74: Primordial Treasure: Qiankun Cauldron

A fair and just fight?

Hearing this, many people frowned, but they were indeed somewhat tempted.

After all, once it was a fair competition, it meant that whether one could obtain it depended entirely on personal Opportunity, ability, and strength.

"Fellow Daoist Hongyun, you should just stay on the sidelines and watch!"

However, before these people could make a move, a gloomy voice rang out from within the crowd: "Heaven And Earth Treasures belong to the capable, let alone this innate supreme treasure!"

"The so-called fairness and justice are, in the end, just another form of slaughter and conflict. If someone truly loses to another, who would honestly leave this place or even just stand by and watch?"

"Not everyone is like Fellow Daoist Hongyun and Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, who don't care about this thing!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who had originally wanted to say something fell silent.

Indeed.

If a mere contest could make them give up an innate supreme treasure, it would be nothing but a pipe dream; they could not bring themselves to abandon it completely.

For a moment, the entire area fell into a dead silence again. Everyone looked at each other warily, completely distrusting anyone but themselves.

"Sigh..."

Seeing this, Hongyun sighed and stepped back.

He knew that this slaughter was unavoidable. No matter what he said, no one would believe him, and they might even suspect him of having ulterior motives.

"Old friend, don't take it to heart!"

Seeing this, Zhenyuanzi stepped forward and patted Hongyun's shoulder, then comforted him: "This matter is of great importance; it is not something we can influence."

"Let's go. We'll move a bit further away, otherwise, it might make people feel like we have some ill intentions towards it!"

"Alright!"

Nodding, Li Yun followed Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun and retreated a certain distance.

Upon reaching another high mountain peak, the three of them sat down by the edge of the cliff and looked toward the distant mountain stream area.

As time passed, the celestial phenomena grew more intense, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi also frantically surged into it.

After a full half-month, the innate supreme treasure finally emerged under the watchful eyes of the multitude.

*Buzz buzz...*

A buzzing sound rang out, and a yellowish-brown beam of light shot straight into the highest heavens.

Within the mountain stream, the seven-colored treasure light shattered. Immediately after, a large cauldron emerged and flew directly into mid-air.

At that moment, information about this innate supreme treasure surfaced in the minds of everyone who saw it: "innate supreme treasure: qiankun cauldron!"

"Grab it!"

"Move!"

"Haha, the innate supreme treasure is mine."

"The qiankun cauldron is mine! Everyone, get out of my way!"

"..."

In an instant, the battle erupted.

Countless Cultivators could no longer suppress their emotions and dashed out like streaks of light to begin competing for it.

On the way, Cultivators who encountered each other did not hesitate to strike with lethal force. Countless techniques and Divine Ability ran rampant as everyone exerted their full effort to head straight for the qiankun cauldron.

Some Cultivators even used their Escape Technique to approach the qiankun cauldron first, but before they could seize it, the Cultivators behind them would launch a coordinated attack, causing them to flee with heavy injuries or die right there.

In just half an hour, at least a hundred Cultivators perished in the struggle for the qiankun cauldron.

These were over a hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals, with cultivation bases at least around the Late Stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, showing just how immense the danger of Honghuang was.

*Hiss...*

Sucking in a breath of cold air, Li Yun was incredibly grateful that he had played the role of a sneaky player and intercepted treasures like the innate gourd vine in advance.

Otherwise, if he really had to fight with these Cultivators, let alone his past self, even his current self would have his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering in a matter of minutes.

At the same time, Li Yun became even more determined about one thing: he must never reveal the existence of treasures like the green lotus axe and the swallowing heaven gourd on his person.

"After this, I must ask the Ancestral Witches for a Low Grade Innate Spirit Treasure!"

"I didn't think much of them before, but now I have no choice but to use such things. At least until my cultivation reaches a level comparable to these guys, I absolutely cannot rashly expose the treasures in my hands."

Having made up his mind, Li Yun looked at Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun and said, "Fellow Daoists, you were right. This innate supreme treasure is truly a bane."

"So many Grand Unity Golden Immortals have fallen, and this is just the beginning. I'm afraid even more will perish in the future!"

Hearing this, Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun shook their heads with bitter smiles, looking at the distant battlefield and saying, "I wonder how many friends will survive after this!"

"The temptation of an innate supreme treasure is simply too great. Even though everyone knows the risks involved, no one is willing to give up."

"To be honest, the only hope now is for Ancestral Witch Di Jiang to step in and take this thing. With his Quasi-Saint cultivation, no one would dare to cause trouble again."

"Unfortunately, Di Jiang is an Ancestral Witch and has no Primordial Spirit. Even an innate supreme treasure is something he disdains, so he won't participate in this matter."

Hearing this, Li Yun's eyes narrowed slightly.

Di Jiang wouldn't participate.

But he didn't believe others wouldn't.

There was more than one Quasi-Saint in Honghuang. He didn't know how many were hidden, but Hongjun was definitely one of them.

Most importantly, this qiankun cauldron was the supreme treasure of Daoist Qiankun from the Ancient Era.

But later, Daoist Qiankun was invited by Hongjun to join forces with Daoist Yin Yang and Daoist Five Elements to deal with Demon Ancestor Rahu.

Although Rahu's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation was broken and he himself died, Daoist Qiankun, Daoist Yin Yang, and Daoist Five Elements also died in that battle. Their treasures naturally came to be owned by Hongjun.

Because of this, the appearance of the qiankun cauldron here was undoubtedly Hongjun's doing, intended to support the Demon God Palace against the Witch Tribe.

Unfortunately, despite all his calculations, Hongjun did not expect Li Yun to get involved. In fact, with Li Yun advising the Witch Tribe, the hostile stance of the Honghuang Cultivators toward the Witch Tribe was directly dismantled.

This led to the failure of Hongjun's purpose in releasing the qiankun cauldron. Without the side-by-side battle with the Demon God Palace, without a complete falling out with the Ancestral Witches, and with the win-win cooperation concept proposed by Li Yun...

It was foreseeable that Hongjun's goal of making the Witch Tribe a common enemy of the Honghuang Cultivators had failed, and even his plan to use the Demon God Palace to suppress the rise of the Witch Tribe had failed.

In that case, would Hongjun be willing to let his innate supreme treasure belong to someone else just like that?

One must know that during this period, Hongjun had not yet attained the Dao and become a Saint, nor had he encountered the beating from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Daoist Raising Eyebrows. His valuation of Spirit Treasures like innate supreme treasures was still extremely high.

Thinking of this, Li Yun was basically certain that Hongjun would not let the matter rest. Even if he didn't come personally to take back the qiankun cauldron, he would likely send his Clone to seize it, or even..."}],