122: Chapter 122 The Mother Coin of the Great Dao? It's just ordinary iron!

Su Changge's grand plan to run away had not yet started before it was interrupted by an uninvited guest.

Early the next morning.

Mo Wentian came again, this time with a face full of worry.

"Senior, something has happened."

Su Changge's heart gave a sudden twitch. Could it be that the Primeval Imperial Clan had already slaughtered their way into the city?

"What is it?" His voice remained calm.

"There... have been some discordant noises in the city." Mo Wentian carefully weighed his words, terrified of offending Senior.

"A group of old pedants who style themselves as 'Master Appraisers' have submitted a joint petition, claiming with absolute certainty that... that your great dao mother coin is a forgery."

"They slander Tianji Pavilion for being deceived and demand that we hand over the copper coin so they can appraise it publicly to prove Tianji Pavilion's innocence!"

After hearing this, Su Changge was almost amused by the sheer absurdity.

The situation was already critical, and they were still here engaging in petty disputes over fame? I'm busy trying to run away!

He was just about to wave his hand and have Mo Wentian send that group of boring old men away when the System's voice rang out in his head without warning.

【Emergency Task: The Dignity of the Dao Ancestor.】

【Task Description: A group of Mortals dares to question your 'Dao'. This is the ultimate provocation against a supreme existence. Please publicly display the 'great dao mother coin' and crush all doubts with Divine Might, letting the world know—Gods cannot be peered upon!】

【Task Reward: Unlock a brand new special effect—'Abyssal Gaze'.】

【Failure Penalty: Randomly revoke one existing special effect.】

Su Changge's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot instantly.

This damn System was determined not to let him have an easy life. Revoke a special effect? How was that any different from taking his life!

"Very well."

Su Changge sighed softly, his expression full of listlessness at having his peace disturbed.

"The world is ignorant. Since they insist on humiliating themselves, then this Seat shall grant their wish."

"Spread the word. At high noon, in front of Tianji Pavilion, I will let them see clearly."

Mo Wentian felt a sudden surge of spirit. Was Senior finally going to reveal a true divine miracle!

"Yes! Senior!" He bowed to accept the order and turned away, trembling with excitement.

The news swept through like a hurricane, instantly igniting the entire Central Province City.

"What? That Senior is going to publicly display the great dao mother coin?"

"Hurry, let's go! This is a once-in-ten-thousand-years Opportunity!"

"Hmph, I think it's just a massive scam! Today is the perfect chance for Grandmaster Gu Yan and the others to tear off this person's mask in public!"

Countless Cultivators swarmed out from every corner of the city, heading straight for Tianji Pavilion.

Within an hour, the massive square in front of Tianji Pavilion, capable of holding one hundred thousand people, was packed with heads, completely impassable. Even the roofs of the surrounding pavilions were filled with figures.

At high noon, the sun was at its peak.

Su Changge, accompanied by Mo Wentian, ascended the temporarily erected high platform.

He was still wearing the same washed-out cyan robe, still riding that stumbling Old Yellow Ox.

Yet as soon as he appeared, the hundreds of thousands of Cultivators present, hundreds of thousands of mouths, did not dare to make a single sound.

Every gaze—awe, curiosity, scrutiny, greed—converged upon him alone.

On the other side of the high platform, over a dozen old men in ancient robes stood proudly; they were the group of "Master Appraisers" who had signed the petition.

The leader was a white-haired old man named Gu Yan, with an arrogant expression and sharp eyes.

In his hand, he held a shimmering treasure mirror; this was his famous Magic Treasure, the "Void-Illuminating Mirror," which claimed to be able to see through all falsehoods in the world.

"Your Excellency."

Gu Yan bowed from afar to Su Changge, though his tone held not a hint of politeness.

"We mean no malice; we only seek the 'truth' and to restore justice to the cultivation world."

"If this item is real, the dozen of us will kowtow in public and apologize to you!"

"If it is fake..." Gu Yan let out a cold snort. "Hmph, then Your Excellency is a fraud who deceives the world, and you shall be despised by all!"

Su Changge did not even glance at him.

He simply took out that ordinary copper coin from his sleeve and flicked it with his fingertip.

The copper coin traced an ungraceful arc through the air and landed on the white jade pillar in the center of the high platform with a soft "ding."

