xianzun, continue." A look of interest appeared on Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao's face: "Although the Black Yellow Great World has declined, this Great World always has some oddities. Either no figures emerge, but once one emerges, they are bound to be earth-shaking, suppressing the heavens. Now there are also some formidable experts, such as the Supreme Emperor Heaven, Supreme Void Heaven, Supreme Harmony Heaven, Blood Transformation Demoness, and even more so, Linglong Immortal Venerable and others. That Fang Han, however, I haven't heard of. He could actually obtain the treasures of the Heavenly Martial Treasury? Martial Ancestor Immortal Venerable once fought against the God Realm in the primordial era."
"Yes!" That cultivator called Xianzun was actually a woman. Her voice was clear and beautiful: "This person Fang Han suddenly rose up, practically only taking a few years in the Black Yellow Great World. He is at odds with the Taiyi Sect, and recently, rumors say the Taiyi Sect captured his woman. Furthermore, an envoy from the Immortal Realm descended into the Taiyi Sect."
"Immortal Realm Envoy?" Shock appeared in Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao's expression: "The numerous treasure hoards of the Black Yellow Great World have always been objects of attention for our Fenbaoyan. Although the scale of the Taiyi Sect is not massive, with absolute experts propping it up, it is also extremely terrifying. Moreover, according to rumors, it was established by the runic pardons of the supreme giants of the Immortal Realm, the Eternal Heavenly Monarch and Disaster Heavenly Monarch."
"Yes! But note this, Eldest Young Lady, that Fang Han and the reincarnated body of the Lightning Mother Heavenly Monarch are extremely close!"
"What? The reincarnated body of the Lightning Mother Heavenly Monarch?" Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao stood up: "The Lightning Mother Heavenly Monarch, in ancient Immortal Realm rumors, was a person who stole destiny. But no one can plot against her actions. She has actually reappeared? However, even if they could calculate it, no one is willing to provoke her, because there is ultimately the will of the Thunder Emperor Heavenly Monarch. But as for that Fang Han, if I can meet him, there's no harm in making a friend. This person is also bold, actually daring to do such a thing."
"Eldest Young Lady, these are the account expenditures for the past one thousand years; various immortal pills, Treasure Artifacts, Dao Artifacts, and materials. Take a look first. There are also the magical treasures our Fenbaoyan plans to refine recently." Yet another Zun-level individual held up a thick jade volume with both hands, something similar to 'The Myriad Worlds'.
"Alright!" Eldest Young Lady Mi Bao nodded, grabbed it, and flipped through it casually, looking at it very carefully. Time passed hour by hour.
And at this time, in the treasure refining venue where Fang Han was, two to three hundred years had already passed…