Under the scorching sun, the copper coin lay quietly, and one could even see the few mottled spots of verdigris on it.

The deathly silence on the square was broken, and whispers spread like a tidal wave.

"Just this thing?"

"It looks exactly like the one I use to buy flatbread at my doorstep!"

A sneer and look of disdain appeared on Gu Yan's face. "Pretending to be mysterious!"

He stepped forward, held the Void-Illuminating Mirror high, and poured the spiritual energy within him into the mirror like a mountain flood breaking a dam!

"Today, let my Void-Illuminating Mirror force you, this piece of ordinary iron, to reveal your true form!"

Hum—!

A blinding divine light erupted from the mirror's surface, shooting straight at the copper coin!

The other Grandmasters also attacked at the same time. In an instant, over a dozen beams of spiritual light containing the Law of Investigation converged like rivers flowing into the sea, completely submerging that tiny copper coin.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the moment the scam would be exposed.

【System Special Effect: 'Indescribable Object' has been activated.】

【Attribute Addition: Cannot be looked at directly, cannot be probed, cannot be understood.】

The anomaly happened at this very moment!

That plain, unremarkable copper coin did not reflect any light under the dozen beams of divine light, nor was it destroyed.

All the light that touched it—whether it was the divine light of the Void-Illuminating Mirror or the Law power of the other Grandmasters—vanished the moment it touched the copper coin.

It was not absorbed, not devoured; it simply disappeared into thin air, as if it had never existed.

It did not stir up even the slightest ripple.

The sneer on Gu Yan's face froze.

The Void-Illuminating Mirror in his hand let out a moan of unbearable pressure. With a "crack," a fissure appeared out of thin air on the smooth mirror surface!

Following that, a second, a third... spiderweb-like cracks instantly crawled across the entire mirror surface!

Pfft—!

Gu Yan violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his body shaking violently as he staggered backward. That treasure mirror, which had accompanied him for ten thousand years, shattered into countless crystal fragments in his hand with a "snap."

The fate of the other Grandmasters was even worse.

Some of their Magic Treasures exploded in mid-air, and the violent energy backlash left their owners covered in blood and gore.

Others had two lines of bloody tears streaming from their eyes, clutching their heads and rolling on the ground in agony, letting out roars that did not sound human.

"Ah—! My eyes! My Dao Heart!"

"Chaos! I saw endless Chaos!!"

"The... the source of the Dao is madness... it is nothingness..."

Gu Yan collapsed to the ground, his face pale as paper, his eyes unfocused, leaving only pure horror.

Just a split second before the treasure mirror shattered, following that faint connection of his Divine Soul, he caught a glimpse of the truth.

He saw the Chaos at the beginning of the myriad Daos, saw the birth and death Reincarnation of eras.

He saw the beginning of time, saw the end of space.

He saw something that could not be described in words, could not be borne by a Divine Soul, and that merely catching a glimpse of a corner was enough to drive a Saint mad... a Great Terror!

That was not a copper coin!

That was a taboo object that carried the ultimate principles of heaven and earth and was inscribed with the origin point of the great dao!

Fear completely drowned out his laughable arrogance.

He trembled, using his last ounce of strength, and heavily knocked his head against the ground in the direction of that cyan-robed figure on the high platform.

"Se... Senior... Gu Yan had eyes but failed to recognize the truth... offended Divine Might... crime... deserves... ten... thousand... deaths..."

The entire scene was deathly silent.

Hundreds of thousands of Cultivators were scared to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering by this bizarre and terrifying scene.

They didn't understand anything at all; they only saw a group of renowned Master Appraisers, after looking directly at that copper coin, either die, go mad, or become crippled.

And the leader, Grandmaster Gu Yan, was even kneeling on the ground begging for death.

What on earth was this copper coin?!

Su Changge stood on the high platform with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent, overlooking all living beings.

Inside, he was already churning with stormy waves: "Holy crap, the System is awesome! This special effect is too overpowered! It almost wiped them out completely!"

But on the surface, he only let out a soft sigh.

The sigh was very soft, yet it landed clearly in everyone's heart, carrying a trace of ancient compassion and helplessness.

"Why... do Mortals always attempt to gaze directly into the abyss?"